A The College Mews VOL. XLIX, NO. 15 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1953 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1953 PRICE 20 CENTS Letters Supply Spirit Of Age, Willey’ Asserts State Papers, Memoirs Gain Importance In History “The use or misuse of Social and Intellectual history in the study of / history,” was the subject of Mr. Basil Willey’s lecture given in Goodhart Hall, on Monday, March 1. Mr. Willey, the Edward VII Professor at Cambridge University and the author of several histories on Intellectual history, examined the use of literary material for the student of social history. History may be regarded as a brief chron- icle of the times, whereas the stu- dent of social history seeks to as- certain how men lived, and worked —how it “must have felt to have lived under the sixteenth century sun”, for example. Literature suc- ceeds in giving this picture for it gives not only an impression, but the spirit of an age. This study is becoming more and more recog- nized, Recalling his own undergraduate days, Mr. ‘Willey remarked that history was regarded as a series of battles, policies, parliamentary bills, and dates, while the word “meanwhile”, which figured prom- inently, afforded a brief period of rest. and refreshment before the ‘highroad’ of more battles and dates was pursued. Social history not only revealed the landscape, sostume and manners of the time, but: the more important economic and: scientific aspects, the nature ofthe relationships between men and their conceptions of God. The social historian must also make use of state papers, memoirs, biofraphies, while in the realm of pure literature what has been.mem- orably written by persons of rare ‘insight must be considered for its ‘beauty and. significance. Yet the more the element of art appears Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 Bennington Dances Vary Mood, Theme by Anne Mazick, ’55 A delightful variety of moods and ideas was gracefully express- ed by the Bennington College Dance Group on Goodhart stage last Friday evening. Individual styles were clearly demonstrated in solos, but were well integrated in. group studies. For the most part, choreography was nicely planned, making good use of theme, space, and talent. Compositions were extremely varied in theme and movement. Among the group studies, “Wed- nesday’s Child,” a _ harlequinade representing two conflicting sides of a girl’s personality, one part concerned with book and the other with boy, was well portrayed with smooth changes in tempo accom- panying the entrance of the boy, the clown who favored gaiety, and the guardian who urged study. “The Dove’s Nest,” adapted from a Katherine Mansfield story, dealt with the uselessness of three ‘Continued on Page 4, Col. 4 “Transistor Physics’ Mr. William Shockley Gives Lecture “Transistor Physics” was the sub- ject of the national lecturer, Mr. William Shockley’s address to the Bryn Mawr College Chapter of Sigma Xi on Tuesday night in Park Hall. Mr. Shockley was a teaching fellow at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology where he obtained his degree of Doctor of Philosophy; he later joined the staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories where he worked in solid state physics and on the “junction transistor”, which patent he holds. In 1948 Bardeen and Brattain at the Bell Laboratories invented the point contact transistor based on semiconductors, and _ subsequent work on transistors has centered attention on the study of electronic effects in semiconductors, mainly in perfect crystals with electronic imperfections. By shining light on the perfect crystals of germanium, two types of imperfections are pro- duced; the photons excite valence- bond electrons in the germanium to higher energy levels and pro- duce imperfections of extra elec- trons and of holes. The extra elec- trons cannot fit into the bond structure and are shaken up and set into motion; although these electrons are acted on by forces due to the presence of other elec- trons in the crystal, they can travel about one thousand inter- atomic distances before collision. e e Sociologist Reports e e On Public Agencies by Suzan Habashy, ’54 “The reasons for the failure of students on educational leave to return to Public Welfare Agencies” is the title of Miss Elizabeth Rob- inson’s thesis for the M.S.S. de- gree in Social Welfare. A Bryn Mawr graduate student, Miss Rob- inson presented her findings at the conference of “Education for Public Social Welfare” on Febru- ary 27 at the University of Penn- sylvania. . This topic, said Miss Robinson, involves her getting in touch with persons on the agency-provided educational leave and finding out why they did not return to these agencies. In her research on this problem of increasing importance, Miss Robinson has found that most of the students do return; those who do not, fail to go back because they feel they have inadequate op- portunity to exercise their acquir- ed_ skill in the present public agencies. Social Work While working with the Depart- ment of Public Assistance in Phil- adelphia in a supervisory position, Miss Robinson became interested in social work. There she came into contact with Bryn Mawr stu- dents engaged in field work at her agency who told her of the Col- lege. “T want to be as well equipped as possible in the field of my in- terests, she continued; hence, her membership in the graduate de- partment of the College. Miss Robinson obtained her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her interest lies in family case- ‘work, but her indefinite plans for the future definitely include some | aspect of social work. ‘ Provides Topic; ‘since the conductivity of the first’ This electron motion must be de- scribed in terms of wave propaga- tion, but waves can move indefin- itely through perfectly periodic structures without being scattered. However the crystal structure is not perfectly periodic and there- fore the electrons cannot travel in one direction indefinitely but can travel further without collision than would be expected. The ex- cess electrons and holes act as negative and positive particles and under the influence of an applied electric field a steady motion is imposed on the electron drift so that a current is set up. A third imperfection in crystals is called dethnium because it limits the lifetime of the photoconduc- tivity induced by shining light on perfect crystals. Deathnium is an imperfection which acts as a seat for recombination of holes and electrons. Germanium crystals containing two types of chemical impurities are also used to study the behavior of holes and electrons. Introduction of elements from the third and fifth columns of the periodic chart produces such im- purities. Impurities from elements with a valence of five are called donors because germanium has a valance of four and the donor car- ries an extra electron which be- comes free to conduct; similarly impurities from elements with a valence of three are called accep- tors since they accept an addition- al electron into their bond forma- tion and thereby produce holes. Crystals containing donors are called N-type while those contain- ing acceptors are colled P-type is due to negative carriers and that of the second is due to positive holes. The point contact transistor uses the principle of causing holes in germanium crystals; the holes dis- turb the electronic structure and increase the number of carriers and the transistor may then be used for purposes of amplification. The junction transistor, which is a more recent invention, is an am-| plifying device based on single crystals which change from N-type to P-type across a P-N junction.: The junction transistor is a small). instrument with properties supe. rior to anything preceding it. It works with a small amount of germanium, little deathnium, and operates at low levels of power, Continued on Page 5, Col. 4 CALENDAR Thursday, March 5 Juniors select candidates for president of the League. Sophomores select candidates for Common Treasurer. Freshmen meet candidates for president of Self-Gov. and Under- grad. unday ,March 8 7:30 p. m. Chapel Service. Ad- dress by Reverend Paul Austin Wolfe, Brick Presbyterian Church, New York. Music Room, Good- hart. Monday, March 9 College elects the president of Self-Gov. Juniors select candidates for president of Athletic Association. 