ee / | ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, E WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1956 : © Trustees of ki Mawr College, 1955 * PRICE 20 CENTS VOL. Lil, NO. 11 . Second Semester Will Bring Changes In Bryn Mawr Faculty And Curriculum} The beginning of the second semester on February 7 will bring }; two outstanding new courses to the curriculum, as well as_ several changes in the faculty with the re- turn and departure of professors on leave. In the biology department Miss Gardiner will go on leave; her work will be divided between Mrs. White and Mr. Benoit. Mrs. Berliner of the chemistry department will change from part |: to. full-time leave. Miss Gamble will be teaching her 17th Century course in English, while the Creative Writing course which she has been giving will be taken over by Mrs. Berthoff. Mrs. Berthoff has taught here before, and creative writing is her special interest. Miss Stapleton will go on leave, and Miss Woodworth is to offer her course on Blake. This course, English 212b, prom- ises to be especially interesting as Miss Woodworth plans to discuss Blake as both a poet and artist. In preparation she has secured ma- terial from museums and collec- tions which will be exhibited in connection with the course. ‘Mr. Gilbert’s Europe Since 1890 a course will be taught by Mr. Rich, who is new this year. iThe department also promises a fe course. Miss Robbins is plan- ming a seminar type class in Great ‘Historians. The students will ex- famine critically a few works rep- cal writing from ancient times to ‘modern, _ In studying writers - as. histor- ians rather than purveyors of in- formation, the group will discuss the purpose, methods and style of whe historian. Their object will be ithe reading and enjoyment of his- (tory as great writers have record- ‘ed it; for instance they will study a man such as Macauley for his style of writing as well as his con- tent. States Miss Robbins, “In a subsidiary way the course will teach how to read history, but as usual it will depend upon the stu- dents in it.” f Miss deLaguna will resume her ‘courses in anthropology and soci- ology. ‘Atlantic, Monthly’ Carries Article Bu Brun Mawr Faculty Member By Ruth Rasch In the process of participating in the “most wonderful feeling” of losing a prejudice, Mrs. Fetter, who teaches creative writing here at Bryn mows, has become active- ly engaged ‘in the movement for Negro rights and_ integrated Negro-white neighborhoods, and is at present one of the nine unpaid members of the Philadelphia Com- mission on Human Rights. problem the comission is facing and the work that it is doing, were described by Mrs. Fetter in an ar- ticle in the January Atlantic Monthly under the pen name of - “Hannah Lees.” In a recent interview Mrs. Fetter explained that the prone ap first job is aiding the NEPC im en- forcing equal job opportunities for everyone. As this aim is reached, more and more Negroes are able to move into higher cost housing, and become “an irresistible force ‘which a traditionally immovable body is anxiously eyeing.” As she explained in her article, the im- movablebody is the average white American with a deeply ingrained resistance to accepting Negroes as next door neighbors. Helping to overcome this ingrain- ed resistance is the job the com- mission attempts to do. As Mrs. Fetter explained it, “the real basis of prejudice is fear of the un- known,” and to overcome this fear and work for “equal opportunity in every” area” is ‘what the commis- sion is laboring for, and little by little succeeding in doing. -The employees of the commis- sion work with the whites on the blocks where a Negro family is moving for the first time. They help. absorb the hostility and pre- ‘ vent the violence which often ac- companies integrating a Negro family into a formerly all white neighborhood. However, as_ the article emphasizes, it is on the Negro’s willingness to fight the The| | hostility and remain, that the suc- cess of the committee’s work de- pends. All the commission can do is enforce his rights*to stay where he is. Mrs. Fetter feels that the work of this commission has been suc- cessful in Philadelphia, and is like- ly>to continue to be. “When yo children are in high schoe] much of Philadelphia will be integrated,” shé predicted to this interviewer. Already Germantown has many Negro families living in formerly all white blocks without property values falling or the neighborhood visibly deteriorating. Despite the talk of Germantown “going down,” Mrs. Fetter feels that this area is one where the committee’s work has been especially successful. __ In discussing the problem of in- tegration in the Southern public school, and the action being tak- en in opposition to the Supreme Court decision by some states, Mrs. Fetter said she feels that the South is a “primitive area,” and added that it is “not the Negro down South who is primitive, but the white who is depriving him of