VOL. XLII, NO. 7 ARDMORE, and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1957 © Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1957 PRICE 20 CENTS Annual United Service Fund Will. Aid Student and Community Organizations by Grace _Labouchere The United’ Service Fund is the Bryn Mawr campus chest drive conducted annually in order that the college can help support sev- eral worthwhile orgnaizations. The drive is under the auspices of both League and Alliance, ‘Since it is an all-college drive, it has been the policy in the past to support primarily several stu- dent organizations. Such student organizations under consideration again this year are World Univer- ’ sity Service, International House of Philadelphia, National Scholar- ship and Service Fund for Negro Students, United Negro College Fund, Trustees of Athens College, Greece and The Japan Internation- ‘al “Christian” ‘University, “Along” with these, USF also supports oth- er organizations that rely on col- leges: American Friends Service Committee, American-Korean Fed- eration and Save the Children Federation. The United Philadel- phia Fund is the only exception, but we have helped this organiza- » tion in the past because of our community responsibility, The USF drive will begin with a Legislature meeting on Thursday, November 21 at 8:30 p.m. in the Common Room of Goodhart. At this time, representatives from each of the above-mentioned or- ganizations that we are consider- ing this year will give a descrip- tion of the work of their organi- zations. Legislature will then vote on the organizations the college will support and will suggest the percentages into which the con- tributions should be divided among these organizations. The drive itself will be held De- cember 3, 4 and 5 with solicitation done by the League and Alliance hall representatives. Each donor Movement Expert Assists at B.M.C. An outstanding figure in the world of dance education and movement, Miss Betty Meredith Jones comes to Bryn Mawr once a week this semester to teach freshmen classes and experiment with the Dance Club in possibilities of motion and artistic onganiza- tion. She takes time out from a busy schedule of lectures and classes in New York where another of her audiences is Barnard Col- lege. Two of her themes are “Basic Movement—Study of human ac- tion and its relation to all activity,” and “Movement Dance and Sports,” » She-has studied at the Laban school under Rudolph Laban, a pioneer in the study of human movement. . Since coming to this country from-the British Isles in 1952, Miss Meredith-Jones has:taught on the| west coast. She takes an interest in groups of all physical capacities and ages, and especially in rehabil- - jtation research in which she is now working at Columbia. Univer- sity. NOTICE Work on Bryn Mawr’s Con- ference April 12, “Can Democ- racy Survive in America?”, sponsored by the. Big Six -onganizations is, already. under- way. Students interested in working on the committees for the Conference should contact any of the. Big Six -presidents. may contribute according to the percentages proposed by Legisla- ture, or she.may “earmark” her donation to particular organiza- tions of her preference, Students are reminded that this is the only opportunity they will have to contribute to worthwhile organizations. It is hoped that USF will receive the support it has in the past. Arts, ‘Great Books’ Subjects of Talks In presenting the first of the Arts Forum lectures on Monday, December 2, the Arts Council will initiate a series of talks and dis- cussions on subjects of current interest in the areas of the arts,| humanities, and ‘Great Books.’ Forum discussions, organized along the lines of the Current Events lectures, will be scheduled for Mon- day evenings at 7:15 in the Com- mon Room. They will alternate on a flexible basis with Current Events, as the result of an agreement be- tween Alliance and Arts Council. Beth Carr is in charge of arrang- ing for the series. Lectures on art, music, liter- ature and the theatre will be given primarily by members of the Bryn Mawr and Haverford faculties. Two lectures wil Ibe scheduled for De- cember, the topic of the first to be anounced next week, and the second one to deal with Beckett's ‘Waiting for Godot’ and to be given on December 16, prior to Haver- ford’s independent production of the play. Gretchen Jessup, Chair- man of Arts Council, stressed the broad range of possible topics of current interest and import for these discussions, among which plans are being made for talks on ‘New Criticism,’ and the ‘Angry Young Men.’ Through its somewhat omivorous inclusion of topics, the Forum hopes’ to attract a participating audience from a wide range of Bryn Mawrtyrs. Suggestions of topics you would like to have dis- cussed will be warmly welcomed. ee Legislature There will be an important Legis- lature meeting on Wednesday, De- cember 11, at 8:30. The Legisla- ture will be asked to appropriate part of the Undergrad surplus for the improvement of the top floor of Goodhart as a student center. Hall Announcers é To Enjoy Meals Rules for Hall Announcements The Undergrad Executive and Advisory Boards have set forth the following rules regarding Hall Announcenents: 1. Announcements must be clearly written on 3 x 5 cards or typed on paper of that size or larger. 2. The publicity for any one event is limited to 3 announce- ments. 