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VOL. XLVIII—NO. 17

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1952

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1952

PRICE 20 CENTS

 

Bryn Mawrites
Vie At Vassar
Sport Weekend

Badminton & Basketball
Figure Over Past
Weekend

especially contributed by
Phoebe Albert, ’54

Undaunted, the Bryn Mawr con-
tingent ignored the blizzard last
weekend to go to the Vassar Play-
day. After a last minute change
of transportation plans from a

‘bus to the train, we set out on the

8:39 Paoli Local Saturday morn-
ing. Our group of twenty-seven
strong, with fencing foils, badmin-
ton racquets, and riding breeches
very much in evidence, manipulat-
ed thd change from Penn to
Grand |Central in grand style.
Miss Yeager counted heads at
every opportune moment.

We arrived at Vassar in three

.Vassar-special taxis around two

p. m. Registration was in Ken-
yon, their magnificent and awe-
inspiring gym which contains
everything. from indoor tennis
court and gigantic swimming pool
(Miss Yeager decided it would be
nice, to bring it back in her poc-
ketbook) to bowling alleys. Con-
necticut, Mount Holyoke, Vassar,
and Bryn Mawr were represented
in all or some of the six sports—
riding, badminton, fencing, swim-
ming, basketball, and bowling.
After registration we were herd-
ed into the locker-room maze. All
changed to their respective attire
and immediately were guided to
their respective fields of combat.
Badminton: Deedy McCormick
and Janet Leeds played singles;
and Marilyn Muir and Mary Jones
played doubles. It was a clean
sweep for Bryn Mawr. Out of
nine matches, we won nine.
Swimming: Judy McCulloch,
Sarane Hickox, Terry Osma, and
Ann Lebo pulled another Bryn
Mawr topper—amassing 36 points
to Vassar’s 29 and Mount Holy-
oke’s 14,
Basketball: Bee Merrick, Paul-

ine- Smith, Sally Kennedy, Elsie

Large, Jeff Jones, Adele Fox, Bob-
bie Olson, Mimi Mackall fought
Mt. Holyoke first and beat them.
The -shooting was good. Next
game against Vassar — shooting.
was still good, but not good
enough . On Sunday morning we
again played Vassar, but with dis-

astrous results.
Bowling: Betty Barker, Candy,
Bolster, Melissa Emory and Jan

Wilmerding made up the rather
impromptu, hysterical bowling
team—a team which gallantly
plunged ahead—however, not quite
ahead of the other teams. Vassar
took this field, with Connecticut
second and Bryn Mawr third.
Fencing: Carolyn Morgan, Ali-
cia Gardner, and Joyce Greer wav-
ed the flag again, winning seven
bouts to Vassar’s five. The con-
testants judged and directed each

other.

Riding: Deirdre Hanna, Hopie
Kneeland, and Phoebe Albert
mounted the Vassar steeds. A
gymkhana had been planned, but

Continued on Page 5, Col. 3

 

Miss Ely Exclaims About Archeological
Sights and Spirited Life in Near East

by Mary Alice Drinkle, ’53

“Oh!” Miss Gertrude Ely greet-
ed. “You are from the News!
1 must give you your three dol-
lars. I have been missing my
News all year!” After being as-
sured that she was not being
hounded for a subscription, but
only for an interview, Miss Ely
enthusiastically revealed some of
her impressions of her two-month
visit to Yugosiavia, Greece, Tur-
key, Israel, and Cyprus, which she
will discuss fully Thursday night
in the Common Room.

Greece was of especial. interest,
Miss Ely declared, because of its
great archeological sights. “A
most exciting thing happened to
me there. I happened by some
workmen who were just coming
from a recently excavated tomb.
I asked them what they were do-
ing and their faces glowed. They
took me to the excavation site and
showed me all the lovely vases,
jars, toys and gold that they had
uncovered, Don’t you think that
was exciting?” Besides observ-
ing the general sights in these
countries, Miss Ely attended a po-
litical ‘conference which was be
ing held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. It
was’ very interesting, she said,
although she thought “a_ little
war” was going to break out be-
cause of the vehement discussions.

In. Israel, Miss Ely was greatly
impressed by the industry of the
people and by the reason a univer-
sity president gave her for this
industry. He said that “they have
no siternative”, that the people
have no other place to go or to
work. Miss Ely was also amazed
at the sharp line between the
Israelites and the Arabs in all
facets of life. For example, the

Election Calendar

Thursday, March 6
Juniors: Class meeting to select
final candidates for President and
Vice-president in charge of Cur
rent Events for the Alliance.
Sophomores: Class meeting to
select final candidates for Alliance
Vice-president in charge of Cur-
rent Events, Nominating Commit-
tee meeting to chose nominees for
Secretary of the League and First
Junior Member to Self-Gov.
Monday, March 10
College election:
OF SELF-GOV.
Juniors: Class meeting to nar-
row the slate for the vice-presi-
dent of Self-Gov.
Sophomores: Class meeting to se-
lect final candidates for Secretary
of Self-Gov.
Tuesday, March 11

 

PRESIDENT

College election: PRESIDENT
OF ERGRAD.
Juniors: Class meeting to

choose final Chapel head candi-
dates.
Nominating Committee meeting
to determine candidates for N.S.A.
Sophomores: Class meeting to
select final Chapel head candi-
dates,
_ Nominating Committee meeting
to find candidates for N.S.A.
Wednesday, March 12
College election:
OF THE LEAGUE.
Freshmen: Meeting in Good-
hart at 1:30 p.m. to meet students
running for President of the Al-
liance and Common Treasurer. All
are invited to attend the meeting.

PRESIDENT

Israelites could look~ across the
Arab line at their university but
had no access to all the wonderful
bucks and documents there.

Concerning her talk Thursday
night, Miss Ely confided that she
was a little frightened because
“the students are all so much bet-
ter educated than I am. Don’t you
feel awfully intelligent because of
those books you read?” Maybe
so... maybe so. But there is
one student, at least, who will at
tend Miss Ely’s lecture to. gain
further acquaintance with this
gracious, active and undoubtedly
well-educated lady.

F, M. Combellack
Considers Homer

In White Lecture

Dr. Frederick M. Combellack,
Associate Pirofessor of Classical,
Languages at the University of
Oregon, will give the Horace
White Memorial Lecture. He will
speak on “Homer’s Readers and
Heroes; Learned Ignorance and II-
literate Learning” at 8:00 p. m.
on Wednesday, March 12, in Good-
hart Hall.

Dr. Combellack received his B.A.
degree at Stanford and his Ph.D.
degree at the University of Cali-
fornia. He has been a professor at
the University of Oregon since
1937.

Woodwinds Invade
Deanery March 16

The Bryn Mawr Music Club will
move into the Deanery on March
16, for a five o’clock concert by a
woodwind quintette. As a special
feature, because of the added
room in the Deanery, individual
tickets may be obtained at the
door for non-members, for one
dollar.

The members of the quintette
are Donald Peck, flute; Dominick
Fera, clarinet; Alfred Genovese,
oboe; Otto Eifert, bassoon; and
Merton Johnson, horn. They have
chosen a program that ranges
from Bach to Stravinsky.

Sonatina
Variations sur un theme corse
Tomasi
Andantino,,.
Funebre,

Theme, Pastorale,
Toccata, Religioso,
Finale allegro giocoso.

Trois pieces breve .................... Ibert
Allegro, Andante, Assez lent—
allegro.

RSS RCE A orien Ravel

II

POBUOUOIG vo..ois.ssscistichias- Stravinsky

WOGEUL DANCE oie. iecicccccsess , McKay

TOUS FIGCCS oie cisiciicss Ropartz
Lent, Vif.