8:15 p. m. Miss McBride will | Bryn Mawr has belonged to the Colleges Present Early Fry Work, MacLeish Drama In their traditional spring pro- duction, the Bryn Mawr College Theatre and the Haverford College Drama Club are “putting the cart before the horse”. They are pre- senting Christopher Fry's wuy'! With a Cart and Archibald Mac- | Leish’s The Trojan Horse on the same bill. Both are comparatively | new plays—The Trojan Horse has never been staged before. Boy With a Cart will come first on the bill. It is an allegorical play, based on a legend-like story which apparently originated with Fry himself. It is one of his early plays, and although not very well known, has an unusual and appeal- ing plot. The players are fortunate in having the experienced Miss Mary Matthews from the Hedgerow Theatre as their director. Miss Matthews was born in France, but came to this country and lived in Ardmore for some years. She at- tended Tulane University and was with theatres in New Orleans and Washington after her graduation. She has been with the Hedgerow for five years, first in its theatre school and then with the theatre itself. There she teaches, acts, and helps with directing and publicity. Story The Trojan Horse was originally a radio play, but will probably be staged in the traditional manner. It is the well-known story of the Trojan war, with a meaning ap- plicable to modern times. The ‘Trojans admit the menacing for- eign power inside the walls of their city, thinking the horse is a gift of the gods. The play comes to an end with the fall of Troy imminent. Robin Nevitt of the Haverford Drama Club is directing The Tro- jan Horse with the help of Miss Matthews. Liz Gordon is the stage manager of both productions and Joan Hong Sling is in charge of lights. Novelist Bowen Names Sources Influencing Her Eminent Author Lists Art, Experience, Environment Elizabeth Bowen, distinguished Irish novelist, delivered the Ann Elizabeth Sheble Memorial lecture on Wednesday, February 25 in Goodhart Auditorium. cts Speaking on “The Writer’ and Sources of Influence,” Miss Bowen first considered the ethical ques- tion of whether it is good or de- sirable to be influenced. “Whether good or bad,” she said, “it hap- pens.” There are three main sources of influence: first, the influence upon the writer of fellow craftsmen in the literary field and the influence from other arts—painting or mu- sic. The second main source of in- fluence is environment, and the third, experience. The first source is most obvious, most easily recognized and most easily reproached. ‘We see the unconscious art-in- fluence if a writer wishes to write prose as Mozart writes music, or as the French impressionists paint. ‘This constitutes influence upon the writer from other arts. Style is the facet of writing most likely to be influenced: it is natural to see people or events in the light of what has been most recently ex- perienced—the immediate after- Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 - The NEWS takes pleasure in announcing the addition of the following new members to its staff: Mary Ellen Fullam, ’56 Anne Hobson, ’56 Charlotte Smith, ’56 Harriette Solow, °56 Mary Lee Culver C he One less election. Why? Because of N.S.A. N.S.A. again? Let’s hope this will clear up once and for all the confusion ‘that surrounds this organizatior.. National Student’s Association since its origin several years ago, and as proof, has proudly, hesitat- ingly, disinterestedly (depending on the year) presented an N.S.A. co-ordinator. The adjectives cor- respond to Bryn Mawr’s attitude about the organization. For a while we weren’t sure just exactly what N.S.A. was, and what it was doing at Bryn Mawr, and why we should belong. A great deal of the problem lay with the changing policy of N.S.A. At times Bryn Mawr has seen it as Too Progressive, Not Progressive Enough, Esoteric, Too Broad, and Just Plain Useless. Now, 1952- 1953, N.S.A. seems to have found itself (at least for the first time in terms Bryn Mawr can under- stand), and Bryn Mawr has found ‘Continued on Page 5, Col. 5 & larifies NSA Role In the Future of Bryn Mawr Campus especially contributed by Mary Lee Culver, ’53 N.S.A. is fundamentally an or- ganization of Student Govern- ments. It helps them to get or- ganized, and helps them after they are organized in all their problems involving students in any capa- city (there is where we ipso factos come in) by acting as an infor- mation center, initiation and clear- ing house of ideas and problems of Student Government Associa- tions in colleges all over the country. Since officially Bryn Mawr’s stu- dent government is contained jointly in the Big Four college or- ganizations, the co-ordinator has been shunted back and forth among them, often redundant and out of place. This year your co- ordinator has sat on the executive Boards of Undergrad and Alli- ance, but in this limited view of Student Government, found she couldn’t bring N.S.A. to the stu- dents or the students to N.S.A. as effectively as if she sat on Un- dergrad Council (where the prob- lems of the Big Four and other a place for N.S.A. Continued on Page 4, Col. 2 Page Two T HE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 4, 1953 THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanksgiving, 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 appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or, in part without permission of tne Editor-in-Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD Claire Robinson, ‘54, Editor-in-Chief ‘Barbara Drysdale, ‘55, Copy = Marcia Joseph, ‘55, Makeup Janet Warren, ‘55, Managing Editor Eleanor Fry, ‘54 Suzan Habashy, ‘54 EDITORIAL STAFF Jackie Braun, ‘54 Anne Mazick, ‘55 Science Reporter Joan Havens, ‘56 Lynn Badler, ‘56 Maryellen Fullam, ‘56 A.A. reporter Anne Hobson, ‘56 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Charlotte A. Smith, ‘56 Kay Sherman, ‘54 Harriette Solow, ‘56 Barbara Fischer, ‘55 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Judy Leopold, ‘53 BUSINESS MANAGER Julia Heimowitz, ‘55 ‘ Marjorie Richardson, ‘55, Associate Business Manager BUSINESS STAFF Joyce Hoffman, ‘55 Ruth Sax, ‘55 Phyllis Reimer, ‘55 Ruth Smulowitz, ‘55 Claire Weigand, ‘55 SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER . Elizabeth Simpson, ‘54 SUBSCRIPTION BOARD Roberta Olsen, ‘54 Adrienne Treene, ‘54 Saren Merritt, ‘55 . Mary Jones, ‘54 Diane Druding, ‘55 Diana Fackenthal, ‘55 Mimi Sapir, ‘54 Dorothy Fox, ‘55 Sally Milner, ‘54 Gail Gilbert, ‘55 Cathy Rodgers, ‘55 Subscription, $3.50 Mailing price, $4.00 Subscriptions may begin at any time | Letters to the Editor Pem East Says Thanks _ For Showcase’s Renovation To The Editor: Pembroke East is overjoyed with its newly re-decorated show- case, and is grateful to everyone who helped make it possible. Love and Kisses, Pem East. Correspondents Uphold Hell Week Fun And Spirit Looking back on the last few weeks. there seems to be some question as to the relative merits of Hell Week. As two students who have seen both sides of Hell Week, (one of us able to view it also as an onlooker) we would like to defend one of\ Bryn Mawr’s most enjoyable traditions. There has been much criticism of unit- ing Hell Week with Freshman Show. However this time of year is the best for both the Fresh- men and the Sophomores. The Freshmen have begun to feel real- ly at home and by this time know most of the upperclassmen as weil as those in their own class. Us- ually done in the spirit of fun, Hell Week does bring the