VOL. XLVII—NO. 3 ~ ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1961 © Trustees of Bryn Mawr Co llege, 1961 PRICE 20 CENTS Junior Show, Haverford Dance To Highlight Coming Weekend by Sue Gumpert, Business Manager, Junior Show What do you do when fallout falls on your crop of purple pine- apple which is the mainspring of your economy? And when you are Lucifer and find out that this same fallout banishes the capacity’ to do evil in all those souls/bodies who eat that pineapple, what line of action do you take? The Junior Class--poses the problems and in the same breath offers a solution: ‘Wall’ Will Stay Speaker Asserts by Anda Polyzoides, ’64 Monday night, Mr. Roger Wells, Chairman of the Bryn Mawr poli- tical science “department, gave a short lecture on the sarees crisis in Berlin. He outlined the background of the situation stressing the inade- quacies of the post-war settlement among the “Big Four,’ with re- gard to the occupation of Berlin and the ultimate status of the Ger- man nation and expressing con- cern over the future of the city. He spoke of the Western Allies commitment to the reunification of Germany and to the mainten- ance of free access to Berlin. For the present and immediate future, Dr. Wells asserted that the “China Wall” which the Commu- nists have stretched ‘for twenty- ‘five miles through the middle of Berlin “is not going to come down.” He firmly supported pos- sible negotiations with the Soviet Union, but ended by warning that even ‘hopeful’ results from such talks will by no means guarantee an immediate and happy end to the crisis. — Columnist Kempton To Offer Liberal Thought Murray Kempton, columnist. for The New York Post and author of the book Part of Our Time, will address a meeting of the Current Events Club, Monday, October 16 at 7:15 in the Comon Room. Linda Davis, vice president of Alliance, who is in charge of the Current Events Club, : described Mr. Kempton as “a stimulating and provocative speaker and an ‘outspoken liberal.” In his daily column in The Post, Mr. Kempfon has concerned himself with such questions as the conviction of men for membership in the Communist Party and: the advantages and “problems of welfare legislation. In addition to his work as a journalist, Mr. Kempton was pub- licity director of the American La- bor Party from 1941 to 1942. Speak French The French department is sponsoring weekly meetings this year for anyone who is in- terested in speaking French, whether they are taking French courses or not.- The meeting, will be held in the Ely Room of Wyndham on Wednesday at 5:15 ‘for French. majors, and on Thursday at 7:15 for others during this week. There will be. no instructors present, but Mrs. Johngon Muller, who is the current French fellow at Bryn Mawr, will be a guest. \ rotate crops—to asparagus—and bring a circus to town. Watch the big top unfold in front of your eyes Friday, as Fausfal’s Fiasco, starring, Judy Bailey, Cynthia Gardinar, Jo Ro- senthal, Harriet Strong and Joan Paddock, directed by Sarah Shap- ley and produced by Penny Potter, is made the offering of the Junior Class. After the show, there will be an open house in Goodhart Hall, fol- lowed on Saturday by soccer and football games at Haverford, and “The Devil’s Circus,” a dance in Haverford’s field house. Tickets for the entire weekend can be purchased for $4.00 per couple from any hall representa- tive to Undergrad or between 1:30 and 2:00 every day in Taylor. Tic- kets for the show are on sale for $1.25 per person, and all procrastin- ators can buy a dance ticket at the door for $2.25. Sabbatical Over, T.R.S. Broughton Back From Europe Mr. and Mrs. T. Robert S. Broughton have returned to Bryn Mawr from Rome, Italy, where Mr. Brougton, head of Bryn Mawr’s Latin department, was Professor in Charge of the .School of Classical Studies of the American Academy. On leave from the College, he held the Academy post for two years. Mr. Broughton’s primary occu- pation in Rome was with the Fel- lows of the Academy. He advised them in their researches in the classics, organized trips to sites of interest and edited the Aca- demy publications. In addition, he traveled and studied on his own in order to progress with and ac- |quire background for his research on the history of the Roman Em- pire, especially the development of the Roman provinces. The School of Classical Studies, which has included many Bryn Mawr graduates as Fellows, is ideally situated to serve the class- ical. scholar, according to Mr. Broughton. Ancient monuments, archaelogical collections and im- portant sites are convenient to vis- it, and cooperation with both