VOL. XLVII, NO. 2 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1950 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1950 PRICE 15 CENTS Merger Unifies And Renovates Drama Groups Hard Work in Theater Decides Election Of Members Interest in theatrical arts has always been widespread at Bryn Mawr, but until last spring the various groups working on differ- ent aspects of drama had no uni- fying organization through which to contact and cooperate with one another. At meetings held in March the Drama Guild and the Stage Guild merged to form the Bryn Mawr College Theatre, which now has complete jurisdic- tion over all dramatic activities on campus. In the election of officers it was decided that the first pres- ident of the new organization should have been a member of the old Drama Guild, and the _ vice- president a member of (Stage Guild. Sue Kramer and Ellen Bacon, respectively, were elected to those offices. Hereafter, some similar arrangement may be fol- lowed, although not too closely, since it may help smaller affiliated groups if one officer can be con- sulted about acting and the other about staging. The Theatre owns all equipment —lights, makeup, costumes, flats, and other stage tools and mater- ials. Makeup may be rented for language club plays, Actresses Anonymiousy. productions, and Freshmen Hall Plays. Many mem- bers of the Theatre are both act- resses and stage hands. In view of this fact, a new system of elec- tion to membership was inaugur- ated with the merger. It is based on accumulation of points; five points are needed to become a member. Points are awarded ac- cording to the following scale: 1) Three points for participat- ing in a full-length production of the Bryn Mawr College Theatre, whether as a member of the cast, crew, or business staff. 2) Two. points for participation in Freshman or Junior Show, or the Maids and Porters Show. 3) One point for participating in language club or Freshman Hall plays, Arts Night, Dance Club, or Actresses Anonymous productions Continued on Page 2, Col. 4 ‘02 Has “Just the Ticket’ For You: With Variety of Songs and Scenes “This is just the ticket for you!” sings 1952’s chorus of trainmen, as the curtain rises on the Junior Show. Unlike most class shows, this one is a musical revue, and your ticket will entitle you to six station stops. Just the Ticket has a most amaz- ing amount of variety, encompass- ing everything from an old-fashion- ed melodrama to a very caustic, British-type scene, fraught with “pregnant silences.’”’ The roster of characters includes a restless in- genue, who dwells in the wilds of “West Austral-ee-a;” a reappear- ing ghost; a “unique” servant; a hand-wringing Little Nell, and her three maiden aunts who brew a potent cup of tea; a suave Italian Casanova, and his woman-hating friend; a cow-girl kick chorus; and a love-sick southern gal. A side trip on the “Twentieth Century Unlimited” unveils a prudish miss, who is finally forced to admit that Statistics, Goals Of °54 Reported By Miss McBride The first Wednesday morning chapel service of the year was held in Goodhart at 8:45 A.M., Octo- ber 4. Miss McBride spoke, giving statistics on the class of 1954. Of the 171 new undergraduate stud- ents, 160 are Freshmen and 11 are transfers. 54 represents 20 states and 7 foreign countries. Represent- ation from various parts of the country is approximately the same as in former years, although the percentage from the far West has risen slightly, while that from the Mid-west has declined. Miss McBride emphasized the fact that there would be more foreign students in the college if there were more full scholarships available to them. At present the Chinese, Japanese, and two DP scholarships are the only full schol- arships for foreign students. There are fewer foreign students at Bryn Mawr this year than there were last year. There are no 15-year-olds in the entering class, but the average age of the entering Freshman re- mains almost exactly the same, 17 years and 11 months. There are 21 alumnae daughters in the class, and the majority of fathers of 754 are engaged in manufacturing and sales. Continued on Page 5, Col. 5 Voorhis, Lurker, Sonne, and Cooper Nom. as Soph. Member to Undergrad There will be a _ college-wide election, Thursday, October 12, to elect a First Sophomore Member of Undergrad to replace Eleanor Toumey, "53, who is not back this year. The candidates in _preferen- tial order are: Corrie Voorhis, as well as play- ing Varsity hockey and volleyball, was an A. A. hall representative last year. She was also on the Nominating Committee, in Fresh- man Show, and was the third ro- tating Freshman member to Self- Government. Kathy Lurker was on the Fresh- man Show Song-Writing commit- tee, as well as being in the show itself. Moreover, she was a League representative and a member of the Dance Club. . Carol Sonne worked in the soda fountain and was co-chairman of her hall Christmas skit committee. She was on the script committee and stage crew for Freshman Show, is a member of Stage Guild and of Chorus, and was in the Freshman Hall Play. Harriet Cooper has been a ro- tating member of both Self-Gov- ernment and the League. She has worked in the Soda Fountain, and was in the Freshman Show. “Television is Passe,” and a lady who accosts her psychiatrist with, “Is it true that you are neurotic? Fancy that, well I am psychotic, Coincidence dear, too good to be true.” In colorful Messina we learn that, through the art of a clever woman “a man’s resistance soon snaps,” and an unwilling bachelor is urged that “Though she upset thee, get thee a wife.” No less varied than the individ- uals and the songs, are the sets. A maximum of art and efficiency on the part of the stage crew has engineered a number of quick changes. One minute the decor is of a cozy “Home Sweet Home” scene, and the next it is an Aus- tralian sheep ranch. Still again you see a colorful market place in a seaport town of Sicily, a back- drop of dramatic silvery draperies, or a hut in the humid tropics. Add to these kaleidoscopic scenes a diversity of costumes, many spirited songs, and a liberal sprink- ling of actors from Hav- erford and Penn, and you have a small sample of what is in store for you at 8:30, Saturday, October 14th, in Goodhart auditorium. So listen to the Junior’s advice, “Buy a ticket, take it,” for the many- faceted Just the Ticket is, without question, “Just the ticket for you!” “lust the Ticket” To Debut Oct. 14 Incorporating a new idea in Jun- ior Shows, the class of 1952 has chosen a musical revue, composed of six separate acts. “Just the Ticket” will be given on Saturday, October 14, at 8:30 P.M. in Good- hart. The Director is P. Onder- donk; Stage Director, B. Lese; Business Manager, G. Chase; Music Director, T. Richardson. The cast is as follows: “West Australia’: ©. Price, L. Bishop, and chorus “A Cup of Tea” Aunt Columbine ........ N. Alexander AUNE WOSBIO eins L. Bishop Aunt Tessie ......05:.,. T. Mulligan Little Nev jai M. Bianchi Squire Flintus Moneyclutcher ....... G. Cadwalader Dan Dauntless ........,:.. C. Hansen Continued on Page 2, Col. 5 CALENDAR Wednesday, October 11 First in series of marriage lec- tures, “Precourtship Relations.” Dr. Mudd, Common Room, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, October 14 1952 Junior Show, “Just the Ticket,” Goodhart Hall, 8:30 p.m. Rockefeller Hall Dance, “La Roque,” 10:30-1:00 p.m., Rocke- feller Hall. Sunday, October 15 Sunday evening chapel service, Dr. Paul Austin Wolfe, the Brick Church, New York, Music Room, 7:15 p.m. Monday, October 16 Current Events, Dr. Felix Gil- bert, “Preventive War,” Common Room, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, October 18 Marriage lecture, “Courtship, Choice, and. Engagement,” Dr. Mudd, Common Room, 7:15 p.m. College Announces L. Donnelly Grant In Creative Work This year the college has an- nounced a new Fellowship in crea- tive writing or research in the humanities of the value of $2500 for the year 1951-52. This Fellow- ship is given in the memory of Lucy Martin Donnelly, 1870-1948. A member of the Faculty of Bryn Mawr College for many years, Miss Donnelly was Professor of English and Head of the Department from 1911 until her retirement in 1936. Miss Donnelly had a vital sense of the literature of the past and an equal interest in the writing of the present. She helped to create at Bryn Mawr a hospitable atmo- sphere for young writers. Friends and students of Miss Donnelly who value the distinction in letters and scholarships that she revealed in her personality and her teaching have founded this Fellowship to provide for talented women oppor- tunities to develop their creative powers or to pursue constructive research in the humanities. This Fellowship is open to women who are citizens of the United States, Canada, or Great Britain. It will be awarded for distinction in writing and may be held for a project either in creative writing or in research in the humanities. Candidates who wish to use the Fellowship for research should al- ready have made progress that is equivalent to the usual require- ments for the Ph.D. degree. The holder of the Fellowship is expected to reside at Bryn Mawr College during the academic year (October to June) unless in the opinion of the Committee of Award residence elsewhere or travel is de- sirable for a part of the year. The Féllowship is not to be used to ful- fill the requirements for any aca-/ demic degree. The holder will have no academic duties. Applications must be submitted before January 15, 1951. Applica- tion blanks and further informa- tion can be obtained from the Office of the President, Taylor Hall. Miss McBride Relates College To World Scene Individuals Need Faith To Achieve High Concepts Miss McBride officially opened Bryn Mawr’s sixty-sixth academic year in assembly on October third. First she mentioned recent faculty appointments and announced sev- eral changes in the courses offered. The student body is larger than most, she said, and there are the usual money problems, with a very tight budget and the danger of a deficit. In spite of the shortage of funds, however, many improve- ments have been made in the build- ings during the summer. Turning from the college to the international picture, Miss McBride emphasized the changes in the world situation during the summer. She agreed with Ralph Bunche that we will have reached a “turning point in history” if we can control aggression and encourage peace- ful change. However, most of us are inclined to plan only in individ- ual terms because we feel far away from the control centers of nations. We are not really as un- important as we think, though, for decisions are open to world judg- ments. She stressed our need for understanding, whether we choose to work in the government or form a part of public opinion while de- cisions are being made. Our acts will affect final decisions, and in the perilous future these decisions will either be mistakes, or they will lead to the gradual development of a peaceful world. During this search for world peace, our conceptions of right will be tested. By increased interest in philosophy and politics, we may learn how to carry out our concepts and build world unity. At present, a unity has been achieved because Continued on Page 2, Col. 3 Freshman Speaks Seven Languages: Plans International Relations Career by Julie Ann Johnson, ’52 Name almost any European language you can think of, and you still won’t be able to stump Bohuslawa JZabko (pronounced Sabko) Potapovich, who is called Bo or Bushka for short. She speaks German, Russian, French, Dutch, Polish, and Ukrainian, as well as English, fluently, and is wondering whether to take her Orals in French and German, or French and Russian! Bo is now a Freshman, but she hopes to get credit for the year of college work which she took at the University of Liege, when she has completed her Freshman year at Bryn Mawr. Bo’s father was a member of the White Russian Army and, from 1917 to 1920, a member of the Ukrainian Nationalist Army, which at the time was opposing the newly-formed Communist re- gime in Russia. Bo therefore grew up in the Ukraine, and lived there until 1989, when her family was foréed..to flee to -Western Poland, as refugees from the Communists. She graduated from the Gymnas- ium in 1944, the year in which her family left Poland, and spent the next year in a working camp in Germany. In 1945 she went to Holland for a few months and then Belgium, which she left in 1947 to come to the United States. In contrast to Bryn Mawr, the University had no boarding facilities, and was co- educational, with only one-third of the students girls. There was more of a lecture system than there is at Bryn Mawr, especially in philosophy, psychology, and history, where classes num-e -l several hundred students. The courses required much individual study, with no quizzes or examina- tions until the finals, at the end of the year. Bo originally intended to come to Bryn Mawr in order to get credit at the University, where she was going to major in Germanistic philology. She was supposed to Continued on Page 5, Col. 2 4 Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 11, 1950 - satiric drawing-room comedies which had been presented - Much more is to be learned from making this sort of at- 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 har be reprinted either wholly or in part without per- mission of the Editor-in-Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD Joan McBride, ‘52, Editor-in-chief Jane Augustine, ‘52, Copy Barbara Joelson, ‘52, Make-up Joanna Semel, ‘52 Frances Shirley, ‘53, Make-up EDITORIAL STAFF Julie Ann Johnson, ‘52 Margie Cohn, '52._ Helen Katz, ‘53 Judith Waldrop, ‘53 Subscription Manager—Lita Hahn, ‘52 Subscription, $3.00 Mailing price, $3.50 Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 Professional Directing At this time, late in 1950, we find ourselves aware of the fact that no professionally directed play has been presented by the dramatic organizations of Bryn Mawr College and Haverford since early in 1949. Dissatisfaction with the first three plays of the 1948-1949 season bought about the selec- tion of a student director for the fourth. Everyone liked the idea of student direction; it would bolster a shoestring bud- get and revive a badly flagging interest in the theatre. This it did. The performance of Juno and The Paycock was a sub- stantial improvement over what had gone before. The choice of that particular play was a happy one, for O’Casey’s trag- edy is intrinsically better drama than the two shallow and previously that year. Last fall confidence in the director of Juno and the Pay- cock led to production of two difficult but worthwhile plays, Liliom, and Elizabeth The Queen. It is admirable that these excellent plays were given even at the risk of failure to sur- mount the obstacles they contained, since the aim of college theatre is to teach through practical experience on the stage. tempt with less success than from doing more competently a mediocre play which is plainly within the capabilities of amateurs. Now “amateur” is a word which has been studiously aveided in local dramatic circles. Even if we should lose face by admitting it, we ought to remember that we are only ama- teurs. We simply do not have the experience which all peo- ple have to whom the theatre is bread and butter, no matter how little talent they may have to go on with it. It became obvious with the two spring productions that something was needed which wasn’t there, but nobody connected with those plays came right out and said so. The