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VOL. XLII, NO. 24

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1947

 

Copyright Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1945

 

British Novelist
Reads Passages

From His Works

E. M. Forster Selects
Musical References
In Novels

Goodhart Hall, May 7: Mr. E. M.
Forster, British novelist, read se-
lections from his works, this eve-
ning, to a large and appreciative
audience. The author, on his first
visit to the United States, had just
come from Boston where he open-
ed the Harvard Symposium on mu-
sic with a lecture on musical crit-
icism. With the exception of Har-
vard, Bryn Mawr is the only other
college to be visited by Mr. For-
ster during his sojourn in this
country.

‘The author announced that since
he had spoken on music to the
Symposium he thought it would
be fitting to read passages which
dealt with music from his various
novels. The first selection was
taken from Where Angels Fear to
_ Tread and dealt with a perform:
ance of Lucia di Lammermoor in a

Continued on Page 2

Students Defeat
London U.’s Team

In Internat’] Quiz

Bryn Mawr College was _fea-
tured in a trans-Atlantic broadcast
to England on Sunday at 1:30 P.
M., as three students, Edith An-
nin, 47; Jean Switendick, ’48, and
Henny Burch, °48, participated as
contestants in the International
Quiz and defeated their British ri-
vals with a score of 690-655.

The International Quiz, sponsor-
ed by station WPEN in Philadel-
phia, is an organization whose aim
is to promote interest in local col-
lege radio stations. WPEN ar-
ranges for’ several qualifying
rounds in a kind of quiz tourna-
ment between Swarthmore, Bryn
Mawr and the University of Penn-
sylvania. (Haverford had _ been
entered as a contestant, but with-
drew.) The winner of these pre-
liminaries is then entitled to op-
pose a team of British students in
an international broadcast. The
University of Pennsylvania had
been the first winrer, but was de-
feated several weeks ago by Birk-

beck College in its contest with |

England. Bryn Mawr was quali-
fied to enter the second foreign
broadcast and emerged victorious
over University College of the
University of London.
International Chit Chat
This broadcast, the last of this
year’s series, was recorded on

Thursday in the WPEN broadcast- |

ing room and the transcription was
played on Sunday. Each contest-
ant wore a pair of earphones and
was enabled to engage in an in-
formal talk with the English team

before the quiz began. :

‘The questions covered a wide va-
riety of subjects but the general
emphasis was on Current Events.
The British team, composed of two
boys and a girl, was fairly well up
on Current Events but poor in
mathematics, where they lost the
most points.

It is hoped that these broadcasts
will be resumed once more next
year, as they provide an interest-
‘ing challenge to American stu-

_ dents.

Professors Talk
Of Philos. of Hist.
At Fullerton Club

Philosophers from neighboring
colleges and universities attended
the annual meeting of the Fuller-
ton Club to discuss “The Philoso-
phy of History.” The session
which was held in the Deanery last
Saturday featured two speakers in
the morning and-two in the after-
noon.

Professor Hajo Holborn, of Yale
University, opened the discussion
with a paper on “Greek and Mod-
ern Concepts of History.” Accord-
ing to Professor Holborn, “In the
Hellenic period only few civiliza-
tions had a form of historical, in-
terest going beyond a myth stage.”
The great contribution of Thucy-
dides was his attempt to replace
myths with a credible interpreta-
tion of history. The fruits of Thu-
cydides’ work, however,” said Pro-
fessor Holborn, “may be found in
the political philosophy of Plato
and Aristotle.” The tendency of
Greek thought toward a common
universal history reached its cli-
max in the works of Polybius.
With the coming of Christ history
took a new turn and a theology
of history was created. Machia-
velli contributed greatly to the
breakdown of this theology of his-
tory by reverting to the concepts
of Thucydides and Polybius. Pro-
fessor Holborn concluded by ex-
plaining that modern historical
thought has been an attempt to
fill the void which the departure
from the theological influence of
Christ has created.

