f Wednesday, October 30, 1957 THE COLLEGE NEWS \ Page Five. ~ TRADI FOX: Continued from Page 3, Col. 2 an inherited distinction between the reason for their existence and the reason for activities such as (save the mark) Lantern-Swinging. The first class of activities needs no explanation, it is considered. The second is damned as the spoor of eld and primal nonsense, whose defenders have no better by-word of defense than “tradition.” What seems to be forgotten is that the class of much-desired activities had no moré reasonable entry into in- stitutions of H.L, than their poor cousins, and the proof of this is that such institutions are by de- finition devoted to the aggrandize- ment of learning, not the aggrand- izement of students, What the stu- ents do to bless their own souls had better all be lumped under the -gum of What our Fathers Did Be- fore us. Hence my thoughts led me to the observation that B.M. is out of the swim, since it crustily main- tains an indifference to momentary, if} renumerative currents in which bigger fish find happy hunting, and is- convent-tu* provide “a Tair nieie and a great hope, monotonous only TIONS if one has the stomach to swallow them at a gulp. To recognize this once a year is simple enough and no oddity, and there’s the prime cause of that tradition. I might go on but, ‘‘As I sees it,” said the left- hand neatherd, “you finds a good hillock to hand and you puts your own beans in ’im.” KAISER Continued from Page 3, Col. 1 has my greatest admiration. I am annually given to wonder at the species of girl college student, who, in the middle of “paper time” can arise at some unheard of-hour of the morning to frolic on the grass in a white skirt, The people who honestly enjoy this festival are undoubtedly to be commended and even to be emulated as they fill their lungs with fresh clean morn- ing air, rather than the stale smoky smelly air of the evening and t smoker. They may frolic annually’ or semi-annually or not at all. They may live in fear each year that vandals from the neighborhood will come and defile the site of the fes- tivities, and each year as they feel the renewal of the spring, I shall] feel the renewal of a couple of Movies BRYN MAWR October 80—Triple Deception and Check Point. October 31-November 2—Will Suc- cess Spoil Rock Hunter. November 3-4—Run of the Arrow and Battle Hell, November 5-6—The Colditz Story. ARDMORE October 31-November 2—Man of 1000 Faces and Gun Glory. November 3-5—The Vampire and The Monster That Challenged the World. November 6—Day of Triumph. SUBURBAN October 30-November Geordie. : ANTHONY WAYNE. October 30—La Strada. October 31-November 1-2 — Gun Glory and Secrets of the Reef. November 3-4—The, Buster Keaton Story and Man of 1000 Faces. November 5-6—Wee Geordie. 2 — Wee ENGAGEMENTS - Elizabeth Hill ’58 to Richard Askey,. . Judy ‘Hornstein to Eugene §S. Goldman. hours sleep as I turn in my bed and doze off. once-again after Taylor Bell has rung. FOR COLLEGE GIRLS our Shetland sweaters, own make shirts and a smart new reversible tweed topcoat The Brooks Shetland sweater and button-down collar shirt are classics with college girls...and young ma- trons, too. In addition we have exclusive polo coats, Bermuda shorts and rainwear...and a new reversible all-weather coat of fine English tweed and water- repellent tan cotton gabardine...all finely tailored after our men’s styles. Illustrated catalogue upon. request. Our Shetland Sweaters. Pullover, $16; Cardigan, $18.50 Our Own Make Women’s Shirts, $7.50: to-$12.50 Reversible Tweed Topcoat, $70 + Polo Coat, $85: ESTABLISHED 1818 SNe Om -CC@6LOTHINGS) D Mens Furnishings, & Hats ¢ Shoes Address Mail Orders to 346 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N.Y. ~1H'BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6, N. Y. BOSTON * CHICAGO * LOS ANGELES * SAN, FRANCISCO Political Issues At Little RON, Student Talks, IRC Merger On Alliance Agenda by Gail Beckman The Alliance schedule for the coming weeks is full. On November 5, Maurice Rosenblatt will speak on “The Political Implications of the Little Rock Crisis.” The meet- ing will take place in the Common Room at 8:30, It has recently been a policy of the Alliance to try to tap the stu- dent, professor, and staff resources of Bryn Mawr. Two such speakers are scheduled for the near future. On Thursday, Oct. 31, Mary Ellen Smith will discuss “British: Atti- tudes Toward America.” The pre- cise time and place will be an- nounced later. Charlotte (Graves) Paton, President of the Alliance in 1956-57, will sdon speak on the Federal Security Loyalty Sys- tem.” Both topics should be quite ,interesting to many sections of the student body. Some comment has been raised about the value of the proposed Bryn. Mawr-Haverford-Swarthmore Union of the IRC. It might, there- fore, be well to examine more wt enna +h: tn duan a wehialh hLa-~ Vat Tawe we nese NECRG Wate aS Wy iro w~ toured most of the clubs on cam- pus. There was a time when it was fashionable or at least con- sidered correct for Bryn Mawr College clubs to be self-sufficient— in the sense of being founded by, supported by and run entirely for Bryn Mawr girls. In more recent years, ‘however, many _ clubs have found it wise to consoli- date with similar organizations on other campuses. (One might ask if this were a reflection of the current interest in international- ism and international cooperation or an evidence of less student, in- terest gn extra-curricular activities. In either case, the trend does exist). A glance at the long list of these “mergers” is, therefore enlightening: WBMC, College Theatre, Revue, Debate Team, German Club, and IRC. Temporary co-ed co-operation is also utilized for some athletic events or enter- tainments (Arts Night or the AA fireplace). There are undoubtedly some who still maintain ,that a club on the TYPEWRITERS Sold — Rented — Repaired All Makes Suburban Typewriter Co. 39 E. Lancaster Ave. Ardmore MI 2-1378 Bryn Mawr campus should be self- contained. Nevertheless, the opin- ion of more and more who have been engaged in the extra-curricu- lar life on campus is that this co- operation may be almost the only solution for clubs wishing to sur- vive the competition of weekends away and to have anything more than a passive membership. Besides having this inherent desire for survival, merged clubs — recognize the intrinsic advantages to be gain- ed from co-operation. Inter-college organizations would ‘provide more opportunities for publicity, student support, speakers, “spontaneous” activities, and interchange of ideas, The main problems are transporta- tion and co-ordination of schedules between the colleges. It is evident though from the numerous still existent experiments in inter-col- leigate work that such problems can be solved. Another aspect of this situation is the problem of which colleges ‘in the neighborhood should work together. Vasally it is Bryn Mawr am Wr ea we sont ~ occasionally, joined by Swarthmore as during the 1957 Democratic Campaign or as in the present IRC merger. One glance at the map of the area, however, will serve to illustrate that the University of Pennsylvania, Temple, St. Joseph’s, Rosemont and numerous other ac- tive campuses are—if not nedrer— surely not too much farther away relatively speaking. If friendly re- lations can exist between them on a social level (as in many cases they do), why aren’t they appar- ent on a more serious level? This question of inter-collegiate organ- izational co-ordination can be con- densed into two new questions: 1. Why aren’t more of the clubs already engaged in working with other colleges? 2. Why doesn’t Bryn Mawr work with more of the other col- leges in the area? CARPENTER Continued from Page 1 glance this idea seems ridiculous, but it may be the truth: Homer implies in the Odyssey that wheels could have a chassis put on them, and it may well have been the dis- covery of the wheel added to a horse-drawn cart which made the Mycenean civilization supreme in Greece. pocketbook. LA 5-4566. 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