his rights.” In order for the Negro to achieve the civil rights he is guaranteed, the South must be pushed gently, but continually, to take the necessary steps. | In the general field of Negro rights, the most encouraging fac- -tor emerging from the article and Mrs. Fetter’s remarks is the devel- opment of the Negro, who is now ht The Negro who remains in white neigh- borhoods fighting for his rights until the hostility dies down, and the Negroes of Montgomery, Ala., who are conducting a strike in pro- test against segregation on public buses, show that the American Negro is willing and able to fight. The Philadelphia Commission on in over 60 other cities are just help- ing these Negroes in their struggle ; for. civil rights. resenting developments in histori- |! Talks On Marriage Will Start Feb. 13 The Bryn Mawr marriage lec- tures will be given this year on six inning February 13. lis presented each year, in which ithe social, psychological, physio- logical and. practical. aspects of marriage are presented by a group of specialists in health, marriage counseling and family life. Participating in the presentation this year are Dr. Genevieve Bur- ‘ton, of the Marriage Oouncil of 'Philadelphia; the Reverend Joseph 'P. Bishop, of the Swarthmore Presbyterian Churen; and Dr. Eliz- abeth Humeston, College Physician of Bryn Mawr. No Freshmen Admitted Each session will last approx- imately an hour and a half and stu- dents enrolling for the series will be expected to attend the six ses- sions. Admission to a single ses- sion is not permissible, All stu- dents except freshmen are eligible to take the course, although upon application to Dean Broughton, freshmen may be, admitted if spec- ial circumstances warrant their acceptance. ¢ The course offers an opportunity to ask questions at the discussions, and individual counseling will be available to registrants. A _ bibli- ography of related books wilh be Human Rights and its counterparts | provided, and the books listed will The first of the Anna Howard ‘Shaw lectures will be delivered ‘Wednesday evening, February 8, in Goodhart by Jacob Viner, Pro- fessor of Economics and Interna- tional Finance at Princeton. Five ‘more lectures will be given on suc- ceeding Wednesdays. The theme of the series is “British Social Thought from the Restoration to Cummings’ Works Heard At Museum By Debby Ham “Maybe if my name were e. e. cummings, 1 could introduce him better.” Thus, on Jan. 13 the Phil- adelphia Fine Arts Center present- ed the renowned American poet to a large and appreciative audience, gathered in wne University Mu- seum Auditorium. ¢ Mr. Cummings tulfilled every expectation an audience could have ol hearing a poet read his own works. His opening. statement, ‘Writing is an art, and artists are numan beings,” proved to be a very apt crivicism OL his own per- i. Viner To Deliver First Lecture Of A. H. Shaw Series February 8 lsuecessive Monday evenings, be-|’ The series |} the American Revolution.” Lecture topics. include: The Man of Property’s Utopia, Feb. 8; The Pulpit in the Service of the Status Quo, Feb. 22; Life, Liberty, Prop- erty and the State, Feb. 29; The Duties and Rewards of the Labor- — ing Poor, Mar. 7; Some Intima- tions of New Things to Mar. 14. Canadian born Mr. Viner has had a distinguished career as edu- cator, economic advisor and au- thor. He has taught at the Uni- versity of Chicago and Princeton and served as visiting lecturer at various other universities. He has worked with the U. S. Shipping Board and the Tariff Commission and acted as consult- ing expert to the U. S. Treasury and Department of State, and spe- cial assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Viner was the alternate U. S. representative to the Economic Commission of the League of Nations at Geneva in 1933 and is a fellow of the Ameri- can Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Viner’s publications include Dumping, A Problem in Interna- tional Trade, Canada’s Balance of International Indebtedness, Stud- ies in the Theory of International tormance. He read with feeling and without the professional aloot- ness an artist sometimes employs be placed in the Reserve Book Room. The exact topics of the lectures |' will be announced later. Last year the subjects covered were Pre- courtship Relationships, Courtship, Choice and Engagement, Careers and Marriage, Values in Marriage,. Anatomy and Physiology of Mar- riage, Practical Information on Engagement and Marriage. CALENDAR Thursday, January 19 8:30 p.m.—Cornelius Vermeule, ano da Pozzo and the Study of An- tiquity in 17th Century - Rome. With slides. Art Lecture Room. Sunday, January 22 7:30 p.m.—Student Chapel Ser- vice. Monday; January 23- Friday, February 3 (Collegiate examinations. Tuesday, February 7 8:45. a.m.—Dean (Marshall will speak at the assembly opening Semester II. 9:30 a.m.—-Work of Semester II begins, Saturday, February 11 ‘Maids and Porters Dance. Sunday, February. 