“The College Hews VOL. XLVIi, NO. 9 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1950 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1950 PRICE 15 CENTS R. W. Chapman Gives Personal Side of Austen . Spicy Anecdotes Liven Limited Material Of Letters Mr. R. W. Chapman of Oxford University spoke on the letters of the nineteenth-century English novelist, Jane Austen, from the stage of Goodhart Auditorium on Thursday, November 30. He be- gan his address by listing all the reasons why one could not expect to learn much from the letters, which is probably what most crit- ics would say, and then very neat- ly proceeded to present the charm- ing, personal glimpses of Jane Austen which are found only in her letters. He described the expense of writing letters in her. day, and the limitations of space inthem. When a letter found its way into a household along with a supply of cheese, and was then read by all of the family and half the serv- ants, it would naturally contain gossip and chatty bits of news, rather than personal revelations. The letters to Cassandra Austen, Jane’s sister, which one may pre- sume to have been more intimate, were for the most part destroyed by that reserved and proper lady. (Mr. Chapman reminded his _au- dience of Jane Austen’s back- ground; her family was a remark- able one. Tiwo of Jane’s brothers became admirals. Her many live- ly nephews and nieces were among her favorite correspondents. Her advice to a niece who inclined to- ward writing novels states the principles which she herself car- ried out so admirably: “Let the Portmans go to Ireland but as you know nothing of the manners there, you had better not go with them.” Her belief that a writer should write about what he knows best because he has lived with it longest is rephrased another way: . “Three or four families in a coun- try village are the very thing to work upon.” In the letters one is also pleased to find specific references to Miss Austen’s novels. She tells of vis- iting a gallery where she sees a picture of Mrs. Bingley of Pride .and Prejudice in a white dress Chilly by Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, °52 The hall is dark, and cold, and empty. Two silent people sit in the middle of the deserted audi- torium. The only life and animation in the place is centered on the stage, on Deirdre’s (Sue Halperin) golden hair, where she stands, framed by the beginnings of an el- egant but sombre set, supplicating the Fates for happiness with her husband, Naisi. The scene—Rob- erts Hall, Haverford. The time— end of the first act rehearsal. The play—Deirdre of the Sorrows, to UC Loyalty Oath Jeopardizes Right To Free Opinions Specially Contributed by Phil Kunze, ’53 and and Barbara Goldman, ’53 _ for the Alliance With the growing threat of Com- munist infiltration, the citizens of the United States are facing a grave practical dilemma. They must decide whether they would rather curb the activities of per- sons suspected of Communist af- filiations, or permit Communist groups to operate freely in at- tempting to indoctrinate ‘our citizens. We, as students, are par- ticularly interested in the educa- tional aspect of this problem, which has been brought to the fore by the Loyalty Oath at the University of California. We wonder just how many people know what the Oath is all about. .How did it-originate? Who supports it? Why has it caused such a furor in the whole academic world? The oath began its stormy his- tory on March 24th, 1949. At that time, the Regents of the University of California adopted an “oath of loyalty” requiring each faculty member to assert not only that he supported the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, but that he was not a Communist, or con- nected with ideas or enterprises which could render his loyalty doubtful. When this requirement was pre- sented before the Northern section of the Academic Senate (roughly those members of the faculty with three or more years service) it aroused immediate and strong op- position. A Senate committee was appointed to confer with the Presi- with green ornaments. (She had} ent. A revised form of the oath always suspected that green was a favorite color of hers). How ever, she saw no pictures of Mrs. Darcy and concluded that her hus- band was so fond of her that he kept all her portraits at home away from the prying eyes of other men. Mr. Chapman had somewhat limited material to deal with, and much of it was already familiar to a good part of the audience. For these disadvantages, however, his careful presentation and charming anecdotes were excellent compen- sation. His friendly feeling, not only for Jane Austen but all of her: associates, both real and fic- tional, made the evening a pleas- ant addition to one’s experience was apparently agreed upon be- tween them, and June 24th, this form was accepted by the Regents. During the summer it became obvious, however, that the new form was not at all acceptable to the faculty. A new committee was asked to meet with the Regents on September 29th and 30th, and a new revision slightly different from the previous one was framed. The entire Senate, North and South, voted, in February, two resolutions. One rejected the spe- cial oath; the other suggested as an alternative that aside from the Constitutional Oath, faculty con- tracts contain a statement of the non-communist policy and that the faculty member accept his position ‘subject to this condition of employ- in the literary field. Continued on Page 5, Col. 4 ‘Deirdre’ Rehearsals Anticipa A Warm and Enjoyable Opening Night be given December 8 and 9 at te 8:30. We had come much earlier than 8:30 to watch the rehearsal of this Synge play, based on the turbulent history of Ireland. We were driv- en over by the energetic and om- niscient director, Margery Low, who, every night at seven, ferries her entourage in shifts to Roberts Hall where the Haverford section of the cast is met, and the rehear- sal begins. Costumes are tried on, and soon the cast emerges, meta- monphosed from a college group to a set of Irish nobles and peas- ants. But there is only a semi, transformation. Naisi wears a flowing red cape, but the rest of him resembles Haverford. Deirdre, likewise dressed in red, shows her plaid skirt and lumber jacket un- derneath. Only Conchubar, (Jiggs Kunkel) the King of Aidan, is ful- ly costumed, but even he is not complete, for his large stature is too much for his Anglo-Saxon dress which is fine in front, but is split in the back. The stage crew, meanwhile, rambles around oblivious to every- thing but their own special busi- ness, looking after the wants of the production. The minor char- acters ‘busy themselves over a Continued on Page 3, Col. 4 CALENDAR Wednesday, December 6 Alliance Discussion (Group, ‘Mr.-Charles Walker, “Is Paci- fism Valid Today?” ‘Common Room, 8:45 p.m. Thursday, December 7 Dr. Leo Strauss, Professor of Political Science at the Univer- sity of Chicago, “Can There be an Ethically Neutral Social Science?” Common Room, 8:30 p. m. Friday, December 8 Synge’s Deirdre of the Sor- rows, presented by the Bryn ‘Mawr College Theatre and Hav- erford Cap and Bells Club, Rob- erts Hall, 8:30 p. m. Saturday, December 9 Deirdre of the Sorrows, sec- ond performance, Roberts Hall, 8:30 p. m. Farber Expounds On Transcendence And Philosophies On Tuesday, November 21, in the Common Room, Dr. Marvin Farber, Chairman of the Philoso- phy Department at the Univer- sity of Buffalo, delivered a lecture on “Transcendence and Experi- ence”, under the auspices of the Bryn Mawr Philosophy Depart- ment. Mr. Farber began by expound- ing the position of the phenomen- alist as exemplified in the phil- osophy of Edmund Husserl. Any philosophy of experience must answer the’ questions where is ex- perience, when is experience, what are its causal conditions, and what are its boundaries. It must also deal with what is beyond ex- perience. This problem of trans- cendence is a central one in his philosophy. “The term ‘beyond’ is as intriguing as it is useful. When the immediate environment is sufficiently penplexing or em- barrassing, we must press ‘be- yond’ it . .. thus, ‘transcendence’ may refer to the limits not of hu- ‘man taboos, prejudices, or vested interests. ‘Freedom’ then lies in the ‘beyond’. Under a dictatorship that may be one of the few poss ible devices for conveying the as- pirations of deliverance.” Since the procedure of phenom- enology is to begin with the self and its experience of phenomena, Husserlis—-confronted with the difficulty of how to ground the giv- en by means of the given. Phen- omenology meets this problem by raising the phenomena into the Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 Common Treasury Dues Set at $7.40 Common Treasury dues for the year, 1950-1951, have been fixed at $7.40 per person. The dues will be put on the December 13 Pay Day of every undergraduate and will be allotted as follows: $3.25 Undergrad 1.65 Alliance Sunday, December 10 Bryn Mawr Music Club Con- cert, Wyndham Music Room, 5:00 p. m. Sunday Evening Chapel Serv- ice, Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron of Baltimore, Music Room, 7:30 p. m. : Monday, December 11 Current Events, Mr. Reid of Haverford, “South Africa”, Common Room, 7:15 p. m. English Department, Dr. Rhys Carpenter, “Two Legends in Verse”, Art Lecture Room, 8:30 p. m. Tuesday, December 12 . Hugo von Hosmannsthal’s Je- dermann, presented by the Ger- man Club, Skinner Workshop, 8:30 p. m. Wednesday, December 13 Wednesday Morning Assem- bly, Dr. Joseph C. Sloane, “The Diamond Jubilee Exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art”, Goodhart, 8:45 a. m. Film on_ Skiing, Common -75 =Self-Govt. 45 N.S. A. 1.00 A. A. 30 Drama Guild ' The Common Treasury is an amalgamation of the treasuries of Self-Govt., Undergrad, Alliance League, and most of the clubs The League is financed by the Ac. tivities Drive; and the clubs, with the exceptions of N. S. A. and A. A., are supported by separately collected dues. The remaining or- ganizations, however, are financed almost entirely by Common Trea- sury dues. Since every student is “ipso facto” a member of Self Govt., Undergrad, Alliance, Lea- gue, and A. A., and has a right to participate in any of their activi- ties or in the activities of any other student organization, it is felt that the method of charging each student a fixed amount is the most equitable. In order to clarify the present apportionment of money among the organizations, an approxima- Room, 4:15 p. m. A. A. Produces Dance Numbers And Two Plays ‘Lady Precious Stream’ And ‘The Night’ Outstanding by Helen Katz, ’53 If the performances put on by Actresses Anonymous last Friday and Saturday nights were, as Trish Richardson, production man- ager, said, ‘not attempts at a fin- ished production, but merely out- lets for their creative energies”, then the group can well be proud of its attempts, its creativeness, and its energies. The dance se- quences, the one-act play Over- tones, and the first act of Lady Precious Stream were an amusing . though, at first, slow evening’s en-~ tertainment. The first piece, Alice Gersten- burg’s Overtones, was interesting in the cleverness of the lines; the idea of two women and their inner selves all appearing on stage at once was intriguing. It was Mai- sie Kennedy, as Harriet, who held the production together, and au- dience interest seemed to center about her. Her shadow, Patsy Price, was excellent in her por- trayal, but at times too enthusias- tic. One wished that Chris Scha- vier, as the second woman, would have projected her lines more con- sistently, but toward the end, she gained confidence and was- better heard. Perhaps it was the bar- renness of the stage, the iback- stage noise, or the lack of rehear- sal time, but somehow the produc- tion lacked sparkle. By the time the intermission was over, the Workshop was com- pletely filled, and the first number, danced toa Debussy string quartet, begian. As the curtain opened the Continued on Page 5, Col. 2 U-Grad Suggests Mayday Program The proposed program for Mid- dle-sized May Day, to be present- ed on Saturday, April 28, 1961, is as follows: 8:00 A.M. Sophomores wake the seniors. Hymn to the Son 9:00 a.m. Breakfast. 10:15 a.m. Academic Assembly. 11:15 a.m. Hooprolling. Singing at top of Senior Row. 1:00 (P.M. Lunch. 2:30 p.m. College Parade led by Fireman’s : Band. Maypole Dancing. Crowning of Senioz President as May Queen and her speech, Miss McBride’s speech, 3:30-6:00 p.m. Sophomore nival. 6:30 p.m. Dinner. 8:30 p.m. Arts Night. 10:30 p.m. Hall or informa} dance. The voting will be on Thursday, Car. Continued on Page 6, Col. 3 December 14, after lunch. - ~ N Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, December 6, 1950 THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Phanieas fn the Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) 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, EDITORIAL BOARD Joan McBride, ‘52, Editor-in-chief Jane Augustine, ‘52, Copy Barbara Joelson, ‘52, Make-up Julie Ann Johnson, ‘52 Frances Shirley, ‘53, Make-up Margie Cohn, ‘52 EDITORIAL STAFF Judy Waldrop, ‘53 Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, ‘52 Diana Gammie, ‘53 Beth Davis, ‘54 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Helen Katz, ‘53 Winifred Sexton, ‘51 Sheila Atkinson, ‘53 Lucy Batten, ‘54 Phoebe Harvey, ‘54 Anna Natoli, ‘54 Claire Robinson, ‘54 Christine Schavier, ‘54 Mary Stiles, ‘54 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Sue Bramann, ‘52 Phoebe Harvey, ‘54 Judy Leopold, ‘53 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Lucy Batten, ‘54 Christine Schavier, ‘54 BUSINESS MANAGERS Mary Kay Lackritz, ‘51 — Tama Schenk, ‘52 BUSINESS BOARD Barbara Goldman, ‘53 Evelyn Fuller, ‘53 Margi Partridge, ‘52 Susie Press, ‘53 Vicki Kraver, ‘54 SUBSCRIPTION BOARD Lita Hahn, ‘52, Chairman Ellie Lew Atherton, ‘52 Carolyn Limbaugh, ‘53 Alice Cary, ‘52 Trish Mulligan, ‘52 Susan Crowdus, True Warren, ‘52 Lois Kalins, ‘52 Gretchen Wemmer, ‘53 Nena McBee, ‘53 ‘52 Subscription, $3.00 Mailing price, $3.50 Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 Middle-Sized May Day The college will vote on the proposed program for Mid- dle-Sized May Day, which is printed on the first page of this issue, on Thursday, December 14. Since the principal criti- ‘eisms are presented in the “Opinion” column, we would like to offer a few of the arguments in support of it. Ever since 1936, Bryn Mawr has had nothing except Little May Day, beginning at five o’clock of a Monday morn- ing and ending at ten, whereupon classes are resumed for the remainder of the day. It consists of waking the seniors, the parade, dancing around the Maypole, the speeches, the aca- demic assembly, and hoop-rolling; the rest of the day is ex- tremely anti-climactic. The suggested program proposes that May Day be held on a Saturday, and that its activities occupy most of the day. The seniors would be awakened at the more civilized hour of eight, and there would still be sufficient time for the other activities. _An Elizabethan theme could be perpetuated through the more elaborate Maypole dancing, and through the Sopho- more Carnival, which is an appropriate subject for a Renais- sance setting. In answer to the objection that May Day should not be a “date weekend”: very often there are many male spectat- ors who come not to mock but to appreciate. The inclusion of Sophomore Carnival, Arts Night, and a dance afterward would provide ample opportunity for students to entertain their dates. - By the enlargement of the May Day program, more members of the student body could be included in its activi- ties, and the college would thereby be united through the cooperative event which, above all, should unify it. Case of the Vanished Volumes One announcement in particular has resounded through the dining rooms so many times lately that it is now a cam- pus cliche, generally ignored: “The following books are miss- ing illegally from the Reserve Room...” Last Monday the names of no less than eight books were read aloud. Eight people, then, or fewer, have assumed that they are so extra- ordinary in one way or another that they have the right to be exeused from the rules which the ordinary students must follow. ~~ , There is no one in this college who has not been informed Current Events December 4. 