__THE GOLLEGE NEWS VOL. 6H, NO. 20 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1948 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College,1945 PRICE 10 CENTS Alwyne Attains True Sensitivity In Piano Recital Brilliant Humoresque Sparkles With Jazz And Solemnity by Anne Greet 50 Mr. Alwyne in his piano recital at Goodhart Hall on April 8 gave his audience the satisfaction of hearing a pianist play not only with polish and intelligence but with sensitive appreciation of his music. The program started off with a Variation by Liszt on a Mo- tive from Bach’s Cantata “Wein- en, Klagen” and the Crucifixus of the B minor Mass in which Mr. Al- wyne admirably treated Liszt’s ro- mantic interpretation of Bach’s unornamented themes. In pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky he portrayed, with charming im- agery in his tone values, a peasant bumping across the melancholy steppes in his ox-cart, Baba Yaga’s hut hopping about on its chicken legs, the bells ringing out above the Gate of the Bohatyrs. The Scriapin pieces were brilli- ant. The Etude in B flat minor was languorous while the Etude in D flat showed to advantage his nimble playing. Hearing Scria- pin’s Fragilite, one was not aware of the instrument—only of a theme or feeling in..a delicate hushed background of notes. The Medt- ner Fairy Tales, one ending hap- pily and one sadly, were enjoy- able, as were all the Rachmaninoff selections, but the highlight of the evening, if it is possible to choose, was Rachmaninoff’s Humoresque, with its jazz and -windy runs and solemn chords—all played with an air of dignified freakishness. Some of the selections may have seemed almost too familiar to the audience as they glanced over their programs, but once Mr. Alwyne started to play, his careful inter- pretation of every phrase and note gave them new value. Those who did not go missed a fine perform- anee. Feng to Present Chinese Situation Speaking on “The Real Situation in China,” on Tuesday evening, April 20, at 8:15, in Goodhart, Gen- eral Feng Yu-H’hsiang, for many years a most important military figure in China, will explain the civil strife prevalent in China, the reason for the Nationalist party’s loss of ground, and the means of uniting factions and of achieving democracy in China. _, Having enrolled in the army at the age of 12 and rising to become leader of the Progressive forces in the Kuomintang and a member of the National Military Council, the “Christian General” broke last year with General Chiang over the terrorism of the Nationalist re- gime, although he had been the commander-in-chief both in North China and the Shanghai War Zone during World War II. After sev- ering connections with the Nation- alist government, he became a member of the Revolution Commit- tee of the Kuomintang, a group or- ganized in Hong Kong and severe- ly critical of the present regime ‘in China. _ - General Feng arrived in the Continued on Page 2 Katharine Cornell Lunches Here; Macy Aids in Informal Interview by Barbara Bettman, *49 Katharine Cornell has a rule that she gives no formal interviews to college or high-school papers. Oth- erwise, as her manager, former Bryn Mawrtyr Gertrude Macy, re- marks, she would have no time for anything else. But from some con- versation with her at last Thurs- day’s Deanery luncheon, and a good deal more‘with Miss Macy, we learned most of what we would have asked in an “interview.” Symposium Sat. Presents Phases Of Ren. in Venice Specially contributed by Miss Caroline Robbins Dr. Howard L. Gray was one of Bryn Mawr’s most beloved teach- ers. He was professor of history here for twenty-five years and in that time made a host of friends among neighbors, faculty, admin- istration and students of the col- lege. Shortly after his death in the fall of 1945 one of these friends suggested that the department of history should arrange a mem- orial for him of a kind that he himself would have liked and that would give pleasure to the com- munity. The symposium of the Ventian Commonwealth in West- ern Art, Letters and Politics which takes place this Saturday (April | 17) is the result of this suggestion and the gift which accompanied it. Five distinguished scholars will Keep Off the Grass Students, except those who truly enjoy being whistled at, are urged to keep off the grass, which otherwise will not grow on the lawns here, let alone the streets. This rule applies also to ‘Administration, faculty, and graduate students. Antony