$$ ee ee. = 4 ‘thought of the eral”. a et en ee ee ee ee VOL. XLVIII—NO. 19 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1952 Copyright, Trustees o Bryn Mawr College, 195 be PRICE 20 CENTS Berlin Reviews Maistre Ending Flexner Series Ignorant Generalities Falsely Leveled By Accusers Mr. Isaiah Berlin delivered thé last of his lectures on the political ideas of the(‘Romantic Age iw Goodhart, Monday evening, March: 17. In this clgse to the Flexner series, he discussed Maistre, a philosopher of the late eighteenth early nineteenth centuries. Mais tre, because of his opposition to the theories behind the French Revolution, is often brushed aside with harsh epithets: a supporter of the “unholy trinity of dictator, pope, and executioner”, a fanatic Catholic, a demented, eloquent re- acitonary. Mr. Berlin pointed out Maistre’s beliefs, in an attempt to dispel ignorant name-calling and to show his influence on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly on what Mr. Berlin called the “Ro- mantic Fascism” of our time. Maistre, writing after the bloody, tragic days of the French (Revolution, felt that the revolu- tion had failed because its sup- porters labored under “a grave il- lusion about-human nature in gen- They based their struggle on a belief in the intrinsic good- ‘ness of man, a trust in reason as a guide to wise political adminis- tration, and an assurance that men could best profit under a clearly-defined, free, progressive government. Maistre, on the other hand, claimed that men were intrinsical- ly “vicious, weak, and undefend- ed”, that reason was useless in Continued on Page 4, Col. 3 u Gottlieb Executes “Political Affairs” March 17th. Special to the Bryn Mawr College News — Ronnie Gottlieb is wearing the pink cor- sage of the Alliance presidency. This is the first press release since the election returns came in, and here are some vital statistics on the new president: Name: Ronnie Gottlieb, ’53 Hall: Pem West. Activities: Many. Her story of how she heard the glad tidings: “Chickie called me into her room with a kind of glum voice, and said she wanted to see me. Then she handed me the corsage box and said, “Well, here it is.” First remark: “Chickie, what hap- “pened?!” How she feels about it now that she has had time to think: “All an Alliance president could ask is to have the campus really in- terested in politics. I feel that I have been blessed with a tre- mendous opportunity in being able to work with the Alliance during the year of a presidential election. And by gum, if I don’t capitalize on it...” Good luck. You will, Ronnie. Mock Convention Backs Stevenson In Late Balloting Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois Democrat, would ibe the next president of the United States if the majority of the delegates to the Southeastern Regional Inter- collegiate Conference on Govern- ment had their way. That was the verdict of the balloting at the mod- el political nominating convention held in Goodhart on Saturday, March 15. Voting on the first bal- lot showed Eisenhower in the lead, with 61 out of a total of 128 votes. Stassen was running second, with 29 votes, followed by Stevenson with 20. (William O. Douglas poll- ed 10 votes, Duff, 10, Taft, 2, and Truman, 1. Governor Warren of California was nominated, but fail- ed to receive any votes. The sec- ond ballot showed Eisenhower los- ing strength, with Stassen and Ste- venson tying for second place. On the third ballot, Stevenson clearly took the lead, with 63 to Hisen- hower’s 43 votes, Stassen trailing with 25. Finally Stevenson re- ceived a clear majority of 72 votes to 51 for Eisenhower, Stassen poll- ing no votes on the fourth ballot. The election of Stevenson was heralded as a surprise, since sev- eral of the delegations, including the Bryn Mawr contingent, were pledged to Eisenhower. On the second ballot, however, the Gener- al began to lose «strength, since many of the delegations were bound to vote according to the re- Continued on Page 4, Col. 5 ‘Andromaque’ Sets Modern Movement A surrealistic set, similar to that of the tradition of the Chinese theatre, will be used in the French Club play, Jean Racine’s “Andro- *| maque,” to be presented on Tues- day, March 25 at 8:30 in Skinner Workshop. The tragedy’ in five acts, under the direction of Mr. Edward Morris, will include a vo- cabulary of movement contrary to the official form of the Comedie Francaise, which stresses the meter of the verse without very much movement. Mr. Morris and his cast are trying to use a more modern style and staging to there- by overcome the problem of an American theatre audience. The story, taking place after the Trojan War, centers around Andromaque, the widow of Hector, played by Paula Donnelly, who with her son is being held eaptive Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 Election Calendar Thursday, March 20 College elections: Undergrad Vice-President, Self-Gov Secre- tary. Monday, March 24 College elections: Undergrad Secretary, Alliance Vice-Presi- dent. Sophomores: class meeting to narrow the slate for Alliance sec- retary. Freshmen: Meeting in Good- hart to meet the candidates for League secretary, Alliance secre- Continued on Page 8, Col. 5 CombinedChoruses Complete Weekend Of Music, Gaieties by Muggy McCabe, ’54 The Bryn Mawr and Princeton combined choruses were the out- standing portion of the concert given Saturday night in Goodhart and Sunday in McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Balance and pre- “| cision enhanced their presentation of Vaughn Williams’ Mass in G Minor and Jacob Handl’s O Ad- mirable Commercium. Both Mr Goodale and Mr. Forbes had .ex- cellent dynamic control consider- ing that the chorus was composed of nearly one hundred and fifty voices. The difficult quartet that lay within the Mass in G Minor was admirably handled by Ronnie Gottlieb, soprano; Mary Lee Cul- ver, contralto; Harry Powers, ten- or; and George Newlin, bass; they affected the necessary unity of such a closely integrated quartet and chorus. Parallel to the effectiveness of the Mass in G Minor was Bryn Mawr’s presentation of Holst’s Hecuba’s Lament with Mary Lee Culver singing the part of Hecu- ba. Mary Lee evidenced an under- standing of the emotion demanded by the work and displayed a full and controlled voice range in the rendering of that emotion. She was backed forcefully by: Ronnie Gottlieb, soprano soloist, Ellen Powell whose accompanying was recital material in itself, and a powerful dramatic chorus. Mr. Goodale joined these elements into a presentation of a work in which every possibility had been well exploited. Bryn Mawr opened the garlier portion of the program with Bux- tehude’s very dynamic Zion hort die Wachter Singen which arrest- ed the attention of the audience, attention which was held through- out the program. Tcherepnin’s Praise ye the name of the Lord followed lending a contrast in mood and content. Lastly, above the lilting choral background of Mozart’s Laudate Dominum, Ron- nie Gottlieb carried the beautiful soprano solo clearly and effec- tively. Continued on Page 8, Col. 3 Cadwalader Wants More Participation Emmy Cadwalader’s reply to the question of what she said when she first was told that she had been elected president of the Ath- letic Association was, “Gee I don’t remember exactly what I said; about all I remember is Laurie Perkins standing outside the Art ‘Library door, with a box of flow- ers saying, ‘If someone doesn’t take these, I’m going to sell them!’ I guess I just said, ‘Oh, golly gee, I’m elected!’ ” Emmy also added that she hoped to see the sports life of the cam- pus pick up. “Not just shouting, but participation too!” Her en- ergy and enthusiasm as she head- ed for the Soda Fountain were in- feétious and her generally inter- ested attitude marked her as a well-chosen person for the office. Her parting remark was, “Well, now T’ve got to go and write up this week’s sports for the News.” Cassidy Reviews The Middle East Ideological Strife “We cannot solve the problem of the Middle East by a blanket pol- icy; there are deep complications, and we must recognize the situa- tion”, declared Morley Cassidy, feature editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin, at the third Alliance As- sembly, Thursday, March 13, at 12:30 p. m. in Goodhart auditor- ium. Mr. Cassidy, who has just re- turned from a visit to the Middle East, discussed the conflicting ideologies of the area. There is an unusual compound of national- ism, religious fervor, and new po- litical and social concepts. He in- dicated that whereas the Western influences have generally been good, we have not learned easily about Eastern culture, and have made the mistake of leading East- ern peoples into democracy with- out the tools to implement it. In other terms, “we have oversold the word, but not the explana- tion.” The problem faced is two-fold: the immediate situation is to re- main friendly with the East for military defense and protection. This is essential for our own se- curity. The second, and perhaps more important, is to create a base for democracy of a real nature, and thus have a stronghold in the East for support—of the world’s democratic nations. Mr. Cassidy explained the great Continued on Page 8, Col. 1 P. Hofer Explains Goya Graphic Art On Monday, March 24, Bryn Mawr will have Mr. Philip Hofer, of Harvard University, as the speaker for the first “Class of 1901 Art Lecture” series. Mr. Hofer’s subject, one that will in- terest all lovers of art, whether they have ever studied art or art history or not, is to be the “Gra- phic Arts Of Francesca Goya”, and it will be illustrated by slides. The lecture will be held in Good- hart Auditorium at 8:00 sharp. Mr. Hofer was the Assistant- director of the Morgan Library in New York and at the present time is head of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, of which he was also the originator, at Harvard University. Recently Mr. Hofer published a work titled Book Illustration of the Baroque Period. Calendar radiated Dr. Combellack Contrasts Two Epic |Audiences Listeners’ Intelligence Opposes Readers’ Ignorance Elizabeth White, when she en- dowed the Horace White Memorial Lectureships in memory of her father, stipulated that they be in the classics and be given by a scholar of Greek. The conditions were fulfilled on Wednesday, when Frederick M. Combellack, Associ- ate Professor of Classical Lan- guages at the University of Ore- gon, spoke on “Homer’s Readers and Hearers; Learned Ignorance and Illiterate Learning”. The lecture was divided ifito twc parts, each showing an audience that had fallen under the spell of Homer’s poetry, the first part marking the deficiencies of the present audience, the ignorant readers; the second speculating on the qualities of the original audi- ence, the learned listeners. The modern critic feels secure in his knowledge of the ancient world, rediscovered by Schliemann and others, but he is also aware of the lack of knowledge about Homer himself, his contempo- raries, and the cultural milieu surrounding his work. As in the case of many ancient writers, this lack has been minimized, but none- theless hampers scholarly work. Was Homer referring to an eleventh century, B.C., culture, or did he, in 700 B.C., describe a northern civilization? No one is certain, and the scholar is harried by a feeling that his understand- ing of the poems may not be of the fullest. Another problem was _intro- duced in 1795, when Friedrich Wolf began the trend toward an- alytical criticism that admitted no Continued on Page 7, Col. 2 League President Expresses Delight “Yes, I was in (Genetics Lab when Julie found me, but I wasn’t getting much done”, Ruth admit- ted happily, when cornered by the News. Curled up on the couch in Pem West’s smoker, Ruth Bronsweig, the new president of the League, friendliness and quiet charm “Julie came in looking sort of glum,—and then I saw the cor- sage box.” “I guess I just live in the right Thursday, March 20 4:30 p. m. Faculty tea in Rock Showcase. Friday, March 21 4:30 p. m. DaDaDramatic Sym- posium on Jean Racine in Wynd- ham. Faculty and students wei- come. 8:45 p. m. The Bryn Mawr Col- lege Theatre presents “The Shoe- maker’s Prodigious Wife’ by Federico Garcia Lorca. The play will be directed by Warner Ber- thoff. General admission $1.00; Continued on Page 8, Col. 2 room ...a few years ago the girl who lived there was president of the League!” Ruth commented laughingly. She added more seri- ously that she was eager to begin her work for the League. “It cov- ers so many activities, not only on, but also off campus.” Several times while we were chatting, several girls rushed up to congratulate her. “With you and Louise, Pem West is doing of you!” The News seconds that motion vigorously. Congratula- tions, Ruth!. pretty well. We’re really proud” Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 19, 1952 Princeton Theatre Gaily Rejuvenates Helen’s Trojan War With Excellence by Ellen Bell, 53 “The Trojan War Will Not Take ' Place”, produced by the Princeton Theatre Intime, and performed from March 4 to March 15, is a difficult play. Though it is well known in Europe, this is the first time it has been produced on the Eastern seaboard, and it is its second performance in the United States. The play is a difficult one because its tenor ranges from the long soliloquys of Hector on the evils of war to the equally long speeches of the nearsenile ad- mirers of Helen of Troy. Girau- doux, the author, emphasizes words rather than action since he was a novelist before he was a playwright, and this stress could have made the play extremely slow going. But John Capsis, the director, was able to transform words into a lively production, capitalizing on the vitality of the script, so that the crowded, inac- tive stage became a backdrop for these words, and did not stifle them. The success of the staging was its simplicity. In the first act, the severe abstract marble forms, gave the impression of strength but did not crowd or overweigh the stage. The rose and beige tones in the slabs were cut against a wet blue patch of sky, and the costumes, too, radiated — this warmth in bright white, earthy browns and reds, and by an occa- sional electric violet or yellow. By planning the settings‘in this way, Hugh Hardy was able to make them a strong and lively complement to the script. The plot is a simple one, involv- ing the conflict of warriors, espe- cially Hector, who are tired of battle and see its meaninglessness, with the older generation, who, through boredom, desire a war based on the kidnapping of the glamorous Helen. Giraudoux em- phasizes the two factions and easi- ly shows his own opinions on war by making the warriors noble and serious and the elders comic, to the extent of clownishness. These older people, however, make the production enjoyable in a way that Hector or Andromache, with their’ heavy could never achieve, contemporary meaning, and Girau- doux, “went back to the ancients, only,” he said, “because his own fellow-citizens would not sit still long enough to be photographed.” The actors themselves were ap- propriately chosen for their parts and portrayed the characters with originality and understanding. The leads were much more successful than some of the minor characters, burdens of axe-grinding, The theme. of peace versus war obviously has. or rather the masses, who some- umes shouted meaningless com- ments into an _ embarrassing silence, which although in itself is a relatively small tault, shows chat their own feeling was not one of being part of the drama they played in. Hector, played by Dan. Seltzer, though frail in physical appear- ance, excellently portrayed the imposing figure of a brave and skilled warrior, tempered with the gentle characteristics also present in his wife Andromache. These two realized the. smallness of wars, the smallness of the causes on which they‘are based, and the tremendous suffering which re- sults from them: “Nations, like men, die for almost imperceptible indiscretions.” But Hector is still a warrior in temperament and his thoughts conflict with it, “The more I hate war the more I desire to kill.” In a later scene when he allows Ajax to slap his cheek and Ajax says, “Man, where are your military reflexes?”, we see that Hector has matured, even in the course of the play. His maturity, however, is unable to counteract the war-mongers, for in the end they do go to war shouting, “With the panther in the bushes, Hector hunts the rabbit.” ‘The two causes of dissention, the blase, handsome, immature Paris and his willing captive Helen are glossy in their good looks and selfish behavior. Mau- rine Matthews interprets her char- acter as the dumb blonde type who stands in glaring contrast to the other females, Her character is also a satire on British Empiri- cism, for “In the future I see col- ored scenes and gray ones, and it is only the colored ones that take place.” Hector, in an exasperat- ing attempt to get her to return to Greece, comments, “With your colored picture book you thumb your nose at the world.” John de Britto as Paris, does an excellent job producing a male counterpart of Helen, whom he admires be- cause she is more remote than other women who “make up them- selves as if they wanted to print themselves on you and that’s what usually happens.” Goading these two on, creating friction, and counteracting Hector are the num- erous old men. Their clown-like characters gave the actors a chance to perform with original- ity, which most of them did. Most outstanding was the geometrician, played by Robert Goldman, who comments that, “A fat thigh can make us suffer, really suffer,” who claims that “Helen has given the landscape reason and _ strength” Continued on Page 4, Col. 2 “Wonder Boy” Displays Swift Action, Mature Prodigy, And Excellent Music by Nancy Fuhrer, ’55 From start to finish, “Wonder Boy” is a wonderful picture. The plot is fairly common, but not trite. It concerns a little boy with an unsympathetic guardian who is kidnapped by understanding gang- sters. The novelty of this story is that the wonder boy, Sebastian Giro, played by Bobby Henery, is a child prodigy. Fantastic action is built upon this basic structure of} the boy who would like to be less of a wonder. The movie commences with the finale of a typical Giro concert. Sebastian masterfully plays the last few bars and the audience rises in near-hysterical ululations. In the scenes which follow, one gets a picture of Sebastian’s feel- ing toward his life and his guard- ian, Mr. Gorrick. While Mr. Gor- rick (also Sebastian’s ‘ the boy resembles Paderewski, Sebastian is yawning and asking to go to bed. On the train trav- eling to the next concert hall, Se- bastian tries to entertain his Eng- lish governess, Miss Frisbie, with avery mangled rendition of a Dick Tracy comic. Mr. Gorrick overhears and puts a stop to it. Not long after, when Miss Fris- bie finds out that Mr. Gorrick is going to legally adopt Sebastian, she decides to do something about it. She arranges for a taxi driver and his “associates” to take care of him a little while in a chateau in the Tyrol. Sebastian is spirited away during an intermission into the company of some small-time international renegades. One of these is Rocks, a William Holden- ish American who teaches Sebas- tian how to play baseball and drive a car. For once in his life, the boy is completely happy. He Continued on Page 7, Col. 3 SPORTS by Emmy Cadwalader, 53 Last week was a very busy, and also successful one for the. fenc- ing varsity. On Thursday, the top four varsity fencers, Caroline Mor- gan, Joyce Greer, Lillian Smith, and Alicia Gardner, easily won their meet with the University of Pennsylvania. (Morgan and Greer each won three bouts, and Smith and Gard- ner each two, thus making Bryn Mawr the victor by a score of 10- 6. On Saturday, Morgan; Greer, and Gardner represented Bryn Mawr in a varsity meet with New Jersey State Teachers College. After traveling all the way te Jersey City for the meet, the Bryn Mawr fencers were rewarded with a 6-3 victory, and returned home tired, but happy, having exhibited excellent skill and technique in the sport. _ The varsity badminton continued their undefeated season last Tues- day, when they severely trounced Swarthmore by winning five out of five matches. All the players showed good “court sense” and strokes. Unfortunately the J. V. did not have as easy a time of it, and in the end were defeated by the Swarthmore J. V. 3-2, though the matches were all extremely close. The varsity basketball team also played Swarthmore last Wednes- day on their court. Though Bryn Mawr put up a strong fight, the final score was against them 39-27, Bryn Mawr’s great weakness was in shooting as seems to always be the case. lent, but the forwards lacked something and were not able to Contnued on Page 6, Col. 1 Woodwind Quintet Plays In Deanery by Frances A. Shirley, ’53 PROGRAM BOMSUNER 6 Bach Variations sur un theme corse, Tomasi Ibert Trois pieces Breve Habanera Fastorale ...:....:..:; Joyful Dance Duex Pieces Presto Little Shepherd Harmonica Player The Curtis Institute Woodwind Quintet presented the fourth of this year’s Bryn Mawr Music Club concerts in the Deanery on March 16. Dominick Fera, clarinet, Al- fred ‘Genovese, oboe, Otto Eifert, bassoon, and Merton Johnson, horn, were regular members of the group. The flutist and, one would presume, regular leader, however, had been called to Seattle to the orchestra there, and Harriet Ed- wards had taken over, almost at the last minute. Miss Edwards had had a week to work on the program, but this was the first time that the five had played to- gether. The lack of a previous rehearsal would help to explain the unin- spired playing of the Bach, which was done well but not brilliantly. The “Variations” showed more se- cure feeling. The slower move- ments were good, and at times the tone of the instruments was blend- ed beautifully, though here, as in the other works, one was aware of poor, breathy tone in the flute. The notes were usually clear, the rhythms were firm, whether slow or spritely, as in the last varia- tion. There was a feeling of fun in the first of the Ibert pieces, and the others were adequately played. The quintet mastered the difficult rhythms of the Ravel, and played well, while the oboe passages stood out particularly for tone and clarity. The second part of the program was as varied as the first, and again the timing was noteworthy, The instruments gave each other excellent support in the Stravin- sky, where each player was at some time in the fore. There was Continued on Page 6, Col. 5 The guards were excel- | “Father Unknown” Increases Goodwill; Play Enjoyed by Actors and Audiences by Barbara Drysdale, ’55 What may be the highest aim of any theatre presentation, if not the furtherance of understanding and good-will on the international level? The Little Theatre Club of Swarthmore College has at- tempted what may be termed an overwhelming undertaking in its production of “Father Unknown” by Vassily Shvarkin as a contrbu- tion to our understanding of the Russian people during Interna- tional Theatre Month. The man- ner of presentation and the char- acterization, however, not only gave the audience a delightful evening’s entertainment and a new appreciation of the latent possi- bilities in farce, but also granted both spectators and participants an insight into the humor of the Russian people. The theme is the struggle be- tween the old “bourgeois” way of life and morals and the new or- der. According to the program notes, the farce was presented at a time when “the new-won free: dom was honored more in word than in deed” and family relations were discussed as freely then as they are today, and thus some of NOTICE Bryn Mawr students have a chance to win free smokes for the next four weeks from CHESTER- FIELD campus __ representative, Gwen Davis. : “It’s a CHESTER-FACT” is the name of the contest which pro- vides a free pack of CHESTER- {FIELDS if you know the answer and you are carrying a pack of CHESTERFIELDS when Miss ABC asks you, “Do you know the CHESTER-FACT?” You can win two free packs if you can state the CHESTER-FACT verbatim and happen to be smoking a CHESTERFIELD from your own pack. The contest opens Thursday. March 20, when Miss ABC will be- gin making calls on campus. She will approach students at random to ask, “Do you know the CHES- TER-FACT?” The answers (a fact-a-week) will appear at the bottom of the CHESTERFIELD ad in the College News and will be announced elsewhere on cam- pus by posters and other media. All you have to do to win is to correctly state the CHESTER- FACT when you are approached by Miss ABC. If you