1950; Common Room: Dr. Roger Wells, speak- ing on War or Peace in Asia, stressed two points: a) “The So- viet enemy was; the Soviet enemy still is.” b) “We have more to lose in Europe than in Asia.” Dr. Wells stressed the gravity of the world situation and warn- ed that we must not let our emo- tions override our reason in deal- ing with the Far East. We must not forget that our main enemy is the Soviet Union. If we become engaged in a full scale war in Asia, the USSR will move militar. ily in Europe. There are many weak spots in western Europe. The manpower situation is criti- cal there, and if the Soviet Union attacked, Western Europe would be defeated. What could the United States do with a war on two fronts? The USSR could bar- gain with the U. S. with European hostages in the case of the atomic bomb. Maybe the Soviet Union plans to split the West by threat- ening western Europe and, there- fore, forcing its countries to come over to their side. ‘Whichever way we turn, the situation is very dark.” Dr. Wells continued by stating that he thought that the United Nations could not have overlooked the North Korean aggression. The act involved a country connected with the UIN, and the resistance was “collective security for peace.” He stated that the U. S. was warn- ed not to cross the thirty-eighth parallel, but he personally thinks the decision to continue north was the right one. After condemning the senes- cence in the high command for military imefficiency, Dr. Wells evaluated different possible solu- tions. A treaty at the thirty- eighth parallel or lower would not be pleasant, but perhaps a neces- sity. Or again, “suppose that Ko- rea said, ‘You’ve got to get out of here lock, stock, and barrel!’ ” Could the General Assembly over- look this aggression which would be much greater than that or North Korea?” It would be not only a terrific military defeat, but a big defeat in the principles for which the United Nations stands.” “Strategic bombing has had a bad effect all over Asia.” We come out at a point where we must use extreme caution in taking immed- iate steps in the East.” This statement particularly applies to diplomatic steps which are the ba- sis for militaristic steps. We have no reserves. Must we turn to Chiang Kai troops failed once, or must we turn to industrially strong Japan where we said we would not allow rearmament?” It is unfortunate that the United States is in the position where we have refused a five-power conference. Such a conference would probably do no good, but, on the other hand, it would probably. do no harm eith- er. ‘Shek again, whose| Oninion Emendations Proposed For Middle-Size May Day To the Editor: ‘We would like to present our case against “Middle Size May Day’, and to propose an alternate solution to the problem. [We un- derstand that the purpose of such a weekend would be a bigger May Day which would bring the stud- ent body closer together and put new life into an old tradition. The plan suggested was to celebrate May Day on a Saturday and to lengthen the ceremonies until the middle of the afternoon, when the Sophomore ‘Carnival| would be held. This would be followed in the evening by Arts Night and a hall dance. ‘We feel this plan is defeating its own purpose. Sopho- more Carnival was originated to fill in the Saturday afternoon gap in Junior Prom Weekend. We don’t think that anyone goes to Sopho- more Carnival unless they have dates, and very few people will ask men down to May Day. There- fore, in depriving Junior Prom weekend of the Sophomore Carni- val, we are creating two small weekends instead of one big one. Middle Size May Day would not be a traditional college function, and much less a means of uniting the student body. Instead of this we would like to suggest that Sophomore Carnival remain on Junior Prom Weekend, that May Day be lengthened as). planned, and the two or three hours left vacant by Sophomore Carnival be given over to inter- class sports and hall open house teas. (Also, that Arts Night and a hall dance be held in the eve- ning. In this way the spirit of May Day as a traditional college function will be preserved, more people will be on campus to take | part in it, Arts Night will benefit from a larger audience and a hall dance, which Pem East would be! delighted to sponsor. Yours sincerely, Elisabeth Nelidow, Ellen Bacon, ’51 Adele Lawrence, ’53 Jane Norris, ’53 NOTICES Double -Octet .On Thursday, December 7, at 6:30, the Double Octet will appear on televison on Station WFIL-TV. They will sing on the program, “Features: for Women”, during which Mr. Goodale will be inter- viewed. 1 Finding Lists The new Finding Lists for the year 1950-1951 are available. at the Public Relations Office for the price of one dollar. of the library rules regarding reserved books. They are stat- ed succinctly in the freshman handbook and reiterated on the library tours which every entrant must attend. Whoever has taken these books has done it cautiously, deliberately and with minimal qualms of conscience . . . if any at all. By removing a book which a student is required to read, the pil- ferers deter that student from completing assigned work. The variety of subjects covered by the titles of the van- ished volumes makes it seem very unlikely that one person only is responsible. Also, the titles indicate difficult and ad- vanced material not usually perused by freshmen and ist omores. It is a cold day on campus when! Beyn Mawr girls who are selected on the basis of their intelligence and integrity are so blatantly inconsiderate that they must stoop to the shoplifting level for the achievement of their own selfish . ends. Trio Pleads for Rest Saturday; Hoops Monday The Editor The College News Bryn Mawr College Dear Gracious: We like to sleep late... urday. We want breakfast at the Inn... on Saturday. We do Crossword Puzzles .. on Sat- . on Saturday. We want rhubarb for Lunch , .. on Saturday. We want to relax .. . on Saturday. We want to wake up early .. - on _ \Monday. We want to wake up Miss McBride . on Monday. We only sing our Hymn to the Son - on Monday. We want strawberries for break- fast ...on Monday. . |We want a Maypole ... on Mon- day. Firemen always blow better .. . on Monday. Academic Assemblies belong ... on Monday. We like to roll our hoops ... on (Monday. PLEASE LEAVE US OUR MON- DAY MAY DAY! Annie-Lawrie Fabens, 1951 Eleanor Gunderson, 1951 Alice Hendrick, 1951 Writers Feel May Day Does Not Mix With Dates December 4, 1950 The Editor College News Bryn Mawr College Dear Editor: It may be that approaching old age inclines us to be reactionary, but it seems to us that adequate reasons have not been presented for breaking with what we consid- er a very nice, if somewhat damp, tradition. As Seniors we have looked foyward to being wakened ‘by the Sophomores early on May _Day morning and would gladly, if grumblingly, emerge at dawn to Sing to the Son in the rain. We )agree that 5:30 a. m. is an early hour and not one acceptable for daily rising, but it really is not such a hardship if you consider it as a once-a-year proposition. - To break up the order of events of May Day and to insert activi- ties which have always had a place of their own on the College Calendar, such as Arts Night and Sophomore Carnival, seems to de- tract from the spirit of May Day. May Day is an end in itself—it lends an atmosphere of general good feeling. (Middle-sized May Day is to be an attempt to unify the undergraduate body, but mak- ing it a social affair is defeating this purpose. How many of us are going to be able to relax and en- joy a leisurely breakfast with our class if we are worrying about our dates missing trains and what dress to wear? How many Sen- iors are going to want to distrib- ute May Day sticks and hoops on Saturday if they have a date to entertain, and how many under- classmen will show real pleasure at receiving them if they are sim- ilarly occupied? It sems to us that this compro- mise will take away one of the nicest traditions at Bryn Mawr. The advantages