8. Commercial advertising, i.e., from sweater company agents on campus is limited to one announce- ment. 4. Announcement “writers are urged to heed a 25-word- -limit; announcements are most effective when terse, clever and to the point. | Hall Announcers have the right to omit those announcements which Haverford-Bryn Mawr “The Beggar's Opera” This year’s second Class of 1902 Lecture will be given by W. Moel- wyn Merchant, Monday, December 2, at 8:30 p.m. in. the Common Room. Mr. Merchant’s topic will be “Visual Criticism of Shakes- peare.” Mr. Merchant is the Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire at Cardiff, Wales. At this time he is Fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D, C. and is lecturing there and at Yale. This is his first lecture at Bryn Mawr, although not his first visit. Although teaching English Lit- erature, Mr. Merchant has special- ized in the relation between art and literature, and is an expert on the pictorial illustration of Shakes- peare, both in the sense of straight illustration, as for texts, and of stage decor. The Oxford Press will Haverford to Offer ‘Waiting for Godot’ The Haverford College English department has announced the pro- duction of Waiting for Godat by Saitiuel. Beckett to be given at Roberts Hall on Saturday evening, December 14. The production and accompany- ing thesis is a project for honors in English by Kenneth Geist, Haver- ford senior and the play’s director. The. cast, of faculty and students includes Robert Butman, College Theatre director and assistant pro- fessor of English, Kenneth Wood- roofe, professor. of English, and Haverford students Gerry Good- man ’56, Harvey Phillips ’58, and Al Paskow ’61. The controversial play, which has appeared twice on Broadway in as many seasons, has been alter- -|nately praised and damned by the critics, but its success on the con- tinent, among other things, attests to its merit. +—The—somewhat__ unusual- cast, stage, setting and original score} promise an ‘interesting evening in are at variance with these rulings. the theatre. Admission is $,50. in the United States as a Research], W. Merchant To Present 1902 Lecture On “Visual Criticisms of Shakespeare” bring out within the next few months a sizeable — 200 illustra- tions — book by Mr. Merchant on this subject: After the lecture, Mr. Merchant will stay on and take a history of art seminar of Dr. Bernheimer’s Tuesday afternoon at 2:00. This seminar will be open to all students particularly interested in the rela- tion between literature and paint- ing. Hindu And Quaker Interfaith Speakers The Interfaith Association’s lec- ture series on Far Eastern Relig- ions will be continued on Monday, November 25,..when Swami Pavi- trananda of the Vedanta Society of New York City will give a talk on Hinduism at 8:30 in the Common Room. Swami Pavitranada is him- self a Hindu, but he has lived many years in the West and has an ex- cellent understanding of Western as well as of Eastern philosophy and culture. Dr. Howard Brinton, head of the Quaker center at Pendle Hill for many years and a former Professor tof “History of Religions” at Bryn Mawr, will close the series on Tues- day, December 3 at 8:30 in the Common Room with a lecture on “Eastern and Western Mysticism and Theology.” Dr. Brinton has lectured on this subject several times in Japan and has had the advantage of criticism from J. sisted ese pnomnta. Library y Displays Works By Poet In token of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Blake (November 28, 1957) the Rare Book Room in the Library is sponsoring an exhibition of his works. — The display includes recent gifts to the college of Blake’s illum- inated books and notably an orig- inal water color drawing of Blake’s | the gift of Joanna Semel Rose ’53. ~The exhibit- will last-for_approxi- mately two weeks; one week before Thanksgiving and one after. Music, Acting, Directing, Set---Beggar’s Opera Receives Enthusiastic Plaudits On All Counts by Sue Opstad White . It was not a first night on Broad- way, but the air around Roberts Hall last Saturday night was filled with all the tension and excite- ment of those fabled events. For ever since the Fall of 1956 rumors had rumbled around Haverford and Bryn Mawr campuses, growing louder toward Spring, and then fading away—until the announce- ment finally came: yes, we are go- ing to do The Beggar’s Opera. Saturday night was the long-await- ed moment, toward which so much time and effort had been directed. And, when the house lights finally dimmed and the curtain rose, the magic that can only be found in Q000 theawe toun-comumanas Lon all those connected with the Bryn Mawr College Theatre and the ‘| Haverford Drama Club it was a triumphant climax-—for the audi- ence it was an evening of pure de- light. It was a pleasure, as always, to see Ken Geist on the Bryn-Mawr- Haverford stage, as he skillfully set the satirical tone of the production as the Player in the Prologue. He ‘was joined by Mr. Butman’s as- sistant director Philip Miller in a well-played performance of John Gay’s satirical Beggar. His char- acterization not only proved Phil’s talent for period low-comedy, but also illustrated again Mr. Butman’s extraordinary flair for directing such roles. ‘Playing together, both Phil and Ken displayed a fine sense of timing in the satiric comedy of their scenes. Phi)’s subsequent ap- pearances were consisterit and ef- fective. ’ Dick Kelly played a hearty Mr. Peachum, making the most of his opportunities for bald comedy. His scene with Mr. Lockit were par- ticularly good, as the little Peach- um and big Lockit effect was car- ried off to good advantage. Dick’s stage movemént throughout the performance was impressive, and showed an experienced hand at period comedy. Bob Crist as Filch was delight- ful. Although his role was minor, Bob made it a hit by playing ef- fectively between the audience and the cast, and most particularly by his fine singing. In the best tra- dition of operative convention, he managed to embellish his songs both with his voice and with his characterization. Anne Schaefer, with her keen sense of timing, her versatility in a comic role, and her ability to project a full characterization at all times, was wonderful as Mrs. Peachum, She delighted the audi- ence with marvelous facial expres- sions, scene-stealing antics, and an over-all robust characterization. It was Anne who paced the early scenes, sparking the audience into an enthusiastic recéption -of~the- remainder of the performance. All in all, Anne’s was a very profes- sional job. Diana Dismuke played a charm- ing and spirited Polly, Her “sing- ing was exceptionally good, but her acting proved that it was not for her voice alone that she was cast for the part. She played to her audience beautifully, was a picture of grace on the stage, and manag- ed to convey just the ‘right touch-. es of innocence, -warmth, and ‘spirit in-her characterization. Her _ Continued on Page 3, Col.