The College News VOL. XLIV; NO. 21 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1950 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1950 PRICE 15 CENTS Red-Haired Marshall Heir Arrives Sunday, April 23rd Morrison Says Land Influenced Soviet Growth Soviet “‘Achilles’ Heel’’ Is Rail Transport Prof. Claims ‘(Music Room, April 24, 8:15 P.M. In the sixth and last of the series of Russian lectures, Dr. John A. Morrison, Chairman of the De- partment of Geography at the University of (Maryland spoke on the “Influence of Geography on Soviet internal and Foreign Policy.” In discussing the foreign policy aspect, Dr. Morrison pointed out and illustrated the fallacy of the popular theory that Russian ex- pansion is to be explained in terms of an “urge to the sea” and the meed of a land-locked country for ‘warm-water (ports. This (fallacy becomes dangerous when it leads to policies allowing Soviet expansion, such as_ the peace conference decision to grant Dairen to Russia. This Manchur- jan (base has given the Communists direct access to (China, and has been instrumental in their success jn their war of aggression. This thesis _is_a-fallacious and danger- ous over-simplification of the prob- lem. Dr. Morrison went on to show that the expansion during the past centuries, to the north, across the Caucasus, to the Indian Ocean, and across Siberia to the Pacific were all’ motivated by interests of ag- gression or trade rather than the need for a warm-water port. A second, geo-political theory which has been accepted uncritical- ly is that Russia’s central posi- tion in Eurasia gives her the best ” strategic location. This has been as much of a liability as an asset, owing to the possibilities of attack ‘from two sides at once, and the vast distances and transportation difficulties. In discussing the internal eco- nomic geography of the Soviet Union, Dr. Morrison demonstrated the problems of a diminishing food supply. This is because of the short growing season, small Continued on Page 5 Victor Reuther To Speak May 9 Victor G. Reuther of the United Auto Workers, C.1.0., will be the speaker at the fifth Alliance As- sembly, to be held on May ninth. Mr. Reuther, thirty-eight years old and a native of Wheeling, West Virginia, has chosen for his topic ‘Labor’s Role in an Industrial and Political Democracy”. A _ noted anti-Communist who comes from a family of labor organizers, Reu- ther is a top policy maker of the UAW, which is in turn a pace- setter among labor unions. Last June, at the time of a fourth round ‘wage increase battle, Reuther was shot from ambush near his home in Detroit as part of a plot against him and his brother Walter, pres- ident of the UAW. \ Colleges To Show Varied Interests At 30 Arts Night The most notable thing about this year’s Arts Night is that there are going to be so many new fea- tures. For one thing, it is going to be held in Goodhart for the first time. It will be on Friday, April 28th at eight o’clock p. m., and there will be a dance in Rhoads Hall following it. In the foyer of Goodhart there will be an exhibit of art and pho- tography work, done in or outside of the art classes. The first item on the program is to be a one-act play by Robert DeP. Brown, en- titled The Changing of the Guard. It is a military play, and Leila Kirpalani will direct it. After that there will be a guitar interlude, at which Bess Foulke, Eula Harmon, and Laura Knipe will play. The portion of the program de- voted to the Bryn Mawr dance club is divided into three parts. The first of these is an interpretation of T. S. Eliot’s Rhapsody on a Windy Hill, with original incidental music by Sperry Lea. The entire dance club will participate in this ,ambitious work, which is for the most part an idea of Eritha Von Der Goltz’s. The second number, ,to be danced by Seta Mahakian ;and Irina Nelidow, is about mar- | ionettes; it will be done to Gounod’s Death of a Marionette. The last dance, by Addie Lou. Wahlert_and Marcelle Wegier, is to be an in- terpretation of Tschaikowski’s Marche Slav. After the intermission, the sec- ond of the one-act plays will be Continued on Page 2 Curriculum Comm. Chooses Officers The newly-elected members of the Curriculum Committee for 1950-51 met recently and chose Barbara Grant as their chairman, with (Marjorie Mullikin as vice- chairman. It was emphasized dur- ing the meeting that the Commit- tee can be useful in clarifying many problems which arise con- cerning the nature of the different courses offered and the work cov- ered in them. Each member has a copy of the Committee’s supple- ment of the college catalogue, which describes the courses more fully, and students are unged to make use of these descriptive out- lines in planning their programs for next year. Members of the committee are: Anthropology, S. Braman, Rock Archaeology, E. Smith, Denbigh Biology, H. Smith, Pem East Chemistry, B. Grant, Denbigh Economics, \D. Putnam, Non-res English, K. Torrence, Rhoads South French, M. Mullikin, Wyndham Geology, (D. McKenney, Rock German, M. Kreis, Denbigh Greek and Latin, S. L. Esterline, Non-res History, F. Wagoner, Non-res History of Art, ’ J. Woodworth, Rhoads North Mathematics, J. Richmond, Pem West Music, L. Biddle, Rhoads North Continued on Page 5 cA Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense Quick Contrasts and Pantomime Make French Club Play Success by Patricia Murray, ’52 The French Club made a good show of (Moliere’s Monsieur de; Pourceaugnac; the audience forgot itself quickly and easily in laugh- ter and excitement. The directors, Mr. Morris and Mr. Guicharaaud, and the actors supplied the re- quirements of the script and the Rhoads Sponsors Springtime Dance No, it’s not true! You don’t have to wake up at the in- considerate hour of 6 A. M. on Monday morning to dance around the proverbial May Pole. You'll feel much more like indulging in th art of Terpsichore from 10 to 1 on