of Middle-sized May Day are few compared to its disadvantages, especially that of the loss of a definite spirit which belongs to May Day as we know it. Sincerely yours, Marianne Klein, ’51 Doris Zimmerman, ’51 Wednesday, December 6, 1950 ook THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three LAST NIGHTERS Ring Around the Moon Brings Promised Pleasure Specially contributed by Linda Bettman, ’52 It’s hard to know what to say about Christopher Fry, basing my femarks on two plays seen. (Wolcott Gibbs in last ‘week’s New Yorker opens his review of Fry’s The Lady’s Not For Burn- ing with much the same Sort of remark, so I thought it would be safe). My reading friends grow so irate if I say that sometimes Fry seems just plain wordy, rath. er than grandiose and flowing. But sometimes I wonder if he is saying anything at all in the grand manner, or something very “important in the slickest lines; or is he just terribly promising and rather uneven as yet. ‘His newest show, Ring Around the Moon, opened the first of the month in New Haven, moved to Boston and then on to New York, where it opened on Thanksgiving night. This play is a delightful comedy, translated by Mr. Fry from Jean Anouilh’s L’Invitation au Chateau. Basing this opinion on Mr. Fry’s own Venus Observed, I feel that Mr. Fry has. done more than just an interlinear on the French. It has delightful dia- logue, very seldom lapsing into the tedious or confusing. It seem- ed that Fry was trying to break a message through to us, but the innate funniness of the play held it above and beyond that. The original London cast is su- perb. Lucille Watson leads as Lady India, confined to a wheel chair. The funniest moment I can recall in theatre is her monologue about the old days, when life was really gay down in Biarritz. Den- holm Elliott handles the difficult role of twins (or should I say, two difficult roles) who are identical only in their appearance. I wasn’t so sure until I checked the pro- gramme at the first intermission that it was only one handsome young man. I lost faith until the last tense scene in which the but- ler is sent to fetch Hugh while Frederic is on stage; he comes back, looks hard at Frederic, and announces that because Mr. Hugo is occupied at the particular mo. ment, he is unable to appear. The rest of the cast is equally good, the butler ‘butlerish, the French companion ooo so French, the interfering mother tedious, stupid, and yet just a little pa- thetic, the little millionaire, Oscar Karlweis, infinitely appealing and convincing in a difficult part, and the ingenue-heroine, Stella An- drews, breathtakingly beautiful. The plot itself is very amusing The timid brother, Frederic, is in love with the beautiful Diana, who! has become engaged to him, be- cause she loves his wild and evil brother, Hugo, and her millionaire papa cannot quite buy him. On the eve of a ball given by Lady India, aunt of the twins, Hugo hires a young ballet dancer, whom his uncle has been more or less sup- porting, to come as a guest to be- | witch his brother away from Diana, who does not love him. Hugo makes the young innocent the star of the party. She falls in love with Frederic, and after the great confusion of identity, the outcome is that Diana gets Hugo and Isabella, Frederic. There are innumerable brilliant sequenc- es. The height of dramatic inten- sity was reached in the scene in which the millionaire admits to Isabella, who has refused to take a cent from him, that he has nev- er been so happy as when he was a young tailor in Krakow. There- upon the pair tear up and fling Professor of English at Swarthmore, Whicher Grew up ‘Inbred’ in Am. Lit. by Julie Ann Johnson, ’52 Dr. Stephen E. Whicher, who is teaching the course in American Literature at Bryn Mawr this year, in addition to a _ full-time schedule as Professor of English at Swarthmore, possesses an hered- itary interest in American Lit. In fact, Mr. Whicher considers him- self “inbred” in the subject; his father has long been a professor of American Literature at Am- herst, and his mother, now retired, was for many years an English professor at Mount Holyoke. True to family interests and the town where he had _ been brought up, Mr. Whicher attended Amherst, graduating in 1986. He took his M. A. in Fatt at Columbia, writing *his thesis on Plato’s view of Poetry, which he “hopes no one ever reads.” Mr. Whicher then reverted to Ameri- can Lit. with his Ph. D., which he completed at Harvard in ’42; he wrote his thesis, “which is as yet unpublished,” on Emerson. He then became an Instructor at the University of Rochester. Mr. Whicher had been married in 1940, and his first child, a Random Reporter by Helen Katz, ’53 and Margie Cohn, ’52 With the true inquiring spirit of philosophy and scientific investiga- tion, we herewith present some answers to the significant ques- tion: Why do you smoke? Maggi Stehli,,’53: “To coat my lungs with nicotine.” (Ever try camel’s hair?). Charles Adams: “I like to gouge my friends’ eyeballs out with the lit ends.” Ann Mudge, ’54: “I don’t.” (‘Smoke ? ) Polly Dickenson, ’52: “I haven’t had a cigarette for two days. (Checks bouncing:? ) Harriet, Cooper, ’°53: ‘Sophomore Slump.” Dr. Nahm: “So I can blow smoke rings.” Judy Leopold, 58: “I just do it when I’m _ nervous.” (Habitual, huh?) Jesie Hausman, °52: “I’m trying for T. B.” (Taylor Burning?) Marianne Neuses, ’53: “I have an Continued on Page 4, Col. 4 Foreign Correspondent by Mary Berenice Morris, ’52 “Land of volcanoes,” “Land of pyramids.” With these _ trite phrases, North Americans evaluate Mexico. Trite indeed, for they are mainly tourist slogans—by-words of a group that capitalizes on the obvious, the apparent. A stroll down a side street of any small city reveals the real, the vibrant, that is Mexico. Long shadows stripe the street, already divided into clearly defined areas of sun and shade, thus offering a unique choice of climate. A busi- nessman with very official air rushes, in Mexican manner, to his office, while a nino, in tattered shirt, and barefoot runs along side of him calling “Chicle, senor, chic- le,’ without any success at all. Every store and street stand is open for business, but an agree- able business in which everything is “por nada,” and is always ne- gotiated at leisure with much time passed in the pleasant game of bargaining. A group of local hom- bres is gathered outside the neigh- borhood bar, and they discuss the affairs of the day with wild ges- Continued on Page 4, Col. 4 ‘Continued on Page 4, Col. 5 | daughter, was born in Rochester in ’43, not long before her father entered the Navy in November. Another daughter was orn at Christmas, ’44, while he was away at war. As a Fighter Direction Officer (direction of planes by ra- dar), Mr. Whicher served in the Pacific, and was stationed on the carrier Saratoga when she was hit by the Japanese. He received a post-war Rocke- feller Scholarship which provided the opportunity of rewriting his thesis on Emerson; “the second draft of Emerson was, if anything, worse than the first.” Mr. Which- er came to Swarthmore in the fall of 47, and has been ‘there ever since. The family roster was ev- ened up by the arrival of twin sons in ’48, At Amherst, Mr. Whicher re- ceived an athletic letter in swim- ming. (He was “the only one who could swim the breast stroke; the opposing teams usually had only bwo entries in the event, and the points accumulated for ‘thirds’ were sufficient to win a letter.” He also belonged to the Glee Club, and “did some debating”, but his second major extracurricular in- terest was college dramatics. He played the part of Horatio in Hamlet, and it was in “a play no- body ever heard of, Bridie’s To- bias and the Angel, that Mr. Whicher attained his “most exalt- ed role’—that of the Archangel Michael! Irish Tragedy Unfolds Under Direction of Low Continued from Page 1 crossword puzzle, waiting for the rehearsal to begin. They are se- rure in their roles, and have noth- ing to do but art them out when the time ‘comes. Everything at last seems to be ready, but there is still a lull. What is lacking? At last the door opens and some- one