and Cleopatra goes, west —or starts west—this week, end- ing in Chicago on May 22. Miss Cornell is sorry that the tour can’t extend to the West Coast, since she likes it best on the road, but trans- portation costs are _ prohibitive. (Miss Macy told us that Antony and Cleopatra cost $104,000 before the opening curtain ever parted.) Furthermore, Godfrey Tearle must be in England in June. Miss Cornell feels she can talk even to professors now, she knows Cleopatra so well; it is her favor- ite role—but Miss Macy adds that her favorite is always the one on which she is _ working! Kate O’Brien, the English novelist, is currently: adapting her novel For One Sweet Grape into a play for Miss Cornell, who will play Ann de Mendoza. Recalling Jose Ferrer’s vitupera- tive remarks about critics and Mr. John Mason Brown, we asked if 2 Continued on Page 3 7 Colleges Confer; Speakers’ Bureau Established Here Specially Contributed by Karen Knaplund ’49 and Ann Seideman ’49 Almost everything from wash- ing machines to the NSA were top- ics of discussion at the Seven Col- lege Conference held at Movnt Holyoke last weekend. Page Hart, Ann Seideman, Henny Burch and Karen Knaplund, as old and new presidents of Self-Gov and Under- grad, represented Bryn Mawr at the annual meeting of Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount--Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar and Wellesley rep- resentatives to discuss problems common to their campuses. Sweet Briar was the guest college. Bryn Mawr will be the head- quarters for a Seven College Speaker’s Bureau which will facil- itate the exchange of information talk on Renaissance Venice and its influence. Professor Conyers Read will preside at the morning session (10 a. m.), and Professor Samuel C. Chew in the afternoon (8 p. m.). Pictures will be shown of Titian’s Visitors and the audi- ence will get a description of the island city at the peak of its pow- er and its creative activity by Mrs. Ruth Kennedy of Smith College. Professor Z,.. S. Fink of Northwest- ern will discuss the political in- fluence of that stable and wealthy state on such people as Milton, Harrington and other English the- orists and admirers of the Com- monwealth, and Dr. Douglas Adair will present a rather different as- pect of the legend and will show eatly.. American disillusionment with the aristocratic republic. In the afternoon Miss Isabel Pope, well known both as musi- cologist and as romance philolo- gist, will discuss Venetian Music in the early seventeenth century, which the Double Octet will illus- trate. Finally Professor Theodore Spencer, poet and scholar, will talk about Venice as seen through Elizabethan eyes. The Library is showing an ex- hibit of rare books about Renais- sance Venice in the Rare Book Room, and in the Quita Woodward Room there is a further exhibit of books in which Venice is depicted. Pictures of Venice, on loan from History corridor. \ Life, are now being shown in the| | on outstanding speakers on any subject. It was felt that this would be especially valuable to Bryn Mawr in the selection of speakers Continued on Page 3 Calendar Thursday, April 15 12:30—Mr. James P. Hen- drick, “The United Nations and Human Rights”, Goodhart. 8:15—Mr. H. H. Price, “The Phenomenology of Objective Reference”, Common Room. Friday, March 16 8:15—Arts Night, Goodhart. Saturday, March 17 9:00—French oral, Taylor. 10:00—Renaissance-sympos- ium, Deanery. Second session at 3:00 p. m. 2:00—Sophomore Denbigh Green. 8:15—Arts Night, Goodhart. 11:00—Junior Prom, Gym. Sunday, March 18 7:30—All «Student Service, Music Room. Monday, March 19 7:15—Current Events, Mr. Roger Wells, “The Siege of Berlin”, Common Room. 8:00—Mr. Herbert Read, “Abstraction and Realism in Modern Art’, Goodhart. Tuesday, March 20 8:15—General Feng Yu- H’hsiang, “The Real Situation Carnival, Vesper Continued on Page\2 in China”, Goodhart. Children ‘Encounter’ Will be Theme of Year’s Arts Night Show Friday and Saturday nights in Goodhart, Bryn Mawr is offering Arts Night—a program consisting entirely of creative contributions by the students centered on the theme “Encounter”. The Stones of Sorrow, written by Joan Brest ’48, and directed by Sandol Stoddard °49, is a one-act play laid in Mexico. The cast: IEA VUGID ciiccisHsiasins Anita Dittmar "T1B MOTUA ssisiscssasusves June Moyer PASCUAL! © dccssiiscecens Robert Lasday The Double Octet is offering three American folk-songs; fol- lowing it the orchestra