Freshmen and Sophomores closer together. You will also find that the Soph- omores take into account the amount of time each Freshman is putting into Freshman Show and act accordingly. We do think that a greater at- tempt should be made to keep Hell Week out of the classroom. But as for Hell Week destroying the sophisticated and intellectual myth of Bryn Mawr we say Hooray. The majority of the college en- joys a good time as much as any- Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under the Act of March 3, 1879 Michi Kawai The death of Michi Kawai on February 10 brings a loss not only to Japan and the United States, but to Bryn Mawr as well. For this internationally-admired pioneer Christian educator was the second Japanese scholarship student at Bryn Mawr, and a graduate of the Class of 1904. Michi Kawai, the daughter of a Shinto priest converted to Christianity, was born on July 29, 1877. She commenced her formal education at the mission school of Sapparo, then entered a school for advanced English in Tokyo. An excel- lent student, she received a scholarship to Bryn Mawr; after graduating with highest honors, she obtained a year’s fellow- ship to Kurope. Michi Kawai returned to Japan where she founded a Presbyterian girls’ school—the “Fountain of Bless- ings, Girls Learning Garden”— at Keisen in 1929. During the 1930s she promoted the United Church of Christ in Jap- an, and during the Second World War the Japanese Govern- ment permitted her to open the Keisen Horticultural College tor Women. President of the Keisen school since 1929, founder of the Horticultural College and of the Japanese Christian Univer- sity at Mitaka, one of the only two women on the Educational Committee of five hundred members—the other is Ai Hos- hino, a Bryn Mawr graduate of 1912 and President of Tsuda University—a delegate to the Boards of Foreign Missions in the United States and Canada, an author, lecturer, coun- sellor to many, a student of Western educational methods as well as a supplicant for Western financial support of her schools—Michi Kawai’s life was full and rewarding, not only to herself but to the many who benefited from her tireless ef- forts, and who will continue to benefit from them in the fu- ture. In Japan it is the custom for a lantern-bearer, carrying a paper “chochin”, to light one’s way at night. In her book, MY LANTERN, Michi Kawai envisions the Christian lead- er’s work: “I, too, am a chochin bearer, going ahead to light the dark paths for the children of my Master until we come out to the highway where my service is no longer needed, and I am free for another task.” » “Away, away, not a moment io linger”—these words from the first hymn that she learned in English symbolize the life of Michi Kawai, an honored Bryn Mawr alumna, a _ great woman, and a sincere Christian. one can and as long as Hell Week is carried on in the spirit of good fun it should stay. No one seems to want to abolish the Saturday morning tradition, but the effect of the surprise would be greatly de- creased..without Hell Week. We know the spirit of Hell Week is one of friendly rivalry backed by understanding and goodwill on the part of the Sophomores and we are sorry that any Freshmen feel there are clashes of personality— it is never so intended. Hell Week to us is a necessary and wonder- ful part of Bryn Mawr. Jane Miller, ’55 Barbara Floyd, Civil Service Lists Job Opportunities An examination program design- ed to fill a series of jobs in the State Welfare Department was an- nounced today by the State Civil Service Commission. Howell M. Becht, SCSC Execu- tive Director, said March 20 would be, the final day to submit appli- cations in this program. He added that written tests would be held at Altoona, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre on April 11. Becht explained that the follow- ing examinations are open only to females: Child Welfare Secre- taries, Classes II and III, Child Welfare Worker and Junior Child Welfare Worker. In addition, he added that the job of junior psy- chologist exists only in Harris- burg. Under the division’s operating procedure, Delaware is designated as a Class IA county, while Beav- er, Fayette, Cambria and Wash- ington are Class I counties. In the Class II category are the counties of Adams, Bedford, Brad- ford, Clearfield, Columbia, Hunt- and Tioga. Class III counties are ~Continued on Page5, Col. 8 ingdon, Indiana, Lycoming, Mifflin: Physicians Begin Nursing Program Strategically, the Philadelphia area—including Chester and Wil- mington——is one of the most im-|- portant areas of production in the country. Because of its oil re- fineries, shipbuilding industry, and many other important industries, it is vital that this area be protec- ted by a civil defense program. Therefore, courses, run by the Civil Defense Authorities with the medical services (Division 5) head- ed by Dr. George Wagoner, are given throughout the section, At Bryn Mawr, approximately thirty students are enrolled in the course under Dr. Norman Mac- Farlane, civilian director of the role Bryn Mawr will play in the event of an enemy attack. That role will consist of provision for a 2300-bed surgical hospital and sev- eral teams for different sections. Dr. Humeston is the Medical Di- rector. The course being given here con- sists of about ten sessions of .one hour lectures given by surgeons and specialists in various fields. In the first lecture, Dr. Wagoner outlined the civil defense program and explained the act of Congress which set it up. The course is en- tirely different from the regular 60-hour nurses aid course. Subjects Included The subjects which the course covers are treatment for burns, fractures, hemorrhage, severe la- cerations, damage from bomb ra- diation, and concussion. Also, and very important, is recognition and treatment of shock. After the series of lectures and instruction in these fields, Miss Farr will give a demonstration in bed-making and care of the bed-ridden patient. Also, Miss Farr, Miss Clayton, and Dr. Humeston will demonstrate reading of temperature, pulse, res- piration, and blood pressure, and the administration of a hypodermic needle . Each student will have the opportunity to practice the duties demonstrated. The exam will be given in April, and_those students who pass and complete the requirements will re- ceive a certificate from the Civil Defense Authorities. Current Events Psychological Warfare Proves Dangerous To President Psychological warfare has not proved a satisfactory instrument of policy for the new administra- tion, said Miss Leighton, speaking Monday at Current Events. Eval- uating the developments in the for- eign policy of the administration since its accession, Miss Leighton cited the significance of the use of psychological warfare and the re- pudiation of secret agreements made during World ‘War II in ap- praising the character of the new policy. Commenting on the President’s State. of the Union message, in which he made the variously inter- preted statements that the free world could not indefinitely remain in a posture of paralyzed tensions, and that the Seventh Fleet would no longer be employed to shield Communist China, Miss Leighton pointed out the weakness in this type of psychological warfare, in- tended to confuse the Russians, and at the same time reassure the American people. “Whatever con- fusing effect these moves had on the Russians or the Chinese was removed when the allies and Con- gress forced Dulles, Eisenhower, and Bradley to explain,” she stat- ed. Despite the widespread impres- sion that the United States has no clear, consistent policy, Miss Leigh- ton thinks that we have, although it is not yet solidified. She pointed to the Churchill - Dulles talks on the Far East last January as evi- dence. Discussing the Presiden’ts pro- posed repudiation of secret agree- ments made during World War II “which have been perverted to bring about the subjugation of free peoples”, Miss Leighton