‘ Jssue. . emjoyed the THE COLLEGE NEWS VOL. XLIV, NO. 4 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1947 Elizabeth Vining To Discuss Life In Japan Today Drive Comm. Sponsors ~ Lecture. by Tutor Of Crown Prince Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, tu- ter to the Crown Prince of Japan, will talk on “Japan of Today,” at a lecture sponsored by the Phila- delphia Committee of the Bryn Mawr College Fund 1946-. Pro- eeeds of the lecture, to be held in Goodhart Hall, Thursday, October 23, at 8.30 P. M., will benefit the Fund. . Mrs. Vining was appointed to her tutorial duties by the Emperor of Japan in May, 1946. She is now on vacation in this country from her job in the Japanese Peers’ sehool for the children of the Roy- a) Family. Prior to assuming her post as “tutor to Prince Akihito, Mrs. Vin- mg published several children’s books. Under the pen name of Klizabeth_Janet- Grey, she wrote Young Walter Scott and a biogra- phy of William Penn. Her Adam of the Road received the Newberry Award in 1943 and Sandy won the Herald Tribune Spring Pix Prize in 1945. Mrs. Vining was gradu- ated from Bryn Mawr in 1923. Tickets for Mrs. Vining’s lecture are on sale in the Office of Public . Relations, Taylor Hall. All seats are reserved. Title Seeks Talent -For Autumn Issue The Title 1s seeking stories, es- * gays, poems, fiction and non-fiction ‘material for publication in its fall The Board of the Title feels the student body should realize that this is their magazine, their channel for literary expression. By making . appeals to both Freshmen and upperclassmen, the Title hopes to get a wider sub- scription, thus enabling them to , publish a bigger and more repre- sentative issue. The Title urges ‘all writers to send contributions to Sylvia Stallings, Rhoads North, before the deadline, November 12. Undergrad Drive Committee Seeks Quota of $12,000 The Undergraduate Committee for the Drive, headed by Nancy Martin, 49, has set a quota of $12,000 for student contributions during the present year. Last year’s quota, $7,500, was exceeded by $2,792.92, and it is hoped that this year’s quota will also be top- ped. Soliciting of freshmen in the in- dividual halls will begin on Thurs- day, October 23. Although sopho- mores and upperclassmen will not be approached directly, the com- mittee hopes that they will give as much as they are able. The rest of the sum will be made up from benefit performances, of which the Junior Show will be the first. Continued on Page 4 Dramatic Talents Will be Disclosed In 51 Hall Plays In every hall on campus Fresh- men are now rehearsing the plays to be given on October 31, and November 1 in the Cornelius Otis Skinner Workshop in competition for the plaque which is now held by Rockefeller. Denbigh plans to give J. M. Mar- rie’s Shall We Join the Ladies? directed by Barbara Coffee ’48. The Freshman: director has not yet béen chosen. Merion is -working-on-A~Woman and November 2, will be the Rev. of Character by Estelle Aubrey! Leslie Glenn, D. D., of St. John’s Brown.—-Sheila Tatnall ’49, is~-di- recting the cast aided by Claieve Grandjouan ’51. Alice Hornberger ’b1 is the stage manger. Theodore Dreiser’s The Old Rag- picker will be presented by Pem- broke East under the direction of Randy Bell 49. Trudy Donath ’51 and Joan Spayde ’51, are respect- ively Freshman director and stage manager. Pembroke West is giving The Open Window adapted from Saki (H. H. Munroe’s) story by Llew Young, a Haverford student for- merly in Mr.. Thon’s playwriting course. Sandol Stoddard ’48 is di- recting the cast. Land of Heart’s Desire by Yeats Continued on Page 3 Correlated Courses, Bullfights Typify Year ‘Down Mexico Way’ By Barbara Ziegler, ’48 Lindsay Harper, °48, and Ada Klein, ’48, spent last year with the Smith College Junior -Year-in-Mex-- ico. Their enthusiasm for Mexico is boundless. Both seniors are hunting for jobs which will take them back: next year. Lindsay.and Ada spent the first month of their year in Mexico liv- ving with a family in Puebla. They “gonsider this one of their most valuable experiences. Lindsay had six brothers, two sisters and in- . mumerable nieces, nephews and in- laws in her Mexican family, which gave her a good start towards un- derstanding the Mexican people. «a. The group lived in the former French embassy in Mexico City, a ' beautiful two-story house with a . “divine patio,” known as Lerma 76. a day, given by the “best profes- ” and they greatly way in which their eourses