The College Hews YOL. XLIX No. 21 BRYN MAWR, PA. FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1964 © Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1964 20 Cents st ** 3 y" a aa aan cata Neither snow nor rain nor sleet nor hail shall stay these Mawrters from the swift completion of their appointed duties. Some individual with considerable forethought even purchased plastic streamers for the water logged may poles. Sport, Dance, Boat Ride Highlight Soph Weekend A boat ride, spectator sports and a dance will be the highlights of the Sophomore Weekend this Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2. A rock and roll band will pro- vide music for dancing at the boat ride on the Delaware River. Liquid refreshments will also be served. Rides will leave Pem Arch at 8:15 pem., however those students who have cars are urged to drive in- stead. Although there will be no carni- val as in the past, this year a number of sports events have been planned. At Haverford on Saturday there will, be a cricket match be- tween the Haverford alumni and the college team. Tea will be served around 4 p.m. at the half, Haver- ford also will be competing against Swarthmore in track and tennis at Haverford and in sailing and base- ball at Swarthmore. A ‘*formal preferred’’ dance will end the Weekend Saturday night. Clyde Emerson and his six piece band will play in Founders Hall from 9 p.m. until 2, and re- freshments will be served at mid- night in the Haverford common room. The cost of the entire weekend per couple is three dollars, or two dollars for either the boat ride or the dance. Tickets are on sale in Taylor from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., or they may be purchased at the dock for the boat ride or at the door for the dance. Out-of-town dates may be boarded at Haverford, A blanket 3 a.m. permission has been extended for signouts both Friday and Saturday nights. The combined Haverford-Bryn Mawr Weekend will coincide with Bryn Mawr’s May Day festivities and Haverford’s Alumni Day. Further information about any of the events may be had from the sophomore organizers of the Weekend; Sam Hopkins (Haverford) Dabney Harfst (Pembroke), or Caroline Willis (Denbigh). Academic Awards Announced At Assembly Rolly Phillips Wins Hinchman, Brooke Hall In this morning’s May Day as- sembly, Miss McBride announced the academic awards presented to top Bryn Mawr Scholars, Rolly J. Phillips, ’65, has been named the recipient of both the Maria Le Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial Scholarship and_ the Charles S. Hinchman Memorial Scholarship. The Brooke Hall award is given to the member of the junior class with the highest academic average and is held during the senior year. The Hinchman prize is awarded to a junior for work of special excellence in her major subject and is likewise held throughout her senior year. Rolly is presently taking a double major in Latin andGreek and plans to do an honors paper in Jatin ROLLY PHILLIPS Three Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarships were awarded today CANDY SIMPSON Class, Katherine R.Silberblatt was awarded the Shippen Scholarship in Foreign Languages and Zdenka Kopal and Candy Simpson were awarded jointly the Shippen Schol- arship in Science, Katherine Silberblatt, an Italian major, is presently studying onthe junior year abroad program in Florence, Italy. Kathy, as afresh- man, played the role of ‘‘Judge’’ in her class show, ‘‘Witch Weigh,”’ Zdenka Kopal, a physics major, came to Bryn Mawr as a sopho- more. She -has worked for the college in computer programming, particularly for the faculty cur- riculum committee. She comes from Cheshire, England. H. R. M. Judy Zinsser Delivers ‘Edict of May’ In true Bryn Mawr fashion, May Day Queen Judy Zinsser spoke this morning in a vein closely corres- ponding to ‘‘the history and phi- losophy of May Day from its be- ginnings to the present day.’’ After commenting briefly on archaic May Days, Queen Judy traced the celebration into the Elizabethan era, then compared Miss McBride Generates New Catalogue, Plots Bulb Rationing, Recharges Infirmary Ed. note. below is the text of the speech which Miss McBride gave this morning at the May Day as- sembly. We are writing the 1964-65 cata- logue and we have come up with a new thrust. I wanted to let you know. Wwe’ve made changes wherever we could this year because the type is to be reset. We tried not to say anything we had said be- fore but we did have to repeat ‘¢philadelphia’’ and ‘*Paoli’’; and we are also using English as our first language. Bryn Mawr was founded by stu- dents in order to bring speakers into warm buildings. It has been increasingly successful in attain- ing this objective and is now by means of agrant from Ford Found- dation seeking other forms of con- frontation. Beginning in fall of 1964, a new plan will