=% VOL. XLIX, NO. 23 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWB, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1953 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1953 PRICE 20 CENTS B. M.C. To Hear Arnold Toynbee For Graduation World Known Historian To Give Address June Second THE COMPENSATION OF IN- SECURITY—such is the topic sug- gested by Arnold J. Toynbee for his address to be given to members of the Class of 1953 at their Com- mencement on June 2. This is by no means Dr. Toyn- bee’s first appearance at Bryn Mawr. In February and March 1947, he presented a series of six lectures on Encounters Between Civilizations under the auspices of the Mary Flexner Lectureship. Time Magazine, the March 17, 1947, issue, reports that “so many students and visitors (one woman drove from Minneapolis to hear Toynbee) crammed the 1,000 seat lecture hall ‘that people had to be turned away”. .. The nephew of an economist and author,‘the son of a social work- et father and a mother who was ohe of the first British women to be given a college degree—Arnold @;“Toynbee’s ‘heritage was one of ‘scholarship and concern with in- ‘ternational affairs.. Born in Lon- _don,..1889, he was trained in the classics at Balliol, Oxford. ‘Back in England after travel- ling throughout the Mediterranean ‘world, he apprenticed to practical politics by editing a Government pamphlet for Lord Bryce and, dur- ing World War I, worked in in- telligence sections of the Foreign Office. Director of the Research ._Department of the Foreign Office from 19438-1946, a member of the British’ Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1946, he has been Director of Studies in the ae Institute of International Affairs and Research Professor of International History in the Uni- versity of London since 1925. Dr. Toynbee is above all an au- thor, a philosopher of history. Per- - haps his best-known work, A Study of History, has proven to be “the most provocative work of histor- ical theory written in England since Karl Marx’s_ Capital’. Through the investigation of civi- lizations as intellectual fields of Continued on Page 6, Col. 1 Choruses Present | Bach an ms, Schubert’s “Mass” by Maryellen Fullam, ’56 The Sarah Lawrence College and Haverford College Glee Clubs, as- sisted by a student string ensem- ble, presented a spring concert at Roberts Hall on May 1. Haverford opened the program with three psalms from Pilgrim Psalms, by Russ Lee Finney, and the familiar Bach aria, Strive and Conquer, Hero Bold! The Brahms Motet, Warum in das Licht gege- ben, with which the combined cho- rus closed the first part of the con- cert, left Sarah Lawrence at some- what of a disadvantage. The twen- ty girls who comprised the glee club were greatly outnumbered by Haverford, and the unbalanced voices rather spoffed the effect of the selection. For their part of the program, Sarah Lawrence sang three light selections, Old Abram Brown, by Britten; Hunting Song, by Win- ner; four songs in cannon form, by Bacon; and in a more serious vein, Soave sia il vento, by Mozart. These were performed with pre- cision, but lacked tonal quality, and individual voices tended to stand out. This was perhaps due to the small size of the group, and the contrast provided by the large Haverford chorus. Folk Songs Haverford returned with three superbly executed folk songs, The Farmer’s Boy, arranged by Wil- liams; The Nightingale, arranged by Brockway, and Casey Jones, ar- ranged by Lawton, which was not quite as well done as the others, The outstanding number of the group was The Nightingale, sung by E. J. Balis Thomas, baritone soloist, with choral background. ‘The featured work of the eve- ning was the G Major Mass by Schubert, which was very well performed. Sarah Lawrence seem- ed to overcome the handicap of Haverford’s strength and the ef- fect was on the whole well bal- anced. Credit is due the soloists, Joanne Popper, Mary Lyn Whit- man, Robert Reynolds, and Lewis Thomas for their respective per- formances, and the string ensem- ble, which provided the accom- paniment. - The concert ‘was under the direc- tion of Dr. William Reese, and Mr. Hugh Ross. Mike Shor of Haverford College Wins, Becomes Speaker of Mock Legislature especially contributed by Kay Sherman, ’54 The traditional smoke - filled rooms and tense politics keynoted the Seventh Annual Intercollegiate Conference on Government’s meet- ing at Harrisburg April 30 to May 2. The Conference, to which near- |. ly every college and university in the state sent 25 delegates, was held as a. mock state legislature. The opening session featured a debate . between two Republican and two Democratic members of the Pennsylvania legislature, fol- lowed by a day and a half of act- ive student campaigning for the office of state speaker of the model legislature. Mike Shor, of Haverford Col- lege, was the candidate of the Southeast Region, of which Bryn |: Mawr, along with the University of Pennsylvania, Temple, Swarth- more, Villanova, Drexel, Rosemont, West Chester State Teachers’ Col- lege, and Haverford, is a member. The Haverford headquarters buzz- ed with ringing telephones, confer- ences on strategy, frantic messen- gers, and enemy spies, and in the final count, the Southeast candi- date won. Each delegate was assigned to a committee, of which there were twelve, covering every topic from Civil Rights to Agriculture, and|~ Continued on Page 2, Col. 3 Mr. Lerner Talks On Open Society, Open Mind Today Speaking in the Common Room Tuesday afternoon, Max Lerner, New .York .Post columnist and Brandeis University professor, ad- dressed the last Alliance Assembly on the