are carry- ing CHESTERFIELDS at the time, you win one free pack—two free packs if you are actually smoking a CHESTERFIELD from your own pack. the situations and characters ap- pear quite modern. In brief, the story is that of an, aspiring young actress, Manya, who is overheard practicing her lines for the part of an unwed mother. This leads to great com- plications in which Manya’s three lovers, after ardently seeking her hand, abandon their suits and then decide to take them up again after all. In the end, Manya is united by some clever plotting and con- trivance with her own true love Kostya, and all difficulties are cleared up. At the same time a young technician, Raya, who has been befriended by Manya, meets Yakov and together they run off to the Caucasus. Susan Weil, as Manya, was an excellent temperamental young thing who could believably make fun of all unfortunate circum- stances occurring in her attempt to make modern people out of the surrounding bourgeois. Paul Noyes, as Manya’s father, was not only a convincing supporter of the old school of moral conduct, but also the kind of father you can always depend on for a laugh in any em- ergency. The audience was aware that Sergey himself appreciated the farce of which he was an in- tegral part. The outstanding comedian was Charles Cooper as Yakov, a Mo- hammedan student from the Cau- casus. His large frame and frank face contributed much to Mr. Coo- per’s characterization of a great and gentle-hearted man who aptly described himself as “a bank where all may deposit their troubles.” The part of an ill-adjusted den- tal technician, in love with Man- ya, was imaginatively and sensi- tively portrayed by Marc Merson, whose talents extended even so far as presenting probably the most ineffectual serenade ever sung. The remaining characters were admirably well cast for their parts as members of a Russian farce, es- pecially Sheila Mills (Raya), Sally Andrews_(the— midwife), _Geonge Papanek (Manya’s lover), Jack Hughlett (her own true love), and Judy (Wubnig (Manya’s mother). The most enjoyable feature of this farce was the author’s tech- nique of. using the unusual and ex- tremely clever phrase or play on words in the most unexpected place. Barbara Pearson Lange, the di- rector, achieved from her script, actors, setting, and most unusuai blocking this most enjoyable ef- fect: a common bond was created between audience and actors... they all were laughing at the farce together. Fascinating Science Formaldehyde and by Kay Sherman, °54 Science at Bryn Mawr, the new pamphlet which was released re- cently by the Office of Public Re- lations, would appear at first glance to ibe the annual report pub- lished by a large corporation. The gleaming silver cover, with its modernistic impression of the sci- ences, is reminiscent of the beau- tifully done covers of a report to the stockholders. The cover draw- ing is well done and particularly striking, producing a touch of fascination from the, beginning. Once the cover is turned, the booklet immediately comes alive; even a sub-freshman to whom none of the faces is familiar could not fail to miss the mixture of in- terest and yet a resignation to the smell of formaldehyde on the faces of the students at the dissecting table. The intent expressions of the chemistry students watching Booklet Advertises Facilities At B.M.C. the drip, drip of solutions through numerous glass tubes embody con- fidence and competence. The atmosphere of concentration that surrounds the last picfare in the physics section is so intense that one can almost hear the Geiger Counter tick. And, then, as if to prove that all scientific study is not connected with white coats and shining tile walls, the ‘cheery naturalness of the jean- clad, pick-carrying geology stu- dents pops up. The photography, ‘sureiy, could not fail to evoke a spark of interest in the mind of any reader. . The arrangement of the pages, the pictures interspersed with Mr. ‘Fritz Janschka’s amusing and clever impressions of the sciences, ‘particularly the goose-flask look- ‘ing quizically over its shoulder at ‘its contents, are attractive and varied. The explanatory material |. Content ee Fame fo: Ont. & Wednesday, March 19, 1952 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Gianturco Alleges e e & i Da Vinci’s Genius Elio Gianturco, from the For- eign Law Section of the Library ot Congress, spoke to the Philos- ophy Club Friday night, March 14; in the Common Room on the phi- losopny of “Leonardo Da Vinci”. Mr. Gianturco emphasized the “unique conjunction of artistic and scientitic spirit” in Leonardo which gives him the right to be called a philosopher. Leonardo was an engineer by profession, as well as a great art- ist. ‘Lhe tremendous versatility of the man is proved by this fact, |. since during the Renaissance an engineer was not so specialized as today, but needed a knowledge of all phases of science. The human- ism of Leonardo, his “universality of culture, balanced with scientific discipline’, was the basis for his genius. To Leonardo, continued Mr. Gi- anturco, art was not. purely esthetic, but involved philosophy, science, and mathematics. “Your eyes themselves must be philo- sophical eyes,” said Leonardo in one of his many analytical essays. lt is essential that the artist know a synthesis of the laws of nature. To Leonardo, nature was a micro- cosmos in every part of which he had an interest. Leonardo was the first man to attempt to classify the arts in or- der of their importance. He con- sidered painting more important than music, since to him the es- sence of painting was simultane- ousness, while the essence of mu- sic was time. Use of the memory is necessary to understand music, since music is a “continuous birth and resurrection”, and its entirety cannot be grasped in a single mo- ment. Leonardo preferred poetry less than the aforementioned arts since, to his mind, poetry dealt with everything “at second hand”. To him it could only give “suc- cessive representation”, and he preferred simultaneous represen- tation. Despite his classification of the arts, Leonardo did stress the intimate ties among them, said Mr. Gianturco. The arts have an “intersolidarity” which can not be denied. The scientific method of re- search was a Leonardo invention, declared Mr. Gianturco. Leonardo was the first to emphasize the in- terdependence of theory and ex- perience which is the basis for scientific inquiry today. Leonardo also stressed the importance of Continued on Page 6 ,Col. 4 Peyre Represents Cuitural Migration Especially contributed by Joan Lee Corb.n, ’53 The. second of whe Benjamin #.auklin iecuures for lyoz was given on Lnursuay evening, Marcu 4d, 1N Lhe irvine Auditorium ot ine Uuiversiy of Pennsylvania. Henri reyre, nead or the french Vepart- ment at yale and tormer protes- sor and Visiting prolessor ac Bryn Mawr, spoke on “ihe Stuay ou Literature’ as it relates to the geneial theme of the series: the cultural migration trom the Old World to the New. M. Peyre opened his talk by posing questions: what are for- eigners contributing to American culture, what are they getting in return, and how are they helping the nation assume its role ot world leadership? He briefly con- sidered five significant -cultural migrations: that of the Huguenots trom France, that which resulted trom Napoleon’s rise to power, the migration of Russians after 1917, that of Italian and Spanish anti- fascists, and finally that of the Germans and German Jews under Hitler’s purge. These _ influxes played important parts in the es- tablishment of European culture in, this country. In most cases, the scholars were already well steeped in their own cultural na- tionalism and pride, but they were assimilated to a degree dependent upon their relative adaptability. Here M, Peyre used himself as a representative Frenchman com- ing to this country to teach and analyzed the comparative features in teaching here and abroad. To begin with, tha material facilicies in this country are far greater since capable assistance may be found for any research project, and the nature of library cata- loguing and the like do much for the scholar which he would have to do alone in a European uni- versity. In the second place, the freedom here from traditions, hierarchy, and solemnity, whatever the drawbacks, is a healthy thing, as is the “free enterprise” of the university. The “sense of history” we have in this country makes us look to the future, not to the past, as in Europe. The results of this are important in that we have a pragmatic faith that we can mold the future whereas to the young abroad it seems a fearful thing. M. Peyre finds less prestige here .as a scholar, due to the financial basis of social standings, and this is to him at once disconcerting and Continued on Page 7, Col. 1 Squirrels, Numerous Taxis, Hard Work Impress Scottish Lassie on Fellowship | by Marcia Joseph, °55 “The Squirrels!” was the answer given by Miss Lorna Dunbar, the lovely Scottish lass, when she was asked about the first thing she noticed upon her arrival at Bryn Mawr. “It was a lovely after- noon,” she added, “and as we en- tered the gate, I saw about six or eight squirrels. It was the first time I had ever seen any up close.” Miss Dunbar, a graduate stu- dent in Psychology, is studying here on the English Speaking Union fellowship given to three men and three women in British universities to study at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Bryn Mawr, Rad- cliffe, and Smith. Miss Dunbar’s room and board and tuition are paid by Bryn Mawr; however, since she was allowed to bring only 10 pounds with her, the Phil- adelphia branch of the ESU gives her money to pay for other ex- penses. A resident of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a graduate of Aber- deen University there, Lorna Dun- bar applied for her fellowship a year ago in January. The ESU sends notice for the fellowships to British universities, and Miss Dunbar was asked to apply. “I remember that it was a pouring wet day,’ she told me, “and I heard a professor’s voice behind me. He asked me if I’d like to go to America. ‘Of course! Who wouldn’t?’ I answered, so I ap- plied to all three — Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe, and Smith. I never ex- pected to' get it!” At the time, Miss Dunbar knew very little about Bryn Mawr. “All I knew of Bryn Mawr,” she said, “was a James Thurber cartoon about Bryn Mawr that I had once seen.” Also, Professor Ferguson of Aber- deen University had once lectured here. Accepted in April, Miss Dun- bar arrived in America on Wed- nesday, September 19. It was the first time that she had ever been in this country, and as her ship sailed up the Hudson at 5:00 in the mo#ning, she could just see the Statue ef Liberty in the darknes;. “The silhouette of the skyline of Continued on Page 6, Col. 2 Pastors on Panel — View Christianity | Lulminating the two day dis- cussion groups on the topic, “Faith —xvealluy or welusion?”’, woich be- ga iu we nalls on ‘Luesday night, a panel discussion composed of six muusvers met in the Common oom on Wednesday afternoon, march 12, at 4:00 p.m. to answer questions. The ministers who composed the panel were Grant Noble, Leslie Glenn, Guthrie speers, A. Graham Baldwin, E, A. ae Bordenave, and Gerald B. U’Grady. ‘he discussion centered around the question of a morally good life as opposed to a life based on faith in Christ. One of the ministers pointed out that although! it is good to live a good life, it is even better to know Why that life is good, He said that a life which is based on a faith in Christ is better able to be good: because it is rooted in something bigger than itself, ; in answer to the question, “where do we get our system ot ethics !”, Reverend O’Grady point- ed out that it has evolved from custom. Christ, he said, was sent because people felt a despair of themselves and of their ethics. He came to bring the good life with a new dynamic spirit. Mr. de Bordenave added to this that there has been no change in Christian doctrines“ since their beginning. ‘There has been only a rephrasing of the same truths. He said that Christianity has no ethics but love ot God and of neighbors. The question of the importance of The Apostles’ Creed was dis- cussed. Dr, Glenn pointed out that since the Creed is a summary of the beliefs of the Christian Church, it