comes racing down the aisle. It is the missing person, breath- less and apologetic. She is brief- ly reprimanded, told to get into her costume, and the play begins. Everything goes off splendidly; the director sitting halfiway back interrupts not once, for the cast, in spite of the deathly cold, gives warmth and expression to their performance. Then to the cry of “Take five”, the first act ends, and noise breaks out once more. We did not know whether it was because of the chilling atmosphere of the hall, or the solemnity of the tragedy, but no one seemed very cheerful or spirited off stage. There was none of the usual devil- may-care attitude of a college pro- duction. Instead everyone went about his business soberly and in- tently. Everyone mwas doing a good job, however; the second act came into shape as successfully as the first. “Take five, but stay close’ was the order when the _ houselights went on again. By this time, ev- eryone’s blood was ocngealed to solid lumps. We couldn’t bear the cold any longer, mumbling an ex- Continued on Page 6, Col. 2 iQ. Reformer Condemns Pagan Exercise; Parents Fear Sawdust Doll-linquents by Claire Robinson, °54 (Text of a speech made on a slightly-used crate once used to ship Ivory Soap, by the President of the Get Our Girls Back from Nature Club of North Philadel- phia): (Ladies, we are gathered here today to discuss the shocking pro- cedures that have been taking place before our very noses, yes taking place in full view—infam- ous happenings at Bryn Mawr College which all of us have tried to rationalize, in the hopes that steps would be taken to abolish the endurance trials that our poor innocent children have been fore- ed to undergo. We know full well that the aforementioned college is trying to {break sweet girlish spirit—as well as sweet girlish backs—in a particularly shocking and diabolically planned course called Body Mechanics. One of our sharpest observers managed to be present at several meetings of this course, and the following are her first hand reports. The young women were herded into a room and were told that they were to line up alphabetical- ly. This particular class took place early on a Monday morning, and our observer says that many of the poor youngsters were un able to remembber their last names. Numbers were then issued to each Violinist, Pianist Starred in Concert The first of the 1950 series of the Bryn Mawr Music Club con certs will be held in Wyndham on Sunday afternoon, December 10 at 5 p.m. Toshiya Eto, violinist and Marion Zarzeczna, pianist both students from the Curtis In- stitute, will be the soloists. Their program includes a Brahms sonata for violin and piano, Schumann’s Abegg Variations, Pour le piano by Debussy, Impromptu by Tor Aulin, and arrangements for violin of Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 and in turn, and the delicate flowerlets of young womanhood were forced to bounce a ball against the wall of the gymnasium. This would not have been difficult had not the young ladies then been informed that it was the Lower Merion High School Gymnasium wall they were aiming for. $ At another time they were marched into a room and made to face the window. One by one they were told to leap about the room in tune with a tom-tom beat. This, ladies, was sheer paganism, as well as sheer torture. Of course, if these, our glowing youth, made mistakes of any sort in the performance of any activ-| ities, they are to be given correc- tive exercises. One other time, ladies, the damsels were told to walk up and down stairs. My own) sister’s cousin’s niece, who was, among those present, happened to} stumble over her athletic tunic as | she marched up the stairs. When) I left her three hours ago, she was | still marching. This, however, is not the crush- ing blow. All of us know the ways that impressionable young minds are apt to grasp the wrong impli- cations about all sorts of things in these troubled times. It has been actually reported by our observer that at one of the latest meetings of this gymnastic ordeal, the in- nocents were told repeatedly and emphatically that they were— please excuse me—sawdust dolls: This has serious implications. Certainly no right-thinking moth- er today will endure having her own flesh and blood turned into a juvenile doll-linquent. Not only that, but the sawdust made the wooden floor awfully messy. And so, ladies, let me conclude by say- ing—Body Mechanics, and all they stand for—Must Go. And, ladies so must I, you see, I’ve discovered that my posture is exceedingly poor, and a woman named Miss Kilby is coming to see me today. She says she knows of a place I can go where I can improve, and a a Saint-Saens Caprice. . . well, I’ll see you next week. ~ LAST NIGHTERS | Jupiter and Juno Romp Through New Musical by Margie Cohn, °52 Cole Porter has written a new musical comedy, Out of This World. People are clamoring for tickets because of the magical ef- fect the name Cole Porter has on the theatre-going populace How- ever, laurels are about all Porter has to rest on, for Out of This World is not his usual great show. Of course, parts of it are excellent, and the thing as a whole is not un- enjoyable. It is just not great. The plot concerns the affairs of the gods and goddesses and their relations with mortals. Jupiter (George Jongeyans), unfolds the story by asserting that he is in love with a human Helen (Priscilla Gilett), and will stop at nothing to win her. He sends his son, Mer- cury (William Redfield) to find Helen; but to complicate matters, she is to be married to Art O’Mal- ley (William Eythe). Mercury blithely transports the bride and groom to Greece, where Jupiter can have his way. Of course Juno (Charlotte Greenwood) is jealous of her husband’s gadding about in various guises, and finds herself a Chicago gangster, Niki Skolianos (David Burns). The major part of the action takes place during “the longest night in time,” produced by Jupiter with the apt aid of a limber and expressive dancer, Night (Jan- et Collins). Of the nineteen songs in the show, only three can be termed really good. The first, employed to open and close the show, “Use Your Imagination,” left the audi- ence humming its lilting melody. Likewise, “I am Loved’ is a beau- tiful tune, although through it could be detected excerpts from Kiss Me Kate’s haunting “So In Love.” Outstanding as a comedy hit was Miss Greenwood’s rendi- tion of “Nobody’s Chasing Me,” lamenting her plight as an un- wanted female. Other than these, the songs lacked spirit, and a few, such as “They Couldn’t Compare . to You,” seemed to be direct steals from Mr. Porter’s successful Kiss Me Kate. Outstandingly excellent were Agnes deMille’s sets and staging. The properties were lavish and Continued on Page 4, Col. 2 Bard’s Eve View by Margie Cohn, 52 I This is the classroom primeval; The murmuring needles for knit- ting, Covered with wool, make a clicking sound Heard above the professor. Socrates gives way to crosswords, And tic-tac-toe fills in for Homer. “What are you doing next Satur- day night?” Who was Hesiod anyhow ? Back in the classroom primeval, The quizzes are now being taken. Covered with ink are the students’ hands— We see a blank piece of paper. II I think that I shall never see A spot as dark as the library. Enlightenment — that age is through; Instead we sleep—go blind—turn blue! : What happened to that fine fluor- escence Or Edison, or incandescence ? Without, the sun shines on with glee— Inside, a tomb—toom uch for me! Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, December 6, 1950 Between the Leaves Evelyn Waugh’s Helena Varies Earlier Satires by Judith Waldrop, °53 Fans of Evelyn Waugh have been puzzled, perhaps, but not sur- prised by the appearance of the English satirist’s new book, Helena. It has been advertised with the rather misleading blurbs “Pa- gan Princess! Roman Empress! Christian Saint!”, which is all true enough, but the author, more subtly, has omitted the exclamation points. In Helena, Waugh has at- tempted to answer some of the questions his earlier books have asked. Waugh has clarmed that he is a satirist by trade. Scoop, Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Put Out More Flags, Black Mischief, and Vile Bodies are brilliantly amusing and poisonously snide. Waugh’s angular characters per- form in a glittering aura of de- licious badness, but they can sel- dom avoid the traps and snares he has put out for them. Through his constantly surprising plots, Waugh emphasizes man’s’ unimportance and ineffectuality. Fate is a filthy, toothless gipsy whom her victims wouldn’t touch; yet, laughing ob- scenely and spitting tobacco, she crushes them under her grimy thumb. The question that Waugh opens through these books is “but why?”