“Vhe College Wews VOL. XLVIII, NO. 6 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1951 1955 Delights With Varied Bill; Comedy, Tragedy Grace Stage Denbigh’s “Aria da Capo” Contrasting Themes Lend Variety To Plays by Beth Davis, *54 The first night of the Freshman Hall Plays, Friday, October 26th, produced a selection of ‘five ex- cellent one act~plays. Two com- dies and three serious shows were the result of hard work on the part of Pem East, Merion, Radnor, Pem West, and the Non- Reses., Pem East opened the evening with a melodrama by A. A. Milne, The Manin the Bowler ~~ Hat: Doug Kelley portrayed John, the ‘dull, timid husband, very amusing- ly while Mimi Gralton put her- self wholly into the part to seem his shy adoring wife, Mary. They were just sitting quietly in their living room when an unknown man, in reality the hero, played by Jessie Sloane, crept mysteriously ‘into their house, Debbie Katz as the heroine and Sally Kennedy as the villain followed shortly after him, many of them entering by the window. Within a short space ‘of time John and Mary found their living room the scene of a crime as the villain and his assist- ant, Carol Blau, tortured. the bound hero in order to extort from him the whereabouts of the Rajah’s Ruby. The lone man sit- ting on the stage resolved the crises by announcing the date of the next rehearsal for this show and being the man in the bowler hat, Melissa Emery. Merion’s choice, Joe, by Jane Gransfield, turned out to be a su- perbly acted tragedy centering around an idiot boy and his mother who refuses to surrender him to the authorities. Rene Ryan created the figure of a dis- traught, stubborn mother with understanding and excellent ex- pression. Adele Slater carried her difficult role as the idiot boy very well; especially good were her loose actions and chilling laugh. These two built up a feeling of desperate intensity that was sus- pensefully enhanced by Joe’s con- cern with the gun and the meagre bread and drink. They were ably supported by Sue Lucas as Ann Turn, Lou’s bitter, selfish half- Continued on Page 6, Col. 3 Denbigh, Rhoads Plays ! Share Honors For Plaque by Patricia Murray, ’52 'The Hall Plays of Saturday, Oc- tober 27 were of high quality and varied in tone. The freshmen of Rockefeller made of the “Play Within a Play” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream the happiest half hour of the evening. They succeed- ed in recreating Shakespeare’s at- mosphere of mock moonbeams by the grace, restraint and humor with which they played. The pro- duction had a remarkable equality of tone: the actors, especially Mar- gie Page, Jane Byron, Barbara Drysdale and Irene Peirez (Quince, Pyramus, Thisbe, and Wall) play- ed well together; Elaine ‘Alter’s deadpan [Moon and Bush were fine. This synchronization of gesture and expression was essential for the wall scene, which was a de- light. The actors gave the impres- sion of being happy to please, and confident of their power to do so. They knew their lines and deliver- ed them distinctly and with a feel- ing for their loveliness. Barbara Drysdale, substituting at the last moment for Eleanor Small, played with perfect assurance. The costumes showed subtlety and resource; those of the hand- some Theseus (Constance Tang) and his courtiers (Diane Facken- thal and Asia Alderson) were suf- ficiently satiny; ‘Wall’s bricks were properly impenetrable; Sue Hiss’ costume and makeup united the best qualities of mouse and lion. Praise is due to Nancy Fuhrer, stage manager, for seeing to it that the actors played close to the audience so that no word or ges- ture was missed. Denbigh played Aria da Capo with the suavity it demands, and caught its tone of light and bitter irony. The Denbigh play exhibit- ed the same equality of tone as had Rockefeller’s. Sandy Davis was exquisite as the creature bored with the only experience he can krfow—pleasure. Sidney De Shazo was a perfectly insubstantial Col- umbine. Sarah Winstead and Elisa- beth Klupt rendered the scene of Continued on Page 5, Col. 2 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1951 PRICE 20 CENTS Alumnae Program Includes Eminent Edueators’ Views On November 8 and 4, the Alumnae Association of Bryn Mawr College will hold an Alum- nae Weekend at the Deanery. The topic chosen for discussion is Con- tinental Comparisons. Seniors are invited to attend the sessions to be led by various’ educators throughout the country. Jane Bell Yeatman Savage, President of the Association, writes on the subject: “Education is a fundamental prob- lem in every country and this comparison of other systems with our own here at Bryn Mawr should bring out many thought-provoking, challenging ideas”. Eight speakers with various national backgrounds will be present at the discussions. On Sunday at 10:30, Helen M. Cam will talk about Education un- der the Labor Government in Eng- land. Miss Cam, who was the first woman appointed full professor at Harvard, April 1948, is an expert on English medieval parliament- ary history. Receiving her early education at her home in Abing- ton, England, she obtained her B. A. at the University of London, which she attended under a schol- arship. She was a fellow in his- tory at Bryn’ Mawr College the following year, and received her M.A. at the University of London after that. From 1925-1948 she was don at Girton College, Cam- bridge, and during that time con- tributed to. periodicals as well as Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 Blood Donors Need Five Qualifications The following are the require- ments for blood donations. The Bloodmobile Unit will be on cam- pus on November 13. 1.) Any healthy adult between the ages of 18 and 59 may give blood. 2.) Those ages 18 to 21 must have written consent from par- ents or spouse, 8.) Anyone who has malaria or jaundice within the last two years is disqualified. 4.) Blood pressure must be 110. 5.) Weight must be 110 or over. CALENDAR Wednesday, October 31 7:15 p.m. Marriage lecture. Thursday, November 1 4:30 p.m. Vocational Commit- tee tea, Common Room. Friday, November 2 7:30 p.m. Film Forum, spon- sored by SDA. 8:30 p.m. Square Dance, gym. Saturday, November 3 Alumnae Weekend, The Dean- ery. Freshman hygiene exam, in the morning. Sunday, November 4 5:00 p.m. Concert, Gertrude Ely, Wyndham. 