“Dialectic is an important aspect
of historical reality,’’ said Profes-
sor Helmut—Kuhn, of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, in an anal-
ysis of “Dialectic in History,” “but
it is also dangerous in an interpre-
tation of history.” Professor Kuhn
demonstrated that the danger lies
in the unification of certain dia-

Continued on Page 2

Credits Disclosed
For ‘Top Secret’

‘Certain salient facts and ac-
knowledgements may now be pub-
licized in regard to the Faculty
Show. Programs were not print-
ed for Saturday’s performance of
Top Secret in order to preserve the
element of surprise.

The show was a composite piece |
of composition. The individual acts

 

 

Open Discussion
Clarifies Issues
About Infirmary

An open discussion was held on
Monday evening, May 12 in the
Common Room to clarify various

complaints of the students against |

certain rules and procedures of the
infirmary. Henny Burch, speak-
ing for the Undergraduate Coun-
cil, led the discussion, while Dr.
Humeston, ‘Dean Nepper and Dean
Broughton answered student crit-
icism.

Complaints against ithe coldness
of the food and unnecessary noise
in the infirmary halls are to be in-
vestigated. The report that pa-
tients have not been informed of
telephone calls received will also
be corrected.

Many specific cases were brought
up, in which misunderstanding
could have been cleared if the in-
firmary had been informed of the
objection immediately and the facts
investigated. Dean Nepper point-
ed out that too much criticism has
been based on rumor and not fact.
It is most important, she stressed,
for the student to consult a reli-
able authority when she wants to
know the facts of the infirmary.

One of the major and universal
complaints was that a patient is
either left in the infirmary too long
or not long enough. Dr. Humeston
explained that this condition is due
in a large extent to the failure of
the student to reveal her symp-
toms fully. ‘Since the college is
responsible for the physical con-
dition of ‘the ‘student, it is neces-
sary for the college to reserve the
authority on health matters. This
fact is often neglected by the im-

Continued on Page 2

Calhoun to Speak

At Bacealaureate

Robert Lowry Calhoun, Profes-
sor of Historical Theology at Yale
University, will conduct the Bac-
calaureate Service for the class of
1947, to be held Sunday, June Ist,
at 8 o’clock, in Goodhart Hall. Dr.
Calhoun is the author of God and
the Common Life and What is
Man? He is already familiar to
Bryn Mawr students, who heard
him speak at a chapel service last
year.

Special music to be sung at Bac-
calaureate by the College Chorus
will include Ave Marie by Gustav
Holst, Lerd Who Hast Made Us
for Thine Own by Gustav~ Holst,

 

were made up by the performers
‘therein. Out of Bounds, the skit, |
was written jointly by the Misses ;
Stapleton, Linn and (Gardiner. Miss
Stapleton acted as director. The
Bee was composed by E. B. ‘White,
a New Yorker editor, and was re-
cited by Mrs. Manning with his |
permission. Mr. Thon gave final
advice for the production.
‘Miss Boas was choreographer
for the primitive seed planting
ceremonial and accompanied it on
the drum. Miss Clayton and Mrs.
Lattimore composed dances for the
skit. Faculty wives acted as Rock-
ettes and helped in the composition
of the ballet, the male section of
which was costumed by Mrs. Al-
wyne. Miss Grant coached the
folk dancers. Piano accompani-
ments were by Mr. Bernheimer,
‘Mrs. deVaron and Mr. Martin. The
ballet orchestra was composed of
Mr. Bernheimer, piano, Miss Ba-
con, violin, and Mr. Immenwahr,
flute. LEN 3

The faculty wishes to thank
Louise Belknap, Marian Holland,

 

Continued on Page 2

 

Litany, by Poulenc, and Gloria
Patri, by Palestrini.

 

ENGAGEMENTS

Jacquely> Miller ’47 to Mar-
tin Ketceasiein.
Charlotte Feiner ’49 to Paul
Schwartz.