subject “An Open Society and an Open Mind.” “There is a poem by W. H. Au- den called ‘The Double Man’, which we today seem to exemplify,” said Mr. Lerner. We live in two worlds —a personal universe and an outside world, a public one — society. The only true values exist on the private level, but it is through the techniques of the pub- lic level that they can be pre- served. The most important characteris- tic of the private existence is free- dom; “the right to oppose, to be different from others, and above all, the right to be wrong.” These can only exist in an open society. As an example of a closed so- ciety, and the pitfalls to be avoided by an open society, Mr. Lernerl cited the Russian society, which “erodes the private universe.” “Our job in foreign policy is to help keep this society from spread- ‘ing, to consolidate the links with allied countries, win over those which are still neutral, and above all, safeguard ourselves against corruption by the very things we find corrupt in totalitarianism.” It is a difficult task, Mr. Lerner pointed out, to keep the nation united and on the defensive, and still preserve freedom. Examining our own open soci- ety, Mr. Lerner stressed the fact that the greatness of America lies fhot in our material wealth, scien- tific achievement, or labor force, but rather in the nature of the so- ciety itself. Our society derives its greatness from its mobility — lack of any rigid class system, and the equality of opportunity which is open to talent. This is not uni- versally true, unfortunately, since Continued on Page 2, Col. 3 The NEWS wishes to an- nounce the election of Mary- ellen Fullam, '56, te the post of Copy Editor for the year 1953- 54. CALENDAR Thursday, May 7 4:30 p. m. Miss Marti will speak at the Classics Club tea on “The Student in the Middle Ages” in the Common Room. 8:30 p. m. Alliance is sponsor- ing an S.D.A. movie, “With These Hands”, in the Common Room, Friday, May 8 Beginning of the Geology Field trip. 8:30 p. m. The Duchess of Malfi will be presented by the Bryn Mawr College Theatre and the Haverford Drama Club. Tickets $1.20 on sale at’ Goodhart 1:30- 5:00, May 5-7. Roberts, Hall, Hav- erford, . £2 Saturday, May 9 9:00 to 12:00. German oral. 8:30 p. m. Performance of - Continued on Page 2, Col. 3 (The following statement is drawn up by the Board of the Bryn Mawr Alliance for Political Affairs. It represents the views of the Board, and not necessarily those of the whole student body.) We as students feel that the function and reputation of the na- tion’s universities stand in danger. College to us is not a collection of ivy covered buildings; it is the pri- mary institution on which society is dependent in its continuing search for truth. Therefore the prevailing atmosphere of college must be one of freedom, in order that both students and professors may carry on their investigations with an approach involving a ra- tional consideration ‘of many di- vergent views. It is only when the individual has access to all points of view that his conclusions can be truly valid. Fear Aroused Any group which creates sus- picion or fear, or which limits the areas in which the college com- munity is free to make inquiries undermines the whole foundation upon which the educational system is based. We feel that the pres- ent activities of the congressional investigating committees _ have placed an emphasis on conformity which reduces free communication of ideas on campuses and tends to pervade the whole structure of the nation’s intellectual life. Although the committees are legally valid, their procedures have flaunted the legal traditions and safeguards of a democracy. The mere questioning of a witness be- comes tantamount to guilt in the eyes of the public. We feel that if any investigations are to be carried out, they should show the whole picture of the nation’s co- educational organization, rather than pointing up a few isolated instances of abuse. America has an educational system which for -the most part is objective and searching in its methods. The kind of publicity given to the commit- tees’ findings is misrepresenting this situation to the public, thus Institute Provides Study of the U.N. The Eighth Annual Intercolle- giate Institute on the United Na- tions, bringing college students from every section of the United States for a week’s intensive study of the UN, will meet in New York City the week of June 14-20. The In- stitute, known to be the oldest stu- dent leadership conference on the United Nations, is sponsored each year by the Collegiate Council for the United Nations, college affiliate of American Association for the United Nations, and will be held at Finch College, East 78th Street, New York City. UN delegates, Secretariat mem- bers, and international relations experts will lead informal discus- sion on vital UN issues. In addi- tion to first hand study of United Nations program and progress, students will plan campus UN ac- ‘| tivities for the coming year and will formulate recommendations Continued on Page 6, Col. 2 Alliance Board Presents View: Universities Require Freedom damaging both the universities and the nation as a whole which should be able to look to them for leader- ship. If the universities are to pro- vide such leadership, it is incum- bent upon them to maintain a high standard of objective presen- tation of knowledge. But the kind of judgments which derive from the fear and pressure techniques employed by the committees are not criteria for good teaching. Surely any indoctrination must be rooted out. However, we as stu- dents feel we are alert to the dangers of such attempted