Ital- ian scholars and the many foreign schools located in Rome makes for ease in learning. From the President's Office PARKING 1961-62 RESERVED FOR FACULTY AND STAFF: Parking Areas at the Deahery and behind the Library and the Merion-Deanery driveway are reserved for the use (of Faculty, Staff and Visitors to the College. STUDENTS: Graduate, non-resident under- graduates and Haverford undergraduates are to use the Parking Areas behind Mer- ion-Radnor and behind the College Inn. TRAFFIC AND PARKING REGULATONS Speed limit on the Campus driveways is 15 miles per hour. One-way traffic signs must be observed on: Taylor-Deanery Drive Science Center Entrances Students may park ‘ONLY ir-the: Merion- Radnor and College Inn spaces. Street-parking regulations concerning inter- sections, blocking entrances and exits must be followed. The courtesy of not blocking entrances to private houses is expe: of all drivers. PALL MAWR STUDENTS. wishing to park on the campus must display park- ing. permit on windshield. Apply to Office of the Superintendent, Rockefeller number before OCTOBER ve, iver. * Undergrad Policy Begins Controversy On Manner Of Staff-Student Address Undergrad President Paul Explains Current Executive Board Resolution Forms of Address Problem Concerns Board Once Again The Undergraduate Association Ex- ecutvie Board met Monday night in the Rhoads smoker for its weekly meeting. Four topics were discussed: tonight’s College Council agenda, the forms of address issue, Administra- tion supplement of Undergrad salar- ies and the Eminent Speakers pro- gram. Those attending the meeting were Barbara Paul, who as President of Undergrad chaired the meeting; Sue Johnson, Self-Gov President (Denbigh); Frances Cassebaum, Common Treasurer (Rock); Mar- ion Coen, Alliance President (Den- bigh); Stephanie Condon, Inter- faith President (Denbigh); Elaine Cottler, Arts Council President (Denbigh); Anne Rassiga, A. A. President (Rhoads); Ellen Corco- ran, UG Vice President (Rock); Ruta Krastins, Senior Class Presi- dent (Rhoads); Suzy Spain, News Editor (Rhoads); Judith Deutsch, Junior ‘Class President (Rhoads); Nina Farber, Sophomore Class President (Non-Res), and Mimi Smith, Freshman Class Temporary Chairman (Rhoads). Rachel Brown, Undergrad Secretary (Rhoads), but a non-voting mem- Rhoads’s Suspense Horrifies, Pleases, Merits First Place By Janice Copen The Rhoads freshmen won the coveted award last Saturday night for the best Freshman Hall Play. Gail Simon directed Brainard Dof- field’s adaptation of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The upper- class advisors were Carol Schrier and Gaby Schupf. The story lends itself well to the requirements of a hall play. It- needs few props (only the stones, the table and the lottery box) and little costuming. Lucy ‘Norman was stage manager for the production, but each girl put together her own costume. Every freshman in Rhoads, was in some way involved in the pro- duction, but the ileads deserve special mention for their excellent performances. Liz Bogen played Joe Summers, who runs the lot- tery, and his sister, who is oppos- ed to it all, was portrayed by Dos-) sie Easton. Nancy McAdams de- serves commendation for her fine characterization of Mr. Warner, for whom this is the 77th lottery. Margaret Atherton’s Tess Hutche- son was superb, and Sally Orem’s cold Bill Hutcheson lent much to the chill and horror of the ending. The setting of the play is a vil- lage square where the farmers come each year to decide by lot which of them will be sacrificed insure a good crop. The play is a tragedy of suspense and horror. It reaches a high emotional pitch brought on by the tension of the lottery scene. The success of the Rhoads production lay greatly in their ability to maintain the tense pitch throughout the play. by Barbara Paul, President of the Undergraduate Association Besides providing services and activities throughout the year, the ‘Undergraduate Association is responsible for stimulating and responding to the opinions, questions, criticisms and ideas of the student body. It should be a structure within which students can express their concern about problems relevant to their experience at Bryn Mawr. Students who were not satisfied with the accepted pattern of last name-first name address between students and hall staff asked Under- ; Before approaching the student body, grad to clarify existing feelings. fiembers of the Executive Board spoke to individual students and staff ber of the Board, took minutes. Other members of the Board, Gin- ny Sitz, Curriculum Committee Head (Merion), Corny Spring, Leage President ((Radnor), and Sue Gumpert, N.S.A. Rep (Den- bigh), were not present. meeting, which, as usual, was open was attended by some resi- dents of Rhoads. The ‘Board, all of which attends the monthly College Council meet- ings, was briefed on the topics to be brought up in tonight’s meet- ing. A two-hour discussion of the forms of address matter ensued. * Last week three members of the Board were appointed at the end of the meeting to write up in the form of a resoltuion, the substance of the Board’s discussion on the ‘staff-student address issue. Mon- day night, the wording having failed to satisfy certain members of the Board, the resolution was modified and passed as a recom- mendation by a vote of eleven to one. Because every hall is not repre- sented on the Executive Board, Board members were appointed to attend the hall meeting at which the recommendation would be dis- cussed. It was announced that lists of the employee’s last names were to be posted in the’ halls prior to ‘the meeting. Arising during this discussion were ques- tions concerning the right of the Executive Board to “initiate” is- sues and the responsibilities of a member to her constituency. Frances Cassebaum then asked the Board to consider the Admin- istration’s contribution to Under- grad salaries for soda fountain managers and employees, pay day mistresses and hall announcers. The Administration supplies $135 towards the $1600 budget. The Board, though believing that the Administration fee was too low, postponed taking’ resolute action until a more factual consideration could be given to the matter. Lastly a “progress” report was presented on Undergrad’s Emin- ent Speakers program for this year. The Board will meet next Mon- day in Rock at 10. All its meet- ings are open. Felicitations The News is p'eased to an- nounce election of the following people to its staff and congratu- lates them for having achieved this position: Josie Donovan, ’62 Miranda Marvin, ’63 Constance Rosenblum, °65 Barbara Tolpin, ’65 Susan Weisberg, ’65 The members. This was followed by a meeting of the Maids and Porters Committee attended by myself and Stephanie Condon. As was expect- ed, there was a wide divergence of opinion within both groups. There could be no uniform solution that would suit all the different rela- tienships established between stu- dents and staff. Since these differ- ences did exist, however, the Exec- utive Board felt that it was a ve | ter worthy of consideration and one to ‘be presented to the students. The Executive Board, after dis- cussing the problem for two hours last Monday and two more this Monday, reached agreement in their own feelings as a board. After a vote of eleven to one against, the Board expressed their feelings in the following way: Recommendation In order to clarify the relationship between students and staff on the campus, the Executive Board of the Undergraduate Association concurs on the following recommendation: That the manner of address between students and staff should be consis- tent with that which governs any re- lationship between older and younger persons. Last names should be used in introductions and until a mutual first name basis is established. This resolution as such was writ- ten originally only for the records of the Executive Board, who felt their primary purpose was to pre- sent the question for consideration to the students through hall meet- ings. There were two points that came out of their own discussion. The first was that last names should be used in initial introduc- tions and in any: subsequent intro- ductions. The second concerned the idea of reciprocity or mutual agree- ment. Although the resolution is concise, it is heaviy premised on the idea of individual] responsibility for developing a form of address sat isfactory to the two people involv- ed. The Board realized this would vary and that for some a mutual first name relationship: would not develop and that for others it al- ready existed. This resolution can have no obli- gatory effect on any relationship that, by its nature, must be person- .|ally established-by the-two people involved. For this reason, it is not necessary to express campus-wide opinion. Nor is the agreement of the Board members meant to be in- clusive of. all ‘cases. main difference between Undergrad and Self-Gov is that when its Boards state their policy or the opinion of the campus majority, it can never become binding on the entire student body. Although a ma- jority opinion may influence the thinking of the majority, it does not become a part of ther views unless they themselves make it so. The present system of last name- . Continued on Page 6, Col. 5 Perhaps the | Cc i Page Two ( \ THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 11; 1961 From the Editor It was an error and an irresponsbile one that was com- mitted last week by the Editor of the News in not providing background information for the.editorial, To the Undergrad Executive Board. In failing to' do so, the “issue” has been lost in the confusion caused by the Editor’s neglect and in the discussions of the News’ “right?’ to have done such a thing. .The News’ right to cover or not cover incidents, events, meetings, lectures, elections, etc., and to editorialize is not limited; the Editor is neither Handmaiden nor Press Secretary to the Administration nor to campus groups and organizations. Last week’s editorial.was legal but it was not fair to the Executive Board, the student body or the News itself not to provide a news article. But the issue, whether resolution, recommendation, dic- tum or suggestion is still alive. The Undergrad Executive, Board undertook to resolve a situation or recommend a solu- tion of a matter which had caused a disputable amount of ‘concern and discomfort on campus. The Board failed to con- sult with the Administration, the party to whom the Maids “and Porters are directly responsible ; it failed to discover how widespread the desire for change was among the students and the Maids and Porters; it failed to realize how strong an influence a resolution or even a recommendation would have when presented in the halls. Since then the President of Undergrad has spoken to the Administration. Various peple have spoken to and been spoken to by the Maids and Porters; the co-chairman of their committee, Mrs. Lorimer Rowley, has said that she and other employees to whom she has talked were not aware of the existence’ of any problem when Undergrad undertook “looking into” one and, that, if there is a problem it is for two people to solve. Student opinion has not been tabulated but verbal and written explosions have been directed both ways. The halls, we hope, are now more aware that Execu- tive Board’s adoption of and action on a matter should not be as simple as they make it seem. The opinions expressed in last week’s editorial still stand. The matter we feel is a personal one; no more than two people should have to decide what to call each other. We hope therefore that before Undergrad presents the matter in the halls the students will consider our point of view. Aspects of Communication The present discontent, arising from last week’s editore ial comment on Executive Board’s resolution, has made evi- dent how one organ may become a scapegoat in a period of confusion without close analysis of the underlying ailments. Many accompanying questions suddenly assume importance; two which to us seem essential to the problem concern the status of the particular organ involved and the nature of the .general insecurity which is fundamental to the whole issue. The News has a responsibility to itself and to its com- munity, but does this responsibility involve the entire bur- den of campus communication? The editor does not sit on Executive Board in order to act as a Common Secretary who will record and transmit verbatim the activities and opinions of all groups. She represents an independent organization; her job is to assimilate background and material on which she is at liberty to exercise editorial discretion. But fundamental to the situation of which the present furor is a symptom is a general lack of effective campus communication. In spite of overlapping functions and cen- tralized councils, misunderstandings are frequent and vested interests are apparent. Is there so great a gulf between stu- dents and groups-in-the-abstract that no one becomes intel- lectually involved unless elected to a specific post? Are the leaders of the different groups so limited by their own or- ganizations and insensitive to the existence of varying points of view that the very terms of their discussion do not have the same meaning for all? Or are there too many organized groups, so that the. orientation and aims of communication _ are unclear? ' THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 6 Published weekly during the College Year. (except during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examina- tion weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa}, and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by \copyright. Nothing that appears “in it may be reprinted wholly or in part without permission of the Editor-in-Chief. 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