’ He can identify himself with indi- EE ees alta ee EASE B “NS.A. is “unalterably opposed VOL. Lil, NO. 12 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1956 © Trustees of Bryn /Mawr College, 1955 ¢ PRICE 20 CENTS Dean Speaks At Opening Assembly; Cites Values Of The ‘Small College’ Mrs. Marshall opened the second semester at an assembly at which she discussed the values and pur- poses of the “small college.” This type of college, which.can range in size from 200 to 3,000 students must reexamine its values, consid- ering neither “tradition nor senti- ment,” and realizing that the anh- swer revolves around “quality not quantity.” Bryn Mawr, with a present un- dergraduate student body of 628, 160 graduate students and a fac- ulty of 90, is “definitely a small college.” This is not because of its size but rather because of four of its characteristics the student- faculty ratio, student-faculty rela- tions, the physical set-up and the sense of community. The student-faculty ratio at Bryn Mawr is 8:1 or less. This ra- tio fluctuates from year to year for the individual student, and is better when she concentrates on a major field. Mrs. Marshall. feels that stu- dent-faculty relations can be worthwhile when there is a “mu- tual concern for learning, a com- mon interest in the college’s rea- son for existence.” The develop- ment of this is the basis for gen- uine relations without.- artificia! social structures or an advisory system substituting for this mu- tual concern. Bryn Mawr’s physical set-up— its small halls, its individual din- ing halls, its open library and: th small, and large meeting .places— also. helps to make it a small school. These things contribute to the fourth advantage which Bryn Mawr as a small school possesses, its sense of community. By sense of community, Mrs. Marshall does not mean 'a common pattern for all individuals, but free choice for the student to make his own pattern and his own mistakes. vidual organizations, each of which forms part of the whole. It is self-government which unites the student community and which on occasion rouses it to com- mon action, whether on faculty]. show or a tonger spring vacation. All these advantages are within the reach of everyone, Mrs. Mar- shall concluded, and can be main- tained even with gradual expan- sion in size. Alliance Planning Political Projects The Bryn Mawr Alliance is ex- perimenting with a new organiza- tional set-up for its political ac- tivities. The various clubs now sponsored by the Alliance are of- ten lacking in both membership and interest, the Alliance Board feels. The plan is now for the Board itself to initiate political projects and appoint temporary committees to work on these projects. If a committee is found to meet an in- terest need of a large number of students, it may become a perma- nent organization. But the empha- sis on initiating action has been transferred somewhat from club heads to the Board itself. The Board is composed of the presi- dent, vice-president and secretary of the organization, two represent- atives from each residence hall and the various club presidents. wnew projects are already under il el ated. nding to Alliance President Sheppie Glass. The organization hopes to sponsor mock primaries for both Demo- cratic and Republican students during the spring. Informal discussion. groups on political topics such as United States foreign policy and public ucation, are being considered by the Board. The discussions would be led by students and would be “informal but informed.” N.S. A. Backs Up In Letter To University Of Alabama The National Student Associa- tion has taken a stand affirming that the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama should al- low Autherine J. Lucy, the first Negro student at the University, to return to class, and that the Uni- versity and the State of Alabama should restore order for the pro- tection of Miss Lucy. and all the students at the University of Ala- bama. Bryn Mawr is a member of this organization. The Association has written to the student government at the University commending their un- animous stand in opposing mob violence on their campus and Tg ing them to take a stand in sup- port of the reinstatement of Miss to all forms of discrimination in education which are based on race, religion and national origin.” In a letter to the heads of the student bodies of member schools, Stanford L. Glass, president of the organization, futher stated: “We regret that even a few American students have given their support and participation to expression of mob violence and prejudice. We further