7:15 p.m. Chapel. Monday, November 5 7:15 p.m. Current Events, Com- mon Room. 8:30 p.m. Crenshaw lecturer C. B. Van Niel of Stanford Uni- versity will speak on “Some Aspects of Photosynthesis”. R. Brandt Stresses Value of Defining All Ethical Terms On October 25, Professor Brandt, a guest speaker of the Philosophy Club from Swarth- more, read his paper, “Empirical Assertion Theories in Ethics”, in the Common Room of Goodhart Hall, His first point was the import- ance of defining ethical terms in making ethical discussions useful, and the second point was that ethical proposition may be verified empirically. The Emotive Theory of Ethics says that Ethics is merely an ex- pression of attitudes, and the val- idation thesis states “Certain cri- teria of warrant or validity are recognized” and “ethical language satisfies these criteria of war- rant.” “There is no great differ- ence between an Empirical Asser- tion Theory and an Emotive The- ory which includes a_ validation thesis. This thesis: claims ‘“Eth- 1ical statements made assertions about the speaker’s attitude”, and more, “a belief in actual attitudes. Philosophers o f t e n_ doubt whether “ethical utterances ex- press propositions”. Dr. Brandt stated five important arguments for this belief, the most important concerning “the vagueness __ of ethical terms.” He then proceeded to define the meaning of “assertion.” “A per son who asserts either speaks or writes or gives symbolic expres- sion to something, even if only to himself in internal discourse.” The asserter must use under- standable terms, be in normal pos- Continued on Page 2, Col. 5 Crenshaw Series Engages Van Niel C. B. Van Niel, Herstein profes- sor of Microbiology at Stanford University will speak November 5 at 8:30 p.m. in Goodhart as the next lecturer in the Crenshaw series. Born in Haarlem, Netherlands, Mr. Van Niel received his degree in Chemical Engineering and his D.S. from the Technical Univer- sity at Delft. He also received an honorary doctor of science degree from Princeton University in 1946. Dr. Van Niel is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Spience, the Amer- ican Chemical Society, the Society of Américan Bacteriologists, the Netherlands Sdeiety of Microbi- ology, the California Academy of Science, the American Society of Plant Physiology, the National Academy of Science and the American Society of Naturalists. He is the author of The Propionic Acid Bacteria, and is a contribu- tor to many scientific journals. Dr. Van Niel specializes in general mi- crobiology, biochemistry of micro- organisms, and photosynthesis. Dr. Daniels Predicts Adequate Supplies of Energy’ Resources Scientist Enumerates Energy Sources Now Known Introducing the 1951-52 lecture series in commemoration of the late Bryn Mawr professor, Dr. James ‘Llewellen' Crenshaw, Miss McBride explained that the lec- tures were part of a program of the Committee on the Coordina- tion of the Sciences, formerly head- ed by Dr. Crenshaw, and that the purpose of them was to discuss a favorite topic of Dr. Crenshaw’s, “Sources of Energy”. Dr. Berlin- er then introduced the first speak- er for the series, Dr. Farrington Daniels, professor of physical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, who spoke on a specific aspect of the broad. topic—the as- pect, “Man’s Sources of Energy”. Di. Daniels stated that he had no fear for future resources as long as science was allowed to progress. through free research in a world with: few wars. Energy, he point- ed out, is vital to our society, not. only in the supplying of the three thousand kilocalories (unit of en- ergy measure which equals the amount of energy given off in the burning of one-half a match), used . by man per day, but used also in the supplying of the 150 thousand kilocalories used by his machines in a day. However, Dr. Daniels went on to demonstrate that, by means of scientific developments. mankind has at its disposal unlim- ited sources of energy available for the machines which make his life possible‘ one of the great sources being atomic power. First harnessed in December of 1942, en- ergy from the atomic fission of Uranium 285 was shown to be not only obtainable, but also useful as a source of power for machinery. Continued on Page 5, Col. 4 The NEWS extends its con- gratulations to the pair of winners of the Freshman Hall Play plaque — Denbigh, for Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Aria da Capo”, and Rhoads for “The Second Shepherd’s Play”. Kempand Flannery Win ‘Othello’ Leads The principal characters in the .cast of Othello are as follows: DeSdeMONnar ccscieccoceseoseeere Elsie Kemp Emilia ........ ducusaaiaia Helen Dobbs BIGTCR scscsasmcisessnenise Danny Luzzatto CNOWNS: - sccdissAccicsnaving Phoebe Harvey Patsy Price Ot ONO: isis: jicsvertennsee Frank Flannery PUMEIN : sccchickssnissonecrtanasetes Albert Stern TROGOTISO se0\ccasesesans Jackson Pietrow Brabantio ........... JGeorge Segal, Jr. Cassio ......... Thos. M. Anderson, Jr. Assistants to the director, ap- poiated by Mr. Frederick Thon, are: Paula Strawhecker ‘Nancy Pearre Thomas Anderson Understudies: Jane Augustine Mary Klein Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 31, 1951 THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 ished weekly during the Donses iy (except during Thanks- gn Canaan ana Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) fn the the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa.; and Bryn Mawr College. ll News fu protected by copyright. Nothing that wean uit thay be raorinted nither wholly or in part without permission of the Editor-in-Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD Jane Augustine, ‘52, Editor-in-Chief Paula Strawhecker, ‘52, Copy Frances Shirley, ‘53, Makeup Sheila Atkinson, ‘53, Managing Editor Helen Katz, ‘53 Claire Robinson, ‘54 ” Patricia Murray, ‘52 Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, ‘52 EDITORIAL STAFF Emmy Cadwalader, ‘53, A.A. reporter Ann McGregor, ‘54-. 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Dr. Sloane spoke to the group, suggesting it consider both the creative and the critical as- pects, which, besides painting, could include discussions of photography, exhibits, and the film as an art form. In the ‘student discussion that followea suggestions were many and enthusiastic: organize an “art curront events”; ask outside speakers; and bring out the hundred or more major art works, gifts to the College, now stored in Goodhart, Taylor} and the Library ; and could use the Skinner workshop facili- ties more freely... There is nothing sacrcsanct or mysterious about the studio, only an atmosphere of great fun mixed with a little learning. _The problem of channeling and correlating the art forms on campus was more than half solved when the group met; and the scheduling of future meetings every other Friday at 4:15 indicates that the problem will find solution when the group’s activities become the outlet for the artistic stimula- tion now felt. If you are one who feels this need for creativ- ity, bring your interested enthusiasm, remembering it is for the artist and the non-artist. Everybody fits into one of these two categories. Correlation of Lectures One of the suggestions made at the Art Tea was that there be lectures, posted in advance, relevant to both the Eng- lish and History of Art departments, so that art majors wishing to hear, for example, the Blake lectures or English majors wishing to hear Picasso and Rossetti lectures could benefit. Looking at this proposal from a larger point of view, one wonders if it might not be possible to extend the theory? Suggestion has been made to expand the program into other departments where the subject of lectures either over- laps or dovetails: 19th century lit majors might hear philosophy lectures on Nietzsche, and philosophy majors who wish to know the historical background of a philosophic school of thought, could listen to one or two pertinent history