WN Ss esis Mivinsssichcss Haydn

Little Shepherd
Harmonica Player

 

 

Leverett Saltonstall, United
States Senator from Massachu-
setts, was unable to speak at
the Bryn Mawr Alliance assem-
bly today because he has been
campaigning in New Hamp-
shire both Tuesday and today,
where the fight between Taft
and Eisenhower is becoming in-
tense. Senator Saltonstall might
come to Bryn Mawr in May.

 

 

Haverford Plans

Junior Prom and
Five Productions.

The weekend of March 7 prom-
ises to be an exciting one on the
campus of Haverford College. First
on the agenda is Class Night, a
traditional Haverford event in
which each class produces a show,
usually a musical comedy. This
year the theme will be boy-girl
relationships between Haverford
and Bryn Mawr. The director of
the Faculty Show is John (Roche;
Sidney -Cone is directing the Sen-
iors’ Show, J. N. Smith, the Jun-
iors, Al Stearn the Sophomores,
and George Segal, the Fresh-
man presentation. The program
will begin at 8:00 on Friday night
and will ‘be held in Roberts Hall.

On Saturday there will be a for-
mal dance in the Gym which will
last from 9:30 to 1:00. For those
who might otherwise be left with
broken hearts, corsages have defin-
itely been banned again, in the us-
ual Haverford tradition. The theme
of the dance is being kept a deep
dark secret but it has been disclos-
ed that Billy Butterfield and his
Magic Coronet will. be featured.
Besides his coronet there is a mar-
velous fifteen-piece band and two
talented singers, one of whom is
Jane Nealy, a charming young vo-
calist. During the intermission
there will be a special surprise,
the Haverford Octet. And for
those who wish to have a lasting
memory of the weekend, there wiil
be a photographer upstairs at that
time. ‘

Hooray for this weekend! The
Bryn Mawr College News wishes
Haverford College good luck and
best wishes on its Class Night.

CALENDAR
Thursday, March 6
8:30 p.m. Miss Gertrude S. Ely
will speak on “Yugoslavia, the
Balkans, and Asia Minor,” in the
Common Room under the au-
spices of the I.R.C.
Friday, March 7
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Art discus-
sion in the Common Room.
Saturday, March 8
2:00 p.m. Tri-College Fencing
Meet in the Gym.
Sunday, March 9
7:30 p.m. Rabbi Roland Gittel-
‘sohn will give the address at the
Chapel Service.
Monday, March 10
8:00 p.m. The topic of Mr.
Isaiah Berlin’s fifth Flexner Lec-
ture will be “The Organization of
Society and the Golden Age—
St. Simon and His Disciples”. The
lecture will be given in Goodhart
Auditorium.
Wednesday, March 12 —
4:00 p.m. Chapel Committee tea
in the Common Room.
8:00 p.m. Dr. Frederick .
Combellack, Associate Professor
of Classical. Languages at the
University of Oregon, will talk
in Goodhart Auditorium on
“Homer’s Readers and Heroes;
Learned Ignorance and Illiterate
Learning.”

 

 

The NEWS takes great plea-
sure in announcing the follow-
ing additions to its staff:

Mary Jane Chubbuck, °55
Barbara Fischer, °55
Kay Sherman, °54

Ann Shocket, ’54
Caroline Warram, °55

 

 

 

Berlin Traces
A Philosophic
Study of Past

Herder, Hegel Marked
Human Values
In History

What influence did the philoso-
phers Herder and Hegel have on
our present-day concept of his-
tory? How did our. methods of
studying history evolve from a
strictly scientific analysis of
events? These were the questions
that Isaiah Berlin sought to ans-
wer in the fourth Flexner Lecture
presented Monday evening at 8:00
in Goodhart Auditorium.

(Mr. Berlin began his lecture, en-
titled “Individua) Freedom and the
March of History” with a prezis c.
some remarks made in 1837 by the
German poet Heine, warning the
French against the coming danger
when the German lion, rearmed,
would destroy western civilization
in a conflagration against which
the French Revolution would seem
iike “a peaceful idyll”. From his
own study of history Heine under-
stood the warlike (German spirit.

It was the Italian philosopher
Vigo, an obscure Neapolitan law-
yer, who first distinguished be-
tween the study of the natural
and the humanistic sciences. His
idea was that too much import-
ance was paid to the scientific and
analytic method of studying his-
tory. Vigo thought, according to
Mr. Berlin, “that this was saying
rather less than one knew”. The
scientific method was quite ade-
quate for external knowledge
which demanded only description
and classification, but history
should be a study of why human
beings did things and this: internal
knowledge demands that the stu-
dent have insight into human
ideais and feelings. Thus a study
of history should convey an atti-
tude of life.

The ‘Encyclopedists could not ex-
plain the differences among peo-
ples because they ignored the in-
ner experience of the spirit. Tak-
ing the human spirit as a total of
everything we do, Herder said that
there was a spirit among the peo-
ple binding every nation by an im-
ponderable complicated network
of similarities. He believed’ each
culture had a unity which express-
ed itself in different ways from mu-
sic to politics to shoemaking, Then
when these unities, these group-
souls, train themselves to look
kindly on other group-souls or
ways of life, we should have a
happy humanity.

Human values are indeed ‘con-
nected, said Mr. Berlin, but Her-
der’s idea of a group-soul definite-
ly contained within the limits of
every group has been a “tremen-
dous source of human obscurity”.
When this analogy between the
human and group-soul is carried
further, we come to the fallacious
conclusion that every group and
nation likewise has its mission to
fulfil. Though these ideas of a
group-soul have something plaus-
ible in them, there is a basic fal-
lacy in Herder’s reasoning, since
there is no great underlying pat-

 

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E COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, March 5, 1952

 

 

THE COLLEGE NEWS

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EDITORIAL BOARD

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A.A. reporter Margaret Page, ‘55
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NEWS Policy

The Editorial Board of the College News would like to
make clear to the readers of the News its policy concerning
play reviews printed in the publication.

There are three main types of productions which are re-
viewed in the News. 1) class shows (Bryn Mawr and Haver-
ford); 2) College Theatre productions and dramatic enter-
tainment on other college campuses; 3) professional efforts.

Class shows at Bryn Mawr are regularly reviewed by
the editor or the copy-editor of the News or both. They are
judged from the point of view that they are concerted efforts
of a class to produce entertainment, and, therefore, are not
expected to achieve the technical level of a dramatic produc-
tion. Class shows should first reflect the spirit of fun and
willing cooperation and secondly produce an evening of en-
tertainment, although these two qualifications are usually
met concurrently.

The reviewer keeps in mind the criteria of a Broadway
musical hit and realizes that the closer the production meets
the criteria the better show it is, but since class efforts are
written, staged, and produced by students, they cannot be
“panned” when they fail to meet this standard on all ac-
counts. They can be “panned” if evidence of class spirit is
lacking and the audience is plainly unamused or disappoint-
ed. Class productions at Haverford are criticized by a mem-
bers of the News board or staff according to the same stan-
dards. .

College Theatre productions, which are professionally
written, directed by experienced persons, and enacted by in-
terested students, are not allowed to deviate so much from
professional standards. A member of the News board or
staff writes a critical analysis using these professional stan-
dards as a guide. Acting and stage effects should meet these
goals as far as they are able, although the News recognizes
the limited amount of time which can be spent on rehearsals
and the relative inexperience of many of the participanis.
Since the purpose of a College Theatre production is to pre-
sent a good play through united effort. the play is judged on
whether or not it has fulfilled this aim. Dramatic entertain-
ment produced on other college campuses must strive for
this same goal and is criticized accordingly.

