R VOL. XLVI, NO. 3 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1949 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College,1945 PRICE 15 CENTS NEWS Outlines Phi Beta Kappa Pros and Cons Campus to Answer Poll On Question Of PBK The question has been raised as to whether or not a Phi Beta Kappa chapter should be started on the Bryn Mawr campus. In 1947 a group of alumnae appointed a committee to investigate the feel- ing for and against having such a chapter. This committee issued a poll which was circulated among the alumnae, while a poll was also distributed among the faculty. The opinions both for and against hav- ing a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, which were expressed in the polls, are outlined below. Pro: that having a chapter would increase the prestige of the col- lege. Con: this is questionable and not subject to proof. Pro: that it would decrease Bryn Mawr’s reputation for intellectual snobbery. Con: it has not been proven that this reputation really exists. Pro: as an economic and profes- sional..advantage — that prefer- ence is given to college graduates with Phi Beta Kappa. Con: that the present psycho- logical trend is not to use achieve- ment as measured by grades as Standard for selection, and that there is no. object now in institut- ing a method of rating that may soon be outmoded. Pro: necessity for graduates to justify the college’s standing in regions where it is not well known. Membership in Phi Beta Kappa would give them immediate stand- ing. Con: such justification, if neces- sary, should be made on grounds Continued on Page 6 Freshmen To Give ]-Act Hall Plays On October 28 and 29, the Fresh- men will first exhibit their Thes- pian talents in the hall plays. The one-act dramas will be presented in the Skinner Workshop on Friday and Saturday nights. Denbigh will offer Noel Cow- ard’s Chaste, directed by Eliza- beth Grey, °50, with Katherine Lurker as Freshman director and Anne Blaisdell and Sally Bolster as stage managers. An ancient Greek drama, The Girl With Her Hair Cut Short, by Menander, will be produced by Merion, with D. Fleisshacker and Jane Augustine, 750, directing. Constance Luding- ton is the assistant director, and ‘Corinna McBee is the stage man- ager. Pembroke East’s production is Spreading the News, an_ Irish comedy by Lady Gregory. Claire Minton and Molly Allen, ’52, are the co-directors; Linda Bowden is the Freshman director; and the stage manager is Debbie Babbitt. Will o’ the Wisp will be offered by Pembroke West.-The directors are A. J, Rock, 50, and Pat Onder- donk, ’52, with Minnie Cassatt as assistant director and Millie ~~ Continued on Page 2 New, Surrealistic Art Instructor Adnires the Bryn Mawr Gothic by Irina Nelidow, ’50 “Composition is my hobby — technique from the old masters, but.the surrealist style,” said Mr. Fritz Janschka. Mr. Janschka is the ~new. art. instructor. for the classes in the Skinner Workshop, and flew over from Vienna less than three weeks ago. He has fin- ished six years of study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and is currently showing some of his work at an exhibition in Rome. He feels that, in‘ Europe at pres- ent, Italy is probably the country which offers the most promise to young artists. “Vienna is beautiful now, but dead,” Mr. Janschka explained sadly. People are too exhausted by their many long privations to take Fritz Janschka Standing Self-Portrait Ushenko, Holland, To Lecture Here As the first Philosophy Club speaker, Dr. Andrew Paul Ushen- ko, Associate Professor of Philoso- phy at Princeton, will discuss Artistic Truth Thursday, October 20, at 8:30 p. m. in the Library Room 1. The lecture by the former visit- ing professor at Bryn Mawr (1947), and the author of books on the theory and problems of logic, and the philosophy of relativity, is open to everyone. ' Born in Moscow, Dr. Ushenko took part in the suppression of the first Bolshevist uprising in 1917, joined the white Russian forces under General Denikin in 1918, and later came to the United States where he received his PhD. at the University of California in 1927. Starting as an instructor at'the University of Michigan, Mr. Ushen- ko was an associate professor when he came east to Princeton in 1937, and is at present a mem- ber of the American Philosophical Association, the Fullerton Philoso- phy Club, and the Eugene Field Society. Under the auspices of the Class- ics Club, Mrs. Louise W. Holland of the Bryn Mawr Classical Archae- ology Department will speak on Thursday, October 20 at 4 p. m. in the Common Room. Mrs. Holland, who spent the summer traveling in Europe, will describe a trip which she made in Italy, down the Tiber River in a surplus navy boat. The lecture will be illustrat- ed with slides. Everyone is wel- come to attend. any real interest in the arts. How- ever, next spring Vienna will hold a big art exhibit sponsored by the International Art Club, in which Mr. Janschka will also have some paintings. on view. He plans to start an American branch of the International Art Club (which was founded in Rome in 1945), .and hopes to arouse enthusiasm for this project in the art, music, and theater worlds. One of the people he expects to see in connection with the Club is dancer-choreogra- pher Valerie Bettis. Because he came by air and had to travel light,. Mr. Janschka was able to bring only one of his paint- ings over with him. Entitled “The Fourth Dimension,” this surreal- istic work struck us as forceful, uncanny, and eerily fascinating. It will probably soon have more than one companion-piece, however, for Mr. Janschka works steadily, daily, in Skinner. . Mr. Janschka’s wife is still in Vienna, but he hopes to bring her over to America when his plans are a little more settlec “Your Gothic is very good, you know,” he added. “It’s not the real Gothic, the early French Gothic, of course, but the English univer- sity Gothic, and,” he repeated, “it’s very good!” USF Organizes Drive For Funds The United Service Fund, now conducting its annual campaign for contributions, is asking every- one to donate $10. this year. The Fund fis an organization which combines all the separate charity drives into one, thus eliminating the need for scattered appeals throughout the year. Soliciting will start on Wednesday, October 26, Continued on Page 2 CALENDAR Thursday, October 20 4:00 p.m. Classics Club Lec- ture: Mrs. Holland, “Down the Tiber in a Rubber Boat.” Com- mon Room. 5:00 p.m. French Club Party, Miss Ely’s. 8:00 p.m. Professor Ushen- ko, Artistic Truth, Philosophy Lecture, Art Lecture Room. Sunday, October 23 7:30: p.m. Chapel, Mr. Gedde= MacGregor, Music Room. Monday, October 24 7:15 p.m. Current Events, Mrs. Manning, Mr. Michaels, Atomic Energy, Common Room. ‘| seminars Whalebone Will Students In Paris Inspired By Men, Bree, Broken Beds Specially contributed by Elaine “Marks ’52 atid June Moyer °50 We were kissed at, waved at, and photographed at Pier 62, NYC, on June 8, 1949 before and as the Ma- rine Tiger set sail. We were twenty-four, whistled for, orient- ed for, ten days (and nights) until we landed at Le Havre in “The Old Country”. Eager were we for | sleep, pulled were we through cus- peims, pushed were we by the waiting and efficient “Madmazelle Bray” into a large bus where we met our first native, Roger, the driver. “Maintenant nous parlerons seu- lement le francais” said Mlle. Bree. There was a great silence. It took us a while before we got accus- tomed to the idea of an eight day “group” trip through the north of France, but finally we got acclim- ated, conversation began, and the idiosyncracies of the members of the Bryn Mawr Summer Session became apparent and flourished. There were the little cafes by the Chateaux, there was the constant singing of Marks and Wegier which was particularly strong while we crossed bridges. Also, not to be forgotten: the numerous in- ternal difficulties, the chocolate patisseries, the games of Battle- ships. Mlle Bree was a “brick through ‘the whole ugly mess,” Continued on Page 2 Bennett Stars As Salty Will In Junior Show Underwater Scenery, Dragon, Chorus Effective sto by Gwynne Williams ’50 ’51l’s “Willy Nilly’” was a won- drous and well-knit show—Eleven Days well spent! And the wonder of wonders is Miss Patsy Bennett as Willy, a joy to witness