. These Gay Young People, so dazzlingly charming, so delight- fully human—why should they suf- fer the tedious and thoroughly un- suitable consequences of their peceadillos? The unwritten an- swer is that sin is terrible, even when it glitters. This conclusion is only dimly perceived, so cloying is the charm of these sinners. Again, in Waugh’s more recent books, the death knell is scarcely heard over the din of the orches- tra playing on the First Class Deck of this sinking ship. Behind The Loved One, a satire on tribal cus- toms in California, is the idea “As you live, so shall you die.” As the United States is a rootless, mate- rialistic society, so its people are buried amid strangers in bad taste and denial of death. Most people, however, find The Loved One, like Waugh’s other books, too funny to be taken seriously. Brideshead Revisited, the story of an English Roman Catholic fam- ily, is more direct in its message: there is no compromise between the demands of Faith and the de- mands of Society. Even in this excellent book, true values are dis- torted by the sensual charms of Waugh’s prose. “Charm is the great English blight. It does not exist outside these damp islands. T spots and kills anything it touches. It kills love; it kills art; I greatly fear, my dear... it has killed you.” This quotation from Brideshead Revisited applies to the way sharp satirization has over shadowed Waugh’s most powerful ideas. Waugh’s new book is concerned) with St. Helena, the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, who in her old age went to Palestine and found the True Cross, thereby becoming a Saint. In this book, Waugh has let sincerity come be- Valet Service Shoe Repairing 24 Hour Service 935 Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr by Margie Cohn, 52 Feeling almost at home, since the same architect built both Bryn Mawr and Sleighton Farm for the Reeducation of Wayward Girls, we settled down in the administration building where Miss Emily Morri- son told Dr. Kraus and her classes of the working of this institution. The farm is privately owned, but girls are committed from the Ju- venile Courts of the State of Penn- sylvania. Founded by John Ser- geant, the institution was first called the House of Refuge, and was used to take boys and girls out of the prisons and jails of the early nineteenth century. His sup- position that it should be an edu- cational, and not a penal institution has lasted; up until the present day, and what was once a barred build- ing in Philadelphia is now a beau- tiful farm in the rolling Pennsyl- vania country near Media. To enable the girls to have more freedom, a Mrs. Falcon initiated the use of cottages for living fa- cilities, whereby each girl can live where she chooses. In addition, Typically Porter Music Rendered by Immortals Continued from Page 3 exquisi‘e, as were the costumes, especially those of the gods and goddesses. In Act II there was a moving curtain, one end being the dark shades of night, and the other the orange tones of day, so the transition was reached quite effec- tively. Also outstanding were the scenes in heaven, especially the last with Jupiter and Juno sitting on a raised golden throne. Excellent dancing was done by Miss Collins,.as Night, and she created the desired mood whenever she appeared on the stage. One chorus dance was almost unneces- sarily lewd and the rest of the choreography was mediocre. Moving slowly until the appear- ance of Miss Greenwood in Act I, the show lapsed again into a plodding meter, and didn’t pick up again until Miss Greenwood ap- peared again in Act II, scene 8, to sing the humorous “Nobody’s Chasing Me.” In fact, as Juno, she seemed to sustain the whole show. However, Mr. Redfield’s por- trayal of Mercury cannot be ne- glected, for he was delightful with a constant twinkle in his eye. What Out of This World lacked was pep, and good dialogue, for the idea is a fertile one. How- ever, it certainly did not measure up to Porter’s past successes. fore rhetoric with an effect some- times ungainly, sometimes beauti- ful. Waugh was completely able to capture and criticize the petty lives of his English society people; but Helena was of a nobler race, and Waugh does not show as much talent to build as he did to destroy. Helena has a nobility rare among Waugh’s creations—character. The author strives to prove that the true Christian finds a better life than the _ thoughtless sinner. Waugh’s success, though only par- tial, is certainly greater than the success of most writers today. Sleighton Farm for Misguided Girls Prepares Confident, Healthy Citizens she instigated a student- govern- ment, and hired college girls to work there to lend the necessary “youthful” atmosphere. In the country, moreover, the girls can do outside work, such as farming and raking leaves, in order to “help body and soul both.” At Sleighton Farm, the term “delinquent” is never used. The authorities feel that there are psy- chological causes for stealing, ill- temper, and the like, and that the children here have a deep craving for something which their homes have not given them. Thus, the delinquency is placed upon the home rather than upon the child, who is thought of as “socially mal- adjusted.” Each girl stays at Sleighton Farm for at least two and a half years, and after that she either goes ,back to her family, or finds a “wage home” with the aid of social worker. From there she may go on to another job, but she is legally under the jurisdiction of the Farm until she is of age. How- ever, after being carefully watched, the girl may prove herself capable of taking sufficient care of herself, in which case the agency considers her on her own. The girls’ ages range from 12 to 17, and they live in cottages of about thirty girls each. The staff of a cottage consists of a house mother and a dietician, as well as the elected officers of the hall. The students are proud of their self-government system, which makes provisions for discipline, which usually means a deprivation of a privilege, such as Friday night movies, or Saturday night dancing. Practical Education The school they attend is not an accredited high school, since most of the girls are not interested in going to college. Instead, Sleighton teaches them practical aspects of community living, preparing them for the world to which they will eventually return. Courses are given in homemaking, nature stud ies, music, literature, typing, sex hygiene, and other important sub- jects, for these girls are all from poor homes, and have received little or no education of any sort from their mothers. Besides the cottage staff, and the academic teachers, the staff includes farmers, case workers, a psychologist, and in the summer, college girls. These officials work with the girls, and have a day a week, and every other Sunday, off. When the girls are not in classes, or working outdoors, they have recreation either in the cottages, some of which have television, or jointly. They take pride in them- selves and the work they do, and most of them seem to be approach- ing adjustment. They are treated kindly, and not as penal cases, and many of the alumnae return for visits, proving the great worth of the institution. For the perfect gift | Christmas wrapped! JOYCE LEWIS Correspondent Reports On True Life in Mexico Continued from Page 3 tures and jovial laughter. From within, a juke box blares the strains of the romantic danzon, and they mingle with the irresisti- ble aroma forever ushering forth from the