regret that the pressure of.this lawless action apparently Autherine Lucy has resulted in the exclusion of this student from class attendance.” Walter Flower, head of the stu- dent body at the University of Ala- bama, commented on the events on his campus in answer to a query from N.S.A. He stated: “An air of tension and expectancy still pre- vails on campus. The return of the Negro student seems_ inevitable. The situation that is present will be met in the best possible manner by all student organization. In the meantime, the appeal has gone out to the students from the faculty in the classrooms, from the Student Government Association and from e administration of the Univer- 3it¥ to think and act maturely in any situation that may arise. The solution we feel lies in_mass_edu-. zation of. the South to the terrific problem of segregation. We ask for patience, we ask for under- standing and we ask for a correct interpretation of this unique situ- ation. It is a ,case of democracy versus mob rule, and the students want democracy.” In line with this and other angles of the current controversy on in- tegration in the schools, The News has presented on page three the ‘ Freshman Show in Rehearsal By Ann Harris Dr. Erich Fromm, noted psycho- analyst-author of Escape from Freedom and The Sane Society, gave Friday evening from his busy schedule as Philips Lectiifer at Haverford, to the Bryn Mawr- Haverford Psychology Club. Although Dr. Fromm did not agree to be interviewed at a press conference for the Philadelphia pa- pers, he answered students’ ques- tions willingly and thoughtfully. Dr. Fromm said that he had form- ed his diagnosis of society «as “sick” from his observations of it, and from his ¢linical practice as a psychoanalyst. He feels that the main cure for the sick society would be an en- lightened educational program. “Why not have school courses on hate and prejudice? Teach and discuss the origins of hate, the causes of it, and the results of it,” he said. He stressed that this type of curriculum could be taught on several levels, beginning in’ the early elementary grades. He feels that the most important thing to be learned, and the thing which is not being taught, is how to live productively and with understand- ing of oneself and others. When asked about the problem of having to put the individual who has been* enlightened or cured back into the sick society, Dr. Fromm replied that this is a pseu- do-problem, because if the individ- ual has really learned how to live ically healthy, he can make his own way through the sick society without being susceptible to its corruptions. When someone objected to his insistence on the urgency of the problems in society, because civili- zation has @xisted for many years with similar problems, Dr. Fromm asserted that, although we have progressed scientifically to the point where we can blow the world to bits with the atomic bomb, we views of four Bryn Mawr students on the problem> , — Psychoanalyst Speaks At Haverford; Fromm Diagnoses Society As “Sick” productively and-to-be psycholog-} lines, and are still “hanging from Freshman Show To Give New View On Bees; Unrivalled Revolt Occurs In “The Apian Way” - By Elinor Winsor Pollenrot! Anything the biology book tells about bees is as dated as a tree stump hive beside the new discoveries which the fresh- man class will bring to light on Goodhart stage Friday and Satur- day. They have the latest on prog- ress, culture and organization in |The Apian Way. A bee, you will find, is-not just another old bee; in fact he may be a Queenery .bee or even a Bee- homeian bee. The difference will amaze you wnen members of two worlds meet on a dandeiion and the problem ox organized labor is solved twice over, with a new lei- sure class emerging. It’s greater than the Glorious Kevolution, the Industriai Kevolution, the Ameri- can Revolution and the krench Revolution combined. In the cast, chosen the day be- fore the opening of second semes- ter, are: Queen Parthenogenita, Jinty Myles; Jacob, Bette Haney; B. David Shine, Mary Ann Rob- bins; Honey Cone, Lucy Wales; Baby Bee, Nancy Olken; Cousin Buzz, Liz Rennolds; Honey Chile, Peggy Cowles; John L., Isabel Kliegman; T. Bee; Rita Rubin- stein. the trees”; we are still in the Stone Age psychologically, as evi- and immaturely by such means as wars. One of Dr. Fromm’s criticisms of our society hinges on the fact that people, in order to be successful, miust market their personalities. The doctor must have a “pleasing” personality, as must people in all professions and occupations. Thus the “pleasing” personality tends to become