and the central attraction of the show. Miss Bennett has great stage presence and charm. Another wonder of this eleven days was the scenery. The Act Underwater was a delight of light and design, expertly managed by Jane MacIn- tyre, M. Starkweather, and crew. Five old ladies open the show with some nice. coordinated rock- ing and snappy dialogue. Best of these were Sue Savage and Debbie Putnam. Sue scatters a mean as- pirin. Whisked back to youth, Katchy Torrence managed to re- main coyly ancient; Mousie Wal- lace and B. A. Schoen blossomed beautifully. Bert, Dragon Delightful In Benzedrine Bert (Sue Kra- mer) we have another case of wondrous dialogue and song. Ben- zedrine’s and Willy’s tall tales were creations of genius (or did those things really happen?). Mc- Gqueam (J\-Hoenig)’s pomposity was nicely backed by the Tail and Alice Hendrick, friend and valet— best yet we’ve seen in dragons, Though Minnie (Joan Woodworth) made a mean mermaid, I cannot say as much for her singing; her song was pitched a little high and was not up to the show’s top mu- sical standard. Salty Choruses I suspect the Welcoming Com- mittee’s song will last forever; unique lyrics to the familiar tune sung by a charming and definite. ly Bryn Mawr Committee! The Sailor’s Chorus was as pretty a bunch of sailors as we’ve known; it looked as if it were really en- joying the whole thing. The undersea creatures did some superb flitting and floating, en- Continued on Page 5 by Anne Greet and Hanna Holborn ’50 “That’s New York!” cried an of- ficer, pointing to a spot on the horizon. The spot turned info a ship, but at last land appeared with the setting sun, and the Ger- man students who are now at Bryn Mawr -sailed.-past-the Coney TTsland parachutes and” the fizzling neon of “Seven Up” to their pier at Staten Island. These students are part of a group studying at Anierican col- leges under a new cultural-ex- change program set up by the Military Government. Most of them live with families at Brya Mawr, a few live at the Graduate Center, and Regina Rompel, the youngest (she is 20 years old) lives in Pem East. They are studying social and - political science at Bryn Mawr, both jin and undergraduate German Expert Finds America Friendly, Healthy, Full of Ads courses. All have attended Europ- ean universities and their English is much, much better than our German. We found Antje Lemke, who was a German consultant for commun- ity education with the OMGUS, and Elizabeth Ehm,‘a journalist who left her native Prague for Germany in 1948, down on the ten- nis courts. “We play tennis to- gether, so we can talk politics,” but they-seem even more interest- ed in the problem of community work. “Here, it is more on a vol- untary basis than in Germany. There is more individual participa- tion in public life . . . People at home talk philosophy, but do noth- ing practical.” America—even New York—ap- pears “friendly,” “healthy,” “full of traffie and advertisements.” Be- sides the trips planned for them Continued on Page 3 Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS FouNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks- giving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without per- mission of the Editor-in-Chief. Editorial Board EMILy TOWNSEND, ’50, Editor-in-chief ANNE GREET, ’50, Copy In1na NE.IvDow, ’50, Make-up ELISABETH NELIDow, ’51 HANNA carne "50, Make-up GWYNNE WILLIAMS, ’50 Nina Cave, ’50 Joan McBripg, ’52 Editorial Staff FRANCINE DUPLEssIx, ’52 JANE ROLLER, 51 JANE AUGUSTINE, ’52 JOANNA SEMEL, ’52 JACQUELINE EsMERIAN, ’51 Craire LiacHow!Tz, ’52 EMMY CADWALADER, 752 Betty Leg, ’52 CAROLINE SMITH, ’52 BARBARA JOELSON, ’52 PAULA STRAWHECKER, ’52 Staff Photographers Laura WInsLow, 50, Chief JOsEPHINE RASKIND, ’50 Business Board | MADELEINE BLounrtT, ’51, Business Manager TAMA SCHENK, ’52 Mary Lov Price, ’51 Mary Kay LacxriTz, ’51 Subscription Board BARBARA LIGHTFOOT, 750, Manager Patric'a MULLIGAN, ’52. ELLIE .Ew ATHERTON, ’52 Nancy ALEXANDER, °52 Mary BerNicE Morris, 52 Marjorig£ Peterson, °51 PENNY GREENOUGH, ’50 Mary Kay Laxritz, ’51 GRETCHEN GAEBELEIN, ’5( — 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 International College Bryn Mawr has a unique reputation among small col- leges for the number of foreign students it attracts. Often more than ten per cent of the undergraduate school is made up of students from abroad, and the proportion in the grad- uate school is much higher. The presence of ten German Experts, the new DP scholar, and the first Japanese scholar since pre-war days has lately drawn our attention more strongly than usual to Bryn Mawr’s standing as an international college. Miss McBride has emphasized this, too, in her article which ap- pears in the Bulletin this week. The number of the class of ’49 who are studying abroad, and the generous allocation from the United Services Fund Drive for the restoration of university libraries in Europe, are further signs of an in- terest in cross-Atlantic exchange of education and ideas which is probably stronger now at Bryn Mawr than it was before the war. : We have on this campus a remarkable chance to study Europe at home, as it were; surely no Bryn: Mawr student with any spark to her mind can fail to find these opportun- ities exciting. Oratio In Homines Negotiores Quod negotium? Ad nos litterae pervenerunt atque di- cunt ad hoc exemplum: : “Vultis circumnavigari a pulchris, admirantibus viris? Vultis exhortari aciem e stipatissimo stadio? Vultis corripi in conviviorum turbine laetarum? Vultis suum quaequé pulcherrimum comitem bracchium tenere quocumque iter faciatis?” _- 0 tempora! o mores! o lapsus linguae! Quo pergamus? Pergamus? Omnes hic haec hoc erunt nobis si hanc sentent- iam complerimus: “Mihi viri Harvardiani ludi litterarum negotiorum omnibus aliis viris praelati sunt. qui quae quod...” : ere Omittemus omnes lascivias implicationes huius rei, omittemus quod eveniat ut habeamus suum quaeque comitem pulcherrimum superioresque sedes ad inflammantem ludum ‘Harvardi in Princetoniam vel si virum Yalinsum nupturae simus atque possimus ad quam octo cyathis campus bibat esse. Omittemus haec et alias quoque res. Non tanta inopia virorum laboramus. |impressed by the hopeful outlook Wednesday, October 19, 1949 THE COLLEGE NEWS Current Events Common Room, October 17, Miss Lily Ross Taylor, Dean of. the Graduate School, spoke on the sub- ject of “Italy: Present and Fu- ture.” Her talk, which was based on her visit to Italy this past sum- mer, was particularly notable for its optimism. In contrast with Fascist days, Miss Taylor was pleased’ to find “courtesy instead of discipline.’ Among the Italian people there was a marked lack of complaint, resignation to condi- tions, and “general good humor, hope, and confidence.” The major- ity of Italians feel that Mussolini made his great mistake in allying himself with Hitler, and now that the war is over they are anxious to accept the Americans as their friends; they have faith in Italy’s ability to recover from her damages. Optimism Prevails This optimistic ‘spirit seems amazing in the face of Italy’s ex- treme poverty and appalling hous- ing situation. The latter has been brought about to a great extent by the tremendous over-population of the large cities, the high birth rate, and the limited opportunities for emigration. Faced with the problem of high prices and low earnings, the people preserve their good humor and are able to enjoy a genuine laugh in recalling the prices of past years. Poverty, Hope, Confusion Italy today is a very poor coun- try. The discovery of oil in the north has given hope to many, but as yet no one knows how much help it will be. The political sit- uation seems to be filled with con- tradictions. Since every news- paper is a party document, it is. necessary to read all the papers in order to get a rounded and unbi- ased picture. Miss Taylor noticed preposterous headlines, slanted news items, and prejudices pro and con different governments and peoples. However, it was notable that for every man who felt that German law influenced the Italians, there was some one to disagree with him; and for every man who stat- ed that “to get a job one must be~- long to the Christian-Democrat party”, there was someone to con- tradict the statement or say that it was exaggerated. In