will play excerpts from Bach, Gluck, and Vaughn J[Williams. The Dance Group will then offer three orig- inal dances on the central theme. During the intermission, there will be an exhibit of student art in the foyer of Goodhart. The second half of the program begins with 21’s Game, written and directed by Jack Gailey, a “sensu- ous and funny melodrama”; the cast includes: ROWED KANG Assocs Dave Thomas Charles Richards ..Dave Blackwell Herbert Read To Speak Here Qn Modern Art Abstract vs. Realistic First Talk in Series On Art History * “Abstraction and Realism in Modern Art” will be the topic of Mr. Herbert Read, noted art critic and author, in the first of a new series on Art History and Criti- cism to be given in Goodhart on Monday, April 19, at 8 P. M. The lecture will be illustrated. His particular interest is in mod- ern art; he is scheduled to speak at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and will participate in the International Symposium of Noted Writers and Critics at Johns Hopkins this week-end, where he will speak on Coleridge. Mr. Read’s interpretations of modern art are generally based upon the psychological aspects of surrealism and of aesthetics. He believes, according to Mrs. Harper Brown, that “just as the pyramids or the Parthenon express the char- Eliazbeth Kane ....Nancy Kunhardt | @¢teristics and beauty of their re- - Trella Richards Dorcas Baldwin ....Ellen Harriman Marjorie Low, Herbert Cheyette The Chorus will sing a group of féur kyrie eleisons, showing the encounter between old and new. Arts Night will conclude with a group of three authentic dances performed by the Spanish Club. All proceeds from this. year’s Arts Night will be divided between two newly-established funds: the Ther- esa Helburn Fund--and--the—Arts Fund. Curtain time: 8:15. April 17; Week-end Of Art, Prom, Fun The Prom and the now tradi- tional Sophomore Carnival will be gay spots in the weekend of April 17 which begins with the advanee section of Arts Night at 8:30 in Goodhart Friday night. Saturday afternoon from two to five on Denbigh Green, the Greek Olympic Games will visit the campus in the form of this year’s Sophomore Carnival. It will include chariot races, oracles, side- shows, food, and many other events which are still a secret. Another feature of the Carnival will be the election of a “Miss Aphrodite” who will be judged on a campus-wide basis from a group eomposed of one contestant from each hall. “But it won’t necessar- ily be based on pulchritude or any- thing like that,” said Bebe Bord- man, head of the Carnival Com- mittee. There will also be a fac- ulty baking contest, with faculty products to be judged and sold at the carnival. Committee Members Other members of the Commit- tee include: Properties, Swope and Shroyer; Food, Maconi and Li; Costumes, Earle and Ham; Tic- kets, Nelidow and Polakoff;- Pub- licity, Sloss; Business Manager, Chambers. Admission will be $.25 with all proceeds going to the Drive. 49’s Junior Prom = Saturday night is ‘the “sécdnd section of Arts Night at 8.30 and the Junior Prom from eleven to | two in the Gym. Tickets, are on Continued on Page 2 ..Cynthia Schwartz | spective ages, so the New York skyscraper and the streamlined car express the modern age.” In revolt against the mechan- isms of the modern world Mr. Read has also turned his attentions to experimental art and methods of teaching children. He has written a number of books, including Art Now, Educa- tion Through Art and The Innocent Eye. He has been Assistant Keep- er of the Victoria and Albert Mu- seum, editor ofthe Burlington Magazine, Professor of Fine Arts at Edinburgh and a Leon Fellow at the University of London. Essay Prize ‘Manuscripts for the M. Carey Thomas Essay Prize must be left in the President’s office by Monday, May 3. The contest is open to all Seniors, no matter what—their_major—subject,and is awarded for creative as well as critical writing. The Com- mittee hopes that a large num- ber of seniors will compete for the award and that a wide var- iety of papers will be submit- ted. Any subject is permitted. Mr. J. P. Hendrick Will Discuss U. N. James P. Hendrick will. speak on “The United Nations and Hu- man Rights” at the fifth Bryn Mawr College Assembly on Thurs- day, April 15. Mr. Hendrick is at present the Acting - Association Chief, Division of ijlernal Organ- ization Affairs of the Department of State. Mr. Hendrick is a member of ‘the Bar of New York and was in a law firm there from 1928 until he joined the War Department in 1941. For a year Mr. Hendrick worked on plant expansion and Labor Problems. He joined the army in 1942 and was awarded the Legion of Merit. He joined the State Department in 1946 in his present capacity and has also acted as advisor to Mrs. Franklin Roose- velt at sessions of the Commission of Human Rights of the UN. Page. Two THE COLLEGE NEWS 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. 