_ Professional efforts produced in city theatres are re-
any member of the News board or staff and by
its on campus who wish their ideas printed. These

 

 

 

 

  

| Letter

Dr. Sprague Writes
About Ancient
Present

Osburne Hotel
Valette
February 25, 1952

To The College News: ‘

Our stay in Malta is fast draw-
ing towards a close. Yet there are
ever new things to see. Yesterday,
for instance, we were taken by
boat into “The Blue Grotto”, an
unbelievable place of great beauty,
almcst like a bit of Faerie Queene
landscape. And last week we were
guests at one of the great houses
of the island, where our host’s
portrait was marked “2ist Baron.
Still Going Strong”.

The sense of the nearness of the
past is remarkable. Only yester-
day, as it seems, the seventeen
Italian “E boats” tried gallantly
to break into the Grand Harbor,
and were shot to pieces by the
guns on Fort St. Elmo. But Fort
St. Elmo had figured, too, in the
Great Siege by the Turks in 1565.
And there, we were shown the lit-
tle chapel where the last of the
garrison, under the Knights of
Malta, died fighting. The. other
great fort, St. Angelo, held out
manfully. But this one is not to
be seen at present because of a
strike by the dock workers—a
rather serious strike. There is
much that is picturesque, also, in
the street scenes, with groups of
bearded sailors and bearded friars,
of monks and nuns—the whole
population turning out of an eve-
ning to walk slowly and talk rap-
idly in the streets.

As for plays—you were bound
to hear about them sooner or lat-
er—we have been pretty austere-
ly rationed. There were two
Christmas pantomimes by ama-
teurs from the Services (at least,
we got some idea of what this
strange survival was like), and a
professional Italian company in-
cluded Amleto in their repertory
here soon after Christmas. Ham-
let with five (5) intermissions of
almost operatic length and with
very little of the text left really
(even the first scene was omitted),
but with compensation in the act-
ing of Signior Annibale Ninchi as
the Dane. He was sixty-five,
rather clumsily built, and played
the part in a mousey blond wig.
But one forgot «all these things in
the beauty and intelligence of his
reading and in the brilliant use he
made of his hands.

Finally, we have had our own
Hamlet at the University, carried
out, with some help from me, by a
group of freshmen. We were ter-
ribly short-handed, and even with
a good deal of doubling had no one
left for Fortinbras—a fanfare of
trumpets (not from records eith-
er) helped out at the end. The
gravedigger prompted till it was
time for him to go on, when Pol-
onius took over. The Prologue to
the play-within-the-play served as
Call-Boy. I saw the King toiling
at the wind-machine with, I think,
Rosencrantz! All we could hope
for was simplicity and speed, but
these just at the last we seemed
to achieve, and we had an ex-
travagantly cordial review from
an old critic on The Times of Mal-
ta who had seen Forbes-Robertson
and a great many other famous
Hamlets of other days. A fourth
performance, bespoken by a Jesuit

college, comes tomorrow, a week

 

 

L. to R.: Shoemaker, Picard, Bronsweig, (missing) : Dieter

Bronsweig, Picard, Shoemaker, Deiter
Chosen To Run For League Presidency

RUTH BRONSWEIG

Ruth, who is first in preferential
order on the ballot, is League
Chairman of the 4 Teen Group
and of the Blind School. She also
belongs to the Outing Club and is
Sales Manager of WBMC. Her
Sophomore year she was the head
of the Blind School, worked on the
Maids and Porters Show and at
the Radio Station. ‘

In her Freshman year she was
Non-Res. Representative to the
League and to the Alliance and
was in the Hall Plays. During
the summers she has worked with
the Red Cross, led a scout group,
and collected for the Infantile
Paralysis Group.

LITA PICARD

Second in preferential order,
Lita is Co-chairman of the Coates-
ville Group, is President of the
Dance Club, and was co-chairman
of the Merion Open House after
Freshman Show. She is also a
permission giver, is an A.A.
Council member, was on _ the
Freshman Week Committee, and
belongs to the Spanish Club.

She was in the Coatesville Little
Theatre Group during her Soph-
omore year, was the USF hall
representative, and was chair-
man of the Merion Open House
after Junior Prom. She was also
in the Spanish and Dance Clubs.
Her Freshman year she belonged
to the Coatesville Veterans Little
Theatre Group, was a USF Repre-
sentative, .was in the Freshman
Show and Freshman Hall plays
and belonged to the Spanish Club.

SALLY SHOEMAKER

Third on the slate for President
of the League, Sally was chair-
man of the Script Committee for
Junior Show, was on the Under-
grad Dance Committee, is on the
Maids’ and Porters’ Committee
and belongs to the College Thea-
tre. Her Sophomore year she was

 

after what we supposed to be the
closing one.

England, and Cambridge, ia
about five weeks, And those of
you who are thinking of coming
to England this summer will have
plenty to see on the stage: Corio-
lanus and Volpone and Macbeth
(Ralph Richardson) at Stratford;
a new Rattigan play with Peggy
Ashcroft; Comus, and later Cym-
beline at Regent’s Park,

Gielgud’s Much Ado About Noth-
ing (a vast success) may have
closed at The Phoenix Theatre, but
it is to be followed there by Rich-
ard II with Paul Seofield. And if
you are very prompt, Tis
on of Athens, beginning
the Old Vic.

  
 
  

June EN

 

 

 

cordingly. Last Nighters are printed because we think t
students are interested in reading about current productions.
All play reviews are the opinion of the writer and not of
the entire editorial board. They are always signed. The
News appreciates letters commenting on all reviews, for this

is the only channel it has to print opposing or coinciding opin-
ion and therefore evidence a more realistic picture of campus

 

 

 

on the Chapel Committee, was a
Counsellor at the BMC Summer
Camp, and‘ worked on the Maids’
and Porters’ Show. . She was also
in the Chorus, belonged to the BMC
Theatre, and was co-chairman of
the Rock Hall Dance.

Her Freshman year she was a
counsellor at the BMC Camp and
worked at the Soda Fountain. She
was president of the Russian Club,
belonged to the BMC Theatre, was
in the Freshman Show and in the
Chorus,

BOBBIE DIETER

The fourth candidate for the
League, Bobbie is chairman of
Blind School Recording, works in
the Soda Fountain, and was Busi-
ness Manager of the ’55 Hand-
book. She was on the Script Com-
mittee and was in the cast of
Junior Show, is on the Nominat-
ing Committee, is the hall ,rep-
resentative and a _ permission
giver.

Current Events

Economic and Political
Instability Kills
Cabinet

The instability and unsettled
state of the French Government
seems to be one of the chief prob-
lems in France today. Miss [Witte,
who spoke at the Current Events
meeting on Monday’ evening,
March 8, said that the economic
and political issues in connection
with the fall of the French cabi-
net, constitute the main questions
and gave the immediate causes
and background for these prob-
lems as well as suggestions for
improving the situation.

The immediate question on
which the Cabinet fell was the
budget, which is divided into twen-
ty sections, each a question of con-
fidehce. Only one question on ap-

‘propriations was passed; the oth-

ers were defeated by large major-
ities. One opinion was that it
seemed like a reshuffling within the
departments of the government,
and that this reshuffing makes
France less able to participate in
the North Atlantic armies. Miss
Witte, however, believes that the
problem is more serious than that.
It brings up the fundamental
problems, which are the economic
and political ones.

The first question concerning
economy is that the amount France
has to spend for defense has in-
creased. It is twice the amount
that it was last year, which cre-
ates great difficulty in the budget.
Also, this increase has been accom-
plished by a terrific inflation in
the French economy since the out-
break of the Korean war. In ad-
dition, the French government is
no longer able to borrow from the
Bank of France unless it becomes
more stable and able to pay back
the loans. ‘ Besides these difficul-
ties, the Marshall Plan is also ter-
minsting, which means that

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Wednesday, March 5, 1952

THE COLLEGE

NEWS

 

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L. to R.:. Ehlers, Shoemaker, Kimball, Sonne
Kimball, Sonne, Ehlers, and Shoemaker

Chosen Candidates for UG Presidency

LOUISE KIMBALL

Louise, who is first on.the bal-
lot for President of Undergrad, is
now the secretary of that organ-

ization. She is in charge of the
campus guides and captain of the
tennis team. Louise is in the
college chorus, in the Double Oc-
tet, and acts as chairman of the
Octangle. She was also in the
Junior Show.