Bryn Mawr College Theatre as a whole now feels the need for another change. It is important that students interested in directing should have the opportunity to learn by doing it, but not at the expense of those equally interested in learning to act. A play has considerably more actors than directors, and the desires of the majority should take prece-~ dence over those of a few individuals. After five student-directed dramas and two student di- rectors it would seem that a return to professional assistance means greater enthusiasm for the activities of the College Theatre. Any student interested in any phase of dramatics would profit by observing a professional who has necessarily emerged the wiser from the buffetings of legitimate theatre. For these reasons the Bryn Mawr College Theatre last Mon- day voted to employ a professional director for its first play this year. It is not yet known who that director will be. Of the many possibilities, one comes to Raps asin bie di- rector who has been with the PasadenX Playhouse, runs the Bryn Mawr Summer Theatre, and who has now been relegat- ed to the position of teacher of Freshman Speech, Theatre Arts (no credit), and Playwriting. He will always be remem- bered for his connection with the magnificent performance in 1948 of King Lear, even if others directed by him do not measure up to Lear’s excellence. During this past year, he was treated inconsiderately and unjustly, and his critics soon defeated their own purpose: the presentation of a superior play. The Bryn Mawr College Theatre would do well to con- | sider him for the job of directing one or more of its plays Current Events In the first Current Events lec- ture of the year, Dr. Wells of the Political Science Department dis- cussed the Korean situation. He first reviewed ‘Korean history, contrasting the centuries of Kor- ean freedom with the oppression Korea has endured at the hands of the Japanese for the past fifty years. These years of exploitation (“Korea for the Japanese’) fan- ned the flame of Korean national- ism, but gave the country the worst possible -preparation for self-government. At the Cairo Conference in 1943, a declaration stated that “in due course, Korea shall be free and united”, a promise which was too indefinite to satisfy the Koreans. Later, the Potsdam conference called for a four-power rule. ‘The country was to be divided by the 38th Parallel, a purely military de- cision whereby Russian troops would disarm Japanese in the north, and the U. S. would do the same in the south. This division was economically and politically unfortunate, but the only alterna- tive was to leave the entire task to Russian troops, which were al- ready occupying the area. This plam was not satisfactory, so in 1945, a three-power confer- ence met in Moscow to appoint a. commission to direct the setting up of a provisional government in Korea, and of a four-power trus- ‘eeship in Korea which was to last five years. Only the Korean Com- munist parties approved this plan. Since the Russians insisted that dnly parties which approved be al- lowed influence in the trusteeship, there was another deadlock. In 1947, affairs were not yet settled: the Russians refused to partici- pate in further conferencees. The matter was presented to the U. N., which established a “Temporary Commission on Korea”. This Com- mission was refused any commun- ication with North Korea, but it supervised elections for a General Assembly, which in turn elected President Rhee. The Russians were carrying on similar activities in the. north, from which they withdrew their troops in December 1948. American troops withdrew from the south in June 1949. Analyzing the problem as it is today, Dr. Wells noted the import- ant precedent that this summer’s activities have set: joint action has met armed aggression. This ‘Po- land in the Far East” remains as important to the larger powers as it was at the close of the 19th cen- tury. “The really hard days of making peace in Korea lie ahead,” said Dr. Wells. The U.N. will not be admired for its recent activities in Korea, but rehabilitation must be carried on. “We are back to the old formula: ‘In due course Korea shall be free and united.’ ” K. McBride Stresses International Outlook Continued from Page 1 of common danger. By means of the Marshall Plan, the Point Four Program, exchange students, and an all too small exchange of pro- fessors, the world is open to a sharing of opportunity. However, because of fear or a selfishness arising from fear, our concepts have had limits imposed upon them. Restrictions on individual freedom, such as those enforced by the Cali- fornia Regents, are more in evi- dence than ever, and our highest conceptions are often trammelled. Only by small deeds and actions and*by undiscouraged faith can we hope to achieve our goals of peace and security. “The struggle will this year. - be everyone’s.” Continued from Page 1 Three points a year must be arned in order to maintain mem- bership. The Theatre cooperates with the Cap and Bells Club of Haverford College to produce four plays a year, two of which are staged on this’: campus in Good hart. ‘A joint reading committee from both colleges selects the plays. First a list is ‘posted in Taylor where anyone may write down play suggestions. These are then discussed by a committee of eight, consisting of the four club officers and four elected at large from the membership. Before the joint meeting with Haverford the eight decide which four will vote. After eliminating any plays which have been done recently or are too difficult to stage or costume, the committee from the campus where the show is to be presented sub- Class of 54 Joins Haverford Rhinies In Square Dance A week ago last Saturday night, in a red and blue balloon-clad gym, Bryn Mawr’s class of ’54 met Hav- erford en masse. The occasion: the annual introduction dance, this year featuring Ricky Conant as square dance caller, Al Clayton and his four-piece band for ball- room music after intermission. The dance progressed in high style from reels to fox trots, with a pleasant ovenproportion of men assuring a steady stag line. At the outset, sets squared off for ener- getic skipping on the polished gym floor, while upperclassmen’s legs and jackets dangled fascinated from the spectators’ balcony. Midway in the evening came time out for cider and donuts, songs by the Bryn Mawr Octangle and a spirited rendition of “Big Rock Candy Mountain” and “The Blue-tail Fly” by Walt Robinson and his guitar. Katusha Cheremeteff, Dance Committee chairman, and her aides (Price, Loening, Hamburger, Freytag, Mitchell and other host- esses from the Freshman Week committee) administered the order of the night—Everybody Dance. And they did—from 8:30 on until “Good Night Ladies” gave the sig- nal for the closing of gym doors, hurried trips back to change sign- ing out—and the post-party com- ment of a “good time had by all”. Reporter Revamps Old Vernacular by Helen Katz, ’53 Baroque—without money. Patrol—English word for gasoline. Revamp—make love to an old flame, Pimento—token of remembrance. Nitrate—charge for telegrams after 6 p. m. Buoygnt—acting childish. Scruple—a Russian coin. Cistern—opposite of brethren. Tenure—usually the hero in grand opera. Vernacular—field glasses. Sepulchre—what the king holds. Larva—comes out of a volcano. Cardigan—pertaining to the heart. Triumph—three groans. Pompous—large stretches of plains. Libretto—type of dagger. Sultry—buggy used in harness racing. Bandana—type of fruit. Trepanning—hitting a tree. Antidote—a funny story. Parasite—one_ who. lives in Paris. Squall—an Indian’s wife . Howdah—Southern greeting. Valid—a gentleman’s gentleman. Drama Guild and Stage Guild Merge to Form B.M. College Theatre; Kramer, Bacon Elected mits four play suggestions. The other