is important not only to believe it, but to know what each phrase means. Reverend O’Grady added that neither the Creed nor The Bible are ends in themselves. “They are signposts pointing to God where the real thing lies. Although one of the ministers suggested that we some- times neglect the teachings of Continued on Page 7, Col. 1 - WBMC Program Schedule ‘March 20-26 2:00 WFLN (Classical Music) 8:00 News (New York Times) 8:05 Treasury of Classics 10:00 Popular Music and Feature Program News 11:05 Popular Music 12:00 Off the Air FEATURES OF THE WEEK Thursday 9:00 Gilbert and Sullivan Inter- 11:00 lude 9:45 Campus News (with Claire Robinson) 10:00 Intermission Time (South ‘ Pacific) 11:05 “Just For A While” (with Dick Hardy) Friday 11:05 Dance Date (from WHRC) Sunday 8:00 Sacred Music 10:30 Cafe International (Pro- gram of Foreign Records) Monday 9:00 Halt The Symphony — win a carton of Chesterfields 9:45 Faculty Interview: 10:00 Dramatic Show | Tuesday 10:00 Folk Song Program 10:30 Meet the Mawrtyrs (Listen to Kay Sherman interview your friends) Wednesday 7:30 Battle of the Sexes 10:00 The Variety Show (“Retri- bution” an original radio play by Harold Lynch, Haverford, ’49) A Progress Report Offered by Council ‘An estimate is being made by the college architect of the cost of installing florescent lights through- out the reading room; the model under-*onsideration does not glare or make noise. However, unless class gifts or other funds beyond the library budget were available, new lights could not be installed for some time. Both smoking and typing rooms have been strongly recommended to the board of directors by Miss Agnew, but lack of space and money still make it impossible to have them immediately. The rules for reserving books are posted on the bulletin board in the reserve room with all other li- brary rules. The present weekena rule reads: “Reserve books may be borrowed for the weekend at 9:30 p. m. Saturday and are due Mon- day morning at 9:10 a. m.” The Library Council is in the process of revising this and other library rules in cooperation with the li- brary staff. If students have sug- | gestions,-they are asked to put them in the suggestion box in the reserve room. Certain desks in the geading room are reserved for the conven- jence of seniors needing to use many books in the library at once. These desks are not the private property of seniors, but it is only common courtesy on the part of others not to use these desks, es- pecially those with many books on them, unless there are no other vacant seats. Seniors are remind- ed to.,keep their reserve desks neat! Emmy Cadwalader is chairman of .a new student committee io keep the history of art and arch- eology reserves in order. CONTEST “Halt the Symphony” will be conducted in a new way. All those who want to get a chance to iden- tify the symphony played on Mon- days at 9:00, and win a carton of 'Chesterfields, pay heed! Put your name and the hall where you will be at the time of the program on an empty pack of Chesterfields, and leave it in the box provided for the empty packs in Pem East Smok- er. Names will be picked at ran- dom from the box, and that per- son will be called, and asked to identify the Symphony. You may be the one to win! Get your entry in now. Lecturer Explains Carbon Processes The most recent Science Club lecturer was Dr. George Zimmer- man, of the Bryn Mawr Chemistry Department. His March 13 lec- ture treated Radio Carbon Dating. Dr. Zimmerman, who worked at Chicago with Dr. Libby, Dr. Ar- nold, and Dr. Anderson on their experiments with Cl4, explained carbon dating as the determina- tion of the amount of time which has elapsed from a certain time in the past until the present. Certain substances, (about twenty are known) are radio-active, that is, they give off highly charged par- ticles, thus decreasing their vol- ume continuously. There are dif- ferent ways of observing this ir: reversible process, one being to watch the particles come off the radio-active substance. Lf the num- ber of particles and the rate of emitting the particles is counted and a relationship set up, a law of decay can be formulated. These radio-active substances have a “half-life” which signifies the amount of time required for one- half of the substance to disinte- grate, and no matter what is done to the substance it will continue its disintegration at its usual rate. If all this happens now, then it prob- ably happened in the past also, and therefore this law of decay can be used to measure time. Carbon is present in plants, an- imals, ocean, and the air. The car- bon atom’s nucleus is made up of six positively charged particles '(protons) and six particles with no electrical charge (neutrons). This is the structure of C12, the stable carbon atom. However, if two extra neutrons are added to the original number, the resulting atom (C14), although behaving in almost the same way, is unstable and is radio-active. When C14 dis- integrates, N14 (nitrogen) and one electron are given off, and this process is the background of de- cay. Dr. Libby states that the forma- tion of C14 in nature is by cosmic radiation which produces neutrons. Neutrons are reduced to a slight extent in the air, and when united with nitrogen, C14 is formed. The Cl4 js oxidized inte CO2 and thus a cycle begins where C is used in plants and animals and the ocean and given back into the atmos- phere. Thus Cl‘ is continuously produced and continuously disinte- Continued on Page 7, Col. 2 _by Judy Thompson, ’54 Mrs. Marshall, in an interview concerning Frederico Garcia Lor- ca, author of The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife, to be presented in Goodhart on March 21 and 22 by the Bryn Mawr College Thea- tre, described what she had actu- ally seen of Lorca and his band of traveling actors. Lorca, whom she described as extremely talented as a poet, musician, playwright, di- rector, actor, and painter, had, at the time she was taking her Jun- ior Year in Spain, a traveling com- pany called La Barraca, made up mostly of amateur University act- ors, who traveled around the coun- tryside giving classical and mod- ern plays. The company, she said, was or- ganized on the basis of two main purposes, the first to give simple but poetic and valuable interpre- tations of classical and modern ‘Spanish theatre, and the second to make the medium of the theatre more meaningful, on the theory that theatre was not part of the Dorothy Marshall Describes Contact With G. Lorca and Traveling Actors was, rather, a popular medium which had been neglected. The group, with these two purposes in mind, gathered in trucks and bus- ses and arived at small villages to give their performances. Their response was overwhelm- ing, and they were always met with great excitement. Mrs. Mar- shall described the first time that she saw one of these performances when she was at the summer ses- sion of Saintander University, held in the palace of the last king of Spain. The performance was put on in an outdoor court of the palace and proved very well acted and extremely impressive. The scenery consisted of port- able impressionistic scenery, de- signed and painted by Lorca him- self. The whole performance de- pended on Lorca whose own dom- inating personality seemed to sweep the other actors along with it. Mrs. Marshall was able to see them again the following winter when sha was at the University of Madrid Where she lived near some of the stars of La Barraca, and literary life of any country, but went to some of their rehearsals. io Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 19, 1952 . THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks- giving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission of the Editor-in-Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD Sheila Atkinson, ‘53, Editor-in-Chief Claire Robinson, ‘54, Copy Frances Shirley, ‘53, Makeup Margaret McCabe, ‘54, Managing Editor Judy Thompson, ‘54 Mary Alice Drinkle, ‘53 EDITORIAL STAFF Emmy Cadwalader, ‘53 Mary Jane Chubbuck, ‘55 A.A. reporter Barbara Drysdale, ‘55 Joyce Annan, ‘53 Barbara Fischer, ‘55 Ellen Bell, ‘53 Marcia Joseph, ‘55 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Anne Mazick, ‘55 Chris Schavier, ‘54 Margaret Page, ‘55 Kay Sherman, ‘54 Pat Preston, ‘55 Ann Shocket, ‘54 Caroline Warram, ‘55 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Judy Leopold, ‘53 BUSINESS MANAGER _M. G. Warren, ‘54 Julia Heimowitz, ‘55, Associate Business Manager BUSINESS STAFF Vicky Kraver, ‘54 Claire Weigand, ‘55 ‘SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER Barbara Goldman, ‘53 SUBSCRIPTION BOARD Lee Sedgwick, ‘53 Jo Case, ‘54 - Bobbie Olsen, ‘54 Suki Webb, ‘54 Marilyn Dew, ‘54 Molly Plunkett, ‘54 Liz Simpson, ‘54 Joy Fox, ‘54 Barbara Rasnick, ‘53 Karen Hansen, ‘54 Peggy Hitchcock, ‘54 Subscription, $3.50 Mailing price, $4.00 Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under the Act of March 3, 1879 oe 7 Necessity Of Quorum All of our extra-curricular life is based on a student gov- ernment plan in which everyone is expected to participate. No one would want this system abolished in favor of a strict administration rule, yet many are unwilling to attend a class meeting (without the force of a fine) in order to perpetuate this system. Through the class meeting, the student may ex- press her opinions, participate in class activities, and vote for her choice of campus leaders, thus deriving personal ben- efits, as well as contributing to college life as a whole. It seems unfair for some students to benefit by this plan, with- out contributing something to it, at least their presence at a class meeting. For class meetings to function, a quorum is necessary. It is often very easy for a student to think that her individ- ual attendance at a class meeting is not important, especial- ly if she has little interest in the office for which nominations are being made or in class activities in general. The effort expended in attending a class meeting, however, is very small, and the presence of every student at the meetings is import- ant to the class, the college, and the individual. Faculty Column The News and Counterpoint offer an opportunity for students to express their opinions, observations, and ideas about events exclusive of strictly academic life, giving the readers a chance to participate in these extracurricular ex- periences. In contrast to this fact, the principal opportunity for students to know faculty members and their outside in- terests is through classroom connections. Therefore, most students know few professors beyond those with whom they have classes. As a possible bridge for this gap between faculty and students and in answer to many requests made to the staff, the News would like to initiate a faculty column which would appear as a regular part of the News and which would con- tain short articles contributed by faculty members pertain- ing to observations on any experiences aside from college life. Such letters as that contributed by Dr. Sprague for the issue of March twelfth show the extra interest which such a column might add, and we hope that the members of the fac- ulty can find time to contribute to such a project. Continued from Page 1 ruling a state, and that only a mystical, absolute, stable govern- ment could properly benefit its subjects. In quoting Maistre, Mr. Berlin gave several examples of the phil- osopher’s theory. that ‘Whatever is. reasonable collapses; whatever is irrational survives.” Maistre showed that the reasonable, logic- al free elections in Poland, where the best-fitted person was ostens- ibly chosen for each position, led only to unrest and disorder, while the monarchial system in the rest of Europe, where a man became ruler for the unsatisfactory reason that his father ruled before him, had been able to maintain peace, unity, and stability. Here reason fell before irrational policies. Maistre believed that the laws of nature, too, were lacking in the reason that was ordinarily attrib- uted to them. It appeared to him that nature was destructive, vio- lent, and furious. The earth was ~The candidates for League | Secretary are as follows: Molly Plunkett Muggy McCabe Barbie Floyd . (Marilyn Muir “perpetually steeped in blood”, and man, by his very nature, was a killing animal; he killed for food, adornment, attack, defense, shel- ter, and