Ve College Hews Copyright, Trustees of PRICE 20° CENTS ——— VOL. XLVIII—NO. 13 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1952 Bryn Mawr College, 1951 McBride Outlines Costs and Fees; Students Offer Economy, Devices Gummer ih Audience Shows Lively Interest in Meeting As Ways to Cut Costs Are Discussed . Tuesday night, January 15, Miss McBride discussed the current sit- vation of “Costs and Fees” before ean open meeting. The Board of Directors decided in December that an increase in tuition and resi- dence fees is necessary. What amount this increase will be is to be decided by a meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of the Board of Directors on January 25. The $88,600 deficit may be a slight ov- ereslimaie, Miss McBride stated, because of the difficulty in predict- ing how much the rate return on the college’s endowment invest- ments will be. Last year it was a phenomenal 5.7%. Even if the in- terest rate is more than the nor- mal estimate of 4.5%, rising costs will make up some of the differ- ence. This year will probably end with an increased deficit, but prob- ably not so high as $88,000. The most significant figures on the income list for last year are those of tuition, $399,880.58, resi- dence fees, $499,053.50, and en-| dowment funds, $450;348.59. The largest expenditures are for aca- demic salaries, $442,208.53. The expenditures of 62% for al! sal- aries and 14% for materials and upkeep are unchangeable. An in- creased tuition, estimated at $100- $200, is necessary ‘because of the rise in living costs, which make necessary an increase in all salar- ies, especially academic salaries. Bryn Mawr’s expenditures during the last ten years have risen 60% in comparison with a 20% in- crease in tuition. The residence POETS IN THE FLESH!! Two young English poets, David Gascoyne and W. S. Gra- ham, are coming to Bryn Mawr. Brought to America for a short time by the Poetry Centre in New York, they are reading se- lections from their poetry in a few eastern colleges. Hear them in the Deanery on Thurs- day, January 17, at 5 P.M. (if you wish to read their works, see the desk reserve of the library.) Miss Moore Wins Yale Library Prize Miss Marianne Moore, Bryn Mawr ’0¥, was recently awarded the annual $1000 Bollingen Prize in Poetry of the Yale University Library. The award was made hy W. H. Auden, chairman of the award committee, for Miss Moore’s most recent book, “Collected Poems”, which was published in November. Miss Moore received her Bache- lor of Arts degree from Bryn Mawr in 1909. She was an assist- ant at the New York Public Li- brary foi four years, and then ed- itor of The Dial magazine from 1925 to 1929. She has written six other vol- umes and has won several other awards. costs for students last year were about $149.00 more than the stu- dents paid, continued Miss Mc- Bride. This year, because of ris- ing food costs, the difference will be even greater. If student fees are increased by $100, about $60,000 will be cieared. With this $100 in- crease, not even a 10% increase in salaries would be possible. Miss McBride concluded her remarks by emphasizing that all the charges should not be met in terms of fees, but that small changes will make some difference. Studest discussion followed. It was decided that the present din- ing room service system could not be changed in any satisfactory manrer. Savings on student-sup- plied bed linen and blankets were considered. The saving from re- moval of tablecloths would be Contiued on Page 5, Col. 3 Library's Friends Hear of Pursuits Of Rare Volumes The Friends of the Bryn Mawr Library gathered for their first tea on Monday afternoon in the Dean- ery, and Mrs. Jacques . Vauclain, president of the hundred and eight people dedicated to helping the li- brary, introduced the _ speaker, Miss Caroline Newton. Miss New- ton’s “Random Indiscretions” were confined to some of the experienc- es of book-buying and the pursuit of rare volumes. She had brought with her a volume of Johnson’s Dictionary, and several Severn por- traits and sketches of Keats, in- eluding the deathbed scene. The Juhnson Dictionary was the ultimate result of her parents’ at- tendance at the “last of the great book sales”, that of R. W. Adam, the Johnsonian, in 1926. The one volume edition was put up for auc- tion, and after spirited bidding be- sween her mother and father, on 4pposite sides of the room, Lady Newton got the book, but Mr. Adam insisted upon sending them the much rarer three volume edi- tion, and a letter to Sir Edward that accompanied the volumes was displayed along with a picture of Adam. When the Dictionary was put up for sale for the benefit of victims of Hitler, Miss Newton bid it in, the upshot being that her mother had to pay the $1000 which she had enthusiastically bid! ' Aiso sold at the time was the Melk Gutenberg Bible, now at Yale after the complications of being bbught for $106,000 by Dr. Rose- well, who didn’t have that much money, and came to the Newtons for help. .Miss Newton moved on to the sale of her father’s books in New York when she had promised not to buy anything, even the Severn portrait. A friend bought the por- trait, gave it to her, and withir . Continued on Page 5, Col. 5 Election Changes Appear On Ballot For College Vote Thursday at lunch the College will vote on proposed changes in election procedures. The ballot, which is reprinted below, was pre- pared by the Undergrad Council after ideas and suggestions had peen gathered at the “mass” meet- sng on Monday and the hall meet- ings on Wednesday of last week. A welter of different alternatives as somehow been reduced to five 4uestions arranged under three aeadings. The ballot has been sim- vlified as much as possible, but the -ssues are complex, so please read it carefully and vote intelligently. The first two questions concern the most controversial issue, pref- erential order. Question one sim- ply asks whether the voter is in favoc of preferential listing of candidates in some form or opposed to it in any form. Question Two suggests a compromise first brought up at the Pem West hall meeting, whereby we would retain preferential order as a guide for those who need it but would dimin- ish its importance by stating it only on the reports and not on the ballots. Please choose between the alternatives in question two, even if you are opposed to preferential order. Question three concerns the func- tion of the nominating committee. The voter is asked whether she would like to keep the present sys- -em_ or limit the functions of the class nominating committee to in- erviewing and report writing Continued on Page 5, Col. 2 CALENDAR Thursday, January 17 5:00 p.m. David Gascoyne and W. S. Graham, English poets, will read their poems in the Deanery. Friday, January 18 Last day of lectures in the first semester. Saturday, January 19 9:00 a.m. French conditioned examination. Monday, January 21 Semester examinations begin. Saturday, January 26 . 