———as.though the purpose of the tour

Wednesday, November 10, 1954

THE COLLEGE NEWS

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Page Three

 

‘Child Study Institute Gives Group Tests
To Local School Children, BMC Students

Few students are aware of the
unusual testing and counseling
services offered at the Child Study
Institute. Although its main pur-
pose is that of testing and counsel-
ing children in Lower Merion
schools, reading tests will be given
to students who desire them.

The Child Study Institute was
founded by Miss McBride and was
originally located in the present
social economy building. As the
Institute expanded beyond its orig-
inal purpose of administering
‘group tests to local school children,
new quarters became necessary.
Today’ the Institute is located on
Merion Road and has facilities ade-
quate enough to encompass a
three-fold program.

The phase of the Institute’s pro-
gram that concerns Bryn Mawr
students has already been suggest-
ed. In addition to taking reading
tests and having access to a read-
ing machine to improve speed and

 

R. Carpenter Visits
“Tourist’s Paradise”
By Ann Harris, ’56

“A free ride across the ocean to
Greece” was all the motive Rhys
Carpenter needed to revisit. the
ruins of that wonderful old world.
One of a team of three, Mr. Car-
penter served as an authority on
Greek sculpture and art on a tour
arranged by the Bureau of Univer-
sity Travel. These B.U.T. tours

are outstanding for incorporating
education’ with the fun of travel.
Every few years, the B.U.T. or-
ganizes an Aegean tour, charters a
steamer and supplies experts in
- the various fields that the tour will
cover.

Mr. Carpenter’s teammates, spe-
cialists in literature and classical
architecture, were Denys Page,
who delivered the Flexner lectures
here last year on the Homeric
Odyssey, and William Dinsmoor of
Columbia University, our country’s
foremost classical architect.

Turkey Underdeveloped

Definitely impressed by the mo-
ral and economic prosperity of
Greece, Mr. Carpenter was, on the
other hand, struck by the contin-
ued backwardness of Turkey.
Primitive houses, almost no mod-
ernization, and bad roads charac-
terized the coastal section of Tur-
key that he visited, although there
is said to be great improvement in
the central areas.

As a tourist’s paradise, Mr. Car-
penter thinks that Greece and Tur-
key hold as much interest as west-
ern Europe, with the exception of
Italy. -Last summer, he said,
__Greece was overrun with tourists,
and tourism was recognized and
promoted as a major financial re-
source.
with its unrivaled beauty and_its
remnants of six different civiliza-
tions (Hittite, Phrygian, Greek,
Roman, Islamic and Turkish), will
soon realize its own potentialities
for tourism.

The chief drawback of the trip
was, naturally, lack of time. Dur-
ing the nineteen-day cruise, twen-
ty-seven different sites were visit-
ed, ranging from Olympia in the
west along the Turkish coast to
Istanbul in the east. That requires
‘not just cramming,:but concentrat-
ed cramming! However, Mr. Car-
‘penter was very much pleased by

the trip, and says that the hundred}

tourists were “bubbling over.” |
On the non-academic side, Mr.
Carpenter enjoyed doing “back|
dives and back flips overboard into
the blue Aegean Sea.” It sounds

was as well fulfilled for the guides
as for the tourists—plenty of fun
combined with education at its
best.

 

+ aiding in the financial support of
the Institute, the nursery school|

He predicts that Turkey,|

comprehension, students can take
advantage of interest tests and
study counseling. The latter serv-
ice is particularly helpful to the
student who is overwhelmed by
papers and exams and has not de-
veloped proper study habits. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Broderson it is
likely that a student-who is not a
poor reader according to the na-
tional average ‘will need help at
Bryn Mawr. This is due to the fact
that the average is 300-350 words
per minute, while Bryn Mawr ex-
pects students to read 400 words
per minute. 4

Another important part of the
Child Institute program is running
the nursery school. In addition to

offers an excellent opportunity for
psychology students to Aes
study children.

The Institute boasts a staff of
two psychiatrists, two full time
psychiatric social workers, two full
time psychologists and one part
time psychological assistant. These
people administer individual tests
in the Lower Merion schools and
also counsel children if they are
referred to the institute by parents
or teachers. This counseling serv-
ice supports four-fifths of the In-
stitute’s expenditures, while the
college provides the difference.

