THE COLLEGE NEWS aa sae Wednesday, Novembe?, 10, 1954 THE COLLEGE.NEWS. ~ FOUNDED IN. 1914 - Published faaealy during he College Year pact ‘during Thankegiving: Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. é The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly. or in part: without permission of the Editor-in-Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD, rca, cca ee Pore ee Harriette Solow, ‘56 ~ Epsey sins ‘67, Copy Ruth Rasch, ‘57, Make-up , Marcia Case,” ‘57, Managing Editor ‘Molly Epstein, ‘56 _ EDITORIAL STAFF Savina Biowri; ‘57 Anna Kisselgoff, ‘58 Mimi Collins, ‘57 Linda Notkin, ‘57 ‘58 » Ahir gga * Paula Dunaway, 58 Helen Sagmaster, Leis Glantz, ‘56. _ Leah Shanks, ‘56 _ x Marcia Goldstone, ‘56 Catherine Stimpson, ‘58 ofe==<=Carol Hansen, “57 Elizabeth Warren, ‘55 dela A Joyce Mitchell, ‘55 Alliance Representative hg tite te: ——— Representative Pek ae ‘ ~ : | Staff Photographers tee ey Amy Heinel, ‘56 ae "Business Manager ate ino eae ~ Margi Abrams, ‘56 O06. Bie > se . Associate -Business Manager tla deal » Gloria Strohbeck, ‘57 _ Business Staff ~ Annabelle. willaee “56. . Rachel Eastain, ‘57 ~Yigins Gavian, o. Martha Fuller, ‘58 Subscription Manager Earlene Chittenden a ot = ~SORSCRIPTION BOARD ~ Norma Sedgewick; ‘56 = Polly Lothman, ‘56° Jennie Hagen, ‘57 * Micky Nussbaum, ‘57 . Lucille Lindner, ‘57 ‘ Christa-Lovise Vollmer, ‘56 Betsy Miller, ‘57 _ Ann Anderson, ‘87 Nancy Starr, ‘57 Sumseription; $3.50 - ‘Mailing price, $4.00 ui Subscriptions may ‘begin at any time — ‘Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office : _ Under the Act of March 3, 1879 Leone Edricks, ‘57 edt: Seon Post-Election - ae . Now that the time has come to figure out what did hap- pen instead. or what. will happen in the election, tne analysts “are Tather contused.~ ‘rhe election results no more enlignten- ea the experts than the campaign did the people. No more than anyone else can we see a pattern to tne results of No- -yember Z,, but several tactors do seem to merit comment. ‘ihe frst of these was-the inetfectiveness ot personal at- . tacks upon the loyaity and patriotism of candidates. We are ‘Biad that Clitford'Case and Paul Dougias, who were victims or such attacks, were elected, for we think they are men of ability and integrity. However, they were not elected be- cause truth automatically ‘triumphs over talsehood and slan- | *aer. ‘They: were elected: because the people looked beneath - “tnese chargés and made their decisions on the basis of issues “and personal qualincations, _ We.can take heart that mass’ .nysteria and fear are. se as:rampant in this country as some! would have. us believe. - What were the ihailastneeabe of the campaign? Some ‘have said that the élection:\was marked by the predominance or local issues and candidates. Others say that the campaign -Awas not distinguished by any issues at all, that it was a slan- BB sense campaign that occasionally raised the questions of ‘Communists in government versus unemployment and de- pression, We agree that the speeches by party leaders throughout. the country in most. cases did little to illuminate the problems facing the nation. We believe thag@to a great ‘extent Mr. Nixon ignored. these problems, Mr, Stevenson merely attacked them, and Mr, Eisenhower over-simplified -them. . But here again in most instances the people looked -beneath the speeches and voted on. the issues pertinent to -them—the public power in the Northwest, unemployment in Michigan, and so forth. There were ‘still issues that decided elections; the fact that they. were not of such national scope that they resulted .in a definite trend or sweep should not hide the fact that they existed: oc the interpretations of ‘this past* election : are on the - moderate and conservative side, so are the predictions for _ the future. The votes in. numerous contests were close; neither the Democrats nor Republicans can be said to have ~~ ‘won a clear-cut victory. The election settled few issues, and ee ee ter eae. But it did cause a re- and: serrata ot 2 certain ciated Pee OU OAD tyr ae Wy Alliance Urges College Attend Talks On * Cold War Dear Readers: The conference on “Communist Powers in the Cold War,” which takes place today and tomorrow, was planned by