9:00 a.m. Spanish and Italian conditicned examinations. Saturday, February 2 Semester examinations end. Tuesday, February 5 9:00 a.m. The second semes- ter begins. Wednesday, February 6 7:30 p.m. The Bridge Tourna- ment will begin in the Rumpus Room. Friday, February 8 8:30 p.m. Square Dance in the gymnasium. Saturday, February 9 Maids and Porters Dance in the gymnasium. Monday, February 11 8:30 p.m. Isaiah Berlin, Re- search Fellow at All Souls’ Col- lege and University Lecturer in Phiiosophy at Oxford University, wiil deliver the first Mary Flex- ner Lecture in Goodhart Auditor- ium. His topic will be “The Con- cept of Nature and the Science of Politics” (Helvetius and Holbach). Wednesday, February 13 7:30 p.m. Fencing Meet in the gymnasium. He Explains Military Dr. Gordon A. Craig, Professor of History at Princeton Univer- sity, delivered the Mallory Web- ster Memorial Lecture in History on January 9 in Goodhart Hall at 8:00 p.m. In his lecture, entitled “Military Politics in Prussia and Germany”, Dr. Craig emphasized the fact that history proves the improbability of the Allies being able to restore the German army while, at the same time, fostering in Germany a demucratic state. Only seven years ago we were all pretty well convinced that the new German state would be both democratic and disarmed, he be- gan. “The terms were, indeed, almost synonomous in our minds.’ Today “we still hope for a demo- cratic Germany, but—in view oi the threat from Russia—we have become uncomfortably aware that it would be good to have German forces on our side if war should Cleland Examines Laughter, Listing Lhree Catagories Following his address at chapel on Sunday night, January 13th, the Reverend James T. Cleland, chaplain of Duke University, Dur- nam, N. C., stayed at Bryn Mawr all day Monday, the 14th, to meet anyone who wished to talk to him. The chapel committee held a tea in the Common Room at 4:30 Mon- day afternoon, to which the col- iege was invited to hear Reverend Cleland give “Some Thoughts on Laughter”. Since Bryn Mawr is such an academic institution, said Dr. Cle- land, he would begin his talk by defining laughter according to Webster. He went on to say that laughter is caused by a sense of humor, and for the definition of humor he referred back to Web- ster. Humor is the “disposition that leads one to perceive the ludicrous, the comical, the ridicu- lous, and to express one’s percep- tions so as to make others see or feel the same thing.” Humor is divided into three component parts: 1) a happening, the ac- count of a happening external to self; 2) the perceiving self so dis- posed as to see that happening as a cause for laughter; and 3) the capacity to tell that experience to others so that they think it is funny too. Humor is based on the incon- gruous relation of several “in- harmonious, incompatible circum- stances”. Humor results from the introduction of an abnormal ele- ment into a perfectly usual situ- ation, or conversely from the in- troduction of something normal into an impossible situation. Most humor arises from an ap- preciation of the incongruous. Sometimes this reaches the pro- portions of absurdity in its exag- geration. When this. appreciation is characterized by an intellectual Continued on Page 6, Col: 4 Dr. Gordon A. Craig Delivers M. Webster Memorial Lecture Politics In Germany, Stressing Peoples’ Distrust Of Rearmament come again in Europe.” Tne enthusiasm in the United States for rearmament, Dr. Craig continued, is not matched in Ger- many itself. “We are apt too readily, I believe, to think of the German people as a ‘militaristic’ people. This theory, however, does not accord with actual ex- perience in Germany in the nine- teenth century.” At this time, even in Prussia, there was a deep popular distrust of the army based in part on a perhaps natural dis- like of military service, but even more on the hatred toward the army as an instrument for an a.- thoritarian government. To the middle classes of 1... Prussian state the army was a.. “object of devastation” because 1, it was expensive; 2) it was a bar- vier to their political aspirations. Specifically they desired a con- stitution defining the rights and responsibilities of the individual citizen anid some form of repre- centat.ve govecnment. Since the crown remained opposed to their petitions, they became increasing- ly antagonistic to the force which made royal resistance possible — he Prussian army, “As early as the 1830’s, there- fore, the lines were being drawn for a conflict that was to continue in Prussia, and later in Germany as a whole, until the very recent past.” The significant thing about the in- termittent encounters between th. middle class liberalists and the military establishment is that the army was never definitely beaten, and, therefore, democracy was “always balked.” The first of these encounters took place in 1848 as a result of the revolutionary disturbances which swept over all Europe, with Continued on Page 6, Col. 2 C. O. Skinner Acts Parisian Portraits Two years in preparation, Cor- nelia Otis Skinner’s solo drama, Paris ’90, a distaff portrait of Paris, comes to the Locust Theatre for one week, beginning Monday, January 28, with matinees on Thursday and Saturday. Paris °90 revolves around the colorful women of the Toulouse- Lauirec period. In presenting this new gallery of fabulous characters from a fabulous period, Miss Skin- ner vividly recreates episodes frora the lives of thirteen sharp- ly contrasting Parisiennes, includ- ing three who have been immor- talized .n the posters and draw- ings of Lautrec—Yvette Guilbert, Bertha La Sourde (“Deaf Ber- tha”), and La Goulue. Other femmes include a chic Parisienne, a dowager duchess, and The New Woman, a British miss cycling with her Gallic fiance. Bryn Mawr students may obtain special rates for the production, if they will con‘act the manager of the Locust Theatre. Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, January 16, 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 — 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 Helen Katz, ‘53 Mary Alice Drinkle, ‘53 Judy Thompson, ‘54 EDITORIAL STAFF Emmy Cadwalader, ‘53 Nancy Fuhrer, ‘55 A.A. reporter Margaret Page, ‘55 Joyce Annan, ‘53 Barbara Drysdale, ‘55 Ellen Bell, ‘53 Marcia Joseph, ‘55 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Anne Mazick, ‘55 STAFF PHOTOGRAPH? Judy Leopold, ‘53 BUSINESS MANAGER : Sue Press, ‘53 M. G. Warren, ‘54, Associate Business Manager BUSINESS STAFF Vicky Kraver, ‘54 Julia Heimowitz, ‘55 SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER Barbara Goldman, ‘53 SUBSCRIPTION BOARD Lee Sedgwick, ‘53 Jo Case, ‘54 Bobbie Olsen, ‘54 Suk: 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 For Preferential Listing Preferential listing is an asset to our college: election system. It is very difficult for an individual student to say which one of four candidates whom she does not know is best qualified for a certain job. The ones she knows best are those she has met in her class, her hall, her courses and her extra- curricular activities. Even if she is acquainted with the nom- inees in these capacities, the student seldom knows which nominee would be most competent in a special position. Therefore, some guidance is necessary to help the stu- dent decide. The general capabilities of the candidate, often equal, are revealed by the reports from the nominating com- mittee. The class, however, determines the particular differ- ences that prove which girl is best qualified for the specific position. The opinion of the candidate’s class seems much more valid than the opinion of two or three friends of the voter, especially if the voter does not know the nominee. It is essential to have preferential listing to help students know the candidate as a candidate for a certain office. Alert students will consider the qualification of the nom- inees under any system. Those who do not bother to inquire about the candidates now will vote according to their person- al opinions or the views of a few friends, if the candidates are not preferentially listed. Existing student apathy can not be avoided by abolish- ing the present preferential system of voting. If it is abol- ished, elections by only personal prejudice will result. There