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With newspaper headlines at an all time anti-Russian high, we cannot help but become aware of the power of the press and the tragedy of its misuse. In view of the world situation, the press faces a challenge of responsibility, a responsibility that must be assumed if we intend to keep a free press and remain a pub- lic of free minds. The press is conscious of its power as an influential wea- pon in moulding public sentiment and national character, yet, regardless of consequences, it continues to revel reck- lessly in the democratic principle that we call “liberty of the press”. However, it cannot distinguish between liberty and license; for liberty in the sense of freedom from all author- ity—liberty that boasts complete irresponsibility and obedi- ence to no principles—is not liberty but the worst of tryan- nies. The actions of the press today are as discouraging as the news it prints. Rather than informing the public at a time when understanding, unbiased information is the keynote to emotion. Unfortunately, excitement is not the same as think- ing, and when the mind stops thinking, falsehood takes the place of thought. Likewise in the write-ups of political cam- paigning, the press seeks to create converts rather than thinkers. os Our newspapers are not alone in producing this mass panic, hysteria'and antagonism. The screen, radio, even ed- ucation and religion are tainted with anti-Russian digs. But the real problem is whether the press will realize its respon- sibility and use its powers for the common good. Or will the public be forced to sacrifice its freedom of mind in exchange for a panic or pseudo-security based on emotional froth? Let - the American people beware and save their intelligence from Current Events April 5.—“The overthrow of De Valera in the recent Irish elections was the result of a desire for change and something new,” stat- ed Mrs. Neel.in a talk on Ireland. There were six opposing parties which united against De Valera to elect John A. Costello, an advocate of internal improvements, as Pré- mier. In explaining the outcome of the elections, Mrs. Neel said that even before this De Valera’s party, the Fiannafail, had been los- ing strength probably because of economic discontent. Mrs. Neel pointed out that when Irish political parties were being formed at the beginning of the century, the great motivation tor the Irish Nationalist group was the desire for Home Rule. The sit- uation was complicated, however, by the attitude of Ulster and espe- cially Belfast which is predomi- nantly Protestant and would have nothing to do with Southern Ire- land if Home Rule were instituted. Feins Replace Nationalists “The Sinn Fein, a strongly na- tionalist party advocating among other things the return to the Old Gaelic language,” Mrs. Neel con- tinued, “appeared to take the place of the Nationalist Party during the last war.” Having won a sweep- ing victory in the 1918 elections, the Sinn Feins refused to go to Westminster and set up the Dail, the first independent Irish parlia- ment in this _period._In-thelatter part of 1920 a new Home Bill was proposed which was accepted by Ulster, while the rest of Ireland signed a truce in 1921 giving Ire- land the same status as Canada. This truce was repudiated by De Valera, who left Parliament and set up his own party. Several years later De Valera left this group to set up another party which has existed down to the present time. The treaty made with England in 1938 providing economic agreements similar to those of the Ottawa Agreement was important because of the use made of it by De Valera in later election campaigns,-as-support for his having kept Ireland out of war. French Inflation April 12.