reading committee suggests two plays. A total of six plays is read by the joint reading commit- tee and voted upon. After a play is chosen, the director and stage manager are elected. Actresses Anonymous is a work- shop in which individual problems are discussed and advice is given. Freshmen inexperienced in college theatre will find this group stimu- lating, helpful, and encouraging. This year it is sponsoring a series of lectures by important person- ages in the dramatic world. Any- one can attend any meeting of this organization regardless of wheth- er or not she is a memiber. Any- one who wants to work and learn is welcome at Actresses Anony- mous meetings. The February Freshman Show is always an important event for the college’s newest class. The stage manager for that show is picked from those freshmen who work well on stage crew for the two fall plays of the College The- atre. Freshmen are only restrict- ed in one way during their: first semester: they may not act in var- sity productions. They may, how- ever, do whatever else interests them in connection with those pro- ductions. There is always much to be done in the line of business, makeup, costuming, stage crew, properties, lighting, set designs and publicity. ‘With the revised college theatre a new unity in dramatic endeavor at Bryn Mawr is hoped for, so that through greater cooperation, ef- fort, and friendship a higher de- gree of artistic success will be achieved. Junior Cast to Give Six-Act-Revue on Sat. Continued from Page 1 “Rancid Honey” Louisa Chapin ............ N. Pearre Leonora Hale ................ E. Winton Lady Isabel Freezington ................ M. Wegier TINIE, sissccieoseisescnsvsnngs T. Warren Peter Chapin ............ B. Edgerton Sir George Freezington ................ C. Armstrong Commander St. John Corvett, R.N. B. Pepper “Twentieth Century Unlimited” Bryn Mawr Song .... B. Foulke and guitar “Coincidence Dear” Psychiatrist. ........ G. Cadwalader RE oa haiti E. Macllroy Kick Chorus: directed by A. L. Wahlert M. W. Boone, A. Chambers, M. Cohn, J. Freytag, E. Gjelsness, C. Nash, L. Perkins, C. Price, J. Silman, E. Wadsworth. “Television is Passe’ Sung by ........... E. Macllroy and Chorus Pantomimist ...... G. Cadwalader “Moon and Nonsense” oO ee enor J. Augustine Shangri-Lana ......cscsese M. Wegier | TIATECRGOT oocssssscscccsessornes R. Reynolds GFBEOOT acc sccocsessscsonseies B. Green I cistacnine I. Mogul “Without Much Ado” DMRS sais ci sicretscdves A. L. Wahlert MNMEROD hors sésscciccstdiccanvns M. Allen NS i pccvicsccscsostincnebiovia B. Dawes MME iciiesis decid iver S. Herminghaus Mrs. Bennett. ............ L. Bettman MNO ook Sssscvccsesscs C. Armstrong RE ivic sce ckcsscipicdeoss P. Edgerton PI ohossisiidinsosatn B. Pepper Chorus: A. Pennypacker, McBride, Yor- shis, Liachowitz, Cheremeteff, Crowdus, Perkins, Glassberg, Benedict, McKenny, Smith, Mason, Angstadt, Appel, Marx, Morel. B. Rogers, Wadsworth, Bird, Cary, Chase, Craig, Herming- haus, Price, Bishop, Alexan- der, Mulligan, Bianchi, Semel. Wednesday;:October.11; 1950 — THE COLLEGE NEWS Statesman’ s' Letter to IRC Urges Understanding Others’ Way of Life Last May the College News pub- lished an article which includéd four letters: from Eleanor Roose- velt, Count Sforza, Senator Taft, and George Bernard Shaw. These were answers to a letter sent by the International Relations Club, requesting advice on how Ameri- can students could help improve the ‘chances for world peace. Since that time the IRC has received an- other letter. It appeared, in part, in the July 30 edition of the Her- ald Tribune, and in the June 26 issue of the Yugoslav Newsletter. ‘In your letter you request my advice about the way in which you students can most contribute to peace and understanding among peoples. Your incitement is really worthy of praise. But you your- self have said at the beginning of your letter that the best way to get acquainted and gain under- standing among peoples is through direct contact. I really have noth- ing to add to that for it is elemen- tary. “Therefore, you, American stu- dents, should try to get universal- ly acquainted with the other peo- ples. Learn about their past and present. Strive to understand their way of life, their hardships and their aspirations for the better. Separate the positive from the negative in their way of life and you will surely get to like them. _ “If you wish to dedicate your- selves to the struggle for the strengthening of peace in the world, then do not just work by means of declarations but by ac- tual deeds. Scrutinize in all re- gspects which those elements are that threaten world peace and when you have established them, be firm in the struggle against them. You must be objective and consistent in this sérutiny. BMC - Haverford Debate Scheduled In college debating you “think on your feet,” stated Mary Lee Culver, president of the Debate Club. This year the group is com- bining with Haverford’s Northwest ‘Comfort Debate Society to organ- ize contests throughout the year. Although the national topic will be “Resolved: The Non-Communist Nations Should Form a New Inter- national Organization,” still the club plans to debate topics other than this. At some point in the year there will pe a debate to de- termine which of the sexes is superior. “Never believe more in empty words than in facts. Never regret the effort you might make to learn the facts, for the finding out of facts removes the danger of blun- ders which can bring forth serious results. “Finally, I might also tell you that it is especially important to respect the peoples of other coun- tries no matter how small they are.” This -letter was received at the end of June. It was signed “Best regiards from,”and the signature was Tito’s. Disguised Sophs Parade to Fire, Expose ’54’s Song by Helen Katz, ’53 What could be better for a first- hand report of Parade Night than to march with the initiate Fresh- men, sing their discovered anthem, and record all the facts as an un- biased (?) Sophomore? And so we marched with the Freshmen, sang with the Freshmen, and were sub- sequently mortified when we saw our own classmates hands clasped tightly against us as we and the Freshman class charged down the hill behind Rhoads toward the annual bonfire. Parade Night, the traditional torchlight welcome of the incoming Freshmen to the ranks of Bryn Mawr students, takes place every year on the eve of the first day of classes This year, eagerness prevail- ed, from the massing underneath Pembroke arch, where we began to despair of our eardrums; to the march down to Rhoads, accom- panied by the Junior and Senior classes with their class lanterns, to the music of the Fireman’s band; to the restrained battle to encircle the bonfire guarded by the Sophomore Class; right down to the final moment of the step-sing- ing. Enthusiasm and sportsman- ship were shown, as the group took the discovery of their Parade Night tune, and the many cheers raised to the Fresh- men, with smiles and good spirit, anxious to show that they would bring the same sportsmanship and enthusiasm to their other college ventures. Afterward, there were parties given by the Sophomores for the Freshmen in the halls, where, over ices, ginger ale, and cookies, the two classes became better acquainted. Veteran Warns Guileless Freshmen Of the Inevitable Weighty Problems by Helen Katz, ’53 Dear Freshmen, This is an open letter dedicated to those who have perhaps raised an eyebrow at the thought of girls who have’ gained enormous amounts of weight at college, and to that stalwart group who think, “Tt can’t happen here!” In all ser- iousness, we offer to all the Fresh- men a warning and an example in the true case of Miss X, ‘who gain- ed _ sixteen pounds. during one school year. The, reasons were many,—extra_ food to keep going late