are many flaws in the present election system, but until these flaws are corrected, preferential] listing should remain. Against Preferential Listing Listing candidates in preferential order on the ballot is a poor practice because it does not present the candidates fairly to the student body. It gives the class undue weight in the voting procedure. As the system stands now, a class nominating committee presents a slate to the class, which can nominate from the floor. The ballot is narrowed to four candidates by a class quorum. It is this ballot which is presented to the student body with the nominees listed in the order of the class’ pref- erence. _ Often only a few votes determine the position of names on the slate. But yet, these few class votes frequently decide the election since students who do not know the candidates LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter Writer Finds Articulateness Lacking (Editor’s Note: The ideas express- ed in the following letter are those of an individual student, exclusive of her affiliation with the COL- LEGE NEWS, or Counterpoint.) In the January 9 issue of the COLLEGE NEWS is a review of Counterpoint, thorough, full of ex- amples, and with two main points. Mr. Berthoff claims that the mag- azine is “suffering not from a lack ot talent but from a lack of in- verest”’, and that the writing “lacks discipline, solidity, and minimal tougnness”. What he says is fair enouga, but 1 would like to bring to the tore two points that Mr. Berthotf has only touched on, and which seem to me to be the root ot the problem: why is the writing in Counterpoint the way it is? Mr. Berthoff has said: “The sub- ject-matter of the five original poems is recognizable.” Trace this statement to its source and you have in one word, half of the reason for Counterpoint’s failure to satisty — communication, Why should the subject of any piec¢ of writing be only recognizdble? Because the writer is too inter- ested in eloquence and phrasing to be articulate. You cannot be elo- quent before you are articulate. The second point Mr. Berthoff covers in one sentence, which I found submerged in his comment on only one story: “Any writing, especially satire, is difficult when you don’t know that you don’t know what you think of your sub- ject.” This is an example of a true statement in bad phrasing— what I think it means is that stu- dents don’t know enough about their subjects to be genuine, and hence, convincing. You write for Counterpoint because you have something to say, and there is no integrity or vitality in a piece of writing that is solely words, with no genuine feeling behind them. ‘(Now for the problem of the statement of Mr. Berthoff’s criti- cisms. I have no quarrel with the intent, but with his communica- tion. Why, if he feels all that he writes, does he add to the confus- ion by writing in the same man- ner he seeks to correct? And why has he not assumed or pretended that the average reader of his re- view _ stupid that phrases and senterices like “But the other- wise lapidary poem demands this last unblemishing, and the (when badly pronounced) ambiguity is legitimate”; or “makes fine use of the chance she has for montage” Laura Knipe Lightens | Unsolicited Literature NEWS with Comic Cartoon To the Editor: The prize for Life Brightener of the Week goes unquestionably to Laura Knipe, whose cartoon in The News more than offset a pes- simistic review of Counterpoint and a frightening list of subver- sive organizations. More of her work, please; after considering the discouraging side of life, it comes as a great relief to find someone skillfully pointing up the funny side, A Sincerely, Ann Shocket, ’54 Bess Foulke Criticizes Berthoff Review As Unclear To the Editor: I am most interested by Mr. Warner B. Berthoff’s statement, in his review of the Winter Coun- terpoint, that “the work of Miss Forbes and Miss Phipps deserves more serious comment”. Since five paragraphs precede this state- ment, I can only conclude that Mr. Berthoff’s remarks in those para- graph’s were not serious, This seems regrettable, since his fa- cetious comment covers the photo- graphs and three poems. Having laid by a copy of Coun- terpoint, I was able to observe that the reviewer omitted far more than punctuation in his quo- tation from “Beethoven”. He omitted words as well; and I be- lieve it’ is customary, even when saving expense, to indicate word- omissions by dots. Furthermore, it is not. clear to. me why Mr. Berthoff criticizes what he says Miss Forbes did not write, rather than what she did write. Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 are simply beyond understanding. To me, they are beyond under- standing, because a dictionary and an English handbook fail to clari- fy the phrases, the meaning, or the frivolity. As for me, I am stupid, and I do not understand what a “lapidary poem”, “neo- Dada writing’, “pantheistically significant” windows, “minimal toughness”, “a charming scatolog- ism”, and “the Ur Bryn Mawr girl”, are. With a little effort, I can read a dozen things into such generalities, but I refuse to try to do anything except to receive what the writer is trying to com- municate, — and little comes across. I cannot believe that in Continued on Page 6, Col. 1 vote according to the choice of the class. There is not suf- ficient stimulus under the present system to encourage vot- ers to seek out the candidates for questioning or ascertain the opinions of others about them. The reports are stereotyped. Even if a student does take the time to read them, she concludes that all the candidates are equally capable and votes for the class’ choice. If the four final candidates were iisted in alphabetical order on the ballot, it would still be very easy to vote for the top person first and on down the line. It is a proved fact that in elections the first name on the ballot has an advantage. It has been suggested, therefore, that the practice of pre- senting blank ballots to the studeni be adopted. This would encourage finding out about the nominees and make the pro- cess of voting a more difficult one than just writing 1, 2, 3, 4. Under such a system there are two alternatives: a) that the} class narrow the slate to four, but do not list its order of pref- erence; b) that the class’ order of choice be indicated in the reports. The system as it stands is inadequate. Until the present there have been no concrete suggestions for reform. A blank ballot seems to be the best alternative. Surely the four fina’ | candidates are all capable of assuming the position, and a blank ballot would give nominees 2, 3, and 4 a greater chance A blank ballot would also stimulate inquiry and send as ‘sure more intelligent voting. back : Fails to Invalidate Loyalty Oath January 14, 1952 To the Editor of The College News: An arricle in the News last week said that the loyalty oath for gov- ernment employees included 32 statement that they have not re- ceived literature from subversive organizations. This is not our un- derstanding at all. Some agencies now listed as subversive started off life in a perfectly blameless way; and lists of names of all kinds are available to almost anyone. You may be asked if you have ever had such literature but you should be in the clear if you explain that the organization got your name ir some way unknown to you or that you had some connection with it when it was reputable if not pa- triotic. Very sincerely yours, Louise F, H. Crenshaw The Bureau of Recommendations Reader Decries Review for Destructive Criticism Jan. 10, 1952 To the Editors: Before beginning, I want to make it clear that I write this let- ter as a private individual, inde- pendent of my connection with Counterpoint and without its sup- port. _ Even to save expense of quot- ing” it seems scarcely permissible to leave out words and entire phrases in a quotation without at least indicating the deletion by dots or asterisks, as was done in Mr. Berthoff’s review of the Win- ter Counterpoint, with reference to the poem “Beethoven.” Mr. Berthoff says: “There may be a poem hidden in ‘Beethoven.’ Let us cut the deadwood and see.” He then quotes, as an entity, the parts of the poem which he has singled out as essential, neglect- ing to indicate the places where he has amputated. Where dead- wood has been cut, the living trees do not automatically move up next to each other; there are spaces, which in print must be dealt with in a manner immediately obvious to the reader, if a grossly mis leading impression is not to be gained. He continues, “Check your copy for the punctuation; I deliberately omit it to permit an ambiquity or two, notably ‘and deaf creation drags the self.’ This gives the reader (taking the safe assump- tion that he has not a copy of Counterpoint in hand, since it came out over a month ago) the mistaken impression that punctu- ation (a word which, as used here, seems to refer to the original punctuation of the poem itself and not to the punctuation of omis- sion) and punctuation only has been left out. Although he adds, “That is not what Miss Forbes wrote”, it is unclear whether this statement refers to the entire quotation or simply to the phrase he repeats from it. In any case, what Miss Forbes did write is now a matter of extreme ambiguity, “but it,” as Mr. Berthoff has re- arranged it, “seems very promis- ing. She is of course entitled to it.” Leaving the reader confused and very likely repelled by this piece of apparent (since he does not ac- count for its value) jargon, he passes on to the next, having made the fatal mistake—decidedly not unique in this review—of pulling a thing apart without putting it er. The ambiguities which he wishes to point out (pos- siblf with real perception and merit, were he only to develop his Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1952 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Movie Illustrates Hypnotic Effects Tuesday evening, January 8, the Science Club showed a movie in the Common Room on Unconscious Motivation. A companion film on Hypnctic Behavior was also sched- uled to be shown, but a mixup in film resulted in the substitution of a movie entitled The Streamlined Donkey Goes North. Dr. Brown of the Psychology department gave a short intro- ductory talk on the history of hypnotism. An interest in hypno- tism can be traced back as far as the Sixteenth century. In_ its early stages it was frequently as- sociated with the use of magnets. Mesmer, an eighteenth century Viennese physician, found that he cculd cure certain illnesses first by the use of magnets, and later by so-called “animal magnetism” which did away with the actual use of magnets. Mesmer estab- lished a clinic in Paris but was judged to be a charlatan and final- ly exiled to Switzerland. Hypnotism has also been used as an anesthesia, but that use was soon abandoned in favor of chem- ical agents. Today, hypnotism is valuable to the psychologist chief- ly as an experimental technique to study unconscious. motivation. un- der laboratory conditions. The movie Unconscious Motiva- tion was filmed by Dr. Beck of the University of Oregon, with the cooperation of two of his stu- dents. Completely unrehearsed, it showed the boy and girl going into a hypnotic trance. While hypno- tized, they were told of an ex- perience in which the boy was sup- posed to have found some money, used it to buy gum, and concealed his guilt from his mother. When Dr. Beck brought the couple out of the trance, they did not remem- ber what had happened but they both felt nervous and uncomfort- able. Through questioning and and several testsinvolving ink- blots and word association they were able to reconstruct the orig- inal experience and were thereby relieved of their feelings of guilt. After the film, Dr. Brown an- swered questions. Punch and cookies were served. Alumnae To Offer $50 Gerould Prize Undergraduates are at this time reminded that again this spring the Alumnae offer the Katharine Fullerton Gerould Memorial Prize of $50 for an original piece of English Composition, not neces- sarily a-class assignment in writ- ing courses. Student may submit a narrative, short or long, an in- formal essay, a play or some verse. Multiple entries are not excluded, especially if individual entries are very short; but formal essays are excluded since they are in the field covered by the M. Carey Thomas prize. All entries are to be fresh work, completed or especially revised since Commencement 1951, clean copy, typed double space and with- out the author’s name. Entries submitted in former years are not cligible, but the prize is open to all undergraduates. Manuscripts are to be left at the Alumnae Office in the Deanery where each contestant will be giv- en a number to identify her entry. The deadline is 4:00 P. M., Tues- cay, April 8th. The readers this year are Pro- fessor Laurence Stapleton, Miss Cornelia Meigs, 1907, and Eleanor F. Rambo, 1908, Chairman. Inquiries are welcome. Panel Discussion Debates on Oath On Monday evening, January 7, in the Common Room, a student panel discussion on loyalty oaths was held. The panel was debated in conjunction with §S.D.A.’s_ Op- eration Free Thought Week. Speak- ing in favor of the oaths were Judy Waldrop and Kay Sherman, and speaking against were Patsy Price and Barbara Fischer. Patsy Price spoke of the danger of loyalty oaths as a means of forcing convention and orthodoxy upon our thinking. A person ac- cused of disloyalty is often unable to obtain any other job, though he may be completely texonérated. It was also pointéd out that a communist would probably lie as to his affiliations, so that the oaths actually do not accomplish their purported task. Kay Sherman spoke on _ the Government Loyalty Review pro- gram and Judy Waldrop on loyal- ty in relation to academic free- dom. They both pointed out the dangerously insidious methods of the Communists, and the need for protecting young people against such propaganda. It was further said that the government program was a check-up measure necessary in such a critical situation. The views expressed by the speakers were not _ necessarily their own. NSA Participates In World Meetings American students will be rep- resented this month by the U. S. National Student Association (NSA) at two world student con- ferences. The student meetings in Edinburgh, Scotland and Rio de Janiero, Brazil will be attended by officers of the NSA. At the first meeting in Edin- burgh, Jan. 3-8, USNSA president William T. Dentzer, and NSA vice-president of international af- fairs, Avrea Ingram, will urge the establishment of an international secretariat, limited strictly to ad- ministrative implementation and coordination of the activities of national student unions for the ex- change of information and student personnel. Dentzer said that NSA is “es- pecially interested in setting up a body that will coordinate the ac- tivities of the Students Mutual Assistance Program (SMAP).” The SMAP program each year arranges for the sending of stu- dents in technical studies in America and Europe to South ‘East Asia, Africa, and the Middle Hast. The second International Stu- dents conference at Edinburgh will be sponsored by the National Union of Students of Canada and Scotland. The