CALENDAR
Friday, May 16
* “Last Day of Lectures of Sec-
ond Semester. Class Day
speeches.
8:30 Goodhart. Dr. Lionello
Venturi, “Origins of Modern
Painting”.
Monday, May 19
Final Examinations begin.
Friday, May 30
Final Examinations end.
Sunday, June 1
8:00 Goodhart. Baccalaureate
Services Dr. Robert Lowry
Calhoun, Professor of Histor-
ical Theology at Yale Univer-
Sty...
Tuesday, June 3
11:00 Goodhart. Conferring
of Degrees. Close of 62nd Ac-
ademic Year.

J.

 

 

 

‘TopSecret’ Disclosed to Students;
Imaginative Faculty Creates Hit

 

SPRING IN A ROMAN GARDEN .

 

Flexible Lecture, Agile Bee, Aeschylus,

Hallelujah

Bulkhead

Wow Audience

by Louise Ervin ’49
and Emily Townsend ’50

Goodhart, May 10. Now it can be
told~what the faculty do in their
spare time; as Mrs. Manning re-
marked firmly: : \

“I wish to state

I’ll always mate

With whatever drone I encounter!”
Or, on a slightly different note,
there was Mr. Watson’s eager “$5
for the end of Minnie!”

The faculty show Top Secret re-
vealed unexpected talent in some
and enthusiasm in all. After the
initial stage-fright and footlight
fever, the actors drowned their in-
hibitions in self-expression, cul-
minating in the song of Queen Bee
Manning, sometime head of the
history department, the “Great
Flexible Lecture” and “Spring in
a Roman Garden.”

This clever ballet was the most
applauded piece of the evening.
The place of honor was occupied
by a bust of Aeschylus whose aus-
terity was reflected by the sur-
rounding statues to such an extent
that Messrs. Berliner, Alwyne,
MacKinnon, and Berry were scarce-
ly recognizable. Accompanied by

 

Venturi to Talk
On Modern Art

Dr. Lionello Venturi, Professor
of Art History at the University
of Rome, will give the first of two
illustrated lectures in Goodhart
Hall, Friday night, May 16th, at
8.30 P..M. His topic will be “Ori-
gins of Modern Painting.”

The second lecture, “Modern
Painting and Modern Civilization,”
will be held in the Pennsylvania
University Museum Auditorium, at
4 P. M., Monday, May 19th. All
students are cordially invited to
attend both these lectures, which
are being jointly sponsored by
Bryn Mawr College and the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Venturi has recently arrived
from Italy. He is considered one
of the leading authorities on mod-
ern painting and has written nu-
merous books on this subject, such
as Giorgione, Italian Paintings,

Cezanne, and History of Art Crit-
ism. Before the war he lived for
some time in the United States,
where he taught at Johns Hopkins

 

 

and. the University of California.

a charming melody provided by
Miss Bacon’s violin, pianist Mr.
Bernheimer and Mr. Immerwahr
on the _ flute,.-four ~ ephemeral
nymphs flitted into the garden.
Graceful as they were, Mrs. Ox-
toby, Mrs. Nahm, Mrs. Lattimore,
and Miss ‘Clayton were temporar-
ily eclipsed by the entrance of
Miss Nepper, the ballerina. The
Dean’s advances were irresistible,
even to the apparently immovable
Aeschylus. After some frustra-
tion, the premiere: danseuse suc-
ceeded in moving even the—cold
stone, and Mr. Sloane’s arms con-
veniently appeared from behind
the Greek ito help Miss Nepper
strike her pose. Joined with the
incongruity of this situation, the
skill and grace of the dancers
made the Roman iGarden scene the
most outstanding of the evening.

Although the dialogue of Top
Secret was uneven in quality, va-
riety and spontaneity carried the
show to a hilarious conclusion. It
is difficult to evaluate the faculty
presentation on the basis of Broad-
way standards. However, the in-
formal atmosphere and general
spirit of fun as exhibited in witty
songs and diversified skits over-
whelmed the audience. The fac-
ulty are all to be congratulated for
the result of their feverish after-
hours work in Goodhart. Under
the direction of their committee
they succeeded in conjuring up an
evening of lavish entertainment.

