Page Two Wednesday, October 6, 1954 THE preted. ASN FOUNDED IN wa a y Fe a ae ae ‘ Published weekly during - the “College “Year (except rr Thanksgiving, oe and. Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the. interest = pet Mawr College at the Ardmore.Printing. Company, Ardmore, Pa., and | Bryn Mawr College. 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Here’s To Hall Reps The plan this year to have volunteer rather than nom- inated candidates running for hall representatives to the campus organizations seems to us a very good idea. We hope that this can be developed to include a period of perhaps a week of informal discussions between the Candidates and the hall. If those who have put themselves up for election would take it upon themselves to talk to the members of their hall about any ideas or plans they would favor and support if ; elected, they would be doing the campus a service. After a week of exchanging views, the hall could have decided on some person who has the interest and initiative necessary to bea good hall representative. And the candidates would have a wealth of suggestions and complaints which they could carry to the organization if elected, or to the victorious can- didate if defeated. ‘We believe that such a system, compared to the old nom- inate and elect before the 7:45 double feature at the Suburb- an, would result in better.candidates and more interest among the student body. Representatives today are often chosen because they are “well-rounded” or r have had a course in poli’ sei or sociology. e People tend to reason that because a girl han shown talent and responsibility in planning a dance, she can show “the same as a delegate to the Alliance. But hall representa-. tive to an organization is not an executive job, and it is not merely one more “honor” to list after one’s name. It needs ‘most of all a person who has a great enthusiasm for her or- ‘ganization—so much enthusiasm that she won’t mind at- tending a meeting every week, listening to anyone in the hall who at any time has a suggestion for ‘improvement, or: putting a little extra effort into seeing that a function isn’t’ : Just. announced at dinner, but sports a poster. ths s0dy as a whole would feel a more impor- | t part in campus life. Today there are too many ‘people’ n, a ee a ee There’ repr? | fan’s frenzy and his insanity—say edition of the College News. It was. THE COLLEGE NEWS Bryn Mawrtyrs Use To Gain EXperience, Fun, And Money. ‘People: at Bryn Mawr, as i in every koihek hall; ‘did many exciting things this summer. - One of the most siteneutineg ex- periences was had by Edie Schwab who attended a “Moral Rearma- ament” conference in Caux, Swit- zerland. Edie reported that all sorts of topics from international unity to labor-management rela- tions were discussed under the general head of moral rearma- ment, ~ Everyone attending the. confer- ence participated im and contribut- ed to’ the meetings. .The countries of western Europe, Brazil, Africa, India; and the United States were well represented, and even. dele- Ball Park Vs. T. V. Arouses Arguments by Molly Epstein, °56 “Take me out to the ball game,” | cries the-Inveterate Fan—the more | inveterate, the more adamant his cry. To the Normal Average Amer- ican Speciman,- such devotion. and determination may seem ignorant, ignoble and insane, All right, re- plies the latter (placidly), the dic- tates of logic demand that for the utmost:in viewing coupled with the ultimate: in -comfort, an armchair and a‘TV set are the order of the day. ; Poor ‘N.A.A:S.! His ‘lofty ab- straction and internally consistent logical systems are no match for the deep religious fervor and emo- tional zeal of the I.F., whose atti- tude ‘may be summarized in one and/or another of two ways: My- Team-Needs-Me or I-Want-to-Kill- Myself-In-One-Easy-Lesson - Eith- er-By-Overeating-and - Overdrink - ing-Or-By-Snaring - A - Souvenir - Baseball-Preferably-The - Latter - Which-Is-Free. Why a Fan? My-Team-Needs-Me, cries the al- truist. How can I sit back in a comfortable armchair while my heroes “sweat—and.. strain against the foe? How can they put their |’ talents to’ best use if I don’t coach, wheedle, cajole, instruct, interpret, mastermind the play — c’mon Stinky, you ¢’n do it; let’s go Jim ol’ boy; give ’im the curve Maxie; play in close Dave, he’s gonna bunt; I say he’s safe you bum. If I don’t show them the way, some crackpot analyst will (you jerk, of’ course he should swing for the fences), and where will The Team be then? Atmosphere, summarizes the fan, | explaining the urge motivating him to elbow -his. way into a jam- med ball park three hours before . game time. Atmosphere. The urge to orally second guess, to shout and contradict, to watch batting practice and warmups, to take the seventh inning stretch, to, choose one’s own view without the mon- archic dictates of the TV director. The urge to snare the most cov- eted symbol of attendance, the ball batted into the stands. This is the hey, and more power to it. So Sorry! We Forgot List of Non-R Freshmen Dear Editor: “~~ We would like to inform you of an omission in the Freshman Week that. the non - res. fres] vere not included in the 1 the class of ’58. We are sure that there pes easier way than this our names ‘in print. ‘ ’ Sincerely, viet The non-residents of 1958, uae _ Jane Epstein von Bulow Summer Vacations gates from some Iron Curtain countries attended. Judy Goggin also did some trav- eling, but she went south of the border down Mexico way. Vera Cruz, Acapuléo, and Mexico City provided many interesting sights. According to Judy, she “saw every church in Mexico.” Summer Stock . « A rather different, but—no-—less- exciting, sort of summer was spent by Rabbit MacVeagh and Patty Ferguson who were in summer stock in Peterboro, New Hamp- shire, Apparently they had a won- derful time and learned much about the theatre. ~~ Rabbit.