control of thought, and would protest it. Most important, it seems clear to us that the university administra- tion is in the best position to carry on any necessary investigations in a fair and unemotional way. The final test of teaching is in the classroom, rather than in the past record of any individual. As mem- bers of a college community, we belong to a fine tradition of re- sponsible and thoughtful educa- tion; we do not need to be pro- tected from ourselves. Bagpipes And Food Spice I.R.C. Party Travel to Europe may be diffi- cult, it may be expensive, it may be impossible! However, an enter- taining substitute was provided by the International Relations’ Club on Monday afternoon in the Com- mon room. Bagpipes, a guitar, plus . that good old American institution—a record player, provided music from many lands. Food with a decided- ly ‘foreign’ flavor was provided, exhibits from far and wide lent the Common room a different air. Emmy Rauh was the “Hostess with the Mostess” travel informa- tion, for she introduced us to tal- ented representatives from India, from the Ukraine, from Scotland, from Egypt, from China, from Ha- waii, while suitable delegates show- ed how Spanish dances were per- formed, and the dance club did a Russian (Karabuska. From the United States vicinity we had a Mexican song, while “Clementine’ effectively united Egypt and Amer- ica in community singing. Inter- Continued on Page 6, Col. 8 Instructor S peaks On Animal Ecology Mr. Norman Sohl, Instructor in Geology at Bryn Mawr College, will address the Science Club next Monday, May 11, where he will speak on the interpretation of the distribution of animals through time in relationship to modern day distribution. Mr. Sohl is at pres- ent working for his Ph.D. which he hopes to receive next February from the University of Iinois, where he also did his undergradu- ate work and received his Master of Science degree. An inverte- brate paleontologist, Mr. Sohl teaches a course in Paleontology and one in Historical Geology at Bryn Mawr. Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, May 6, 1953 a\ THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 « Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanksgiving, | Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, ries, 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 witho¥t permission of the Editor-in-Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD Barbara Drysdale, ‘55, Editor-in-Chief Marcia Joseph, ‘55, Makeup Editor Janet Warren, ‘55, Copy Joan Havens, ‘56, Managi ie “Eleanor Fry, ‘54 Suzan/Habashy, ‘54 EDITORIAL STAFF Jackie Braun, ‘54 Anne Mazick, ‘55 Science Reporter Maryellen Fullam, ‘56 Lynn Badler, ‘56 Anne Hobson, ‘56 ' AA. reporter Charlotte A. Smith, ‘56 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Harriette Solow, ‘56 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Eleanor Small, ‘55 BUSINESS MANAGER Julia Heimowitz, ‘55 Marjorie Richardson, ‘55, Associate Business Manager BUSINESS STAFF Joyce Hoffman, ‘55 Ruth Smulowitz, ‘55 Phyllis Reimer, ‘55 Claire Weigand, ‘55 Ruth Sax, ‘55 Margi Abrams, ‘56 SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER Diana Fackenthal, ‘55 SUBSCRIPTION BOARD Roberta Olsen, ‘54 Adrienne Treene, ‘54 Saren Merritt, ‘55 Mary Jones, ‘54 Diane Druding, ‘55 Diana Fackenthal, ‘55 Mimi Sapir, “54 Dorothy Fox, ‘55 Sally Milner, ‘54 Gail Gilbert, ‘55 Cathy Rodgers, ‘55 Subscription, $3.50 Mailing price, $4.00 | Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under the Act of March 3, 1879 Curriculum On the Bryn Mawr campus, the Curriculum Committee is an important, if little publicized, influence. It acts pri- marily as an information center through which students can have answered any questions concerning curriculum. The committee is striving to establish a working unity between students and professors, through frequent meetings with the faculty. Also, the committee changes outdated curriculum when the need for this arises. New courses and majors are added when there is a con- crete demand for them. The most recent example of this is the addition of the music major. There has been consider- able demand for establishment of such a major; plans for this have been completed this spring. Unfortunately, the music major will not be available to the class of 1954, but will go into effect for the present Sophomore class. In a recent poll of students conducted by the committee, it was found that a majority felt that the two-oral require- ment should be kept. However, students expressed a desire that Latin be included. With the addition of a Latin oral, next year’s Freshman class will have more scope in choosing their languages both in preparing for college and in actual college courses. In addition to such actual changes in curriculum, there are many lesser known functions of the committee. Among these are the class teas which are given to acquaint future majors with course requirements and other details. During Freshman Week, a tea is held for incoming Freshmen, at which members of the committee answer questions about their respective departments. In the Spring, a similar event is attended by the Sophomores. . -. The Curriculum Committee at Bryn Mawr is unique among most colleges. But many students show little interest in the committee and seem hardly to know of its existence. The committee and its faculty coordinators spend time and} thought in sounding out students and attempting to organize curriculum changes for our benefit. If the committee is. to function effectively, the students themselves must cooperate. Open meetings are announced, and suggestions and — | are welcome at any time. Letter A. Nicholson Criticizes Pseudo-sentiment News Style To the Editor: Can anything be done about the tea-shoppy attitude that has af- flicted: the style. of some of the News’ editorials, poems, etc., re- eently? Why do we have to have ‘a poem ending “ .. . It’s really, truly spring!”