To start the show off on the
proper sinister note, Mr. Frank
emerged with a tower of blue books
and settled himself with glee in
peaceful seclusion at one corner of
the stage. Chameleon Helson trip-
ped in and out, causing casual
speculation as to what his next cos-
tume would be. The over-eager.
can-can chorus kicked in ahead of
the music. ‘Strangely enough, thev
only seemed to be able to kick on
one leg, but the leg was shapely!

In came Mr. Patterson with the
sad reactions of a freshman fac-
ulty member to the modern Bryn
Mawr girl: “Everything’s Up To
Date At Bryn Mawr College”. He
was forced to admit that “she seem-
ed well rounded, as far as written
records show”. This solo was am-
ple proof that the basement of
Dalton does not harm the voice. A
less up-to-date quartet followed,
in single. file beneath frayed
bath towels: Messrs. Herben, Lat- —

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“Top Secret”

It is a kind of sadistic pleasure that one gets when she
sees the awful, omniscient professor, who grades her papers
and exams and tortures her with unanswerable questions
(especially when she is a little behind in her reading), cut-
ting capers on Goodhart stage. It isn’t often that we see the
faculty in the all-together (figuratively speaking), and we
have never before witnessed Miss Nepper dancing with a bust
of Aeschylus, nor Dr. Nahm in a strawberry blond wig, nor
Mrs. Manning buzzing around, unabashedly se that any
“old drone is good enough for her.”

However, it was not only sadistic pleasure that had us
laughing uproariously at the Faculty Show Saturday night;
this other side of the faculty really delighted us. We were
not aware that some of these artists were among us—rich
baritones and tenors, a coloratura soprano, premiers danseurs
and danseuses, and natural comedians. And, it was especial-
ly nice to meet some of the faculty wives for the first time
across the footlights.

There was a spontaneous, informal charm to the Fac-
ulty Show combined with a great amount of good fun so that
the performance was lively entertainment for outsiders as
: well as for the Bryn Mawr student. The faculty are to be
j congratulated for the success of this extra-curricular feature.

The Augean Stables

 

4q oe As we remarked in our April 9th issue, Spring has ar-
_ rived on the campus. | It is now May 14th, but the beauties
of Spring have not yet penetrated into the hall smokers.

Empty coke bottles, grimy cigarette butts, chewed-up

newspapers, dog-eared playing cards, dirty teacups and stale

\: _ food litter the smokers. No maid should be expected to clean

up such a mess. The hall may not be your home, but you
. livei in it eight months of the year.

In May when the greatest number of visitors come to the
college, we are made more conscious than ever of the dis-
_ graceful appearance of the halls. And even the grounds
would be made more presentable if we adopted the Army

 

office efficiency

 

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Rannells Explains

Personnel Work

) Thursday, May 8. Miss Frances
Rannells, expert in personnel work,
gave a short talk on this profes-
sion at a vocational conference.
Personnel work is necessary for
industry and business, if inter-
is desired, Miss
Rannells said. Often a woman’s
understanding and sympathy would
help her in personnel work, es-
pecially in retailing. In industry,
current labor problems are of a
magnitude such that more often a
man is employed to handle person-
nel,

Miss Rannells explained that
there are many aspects in this
field; training, selection, job class-
ification, and statistics. Although
in the last analysis, people must
be judged as individuals, it is al-
ways important to have standards,
preferably written standards un-
derstood by both “top-manage-
ment” and the personnel office, by
which to organize an office or a
store from the personnel angle.

Characteristics necessary for a
personnel worker, listed by Miss
Rannells, are the ability ito work
through other people, the ability
to sell oneself, the knowledge of
how to talk to men with directness
and deliberation, and the ability to
give not only sympathy but help.

‘Secret’ Discovered
To be Hilarious

Continued from Page 1
timore, Nahm, and Soper. High
points of their repertoire were
“Don’t Sock Your Mother, Boys—
It’s Mean” and a eulogy of the
Bryn Mawr student with the kind
refrain: “They’re damn hard to
teach and still harder to please”.
In all seriousness, it is to be hoped
that ‘(Bryn Mawr will hear more of
Mr. Soper’s voice, perhaps on the
same program with the newly dis-
covered pianist, Mr. Bernheimer.