—“The devaluation of the franc (approximately 44 per cent) at the end of January is the latest of recent measures taken to check inflation,” explained Dr. Hubbard, speaking on the Deprecia- tion of the French Franc and French Inflation. Because France, unlike most other European na- tions, did not take steps to prevent inflation as soon as:the war ended, her economic situation is extreme- ly serious. A good wheat crop, a reasonably priced coal supply and economic aid via the Marshall plan will be important factors in im- proving it. Many of the anti-inflation meas- ures taken by other countries in 1945 were recently put into effect in France, as were heavy taxes and forced investment in government securities. Inflation was inevitable during the war, Dr. Hubbard con- tinued,-since new. money_had to be created to meet German demands while at the same time the quan- tity of goods decreased. Post-war. shortages and the cost of recon- struction made matters worse and the government ran a large deficit. This was further aggravated by the fact that French import. prices have risen since the war even more than export prices and also that large wage increases. % Attention Faculty and Staff Come to the Litle Gym Thurs- day evenings at 8 p. m. for an hour’s exercise. For further in- the unfortunate depths to which their powerful press seek to take it. 0947 ‘W. ‘and Eberstadt—and the labor unions have received’ formation call Bryn Mawr || by Irina Nelidow, ’50 “Emily Greene Balch, Nobels Fredspris for 1946 .. .,” so runs the engraving on the Nobel Peace Diploma, emblazoned at the top with a red lion standing on a crag- gy blue hill and holding an ax, which forms part of the Library’s Thirty-First Rare Book Room Ex- hibit. On December 10, 1946, Em- ily Greene Balch, Bryn Mawr, ’89, and first holder of the Bryn Mawr European Fellowship, was awarded (jointly with John R. Mott) the Nobel Peace Prize, thus becoming the third woman to win this dis- tinction. First given to Baroness von Suttner in 1905, the Prize was later awarded to Jane Addams. The exhibit currently on display also contains the large gold Nobel Peace Medallion bearing in relief the head of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Prize, and with the simple inscription “Alfr Nobel. nat. MDCCCXXXIII. ob. MDCCCXC- VI.” Miss Balch was awarded the No- bel Prize for her “extensive, efforts in behalf of world peace,” and her Prom, Soph. Carnival Climax Big Weekend Continued from Page 1 sale for $3.00 per couple and $1.50 for a reserved table which will seat ten couples. There will be pink lemonade and red and yellow sheet cakes to match the college and cfass colors and, incidentally, the decorations. The College Quar- tette—Loomis, ‘Geib, Henderson the Tiger Tones (Princeton of course) will sing and there will be slow sweet music by Harry Schwartz’s seven- piece orchestra. The decorations are the most original. ever to hit Bryn Mawr and are a real threat to the Mus- eum of Modern Art. In fact they are so impressive that the Art De- partment is coming down en masse and see Picasso, Matisse, and B. M. creations under Gale Minton’s lead- ership turn the gym into an art collection—conducted tours leaving every hour from the refreshment room. And don’t worry about faux pas; the paintings are label- led—freely. Mobiles and huge sculptured figures will complement the paintings and the whole effect will be colossal. History Department Sponsors Symposium Continued from Page 1 Many alumnae and out of town scholars will be visiting the cam- pus on Saturday for this event. Seating in the Deanery is limited, and preference will be given to Seniors in History, Art, English or Italian literature who are in-| terested. These students are ask- ed as fellow hosts with the His- tory Department to allow visitors to the campus first choice of seats. The Department will be very grate” ful if those students who intend to be present would let Miss Robbins know by Friday, since arrange- ments must be made. Feng Will Discuss Unification in China Continued from Page 1 United States late in 1946, as chief of the water conservation mission of the Chinese Republic, making a study of the TVA in order to draw up similar plans for the Yangtze. While he was on this mission, he officially broke with the Chiang government. This opportunity to hear General Feng is the initial step in a pro- gram designed to bring the pro- grams of the Foreign Policy Asso- oa! to college campuses. to see them. Don’t miss it! Come]: °: - 4 day. Rive Book Room Exhibits Nobel Diploma of Emily Balch many books -on social, economic and religious questions now on dis- play in the Rare Book Room bear witness to her unceasing activity in this direction. At present Hon- orary