National Student Associa- tion is the official voice of Amer- ican students throughout the world. More than 250 American colleges and universities and 700,- 000 students are members of the NSA. The NSA president and inter- national vice-president will also be present at the meeting of the British National Union of Students at Nottingham, England. They will present the views of Amer- ican students as voted last sum- mer at the fourth National Stu- dent congress in Minn., Minn. A. L. Fabens, Bryn Mawr, 1951, who is now at Somerville College in Oxford, has had a short story published in the “Cherwell”, Michaelmas Term issue. The title of the story is, “A Novel Acquaintance”. French Club Picks Future Production The French Club has announced its selection of the play Andro- maque to be presented on March 25 in the Otis Skinner Workshop. The play by the celebrated 17th century author Racine is an ex- cellent example of classic tragedy. Andromaque’s story is that of a beautiful queen, Hector’s wife, who is prisoner of Hector’s mur- derer Pyrrhus. Pyrrhus, who wants to marry her, is betrothed to Hermione, whose former lover Oreste has just arrived on the scene. From this complicated be- ginning the tragedy develops along familiar classical lines. Ed- ward Morris will direct the pro- duction. Paula Donnelly, newly-elected president of French Club, has an- nounced tryouts held on January 14, 15, and 16. These are open, as are all French Club meetings, to any and all interested students, whether or not they are taking any courses in the French depart- ment, S.D.A. Sets Week For Free Thought : ‘The week of January seventh vo January eleventh was devoted vo a campaign for “Free Thought”, sponsored by the Students for vemocratic Action of Bryn Mawr Loliege. The aim of the Free ‘nought Week, as stated by Alice Hartman, ’54, of S.D.A., was to reawaken and preserve freedom of thought concerning civil liberties. Many people have the same feel- ing which the Students for Demo- cratic Action have, that freedom and individuality of thought, par- ticularly in political affairs, tend to disappear in times of crises such as these. To stimulate the general declin- ing sense of responsibility of thought, the S.D.A. has sponsored several . activities. The first of these, Monday night, January 7, was a panel discussion on Loyalty Oaths, a subject of vital poli- tical importance today, held in the Common Room. Patsy Price, ’54, Judy Waldrop, ’53, Kay Sherman, 64, and Barbara Fischer, ’55, de- bated. Thursday evening, the eleventh, Peter Bachrach, former- ly of the Department of Political Science at Bryn Mawr, (now on leave of absence at Harvard Uni- versity) spoke on the subject, “Is the Classic Justification of Free Expression Valid Under Mod- ern Conditions?”, A discussion period followed Dr. Bachrach’s lecture. The third activity, sponsored jointly by the Students for Demo- cratic Action and the Bryn Mawr Alliance for Political Affairs, was to have the Alliance Hall Repre- sentatives give each girl in her hall a list of her senators and also her representatives, if possible. The object of this is to facilitate writ- ing letters to senators, giving them the students’ point of view, particularly in matters which con- cern us as directly as do Loyalty Oaths. As a further incentive, the Alliance will furnish stamps, gratis, to anyone who takes the trouble to write to her congress- man. Alliance Promotes Student Activities Have you received a slip of ‘paper with your Congressman’s name? Write to him whenever you wish to express yourself on a congressional bill. , Congressmen must consider their electorate’s opinion when they vote, and your letters will influence them. Give your letters to your hall Alliance representative; she will see that your letters are stamped and Bachrach Discusses Free Speech In Adjunct With SDA Campaign Is the Classical Justification of Free Expression Valid under Mod- ern Conditions? This is the title of the speech and the primary question which Mr, Peter Bach- rach offered for consideration in his lecture in connection with the S.D.A. and its campaign, Opera- tion Free Thought, in the Com- mon Room on Thursday evening. At the onset Mr. Bachrach cited the case of the Supreme Court’: upholding of Communist leaders under the Smith Act for conspi: ing to teach and advocate thr overthrow”of the United State Government by force. There wa agreement that mere advocacy o overthrow does not contradic: ¢’ first amendment and “can only b squared with the requirements o. this amendment when a clear anc Flexner Lectures To Begin Feb. 11 The Mary Flexner Lectures foi 1952 are to be given by Isaia Berlin, Research Fellow at Ai. Souls’ College and University Lec turer in Philosophy at Oxfor. University. His topic will be Pr litical Ideas in the Romantic Age, 1760-1830. There will be six lectures on Monday evenings from February 11th to March 17th. The _ sched- ule is as follows: 1. February 11th The Concept of Nature and the Science of Politics (Helvetius and Holbach) II. February 18th Political Liberty and the Ethical Imperative (Kant and _ Rous- seau) III. February 25th Liberalism and the Romantic Movement (Fichte and J. 38. Mill) IV. March 3rd Individual Freedom and _ the March of History (Herder and Hegel) V. March 10th The Organization of Society and the Golden Age (St. Simon and his successors) VI. March 17th The Counter-Revolution (Mais- tre and Gorres) present danger existed.” In. ex- pressing the view of the tradi- ‘tional “clear and present danger” doctrine, Mr. Bachrach reviewed Brandeis’ belief that “unless danger is very imminent, any ad- vocacy of law _ breaking only heightens it.” A second test, one of balance, was defined by Judge Hand as a test weighing the evil of the sup- pression of free speech against the gravity and probability of its occurrance. Under such a policy, free speeca would be safeguarded unless specific circumstances wureacenea, Mr. Bachrach dis- agrees and believes this Handian viewpoint challenges the funda- mental and traditional concept that “truth awaits to be discover- ed by full and free discussion”. Botn Justices Black and Douglas uphold this philosophy, which had its roots in Locke, Jefferson, Holmes and Mill. But the dom- Nant view is still Handian. Why wait for the truth to be discussed when powerful conspiracy may be active in a country in our presen sndustrial and financial straits. Mr. Bachrach called upon the iiberal to examine his preconcep- vions on the issue and consider che evidence against a Mill- | Holmes philosophy. Two points were presented for examination: “whether truth can be revealed by full and free discussion of op- posing ideas; and is the common man sufficiently rational to recog- nize truth among competing ideas in the market place?” McCarthy and his cohorts re- ject the first proposition on the premise that the truth is known and they have a corner on it. Mr. ; Bachrach pointed out that it is | here that any deviation from ja..y line is considered disloyalty ‘and he agreed that the position | was logical, for if one has faith -n_a_ premise, that faith is ex- pressed in laws confiscating any opposition. Therefore, in permit- ting opposition to free speech, the power of speech is weakened Here again Mr. Bachrach agreed with Justice Holmes that the best truth is that which can survive free speech and competition in the market. The Justices who ques- Continued on Page 4, Col. 2 NOTICE COUNTERPOINT takes great pleasure in announcing the fol- lowing elections: DIANA FORBES, Editor-in-Chief; BOBBYANN ROESEN, Business Editor. Former associates who have moved up to the Editorial Staff are HELEN KATZ and NAOMI ELLEN- BOGEN. Former Business Editor, VIRGINIA HOLBECK, has join- ed the staff again. Remaining members of the Staff are LEATRICE HOARD, LUCY TURNBULL, and ANNE PHIPPS. Associates will be determined by tryouts and elected before the first meeting for the spring issue. Tryouts are due by Wednes- day, March 5, and are divided into three parts: 1) Two or three samples of recent creative writing. 