were correlated. They atedied the history, literature and The girls ese of classes art of the same period at the same time during the year, which added continuity and interest ‘to all six of their courses. . Lindsay and Ada give glowing details of their field trips. Lind- say rode on horseback to the fa- mous voleano -Paricutin. She de- scribes the thrill she had while standing in the dark only a short distance from a flaming stream of lava, watching hot rocks clang down the side of the great volcano. Ada actually unearthed skele- ons, ceramics and “things” on an archeological expedition. = The group also made visits to many of the beautiful old towns and an- cient ruins for which Mexico is so famous. Lindsay wants it to be known that she did not go to Aca- pulco, the beach resort which at- tracts nearly every tourist, Confining themselves to the more restricted life of the Mexican women was an understandable problem for the “emancipa norteamericanas.” Lindsay reports Continued on Page 3 A. Schlesinger To Speak Here On October 30 Professor Arthur M. Schlesing- er,\Jr., author of The Age of Jackson, will speak on “Patterns of Democratic Change,” for the annual Mallory Whiting Webster Lecture, to be held in Goodhart Hall, Thursday, October 30, at 8.30, Professor Schlesinger’s study of the Jacksonian era, best-seller Pul- itzer Prize winner of 1945, is noted for its historical insight and for its extraordinarily vivid literary style. Since the publication of this book, which was based on his Low- ell Lectures, Professor Schlesing- er has been regarded by many people as the most brilliant of the younger historians. Following his graduation from Harvard, where he was a member of the Society of Fellows, he work- ed in Washington as a free lance writer, publishing articles in such weeklies as Life and Fortune. In this same year Professor Schles- inger held a Guggenheim Fellow- ship and did research on the New Deal for his forthcoming book to be titled The Age of Roosevelt. During the war he worked in the OWI in Washington and then join- Continued on Page 3 Rev. Leslie Glenn Will Lead Chapel In Two Services The speaker at chapel for the next two Sundays, October 26 Church ,in Washington, D. C. Dr. Glenn received both his B. D. and his D. D. degrees from Vir- gtnia Theological Seminary and from 1930 to 1940 was rector of Christ Church in Cambridge, Mass. During the war Dr. Glenn served} as lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserve and was on active duty in the South Pacific. He has now returned to his parish in Washington. Last year Dr. Glenn spoke for three successive Sundays at chapel and proved so tremendously popu- lar that he has been invited back ‘his year. LEAGUE-ALLIANCE DAY Attention all . students! To- morrow is the time to sign up for a. League or Alliance activ- ity. Registration will take place in Taylor from 9-12. and 2-5. Calendar Thursday, October 23 8:30—Elizabeth G. Vining lecture, “Japan Today”, Good- hart Hall. | Friday, October 24 4:00—Hockey, Bryn vs. Swarthmore, here. 8:30—Dress Rehearsal, Jun- ior Show, “Big as Life”, Good- hart Hall. Saturday, October 25 9:00 A. M.—Spanish and Italian examinations for Un- dergraduates and M.A. candi- dates. 8:30—Junior Show, “Big as. Life”, Goodhart Hall. 10:00-1:00—Rockefeller Hall Dance. Sunday, October 26 7:30—Chapel Service con- ducted by the Rev. C. Leslie Glenn, Music Room.’ Monday, October 27 7:15—Current Events, Com- mon Room. Wednesday, October 28 ‘4:00—Hockey, Bryn Mawr vs. Beaver, here. Ut = Mawr Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr CofMege,1945 PRICE 10 CENTS Undergraduate Council Launches Kconomy and Clean-Up Campaign Class of "47 Has Varied Positions: Many Still Study The fruits of a Bryn Mawr de- gree reaped by the class of 1947 should encourage dubious under- graduates. Four years at Bryn Mawr seem to have stimulated rather than blighted the interests of the graduates if the list of those employed is an indication. Some of them have even gone so far as to prove that good jobs can be landed without the aid of “Katy Gibbs” or her colleagues in the secretarial field. A very interesting position is held by Martha MacDonald, a pro- gram manager and script writer forthe World Wide Broadcasting Company in Boston. Nancy Cow- ard is doing equally impressive work. She is helping to:write a history of the last World War for the War Department. An interne with the National Institute of Pub- lic Affairs, Meg Urban seems to have a job™with