VOL. XLIX—NO. 4 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1952 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1952 PRICE 20 CENTS Weigand Lauds G. Hauptmann’s Dramatic Work Dramatist Penetrates Human Emotion In Plays “More has been written about Gerhart Hauptmann than about any other German author since Goethe,” Mr. Hermann J. Wei- gand commented in his lecture last Thursday on the greatest of the modern German dramatists. Honoring the ninetieth anniver- sary of his birth, Professor Wei- gand praised Hauptmann for his ability to “penetrate to the heart of everything human.” Gerhart Hauptmann was born in Silesia in 1862; his father was an innkeeper, but his grandparents were poor weavers such as he later celebrated in one of his most fam- ous social dramas, “Die Weber” (1892). A problem child, Haupt- mann spent his youth, as he later wrote, in “unrelieved stupor”. He attended the Breslau Art School only to discover that his talents lay elsewhere. Finally he became part of a young literary movement in Berlin and, in 1889, produced his first play, “Vor Sonnenauf- gang”. The plays which followed estab- lished Hauptmann as the leader of the Naturalist movement in Ger- many. Modeling himself on Ibsen, he refined on the Norwegian’s quality of realism. He made use of authentic dialect in his plays; he portrayed the Silesian peasants that he knew so well with terrify- ing realism. His early dramas were written in prose; perhaps the most famous of his early plays “Die Weber” was condemned as revolutionary. By 1894, Hauptmann had begun to break away from the Natural- istic school. “Florian Geyer” (1895), a historical drama of the Continued on Page 2, Col. 4 U:S.F. Introduces Speakers To Talk Qn Various Funds In order to acquaint the College with the aims and purposes of the various organizations which it supports, the United Service Fund held a Forum of seven speakers representing some of the funds which have received donations in past years. President McBride outlined the activities of The World Student Service Fund of which she is vice- president. /"WSSF supplies aid to students in as much of the world as possible without entering those countries where political segrega- tion is practiced. This fund aids not only in direct scholarship as- sistance, but also in the field of re- lief in combination with CARE and UNESCO. Mr. Sharafuddin Ah- mad illustrated Miss McBride’s ex- planation with a brief sketch of the activities of WSSF in his own country, Pakistan. Speaking for the twenty-six or- ganizations of CARE, (Leah Ham- mond listed the many ways in which the money given to CARE Continued on Page 3, Col. 3 Miller To Explain Transcendentalism Perry Miller, Professor of Amer- ican Literature at Harvard Uni- versity, will give the Ann Eliza- beth Sheble Memorial Lecture on “Transcendental Genius and Amer- ican Democracy” on Monday eve- ning October twenty-seventh, at 8:15 in Goodhart Hall. Professor Miller is a noted scholar of Amer- ican Puritanism; he is the author of The New England Mind and Jonathan Edwards. Students and faculty from neigh- boring high schools have been in- vited to hear this lecture. Among those who have accepted are the Chester High School, Friends Cen- tral, Temple University High, Up- per Darby High School, Shipley, and Radnor High. Green Lights Welcome the Blues As Lantern Night Knits Friendships e by Marcia “It’s Greek to me!” a passerby would say upon hearing the un-|, ‘get shorter and the rehearsals familiar language sung by the Freshmen and = Sophomores in preparation for Lantern Night, to be held on Friday, October 24, at}. front of the library. Friends want- 8:00, in the Library Cloisters. Each day for the past week and a half, one could see these stu- dents leave their afternoon tea and saunter begrundgingly down to Goodhart with their knitting or their notes for tomorrow’s quiz. They would try to knit, but it was too dark; they would try to study, but there was too much noise. If they tried to sing, they were off |’ ‘both the freshman and sophomore classes are nearly ready to pre- key; and if they happened to have the right key, they didn’t know the words. To add to the confusion one afternoon, the mischievous Sophomores tricked their enthus- iastic Senior song leader by sing- ing the Freshman hymn, “So- phias”, which they undoubtedly ithe harmony was perfect. ‘alphabetical Joseph, °55 remembered better than “Pallas”. However, as the time began to longer, the words were learned and Then came the problem of lining up in ed to be near friends in order to discuss last night’s date, and so- :pranos wanted to be near sopranos in order to receive help in carrying their part of the harmony. The arrangement, how- ever, made all this impossible; and there was even more confusion than before. Now, with but one rehearsal left, sent one of our most beautiful and impressive traditions. The fresh- men will receive their lanterns from the sophomores and will be welcomed officially into the col- lege. College Acclaims Opening Soon A Big Success; Gwen Davis’ Music, Lyrics, And Singing Excel Bathsolome appears before the Foreign Legion Mr. W. M. Frohock Sees Unities In Patterns Of Malraux’s Novels by Caroline The real unity in the works of Malraux will explain the great di- versity in style and political view- point and the repetition of the ob- sessions of man, Mr. W. M. Fro- hock of Columbia University de- clared in his lecture on Monday afternoon, October 20, in the Ger- trude Ely Room of Wyndham. The lecture on “The Recurrent Pat- terns in the Novels of Malraux” was sponsored by the French De- partment. Most critics have found little unity in Malraux’ novels. Those who have criticised him from a political standpoint have been puz- zled by his great diversity of opin- ion. Those who study Malraux from a stylistic point of view find a great variety of styles. A few critics have pointed out that there is unity in Malraux in the recurrent obsessions which CALENDAR Thursday, October 23 8:30 p. m. Miss C. V. Wedg- wood, a director of “Time and Tide,” and a broadcaster on the ‘BBC, will speak on “British So- ciety on the Eve of Inter-Regnum Civil War.” The lecture will be given in the Deanery. 