? Is it necessary to refer to May Day as “the an- nual May Day festivities”, and then five lines later to talk about the “unruly morning visitors” “disrupt the. festivities” ? In another editorial we read who that “... (traditions) are enjoyed, even revered. They are part of Bryn Mawr.” These more than obvious statements saturated with pseudo-sentiment seem out of place in a college newspaper. Ann Nicholson, ’55 Calendar (Cont'd ) Continued from Page 1 Duchess of Malfi. Roberts Hall, Haverford. Sunday, May 10 7:30 p.m. Reverend James T. Cleland, Duke University, Dur- ham, North Carolina, will speak at chapel service. In the Deanery Garden, Monday, May 11 7:15 p. m. Miss Hertha Krauss will speak at Current Events on; “Politics and Social. Welfare” in Common Room. 8:00 p. m. Norman F. Sohl, In- ‘structor in Geology, will speak on, “Present Animal Geography as an Aid in Interpretng the Past’. In Dalton Hall. Thursday, May 14 5:00 p. m. Madrigals and Early Music in the Gertrude Ely Room, Wyndham. Friday, May 15 8:30 p. m. The M. Carey Thomas Award will be presented to Mari- anne Moore, distinguished poet and a member of the Class of ‘1909. Goodhart Hall. |from each college. Harper Will Give 1954 Novel Prize The Harper $10,000 Prize Novel Contest for 1954 will open June 1, 1953, and will close June 1, 1954. The judges are A. B. Guthrie, Jt., Orville Prescott, and Bernard De- Voto . The Contest is designed to give recognition to a work of out- standing merit in the field of fic- tion. Only manuscripts hitherto unpublished in the English lan- guage may be submitted. In order to be eligible, a manu- seript must be received in the of- fices of the publisher before the end of the business day, June 1, 1954. No entry form is needed, but each manuscript submitted in the contest must be accompanied by a letter from the author stat- ing that the manuscript is sub- mitted for entry in the contest, and that it has not been published in book form. All manuscripts and _ letters about the contest should be ad- dressed: Harper Prize Novel Con- test, Harper and Brothers, 49 East 83rd Street, New York 16, New York. For the purpose of this contest, no manuscript containing less than 80,000 words shall be considered a novel, and preference shall be giv- en to manuscripts of full novel length (60,000 to 150,000 words). ICG Conference Offers | Experiences in Politics Continued from Page 1 composed of two representatives The student- written bills were hotly debated in committee, and the debating rose to an even higher pitch when the entire 475 delegates met in the Education Forum of the Capitol ,to consider the bills reported by | the committees. The Rules Com- mittee report was overruled, dele- gates resenting. the three-minute debate limit on bills, and for a time the legislature was left without rules to guide its conduct, until new rules were adopted. Motions were proposed from every part of the floor, long debates ensued, and copies of Roberts’ Rules of Order were much in evidence. Among the most significant legislation passed by the mock legislature were a repeal of the Pechan Act and the establishment of a mini- mum wage for Pennsylvania of 75 cents an hour. Debating and lob- bying continued at an exhausting pace until the conference finished consideration of bills Saturday evening. Max Lerner Emphasizes Continued from Page 1 religious and racial restriction still must be broken down, “the work to be finished in creating an open society.” Nevertheless, we live in an essentially open society, whose core is the freedom of intellectual belief. In research for a ‘inal on Amer- ican civilization, Mr. Lerner noted changes in the American person- ality which, coupled with existing political conditions, present a threat to an open society. The American people are following a trend toward conformity; life goals are based on success, pres- tige, acceptance. It has become in- creasingly important for the in- dividual to feel that he is liked and accepted, and he is willing to conform to certain standards to achieve that sense of security in society. The Cold War has had its in- fluence, in the form of an intense fear:of Communism, which has put more and more emphasis.on con- formity. . ; It is only within a structure such as this that McCarthy has any im- Value Of Open Society, |: | Stressing Courage, Freedom and an Open Mind portance. We are faced with the problem of a small group which has the power to sit in judgment upon the rest of the country, and many people are frightened. This group of “grand inquisitors” has the power of subpoena, the power to punish contempt, and the power of publicity, by which they can ef- fectively destroy the position of an individual in society. “They are the ‘killers of the dream’, who wrap the flag around the naked shoulders of their reaction.” We must as a people recapture the tradition of a people who did not fear to emigrate to a new country, to defy the wilderness of an unknown land to build a new civilization. We are now in danger of destroying ourselves as did the Emperor Jones, who, caught in a jungle of his own fears, died of his own bullet. “I am a man of perfect faith,” concluded Mr. Lerner. “I believe it best in the words of John Milton to ‘Let truth and falsehood grap- ple; who ever knew truth put to worse in a free