THe COLLEGE NEWS VOL: XEH, NO. 19 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1948 Sea Gull’ Shows Sympathy, Skill In Performance Warburg Outstanding As Actress Mother; Sets Mood by Louise Ervin °49 Goodhart, March 20. In their production of The Sea Gull the Cap and Bells Club and the Drama and Stage Guilds achieved a con- vincing enactment of a play whose interpretation and presentation to modern audiences is necessarily difficult. Chekhov’s drama depends not upon changing circumstances or development of plot, but rather upon the unfolding of characters and relationships within a mood of inaction and upon an atmosphere of tension which must be sustained throughout. By the actors’ evident feeling of their being caught in the situation which enmeshes Chek- hov’s characters, and by acting as a unit and playing to each other rather than obviously to the audi- ence, reality was attained; the de- nouement was a credible out- growth of character exposition. The success of the effect was en- hanced by attention to the subdued and restrained style which Chekhov demands and was complemented by the staging under the direction of Nancy Greenwalt. Warburg Stars Geraldine Warburg’s portrayal of Irina Arcadia was outstanding. She was completely the metropol- itan actress, poised and fascinat- ing amid the “country” group, while she refrained from over- playing her part or—letting—it--be- come typed. One was always con- scious that Arcadina shared in the frustration and uncertainty of all those gathered on Sorin’s estate, and was aware of the discontent and insecurity which lay beneath her external cymmand of the situa- tion. The outburst of almost pa- thetic fear at the prospect of los- ing Trigorin, her momentary fal- tering when Sorin asks for money for Constantine were brilliantly acted. Geraldine’s obvious sympa- thy with the character of Arca- dina and understanding of Chek- hov’s method of revealing its con- flicts made her performance a noteworthy one and enhanced the unity of the play. Henry Levinson as Sorin was dignified and never pathetic. His Continued on Page 2 Malik Foresees Vital World Role In India’s Future “If India can develop materially along Western progressive lines and still maintain her spiritual cul- ture of the past, she can play a significant part in the internation- al future by bringing about the adjustment between East and West”, declared Hardit Singh Ma- lik, leader of the Indian Trade del- egation to the Havana conference and Indian representative to Can- ada, in the Current Events Assem- bly on March 22. Although India was the victim of Britain economically, he point- ed out, she received cultural bene- fits, and absorbed British liberal political theories so that now, as the only Eastern country having had close contact with a western power, India has a future role of arbiter between east and west. (Mr. Malik presented India’s an- cient cultural Hindu past as 4 Continued on Page 2 Jr. Prom Weekend Offers Arts Night; Theme: Encounter The centra] theme of. Bryn Mawr’s annual Arts Night pro- duction will be “Encounter.” The two performances will be -on Fri- day and Saturday nights, April 16 and 17 at 8:15. Arts Night will represent the combined efforts of every creative group on campus. There will be almost every form of artistic endeavor including mod- ern dancing, choral and orchestral music, plays and paintings. Half the profits will go to the Theresa Helburn Chair of Drama Fund—as a part of the Drive, while the other half will establish an Arts fund to help out artistic groups on campus in financial need. The Arts Committee which was formed for this year’s Arts Night has been permanently es- tablished and will coordinate art- istic activities on campus as well as serve as a nucleus for further Arts Nights. Under the direction. of Patricia Hochschild ’48, the representatives of the different artistic groups on campus, including the Chorus, the Art Club and the Spanish Club, have met to discuss general plans. However, each group is carrying out this theme in its own way. The combined productions will there- fore be the result of a great deal of individual creative work. Continued on Page 4 Caviar and ‘Malt Tonic’ Provide Backdrop for Lamenting Ferrer. by Betty-Bright Page °49 and Gwynne Williams ’50 Having decided to “babble in iambic pentameter”, Jose Ferrer gave us an enlightening ten min- utes as we munched our saltines with their “non-alcoholic” caviar- covering. After commenting on his career in fencing, which he learned in New York City instead of Paris as many of us had sus- pected, Mr. Ferrer rapidly arrived at Cyrano de Bergerac and the theatre.today. - Mr. Ferrer was much concerned about the place of the theatre in the life of the average American today. He emphasized the fact that Equity had begun a widespread survey in order to determine the needs of the theatre in various communities. But, he lamented while sipping his “malt tonic”, movies are serious competition. Whereas anyone can go to a movie, sit back and relax for two hours, Mr. Ferrer pointed out that the theatre costs more, “the audience has to work also; it can’t loaf”, and it can neither “eat peanuts” nor arrive at just any time. Present day audiences, he. continued cynically, want to be entertained. Anteny and} Cleopatra and Cyrano de Bergerac have comparatively short runs while “trash like Happy Birthday runs for over a year!” From talking with this outstand- ing actor-director, we both felt very strongly his depth of purpose in the theatre, and his clarity of outlook concerning its future. — ws |1-Musie-Room.