The quartet retired and the cur-
tains opened to show “Out of
Bounds”, a hot desert island scene
complete with Mrs. ‘Coates’ realistic
backdrop. There two desolate
G. I.’s were “playing sea shells” in
professional style. (The News is
still uncertain where this skill was
acquired). Mrs. Dryden as Chi-
quita Banana, “a graduated nat-
ive”, displayed her (South Sea
charms until restrained by Secre-
tary Linn who felt morally respon-
sible for all on the island, partic-
ularly delinquent Mr. Gates and
Mr. Dryden. The bronzed natives
danced in from the compound to
join in forming a welcoming com-
mittee for Mr. Berry, the Texan
pilot who dropped in from above
followed by his talented passen-
ger, Hallelujah Bulkhead of Hol-
lywood (recognized as Miss Gar-
diner). The glamorous Miss Bulk-
head, rolled on stage (in a wheel-
barrow) by Mr. Watson, complain-
ed strenuously of the attentions of
“that nasty man”, Molotov. Mr.
Chew, it seems, had been making
passes at her all the way across the
ocean. Repelling even the gestures
of the attractive males (Professors
Berry, Watson, Gates, and Dryden)
as they sang “Hubba-Hubba Halle-
lujah”, she stated her motto in
life: “I only give when on the
screen”, Her rather weak voice
may be attributed to the unnerving
situation.

After some lost alumnae had
stumbled around searching for
“girls like the girls we used to be”,
the stage quaked and in buzzed
Mrs. Manning, who sang in a su-
perior tone of Life inthe upper air.
The lusty and majestic voice of the
Queen Bee as she pirouetted around
the stage and the smart patter of
Mr. E. B. White’s lyrics evoked

-merited howls of applause.

The queen bee’s wings and an-
tennae were rivalled only by the
ansparency of Minnie the Mer-| Rad

aid with her glittering (“hand|
made”) tail, the manufacturer of

 

Dr. Humeston Hears
Infirmary Criticism

Continued from Page 1
patient student confined to the in-
firmary.

The question of whom to contact
in case of emergency was among
the important points to be clari-
fied. Dean Nepper said that the
Staident is first to call her warden.
If unable to contact her, the infir-
mary should be notified immediate-
ly. Finally. the Dean should -be
reached.

There were several complaints
to the same purport that parents
were not informed properly or soon
enough about the student’s illness.
Miss Nepper answered this by ex-
plaining that such information is
handled by the Deans who, on re-
ceiving the facts of the case from
the infirmary, send a full report
immediately to the family. Many
also objected to the fact that they
were not informed about their di-
agnosis, temperature and medica-
tion by the infirmary. Dr. Hum-
eston again answered that the in-
firmary was always ready to tell
the student and to answer questions
about her illness.

Dr. Humeston concluded that it
would be very helpful if a student,
on hearing adverse rumors about
the infirmary, would come to the
infirmary (before repeating the
rumor), to find out the facts of the
case. It would also help, she said,
if upperclassmen would not influ-
ence freshmen against using the
Infirmary.

Faculty Discloses

Credits for Show

Continued from Page 1
Nancy Greenewalt and Maud Hodg-
man for running the lights. Mrs.
Coates painted the backdrop for
the skit, while Miss Bacon was in
charge of properties and sound ef-
fects for the first act. Make-up
for Top Secret was done by Mr.
Thon, ‘Mr. Cuttino and Dr. Mac-
Kinnon. ‘Curtain puller was Mr.
Broughton!

Mr. Morris Blackburn, who is in
charge of the Art Workshop, made
the posters announcing the show.
Mr. A. Van Hollander of the Dis-,
play Department of Gimbel Bros.,
Philadelphia, contributed the post-
ers announcing tthe various acts.