and open encoun- ter.’” Current Events Mrs. Manning Lectures On Leadership ' Of G. O. P. This week Current Events offer- ed a lecture on the Eisenhower Ad- ministration by Mrs. Manning. In introducing her topic she comment- ed on the personnel of the cabinet —“‘as some wag remarked, ‘ten millionaires and a plumber’.”” She stressed that Eisenhower’s choice of these men is “not important be- cause they are rich, but because: they represent top leadership in big business in this country today.” She went on to say, “Americans should accept the fact that it is large scale production that has been responsible for winning two wars and that all efforts to get rid of ‘bigness’ have not only failed but must also appear to any rea- sonable person to be perfectly fu- tile. If we are facing the possibil- ity of a third world war we are not likely to win by any other means.” ° Big Business Mrs. Manning added that big business has also made consider-— able progress in improving the re-. lations between workers and. em- ployers. At the present time, she feels, | the most real conflict within the GOP is probably between large and small business. “The small busi- nessman has always been in favor of a protective tariff, or a return to as much isolationism as appears to be possible, or reducing taxes, etc. And because there are so many. more small businessmen than there are great industrialists and financiers, they had considerably more influence in party conven- tions and party councils before elections than any other group. This predominance came to an end at the Philadelphia Convention in 1940.” Small Business Eisenhower is now faced with a Congress where the influence of the small businessman is very strong. He and his party also face a serious difficulty in that ‘most businessmen “have not ever really faced the problems of government which often touch a great variety of values which can’t be reckoned in terms of profit and loss.” Finally there is the problem of businessmen making themselves over into politicians. Mrs. Man- ning said that “it would be a great help (to President Eisenhower) if at least one member of the cabinet knew how to speak the language of the politicians and perhaps even more important the language ‘of the press.” In spite of these difficulties, she concluded, “there is a good deal of evidence to date that the Repub- licans in Congress are accepting Eisenhower leadership and realize that, to paraphrase Ben Franklin, the Republican party must hang together if Republicans are not to face defeat separately.” Seniors are reminded that. fin December they signed names and places of residence as they were to appear in the Commencement Program. Changes may be made until May 20th, at the Recorder’s Of- fice. Otherwise the December listing will be followed. — Wednesday, May.6, 1953 - THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three “SLID” Anticipates College Conference On Our Democracy “Conformity and Dissent in Our American Democracy” will be the subject of a two-day student con- ference to be held in New York City, June 12 and 13, 1953. The conference, which is being organized by students, will fea- ture moderators and __ student speakers, who will share the plat- form with well known experts from various fields. It will be open to the public, with registration on the first day of the conference. Stu- dents who attend schools outside New York, but whose homes are here, will be able to participate be- cause the conference is being held at the end of the semester. On Saturday, June 138th, the con- ference will divide into three panels, running concurrently. Panel number one, entitled “Con- formity in Information Media, Literature and the Arts”, will deal with the one party press and the effects of private censorship on radio, T.V. and films. Threats to Education The second panel will be con- cerned with “Threats to Educa- tion from the Right and Left’’, and will deal with the question of Com- munist teachers, and of private pressure groups and their effects on the schools. Panel number three on “The Effects of Conform- ity on Our Foreign Policy and on America’s Prestige Abroad’, will deal with the implications of po- litical warfare. The conference is being spon- sored by the Student League for Industrial Democracy, America’s oldest campus Liberal society. In the words of John Dewey, the League is dedicated to the task of education on behalf of “increasing democracy in every aspect and reach of our common life.” Head- quarters of the SLID is at 112 East 19th Street, New York 3. N. Y. Following the conference, the $.L.L.D. will hold its national con- vention. SPORTS by Lynn Badler, ’56 Both spring sports represented by varsities—lacrosse and tennis— played varsity games on April 29. In tennis the varsity of Bryn Mawr defeated the varsity of Temple 5-0, and the junior varsity also de- feated Temple 5-0. For the var- sity, Patsy Price, Pauline Smith, and Maggie Stehli played in the singles matches, and Lois Bonsal with Harriet Cooper and Bea Mer- rick with Sarane Hickox were the doubles stars. The junior varsity team consisted of Phil Tilson, Ann Peterkin, and Ann Fosnocht as members of the singles team, and Suki Kuser playing with Nancy Potts and Laura Larson playing with Glenna Vare as members of the doubles group. In lacrosse Bryn Mawr was beat- en by Penn 14-2. The line-up was as follows: 1st Home—Gail Gilbert 2nd Home—Ann Wagoner 8rd Home—Deirdre Hanna Right Attack—Gay Ramsdell Left Attack—Saren Merritt Center—Jan Wilmerding Right Defense—Wendy Ewer Left Defense—Ann Coe 38rd Man—Terry Osma Cover Point—Sally Kennedy Point—Mary Jane Chubbuck