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. The X- ray truck will.be located in the customary place outside of the library. All students are requir- ed to have chest X-rays taken either Wednesday or Thursday. Friday, October 24 8:00 p. m. Lantern Night in the Library Cloisters. Tickets at the door; general admission $.60, stu- dent admission $.30. In case of rain, it will be held at 8:00 p. m. on Saturday, October 25. Saturday, October 25 10:00 a. m. Film on Acting from the Department of Drama, Yale University, in the Music Room. Sunday, October 26 7:30 p. m. The Reverend Wil- liam A. Smith, the Baptist Mis- sion, Philadelphia, will give the address at the evening chapel service in the Music Room, Good- hart. Monday, October 27 4:30 p. m. Spanish Club tea in Continued on Page 2, Col. 4 Warram, ’55 motivate the characters in Mal- raux’s novels. They have found two characteristic styles which appear again and again. They also cite the juxtaposition of the final dramatic picture which denies the discursive logic of the novels. This, they claim, is the unity in Mal- raux. Mr. Frohock pointed out, how- ever, the greater unity found in the mystery of the shaman. A shaman is a neurotic, epileptic, Continued on Page 3, Col. 4 Wedgwood Paints Civil War Setting The English Civil War and the fall of Charles I affected more than one country. Miss Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, a descendant of Josiah Wedgwood, will discuss the impact of this struggle on Eu- rope as a whole in this year’s Mal- lory Whiting Webster Memorial Lecture. The history lecture will be given in the Deanery on Thurs- day, October 28, at 8:30 p. m. Miss Wedgwood, who is noted in ‘Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 °54’s Junior Show Wins Praise as Best In Years by Sheila Atkinson, °53 Everyone agrees wholeheartedly (and all but the juniors a little wistfully) that Opening Soon is the best Junior Show that has been produced at Bryn Mawr in the time of the present student body. It is even rumored that one senior sadly remarked at the Rock dance that people would be saying that it was better than The Last Re- sort, and that is genuine praise. The script and acting, for the most part, were superb, and the music — well, who could beat Gwen Davis? The music and lyrics had a qua!- ity which few Bryn Mawr show songs evidence: their appeal was not limtied to those entrenched in Bryn Mawr tradition. The “charac- ter” songs were a part of the char- acters, and “I Don’t Dance Much” and “Light of my Life” could be on the Hit Parade. The lyrics were clever, and the musical variety almost unbelievable. Not only did Gwen write the music and lyrics, but the two songs which she sang, “Wambi, the Jungle Boy” and the song which accompanied the extravaganza, provided the high points of ’54’s success. Her professional delivery of “Wambi” made the audience wallow in delight. The extrava- ganza showed what the Juniors’ talent could do; it was an almost perfect synthesis of writing, sing- ing, dancing, and technical effi- ciency. The fact that the characters — although all well defined and rather extreme types—were por- trayed convincingly attributed most to the success of Opening Soon. Marilyn Muir, Alice Hartman, and Molly Holden were exceptional on this account. Marilyn, the has-been who hopes to be again, although sometimes off key, pitched her body and soul into the audience. Alice, as Bubbles, “The Burley Queen”, was fit for any Earle, and Molly was a real producer (she didn’t have to find one) of “Savoir Continued on Page 3, Col. 2 doint Theatre Group Announces CastiFor The Philadelphia Story “The Philadelphia Story”, a so- phisticated comedy in three acts, will be presented by the combined theatre groups of Haverford and Bryn Mawr on November 7 and 8 in Roberts Hall, Haverford: Brooks Cooper, Haverford alumnus, is di- recting the play, assisted by Mag- gie Glenn, President of the Bryn Mawr College Theatre. Sue Halperin plays the part of Tracy Lord, with William Packard as C. K. Dexter Haven, opposite her. Margaret Lord, Tracy’s moth- er, is portrayed by Kathy Lurker, sister Dinah by Debbie Jordan, and brother Sandy by John Pfaltz. Bill Watson plays Seth Lord, the father; John Kittredge portrays Uncle Willie; and Richard Linge- man is George Kittredge, Tracy’s fiance. Mike Connor, a magazine writer, is played by Robin L. M. Nevitt, and his assistant and pho- tographer, Elizabeth Imbric, by Gretchen Van Meter. The play, by Philip Barry, was a smash hit on Broadway in 1939, and starred Katherine Hepburn and Joseph Cotton. It deals with the efforts of a socially prominent ‘Philadelphia family to outwit re- porters from a tabloid magazine who have come to do a story on the daughter’s fashionable. wed- ding. Comedy, intrigue, and ro- mance are not lacking. An intensive ticket sale drive is being planned. Marilyn Muir is in charge of sales at Bryn Mawr.