——__— : F akies Describes | Current Theatre, Acting Profession On Thursday night Jose Ferrer gave the Marion Edwards Park lecture in Goodhart, when he spoke on Phases of Contemporary. Thea- tre. Mr. Ferrer began the lecture by saying that the audiences of to- morrow exist in the colleges and universities, and that the present students will shape the cultural tastes of the future. He spoke of the struggle play- writing has become, since it takes at least a year to write and pro- duce a play which may close in two weeks because of the reviews it receives. “On Wednesday morn- ing nine men decide whether they like it or not, and if they don’t you can just kiss it goodbye—that’s that.” Playwrites can’t make a de- cent living unless they have one hit after another, and that’s why they go into movies, radio, and tele- vision. “Motion pictures,” said Mr. Ferrer, “are already affecting what we do in the theatre.” Mr. Ferrer said, however, that the theatre will never die out com- pletely, because there is no substi- tute for three dimensional acting and because people demand more of a play than of movies or radio. “Nothing is as good as the real thing.” Continued on Page 2 New Promotions, Appts. Announced The following promotions and appointments to the faculty have been announced: From Associate Professor to Full Professor: Mr. Richmond Latti- more, Paul Shorey Professor of Greek; Miss Caroline Robbins, His- tory; Mr. Alexander Coburn Soper III, History of Art; Miss K. Lau- rence Stapleton, English and Po- litical Theory. : From Assistant Professor to Associate Professor: Mr. Joshua C. Hubbard, Economics; Mr. Fred- erick Wakefield Thon, Drama. From Instructor to Assistant Professor: Mr. Peter Bachrach, Politics; Mr. William E. Norris, Jr., Biology. New appointments to the faculty as Assistant Professor: Mr. Lind- ley Burton, of Harvard, Mathemat- ics; Miss Rosalie Hoyt, of Roches- ter, a Bryn Mawr Ph. D., Phys- ics. a Calendar Wednesday, March 24 8:00—Philosophy Club Lec- ture, Dr. Milton C. Nahm, “The Judgment of Art’, Common Room. Thursday, March 25 After last class: Spring Va- cation begins. Monday, April 5 9:00—Spring Vacation ends. 7:15—Current Events, Mrs. Neel, “Ireland”, Common Room. Thursday, April 8 8:30—Mr. Horace Alwyne, ‘Pianoforte Recital, Goodhart. Friday, April 9 7:30—Movie, Music Room. 9-12—Non-Res Dance, Com- mon Room. Saturday, April 10 8:30—French Play, “Le Voy- ageur Sans Bagage”, Haver- ford. : Sunday, April 11 7:30—Chapel, Rufus Jones, Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College,1945 PRICE 10 CENTS Helburn, McBride, At being hit over the head with Mr. Pemberton is chairman of the Committee for the $250,000 Theresa Helburn Chair of Drama which is to be established at Bryn Mawr. This money, which will be included in the Bryn Mawr College Fund 1946—,, will go toward fac- ulty salaries and toward equip- ment in the Drama field. Most important fact in the endowment of this chair, which has created a great deal of interest in New York theatrical circles, is that it will incorporate into a Liberal Arts curriculum the field of the Theatre, which is in most colleges either a separate department or a Gradu- ate school. In her speech Miss Helburn said, “I hope it will con- dition students to the theatre as a | part of their lives.’ Miss Helburn pointed out as well that European children do, or did, go to the theatre much as we go to the movies today. The average “run” of stage material, she said, profited by a well-rounded educa- tion, and she noted that the two most prominent actresses in the theatre today were, Bryn Mawr graduates, Katherine Hepburn ’28 and Cornelia Otis Skinner ’22. Miss Skinner, currently touring in Lady Windermere’s Fan, was not pres- ent today, but Miss Hepburn was the object of considerable admira- tion and interest. Miss McBride discussed the the- atre at Bryn Mawr, saying that the Outside World and the College are no longer separate, and that we at college have become more Gaillard Relates Manet and Spain “It is a mistake to divide Man- et’s painting into a Spanish period and a later Impressionist one,” as- serted Professor Georges Gaillard, speaking on Manet et l’Espagne under the joint auspices of the de- partments of French and History of Art. “On the contrary,” Pro- fessor Gaillard continued, “the in- spiration which he drew from Spain was one which lasted all through his career.” Professor Gaillard explained that at the beginning of the