even for the sake of kill- ing. Just as man exterminated animals for these necessities and pleasures, so, thought Maistre, would he kill other men if uncon- trolled. ‘Since his instinct was de- structive, government must be in- stituted to control this instinct and to provide order. ‘Government, then, must be bas- ed on certain principles that are off-shoots of Maistre’s mistrust in man and in reason. Since criti- cism, uncertainty, and freedom of expression and thought are means towards the assertion of the vio- lent individuality of man, such ideals are harmful to the author- itative, powerful state. The only Clown-Like Characters Show Light Originality _ Continued from Page 2 and that “the breeze she makes in walking is a measure of wind ve- locity.” The poet too is impress- ed by Helen and when he sees her, “I faint, I foam at the mouth, and I improvise.” At the end of one such improvisation he adds, “Lis- ten and I can get even better ef- fects.” ; Hecuba, mother of Paris, played by Etienne Sturhahn, and Ronald Harper as the meek Troilus, adol- escent admirer of Helen, though their parts were smaller, gave a clear picture of their characters. Hecuba was the “grand lady of stage and screen” type and her tone of superior sarcasm was bit- ing and peppy. Troilus was excel- lent from his first shy encounter with the passionate‘Helen to the final scene in which the gates of Troy are opened and we see that he has finally overcome his shy- ness. The characters of Ulysses and Cassandra, however, seemed flat, and were paled by the other, more vibrant members of the cast. This could have been because of The Theatre Intime created a suc- cessful production, and though therc was a great range in the capacities of the actors, they man- aged to produce a homogenous, en- joyable and meaningful perform- the nature of the roles, however. ' French Philosopher Maistre Refuted Reason; Believed Nature Destructive, Violent, Furious way of exerting complete control over human beings is to base their society on something that they cannot question, rebel against, or he center of their au- thority must be mysterious, “some- criticize. thing which is terrifying, some- thing which is dark”. Only com: plete obedience to such sure, in- comprehensible, frightening “some- things” can prevent reason from taking possession of a man’s mind and destroying dogmatic author- ity. The government. proposed by Maistre is, of course, totally an- tipathetic to the social contract which was the newly-accepted the- ory of his liberal contemporaries. To Maistre, the social contract as- sumed the shape of a series of misconceptions leading to an un- realistic system. He could not ac- cept the proposition that a prom- ise was a natural relationship be- tween men; he could not accept the savage as a man with some habits of as great value as the ha- bits of civilized communities; the could not accept society as a mu- tual trust and belief in the good intentions of one’s fellow-men. His view of the ‘social structure was that it was built on man’s desire to suppress his very wicked in- stincts, to sacrifice his individual evil for his own protection. . This element of self-sacrifice was com- bined with man’s innate desire to be obedient to some power. By giving man some ultimate power to. obey, governments could main- tain peace and security. The power that Maistre thought man needed and wanted was, of course, without reason. One of his most famous passages speaks of the executioner as “the terror of The slate for Undergrad vice- president is as follows: Carol Sonne Kathy Ehlers Mary Lee Culver Joyce Greer human society, but . .. also the power that holds it together”. The dark, violent punishment repre- sented by the executioner is the bond that keeps government alive, If reason is denied, doubt and refutation cannot exist, and the oscillation that causes the down- fall of governments is thus done away with. To the end of absolute, irration- al, mysterious power, Maistre ad- vocated the abolition of the test- ing, examining, and questioning of science and literature, and a blind faith in the past, in the mystery of tradition, maintained by “po- tential terror”. The enemies of Maistre, as he defined them, were not just those who differed from his. basic precepts, but all who would not conform to irrational, unthinking obedience, “all persons who, in one way or another, ques- tion the order”. For an absolute, immobile, stable society, the reverence for myth, absolute authority, and terror pro- vided the best curb on the individ- ual and, according to Maistre, the only practical direction of his nat- urally destructive instincts. Mr. Berlin closed with a sum- mary of his five previous lectures, and Dr. Nahm expressed the col- lege’s gratitude for the opportun- ity to hear them. The slate for Undergrad sec- retary is as follows: — Suki Webb *Beth Davis “M. G. Warren Floyd *Tied Letter Two Students Claim Goodale Slights Assistance March 16, 1952 Editor of the College News News Office Goodhart Hall At the Princeton-Bryn Mawr Concert given here Saturday, March 15, a rude oversight was made in that no recognition was given to Lois Beekey who accom- panied most of the selections. El- len Powell was given an apprecia- tive half line in®@the News preview of the concert but neither she, Di- ane Druding, nor Lois had even a grateful wave of the hand on stage. Mr. Forbes, the Princeton di- rector, shared his applause with the two Princeton accompanists but Mr. Goodale seemed to forget that small yet graceful action of saying thank you to those who willingly gave their time to help make the concert a success. Lillian E. Smith, ’°53 Charlotte Drabkin, ’54 Disputation Over UMT Ends in Uncertain Loss Continued from Page 1 sults of polls of their campuses only on the first ballot, and then could vote according to individual preferences. Committee meetings held at ten o’clock on Saturday morning in Taylor were attended by represen- tatives from the nine member col- leges: Beaver, Bryn Mawr, Drexel, Haverford, University of Penn- sylvania, Rosemont, Swarthmore, Temple, and West Chester State Teachers’ College. Delegates met in 13 concurrent conferences to draw up items for the party plat- form, under such headings as for- eign affairs, civil rights, labor, tax- ation and finance, and agriculture. Committee reports at 1:30 yielded results such as that of the civil rights committee, which advocated fair employment practices legisla- tion, elimination of the poll tax, repeal of the McCarran act, and a federal anti-lynching law. To this the assembly added a provision outlawing loyalty oaths other than constitutional oaths of office. The health and welfare committee ad- vocated a compulsory national health program and a system of federal aid to public schools, as well as scholarship aid to worthy college students. Perhaps the most debated committee report was that of the Military Affairs Committee. Originally taking a stand against Universal Military Training, the report was amended by the assem- bly to be favorable towards UMT. However, when it came to a final decision on accepting the report of the committee as a whole, the en- tire report was turned down by the assembly, by three votes. Tem- pers rose as appeals to the deci- sion of the chair for a recount were lost. The conference was opened by a welcoming address by Jane Cas- ter, President of the Bryn Mawr chapter of ICG. Dr. John Roche, professor of Political Science at Haverford College, gave the open- ing address. The nominees for the first junior member to Undergrad are as follows: Muggy McCabe M. G. Warren Gleria Von Hebel *Caroline Morgan *Claire Robinson ot is Wednesday, March 19, 1952 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Swarthmore’s Skill Wins College Meet Especially contributed by Phoebe Harvey, ’54 Eleven Eastern colleges, among them ‘Bryn Mawr, took part in the annual Intercollegiate Swimming Meet for Women at the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday. The meet was won by Swarthmore, with a combined score of 36 points, 9 more than the second-place team, Brooklyn College. Bryn Mawr, with no entrants in the low board fancy diving competition (won by Brooklyn’s Frick with Swarth- more’s Jill Morrell second) and outmatched in most of the other events, took seventh place in the meet. Anne jikebo, however, helped ‘Bryn Mawr a great deal by plac- ing second in the 100-yard free- style, losing to Brooklyn’s Rosky by only three-tenths of a second. Anne swam beautifully and be. sides being the runner-up for the 100-yard championship, gave the team 4 points. ‘Congratulations, Anne. In the other individual events, Marjorie Fair placed tenth in the 50-yard freestyle, Phoebe Harvey tied for eighth place in the 50- yard breaststroke, and Peasy Laid- law took sixth in the 50-yard back- stroke. f The Bryn Mawr 150-yard med- ley relay team composed of Peasy Laidlaw, Phoebe Harvey and Judy McCulloch placed fifth, gaining 2 points of the total score. The 200- yard freestyle relay team consist. ing of Sarane Hickox, Nancy Tep- per, Maggie Stehli, and Amne Lebo took third place and 6 points by doing a fine job on starts and turns and some of the fastest swimming a similar Bryn Mawr team has ever done. Bryn Mawr’s total score: 12 points. . French Club Play Poses| Stage Problem for Cast Continued from Page 1 by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus and victor in the Trojan War, played by Catherine Cheremeteff. Pyr- rhus, engaged to marry Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus, (play- ed by Elaine Marx), falls in love with Andromaque. She, however, is not in love with him but is torn by her love for her son and his safety and also by memories of her husband. Meanwhile, Oreste, the son of Agememnon, played by Marianne Schwob, is in love with Hermione but she is not in love with him. In events leading up to the climax, the story involves this quadrangle. The remaining characters in- clude Pylade, a friend of Oreste, featuring Rita Mousso, a student in the graduate school; Phoenix, tutor of Achilles and Pyrrhus, Peggy Hitchcock; Cephise, a con- fidante of Andromaque, played by Isabelle Viennot; and Cleone, a confidante_of Hermione, featuring Julie Boyd. The cast, ranging from Fresh- men to Graduate Students, is at- tempting to overcome the chief problem of the: strong formal movement in actors and the part of the stage used, as all the Bs acters are on the stage through- out the play, whethe? acting or not, Mr. Fritz Janschka has designed the set and the costumes for the production. English translations of “Andromaque” are available. The candidates for the first sophomore member to Self-Gov are as follows: Sara Winstead Nancy Houghton Melissa Emery Saren Merritt | Spector Finesses All Non-Res Aces “Bridge anyone?”, called Joan Spector as she entered the Non- Resident room just before lunch. In about five minutes she was deeply engrossed in trying to make one of her usual wild bids, when Bunny McClenahan, the present president, announced that Joan had been elected to that hon- ored position for next year. With- out batting an eye, Joan looked coolly up and accused Bunny of playing the wrong card. The room filled with laughter,: and it was only after Bunny had completely obliterated her with one of the most tremendous corsages ever seen on such a small person, that Joan looked at all excited, and then all she could do was grin. Joan, who organized all the deco- rating that was done in the Non- Res room, has many plans to put into action. For instance, she is planning té work very hard on getting better accommodations for the non-res’s with a hot plate, water cooler, and a few more of the more civilized luxuries of life, such as a shower or even an old tin tub if there is no better solu- tion. Whatever the results are though, there will be bigger and better bridge tables, for being a science major she likes to get a little culture in her free periods. Film, Food, Songs Show Danish Life by Kay Sherman, ’54 The colorful red and white na- tional costume worn by Ellen Kristensen lent the first touch of Denmark to the International Re- lation Club’s Danish evening on Tuesday, March 138, in the Com- mon Room. A peek at the Danish delicacies assembled on a long table in the corner had eyes grow- ing large with anticipation. Au- thentic Danish songs by