[. So , 5S Rec SI The COLLEGE NEWS VOL. XLVI, NO. 1 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1949 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College,1945 PRICE 15 CENTS | NEWS Reviews Greater Events At BM, ’48-49 Eliot, Stassen Spoke; Campus Constantly Agitated °48-"49 at Bryn Mawr consisted -of the usual mixture of events sig- -nificant.and--negligible;-new-—and repetitious. Two grants were made to-Bryn -Mawr-in-one-year:-a-new fellowship of $1000 was temporari- ly established by the Catherwood Foundation, and a joint grant of $105,000 was made by the Carnegie Corporation to Bryn Mawr, Haver- ford, and Swarthmore for studies in Russian language, literature, and history: Now Bryn Mawr can look forward to a possible Russian Department and Russian major. Another addition to the curriculum was the new Rufus M. Jones Chair in Philosophy and Religion which makes possible the course in med-: iaeval philosophy given in ’49-’50 Two innovations that affected stud ents immediately were the crea- tion of the DP Scholarship and the summer session in Paris which Bryn. Mawr sponsored over the summer. ; Artistic Innovations - Bryn Mawr’s constant readiness to, criticize anything that can pos- sibly be reformed_bore. fruit inthe fall with the first issue of Counter- point—a merger of the Haverford Quarto and the Bryn Mawr Title. The campus agitated for the im- portation of concerts to Goodhart, for worthier criticisms in the NEWS, for better food and. serv- ice at the Inn, for more and better plays, for more college spirit and class ‘spirit, more music, more art, more morning assemblies. Campus concerts were found to be impract- ical, but a seriés of concerts, hitherto supported by faculty only, was opened to students. Actresses Anonymous sprang to the rescue of the supposed decline in the drama. Arts Night was on over ‘whelming refutation of the fallacy that Bryn Mawr is incapable of, or not interested in, producing arte. ‘facts. Wednesday-morning assem- blies were magnificently attended. ‘Only the conservative Inn remain- ed unmoved at the thought of re form. Our reputation rose with Prince- tion’s explosion of the Bryn Mawr Continued on Page 3 . ak Ww 3 =, ¢2 | ~arcz ac u 32 Ree ilip Harrison Fe] ‘i ile 3- Shoes 3 HHA ; Ss ‘ BARNET ce i 5 Cleaners 3 if? bos WILSON Ie LAUNDRY i ATKINS HE STOR ES, Hardresser ijt fh. 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Total en- rollment for this year will be 759 —598 undergraduates and 156 graduates—largest in the history of the college. Our informant also cells us, for what it may be worth Bryn Maur Greets DP Scholar, Welcomes New Japanese Student by Elisabeth Nelidow, ’51 “The campus drive held last year] ‘to raise money for a DP student to by Joan McBride, °52 Michiko Namekata, a _ transfer come +o Bryn Mawr has resulted;student from Tsuda College in in the arrival ‘of Ilga Brauers as a freshman in Rock Hall. Ilga is Latvian, and arrived in America two weeks ago from Germany. She told us with many smiles the. story of her trip from Bremenhaven, ‘where she took the “General Bletchford’ ’to New York. There she was met by Nancy Corkrar, who went with her to Philadelphia, and then on to Washington, where she was met by Dixie Greeley, and ‘with whom she stayed for a few days before coming * heres, on Wednesday. Blonde and icataoed: Iga o. ished secondary. in Nurem- LST ' ge \ ~S Tokyo, Japan, the first Japanese scholar since the beginning of the war. Michiko’ was ‘scholarship by the Japanese Schol- arship Committee of the College, which was founded by a graduate of Bryn Mawr and ‘has three other Bryn Mawr Alumnae as members of its faculty. Twenty-five other Japanese stu- dents, who are destined for other American colleges and universities, and one who will do graduate work at Bryn Mawr came with Michiko on her first trip away from Japan. They traveled on the President Cleveland and were in a typhoon for the first two days of their voy- Continued on Page 4 % A newcomer to Denbigh Hall is|| awarded her | that the most popular profession among the’ fathers of this year’s freshmen is that of lawyer, wit) salesmen ranking second. The class of ’53 is coming up against two important innovations in the curriculum—the social sci- ence requirement and the new regulations for language Orals (perhaps it was the latter which prompted a heated discussion be- tween two registering freshmen as to where they should spend the junior year abroad). Also arriving at Bryn Mawr this week are ten German women who will’ be here as special students to participate in a new cultural ex. change program. ‘Other colleges involved in this program are Chi- cago, Duke, Harvard, Michigan, and Syracuse. Two of the ten women. coming to Bryn Mawr will stay in the Graduate Center, two more in undergraduate halls, and the rest in private homes near’ the campus. They will take part in various undergraduate and -grad- uate courses, as well as in a sem- nar in American Institutions to be given by Dr. Wells and Dr. Kraus “aculty advisors for the group. CALENDAR Saturday, October 1 a" .