addition to listening to the people, Miss Tay- ior had the opportunity to visit several political leaders and to at- tend the Chamber of Deputies. In this assembly she was able to ob- serve the action of the solid Com- munist block, the method of tak- ng a vote, and to see the well- known Palmiro Togliatti. When she visited Don Storzo, founder of the Christian-Democra: party, Miss Taylor was once more that seemed to prevail in Italy. Storzo felt that Italy could be in- fluential in the development of Africa and was only anxious for the nations of the world to make definite plans for the future. Communist Scare Decreases The old fear of Communism seems to have been moderated to a great extent, and although all radical elements are still much in evidence in Italy, terrorism has been overshadowed by the tremen- dous good will, fair, play and friendliness of the people: “The great hope of Italy,” Miss Taylor feels, “is the vitality and vigor of the population and the confidence the people have in themselves.” : The Sophomore class takes pleasure in announcing the election of Catherine Chereme- teff as Song Mistress. Les Enfants Crient Oo-la-la-la a Paris Continued from Page 1 screaming “cul-chah”, and incred- ulous at our occasional apathy and disturbances which we felt she considered peculiar to our nation- | ality. She nevertheless did some bit of worrying which unfortun- ately took the form of questions, ‘Avez-vous bien dormi?” “Qui tousse?” and “Ca va, megs en- fants?” The trip was beautifully plan- | ned, and we were fortunate to see, more usual tourist inaccessible except We managed, among the stops, places by car or bicycle. in that short time, to cover some of the cathedrals ofthe North, the beaches of Normandy, the Cha-' teaux de la Loire. 1953 Sees Light On Lantern Night On Friday, October 21st., the freshman class will be formally in- itiated into the intricacies as well as the traditions. of-college life. In the annual ‘Lantern Night cere- mony, to be held at 8:00 in the Cloisters, the sophomores will pre- sent to the freshmen the “light of wisdom,” burning in red lanterns. Traditionally, the temporarily silent freshmen file into the dark- ened Cloisters and, carefully avoid- ing the pool, form a semi-circle facing the west wing of the lib- rary. The enlightened sophomores enter next, each bearing the wis- dom of her college year in a light- ed lantern and evoking the god- dess of learning and, fortunately, strength. The sophomores. then form another semi-circle, each thrusts her lantern into..the. hand “Paris sera toujours Paris” We were glad when we finally saw Paris. We. loved the city from the start and more as we got to know it. The Paris headquar- rs of the Bryn Mawr Summer Sessions was at Reid Hall, where, thanks to Miss Dorothy Leet, and Joann Mott, ’47, we were comfort- able. Life at Reid Hall was not without its humor. Never before had there been male residents, but, jfinally, everyone managed to make the adjustment. Ark-like we lived two-by-two in the fourth floor studios. One day a leg came out, a bed collapsed, and the occupant, feeling stiff, went down to break- fast. The roommate slept on un- til the maid came.in. “Regardez le’ lit! Regardez le lit!” she screamed with horror. The room- Continued on Page 5 ie Dilworth Finds | City Corrupted “Public apathy and the consist- ent opposition of big business are the two main problems facing the Democratic party in the Philadel- phia elections on November 8,” claimed Richardson Dilworth, Democratic candidate for city treasurer, at a political rally in the Common Room, October 18. Bryn Mawr is the first women’s college to hear Mr. Dilworth, who, describing the present Republican administration, insisted that the evils of a big city political machine cannot be exaggerated. There is no interest in improvement of the tity, jobs are distributed, not on ability or integrity, but on party and privilege lines, there is dis- proportion in the distribution of rural and city funds, and corrup- tion even reaches the state legis- lature. ‘Citing the fire force as an ex- ample of a city department which has degenerated. under the Repub- lican administration, in power since 1883, Mr. Dilworth spoke of the resentment of the firemen against a government which fur- nished them nothing in the way of equipment. “A crowd like that now running City Hall, and if you have ever been there you remember the situ- ation of general filth and decay, could prostitute any system of government,” argued the candi- date, while telling of his need for volunteers to/‘help provide f = cent municipal government.” ~ He feels that it is a question of volunteers . versus mercenaries. There is nothing which can com- pete with enthusiasm, organiza- tion, house-to-house canvassing, and this was Mr. Dilworth’s main aim—to enlist workers and sup- porters for his campaign. A graduate of Yale, and Yale Law school, a lawyer, and nominee for mayor last year, Richardson Dilworth maintains that his best workers in this campaign came from the ranks of college and uni-. of the nearest freshman and runs away. The freshmen, now presum- ably “friends of wisdom” respond with “Sophias” and _ retire with greater dignity to step singing at Taylor, where each will discover a sophomore’s invitation to tea at- tached to her lantern. Those participating -in the Cloister ceremonial must not be startled by the indistinguishable and eerie faces peering from the clouds above the west wing. Con- trary to popular belief, they are not Olympic deities, but paying guests. Both classes wear black caps and gowns over white dresses (or im- provisations thereof). A few years ago the custom of wearing black stockings was terminated and “tan hose are now acceptable.” Among the more interesting ‘traditions surrounding’ Lantern ‘Night are those concerning wis- dom and fortune. Guard the candle flames with care ,for the girl whose light burns longest will either be- come hall president or be the first of her class to marry, depending upon personal inclination. The girl who finds her gown spotted with wax will earn her Ph.D. or grad- uate cum laude. The class of ’53 is asked to use discretion in hanging its lanterns in the windows and in burning its candles at the other end. Freshmen to Produce One-Act Hall Plays Continued from Page 1 Thompson as stage manager. Death Comes to My Friends, by Karl Dollman,. will be presented by Radnor. Elaine Marks and Mar- celle Wegier, °52, will direct it; Didi Yost is the Freshman direc- tor, and §S.. Kramer, the stage manager. Rockefeller will give Beauty and the Jacobin, a drama of revolutionary days in France, by Booth Tarkington. Patricia Richardson, ’52, is the director; Sally Shoemaker, the Freshman director; and Maryanne Holmes, the stage manager. Rhoads will produce Waiting for Lefty, by Clifford Odets, and directed by Margie Low, ’50. USF Organizes Drive, Explains Urgent Need Continued from Page 1 and continue through the follow- ing day. Irina Nelidow, ’50, Fund chairman, emphasizes that contri- butions may be put on any or all Pay Days. : The college Legislature recent- ly voted to distribute the donations as follows: World Student Service Fund 24.0%; CARE (for foreign uni- versity libraries) 140%, CARE (for children) 9.5%, Red Cross 18.7%, Philadelphia Community Chest 13.7%,United Negro College Fund 10.0%, and Reserve for pos- rsible new appeals 15.0%. The World Student Service Fund, American branch of World Stud- ent Relief which has centers all over the world, sends aid to stud- versity students. - ents in nations devastated by war ~: Ceatined on, Page 2. SPENT WS ARTE Bil Wednesday, October 19, 1949 THE COLLEGE NEWS : Page Three Between the Leaves Figures of Revolution Live in Novel By Meigs by Nina Cave, ’50 ‘ine Violent Men, by Cornelia lieigs, professor of*-English at bryn Mawr College, isthe story of the*First Continental Congress, and the events that culminated in the Declaration of Independence. lt often happens in a long histori- cal novel of this kind that either the histori¢al characters involved are magnified to the point of dis- tortion, or that the mass of mater- ial is presented in an undigested and confusing form. Miss Meigs, however, thas achieved an excel- lent balance between these two elements and the result is a fas- “-ceinating “and