International President of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Miss Balch has had a long career in the civic field. Delegate to the Internation- al Congress of Women at The Hague in 1915, she was later sent by this group to work in Russia and the Scandinavian countries. On her return to America, Miss Balch became Professor of Politic- al Science at Wellesley College; where she is now a Professor Emeritus. Formerly on the. edi- torial staff of “The Nation,” Miss Balch has written many magazine articles in addition to her numer- ous books. “Women at The Hague,” written with Jane Addams and Alice Ham- ilton, “Public Assistance to the Poor in France,” “Our Slavic Fel- low Citizens,” as well as a book of poems published in ‘1941, are among her works now on display. Also on exhibit is “Occupied Hai- ti, being the report of a commit- tee of six disinterested Americans. representing organizations exclu- sively American, who, having per- *hgonally..studied conditions in Haiti in 1926, favor the restoration of the Independence of the Negro Re- public,” edited by Emily Balch. “IT... could not and cannot ac- cept the use of physical force as in itself the criterion of right or wrong,” wrote Miss Balch in the 1933 Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulle- tin, and this earnest striving to- ward peace is echoed in the most recent item in the display, a letter to the New York Herald Tribune on March 28, 1948. Written by Emily Greene Balch and three oth- er women, this letter on America’s role in the search for world peace ends, ... “Not by competitive armaments, universal military training and war hysteria shall we preserve our country. The cry of the world is for bread and peace and justice, and the nation that answers that cry will save it- self and others.” Engagements Amoret Chapman Bissell ’48 to The Rev. Donald W. Mayberry Joann Cohen ’48 to Mark Melhado Margaret ‘Beirne Waters ’50 to Reginald Peter Rose Price to Lecture On Objective Ref. Mr. H. H. Price, Wickham Pro- fessor of Philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford University, will speak this Thursday evening in the Common Room at 8:30. Mr. Price is currently delivering a series of lectures at Princeton University which are very popular with the Graduate School and the Institute of Advanced Study. The title of Mr. Price’s lecture here will be “The Phenomenology of Objective Reference”, On Wednesday evening, April 21, Dr. Paul H. Shrecker, Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr, will speak on “The Philoso- phy of Civilization”, in the Com- mon Room at 8:30. Movie Stills Stills from the movie “Bryn Mawr” will be on display for the remainder of this week outside the Bookshop. They will cost thirty-five cents each, and can be ordered through Fri- .. Profits will-«go to the Drive. x tHE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five French Groups Offer Credible, Able ‘Voyageur’ unther Frankl Stars ‘As Amnesia Victim; Good Support by Betty-Bright Page °49 Roberts Hall, April 10.— The French Clubs of Bryn Mawr and Haverford gave a noteworthy per- formance of Jean Anouilh’s play, Le Voyageur Sans Bagage, not- withstanding certain drawbacks in respect to authentic French ac- cents. In most cases, however, even these were convincing to the audi- ence. Although Anouilh’s play is not an outstanding drama by any means, the entire cast communi- cated with precision the mood of the corhic-tragic situations reveal- ed in the first four acts and the farce in the last act. At times the actors seemed a bit stiff and ill-at- ease on the stage, but in this pro- duction that &added to rather than detracted from the effect as a whole. The comedy was height- ened if anything by the awkward- ness and mechanical gestures of the players, especially in the first act. Role of Gaston The role of Gaston, the war vet- eran who had amnesia and was searching to find his family again, was played consistently well by Gunther Frankl. Although in the Katharine Cornell and Gertrude Macy Lunch and Give Informal Press Interview Continued from Page 1 Miss Cornell felt equally bitter. Miss Macy laughed and said that Mr. Brown was an especial friend of theirs (had we read what he had to say about Antony and Cleo- patra?) and that Miss Cornell did feel the critics to be generally cap- able, though she has been in con- siderable disagreement with the Times’ Mr. Atkinson this year. However, Miss Cornell agrees with Mr. Ferrer’s