| -..sa-hike to some appropriate town in New Jersey, ral than taking up the cause of physical fitness with such extrem- _ them. ».An award-for Most Physica] Page Two : d a “THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, February 20, 1963 © “THE COLLEGE NEW FOUNDED IN 1934) Published weekiy during the Coilege Year (except during ‘Thanksgiving, Cnristrnas and taster holidays, and during examination weeks) in tne interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Aramare Printing : Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr Coilege.\” The College News is tuiiy protected by copyrignt. Notning that appears in it may be reprinted wnoily or in part wtinout permission of the tdifts-in-Chiet. S - a eee ete CORD ak enn eevee 6 eer opeyposcrr neue 1 werrir yet pee ry, Brooks Robards, ‘64 Associate Editor ........%.. Sep pa eee Pauline. Dubkin, ‘63 Copy Editor ............ ae ee re Pires eae gees Charlene Sutin, ‘64 Make-up Editor .........-..:0-ses eee eeee rere eee eer es Ellen Rothenberg, ‘64 Member-at-Large . 2.6.60. e sete eee ete eee eens Constance Rosenblum, ‘ “65 Contributing Editors =... 2. .5.-.60 600 Sneiia Bunker, ‘64; Patricia Dranow, ‘64 Co-Business Managers ................4. “Cynthia Brown, ‘64; Judy Zinsser, ‘64 .« Linda Chang, ‘65 Subscription-Circulation Manager Fieve e verdriy : eens va st ne BDITORIAL- STAFF Sema Judy Bailey, ‘63;° Lora» MicMeekia,..'63;. Mary. H. Warfield, ‘64; Sve Jane.Kerbit ‘65; Diane Schuller, ‘65; Baybara Tolpin, ‘65; Elizabeth Greene, ‘65; Nancy Geist, ‘66; Vicky Gratstrom, ‘66; Lynne Lackenbach, “66; Anne Lovgren, ‘66; Edna Per- kins, ‘66; Liesa Stamm, ‘66; Ann Bradley, ‘66; Joan Cavallaro, ‘66. _ BUSINESS STAFF es SUBSCRIPTION BOARD Juli Kasius, ‘63; Rowena Lichtenstein, ‘65; Linnae Coss; ‘65; Bonnie: Shannon, 65; Marion. Davis, ‘63; Donna Daitzman, ‘66; Connie Maravell, ‘65; Ann Campbell, 65; Barbara Sachs, ‘66; Lynette Scott, 65; Janet Rodman, ‘65;-Christy Bednar, ‘66.- Subscription $4.00. Mailing price $5.00. Subscription may begin at any time. Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office, under tne Act of ‘March 3, 1879. 5 -APleaa- The redecoration of four,showcases or “smokers” on cam- pus, made possible by an alumna gift, was much needed and -@ welcome surprise. it is important to have a pleasant atmos- phere in which to entertain our guests, and we need public rooms which we ourselves wil lenjoy using. The condition to which these-showcases has deteriorated is deplorable. In some cases, the new furniture for them has not even been paid for yet, but it is already shabby. As a place of gathering in the halls, the showcases, wheth- er newly decorated or not, are bound to get hard wear. They Joan Deutsch, ‘65. aye there to be used and they should be used: But-there-is no excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that has made ‘the showcases look the. way they do. Anyone can knock an ashtray anyone can throw a glass of in a moment of over-ebullience, but the damage caused is cost- ly to repair. : It takes only a small amount of effort to keep the show- cases in good condition, so think before you prop your feet up on the sofa or knock your cigarette ashes on the rug. = Physical Fitness -~ , Discovery of a 1908 Theodore Roosevelt order that all Marine Corps:company officers must be able tomarch 50 milés in 20 hours, double timing the last 700 yards, has caused: an upheaval-in the White House and national reverberations in regard to physical fitness. ° ‘There are rumors that Press’ Secretary Pierre Salinger is in the-doghouse with President Kennedy; a Philadelphia group set out on'a 20 mile march this week. : News of this matter had typical impact on the Bryn Mawr campus. There has been a suggestion that Bryn ms ae but rather ism, perhaps it is more suitable to make physical state of Bryn Mawr. ~ ar se The infirmary was overcrowded when ‘an intestinal dis- ease flattened a large section .of the campus in recent weeks, an ‘evaluation of the _ -Smoker’s hack, post-nasal drip,.“‘sleeping” sickness and other “minor disorders -rampant-on-campus-are-signs- of a -decadent.—hopethat you can use ‘it; At this _ physical condition. - We recommend that the time is-long past due for Bryn --Mawr to improve its physical condition. We must act before ...4 sit is too late. “group with a sound goal but no Members of the hockey team have long been a support. We must join them in their Merion Green dogtrots. But we must also go further. There must_be organization on the hall level, with a pro- gram of. exercises. before all meals. Running to classes. would also have an amelioratvie effect. Our efforts must reach out to the faculty and we would like to take this opportunity to recommend a regimen of weight-lifting and_ jump-rope for” Finally, when our physical state has been improved suf- ficiently, our efforts should culminate in a physical fitness day. lly Fit should be made, and the student who wins it should be sent to Washington to offer her services to the President as the national paragon of physical ~*. +, fitness... Bryn/Mawr must forge again’ into new frontiers, and * ott oe ~*~ also,” states Lester Markel in the: ~ -. February 9 Sat we cannot do it as ninety pound weaklings. _ Editors Discuss Press Responsibility; ; Oakes; Davis, Wagner Will Convene by Jody Green, '64 On Monday night, February 25, the » editors of three of the finest Amer- - jean newspapers will gather at-Bryn Mawr, to discuss “The Responsibil- 9 ity of the Press: GS John Oakes .of theNew York Times, Saville Davis of the Christian - Science Monitor, and Philip Wagner. of: the Baltimore Sun will speak” in Goodhart ‘at 8:00. Each man, will . present-his views in‘a shert*speech * °°" of-90-minutes or 80, and then defend’ 7" it in the subsequent -discussi so ease a “It is not enough that the présyy be. free; it must be responsible iy Review. Is this a valid judgment? If so, to what \ extent and in what sense does the» press have a responsibility? . How does the fact of the press’s divided loyalty—to its-readers and. to ‘its government—affect its trea ands ae alee fi These are questions which we, as thoughtful members of a democratic . society whose successful functioning depends on an enlightened - public, US Alliance hopes, therefore, that by. bringing together «three -excellent editors some significant conclusions question. “Each year the Alliance has spon- a sored a major program to° provide tion of a topic than is possible with = —— ‘a one-man, one-speech format. off the arm of a sofa; almost ~~ milk through a valuable screen | Students Question Student Draises Swarthmore Darley As AlValuable Educational Project Merits of Revision, Contest Procedure To the Editor: We propose reconsideration -of the election reyision as passed in t0- _ day’s meeting of Legislature. Aside from. questions of constitutionality _ that may or may not havesbeen left Ee Rar Dear Editor: The Swarthmore student confer- -enee-on “Democracy .and Develop- ment in Latin America” was one of the most professfinal conferences I have ever attended, and I have seen a considerable number of efforts. unanswered by the procedures. of ‘The question’ I immediately .ask is ‘the meeting, there still remains the . question that was never discugsed— the merits of the Election Commit- ~ tee’s: proposal. The primary issue here is certain- ly whether or not. the proposal] is good for the campus, whether or not the dinner system is something to be preserved: Whilé there was time devoted to the issue of constitution- ality, the time used for discussion of the merits-of the proposal was one. minute: -We-do-not feel that-a one- minute. discussion is a substantial discussion for a- decision to vote on such a fundamental issue. We there- fore appeal to Legislatute to re- examine the logic of the approved proposal. Does the innovation really ; accomplish the objectives expressed by the Election Committee? - Sandy Shapiro, ’66 Lynn Scholz, ’66 Lindsay Clemsoh, ’63 Who's Who Statistics from Who’s Who in American Women show that among colieges the Seven Sisters ‘have the highest number of graduates includ- ed in that register. Vassar turns out the most Who’s Who’ers, at a rate of 1 to every 31 graduates; Bryn Mawr is second with 1 to every 33; - Radcliffe, alas, is third with 1 to every 37. : yd ‘in Latin’ America. why have not Bryn Mawr or Haver- férd or both produced anything com- parable. ‘ The thought leads. further. - First” the Swarthmore conference was suc- * _ ¢essful- because it-was conceived as a major conference in a neglected field. The topic was one which is not resolved; it is, being thought and rethought, in the United States and It is a topic which has not’received adequate at- ‘tion, tention from policy makers and citizens and one which needs more students devoted to its considera- It is controversial, unsolved - ‘and a serious challenge to any Amer- ica who cares at all about the future of Latin America and the relation- ship of the United States to that future. Thé reseurce people gathered to the .conference.. were..a_ largé_ per- centage of the entire group of seri- ous Latin American scholars -in thé United States and several of the foremost: Latin American econo- mists. . These are the people .who are doing what thinking is being done in the. field and who are shap- ing our long-range attitudes toward Latin America. Swarthmore stu- dents spent extraordinary amounts of time and energy securing such:a collection -of distinguished writers but their presence gave the confer- ence participants a unique expo- sure to significant analytical think- ‘ing. And the sheer number of Latin American scholars participating pre-_ vented the conference, unlike 60 From Togo, BMC Graduate Sends _ Letter of To the Editor: I .am sending this jingle in the time when the college is: trying: to match up for the Ford Foundation grant perhaps it can call attention™ -On avenues of stately teak, kids bicytle to school, = oo In airy shuttered little huts: “histoire et le calcul.” — “can be reached’ about: an important an -an-opportunity-for-deeper investiga- 97 ‘ cae - Last ‘year the problems of.Latin — America were considered; the pre- ‘vious year the role of the intellec- tual was the topic. This year’s topic, “The Responsibilty of the Press,” is . of particularly wide interest, and the speakers are particularly well- listen! _ i : Ha 4 Nie ime Sox) t of.