2) A criticism of the Winter Counterpoint. 3) Three or more suggestions for improving Counterp in To each separate article attach an envelope containing name clas and campus address. The deadline for regular contributions is Wednesday, Mar-h 1] The Counterpoint box is underneath the hall announcement { in Taylor. Counterpoint now comes out only twice a year, wintei “ spring. Under the present system, the same board handles the spring issue of one year and the winter issue of the next. Ths means that seniors who are former or present members are avail able to help a partially inexperienced board when needed. It also means that Counterpoint loses Staff members when they graduate. Associates will be elected in the fall to replace them. Counterpoint needs original, unselfconscious and coherent writ- ing. It is your magazine, not to complain about idly, but to improve. It never will improve until those who can write, do write. If you want a better magazine, write it. And don’t limit yourselves to stories and poems, if you feel they are not your metier. Counterpoint needs crit- ical writing, essays, reviews. t is time for hidden talent to come out from under that bushel and write. Write about what you know. This does not require, to take a violent example, that in order to write about a murderer you must be one; but it does require that you have experienced the feeling which prompted the act. Writing fails when the author is on the outside looking in. He must, in some way, be a part of what he is saying. mailed. Diana Forbes i Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, January 16, 1952 Counterpoint Judgment Lacks in Real Appraisal Continued from Page 2 Since I have no fault to find with what the critic himself calls his “doctrinal - quibbling”’, and since I agree with him that Miss Wei’s translations are “the best verse in the issue’, I turn to his paragraph on “The Star”. Here Mr. Berthoff leaps to a conclusion for' which I am unable to see any basis. He says “... the end (is) unwisely entrusted to two small! boys...” Nowhere in the Coun- terpoint text is the age of these’ boys stated; but it.is implied by: the words they speak — words which the reviewer, groundlessly assuming the boys to be “small”, says are “unwisely entrusted” to them. Here again I fear that Mr. Berthoff is criticizing what Miss Forbes did not write. The paragraph on “Lightly Turns” opens with a_ sentence which led me to hope at last the review was becoming construc- tive. It reads “‘Lightly Turned’ sets aside the most difficult tech- nical problem and is consequently the best piece so far”, But the critic—who_ incidentally appears to be uncertain of the title of the piece he is reviewing — does not continue. He does not tell us what he considers the “most difficult technical problem” to be, so that we too may set it aside as Miss Holbeck has done; nor does he explain how she succeeded in do- ing so. All in all, I feel that Mr. Bert- hoff’s review of the Winter Coun- terpoint ended where it should have begun; for I think a review- er is shirking his job whose only idea of constructive and clarifying criticism is the statement that “ .,. unless Counterpoint’s editors understand the kind of difference, we may as well abandon hope whenever again we enter here”. Evidently they do not; and I do not think that Mr. Berthoff’s re- view will help them. Sincerely, Elizabeth George Foulke, ’52 Bachrach Asserts Positive Progressive Program Will Form Greater Civil Continued from Page 3 tion free speech certainly have not adopted the McCarthy-Soviet posi- tion, but are simply rejecting a fundamental tenet of liberalism under present conditions. -Mr. Bachrach’s point is that on the basis of the forementioned prin- ciples, all unorthodox thoughts be- come suspect as reflected in gov- ernment purges and loyalty oaths. In consideration of the second point, man’s irrationality, Mr. Bachrach questions whether the average man gives any considera- tion to complex policies and is- sues of the day. He also suggests vhat man’s rationalization may re- flect his class interest; but social scientists say that individuals are poor judges of their own interest, and, for example, join a political party “to relieve their own dis- orders by irrelevant palliatives.” But whether man can settle his problems intelligently or not, what use is there in seeking truth by discussion if one charge by a pro- fessional informer can ruina man? If the men who talk in the market place decide to favor policies un- favorable to the government and they are accused of irrationality, | - it is then unconstitutional to re- strict free speech if the people wish it. Mr. Bachrach’s point was that there should not be both free speech in the market and uncon- stitutional declarations of free speech restrictions simultaneously. Mr. Bachrach feels that the lib- eralists should realize the irra- tional force in man and make their objective “to utilize this knowledge of the irrational in an effort to broaden the area of ra- tionality in society.” For example, if the people fall into hysteria it can best be combatted by destroy- ing its roots and not by simply using “rational argument against its manifestations.” The cause for such hysteria Mr. Bachrach be- lieves to be fear of social change on the part of the upper classes. ona —— merchandising, advertising, teaching. experience — with pay —in top Bachelor’s degree candidates and NEW YORK RETAILING needs college-trained young people like YOU as FUTURE EXECUTIVES Retailing is a dynamic profession. bilities as there are personal aptitudes: fashion, One-year graduate program leading to Master’s degree combines practical instruction, market contacts, and supervised work REQUEST BULLETIN W-5 SCHOOL OF RETAILING 100 Washington Square It offers as many career possi- interesting positions in management, personnel, or New York stores. 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Mr. Bachrach agrees with Archibald MacLeish, that this hysterical fear, the ob- session of Communism, can best be alleviated by American acquisi- tion of an affirmative rather than a negative, completely defensive objective. What the liberalists should do is effect a positive program of eco- nomic and social progress which will undermine our “fear neu- rosis.” Mr. Bachrach stressed that armament was certainly neces- sary, but not to the subordination of greater freedom and civil lib- erties here at home. a AT THE GATEWAY TO TIMES SQUARE 600 cheerful rooms, private baths— radio & television Adjacent garage Air-conditioned Dining Room & Cocktail Lounge Moderate rates BANQUET AND MEETING FACILITIES LESLIE PAUL Managing Director HoTeL EMPIRE BIG Ya PRICE SALE at JOYCE LEWIS | | + || Complete New ‘Selection = ——— wearers: | Don’t Delay— | Get Your | VALENTINES Today | ——— | Get Your Copy of “NORTH WITH THE SPRING” Edwin Way Teale or “MY THEATER” Andre Gide at Country Book Shop Bryn Mawr | at | RICHARD STOCKTON | BRYN MAWR MISS NOIROT “Gowns of Distinction” Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr | + ) -——RUROPE— OH omge rn OEOO EL GRECO RESTAURANT Bryn Mawr Confectionery 810 LANCASTER AVE. 