nineteenth century Spanish art was just be- coming known in France. In French literary critics it produced a cer- Continued on Page 3 NEWS Tryouts ~~ NEWS tryouts will be held _the Wednesday after spring va- cation, April 7. Come to the NEWS room in Goodhart be- tween four and six p.m. If you are unable to come, then see Barbara Bettman in Merion or Betty-Bright Page in Wynd- h ‘ BM Chair of Drama Established In Honor of Theresa Helburn Pemberton Speak New York Launching | Of $250,000 Campaign NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 23 Amid the extremely indirect lighting-of the Rainbow Grill High Atop Rockefeller Plaza (and absolutely devoid of view today), surrounded by garlands of baby orchids, popping flashbulbs, rose and teal blue decor, what is prob- ably the most extraordinary meeting in history of the theatrical and academic worlds took place when Theresa Helburn accepted the founding, in her name, of a Drama Chair at Bryn Mawr. As Mr. Brock Pemberton said, “This is the first time a Chair of Drama has been launched by a bottle!” and more aware of the theatre. Students in every department have ideas to bring to the theatre, and since the college is small and the faculty used to working together, the field of Drama can be closely integrated with the other Depart- ments. Mr. Pemberton’s Committee in- cludes Mrs. ‘Winthrop Ames, Brooks Atkinson, Howard Barnes, Alfred Barr, Jr. S. N. Behrman, Gilmor Brown, John Mason Brown, Stew- art . Chaney, Katharine Cornell, Noel Coward, Cheryl Crawford, Rachel Crothers, Hallie Flanagan Davis, Agnes De Mille, Florence Eldridge, Lynn Fontanne, Benja- min Fine, Rosamund Gilder, John Golden, Oscar Hammerstein II, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Josephine Hull, Benjamin M. Kaye, Fiske Kimball, Lawrence Langner, Alfred Lunt, Kenneth MacGowan, Gertrude Macy, Frederick March, Mary Martin, Raymond Massey, Dorothy Maguire, Jo Mielziner, Donald Oenslager, Eugene Or- mandy, Joseph Verner Reed, Rosa- lind Russell, Arthur , Schwartz, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Deeins Tay- lor, Francis Henry Taylor, Ordway Tead, Margaret Webster and Gil- bert F. White. Inauguration of Officers The inauguration of new col- lege officers will be held 01 Wednesday, April 7. All reports must be in to the various Gr- ganizations by Spring Vacation. After vacation, these reports | will be in the Quita Woodward Room for all students to see. Big 49 Weekend Set For April 17 The Junior Prom this year will be on Saturday, April 17, from 11 to 2. Music will be supplied by . Harry Schwartz and his orchestra, and the decorations and refresh- ments are going to be “simply rev- olutionary”, according to Nancy Martin, chairman of the Dance Committee. Others responsible for the dance arrangements are as follows Gale MINtON siiccssccicces Decorations Sue Henderson .......... Refreshments Jean Ellis «....... Business Manager Cornelia -Claxton .........<0 Chairman of the Floor Committee Sally Loomis ........0sscccceeseees Publicity The charge for the Prom is $3 per couple. There will be table reservations going first to upper- classmen. The Committee also wants to remind all those interest- | ed that it is sponsoring a trip to Atlantic City on the next day if 38 people wish to go. The charge will — be $2 per couple. Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS iy 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. 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Editorial Board BaRBARA BETTMAN, °49, Editor-in-Chief Betty-BricHt Pace, ’49, Copy Emiry TowNsEnp, ’50, Makeup Loutse Ervin, °49 Inrna NELIDow, *50, Makeup Jean Extis, *49 HELEN MartTIN, *49 Marian Epwarps, ’50 Editorial Staff Cecetia MaccaBE, 50 MELANIE HEwiITT, ’50 GwYNNE WILLiims, ’50 Nina Cave, ’50 ANNE GREET, ’50 Pat NicHoL, ’50 BLAIKIE ForsyTnH, ’51 Hanna Ho.sorn, ’50 CATHERINE MERRITT, ’51 ELISABETH NELIDOW, ’51 Photographer RosaAMOND KANE, *48 Business Board Mary BEETLESTONE, '49, Business Manager Joan Rossins, 49, Advertising Manager Betty Mutcn, ’50 MADELINE BLounrt, ’51 Mary Lov Price, ’51 ELEANOR OTTO, ’51 Subscription Board Arty Lou Hackney, °49, Manager ws EDIE Mason Ham, 50 Sue Keixey, '49 ANNA-STINA Ericson ’48EDYTHE LaGRanopg, °49 Ivy Borow ’50 SALLY CATLIN ’50 BARBARA LIGHTFOOT, 50 BUNNY STADERMAN ’51 Subscription, $2.75 Mailing price, $3.56 Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 Experiment in Living Wyndham will become a Freshman Dormitory next year, it has been decided. For financial reasons it is no longer possible to run French House with a separate dining-room ; and consensus of opinion is that a Language House without its own dining room defeats its purpose. French, German, and Spanish Houses will be established in Radnor. A Freshman Dormitory is not a new idea. It was very successful for several years during the ’30’s. While we feel that a plan for an all-Freshman house -has some flaws, we also feel that it will have advantages, and it seems to be su- perior to the alternative plan of an