lectures. There would be the opportunity to learn the differ- ent points of view on any one given subject, and less prepar- ation of outside material by the department would be entail- ed. Instead, recommending that students sit in on anothe? department’s lectures for, one might say, any Week X, would Letters to Review of Ott Exhibit Criticized As Superficial Dear Editor: If local artists intend to exhibit their work at Bryn Mawr College, they should receive a semi-quali- fied criticism of their work when- ever the College News wishes to recognize them. in reference to the painting of Lynfield Ott, your review was a piece of innocuous sentiment with little bearing on the paintings exhibited. The ex- hibit itself, according to Ott, was not représentative of his work; and he was therefore taking ad- vantage of the possible gullibility of the studerit who might purchase his “potboilers”. An exhibiting artist ought to give the public a representative collection of his work and not just a few hastily conceived still-lifes with which he hopes to earn some money. One of the more unfortunate as- pects of Ott’s paintings is that the similarity suggests a rather well done piece by a student in a first year art course, which with a lack of imagination has been repeated fourteen times and more. There is a lack of compositional force in the arrangement of the objects, which is intensified by the use of the same tone values. Ott’s hand- ling of glass shows aptness and imparts a slight sense of plasticity to the design as a whole. The most interesting work is the painting of Shaw, which, according to Ott, is not a portrait but an interpreta. tion of personality. The face has been rendered well, and the ab- stract colour composition of the background does set up a definite mood even though I feel that it clashes with the réalism of the head and the personality of the man. Lynfield Ott’s work does have a sense of spontaneity, but is not necessarily pleasant as your re- view seems to have indicated. To be justified, a review of a collec- tion of paintings should deal with the subject matter and not with a feeble attempt at humor on the part of the writer and the artist. Sincerely yours, Elspeth Winton, ’52 Glenn Considers “Joe” Too Fine To Be Overlooked To the Editor: I should like to protest a flag- rant oversight in the judgment of the Freshman Hall plays, namely, the lack of any mention of the Merion Hall play, Joe. This play was certaisly as fine a production as any seen last Friday or Satur- day night. Therefore, one can’t help feeling that :c can only be the choice of play which caused the Merion freshmen to be passed over so completely. In the face of such excellent acting and such thunder- ous applause this objection can Continued on Page 5, Col. 3 the Editor M. Low Lauds Merion Talent and Art In ““Joe”’ To the Editor: I should like to express my sur- prise at the fact that no acknowl- edgement was given by the judges of the freshman hall plays to Mer- ion’s ‘excellently produced “Joe”. It is easy to comprehend their dif- ficulties in the face of so much as- sembled talent as appeared in those two nights, and yet it seems a pity that so splendid a play should have been apparently over- looked. Perhaps this play suffered in the! eyes of the judges for not being one of those plays we have always been curious to see. It was cer- tainly a risky and difficult script and a challenge that a less gifted group might well have stumbled on. This fact in itself should be to the credit of the performers, at least three of whom were superb. There was, I felt, a sincerity and polish in the acting, which is, so far-as I can remember, unprece- dented in a freshman play. The direction was good, simple, and strongly moving. The staging, al- though it was not tricky or com- plicated, was in complete harmony with the production, and there was, in addition to the beautiful lighting at the end, that supreme blessing of good visibility through- out the performance. This com- bined effect of effort and talent produced a play of great merit in itself, and one that fulfilled in the highest degree the standards on which these freshman plays should be judged. Sincerely, Marjorie Low, 50 Friends ef T. Mulligan Retell Faux Pas For Laugh To the Editor: We think that the person who related Trish’s most humorous faux pas (so far) of the year in the “Incidentally” column of last week’s News might get even more of a laugh out of it if she knew how the conversation really went, “Are you a’ mother’? “No, Ann de Ferron”. (Indiffer-| ent). “Well,” (gulp) “I don’t care ei- ther if it doesn’t make any differ- ence to you”! Get it now? Sincerely, Ellen ‘Wadsworth, ’52 Helen Loening, ’52 Caroline Price, ’52 Editor’s Note—The News here- with falls on its face—gracefully, anyway—and humbly apologizes for its second most stupid mis- quote of the year (so far)... MARRIAGE Jennifer Dole, ex-’53 to Perry Wallerstein. perhaps save professorial organization on trends less directly connected to the material of the course. It has been suggested that there be curricula posted, forms. with the approximate coverage of lectures, for the week, and with the meeting times. This is not to say that students should feel free to cut a scheduled class to hear a partic- ularly stimulating lecture given at the same time, but it is a fine opportunity for the correlation and exchange of ideas and viewpoints that the student can take advantage of; and the exchange of ideas is a great part of the learning process. Nothing has been done through official channels about this suggestion. It is respectfully submitted to the college; if it is impracticable, it will be sor goreen The News will gladly print all opinions on it. Current Events Miss Robbins Analyzes Elections Held In England Current Events, Common Room, October 29, 7:15 p.m. Miss Rob- bins analyzed the significance cf the British elections, which took place on. October 25, Although all of the votes have not been count- ed, the Conservatives have won the election by a narrow majority with 320 seats, which represents only fortyeight per cent of the electoral vote. Labour has 293 seats and forty-nine per cent of the electoral vote, while the Lib- erals have only five seats and two ‘per cent of the electoral vote. Miss Robbins doubts that the split in the labour party between Bevan and Atlee before the elec- tion seriously diminished the La- bour vote. At the party meeting in Stockpot last month Bevan was favoured over Atlee. Bevan, “the Taft of the Labour party,” want to avoid gontinental involve- ments, fears embroilment in a world wide conflict, and endorses furthering the social welfare pro- gram. He is anti-American and an isolationist. If he choses, Bevan will be capable of leading vigorous opposition to the Con- servatives. It is probable that in most dis- tricts it was the tranfer of Lib- eral vote to the Conservatives that put the latter into power. Liberal support was due partly to dissatisfaction, primarily dco- nomic, with the present govern- ment and partly to agreement with the program stated by David Eccles and Anthony Eden, who announced that the “main task