statements that the theatre is a hard field to break into. Miss Macy adds candidly that of the 90 per cent unemployed in the theatre, 85 per cent should not be actors at all. She says that an aspirant should try everything else first and then, if she finds she can’t be happy at all perhaps she does belong in the theatre. Kath- arine Cornell’s own success story is something like this. Miss Cornell is completely nat- ural and charming. She seemed to fear only two things: that she might have to make a speech (“J’ll talk to people until my voice gives. out,” she said, “but some- thing closes up inside me when I find I might have to make a/ speech”); and that people’s glances might be riveted to her gold-leafed fingernails. | We found ourselves riveted, indeed, but in a different way: drawn by “Kit” Corneli’s per- sonality, charm and ‘kindness. She gives untiringly of herself to ev- eryone; she is a great lady off—as well as on—stage. Credit Basis for Summer Schools Students contemplating summer school work for which they wish college credit should keep in mind the basis on which transfer credit is granted: 1) the institution must be in the list of approved universities and colleges, as issued by the Associa- tion of American Universities; 2) the courses must be compar- able to work given at Bryn Mawr | College; 3) the courses must not repeat or duplicate work offered for ad- mission or taken at Bryn Mawr College. Hour-for-hour credit will be given for acceptable courses taken 7 Colleges Discuss Admissions, Speakers Continued from Page 1 for Chapel and for Current Affairs Assemblies, since it would widen the range of people found to be able lecturers. The problem of discrimination especially in regard to admissions was discussed at length. It was decided to deal with the problem through the cooperation of the in- dividual colleges with existing or- ganizations such as NSA and SCED. A third item on the agenda was the centralizing of NSA ac- tivities on the campus to prevent duplication of effort and, at the same time, to keep the NSA rep- resentative in touch with all phases of campus activity. A plan with the delegate to the National Con- first act, he appeared slightly blase, | at acceptable institutions; the in-| Vontion as the coordinator of all his performance improved from stitution’s own evaluation of the NSA activities and supported by there on to the end. He was espe-' semester-hour value of its course|‘"¢ Student Council (perhaps at cially good in the last act, when his | reactions were carefully tempered to avoid the melodrama which could $0 easily grip such a tense situa- tion of despair and self-incrimina- tion. The time Gaston slipped back into his old personality of Jacques Renaud in a violent argument with his mother in the third act, he was excellent. Madame Renaud, played by Eliz- abeth Grey, was evidently hindered by her youth. She tended, as did “Valentine,” to drop the ends of her lines. In spite of this, she gave a convincing performance of pain and ‘rage in her third-act scene with Gaston; in fact this scene was one of the two high points of the evening. This act was on the whole the weakest, but it was considerably enlivened by the aforementioned scene and by the pathetic wailings of the maid Juliette, Katherine Thenault. Katherine was com- pletely without inhibitions on the stage, and gave the part of the 30- year-old coquette all the comedy it could possibly contain. When she recounted her past affair with Gas- ton, the ignorance, pride and hu- mor of Juliette dominated the scene. And she made: the second act of the play the most entertain- ing of the evening. Josephine Raskind, as La Duch- esse Dupont-Dufort, was especially good at the beginning of the play; | however, she.seemed tired towards the end and as a result her inter- pretation of the role lagged in the last act. Probably the most diffi- Continued on Page 4 Become an Executive Secretary © Doors will open wide to important positions if fe supplement your college education with Berkeley training. Spe- cial Executive Course : _ combines technical subjects with back- ground courses in Business Admin. Individualized instruction, small classes. Distinguished faculty. Effective lacement service. Write today for Cata- 4 Address Director. 