upper-classmen house. Wyndham will be listed as a Freshman hall in the plans of residence sent to prospective students, and it is felt that there will be students who will choose it, as there were in previous years. Nor will there be the left-over and left-out feeling that Low Buildings and 1950’s East House undeni- ably have had. Eighteen students will come to know each other well, will be a large enough group to be well-represent- ed in their class, and, eating in Pembroke, will meet upper- classmen. Furthermore, the knowledge that only Freshman year is to be spent in Wyndham should foster a desire in the freshman to meet and become friends with upper-classmen in the other halls. We look with interest toward this experiment. Good supervision combined with an especially careful interest on the part of wardens and Self-Government should make it a successful one. — B. B. The Helburn Chair Theatre at Bryn Mawr is booming! In the past few years we have seen a higher and higher standard of campus pro- ductions, with constantly growing interest and enthusiasm on the part of students, faculty, and outsiders; the establish- ment of a Summer Theatre, which will have all-student pro- duction and casts, along with outside guest lecturers; and now the estabilshment of a $250,000 Chair of Drama, in hon- or of Theresa Helburn. This interest has in large part been due to Mr. Thon’s activities, with the Drama Guild and Cap and Bells Club, as well as in his playwriting and experimental acting classes. His sincere interest in the Drama at Bryn Mawr, and in the students themselves, is something for which we are indeed grateful. We are grateful, likewise, to the enterprise and originality shown by the New York Committee for the Bryn Mawr College Fund 1946— in organizing the sponsoring Com- mittee for the endowment of the Helburn Chair. - We hope, in time, to see a Drama Major established, just as we hope for a Music Major. We know that through Mr. Thon and the new additions in the field of Drama we can look -sonal Finch Discusses Biography’s Trials Miss Edith Finch, speaking in the Common Room at four o’clock, Monday, on “The Perils of the Au- thorized Biographer”, emphasized the difference between biographies that are merely exhibitions of technically skillful craftsmanship. and those that are “works of art”. She also discussed the pitfalls of prejudice that surround any biog- rapher but are especially danger- ous and frequent for the author- ized one. Miss Finch’s own bio- graphical works include a life of ‘Wilfred Scawen Blount, and this year’s Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr. The authorized biographer, said Miss Finch, has a prime opportun- ity to establish the biographical concept of his subject, and so to have a strong influence on all fu- ture biographers. But, she warn- ed, he must write of a man whose memory is still fresh, and whose} family and friends are still alive, so that he will in all probability be faced with a vast amount of per- sonal prejudice, and a puzzle of conflicting stories. He needs a great deal of tact and understand- ing “to wrest material from those who are reluctant to disgorge.” Method Outlined The biographer’s task, Miss Finch contended, is in many ways similar to that of the novelist, and the imaginative insight of the cre- ative artist is a prerequisite to the production of a biography of fu- sion and synthesis. There are four stages, she declared, in the crea- tion of the biography, as of the novel: the collection of the mater- ial, its selection and organization, the “period of brooding”, in which the synthesizing imagination is made free to create by reaching a tranquil emotional stage of sym- pathy and tenderness for the sub- ject, and the final stage of “re- creation”, or checking the imagin- ative portrait against the facts— for “biography remains, in the last analysis, history.” The authorized-biographer has_a distinct advantage, said Miss Finch, is being able to collect “good stories” about his subject that would probably not be com- mitted to document form — but, she advised, he must proceed cau- tiously in order to avoid the annoy- ance of libel suits or the alienation of all his friends. Another risk is the fallibility of even first-hand in- formants. She adduced the in- stance of her inquiry into the per- appearance of Wilfred Blount: one friend declared his eyes to be “blazing blue’; another, “burning brown”. Miss Finch’s compromise: “smouldering hazel’, Ferrer Discusses Theatre and Acting Continued from Page 1 Nevertheless many problems face actors and producers as well as authors. Actors’ jobs depend upon the success of their past perform- ances and their acquaintances with in the theatre, as well as their pres- ent level of competence or suita- bility for a part. That is the rea- son it-is so’ hard for an inexperi- enced unkown actor to get a job. “Acting is a 92% unemployed pro- fession, and a young person with- out friends and contacts is crazy to try it,” said Mr. Ferrer in ans- wering one of