view- ed the action as part of the plan of psychological warfare, and also an attempt to woo Congress, as demonstrated by the President’s definition of secret agreements as those never presetned to the Sen- ate. Speaking constructively, ~ Miss Leighton suggested that in the in- terest of a more effective foreign Continued on Page 5, Col. 4 President Rhoades Reports Gym Airy Students Gain Weight, Health in 1884 by Joan Havens, °56 When you think of Bryn Mawr at its inauguration in 1885, do you picture Rock and Pem arches, the Library cloisters, and ‘ceremonies in Goodhart Hall? Do you think of Dalton as the physicist’s natur- al habitat since the founding of the college? If you do, it may be hard to re- alize that the founding ceremonies were held in Taylor because there was as yet no Goodhart Hall. In fact, according to the President’s Report for that year, almost every- thing except gym classes were held in Taylor. The entire student body, numbering an overwhelming forty- four, crowded in for classes, lec- tures, and labs, and the library was also in Taylor. Rock and Pem arches were not yet landmarks; these buildings were still to be built. If you managed to pass the en- trance exams for the year 1885-86, you had a limited choice of resi- dence halls, since there was only one. This was Merion, which had been begun, with Taylor, in 1879. Of this first hall it was said, in the report of 1884, that although the cost had been greater than antici- pated, “the architectural beauty of the hall will never give an agree- able aspect to the college premis- es.” After the plans had been drawn up, a kitchen and dining room were added, “so that its in- mates will not be obliged to go out to another building for their meals,” The gym is one building that has graced the campus since its begin- ning. President Rhoades describ- ed it as a “light, airy, attractive building, within which students may find the complete unbending from brain work, and the cheerful exercise which are essential to their health.” Apparently the stu- dents spent much profitable time at “unbending”; of those who used the gym in the first college year, ninety-four per cent gained in “physical vigor”, while sixty-nine per cent increased in weight. In 1885 there was no soda fountain, so the extra poundage must be at- tributed to that wholesome exer- cise. The amount and variety of the curriculum in the college’s child- hood years is amazing. This was arranged so all graduates would have “a liberal culture in two an- cient, and three modern languages, in Mathematics, Philosophy, and some one science.” A particularly versatile faculty member was the one who was termed “Associate Professor of Greek, Sanskrit, and Comparative Philology.” During the first year, mathemat- ics and English tied as the second most popular course; thirty-one Continued on Page 5, Col. 4 sa para Wednesday, March 4, 1953 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three The Bryn Mawr French Group Acts French Farce, ‘La Premiere Famille by Jackie Braun, ’54 The French Club’s performance of Jules Supervielle’s farce, La Premiere Famille, provided a de- lightful forty-five minutes of en- tertainment for a small but appre- ciative audience in Skinner. From the moment when the curtains op- ened on a simple but effective stage representing the Garden of Eden, to the final reconciliation over a jug of wine, the action was swift-paced and the lines extreme- ly funny. No individual perform- ance could be pointed to as out- standing, but the overall effect was charming. The play opened with a reindeer and a bear bemoaning their fate as prisoners of their physical infer- ior, but intellectual superior, man. Then onto the stage rocked a dino- saur, a masterpiece of costuming, whose anatomy was amazing and amusing to behold. The plot centered about Adam’s malady which consisted of an irre- sistible fascination for all attract- ive females except Eve. His sym- pathetic doctor suggests as a rem- edy that Adam interest himself in a new female. Adam plans to cap- ture a young maiden, but is out- witted by the combined efforts of Eve and his son. The son solves the problem by running away with the girl himself, and Adam is out- raged. All is smoothed over again and peace is brought about when SPORTS by Lynn Badler, ’56 This past week was a very full one for Bryn Mawr’s teams. There were two badminton matches, a basketball game, a swimming meet, and a fencing meet. On (February 23 Bryn Mawr played Ursinus in a badminton match here, and though the line- ups were juggled a bit, the Bryn Mawr team won 5-0. On the fol- lowing Wednesday, Bryn Mawr played Drexel here, and again won 5-0. This time too the complete regular teams did not participate; nevertheless Bryn Mawr was in command of the situation through- out both the singles and doubles matches. Deedy McCormick again made badminton look easy with her effortless strokes, as she beat her opponent 11-1 and 11-4. Phil Tilson, playing varsity singles for the first time, seemed a litte over- anxious in the first match, but squared off and won the next two with skill. those left behind quench their thirst with Adam’s newly-invented tonic, wine. Jean-Louis Wolff looked the part of Adam, but his lines did not al- ways come across to the audience. Edith Robichon as the cunning Eve was a delight to watch on the stage; she acted her part with a natural warmth and charm, as did Sue Halperin, whose sole function was to look like a shy and fearful virgin. George Segal, as the young man, delivered his lines well, but tor, an outlandishly dressed and painfully timid soul who is mis- treated by all, was played with ease and humor by M. Leblanc who appeared to be enjoying his role tremendously. The play itself was eminently enjoyable and to M. Gonnaud who directed it, Mr. Janschka who did the..scenery, and all those who helped to put it on, a round of ap- plause from the reviewer who had a very good time. Observer Of all the countless things in life, what do we observe? Our- selves, our surroundings, our feel- ings, our thoughts. Perhaps our relation to our surroundings, or perhaps the relationship of the surroundings to us. Perhaps we stop to think of what we are, who we are, why we are. What should we be? ‘What shall we do with what we have gained? What has Knowledge done to us? ‘What should we expect it to do? (Will it make us fanatic exponents of what we have been taught to believe in? (Will it make us passive people ready to take whatever Nature thrusts in our way? Shall we be mere pup- pets in the hands of Providence? Perhaps we plan to shape our own lives, or perhaps we leave the com- plexity of life to the Unseen. Many have tried to explain life. Some have shown the hand of providence as a paramount power; Others, the strength of man; Others, the strength of economic factors; Chroniclers of old the works of GOD... The League Needs Volunteer Workers Bryn Mawr’s reputation is suf- fering in connection with her vol- The lineups for the games were: junteer work for needy organiza- Monday: Singles: Janet Leeds Judy McCullouch Marilyn Muir Doubles: Lois Bonsal-Prue Oliver Sukie Kuser-Harriet Cooper Wednesday: Deedy McCormick Janet Leeds Phil Tilson Marilyn Muir-Beth Davis Candy Bolster-B. Bornemann Immaculata, the top basketball team in this vicinity, beat our var- sity on Wednesday, 46-18. Their defense was so excellent that Bryn Mawr was unable to score a point in the second half. The junior var- sity’s game was more interesting; with all-around good playing Bryn Mawr defeated Immaculata, 38-36. Sally Kennedy was a star for the junior varsity, scoring 21 points. On the same day Bryn Mawr’s swimming varsity lost a very close decision to Ursinus, 29-28. The junior varsity won 86-14. For the varsity Barbara Tyler won the free-style race, Peggy King the back crawl, and Glenna Vare the diving; the Bryn Mawr varsity also ‘won the free style relay. For the Continued on Page 4, Col. 3 tions. This was