at home is to build social and eco- nomic freedom.” The Eccles manifesto disclaimed any policy to bring about an economy of un- trammelled free enterprise or any attempt to undo the achievements of the welfare state. He did, how- ever, advocate the reintroduction of the profit motive and personal incentive, as well as the elimina- tion of objectionable bureaucracy in the nationalized industries by reorganization on a more local scale and extensive economic re- On foreign policy, in cor- trast to Bevan, Churchill came out for cooperation with the con- tinent and more vigorous British participation in foreign affairs. It remains to be seen if, with a narrow margin and stiff opposi- tion, the Conservatives can carry their program through, The eco- nomic crisis promises to be the most trying problem, while the discomfort of domestic shortages may cause serious dissatisfaction with the government, particularly among the Labour unions. Dr. Brandt Considers Theories of Assertion Continued from Page 1 session of his faculties, but intend to convey something to his audi- ence, and must give the appear- ance that he believes what he says. He also defined other terms used in the criticism and under- standing of ethical discussions. Dr. Brandt again proved these philosophers wrong by applying the Empirical Assertion Theory, and concluded that the arguments it were unsatisfactory. “If a philosopher asserts that at least some people so use ethical terms it can be rightfully said of them that their ethical utterances assert empirical propositions.” against When the library bell rings at 9:45 P.M., all students who are holding reserve books and who wish to sign them out for the night must do so, by 9:50, so student assistants may leave at 10:00. ‘Wednesday,. October 31, 1951 THE a rear COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Art Treasures of Vienna Collections Coming to Philadelphia Museum Soon The famous Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections will be shown by the Philadelphia Mu- seum of Art, in collaboration with the Catherwood Foundation, from February 2 through March 23, 1952, at the Art Museum, Park- way at 26th Street, it is announc- ‘ed today by R. Sturgis Ingersoll, President of the Museum. The greatest assemblage of Old World masters ever to cross the Atlantic is in America on loan from the Austrian Government. It was first shown at the National Gal- lery in Washington and has been seen in seven other cities in the United States and Canada. Fol- lowing its final American show- ing in Philadelphia, the collection will return to Europe on its way back to the Museums in Vienna. The exhibition includes some 300 priceless masterpieces of painting , sculpture, -goldsmith’s work and other deco- rative arts, and arms and armour. All these are part of the great collections amassed .by the Haps burgs, the Austrian Imperial and Royal house, during the six cen- turies of their ascendancy, through ‘tthe Holy Roman Empire, in Eu- ropean politics. The Hapsburgs, like the Medici, and equal to them in the field, were inveterate col- lectors of works of art. Reigning or allied by marriage to the lead- ing sovereigns of Europe, at the height of their influence they ruled in Spain, Italy, Germany and the Low Countries and owned the greater part of the Americas. Seniors are reminded that | they may attend the speeches | given on Alumnae Weekend, | November 3 and 4. See Senior 4 Bulletin Board, Taylor, for pro- } gram. ee From this eminence the emperors, kings, archdukes, and princes were able to command by conquest and heritage the finest art treasures of the Europe of their day. Tap- estries from the looms of Brus- sels, the creations of the greatest goldsmiths and other artisans dec- orated their palaces and churches; among their court painters were ‘Titian, Velasquez, Rubens. In- dividual members collected in spe- cial fields: paintings, bronzes, armor, antiquities, ivories and crystals. The Vienna _ collections survived domestic and foreign ‘conflicts, invasions and_ revolu- tions, looting and pillage. The Thirty Years War, the Napoleonic campaigns, the two World Wars have of the 20th Centry left little mark and a very large proportion of the original holdings of the Im- perial family have come down to our time. After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian mon- archy in 1917 these became the property of the Austrian state. The exhibition to be presented in Philadelphia is approximately one- fifth of the whole Hapsburg Col- lections and includes many of its finest works. (Next week: An article describ- ing the paintings and sculpture among the Vienna Treasures.) Hytier Discusses Literary Dispute tapestries, Monsieur Jean Hytier, Pro- fessor of French at Columbia Uni- versity, discussed Une Haine Lit- teraire: Balzac et Sainte-Beuve on Thursday, October 25th, in Wyndham. The hatred which sep- arated these two men is one of the most famous in French lit- erary history. It began in 1834, at the time of the publication of Sainte-Beuve’s Volupte, and con- tinued until the death of Balzac. In 1834 Sainte-Beuve was very poor, while Balzac was already launched in the social and liter- ary world. Sainte-Beuve was in- troverted and over-sensitive; Bal- ;zac, on the other hand, was ex- cessively open and jovial by na- ture, Though they almost never met, Sainte-Beuve’s dislike of Balzac was violent. The quarrel was carried on more actively by Sainte-Beuve than by Balzac. Sainte-Beuve accused Balzac of immorality: in, his youth Balzac had carried on what Monsieur tivities”. Balzac on the contrary had a great admiration for Sainte- Beuve’s Volupte. Sainte-Beuve’s method of criticism was one which sought to define the connection between the author and his work. His hatred of Balzac led him to make judgments of Balzac’s per- sonal life. He went so far as to criticize the cheap literature which Balzac had hacked out in the days of his obscurity, and even accused him of achieving success by “flat- tering the perversities of women”. Balzac, he said, flattered women differently according to their age, status, etc. Since Balzac places each of his novels in a specific region, he accused him of flatter- ing the inhabitants of each region in turn. Balzac, at one point in Continued on Page 4, Col. 3 First of Wyndham Concerts Schedules Jack Maxin, Pianist, On November 11 Jack Maxin will play in the Ger- trude Ely Room in Wyndham at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 11, 1951. It is the first concert of the 1951-52 season, Jack Maxin is 22 years old and began piano studies when he was five. He studied for ten years with Irma Wolpe, first at the ‘Settlement Music School in Phil- adelphia ‘and later at Swarthmore College under a two-year scholar- ship. While at Swarthmore he made two successive mid-west concert tours under the Lucius Pryor -con- cert service, playing in Oklahoma, ‘Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. He played with the Oklahoma City Symphony Or- chestra. In 1949 he was awarded a schol- arship at the Philadelphia Con- servatory of Music to study with Edward Steuermann and has since twice been awarded the D. Henrik Ezerman scholarship: to) continue ‘his studies. He has played in and around Philadelphia and New York and at Yale University. His program is as follows: I. — Brahms .. . Two Choral Preludes for organ, transcribed for piano by Busoni: “A rose breaks into bloom”, Op, 122, No. 8; “O world, I e’en must leave thee”, Op. 122, No. 11. Brahms... Capriccio in F sharp minor, Op . 