improve faculty-student relations. It is expected to involve some delay in the opening of the College, and Thanksgiving dinner will therefore be eliminated. By the new plan, students will move to faculty homes and apart- ments, and faculty with minor chil- dren will move to the residence halls, where they will be freed for informal faculty-student relations. It is understood that faculty will not be disturbed after their lights are out. If, however, lights are out from Sunday to Thursday, new bulbs will be required. In this catalogue the section on courses has been eliminated. The change is made because all Bryn Mawr courses will, after Septem- ber 1964, be those given in other colleges. These courses must be registered by students by July unless they are former Bryn Mawr Courses, in which case they must be given off campus. Students wish- ing to know about former Bryn Mawr courses should consult the Haverford College Library, Cura- tor of Rare Books. Scholarships formerly awarded to Bryn Mawr students have been legally transferred to the United College Office of Financial Aid and Full Time Employment, A few scholarships can be retrieved from colleges with computer systems identical with the Bryn Mawr - Haverford IBM 1620, provided those colleges are the same col- leges in which the student has found a course, A building formerly used as an infirmary has been closed to pro- vide a student union, The old equip- ment of the infirmary is being removed as rapidly as it can be sold since this equipment is not considered appropriate for a stu- dent union. No new equipment is planned for the faculty in the residence halls, other than the light bulbs -- which will be furnished each Friday morning. Students moving into faculty housing will have certain needs for new equipment, These will be CONSIDERED each Fri- day morning! and contrasted this with the ultra modern, mechanized, militarized Soviet May Day. Comments ye queene, ‘they don’t hop, they march instead.’’? Being a Quaker college, Bryn Mawrters, of course, ignore these modern refinements and rest quietly in the Elizabethan tradition. Being a modern and perceptive monarch, Judy theorized on the “Spirit of May Day.’? She sur- mised that Bryn Mawrters are too tortured and introverted and then suggested that, as a cure for these ills, the May Day spirit be insti- tuted as a year-round tradition. She cited several changes which have helped to contribute to this extension of may day festivity. The new ‘fopen door’? -- or rather open dorm -- policy on Friday nights helps us share our spirits - May Day, of course - far into the night. The ‘¢men inthe rooms’? rule allow more timid Bryn Mawr- ters to sing, hop and dance with similarly minded males in the relative privacy of their own rooms, One step, however, has been rather dismal, i.e., the extension of library hours. ‘This was a back- ward step,’’ saith ye queen, with an irony vast and mincing, Also, BMC’s myriad ipso facto organization present intriguing possibilities. ‘‘Why not make Dance Club ipso facto too?’’ When queried about her sudden ascendency to the May Day throne, Judy first said, ‘‘The whole idea appeals tremendously,’’ and then confessed (whisper) ‘I have a Napoleon complex, you know.’’ Candy Simpson, a chemistry major, has been offered a Ford to three members of the junior Grant for summer research, Ann Allan, a junior, was chosen by the history department to re- ceive the Elizibeth Duane Gillespie Scholarship in American History. A present resident of German House, Ann plans to visit Germany this summer. Jane Hutchins, a British Grad- uate Scholar was awarded the Am- erican Academy of Poets Prize. This prize is awarded to the stu- dent who submits to the English department the best poem or group of poems. Sallee Horhovitz, ’64, received the Bain-Swiggett Poetry prize. This prize is awarded annually by a committee of the Faculty on the basis of work submitted. Sallee is co-editor of the 1964 Yearbook. The Katharine Fullerton Gerould Memorial Prize was awarded to Barbara Wyler, ’65. Honorable mention went to Pat Collins, ’65. Barbara, an anthropology major, has been active in Arts Council. She is presently studying poetry and prose composition in the Ex- perimental writing course ZDENKA KOPAL Connie Rosenblum and Diane Willis received the Sheelah Kilroy Memorial Scholarships in English. Connie, a junior English major won the Kilroy award for excel- lence of work in second year or advanced courses in English. Con- nie has served for three years on the COLLEGE NEWS, and has held the offices of Member at Large to the Editorial Board and, pre- sently, Associate Editor, She was recently elected editor of the 1965 Yearbook. Diane Willis received the Kilroy award for the best essay written during the Freshman Comp. course. She wrote her prize-win- ning essay on ULYSSES. a KATHERINE SILERBLATT