Ve College VOL. XLIV, NO. 22 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1950. Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1950 arriet Smith Receives Hinchman for Work PRICE 15 CENTS in Biology Janschka Displays True Genius At Showing of Contemporary Art by Jane Augustine, 52 The Carlen Gallery in Philadel- ‘phia is now exhibiting for the first time in America the work of Fritz Janschka, the Viennese artist whom the Catherwoods have brought to Bryn Mawr to work and teach. Forty drawings and paintings are mow on display; some are water- colors, some are done in ink, a few are in pencil. It is difficult to judge any way but subjectively, and for that reason some would think them more beautiful than others would. ‘But it seems impossible that any- one could think they are not beau- ‘tiful — and to achieve beauty is the artist’s foremost goal. These pictures show infinite as- pects of the artist’s conscious and subconscious mind. They reveal thoughts much too elusive for words — and that also hinders objective criticism. Underlying the great variety of subject matter -and treatment are a few charac- teristics which distinguish __ Mr. Janschka’s work from that of other artists. All of the pictures con- ttain much detail and many fine lines. Yet none of these fine lines js meaningless, any more than a fine strand of steel wire is mean- ingless to a bridge cable. The ‘watercolors are characterized by a nebulous juxtaposition of color- splotches — in the background usually, but not always — on which minutely drawn objects are super- imposed. An underwater theme runs through both subject and treatment of several watercolors, and can be detected in the treat- ‘ment alone of some scenes which are not undersea. It is the quality of an oceah-bottom, or a magic garden. Many pictures contain groups of tiny faces all bearing different expressions, viewed from different angles, and placed in dif- ferent positions. The artist seems to see faces in inanimate objects, or to conjure them out of blank plane surfaces and thin air. One watercolor From My Gar- den is very simply constructed. From a distance one has an im- pression of seven parallel strands of blurred blue. Up close one sees that there are many shades of blue ranging from royal through Prus- sian blue to green or grey. One sees flowers with faces drawn by a single-hair brush dipped in pur ple and maroon. The feeling is one of finding the overlooked beauties of small things — like seeing a butterfly’s wing clarified by a microscope. The water color Dance, Athletes Receive Awards on May 3 This Wednesday, May 3, the Athletic Association of Bryn Mawr will hold the annual Award Night. There will be a general review of all sports events of the past year, the presentation of point awards, and later there will be refresh- ments. Everyone in the college, ‘professors as well as students, is cordially invited, whether they are athletic or just have friends who are. So don’t forget Awards Night, May 8 at 8:30 o’clock in the Common Room. ;lent by Mr. Politzer, is similar, but in it the parallel strands are. black, detailed in white. The top foreground is black; behind and below there is the sooty-yellow and green of undersea light, through which fat fish swim in one direction. In People Courtesying, black and purple definitely-shaped strands against a sunset back- ground have the effect of a shadow play. % Several paintings are nothing more than a closely-packed group of faces showing every possible expression. One of these is Fish and Mussels, with black and white ‘detail on deep pink paper; another with a lavendar background is From the Sea, lent by the Charles Chaplins. The two paintings The Animal Kingdem Discusses War andA Living Mountain tell a story — in them the faces are grouped less closely. In the former, intelli- gent-looking beasts, red-brown and tawny, stand up before a yellow sky filled with tiny fuschia and peacock-blue rocket toys remini- scent of certain so-called comic strips. In A Living Mountain, reds and pink-browns again predomin- ate in a group that suggests so- ciety in general — a few outstand- ing individuals at the top, and a great many crowded underneath. Two miniscule purple figures in Continued on Page 2 Schrecker Traces “Descartes Today” Dr. Paul Schrecker, who has just been appointed full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke last Wednes- day evening in the Common Room on “Descartes Today.” Descartes died only several days over three hundred years ago. Dr. Schrecker began his talk with an explanation of the detail in a Picard engraving that symbol- ized Descartes’ influence on his own age. Descartes is represented in the center, led toward Truth, and surrounded by Father Time, a large university building “not unlike Taylor Hall,” and other al- legorical figures. The work was meant to represent the penetration of Cartesian thought into all the arts and sciences. The reason for the success of Descartes’ over- throw of established methodology was that he furnished the first new reasoning along with the fruit, analytic geometry, of his Discours de la Methode. Then Dr. Schrecker traced the progress Car- tesian reasoning had made from its inception in 1687, past the inter- diction of Louis XIV against its being taught in French universi- ties, past the trend of conformity to such accepted ancient authori- ties as Aquinas and Euclid, and up to its eventual counterpart in polit- ical, as well as intellectual, revo- lutions. It was Richelieu who said that the French Revolution began with Descartes. — For Descartes it was the “free- dom, or rather, the duty of all to doubt” anything founded on author- ity. The political repercussions of this were immense. The