12 7:30 p.m.—Dr.. Edmund A. Steimle, Professor.._of Practical Theology at the Lutheran Semin- ary in Philadelphia, will speak at Chapel Service. Monday, February 13 : Marriage Lectures begin. Exact time and location to be announced later. Wednesday, February 15 _ Johannes Laursen of the Danish Information Office in New York will speak on social welfare legis- lation in Scandinavia. Rpengered by the League. | > Assistant Professor of Classical | ' Archaeology, will speak on Cassi- |; in addressing an audience of ad- mirers. | The first part of the program consisted - of _excerpts from the fourth of his six “Non-Lectures,” given at Harvard over a period ot ZU years, from 1930 to 1950. Much tailings in the categories of war, foreign relations and government. “War is the science of inefficiency, ‘pnd Peace is the inefficiency of sci- ence . . . Equality is what does not exist between equals.” The contradictory mode of expression lent new color to ordinary and con- ventional topics. The second half of his program consisted of a reading from a col- lection of his own poems. Included were “In Just Spring,” from the “Chansons Innocents,” ‘‘Proud of His Scientific Attitude,” “When |}. Serpents bargain for the Right to Serve,” “Next to of Course God, America I,” “Anyone Lived‘in a Pretty How Town,” “Sweet Spring Is Yours” and “This is a Rubbish of Human Rind.” They were marked by a lyrical quality and a quiet and pervading wisdom. His delightful sense of humor was typified by phrases uch as, “Think twice before you think.” ' Mr. Cummings’ terse manner of expression: held unique charm for an utterly’ captivated audience. THE KATHERINE FULLERTON GEROULD MEMORIAL. . PRIZE - »- FOR WRITING The Alumnae Association again offers its annual award of $50 to any undergraduate for excellence in writing in the fields of short or long narrative, poetry, informal essay and dra- ma. More than one entry may be submitted. The competition closes at 4 pm., Tues., April 3, 1956, but it is not too soon to “woo the Muse”. Further de- tails will appear in a later issue ut this material satirized human} Trade, Trade Relations Between Freemarket and Controlled Econo-. - mies, The Customs Union Issue and International Trade and Eco- nomic Development. E. Muir To Talk On Jane Austen Edwin Muir, poet and critic, will give the Shebly lecture on Febru- ary 20th. He will discuss Jane Austen, a subject’ on which he is an authority. This critic, a Scotsman, has been described as having “A brain with a French gift for wide and lucid generalization” and also “A slight- ly, Butlerish quality of mingled wit and shrewdness.” In addition to his poetry Mr. Muir has written The Structure of the Novel, and his autobiography, The Story and the Fable. Eric Fromm To Be Haverford: Speaker Eric Fromm, who is well-known in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, will be a Phillips Lec- turer at Haverford Fri., Feb. 10, at 8:15 p.m. His topic has not yet been announced. Transportation will be provided. Mr. Fromm, who will be at Hav- erford from Feb. 9-14 under the auspices of the psychology depart- ment, will hold a faculty seminar on recent developments in phycho- analytic-thought; visit classes and lecture in psychology classes. Mr. Fromm is now a lecturer at the National University of Mexico Graduate School, and is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sci- ence. He has taught at Yale, Co- lumbia and the New School of So- cial Research, and is a former chairman of the faculty at the Wil- liam Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry. His books include Man for Him- self, Escape from Freedom, The — Sane Society and Psychoanalysis of The News. of Religion. THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS. 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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., s under the Act of March > 1879. ‘ Trial And Error With that time of year approaching and the faces seen around campus becoming accordingly longer, the editors of the College News feel that they should take this doleful op- portunity to express some truths which may no — appear Holly Miller, ‘59 Natalie Starr ey begin a. ost Office, self-evident ! It is a generally accepted: fact that the purpose of exam-: inations is to enable the professor to vacctle how “much of his course:the students are absorbing?