Last year Louise was president
of the Sophomore class. She man-
aged the Tennis team and was
co-head of the Bryn Mawr Sum-
mer Camp in the summer of 1951.
She acted as Assistant Librarian
for the chorus and sang in the
Double Octet as well as being
the head of the Octangle group.
Louise was also a campus guide
last year.

She held the position of First
Freshman Member to Undergrad
“per first year at Bryn
Mawr. She was Freshman hall
representative and manager of the
tennis team. Louise sang in the
chorus and the Double Octet; she
was a campus guide and took part
in The Last Resort.

CAROL SONNE

Second on the slate is Carol
Sonne. Carol is now the First
Junior Member to Undergrad and

vice-president of the Junior Class.
,She has attended the Week-end
‘Work Camp and is in charge of

the Art Library. Carol has cam-
pus-guided for the past three se-
mesters.

Last year while she was on the

‘Dance Committee, Carol sang in

 

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11:00 News
11:05 Popular Music
12:00 Off the Air
FEATURES OF THE WEEK
Thursday
9:00 Gilbert and Sullivan Inter-
lude
9:45 Campus News (with Claire
Robinson)
10:00 Intermission Time
-11:05 Haverford D-J Show with
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Friday
11:05 Dance Date
Sunday ‘\
8:00 Sacred Music
Monday
9:00 “Halt the Symphony” win

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9:45 Faculty Interview
10:06 Dramatic Show—Riders to
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Tuesday
10:00 Folk Song Program
Wednesday
7:30 Battle of the Sexes
10:00 The Variety Show (Songs
by the Bryn Mawr College
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‘he chorus and mnanaged props 7 r
the Maids and Porters show. He
Freshman year, The Last Resort,
the hall play, chorus, and the soda
fountain claimed Carol’s time.
KATHY EHLERS

Kathy, -who is now the Second
Junior Member to Undergrad, is
third in preferential order. She
also works on the Nominating
Committee and took part in The
Happy Medium.

In her Sophomore year Kathy
managed the decorations for the
Sophomore carnival. She also act-
ed as class hall representative and
Chairman of the United Service
Fund in Pem East.

She was Freshman hall represen-
tative to the Alliance in her first
year and was an active member of
the Dance Club. She participated
in Arts Night and ’53‘s Freshman
Show.

SALLY SHOEMAKER

In fourth position on the ballot

for President of Undergrad, Sally
Continued on Page 4, Col. 5

Hatzfeld Traces
Myths in Poetry

Thursday evening, February 28,
the Bryn Mawr French Club spon-
sored a lecture on “Mythology in
Poetry During the French Ren-
aissance” by Helmut Hatzfeld,
Professor of Romance Languages
at the Catholic University of
America.

Professor Hatzfeld discussed the
use of the classic Greek and Latin
myths by French poets of the six-
teenth century under three main
aspects—that of ‘“poesie pure”,
nature poetry, and love poetry.

“Poesie pure’—the concept that
poetry has real value in its sound
alone quite apart from its sense,
is a new tool with which we can
look back on the poetry of |’Ecole
de Lyon and La Pleiade and see
it in a new perspective. The poets
of the French Renaissance, such
as Ronsard and Du Bellay, fre-
quently used mythological names
and epithets which provide a mag-
nificent euphonic backbone for
their verse. This fusion of myth-
ological names often produced an
effective poetry or word music
quite independent of its meaning.

Again, Professor Hatzfeld con-
tinued, the Renaissance poets turn-
ed to the classics when they wish-

 

_led to write of Nature. Unlike the

Germans and Anglo-Saxons who
had a lore of their own, French
poets, when they wished to break
away from the medieval concepts
of Nature, had to borrow the an-
cient myths of Greece and Rome.
Therefore, they turned to Cybele
or Demeter when they wished to

_|express the vital, creative power

of Nature.

In their amatory poetry, also,
YEcole de. Lyon made use of
myths to express their new psy-
chology of love. The “amour
courtois” of the Middle Ages no

Continued on Page 4, Col. 2

LAST NIGHTERS

Sadler’s Wells Ballet
Combines Serious

And Gay
by Anne Mazick, °55

The Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ba!-
let performance of “Coppelia’ at
the Academy of Music, Saturday
afternoon, March 1, was delight-
fully imaginative, if. somewhat
lacking in professional finesse. A
combination of gaiety and solem-
nity, slow and fast movement, and
a smooth transition from one
mood to another formed a cohesive
production. The frequent change
from solo to chorus movement,
without too long a period of either,
gave the performance continuity
and reality.

Svetlana Beriosova gave an ex-
cellent portrayal of Swanilda, the
premiere danseuse. Unfortunately,
David Blair, who danced opposite
her as Frantz, was limited to her
restricted movements until the last
act, when he proved his talent in
his only solo dance, in the “Festival
of the Bell’,’ Stanley Holden gave
a realistic characterization of Dr.
Coppelius. This role contrasted
with the others in that it was not
ballet, but its graceful pantomime
classifies it as dance.

Until the final act, the perform-
ance seemed to lack male talent.
There was too much of the con-
fined, twirling and fluttering move-
ment of feminine ballet and a
noticeable lack of the wider, freer
leaping and jumping movement
characteristic of male dancers.

The story concerns Swanilda’s
love for Frantz and her jealousy at
finding him flirting with Coppelia,
who is said to be the daughter of
Dr. Coppelius, the toy maker. She
steals into his shop with her friends
and discovers that Coppelia is only
a doll. When Frantz climbs up the
ladder into the shop, Dr Coppelius
drugs him and tries to transfer the
boy’s spirit to the doll by works of
magic. Swanilda has dressed in
the doll’s clothes and pretends. to
come to life, as the old man would
have her do. When Frantz_awakens,
she reveals her true identity, and
they leave the disillusioned old man
with his mechanical dolls.

The ballet ends with the ‘Festival
of the Bell”, celebrating the Duke’s
gift of a bell to the town. All
couples who were married on this
occasion are supposed to receive
a dowry from the Duke. Swanilda
receives her dowry and the story
ends with general rejoicing.

The settings in the first and third
acts, the town square and the
Duke’s gardens, were rather dull
and lifeless, but the set in the sec-
ond act, in Dr. Coppelius’ workshop,
was bright and realistic. The eerie
red lighting lent atmosphere to the
intrigue of the doll’s mystery and
the magical acts.

The second act outshone the
others in every respect. The stag-
ing, the set, the imaginative qual-
ity and the animation of the dan-
cers were outstanding here. The
chorus added color and gaiety to
the entire performance, but their
precision was occasionally sloppy.

On the whole, the performance
was good. It was light, colorful, and
graceful, and the story was delight-
fully fantastic. The only marked
deficiencies were the lack of male
movement and the lack of preci-
sion in the chorus.

ENGAGEMENTS

Dcrothy Harris, ’53 to Donald
Harris.

Bridget Carstensen, ’53, to Brad-
ford Maxwell Endicott.

Edwina Munsen, ’55 to Edwin S.
Ladley, Jr.