unsubstan- Continued on Page 2 Hinchman Winner, Harriet E. Smith Harriet Smith, Hinchman Winner, Plans To Do Honors in Biology The Charles S. Hinchman Mem- orial Scholarship, awarded annual- ly to a member of the junior class for work of special excellence in her major subject, this year was received by Harriet Elaine Smith. Harriet comes from Forest Hills, New York, where she was prepared by the Forest Hills High School. In her Freshman year she was awarded the Class of 1902 Scholar- ship for the year 1948-49, and this year she is the James E. Rhoads Memorial Junior Scholar. This award is given to the student in the sophomore class who has the highest general average. In addition to the Hinchman, this. year Harriet received the Maria L. Eastman Brooke Hall Mr. J. Henry Scattergood will speak on the finances of the Col- lege at the next morning assem- bly, on Wednesday, May 3. Mr. Scatergood has been a trustee from 1927 to 1950, and is now treasurer of the College. CALENDAR Wednesday, May 3 Athlétic Association Award Night, Common Room, 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 5 Bryn Mawr College Theatre, “The Beautiful People,” Roberts Hall, Haverford, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6 Bryn Mawr College Theatre, “The Beautiful People,” Roberts Hall, Haverford, 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 8 _ Current Events, Dr. Hubbard, “The Brannan Plan,’ Common Room, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 Alliance Assembly, Victor G. Reuther, “Labor’s Role in an Industrial and Political Democ- racy,” Goodhart, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 Morning Assembly, Miss Tay- lor, “Opportunities for Study Abroad,” Goodhart, 8:45 a.m. Memorial Scholarship, awarded to the member of the junior class with highest overall average, and the Lillian Babbitt Hyde Foundation Scholarship. Harriet is majoring in Biology, and represents her department on the Curriculum Committee. She plans to do honors in the field next year. College Publishes Cum Laude List Class of 1950 (69 of 185=51 %) Susan Williams Binnian*, Anne Marie Bobis, Patricia Nichol Both- field, Isabel Burchuk, Karen D. Cassard, Doris Marie Chambers, ’Martha Amn ‘Chowning, Carolyn Cohen, Elizabeth Jean Connor, Joan Dudley Davison, Chantal deKerillis, Elizabeth H. Dempwolf, Marion Dugdale, Louise Harding Earle, Sheila Eaton, Marian Edwards, Eloise Weld Fleming, Gretchen Gaebelein, Helen Goldberg, Sylvia ‘Ann Good, Virginia S. Graham, Claireve Grandjouan, Dorothy Greeley, Nancy Greenewalt, Pen- elope Greenough, Louise Harned, Katherine T. Harper, Katherine A. Harrington, Alta Mae Harris, Elizabeth Hebb, Melanie A. Hewitt, Maud Louise Hodgman, Hanna Dorothea Holborn, Priscilla M. P. Johnson, Ellen Mary Jones, Laura Kaiser, Adele G. Kurtz, Edith Rotch Lauderdale, Milena Louise Lewis, Barbara V. Lightfoot, Marie Grant Lukens, Annette McMaster, Ruth Metzger, Lois Ruth Miller, Mary H. Morrisson, Elizabeth A. Mutch, Irina Nelidow, Anne T. Newbold, Judith Anne Nicely, Mary Elizabeth Porter, Frances K. Put- ney, Louise Riker, Nancy Riley, Winifred Runton, Isik Sagmanli, Alice W. Shroyer, Ellen D. Shure, Anneliese Sitarz, Florence A. Sny- der, Elizabeth Spalding, Karen Stuebben, Ethel S. Tessman, Emily Continued on Page 2 Pres. McBride Announces List Of Scholarships Shippen Lang., Science Awarded to Kreis, Taylor Goodhart, May 1. At the annual May Day Assembly this morning Miss McBride read the list of scholarships and academic awards to be held during the year 1950- 1951. The Charles S. Hinchman Mem- orial Scholarship for excellence in the major field was awarded to Harriet E. Smith, who also receiv- ed the Maria L. Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial Scholarship, for the highest general average in the jun- ior class, andthe Lillia Babbitt Hyde Foundation Scholarship. Mildred Doris Kreis was award- ed the Elizabeth S. Shippen Schol- arship in a foreign language for her work in German. Mildred comes from Litchfield, Connecticut, where she was prepared by the Litchfield High School; and she also attend- ed the Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Janice Taylor of Scarsdale, New York, received the Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Science, a3 well as the Anna M. Powers Mem= orial Scholarship. She was pre- pared by the Scarsdale High School. In her sophomore year, Janice held the Maria Hopper Scholarship, and this year is an Anna Margaret and Mary Sloan Scholar. The Skeelah Kilroy Memorial Scholarship, awarded for excel- lence of work in advanced English, went to Sophia Anne Sonne, ’61, of New York. She was prepared by the Chapin School in New York City and the Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, New York. Nancy Laird Loomis of Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, was awarded the Sheelah Kilroy Mem- orial Scholarship in English, which is given to the student in the re- quired course in English Composi- tion who writes the best essay during the year. Nancy was pre- pared by the Foxcroft School, Middlebury, Virginia. The Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Scholarship in American History, presented for work of special ex- cellence in that field, was awarded to Anne-Rosewell Johns, 52, of Richmond, Virginia. She was pre- pared by Saint Catherine’s School in Richmond. Anne Pamela Hughes Wahl, ’50, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, won the Katherine Fullerton Gerould Mem- erial Prize, awarded for outstand- ing work in the field of creative writing. She was prepared by the Glen Ridge High School, and the Kent Place School, Summit, New Jersey. Sara Elizabeth Herming- haus, ’52, and Emily Dickinson Townsend, ’50, received honorable mention.