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If you’re digging a b ; well or boning up for exams— usiness keep fresh for the job. “Coke” is a registered trade-mark. to be digging a well just this 18 mastering you. Mostellaria Have a Coke. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY oe THE PHILADELPHIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY © 1951, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY * Wednesday, January 16, 1952. THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Counterpoint Review Stirs Writer’s Comment Continued from Page 2 point) would not suffer from the indication of deletions which 1 have suggested, while the poem—~ that of the authors’ intention, at least,—suffers seriously without it. I have chosen to examine Mr.|} Berthoff’s criticism of “Beethov- en” because, to me, it is a flagrant example of the type of criticism which can be most harmtul to a college magazine, and because I am better qualified to discuss my own work than to discuss that of Uuuers sn Wae Winter Counterpoint. aliuerehy IM Criticism are Clarity, anu oObjecvlvity. ‘100 a.eyueluly this review tails to luiccy vue requirements. 1 exempli- 4y my point im the criticism of ~peevunoven.” Mr, Berthott men- ions “aeadwood” but is never spe- ciuc enough to explain why he cuusiders 1t $0; he Goes not tell us What 10 18 that he 1s attacking (clar- luy). anstead, raising the hatchet uarkly, he suddenly becomes cre- avtlve and carves out a little poem oc his own. ‘This might be in- structive were he to enlighten us on its merits and draw a valid comparison to the original effort. As 1t 18, he takes the reader on an excursion which, in its present context, is vague and pointless (coherence and objectivity). Cumereuce, Supercilious Tone Another fault of this sort ot criticism lies in its tone, which is too often pompous, condescending, supercilious or silly; in any case, renecting lack of respect for the only creative magazine on campus, the magazine which, whatever its faults (some of which are indubi- ably retiections of conditions be- yond our control or even our ap- prehension), is the vehicle of ex- pression here for everyone who nas the desire to transmit some- thing of himself onto paper. It is the business of the reviewer of sucn a magazine, which can im- prove only through wider reader and contributor interest, to be nonest, but to be constructive as well, It is easy to damn (“... its vwuoughts are fatally satisfied . .. ana its readers ... are liable unemseives not to give a hoot.”), put it is the harder and better part, even while exposing the de- iects, to point out, equally spe- cifically, the existent and poten- tial good. If one compares this is- sue of Counterpoint with the two immediately preceding, one may conclude that the authors of the most recent issue are (with certain exceptions) striving for a less ab- struse, less cluttered, and simpler quality of expression. Perhaps new faults have developed in the attempt to get rid of the old. But this very attempt is a proof of that interest, the lack of which Mr. Berthoff decries: an “interest in the work of writing.” At the moment, this interest in the work of writing may be mere- ly latent, It is certain that it needs encouragement and motiva- tion, neither of which is likely to be found in a review which ranges from the general to the picayune but never truly finds the heart of the matter or seizes on the in- dividual composition as a whole. It takes no extra space to do a proper job, if space is an object; it simply requires organization, which is another name for per- spective. I do not imply that Counterpoint stands or falls on the nature of the review. But I hold that the review, at its best, no matter what it has to say, can be one source of support and in- spiration to the magazine. Coun- terpoint needs more constructive reviews. _ Sincerely, Diana Forbes, ’54 ENGAGEMENTS Miss Deborah S. Austin, to Mr. Richard G. Bozorth. Lynne Antoinette Leach, ’53, to Edward Windell. Constance Logan, ’52, to David Eaton, Jr. All Balloting Requires Attention, Consideration Continued from Page 1 alone. If the class committee’s functions were limited, the reports would be read to a joint meeting of the three class nominating com- mittees who would vote together on the slates to be presented to the classes. This suggestion was brought up at severai hall meet- ings anc is an attempt to mini- mize the strong influence of the class on the nominations. Questions four and five are self- | expianatory. The voter is asked whether she thinks the first Jun-' .or and Sophomore members to Undergrad should be college-elect-| ed as at present or should be class-elected. There was strong -eeling in some of the hall meet: | .ngs that the number of college zlections should be cut, but these -wo elections were the only ones which any substantial group of yeople thought could be eliminated. | Tne hall meetings produced a great number of suggestions for smproving the elections which do aot appear on the ballot becaust -hey do not require any constitu uonal change. No matter how th voting turns out on Thursday the .ollowing improvements, among sthers, will be undertaken: an ei .ort wili be made to make the re yorts mvre objective, more than. .our people will be interviewed 1. aecessary, blank ballots will prob: wbly be used,*ra tea will be held tc ntroduce the candidates and pub. ucity will be improved. Other sug gestions are still welcome. No constitutional changes can bi nadé without the consent of two hirds of the entire college, so ev ry vote on Thursday is impor. int. Think about the issues, every ody, try to vote intelligently, bu. whatever you do, please vote. BALLOT ON ELECTION PROCEDURE Read this ballot carefully! once under every question. PREFERENTIAL ORDER 1. [] I am in favor of class pref- erential listing of candidates in some form. { ] I am opposed to class pref- erential listing of candidates in any form. 2. If preferential order is retained: { ] I am in favor of class pref- erential listing of candidates on the ballots. {[] I am in favor of stating class preferential listing of candidates the reports, but using blank ballots. NOMINATING COMMITTEE 3. [J] I am in favor of the pres- ent functions of the class nominating committee; i.e., drawing up reports and nar- rowing the slate to be pre- sented to the class. I am in favor of limiting the function of the class nominating committee to the drawing up of reports and having the three-class nom- inating committees together narrow the slate to be pre- sented to the class. POSSIBLE REDUCTIONS IN THE NUMBER OF ALL-COLLEGE ELECTIONS 4. [] I am in favor of the pres- ent system whereby the First Junior Member to Un- grad (who runs the Under- grad dances) is_ college- elected. I am in favor of having the First Junior Member to Undergrad elected by her class. 