The managing committee for Top

Secret included Mrs. Nahm, Miss
Nepper, Miss Lang, Mr. Lattimore,
and Miss Yeager. Copies of the
songs are on sale in the Bookshop,
as are several posters, if they are
found.
‘Proceeds of the performances
netted well over $1000 for the ben-
efit of the Undergraduate Quota
of the Bryn Mawr College Fund.
Mrs. David acted as (Business Man-
ager.

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Mrs. Crenshaw’s coy manner
charmed both actors and audience.

Hallelujah proved false. to her
motto and had Mr. Chew and the
audience worried for a while. This
couple seemed to learn “coopera-
tion”, with a view to “saving the
family”, but the act was.ended with

, Violence as the blue-jeaned natives,

perhaps rebelling against having
to learn “at least two languages”
rose up in revolt, escaped from the
compound and demanded the right
to wear grass skirts “everywhere”.
By the time the second act began
‘Mr. Frank had succeeded in flunk-
ing 50% of the exams and was the
object of admiring glances from
the other members of the cast. He
retired to. his accustomed chair as
the quartet came on for a splendid
rendition of “Picture 84’, followed
by a lyric description of “A Ph.D.
at Bryn Mawr”. The verses were
somewhat dubious but all came out
surely on the catchy refrain which
is being et all over the cam-
pus:
“Radnor Hall is just like Oxford,

eat Radnor Hall is just like Cambridge,
dn

nor Hall is like the Sorbonne—

 

Continued on Page 3

E. M. Forster Reads
Musical Passages

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Continued from Page 1
small theatre in Italy. The scene
described” was a picturesque one;
the interior of the theatre, back-

to friends and relatives whom they
spied in the crowd, the prima
donna.of the evening, a coloratura

the audience, and receiving them
back again. Mr. Forster explained
that this singer was actually Mme.
Tetrazzini, and that he himself
had been present at the perform-
ance depicted in his novel. Since
the event was a very early one in
the long and successful career of
this artist, Mr. Forster hesitated
to tell her, in later years, that it
was she whom he had portrayed
in his book. As.it turned out he
never did.

The next selectiaa was from
Passage to India, and dealt with
the section on the Malabar Caves.
The author explained that these

 

which is to be highly commended. |

caves served the same purpose as
a motive or theme in music. He
had, in fact, treated them with just
such an intention. They keep ap-
pearing, and reappearing, througn
the course of the novel, until the
catastrophe is reached. Mr. For-
ster explained that as far as voic-
ing any opinions on the problem
of India went, his novel did con-
tain an element critical of nation-
alism.

An essay entitled My Wood was
read next which proved to be an
amusing dissertation on “the effect
of property upon the character.”
“Property,” announced Mr. For-
ster, “produces a man of weight!”

The final excerpt which the au-
thor chose for his audience was a
description from MHoward’s End
concerning a group of people who
have gone to Queen’s Hall, Lon-
don, to hear a performance of
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony The
effect of the music as it penetrated
each person’s ears was minutely
described. As one character put
it: the andante movement of the
symphony “was just like all of
Beethoven’s other andantes.” _
| The audience was loath to let
|Mr. Forster stop, and continued
| applause urging him to read one
more selection. By popular re-
ee he concluded by reading the
section from Passage to India de-
scribing the bridge party.

 

Professors Discuss
Philos. of History

Continued from Page 1
lectical realities: _ ontological an-
tithesis, organic rhythm and_ the
process of religious reconciliation.
In a dialectical scheme history is
seen as the unfolding of a great
power which is not man. It makes
the mistake of removing the actor
from the scene to make the dream
more impressive.

Speaking on “Political Philoso-
phy in History,” Professor Leo
Strauss, of the New School for
Social Research, pointed out that
until the 18th century the idea of
political philosophy as a_ neces-
sary and legitimate presupposition
was _ non- existent.
Strauss explained that the modern
conception of political philosophy
and political history as a unit goes
back to a misconception of the 18th
century view. Through this analy-
sis, Dr. Strauss showed that po-
litical philosophy and history have
been joined erroneously and that
in the future the two will be sepa-
rate.