Friday night at the Rhoads Hall Dance. Ag you enter the. dining room, you will imagine yourself in a beautiful Springtime dream, complete with May Pole and gay music, supplied by Don McCarger and his four piece band. \As you float in and out of the pastel- shaded ribbons, you’ll wish that Spring would come around more often. Then, when your fancy moves you, refreshments will be generously provided by the springy sprites in charge. ‘Mary Will Boone is chief May Pole dancer, planning this mirth- ful evening, to be held after Arts Night. With the meager toll of $1.20 per pair, everyone should feel the call of Spring this Friday night, April 28th, at Rhoads. CALENDAR Wednesday, April 26 ' Philosophy Club Lecture, Dr. Paul Schrecker, “Descartes To- day,” (Common Room, 8:00 p. m. Friday, April 28 Arts Night, Goodhart, 8:30 p. m. Rhoads p. m. Saturday, April 29 NSA ‘Conference, Goodhart. Sunday, April 30 Evening Chapel, the Rever- end A. Grant Noble, D. D., St. John’s Church, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Music Room, 7:30 p. m. Monday, May 1 MAY DAY. Hall Dance, 10:30 ~needs of the audience by making the piece largely a pantomime. It was a study in quick contrasts, not only of gesture ahd movement, but also of effect and idea; and these contrasts were generally stimulat- ing as well as merely funny. The story of Monsieur de Pour- ceaugnac concerns two lovers, Julie and Eraste, who are foiled in their love by the plans of Julie’s father Oronte. Julie is to marry Pour- eeaugnac, a rich provincial. Sbri- gani, a gentleman of intrigue, in- vents and executes a complex plan by which Pourceaugnac is separ- ated from Julie, and the lovers united. ‘He is aided by Nerine, who also lives by her wits, and Eraste. Pourceaugnac, new to Paris and civilization, is tormented by a greedy medical profession, by ac- cusing wives whom he doesn’t re- call having married, and by sup- posed officers of a capricious Paris law. The piece was a study in con- trasts of movement; further, each player reflected in his movements the character of the person he played, so that characters were contrasted in contrasting move- ments. Both the general situa- tions and the details of the story were told in action. The formal miming which introduced the story was in fact inexpressive by com- parison with that of the play it- self. The contribution which each player made to the whole can only be -uggested ‘by describing flashes of action. In the first tableau, Nerine (Kathy Hanper), with a force and positiveness resulting from the fact that it is to her interest to support the lovers, orates on her disgust with Pour-ceau-gnac and all he connotes. But an instant ier she has shown her stripes: having separated the whispering pair with an exclamation of warn- ing, she reassures them again with a look of pious complacency. After Sbrigani’s entrance, the two com- pliment each other on their feats of profitable intrigue. Sbrigani stands behind Nerine, his pointed, greenish-white face above her round, red one, bending from one side of her to the other with each compliment he turns. Her latest accomplishment has caused the hanging of two men, as he shows Continued 'on Page 4 Marshall, Junior Steals Spotlight From Shakespeare The long-awaited arrival of the heir to the J. Nathaniel Marshall fortune occurred at three o’clock p.m. on Sunday, April 28, at the Women’s Medical Hospital in Phil- adelphia. He weighed six and one- half pounds at birth, and is re- splendent with red hair. Although he is as yet nameless, there have been circulated rumors from re- liable sources to the effect that he will be christened either J. Na- thaniel, Jr. or Nicholas. The child is assured of abundant good for- tune for two reasons: first, be- cause he is the son of such fine parents; and second, because he was born on the same day as Shir- ley Temple and William Shake- speare. Enthusiasm Adds Interest, Effect — To Lessing’s Play by Jane Augustine, ’52 Last Monday night in Roberts Hall, Haverford College, the Ger- man Clubs of Bryn Mawr and Haverford presented Gotthold Les- sing’s Minna yon Barnhelm. The eight members of the cast handled the language very well on the whole. Only two of them were native-born Germans, but the rest spoke with speed and variety of inflection equal to theirs, and seemed only occasionally to be un- easy in a tongue not their own. Roberts’ small stage was for once not crowded with setting and properties to trip up the actors. The austere set with its brown and salmon - colored walls and two white-curtained windows was ap- propriate to Lessing’s play. In- deed whatever fault could be found with this production of Minna von Barnhelm lay not with actors but with the play itself. The charact- ers were therefore necessarily one- dimensional and the action, what precious little there was of it, was If you want to see some ex- cellent Tennis come down to the Bryn Mawr Courts on this Thursday, April 27, at 3 o’clock, and see the exhibition match between Mrs. Margaret Osborn DuPont and Mrs. Vosters, who are both nationally ranked ten- nis players. It ought to be a wonderful match, so don’t miss it. forced and unnatural. If the actors seemed to pace the floor rather more than necessary, it was partly because Prussian officers always pace the floor if they are true to type, and partly because Lessing was not a good enough playwright to figure out what else he could make them do. Tom Forsythe made a good-look- ing Major von Tellheim in a braid. covered red-and-blue uniform. An- neliese Sitarz was a charming Minna, appropriately bewigged and costumed in a greenish-gold gown that matched the set. An- neliese’s German was faultless, Continued on Page 5 Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, April 26, 1950. 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 per- mission of the Editor-in-Chief. 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