“Thé "results may be a revelation both to the professor and the student! The for- mer’s preconceived opinion of the latter may go soaring up or down—or it may remain the same. Exams are very paradoxical—the results are often quite unexpected by and inexplicable to the student. The question | _of which one is so sure is often the question which is unfav- forably réceived, while that one about which “I haven’t the vaguest idea’, turns out to be a brilliant masterpiece! Some- times this is a good thing and very memorable, but it is a bit disturbing as a general rule! The examination period lasts for only two ‘ceca in fact, two weeks from today almost all of the exams will be over. Although this may be scant consolation, one can take some comfort from the fact that two weeks. is a relatively short period in the life-expectancy of the average female. Each examination itself lasts for only three hours. In this case, unfortunately, appearances are deceiving and not quite as bright as they might seem.at first glance. It takes even less than three hours to find out how miserably one can fail to measure up to the professor’s expectations. But noth- ing lasts forever and unpleasant memories may be buried by che of new facts, or, more happily, by long-awaited Easter Vacation Easter is one of the most important religious holidays ..of the year. Like Christmas and Thanksgiving it is a time when people attend church and observe family traditions. This year Bryn Mawr’s spring vacation comes during the _ Easter season. However, classes begin after the holidays on & “ee but we do feel that since the t Monday, April 2. This means that it will be necessary for all students who live any farther from college than the Phil- adelphia area to travel on Easter Sunday. For some of us it means’ leaving home quite early Easter morning and there- by being unable to attend services: A petition has been circulated among the students and signed by many, asking that classes begin on Tuesday, April 8, and indicating how strong student feeling is on the sub- ject. We feel that this request justifies a revision of the schedule of second semester. We do not feel that Bryn Mawr’ 8 spring vacation should necessarily be aranged to coin ide with the Easter holidays, o events happen to occur at | ~~ the same time, we “should be “to take advantage of it. To! many of us it means a great deal to attend religious services during Easter Week. The College believes that religious hol- idays are important enough to Fe es to attend services. In accordance with this policy, we feel that it is only reasonable that consideration should be given to the students’ desire to observe Easter Sunday. : NEWS TRYOUTS The News would like to announce that tryouts for the staff will at eee ek tes Persons interested in trying out will be asked to submit three articles. The details and deadline will be: S sakauaoes Wednesday, bh 8. We have Jane lewis = ‘}stead of exchanging Stones From A Glass House . By Marcia Case _ During a recent. midnight dis- cussion in the hall we were sud- denly aware of how much such discussions have degenerated since ‘we were freshmen. When we were first at Bryn Mawr there used to be frequent loud and excited ar- guments during which a wide va- riety of subjects were covered with much enthusiasm, not too much knowledge, and no fear. But now that we have acquired a ew more years of experience and learning our conversations are not more interesting and vital, but more trivial. Instead of discuss- ing the problems of human rela- tionships we discuss the faults of Joan; instead of arguing about the purposes of éducation we complain abbdut papers and examinations; in- ideas. we merely re-state our well-consider- ed opinions. To some extent this is probably inevitable as a result of arguing over and over with one particular group of people. After several years of covering the same ground with the same friends, it begins to seem futile to discuss any further. We can predict with reasonable accuracy what they will say on any given subject, as they can predict with us. Serious discussion becomes a sort of game of. checkers, played to pass the time, and with each participant moving, in turn, stead- ily and obviously toa known des- tination, The obvious solution to this problem, of course, is to acquire stify excusing us from class- : new friends, but Bryn Mawrters seldom seem to do this. We spend four years in the same dorm, often in the same room, and although we may recognize every face on campus, most of us know very few. Perhaps our discussions have de- scended into the realm of gossip also because we have lived so closely with a few people for sev- eral years. We lose the respect that we had for them when we knew them less well. Instead of wondering how people tick, we be- gin to wonder why. Perhaps also in our last years at Bryn Mawr our work has become -more specialized and advanced, so that we find it harder to establish a common: ground between our friends and our work. We tend to separate our academic work and our relations with our friends, un- less, of course, they are studying the same subjects as we. But our discussions become more an escape from our work than an integral part of it. We think that this is an unhap- py situation—one of the reasons, perhaps, which makes the atmos- phere at Bryn Mawr academic without really being intellectually stimulating. wy Wednesday, January 18, 1956 ‘An Appreciation Of Charles Rhoads | i Bettina Linn “ January 2 closed a period in the history of the College. The