The Institute also administers
the reading tests given to incom-
ing freshmen each fall. From the
results of the tests it is determined
which students need reading help.

On Bill At Institute

Cry, the Beloved Country, film
version of Alan Paton’s prize novel
on race tensions in South Africa,
will be the feature presentation of
Exceptional Films’ next program,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings, November 11, 12 and 13,
at the Franklin Institute. Canada
Lee’s moving performance as the
Negro pastor was his last acting
role before his death.

An unusual Italian film, Damon
in Art, will also be previewed on
the same program. Macabre, fan-
taste, and seemingly mad’ paint-
ings and art motifs are explored
and analyzed before the world-
famed names of their creators are
revealed. English sound track has
been provided.

Thurber Cartoon

The program will open with a
UPA animated cartoon interpreta-
tion of the James Thurber story
Unicorn in the Garden. Perform-
ances all three nights commence at
8:20 p.m.

Membership subscriptions to the
series of 12 programs and single
admissions are sold at the Franklin
Institute, before each program, or
may be reserved by telephoning
Exceptional Films Society at LO
8-1567.

Half-price tickets are available
to the. Thursday night programs
for students and faculty members
of universities, schools and art in-
stitutions. The special rate is $5.00
for series subscription, or 75¢ for a
single admission.

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‘Holyokers’ Give Learned Illumination

Of Tradition, Symbolism Of ‘Pinning’

From the pages of the Mount
Holyoke News comes this enlight-
ening dissertation on that well-
known object, the fraternity pin.

“1, A pin, commonly sur-named
‘fraternity’ is a minute piece
of jewelry, square, round, ob-
long, star-shaped, diamond-
shaped, shield-shaped, oval or
rectangular. It is made of
any combination of gold, sil-
ver, platinum (not often),
enamel, adobe, iron, or non-
descript; and embossed with
rubies, sapphires, diamonds,
pearls, and/or ridged. It must
bear secret symbols on the
front, and even more highly
secret symbols on the back,
It is a hallowed object.

True Love?
It is donated, forced upon, or

relinquished by a fraternity’.

man who is a victim of: af-
fection, infatuation or an in-
tricate plot.

“

It is a symbol of true love.

“

This true love may last: for-
ever, a year, a month, two
weeks or till the donor is
drafted. :

The recipient may be: sung
to, kissed, sent flowers, star-
ed at or given a free beet by
the rest of the fraternity.

Location Charted

“

A pin, being a sacred symbol
of one thing or another to all
concerned, is worn over the
heart. To the consternation
of the physiology department,
controversy still rages as to
the location of this organ.
Current settlement allocates
it to the region anywhere be-
tween the shoulder and the
waist on the left side of the
wearer. [ndiscreet locations.

- are occasionally due to 7 a.m.
lack of vision and poor aim
by the female involved.

“
y
receive the big news by: coo-
_ ing, cheering, singing, feed-

The recipient’s’ dorm mates ||

ing or ignoring her. Her
roommate customarily loses a
night’s sleep while gathering
details.

This custom of pinning seems
to be spreading.

Jewelers and pin manufac-
turers laud the tradition and
speed up Drogneton of order
blanks.

Law Violated

National fraternity leaders
turn gray and tear their thin-
ning fringes of hair as fra-

“ 8,

“10.

old fraternity law that only
brothers must possess the se-
cret and sacred badges, and
sweetheart pins are for the
ladies. The victims them-
selves reject the ordinance as
expensive fiddle-faddle.
“11. Parents greet the glad tidings
with: smiles, frowns, family
diamonds, shotguns, relieved
sighs or hope chests.
An engagement ring often
follows.”

12,

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Jane Martin, M. B.
In Returning To Bryn Mawr As Wardens
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ternity men ignore the fine|~

 

y Kisselgoff, ’58

For the information of those
seniors who have wandered into
Radnor or Denbigh and have found
a face that was familiar to them
in freshman days, let us firmly
state that these are not students
who have been held back!

The familiar face in Denbigh be-

\jlongs to Miss Jane Martin who

graduated from Bryn Mawr in ’53.
and Radnor’s familiar physiogno-
my belongs to Miss Mary-Berenice
Morris, ’52. If you haven’t guess-
ed by now, Miss Martin and Miss
Morris are the wardens of Denbigh
and Radnor, respectively.