76, ‘No. 1. Chopin . . . Nocturne in B ma- jor, Op. 62, No. 1. IIl.— ‘Chopin... Sonata in B Minor, Op. 58. Allegro maestoso, Scherzo molto vivace, Largo, Finale Presto, non tanto. Intermission. ‘ITI. — Stefan Wolfe ... Zemach suite (1989), written for the danc- er Benjamin Zemach. 1. Sono. 2. Piece of embittered music. 3. Fugue No. 1. 5. Fugue music. 6. Con fu- 0co. IV. —- Bartok .. . Etude No. 3. Music of the night. Hytier qualified as “obscure ac-|. Anderson Voices Parallel Between Past and Present by Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, ’52 Maxwell Anderson whose play, Barefoot in Athens, is currently appearing in Philadelphia, spoke at the Art Alliance in Philadelphia, Thursday, October 25. The first speaker in a series of lectures open to the public given at this time. Mr. Anderson read the pre- face to his latest work, and then opened the session to questions. “Being neither critic nor speaker’, Mr. Anderson refused to discuss his play, and stated that “a writer was 1n no position to talk about his work anyhow”, He _ gave the sources of Barefoot in Athens and then answered a barrage of ques- tions ranging from “Why doesn’t your play have more action?”, to “Do you believe that Socrates should have been convicted?”’. Mr. Anderson avoided any eval- uation of his latest effort, beyond saying that he himself wasn’t sat- isfied with it, and spoke of the ma- terial upon which he based the play. The exact words of Socrates were never written down, but in- terpreted by each man who wrote about him. The main biographers of Socrates were Plato and Xeno- thon, the former the great philos- opher, and the latter a historian who passed into oblivion. Of Plato, Mr. Anderson said, “I doubt his honesty”, since “he (Plato) put his own ideas into Socrates’ mouth”. In the later Dialogues and in the Republic which Mr. Anderson con- siders a propaganda doctrine, Pla- Continued on Page 6, Col. 1 SPORTS by Emmy Cadwalader, 53 The First, Second, and Third Hockey Varsities emerged victori- ous from their matches.with the University of Pennsylvania last week. Penn usually has good teams, but Bryn Mawr proved themselves the superior players and all three teams played ex- tremely well. There was more teamwork evident, and much bet- ter hockey all around than before this season, though Miss Apple- bee, who arrived in time to see the last half of the matches, was heard to mutter her usual com- ment of “RUN”. The line-up was again different from the week before, and the teams were as follows: FIRST R.W.—G. Gilbert R.I.—L. Kimball C.—D. Hanna L.I.—P. Tilson L.W.—S. Merritt R.H.—A, L. Perkins C.H.—P. Albert L.H.—D. McCormick R.F.—A. Wagoner L.F.—B. Townsend G.—P. Mulligan SECOND R.W.—M. Muir R.I.—J. Thompson C.—E. Cadwalader L.I.—J. Jones L.W.—M. Reiglé R.H.—A. Eristoff C.H.—S. Kennedy L.H.—B. McClenahan R.F.—B. Merrick L.F.—B. Davis G.—J. Williams THIRD R.W.—J. Wilmerdine R.1I—M. G. Warren C.—L, Simpson L.I—J. Davis L.W.—G. Vare R.H.—M, Mackall C.H.—M. Kennedy L.H.—D. Kelly R.F.—E. “McGinnity ~ ~ Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 — In Haverford Public Affairs Lecture, Hans Kohn Denies U.N. Incompetency On Wednesday, October 24, the newly-formed Public Affairs As- sociation at Haverford sponsored a lecture by Professor Hans Kohn, who spoke on “A U.N. Balance Sheet, 1946-1951”. Six years ago, Mr. Kohn began, everyone looked hopefully toward the United. Na- tions; today, that hope has pretty generally reverted to scepticism. “Is the U.N. worthwhile? Are we not on the eve of another war?”; these are the questions most men are asking themselves at present. | Mr. Kohn strongly decried those who say that war is just around the corner and that the U.N. has done little to prevent it. “There can be no panacea for peace”, he Dean of Dancers Defines Her Art by Ann McGregor, ’54 Last Wednesday night Miss Ruth St. Denis gave a lecture- recital under the sponsorship of the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Miss St. Denis, dean of modern dancers and still completely fas- cinating at the age of 72, spoke at length on her career, her dance interpretations, her hopes for the: future of the dance in America and her philosophy concerning the dance as an emotional and basic expression. Having been, at one point in her life, invited to India as a “temptress of Buddha”, she found herself, if not a temptress, at least tempted by Buddha and the rich dance background and forms that surround all Indian religion. Since “vibration (or rhythm) is the basic property of everything” and the dance is bas- ically rhythm, it. is the obvious | * means for expressing human feel- ing and emotion. From this point, logically, the next step is to state that the dance is a condition of the soul and of art rather than merely a series of physical con- tortions. .The dance should be beautiful and emotional rather than a combination of “African drum beats and Irish whiskey.” Miss St. Denis not only disap- proves of this “cabaret wriggl- ing”. but also of the Physical Edu- cation Department’s form of mod- ern dance: “Rather thick-ankled young ladies with—(a gesture in- dicating hornrims)—doing board- pounding exercises.” The dance belongs instead, believes Miss St. Denis, to the departments of art declared. The success or failure of the U.N. must be judged by the number of wars it has pre- vented. In the last six years, he claimed there have been “five major occasions when world war was possible—even probable.” In 1946, the Soviet Union had set up a pro-communist regime in the north-west province of Iran and threatened to engulf all Iran, The U.N. “induced” the Kremlin to forego their expansion in Iran. In 1946-1947, there was danger of war in the Balkans—the “trouble spot of Europe since the end of the eighteenth century”. The U.N., by supporting the govern- ment of Greece, defeated Stalin’s plans. Mr. Kohn added that the Balkans are “more peaceful today than they have been for decades”; that is not to say that they are happy, but “the Balkans have not been happy for centuries.’ In the summer of 1948, Stalin threaten- ed Yugoslavia, calling Tito’s gov- ernment the “festering wound in the body of decency of central Europe”. Today, Yugoslavia is a member of the Security Council and Mr. Kohn stated that he thought the danger there was past. West Berlin presented the fourth crisis, but there, too, war was not the result. Most recent, was the outbreak of hostilities in Korea on June 25, 1950. “The fate of the world hung in balance”, but when the U.N. again resisted the forces of aggression and took a firm stand, | we reached a turning point in | world history. If the League of | Nations had followed a similar course with regard to Ethiopia, perhaps the last war would never. The stacks of the Library will henceforth be closed from 6 until 7 every night. have occurred. Despite certain “incantations” common to all So- viet speeches, Malik has acknowl- edged defeat in Korea by his ex- pressed desire to restore the 38th parallel. The task of the U.N. is “to prevent aggression—or if aggression takes place—to drive the aggressors back to where they started.” Mr. Kohn stated that, in his opinion, the U.N. has for the pres- ent checked Soviet expansion in Europe and contained Soviet power in Asia. He averred that “in spite of the immense tension in the world today, we are further from war than we were in the thirties when no such tension was evident.’ The U.N. is working Continued on Page 4, Col. 5 Continued on Page 5, Col. 4 League Holds Maids & Porters Tea; Plans Courses and Events for Year “he League held its annual tea for the maids and porters on Wed- nesday, October 23 in the Common Room. Judy Leopold, head of the maids and porters committee, act- ed as hostess and led the discus- sion about the subjects to be taught in the classes, which will be conducted by students two or three times a week. The courses requested were much the same ones that have been held in past years: English, including the fun- damentals of English grammar; music, both piano and chorus; pol- itics, which would cover history and current events; Spanish and French, typing, knitting, and, for sports, tennis and badminton. It was suggested that two or three classes be held the same night, because no one would want to go to all of them. Conflicts would be avoided because of the schedule of work which provides for a full week of work followed by a week of vacation. In this way, no one could come to the classes every week, so that they would have to be on a bi-weekly basis. Once or twice a season, there will be a folk dance night with in- struction in various square dances and folk dances. This will not be a regular weekly session. It was also requested that the Maids’ and Porters’ Dance, which is usually during Lent, be held earlier this year, before the beginning of Lent, as there are so many whe are not willing to come to a dance at that time. The Maids’ and Porters’ Coun- cil is to be revived as soon as poss- ible. This council consists of two employees from each hall, prefer- ably a maid and a porter, who meet once a month to discuss im- provements which they feel are necessary. These representatives are chosen by their fellows in each hall. This year, the. council will Continued on Page 4, Col. 4 on ~ Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 31, 1951 U. of Pennsylvania Hockey Players Succumb To Skillful Stickwork of Three BMC Teams Continued from Page 3 L.F.—D. Waltin G.—B. Borneman Subs: E. Kemp, B, Bradley, T. Osma. The First Team game was very exciting to watch, and the spec- tators were almost as exhausted as the players—from cheering. It was a fast-moving game, and the ball went from one end of the field to the other, and was not in any gne circle predominately. The defense played an exceptionally good match, not only when the Bryn Mawr goal was being at- tacked, but backed up the forward line in the Penn circle. There was a great deal of interaction be- tween the defense and the for- wards, which made for much. bet- ter hockey. The rushing in the circle was also greatly improved since last week, but there is still room for more. The two Bryn Mawr goals were scored by D. Hanna and L. Kimball, making the final score 2-1 in Bryn Mawr’s favor. The Second Team game started out with Penn in the lead by two goals, although the Bryn Mawr team had many corners and were in the Penn circle numerous times. Then Bryn Mawr seemed to wake up, and with three goals made by J. Thompson and another WANT MORE MONEY for College “extras” ? Woman’s Home Companion offers you an opportunity to make extra spending money in spare time. Take care of new and renewal sub- scriptions for WOMAN’S HOME COMPANION and all leading magazines. Write for Woman’s Home Compan- ion’s SPECIAL PRICE OFFER for students. Mail penny postal or send by E. Cadwalader, they swept on to victory. After the first few minutes there were many good passes, and the defense played their usual strong game. The rushing in the circle was a revela- tion, and there were a number of near-?goals that either just miss- ed or hit the goal posts. The Third team played one of the best games that a Bryn Mawr third team has played for a long time. There were quite a num- ber of excellent centering passes from the wings, and a great deal of hard fighting in the circle. Bryn Mawr started right off with a goal by J. Davis, followed by another made by G. Vare. Then three more were scored later in the game by M.. G. Warren, two of which were scored from cor- ners, Corner goals are something that Bryn Mawr should work on, because a great many were miss- ed in all three games. All in all, though, Bryn Mawr should be proud of the performance put on by her hockey players this last week, Hytier Exposes Hatred Of Balzac, Sainte-Beuve Continued from Page 3 the course of Sainte-Beuve’s at- tacks, declared, “He is running his pen through my heart!” In the end, Balzac decided to write a novel using the theme of Sainte- Beuve’s Volupte, a book which had made a_ strong impression on him. ‘Sainte-'Beuve’s opinion of this work showed that he did not completely understand the dif- ference between the methods. of the biographer and the novelist. In a review which Balzac edited himself he at length replied to the attacks of Sainte-Beuve. He exclaimed, “When you read him, boredom > AN AS —7 ‘ i Ora Sp os and sametimes when oy: eee no occasion Cervantes’ Don Quixote A fair enough statement and truly fitting to Coca-Cola. It’s not only the answer to thirst, but a refreshing pleasure any time. 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She served on the Old Age Pension Commit- tee of the Massachusetts State Legislature, and was a member of the Social Security Committee in 1936. ‘She is the author of many books on economics and was a member of the President’s Com- mittee on Employment in London, 1931. She is an economic, political, and statistical assistant on the fin- ancial and economic aspects of So- cial Security measures. Helen Hill Miller, who will be the moderator at the Round Table discussion on Sunday afternoon, is a Washington correspondent for Newsweek. (Miss Miller received her B. A. from Bryn Mawr in 1920, and Ph.D. from Chicago in 1921. ‘She was an agricultural writer for the U. S. Department of Agricul- ture from 1934 to 1940, and execu- tive director of the National Pol- icy Committee in 1940. Grazia Avitabile, professor of Italian and French at ‘Wheaton College, will speak on Learning under Italian Skies. Miss Avita- bile, brought up in Rome, receiv- ed her A.B. and M.A. at Smith and her Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr in 1942. She was with the Office of Strategic Services in Rome in 1944-45. She taught one year at Mt. Holyoke and one year at Mid- dlebury. Jane Bell Yeatman Savage, President of the Alumnae Associ- ation, 1951-54, will open the Week- end. Active in