rela- tion of a person to an institution that he serves is never single: it must be something partly official, Wétermined by the particular office he holds, and partly individual, marked by his own _ personality. Mr. Rhoads’ Bryr. Mawr had many sides. His per- sonal association spanned the life- time of the College to date. When it first opened in 1885, his father, Dr. James E. Rhoads, was its pres- ident. (From his boyhood Charles Rhoads remembered winter days when he looked out of the first- floor window of Cartref, then the President’s house, and could see over the high snowdrifts along Merion..Avenue only the heads of relation to the horses going past.) His official association, as trustee and director, covered forty-eight years. For the last twenty of these he carried the responsibility of the Chairmanship of the Board and the Presidency of the Trustees, with the constant exacting demands on his practical judgment, his financial knowledge, and his ability to act on a host of different matters with discretion, justice and foresight. A member of the Society of Friends, graduate of a/Friends school and of Haverford College, for most of his life a resident of this neighborhood, he had _ the strength that comes from deep roots in a place and in a way of living. The numbers of friends and associates. who crowded the Haverford. Meeting House on Jan- uary 4 gave visible evidence.of the affection and respect with which he was universally regarded. His cOnvictions as a Friend led him to the wider area of national and in- ternational affairs. In the first World War he was chairman of the Y.M.C.A. War Prisoners Aid, and in 1918-19 served overseas as chief of the Friends Rureau, Amer- ican Red Cross, for relief and re- construction in France. In the Federal Government, during Presi- dent Hoover’s administration, he was Commissioner of Indian Af- fairs, a position sometimes made exciting and sometimes troubled by the outside interests that were trying to get control of oil re- sources on Indian lands. During the recent period of unbridled Congressional investigations Mr. Rhoads recalled his own experi- ence, then, of being investigated without the right to have counsel and similar safeguards of fair pro- cedure. His membership in special organizations included the old and learned American Philosophical Society. Banking was his business, and a very important part of his service to the College was concern- ed with the prudent and profitable The death of Charles Rhoads on!investment of endowment funds. those funds without which the Col- lege could not exist. His combination of sagacity and goodness was rare. He was a so- phisticated man who used _his worldly knowledge to good pur- pose. And he was a man of honor, courtesy, cordial kindness and firm oyalty. To some non-Quakers at least, he seemed a special repre- sentative of Quaker virtues, in his sense of duty as a kind of calling, his respect\for the individual. con- science, and his quiet self-control. Throughout his long service his wife, Lillie, who died in 1951, was a charming and warm. friend -of the College community. The labors of.an active board chairman can be fully appreciated only by those who work with him week in and week out, year after year. Only President Emeritus Park and President McBride, some members of the administrative staff, and Mr. Rhoads’ fellow trus- tees and directors, knowhow much he did. Others were aware of; his unremitting effort on behalf of the College and his generosity without public gesture. Hundreds of stu- dents who stood before him at itheir commencements will remem- ber the white-haired man, hand some and reticent looking, who sat beside the President as she con- ferred upon them their degrees. Undergraduates and faculty mem- bers, who happened to see him at other times in Taylor or Goodhart Hall, may not have realized how much assistance, at any given mo- ment, his visit brought. Rhoads Hall bears his name, in memory of his father. In an important sense the quietness of his presence was a sign of Mr. Rhoads’ good work: fully carrying his own responsibil- ity, he recognized the different area of other people’s responsibil- ity in the College, the faculty’s for example, and respected their need for, freedom in it. The official side of a man’s rela- tionship with an institution is cir- cumscribed by rules and customs; it makes continuity with the past, the official history of the institu- tion. The personal side is the vari- able, the individual way in which a person does his work; and this makes memories for those who serve at the same time. No one at Bryn Mawr who knew Mr. Rhoads, if only a little, will forget him. His memory will be a source of strength and understanding. CHAPEL SPEAKER A student service will be held in Chapel this Sunday. On Sunday, ' _| Feb. 12, the speaker willbe—Dri—— Edmund A. Steimle, Professor -of Practical Theology at the Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia. _ Dr. Steimle was educated at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as at the Lutheran Seminary. For five years he had a parish in Jersey City, and for 12 years he was the Lutheran minister to students at Harvard, Radcliffe and M.I.T. He has done-a great deal of radio work -in the past year on the Radio Protestant Hour and the National Radio Pul- pit. : | ) His topic for February 12 will be “As It Was In The Beginning.” “= ‘Miss Frederica deLaguna. + The library requests students THE COLFEGE NEWS Wednesday, January 18, 1956 sali Page Three — Lectures, Plays, Grants, Conferences, Forums Included In Diverse Highlights Of BMC's 1955-96 Fall Semester Alliance Sponsors Conference On Africa Several Bryn Mawr Faculty Members Publish Books During Recent Months Members of Bryn Mawr’s fac- ulty have had several books pub- lished during this semester. The most recent,publication is Chugach Prehistory: The Architecture of Prince William Sound, Alaska, by This study was published by the Uni- versity of Washington Press. Richmond Lattimore is the author of Greek Lyrics (University of Chicago Press), a translation of various works from the Golden Age of Greek poetry. The Art and Architecture of Jap- an was written by Alexander Soper and Robert T. Paine, Assistant Cu- rator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and published by Pen- guin books. Mr. Soper deals with Japanese Architecture from archaic times to the Edo period of Japan- The reserve room and reading }. room of the library will be open Saturday night, January 21, and possibly ‘Saturday, January 28, until 10 p.m. to return reserve books to the library on time. Books taken out overnight are due at 9:10 a.m. ese history, while Mr. Paine cov- ers the art of the time. Mr. Soper is co-author of anoth- er study which will appear soon, The Art and Architecture of China. Mr. Soper’s work on this book will cover Chinese architecture from its beginnings to early in the pres- ent century, and the art will be studied, by Laurence Sickman, Di- rector of the Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City. Joe K. Adams is the author of Basic Statistical Concepts (Mc- Graw-Hill), and Henry J. Cadbury has written the Book of Arts in History (Harper.) A revised and enlarged edition of Les Formes de la Vida Catalana, by Ferrater Mora, has appeared re- cently. This second edition is pub- lished by Editorial Selecta, Barce- lona. Also published within the last few months is Miss Angeline Lo- grasso’s work, Dante E La Ma- donna (Marietta, Rome). Fair Wind to Virginia (MacMil- lan) is a work by a former Bryn Mawr professor, ‘Miss. Cornelia Meigs. Upperclasmen will be interested to know that last year’s Flexner lectures on The Homeric Odyssey, by Denys Page, have been publish- ed by the Oxford University Press. Christian Organizations of Philadelphia Will Confer on Students’ Estrangement Student estrangement on the campus, particularly as it involves overseas and American students, will be the topic of a conference in Germantown this Sunday, Jan. 22, from 3 to 7:45 p.m. Sponsored by the Christian organizations ‘of -col- leges in the Philadelphia—area,-the- ‘conference “Will center around a talk by the Rev. Richard Shaull, Secretary of the Brazilian Student Christian Movement, and a panel of students from six nations now studying in American colleges. They’ will consider the accusa- tion made by an increasing num- ber of overseas students in our uni- versities that they are overwhelm- ed with friendliness but unable to communicate with U. S. students on deeper levels. This does not necssarily result from their being “foreigners” but seems to be a per- vading characteristic of American society at large. - h Mr. Shaull, a graduate of Prince- ton Theological Seminary, worked for 10 years with the Protestant youth of Colombia and with the adult literacy movement. Since 1952 he has been on the faculty of the Presbyterian Seminary at ‘Langer, Seznec, Bond Recent Term’s Speakers A review of the oustanding events of the past semester at Bryn Mawr reveals that there have been two conferences, a number of distinguished speakers, innovations and changes in the practices of campus organizations, and of course, the Ford Grant. A day 7 day summary follows: Thursday, Sept. 29—164 fresh- men of Class ef 1959 arrive, find modernized book store, traditional teas and interviews. Tuesday, Oct. 4 — Bryn Mawr opens Tist academic year with largest enrollment in history, 795. Monday, Oct. 10 —Jean Seznec, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University, and che Mary Flexner Lectures for 1955, begins series of six lectures on “Diderot and Antiquity.” | Tuesday, Oct. fist Andre Trocme speaks on “Ter- 11—French paci- Thursday, Nov. 10 — Horace Mann Bond ends two-day Alliance Conference on Africa with a speech on “The Emerging States of West Africa.” Tuesday, Nov. 15—College Leg- islature unanimously votes to ac- ror and Repression in North