stereotyped. Dr. Fromm. also pointed out that it is very dif- ficult; if not impossible, in this day and age, to be financially success- ful and honest at the same time. All these factors mean that the person cannot be himself. As another example, Dr. Fromm commented that today’s newspaper reader has a difficult time trying to think independently; he must be courageous if he is to reach his own decisions. The papers of .100 years ago carried no headlines, and the reader was expected to read everything and decide the relative importance of each article. But today’s: glaring captions and slant- ed writing often discourage the reader from deciding that the lit- tle article buried on page three may be of importance for him. _In order to illustrate his idea that we must not be too absolute or rigid in a condemnation of so- Wells’ story of the sighted man who, wandering into a blind soci- ety, was considered abnormal, but fortunately escaped before the so- ciety “cured” him of the strange lumps on his face by removing them. : Sd Dr. Fromm, then, while being very concerned about the present state of society, does not go so far as to paint a totally black picture of society, but even objects to con- cepts which are “black and white” Also: Phobee, Bonnie Bendon; Medium, Mary Lou Cohen; Gatsby, Cynthia Butterworth; Spellin g denced by the fact that we still| Bee, , Tinkham; Gametica solve our, arabloms itive | Sue! G6ld; Beer, Kathy Kohlas; Beelinda, Lynne Kaplan. Chorus members are: Jan Asch- enbrenner, Margaret Bickley, Hel- en Birnbaum, Pat Cain, Callie Col- burn, Eleanor Easton, Terry Farr, Libby Foshay, Nancy Gaylord, Ja- nine Gilbert, Betsy Johnson, Caro- lyn Kern, Carole Leve, Jill Pear- son, Pat Sample and Ruth Simp- son, Angie Wishnack will be the ac- companist, while Nancy Fairbank and Diana Dismuke are scheduled for a musical number. Dance soloist will be Cynthia Lovelace. In another special num- ber will be Ann Bouillet, Elise Cummings, Ginger Fonda, Faith Kessel, Sylvia Kowitt, Debby Levy, Cynthia Lovelace and Linda Luck- man. The traditional kick chorus will be composed of Ann Bouillet, Ginger Fonda, Sharon Hartridge, Sandy Jenkins, Sylvia Kowitt, Deb- by Levy, Jane Levy, Jane Lewis, Linda Luckman, Alice Todd. ‘Trojan Women’ Is Next Presentation Euripides’ The Trojan Women . will be given by the Bryn Mawr College Theatre-Haverford Drama Club in Goodhart, March 16 and 17. According to Mary Darling, pres- ident of College Theatre, rehears- als will begin Feb. 19. fs ciety,_Dr...Fromm._related..H...G.|.__The translation to be used is one by Professor Richmond Lattimore. The music for The Trojan Wom. - en will be a combination of that written by Euripides for Oresteia, and original music by Harry Hoov- er of Haverford. This will ~-com- pany the women’s chorus, and will be played by flutes, oboes, harp and trumpet. The production will be directed by Robert Butman. Assistant to the Director is Nancy Moore, and Jean McIntyre will be stage man- have not progressed ‘along other with no relative shades in between.. ager. 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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office, under the Act of March 3, 1879. we “Brains Not Bricks” The problems of ever-increasing college enrollment were discussed recently by Henry Steele Commager in an article in the Sunday New York Timés Magazine. The thesis of Mr. Commager’s article was that the real problem in education is one of “brains, not bricks.” |The United States is wealthy enough, he feels, to provide the material requirements needed for new students; the difficult question is how to secure the | teachers and administrators hecessary not merely to main- tain present academic standards, but to raise them. The author offers a number of suggestions: de-empha- size the lecture system; offer fewer highly specializéd cours- es; reduce educational “paraphernalia,’ such as examinations, grades, and required courses in the academic field, and also extra-curricular activities and big-time atheltics. The cen- tral point of his program is that the students be given much more responsibility for educating themselves. Bryn Mawr is doubtless immune from many of the crit- icisms made of present American academic institutions. But we feel she still possesses a number of weak spots that should not be glossed over by comparing Bryn Mawr favorably to other colleges and universities. To Bryn Mawr students, it - does not particularly matter that Bryn Mawr is superior to others, if she is still imperfect herself. In light of Mr. Commager’s article we would like to lump