community affairs, she was Director of the Garden Clubs of America from 1947 to 1950, served on the Board of Man- agers of the Bathseda School for Girls from 1941 to 1949, and be- came alumnae president in 149. She also served on the Budgér Committee of the Philadelphia Community Chest’ in 1950.. Her Bryn Mawr activities include Re- gional Chairman of the B.M. Col- lege Fund in 1946, and Chairman of: the Deanery Executive Com- mittee, 1950-51. “ Mile. Germaine Bree, Professor of French at Bryn Mawr, will ‘The Potboilers’”’ and ‘Second Shepherd’s Play” Sustain High Quality of Freshman Productions Continued from Page 1 Corydon and Thyrsis with finish. They were able to adapt their very pleasing voices to the expression of a growing distrust and greed punctuated by vague recollections of former love and happiness. The scene, 'which ends in murder, is difficult to play with tact: it must be sufficiently felt to be convine- ing, but must stay within the light framework of Aria da Capo. Anne Mazick as Cothurnus had the right tone of fatefulness. Aria da Capo, like Rock’s play, was a very suitable choice for the circum- stances. The costumes and the set with its backdrop of black dia- monds, were as effective in creat- ing the strange atmosphere of this play as the light voices of the act- ors. With The Potboilers, East House kept the audience almost perpetu- ally in stitches. Jackie O’Neil did an energetic job as the conceited and dogmatic playwright; Kathy Horween, as the young playwright, was wide-eyed and deeply im- pressed. The other actors in The Potboilers portrayed players of stock parts employed in the suc- cessful playwright’s unfinished play. The East House actors dis- played considerable skill in their double roles. Paula Donnelly as Mr. Inkwell was always waxy and dapper: in the play he was villain- ous, and out of it, harassed. Miss Ivory (Jane McCullough) was na- sally plaintive. In the play she was the figure of offended virtue; out of it, she could take care of herself. Joan Wolfe, as Mrs. Pen- cil, whose “Yes, I am_ beck” ‘brought down the house, was al- ways sultry; her origin was White Russia or the East Side, as the oc- casion demanded. Mary Kellogg and Marcia Joseph were excellent as the uniformly dignified Mr. Ruler and Mr. Ivory. The production of the Second Shepherd’s Play by Rhoads was the most serious undertaking of the evening, and in many ways the most satisfying. To interpret this 14th century miracle play the act- or must ré-enter.a world where men of Amsterdam, Miss Mellink. re- ceived her Ph.D. at the Univer- sity of Utrecht in 1943. In 1945- 46, ‘she was the, Assistant of Archaeology at the U. of Amster- dam, served as Assistant to. the American Excavation Expedition were closer to earth and closer to religion than they are now. The Rhoads actors, by an almost com- plete mastery of the difficult lan- guage of the play, and by the sim- plicity with which they acted, were able to make clear what this world was, though they did not entirely succeed in recreating it. Jane Mil- ler, Adrienne Schreiber, and Anite Robinson, as the shepherds, did not fit quite themselves into the life of those people who slept in the cold and the wet; and whose religious imagination could trans- form a nativity scene into a vision. Their performance, and those of Nancy Tepper, the Angel, and Judy Haywood, Mary, commanded the respect, but not the feeling of the audience. The actors were most successful in the comedy of the sheep in the cradle. Chris Fischer as the good wife played with great gusto and good humor. Mak declared himself the father of the stolen sheep with a fine, shameless pride. The light- ing and staging of the Play was excellent. Each change of light- ing made a change of scene; the players almost never left the stage, so that there were no long Pauses. The Rhoads actors deserve the highest praise for their choice of play, for the effort they expended on it, and for the clarity and un- derstanding with. which they in- terpreted it. Glenn Decries Slighting Of Freshman Play ‘Joe’ Continued from Page 2 hardly be valid. The choice of a Freshman play should only be la- belled poor when it is beyond the scope of the actors, and Joe was patently not so in this case. If, on the other hand, the judges made no objection to the play per se it would appear that the fault lay in the fact that the perform- ance was on Friday and not Satur- day night. In this case, the prac- tically universal campus belief in the-better chances of a Saturday night show is unfortunately cor- roborated, and some new system of awarding the plaque should be evolved. I suggest that the judges choose the best play of each night and choose between them, seeing them both again side by side if necessary. Sincerely, Maggie Glenn, ’53 Dr. Farrington Daniels Postulates Direct Use Of Solar Energy in Opening Crenshaw Lecture Continued from Page 1 This energy is released only when the uranium is in a specified quan- tity or “critical mass” and a mechanism was evolved whereby such a mass was held constant in a package surrounded by a reflect- or and a moderator. By means of a controlling rod, the combination of the two parts and the consequent release of en- ergy can be controlled by man— furthermore it can be harnessed by man in small quantities to supply power to his machines. Not only is this possible now, but it is also practical; for, although uranium costs $20 a pound, the amount of energy obtained from such ‘small quantities is much greater than that obtained from the relatively cheaper fuels such as coal and oil. Furthermore, uranium is not as Scarce as it would appear to be, as there are several sources which have not yet been tapped, and al- though not exhaustible, these sources will last for a considerable UN Has Prevented War, Now Diminishing Fear Continued from Page 3 “wonderfully well in a distracted world” and this is due mainly to the growth in maturity of the American people, Mr. Kohn cited the Marshall Plan (the first time in history that any nation has deliberately planned to spend bil- lions over a period of years to create better conditions abroad) and the North Atlantic Treaty as examples of American advance toward outgrowing nationalism. Reminding us that he does not think the U.N. perfect in any way, Mr. Kohn pointed out the danger that the U.N. be consider- ed an American instrument in her fight against communism. The U.N. should and must be a meet- ing ground of different civiliza- tions and ideals. He feels that communist China along with Franco Spain should have a place in the U.N. The other danger we face is that of a fear- dominated world. The U.N. must work toward a “slow. diminution of fear’. Finally Mr. Kohn re- affirmed the principles on which the U.N. was started six years ago—and pleaded that we proceed against aggression with a_ policy which is firm. but “full of re- straint and ethical wisdom.” | length of time. Dr. Daniels then mentioned sev- eral other sources of energy which mankind has discovered and used, sources such as wind power and water power, the greatest and most limitless source being that of the sun, which, Dr. Daniels