as | are gue to places like Sleighton Farms, ‘We gonna: dance all together? a home. for delinquent teen-age . You dancin’-with-us?’’- girls, This, as I recall it now, Giggles followed’us down the ~ was my first experience of an steps, At the bottom we three » evening at the home: Leaguers stood in a huddle, ‘sur- ‘Hello, ladies, you’re from Bryn « rounded by a bigger huddle of Mawr? Come in, won’t you? What twenty or so thirteen-year-olds,_ do. you have for.them tonight? Clinging té each other, giggling’ Folk-dancing? Good, They can and scurrying away from us, they > stay up till 9:00 - Girls, come! scrambled toward the benches The ladies are here, ‘against the: walls, “As soon as Athletic Prowess Is Not: Mandatory For Enjoyment of A. A. Activities by Elinor Beidler ~ Any other time I would have ex- ‘ . plained how [I’ve disliked tennis President, Athletic Association since high school spring gym, A funny thing happened on the When my glasses used to fall off way to the Library, I ranintoan Whenever I'd try to serve. But I A, A, officer carrying, of all things, must have been carried: away by \—a-temnis-racket-and-a-can of new the~enthustastic——way —she~kept balls; swishing her racket, because I She. looked so invigorated-that. found myself saying sure, I'd be. " I couldn’t help asking the obvious. 81a4 to. question, and she said yes, she _ _ Well, would you believe it, Thad was, but that they’d just lost their 4. marvelous time, and I’ve played fourth on a Princeton weekend, every Friday afternoon since, As » and how would I like to fill in? a matter of fact, they say I’ve got : the potential for quite a serve, and my glasses have taken to WANT t » staying on my nose where they +} belong. gre) > Friday, September 20, 1963 “THE COLLEGE NEWS > “ Page Three "Wasallay. September 24 : Thursday, September 26 -Preshman ‘Week Schedile: Friday, September 20 PO ee ees Dinner in the halls Wee a ee os Required Self- Government meeting,. Goodhart ay eine ak Hall meetings; pare afterward ‘Saturday, September 21 AM. 8:00-8:20) ..0...... Breakfast in halls 9:00-1:00 *...... Appointments and Voice Tests continue Oe oy oc Te Furniture Sa'e, Goodhart stage 9:00-10:30 German Placement Test, Taylor Hall P.M. 1:00 Picnic with Haverford students, Batten House 2:00-5:00 A Spanish Placement Test, Taylor Hall 6.30 Dinner with Princeton students in the halls 8:00-12:00 ~~ Dance with Princeton and Haverford, the Gym 11:00-12:30 Open House in the Student Union, the College Inn Sunday, September 22 ie, Sims . Interfaith reps take Freshmen to church Required Undergraduate Association meeting, Goodhart. Traditions explained; Song- — elected; Presidents explain. organiza- ons 4:00-6:00 Curriculum‘Committee Tea, Wyndham Terrace | BES RON eG payee Coffee for Freshman Facuity homes Monday, September 23. Bg A.M. 9:00-1:00 ...... ‘Fittings for Gym suits, Gym 9:00-1:00 ....-.. Fittings for Caps and Gowns, the Common Room, Goodhart WSO 2 a ee aan esscat; Furniture. Sale continues l PPM. Tide bes 6 ass College Physician and Miss Clayton * “speak - = to-Freshmen, Gym 2:00-5:00 ; Physics Placement Test, Dalton- ~ “2:00-4:00 Fittings for. Gym suits and ans and’ Gowns continue 4:006:00 . ‘Miss McBride’s Tea for ‘Freshmen, the ” President’s House 1. aera Coffee’ with Haverford students in the halls ; 8:00 Lecture and movie, Goodhart. Everyone invited i AMS B5OB on win sas Convocation. Miss McBride opens the 79th} academic year; classes -begin (Freshmen wear . Caps and Gowns) Pal. 61005 as Bonfire marshmallow roast and singing for the whole college : ire ree ea seine oa Hygiene exemption" examination ‘Saturday, September 2 P.M. : = <1 || Ee STE on ew arouse ; Tours into Philadelphia “Dance: at Haverford -| tives, ‘and subscription rep- BMC Deemphasizes- Former a M ember Importance of Marks by Ellen Rothenberg One of the most striking features of Bryn Mavr is the general at- titude of the student body toward grades. Most freshmen comefrom an atmosphere where a student’s chances of gaining college entrance are measured by his grades. Here. high grades do gauge a student’s standing in relation to others, but standing itself is deemphasized in importance, Instead of centering on. grades themselves, pressure centers on the work. While the ‘marking ‘system attempts to evaluate the amount of éffort a student puts into a course, the real evaluation pro-. -ceeds from the student herself.’ The aim of the courses is to give the students as much know- - ledge as possible’ and to suggest the means for adding toit, Whether learning involves following the way indicated’ by the instructor or branching out from or carrying on beyond it is left to the individual. Therefore, to a large degree, éach student decides when.she is-satis- ~ fied with her work in each subject. For this reason, freshmen soon discover that comparison of the grades of two students ts com- paratively rare, and that pro- fessors are more concerned with improving* the students’ under- standing of their subject, League Calendar Offers Diversified Projects; Particular Mention Given to Sleighton Farm By Bonnie Brice President, League, 1962 .