VOL. XLVII, NO. 4 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1950 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1950 PRICE 15 CENTS BMC Publicity Plays Big Role, States Avirett BMC Must Bridge Gap Between Reputation And Reality Mr. William Avirett, vice-presi- dent of Colgate and former educa- tion. editor of the New York Herald Tribune, spoke about “Public Re- lations in Colleges” in the Dean- ery, Thursday, October 19. His talk was based on the statement that public relations “could put colleges in a better light,” especial- ly in these uncertain times. “We are involved in an era of mass education that threatens to overshadow liberal arts,” he said. The high schools of today must give the best terminal education possible to a large number of stud- ents. The colleges, too, are under great pressure to give an education to more and more people. State uni- versities can bear the load and will soon be a hundred per cent larger. The two-year colleges may also be an answer to the problem. How- ever, it will be impossible for the liberal arts colleges to expand at so great a speed. In addition, it becomes increas- ingly harder to balance the budget. Bryn Mawr, was “at the crossroads” year's ago; now inflation has absorb- ed increases in resources, and again there is the “crossroads” feeling. “I doubt,” Mr. Avirett added, “if any institution is so entrenched that it can depend on its own re- sources for support.” Colleges must get general support; no longer will alumnae who are well acquainted with the college be able Owen Lattimore will be the first Alliance Assembly speaker for 1950-51. He will speak ia Goodhart Hall on Monday, Nov- ember 6th, at 12:30 p.m. on the subject of “America and Asia.” Mr. Lattimore is at present L:- rector of the Walter Hines Page School of International Rela- tions of the Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. to bear the financial load. For that reason, “the meaning and pur- pose” of the college must be made clear to the public. Colleges face another upset of long duration because of the draft. There are at present two alterna- tives for the deferment of students: either technical students, or those in the upper halves of their classes, could remain in colleges, and in both cases enrollment would be seriously affected. Discussing next the education of women, Mr. Avirett said that wom- en’s colleges could possibly be de- fined in political party terminol- ogy. Radcliffe or Bryn Mawr would be on the right, and Mills, with its flair for experimenting, would be on the left. Regardless of the teach- ing methods, however, the liberal arts instruction must be under- stood if its purposes are not to be ” Jost. “We must formulate and tell our story ... (we are) part of the technological and social revolution Continued on Page 2, Col. 4 Singers and Swingers Alumnae Weekend Will Help Grads Rediscover BMC The outstanding event of Alum- nae ‘Weekend, November 4 and 5, will occur at nine o’clock Saturday evening in the Deanery when Pa- mela Coyne Taylor, 1924, presents the portrait of Miss McBride which is to be hung in the Library with the other portraits of deans and presidents. The weekend’s »rogram entitled “Renaissance of Learning” will begin at noon Sat- urday at the faculty luncheon in the Deanery. After lunch Mr. Soper of the History of Art De- partment will speak on the Chapin Collection of Oriental art and manuscripts which he has arrang- ed. The Collection will be on ex- hibit in the Rare Book Room of the Library and in the Goodhart Gallery. Ait two o’clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Manning and Mr. Chew will provide “Food for the Mind” from the fields of history and English literature. After the Directors’ dinner in the evening, the chorus under Mr. Goodale is scheduled to sing, and then the portrait of Miss cBride will be presented. The art- ist, Robert Brackman, is a mem- ber of the National Academy and has studied with Robert Henri and George Bellows. He has done por- traits of many prominent men and women including Anne Morrow Continued on Page 5, Col. 4 MLLE Attracts Writers to Tea The Mademoiselle College Board Tryout tea was held in the Dean- ery on Tuesday afternoon, Octo- a member of the college board last year, and was among the twenty students chosen to go to New York for the month of June to be a guest editor on Mademaselle, spoke to a small but enthusiastic audi- ence on the advantages of College Board membership. The Board members, who are chosen each year from liberal arts colleges all over the country, re- ceive, during the academic year, assignments which not only help to prepare them for possible guest editorship, but are stimulating and instructive within themselves. Many former members, who now are working in their chosen fields, Continued on Page 6, Col. 5 ber 17th. Joanna Semel, who was} Bryn Mawr Sees Frosh Welcomed In Lantern Night On Friday, October 18, at 8:30, one of Bryn Mawr’s favorite tra- ditions was continued. With due ceremony, the underclassmen, in caps.and gown, marched into the Library Cloisters for the Lantern Night ritual. Carrying lanterns with ’54 blue panes, the Sopho- mores sang their hymn to Pallas Athene. Atfter the Freshmen re- ceived these lanterns, they march- ed out singing. The bright new moon, the crisp, misty air, and the excellent sing- ing of two beautiful songs combin- ed to make Lantern Night im- pressive and memorable. The ceremony was not only an artistic success, but a financial one as well. The 222 visitors and stu- dents who watched the proceedings from the Library balcony, contrib- uted a total profit of $144.60, which traditionally goes to the Sophomore treasury. CALENDAR Wednesday, October 25 Meeting of the Spanish Club, Common Room, 5:00 p.m. Marriage Lecture, Dr. Cox, “Careers and Marriage,” Common Room, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, October 26 Meeting of IRC, Common Room, 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 27 Freshman Hall Plays, “The Affected Young Ladies”; “The Journey of the Soul”; “The Old Wives’ Tale”; “A Question of Principle.” Skinner Workshop, 8:15 p.m. Saturday, October 28 Freshman Hall Plays, “The Re- hearsal”; “The Most Foolish Vir- gin”; “The Still Alarm”; first act of “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Skin. ner Workshop, 8:15 p.m. Sunday, October 29 Sunday Evening Chapel Serv: ice, the Rev. John Mellin. Music Room, 7:30 p.m. Monday, October 30 Self-Government Exams The. Self-Government examina- tions for freshmen and transfer students will be given on Monday, October 30, at 8:30 p.m. in Rooms B, D, and E of Taylor Hall. Wednesday, October 1 Wednesday Morning Assembly, Elisabeth Nelidow, “A Trip in the Aegean Islands.” Goodhart, 8:45 a.m. Class of 54 Plans Hall Productions On October 27, 28 On Friday and Saturday nights, October 27 and 28, the annual Freshman hall plays will be pre- sented in the Skinner Workshop. Pembroke West, Pembroke East, Radnor, and Merion will present their plays on Friday night, while Saturday’s performance will in- clude Rhoads, Denbigh, Rockefel- ler, and Non-Res. Pem West is giving “The Affect- ed Young Ladies” by Moliere un- der the upperclassman direction of M. Cassatt. The freshman director is D. Luzzato, and the stage man- ager is P. Oliver. The cast is as follows: MV MOIEAy sssssesotssacnsscccosebeves .B. Davis Tih GYATZS isisccsccssecsestscesseres T. Pearre OTIS cisssiscsessesconscsvsenes N. Franke ME POUEO: Gicsisisissecivisoncsveete M. McCabe DARNAOLON \csvicsvatssvessstsisseny A. Phipps ORGNOS -bccssssisccicsarneccates J. McIntosh IGOR TILIO fle. sccccccncessisivesinns E. Kemp POGUIOL Aaiissueaincunise A. Eristoff Merion’s production, under the advice of S. Halperin, is Lord Dun- rany’s “The Journey of the Soul”. G. Struthers is the freshman di- rector, and the stage manager is N. Fasick. The cast is as follows: PAE: iiieczacsconiadovesitlistesisisevisssbaee A. Fox BREED Siaagstasasnantohcaitvasasscutrinas M. Rorison PP VINE iscceccvsvscssccessosssssueess M. Holden WES ONT sistiecscosussvstprresesse .M. Sapiz Stage Manager .......cccsees S. Webb IMT BRATIOV 5... .cctscsseosve K.. Brinkman 2 GE Male a, G.