often” very exciting book. ‘his book deals primarily with a series of struggles. On the broad- est scale, there is the sharp quarrel in the English Parliament between the government in power and the group led by Burke, and the ven- erable Karl of Chatham who comes out of retirement to speak on be- half of- the “rebellious” colonists. There is the fight for control of the Congress between John Dick- inson, the rich, conservative, Penn- sylvanian who wanted to avdid an open and definite break with Eng- land at any cost, and John Adams, the leader of the “violent men” who brought with them “that ' dreaded aspect, a desire for inde- pendence.” These men fundament- ally liked and respected each other, but they fought a tough, unpleas- ant battle on the issue that event- ually split the Congress between them, But it is the personal struggle of each delegate that the author manages to bring out very vividly. All of these men, most of them Jeffersonian aristocrats, had to re- concile the best course of action of their own colony with the good of the other twelve. Later, they had to decide if a proclamation of independence from England was justified and advisable at that time, if it was worth the risk of the well- being of their colony and their personal livelihoods as well. This is also the story of men who were not in the’ Congress but who worked towards its ends with the greatest devotion; Franklin, who risked this life on a mission to Canada on its behalf, after the defeat at Quebec; the two messen- gers, Paul Revere and Cesar Rod- ney, who galloped along the Post Road with instructions for the del- egates and news from the fight- ing fronts; and Tom Paine whose famous leaflet, Common. Sense, helped to turn the tide in favor of Adams ‘and independence. In the first paragraph, Continued on Page 4 the The German Experts at a Seminar Continued from Page 1 during the academic year (includ- ing~-a-~-shopping-tour of Philadei- phia with Miss Kraus soon after they arrived) and during next summer, most of the group have made travel-plans of their own. Anna-Mavrie Duelp will spend Christmas with her uncle in New USF Ba Nia Explains Urgent Need Continued from Page 1 and When not enough money is available for a student (as/is too often the case) the Fund helps him or her find a job, a cheaper place to live, learn a trade, etc. WSSF is the only na- tional agency organized exclusive- ly for this kind of relief. CARE is having a special drive this year for books tor toreign universities, which are so despex- ately in need. A typical example is the University of Louvain, in Bel- gium, which lost 900,000 volumes during the war. CARE aiso sends aid to the many thousands of chil- dren sutfering from malnutrition and war injuries, the victims of destroyed homes. The Red Cross and the Com- internal strife. faithfully for many years, require funds for the many various emer- gencies they encounter as well as for their regular programs of com- munity assistance. The United Negro College Fund, supporting over thirty accredited all-negro colleges, provides schol- arships for many needy students and awards grants to the individual colleges. Its work is ever increas- ing in scope, as is its need for financial help. The United Service Fund drive will be the only charity drive this year, and students are asked to keep this in mind when the solicit- ing begins. XVIII th Century Discalced Carm Teaches Spicy Brand of Italian At Oral time the NEWS feels cur course of imstruction with eighteenth century grammar its duty deeply — We are beginning an Italian lesson, taken from an written by a mysterious Discalced Carm. We have chosen the Loeb style purposely, for it is our boast that no one has ever needed a. dictionary to read the NEWS. We bring it down to college level. Vocabulary At two o’clock jn the morning. ““A’ Damned Soul. Eternal punishments. Maidenhead. _A dead body or corpse. The Jaw Teeth or Grinders. The Back-Side or Breech. The Spleen or Milt. The Small guts. Dandriff or Scurf. A Stink. The Dropsy. The Cramp. The Hickup. Histerical-fits. A Wart or Wen. Continued Vocabolario Alle due dopo la mezza notte. Un’ anima damnata. Pene eterne. Vergenita. Un Cadavere. I Denti Grossi. 1 sedere. La Milza. I Budelli piccoli. La Forfora. Un Puzzo. L’ Idropisia. Il Granchio. Il Singhiozzo. Effettisterici. Un Porro. on Page 4 Vi munity Chest, two organizations | vation for women whose work has been continuing | ‘however, |to “do something with it.” German Experts Acclaim Dr. Wells As Father; Argue About Politics on the T ennis Courts i York: ! when the ship landed, and she did He was waiting at the dock not. recognize him at. first—he' jooked so much younger than. her father “because of not having been through a war.” Everyone ha; relatives and friends conveniently located for handy weekends (“Just how long does it take to: get to Texas?”). And if one | spends every other weekend working hard at Bryn Mawr, then, on the week ends in between one can dash off to New York, Boston, Chicago or Syracuse. “Dr. Wells was just like a fath- er”; consequently, few difficulties have arisen, except how to ap proach “corn on the cob” and (since prices ‘vary from store to store), how jot to spend one’s days pursuing a phantom bargain. McBride Analyzes Women’s Studies (Ed Note: The following is an article reprinted by the courtesy of Think Magazine from its Sep- iember issue.) “What Studies for Women?” by Katherine McBride. Controversies about college edu- are of such long standing that they seem familiar from any angle. They do change, and the present contro- versy is not on the old subject of what women can do but on the sub- Ject of what they should do. Frustrated Women? It is usually granted women can undertake all college studies from anthropology to zoology and carry them with success . .. The ques- tion put by modern critics is whether women should carry the same studies as men, and by this the critics mean: Is women’s role as wife and mother less well served by a four-year liberal arts curri- culum than by general studies with a strong admixture of home economics and child care? Does the liberal arts curriculum, how- ever interesting at the time, make women who later have no careers outside their homes dissatisfied and frustrated? ; There is today an eager audience ready to say “aye” to these ques- tions. It is made up in part of women reacting against the great emphasis of their own time in col- lege on women’s “right” to higher’ education ‘Und their responsibility It is made up in part of progréssive minded people who want to stress the fact that liberal education, however sound and stimulating, is not all of life. It is made up in part, too, of the psychiatrically excited, who. through psychiatry itself or through literature have come to believe that women will undermine our civilization if they do not concentrate on their “role as wives and mothers.” The critics who find college edu- cation for women most inadequate usually recommend its improve- Continued on Page 5 ‘*Apple’’ Raia to Bean Maur, Makes Hockey Players “‘k-r-run’’ by Emmy Cadwalader, ’52 Un Monaay, October 17tn., Miss Appiebee, known as “The Appie’ by tnose she ‘has taught, came to | coach the Varsity Hockey Squad. | Miss Applebee, who used to coach | at Bryn Mawr, introguced hockey | into America in the early nineteen | hundreds. Since she came over | trom Kngland, she has coached | teams ali over the United States. | ‘Ine hockey camp, whiecn Bryn Mawr and many other colleges at- tend, has been run by Miss Apple- bee tor many years. In the time in | which she has been coaching, she | has become one of the most tam- ous and well-loved coaches hockey has ever known. Yelling lustily, in her clipped British accent and-xoll- ing her R’s, she has sent many a ieam to victory through-her exce- | lent directing, Miss Applebee appeared on Mon- day in her famous brown tunic, and the practice began. “R-r-r-run you lazy things,” cried Miss Applebee, and slouching Bryn Mawr players straightened quickly and tore down the field. “What is the matter with that ridiculous left inner,” she Storts The first: hockey game of the season, against Drexel, was played last Wednesday, October 12, on the Bryn Mawr College field. The Varsity won by a large margin of 7-1, and the Junior Varsity won 