together several suggestions we have as to Bryn Mawr’s aca- demic organization. We would like to see considered: (1) a revision of some required introductory courses, (2) a de-em- phasis on marks, with student’s work being criticized and evaluated, but with fewer and less specific numerical grades, (3) a realization that in general the more that a professor expects of a student, the better will be her work. Some cours- es demand a great deal of original thinking and hard work on the part of the student; many do not. On the whole, we feel that the former are infinitely preferred by the Bryn Mawrter. ss Unscheduled Exams Bryn Mawr, quietly, without fuss and bother, has insti- tuted and maintained a successfully operating academic honor system. Because of this success, we feel that one needed ex- tension is possible, and should be seriously considered. A flaw in the present arrangement is the scheduling of final exams by the administration. This scheduling often makes an examination a test, not so much of a_ student's knowledge and ability, as of his exam schedule—the time it allows for catching up on reading, cramming and (most cru- cial) sleeping. This ‘scheduling of exams could be eliminated without changing the present’way of taking finals. Under this arrangement students could register for exams before exam week, stating on which day they would like to take each test, and then writing the exam in rooms in Taylor, Dalton, or Park, in a limited three-hour period. --Administration-of the exam.could be hahdled by. student proctors, as it is now, except that these students would both nd collect blue books and exam papers, sorting the blue books after the exam and giving them to each pro- fessor. The exam rooms could be arranged according to de- partments to make this job easier. = © This system would lay more real trust on the individual _ student than the present angement does, as students _ would be relied upon to. tain strict confidence about all exams they have taken. Our success in proctoring our exams, _and the complete student support of the present responsibil- ity helps prove that we are ready to attempt this. The change eee erro ere eee esoeeseeeeeeeeeeseee ¥. distribute 2 To the Editor of the News: After Dr. Erich Fromm’s lecture Friday evening at Haverford, there was a long question period. One of the questions was asked by a man far in the back of the down- stairs. His question was a long one; the audience became restless. But the man talked on. He would phrase the question one way, pause, then phrase it another way. The audience became annoyed. ‘Then Dr. Fromm began to an- swer, but prefaced his answer by remarking that he would try to give a “brief” reply. A storm of laughter and applause broke out from the audience. Dr. Fromm, who could see the speaker, apolo- getically explained that he did not mean to imply that the question: was a bad one. But the rudeness of the audience was reflected in the face of the man who stood em- barrassed, in the back of Roberts Hall, waiting for the reply. None of the people who demon- strated this remarkably immature rudeness knew that the man was blind, that he had asked the ques- tion in a prolonged manner be- cause he could not see that Dr. Fromm was merely. considering how to answer him, and not ‘wait- ing for him to clarify himself fur- ther, and that he was not ‘able to see the audience reaction to his question. The only point I would like ‘to Longstreth To Talk To Alliance Board Thatcher Longstreth, defeated ‘Republican candidate for the office of Mayor of Philadelphia, will speak to the Alliance Board at their regular meeting on Thursday afternoon. The meeting is open to all students. Mr. Longstreth spoke recently at Haverford on his experiences during the past election. A politi- cal novice, this race for mayor was his first attempt to achieve elected |. Letter To The Editor Audience At Fromm ‘Lecture Is Inconsiderate | Criticized For Actions During Question Period make is that it might be a good) — idea in the future to be sure of the facts beforé acting in such a manner, Name withheld by request. Brancusi Exhibition Opens At Museum The Philadelphia Museuem of Art opened on Jan. 27 an exhibi- tion of the work of Constantin Brancusi, pioneer sculptor of ab- stract forms. The _ exhibition, which ‘will close Feb. 26, includes loans from the great collections of Brancusi’s work, both here and abroad, and the artist himself has lent a large group of works. Brancusi is 79 years old and liv- ing in Paris. He was a student of Rodin but early turned to the op- posite extreme of abstract sculp- ture,