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MARRIAGE
Patience E. Appel, ’53 to Robert

 

E. Levine.

 

L. to R.: Foley, Merritt, Reigle, Voorhis

Junior Class Submits Self-Gov Slate:

MARILYN REIGLE

Marilyn, who is first in prefer-
ential order on the ballot, is pres-
ident of the Junior Class. She is
a class representative to Self-Gov
and chairman of the League Ac-
tivities Drive. She is also pres-
ident of the Russian Club, a per-
mission giver, and a campus guide.

In her Sophomore year, Marilyn
was vice-president of her class.
She represented her class on the
A.A. board, was in charge of
games at Sophomore Carnival,
was co-editor of the ’55 handbook,
a permission giver, and a ¢ampus
guide.

Rotating member to A.A. her
Freshman year, Marilyn was also
in the cast of The Last Resort and
played hockey and lacrosse,

Library Council

Goes Into Action

The Library Council reports
the following:
There are two desks in the

 

library, near the bust of M.
Carey Thomas, which have
flourescent lights. They were

put in as an experiment by the
college, with the idea that: if
they were used and liked there
could be more of them. As there
was NO interest on the part of
the student body, the college
felt that they could not bother
with them any more. There is a
possibility that lights like these
could be provided either at
every other desk, or in one half
of the library. Will you try
them? And, if you like them,
will you put your name and
comments on the sheet which
will be posted in the reserve
room?

There has been a special request
from the Graduate Center that
there be less noise in the West
Wing when there are people work-
ing in the carrels. It is very dif-
ficult to concentrate when there
are long, and sometimes interest-
ing, conversations going on.

From now on the library staff
will try to keep a plentiful supply
of date due slips available at all
the desks. Will you please take
one and put it in your book. If
you have a date due slip in the
book, you can be responsible for
getting it back on time. The staff
feels that they cannot send out
notices any more often than once
a week because of the amount of
time it takes to write them out.
If you cannot find a date due slip,
ask for one from one of the libra-
rians.

It is very difficult to do any-
thing about the temperature of
the library, because, if the fan
operating in the reading room is
turned off, many other people in
the building complain because it
is so cold. The heating system is
very poor, and we are sorry to
report that practically nothing

 

can be done about it.

4

Choose Reigle, Merritt, Voorhis, Foley

PENNY MERRITT

Second in preferential order,
Penny is now the Secretary of the
Self-Gov board. She also acts as
Fire-Captain of Rhoads North.

She was class representative to
Self-Gov in her Sophomore year,
and in her Freshman year Penny
was president of the Freshman
class. That year she was also a
permission giver and a campus
guide,

CORRIE VOORHIS

Third on the slate for President
of Self-Gov, Corrie is now the
First Junior Member to Self-Gov.
She is vice-president of Pem Wesc
and had one of the leading parts
in the Junior Show last fall. Cor-
rie is also a campus guide.

Iyast year she was the First
Sophomore member to Undergrad.
She was a campus guide during
both her Sophomore and Fresh-
man years. Also during her Fresh-
man year Corrie was a Rotating
Member to Self-Gov, in the Fresh-
man Show, and a permission giver.

ANNE FOLEY

Foley, who occupies fourth place
on the ballot, is at present Com-
mon. Treasurer for the college and
Rockefeller Hall Vice-President.
She was the Business Manager for
The Happy Medium, is Rock Pay
Day Mistress, and was recently
selected manager of the volley
ball team. Foley is also a per-
mission giver.

In her Sophomore year she was
the Chief Program Engineer at
WBMC, Hall Representative, Rock
Pay Day Mistress, and a permis-
sion giver. Foley worked on the
stage crew for The Last Resort in
her Freshman year when she was
also a permission giver.

SPORTS

by Emmy Cadwalader, ’53

The First and Second Basket-
ball Varsities played two of the
most exciting games of the year
last Thursday against Immacu-
lata College. The score during
the Varsity game was tied almost
until the end, when Immaculata
suddenly forged ahead to win 41-
31. The J.V. game was similar,
but the Bryn Mawr players sur-
prised their opponents and took
the lead in the last quarter, there-
by winning 33-24, Both Bryn
Mawr teams played exceedingly
well and gave Immaculata a good
run for their money. This was
quite amazing since Immaculata
had beaten Rosemont College,
whose team had previously over-
whelmed Bryn Mawr. For the first
time this season the guard and
forward combinations really
seemed to click, and Bryn Mawr
played an offensive game, with a
great deal of thought and intelli-
gence. The teams were as fol-
lows:
Varsity Junior Varsity
Forwards a
Tilghman Cadwalader-Kennedy

 

Continued on Page 4, Col. 4

 
 

 

Page Four

THE

COLLEGE

NEWS

Wednesday, March 5, 1952

 

Spanish Senorita Enjoys Bryn Mawr:
Finds Pace of Life Accelerated Here

by Barbara Fischer, ’55

From Spain to France to the
United States, Carmen Romero has
now settled, temporarily at least,
at Bryn Mawr. She is a dark-haired,
spirited girl who is taking various
wnglish courses and still getting
usea to the American way of doing
vaings. She occasionally thumbs
tarough her Spanish-English dic-
uionary, for she has spoken English
ior only four months, but her
knowledge of the language is ex-
ceptionally competent, and she
seems to have adjusted to getting
up at seven-thirty instead of ten
in the morning!

There is a great difference be-
uween Spanish and American edu-
cauon, for secondary school is a
seven-year session, beginning at the
age of ten. ‘After this period, stu-
dents must pass exams covering
the material of these years and are
puaced in order of their rank for
enurance to the Universities. Ap-
proximately one in five continue
higner education, which consists of
a much heavier program than we
carry. For example, in her first
year, Carmen battled with German,
French, Latin, Spanish history and
literature, history of art, weog-
raphy, and specialized library train-
ing, which was to be her field. This
was a three-year plan, and each
year another subject was added. At
the time that she studied, this was.
an experimental program in Spain,
one which has considerably expan-
ed since then.

Her first experience in America
was rather unpleasant. Because of
poor Spanish-American relations,
she first had to go to France, and
then to the U. S. In the interim,
her visa did not please immigra-
tion authorities, and two startling
days were spent on Ellis Island.
Altnough Carmen was greatly im-
pressed with the movies, television,
telephones, and good food, “a pri-

ERRATA |

Are our faces red! The begin-
ning of the third paragraph of the
review of Mr. Alwyne’s recital: in
1ast week’s News should have read:
Variation on a theme can be very
uninieresting when the theme does
not vary markedly, but Mr.
Alwyne’s development of Haydn’s
Andante con Variazioni in F Minor
altered this situation. Mr. Alwyne
played Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
and not Sonetto 14 as was stated.
Many apologies, Mr. Alwyne!

 

 

 

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son is a prison,” and she was quite
ready to return to Spain.

At Bryn Mawr, she is taking
English Comp., Contemporary Lit-
erature, and American History—
all to improve her knowledge and
understanding of the country. She
will stay here longer than June if
possible, but this is dependent on
whether she can obtain a continu-
ing scholarship, and if her one year
pension (or sabbatical) in Spain can
be renewed.

Still getting used to our pace of
living, Carmen finds herself ex-
hausted at the end of a day. Other
things have raised her eyebrows
too. The great freedom of women,
something which we take for grant-
ed, rather shocked her at first.
Smoking was one of the first things
she saw, and it surprised her.
“However, you soon realize that the
girls are not immoral, as they
might ibe considered in Spain, but
merely have a different set of mor-
al values,” she explained to me.
She finds Bryn Mawr beautiful,
stimulating, and comfortable, even
though organization of life is en-
tirely different from that in Spain;
she is now eating, sleeping, study-
ing, and relaxing at unparalelled
hows. But anyone who has met
this sparkling senorita at Denbigh
will agree that she is thriving in
the atmosphere, and that she has
added both a note of seriousness
and gaiety to the campus.

