Wednesday, October 21, 1953 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Old, New, Eternal Give Cairo Charm by Suzan Habashy, ’54 There are so many different parts of Cairo to describe. For some the modern city’s skyscrap- ers, buses, movie theatres, hotels, clubs and sports, theatres. and nightclubs, afford the main attrac- tion, : Others go back a little in history and time for the things which for them make Cairo unique. The Opera house built by the Khedive to com- memorate the opening of the Suez Canal, to welcome the Empress Eugenie and the first audience ever to listen to Verdi’s “Aida”. The Palaces of a kingship now seemingly belonging to a past era, the Citadel, the «Mosques, the artists’ quarters in old Cairo, the University of Al Azhar, the seat of all Islamic culture and learn- ing, the old Coptic churches, these things fascinate them. Archeologists find amidst the ruins of Cairo, at the Pyramids, a wealth of interest, a key to a past civilization. Visitors to Cairo are struck by a new atmosphere, a strange fascination which touches all the East. The shopkeeper selling his wares, the occasional rumble of carts on their way to work, the sound of a hammer forging copper trays, the hum of the spinning wheel in the old city Bazaar, the cordial handshakes and_saluta- tions, all of this makes up my Cairo, a city that is modern, his- torical, rich in relics of the past, and full of fascination. MARRIAGES Edwina L. Munson, ex-’55, to Edwin, Ladley, Jr. Starr Oliver, 53, to Richard Hurd Lawrence. Ruth W. Robinson to Thomas Ross. Nine BMC Faculty Members Return From Sabbaticals, Recount Research, Studies, Sojourns And Observations This fall the ranks of Bryn Mawr’s faculty are charged with the faces of new professors; Bryn Mawr also welcomes the return of those old friends missed during a year’s leave of absence. Sabbati- cals have carried in person the fame and prestige of this College’s faculty to various parts of the world; in return, eight professors have received invaluable experi- ence and numerous anecdotes with which to enrich life on campus. The Berliners travelled to Lon. don where they continued the same research in which they had been engaged here, namely the physical- organic aspects of aromatic chem- istry. Particularly concerned with the relation between structure and reactivity of organic compounds, they used the chemistry laborator- ies at the University College, Lon- don—headquarters of Professor In- gold, authority in the field—as point of departure for expeditions through English and Swiss labora- tories and for a series of lectures given by Mr. Berliner in Glasgow, Manchester and London. Their six months abroad—from February through August—filled them with respect for the extensive European building of laboratories to replace those bombed during the war. Travel South Mr. and Mrs. Dryden remained in the Southeastern section of this country. As the winter progress- ed, they travelled farther south “but never far enough south to get warm”, They drove over 30,000 miles from Maryland to Florida in search of Ilmenite for the United States Geological Survey. Ilmenite is a black mineral found in sands; when roasted it turns white and is useful as pigments for DuPont white paints and in the steel industry. Only small amounts of this mineral are found in dark sand layers of modern beaches; since a million tons of ilmenite are needed and since 95% of the dark sand is waste material, only exten- sive beds make a working profit- able. The Drydens sought for large amounts of Ilmenite along ancient shorelines which ‘stretch 40 to 50 miles inland from the modern coast. It was a seven-day-a-week job, including New Year’s Day. The French-fried coleslaw menu for ail meals but breakfast wag mon- otonous; the Drydens are a walk- ing catalogue on Southern motels The purpose of the Drydens’ trip was frequently misinterpreted by the natives; while running along the road-sides with soil augers they were accused of drainifg vital irrigation ditches. Once, ‘a half- blind old man asked them what they were selling and, being told ‘“We’re’ working for the govern- ment,” replied “I don’t want to buy any of that!” Unheated Archives Last winter found Mr. Gilbert wrapped in coat and gloves in un- heated rooms of the Florentine Ar- chives where he sought, amidst “overwhelming masses of docu- ments, for material on Machiavelli and Guicciardini—their relation to their contemporaries, and their or- iginality in the realm of political science and economics. After this he eagerly greeted the “lovely peo- ple and landscapes” of Spain and Greece, prior to spending three months in England. There he stay- ed at Oxford with Isaiah Berlin, who delivered the Flexner Lectures of 1952. Bryn Mawr has not truly missed Mr. Michels—mainly because he has not been far from campus. He devoted his year of peace and quiet to research in Photonoptics, the study of psycho-physics and phys ical chemistry. During the spring he spent a month in Texas where he worked with Professor Harry Helson, formerly of this faculty, ‘days after the strike began. on psychophysical research. Johns Hopkins University claim- ed Miss Oppenheimer for its de- partment of Biology from Septem- ber through November of last year before she travelled to Naples. There she was located in the Zoo- logical Station, an International Laboratory, until she returned to the Department of Zoology at Yale. Her field of specialization was ex- perimental study of the develop- ment of the brain in fish embryos. Mr. Sloan with his wife and two daughters was attached to Paris and Lyon through a Fulbright re- search appointment. After May 1 they were in Italy for a month, drove through Southern and Cen- tral France for two weeks, spent a month on the coast of Brittany, went to England for two weeks and finally returned to Paris two Not only were they somewhat trapped by the strike but on the way home they were enveloped by the hurri- cane. The object of all this travel is a book, at present in embryonic stage, on Paul Chenarard, who “has been forgotten by all but one man in Paris and me”. Chenarard, a nineteenth century artist, spent many years working on a cycle of historic scenes for the walls and floor of the Pantheon; when the Pantheon was returned to the Church in 1851, it was renamed Ste. Genevieve; Chenarard’s paintings were termed heretical and now re- pose, rolled up, in the Museum at Lyon. These cyclical works divide 8400 years of history into 100 year per- Continued on Page 6, Col. 1 Brighten Your Room for JUNIOR WEEKEND with PLANTS — FLOWERS from Jeannett’s Play, Man, Superman States Views of English Continued from Page 4 the Man and Superman—“Englishmen English very graphically in never? will be slaves, except to gov- ernment and public opinion,” and “the Englishman thinks he is be- ing moral when he is only un- comfortable.” The Hedgerow Playtrs will re- peat their delightful performance on’ Saturday, October 31, Thursday, November 12. Peck and VENI, VIDI, Vict! From Italy — another conquest for the college crowd. Our Bambino bonnet in yellow or white cotton string, 4.95. Scarf, 5.95. Wool-lined gloves—small, med., large, 3.50 —23 PARKING PLAZA, ARD— .... IVE SMOKED / CAMELS 15-20 YEARS. SINCE 1 DISCOVERED CAMELS SWELL FLAVOR AND. WONDERFUL MILDNESS. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey say: “Our Dad led the brass band in our home town. He started us on our way tooting in the band when we were eight years old. We watched and studied successful musicians as much as we could, worked real hard, and little by little began to get there.” THAN ANY Banton 1 SMOKING CAMELS LONG AGO. | WATCHED, AND THE GUYS WHO ENJOYED SMOKING MOST WERE GUYS WHO SMOKED CAMELS. THERES NOTHING LIKE CAMELS’ FLAVOR! Start smoking Camels yourself! Smoke only Camels for 30 days and find out why Camels are America’s most popular cigarette. See how mild and flavorful a cigarette can be! OTHER. CIGARETTE !