pasteleria. A group of college students congregates around the ice cream vendor on the corner; others descend upon the tempting cart of sweets near him, and a wide-eyed youngster suc- ceeds in selling them a bunch of crimson carnations. Towering over all the buildings and the people is the Church, re- flecting all the glory and wealth of a long and successful colonial period. The inevitable beggar or two are squatted on the sidewalk in front of it. A handsome Indian woman with her baby wrapped in her rebozo blesses herself as she leaves the Prose Entering, is an elegant woman of Spanish descent, dressed in the latest style and wearing a beautiful black lace mantilla. The door of the adjoin- ing conve it bursts open and girls from five to eighteen take over the sidewalk for’asmoment or two before they are put on the colegio bus by the accompanying nuns. Their shining faces and dark uni- forms with white collars and red bows leave a lasting impression. .. This is the true Mexico—a land of contrasts, over which reigns a profound realism, an_ incredible ability to accept existing condi- tions, probably caused by their just pride in a brilliant past. Quiz Steals Kools’ Fire; Smoke Builds Vice Pyre Continued from Page 3 inferiority complex and_ the smoke calls attention to me.” (Try low-cut dresses!) Dr. Leblanc: “I started to smoke because I. met people who smok- ed and therefore I smoked to make them happy, and finally, I started to like it myself.” (Very logical). Cynthia Sorrick, 54: “I have a chimney complex.” (Just a brick at heart). Mary Anne Hennessey, ’52: “So I can get my nameinthe NEWS!” Mimi Baicker, ’52: “Because I like to hold onto something.” (No comment). Patsy Bennett, ’51: “Because I’ve wanted to smoke since I was seven years old!” Sarah Sutherland, ’53: “The smoke makes my eyes look tir- ed, so when I go home, my par- ents will think I’ve been study- ing.” Dr. Berliner: “I don’t answer any- thing for Chesterfield or Philip Morris, and I don’t smoke in Taylor!” (Ouch!) We don’t like to bring a up practical matters, | f but — — — 15 shopping days till Christmas ! RICHARD STOCKTON orem —— (, Compliments of SMITH, SANFORD, GERARD, Ine. After class. When you want to eat, You'll get what you want And it can’t be beat! THE COLLEGE INN ‘Ring Around the Moon’ Hides Message in Humor Continued from Page 3 about all his money. Then there is the hilarious tango scene in which the mistress and the secre- tary of the millionaire discuss their painful affair, tangoing all the while; I’m sure that all the lines were as funny as the ones I could hear through the.screams of laughter, mine. I suspected Fry of pushing life many of which were force and personifications of good and evil in the twins; and the mil- lionaire’s two fatal discoveries about his money whispered of deeper meaning, but I preferred to discount these and view the play as an utterly delightful and suc- cessful comedy,. rather than as something approaching the up-in- the-airness and confusion of Ve- nus Observed. The first act; of the play did seem a little long but afterwards all is riotous, spark- ling, warm humor. The single set is rather inter- esting and establishes and: main- tains the lightness and not-quite- of-this-worldness of the play. *” The cast is an integrated"and | handsome import.’ Venus Observed was carried by Laurence Olivier’s superior rolling style, and while “all hands were capable’, the in- genue just wasn’t pretty enough for me, and everybody seemed conscious of the fact that the lead was a Great. The play itself (Venus Observed) was a bit long and more than a bit long-winded, occasionally sparkiing, but often just piling up nothing. it prom- ised the pleasure that Ring Around the Moon gives. The Freshman Class takes great pleasure in announcing the following elections: First rotating member of Self- Gov: Maisie Kennedy First rotating member to Under-/ grad: Karen Brinkman First rotating member to. the League: Adrian Treene First rotating member to the A.A.: Phoebe Albert $2.50 at Allen’s, 1214 Chestnut Street _ Allen's, Chelten & Green, Germantown The Blum Store, 1300 Chestnut St. Campbell-Hickie, 17th & Walnut Sts. Wally-Grace Shop, 4515 Walnut St. in Philadelphia and Allen’s, Suburban Square, Ardmore Helen Caro, 78 S. 69th, Upper Darby Donaldson of Media in Suburban Philadelphia Wednesday, December 6, 1950 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Philosophical Problems Discussed by Dr. Farber Continued from Page 1 status of noumena. (This trans- cendence occurs in the natural world. At this point, Mr. Farber criti- cized Husserl’s position sharply. The analysis of the given sug- gests an isolation of the concepts of mind and knowledge which is highly misleading. This kind of isolation of concepts is permiss- ible if it is recognized as an ar- tificial device, but the phenomen- ologists do not seem to be aware of its artificiality. Phenomenology is wrong in its reduction of con- sciousness, for instance, inner ex- perience can be just as mistaken as outer experience. Although Husserl believed himself to be a consistent phenomenologist, he was actually a practising idealist. He tacitly identifies imminent be- ing with absolute being. The phenomenological method is only one of a number of scientific methods and should be evaluated as such. The latter part of Mr. Farber’s speech was concerned with a brief examination of some existential- ist philosophy. Referring to Hei- degger’s pamphlet entitled What Is Metaphysics?, which attached great importance to the concept of “nothing”, the speaker conclud- ed that “Heidegger has directed imaginary weapons against a non- existent target”, so that the anti- scientific thrusts of Heidegger were declared to be baseless. Heldegger’s lingiuistic extrava- gances were exiceeded by Oskar Becker. Reviewing the latter’s analysis of “Transcendence and Para-Transcendence’’, Mr. Farbe asked: “What kind of blossoms could one expect to sprout in such an , atmosphere? If Heidegger made a dive into Nothing, Becker offers us a rebirth in which most of us would hardly feel at home granting that we could gain ad- mission.” The anti-scientific trend —of—ex- istentialism was continued by Karl Jaspers, himself a former medical scientist of “note. The evolution- ary: conception is unwelcome to Jaspers; he is impressed by “mys- - tery”, above all by a mysterious “transcendence.” Mr. Farber concluded by deliv- ering several admonitions to phil- osophers: “It is well for philoso- phers to remind themselves . re’ |] Continued on Page 6, Col. 2 _ (= ee — Get your Xmas formal at >._——— | MISS NOIROT’S « | SS rd Productions of Actresses Anonymous Provoke Choregraphic Energies and Thespian Talents Continued from Page 1 dancers’ positions, arranged be- fore a large Janschka_ sketch, were impressive. All four had wonderfully flexible bodies, and could have done a great deal more than they did. As they arranged their own choreography, perhaps it was a case of too many cooks. Ellen Liandis seemed to have the largest part, and her smooth con- trolled motions brought murmurs from the audience. Ann Blaisdell and Mary Kay Lackritz performed well, and in time with each other, but Jeft one feeling that they were capable of more than the choreography permitted. Eliza- beth Gjelsness was striking while she danced, but she lacked Ellen’s control, and was somewhat nerv- ous. However she followed the mu- sic well, and was very attractive on stage. It remained for the second dance number to begin the climax of the evening’s - entertainment. The Night, a passage adapted from the Koran, for which John Davison wrote music, was interpreted by hine dancers. Eritha von der Goltz read the passage before the cur- tain (we couldn’t understand why it was not read simultaneously with the dancing); and explained the number’s meaning. [It was a pantomime of man’s responsibil- ity, and his obligation to an high- er power. (Ruth La Place, with her sharp, clean motions, was the dancer of the evening as the Beg- gar, symibol of man’s responsibil- ity. Her movements were controll- ed, perfectly-timed, and her aban- don into the part was a joy