Joanna Pennypacker, Dorry Rainsford, and Louise Kimball set the mood, and Birgit Carstensen and Kirsten Rodegaard’s glowing descriptions of their native country brought smiles and wistful expressions to the faces of the group of listeners. Kirsten told of Denmark’s educa- tional system, her talk punctuated by a movie of Birget’s commence- ment, showing the girls in their white dresses, wearing red and white caps signifying their gradu- ation, being taken in a_horse- drawn carriage to the principal square in Copenhagen. Their joy- ous faces, laughing and singing, the colored balloons bobbing in the air, and their dance around a statue of a horse reserved only for such occasions, presented a gay picture. Birgit, introducing a travelogue film on Denmark, gave a short resume of the historical and economic aspects of her coun- try . The film showed a bicycling chimney sweep, ladder and tools in hand, adding a note of humor, as did the storks nesting on top of a telephone pole. Most impressive, perhaps, were the scenes of the beautiful and peaceful Danish countryside, picturing windmills and waving grasses. The ancient castles with their formal gardens, the Viking formations and grave mounds, testified to Denmark’s ancient culture. The many im- pressive churches, particularly the Grundtvig Church at Copenhagen, which architecture was inspired by the simplicity of the Danish vil- lage church and the symmetry of |. a pipe organ, brought out the architectural attractions. The enthusiastic questions ad- dressed to the two Danish students over coffee and unusual, but de- licious Danish concoctions evinced the success of IRC’s introduction to Denmark. Pem East’s Sonne To Shine Showcase “Oh, Starr, why didn’t we think what to say to her?” Carol Sonne exclaimed when she was approach- ed for her interview. ° Actually, Carol, the new president of Pem- broke East couldn’t stop talking while she was getting ready to play a badminton game which had been postponed so that she could celebrate. Roommate, Starr Oliver, beamed with pride and enthusiasm saying, “Her only reaction was ‘I’m so surprised!’ ”’ Carol said that she felt very much honored to be chosen pres- ident of such a good hall and that she hoped to maintain the spirit that made Pembroke East out- standing, When asked if she had any plans for her administration, she replied, “My only platform is to improve the showcase, and if there is any money left over, I’d like to get a washing machine. Of course,” she said, her eyes twink- ling, “that’s impossible because the only place we could put it would be in my room.” So with visions of her room transformed into a laundry, Carol Sonne dashed off to play her delayed badminton match, Spartan J. Martin Rules Over Radnor Janie Martin, sporting a camel- lia corsage and a beaming smile is the new president of Radnor. “We had no idea who was to be pres- ident until before dinner when Tama approached me with a white box,” stated the number one Rad- norite, “and then I thought it was a white radio and warned her not to drop it!” The first step in Janie’s new position will be to “put Radnor on the map!” “It may be the smallest hall, but we’ll make it appear the biggest.” As a final comment to the News be- fore hitting the books, Janie laughingly added, “To be legal with Reigle, Radnor will have to be Spartan with Martin!” Rhoads President Relates Ambitions Said Penny Merritt, new presi- dent of Rhoads, as she peeked smilingly from behind her corsage, “My ambitions as president of Rhoads are to make a few inno- vations and additions. First of all I would like, to install a twenty- four hour service soda fountain in the big smoker. Second I would like to install escalator service to all floors—especially to the tower! Third and most important, I really would like to install bus _ service leaving every fifteen minutes from Rhoads’ front door to all points of the campus. Particularly to Park, Dalton, and Taylor and even more particularly on rainy days!” An anonymous personage at Penny’s table suggested that she advocate cocktails every evening at six in the main showcase “with- out need of off-campus callers.” This suggestion, however, was not deemed advisable! Don’t forget—Dr. Dudden is on the WFIL-TV_Wniversity. of the Air Friday ‘mornings from 11:10 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. The lecture this week is on the “Constitution of the Confeder- acy. Camellias to Kent, New Denbigh Head Cornered in her room reading Samuelson’s Economics (of all things!), Norma Kent --yelped, “Ooooooh, how magnificent,” when told of being elected to hall pres- idency of Denbigh. She was — literally — speechless, but glowed appropriately for the occasion, and wangled her way out of words by being “just too surprised.” Coaxed and coaxed, she finally smelled her camellias, and innocently said, “It’s spring!!” A few minutes later, Norma and her following trouped down to the smoker—“oh, dear, I think it’s time for a cigar- ette.” W. Pem’s Voorhis Bridges in Election “T hope that I can live up to the responsibility placed upon me,” stated Corrie Voorhis, the new president of Pem West, when the News interviewer interrupted her bridge game. Of course, Corrie, the former vice-president, was de- lighted that she had been chosen to be the leader of her hall. Upon ting asked about her first reaction when she learned that she had won the election, she ans- wered that Lois Bishop, the for- mer president, had come into the freshman class meeting, where she was ibeing introduced to the freshmen as a candidate for vice- president of Self-Gov, and pre- ‘sented to her the beautiful corsage of red roses and a gardenia. “Oh, added that she was really thrilled. As she turned back to her bridge game, which she requested to be mentioned because her parents would be amused that an interview had interrupted her bridge, Corre commented: “Lois has set very high standards for the job. I hope that I can live up to them.” We’re sure_you—can, Corrie. _Congratu- lations and good luck! Merion Race Sees Halperin Triumph “Oh, I haven’t anything to say except thank-you.” Sue Halperin, Merion’s new hall president, threw up her hands in mock despair, as she was descended upon by ex-hali president, Rat Ritter, and a loyal Merion contingent, with a tremen- As the crowd gathered and the/ singing of “For She’s a Jolly Good, Fellow” filled the silent study, Rat pinned the corsage on Sue, who sat and shook her head in bewilder- ment. “Speech! Speech!” was the cry, but Susie merely protested, “Oh, no. This is the first time in my life that I’m tongue tied.” The interviewer, Sue’s daughter by proxy, (Sue is her S. A.), tried vainly to get some pertinent facts about Miss Halperin. Career af- ter Bryn Mawr? Sue threw her arm up triumphantly in the air and announced, “I’m off to storm the world!” Then she added ser- iously, “I’ve lots of ideas.” Get- ting married? “I’m not going to get married ... that is, not for a long, long time.” She smiled and said, “I’m just too bouleversee to interviewer completely at a loss, until it was translate@ to mean “overwhelmed.” Needless to say, Sue is a French major, As the crowd began to shake her hand and congratulate her, Sue protested, “I can’t ‘shake hands; my hands are too clammy!” Then she laughed and od, “What I really ought to do is to go right up stairs and bone up on the self-gov rules.” Lois!” she had exclaimed and she Lorca Emphasizes Death and Daggers Speaking on ‘Federico Garcia Lorca, author of the “Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife,” Senor Manuel Alcala described Lorca and his place in Spanish literature, at a tea given by the Bryn Mawr Col- lege Theatre in Wyndham on Fri- day afternoon. Senor Alcala point- ed out that in the literary, as in the artistic traditions of Spain, there are several great artists, embodying the Spanish soul, but that these great artists tend to be widely spaced in time. Lorca is an exampie of this fact, for he is the ast gieat national Spanish poet in the several hundred years since Lope de Vega. In his works, which included within eight volumes are prose, poetry, and drama. Of these, Alcala added, the poetry and drama are by far the most outstanding, and form a unity reflecting two aspects of Lorca’s own inner unity, a unity in that his poetry is dramatic, his drama essentially lyric. Lorca’s work expresses the An- dalusian aspects of his original en- vironment. This fact can be seen in that all of his writing is filled with popular elements. From the Andalusian, he takes the elements of poetry and place and the Anda- lusian fatalistic anxiety of life. Therefore, the idea of man facing death, a death which occurs in a tragic manner, recurs in his writ- ing. As a symbol of tragic death and as a demonstration of the use of Andalusian elements, there very trequently occur references to a dagger, according to the An- dalusian—o. rather Gypsy tradi- tion that everyone should be taught to fight with a knife, An- other example of the Andalusian element is the constant reference to horses demonstrating the great Andalusian horsemanship. Senor Alcala demonstrated these charac- teristics by reading one of Lorca’s can be famous poems, “Cancion de Jinete” (Song of the Rider) in which oc- curs the idea of violent inevitable death and the references to horse- manship. Placing “The Shoemak- er’s Prodigious Wife” in his de- scription of Lorca’s works, Senor Alcala said that this play contain- ed all the elements of the rest of Lorca’s work but was somewhat dous corsage of red red _ roses,’’} think right now,” whieh left the’ lighter. In the play appears the ballad-like air, the traditional folk- tale element, the mention of the dagger and of horsemanship, be- sides an excellent blending of the popular tradition and artistic creation, Foley Inherits Hat Of Rock President “What’s happened to you all? Why is everybody sitting around with great big grins on their faces? — Oh, Foley!!” and the speaker too was speechless, for there sat Foley wearing a large corsage and trying to be very calm about the fact that she is now president of Rockefeller Hall. The situation has its drawbacks, though. Said former vice-presi- dent Foley, “Oh dear, now I'll have to make my bed.” On one finger was a large band-aid which she hadn’t had at lunch. What ; happened? The corsage pin was a little sharp. She had a Chem- istry midsemester this morning, and it is to be hoped that Dr. Berliner will sympathize when he reads the note at the end. “I’m sorry,” it read, “I don’t think I was thinking very clearly this morning.” ; Besides the fact that Foley’s flowers matched her purple blouse beautifully, the Hall President’s hat, fits her beautifully too, as Rock knew it would. Page Six THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 19, 1952 Bryn Mawr’s Fencers Score High Over Penn Continued from Page 2 get to the basket and score. The J. V. redeemed the afternoon by beating Swarthmore in a very close game, 27-23. Here, as on the varsity, the guards were by far the strongest part of the Bryn Mawr team in comparison with the forwards who seemed a bit iost. This was the last game of the season, and though the var- sity has won few games ,it was felt, that there had been great im-; provement, and that not any of the games had been easily lost. The J. V. has done considerably better and has lost only one game this year. The basketball teams were as follows for the Swarthmore game: Varsity forwards Tilghman Kennedy-Merrick-Cohen Fox guards Eristoff Mackall Gurewich Junior Varsity forwards Smith Gilbert Simpson-Merrick-Lindau guards & Warren Olsen Cohen-Cadwalader-Bird The first and second swimming varsities had poor luck last Thurs- day in their meet with Chestnut Hill. Both meets were terribly close, but in the end Bryn Mawr lost both to their opponent. The varsity lost 31-26, and the J. V. 32-25. In the varsity meet, Laid- law, Harvey, and Tepper won the medley relay, Harvey and Hopkins took first and second place in the breaststroke, Laidlaw won the backcrawl, and Fair came in sec- ond in the freestyle. The free- style relay was won by Chestnut Hill, as was the freestyle. Judy ele. * CHESTERFIELDS are much milder — with an extraordinarily good taste and No Unpleasant After-taste! answer to the usual | local schools, | ship here is for one year, and ; since she will return to Scotland jin August, she is applying for a Continued from Page 3 New York in the darkness,’’ she told me, “made it look like a med- ieval city.” When asked avout her “first.