Tuesday, May 1, 1956

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five

 

Students’ Concert

Held In Wyndham

by Ann Barthelmes

The last of the chamber music
concerts, which have been held
Sunday afternoons throughout the
year, took place April 29 in the
Gertrude Ely room of Wyndham.
The concert afforded another op-
portunity’ to hear some of the
young Haverford and Bryn Mawr
artists. Laura Pearson an Betsey
Johnson appeared for the first
time.

The program opened with a Han-
del concerto for double violin and
cello. Barbara Booth and Laura
Pearson played the violin and
Wendy Palm the cello. Jan Aschen-
brender provided piano accompani-
ment. The last movement. of the
- concerto revealed close intuitive
communication among the instru-
ments, less outstanding in the prev-
ious two.

Betsey Johnson and Bill Fallard
performed a duet for clarinet and
flute, each demonstrating ~ great
depth of musical feeilng. Bob
‘Benjamin and Anne Sprague play-
ed the Allefiro from Betthoven’s
“Spring Sonata,” the major theme
of which clearly describes the title
of the work. a :

A group of three songs was sung
by Charles Faccet. They were all
unusual and Mr. Faccet interpret-
ed well the uniqueness of each.

To close the program, Eleanor
Digkerman palyed the Boccherini
flute concerto with Laura Pearson,
Barbara Booth, Ben Benjamin and
Arnold Mazie (a violinist import-
ed for the occasion from Philadel-
phia) providing the orchestration.

Tennis Tournament

Demonstrating a good driving
forehand, Mary Hudcovich of Penn
State defeated Carol LeCato, a
freshman at Ursinus, 6-1, 6-4, to
win the Middle Atlantic Intercol-
legiate Tennis Tournament held
here April 27-29.

_ Both players showed good serves
and played steadily in a relatively
unexciting match.

Margaret Bickley, Bryn Mawr’s
only contestant to reach the semi-
finals, was overcome in her third
match Saturday by Miss LeCato.

Other Bryn Mawr entrants were
Dorothy Bird, Fair Alice Bullock,
Pat Cain, and Cornelia Starks.

 

 

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Four Southern Students Discuss
The School Desegregation Issue

Mary Morris Gibbs from. Vir-
ginia, Epsey Cooke from Missis-
sippi, Anne Furey from North Car-
olina, and Pat F6x from Texas,
presented the attitude of their
home states in the Alliance Discus-
sion Group’s panel on “The South-
ern View of the Changing South”
last Tuesday at 8:30. Anne Hob-

son and Joan Shigekawa were mod-
erators.

Each panel member presented an
analysis of the views towards de-
segregation held in her state. The
views expressed were not necessar-
ily those of the speaker. Most of
the panelists quoted information
from the special Segregation re-
port published by the New York
‘fimes~several weeks ago.

The Times report had classified
the southern states into those in-
tegrating, those opposing, and
those delaying integration. Vir-
ginia was listed in the opposing
category, mainly because of its
traditions and its political machine.
Mary Morris said she was inclined
to think the political machine, led
by Senator ibe Byrd, was a
prime cause of the delay in inte-
gration. At. present, Virginia pon-
siders the Supreme Court decision
on desegregation an encroachment
upon state rights, and has taken
up the old interposition doctrine

which was tried with Jefférson and
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Calhoun. :

The Gray Commission, originally
set up.to find a way to keep Vir-
ginia within the law while main-
taining segregated, recommended
gerrymandering of school districts
and the payment of tuition grants
to white children to allow them to
attend private schools. There was

 

a.referendum on whether to call a!

constitutional convention to make
a constitutional change providing
the tuition grants. This resulted
in a 2-1 vote in favor of the call-
ing.

Mary Morris said Virginia was
divided on the question of integra-
tion. She remarked that her coun-
ty would integrate easily, while
the South Side section opposes the
move greatly. Mary Morris noted
that there have been no riots in her
state.

Epsey Cooke seemed to agree
with the Times that Mississippi
would be the last to integrate. The
state has passed many laws
against integration, as well as a
constitutional amendment dissolv-
ing the public school system. The
legislature is definitely anti-mte-
gration and is representative of
general ‘state-wide feeling.

Epsey noted that Mississippi’s

bitterness is not directed towards
special Negroes, but towards the
Supreme Court decision, towards
the NAACP, whieh is considered a

'employing delaying. tactics.

Communist-front organization, and
towards the North. Many Citizens’
Council have been set up, and un-
fortunately produce bad effects be-
cause “the hotheads dominate.”
Epsey sees no immediate end to
segregation in Mississippi as it is
impossible for anyone to be elected
without running on a pro-segrega-
tion platform.

Anne Furey remarked that while
North Carolina had passed no leg-
islation against integration, it had
passed none for it. The state does
not desire desegregation and is

‘feels the state wishes to retain the

 

public school system but might
vote in favor of tuition grants.
There have been few incidents in
North Carolina, although certain
groups such as the “Patriots of
North Carolina,” maintaining that
Negroes are an inferior ‘race, have
been set up to “maintain the purity
and culture of the white race,” in
the words of -its~ anthropologist-
leader. On the other hand, there
has been some desegregation at the
University of North Carolina:

Integregation is “working” in
Pat Fox’s home town of Amarillo,
mainly because her section consid-
ers itself part of the Southwest,
while East Texas is more closely
linked with the deep south. The
basic feeling in this fringe area is
that desegregation will come even-
tually, but .that it must come step
by step, and that none of the steps
should be skipped. There is resent-
ment towards the North and what
the state feels is the “forcing” by
the Supreme. Court.

Anne

 

Students Salute
“Fireman” Giersh

Today Herman C. Geirsh, leader
of the fireman’s band is celebrat-
ing his 50th consecutive year of
leading the band, playing at the
head of the procession to the may-
pole.

In honor of the occasion, the un-
dergraduate association of the Col-
lege is giving a gift to Mr. Giersh.

Several of the songs that Mr.
Giersh has played over the years
were arranged for the band by his
son, Dr. Herman Geish Jr., who is |
director of instrumental music at

the Bala-Cynwyd Junior High
School.
AT THE MOVIES

BRYN MAWR
May 1—The Three Musketeers.
May 2-5—Guys and Dolls.
May 6-7—Backlash and Slightly
Scarlet.
May 8-9— The Benny Goodman
Story.

ARDMORE
May 1— Swamp Woman _ and
Blonde Bait.
May 2-9—The Man With the
Golden Arm.

- SUBURBAN

May 1—Hot Blood and Fury at
Gunsight Pass.

May 2-4—The Prisoner.

May 6—(Closed for special cele-
bration.)

May 7-9—Bad Day at Block Rock
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