the Alliance board to provide for a more complete consideration of a question than is possible in a single lecture. Be- cause of people’s tendency to gen- eralize about communism, we feel it is important now to examine the conditions of the major communist powers, Russia, Yugoslavia, and China, and re-evaluate their posi- tions in relation to each other and to the rest of the world. Since this program has been planned as a complete unit, it is hoped that, pgople will plan to at- tend all of the lectures and take part in the final discussion relating the sessions to each other.. The speakers will be eating in halls Thursday for lunch and dinner, so that everyone interested may have a chance to meet and talk infor- mally with them. % Sincerely, The Alliance Board, Rabbi Agus To Talk At Chapel This Sun. Rabbi Jacob B. Agus plans to address those present at chapel. this Sunday as members of his own congregation. He will take his top- ic, “The Trial of Abraham,” from the appropriate text of the Torah for the week. Rabbi Agus, who received his Ph.D. from Harvard in the Depart- ment of Philosophy, specialized in the History and Philosophy of Re- ligion. One of his books, “Modern Phi- losophies of Judaism,” a study of Jewish thought in the past 150 years, was listed among the 100 sest_ books” in English on Judaism. His latest book, just off the press, is Guideposts.in Modern Ju- daism. It outlines the trends of Jewish thought and his philosophy of Judaism. He has written a series in the Encyclopedia Americana and is. a member of the board of editors of “Judaism—a Quarterly.” ' Rabbi Agus has served as rabbi jin Cambridge, Chicago, Ohio, and is now with the Beth El Congrega- tion in Baltimore. PriestsDemonstrate Ceremony Of Mass The Common Room .was the scene of an explanation and dem- onstration of the Catholic mass, Tuesday, November 9. Introduced by Winifred Winstead, president of ‘the Chpel Committee, Father Ed- ward Thompson, Chaplain of the Norristown Mental Hospital, spoke, while his twin brother, Father Da- vid Thompson, of the parish of St. Francis de Sales, demonstrated the. ceremony. Father Edward first told some- thing of.the history of the mass and the origin of many “en « ns connected with it. He mn ex- plained the significance of the im- plements seen on the altar during the celebration. | Father ;David put on the robes customarily worn by the priest giv- ing communion and the brothers/ ‘went through the ceremony, dem-: onstrating the Ous parts of the mass and explaining many terms ‘frequently encountered but not|| generally understood. » Letters to the Editor ‘though haughty be your outward jartists we can secure, the best,.in ErraticTimepieceSource Of Poetic Concern In 1904: Too 10 the Kaitor of the College News: u tempora U mores une poem on ‘Laylor Lower 1M tne. iasc: issue oI ‘Ane College News nas remindea me now iong 1ts clock nas been an object of arection and contusion to wryn Mawr students. ‘The follow- ing poem, trom a collection of wryn Mawr undergraduate verse pub.zishea yn 1410 under the title ot wulci Fistula, illustrates how che manitestations of the “same phenomena that are the subject of miss UVunaway’s poem and which are probably inherent in every' clock exposed to the elements, af- fecced the college fitty years ago. TAYLOR CLOCK {with apologies to Alfred ‘lennyson) Haugnty clock of ‘laylor Hall, Ut me you shall not win rénown; You thought. to make me miss my train For pastime as I went to town. un me you smiled and all beguiled, 1 counted on eight minutes yet, When at the station I arrived, ‘or twenty-nine [ had to sit. Haughty clock of Taylor Hall , 1 know you, proud in your estate; Yet those who trust you from the West, Are _quite invariably late; \ Oh, “your fair hands, your ‘placid face, You show that all who look may see, But. when we judge you from the East, Some minutes early. we shall be. I know you, clock of Taylor “Hall, Some meeker pupil you must find; show, You’re at the beck of every wind. Howe’er it be, it seems to me Tis only noble to be true; My little Waterbury watch Is worth some five or six of you. Lucy Lombardi, 1904 Sincerely yours, Mary Gardiner ‘Ford Music Friends To Sponsor Concert “Presenting in intimate and con- genial surroundings, by the finest