-VonHebel and J. Connor, G. Painter, J. Nason, V. Kraver, C. Ozanne, I. Coll, and M. Jobes. “The Old Wives’ Tale” by George Peele is the choice of Rad- nor, under L. M. Egan. P. Harvey is freshman director, while E. Ewer will be stage manager. The cast includes: BH SPAIONG ipcicesvehcricstiier: A. Treene BIEBG USLOURCY iiedsisccscrssesasesig E. Ewer Second Brother ............06 K. Hansen BRUNO NIGES iijescosesssersesssvsaes J. Meyer MICORIUIG scspciivssenvisvssiecitaies E. Glayser COPUOOE ciideaniiidns caine L. Batten Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 Cleland Condemns Pseudo-Christians In the Common Room, at 8:30 on Monday, October 23, Dr. James Cleland of Duke University spoke on “The Seven Deadly Virtues”, an idea suggested in Dorothy Sayers} book Creed of Chaos. These “virtué$” are thought by many people, including Christians, to embody the principles of Chris- tianity. Dr. Cleland listed them as 1) respectability, “doing in Rome as the better Romans do”; 2) childishness, an incapacity to ac- cept life as it reallly is; 3) mental timidity, the quality of being “un- willing to change horses in mid- stream, even when one of the horses is an ass”; 4) dullness, being spir- itually dead without the advan- tage of being physically buried; 5) sentimentality, “A man, being un- able to“lift his drunk friend from the gutter, lies down beside him”; 6) censoriousness, the quality of one who cannot judge the sin from the sinner; and 7) depression of Continued on Page 6, Col. 3 Panel Discusses Philos.’ Relation To Sci. Method Drs. Schrecker, Michels, White, Adams Debate by Claire Liachowitz, °52 and Joan McBride, ’52 The Philosophy and Science Clubs of Bryn Mawr College pre- sented a panel discussion of “The Philosophical Background of the Scientific Method” in Dalton Hall, at 8:30 p. m., Tuesday, October 24. The speakers were Dr. Paul Schrecker, Dr. Walter Michels, Dr. White, and Dr. Joe Kennedy Adams, with Mrs. Grace de La- guna as moderator. Mr. Schrecker, who represented philosophy, stated that there are many scientific methods and that. “philosophy is not a background but a foreground’. The history of science is the history of changing methods. There are two limita- tions imposed upon us by the scientific method: that it may be accompanied by a fear which may plunge all of us into an abyss from which even the most advanced science cannot save. us; and, “we r}know more than any generation has known, but. do we know bet- ter’? Today, everyone must concen- trate, must choose a major and a minor in» the study of science. Philosophy must be concerned with everything, and in its attempt to spread interest, is accused of dil- ettantism. We find that philoso- phy is accorded de facto and not de jure recognition. The influence of philosophy is nvisible, implicit, and indirect, and on the march of civilization is more decisive than any other branch of knowledge. The domin- ation of science, however, likens civilization to an anthill, compell- ing every ant to toil without knowing why or what its purpose. There is no scientific answer to the question of what is the ultim- ate purpose of science. Although Continued on Page 2, Col. 4 Horse Show Set — For November 12 The Fall Bryn Mawr Horse Show will take place on Sunday, November 12, at Fox’s stables in Valley Forge. Everyone who has ever ridden is urged to sign up for classes on the Athletic Bulletin Board in Taylor. There will be classes for all stages of. eques- trienne accomplishments, from be- ginners to experts. The classes are: Beginners’ Horsemanshiv: Intermediate Horsemanship; Advanced Horsemanship; Pair Class; Handy Hunters; . Gymkana Class. Spectators are also invited and may sign up on a separate list for transportation to Valley Forge. People with further inquiries may see. Margaret Richardson, Rhoads North. or Bs * appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without per- Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 25, 1950 Z THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED 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 mission of the Editor-in-Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD Joan McBride, ‘52, Editor-in-chief Jane Augustine, ‘52, Copy Barbara Joelson, ‘52, Make-up Frances-Shirley, ‘53, Make-up EDITORIAL STAFF Julie Ann Johnson, ‘52 Margie Cohn, ‘52 Helen Katz, ‘53 Judy Waldrop, ‘53 Winifred Sexton, ‘51 Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, ‘52 Sheila Atkinson, ‘53 Diana Gammie, ‘53 Lucy Batten, ‘54 Beth Davis, ‘54 Phoebe Harvey, ‘54 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Anna Natoli, ‘54 Claire Robinson, ‘54 Christine Schavier, ‘54 Mary Stiles, ‘54 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Sue Bramann, ‘52 Phoebe Harvey, ‘54 Judy Leopold, ‘53 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Lucy Batten, ‘54 Christine Schavier, ‘54 BUSINESS MANAGERS Mary Kay Lackritz, ‘51 — Tama Schenk, ‘52 BUSINESS BOARD Barbara Goldman, ‘53 Evelyn Fuller, ‘53 Margi Partridge, ‘52 Susie Press, ‘53 SUBSCRIPTION BOARD Lita Hahn, ‘52, Chairman Ellie Lew Atherton, ‘52. Carolyn Limbaugh, ‘53 Alice Cary, ‘52 Trish Mulligan, ‘52 Susan Crowdus, ‘52 True Warren, ‘52 Lois Kalins, ‘52 Gretchen Wemmer, ‘53 - Nikki de Langley, ‘53 Subscription, $3.00 Mailing price, $3.50 Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 | Self Government Off Campus Every Bryn Mawr girl knows that she is on her honor to follow the Self-Gov rules while on campus. She is equally obliged to uphold those rules when she is off campus. Her feeling of responsibility to the college should be as strong when it:cannot be enforced by social pressure as when it can. The honor system’s success depends upon mature and moral handling of personal freedom. If the intangible dictates of conscience are disregarded, dubious off-campus student be- havior may result. About these rare cases, Self-Gov says: “The Executive Board reserves the right to act at any time it feels that a student’s conduct .. . brings discredit upon the College’. This is a puzzlingly vague statement. If the rulebook doesn’t say you can’t do it, does that mean you can? Nothing in the rules prevents several unescorted girls from taking a 12:30 signout to a bar. Such actions may or may not be in good taste. That we go to bars is not as sig- nificant as why we go. We may want to drink. Having drunk, we may want to drink more. .. and a group of girls whose demeanor intimates enthusiastic and excessive imbibing is not a credit to this institution. Unescorted bar-hopping has a second motivation; some of The Boys may be out seeking beer and companionship. Picking up men in bars is unquestionably bad taste, and is damaging to the reputation of both the girl and her school. Every fall, freshmen ask if girls who are under age may sign out to bars. Self-Gov says yes: the responsibility for the legal consequences is the student’s. But responsibility for the student is the college’s. A girl under twenty-one drinks at the risk of discrediting the colege by making it seem to condone breaking the law. The question cannot be settled by definite ruling. Stud- ents should use discrimination in frequenting bars; moderate drinking in a restaurant-bar can scarcely be condemned. If one Bryn Mawr girl sees another drunk and disorderly in a public