holars;.. too many teas, and - generous helpings of starches and ice creams at regular meals. The menus we will not go into, but we will say this—it could#Wave been|s avoided! It is not a eeMeeebhe to get up at nine o’clock every morning of a supposed vacation, and tear off to a tennis court or golf course, rain or shine, to tone up skin that never should have been stretched in the first place. Miss X was fortunate enough to have an angry parent who shipped her off to Elizabeth Arden’s, to be toasted, broiled and whacked around. Perhaps you will not be. But then, perhaps you will not gain weight, or act like a perish- ing Armenian until the hall book- shops open, or the dinner chimes ring. We forget which contemporary actress it is who said “I always get busy on myself when I: go up two or three pounds; if I waited until it were ten, it would be dev- astating!” ‘And so ‘it would be. We are not actresses, but someone does care about us, and it‘ simply |:' is not worth the extra cinnamon toast to see the shock and then , on” the face... Off the train for a weekend, or come xeon to friends and family at vacation, many kilograms over- weight. Please, Freshmen,, remem, ber the example of our Miss X, who spent the siitiimer” ‘touching her toes! a date, as we Page Three Last Nighters Celeste Holm Enchants ‘Affairs of State’ Audience by Helen Katz, 53 The eternal triangle assumes many forms, but the sunprising situation arrived at in “Affdirs of State,” currently playing in New York’s Royale Theatre, is one of the oldest outgrowths of a triangle we have ever seen. The inimitable Celeste Holm, its star, steals the acting honors of the day as the pawn of a former Cabinet minis- ter, his wife, and a Senator, and as Louis Verneuil’s heroine/ Hilar- ious as the situation is, ih whi she finds herself married ih name only to the Senator, erstwhile love of the ex-minister’s wife, the plot is othenwise tenuous, and relies heavily on her to carry the rest of the show. By the end of Act 1 we can dimly foresee that true love is going to triumph over the reasons of state, for which the Senator had to be married, and that the Senat- or is about to change his mind and his light 0’ love. Unfortunately, the hero, Sheppard Strudwick, is too worried to be convincing, and it is Reginald Owen, as the “not old, but with more years behind him in which to be young,” cabinet min- ister who is completely enchanting with a naturalness that draws the audience into the play. As to the lines, the entire archi- tecture of the play is a minor masterpiece. The words are beau- tiful and beautifully played with, and all the characters get a chance to be the author’s mouthpiece, in- stead of just one character, a la seventeenth century French plays. Such lines as, “Marriage is like a besieged fortress, all those in want to get out, and all those without to get in,” and “French women never knew they had charm or glamour until the Amer- icans told them about it”? show the clever, incisive logic of the bi-lin- guistic playwright, who knows his diplomacy, but not his Washing- ton, well. Fascinating costumes, especially those for Barbara O’- Neil, the “other woman,” by Dor- othy Jenkins, are well worth men- tion, and the single set of a Wash- ington drawing room, by Paul orrison, is lovely. e laurels, though, still go to Miss Holm, who with her naive yet clever performance, reminiscent of Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday, makes the show a howling success. The basic situation keeps a smile on one’s face all the time and she puts across most of the laugh lines, with her strict adherence to her conitract to pose as a_ wife, while her husband, falling in love with her, itches to change her ov- erly ‘businesslike attitude to a more conjugal one. She carries out her more delicate. scenes with the greatest of pathos, and certainly is a versatile stage personality. We never regretted having seen this play, and as a final criterion of it as a comedy, thought that if the chance arose, we would like to see it again. Incidentally . One conscientious sophomore, earnestly trying to fill out her course card, went up to her Span- jish instructor after class one day and asked her what her name was. “Are you Senora Esteves?” she inquired: “No,” was the answer, “the name is Marsball, Mrs. Marshall!” And: then ‘there ‘was the innocent |! Freshman, who, upon hearing | Mrs. Marshall pronounce the | Avords™ “Buenos Aires,” informed the “Dean ‘that’ shé ‘Spoke “rost excellent st N.S. A. Congress Considers Impact Of International Crisis on Education by Ronnie Gottlieb, ’53 and Lita Hahn, ’52 The Wolverine left Grand Cent- tral on August 21st bearing two Bryn Mawrtyrs with tennis rac- quets. We sat breathless, warmed by cocktails at the Biltmore, a little unbelieving that we were go- ing west of Paoli for the first time. We were going as elected repre- sentatives to the 10-day National Student Congress to be held on the University of Michigan campus. We arrived in Ann Arbor with three things in mind. The first was to decide once and for all whether or not N.S.A. was something Bryn Mawr should continue to support. The second was to learn as much as the Congress could .teach us. The third was tennis. . The first days were filled with BMC Club Plans Season of Music The Bryn Mawr ‘Music Club is making plans for its fourth season this winter and has announced that memibership is open to fac- ulty, students, and staff of Bryn Mawr, and all others who are in- terested. As usual the subscription is five dollars payable in advance. Since there is no provision for def- icits, and because any other meth- od of ticket sale would involve payment of an entertainment tax, tickets must be sold for the entire series. Guests of members may be paid for on a single concert basis. There will probably be five con- certs, as there have been in for- mer years, though final plans de- pend on the number of tickets sold, since eighty subscriptions are needed for a five-concert series. The concerts will be held in the Wyndham Music room, between five and six-fifteen on Sunday af- ternoon. The programs usually are made up of classical selections, played by advanced students from the Curtis Institute and other music schools, and the recitals have fea- tured everything from horn trios to vocalists. Last year the Con- temporary Music Reading Center presented one concert made up of the work of four young composers and ‘played by Paul Olefsky and friends of the composers. All who are interested in joining the music club may see Ann Johns in Rhoads’ North or send checks, made out to the Bryn Mawr Music Club directly to the treasur- er, Miss Mildred Northrop. general orientation, renewing ac- quaintances with old friends from the Pennsylvania Region, getting used to living with over 800 stud- ents from more than 300 colleges throughout America, and realiz- ing that we who had wondered “Just how much can you talk in ten days?” had underestimated ourselves. Oh yes, we talked. We talked with girls from Bennington and Vassar and Sarah Lawrence and Mills and Maryhurst. and Northwestern; with boys from Har- vard and Yale and Ohio State and U.C.L.A. and Miami U. We talked to visiting people from the United World Federalists, the NAACP, the Red Cross, the American As- sociation of University Professors, yes, and with people from Com- munist front groups who were lob- bying at the Congress, people from the Labor Youth League and.Young Progressives. We talked and we listened, we voted, we read litera- ture and we took notes. We went to plenary sessions, commission meetings, sub-commission meet- ings, caucuses. Whatswas it all about? It was all about the things that concern students as such. The annual Na- tional Student Congress is the legislative body for the National Student Association. During its