5. [] I am in favg@ of the pres- ent system whereby the First Sophomore member to Undergrad is college-elected. I am in favor of having the first Sophomore member to Undergrad elected by her Vote [] CJ LJ class. sy Liven Up Your Wardrobe with Some New SPRING PRINTS from MARTIE’S Open Meeting Produces Suggestions for Saving Continued from Page 1 about $2.000 per year. If the hall manager could know by Thursday all the students who are leaving college for a weekend, $3,000 would be saved. With a shitt in our private electricity system to a gen- eral system, rates would be lower- ed, but the cost of the change would counterbalance the immedi- ate saving. Miss McBride closed the meeting stating that the problem of ‘Costs and Fees” is both a long-term and a short-term one. There is no cri- sis of bankruptcy at present, but acticn must be taken immediately to decrease the deficit and increase professorial salaries, to make Continued on Page 6, Col. 5 SPORTS by Emmy Cadwalader ’53. The Fencing Varsity sent fow entries to the Amateur Fencer’s League of America last Wednes- day, January 9. The Bryn Maw. grovp consisted of Maggie Glenn Lillian Smith, Caroline Morgan and Joyce Greer (captain). The other cojleges also competing werc the University of Pennsylvania Tyler Art School, and the York W.M.C.A. Bryn Mawr should be very prow of her fencers, because they did a beautiful job at their first meet of the season. Maggie Glenn and Caroline Morgan both qualified for the fina!s, and the grand triumph of the evening was when Caroline Morgan placed first for the whole meet. With this good start it looks very much as if the coming season will be a promising one. Woodward Book Given At Library Friends Tea Continued from Page 1 teen months, the entire Severn lection of her father had been returned, with the climactic acqui- .uon ot the last by her own ef- orts. At tea after the “Indiscretions”, he audience examined the Dictien- ary and pictures, and in the midst of it all ,the gift of a translation of The Divine Comedy was an- anounced. This hook, given by Mrs. Woodward, had belonged to Quita, and was the Nonesuch Press editiun with illustrations from Botticelli. It. will be in the Quita Woodward Memorial Room, and the rest of the gifts of the Friends of the Library will be on display in the Rare Book Room. RISEN Se millions of smokers agree: There’s but one true test of cigarette It’s the sensible test . . . the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, which simply asks you to try Camels as your steady smoke, on a day-after-day, pack-after-pack basis. No snap judgments! Once you’ve tried Camels for 30 days in your “T-Zone” (T for Throat, T for Taste), you’ll see why... Bryn Mawr + He's far too sophisticated to be amused by slap-stick comedy! From the minute the curtain went up, he knew that you just can’t judge cigarette mildness by one fast puff or a single, swift sniff. Those capers may fool a frosh — but he’s been around and he knows! From coast-to-coast, mildness! | After all the Mildness Tests... Camel leads all other brands Sy Si//rons en eect en neal Page Six TH E COLLEGE. NEWS Wednesday, January 16, 1952 Student Sees Sincerity, Directness, Necessary Continued from Page 2 criticizing a style in the same style (which I cannot accept as the trend on my generation of critics and creative writers), that there should be a loss of articu- lateness or objectivity. If the stu- dents need to write in a better way, tell them simply: “Write about what you understand, and consider the vatue of the individ- ual word; consider, too, that sim- plicity, honesty, directness, and carefulness have never been con- sidered sins.” But to criticize vague writing in brilliant, uncom- municative, tongue-in-cheek word inations is destructive. Coun- point: does not put out a light of light, “soft”, “foggy”, r “satisfied”, and as for the abus- ed “extracurricular muse”, who is “not a spittoon for unmarket- able distillations”, might it not be more powerful for, and less dis- concerting to the points he should stress, to say that there is an in- tellectual laziness current which fosters inarticulatenéss, and re- fuses to be thorough? Sincerely, Helen Katz, ’53 Militarists Frustrate Germany’s Democratic Progress During Recent Continued from Page 1 the effect that the king gave the people limited suffrage and a na- tional parliament whose lower house exercised control over the budget. The move satisfied neither the liberals nor the army. The minimal demands of the former had been that the army be requir- ed to take an oath to defend the constitution and be bound by its provisions. When in 1850 the con- stitution was revised, it was stat- ed that the oath would not take place. The army was lifted above the law of the land, a position which it maintained. A great constitutional crisis-oc- curred in 1860-1866, Dr. Craig continued, in which middle class liberalism staged its last real at- temps to control the military. It was completely defeated, and the army made its 1850 autonomous position secure. When in 1870. Austria unified Germany the army maintained its Prussian position. After 1871 it forgot its primary allegiance was to the state and became an inde- pendent political factor, especial ly active in forming foreign pol- icy. World War I intensified the divorce of diplomatic and military relations. In 1918 the Weimar Republic Century of History tried to make the army an “agency of the people”, but was dependent on it for defense against the Communists and Na- tional Socialists. In the long run, the army again became a_ body separated from the people. In 1930-33, the critical period of the Weimar Republic, the army was a great factor in determining po- litical policy. The National Social- ists realized that to dominate the state they would first have to gain the army’s backing. In Jan- uary, 1933, Hitler’s rise to power was tacitly supported by the mil- itary. Within five years he had -completely subordinated the army to his own control. For more than a century the military retained an autonomous position, “frustrating Germany’s progress towards democracy.” Its reactionary position was firmly against the social and economic reforms required to make Ger- many a peaceful, democratic state. Open Meeting Produces Suggestions for Saving Continued from Page 5 teaching at Bryn Mawr attractive to qualified instructors. There must be no loss in the integrity of instruction which students receive. Cleland Analyzes Three Catagories of Laughter Continued from Page 1 quality, humor reaches the realm of wit. The difficulty arises with the necessity of relating the situa- tion to others so that it is still funny. “Now, that’s the rub,” he said. Two things are neces- sary: first, a very good memory, and second, “a certain grasp of the principles. of public speaking.” He needs a keen appreciation of the human situation, an instinct for selection of stories suitable to his audience, Laughter comes under three headings, cruel, objective, or sym- pathetic. Cruel laughter is char- acterized by sarcasm, which comes from the Greek sarkazein, mean- ing “to tear flesh like dogs.” Objective laughter is aimed not at. people but ideas, the ideas which people have of themselves. This may go in two directions, either from wit to satire to ridi- cule to reform, or from amuse- ment to tolerance, the quiet ac- ceptance of the incongruities of life because life is congruous. Sympathetic has described it as “the kindly |; contemplation of the incongru- ities of life. Laughing sympa- thetically, a man laughs with, not laughter contains} resound love and understanding. Leacock |! Bard’s Eye View by Sheila Atkinson, ’53, and Claire Robinson, ’54 Mother dear; to you I write With fear and trepidation, Because from you I ask a very Special dispensation. When I come home from B.M.C. Let. me sleep late, I pray you Don’t say to me, “My child — you’re thin I must have Daddy weigh you!” Don’t scream, “The ercles ’round your eyes Are horrible—I’m seething!” Oh Ma—be glad exams are past, And I’m still here—and breathing! at, his fellow. Reverend Cleland closed by reading a quotation from Niebuhr: “Humor is a fact, a prelude to faith, and laughter is the begin- ning of prayer. Laughter must be heard in the outer courts of re- ligion; and the echoes of it should in the sanctuary; but there is no laughter in the holy ‘of holies. 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