place, she must use her own discretion in making a re- port to Self-Gov. Lately social pressure has not been prop- erly applied in cases of intoxication. Wherever we go we are still representatives of Bryn Mawr. Our behavior must al- ways bring nothing but credit upon the college. Current Events On ‘Monday evening, October 23, Miss Gertrude C. K. Leighton of the Political Science Department discussed Human Rights, with em- phasis on the extent to which the UIN has been able to achieve rec- ognition of human rights, which has been one of the primary aims of the organization since its founding. The Human Rights program un- der the UN charter is divided into two parts: Article 55 outlines the responsibilities of the organs of the UIN; a second article outlines the obligation of the member gov- ernments to uphold Article 55. The Human Rights Commission is one of the few mentioned by name in the charter; in continuation of the Commission’s program, the Declar- ation of Human Rights was ap- proved in December, 1948, and the Covenant of Human Rights is cur- rently on the agenda of the Gen- eral Assembly. The Declaration is not an instru- ment of enforcement, but a state- ment of world policy. Divided into three parts, it embodies civil and political rights, economic and so- cial rights, and _ iriternational rights.: The Covenant, briefer document, a much includes only civil rights, and is largely proced- ural and weak in implementation. Concerning member state action rights, the United States has ‘been very con- servative. to. promote human The main question in this field at the present time is that of the Genocide Convention, which outlaws “attempts to de- stroy, in whole or in part, a na- tional, ethnical, racial, or religious group.” This Convention is now before the Senate. October 15, the head of the Car- negie Endowment for Internation- al Peace accused the American Bar Association of using Carnegie funds to promote propaganda against the Genocide Convention, and this assertion thas added to the argument already existing within the United States against ratify- ing the Convention. The United States cannot share the eager- ness to support this (Convention that other nations might ibe led to expect, and Miss Leighton said that she hoped that the Senate would realize the irony of the sit- uation, and ratify the Genocide Convention. In the New York Times, Sunday, Schrecker, Michels, White and Adams Deliberate ‘Philosophical Background of Scientific Method’’ Continued from Page 1 this pumpose may seem to be the making of human life as long and as ipleasurable as possible, this ap- parent end presents a tragic par- adox: in most places in the world natural life expectancy is long; increasingly, however, we face possible sudden extinction. Science alone is not enough, Mr. Schrecker concluded; tthe hyper- trophy of science at the expense of philosophy and religion is a terri- fying thing. “A science-dominat- ed civilization . . . is impossible . . because it would lack a steering mechanism or a chart of values ...? Science must content itself as the first among equals. Mr. Michels, the representative of the physical sciences, first cited the six elementary steps of the traditional scientific method: 1) observe, 2) brood, 3) hypothesize, 4) predict, 5) test, and 6 “shout with glee upon confirmation”, which, however, has been rendered obsolete. (Physical science is primarily ob- jective, but in the formulation of an hypothesis the human mind must be employed; and the coinci- dent subjectivity always conditions the mature of the hypothesis. Scientific hypotheses are mere shorthand descriptions of observed phenomena and are interdepend- ent. Diagramming two boxes, Dr. Michels termed one the real world, the other the theoretical; the real world is limited by our senses, while the theoretical one is filled with cencepts which are straight invention and yet occupy most of the physical scientist’s time. The scientist must be consistent, how- ever, between the two realms; the predictions of theory must match the observed phenomena of reality, in order to test the basic truth of the hypothesis. Dr. White, of the Lankenau Can- cer Research Institute, presented the views of a biologist. Science’s philosophy is that of. basic princi- ples, and provides a rational basis for behavior: “It is cosmology, a code of ethics, and therefore a re- ligion’’. Contrasting science as a religion to the other great groups of re- ligion, Dr. White observed that rather than homocentric in theory, as the Pagan religion, or homocen- tric in practice, as the Hebrew: Christian religion, on the basis of available evidence it relegates man to insignificance. ‘Science seeks to know the place of man in the uni- verse,and equally the place of ev- erything else. We thus assume that there is a plan with a place for all, and this article of faith is a basic tenet of science as a re- ligion. To ‘science there exists causality, and science seeks to find the causes. Positivism arranges our knowl- edge in a series of categories: Mathematics is a purely hypothet- ical science; if it begins to deat with real objects, it is no longer a science but a technology. Physics is the science of motion and deals with both the real and the hypo- thetical world. ‘Chemistry is a science of qualities, and therefore has only real world dealings. Bi- ology is the science of life, but in its consideration of this small part of the real world, employs all possible methods. Sociology is the science of communities, and is the most limited science, dealing only with man within his medium. Dr. White continued his affirma- tion of science, the religion, by cit- ing as unreal gaps the geological hiatuses, the gap between the or- Continued on Page 5, Col. 3 Colgate V.P. Stresses Need for Cooperation With Press; Says Colleges Must Tell Story Continued from Page 1 . our purposes must be gener- ally understood.” The administration” said Mr. Avirett, would play a great part in this spreading of the college story. He devoted the second part of his talk to a comparison of the pos- ition of the president of a men’s college many years ago with the situation of the “prexy” of today. Within the college, the president was a first among equals, a scholar who knew all the faculty well. Today, with a few exceptions, the “prexy” is more isolated. The chief duty of the president is often traveling for publicity purposes.’ Finally Mr. Avirett undertook a frank discussion of Bryn Mawr’s “harassed Information, Please! Perhaps the most important requisite for a newspaper like the College News is that it reflect and stimulate campus thought. The News staff is constantly trying to fulfill this function, but naturally there is an abundance of student opinion that never reaches our pages. Almost every Wednes- |day evening there are smoker discussions supporting or mal- igning News articles and News policy. Violent as the reac- tion may be, it seldom produces any result as the News itself doesn’t hear of it. The only way in which the News can know of campus suggestions is through the Letters to the Editor, which are printed in the Opinion column. This column should be used not only to comment on former issues of the paper, but also as a medium through which new ideas may be presented to the college. Ali letters must be signed. So far this year there has been no material for an Opinion column, although there has been much opinion ex- pressed throughout the campus. Your letters provide the only method through which we are able to know your ideas, and, ultimately, to become a newspaper that truly represents the entire college. problems in public relations and mentioned techniques that would help publicity. First of all, he said, our “blue-stocking