the message brought to the Bryn Mawr League on Wednesday, February 25, by Mrs. Dorothy N. Hopkins, associ- ated with the Council on Volun- teers of Philadelphia. Volunteer work, stressed Mrs. Hopkins, should be the type of work the volunteer likes well enough to make it regular. By its very nature it is dependent upon the good will of its volunteers; on the other hand, in order to function efficiently an organization such as the Council cannot depend upon the whims of its workers. It is abso- lutely necessary for workers to fulfill their obligations toward any jobs just as if they were being paid. Lack of regular participation and general undependability are the main complaints against Bryn Mawr girls. These problems have been especially difficult in connec- tion with the Overbrook School for the Blind and the Haverford Com- munity Center. Organizations such as these, with more or less regular participants depending on aid and leadership, need volunteer helpers who are interested enough to work at least weekly. The Haverford Community Cen- Continued on Page 4, Col. 3 Mr. Lukacs Views Political Revolution “We are training our guns on the left, while our main danger is on the right,” said Mr. John Lu- kacs, of the Chestnut Hill College faculty, in a talk in the Common Room on Wednesday afternoon, February 18. Mr. Lukacs reviewed the bewil- derment faced by thoughtful peo- often without conviction. The doc- | ple today, the “intellectual schizo- Phrenia” reflected on many cam- puses, which is a result of a para- | dox. We are caught between a spirit of optimism and our prag- matic knowledge of the nature of man. We have accepted the prog- ress theory of history, believing that a progressively greater voice in government for the common ~— will mean a progressively freer and more perfect society. Political Thinkers But today, political thinkers are beginning to be “afraid of the dumb and unknowing John Doe whom they have released”. The “New Political Revolution of the Twentieth Century”, which has al- ready taken place in Europe, is happening in America. Popular sentiment is now turning not to- ward the left, but toward the right. Just as Europe moved dur- ing the nineteenth century away from eighteenth century patriotism towards twentieth century nation- alism, as exemplified by Hitler, and by DeGaulle, the symbol of the French resistance movement, so the American people have moved from Bryan to Wallace to McCar- thy. Just as at the turn of the cen- tury the “democratic illusion” died in Europe, it is souring in the United States today. We too are slowly and surely turning fowards the right and towards nationalism. Today, we suddenly see that the majority and liberty are not go- ing hand in hand. The principles of democracy are losing their efficacy because we have gotten away from the ideas of right through duty, and free- dom only through responsibility. It is imperative that we direct our- selves to the education of the com- mon man in the democratic vir- tues once again; that we teach him that great things can be gain- ed only through sacrifice. Only by resurrecting a sense of duty, can jwe save democracy from reaction in America. Council Announces Newest. Recordings Notes on the Library, Mostly Pleasant: 1. Record Library: There are considerable funds on hand for buying new records, but not enough suggestions. Do use the posted list optimistically, for you have only to ask. The following are recent additions to the collec- tion: Bach, Missa Brevis No. 1 in F major, and Sanctus No. 1 in C major. Beethoven, Quartet No. 4 in C minor. Mozart, Symphonies No. 36 in C and No. 39 in E flat. Bloch, Schelomo. St. Saens, Con- certo No. 1 in A minor for cello and orchestra, 2. The cost of fluorescent light- ing for the Reading Room is un- thinkable. 100 watt bulbs, how- ever, are being used as extensively as the circuits permit. 38. The Reserve Room door now has a slot; please use it when re- turning books when the room is closed. 4. Art students: the Art Study is being disgustingly maltfeated. You must stop taking books il- legally and mutilating the few you have not appropriated for your- selves. 5. Campus Guides would oblige if their lectures on the Reading Room were delivered sotto voce. The Library Council Gerould Memorial Sponsors an Award April 8th is the final date on which to submit your entries for the Katharine Fullerton Gerould Memorial Prize. This is an award of $50 given for a piece of orig- inal English Composition. The competition is open to all undergraduates, freshmen and up- perclassmen alike, former con- testants as well as students who have never tried before. Now is the time to go through your fold- ers, to select and arrange your stories, poems, and essays. According to the rules of the contest, you should submit som2- thing which you have written or revised this year, that is, since June, 1952. You may offer either one long composition or a group ot shorter pieces — narratives, poems, informal essays. Drama and the formal critical essay are ex- cluded since they are covered by the Theresa Helburn and the M. Carey Thomas Essay Prizes. Your entries should be left at the Alumnae Office in the Dean- ery by 5:00 p. m. on Wednesday, April 8th (a new date). They should be typed double-spaced and without the author’s name, since each entry will be identified by a number. The committee of award, which consists of two alumnae and one member of the faculty, who teaches English Composition, has shown no predilection for a par- ticular kind of writing. In the past the prize has been awarded twice for a group of poems, twice for stories, and once for a piece of reporting. A large group and va- riety of entries are welcome. The Freshman class takes great pleasure in announcing the election of Marina Rubezan- in and Louise Breuer as rotat- ing members of the Athletic Association. What To Do The U. S. Department of State has recently announced the annual examination for appointment as Class 6, Foreign Service Officer. The examination will be held Sep- tember 14-17, 1953 at the follow- ing places: Atlanta, Boston, Chi- cago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadel- phia, St. Louis, St. Paul, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Juan, P. R., Seattle, Washington, D. C., and at American diplomatic posts and consulates abroad. Appointments are made in the $4,000 to $5,000 per annum salary range after successful completion of written, oral, and physical ex- aminations. A candidate must be at least 20 and under 31 years of age as of July 1, 1953, a citizen of the United States for at least ten years, and, if married, married to an American citizen. The duties of foreign service of- ficers include: negotiation with foreign officials, political reporting, economic reporting in such fields as labor, finance, transportation and communications, commercial reporting and trade promotion, agriculture reporting, issuance of passports and visas, and develop- ment of cultural and informational programs. Applications should be forward- ed to the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service, U .S. Depart- ment of State, Washington 25, D. C., so as to arrive not later than the close of business July 1, 1953. Application forms and literature are available at our College Place-| ment Office, and they may also be obtained by writing to the Division of Recruitment, U. S. Department of State, Washington, D. C. Letters from Abroad I stood freezing on the Pont Alexandre and peered between the green figures holding up _ the bridge, in a vain, touristy desire of seeing the Seine. (Even though I knew it was just as grey as the sky and the trees and the side- walks and the Louvre of Decem- ber Paris, I was trying to spend a year soaking in atmosphere.) Getting no emotion whatsoever except a cold shiver, and still de- termined to “live intensely” I clung to the rail on an open bus and watched the street flying away underneath. This is