Goal—Barbara Bornemann Substitutes — Meredith Treene, Carlene ‘Chittenden, and Peggy Hall. , On Wednesday, May 6, Bryn Mawr will play Penn in tennis at home. Coatesville Group Presents Comedy ‘Sailor’s Minstrel’ “The Sailors’ Minstrel” headed the playbill on Thursday, April 30, when Bryn Mawr members of The Little Theatre Players participat- ed in their last play of the season. “The Minstrel”, written by a pa- tient at Coatesville Veterans’ Hos- pital, deals with a group of sailors who invite girls aboard ship and is the story of how one girl con- vinces the captain that he should forget the rules and let her friends stay aboard. The persuasive fem- ale, played by Vicky Kraver, chair- man of the Bryn Mawr group, was supported by a cast including Uni- versity of Pennsylvania students, Coatesville patients, and Bryn Mawr undergraduates. “We put on musicals just for the fun of it”, Vicky explains. “You don’t have to be talented or spend a lot of time.” This applies to cos- tumes as well as acting and sing- ing. Street clothes, gym suits, and ingenuity helped supply atmos- phere for “Theatre Party” the Feb- ruary play. The three shows Bryn Mawr shares are planned to leave stud- ents with free time to study before major exams. Other members of The Little Theatre fill in to pro- vide a play every month. ‘News’ Selects New Subscription Editor “Who? Me?” was Di Facken- thal’s first comment when asked if she would act as subscription manager for the News. A dele- gation of two caught up with her just between lunch and sophomore song meeting. Di has been a member of the junior varsity hockey squad and a hall Athletics Association repre- sentative. She also sings in Col- lege Chorus. Between Chorus rehearsals, hockey practice (in season), and labs (a math major), Di is to be found in her room—the room to the left in the alcove to the right at the beginning of third corridor, second floor in Rock—with her two stuffed and amiable roommates, a lion named Lucifer and mother and ‘child kangaroos, Kate and Dupli- Kate. For those who may arrive at the Music Room next Sunday, May 10, at 7:30 for Chapel Ser- vice and find no one there, the Chapel Committee wishes to an- nounce that the final chapel of the year, with an address by the Reverend James T. Cleland, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, will be held in the Deanery Garden. Classicisis to Give Final Tea, Lecture At 4:30 in the Common Room on Thursday, May 7, Miss Berthe Marti, Associate Professor of Latin, will speak on “Student Life in the Middle Ages.” The tea and lecture are sponsored by the Class- ics Club and will be their last meeting with a speaker for the year. Miss Marti’s field is Medie- val Latin. The Classics Club urg- es all those interested in the Mid- dle Ages, in Latin, or in an inter- esting lecture to come to their last tea. Letters from Abroad Modestly, quietly, almost hap- hazardly, during the months I have been staying with them in Paris, the Carpentiers have tried to -ex- plain to me what it was like to live through a war. Their story is of indiviauals, yet it refiects the ha.d- ships and courage of all France: Madame Carpentier, as I know her, is a dignified, indomitable lady with white hair and dark, spark- ling eyes. She manages to com- bine a broad curiosity about the world and all its people with a pre- cise ambition to master every sit- uation that comes her way. She rules a large family of children and grandchildren with tact and authority, and in her spare time directs committees for the Red Cross and the Cancer League. But sometimes, in a quiet moment, when she is tired, she pauses and thinks aloud: “When I remember all I have lived through, I wonder that I’m still here.” Then she talks of the German Occupation: of what it meant in day-to-day life, of what it was like on a few, terrible days. Lack of Heat Because her husband, who died just at the end of the war, was Mayor of the 6th arrondissement, his family remained in Paris dur- ing the four long years of the Oc- cupation, from July 1940 to Aug- ust 1944. During this time the material conditions of life—heat, clothes, and especially food—were bad enough, but the emotional un- certainties—fear and _ suspicion, and constant secrecy—were “unim- aginable”. The Carpentier house has the massive, magnificent proportions that were fashionable in the 1870’s, with spacious drawing rooms and windows fourteen feet high. It is not easy to heat, even in peace- time. And the Germans allotted almost no wood, oil or coal for pri- vate use. Winters must have been as damp and marrow-chilling in- doors as they were outdoors; and for some reason, the war years brought particularly ruthless weather. The Carpentiers, in their imposing private house, had chil- blains. Food and Clothing Scarce It was rarely possible to buy new clothes, either for warmth or for decency, under the rationing system. Madame made dresses from curtains and slipcovers, or traded outgrown children’s clothes for things which came nearer fit- ting. Her young daughter, Mar- tine, was delighted at the chal- lenge. She turned into an accom- plished cobbler, making shoes from blocks of wood and bits of old ma- terial. The worst problem was food. Rationing allowed less calories per day than what is considered the minimum to keep alive. (Gas for cooking was turned on only a few hours at a time, sometimes one and three in the morning, just out of spite. There was no butter, hard- ly any fat. Madame took to mak- ing salad dressing out of cod liver oil. There was a rare, tough little piece of meat, perhaps once a month. The best fish went to the Germans, and stores sold escalope de poisson, a pulp made of bones and fishheads. The vegetable sup- ply varied from season to season. The staple was a large yellow tur- nip called a rutabaga, and at times the family just ate rotting, uncook- ed potatoes. The black market was run by bofs, collaborators who made great fortunes selling butter, eggs and cheese (beurre, oeufs, fromage). The majority of the French people, however, were too poor to buy ex- tra rations, and many died of hun- ger. Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 “Murder by Mail” Delivers Intrigue, “Taste Of Death” by Harriette Solow, ’56 “The headline of a Toronto news- paper was McGrew Mixes Murder and Mediaeval Studies, or maybe it was Mediaeval Interest,” explained Julia McGrew, winner of a Work- man Fellowship. “I guess it might be called a mixture when some- one does two things in the same Hiifetime,” “she continued, ‘I’ll de- vote my time to higher things next year.” Emphasis on “higher things’ (a Ph.D. in the field of Mediaeval Languages and Literature) means a vacation for Fenn McGrew, au- thor of Murder by Mail and Taste of Death. The latter, published in 1958, was written by Mrs. Tom Fenn with plot and structure sup- plied by Julia McGrew. “Mediaeval Studies” might be responsible for forming a writing team consisting of a student who received her B.S. and M.A. at Oberlin, and of the wife of the head of the Government Depart- ment there. The mysteries, in turn, help “buy many mediaeval texts and dictionaries.” As a book, Taste of Death has no connection with mediaeval ages. A small girls’ boarding school in Ohio is the setting. The dramatics teacher was stabbed just as she was about to make the spot where Julius Caesar would be stabbed in the play which was to be given the next day. A cast of very in- teresting characters increases the fun of “who-done it?” These in- clude the domineering author of pamphlets entitled “How to Plant the Seeds of Assumption of Group Responsibility” and “How to Pre- vent Individual Members of the Group from Verbalizing Their Own Prejudices”, a very imaginative and neurotic student, teacher- roommates who argue the ques- tion of marriage versus study, and a police lieutenant who, according ato the book jacket, “fosters a ro- mance.” French Club Farce Given Drama Prize Jules Supervielle’s farce La Pre- miere Famille, as presented by the Bryn Mawr French Club at the Cultural Olympics held in Hous- ton Hall at the University of Penn- sylvania on February 26, has won an “Award of Merit in French -Drama”. This will be formally awarded on Friday, May 8, at the Academy of Music. Directed by M. Gonnaud and with sets by Fritz Janschka, the play deals with the problems of Adam, who is irresistibly drawn to all females except Eve. The cast of characters (complete with a reindeer, a bear, and even a marvelous dinosaur) includes Jean- Louis Wolff, Edith Robichon, Sue Halperin, George Segal, and M. Leblanc. Vogue Offers Job For Contest Prize Vogue magazine has announced its 19th Prix de l’aris, open to next year’s seniors. First prize will be a year’s job on Vogue with six months of the year in their Paris office. Second prize is a six months’ job on Vogue. Ten honorable men- tion awards include a $25 cash prize and top consideration for jobs on The Conde Nast Publica- tions. If you wish further details, write to the Prix de Paris Director, Vogue, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17. rmona in Othello. S.D.A. To Present Labor Union Movie. ‘With These Hands’ “With These Hands” the Interna- tional Ladies Garment Workers were organized into a union. Recall- ing his work in a 1910 sweatshop, Alexander Brody (Sam _ Levene) traces the history of struggle leading to the eventual goal of stability and ‘security for the gar- ment workers. This movie will be shown by S. D. A. in conjunction with League and Alliance Thursday night, May 7, at 8:30 in the Com- mon Room. Documentarily accurate, the film is humanized to provide a striking picture of the development of or- ganized labor. Told through the life of one man who helped build this particular union, the story car- ries through to the point where the sixty-five-year-old worker can re- tire under the Union Pension Fund. Although the film describes defin- ite incidents in the growth of one union, it is, in a more general sense, the story of every union. The first film ever made by a labor union stars Sam Levene and Arlene Francis as a worker and his wife. On April 29, the Legislature voted to accept the new League Constitution and the changes in the Alliance Constitution. Drawn up by Molly Plunkett, Patsy Price, and their boards, the new constitutions are now in effect. Kemp Chosen Head Of Freshman Week If you see a preoccupied some- one who goes around worryg about scheduling a dance, a fur- niture sale, and various other events, a safe bet will be that she’s the chairman of next year’s Fresh- man Week committee, Elsie Kemp. Upon her rests the responsibility of seeing that next year’s Fresh- men feel more or less at home and familiar with the campus within the space of one all-too-short week. An English major, Elsie spends a good deal of time and effort in College Theater. A notable per- formance was last year’s Desde- A busy Junior (especially now) Elsie calls both Baltimore and Pem West home. Observer The park sounds with the sharp cries of remote seagulls, children’s calls, the shriek of a hammer on the hub of a flat tire and the rasps of the starling. All around - the city’s life swirls, a far-off mur- mur, covered by the cries of the park. Still, amid the bustle, two children sit on opposite benches, looking shyly