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Undergrad
Doris Dewton

The Undergraduate Association is faced
with many problems, but few people are
willing to try to solve them. Thus, there is
one lonely soul who has offered to try and
make Undergrad what it should be -- the
coordinating organization for all kinds of
extra-curricular as well as academic ac-
tivities at Bryn Mawr. To have only one

 

candidate-places that individual in a diffi-
cult position, ‘having no constrictive op-
position and no pressing need to éxert
herself to invent clever new ideas. So,
instead, one can offer to listen to every-
one else’s suggestions, and. try to im-
plement them if they are practical. Is
there something really wrong with the
job, that no one wants to run for it, or
is there a need for Undergrad at all?

There is a definite need, for Under-
grad on this campus. We have many
projects we would like to see accom-
plished, and they all require organiza-
tion. Many people have been screaming
*‘¢community”? and ‘‘communication’’ all
year, and since I have been one of thege
people, and no one opposes me, then I
assume that silence indicates consent,
if indeed more than apathy. So, I will
work for both,. but total participation is
necessary.

A short poem is a good indication of
what may be the general tone on cam-
pus:

‘¢A dead tradition! Hollow shell!
Outworn, outmoded -- time it fell.
Let’s make it new. Rebel! Rebel!’
Said cancer-cell to cancer-cell.

J. F. Nims
True, there are many glaring inconsis-
tencies in life at Bryn Mawr. But sim-
ply discarding the whole system will ac-
complish nothing. Perhaps it is time to
revise things but we need new healthy
cells, not malignant ones.

One could make the usual platform
promises, but why bother? You should
know them all by now, for they are long-
term goals. A student union or common
room _is‘still a question, as is the pres-
ent speaker system. Do you want speak-
ers, or would you prefer some other
form of exchange of ideas? We do have
an increased budget for the coming year,
but it is still small, and effective use
must be made of it. As always, we want
more effective inter-college participa-
tion, with Haverford and the other Seven

Sisters, particularly. A bi-college coun-

cil is in the planning stages.

Bryn Mawr needs to passfrom its pres-
ent stage of introspection, into a stage of
healthy interaction both within its walls
(with both faculty and administration, as
well as with all the students) and without.
If some of us feel that-our values are all
right, and the Mainline values are all
wrong, why don’t we go out and enlighten
these sheltered people? Or, if we agree
with them, why don’t we go out and en-
courage them?

There are many other topics which
should be of interest to you all, but
there will be time, and many issues of
the NEWS, in which to continue. Among
them are the questions of more non-
credit courses, the implications of the
construction of the new library, faculty-
student relations. There is also, in my
opinion, need for a much closer tie be-
tween Undergrad and Self Gov. If Self
Gov suggests the values we should try
to encourage, and Undergrad plans the
activities we participate in, then there
should be a philosophy of purpose which
, links them together. The college calen-

 

ized, so as to reflect the interests of the
most people, catering to the masses, as
self government attempts to do,

The goal of Undergrad should be this:
to-try to get as many individuals as possi-
ble actively and creatively participating
in something at Bryn Mawr, something
which will make it more complete as a
community, and that will make the col-
lege incorporate some of your personal
values into its total framework.

A.A.
Anne Alden

A. friend once remarked to me _ that
she had been asked by an elderly alum-
na, ‘sAre you a greenie? I was a green-
ie.”? After a pause the second Bryn
Mawrter said to the first Bryn Mawrter,
‘J beg your pardon?’’ A brief conversa-
tion revealed that the lady was referring
to the different colors of the class tunics,
It seems that once there was competition
in various sports between the classes.
(The wooden plaques in the gym indicate
that class basketball competition was last
held in 1920.) As AA President I would
attempt to revive such competition. For
those who regard the gym requirement
as odious at best, I would make a plea to
the gym department to have inter-class
competitions count toward the sports re-
quirement.

Judging by the success of last year’s

‘Bryn Mawr-Haverford basketball game

and this year’s touch football games,

. competition need not be restricted: to

members of the same sex. Any rivalry
in sports between the two schools would

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certainly prove interesting.

In addition to encouraging inter-class
games and events with Haverford; the AA
could investigate the possibility of spon-
soring trips to see the United States
women’s hockey and lacrosse teams play
teams from other countries. Games played
at the Merion Cricket Club on Montgom-
ery Avenue often involve the best hockey
players in the United States.

As AA President I would recognize
that sports are not a major campus
concern, but that for anyone looking for
some form of afternoon excitement there
should be an open gym, or a mixed bad-
minton match or a trip to Merion Cricket
Club,

Meredith Roberts

In the AA meetings this year, we
have been talking about AA’s place in
the Bryn Mawr community, a popular
topic among all organizations. AA was
organized to provide a ‘‘physical rest?’