the questions. Producers also have .trouble be-| cause backers won’t invest in a play unless it is a good gamble to attract Hollywood and the money to pay them back. This is why it is so hard to get investors for re- vivals “with no Hollywood ap- peal.” In answering a question about revivals, Mr. Ferrer explain- ed that he likes to put them on be- cause he can choose from the greatest authors of the past “who are pretty good.” fo to an ever-renewing stimulation in this youngest of n Mawrs Deri arts. Malik Foresees India In International Role. :- Continued from Page 1 means of understanding the “In- dia Today”. The strength of the Hindu way of life, he pointed out, has” always resisted destruction. It either threw out the foreign in- vader or absorbed him, as it did with the Mogul emperors in the 13th century. However, following the western Industrial Revolution, India became subject to the Colon- ial age, and under Britain, her progress was totally suspended. For the first time the invader did not make India its home and ab- sorption did not take place. Con- sequently the strength of the Hin- du way of life overthrew this for- eign rule after 200 years. On August 15, 1947, he contin- ued, India with inconceivable joy and demonstration achieved her independence. Temporarily under dominion status until a constitu- tion, providing for a president and sovereign democrats, Union of Provinces of India, is drafted, In- dia’s independence is now tragic- ally accompanied by her partition. Despite poverty, famine and de- ficiencies in education, public health, economic development and technical government personnel, Mr. Malik believes that India can meet the challenge with her nat- ural resources and her self-sacri- ficing, brilliant, freedom loving leaders who are backed by the confidence and faith of India’s hard-working, freedom - seeking people. Drive to Present Pianoforte Recital By Mr. Alwyne Mr. Horace Alwyne will present his annual Pianoforte Recital on Thursday evening, April 8, at 8:30, in Goodhart. Admission to the recital, which is for the benefit of the Drive, will be fifty cents for the College, with general admis- sion one dollar, The program is as follows: Liszt, Variations on a Motif from Bach’s Cantata “Weinen, Klag- en”,—and the Crucifixis of the ‘B-minor Mass. Moussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhi- bition. Scriabin, Etude in B-flat minor, Op. 8, No. 11; Etude in D-flat, Op. 8, No. 10; Fragilite, Op. 51, No. 1. Medtner, Fairy Tale in A, Op. 51, No. 3; Fairy Tale in E-minor, Op. 34, No. 2. Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G, Op. 32, No. 5; Humoresque (revised version); “Daisies” (revised ver- sion); Etude Tableau in D, Op. 39, No. 9. Dr. Rufus Jones Will Lead Chapel The--Chapel-speaker-on-—April-11 will be Dr. Rufus Jones, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Haver- ford and the foremost Quaker of today. Dr. Jones has just cele- brated his fiftieth anniversary as a member of the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr, and is now head of the American Friends’ Service Committee. The subject of Dr. Jones’ talk will be announced after vacation. Equity and its functions. He said that it helps actors by setting min- imum salary rates, limiting re- hearsal time to four weeks and re- hearsals to eight hours. “As an actor I’m all for it.” Mr. Ferrer also explained that the community theatre is increasing Ns quan- tity and quality, naming Ha ose Chekhov’s “‘Sea Gull’’ Skillfully Performed Continued from Page 1 quiet self-command presented an admirable contrast to the outward- ly successful, yet restless Trigorin-. While Brooks Cooper was not ou® standing in the role of the author, he interpreted the part with com- petence. His vacillation in Act III, particularly his reading of “If you ever, ever need my life...” avoided extreme emotion. ‘Nancy Kunhardt, had perhaps, a peculiarly difficult role as the naive, yet ambitious Nina. Her voice was for the most part pleas- ing .and light, her movements good. However, an excess of emo- tion in the first act detracted from the accumulation of stress and dis- illusionment of her final scenes. ‘Nina who returns in Act IV must have developed in contrast to the Nina of the earlier acts; it is this realization of utter frustaration and failure which Nancy did not completely put across. Both Masha (Marjorie Low) and Dorn (Don Shoffstall) improved considerably after their uncertain- ty and lack of clarity in the first act. ‘Marjorie seemed better able to cope with the part once the tragic element in her life has been established, and she reached a high-point in her migling of the high-point in her mingling of the effacement in Act III. Don Shoff- stall adeptly combined the prosaic philosopher and the humanist. His calmness and intuition were partic- ularly evident in the quiet, effect- ive conclusion of the final act. Alan Levensohn seemed at a loss with Trepleff and inclined to be awkward and to exaggerate the young writer’s lack of