Myths Expressed Love

In Renaissance Poetry
Continued from Page 3

longer said what they wanted to
say of love, so Louise Labe and
Maurice Sceve borrowed freely
from the classics. They borrowed,
however, in such a fashion that
the poetry they produced is not
that of Rome nor that of Greece
but is truly French.

The extensive use of mythology
in sixteenth century French poetry
may seem pedantic to the modern
reader, Professor Hatzfeld con-
cluded, but to the cultured human-
ist readers for whom they were
written, the classical illusions en-
riched and deepened their beauty
and significance.

 

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Although the calendar insisted
that it was only February that
was about to exit, something in
the air kept shouting Spring!
Curious blades of grass were lift-
ing their heads to inspect the
muddy vastness about them, and
behind Park crocuses had examin-
ed their wardrobes and had chosen
spring lavender, Not to be out-
done, a last year’s cotton became
the uniform for the day; a light
jacket and no socks; a knowing
smile indicated tc those passing
that it was being worn by a per-
son wno had anticipated the mood
of the day from behind glass
panes. All were Oh, so proud!
Mother Nature had not fooled
anyone!

Evening air is always sharp but
healthful in spring, so a window
open at the top and bottom was
in order. fol

Four inches of snow lay sleep-
ing or the ground, on the window
sill, and on the bureau scarf. By
closing the window, steamed panes
were effected that shut out the in-
credible intruder. By wiping the
window, a bevy of snowflakes was
allowed to knock, look in, laugh,
and disappear. No campus exist-
ed; white and gray forms, heated
and locked, stood patiently accept-
ing the proceedings, not fearing
this early morning prowler. But
the grass could see nothing above
the blanket lain over it, and the
crocus behind Park had doffed its
newly donned lavendar collar.
Over a chair lay last year’s cotton
with snow in the pockets and the

the campus one form moved deft-
ly and dutifully. It covered every
visible indication of green,—and
then froze still the shouting some-
thing in the air . Mother Nature
now wears the knowing smile.

Bryn Maur Varsities
Stage Exciting Games
Continued from Page 3

Fox Smith
Merrick Gilbert
Guards
Mackall Jones:
Eristoff Lindau

Gurewich Olsen-Cadwalader

The First and Secoud Badmin-
ton. Varsities won their matches
against Chestnut Hill as_ usual.
The games were all won very
easily except the Varsity first sin-
gles, which was a close, tense
match. Deedy McCormick rep
resented Bryn Mawr,‘and played
a beautiful game, especially since
her opponent was the holder of
a tournament title. Chestnut Hill
seemed to know what to do, but
made a great many errors in com-
parison with the polished playing
of the Bryn Mawr teams.

Unfortunately, the J.V. Badmin-
ton team didn’t have the usual
good luck when they played Ur-
sinus last Tuesday, but in a way
they have a rather valid excuse in
that Ursinus only has one team, [t
was noted clearly that the Bryn
Mawr Varsity could have beaten
them easily, had they played in-
stead of the J.V. Consequently

Bryn Mawr lost 4-1, Phil Tilson |:

winning the first singles match.
The two doubles were shaky, since
they had never practiced +ogether,
but they put up a fight just the
same.

The poor Swimming — squad
seems to be beset with illness, and
once again could only get up one
team to swim against Ursinus,
who won 32-25 after a very close
meet. Lebo and Laidlaw won the
Backstroke for Bryn Mawr, and
Laidlaw, Harvey, and Stehli, the
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List Varied Activities
Continued from Page 3

is at present on the Undergrad
Dance Committee. She was the
Script Committee Chairman for
The Happy Medium, works on the
Maids and Porters Committee, and
is a member of the Bryn Mawr
College Theater.

Sally was a counsellor at the
Bryn Mawr Summer Camp last
summer. In her Sophomore year
she was co-chairman of the Rock
Dance, a member of the chorus
and the College Theater as well
as serving on the Chapel Commit-
tee, Sally also worked on the
Maids and Porters show and was
Upper-class ‘Director of Rock’s
‘Freshman hall play. She helped
with Sophomore Carnival and
played on the Second Basketball
team.

Having one of the major parts
in The Last Resort, Sally was a
member of the College Theater in
her Freshman year. She presided
over the Russian Club, worked at
the soda fountain and directe:]
Rock’s Freshman hall play. She
was a counsellor at the Bryn
Mawr Summer Camp during the
summer of 1950.

 

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the Bryn Mawr team, made up of
Hickox, McCulloch, Tepper, and
Lebo, who, incidentally, did an ex-
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French Need More United States Assistance
Or Quick Relief Of Indo-Chinese Situation

Continued from Page 2

France will no longer receive those
credits. The war in Indo-China,
too, means the loss of men and
money there. In spite of these
many problems in the economy,
the French are being asked to in-
crease their support in the Eur-
opean forces.

France has a tax system which
is insufficient to meet its financial
problems; in fact, the particular
issue on which the cabinet fell was
the increase in tax. At the pres-
ent, the only direct income tax is
17%. On Tuesday, February 26,
a compromise was presented to
increase the income tax andi to de-
Also, some
borrowing » was suggested. The
French seem unwilling.

In addition to the financial and
economic problems, which brought
the immediate fall of the Cabinet,
there are many prominent political
problems. The fall came about
after the Lisbon meeting because
the French lack confidence in the
government and because they fear
Germany. Some say that this
fear of Germany is unfounded, but
the French feel that West Ger-
many will negotiate with Russia
against the interests of the West,
or that they will lead the western-
ers into war. The French want a
united, Europe but feel that it can-
not be built on the basis of a unit-
ed European war against ‘Russia.

Aside from the fear of Germany,
there exists the problem of inter-
nal French balance and stability.
The fact that there have been
thirteen governments in France
since the liberation does not say
that there is no government; the
government does go on, and the
stoppage is more in regard to pol-
icy. However, the main political
problem now is that the govern-
ments in power do not represent
the majority. The six majority
groups are, going from left to
right: ~-Communists, Socialists,
Radical Socialists, MRP, Independ-
ents, and Gaulists. The present
government has been a coalition of
‘Radical Socialists, MRP, and In-
dependents. The problem is to get
a government including enough
center groups to overcome the
Communists and the Gaulists at
the extremes. On Monday, March
8, Antoine Pinay was asked to

form a new government, but it is
doubtful whether he will be able
to do it.

What can be done about these
economic and political problems?
Miss Witte feels that it is im-
possible to ask France to main-
tain its power in Indo-China, and
at the same time participate in the
North Atlantic forces. There
‘must be either more United
States assistance or a relief of
the. situation in Indo - China.
Politically, there could’ perhaps be
a change in the electoral law, but
this might lead to a larger Com-
munist and Gaulist majority.

In the discussion wnicn follow-
ed, there was some dissention in
regard to additional United States
aid because of the unwillingness
of the French to make the compro-
mise of an increase in taxes and a
decrease in social services. It was
brought out, however, that a com-
promise is difficult because the
French feel they are being pushed.
It was also mentioned that French
officials are considering giving up
Indo-China, which would mean
mainly a strategic loss, and prob-
ably sooner or later, giving it up
to a completely Communist force.

Bryn Maurters Agree
Vassar Perfect Hosts
Continued from Page 1

the going was too treacherous
underfoot for anything but a quiet
ride. About twenty girls were
mounted on horses of all shapes
and sizes. The trails, especially
through the snow covered pines,
were lovely, and everyone thor-
oughly enjoyed herself.

The whole weekend was a huge
success. With time out from actual
participation in sports, tongues
went a mile a minute. Friends,
mutual friends, college vs. college
supplied a bottomless store of
topics. Sportwise, it was the
“rules of the game, not the win-
ning that counted” (quote-un-
quote Miss Appleby). The Vas-
sarites ‘were marvelous hosts!