reputation is not a passport to survival,” and the gap between reputation and reality must be stressed. “(At present) Bryn Mawr has a highly private place in the rear rank of public relations.” In addition, the older colleges are handicapped by living within themselves. They must send out representatives, and so rid themselves of provincialism. For this reason, the president, sym- bol of the college, is called wpon for great numbers of speeches. Members of the Seven College Conference, too, are relatively con- tent with their status, and academic adventure and freshness is some- times weighed down by past repu- tation. The colleges should cease to feel that if they do a good job of teach- ing the publicity will take care of itself. Pictures are usually more appealing than stories. In addition, colleges can belong to the Ameri- can Public Relations Association. and in discussing their problems, profit by the experience of others. Co-operation with the press, and a systematic release of news can often keep unfavorable publicity from the front pages. The entire pressure of the public relations work must not fall on the presi- dent. Instead, if Bryn Mawr is to know and become known to the public, there mu rm writing and a great effort at\hospitality all..through the year>~As Mr. Avirett told of the techniques avail- able for making known the story of Bryn Mawr, he pointed out that the college “must make its con- tribution to the general public known in order to be allowed to continue to make that contribu- tion.” 4 Wednesday, October 25, 1950 THE COLLEGE NEWS Uns Uy, Y ~ De a) A ..@ Freshman, of course! Vl Mo» Spanish Travel Reveals to Senor Alcala An Old World Charm, Casual Politics by Helen Katz, ’53 Mr. Alcala, who has just return- ed from a summer of traveling in Europe, told me, to my amaze- ment, that it hasn’t rained in most of Spain for the past four or five years. The Mexican-born Spanish teacher, who has been at Bryn Mawr for four years, spent the major part of his vacation in va- rious parts of Spain, mainly Bar- celona, and also went through Holland and Paris. Of the latter, and France in gen- eral, he said that the most inter- esting thing is the pre-1939 spirit, which still prevails among the people—a happy, interested frame of mind. “Everybody enjoys Paris” said Mr. Alcala. Spain, too, has its own personality, more in keeping with the atmospheric old buildings, and customs of the people, and with the new regime in the gov- ernment. The people all support Franco, for fear of someone worse, with an air of humorous resigna- tion, and think nothing of making public jokes about him, although the press and radio are strictly controlled and censored. Besides the terrible lack of wa- ter, transportation and communi- cation are poor when available, but cheaper than they are in this coun- try. There is still inflation, and rationing, but the black market has everything, for a price. . Spain’s picturesque churches hilltop castles, and medieval mur- als are of much interest to tour- ists, particularly Salamanca, an old Renaissance town, where gyp- sies sing Mexican songs, and Ma- drid, where the Prado Museum contains original El Greco and Velasquez paintings. For the in- tellectually bent, there is also El Escorial, the library outside Ma- Continued on Page 4, Col. 2 Theatre Reveals Cast Of “Guest” The cast for Guest in the House, the fall production ,of the Bryn Mawr (College Theatre and the Haverford Cap and Bells Club is as follows: Evelyn ‘Heath ............ Nancy Pearre AVN PROC? ieccisccsicses JMolly Allen Douglas Proctor Aunt Martha ....... Sally Shoemaker Miriam Blake ............0000 Judy Blair Lee Proctor ....... !Maryann Holmes DE PLOY ..cisccasccnne ‘Bruce Grove Miss Rhodes ........ JMaxine Swirsky DOE. SW. iscecsopscsicssisaceannes -Bob Chase John, the (butler ....Jon Guttmacher Hilda, the maid ............ Janet Leeds EE, DOG sc asiecessoccsvaniiunr ‘Bob Glatzer MYS. DOW iccceccccs Deborah Putnam Tracy, the photographer ~ Tom Anderson The director is Miss Meinhart of the Germantown Theatre Guild, and the stage co-managers and set designers are Ellen Bacon and Liz Nelidow. Townsend Likes Turkey With Greece, ‘Adores Academic Duties on Acropolis American Schoo] for Classical Studies Athens, Greece 18 October, 1950 My dear Editors: As they say in the low Turkish dive I have just reeled out of, “No newspaper is jworth its reeking ink; what a man needs is a bottle of retsina and a kind fat woman”. At the moment I am inclined to agree; remembering the petty tor- tures the NEWS involved this time last year, I wish I could entice you over here to sink your editorial sorrows, not in an oceasional beer with Louie, but in the vicious pine- gum sediment that passes for wine here and is so surprisingly agree- able to the soul. My first rule in writing letters to the uninitiated (especially be. nighted classicists like Joan) is sternly “Thou shalt not rhapso- dize”, remembering with pain the lyrical efforts of such sensitive ‘souls as Ellis and McClure from England last year, England which has so much less. to recommend it: than Greece. I have been progress- ively Anglophile (the high spot of my passage through England this summer au bicyclette being a scar- ring prod by a farmer near Ciren- cester at five in the morning, as I was snoozing in his favorite patch of cattle manure, and falling off the cliffs of Dhun Aengus in the Aran islands, only to be snatched from death by a couple doing some sneaking amour behind a bush— they grabbed me by the hair and uttered pungent Gaelic curses); Francophile (marked {by a pleas- ant interlude with a Basque paint- er who told me after all was con- cluded that he had just been diag- nosed a leper); Hispanophile (here I fell into the arena during a rath- er tame bullfight, to be hauled away in ignominy by the guards as an American who chose one of the stupider ways to attract at- tention), and Italophile (is there such a. word? At any rate, my so- journ in Naples was enlivened by eating so much pizza in a harbor * Continued on Page 4, Col: 1 | pcAN Page Three NSA Tea Held To Explain Aims, To Hear Speech Bryn Mawr’s branch of the Na- tional Student Association held a “vet-acquainted-with-NSA” tea in the Common Room on Wednesday, October 18. In addition to hearing about the association, everyone had a chance to question Chickie Glass- burg about her summer with a student tour of Europe. Chairman Ronnie Gottlieb and vice-chairman Lita Hahn first ex- plained the objectives and major policies of NSA. The organization that was founded after the Second World War, when American stud- ents realized that they had no group comparable to foreign stud- ent unions. Almost four hundred colleges sent delegates to a consti- tutional convention where they pledged an exchange of ideas in an effort to promote student welfare in all ways. The organization also presents student opinion in national educational groups such as the President’s Committee. Ronnie emphasized the fact the NSA is not Communistic, and is, in fact, backed by the State De- partment. As literature passed out by Communist front organizations was circulated about the room, she told of the hecklers, who had ap- peared at the national convention this year and lobbied against the United Nations’ action in Korea. The reds, in spite of the literature and haranguing, got a “silent treat- ment” and a resolution supporting the UN was passed. The NSA has ceased to work with the Interna- tional Union of Students, she said, since that group has become Com- munist-dominated. Turning from the national or- ganization to the campus commit- Upperclass Attitude, Actions, Please Freshmen by Claire Robinson, °54 You have’ observed us much, this we know. You