supposed to give one a dizzily exalted feeling —I dropped my green Guide Book and sadly watched it disappear in the distance. From now on, I was On My Own! Joys of Seeing Paris The driver unhooked a chain, and I fell out rapidly, preparing topics of conversation for the hour and a half meal—to avoid putting butter on my radishes, I cleared my throat and started an oration on the joys of seeing Paris. I de- scribed in great and gaudy detail (the French like one to be pre- cise) all the little sidestreets of the Quai Voltaire and all the chil- dren that inhabit these little side- streets —dead silence. Decidedly, the fault was in my French and not in the sidestreets. I bobby- pinned my beret on, and jaunted to the door. But on to work. I seized a knife and an uncut book, and dashed out to the Metro. In the Metro, I cut the pages. Between Metros, I always close my eyes because in France, one prides one- self on looking a little strange. I follow a long-haired Existentialist across the Boul Mich to the Sor- bonne. The professor nods his head pleasantly at his 624 pupils and-expounds. the joys of “Indi- vidualisme.” And finally, to immerse myself in French life and culture, I join a group of French students to ski in the Black Forest of Germany. But I can’t ski, and I can’t speak German—this was a most cosmo- politan adventure. For a cheerful send-off, my piano teacher said, “Without a doubt, you will break a wrist!”—But all is well, and I am absorbing tout de suite—every- thing. Mary Ann Rorison, ’54 Bard’s Eye View by Ann McGregor, °54 No Trump, No Trump — what to bid? Partner’s passed; Feel wild, kid? Open three; Hand like foot! —Whoops! Made book! Hearts, Hearts, two plus kind and ten! Partner bids spades and then again. Jump to four, hearts trump all through. —Hummm—down two. Clubs, Clubs, partner glares at me. Hope she struggles through with Raise her to five?—No, only four. —Oh—oh—Down more. Spades, Spades, play safe — only one. Partner may die—she’s keeping mum. Ae At one I can’t be in a jam! —Well, Well! A slam! Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 4, 1953 Novelist Reviews Sources Influencing Writing: Other Craftsmen, Art, Environment, Experience Contnued from Page 1 sensation colors thought and work for a time. The influence of artist on fellow- artist in the same field is easily seen. The dominance of certain “masters” changes with time, how- ever. Earlier in this century, Che- kov was most influential. Today, his “over-sensitized, small unob- served man is a commonplace of sentiment. He is not now the mor- al-emotional influence he was in the early 20's.” Despite the workings of artist on fellow-artist, if the writer possess- es real originality, he will throw off influence “with quite a degree of roughness when the time comes.” The second source of influence with which Miss Bowen dealt was that of environment. This is a source that is generally considered artistically and humanly creditable. One hears of a writer influenced by the brooding hills of his, youth, and so on. But environment con- sists of subjective landscape as well as the purely physical. The writer does not merely absorb en- vironment, but selects it. By se- lection, he creates it. “We choose and arrange all the time,” said Miss Bowen. “The writer is not merely passive, subjecting himself, but is pulling and shaping environ- - ment around himself.” Thus there is the two-fold source of inherited environment— birthplace, or childhood region, and selected environment, or plac- es chosen from personal taste or temperment. The interplay of the two plus a surplus of imagin- ation combine to cast a web, build a scene about the writer, wherever he is. The third important source of influence is experience. Individu- als have the power to attract ex- perience. In life, “Experience is a by-product of personality and se- lectivity from which in the main, life then springs.” There is per- sonal experience—emotional and private—and there is experience of the times which comes from being alive now. Time-experience over- casts our personal life. “Life,” said Miss Bowen, “is a unique per- sonal and emotional kind of ven- ture.” It is difficult to rely on an outer scale of judgment for all Walter Cook WATCHES REPAIRED JEWELRY ‘vital issues are aired). | secretary-like job of the N.S.A that transpires about us, and we turn to an inside scale of personal evaluation. In conclusion, Miss Bowen com- mented on the change that today there are too many disciples and too few masters. Apprenticeship is going on too long. Miss Bowen answered this charge by stating that so much is happen- ing around us that there is more to say than easily can be put into words. We need to amplify our vocabulary in every sense. We must remain flexible with the pow- er to see and to test. Because there is so much to say, we meed this long apprenticeship. “The rolé of my generation—of the middle-year artists,” said Miss oowen, “is to widen the path, rath- er than open new ones.” That last is for the younger generation to accomplish. “But if we remain the essential links in the essential continuity of art, we shall not have lived nor worked in vain.” NSA Coordinator Lists Future College Changes Continued from Page 1 But the co-ordinator would make her su- pertiuous, unnecessary and unof- ucial at such a gathering. So we dave decided, with your consent: 1. Bryn Mawr wants to con- vinue to belong to N.S.A. 2. Instead of ‘the redundant N.S.A. co-ordinator, her duties and functions can more effectively be taken over by the President and che whole Undergrad Board, for che President of Undergrad is the chairman of Undergrad and Col- lege Council, and ’most all prob- lems and ideas eventually find their way. to Undergrad Board anyhow. So—Now N.S.A. has a real home and you have one less college elec- tion (that of the N.S.A. Co-ordin- ator) to suffer through. Less red- tape, and—more benefit to you should be the result. So good luck and take advantage of N.S.A. next year. It’s been fun, even though a’ve been The Redundant One Mary Lee Culver CAPS, SHORTS, BLOUSES, TORREADOR PANTS in SEA BLUE COTTON DENIMS Joyce Lewis ENGAGEMENTS Ruth Jane Smulowitz, ’55, to Coleman Schwartz. Ruth Evelyn Warram, ’53, to Paul W. Moore. Diana Whitehill, ’55, to Nathan- iel Merrill. The Council Also Needs Workers for Spot Jobs Continued from Page 3 ter needs a leader to organize ac- tivities for its girls. The director of the boys’ program and Mrs. Hopkins are hopefully planning a program to include a special activ- ity, such as sewing, cooking, arts and crafts, etc., for every day of the week. Leaders are needed for these groups who can devote a def- inite amount of time each week so they will really know and love their charges. For those students who want to do volunteer work but cannot count on having regular free time, Mrs. Hopkins stated that there are many interesting spot jobs avail- able at odd times. Sports Continued from Page 3 junior varsity Pat McElroy won the back crawl and the diving com- -| petitions and Joyce Mudd won the free style. The junior varsity came out ahead in both relays. The next swimming meet will be held against Swarthmore at Bryn Mawr on March 5 and promises to be ex- citing. On Thursday, February 26, the fencing team made an excellent showing against the Tyler Art School. For Bryn Mawr’s first team Joyce Greer, Alicia Gardiner, and Sue Lucas helped achieve a 6-3 win. For the second team, Cath- erine Rodgers, Marilyn Fain, and Alice Baer were victorious, 5-4. The next fencing meet will be at Bryn Mawr on March 7 at 1:30. Come and watch your school’s sports; the teams are good, and would be even better with active support behind them. Presentations by Soloists and Groups Highlight Well-Coordinated Bennington Dance Performance Continued from Page 1 Victorian women. In this study, an interesting use of focus passed the movement from one character to another, abruptly interrupted by the maid whose quick, spiteful