sessions, student delegates re- evaluate the work of the past year and plan the work for the next. This summer we were concerned with the problems of student gov- ernment, and the exchange of ideas on projects, faculty-student rela- tions, and cultural activities. But this summer the big issue at the NSA Congress was the same big issue as that in the United States Congress. Our draft-conscious, lib- eral-minded body was concerned with Soviet Communism, Korea, and the effects of these on the edu- cational world. It would be impossible for us to tell in this limited space every- thing we discussed and decided. We hope to get this information to you in other ways, but here are some of the more salient stands we took. We passed a resolution backing the U.N. action in Korea, along with a statement expressing our strong desire for peace and international cooperation. At the same time, we voted to break off relations with the International Union of Students, having found it to be Soviet controlled, completely uncooperative, and, in fact, work- ing against us. All attempts to work with it on non-partisan is- sues had failed, and all good will Continued on Page 4, Col. 5 Music, Crystal Chandelier, Doorman To Mark Debut of ‘Boite La Roque’ La Roque, Bryn Mawr’s newest and most fashionable nightclub, will fling wide its doors for the first time promptly at 10:30 o’clock Saturday night, October 14, after the Junior Show. For fear that the public will be subjected to too much of a good thing, these glittering portals must be closed reluctantly at one in the morning. In the mean- time, a liveried, brass-buttoned doorman (Cissy Puschett is travel- ing incognito these days) will stand outside to greet the guests. A marquee, spotlights playing upon it, will glamorize the doorway of La Roque (Rockefeller Hall lurks under a ‘Pseudonym these days, itoo). ‘Tuck Howell and Sally Shoe- intaker are co-managers : of, La Roque; Nancy Bolton handles pub- lieity; _and Cissy Puschett the tickets of admission. Cissy’s cohorts in each’ hall’ are ‘Mary Merchant, Pem East; ‘Phil Kunze, Pem West; Barbara Maude, Merion; Myra ‘Becker, Denbigh;: Jane Martin, Radnor; and Jenny Dole, Rhoads. The necessary expenditure is $2.40 a couple. La Roque’s newly-decorated in- terior runs the gamut from the Bohemian intimacy of candlelighted tables in the smoker to the lavish grand ballroom, void of dining tables, where a crystal chandelier will radiate romantic atmosphere. Appropriate soft music will be sup- plied by John Whitaker’s trio en- -sconced beneath a canopy. A bar will dispense punch made accord- ing to a secret recipe and other refreshments for the dancers. No information is yet available about the floorshow. Since it is an exclusive club, La Roque will not admit those in peas- ant attire. A cocktail gown is as suitable as evening dress. Two- thirty permission allows enough time for the merry-makers to-wan- der back ‘to their: various halls after the club closes down. Don’t forget to see your hall agent for ‘tickets to the Grand Opening next Saturday night! Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS a Wednesday, October 11, 1950 Observer This campus is interwoven with sounds and silences. Tense laugh- ter harasses the dining room. Sil- ver clacks against the crockery; shrieks ‘burst out above murmur- ing ... and yet at midnight the quiet stakes the streetlight’s ghost to Goodhart’s floor. The door-hinge echo ricochets, and disturbs the velvet ropes of chandeliers. “Cigarette!” is the ecstatic cry as the bell tolls. A hundred feet come thump-thumping down from Taylor’s upper stories; the narrow staircase vibrates. A hundred tongues compete beneath~ the smoke-haze. Fat water-drops plop into paper cups. Doors open, shut and open—a loose tile clicks like a pencil dropped incessantly, and matches grate on sandpaper... and then again the pervading greyness cf a morning mist’ dead- ens the squeak of icy leaf-stems. The wind is muffled; grass smoth- ers a footstep’s crackling. Listen to the song of starlings in the ivy as the sky grows lighter. Listen to the sounds that tempt you, and the quietness that pleads with you—iwhich way will you go? Noise presents the exciting un- known factor. What do the voices say, what is the song someone sings, who waits beyond the ring- ing telephone? Music is magic; a cafe’s raucous din screens off the corner conversation of two linger- ing over coffee. What revolution- ary possibilities are presented! You want to find the source of the sound, and bring what might be into being. Sounds are the key to dear and simple pleasures. A word may pievent a frenzy of depres- sion, and a song cam turn the blue ‘moon into geld. But you know also the ugliness of noisy smokers where cacophony clubs you without mercy, and gos- sip prostitutes the truth. Voices}. spew out sarcasm, and one cruel word inflicts agony.. You curse your ears for hearing and your heart for caring. In that painful moment, remember all the silent places_you-forgot._In the cloister at dusk there is solitude as cool and tranquil as stone, and in the library stacks, the quaint friendly silence of old books. But there is not always peace in quiet. You must fight the prob- lems you cannot circumvent by letting noise distract you. Quiet places make you think. They pre- sent you with tormenting sadness from which you must forge cour- age and comfort. Sound is kinetic thought transformed into a poem SPORTS With high expectations for a spectacular season, Bryn Mawr plays its first hockey game against Drexel on October 11 at 4 o’clock. An enthusiastic and promising troup of freshmen are swelling che ranks of the able veterans. Coaching the team for the first time this year is Miss Margaret ‘Lasbrey of the Union of South Aifrica, who has spent the past five years in England teaching hockey and who has also been a member of the All-England Hoc- key Team: Her secret “W” for- mation will be tried on the field | this Wednesday. Miss Lasbrey istarred in running and javelin throwing in the Olympic Track Events. Plans are being made for at least four active hockey teams. Janie Stone is Captain of the squad; Trish Mulligan, already wounded on the field, is Manager The first and second Varsities (subject to change) are: 1st Team Position 2nd Team Kimball lw Riegle Blackwood Ii McCormick Merritt ef Muir Thompson ri Parker Stone rw Hetzel Iglehart nh Rogers Townsend ch Albert Perkins th Atherton Howell lf Merrick Woodworth rf Savage Mulligan g Wagoner Counterpoint boxes are up now in every hall on campus, awaiting your creative and crit- ical work, your short stories and poems, your essays and re- views, photographs and draw- ings. So type your work, dig out your pictures, and clip an envelope containing your name and hall together with it, and drop it where the sign directs. Ail contributions are~ judged: anonymously, ‘and .~ rettirned promptly wth constructive crit- icism. Deadline: October 22: or notes of a violin. tential thought—too nebulous yet to take shape, too great perhaps ever to be realized—a well spring for maturity, and the matrix of all dreams. fy —.