3-V. In the Varsity game two goals each were made by J. Stone, and S. Haton, and one each by N. Blackwood, M. Shaw, and A. New- bold. P. Merritt made two of the goals in the Junior Varsity game, and M. Turner, who came into the game during the last half, put in the final goal. Margie claims she had to make a goal because Miss Grant said she’d slaughter her if she didn’t. Both teams played with a lot of spark and spirit. The Var- sity forward line was_outstanding, due to excellent teamwork and good passing Trish Mulligan, the Varsity goal-keeper, did an amaz- ing job of keeping out goals along with the rest of the defense. The Second team game also put on a showing of very nice hockey and enthusiasm. — This year the Varsity is captain- ed by Sylvia Hayes, and the Jun- ior Varsity by Nancy Greenewalt. From the first game it looks as if the coming season will be quite good, and also lots of fun for all those participating. The first round of the Hall Hoc- key tournament was played off on Sunday, October 16. Pembroke East beat Radnor, 6-0, in a very exciting game. The high scorer was E. Wadsworth, totaling three goals. E. Nelidow made two and D. Chambers made the other goal. Then Denbigh won over Rock, 4-0. E. McIlroy and A. Cary were re- sponsible for the. Denbigh goals. The games were very officially umpired by Sue Savage and Sylvia Hayes. The gym department had better watch out, these two are pretty good. The next round of this tournament will be played off next Sunday. The Sophomores tied the Fresh- men, 1-1, and the Seniors beat the Juniors, 2-0; in the first series of the Class Hockey Match. Jo Ras- kind was the big scorer on the Senior team. The rest of the matches will be played off this week and next. The class who wins the greatest number of games will have its name put on the Class Hockey Championship Cup, which has just recently been resurrected after having been forgotten for quite a few years. At the same time the Odds and the Evens team will be chosen, and people will be able to sing the two Odds and Evens ‘songs lustily to their hearts content for their team. — , yelled, and gave the poor thing a | hearty shove toward the goal. kiveryone, with the exception of a |1ew players, had ‘“Klephantitus,” |sne claimed, as a large fullback | uied to put on an extra burst of | speed to please her. Then some un- iortunate kicked the ball, and the ‘whistle blared. After suitticient ; reasons as to why to hit the ball |instead of kicking it, the game was continued and that player was | now hitting instead of kicking. “If | that girl gets in your way, kick | her,” she calls #0 the goal-keeper, as a halfback blocks her view of ! | the ball. “Get your sticks on the | ground, this is hockey not lacrosse, you silly darlings.” “You all look lovely but you’re here to play hoc- key,” and she sends the ball fly- ing towards an awaiting forward. _.. Throwing players off the field...” and correcting others, practice progressed until finally the game looked quite good, and a few shouts of praise rang out to cheer the squad. Although Miss Applebee contin- ually jumps on players, her bark is definitely worse than her bite. She is genuinely fond of all the players she teaches, and has all their interests at heart. The more she corrects the players, the more interested she is in them. After the practice she*has won everybody’s | praise, and to the squad’s delight, nee heard to say that the Bryn Mawr teams would be pretty good if they kept on working as hard as they had been. Miss Applebee will return to- morrow, Thursday, October 20th., to coach us again, and anyone who loves hockey or is at all interested would profit a great deal by com- ing down to watch the practice. Certainly anybody who has ever heard her famous “R-r-r-run you sillies” will be there. Bryn Mawr is very lucky to have Miss Apple- bee come as a Visiting coach, be- cause she is wanted by almost every other hockey-playing college. F oreign Correspondent by Francine du Plessix ’52 One of the greatest joys of each summer’s return to my _ native land is in hearing tales about my ancestors, in digging skeletons out of the genealogical closet. There are wayward uncles and _ never- mentioned cousins, ghosts and the perennial black sheep. But not until this summer did*I hear of my. great-aunt Theresa, It was during a visit to a branch of my family in Auvergne, the central part of France; a dry, mountainous coyn. try where the earth is bitter, its inhabitants sullen and often ec: centric; a coal-mining country where in small mountain towns the sun hides early behind the nills. In such a little town, twenty feet away from the railroad yard where trains leave for a night’s journey to Paris, there stands the wall of a Carmelite convent, the . strictest order of the Catholic faith. Once enclosed within its _ walls a woman cannot step outside them, nor receive visitors, nor look gut upon the world outside. Ta admit air and a ljttle light there is in each cell a slit near the ceiling, placed too high to be looked through. In this kind of solitude and abstinence did my great-aunt © Theresa wish to spend her days. For at the age of twenty, her heart shattered by an unhappy love, she took the eternal vows of the Carmelites. This was in 1880, when the con- vent stood in the stillness of a wide lonely plain. But at the turn of the century industry reared its ugly head into the rich coal dis- trict of Auvergne, and a railroad Continued on Page 6 RARE SES Page Four ~~ THE COLL®GE NEWS.” Non temete non e che una nuvola.che_ passa Fear not, ’tis but a cloud that passes by Continued from Page 3 A Leech. The Close-stool pan. To Draw Wine. A Red Herring. Bird Lime. A Bitch. The Plague. The Bloody Flux. Of Dressing and going to School: Are ye abed still? Awake, ye sleep too much. You’re a sluggard, are ye awake yet? Blow your nose. Dress yourself. Help me to put on my nightgown. You’re very tedious. Say your lesson. You don’t know your lesson. I’'m..sorry..to-find--you.-so-lazy. Aren’t you ashamed? I don’t belive you ever open your Dictionary. One would think . you hadn’t looked for a singie word. ' You learn nothing. You don’t study. You don’t improve. I don’t under- stand you. Begin again. Of Walking. Let’s go and take the air, or let’s go airing. With all my heart. Shall we go in the Coach or on foot? Walking gets one a stomach. Methinks I’m in an Earthly Para- dise. Don’t you hear the sweet melody of the birds? The sweet sing- ing and warbling of the nightingale? You go too fast, I can’t follow you. You’re a sorry or poor walker. Pray if it’s possible, go a little softlyer. Are you weary? Or tired? I’m mighty weary, I can’t stand upon my legs. Let’s lie down upon the grass. No, no. Don’t do it, it’s very unwholesome. The grass is moist or sAMD, and wet. What a pleasant place this is! How fit for study! I could eat some of those plums. It rains as fast as it can pour. Fear not, ’tis but a cloud that passes by. Let’s go into that Barn. It only mizzles. It’s a stinking fog. Here endeth the first lesson. Una Mignatta. ll Cantero, Cavare il vino. Un Aringa salata. Vischio, Pania. Una Cagna. / La . Peste. Mal de’ Pondi. =. Wednesday, October 19, 1949 SF poeta ‘Ocean Creatures inspire Campus by Jane Roller, ’51 Smoker crowds seeking diver- sion might gain inspiration from the bright children at the Bryn Mawr Summer Camp. After a whole summer of contending with their imaginative activities, Man- |op-Lou Crist, chairman of the Del Vestire, e andare a Squola. Siete ancora a letto? Svegliatevi, dormite ‘troppo. Sjete un poltrone; siete sveliato ancora? Soffiatevi il naso. Vestitevi. — Ajutatemi a mettere la vesta da camera. Siete molto tedioso. Dite la vostra ‘lezione. Non sapete la vostra lezione. Mi... dispiace-.trovarvi.