action formed a striking contrast to the studied sedateness of the proper ladies. “Jubilee,” the final number, showed excellent harmony that is difficult to accomplish in a group composition in modern dance. The use of the stage and the variation in formation were well planned. ‘Perhaps the most striking num- ber was the “Changeling,” a solo inspired by Picasso’s blue-period clowns. In the jerky movements of leaps, jumps, rolls, angular posi- tions of arms and legs, the dancer captured perfectly the awkward pathos of adolescence. The clown was somewhat disjointed, lacking the poise that places arms and legs in their proper positions, but the dancer had graceful control over the clown’s awkwardness. The “Juggler” carried her up-down and circular movements into all direc- tions, carefully including all the details of juggling. , Transitions were - particularly good in “Threshold,” which repre- sented the anticipation of mar- riage. The choreography of “Suite,” the other trio, was not us fully developed as the movement was gracefully danced. Of the two duets, “Duologue” showed an interesting development of the relationship of a boy and girl. The dancers directed their movement upward but brought it to a lower plane and directed to- ward each other as they became in- creasingly aware of each other. “Balladeta” was intended as a study in classical and modern dance form, but the movement and direction carried no mean- ing; it was. not sufficiently interesting to be performed for its own sake, Many members of the oaths have done extensive study and a great deal of performing in dance on a nearly professional level. Their performance at Bryn Mawr was certainly a good indication of their skill and experience. INCIDENTALLY... Feeling low in these days of mid- semesters? From the Youth’s Companion for February 23, 1882, comes the following testimonial. Perhaps our Bryn Mawr classmates of over half a century ago found it useful. “T have used Horsfords’ Acid Phosphate in nervous Exhaustion, and in nervous disturbances con- nected with an over worked brain, and am satisfied that it ig a rem- edy of great service in many forms of exhaustion.” Wonder if there’s any of the stuff left around. Compliments of the HAVERFORD PHARMACY Haverford, Pa. Shower Gifts and Wedding Presents at RICHARD STOCKTON Bryn Mawr DINAH FROST for ST. PATRICK'S DAY CARDS Bryn Mawr, Pa. Hear ye, hear ye, good folk all, St. Patrick will all ye call. Come feast and frolic, that, and each day, To the HEARTH, for the best food, lets all away. March is the month For lots of things— The hare, the lion and lamb. And promises of flowers it brings, From JEANNETT’S to a madame. 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And when there’s a quick need for refreshment ... have a Cokel BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY THE PHILADELPHIA site tata BOTTLING COMPANY © 1953, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 7. % era, a Wednesday, March 4, 1953. - THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Edward VII Professor Delineates Modern Trend Toward Social Significance in Literary Criticism Continued from Page 1 the more difficult it is to interpret it for the desired historical picture. Here the minor writers offer the advantage, for among them you find the average mind without the “distortion of genius”. Literature deals with life, but it is in no way objective. It edits, oragnizes and selects. Nevertheless, Chaucer provides a picture of the fourteenth ‘century; Fielding, the eighteenth eentury; Jane Austen portrays the lesser gentry of the early nine- teenth century; while Dickens por- trays bourgeoisie. To treat poets and writers as so- ciological evidences entices histor- ical error. Bacon, Mr. Willey point- ed out, defined poetry as “feigned and imagined history”, for it acted as a substitute for history when that study failed to satisfy man’s craving for the heroic. In dealing with writers of genius, the student of social history must recognize and allow for poets’ individual genius and intensification. The spirit of an age is difficult to define. It is often easy to take a single work as truly representa- tive of a certain age, for each au- thor will depict a particular social class. The student must question the influence of the social group on the literary writer and the extent to which his experiences influenced him, As an example of this, the Puritans in seventeenth century England were dominant, but the aristocracy dominated the fields of literature and the arts. It would be wrong to take Restoration Dama as representative of this age. The study of literary history offers another fruitful field in the study of what was read—how leis- ure time was spent. In this way all literary material becomes use- ful. For nineteenth century portrait the social historian relies most. on primary sources, not on works of art, although George Eliot’s por- trayal of religion, and Thomas sources, for they depict the provin- cial lives with which these authors were familiar. Turning to the use of social his- tory in literary study, Mr. Willey pointed out that literary criticism is now steeped in social meanings. Before, literature was -a collection of masterpieces judged by aesthetic or philosophic criteria. Work was then that of unique personalities. It was ascertained that the work of one influenced that of another in style or form, still “it remained a ‘self-contained, self-perpetuated Entity’.” No one was too preoc- cupied with whether the ideas were bourgeoise or otherwise. The ideas were those of the man, not of the class-dominated man. Now students inquire whether the background was village or urban and what schools and what intel- lectual trends influenced the liter- ary writer, in their efforts to re- unite everything to environment. ‘Trends, influence, sociological, soil’, all these terms come in for consid- eration. In relation to this Mr. Willey quoted an eminent professor who pointed out that, ‘Tendencies did not write the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer did.” Yet, continued Mr. Willey, literature cannot be divorc- ed from life. One cannot fully ap- preciate Chaucer until one knows for whom Chaucer wrote. The whole conception of the con- ditioning of the arts involves a de- terministic evaluation, for it con- fines all art to a mechanistic caus- ation. Explaining his own interest in the history of intellectual history, Mr. Willey stated that notions of the history of ideas orginated in an age which was seeking to es- cape from old religious and moral ideas. ‘We should try to enrich our knowledge of philosophy and ideas, yet the human soul cannot escape environment, The historical method is congen- ial to the scholar who wants to Hardy’s Wesser all form excellentchallenge society, while the liter- ee The Soda Fountain wishes to remind all those who are hungry or who enjoy tea time, or after- the-Library-cl -time that it is ready and waiting for you. It offers ice cream, hamburgers, sticky buns, plus orange juice and coffee. On a diet? Plain tea is our specialty. Hungry? Come eat your fill. The “S.F.” is open Monday-Friday 4:15-5:15. Sun- day-Thursday 9:30 p. m. - 11:30 p. m. And remember that when you support the Soda Fountain, you also support the Bryn Mawr Summer Camp. Both are League activities, and most worth while. Come, eat! William Shockley Talks About Transistor Physics Continued from Pagt 1 thereby. minimizing energy waste. Transistor physics is an import- ant field, not only for the improve- ments introduced in amplifying devices, but also because experi- ments that were previously im- possible can now be performed to study the basic physics of elec- trons and holes, CIVIL SERVICE Continued from Page 2 Snyder, Susquehanna, Union and Wayne. Applications may be obtained at the State Civil Service Commis- sion, Harrisburg, state and county offices of the Department of Pub- lic Assistance, the state office and state stores