have indulgently viewed our first, frantically seif- conscious efforts at gaiety, our manufactured tea chatter, our good “Of course, I’ve been away to camp” bravado. You have over- looked the nervous social blunders, the interrupted conversations with your friends, as we try to make them ours. You have understood the clopping of feet in the library, the too-bright comments, the nois- iness of “Cheer, oh cheer, we know no. fear...” But we have been observing you, too. We are not slow to think, to pause, to per- ceive. We have noticed the early morning faces, the toast-crunch- ing quiet of an eight o’clock din- ing hall. We have watched you burrow for mail—as eagerly as we. We have marked the relish with which you sing your show songs, and loved the fact that each of you feels your class songs are bet- ter than any other. We have seen your beat-up sneakers, your de- lapidated jeans, and with a gulp— Continued on Page 6, Col. 1 NEWS Raconteur Peruses Thesaurus by Helen Katz, ’53 buccal—brass horn. alimentary—what Sherlock Holmes said to Dr. Watson. monetary—where monks live. peruse—people who come from Lima. tee, Ronnie mentioned the need for a more thorough sampling of campus opinion, so that Bryn Mawr might be more accurately repre- sented at NSA conferences. The committee—is—interested, also, in serving as a “sparkplug” in the re- organization of the college radio club. Even more practical is the proposed circulation of free stud- ent identification cards for use with the student discount plan be- ing instituted by some of the local stores. Since NSA serves as a clear- ing-house for information coming in from other campuses, an effort will be made to devise a better method of distributing correspond- ence to the proper groups. Final- ly she suggested a re-examination of Self-Government concepts as an attempt to determine the value of closer student-faculty co-operation. The last part of the meeting was devoted to a first-hand description of an NSA-sponsored tour to Eur- ope. Chickie Glassburg told of her eight. week tour of England and of Yugoslavia, where she partici- pated in a student work camp. She was one of the nine Americans in a camp of three thousand who were building dormitories for the University. Though the students were not paid, they were given board, stamps, fifteen Yugoslavian cigarettes a day, work clothes, and free transpe@etation from the camp to town. After working from six in the morning until twelve they were free to go where they pleased. There were tours of factories and community farms, and even a chance to visit a political prison camp. The highlight of the tour was a ten-day trip to the Dalma- tian coast, Yugoslavia’s equivalent of the Riviera, given to the, Amer- ican and Norwegian membérs of the work camp. Chickie said that she met all kinds of people, many of them Communists, but none of them Russians. English or French was spoken at the camp, and German Continued on Page 4, Col:-2 intimate—person confined to an institution. idiomatic — why people become intimates. capillary—an insect that feeds on leaves. parish—to die. tenet — game played with rac- quets.: cantaloupe — animal indigenous to Africa. raconteur—person in an illegal business. insular—inclined to be sassy. autonomy—dangerous driving. kilt—murdered. bathos—one of the Three Mus- keteers. motivator—machine used to pre- pare farm land. jaunty—yellow-skinned. yacht—opposite of cold. harbinger—meat pattie on toast- ed roll. Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 Soph Seeks Attention, Laments Loss; Frosh Receives Attention, Turns Boss Alas, Poor Sophomore! Men and Friends Shun Her by Dee Dee Gammie, ’53 It is my firm contention that the freshmen get too much attention around here, especially during the first few weeks of college. Rather it is the sophomore who is to be pitied, comforted, and aided as she prepares for the proverbial and horrendous “Sophomore Slump.” Year after year we see this ghastly monster descend upon the sophomores and yet no one has taken action. No one has courage- ously sought to remedy the situa- tion. - To attack the problem at it very root, let us consider the soph- omore as she arrives in the Bryn Mawr station (sans Mama). Where are the eager crowds of upper- class “wheels” who met her last year? Alas! They are gamboling on the green with .. . freshmen. The awakening is rude. Should she have been forced by train schedules to arrive at an un- earthly A.M. hour before meals are open to the general public, her reception at old B.M.C. will be ruder yet. Where is the warm hos- pitality of yesteryear? Since neither the Hearth nor the Inn is open, the martyred sophomore will be forced to seek that hospitality huddled on her suitcase, wracked by pangs of hunger, watching while hoards of unknown _interlopers gorge themselves. Nor does the sophomore have a haleyon week free from classes to recover from her initial shock. She is expected to put in intelligent attendence at all of her classes. No longer is the back-door escape of “But Miss Kilby, I was prac- ticing my tennis swing in the gym” open to her. Rather, this is the year which will determine whether she will flunk out in ’51 or cum laude out in ’53. The strain is insufferable. Now we come to the most griev- . ous neglect of all... that of Hav- erford. It seems that these men of brotherly ... and sisterly ... love have a ‘peculiar mental quirk when it comes to name and face associa- tion. It is their way to stride past last year’s steady with never so much as a nod of recognition in order to address an utterly strange freshman with the old line, “Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?” (Leer.) As if this were not enough, the upperclassmen take an exceedingly awkward view of the whole situation. No longer do they pass out blind dates with gay abandon; they seem to feel Continued on Page 4, Col. 2 DAVENPORT CIGARETTES Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS OE ILO IOI a it a Wednesday, October 25, 1950 Former Student Recommends Classical Life Supplemented by Chianti, Octopi, and Pizza Continued from Page 3 joint that I missed the boat as it sailed away, and had to chase it in a leaky skiff propelled by six tra- ditional Neapolitan (boatmen, who insisted on being paid off in Chi- anti) ... but until I reached Ath- ens I knew not what it was to have been nurtured at the concave bos- om of the Greek department: the lesson of this involved sentence is simply that one cannot do better than to read classics at an impres- sionable age. French has_ its charm, Paula, but philosophy is infinitely preferable as mental discipline, and to Joan I can only say, stop Latin and start Greek. What has Bryn Mawr to offer compared with the joys of riding: up the slopes of Parnassos on a leering. mule? with diving for sea urchins and: eating them raw un- der water? with treading the grapes of Corinth while plied with wine and pomegranates by the vil- lage elders? Though I would ten thousand times rather be here, even when forced to make pene- trating comments on Lesbian Leaf molding. or Middle Helladic frag- ments of chamber pots, than frowsting in the College Inn, I would welcome news of all of you. Miss Marti has ‘been driving recklessly around Rome, denting every fender she can catch up with, nosing fat Roman ladies purposefully in the rear, and pre- tending not to understand the im- precations with which she _ is cheered along the street. Of the Bryn Mawr collected here, all hor- izons have been considerably broadened. Claireve Grandjouan has taken up spinning and pro- duces grimy ‘but tasteful little containers for our potsherds. Jess Yorys has turned to food and to drink: she extols the delicacy of octopus and squid while I descant on the glories