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N.Y. 22 Prospect Street, East Orange, N. J. By mY OF ae Bi 4 ] KA [ / [ ) ( f L¢ ) OL will be taken. No credit will be given for less than one-half unit of work, or four semester hours. To be sure that these three re- quirements are met, the student must consult the Dean concerning the institution and her. plan of summer work, and the ARecorder concerning the hour-for-hour credit. If the courses are in the major—or-allied fields, or are to meet Bryn Mawr requirements, they must be specifically approved in advance by the corresponding department here. Forms called “Approval for transfer credit” are available in the Dean’s Office, and must be filled out in detail and signed by the Dean and the de- partments, and turned in at the Recorder’s Office. It should be noted that courses taken elsewhere which have re- ceived a grade below C will not be accepted for transfer credit. Bryn Mawr occasionally meeting with the Undergrad Council) was favored instead of a separate NSA committee. Relief Drives (Discussion of the policies of va- rious campuses regarding Relief Drives proved that the best results were obtained through one or two concerted drives at the beginning and-end-of-each year rather than numerous smaller drives scattered throughout the year. The financial problems of campus newspapers, literary publications and yearbooks were considered as well as the na- ture and purpose of a college year- book, whether it should be for and written by all classes or only the senior class. The representatives of the Seven Colleges favored a conference of yearbook editors in the fall to discuss their mutual problems. Other topics covered in the dis- Continued on Page 4 poyce lewis Presents BLUE DENIM — Shorts, Pedal Pushers, Slacks, Halters and Middie-Blouses Gane and Snyder Foods of Quality Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr Officers Named By Organizations The following Hall Presidents have been elected for the coming year: Denbigh—Saily Loomis. Merion—Miraed Peake. Pem East—Randy Bell. Pem West—Betsy Swope. Rhoads—Nancy Corkran. Rockefeller—Sue Kelley. 'Non-Res—Betty Abernethy. The Undergraduate Board for 1948-49 includes: Head of Freshman Week—Nan- cy Martin. Furniture stone. Employment Bureau — Franny Putney. Inn Represéntatives—Betty La- nin, Eleanor Michaelsen. Library Committee—Toni Mor- ris. Vocational Commitee—Jane El- lis. The Alliance Board for 1948-49 includes : ‘Publicity—Priscilla Johnson and Pamela Wahl.” Current Events—Jane Ellis. I, R, C.—Ruth Metzger. Industrial Group—Helen Finkel. Secretaries—Margie Shaw and Martha Barber. The League Board for 1948-49 includes: Blind School—Mary Lutley. Summer Camp—Doris Blackman. Haverford Community Center— Dixie Greeley. Maids’ and Porters’ —Betty-Bright Page. (Publicity—Ann McIntyre, Jane McIntyre. Red Cross—Lucy Mahieu. Soda Fountain—Sherry Cowgill, Winnie Sexton (asst.). The Self-Government Associa- tion takes pleasure in announcing the following elections: Senior Member—Ally Lou Hack- ney. First Junior Member — Judy Nicely. Second Junior Benua. Second-—Sophomore Ann Iglehart. The Undergraduate Association takes pleasure in announcing the following elections: Second Junior Member—Louise Earle. Sale—Mary Beetle- Committee Member—Ann Member— ra | : Toynbee’s New Boook Arnold J. Toynbee’s new book, Civilization on Trial, will be on order in the College Bookshop on April 29, official publication date, for $3.50. Linguistics Magazine Mr. Fritz Mezger, Professor of Germanic Philology, has been in- vited to be an editor of the Zeit- schrift fur vergleichende Sprach- forchung. Founded in 1852, this is the leading journal in the field of comparative Indogermanic lin- guistics. Announcements Students are advised to make their meal-time hall announce- ments as short as possible, thus insuring more attention to all an- nouncements. Guild Apprentices The Drama Guild announces the selection of the following girls ag apprentice members: June Moyer 50, Lola Mary Egan ’51, Jane Rol- ler 51, Mary Kay Lackritz ’51, Mary Ausman ’51, Sue Kramer, ’b1, Claireve Grandjouan ’51, An- ita Dittmar ’51, Cynthia Schwartz 51. New Hymnals The Chapel Committee rejoices to announce that the new hymnals with the words you know to the tunes you know are now in usc. We are very grateful to the Trustees for the special appropria- tion which made it possible to get them. Second Sophomore Winnie Sexton. The Athletic Association takes pleasure in announcing the follow- ing elections: Vice-President—Jane Coleman. Secretary—Sally Howells. Junior Member—Sylvia Hayes. 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