confidence. Apparently he shared with A. J. Rock (Pauline) an uncertainty of the overall situation and of the in- dividual’s part in it. Helpers Needed By Labor School “We are non-political, non-profit and non-propaganda,” said Miss Wood, Director of the Hudson Shore Labor School, at a tea in the Deanery, on Tuesday, March 9. The school is based on democratic prin- cipals, she went on to say, and wel- comes students of all religious and political beliefs. . “We are an edu- cational institution,” said Miss Wood; “we aim, as does a-college, at freedom of teaching and expres- sion.” The school believes in “learning by doing,” and students reach an effective understanding of the pres- ent economical, political and social problems not only through debates -|and a Social Science Workshop, but through their living and working together. Each summer Bryn Mawr sends a girl to serve as an assistant and observe the methods of the school and to attend sessions at which representatives discuss what is ac- tually. going-on: Bryn Mawr has sent Betty Byfield and Joan Eisen- burg, and last year we sent Sara Berman. There will be a student worker week-end in late April or early May to which all those inter- ested are invited. Elections The NEWS takes pleasure in announcing the following elec- tions: Secretary Self -Gov, Newbold. Secretary Undergrad, Nina Cave. Secretary League, Ann Bobis. 1st Junior Member Under- grad, Nancy Corkran. 1st Sophomore Member Self- ‘Gov, Sue Savage. 1st Sophomore Member Un- Anne Mr. Ferrer talked about Actors’ and Cleveland as examples. | dergrad, Patsy Bennett. > i ‘ THE COLLEGE NEWS # Page Five Polymyxin, New Described by Dr. by Jean Ellis ’49 In a moment between a tour of Radnor and a meeting of the Board of Directors of Bryn Mawr College of which she is an Alumnae Direc- tor, Eleanor Albert Bliss ’21, told us of her work in bacteriology. Dr. Bliss, who is assistant professor of preventive medicine at Johns Hop- kins University and consultant to the Medical division of Chemical Warfare Service at the Edgewater, Penna., has been working in Bac- teriology especially with antibiotic agents in conjunction with Dr. Perrin Long for the last seventeen years. Last October she and Dr. Long began a study of the action of a new “miracle drug”, an ex- tract of bacillus polymyxa, which had been crystallized by the American Cyanamide Company. “Polymyxin, as we call it,’ Dr. Bliss explained, “is different from penicillin and the sulfa drugs, which are more effective in killing gram positive bacteria, in its ac- -tion on gram negative bacteria.” (The difference between gram pesitive and gram negative bac- teria is made according to the re- action which alcohol produces on the stain). “Although my own work with the drug has been main- ly in the test tube seeing which bacteria it inhibits, in assaying the concentration of polymyxin in the body fluids of patients treated with it, and in making studies of the mode of action of the drug, there have been several interest- Miracle Drug, Bliss, B. M. 721 ing clinical experiments with poly- myxin.” Trials Successful The new drug was first used on a little boy with an acute. skin in- fection which had developed after he had used a skin ointment to which he was allergic. The areas affected had not only streptococci bacteria but also bacillus pyocy- aneus. When polymyxin was ad- mfiistered, the latter bacteria which had been left intact despite the use of penicillin, were destroy- ed. In clinical work polymyxin has also been administered to two in- fants with whooping cough and was instrumental in helping them recover; in the test tube it has been effective against the bacteria which cause typhoid, undulant fev- er, whooping cough, brucellosis and Friedlander’s bacillus. “It’s still very new though, and has been used in only five cases since it is difficult to find the right kind of cases,” Dr. Bliss added. “Tuber- culosis which is caused by a gram positive bacteria has not been suc- cessfully treated with polymyxin,” she continued. Dr. Bliss, who is the discoverer of the minute haemolytic strepto- coccus now known as Group F, and co-discoverer and developer of the sulfonamide compounds emphasiz- ed that polymyxin is still very much in the experimental stage but she said, “It is a different organ- ism which may add to the knowl- edge of the bacteria of other cells.” The Bryn Mawr Varsity basket- ball team played Rosemont on March 17, and was defeated by a score of 38 to 40. The J. V., how- ever, fared better, defeating the Rosemont team 26 to 16. On March 20, the third and fourth. varsity teams played against Penn, and the final score was fairly even. The third team won with a score of 39 to 21, while the fourth team lost, by a score of 18 to 26. The Sophomore basketball team challenged the Grad students on the 16th of March, and defeated them by a score of 38 to 22. The swimming squad rolled in another victory in its meet with Ursinus last week, winning by a score of 32 to 28. Engagements Janine Dent Daudon ’48 to Eugene