of Samos Sec. .Ac- tually, as she aptly remarked, there have never (been nineteen people with so little in common . this is all to the good, since I can take off and wander at night about the Turkish quarter on the slopes of the Acropolis without feeling compelled to invite com- panions who might tbe shocked ‘at what goes on there (and it really is an eye-opener). I must close;.what academic du- ties I have (and they are slight) call me to the Acropolis. We are about to take off on a trip through the Peloponnesos, and I am in the process of preparing remarks on the sacred serpents of Epidauros (I can’t seem to escape the beasts. These particular ones are extinct, but in their prime are reputed to Malaprop Rides Again; Webster Turns in Grave Continued from Page 3 tapioca—type of dance. squad—to sit on one’s heels with knees bent. obsequious—funeral services. exchequer—fired cashier. forensic — coming from another country. predilection—prophets give them. alveolus—a big violin. nomad—not angry. have worn something very jaunty in the way of yellow beards). The last trip, to the north, took us through Thebes and: Delphi; I re- fought the battle of Thermopylai in the dark, and staged a new sac- rifice of Iphigenia at Aulis, of which the dramatic splendor was only tarnished by the urchin slated for the victim’s role smoking a pipe and chewing Turkish delight as he sat cross-legged on the altar. I was informed later that the true archaeologist should concern her- self exclusively with clamps and dowels, not with literature, so am determined to mend my ways even though’ serpents with dowel holes are rare in my experience. Bless you both, and write. Emily Senor Alcala Regrets No Rain in Hot Spain Continued from Page 3 drid, filled with ancient manu- scripts, and old frescoes. Mr. Alcala thought that Maiorca and the surrounding islands were the most beautiful parts of Spain. The landscape and unlim- ited views are lovely and stirring. As an afterthought, he added that one of the strangest things is the treat popularity that Mexico—its songs, films, and people —has in Sipain, especially since it is the one country that has not recog- nized Franco’s rule! Building for Europe Described at NSA Tea Continued from Page 3 sufficed in the town. The Ameri- cans even had a young guide whose ideas of the United States came from the movies with their present- ation of very rich and very poor people and no middle class. She and Ronnie concluded that NSA’s reduced-rate tours had achieved a goal when the Communist guide ‘said his opinion of Americans had changed. They were just like other people! Sad Sophomore Mourns. ‘Upperclassmen’s Scorns Continued from Page 3 that if the sophomore hasn’t made the grade by this time, there’s no ope. So I cannot urge you strongly enough to join with me in my cam- paign. The password is “Uplift the Slumping Sophomore!” X-RAY EXAMINATIONS The X-rays for all students will be taken on Wednesday, November 1, and Thursday, November 2, on Goodhart stage, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The X-rays.-are- compulsory, unless the student has had one taken within the last six months and has a certificate from her phys- ician to prove it. Friday night suppers need not be drear For hamburgs, sandwiches are served right here. No more arduous hikes to the ville ~~ We've got the food that fits the bill! THE COLLEGE INN Observer The autumm leaves were raked up in great heaps in the Church of the Redeemer graveyard. The ivy grew ‘high and free on ‘the tree- trunks. The midnight air, clear and wonderful to smell, held a sharp white beacon of a moon on Friday, the 18th. Two figures were barely discern- able, sitting on a concrete walk surrounded by tall, bare-branched trees. The wind huffed gently in and out of the trees, and the moon- light softened the hardness of the headstones. ‘There was, for such a date, no visible air of spookiness, only the exhilarating freshness felt by two young people talking in a quiet place. A car headlight beamed on one corner of a leaf pile, and the leaves rustled at the same time. The two turned, casually surveyed the scene, .and then resumed their conversation. They had smiles on their faces; the sort of smile that follows pleasant observations. The scene was undeniably pleasant, of the sort one sees in large black and white photographs, yet how many would think other things, because two people, a boy and a girl, sat on a concrete walk at midnight, Fri- day the 13th, in autumn, and in a graveyard. The Square Dance scheduled for Novembe: 3, has been post- poned to Friday, November 17. Instead, an informal dance will be held in the Rhoads smoker on Friday night, November 3. Cash Can Come From Cigarettes Campus camera fans are being offered a $50 inducement to change an avocation into a vocation in 9 new college contest. Betty Anne Schoen, Chesterfield Campus Representative has posted contest rules in prominent loca- tions on campus and can answer all inquiries. Photographers have a chance to submit a series of three photo- graphs of student models taking the Chesterfield Mildness. Test: “Open ’em; Smell ’em; Smoke ’em.” Pictures should be taken on campus, and poses should duplicate those appearing in the current series of Chesterfield ads in the College News. Entries, glossy prints (either 5 x 7 or 8 x 10) will be judged on photography techniques, reproduction quality, accurate illus- tration and adaptability for ad- vertising purposes. Winning photographers will be selected each month to receive cash prizes of $50 each: Deadlines for entering the next two monthly con- tests are November 6 and Decem- ber 6. Any number of photographs may be submitted. They should include names and addresses of model and photographer and should be mailed to the Campus Mer- thandising Bureau, Inc., 274 Madi- son Avenue, New York 16, New York. The current deadline is Novem- ber 6,\1950. There’s a crisp $50 bill looking for an owner. Will it be you? by Margie Cohn, 52 “Resolved: that musical comedy is here to stay” would get an af- firmative .vote based on the latest production of this type, Guys and Dolls. Subtitled “A Musical Fable of Broadway”, the show takes its plot and characters from the late inimitable Damon. Runyon, and adds to them some catchy tunes in a most pleasing manner. The audience is put into the spirit of gamblers and race-track sharpies when the overture dies down, and a multi-colored sheer curtain unfolds to display sugges- tions of the New York betting world. ‘Getting off to a lively start are three Runyon-esques charac. ters who sing one of the best songs in the show, “Fugue for Tin Horns”, which embodies every- thing a bookie is in music. To pro- vide contrast, the theatre’s imita- tion of the Salvation Army ap- pears on the scene with a wonder- ful “Nickel on the Drum” type of song called “Follow the Fold”, very ably put over by Sarah Brown (Isabel Bigley) who has a nice voice except for occasional changes of register. The plot centers around Nathan Detroit (Sam Levene) who is try- ing to find a place for a floating crap game, in order to get some money off of a (big-time gambler Sky (Masterson (Rcbert Alda) Nathan, of course, has his “doll” most appreciably portrayed by a suicide blonde, Vivian Blaine, with an accurately brash and_ thor- oughly delightful Brooklyn accent Her rendition of “Adelaide’s La- ment”, in which she bemoans that losing a man could, in fact, give a girl a cold, is one of the funniest spots in the show. Intrigue develops when Nathan bets Sky that the can’t persuade the “Mission Doll” to go to Ha- vana with him. Pretending to have a soul in need of saving, Sky visits the mission, wins (Sarah over, and makes her jpromise to go to Ha- vana if lhe will round up