* Dance with Haverford}: 8: 30 Pm, GYP. | ww Sunday, October 2 : 3:00 p. m. Faculty Baseball Game, Hockey Field. 7:30 p: m. Chapel Service, Music Room, Goodhart. 9:00 p. m. Miss McBride’s Re- ception for Freshmen, Deanery. Monday, October 3 . 4:30 p. m., Pienic on the Hockey Field. Opening Assembly, cana 8:45 a. m. Tuesday, October 4 First Day of Classes. ad Shops Fill Freshman Needs However carefully you may have planned all your needs at college, there are still some things which cannot be bought before your ar- rival, so here is a brief guide to the nearby shopping district. For the curtains, bedspreads, and pillows that you will probably need to decorate your room, Strawbridge and Clothier in Ard- more, and Hobson and Owens in Bryn Mawr may have what you want. There are several hardware stores in Bryn Mawr, so at the Suburban or Jake’s hardware stores you can get things like soapdishes and flashlights. If the clothes you brought with you just don’t seem to be what you need, try the Tres Chic Shoppe, Joyce Lewis, or Miss Noi- rot’s, all in the village, for skirts, sweaters, and blouses. For those who are knitting fiends, Dinah Frost’s has everything you could possibly need in the way of wool, Continued on Page 3 | meeting yesterday. >3. Will Reveal Secret Melody At Parade Night Firemen Will Escort Freshmen Vietims To Flames The first question that is raised in the minds of the Sophomores its, “Can--the- Freshmen keep a secret?” The class of ’53 will first be put to the test on Tuesday, October 4. The confusion of the first day of classes will be cli- maxed that night by a primitive and incomprehensible orgy known as Parade Night. During the preceding week the efforte of the Freshmen, ~ under their temporary song mistress, are concentrated on composing lyrics to a melody which must be hid- den from the Sophomores. The choice of tunes is rather limited to “Boola, Boola’, “Beer Barrel Polka”, “Farmer in the Dell”, and one or two others, which makes ’53’s task more difficult. Beware of Sophomores The Sophomores are a devious lot and will stoop to vile tricks. Beware, Freshmen, beware espe- cially the confused girl who comes up to you with: “I wasn’t at the What is the tune?” There are other methods, too, and far more subtle, such as hiding under beds and in closets, or donning innocent and lost ex- pressions as they attend Freshman song meetings. The Firemen’s Band arrives in all its glory and leads the Fresh- men, singing their tune, from Pem Arch to the hockey field, where Sophomores are war-dancing around a vicious bonfire, singing their conception of the notorious tune. To the blaring accompani- ment of the firemen, who seem to be needed on such an occasion, the Freshmen charge, roll, and somer- sault down the hill toward the flames to break the line of the Sophomores. Afterwards, harmony is tem- porarily restored, and the surviv- ors from both classes adjourn to their halls for songs and refresh- ments. NOTE TO PARENTS: Leave before this fatal day, or suffer the agony of watching your daughter splinter and burn -before your very eyes. by Elizabeth Nelidow, °51 _Now.. thatthe freshmen—-have learned all the Do’s and Don’ts ‘of the Self-Gov. rules, they might be interested in knowing what ha local law of the land was ity’ years ago; had my beer Aig ox abel pea a shall not: qr men, exceptitig members’ 0: heir own families (this excluded _cou- jsins, who, it was decided, did not belong to the family) in _ their studies without the presence of a chaperon.” “Students shall not go, in the evening, either to places of entertainment, or on the trains, without a chaperon.” There is a mysterious exception to this uni- versal chaperon law, however. “Students unchaperoned shall not lunch or dine with men in town. Broad Street Station is excepted.” Chaperons and Wine In Rooms Vanish From Bryn Mawr Rules lar rule were thinking’ is open to conjecture. Men in trains must be watched“—men in Broad Street Station don’t need to be watched. The possibilities of this line of thinking are endlesss. pre-occupation of Self-Gov in 1903. on the campus or in the public part of the halls, at any time, of clothes. the sake of love. It certainly couldn’t be for the sake of com- fort. Discrimination against men seems to have been rampant, but there was one “unwritten rule” that most unfortunately, not only has become written, but also had the exception removed. “The As- Parade Night, 8:30 p. m. 235120 What the formers of this particu- Continued on Page 4 Men seem to have been the chief. .|“No men’s clothes shall be worn - ~~ -twithout- being’ completely covered.” In other words, wear two layers” © Ah well, anything fo> -