-cosi-pigro.... Non vi vergongnate? Non credo che apriate mai il vostro Dizionario. Si cre- derebbe che non abbiate cer- cata non imparate nulla. Non studiate. o Non fate profitto. Non v’ intendo. Cominciate da capo. Del Camminare. Andiamo a prendere aria. Volontieri. Andaremo in Carrozza, o a piedi? il camminare produce l’appetito. camp this year, still wonders at their originality. The young campers; aged four ' to ten, indulged in forms of enter- tainment ranging from battles of the sexes to saving seashells. Manon Lou recalled liyely sand fights between the boys and girls. And she reminisced about the aesthetic appreciation they showed in insisting on storing choice sea animals under their beds. It wasn’t until one of the Bryn Mawr coun- sellors placed a barrel for speci- mens on the porch that the cottage lost some of its wharf-like aroma.. Tin-pan parades on the board- walk were another activity devised by the inventive campers, who crammed everything into their two- week stay in the country. And when they returned to the city, to be replaced by another eager group, it was evident they (and their parents) had benefited from the opportunity of camp. It was obvious Bryn Mawr girls had benefited too, after two weeks of counselling. The strained lines of study on their faces had van- Mi sembra essere in un Paradiso terrestre. Non sentite la dolce cantare, tril- lare de rusignolo? Andate troppo forte, non vi posso seguitare. Siete un meschino comminatore. Di grazia, s’e possibile, andate un poco piu piano, o adagio. Siete stracco? o stanca? Sono molto stanco, non posso stare in piedi. Sdrajamoci su l’erba. No, no. Non lo fate. e molto mal- sano. L’erbe e umida, e bagnata. Che luogo delizioso e queste! quanto addatato allo studio. Mangerei di quelle susine. Piove quanto ne puo scaricare. Non temete, non e che una nuvola che passa. Entriamo in quella Capanna. Piovififiina solamente. E’ una nebbia puzzolente. LONELY HEARTS Excerpts from contest letter from Harvard Business School which .we have answered in our editorial, satisfactorily we hope: “Do you want to be swept along in a whirlwind of gay parties? Do you want a handsome escort on your arm wherever you go? ... Just complete the sentence: I pre- fer Harvard Business School men to all other college. men because - No boxtops, no down pay- ments, no knowledge of B-School men needed ... You may be the .toast of the campus Harvard- Princeton weekend. You will be a ~~ Cinderella for a weekend!” ~ “Violent Men” Emerge Convincing, Forceful Continued from Page 3 scene is laid in Carpenters’ Hall| Hall in Philadelphia. The story eventually reaches across the sea to the Visitors Gallery in the House of Commons, to the Lee’s estate in Virginia and to beseiged Boston, | Science but there is no choppiness in the narrative, in spite of the large- ness of the canvas. It is an ambi- tious book in its attempt to make the events of 150 years ago as real », as today’s newspaper, and the peo- _ ple involved convincing, and end- ~ lessly interesting as well. It has ,of campus activities. ° eet respective presidents are: | French Club i5 Clubs Search | For Young Blood Jump out of your ivory tower. Join a club — and you'll run into everything from enlightening dis- cussion to Haverford members. There’s no better excuse than a club meeting for sailing out of the library. And the most progressive alternative to an isolationist-study policy is mixing with people who have a common interest. Clubs this year are bigger and ~| better. Certainly the latter; and they’re bound to .be bigger — if you just join. You’ve a wide choice They and ERG K. Harper PO aa, A. Sitarz PII ccscsnsirclen coavses A. Chowning | Drama Cink: ::..c50cc A. J. Rock Staee Gud 6 candiian . B. Swope eh sie D. Chambers PRUOSOORY ised E. Grey CRE sein iivitins N. Greenwalt COMNUREEOIRE isvscscversysttis P. Ripley BO Sa ockn H. Dobbs ON ii diiisigaaaainn M. Partridge Na Ten ee paces H. Ostoia TNR i hibhiscmasy.. S. Cowgill | CIO ssisen snes ssn a+ I, Riker ished. Instead was a healthy, per- haps vaguely maternal, look. Yearbook Tonight you can order your 1950 Yearbook. A member of the Subscription board will be canvassing your hall Wednes- day and Thursday. The price is $4.50 and you can split it up over any number of Paydays. ‘Now is your chance to learn the story of the last four years: now you may have in picture form your campus, your pro- fessors, and your friends. And bear in mind that this is THE TURN OF THE CENTURY YEARBOOK! ERRATA A number of rather unfortun- ate mistakes appeared in the NEWS’ new column, Smoker Sweepings, last week. We list them below: . The Sloane’s summer cook has assured us repeatedly and with fervent heat that ptomaine poi- soning is caused by bad food, not bad cooking ... Virginia Graham is not taking a logic comprehen- sive ... the mange we were look- ing for turns out to be eczema af- | ter all... no one on the first floor of the Library is giving consulta- tions in chic, now... People should have known better than to think that “Once there was a young rat named Arthur” referred to any faculty member: we’ve all taken Speech, haven’t we? Further errors: we had two page fours in the last issue, which discouraged readers who had really reached the end but thought they still had two pages to go to get their money’s worth. Worst of all, that the cartoon last week de- picted: a chemical explosion, not realizing until it was printed that it dated back to the days of stud- ent waitresses and wasn’t very funny at that.. JEANETT’S has Flowers! | : LANCASTER AVE. BRYN MAWR ‘Wednesday morning’s | while the other prefers Clemen- ; tine. ‘near-sighted editors were convinced ||~ Weeds Give Reply to Gardener In Poetic Genius Mrs. Marshall’s speech at last assembly | had unusual andurprising effect: 4 there were entertaining, though en- | tirely unexpected. The next morn- ing there appeared on her door u large’ cardboard, containing « poem (obviously written by weeds), and dedicated to “The | Gardener of Bryn Mawr.” Not long after, a piece of paper bear- | ing Browning’s “My Last Duchess” | (which had obviously inspired the authors of the aforementioned | poem) was door with “For weeds only” mark-| ed in red pencil. ‘We give you here the complete: story: both: the ‘Browning Version’ and the weeds’ subsequent. poetical. inspiration... MY LAST DUCHESS by Robert Browning That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I cail That piece a wonder, now: Fra ‘(Pandolf’s hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Will’t please you sit and look “ her? I said ‘Fra Pandolf” never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earn- est glance, But to myself they turned (since none puts by he curtain I have drawn for you, but I) And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst, How such a glance came there; so, not the first Are you to turn and ask thus, Sir, *twas not Her husband’s presence only, call- ed that spot Of joy into the Duchess’ cheek: perhaps Fra Pandolf chanced to say, “Her by dnaion. ee Incidentally One young sophomore to a sen- ior as she slumped down at the table: “Gosh it’s a terribly busy year ...I haven’t even opened my Bible yet.” This is not from the catalogue nor even from the Curriculum Com- mittee report: they call it baby German because it keeps you up also placed on tha! . a la Browning mantle laps Over my lady’s wrist too much,” or “Paint Must never hope to reproduce the faint lalf-flush that dies throat:” such stuff Was courtesy, she thought, and cause enough For calling up that spot of joy. She had A heart—how shall I say?—too soon made glad, along her Too easily impressed: she liked whate’er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, ’twas-all- onel....