twelve genuine sinners to appear at her next prayer meeting. The Havan: night club scene is fast and clever, with its accentuated rhumba danc- ers, and a drink tainted with Ba- cardi which thas amazing effects on Miss Brown. Of course she and LAST NIGHTERS Tuneful Show, “Guys and Dolls,” Immortalizes Damon Runyon’s Characters, : Shows Great Talent their problems upon returning to Broadway. ‘Act II opens with a “Bushel and a Peck” of daisy-bedecked bosoms on some very comely chorus girls, dancing to a number of the same name, sung by Adelaide at the Hot Box club. She has been engaged to Nathan for fourteen years, and finally thinks she is to be married, only to find that a crap game has interrupted the nuptials, This game is held in a sewer. The stag- ing by George S. Kaufman is ef- fective as is the good, though drawn-out dancing, arranged by Michael Kidd. All is well in the end, when Sky delivers the sinners from the crap game to the mission,, thus winning Sarah and jbringing Adelaide and Nathan together to sing, a reprise of. the spirited title song, “Guys and Dolls”. Looking back on the tunes, there was none one would really term as great, but put together they left the audience satisfied. Perhaps the best was a love song entitled “I’ve Never Been in Love Before”, ca- pably rendered iby Mr. Alda -and Miss Bigley. “Bushel and a Peck” was a pleasing nove!ty, and has al- ready reached the popularity lists. If there was an cutstanding per- formance it was iMiss Blaine’s. She played the part of a “doll” in a most convincing and amusing man- ner, getting across such lines as: “T can’t wait to tell the girls I’m getting married; they’ll be so mis- erable”! But in addition to this performance, one cannot forget the impressive gamblers, made so fa- mous by the late Runyon, with their orange hats and gaudy ties. On the whole, they were delight- ful, although their dialogue or lyrics tended to drag in spots. From the ranks come Harry the Horse, Joey Biltmore, and Big Ju- lie, typical of the people Runyon knew in and around Times Square. Staging was excellent, especial- ly in a scene where Sarah and Adelaide, dreaming of their men as they wish them to be, conjure up behind a thin curtain visions of a gardener and a knight in shining armor. In fact, the entire show had more on the plus side than on the minus, and it represented an eve- ning well spent. FOR YOUNG OR OLD CONVENTIONAL OR BOLD The Perfect Christmas Card RICHARD STOCKTON Sky fall in love, and must face] se ° CASHMERE! } Pullover $13.95 Chapel speaker next Sunday Cardigan . - . - 17.95 will be Rev. John Mellin of the , 3 i First Presbyterian Church of ial lewis New York City. Please sign the || : list on the chapel bulletin board || (=== === in Taylor if you want to eat |||t ATTRACTIVE! with him Sunday evening in |||! Jewelry — Gifts Rhoads. WALTER COOK WATCHMAKER ererrereey a ~ You Don’t Need A Rocket f ] To Get Good Food At lt Best Teas THE BLUE | 3 ; it COMET in Town! Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr 2 “\i1 At the Same esas > HAND-SEWN Old Price! PHILIP. HARRISON STORE COMMUNITY 866 LANCASTER AVE. KITCHEN BRYN MAWR ll Dae J} WATCH, CLOCK, AND 814 Lancaster Avenue BRYN MAWR JEWELERS Elgin American Compacts Ronson and ASR Lighters JEWELRY REPAIRING Bryn Mawr 4597 Wednesday, October 25, 1950 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Freshmen Try Hand at Moliere and Morality Program Features Classic and Modern Plays; ‘Continued from Page 1 WV EON, issseassinsesessvescessaciaca B. Damon Churchwarden ...........4 P. McElroy UOT, iasipsssscisisecees H. Falkenstein Ghost: of Jack... E. Glayser TOR siisstavesensscesssscanvnnaeseets P. Harvey MEPGINE isscccesisesssasictiancs P. McElroy BE OEE icccssinesanuanicsaniinas L. Batten PNG dissssyssarorsvsrrniciiieationne J. Meyer 1a nly gag YT REET EEE TETRIS EL COLL B. Roesen PAU BUIG | iscicsisscccsevetcnes .N. Holloway CANIN. isisicnsicriasrintesrinee L. Batten Degee. ka S. Milner BE cs iispcsandeisiscbicssvapsncacens’ S. Milner PUPIOR: S.cessavesss J. Harris, A.- Natoli PIGGY icckessissdsceriaisascrvcrvs N. Clarke With the assistance of K. Cher- meteff, Pem East is giving “A Question of Principle” by Martin Flavin. Directed by E. Woodruff, and stage managed by A. Wyckoff, the play will have as its cast the following: TTL Givisvsiccasssssscasssssuseace C. Richmond PETAL ssesscssssessenscotissvesssinte P. Albert CHENRYMAN ...ccseccosserceseese D. Hopkins Judge ....... divissstrassanene P. Tilson Policeman... D. McCormick Communist ......ccseeeeee M. Kennedy HONE cies iisasicsschissveiavsasesss JS. Roosevelt ' Denbigh has chosen Baring’s “The Rehearsal”, guided by I. Frey. Freshman director and stage manager are J. Grimminger and G. Gustavson. The cast is: Shakespeare ......scesceeeees L. Miller Producer .............000 iM. (M. Conkling Stage Manager ....... JS. Westerman YO IROEN so cge ess ducaicssasceascasscsvessit .E. Jones Mr. Burbage ...........0048 N. Hayward DAUNIAT iacisacsicesccessesssedeavece H. Hetzel PEMD, ciccissscesasscsasscvsnd G. Gustavson DG ROG G sesvceivysrtvevisererniee S. Zarn Lady Macbeth ..............sc000 iG. Davis “The Most Foolish Virgin” by H. Gaskill is Rock’s choice, with S. Shoemaker as upperclassman ad- viser, Ann Shocket as Freshman director, and J. Seay and H. Whit- taker as stage managers. The cast is: DOWIE i cbsbcssicsssecicasaeseesee C. Robinson TRYIGGI OOM © oi5---scscasssecsicceseaes T. Marx GE a idiiinaiae F. Kolker WAR Gaetinntiained C. Keyes Fen eee te et .G. Davis MH MMT ss cscacacassssbobavgaescitatee J. Braun Virgins—D. Fonbes, C. Belshe, A. Pettis, A. Shocket, M. Hoak, B. Otnow. Assisted by Linda Bettman, the Non-Res students are producing “The Still Alarm” by George S. Kaufman. Freshman director is A. Merz, and the stage manager is M. Bretherton. The cast includes the following: PPO vatican R. Warner BR itis sicicuiattckia iC, Wyeth A BGUDOY: secisisisecsicnscsann M. Liu A DIPOMAN scssiisiscssiscescsces N. Burpee Another’ Fireman ............. A. Bailey Rhoads is doing the first act of “The Skin of Our Teeth” by Thornton Wilder. M. Glenn is the upperclassman director, N. Ellen- bogen is Freshman director, and M. Packard is stage manager, to a cast including: BTR. siiiisisdsinuasvaciisnmrenas B. Floyd Mrs. Antrobus ............0006 J. Beecher MAY, ATUCPODUS ‘ sisciscvessssare B. Merrick Telegraph boy ........cccceee .M. Muir jc 12) haa Ag Oa nA A. Gardner BRGY csi icssdassisssvonisensncess JM. Winsor Stage Manager .......... A. McGregor AMNOUNCED. oo...c:cccesecsceaseenss .M. Jones PROINED © sccsisevadeesssossoacsessaersy C. Sorrick TVEOBOR! ®-s.csssssssssshedaccotie A. McGregor Miss M. Muse ..........006 iM. Packard MDINORAUE ; voscccsscvseussssbeied K. Blodgett PRMD -issesccsscstacarnsereate D. Bystryn The lighting for all these plays will be done |by a crew of upper- classmen: J. Woodworth, M. Tur- ner, (M. Klein, B. Singer, T. How- ell, and P. Laidlaw. fr * o e e al Clothes of Distinction! DRESSES, GOWNS, SUITS Miss Noirot Lancaster Avenue Lp wm er orm, AN OCCASION ISN’T NECESSARY FOR Flowers JEANNETT'S THIS SPOT IN THE VILLE IS GUARANTEED TO FILL THE HUNGRY TUMMY FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY! HAMBURG HEARTH BRYN MAWR ead ; : You'll never be out of tune with Judy Bond blouses: They lend grace notes to your suits, skirts, jumpers, slacks and they're price-scaled for budget harmony! | Youd, BLOUSES AT BETTER STORES EVERYWHERE See them in Philadelphia at LIT BROS. @ WANAMAKER’S | Judy Bend, Inc., Dept. E, 1375 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. Philos. Claimed Basis For Scientific Method Continued from Page 2 ganic domain and the domain of life, that between man and the lower animals. Dr. White felt that the gaps would