 

from studying for all students, But the
question keeps coming up: Who should
AA concentrate on - the people already
on varsity teams or those who aren’t?
This year, we have mostly tried to or-
ganize activities for those not on var-
sity teams, |

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those who came, The typical answer
given by ‘a student asked to join us was,
“Pm not good enough.” This is just
the kind of thing we are trying to get
away from. We weren’t playing out of
an intense desire to win, but rather
just to have a good time. This is part
of what AA should do - provide acti-
vities (even swings and the use of Apple-
bee Barn) for those who want to have
fun,

The varsity teams need our help, too
especially along the lines of publicity
and support, . Nobody knows when the
meets, games and matches are held or
whether or not we won, Last week,
the basketball and badminton teams
won their game and match; and the fenc-
ing team came out tops in a triangular
meet, AA provides the refreshments,
and I think we should provide enthusiasm
and spectators, too,

What all this means is that I think
AA can branch out an serve a dual
purpose; providing activities and support-
ing varsity sports, To do this, there
has to be some reorganization of the
AA board, At the last meeting, it was
suggested that one member from each
varsity team be added to the board,
Thesé~ girls could be in charge of the
publicity, sending schedules to the fresh-
men dorm representatives, That would
leave the regular dorm reps free to plan
activities such as a student-faculty tennis
match or volleyball game, a trip to the
zoo, a picnic at Valley Forge and the

. regular Friday afternoon volleyball games

with the grad students and Haverford,
The sophomore class reps, traditionally
the publicity chairmen, could work with
the freshmen reps, too, and have ‘more
time to make better use of the AA bul-
letin board,

I would like to be AA president, be-
cause I enjoy AA and would like to
‘help others, who are willing, enjoy it, too.

Jean Wilcox

If I am elected president of the Bryn
Mawr College Athletic Association, Ihave
two major objectives which I plan to
aim for,

The first of these objectives concerns

a small group of people who might °

be called, in a mild sense of the word,
the Bryn Mawr ‘‘Athletes,’? How many
people are aware that there is an entity
known as a fencing team at Bryn Mawr?
Or a badminton, hockey, lacrosse, tennis,
basketball or swimming team? All of
these teams do exist at Bryn Mawr - BUT,
as it stands now, they exist chiefly for
the team members; most of the rest
of the students know nothing about them,
My point is this: the only way people
find out anything about the teams is by
asking someone they see in a gold tunic
rather than a class tunic, ‘‘What’s
going on???’ .

This situation should be remedied,
The teams, no matter how good or how
bad, deserve recognition for their time
and effort given for ‘‘the glory of Bryn
Mawr.’’ Other people on campus should be
aware of the dates and times of athletic
events, This could be achieved by an
article in THE COLLEGE NEWS stating
the days and times of forthcoming athletic
events and the outcome of previously
played games, The hall Athletic Associa-
tion representatives should also play
an active part in informing the people in
their respective dorms about the teams,

My - second objective concerns all
the students, The Athletic Association
shouldn’t exist solely for the teams, but
should play an active part on campus
for everyone, Haven’t you ever felt like
doing something different on a Friday
or weekend afternoon? This is where 'I
feel that A, A, should take the lead. It
should sponsor activities that everyone
can participate in - Frisbee, volleyball
on Merion Green, softball. How about
a tennis tournament in the spring or
fall? If you don’t want. to do anything
that vigorous, maybe a scavenger hunt,
or a bridge tournament or a picnic could
be planned, All these activities should be
open to faculty and graduate students as
well as undergraduates, Haverford and
other schools can be invited to participate,

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cordingly and have events that are
actively supported by a large number
of students, Again THE COLLEGE NEWS
can be instrumental in letting people
know when things are happening.

What I’d like most to see as president
,of the Athletic Association, would be
“the Athletic Association functioning as
an effective organization - recognizing the
intercollegiate teams and planning
_ enough varied activities so that everyone
“could find something to interest her;,
through such means I believe the A, A,
could become an integral part of campus
life,

Alliance
Barbara Elk

The Alliance for Political Affairs, as
you know, is responsible for the co-
ordination of all political activity
on campus, The academic year 1968-
69 will be a busy one in that respect --
encompassing the crises of the urban
ghettos, the war in Vietnam and the
U.S, presidential elections, in particular,

Believing that political action should
originate on a local level, I would like
to see Bryn Mawr students raised from
their apathy, or rather, from their pre-
occupation with academic trivia and
weekend enjoyment, Obviously, I do not
deny the importance of the roles played
by the academic and social life here,
but I do think that political awareness,
and in many cases, its concomitant mauieons
is just as necessary,

Specifically, as president of Alliance, I
would encolirage some real debate on cur-
rent issues. Student-faculty panels and
seminars on the quality and relevance of
Bryn Mawr’ . educational and social phi-

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losophies would be an excellent point
of departure (1) because their topical
nature would involve the entire campus,
‘and (2) because of the possibility of achiev-
ing some _ significant results (e.g.
the elimination of the barriers involved
in using Haverford courses to fulfill both
distribution and major requirements here;
or perhaps the implementation of a ‘‘pass-
fail?’ grading system in_ elective
courses, at least). Any discussion of the
social honor system here at Bryn Mawr
would also have a similar relevance
to events outside the ‘‘ivory tower.’
Does the college administration, for in-
stance, have the right to impose
its own morality on us any more than
‘does the United States on the people of
Vietnam? Perhaps such parallels are
slightly exaggerated, but to pretend
that our individual problems here
are not in some ways similar to those
of national and international magnitude
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