-, THE GARDENER OF BRYN MAWR That’s our gardener behind the desk Looking as if she were aghast. We call That expression DEATH; Smith Labored long and there she sits. Please us stand and look at her. We repent “Smith” by design: for never think, Blossoms like you, that studied * look, That profundity and perception of her scholastic stare, But to you only turns.. Since none lift That curtain we have drawn for you, but we-eds) And some might ask us, if they dared, . How came she by such a glance; so, you The lovely blossoms, are not the first to imagine. Blossoms, It was not the weeds’ presence alone that caused that spot Of disgust in the gardener’s fur- row: perhaps The faculty pointed a bony finger, “You have Sown your own seeds too frag:: rantly,” or “Have You any... transom information” Such words Are damnable, she thinks, and rea- son enough To cause that spot of consterna- tion. She has A cardial contraction—how shall we say—not soon upset, But easily impressed; she is sur- prised by whate’er She looks on, and her stares are everywhere . WEEDS, WE ARE UNDONE! !: all night. There is a kind of musical rival- ry between two members of the Latin Department: one insists Sa- turnalia can best be sung to the tune of Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo, The NEWS Board is proud to announce that’ two of its members, Nina Cave and Irina Nelidow, have passed the New York State! literacy test and have been award- ed official Certificates of Literacy. @ PRESCRIPTIONS @ REPAIRS at Wm. P. Krugler Optician Bryn Mawr Nat'l Bank Bldg. Hours: 9:00 to 5:30 © Sweaters ° Slips, Stockings ® Hand sewn Sandler Loafers PHILIP HARRISONS Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr <— COME ONE : to BREAKFAST . DINNER... — COME ALL oS ie kee THE COLLEGE INN ON CAMPUS 9:00 - 11:00 12:00 - 2:00 3:30 - 5:00 6:00- 7:30 2 Wednesday, October 19, 1949 McBride. Analyzes. Issue Of Women’s Education Continued from Page 3 ments by directing it to “life prob- lents” and... courses in marriage and the family, child care, and so forth. The vexing problems of women’s education would have been solved long ago if a course in Marriage and the Family en- abled men and women to. establish happy homes and an A in Child Care insured ‘a good job on the children. The problem is of course far more complex than either criticism or recommendations generally in- dicate .. . The president or dean of a small college ,as he sends the procession of seniors across the platform at commencement, may look absorbed in the ceremony. More. likely -he-is-absorbed’in-won- der at the complexity of life and the intricacies of character and circumstance that have led to each student’s degree . The college that proposes to aid the process to a course in adjust- ment or family relations, but de- pends on a many-sided program which includes curriculum, the stimulation and discipline of dif- ferent professérs, counseling and special services, student activities, and various qualities within the college life itself. Only a kind of psychiatric. post - mortem years later would analyze out the differ- ent values of different parts of this program for one student. To turn to the academic curricu- lum only is to limit the consider- ation of what is important in wo- men’s education, but at least it helps to select a major center of controversy. Although the “free elective ‘sys- tem” is out of fashion, for men or women, almost all colleges of liberal arts and sciences permit wide freedom of choice of a major field. For a long time it has been possible for women to make such choices entirely according to their interests, whether the choice is a major in child study, which would meet no opposition anywhere, or a major in physics, which might well be frowned upon by the student’s family and generally considered unfortunate, unpromising, or odd. .-» But the choice is not quite free, for the further she departs from any of the special provinces of women the more she has to be willing fo put up with a variety of implications — surprise that she is pretty though a scientist, concern that she will become “warped” ... It is rather these limitations than any lack of op- portunity that leads only the fair- ly determined women to go far from the “approved” fields of study for women. . . « The question in college education is whether literature and history and philosophy from ages seventeen to twenty-one make a better or worse jumping-off point for the next fifty years than home economics or child care. Both the liberal arts program and the vocational arts program are excellent in themselves. The crux of the matter is whether the young student should choose ac- cording to her interests or whether at Nancy Brown 28 Bryn Mawr Ave. (under the Country Bookstore) COMPLETE YOUR ROOM with @ LAMPS @ FURNISHINGS at Suburban Hardware 836 Lancaster Ave. -_— MEET AT THE GREEK’S Tasty Sandwiches Refreshments LUNCHES — DINNER DRESSES - SUITS - BLOUSES From-One-Fresh man-To-Another “My God, I'm out of step!” NOTICES Wine and French _ ents. * * * On Thursday at 5:00 pm. Le Cercle Francais is giving a glori- ous party of which one of the fea- ture attractions will be sauterne and brandy punch. The party is at Miss Gertrude Ely’s across from Pem West and next to Wyndham. Distinguished Daughter Miss McBride was made a Dis- tinguished Daughter of Pennsy]l- vania yesterday, at the Governor’s Mansion in Harrisburg. Social Economy Tea On Saturday, October 22nd., the the Alumnae of the Carola Woeris- hoffer Department of Social Econ- omy, headed by Mrs. Otto Pollak, will give a tea in honor of Mrs. Amey Watson, their retiring pres- ident. Dr. Norman Nixon, Director of the Children’s Unit of the Pennsylvania Hospital, will be the speaker. In addition to the Alum- nae of the Social Economy Depart- ment who are the hosts at the tea, invitations have been extended to the faculty of Bryn Mawr and neighboring schools in the Sociol- ogy and Psychology departments, and to various agencies of stud- Stage Merger The Drama Club and the Stage Guild of Bryn Mawr have decided to merge, by unanimous vote of both groups. As yet a name for the joint organization has not been chosen, but the move is expected to mark a definite step toward the improvement of the two associa- tions. Many enthusiastic plans for the future have been discussed: the first play to be produced will be Ferenc Molnar’s Liliom, follow- ed by Anderson’s Elizabeth, the Queen, at Haverford. * * * Roland Hayes The Service League of the Bald- win School is sponsoring a song recital which will take place in Goodhart Hall, Thursday, October 20, at 8:30. Roland Hayes, the tenor, will sing, accompanied by Reginald Boardman at the piano. Admission to the concert will be from $1.50 to $2.40, and the tickets can be purchased now at the Main Hall Desk, The Residence, Bald- win, or on the evening of the per- formance at the box office in Good- hart. regardless of interest she should be determined by her expectation that she will soon need to apply herself to a home and family and require training for the process. The arguments for a choice ac- cording to the student’s own inter- ests are substantial, substantial enough to hold until such an im- probable event as the demonstra- tion that women trained in family For ® lovely gowns ® cocktail dresses : come to management and family care,|} whether they like such training | 9 or not, actually create better MISS NOIROTS homes and families. a The choice according to the student’s own’interests is of first Continued on Page 6’ 821 Lancaster Ave. Page Five THE COLLEGE NEWS _| hearsals. Your phetonmahie needs If life’s too hellish age Try hamburger and PHOTO CENTER volish : e FILMS Gs eas: @e CAMERAS at the @ FINISHING 810 Lancaster Ave. HAMBURG HEARTH Bryn Mawr Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr American Opera Company Season 1949 - 50 (OPERA IN ENGLISH ) Verdi’s — La Traviata . . ... . Nov. 15 Mozart’s — Ladies Are Like That . . Feb. 9 Puccini’s — Madame Butterfly . . . Mar. 22 SPECIAL RATE TO STUDENTS — 20% DISCOUNT ON THE PRICE OF ANY SALES TICKET Tickets may be ordered from the Public Relations Office, Taylor Hall, and may be put on Pay Day. Chorus to Sing ‘At Goeilie Fete The Bryn Mawr College Chorus, along with a number of other choral groups in and around the Philadelphia area, will sing at the Goethe Fete, which is to be held on the 200th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s birth. The festival will be held at the Acad- amy of Music on the night of Octo- ber 26th. The director will be Robert El- more, director of the university of Pennsylvania Choir. Eugene Or- mandy is training and directing the combined chorus during its re- This makes it very exciting for those choral groups "| participating. The pieces that will be sung by the combined... chorus. are... the “Chorus of Angels” from Goethe’s Faust by Schubert, “Zum Schluss” (Now Ye Muses Be Hushed) by Brahms, and “Auf Dem See’ (On the Sea) and “Fruhzeitiger Fruh- ling” (Early Spring), both by Men- delssohn. The words to the last three pieces are poems by Goethe. The program looks very promising, not only will the music be excel- lent, but also the speakers are very well selected. One of the speakers will be President McBride. Dragon, Aspirin, Duel Meet ‘Will’? Underwater Continued from Page 1 hanced by wavering backdrop and lights. The Cafe Chorus achieved the effect it probably had in mind (of being under