Donnaud Brierre Suzanne Park ’51 to Donn H. Paul Pool Closed Week-ends Students are reminded that the pool is not open on weck- ends, either for students or guests of the colleze. Gane and Snyder Foods of Quality Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr Myra Uhifelder Takes Lucky 13; Wins Latin Fellowship to Rome by Ceile Macacbe ’50 (For the thirteenth time a Bryn Mawr woman has been awarded the fellowship given by the Amer- ican Academy in Rome. Myra Uhl- felder, whose A. B. and M. A. are from the University of Cincinnati, has recently received the fellow- ship, and hopes to spend next win- ter in Rome. If all goes well she will sail on September 25, and will probably stay until June. Myra seems to have her plans all made in the expectation that *“Manet et l’ Espagne”’ Related by Gaillard Continued from Page 1 tain romanticism, while the influ- ence on painters was of a more stylistic type. Many of Manet’s early paintings have Spanish subjects, simply ex- ecuted against an empty back- ground. There is a passage from darkness to light in Manet’s paint- ing. After complaining that too much painting had been done in the studio and that artists should paint outdoors, Manet found the ideal of a living person surround- ed by air in Velasquez. In his later work Manet devel- oped a lighter and lighter back- ground as well as a certain flat- ness in painting them. He attain- ed a gray tone which was almost completely flat. “But although Manet ceased to paint Spanish sub- jects, he did not forget Spain nor the influence of Velasquez against Italianism,” concluded Professor Gaillard. v Coeducational Address: : Department R, 9 HARVARD SUMMER SCHOOL OF ARTS, SCIENCES AND EDUCATION June 28 to August 21, 1948 Graduate and Undergraduate Courses Veterans May Enroll Under G. I. Bill . Dormitory Accommodations and Cafeteria Service (Engineering Courses Available in Graduate School of Engineering Summer Term) University, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts Wadsworth House, Harvard Another Excuse Come for a Refreshing Tea at the COLLEGE INN. to go Outdoors 4 RAY McKINLEY’S styling of the New Orleans ditty, “Airizay,” is attracting lots of fans. If you ask Ray about it, he says: “l’ve found from long experience what style of music we do best—just as I’ve learned from experience that Camels suit my “T-Zone’ to a ‘T!’ . Try Camels! Learn for yourself why, with smokers who have tried and compared, Camels are the “choice of experience.” And here’s another great record — & political developments will not make the trip inadvisable, and hopes to do some work with man- uscripts in the Vatican. In addi- tion to this she will endeavor to edit “some small grammatical work.” One of the great attrac- tions for her is the opportuhity to, do individual work. ~ The American Academy offers, for the benefit of students in Rome, tours to the relics and monuments of interest. Myra feels that travel is one of the more important as- pects of the fellowship, since it of- fers an opportunity to see things which otherwise remain theoretical and lifeless. She insists she'll spend much of her time travelling! Among the Bryn Mawr women who have held the fellowship are Miss Taylor, Dean of the Gradu- ate School and professor of Latin and Miss Marti and Mrs. Michels, of the Latin Department. It was given last year to Doris Taylor, who was then a student here; hers has been renewed for a second year. | gs. Fashion’s ‘*Honor Grads”? 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This play features one Roger Kane as a third of a tri- angle. The three modern dance groups will all present the “Encounter” theme in a different way. The first group will show a contrast of mo- tion, tempo and rhythm as_ sug- *. gested by Debussy’s “Images.” The second group has built its dance around the quotation, “Each man is an Island unto himself.” The conflict between the formal classic modes of dancing and the new, un- pretentious impulsive trend is the subject of the final group’s presen- tation.. ™ The orchestra, augmented by friends of the college and led by William H. Reese, will present the new versus the old in musical com- position. Two Bach compositions exemplify the old; the middle per- iod is represented by the music in My Bonny Boy, an intermezzo from a suite of English folk songs by Vaughan Williams. The Chorus will present an in- teresting series of Kyries. This traditional part of the Mass has encountered different kinds of church music from the earliest times. Three of the Kyries have been composed by undergraduates. The Double Octet will also present a short program. A Fiesta constitutes the Spanish Club’s contribution to Arts Night. A Spanish folk dance called “Jota” will be the first presentation, fol- lowed by a Mexican folk dance which includes music. Finally, there will be a version of the Rhumba! In Goodhart’s Foyer there will be an exhibition of work done by various members of the Art Stu- dio, including Haverford students and faculty wives. Quartet’s Hollers