chamber music, especially works not frequently heard,” is the pur- pose of the Haverford College Friends of Music. The first program, a recital of vocal chamber music, will take place on Nov. 14. John Yard, bari- tone, will sing, accompanied by Mr. William Reese, director of the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Orchestra. The New School string quartet will assist in this concert. Admission Free All the concerts are given in the Common Room at Haverford Col-' lege, Sunday evenings at 8:30 o’clock. Admission is free, but the Friends of Music want-new mem- bers to aid them in their work. A regular membership is $2.50. The second program, on January 9, will be a concert for piano and wind ensemble with John Sears at the piano. On March 6 the pro- gram will be given by the Tudor Singers, a madrigal group whose director is Ifor Jones. On April 24 Agi Jambor, pianist, will play works by Bach and Beethoven. Come Aboard! “Jolly Roger” Wells discusses “THE CRISIS IN PAKISTAN” at. Current Events Monday 7:15 Current Events Prof. Dudden' Discusses Issues Raised By Election Eisenhower is in a much strong- er position than his Congress, said Mr.’ Dudden in.his Current Events talk, “Divided We Stand”, on Mon- day evening. The Democratic victory was ob- tained in a _ thoughtfully voted election which followed the normal mid-term trend by less of a mar- gin than usual. lt was a “drift to the Democrats, but no more” with their majority comprised of 29 house seats, 2 senatorial positions and 6 governorships. The ‘Committee chairmanships going to the Democrats and the Democratic domination»of the com- mittee are important considera- tions, for one can predict to a cer- jtain extent the probable reaction to the legislation put before them. Some of the observations made were: 1. The Armed Services Commit- - tees will both be headed by Georg- ians who are friendly to the Serv- ices. 2. The tax issue will probably be saved for 1956. 8. Government spending will be in the hands of Byrd and Cannon who are both.extremely “tight-fist- ed”. 4. There willbe increased trust- busting activity, especially where | the two giants are Ford and.GM. 5. The Democrats are eager to use their investigating powers against their political opponents. ‘McCarthy’s Committee will now be headed by a mild-mannered Chi- cagoan named Dawson. The FHA investigations must continue and will hurt the Democrats. Luckier If Lost The Democrats will be obliged to act as obstructionists in order to challenge Ike, as they must do with the approach of ’56. Mr. Dud- den feels that they would have been luckier in the face of the coming election if they had lost the Senate this time, because their margin in that chamber is-so slim that they will take all~the blame and get no credit for what happens. The speaker next presented an analysis of _the, issues revealed by the election results. Nixon dominated the Republican. cam-- paign with the formula from 1952, “K-1, C-3” (Korea, Communism, Corruption and Controls). The value of the last three will endure until ’56, although the ending of the Korean situation did not bring the Republicans the credit it should have. This will not be an issue. If the farmers are suffering, farm prices will be an issue, but 100% parity will not get national | backing. The Democrats will dis- prove the charge that they are soft on Communists. They will do it more smoothly than McCarthy, but the answer will be the same. Suggestion Public vs. private power will con- tinue to be an issue. Mr. Dudden suggests that if the Democrats are smart they will adopt the popular role of Conservatism,-as Neuberger did in Oregon. The Democratic gain in govern- orships may not mean much, al- though it indicates vitality in areas where they have been weak. When the significance of the election for leading personalities is considered, Eisenhower’s popu- larity was unhurt and probably en- hanced by his campaigning. Nix- on’s status is about the same; had the Repubileans won, however, it would have added greatly to his importance. Stevenson is unquali- fiably the spokesman for the Dem- ocratic party. The professor dis- putes the statement that FDR, Jr. is .all through, _mainly on the grounds that Roosevelt is-a magie- al name at the polls.