at each other. The old ladies nod in the sunshine or talk quietly to themselves. The children wander over to the statue and try climbing it from different sides. One reaches the bronze foot. The other peeps around in admiration. She runs back and picks up her skip-rope. A young couple wanders along the path aimlessly, hand in hand. An old woman in a wheel-chair goes to sleep, her head with its flowered hat rolling tiredly to one side. The little girl whirls her rope faster and faster and the other is drawn by its magic swirl— Orange and Pink jump together and Orange misses. Pink explains and the two jump together. Orange asks her mother if she can come again to- morrow as Pink goes home. The heat swims on the pavement and the old woman smiles in her sleep. ' |New York 23, N.Y. Circle 7-1060 Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS , Wednesday, May 6,:1953 Letters From Abroad Continued from Page 3 However, it was the constant emotional tension, more than the physical hardship, which sapped away strength. No one could be trusted, because there was betray- al and misunderstanding every- where. Germans, collaborators and patriots, formed three groups of people. Yet even among the pat- riots, there was division. Some were for the Vichy government of Marshall Petain, sure that it had saved thousands of French lives, and that it was accomplishing by caution what could not be accom- plished by force. Others were for the exiled government of ‘General de Gaulle, and worked for it in the Free French Resistance. Still oth- ers, patriots at heart, satisfied pet- ty jealousies against their person- al enemies, making damaging re- Don't Forget to Send A CARD TO MOTHER! 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The Mayor, because of his responsible position, was naturally mistrusted by the Germans. He was also mis- trusted by some of the people in the arrondisSement, because they knew he had been appointed by Petain. Actually, although not even his children knew the details, he was using® his authority and power, to cover up clandestine sa- botage. During lunch hours, when the government offices were empty, he used German seals on forged documents, to release prisoners and change orders. Escaped pris- Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 straighter face than you can at INCIDENTALLY ... You’re a May Day herald, stand- ing in full regalia next to Miss McBride who is speaking under the maypole ... suddenly ...a very small individual is fascinated by the velvet on your coat, and you are presented with a pansy! Even a fellow herald who wins two wonderful scholarships keeps a that moment! Foreign Student Advisor . Miss Ann Chowning, M. 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Nothing was ever delivered, because there never seemed to be enough steel, or enough labor, or enough something, to fill the or- ders. Meanwhile, periscopes went to the French, and inside informa- tion on the German Navy went to Allied headquarters in London. Madame helped her husband, and also worked ceaselessly on her own. She made an abandoned stable Home Run BY TRAIN! IT’S A HIT! The fun ofa train trip home with friends... enjoying roomy comfort and swell dining-car meals. IT’S A STEAL! You and two or more friends can each save 25% of regular round-trip coach fares by traveling home and. back. together on Group Plan tickets. These tickets are good generally between points more than 100 miles apart. Or 4 group of 25 or more can each save 28% by heading home in the same direction at the same time ... then returning either together or separate'--. i SAL: AT HOME! You'll ae home >romptly as planned . with all- weather certainty no o other t .vel can match. 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He simply said that he was looking for his brother Jacques. At last an anonymous letter came to Madame, telling of Gilbert’s whereabouts. She im- mediately set out to rescue him. Because she spoke German, and be- cause she had an official notice of Jacques’ death, she succeeded. If Jacques had not been killed by the Americans, Gilbert undoubtedly would have been killed by the Ger- mans. One brother literally gave his life for the other. A few weeks later, Madame was|that was asked. She is. one. of the +, on Prisoner Relief, which sent an The Gestapo questioned him three arrested, because a fellow worker few who went back home, after “i in the Prisoner Relief had called her a Jewess. The Gestapo came to get her at seven in the morning. She fied upstairs, but the German officers, having touched her warm bed, searched the house. She met them unflinchingly, and had the courage to keep them waiting an hour, while she arranged the house- hold accounts—arranged them for- ever, as far as she knew. She was taken to the Rue des’ Saussaies, a notorious prison for Jews, where cold baths were used to torture out confessions. She saved herself, as she had saved her son, by her abil- ity to spéak German and to snap back arswers to every question trip to that prison. When the liberation came at last, the Carpentier family, like thoyg-.,. ands of other French families, had ,, paid for the victory in suffering . and blood. Pictures taken just out-.. side the house, on the day of liber- ‘ ation, show lines of captured Ger: mans standing against the wall, .. with French and American tanks ~ trundling in the street, and French- - men smiling with pent-up joy, .. watching the turmoil and waving flags. Madame showed me the pictures, then put them away again, out of © | Sight. “Peace. If only it can last”, she said. 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