- performed in “Years Ago”, while Patty played in “The White-Headed Boy.” Both of them were in~an original musical, “A Temple Is a Town.” People who iknow say that both of them were. : Field Trip “Amy Heinel, ’56, went on a geo- logic tour of the southern states with Marie Morisawa, a former Bryn Mawr lab demonstrator, The trip was under the auspices of the government and. Columbia Univer- sity for the purpose of mapping water. routes. Peggy Hall, ’56—Worked in the credit dept. of small newspaper in Pasadena, and. studied French. Nurse’s Aide Kay Foley, ’56 — Worked as nurse’s aide in a hospital and was even admitted to delivery room. Waitressed at the shore on week- en Picias Knowlton, ’57—Showed American saddle bred horses. They have “5 gaits. She also took a trip to *Nova’ Scotia — was in Maine when hurricane struck. Barbara Block, ’56—Sold the lit- tle useless things people buy when they go to a resort (in Maine). ’ Politicians! Meeting for those interested i ‘campaigning for either party 4:00, Thursday, “October : Common Room i Miss Miss. of 57 Revives Civil War ~ “By Epsey Cooke As an ancient and experienced Southern sophomore, I would like to extend to any fellow-entering Southerners a -warm greeting and a bit of sage advice. If you all are venturing up to Yankee land for | the first time, I’m here to téll you {that a Southern accent will get you anywhere —— just make sure that you want to be there. When professors get nosy and try to find out how much you don’t know in an embarrassingly public classroom, don’t panic. Sit back and relax. A slow drawl gives you more time to think than a Bos- tonian will get in a-month. If you are in a language class it’s really great...Take it from one who speaks (!.?7!!) French with a Southern flavor! Monsieur knows it’s hopeless and will pass you to keep from ‘getting any more gray hair. Men Like It Too - And then there’s that all impor- tant item. College men adore a Southern drawl. But here, nota bene, underline, and put exclama- tion points. Don’t ever get roped into doing a WHRC program on the difference between Southern gentlemen and Northern men. “Not ever! The best way to cure the Yan- kees of making slanderous remarks about your dropped g’s is to invite your Northern roommate home for a few days, Then just. Asian her squirm. | _ No matter what else you. do at, 1925. Editor Has Modern Opinions The following is an item from a College News editorial of Jan. 14, 1925. Sound familiar? Right down to the last fliche. (Not that we don’t agree.) ! American college women have little.conception of the meaning of 2 liberal education or. of intellec- tual thoroughness. They do better men, but they are more eager to get by with the professor, they are not challenging,: and they are not subject. Students at Fault This is the substance of the ac- cusation made, by a writer in the December American Mercury. Whether or not he had our own fair college in mind, he could hard- ly have found a better example of the truth of his contention. Bryn Mawr, with all its reputation for academic distinction is in some re- spects woefully lacking in an un- derstanding of real intellectual prowess or a humanistic education, to judge by its,.undergraduate body. The fault, we thinks, rests with both students and/the edu- cational methods employed. As to the former, the undergraduates; at least, do their work well, they com- plete the tasks assigned, and they pass their cours¢s, but any orig- inal nasa ty is as pain- ful as it is raye. We sit and swal- low all that pba professors-tell us with even more placidity than we absorb th books we read: Outside reading /in our’ courses is ‘almost never /andertaken unless there is some/ prospect ef getting “credit” for At, and our slavish devotion to bg is revealed’by our conversa- n. The amount of time we have been studying and our “terror” at the thought of a quiz tomorrow would seem to be the only phases of our academic work which inter- est_us..The fundamental and most serious’ fault is our attitude, how- ever, and it is perfectly typical that our studying must have a con- crete: and immediate end. - “We learn things in order to be able to bring them out in conversation,” as an upper classman naively: put it. We want to be charming hos- tesses, to get a degree, to appear cultured, and so we emerge from college with a bowing acquaint- ance with several branches of knowledge” and an understanding of none. Small wonder we are known as intellectual snobs! With all our abysmal ignorance, we as- sume a virtue when we have it not. System Evil But the system is quite as much to blame. Required reading, which makes one read against time or against the number of pages, ex- aminations and quizzes that are given on assignments rather than on subjects, the consumption of changed by any thought on ‘the part of the student, on her exam- ination, all these are cells in the prison known as college education. | Apparently, at present, we cannot | change the system. But while we cannot tear down the walls that surround us, we may by our own efforts be able to climb over them. To put understanding before the mere acquisition of facts, and in- tellectual honesty before a good mark, to prefer to know a subject rather than_to pass a quiz—these are some of the steps which will help us over. The lecture by Walter White, on October 14 has been cancell- |} ed. He will speak instead on ay, November 18, 12:30 work in their lessons than college. apt to go below the surface of a of America, our underlying idea. lecture notes and their return, ‘un-