\ THIS WEEK IT’S PLAID SKIRTS AND MATCHING SHIRTS poyce lewis ‘= J) AT BETTER a Here's @ smart-as-paint way to draw attention: don a Judy Bond blouse! You'll find it a styling masterpiece +++ guaranteed to make you look pretty as a picture. Qoud, BLOUSES See them in Philadelphia at LIT BROS. @ WANAMAKER’S _Jedy Bond, tnc., Dept. D, 1375 Braedway, New York 18, N.Y. tgs EVERYWHERE 7 Silence is po-|. Engagements Cynthia Cresap Comly, ex-’53, to Theodore G. Montague, Jr. (Mary Millburn Conelly, 53, to Benson Murray. Janet Elizabeth Groff, Pem East warden, to William S. Greever. Jeanette Burnet Hersey, *50, to George William fiffeld. Marian Clifford John, ’49, to Stratton Morey Bell. Luanne Olsen, ex-’52,-to Carl Otjen. Nancy Sherman, ’52, to Law- rence Rosenberg. Delight © Simmons, Charles Robinson. Lillian Smith, ’53, to Gilbert Phare. : ex-’53, to Caroline Taggert, ’51, to Ned Pennypacker. Marriages Julie Martin Burk, ex-’52, to Richard Henderson Dent. Pamela Davis, 50, to Colgate Selden Prentice. Sheila Burton Eaton, Heyward Isham. Ann (berstadt, ’50, to Peter Best Connell. Delia Fleishhaker, John Stephen Erlich. Virginia Southall Graham, ’50, to Hugues Leblanc. Anne Starr Holmes, ex-’51, to Charles Bradley White. Judith Konowitz, Philip L. Sykes. Nancy Laird Loomis, ex-’52, to Michael M. Mooney. (Cynthia Lovejoy, 50, to Jacob Berry Underhill, II. Joyce-Marie Lustgarten, ex-’51, to Dr. Robert Weinstein. Lois Ruth Miller, ’50, to Regin- ald Bruce Collier. Barbara Rosenbloom, ex-’53, to Earl Bronsteen. Nancy Schaberg, ex-’52, to Ed- ward J. Gately, Jr. Barry Trowbridge Seymour, ex- 52, to Michael Boyd. Josephine Spitzer, ’50, to Brian Mead, Jr. Elizabeth Hayward Swope, ’50; to. Benjamin Collins. Shirley Winter, ’50, to Samuel 50, to ex-’52, to ex-’51, to Mason. Members Listed By BM Theatre (For the convenience of those interested in any phase of drama- tics, the News presents a com- plete list of officers and members of the Bryn Mawr College Thea- tre. The officers are: President — Sue Kramer Vice-president Ellen Bacon Bus. Mgr. Publicity Mary Starkweather Katchy Torrence Costumes Adele Lawrence Makeup Jill McAnney Trish Richardson is the presi- dent of Actresses Anonymous, the College Theatre’s, workshop, in whose activities freshmen are in- vited to participate during their first semester. Members of the Theatre are as follows: in Pem- broke East—Molly Allen, ’52; El- len Bacon, ’51; Linda Bowden, ’53; Katusha Cheremeteff, ’52; Pat Hirsch, ’51; Julie-Ann Johnson, 52; Betsy Kevin, ’52; Adele Law- rence, 53; Liz Nelidow, ’51; Mary Starkweather, ’51; and Judy Wal- drop, ’58. In Pembroke West — Helen Armsby, ’51; Minnie Cassatt, °53; Virginia Randolph, ’52; and True Warren, ’52. In Rockefeller—Jane Augustine, 52; Linda Bettman, ’52; Genie Chase, ’52; Maryann Holmes, ’52; Mary Sue Hopkins, 53; Tucker Howell, ’58; Suki Kuser, ’53; Judy Leopold, ’58; Jill McAnney, ’52; Trish Richardson, ’52; Sally Shoe- maker, 758; and Paula Strawhec- ker, ’52. In Wyndham—Pat Onderdonk, 52. In Denbigh—Myra Becker, ’53; Ann Blaisdell, 53; Candy Bolster, 538; Isabell Frey, ’58; Nancy Pearre, ’52; Penny Rand, ’53; and Eritha von der Goltz, ’51. In Merion—Sue Halperin, ’538; Mary Klein, 52; Sue Kramer, ’51; Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 N.S.A. Considers Impact Of International Crisis Continued from Page 3 had disappeared. After heated dis- cussion, we voted in favor of Fed- eral Aid to all educational institu- tions, and in favor of unqualified academic freedom. We also decided to lower N.S.A. dues, to revamp the Purchase Card System, and to com- bine the Domestic and Internation- al offices. When the Congress was over, we sat on the train and tried to forget the incidental things we had enjoyed; the dances, the singing, the LIFE photographer snapping anything that looked sensational the people, the surroundings ind the tennis courts we had not used. We sat back and answered the question that had been foremost in our minds. Was'N.S.A. some- thing Bryn Mawr should support? We took into account that we had not agreed with everything the Congress had decided, and with which a lot of Bryn Mawr stud- ents would probably not agree either. But we did agreed that we had just seen the most inspiring display of democracy in practice we could ever hope to witness, and that in a democracy you don’t quit when the majority is not with you. You work to persuade them. We thought about the need for a Na- tional Student Association, and we thought about its basic policies. Slowly we decided that N.S.A. was worthwhile, that it was for Bryn Mawr and that we had a challenge before us. When we voted at the Congress, we could not really represent you. N.S.A. at Bryn Mawr has been too remote for its issues to have in- terested you. We had not really. heard your opinions. When Bryn Mawr joined the N.S.A. it took a step the implications of which it did not fully understand. This year, we hope to bring N.S.A. issues to. the attention of the entire student body. ress tae = 814 Lancaster Avenue BRYN MAWR JEWELERS WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Elgin American Compacts Ronson and ASR Lighters Bryn Mawr 4597 | interesting —every day! news centers of the world than locomotive, are you ready? “ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT’ i OM is oa ee ... because it brings you the news the way you want it—complete, accurate, unbiased, The Times has more correspondents covering the publication —to make sure you get the essential facts you need about what’s happening. You get a daily book review, too, in The Times— reviews of new plays, movies, and other entertainment—a really useful Woman’s Page with news about clothes, food, and home decoration—and important news of business \ for future important business women. : You'll find it all good for your mind, good for your marks, and easily the biggest news value for the money. So let’s have a loud any other Now a cheer for your New York Times representative, whom you should see today to arrange for regular delivery of The Times to you: T-h-e N-e-w Y-o-r-k T-i-m-e-s Wednesday, October 11, 1950 THE COLLEGE NEWS Polyglot DP Student To Major in Politics Continued from Page 1 enter Bryn Mawr two years ago, but was delayed in entering by - illness in the family. She consid- ers convenience and a sense of at- tachment for the school two of. the outstanding features of Bryn Mawr, both of which were imposs- ible at the University, which is geared for three to five thousand students. At the University also, intellectual supervision was con- sidered the only necessity, and Bo notes with pleasure the spiritual, intellectual and physical supervi- sion that she has found here. Bo thinks she will probably ma- jor in Politics, and hopes to con- tinue her studies in law school, or perhaps get a job with the UN. She has decided on a career on in- ternational relations because of her concern for the relations be- tween European countries, and her anger at the havoe which po- litical leaders have brought -upon the lives of Europeans. Drawing on her knowledge of post-war Europe, Bo feels that. the Marshall Plan should have been a Spiritual, as well as a material project. We don’t understand the Russian system or the strength of College Theatre Lists Members for 1950-51 Continued from Page 4 Peasy Laidlaw, ’52; Ruth Laplace, "51; Bobbie Lese, ’52; and Bev Singer, ’53. In. Radnor—Lola Mary Egan, 51; Elaine Marks, ’52; and Betsy ‘Taliaferro, ’52. In Rhoads—Alys Farnsworth, 61; Maggie Glenn, ’53; Lita Hahn, *62; Mary Anne Hennessey, ’52; Katchy Torrence, ’51; Margie . Turner, ’51; and Joanie Wood- worth, *1. NOTICES Do you want to win $50 in cold cash? Then get out your camera and find yourself an outstanding member of the Bryn Mawr student body. Get her to take the Chester- field Mildness Test and while she is doing it, take three pictures of her. dt’s as simple as that; for further details see your hall bul- etin board or Betty Anne Schoen -n Rock. ‘Deadlines: November 3 and December 6. + ‘Paul Austin Wolfe, D. D., is to ”e the speaker at the next chapel service, Sunday, October 15. Dr. Wolfe has been for the past twelve years pastor of the Brick Church, New York. Before that he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, Illinois, and chaplain of the Taft School in Wa- tertown, There will be a discussion per- iod after the service Sunday night. the tantalizing ideal which the USISR presents to the people as a goal to be achieved. Although she doesn’t know whether she wants ‘o