a future. The class of ’47 is even represented at the U.N., as Ruby Chen is there with the Chinese delegation. Literary, Scientific Work The publishing business Continued on Page 2 has Activities Drive Approaches Goal The thermometer in Taylor, reg- istering the contributions made to the annual Activities Drive, has now reached the $2,000 mark. Denbigh leads among the halls with 100 per cent contributing and Rhoads is runner-up. The $4,000 goal must be reached by Sunday night, when the drive officially ends. The proceeds from the drive will be used to finance the varied char- itable activities sponsored. by. the League. Edythe LaGrande, ’49, chairman of the drive, urges each student’s volunteer support. Hall representatives will receive the contributions. It is hoped that each student will give $7.00. Urge Help of Students — To Halt Needless Expenditures Today marks the opening of a campus-wide Economy and Clean- up Campaign organized by the Undergraduate Council to continue through the year. At a time when costs are rising considerably while residence fees remain unchanged, students are urged to unit® in a concerted effort to cut needless College expenditures for food, elec- tricity, water, heat and property maintenance. The Council empha- sizes that maintenance of college property involves keeping it clean. In formulating its program the Council has worked with President McBride, Miss Howe, Director of Halls; Raymond Buckley, Comp- troller; and Horace Smedley, Col- lege Superintendent. “We feel that the students can be of very real help in eliminating unnecessary ex- pense”, Mr. Buckley states. He reports that the cost for all halls in preparing and serving meals in 1946-47 represented an increase of 6044% over the expend- iture in 1941-42. In the same five- year period, the cost of coal for heating and lighting has risen 55 7/10%. In contrast to these figures Mr. Buckley points out that the College has raised its res- idence fees only once. This was in the beginning of 1945-46 and amounted to an average of $40, or about 15%. Economy Program Sign- out for meals. In order to conserve food the Undergrad Coun- cil asks each student to sign out for the meals from which she in- tends to be absent. When dinners are provided for people who do - not appear it costs the college money. Three days’ notice will save ordering food, while 24 hours’ notice will save actual cooking. Develop a conscience about elec- tricity. This will save on current, coal and light bulb bills. Unnec- essary lights should be turned off in bedrooms, bathrooms, hall lib- raries and especially in the smok- ers. The Council hopes that it will be unnecessary to introduce a proc- tor system. Don’t let tubs overflow. Savings Continued on Page 3 Lucite Reporters Investigate . Wildlife in Creeping Fingers by Emily Townsend ’50 What are “sagebrush knees”? Apparently a painful and enduring ailment; it is only one of the many pertinent problems posed by the forthcoming Junior Show, Big As Life. Aside from this mysterious- ly prevalent disease, and the fam- ous desperado Black Jack, how- ever, there seems to be no draw- backs to life in Creeping Fingers, California. The town is equipped with every- thing necessary for a well-balanced existence: two excellent saloons, The Last Draw, and The Golden | Lily, and a popular concern known as Dima Dance—20 Girls—20. And don’t forget, ladies and gentlemen, the patent-medicine man, who in- cludes in his bargain a little pic- ture “that will show you some- thing you've: always wanted to see.” Obviously, Creeping Fingers is the perfect spot for the Lucite publications to investigate Amer- ican private enterprise, and the Life reporters who are sent to cover the situation can find few faults. with the assignment....And what faults can there be in a town that boasts the largest bottles and most sloping bar in all the liquor- ous West? So “raise the roof on a hundred proof—the weakest take it straight.” A lovely heroine is, of course, an added attraction to any town, even if she does come from Perth Amboy. “She has both pharmaceutical and botanical fame, Gentian Violet is her name.” And to keep the emphasis where it belongs, there is a risque lady, Mellow, who is very mellow in- deed; the kick chorus girls lift their shapely limbs on high, and cry, “Just wait till we put on our pink tights;’” and all in all, as the Juniors insist, “It’s a hot spot, and why not?”, since it’s the show of 49, and all for the benefit of the Fund.