-impression of New York,” Miss Dunbar answered, “I was wmazed at the huge number of taxis and the gay colors.” After spending several days in--Manhat- ten with relatives, she came to Philadelphia and finally to Bryn Mawr on Monday, September 24. “I like Bryn Mawr,” was the question, “There is a terrific emphasis on work and assignments, but on the whole I am very pleased.” Lorna Dunbar’s primary interest is Child Psychology, and she is rather pleased that she has an oppor- tunity to work with children in the Since her fellow- position as assistant lecturer in | Psychology at Bedford College of the University of London. “I had a heck of a time getting refer- ences from Miss Taylor, Mrs. Cox, and Dr. Money,” she said. “It’s really quite complicated.” Mr. John Prizer, the president of the Philadelphia branch of the ESU, and Miss Dunbar were in- vited to be guests on the television program, “Meet the MacMullans,” on ‘Wednesday, February 27. Mrs. MacMullan organizes parties and benefits in Philadelphia, and Miss Dunbar and Mr. Prizer were in- vitedto speak about ESU. The Philadelphia branch is trying to interest the people and thereby raise money to further the educa- McCulloch won the J. VY. freestyle, and Dean, Osma, McQuaig, and McCulloch the freestyle relay. All the other events were won by Chestnut Hill, but only by a mat- ter of a part of a second. efor TATTERSAL SKIRTS, BLOUSES, CAPS Mix ‘Em and Match ‘Em Joyce Lewis Make Your Mark in + JEANNETTE’S for Flowers of Any Kind Business BECOME AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Step into an attractive, well-paid po- sition soon after college! Learn sec- retarial skills at Berkeley School in a few months’ time. Special Executive Secretarial Course for College Women. Group _ instruction. Personalized placement service. Write today for Catalogue. Address Director. 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y. 80 Grand Street, White Plains, N. Y. 22 Prospect Street, East Orange, N. J. 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The Philadel- phia branch invites me to all of their functions.” She proceeded to tell of a recent incident. The Philadelphia branch sponsored a benefit performance by the Sad- ler’s Wells Ballet at the Acad- emy of Music on February 29, and she was invited to attend the per- formance and the reception for the Ballet Company which was held in the Academy after the per- formance. To speak with this lively lady is indeed a rich experience. ; ~ WALTER COOK Watch Repairing, Clocks and Jewelry Bryn Mawr Avenue El Greco Restaurant BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER Bryn Mawr S y Europe—The Grand Tour— 68 Days 10 Countries $1096 Tourist Class on Shipboard No Extras. Tour price includes trans- portation in Europe, all meals, tips, Entrance Fees, experienced couriers and guides, tickets to World Famous Theaters and Eleven Operas, The Ballet, and Spanish Dances. Write for Booklet Miss Maude McKay ROOM 545, 11 WEST 42ND ST. NEW YORK CITY, 36 E. Gianturco Considers DaVinci as Philosopher Continued from Page 3 the senses in comprehending na- ture, since the senses, despite their elusiveness, are often quicker than intellectual perception. Nature is the supreme guide in all fields of knowledge, and must be thorough- ly understood. As a predecessor of Deéscartes, Leonardo stressed the importance of mathematics in an evaluation of nature. He considered the fun- damental basis of science to be the reduction of everything to certain universal mathematical principles. He was interested in the relation between the spatial and temporal conceptions of nature. To him, the universe is made of ultimate ele- ments, or points, but these. points do not exist. There is no present, since the point between the past and the future does not exist. Concerning life in general, Leonardo had Nietzschian ideas. To him life and death were the same, there is no purpose in life except a drive toward death, Man is a “monstrous creature of crea- tion’ and -his melancholy has no limits. However, said Mr. Gian- turco, despite his emphasis on man’s degradation and his phil- osophy of annihilism, Leonardo had a great exultation of life, as proved by his many interests and works of genius. med Os « in NEW YORK AT _THE GATEWAY TO TIMES SQUARE 600 cheerful rooms, private baths— radio & television Adjacent garage ‘Alr-conditioned Dining Room & Cocktall Lounge Moderate rates . BANQUET AND MEETING FACILITIES LESLIE PAUL Monaging Director nore. EMPIRE BROADWAY at 63rd ST. Quintet Skill Embraces J. Bach and Stravinsky Continued from Page 2 a seeming lack of inspiration in the two pieces of Ropartz, but this feeling, fortunately, did not cairy over into the Haydn, which was delightfully played. The Debussy, too, was well played, and here again the oboe passages were par- ticularly good. The final selection, Gion’s “Har- monica Player”, was full of good humor, and left the audience clap- ping for more. The encore was “Passacaglia” by Barthe, and here the clarinet and oboe played beau- tifully together, and the whole group was perfectly balanced, with sharp attacks and more strong rhythms. On the whole, the program was excellently played, and one must admire the way Miss Edwards filled in with little notice, and the way the quintet, without a previous rehearsal with her, pre- sented a difficult and surprisingly mixed program, Go Home For Spring BY TRAIN! Comfort and Safety No Other Travel Can Match! SAVE MONEY! Get together 25 or more going home the same direction at the same time. Go GROUP COACH PLAN... then return separately if you wish. EACH saves up to 38% compared to one-way fares! HAVE FUN! It’s vacation all the way when you travel with a group of friends...in the roomy comfort of the train ... with swell dining car meals! 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Wednesday, March 19, 1952 . - a THE COLLEGE “NEWS Page Seven Pastors Discuss Ethics And Faith Of Christians Continued from Page 3 Christ, it was affirmed that one first must know who Christ was in order to know why His teach- ings are important. When the question of Judaism was brought up, it was suggested __that people should go back to their tradition and find out what it is. The new trend in Christianity re- ‘quires a fuller knowledge of the Old Testament. Even though Christians believe that they are: saved by faith, orks must enter in, for faith must be exemplified in the works of Christians. M. Peyre Criticizes Standing of Scholars Continued from Page 3 unhypocritical. The ideal life in America is that of the business- man; this has several unfortunate results tor the scholar. It forces him into a regularity of living which is not conducive to the soli- tude needed for slow intellectual maturing and artistic productiv- ity. Quantity of output replaces quality; the creator may “read a book which has not been written, in orde: to write a book which no one will read”, There is here, however, a remarkable lack of jealousy among colleagues and far fewer professional “inflated egos”. One stimulus to the migrations of the past fifteen years has been a sense of “tragic urgency”, a knowledge that the classical and other cultures could not survive on the war-ravaged continent, and that the only hope was to carry them over to this country to be grafted on and preserved for the future. Criticism in this country has a keener and !ess negative approach although we kav: less skill and have lost the so-called “urbane style” of the English. Our writ- ing of the English language has been undermined by the vogue of the business or “Washington” turn of speech, making critical language into mere technical jar- gon. The United States has more political freedom than many other countries, but this does not mean that we have here more intellec- tual freedom. The two have never been as interdependent as we are led to believe. Perhaps a lack of originality and courage springs from our free thinking. An un- fortunate trend in our thinking today is complacency; M. Peyre said that now more than ever we must study foreign languages and civilizations in an attempt to bridge the all-important gap, but instead we seem to be increasing- ly satisfied with a meagre study of our own culture. We have a tendency to use science as a guide to everything, as something to “keep up with”, Although this gives us an honesty of approach, the soluble problems with which science deals are changed and out- dated within twenty years, where- as the insoluble questions alcne are worthwhile in that they al- ways fascinate and lead us on. Standards must be flexible, and the only critical question we can ask of a creator is “has he been faithful to his own inner vision and inner word?” To do other- wise is to fail him in understand- ing and open-mindedness. Liter- ature must be irrational, and we must not use another’s work a3 a vehi!) to demo, strate our o.vn This is «. sad prac:c: of many contemp.- rary critics. The scholar or crea- tor, on the other hand, has the duty of leading the public away from the comics and television (“the chewing gum of the eyes’). Combellack States Ignorance of Homerists, Points to Influence of Old, Learned Audience Continued from Page 1 single author, a trend followed by all but a stout few by the end of the nineteenth century. Out of the clash of learned forces, how- ever, has grown, in the last fifty or sixty years, a reaction, a “Uni- tarianism”, insisting that each of the epics had one, if not the same author. Still there is no sign of a truce, for the scholars interested in linguistic phenomena feel there are many authors. Each school, working on assumptions, is stub- bornly trying to convince the oth- er! Ignorance, again, makes 1mpos- sible a conclusive statement of the way the poems were presented. They could have been sung in small pieces to banquet gather- ings, or offered in larger sections before large gatherings in towns. Because of concrete knowledge, a theory that Thackery influenced. Fielding is labelled absurd. Yet equally absurd theories about Homer can go undetected in a fog of ignorance. Homer could have ‘been influenced by some non-ex- tant work, and today’s criticism may be faulty because the ex- istence of a pattern is not real- ized.: As the problem of Homer's Four Assumptions Form Basis of Carbon Dating Continued from Page 3 grates so that a balance is reach- ed. The approximately half life of C14 is 5570 plus or minus 30 years. Therefore, if more than half the amount of C14 in a substance is gone, the particular substance ‘must be at least 5570 plus or min- us 30 years old. To find the amount of C14 that was originally in a piece of decayed wood, for exam- ple, a current sample of wood is taken and the percent of C14 mea- sured by a Geiger counter. Then this percent is compared with the percent of C14 found in the decay- ing substance and the difference of the two percentages shows to what extent the wood has decayed and thus how long the process has been going on. Knowing the half life of C14, and then measuring the re- maining life time by the Geiger counter, the archaeologist or geo- logist, or any interested person can determine how long ago the substances were living. Dr. Zimmerman explained the technique used in this work. He showed a diagram of the Geiger counter, explained the mechanism, and stressed the skill necessary to keep out outside factors which would influence the process. He ended the lecture by stating that carbon-dating is based on four as- sumptions: ; 1. The Decay Law has been the same for the past 20,000 years; it has not been influenced by glaci- ers. 2. Cosmic radiations have been the same for the past 20,000 years or longer. 3. There is an equilibrium and a complete mixing between vari- ous sources of carbon. 