 

Anyone interested in begin-
ning or intermediate golf as a
spring sport meet in the gym
at 1:30, Thursday, March 13.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Janschka Gives Drawing Lessons
Stressing Techniques Of Line, Forms

by Nancy Fuhrer, ’55

Every Saturday morning from
ten-thirty to twelve-thirty, since
the beginning of the year, Mr.
Janschka has been giving drawing
lessons to a group of about fifteen
Bryn Mawr students. His philos-
ophy from the first has been that
students must progress from the
simple to the complicated. There-
fore, early assignments were in
basic technique, to enable the stu-
dent to feel at home in the me-
dium of charcoal and paper. She
was encouraged to draw without
looking at the paper in order to
accustom her hand to various line
movements. The next problem
was drawing from a still life com-
position. After reproducing an ar-
rangement of simple shapes, in-
cluding a piece of pear-shaped
wood and a tin can, the student
extended it to a more natural eom-
position, The wood became a
house, the can a mountain, and a
rock became a bush.

Figure drawing from a model
was the next subject. Mr. Jan-

_schka stresses the movement of

line in the body, showing that
lines of the body harmonize, while
others work against each other.
This realization is important in
assembling a composition. Even
working from a nude model, these

lines as well as the relationship of
various parts of the body to each
other can been seen.

The face presents an entirely
different problem. The successful
representation of a face depends
both on the drawing, considering
line and the proper relationship of
the parts of the face, and the
drawing of facial expression. The
face can be divided into three
major parts: the forehead, the
eyes and nose, and the mouth and
chin. These in turn can be sub-
divided into some eight parts,

After the student is familiar
with the head and face, she can
compose a whole body. Then she
can begin filling in “details” (such
as facial expression!).

But figure drawing is not an end
in itself, as Mr. Janschka avers.
From there composition within the
limits of paper must be learned.
The student must learn how to
make the movement of the body
correspond to and increase the
movement of the painting. Focal
points, lines which attract the at-
tention to the center of the picture
and lines which lead away from it,
the elements of balance all must
be learned. To do this, one must
be familiar with all the possibil-
ities of the body. It is the realiza-
tion of these things which Mr.

 

Janschka is trying to teach,

ten

THE COLLEGE NE

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Page Five

 

Swarthmore Acts

Shkvarkin Comedy

The first American production |
of a contemporary Russian com-
edy, Father Unknown by Vassily
Shkvarkin will be the spring pre-
sentation of the Swarthmore Col-
lege Little Theater Club. The
play will be presented in Clothier
Memorial, March 14-15. Curtain
time is 8:30.

Father Unknown was originally
produced at the Theater of Satire
in Moscow in 1933. It is a light,
farcical play, definitely not propa-
ganda. The plot revolves about
the complications which result
when Manya, a young actress, who
is to play the part of an unwed
mother-to-be, is overheard prac-
ticing her lines.

Mrs. Barbara Lange, director of
dramatics, will be in charge of
production, The play is part of
UNESCO’s International Theater
Week.

 

Lorca’s
The Shoemaker’s Prodigious
Wife
starring
Linda Bettman and Hugues
LeBlanc; Goodhart Auditorium,
March 21-22. Director: Mr.
Warner B. Berthoff.

Youthful W.B.M.C.
Needs Cash Boost

Radio stations, unlike small
children, are heard but not seen;
nevertheless, deep within the cav-
erns of Pem East there flourishes
W.B.M.C., the “Radio voice of
Bryn Mawr College.” Bryn
Mawr’s voice has been operating
since last December, and though
still young is one of the most wide-
ly publicized and enthusiastically
plugged (in) institutions on cam-
pus. (Because its biggest problem
is the need of technical help,
W.B.M.C. has been as yet able to
reach only Denbigh, the Pems, and
Rock, but its future plans include
lines to Rhoads and Merion.

The chief aim of W.B.M.C. is to
provide good classical music for
students on campus. This was its
goal at the beginning of station
activity, and has remained so, al-
though many variety programs
have since become part of the reg-
ular station schedule. These in-
clude Faculty Interview with Isa-
belle (Frey (and has included as
guests Mr. Morris, Mr. Janschka,
Miss Oppenheimer and Miss
Fales), Campus News with Claire
Robinson, and a Bryn Mawr-Hav-
erford Radio Workshop establish-
ed for dramatic productions.

Auditions for (W.B.M.C. an-
nouncers (and actors!) are usual-
ly held twice a year—at the be-
ginning of each semester, but may
also be made by appointment.
Maryann Holmes, W.B.M.C. Sta-
tion Manager, has said that al-
though Bryn Mawr’s radio voice
has done much, it is a self-support-
ing student activity, and she adds,
“Any technical advancements must
be backed by monetary aid—our
biggest problem now, for at the
moment, cash is the biggest boost
to any goal.”

Cash, indeed, is the biggest
boost W.B.M.C. must have, but
the station also offers many thank
yous to Mr. Thon for the use of
his office for station business, and
to the college for the use of its
tape recorder—which will bring
the Octangle to the station and so
to the college this week. The re-
cently-elected Board of W.B.M.C.
is:

 

 

 

Station Manager, : Maryann
Holmes; Program Director, Evelyn
Warram; Production Manager,

Ruth Bronsweig; Chief Program
Engineer, Virginia Connor; Sales
Manager, Caroline Warram; Rec-
ord (Librarian, Isabelle Frey;
Publicity Director, Jane Byron.

 

Publisher Offers
Novel Fellowship

The Dodd, Mead Intercollegiate
Literary Fellowship has been es-
tablished for students in Amer-
ican and Canadian colleges and
universities who wish to become
professional authors. The fellow-
ship is designed to give under
graduates an opportunity to take
advantage of faculty advice and
instruction while planning and
writing a novel and enable them
to work toward completion of the
book for one year aiter gradua-
tion. The Fellowship is awarded
on the basis of promise shown in

Students, Experts
Join In Discussion

At Bulletin Forum

As part of their 1952 forum pro-
gram, the Philadelphia Bulletin
held a panel discussion called
“Youth Asks 20 Questions”, in
the Academy of Music on Tuesday
afternoon, March fourth. Con-
sisting on one hand of a series of
experts in various fields including
military, religious, psychological,
educational, sociological, indus-
trial, judicial, and journalist fields,
and on the other hand of a group
of twenty students representing
the various colleges and schools
around Philadelphia, the panel had

 

the project submitted and does not
necessarily require a completed
manuscript.

The amount of the award is
$700, payable quarterly or month-
ly for the term of one year, com-
mencing July 1, 1952. All appli-
cations and projects must be sent
to the publisher by April 15. The
award will be announced in June.

Candidates must be regularly
enrolled students of at least two
years’ standing. Since the main
purpose of the Fellowship is to
provide opportunities to young
writers who have not previous!y
had professional experience, only
those undergraduate. students who
are candidates for a Bachelor’s de-
gree and graduate students in
residence are eligible to submit
projects, No academic restrictions
shall apply to the completion of
the novel after the award.

Recommendations will be ex-
rected from the «nstructor who
has immediate supervision of the
applicant, from the head of the
English Department and from one
responsible individual outside tne
academic field who can vouch for
the character and qualifications of
the applicant.

Students who are interested in
the Fellowship can find additional
material about it on the bulletin
board in Taylor.

International Body
Chooses Secretariat

At the recent Inter-American
Student Congress held at Rio de
Janeiro the representatives of the
students of 17 countries in this
hemisphere set up a secretariat to
facilitate the exchange of infor-
mation among students of the
Americas. Representatives from
the following countries attended:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,
Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecua-
dor, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hon-
duras, Nicaragua, Panama, Para-
guay, Peru, United States, and Ur-
uguay.