stated, is the source which mankind will eventually have to fall back on. At (present, man is using only a min- imum of the available solar energy, —in the use of the fossil fuels, coal, oil, gas, etc., deposited from the sun—and _ scientists have shown in several experiments that the light and heat energy of the sun can be harnessed on earth di- rectly and used to run machines on the principle that energy can be produced by means of a drop in temperature, according to the for- mula: T2/T1/T2. As early as 1882, a sun disc was constructed in Paris, which was capable, by means of fo- cused lignt, of running a printing press; in 1926 in Florida, scientists were able to run a 1-5 horsepower power mower by means of reflect- ed light. Dr. Daniels suggested the possibility that solar energy could be used to expand and con- dense gas which would, in turn, set a piston in motion. Also, he demonstrated that the energy could be used in a chemical con- centration cell to run a battery. However successful these exper- iments might have been, none of them proved practical, due to the expense of the large amounts of materials needed. Nevertheless, Dr. Daniels explained that practi- cal usage of the sun’s energy had been: developed in the heating of houses. In a Dover, Massachu- setts, experiment, a house was constructed which was kept com- fortably warm by the sun’s energy —the sun entering through large windows in the roof and its heat was stored in the sodium sulphate underneath the roof until needed to warm the house. The ultimate source of man’s en- ergy is photosynthesis, the pro- cess of metabolism of energy foods in plants; this process has been the subject of several experiments, and will be the topic of next Mon. day’s lecture. - WALTER COOK Watch Repairing, Clocks and Jewelry Bryn Mawr Avenve Z speak on French Education. 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Page Six ‘ TH E COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 31, 1951 Maxwell Anderson, In Speech At Art Alliance, Refuses To Discuss Play, ““Barefoot In Athens” Continued from Page 3 to evolved a “communist” phil- osophy, advocating the forceful and authoritatian rule of the phil- osopher-king. AT no longer regard Plato with veneration, except as an artist”, stated Mr. Anderson, “and am astonished that the West- ern democracies have read Plato without refuting him”. Mr. Anderson: spoke of his char- acterization of Xantippe, Socrates’ wife. In an epistle found in the works of Xenophon, she appears in a sympathetic light, and the play- wright took his cue from this. “Xantippe was not a shrew”, said Mr. Anderson, “or at least not more than any other woman.” Entering into the question per- iod, Mr. ‘Anderson paralleled the United States and Russia to the Athens and Sparta in the days of Socrates. When asked why the TO TAKE YOU TO FOOTBALL GAMES Martie’s IS TOPS FOR SPORTS WEAR BRYN MAWR people of Athens accused Socrates, Mr. Anderson pointed out that the philosopher was a dividing influ- ence in the already disintegrating Athens. ‘He was an agnostic, and that means he was a dangerous man”. To the question, were the} Athenians wrong in condemning Socrates, Mr. Anderson said yes. “The good life is always lived free- | ly”, he replied, “and it is better to live than to be an egg”. By ham- pering ‘Socrates, the Athenians hampered all worthwhile contribu- Radnor Creates Mythical “Mr. Misery’’, Pem West Emotes in Irish Brogue; Passions, Deaths, and Eccentrics Run Rampant in the Non-Reses’ Comedy Continued from Page 1 sister, Ed Turn, played by Audrey Appel, Marilyn Axnone as Mrs. Brice and Andy Josselyn as the doctor, The whole play was of such calibre as to hold its audi- ence completely under its spell; the last final climax of Lou strug- gling to make Joe pronounce the word “Ma” was. exceptionally good. ' Radnor’s The Dream Mer- chant, adapted by Joanna Semel, tions to society. Following this reasoning, a question was posed, “Are you against the prosecution of Com- munists in this country’? “No”, said Mr. Anderson, “Communism | is not an idea, it is an alien notion ' of our enemy”’. As such, he con- tinued, “It is not a bad thing to get rid of Communists in the gov-| ernment, in business, and in our colleges”’. (Mr. Anderson ended his remarks by expressing the hope that his} ideas | brought forth in the discussion, | play would clarify the outstanding for the positive opin- | ions voiced by a leading American playwright. came third in the program. This ‘fanciful piece told the story of Sylvia, a lonely small-town girl, ‘played by Jan Warren, in a big city, who starts” selling her dreams to a Mr. Revecum. Luck- ily she meets an_ alcoholic old clown, O’Reilly (Rita Baer), sell- ing his dreams for drink. Sylvia’s ‘life turns upside down as a result of this strange transaction and it is only after she has left her | petty friend Estelle (Jane Mor- ris) and lives by herself that she realizes that she is losing her soul. Finally she decides to go home and leaves O’Reilly her last $10 for a drink. Rita Baer and Jan Warren both played their lrather difficult parts with a great deal of ease and good. interpreta- tion. Cynnie Delafield’s. voice as Mr. Revecum’s “nurse”, Miss Mo- zart, was convincingly harsh and; cold. Pem West’s. ‘production of Riders -to the Sea, by E. M. Synga, brought the second - note of tragedy to the evening. It -was .the story of an old: mother, Jan Wilmerding, who, during the course of the play loses the last two of her six sons to death by the sea. She and her two daugh- ters, Julie Williams as. Nora, and Dianne Druding as Cathleen, all handled the Irish dialogue very well. Nancy Houghton played Bartley ,the last son to die; Ellen Kristensen, Eamen; Anne Hay- wood and Diana Whitehill mourn- ers; and Marjory Fair another neighbor. The scenes between the two girls, Nora and Cathleen, were especially well done and were among the best in the play. The last performance was ‘George Bernard Shaw’s Passion, Poison, and Petrification, put on by the Non-Reses. Every mem- ber of the cast contributed to make each minute amusing. Jessica Dragonette- and Ann Nicholson were immeasureably funny play- ing opposite each other as Mag- nesia ‘and Fitz, a couple just re- discovering their love after years of marriage. The Adolphus, Joan Roach, gets poi- third. man, soned by Fitz and spends agon- izing minutes in his: death throes. Phyllis, thé maid who is afraid of men, played by Beth Rudol- phy, Lydia Wachsler, as the irate landlady, Sylvia Shields as the policeman (the uniform was au- thentic!) and Ann McMichael as the vague doctor all added to the hilarity. Finally all were struck dead except the happily reunited couple and their maid who faced the early morning prospect of sweeping away the bodies quite calmly. The Vocational Committee is sponsoring a tea on ‘Thursday, November 1, at 4:30, in the Common Room. : Miss Jenny K. Dunn will discuss the practical value of a college education, choosing a career, and the handling of an interview, and there will be opportunity for student questioning.. Everyone is welcome. 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