~~qualified to consider it. So - -.come to the wonderful preparation Bryn Mawr gives for a career in inter- national affairs. services. : In backing up my husband, who is a career Foreign Service offi- cer, I have found my Bryn Mawr Appreciation, Ode To Life years irreplacable training. There are many hundreds of Bryn Mawr - AB’s; “MiA’s and Ph.D’s working in this limitless field as officers or- ‘wives of diplomats, vital bureau- crats ‘and in’ business’and~interna- tional organizations overseas. Add the many in teaching, research, and communication media and you have a. major contribution to the nation’s security from’ “a small women’s college in Pennsylvania.” ODE TO LIFE AT. HARDSHIP POSTS: r -How to travel in the bush and enjoy it Dedicated to Dr. Caroline Robbins in gratitude for her teaching and guidance ie Pretend that you’re thirteen again, a-thirst for High Adventure, Travaux Publique’s poor washboard roads, perhaps you will not censure. A pillow in*the'small- of-back, another for- your bottom, -— » For seatcover: a terry towel, wear sandals if ‘you've got’em. ~ ~ For picnics bring tomato sauce, forget about the flies, SI 9? To counter-act that constant dust, whip out your “Wash-n-dri’s. Take Vioform ’fore every meal, Ice tea’s the tonic drink, . Of dysentery’at village feasts, you'll never have to think. Arrive at noon and sleep ’til dusk, then savour evening’s ‘party, + Arise ’fore dawn when all is. cool, set out right -hale and. hearty. . ‘Keep careful notes of all that’s strange, don’t shy from taking pictures, A year from now, most odd will-seem:-electric lighting fixtures. When troubles come, as come they do, Historical Perspective Wilk keep you sane, help others too, for nerves the best corrective. @ & ¥ Oh, joys .of undeveloped lands, no crowds, no television, No ‘noise from traffic’s *busy- rush} ior mortgaged subdivision: |. Leila Jackson Poullada 43° Lomé,, Republic of Togo ay THE ONE HUNDRED ‘SEVENTY-SIX PAGES ~ OF THE YEARBOOK OF 1963 ARE BETTER | “THAN THOSE OF: ANY OTHER -CLASS’S . Order yours a Anne Dobbin, Rhoads : = sia @.\ ~ {looked into a erystal ball = - many others, from being organized and shared ignorance. Finally, the scale of the confer- ence and the~preparation for it at- tested to Swarthmore’s determina- tion to offer a valuable educational experience. There were sets of back- ground papers for each sub-topic of the conference, compiled by the | -Swarthmore students and sent to ~~~ each delegate before the conference. Schools, particularly those with Latin American studies programs, ‘were invited from all over the coun- try and the: publicity was frequent _and tempting. Swarthmore obtain- ‘ed grants for the conferéfice to en-~ able them to invite good people, to publish ‘so profusely and to keep conference fees low. Add to that a smooth-running conference schedule “and “adéquate accommiodations and one can understand the success. I suggest the reason Swarthmore students are able to produce this kind of job is that the conference was a project supported wholeheart- edly by the™Sigarthmore Student Council, the fagelty and the admin- istration. The Student Council com- mitted the energy of the school to the project and it—was- integrated into every relevant department. Faculty and administration gave 4 .great.deal more than their approval. The students had a place to work (the student activities building) and resources of equipment, telephones, typewriters, mimeograph materials). But more than this, Swarthmore had a group of student council mem- bers committed to the success of the conference. (This latter phenone- non is generally. unknown: at Bryn Mawr for anything more significant - than Hell-week). ‘I can’t pelieve that Bryn Mawr ~ and Haverrord do not have students as capable as those at Swarthmore. I like to think an organized and: active Student-.Ceuncil- here--could’ elicit-the:same—committed response... And. I certainly reject the idea that a student’s role in the educational community. does “not include a topic as controversial’ and unresolved as the political and economic direction of Latin America. It seems to: me an example-stands before us which we can either rise to meet or fail. The conference was an’ invaluable educational experience for: .every student who created it or who par- ticipated_in it, Let us not continue to deprive ourselves of such ‘an ex- perience. Mary Beth Schaub, ’64 Applebee about a week age + £ and there I saw what soon would come along with freshman show. 3 but not a single word i sai@ — -- and not a wing did flutter ~~ -. and now the freshmen also. know. they ‘not g word must mutter. for hell week’s-past and freshman show - and hither after too. the freshmen now are very ‘wise. _ but what is left to do they do not know a thing about, -and isn’t that terrific ’ that we can talk about may day . and never be specific . . . complacently, : applebee tied aie: 1