The USNSA delegation to the
Congress was composed of Bill
Dentzer, President of USNSA,
Avrea Ingram, International Vice-
president, Helen Jean Rogers,
Catholic University in Washing-
ton, Barry Farber, University of
North Carolina, and Herbert
Wright, University of Chicago.

The headquarters of the organ-
ization will be at Habana, Cuba,
and sponsored by the Federacion
Estudiantil Universitario, the Cu-
ban student union. The control of
the secretariat is in the hands of
the Executive Committee consist-
ing of Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras
and Panama. These countries will
be responsible for defining the
work of the secretariat, and will
be responsible to the Second Inter-
American Student Congress to be
held early next year.

The Congress provided the first
opportunity for the student unions
in this hemisphere to learn of ac-
tivities of the student organiza-
tions in the other countries.
Though the ambitious agenda was
not completed, contacts which had
been largely non-existent previ-
ously were established, and sig-
nificant steps in the promotion of

 

cooperation among student groups

as its mediator Robert Montgom-
ery, Executive Director of Tele-
‘vision for NBC. The purpose of
the panel was to give the students
ja chance to ask experts the ques-
‘tions which they thought particu-
larly concerned them and their
group. The first two questions
came from. representatives of
boys’ schools and colleges and con-
cerned the problem of the consid-
eration of the draft as a reason
for deciding whether or not to go
to college and to graduate school.
General Louis B. Hershey, the di-
rector of Selective Service, was
called upon to answer this, and he
commented that the problem was
up to the individual, for in the
case of the prospective graduate
student, exceptions were always
made in the draft boards for spe-
cial cases. In respect to the pro-
spective college student, Genera!
Hershey added that this too was
up to the individual, for the stu-
|dent’s decision should rest on his
|actual seriousness about college,
for the chances are that he would
eet through.

 

CORRECTION, PLEASE

The Chapel Committee will
hold its St. Patty’s party on
Monday, March 10 in_ the
Rumpus Room, NOT the Com-
mon Room. The party will be
in full swing from 3:30 till
5:00, so come any time. This
vill be the “only one of its
kind”, so don’t miss a golden
opportunity

 

 

 

 

Asked by a student from St.
Joseph’s college if he thought that
employers discriminated against
those who were not draft exempt,
Rudolph Vogeler, member of the
Philadelphia Chamber of Com-
merce, added another encouraging
note to questions about the tynical
young man’s future, saying that
his group was trying to estabiish
a policy amony brsinessmen of
accepting their share of these
young men who were not draft

Continued on Page 6, Col. 2

Princeton Decrees
“No Trojan Wars!”

The Princeton Theatre Intime is
producing The Trojan War Will
Not Take Place by Jean Giraudoux
March 4-15, excepting Sunday. It
is only the second time that the
play has been produced in this
country, Last seen on Broadway
in Ramshackle Inn, Maurine Mat-
thews is starring as Helen of
Troy.

The drama is under the direc-
tion of John Capsis, ’60, whose In-
time production two years ago. of
King Lear was called by the au-
thor-critic Francis © Ferguson,
“Amazingly good, and of the pro-
ductions of Lear that I have seen,
the closest to the play Shake-
speare wrote.”

After The Trojan War Will Not
Take Place, Theatre Intime will
produce three student written
plays in April and then John
O’Hara’s new play will be given its
premiere.

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Wednesday, March 5, 1952"

 

Bard's Eye View
by Ann Shocket, ’54

This is my weekend for working.
I\ghaf’t go to Lloyd or to Barclay;
I shan’t even step out the door.

- Why is it my friends smile so
. darkly?

They must have heard this song
before}

No, this is my weekend for work-
ing.

I’ll study philos for an hour,

I’ve six hundred pages to read;

I'll use super-special will power...

“The Inn? Why that’s just what
I need!”

‘But this is my weekend for work-

; ing.
Survey? My heads buried in it,
The people around me feel grand;
I won’t give in, not for a minute...
“Well, O.K., but only one hand!”

Yes, this is my weekend for work-
ing.

I loafed all week long until Friday,

I figured my work could just wait,

So this is my do-it-or-die day...

“Oh sure, I’d adore a blind date!”

Still, this was my weekend for
working.

Now where does my time disap-
pear to? _

How did Sunday get here so fast?

Why, this is no life to adhere to:

Bulletin Forum Includes Panel Groups Weighing
Future of Youth, as Students Interrogate Experts

Continued from Page 5

exempt, and who had not yet been
called to active service, Next,
Ronnie Gottlieb, representing Bryn
Mawr, asked about the possibil-
ities in the world today of setting
up one’s own small business in-
stead of feeling that one had tu
join a large company. In answer
to this, Vogeler cited instances
where, on a local level, cities set
up places where small companies
could get a chance for government
contracts, and on a national level,
instances where small companies
could get government loans.

In several instances, the stu-
dents representing the various
schools were exchange students
from foreign countries, all of
whom asked interesting questions.
Fazal Jivanjee, from British East
Africa, studying at the University
of Pennsylvania, asked Mrs.
Hickey, Public Affairs Editor of
the Ladies Home Journal, how she
felt exchange students could ex-
plain American religious and ra-
cial prejudices to their own people.

 

Bad habits are things of the past!

Next week is my weekend for
working ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In answer to this Mrs. Hickey
pointed out that nowhere in the
world did the colored person have
as many opportunities as he does
in the United States, and that
there is historical background of
minority prejudices in nations all
over the world. There are also
distinct evidences of them in this
country, but, she added, you can
report progress. A Chinese stu-

dent from ‘Hankow, China and the
University of Pennsylvania, ques-
tioned the possibility of condens-
ing American education into an
8-year instead of a twelve-year
program, and a German exchange
student at Penn questioned the
effect of militarism in the young
German mind. Such _ interesting

 

Humans Need To Personify, Be Loyal ToW hole;
Continue In Pattern and Avoid Self-destruction

Continued from Page 1

tern but rather a great number of
patterns within the bounds of one
group or nation.

There is indeed a need: to per-
sonify and be loyal to the institu-

tion or the “whole” of which hv-.
mans are a less important “part” |.

Whoever defies the pattern. and,
as Don Quixote, tilts with wind-
mills, is denying the purpose of
the universe, which is “good”, and
so, pitting himself against the ad-

vance of society, is destined to be

destroyed.
‘According to Hegel, history

 

up a profitable panel discussion
between the two capable groups.

force of history) ‘

’ ff | Berlin,
questions as these went to make

 

moves not in a straight line but
rather in circles ‘by continual inner

‘conflict acording to history’s owa

secret plan for using human be-
ings. He threw light on the fact

that what hapepns in history re-

sults from the collision of human
plans. (Hegel, said Mr. Berlin, is
apt to identify himself with the
For Hegel, his-
tory was everything, and through
it one is able to see everything in

‘logical relation with everything
‘else.

At that time, concluded Mr.
history first became a
study of institutions on the theory

‘that the whole is greater than its

parts.

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Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests

No. 28...
THE OVENBIRD

 

R. Grand Master of the Royal Order of
Gourmets and Raconteurs—our outspoken

friend knows how to find the proof of the
pudding. Especially such a thing as cigarette
mildness! A “quick puff” and a “single sniff”
left him hungry for facts. Smokers everywhere
have tried the same tests and discovered the one -
true test of cigarette mildness!

It’s the sensible test . . . the 30-Day Camel
Mildness Test, which simply asks you to try
Camels as your steady smoke, on a day-after-day,
pack-after-pack basis. No snap judgments. Once
you’ve tried Camels for 30 days in your “T-Zone”
(T for Throat, T for Taste), rg? see why...

After all the Mildness Tests .

 

 

 

 

 

Camel leads all ther brands by Ailions

 

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