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College news, May 17, 1944
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1944-05-17
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Weekly
8 pages
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 30, No. 26
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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BMC-News-vol30-no26
Page Six
“THE COLLEGE, NEWS
mY
Freshmen, Varsity Players, Language Clubs
Present Full Dramatic Schedule in °43-°44
Dramatics for 1948-44 gave evi-
dence that lack of time -is the
mother of improvisation. With
war courses and increased activity
‘on campus, it was feared last
spring that the Thespian arts
were out for the duration. Despite
thee handicaps, however, ~ the
Freshmen, the «Varsity Players’
Club, and the language clubs
turned out a fairly full dramatic
schedule in four languages.
The Merion Freshmen won the
coveted plaque for the best hall
play with Lady Gregory’s Hyacinth
Halvey, despite spirited competi-
tion from Pem West’s The Six Who
Pass While the Lentils Boil. The
six one-act plays presented by
the Freshmen of each hall in the
early fall, a tradition instituted
in 1941, serves as a “proving-
ground” for new talent. A com-
mittee of .upperclassmen acts as
directors, and the final products
are judged by the faculty com-
mittee. This year witnessed Mer-
ion’s second consecutive victory.
The Players’ Club showed less
spontaneity than the Freshmen,
For several years they have given
joint productions with Haverford’s
“Cap and Bells,” under the di-
rection of Mr. Nusbaum, but this
year found them stranded. What
was left of Haverford gallantly
offered to assist, but Mr. Nus-
baum played coy. Pressed for
time, he refused to direct any-
thing but Letters to Lucerne. The
Reading Committee tore its hair,
but yielded after a week of stale-
mate. The result was an over-
intellectual performance of a
rather mediocre play, but in any
case, tradition was preserved.
Christmas plays in French, Ger-
man, and Spanish, offered by their
respective departments, proved a
study in variety. The French
play, La Mystere de la Nativite,
has remained a _ landmark for
years, and was as grave and
charming as ever. The German
Club, which ever since its forma-
tion in ’86 has been giving a con-
glomeration of various scenes
from—seventeenth—century— plays
under the title of Das Weinacht-
spiel, offered its ’43 version. This
combined singing, religious pagen-
try and a little vulgar humor and
gave another group of German
aspirers a chance to don the musty
costumes.
The Spanish play was the sea-
son’s surprise. It was thought
to be a Christmas play, but it
really treated the ancient theme
of the deceived husband, enlivened
by pantomime and singing. The
results were hilarious. La Cueva
de Salimanca, by Cervantes, was
a Spanish House production, giv-
en in Radnor, and a highly his-
toric occasion. The curious flocked
to see it (also enticed by free
food), and present indications
point towards the establishment
of yet another tradition.
February saw the Freshmen at
it again, with a high-class show
entitled Alas, Poor Yorick. With,
hazing tied down by the College
Council’s recommendation, the
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- Calendar
Thursday, May 18
Choir party in the Common
Room, 8:30.
Friday, May 19
Last day of lectures of the
college year.
Saturday, May , 20
President’s tea for the fac-
ulty, 4:00. °
Monday, May 22
Tennis match with .Merion,
Varsity Courts, 2:30.
Tuesday, May 23
Examinations begin.
Monday, May 29
Tennis match with Philadel-
phia Oricket Club, Varsity
Courts, 2:30.
Saturday, June’ 3
Examinations end.
‘Concert, Harvard Glee Club
and Bryn Mawr Choir, Good-
hart, 8:30.
Sunday, June 4
Baccalaureate Service. The
Rey. James Cleland, of the
Choate School.
Monday, June 5
Garden Party, Wyndham
Garden.
Tuesday, June 6
Conferring of degrees.
Close of 59th academic year.
‘| runs in the
-show rehearsed unhampered. The
‘plot, concerned with two million-
aires trying to stop each other’s
skyscrapers, provided opportunity
for a variety of songs and dances,
the most outstanding of which
was a vigorously realistic duet
sung by a sailor and his date in
a park. To the courtly airs of
Beethoven’s Minuet in G, came
such words as “Come on babe, let’s
pitch woo.”
Spontaneity .reached its height
with the production of Plautus’
The Rudens (Shipwreck at Cy-
rene), translated into slang. Mrs.
Michels, of the Latin department,
directed the burlesqued tale of
two lost prostitutes looking for
each other on a foreign isle. Cos-
tumes and scenery were symbolic,
the latter being supplied by
and other necessary props. Latin
plays were first given in 1935, and
The Rudens was the department’s
fifth production.
Spring was the lean _ season.
Students directed the Maids and
Porter’s show, Gems, Gowns and
Gals, a one-act musical comedy,
well adapted to display the talents
of its actors. The Players’ Club
moved to Haverford in April to
cooperate in a_ production of
Charley’s Aunt. Bryn Mawr girls
took the few female parts in what
was the season’s liveliest large-
‘scale’ dramatic production. In
spite’ of man-shortage and war-
time, the plays must, and do, go
on.
