“VOL. XLII, NO. 13 Pa ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 20, 1957 © Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1957 PRICE 20 CENTS Carter To Speak On Segregation Editor of Delta Paper To Give Liberal Viewpoint A noted writer and journalist will appear in Goodhart, Monday, Feb. 25, at 12:30 when Hodding Carter speaks on “The South— Yesterday and Tomorrow” under the auspices of the Alliance. Mr. Carter, editor of the Delta Democrat-Times in Greenville, Mississippi, has been asked to talk on the specific problems and social implications of desegregation, a subject upon which he lectured at Columbia last year. According to Charlotte Graves, Alliance presi- dent, Mr. Carter represents a liberal element in the South and his speech will set forth a South- ern view on desegregation which is not often heard in the North. Editor of the Democrat-Times since 1939, Mr. Carter entered journalism in 1929. He was born in Louisana and studied at Bow- doin, from which he later received a honorary degree, Harvard, Columbia School of Journalism and Tulane. Awarded a Nieman Fellow- ship and a Guggenheim grant, he won the 1946 Pulitzer prize for editorial writing. As well as con- tributing to various magazines, Mr. Carter is publishing a .book on Reconstruction this year. Mr. Carter will be in Rhoads at 2:15 after his speech for a discus- sion group, to which, Charlotte emphasized, all students are wel- come. Hell Week Sports Variety of Themes by Debby Ham Hell Week brought forth various strange manifestations. The cam- pus abounded in Vestal Virgins, Babbling Blasphemers, ordinary spies and other run-of-the-mill sin- ners. The spies skulked from tree to tree (except for one who insisted she was a tree), the Babbling Blas- phemers walked mutely in the presence of their superiors and fur- ously built the tower of Babel on command. The Denbigh pack of cards shuffled along and were dealt with, Rhoads’ Vestal Virgins deserve special mention. They. suffered ad- mirably and contin . They spent the days droning chants to the sarcophagus. Patience trudged along with tin cans tied to her an- kles. Wisdom preaché@ intermin- |; ably from the crook @ a . tree. ned off at Charity was to be auction Art Thou Romeo?» Individual phenomenon aim ed considerable excitement, 4 y at noon a German student «did a rendition of Romeo on “Maylor steps, much to the baffler of Herr Seyppel who happened atong. Maybe he expected German. Sometime in the week an “Apian Way” poster appeared on Taylor tower. beyond the fact that it was there by freshmen, unless, perhaps, some sophomores were trying to hoist past days of glory. At any rate, Saturday morning everyone returned to normaléy, and Its significance is unclear Wayland to Speak On Polarized Light On Thursday at 8:30 in the physics lecture room in Dalton, Dr. J. Harold Wayland, Professor of engineering mathematics at the California Institute of Technology, will deliver the Science Club lecture. Dr. Wayland will speak on streaming birefringence. He is do- ing..research in this field under che National Science Foundation. Dr. Wayland will give a popu- lar exposition of what polarized light is, how one measures its ‘yroperties and the the way it inter- acts with various media. He will show some of the ways in which .t is used’ to study various proper- ies of matter—optical rotation for studying certain molecular prop- erties, strain birefringence for mechanical studies, “induced” bire- _ringence by electrostatic fields (Kerr effect) and its use both in aigh speed photography and in the study of the properties of mac- romolecules, and streaming bire- fringence and its use for studying both fluid flow and molecular properties. Dr. Wayland hopes to 9e able to bring demonstrations for che Kerr cell and for streaming birefringence. : Drive To Be Held In March For Camp A campus-wide drive to raise funds for the operation of the Bryn Mawr Summer Camp will be held. in the early part of March. A special, drive is being held this year because the League Activities drive which has supplied the funds for. the camp in the past has been discontinued, since the basic funds of the League are now supplied by Common ‘Treasury. The camp, located at Stone Har- sor, New Jersey, is operated by Bryn Mawr students every summer tor six weeks. The campers, who attend the camp free of charge, are children from underprivileged areas in Philadelphia. Thus, chil- dren who probably would not have che opportunity to have such an experience otherwise are, enabled 20 enjoy two weeks of camping ac- sivities--such as crafts, nature studies, swimming and other sports,-and: benefit from the health- ‘ul atmosphere. The camp also gives the children the valuable ex- verience of living with children of other ages and races, Both the Bryn Mawr students who have worked with the camp in the past and the directors of the agencies which select ‘the children consider the camp an extremely “| worthwhile ‘project. ~~ ‘lhas questions about the camp should see one of the former coun- sélors such as Joan Parker, Sandy Grant or Gracie van Hulsteyn. . i ’ * ~ The ‘candidates for the ‘presi- dency of Self-Government. are:: Nancy Dyer -Martha Fuller. the campus once more returned to. its mundane level of industry. 2 ani SF edeanestatieentieii~namassngsenkienoneaterreecrer ee Rr Pam Stafford (Phyllis) and Sue Harris (Corydon) in “Amorphia” Tonight in the Common Room from 7:15 on, Bryn Mawr students will compete with students from more than 100 U. S. colleges in the 1957 National Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament. The contract bridge competition has been sponsored since 1946 by the Games Committee of the Na- ions.-Contestants-play on their own campuses the.16 hands which have been prepared and mailed to them. Penny Eldredge ’59, will direct the tournament on the Bryn Mawr campus. ‘Geoffrey - Mott-Smith, bridge authority, will contract score the Calendar Wednesday, February 20 7:15 P.M. — Bridge Tourna- ment. Common Room. 1:15 P.M. — Meeting of the Philosophy Club. Ely Room, Wyndham. Thursday, February 21 5:00 P.M.