What is it, like. to come back to
the school ré You spent your
undergrad days, especially when
you are in a totally different posi-
tion? “Well,” Miss Martin said,

“you almost feel like a freshman.

again.” In fact, Miss Morris said
thatthe first night, the seniors,
seeing a new face at the table, kept
asking her if she were not a fresh-
man. This of course, was not an
insult, but rather a compliment to
the youthful appearance which both
wardens possess. —
New Viewpoint

Although it is “like coming
home”, both wardens find they cer-
tainly do view the college with a
different perspective, as compared
with undergraduate days. As far
as hall life is concerned, one of
the main differences is the rela-
tionship with the girls. For in-
stance, girls who knew Miss Mar-
tin before have a hard time keep-
ing themselves from calling her
“Jane”. Also, “Miss Martin” must
have sounded a bit strange at first
to the Denbigh warden.

A point of interest is that the
Radnor warden had lived in Den-
bigh during college days, while
Denbigh’s warden had lived in
Radnor. Both came back to B.M.C.
for the same reason: they are in-
terested in college administrative
work, and feel that acting as war-
dens provides a good background

Morris Switch Halls

for this.

Miss Martin had majored in
English history, and after college,
not being sure whether she would
teach or not, she decided to try an-
other field. Thus, Miss Martin spent
“a wonderful year” in New York
City, living with some other girls,
including Joyce Greenhow, a B.M.C.
alumna, while she was employed
by the New York Life Insurance
Company.

Opportunity for Study

While working in the: business

field was an interesting experience,
Miss Martin prefers “to work with
people”. She finds the opportunity
to do so in her job as warden, and
at the same time she has a chance
to graduate study.

Miss Morris, who majored in
Spanish literature and spent her
junior year in Mexico, has been
absent from B.M.C. for two years.
The first was spent traveling in
Europe, and the second, working in
New York City in the treasury de-
partment of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company.
Miss Morris had originally planned
to work only temporarily for the
company, but “temporarily” became
one year. In the process, Miss
Morris said, she learned quite a bit
about the legal aspects of buying
and transferring stocks and bonds.

College administration work is,
however, the goal of ‘both Miss
Martin and Miss Morris, and in be-
ing trained for this, both seem to
be enjoying their work as _ hall
wardens.

 

 

Rise and Shine
classes will begin
at 8:30 a.m.
tomorrow
Thursday, Nov. 18
Alliance lecture on
“Main Features of the Soviet

Social System” at 12:30

 

 

 

 

 

Manning Reminisces About the Deanery
During the “Reign” of M. Carey Thomas

“Speaking as the oldest inhabi-
tant and not as a historian”, Mrs.
Helen Taft Manning reminisced
about the early days of the Dean-
ery to the seniors at an informal
dessert, October 27. While guests
sipped coffee and munched the
Deanery’s’ traditional dessert,
Deanery Devils, Mrs. Manning re-
called how differently undergradu-
ates now appeared in the Deanery

from the days of M. Carey Thom-

 

 

 

 

-!cream and marron glaces.

“I can remember,” remarked
Mrs. Manning, “receiving as.a-sen-
ior an engraved invitation for 8:30
at the Deanery for such and such
a date. We always wore high heels
and our very best evening dress
which trailed down to the floor.”

Before dinner seniors would
gather in a circle ‘around Miss
Thomas for a little discussion. “At
each gathering Miss Thomas al-
ways asked, ‘What would you like
to discuss this evening?’ However,
the discussion was always the
samey—what were we going to do

tafter Bryn Mawr—marriage or ca-

reer? This seemed to be Miss
Thomas’s favorite subject, and
she always had advice for both.” ;

"Dinner Delicious
Later Mrs. Manning added, “Miss

) ‘| Thomas was a great feminist. She

always urged students to go on.
But if we were going to marry,
she felt our husbands should help

in caring for the children.”

Dinner with Miss Thomas began
with hot chocolate topped with
whipped cream and ended with ice
Since
Miss. Thomas didn’t approve of
chocolate (except in hot choco-
late), tutti frutti_ ice cream or
something of the sort was served.
Also, seniors were allowed to take
home extra marron glaces in their
handkerchiefs.

The history of the Deanery dates

1 |back~ to the opening of Bryn

Mawr when Miss Thomas was ap-
pointed dean of the college. She
and Miss Mary Gwinn lived in a -
frame structure smaller than the

 

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