enter the field of internatioal relations in Europe or in America, our seven-language linguist does know that she wants to help save the people of Europe from any more of the terrible tragedy which she saw and experienced herselif. Ir. TTY Attention Freshman! wownnnwana | DRESSES FOR ALL OCCASIONS er Franny Howe, Inc. LANCASTER AVE. Don’t delay! , Page Five The Rare Book Room has fitting- ly inaugurated the new semester with an exhibit of local color — ‘Bryn Mawr literary efforts. Samples of Bryn Mawr publications from The Bryn Mawr Almanac of 1934 and The Fortnightly Philistine (For Private Circulation Only) of 1895 to the recent Title and the current Counterpoint are represented. Included, too, in the - historical display, is a tome entitled Pagoda Sketches, by pupils of the Phebe Anna Thorne Open Air Model LITT IITIIIITII III I I IT ] Student Club University of Miami Coral Gables, Fla. Meeting the gang to discuss a quiz —a date with the campus queen—or just killing time between classes— the University of Miami ‘Student Club is one of the favorite places for a rendezvous. At the Student Club, as in university campus haunts everywhere, a frosty bottle of Coca-Cola is always on hand for the pause that refreshes—Coke belongs. Ask for it either way... both trade-marks mean the same thing. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY THE PHILADEL-riiA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY School for Girls . . . opposite Pem- broke Arch. The first line of one young lady’s composition from this anthology: “I was not always a hinge. Once upon a time I was a lump of iron.” ‘Bryn Mawr musical composi- Rare Book Room Exhibits Local Color With Books, Programs, College Writing tions are elegantly represented by an illustrated score of the College | Hymn, and A Book of Bryn Mawr Verses lies opeh to a Sonnet to our Alma Mater. As an echo of for- mer times in “Fifty Years of Bryn Mawr,” the first paragraph com- mences with, “During Bryn Mawr’s 50 years, the college has support- ed or grown tired of supporting five publications.” Among those not already mentioned: The Lantern, Tipyn O’Bob, the Bryn Mawr Re- view, and the College News. In the two cabinets smiled on by the Cloister sun are biographies of M. Carey Thomas and Joseph Wright Taylor, yearbooks old and new, and mementoes of Big May Day. Assembly Gives 1954 Insight on College Life Continued from Page 1 Sixty percent of the Freshman class was prepared entirely by pri- vate school, 32% entirely by pub- lic schools, The 160 Freshmen at- tended 148 secondary schools, and took their final preparatory work in 1183 schools. Winsor prepared 9 members of the class of 1954, the largest representation from any school, with Saint Timothy’s and Farmington each sending 6, and Brearley 5. Twenty-three of the Freshmen were the highest students in their respective classes, which ranged in size from .6 to 707 students. ’54 stood very high in their aptitude test scores, their median score be- ing higher than that of any enter- ing class, with the exception of Continued on Page 6, Col 1 That’s why we suggest: Nobody's pulling the feathers over this bird’s eyes! He’s spent too many semesters in Psychology I. He knows — THE SENSIBLE TEst. . . The 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, which simply asks you to try Camels as your steady smoke — on a pack after pack, day after day basis. No snap judgments needed. After you’ve enjoyed Camels — and only Camels — for 30 days in your “T-Zone” (T for Throat, T for Taste) we believe you'll know why... More People Smoke Camels than any other cigarette! (k 8 © (R ) Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests § ” ” A ) f) Number 7...THERAVEN = , ( i : ( ) (\ | ( ‘ (A (R , A i “You can use ; ; my name... but ‘ i don’t quoth me!’’ ‘ Rm i R f } A) ‘\ /r y \ i i ‘ * h ‘\ /. / \ (R ; N ‘ ( f ‘ = ( A | \ A (\ f) OR f yy ( , we SO A YP as any smart smoker knows — that you can’t make up your mind about cigarette mildness on one fast puff or a quick sniff. A one-inhale comparison certainly doesn’t give you much proof to go on. ¥ Page Six THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 11, 1950 Assembly Gives 1954 Insight on College Life Continued from Page 5 the phenomenal class of 1950. Miss McBride compared the at- titude of the class as a whole to ist who was paint- ing her po t'\this summer, at the request” e alumnae. At the first sitting, the painter de- clared that the portrait would be “heroic;” the next day he shrugged and said, “Welly we have to face reality!”” Miss McBride said that many of the Freshmen seem more ready to make choices than is usual. The world situation has touched their academic interests, as shown by the class in Political Science, which numbers twice as many students as the same class last year. French is the favorite choice in the field of languages, with inter- est in Russian increasing. In the science field, there are the usual pre-med students, but the number ef Freshmen who have decided on a science major is as yet smaller than in previous years. In conclud- Elections Announcement has been made of the following elections: Business Manager of Junior Show, Genie Chase, ’52. Business Manager of the Bryn Mawr College Theatre, Mary Starkweather, 751. First temporary Freshman Song Mis- tress, Peggy Hitchcock, ’54. First temporary Freshman chairman, Caroline Morgan, ’54. Junior class officers: President, Alice Mitchell, 52; Vice President, Bertie Dawes, 52; Secretary, Helen Woodward, 52; Song Mistress, Caroline Price, ‘52; Senior class officers: Presi- dent, Di Goss, ’51; Vice President, Ellen Bacon, ’51; Secretary, Mousie Wallace, ’51; Song Mistress, Er- itha von der Goltz, ’51. Yearbook Editor, Fifi Sonne, ’51. ing her survey of what she de- scribed as an excellent and promis- ing class, Miss McBride took note of the fact that with 1954 the de- mand for double rooms exceeded the usual room choices of enter- ing Freshmen. i = Clothes of Distinction! DRESSES, GOWNS, SUITS Miss Noirot Lancaster Avenue SANDLER HAND-SEWN LOAFERS PHILIP HARRISON STORE 866 LANCASTER AVE. the supply, a complete reversal of What All students who would like odd jobs should see Mrs. Sullivan in Room H. You are not registered with the Bureau unless you have filled out the job preference sheet. Any students who have outside jobs which they did not get through the Bureau of Recommen- dations are requested to report them to Room H so that we may have a complete record. ON-CAMPUS JOBS—for details see Mrs. Sullivan in Room H. Deanery waitresses—The Dean- ery needs regular waitresses and substitutes for lunch, dinner, and special parties. See Sally Herm- inghaus in Merion. Laboratory and Storeroom—One or two girls, with a knowledge of To Do chemistry, for Thursday 12-1 and 2-6. ‘See Dr. Berliner in Park. Merion Cleaning Agency—One representative in Rockefeller Hall and two in Rhoads Hall are needed to work 2/2 to 8 hours per week taking clothes from their halls to Merion basement and calling fo) them. Excellent commission. See Anne Gurewich in Merion. work Saturdays from 7 to 10 p.m. See Miss Geist in the Library. Hall Librarians needed in Pem- broke East and West, Rockefeller, Wyndham and Gradu- ate Center. This means taking care of the hall libraries and work- ing in the main library reserve room 8 or 4 Sunday afternoons a becca cand Dooce erecdecordcAccDonerondondoerored 7) Whitney’s Valet Service Shoe Repairing 24 Hour Service 935 Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr _—=a== Library—A student is needed to} Radnor, | semester. Pays $10 to $20 a sem- ester depending on the hall. See Miss Geist in the Library. Regular Baby Sitting—Woman needs sitter for practically every Saturday afternoon or Sunday, or both, from 2.30 to 6 p. m. 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