to watch. The music was moving and an excellent intenpretation. Ellen Landis as The Good One took a last-minute part, and performed well. Sorra Lee Raven as Day, was also good, but Barbara Otnow as The Child was innocent to the point of the ridiculous. The oth- ers, Lita Picard, Sherry Cowgill, de- In this number, chore- upstage swaying that was tracting. ography was much better exploit- ed than in the previous piece, and showed off the dancers to better advantage. It was arranged by Eritha, Ruth, and Sherry. As a piece, it held together beautifully, was well+executed, and altogether satisfactory, and the showed its appreciation in the ap- audience plause. The first act of S. I. Hsiung’s Lady Precious Stream was hilar- ious. Bea Merrick’s introductory explanation set the mood. The play, in which two parents, their two daughters, and their two sons- in-law, try to convince 16-year-old Precious Stream to marry an “ap- proved suitor” proceeded at a wonderful pace. The more ama- teurish it was, the funnier it was. The entire cast seemed to be hav- ing such a good time with the play, that after a while, the at- mosphere became contagious. Marcia Polak was an adequate Precious Stream, but neither she nor the hero, Howard Shoemaker, was as funny as John Corey and Bob Reynolds, as her sisters’ hus- bands. The attendants, Marian Bretherton and Rae Warner, were also very amusing, and the father, John Kittredge, put over his obvi- ous observations in complete ser- iousness, and mwas wonderfully funny. There were a lot of bright spots—Precious Stream’s onstage striptease, the sight of four seat- ed women fanning furiously, and the wproarious entrance of a mel- ange of suitors. The way in which Precious Stream helps along the “will of God”, when her father de- crees she is to marry the suitor who catches an embroidered ball, provides an amusing plot; and Memee King and Ellen Bacon can feel that they have done a good job with good material. ‘How to get warm: ||. “* GLOBE LIGHTING PRODUCTS, INC. In a winter storm ~ Drop in to eat A hamburger treat : _ AT THE HEARTH and Eve Glayser, were adequate; The NEWS wishes to con- and after a while, one felt that gratulate Mr. Morris of the Consuelo Abreu and Nora Francke, F rench Department, and Mrs. as The Gods, should have been Morris, who are now the proud given more action than a constant! | ? larents of a 7-lb, 12 oz. baby girls named Sylvia. (> ~| 7 ns ‘Benjamin, Hastings DECORATIVE ART oe aa OF VICTORIA’S ERA _ -& Shaw, Ine. , Be by hp Insurance Frances Lichten 110 WILLIAM STREET COUNTRY | “* NEW YORK CITY BOOKSHOP | ae Ais = 4 | | Brrr rrr rrr PEL Electric Lighting Fixtures 7th AVENUE AT 12th STREET BROOKLYN 15, N. Y. Repeated Revision of Oath Proves Ineffectual; Thought Control Threatens Academic Freedom Continued from Page 1 ment. The Regents in March voted 10 to 10 nct to rescind their ulti- matum. At this point, an alumni com- mittee was asked to study the con- flicting sides of the situation, and to produce a compromise. At the April meeting, the Regents accept- ed this compromise with a vote of 21 to 1. It transferred the essentials of the oath to the body of the an- nual contract, and provided that no non-signer should be dismissed without the right to a hearing be- fore the Committee on Privileges for a hearing, and action was put off on 62 Academic Senate non- signers. In August, the vote was 12 to 10 to discharge the 31 Senate mem .., bers (the rest had signed) whose cases had been reviewed by the committee and who had been found loyal. Now why is there so much oppo. sition to the oath? If a man is not a Communist, shouldn’t he be willing to affix his signature to a paper stating that he is not? and Tenure of the University. The Some feel that of course he should. Committee would ascertain the loyalty of the individual, and the | Regents would have to act on the basis of its findings. The catch here was one of interpretation. The anti-oath Regents took it for granted that should the Committee find the record of a non-signer to be clear and uncontaminated with Communism, he would not be fired. The pro-oath group private- ly intended to take advantage of the Regents’ ultimate authority by firing the non-signers regardless. What happened is indicated by the Regents’ meeting which followed. In May it was announced that 412 had refused to sign, including 92 members of the Academic Sen- ate. In June, 157 lower faculty mem- bers were fired who failed to apply But others see important principles jeopardized. This seems as insult- ing as if a man were asked for no apparent reason to swear that he had not been guilty of infidelity. For another thing, the faculty is required to take the regular Con- stitutional oath of allegiance which is good enough for the President of the United States and the Gov- ernor of California. Are the Re- gents, by imposing the additional oath, singling out the faculty as a particularly suspicious body? Is mere failure to sign a slip of paper a valid reason for dis- charge? One indisputable argu- ment is that no Communist would think twice about signing the oath; Continued on Page 6, Col. 1 99 JOHN STREET NEW YORK CITY ( » F. J. Flynn For Christmas Gifts: Associates, Tune. 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Professors have to swear that they are not members, etc., of the Communist party. May not they have to swear tomorrow that they never, drink|} erange juice, or that th@y~have never asked students to read the Communist Manifesto? Does a professor dare to continue to pur- sue truth regardless of where it may lead his mind? Just how far can fear carry us toward regi- mented education? The importance of this issue can- not be overestimated. What do you think about it? By special arrangement with the publishers, Harper and Bros., the College Bookshop has ought their entire re- maining stock of Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr by Edith Finch. The book will sell henceforth at one dollar per copy. Irish Tragedy Unfolds Under Direction of Low Continued from Page 3 cuse to the director, we rushed out into the clear, starry night, won- dering at the courage of the cast, and wishing them good luck in their coming performance. The Freshman Show Direct- or is Danielle Luzzatto, ’54. Philosophical Problems Discussed by Dr. Farber Continued from Page 5 peatedly of the time-honored func- tions of philosophy: clarification of basic ideas, periodical syntheses of the chief results of science methodology, and the continued elaboration of a theory of values Respect for their scientific col- leagues will ‘therewith be emphat- ically brought to mind, with a wholesome effect on their think-]. ing. If philosophy is to bring wis- dom to others, it must not be wasted by narrow and unclarified motives, or warped by nationalism and verbal jugglery, which at times seems __ indistinguishable from downright lunacy.” Continued from Page 1 tion of their main expenses is giv- en below: Undergrad $600 Undergrad Day Mistresses Announcers). Undergraduate scholarship. Freshman Handbook. Firemen’s Band and other expenses for May Day and Parade Night. Miscellaneous (conferences, pictures, parties, mimeo- salaries (Pay and Hall 650 300 150 graphing, flowers, etc.) Alliance 3600 Assembly speakers. 150 Expenses connected with assemblies. 200 Conferences (including IRC, Send Flowers —_—- . for Xmas JEANNETT’S Common Treasury Asks for $7.40 per Person To Help Support Self-Gov, UG, Alliance, League ICG, and UWF). 50 Miscellaneous (mimeograph- | ing, pictures, etc.) Self-Govt. $330 Signing-out and tion books. 70 Conferences. 10 Miscellaneous. N. S. A. $170 ‘Conferences. 80 National dues. 18 Regional dues. 85 Miscellaneous. A. A. A flat one dolar per person, to expand its program and take over expenses that the Gym depart- ment has sustained in the past. and that A. A. feels should be more student-supported. constitu- ENGAGEMENTS Ellen Alsitted Bacon, ’51 to Rich- ard Smallbrook McKinley, III. Helen4Louise Simpson, ’52 to Kenneth Mather Seggeman, Jr. Helen Huntington Martin, ’49 to Lt. Frank McCord Eccles, USN. 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