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.