of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, and local of- fices of the Pennsylvania State Employment Service; and _ the state and county offices of the Rural Child Welfare Division. ary approach is for the contempla- tive mind. A true critic, asserted Mr. Willey, “would be one who could both understand historically and evaluate critically.” Early President Writes About Students in ’84 Continued from Page 2. were registered as taking each. The smallest classes, comprising two students each, were in Italian and animal morphology. However, freshmen, do not despair; thirty- five “young ladies’, or a huge ma- jority of the student jbody, took the most popular course—hygiene! Times and_ students haven’t changed too much, as evidenced by the fact that the private reading assigned for the year in Greek was read by two-thirds of the class. All Greek and Latin stu- dents took ordinary class work and five lectures weekly, in addition to a series of voluntary ‘Latin lectures during the second semester, for anyone with surplus energy or lei- sure. Although we regard the routine of these early years as a severe one, the college obviously thought it conducive to healthy young wom- anhood. Said the report for 1885- 86: “If it be permitted to draw an inference from an experience so brief, it would be that college life with its regular habits and its oc- cupations of purpose, is positively favorable to health.” Long Range Usefulness Should Guide US Policy Continued from Page 2 policy, the policy makers should recognize the danger of impatient insistence upon immediate solution of global problems, and shoyld in- S.D.A. held elections at a recent meeting. Its current of- ficers are: Chairman: Anne Mazick, ’55 Vice-Chairman: Mary Cahn, 56 Secretary: Eva Schur, °55 Treasurer: Joan Pauer, °55 Calendar (Cont'd) Continued from Page 1 speak to the Freshmen in the Common Room. TueSday, March 10 Juniors and Sophomores select candidates for president of the Alliance. Freshmen meet candidates for president of League and Athletic Association. College elects president of Un- dergrad. 8:30 p. m. Pianoforte recital by Mr. Alwyne. No admission charge. Tickets for reserved sec- tion at Public Relations office, Taylor. Concert—Goodhart. Wednesday, March 11 Juniors select candidates for vice-president of Self-Gov. Sophomores select candidates for secretary to Self-Gov. College elects the president of the League. stead think of long range effective- ness. She further cautioned against being carried away by psycholog- ical warfare, since it increases the possibility of misunderstandings, makes diplomatic negotiations even more difficult than they are, and its success is relatively insignificant. St. Patrick is on his way --- Go to the COLLEGE INN For the joyful Feast day! Only Time will Tell... THIS PLACE AMBaut 7) Ade Y, THAN ANY OTHER Only time will tell about a new restaurant. And only AL TM COMING HERE Y 1S GONNA BE ] ; (HOW CAN THEY time will tell about a cigarette! % e EVERYDAY. LOOK HERE FORA > TELLSO SOON? THEYLL ‘Take your time... at aie AT ALL THE LONG TIME _{ HAVETO TRY THE FOOD NE CHROMIUM! TO COME! FOR A WHILE! 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(From this survey there emerges a composite picture that jibes with what’s been called the prosiperous tenor of the times. Even so, according to Mademoiselle, being on one’s own in a first job means scrimping some on every- thing or scrimping a lot on some- ‘thing. It’s a budget-dominated life, The mythical, typical ’2 grad earns $49 a week before deductions. (The pay scale actually runs from $32 to $84). Sometimes she makes supporting herself easy by living The Mexican Shop, Inc. Bryn Mawr, Pa. EMBROIDERED PEON SHIRTS FOR BLUE JEANS OR SKIRTS at home—where she contributes a nominal $10 a week toward house- hold expenses. More usually, unless she’s married, a girl in her first job lives at:a boarding house or a girls’ club. Or she shares an adequate but not attractively furnished apartment (which she hopes to pretty up) with three other girls. Forty dollars a month is the standard outlay for rent as share of a shared apartment. (And there are cries on all sides of “‘too high”). Thirty to $385 goes for food, plus a few dollars more if our grad eats more than a stand-up Nedick’s lunch. Clothes are a special budget bugaboo; the alloted $10 a month doesn’t go far when you need new everything as man ygrads do. Most girls concede that they save on food to buy clothes. Or that they do without clothes to get to the theatre or to manage fix-it-up touches for the apartment. It’s a trend among the very at- tractive to budget nil for enter- tainment. Men are friends and companions but also a means to movies, plays and concerts—even 4to a certain number of dinners out a week, Struggle, however, (unless des- perate) is considered preferable to taking dole from home. Consensus is that after four years of college parents have paid long enough. And (contrary to pictures of a se- curity-driven generation( indepen- dence is a jealously guarded com- modity. Less than half of even the girls away from home accept help of any kind from their families. Independence on a first pay check is usually not declared ,tact is the trend). Never of the light-up-a- cigarette-on-a-street-corner _ kind. A girl may enjoy freedom from the pattern of life that’s accepted in her own home town. But in gen- eral she keeps the same hours and the same morals that she’d keep at home. As one girl puts it: “The only difference is that this way I don’t worry if I should get in late, for instance. I know I’m not wor- rying my parents.” There are no grand or rash claims about never calling on the family in emergencies, either. It’s just that as much as possible first job- holders want to be on their own. According to Mademoiselle they feel that paying their way entitles them to make their own decisions. Some have the idea that both of these are good for them—like cod- liver oil or vitamins. : MY FRIEND HERBERT by Anne Hobson, °56 Now my friend Herbert was a bug, And quite a bug was he. His Brooklyn buddies thought he was As fine as bugs can be. But Herbert was the restless kind: So full of pep and vim That he thought his chances for success At home were, mighty slim. And so this :.2en, ambitious insect Bade his pals good-bye, And as he left dear Flatbush A tear fell from his eye. But our brave Herbert would not let Emotions interfere. No, his great destiny could not be Thwarted by a tear! And so our friend hopped on the train. Yes, Boston-bound was he, For there was found «the Creme Of bug society. very Now those Bostonian bugs were so. elite To Herbert’s grief) That at his first appearance there He trembled like a leaf. He put his choicest manners on And dressed up fit to kill; He read his Emily Roach Until his head was in a swill. The Ball was given by Queen Bee. The swellest of the swell, But he managed his antenna bowl And demi-tasse quite well. The gently lifted tentacles Were starting to come down, And Herbert felt quite debonair In that old Boston town. But, alas! his Brooklyn birth Soon brought our friend to shame, For when presented to the Queen, He yelled “Hoibut’s de name!” The shocked silence, the oohs and aahs Cut Herbert to the core. He left that Ball and fled back home To travel never more. From that day on he was content To have no foolish pride, And to spend his life in Dodger- town With old pals at his side. The moral to this story is That though the grass greener, The big ‘bugs on the other side Sure are'a whole lot meaner. seems Se ~ ve For Chesterfield — First and Only Premium Quality Cigarette in Both P 5 Fi ‘ge om % e-Yol ti efamelslo Ml. @lil* bey 4: W...10 Months Scientific Evidence belied SPECIALIST is making regular bi- monthly examinations of a group of people | from various walks of life. 45 percent of this group have smoked Chesterfield for an average of over ten years. 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