“*We’ve worked a lot with clay and paint. What about something. like dancing this time? “Dancin’? Golly, ~~ ‘sWhat kind of dancin’? During the. year you will hear s announcements of trips by Lea- . ? Now tennis just may not be ‘your sport (glasses or no glases), but we of the Athletic Association: sn asa gpa We ose several of the many other recrea- tional opportunities sponsored by A, A, and its two affiliated organ- izations, Dance Club and Outing Club. 3 You can keep abreast of A, /A, activities by reading our column in the NEWS, and watching your’ hall bulletin board and the ‘ in Taylor. We'll look forward to. ‘meeting you, and, as ipso facto members of A, A,, please feel free to bring your suggestions and The COLLEGE NEWS needs staff | members in many categories: reporters, photographers, car- toonists, business representa- Teps. terested-in working-for-a lively | ~-P, S, Remember, you don’t Rave” newspaper, join us in the Roost, | to be skilled -to have fun, Some Thursday, September 26, at 5:00. | of us weren’t too brilliant in high ; , 2 bomen eym either! Board sincerely hope you’ll enjoy - 825 on Ave. “comments to as “and. to” wer. S| pee By Cena: ear ner oe ert 9 the matron locked the door. behind her and tucked the key inside her dress, she nodded for us to begin. The musty basement room seemed unbearably dismal, with its barred. windows, rusty pipes and peeling ~ paint. “Oh, don’t mind them bars. We’re used to ’em, "C'mon, Sue, get in line. They’re gonna start now,” Squeals, music, clapping drown- « ‘ed out our awareness of the bars, too, as we concentrated on learn- ing and teaching the dances - from simple reels to the mazurka, ‘Hey, @ean’s goin’ the wrong way, **No she ain’t. She’ s picttiid our teacher, Hal Hal. ‘*Ha!l Ha, hal Teacher's er the wrong way. “Why are ya’ll so skinny tea- cher?” Linda whispered to me, ‘Don’t they feed ya’ll at that col- lege place?” — At that point the matron an- nounced bedtime. More shuffling, and. once again a line formed, ‘*That was fun, but J’m hot. “*T bet ya’ll ‘can’t sew, can you? “We make all our own clothes here, **G’bye. ‘Next time, eat a good meal *fore you come, Hee, hee! “Thank you ladies, I’m sure the girls enjoyed the dancing. It isn’t often they: get to talk to folks, you know, They get lots of food, but not mich company.” This is but. one of the many. Relates Reporter’ s Life “ perpetrated upon the public by - movies and television. Any devotee Of the late movies will know what by Pauline Dubkin, Class of "63 ' (Pauline Dubkin, former As- _ sociate ._. Editor ~ *COLLEGE NEWS who has found a permanent job with a Chicago paper, wrote this story last fall) Pve, heard ‘of being stage-struck, _ but I’ve never heard of being newspaper-struck. (Aithough while attending meetings of the American Newspaper Guild, the newspaper union, I heard about quite a few struck ea cn tl i; however, struck, z I worked thi$ summer on one of a. large chain of community newspapers in Chicago, I was police reporter, recipe editor, society editor, _why-didn’t-my- son’s < : picture - get - in the-paper editor--you name it.Since only two . other people worked in the office, --whenever anyone called and asked ‘to speak to any of the aforemen- tioned editors, I. got :the call and consequently the title. Wonderful for the ego. We Come to Bury... I also buried people. This is part of. the of every cub re- porter, and/doesn’t mean going out to the cemeteries with a spade and a strong stomach, It means writing obituaries. I . suppose I: also married people--I wrote wedding an- nouncements--but for some reason that isn’t newspaper jargon. Covering the police station was my: favorite job. I made friends with scores of cops and was en- trusted with all the police files, the most. illuminating aocuments I have ever seen, weAnd to Praise. Some of. my favorite crimes were minor ones. For instance, once. a man reported to the police that a rose from his neighbor’s garden was growing over into his, and that the long arm of the | - Law had-better-do-something about —<{_——— it. Another. . time, several. -boys riding horses from anearby stable robbed two other riders of $1.35-- all without dismounting--but -re- turned the 35 cents for carfare. I wéuld like to dispel some of the.fallacies about newspaper men IMPORTED MOHAIR’SWEATEPS JOYCE LEWIS 839 Lancaster Ave. , Bryn Mawr, Pa. cs Gages & . Yaa : ‘am newspaper. I mean, ad Reporter’s Cigarette Passe First of all, newsmen don’t keep their hats on in the office, It also. - isn’t necessary to have acigarette —— from your mouth to write “a 860 practised this trick for hours but the smoke that got in my eyes obscured my typewriter and story altogether. Finally, although my job was exciting, I am afraid that I have no dangerous assignments to tell . “about. I hate to disappoint my --readers,-*-but--no’ gangster “ever bludgeoned me to prevent mefrom . getting the facts about him. © Injuries Sustained I saw some burglars in the police station, but«they never so much as hit me over the head with a blackjack. Once though, while Perit the daily paper, which we checked © for stories, I gashed my_ hand on the sharp edge of a newsstand, Will that do? , While we may not have pro- fessional status, THE COL- ~ LEGE NEWS tries to be much more than an ‘‘academic’’ newspaper, We always need reporters, business _ staff,“ make-up men, cartoonists, photographers, subscription staff and headline writers, Ifyou are interested in’ joining us, come and see me: or drop me a note, 312 Rhoads South, There will be a meeting ° for prospective members on Thursday, September 25 at 5:00 in the Roost (Goodhart) C. Brooks Robards - Editor-in-Chief ~~, PATRONIZE - _. ‘COLLEGE NEWS ~~ * ADVERTISERS 3 They're looking forward to serving YOU. peer a BRYN MAWR DELICATESSEN & RESTAURANT WE DELIVERCALL BY 10PM | TABLE SERVICE & FOUNTAIN’ OPEN SUNDAY” & EVERYDAY * 8AM TO 10PM projects League undertakes during | ~ .° the school year. 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