be proven false, explaining this as an article of faith in causality. The discussion concluded with Mr. Adams, representative of the social sciences, who first posed the question, should psychology and sociology be considered as_ sci ences? On the abstract epistem- ological level all fields of inquiry seem to have the same methods but-in the actual operation, certain criteria must be observed. “A field cannot ‘be evaluated as a science by merely reasoning the nature of its subject matter”. The Continued on Page 6, Col. 2 November 4 and 5 Alumnae Weekend Features Meetings, Recitals, Presentation of Portrait Continued from Page 1 Lindbergh, the late Honorable Henry L. Stimson,:and Dr. Charles Seymour, president of Yale Uni- versity. A group of interested alumnae raised the money for the painting, and the Alumnae Associ- ation contributed from its surplus fund. The Sunday program begins at nine-thirty in the morning with a meeting in the Common Room of the Alumnae Committee on Jobs. At ten-thirty a panel of three— Anne iInglehart,- 1951; Barbara Bigelow Balfour, 19389; and Mary Palache Gregory, 1924—moderated by Mrs. Marshall, Dean of the Col- lege, will discuss “‘Pots and Pans and Books”. A ‘buffet luncheon will be served in Rhoads at which Miss McBride will speak informally. At two-thirty Sunday afternoon the last program of the weekend will finish off with “Food for the Spirit” presented by Mr. Goodale and Mr. Sloane, of the Music and Art Departments respectively. Alumnae Weekend, 1950, is in- tended to help the alumnae who occasionally feel and fear, for others as well as for themselves, that intellectual lassitude which can follow college graduation. The stimulating effect generated by college should carry over in other aspects of life. The aim of this reunion is to help its attendants to keep in touch with developments in the principal fields of learning: by re-discovering |Bryn Mawr College and all it still has to offer them. “One question... Where.do I flick Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests Number 3... THE FLICKER enemas Daw think our neat-pleated friend with the drape- — shape doesn’t know the score! He’s plenty hep to all those tricky cigarette tests! If you’re in the groove, | they’re not fooling you, either. You know, from your own smoking experience, that just one puff of this brand ... then one puff of that brand isn’t going to give you the answer you want. What can you possibly tell by a quick inhale and exhale, a whiff or a sniff? {| The sensible test — the one that gives you the proper answer — is a day after day, pack-after-pack tryout for 30 days. It’s the Camel 30-Day Mildness Test! You judge Camels for 30 days in your own “T-Zone” (T for Throat, T for Taste) — the real proving ground for a cigarette. Once you’ve tested Camels More People Smoke Camels than any other cigarette! Page Six THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 25, 1950 Freshman Sees the Act, Compares It With Fact Continued from Page 3 your swishy Best Black. We have watched you kid uproariously about schoo] traditions, and have heard your voices in proud cadence when “Thou Gracious Inspiration” sounds clear in a smoky dusk. We have seen you shake your head grump- ily about a tough assignment, and we have grinned at the eagerness in your voice as you say, “Boy — what a terrific course!” We have sung your words about the library losing its books, and we have been stilled by the unspoken respect you have for them. We have discovered the closeness of your friendships, and have known the warm feeling that comes with your, “Please have tea with us today.” There are other things we know about—the wistful expression you wear when someone bangs out, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” or “Stardust.” The blase manner in which you-ask us to bring you coffee; the delight that shows through as you — an upperclassman — accept it. The bridge games, the gray flannel dates, the vivid blazers, the hoops on the walls you’d never mention. We are painfully new, and there is so much—too much—we do not know. But you are ours—to ob- serve, to feel shy with, perhaps to love. Philos. Claimed Basis For Scientific Method Continued from Page 5 overlap, however, of the “unnat- ura)” (the the “inhuman” ones (the phyzical) is greater than that of the unnat- ural with the humanities, but the general cultural philosophies are just as important to science as fol- lowing methodological rules. The scientist must eventually break down the resistance of the hostile society in which he is working. The inhuman _§ sciences no longer encounter cultural re- sistance, but this is not true of the unnatural ones. The symptoms of such opposition, as Mr. Adam list- ed them, are as follows: 1) deny- ing the status of the inquiry, 2) ridiculing the findings, 3) slander- ing the people trying to work in these fields, and 4) un-cooperation. sciences social) with Many investigations have been rendered impossible by cultural resistance. Therefore, the unnat- ural sciences are three hundred years behind the others in meth- odological investigation. Mr. Adams concluded by stating that we are living in a pre-scien- tific stage of human development. We are deluged by masses of lies, and in many areas we are only be- ginning to be scientific. | Dr. Cleland Clarifies Seven Deadly Virtues: Classifies Them as Misconstrued Christianity Continued from Page 1 spirits, an attitude which defines as “Original ‘Sin’ anything which we enjoy doing. | Dr. Cleland then compared these “virtues” to the virtues of Christ. The founder of Christianity was, first of all, not interested in re- spectability to the point of emu- lation. He was born in the “wrong” town, on the “wrong” side of the tracks, He went around with the “wrong” people; He died a pub- lic enemy. Further, He condemn- ed childishness; it was childlike- ness He advocated. The briefest study of His life will discount the ‘charge of mental timidity. As for dullness, Christ’s parables “sparkle with vignettes of the common life of His audi- ence’. ‘Consider His death—dull people are not publicly murdered: they may be publicly avoided or privately murdered, but crowds do not attend their execution. The. adjective “sentimental” does not apply to Christ. He was in- finitely gentle, infinitely patient, but strong enough to inflict and bear pain. Dr. Cleland said that of the “Deadly Virtues’, censori- ousness might most plausibly be found in Christ. However, He could distinguish the sin from the sinner, and even at the cross He forgave His murderers. Mental depression was not Christ’s state of mind. He willed to His disci- ples joy and inner peace. Dr. Cleland closed by saying that while Christianity will be at- tacked in this age as in all others, let it be attacked for what it is, not for what man in his weakness has made of it. We do little honor to Christ by watering down His personality to the point where it could not offend a fly. “Let Chris- tianity offend for its childlikeness, its courage, good-will, hatred of sin, and seriousness, not for the ‘Seven Deadly Virtues’.” Opportunity Beckons At MELE. Board Tea Continued from Page 1 feel that their experience on Mademoiselle’s college board was invaluable in preparing them for, and in helping them to obtain pro- fessions. There are three. categories into which the assignments for Board Members are divided: Art; Fiction and Features; Merchandising, Fashion, and Promotion. In each of these categories, three assignments are given for preparation. Students who are interested in trying out for the College Board may obtain additional information and application forms from either Mrs. Sullivan or Mrs. Watson. 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