Professor John H. Randall, Jr.,
of Columbia University, discussed
“Historical Determination” and
“Historical Decision.” “Historical
determinism is only half the

‘it must be joined with historical
decision.” With determinism alone
the fact that there are no histor-
ieal factors except human actions
is overlooked. (What men can and
will do is determined not by their

 

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had
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The hell you say it is

The quartet was visibly affected,
by the. pathetic sentiment of the |
final song: “I wanna kiss papa
goodnight”.

The academic atmosphere was
restored by the “Great Flexible
Lecture.” In spite of competition
from the snores of the slide man,
(strangely enough his former col-
league, Mr. Soper) “Herr Schloane”’
offered some worthy comments on
art (“for heaven’s sake”) which’
were reminiscent of remarks made
in Library 1. Mr. Soper’s choice
of slides showed a total lack of
discrimination and appreciation of
the aims of the distingished lec-
turer. With mounting wrath, mark- |
ed by his “This is not Venus; this
is not even Elsie” in a heavy Teu-
tonic accent, the herr lecturer
fought on to the end and asserted
his ‘triumph with the aid of a pop
gun.

Mr. Frank’s score, now 75%,
was recorded on the thermometer
by Miss Lograsso’s wicked carpen-
ter’s rule, as two able vocalists
stamped onto the stage. Mrs. Man-
ning and Mr. Crenshaw achieved

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gage Coach Ahead”. Baby’s cries
might not “waken the dead in the
car ahead”, but the former queen
bee’s certainly could, though she
modestly said to her partner, “you
made me what I am”.

The already famous “Spring in
a Roman Garden” was followed by
“A Primitive Seed Planting Tran-
scribed into a Modern Mode”. Three
faculty-members, most masculine in
their: long underwear, thumped on
their chests above cowed women
but in the end were subjected to
female domination. Mrs. Landes’s
green watering can was replaced
by a flit gun for an appropriate
touch. The dance was made ef-

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Students are reminded that
only the members of the grad-
uating class receive their course
cards, with grades for the sec-
ond semester, through campus

mail before Commencement.
The course cards of all other
students will be mailed to their
home addresses, as given in the
Finding List. Students wishing
their course cards sent to some
other addresses should leave the
information with the Record:
er’s Office. The grades should
not be expected before the end
« of June. 4

Professors Discuss

Philos. of History

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procession complete with -white
oxen (two in one!) marched down
the aisle with convincing solemn-
ity and assembled on the stage
about a towering maypole to watch
the unveiling of the Top Secret.
With the May Day crown balanced
atop his flaming wig, Mr. Nahm
mounted the throne at the center
of the streamers, and the dancers
proceeded to wind the maypole
which was by this time listing dan-
gerously.
From his vantage point Mr.
Nahm surveyed the energetic, if
unpracticed, Morris dancers, only
to have his crown knocked off by
the maypole weavers. This parody
of Bryn Mawr May Day provided

a brilliant finale for Top Secret and

left the undergraduates wondering
whether they could not resign in
favor of their professors on May
1, 1948. A fitting climax to the
reign of ‘the faculty was Mr.
Frank’s 100% success in filling up
the “Flunk” barrel. One hopes

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who took them from (Goodhart,
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Nahm in the Bookshop. Espec-
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HEAVEN’S SAKE”, which had
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Swarthmore, the B. M. baseball
team was victorious 11-7. The high
point of the game was Carol Sea-
man’s home run for Bryn Mawr.
The team was defeated, however,
by Ursinus, 11-1, in a game which,
according to the captain was
“tragic” and “full of errors”.

The lacrosse team played Bal-
timore on Sunday, and with the
help of 6 Baltimore players—ow-
ing to a slight deficiency of num-
bers—defeated the others 3-2. The
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Freshmen!
Freshmen are reminded that
they must be out of the halls with-
in 24 hours after their last exam.

Commencement
Mr. Patterson is chairman of
Commencement. Owing to the
number of degrees to be given,
there will be no outside speaker
this year.

Rock Rummage Sale
Rockefeller Hall collected $91.00
for the Drive in its recent Rum-
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