4. There is no exchange of car- bon atoms after the death of the plant or animal. Germany and others has perform- ed a greater service to its people, in this respect, than ours. Amer- ican literature is generally lack- ing in ideas and originality. M. Peyre felt that it is the task of foreign scholars in America to help this country to understand the rest of the world. It is equally urgent that they convey to their own countries the fact that Amer- ica is not just a capitalistic power but has a soul and spirit of its own, and this may be done most The literature of France, England, successfully tniough literature, predecessors or models arises, Homerists create, work out, and|_ criticize sources. Again, because of lack of knowledge, no one can prove them wrong. The ignorance of the cultural milieu of the poetry is more seri- ous because only part of the poetry is understood, out of gen-| eral cultural context. This ignorance was non-existent for the audiences who saw Homer. They had a deep relevant knowl- edge, and Homer wrote for them. As they pay more attention to Homer’s poetry, critics realize that he was less the naive rustic, more the learned scholar, The sim- plicity is that “of a Greek temple, |. not a shepherd’s hut.” The Homer- ists, however, too often neglect the audience, learned in old legends and capable, as today’s audience is not, of seeing rich vis- tas behind the guideposts of pass- .ing references. The audience inherited know]l- edge of more than the main out- line of the legends, and needed no footnotes, Mr. Combellack stated. Of course this, like the orthodox theory, is only guesswork, but it would’ explain many passages that seem to be irrelevant interpola- tions. The archery contest at the fu- neral games for Patroklos, in the Iliad, for example, could be ex- plained, not as interpolation of a highly improbable sort, or a mo- mentary lapse in Homer’s genius, but as a deference to the knowl- edge of the audience. The listen- ers probably knew that one man hit the string tying the target bird to the ship, while another hit the {pigeon itself. Therefore it would seem more logical to them if Achilleus announced these con- ditions for awarding the prizes than if he named the second prize for some feat which, according to the legend, could not be accom- plished. The speech becomes a “kind of remembrance of time’s future”. The author treating tradition works differently, and creates dif- ferent effects for a listening audi- ence. Too often critics forget this, and create in themselves an in- terpretive blindness that could be cured by a closer attention to clues furnished by the epics. In explaining passages, they may ne- glect qualities of Homer which ap- pear only with a knowledge of his cultural heritage and his audience. Minute Special Touches Improve Movie’s Quality Continued from Page 2 can play outside whenever he wants to, he has a dog to play with and he never has to practice for concerts. A chase enters in, but this time has a special twist: while his friend Rocks is being threaten- ed with a gun, seven-year-old Se- bastian grabs the wheel and starts the car. This throws the gangster off his guard, enabling Rocks to overpower him. By this time the police come. fe Deciding it is wrong to keep Se- bastian any longer, Rocks turns him in. However, his captivitiy has taught Sebastian a few things. He refuses to play unless he gets an increase in pay, a dog, and Miss Frisbie for his guardian. The movie ends with the suggestion that Sebastian has spent a summer with Rocks. It is not easy to show someone’s reformation as a side issue in a movie without having it cloy. Yet Rocks, played by Robert Shakle- ton, is always the good-hearted American who is somehow in the position of a thug. Miss Frisbie, in her dowdy clothes, is a perfect governess. Bobby Henery, who also starred in “The Fallen Idol”, Fall. 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( *The articles you send us before May 15th will be sold at our big Commencement time Sale... the rest at Alumnae Weekend in the — Packages should be addressed to Mrs. Donald Wilbur, Sale Chrmn., The Deanery, Bryn Mawr **Science At Bryn Mawr’’ New Booklet Modern In Continued from Page 2 gives a sufficient and concise ac- count of the progress that can be made in the study of each sci- ence, but it stresses, rather than competent instruction and _ intel- lectually stimulating relationships with others in the field, the instru- ments with which the laborator- ies are equipped. Little mention is made of Bry Mawv’s particularly able and qual- ified faculty, whereas many stu- dents interested in the sciences would find the opportunity to study under such scientists a de- ciding factor in choosing a college steals the show. His mature in- terpretation, combined with a cer- tain naivete, makes the more his- trionic school of child actors seem ineffective. The film has some very good ef- fects which help to lift it out of the class of a SS and nothing more. There is . tian’s fingerbowl of hot water after a concert,'in which he has to soak his hands while the press clusters around him; Mr. Gorrick’s ubiqui- tous secretary with her ubiquitous box of candy; and the not fright- ened but amazed look on a girl’s face as she gets up from the floor of the car which ‘Sebastian has just driven. In addition, there is music by Mozart and Schubert throughout. The movie was filmed with the Austrian Tyrol as a background. Proves Absorbing Topic, Approach and In Design for study. Some mention might have been made of the outstanding faculty in the physical science de- partments,* and the easiest and most unpretentious way would have been to include their names under their photographs. Among the bright aspects of the written material is the emphasis on the fact that the advanced stu- dent, through the honors work pro- gram, can embark on programs of independent research and can specialize in particular aspects of her science. In addition, the im- portant point that undergraduates have the advantage of being taught by the same professors who instruct in the graduate school, thus receiving even beginning in- struction from competent men and women, is stressed. The fact that students are informed of the lat- est advances in scientific research through tl®® journal clubs points up the spirit of progress which ac- companies scientific study at Bryn Mawr. On the whole, the pamphlet is attractive and gives a satisfactory picture of opportunities for scien- tific study. It should attract many who are interested in these fields of specialization, as well as help those who intend to fulfill only their one-year requirement to make a happy choice. Perhaps it will be only the first of a series of such publications elaborating on the various departments of study at Bryn Mawr. Page Eight THE 0 COLLEGE NEWS EEE Pa COREE OR NTIE RARR RI ASR NTR IE I Wednesday, March 19, 1952 Cassidy Proposes New Educational Expansion Continued from Page 1 demand for political expression, which he considers greater than hunger. This demand, however, does not come from the masses, but rather from the young intel- lectuals, people with some educa- tion. These “five-percenters” are the dissatisfied ones, ,and wilt eventually be the leaders of. the masses. In order to solve our difficulties of misunderstanding and misinter- preting the Middle East, we must follow several steps. First, we must increase our Point Four pro- gram to include more territory. In comparison to our European ex- penditures, we have actually spent very little in this problem area. We must attempt to drop our mask, learn ‘more, and try to reach the intellectuals, thereby ex- panding ourselves while educating them. The study of political sci- ence is a prime necessity (China is a good example); Mr. Cas- sidy advocated the plan of bring- sng more foreign students to the Students who are interested in applying for rooms in the French or Spanish House next year should make appointments with Miss Bree or Mrs. Mar- shall before Friday, March 28. United States to see our politics in action. In addition to this, the in- formation program must be ex- panded by extending the Voice of America programs and_ sending good magazines, rather than State Department propaganda, at rea- sonable prices to the Middle East. CALENDAR ‘(Continued from Page 1 student admission $.60. 9:00 p. m.-12:00 p. m. Square Dance in the Graduate Gym, Undergrad exhibit of china in the Common Room. Saturday, March 22 8:45 p. m. “The Shoemaker’s (Prodigious ‘Wife’, Goodhart audi- torium. 10:30 p. m. - 1:00 a. m. The Shoemaker’s Shuffle, Radio Club dance, in the Rumpus Room and the Common Room. Sunday, March 23 2:30 p. m. Hall basketball finals in the gym: Pem East vs. Pem West. 7:30 p. m. The Reverend Mr. Thorne Sparkman of the Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, will deliver the address at the evening chapel service. Monday, March 24 5:00 p. m. Modified Nurses Aid demonstration in Goodhart audi- torium. 8:00 p. m. The Art Series Lec- ture on “The Graphic Art of Francisco Goya” will be given by Phillip Hofer, Curator of Print- ing and Graphic Arts, Harvard University Library. Tuesday, March 25 exam in Taylor. 8:30 p. m. The French Club will ner Workshop. sion $1.20; $.60. 5:00 p.m. Modified Nurses Aid present “Andromaque” by Jean Racine in the Cornelia Otis Skin=| General admis- student admission Dynamic Unity Of BMC Continued from Page 1 When two. strange choruses meet. and combine the products. of many months work, the results ean be numerous. Princeton and Bryn Mawr meshed in a harmonic compatability which was general- ly more complete in the final per- formance on Sunday. The Princeton Glee Club offered three Schubert Choruses: Wider- spruch, Nachthelle with Harry Powers as tenor soloist, and Can tata written in celebration of the recovery of Irene Kiesewetter, from an Italian poem of unknown au- thorship, Princeton, on a whole, was considerably more successful on Sunday when these three selec- tions attained more closely the musical stature which they merit. Mass in G. Minor. And Hecuba’s Lament Display And Princeton Choruses Both Princeton and Bryn Mawr introduced small groups of singers which followed their respective choral portions of the program, the Princeton Madrigal Group and the augmented Bryn Mawr Double Octet. The two groups sang Idylls, Airs, Madrigals, Catches, and Pas- torals which were unquestionably the lighter side of the program. The Octet, possibly because it is larger, seemed more unified in voice types and sang with a pleas- ant surety that reached the audi- ence immediately. The Madrigal Group did not effect a balance similar to that of the Double 9, but on ‘Sunday sang with enunci ation and rhythm that compensat- ed for the lacking balance. With a glance back over the ELECTION CALENDAR Con.inued from Page 1 tary, and first junior member te Undergrad. Tuesday, March 25 College elections: League Sec- retary, First Sophomore Member to Self-Gov. Wednesday, March 26 College elections: First Sopho- more Member to Undergrad; First Junior Member to Under- grad. Thursday, March 27 College election: Alliance Sec- retary. weekend as a whole, from the for- mal concert to the Open House at Denbigh, (yes! even to the bus rides to and fro) a good time was had by all! ' It was emphasized that the re- lationship of the church and state in this general area is not a seri- ous problem. Its singular contin- uation implies only a legal and so- cial system of an archaic era, cer- tainly not valid in the twentieth century. By following this program, we will not only make our position faculty and students invited to the only DaDaDramatic Symposium on Jean Racine ever to have been presented ANYWHERE Wyndham Hall, March 21, 4:30 ERRATUM The News would like to correct an error in the Flexner Lecture in Campus Interviews - / on Cigarette Tests No. 28... THE OVENBIRD the issue of March 5. The Italian philosopher referred to in the lec- ture was Vico, not Vigo as print- ed. Our apologies to Mr. Berlin and also the Italian Department. more admirable in the Middle East, but we will combat the overtures now being made by the Soviet Union. It is of utmost import- ance, however, to prepare these | peoples for our way of life. Mr. with them, they are of no use un- Cassidy stressed the fact that less people are equipped to use while democracy and freedom may , them. It is our first job to makc bring their individual advantages|them ready to accept them. 7 “The College Inn is the place for me.” | If you're hungry for some tea, - Where’s the place that you should be? Rouse your voice! Shout with glee! : Pp. Grand Master of the Royal Order of ; THE COLLEGE INN Gourmets and Raconteurs— our outspoken . \ x 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. 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