water), but we al- ways like to see choruses pick up and kick a bit. I have one complaint, for which only eleven days’ preparation is adequate extuse: the long waits between scenes, especially before the last Act which was too short. The burden of these waits might have been lightened by some nau- tical chanteys; we would have en- joyed lots more of Miss Silveus at the piano. ’*51 has made a name for itself; much congratulation. is due “Willy Nilly’s” director, Ellen Bacon. Les Enfants Crient Oo-la-la-la a Paris Continued from Page 2 mate, still sleepy, managed to | prop herself up, open an eye and emit an enthusiastic “Oo-la-la”, whereupon she went back to sleep. It was under such practical con- ditions that we learned a basic: French, Travail and Travels Then there was the French of peas Art, Politics, and Literature ‘courses. The Contemporary Lit. course at the Sorbonne, given. by | the Mssrs. Teyssier and Michelin lran for six weeks. This course was the most popular of the three, due probably to the fact that it was the least intensified. Under the direction of the Ecole du Louvre, the students of the art course were given not only lectures but the op- portunity: to visit. various.museums. and places of historical import- ance. A supplement to the art course was a weekend trip to Ve- zelay and Bourges. The other three weeks course was given at the Institut de Science Politique and covered French foreign affairs since the Treaty of Versailles. Goodbye, Europe With the finishing of the courses there was a general exodus from Paris, to Switzerland, Italy, the Pyrenees, and England, for Gide had liberated us. We were not re- united until sailing time when, souvenir-laden and weepy, we waved goodbye to Europe. There was a uniqueness and_ general spirit that made our trip more than sight-seeing, more than study, more than “my trip abroad.” Thank you, Mlle Bree, thank you. SENORITAS ! {! THE MEXICAN SHOP will help you give your room a South-of-the-border accent! SUBURBAN SQUARE ARDMORE ~— Ask for it either way... both trade-marks mean the same thing. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY , The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company — Refresh... Add Zest To The Hour The Coca-Cola Company brings you... c | Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy , CBS Sunday Evening cass State Tax / © 1949, The Coca-Cola Conpony af ut Page Six THE COLLEGE NE ws Wednesday, October 19, 1949 McBride Analyzes Issue Of Women’s Education Continued from Page 5 importance for the best develop- ment of the individual. To the wo- man of intellectual curiosity inten- sive study and reading is an ur- gent matter. Without it, not with it, her life will be frustrated and her family poorer. To the woman with no such interest in ideas the more specific applied program is far’more satisfactory ... And as facilities for adult education grow neither need suppose that she can- not continue in the field of her choice or step into the field she missed, « « » +.» If it could be said that the family had certain specific needs for which education could be es- tablished,.-most.-women. ‘would sign up for the program and be thank- ful. The impressive fact is, how- ever, that the needs of the family call on a great variety of talents . .» The woman whose education has best developed her own re- sources and talents has a—good chance to call them into action. Even so, while she is concen- trating on her family she may not call directly on all the talents she has. She can expect a lack of con- tinuity in the use of her training and experience, but she can also expect a life span far longer than she can spend on her family alone. However full her concentration on her family, she has in several decades the time to turn her tal- ents to some of the evident needs of society beyond the family, and this she can do to better effect if she has had the good fortune to find in college interests which she could so well reinfocre by study that they lasted despite all the distractions of her life. _ Mary G. McCrystal MATERIALS & NOTIONS HOSIERY & UNDERWEAR 842 Lancaster Ave. ~ Agent Wanted Earn liberal commission in school selling kits of beautiful matched fabric and yarh, -im- ported and hand-loomed, for sweater-skirt sets. For details write to Loom-Sets, Bor 251, G.P.0., New York 1, N. Y. LEONARD’S FORMALS DRESSES SUITS COATS at reasonable prices Bryn Mawr Theatre Arcade 826 Lancaster Compliments of the 73,9 acy Haverford e GIFTS For All Occasions r at Richard Stockton’s | LANCASTER AVE. Continued from Page 3 station began to be built next to the convent. Its solitary inhabi- tants had never seen a train. For months, as the tracks were being laid, Sister Theresa heard the clink of steel upon steel, the hiss of fire and the thud of bricks againsi her cell wall, and the roaring voices of earthly men. she heard the trainman’s first shrill whistle, and the satani? thunder of the first train shatter- ing forever the stillness of the Carmelite convent. The whistle and the great thun- der she heard many times a day, for many years. But she had vow- ed never. to look. out..of. her. con- vent wall. Sister Theresa was devoted to her life, and became one of the guiding spirits of her order, The Mother Superior, on. the occasio: of the devout nun’s fiftieth year in the convent, asked her to name a wish. She had served her Lord so well that surely he would give it to her. Sister Theresa’s wish was One day vent quite at wit’s end: she wished to stand upon a ladder in her cell, ing to see the monster she had heard these thirty years. To allow such a drastic rupture of the rules of her convent the Mother Super an unusual one, that put the con-| and through the slit near the ceil-- Unearthing of Family Skeletons Brings Out Strange Story of Sister Theresa, Locomotive a ior wrote a special petition to the Pope, begging him for an excep tion to reward her sister’s piety. Many months passed before an answer came, and great was the concern of the Carmelites about 'the Pope’s judgment of this peti tion. But finally a letter arrived from Rome, and with tears in her eyes the Mother came to bear the glad tidings to Sister Theresa, who was saying devotions in her cell. His Highness the Pope, consider- ing the extraordinary circum- stances of this case, his daughter’s righteous devotion, and the will of the Lord to reward his servants, | allowed an exception to the rules of the Carmelite Order. Sister ; Theresa might stand_upon a ladder ‘in~-her---eell;--and ste the --object | whose thundering noise had be- ‘come familiar to her after thirty years. | But my great-aunt Theresa, s9 \I heard this summer when I was died For in lvisiting her native ‘without seeing a train. town, . . ¥ | self-renunciaticn, she gave up her wish, JAKE’S HARDWARE STORE Hardware for every need 918 Lancaster B.M. 0979 Alumnae Give Pros,Cons In Phi Beta Kappa Poll Continued from Page 1 other than college’s membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Pro: that it provides simple and convenient proof of good scholar- ship. Con: this is already recognized in grades and in the different de- grees of cum laude given. Pro: that it would provide a stimulation to scholarship. °.. , , Con: that it would be an incent- ive to work for grades only, not for the broadening of intellectual interests. Also that the size of the senior class varies so much from lyear to year that the standard would have to be different each year, A poll on this subject will be distributed to all students at the end of the week. The Freshmen emerged vic- torious in their hockey match ‘against the Seniors, with. a score of 1-0. The Juniors de- feated the Sophomores, 4-0. PERSONALS MATURE faculty member wishes experience with student body. Inquire at the water cooler tomorrow morning at 11:00. IMMENSE gratitude forthcom- ing for donation of concert piano. See Mrs. Nahm, Miss Robbins. POWPREUL deodorant wanted immediately. Bring merchandise to Pem East basement. ARE you antisocial? needs you! THE CHEMISTRY Department has discovered a new _ potion, which. may interest students about to take big week-ends. In small phials only, still. in experimental stage. The Inn for PERSONALIZED ~~ STATIONERY with BRYN MAWR SEAL see J. ROLLER M. 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