—Mrs. John G. Lee, President of the League of Women Voters, will speak under the auspices of the Alliance for . Political Affairs. Common Room, Goodhart. 8:30 P.M.—Dr. Harold J. Way- land; Professor of Physics at the Capepessis Institute. of _Technol- t. ‘Dalton Hall. atentas, February 23 8:30 P.M. — Choral Festival Concert by Brwn’ Mawr, Cedar Crest, Franklin and Marshall, Goucher and Muhlenberg. Col- leges. ‘Roberts ~— Haverford | | College, . ; hiindeg,: February 25 12:30 P.M. — Hodding Carter, editor and publisher of tle Delta- Democrat . Times, will speak. Alliance. seictacicol Goodhart Hall. | ee 5 00 P. Madonna Faulkne? ‘will speak at Interfaith Associa-. tion’s meeting. Common Room. tional Association of College Un-| Bryn Mawr Card Sharps To Compete In Nation-Wide Bridge Bouts Tonight hands to determine campus, region- al and national winners. Two na- tional championships will be awarded. One trophy will go to the college of the pair scoring high- est on the East-West hands. An- other trophy will go to the college of the North-South hand winners. Winning colleges will have the cus- tody of the trophies for one year. Each of the four individual winners will receive a smaller cup for his private possession. Colleges entering the bridge tournament for the first time will receive a plaque designed to bear the names of the four individual campus champions. Each local campus winner will also receive a certificate suitable for framing. Some 1,770 students from 87 col- leges entered the competition in 1956. Harvard and Dartmouth were 1956 co-champions. College Theatres To Attempt Eliot The Cocktail Party by T. S. Eliot is the next production of the com- bined efforts of the Bryn Mawr College Theatre and : ord Drama Club. It will be given in joodhart Hall on ‘the even’ of ‘\Warch 15 and 16. The cast is as follows: “Tinty Miles as Celia, Cynthia Holley as Lavina, Kathys Kohhas as Julia, Charles Knight as the Psychiatrist, John Korper as‘Edward, Andy Mil- ler as Alex, John Hayter as_ the Freshman Display Fine Choreography, Scenery In “Amorphia”; Play Is Novel And Well Acted by Debby Ham and Eleanor Winsor Half a year, it seems, has initi- ated the freshmen into the so-call- ed classical tradition of Bryn Mawr. Amorphia boasted a novel theme as its greatest attraction, but in actual performance fell short of its possibilities. The adaptation of ‘a theatrical form as definite as that of Greek drama to musical comedy production de- mands both clear interpretation and consistent viewpoint. The freshmen seemed ~foath to re- linquish the artistic effects Greek form in favor of the lighter spirit that should’ characterize a class show. Whereas a Greek plot is simple and dramatic, involving few char- acters; musical show picts’ derive™ eheir interest from complex ma- cninations, substituting suspense tor dramatic impact. In an etfort to avoid overemphasizing the ob- vious, the freshmen failed to state clearly the implications of the plot and as a result many scenes and characters seemed either irrelevant or unnecessarily subtle. Then, too, tae Greek limitation of the number of characters speaking on stage placed too heavy a burden on plot and dramatic intensity on too few persons. Directing Fails to Integrate The purpose of a Freshman Show 48 not to display individual talents, and its greatest problem, perhaps, both jin writing and in direction, is integration and the creation of roles which offer a dramatic chal- lenge to the actors while maintain- ing a sense of the whole. A balance of minor characters can effectively support the balance among the major characters while offering opportunity for widespread class participation. Otherwise there is a danger of strong uncoordinated individual performances, a danger which Amorphia was unable to avoid. The five major characters, although engaging in themselves, for purposes of plot seemed in- complete as they wandered through situations which were obviously too contrived and too weak to demand a dramatic interplay. Sets Provide Unity The sets, however, did convey the atmosphere for which the fresh- men were striving—pastoral sim- plicity. The main backdrop was imaginative; with the addition of a few columns it was not only trans- formed, but also given an unusual chird dimensional — perspective. Skillful balance of color between the sets and the costumes and a masterly touch in costuming were the strongest factors of artistic Caterer’s: Man, ‘Marion Perret as the Nurse-Secretary and Eric Schéonover as Peter. Assisting the director, Mr. Rob- ert Butman, is Adrian Tinsley and Sue Myers is the stage manager. 1 ing and blocking could have been improved, the show was a » pleasant feast for the eye. — Although the script did not in itself offer vast possibilities for acting, each actress seemed to find her own way of creating an inter- esting role. Sue Harris lent a glee- ful enthusiasm to the confusing part of Corydon. The difficulty of playing a romantic male hero in a class show is pre-established, but Sue escaped most of the pitfalls of her position as she generally left the audience free to laugh at her own impassioned rendering of marvelously exaggerated lines. ‘One evidence of the weakness. and oversubtlety of the plot was. Continued on Page 6, Column 1 of unity throughout. While the stag- 7 THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, February 20, 1957 THE COLLEGE NEWS ei FOUNDED IN 1914 “* ’ Published weekly during the College Year eri during Thanksgiving, istmas and. Easter holidays, and during examina- tion weeks) in the“inerest of Bryn Mawr College at.the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. 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