Afri- ca.” Y Wednesday, Oct. 12 — President Betsy Dugdale announces Athletic Association will show six foreign films during the year. Saturday, Oct. 15— Pem East’s production of “The Potboilers” wins award as best freshman hall play. Wednesday, Oct. 19—Plans for a Coffee Gallery on Lancaster Pike, specializing in French pastries and assorted teas and coffees, an- nounced. Saturday, Oct. 22—Junior Show, Knock on Rock, presented. News reviewers praise acting and set, feel plot is “inadequate.” Wednesday, Oct. 26—News For- um indicates that faculty and-stu- dents favor small college. Tuesday, Nov. 1—J. Robert Op- penheimer speaks at Haverford, discusses science as a humanity. Wednesday, Nov. 2 — George Munger, Head of the Department of Physical Education at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, attempts to make the finer points of football clear to a group of 100 Bryn Mawrters. Wednesday, Nov. 2—Editors of Bryn Mawr’s Counterpoint and the Haverford Revue announce merger of the two literary magazines, hoping to raise quality and cir- culation. Sunday, Nov. 6 — Bryn Mawr- '|Havreford College Community Or- chestra holds first of informal con- certs in Wyndham. Tea is com- bined with music. Sunday, Nov. 6—Announcement is made of the receipt of five gifts, amounting to $185,000, for Bryn Mawr’s new science center. -Campinas;-Brazil-~He is the auth- or of Encounter with Revolution, a study of the “revolt of the disin- herited” in the world today. Mary Boulos-Hanna, Bryn Mawr foreign graduate Egypt, will be a member of the panel. The sponsors of Sunday’s pro- gram are very anxious to have a delegation from Bryn Mawr, and anyone who is interested should contact Sallyann Burgess or Su-su Jones in Rock, or Maty Boulos- Hanna in the Grad Center. It is hoped that transportation can be provided. scholar from’ DP Scholenahie s To Be Candied The Undergraduate Association is considering the problem of DP scholarships. The student body has always maintained two DP schol- arships, with the cost going on pay day. Last year the cost was $4.00 per student, with $1.00 being plac- ed on each pay day from February through May. Undergrad President Sarah Stif- ler reports that Undergrad mem- bers will visit each hall to discuss the scholarships with the students. cept straw-ballot election system for college officers. Wednesday, Nov. 16—News For- um on extra-curricular activities at Bryn Mawr finds they are pthised for scope and independ- ence, criticized for poor organiza- tion, ipso facto membership and apathy of student body. Thursday, Nov. 17 — New York Woodwind Quintet, with Vera Brodsky pianist, performs in first of newly-organized Bryn Mawr Friends of Music concert. Wednesday, Nov. 30 — Mrs. Os- wald Lord, United States repre- sentative on the Commission on Human Rights of the UN, speaks on economic and social work of the UN. J. Robert Oppenheimer Speaks At Haverford Saturday, Dec. 3—Bryn Mawr and Haverford drama groups pre- sent Much Ado About Nothing. Miss Gamble, in News review, says that production “came closer to professional competence than any other recent production.” Sunday, Dec. 11—Annual Christ- mas Carol Service, highlighted by a performance of Bach’s Cantata 140, opens week of Christmas fes- tivities at Bryn Mawr. Tuesday, Dec, 13—Ford Founda- tion announces gift of $594,000 to Bryn Mawr to help raise faculty salaries. Bryn Mawr calls grant “one of the largest the College has ever rceived for endowment.” Thursday, Jan. 5—Dr. Frank Graham, chairman, opens Bryn Mawr’s two-day conference on “Woodrow Wilson and the World of Today.” Visiting historians, professors, graduate students join with Bryn Mawr in hearing speech- es by Arthur Link, William Lan- ger and Eric Goldman. Drama Clubs Present “Much Ado About Nothing” WBMC’s _ recently-signed con- tract with Lucky Strike cigarettes went into effect Sunday night, Jan- uary 8, according to station man- ager Elizabeth Thomas. The agree- ment provides for 15-minute world- wide news and popular. music pro- grams, the former originating over United Press teletype from Villa- nova; the latter from on-campus. The news is presented at 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, while the music is heard on these days 10:15-10:30 p.m.,. and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 11:30- 11:45 p.m. - News programs of this type have WBMC Signs Lucky Strike Contract Provides-For-Fifteen-Minute-Programs not been broadcast from WBMC in over three years, at which time a similar contract was in effect, co- signed, however, with Haverford. At the moment there are only four commercial agreements — with Lucky Strike and three local busi- nesses. Elizabeth noted one. additional modification in the WBMC sched- ule: classical music is heard at 8:15-8:30 p.m. instead of 8-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays. Other than these changes, programs are as listed in the December 15 Col- lege News. Page age Four ——