Result in Dollars by Blaikie Forsyth ’51 Two masked marvels armed with water pistols invaded the Rhoads smoker last Wednesday night, loudly demanded cash, and then re- vealed to their victims the newly- formed College ’49 Quartet. Ann Eberstadt, Sue Henderson, Kathy Geib and Sally Loomis appeared to sing Mood Indigo, If I Had My Way, Embraceable You, My Sweet and~other popular standbys. The hat was passed frequently by the gangsters, who also threw in an occasional plug for the Bingo in Pem. The scarlet blazers and close har- mony of the Quartet were much appreciated by their audience; however they remained strictly modest, apologizing before each number. Bribed by a flood of pen- ies, the Quartet obliged with a special Eberstadt rendition of Lover Man as a grand finale and left their admiring audience with the knowledge that once again the Drive had benefited. The Quartet wishes to thank the halls for their contribution to the Drive — approximately $35 — and hopes to do a great performance Vacation Library Hours ‘Library hours during spring vacation will be as follows: Friday, March 26 - April 8; Daily, 9 a. m.-5 p. m.; Satur- day, 9 a. m.-1 p.m. The Lib- rary -will be closed evenings, beginning Friday, March 26; closed Sunday, March 28, but open Sunday, April 4. | THE Place to Come for Distinctive Easter Cards IS Richard Stockton’s Bryn Mawr . BM, Hav. Present Anouilh’s Comedy Specially contributed by Phyllis Bolton ’49 If you have noticed various Bryn Mawrtyrs or Haverfordians clus- tered around Rock Arch at 17:15 every evening and muttering such phrases as “Je ne suis pas Jacques Renaud,” or “Foutrequet, c’est un tres indice, ‘certes,” do not fear for their sanity. These are mem- bers of the cast of Le Voyageur Sans Bagage waiting for trans- portation to rehearsal, and they are only temporarily deranged. The evening of April 10 will find them returned to normal. On that date the French clubs of Bryn Mawr and Haverford will will present Jean Anouilh’s com- edy Le Voyageur Sans Bagage at Roberts Hall. This is;the story of an amnesia victim of the first world war. Gaston visits the Re- naud family in hopes that they will prove to be his own family and tha this memory will return. As he hears the past of the man whose life he must assume, his battles and his love affairs, he be- comes more and more convinced he wants no part of such a life. But can he avoid it when ai! indica- tions point to his being Jacques Renaud? A trip to Roberts Hail yn April 10 will answer this ques- tion. The east includes: Gaston, Gun- ther Frankl; Georges Renaud, Charles Melchior; Madame Re- naud, Elisabeth Grey; Valentine Renaud, Hilary Gold; La Duchesse, Josephine Raskind; Juliette, Kath- a MAYO and PAYNE Cards’ Gifts RADIO Parts Repairs 821 LANCASTER AVE. BRYN MAWR @FRESH @SPRING COTTONS AT . joyce lewis Did you Know? the HEARTH HAS DELICIOUS ICE CREAM SODAS FROSTEDS In Twenty-two For Your Knitted Dress Minerva Velveen CANARY, HYACINTH, PEARL, GOLD, GALA BLUE and MANY OTHERS DINAH FROST’S Lovely Colors! TROPIC PINK, LIGHT NAVY, If Spring Flowers don’t come up fast enough to suit you— Come buy some at JEANNETT’S A tomboy born is Esmeralda— Compliments of the Haverford Pharmacy Haverford Wearing skirts has not corralled er. Licks the fellers in fair fight; Does her push-ups every night. But Essie’s got a solitaire— Discovered that it pays to wear HOSIERY FULL-FASHIONED 4c NOTICES Tournament Winner The Undergraduate Association is pleased to announce that Gwen Groves ’50 was last week’s winner of the Ping-Pong tournament. Highest Graduate Honor The Fanny Bullock Workman Travelling Fellowship for 1948-49 has been won by Mrs. Esther Duke Redding, now completing her sec- ond year of graduate work in the Physics Department. The fellow- ship provides a year of study or research abroad or in this country, and is the highest graduate honor Bryn Mawr College gives. Alliance Elections The election of the Alliance Ex-> ecutive Board will be held on April 7. All those interested in working on the Alliance should be sure to give their names to their hall rep- resentative. All who do so will be considered for election to the Board. CARE Movie During the week of April 12, the erine Thenault; Maitre Huspar, Sperry Lea; Maitre Peckweck, Wil- liam Warner; Le Maitre d’Hotel, Sol Blecker; Le Valet de Chambre, Dan Olivier; Le Chauffeur, George de Schweinetz; Le Petit Garcon, Catherine Lord; and La Cusiniere, Karen Cassard. It is being di- rected by Phyllis Bolton, and the faculty advisor is Mr. K. B. Whit- worth. Bryn Mawr Theatre will run a series of four movies, profits from which will go to CARE—if you buy your ticket on the campus. There will be a different movie nightly, April 12-15, one of which will be a.revival. Tickets, which may be bought only during the first week after vacation, April 5-9, will be in the hands of hall representa- ‘tives; they will cost the usual fifty cents, and any ticket will be good for any of the four days. 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