Delicious Teas
Community Kitchen
LANCASTER AVENUE
Open Every Week-day
placards describing “Huge Rock,”
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Compliments
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The Deanery
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Swarthmore Nine Defeats
Bryn Mawr Owls, 11-5
In Ball Game
Swarthmore, May 11 Collect
ing eight runs in the last two in-
nings, Swarthmore trounced
Bryn Mawr’s baseball team 11-5.
Those last two innings proved dis-
astrous for the Owls. They could
not get their batting sights on the
ball and batted in only one run.
The first half of the game was
as real pitcher’s duel and a ray of
|-hope flickered in the hearts of the
Owls at the end of the fourth in-
ning with the score four to three
in their favour. Posy Kent, the
Owls’ fast ball twirler, held
Swarthmore to two hits and three
first four innings.
Striking owt the first batter may
be a bad omen in the major
leagues, but Posy made it count
for Bryn Mawr, going on to fan
seven more players. Swarthmore
also used a fast ball pitcher who
though credited with five strike-
outs, was backed up by perfect
fielding.
The Owls got only four hits al-
together, one of them a_ double
by Marilyn Behner, but they
made good use of two walks, a
missed third strike and a balk to
net three of their tallies.
PORT S...
Swarthmore’s Gloria Evans
Defeats Chloe Walker
Bryn Mawr Tennis Team
Conquers Swarthmore
By 3-0 Score In Finals
Bryn Mawr, May 12. Winning Varsity Courts, May ee The
three out of five matches against semi-finals of the Women's Mid-
dle-Atlantic States Intercollegiate
Swarthmore, the varsity tennis
team came out on top for the first State tournament were played here
time this season in their first con- pa soempgiglenniatnd bg hag
test against another college. senha argare ee
° . Swarthmore 6-4, 6-4, and Gloria
Placing every ball with amaz-
ing accuracy. and terrific force,
Swarthmore’s number ope play-
er, Gloria Evans, who ranks sev-
enteenth in the women’s national
and sixth in the women’s junior
nationals, play a magnificent
game against Ty Walker and won
6-2, 6-2.
Julie Turner also lost 6-4, 6-0
Evans, after dropping the first set
8-6 to Catherine Harmer of Ur-
sinus, recovered herself to win the
match in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.
The final match, between Ty
Walker and Gloria Evans, played
Sunday afternoon at 2:30, was
won by Gloria Evans, nationally
rated player from Swarthmore.
The\ latter’s game, characterized
to Peggy Meeker, Swarthmore’s
number two player. Evans and
Meeker were ceded one and two
respectively in the Middle Atlan-
tic States Tournament. Agnese
Nelms, however, defeated her op-
by swift cross-court shots from
both backhand and _ forehamd,
served to keep her opponent on
the defensive throughout the
match. She displayed a sureness
and decisiveness of action contin-
ually, and was never caught off
her guard, despite the brief lead
held by Ty at the opening. of the
second set.
ponent, Ann Solis-Cohen, 6-0, 4-6,
6-0.
In the doubles, Lydge Gifford
and Pat Acheson finally took a: 6-2,
2-6, 6-3 match from Amy Roose- | jeeseeeee=
velt and Phyllis Kinkead, while, |
Nancy Bierwirth and _ Phyllis|| Opportunities!
Haynes triumphed over Pat Frank |
l* We have several openings in4
and Ginny Cobb 6-3, 6-4,
Increased Interest
In Campus Athletics
Noted by Association
It has been said that the Bryn
Mawr girl is not the athletic type,
yet the fact remains that activi-
ties apensored by the Athletke As-
sociation during the past year
have been not only numerous but
varied. Jean Brunn, president of
the Association, pointed out in her
report that, despite gas rationing
and searcity of tennis balls, there
has been no curtailment—of sports
at Bryn Mawr.
Last fall the Middle Atlantic
Intercollegiate Hockey Conference
was held here. In November, hoc-
key players from nine other col-
leges invaded the campus. Teams
from the University of Pennsyl-
vania, Drexel, Beaver, Ursinus,
Temple, Swarthmore, Rosemont,
Wilson, Chestnut Hill, and Bryn
Mawr played each other during
the morning, and in the afternoon
intercollegiate teams were chosen
to play the Hockey All-Stars the
next week. One player from Bryn
Mawr, Betsy Kaltenthaler, ’47,
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Now, when painful death
deprivation are heing widely suf-
fered, an individual sacrifice of
a few hours’ time seems a slight] °
inconvenience. Yet campus-wide
determination to make that small
sacrifice would mean an _ impres-
sive production of surgical dress-
ings and knitted goods demanded
by the armed services. Isabelle
Koehler, ’47, and Dorothy Bre-
man, 746, will be responsible for
the production of surgical dress-
ings by the large group which
should be enlisted. When yarn
is available for filling government
orders, Gloria Waldman, 746, will
be in charge of knitting.
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Arrangement for groups to en-
tertain convalescent soldiers at
Valley Forge Hospital will be
made by Martha Gross, ’47, and
Nancy Niles, ’47.
With the invasion, increased
supplies” of--blood-plasma—will —be
desperately needed. Therefore,
the College Unit will aim to send
many more students than have
gone in the past year to Ardmore
and Philadelphia to donate blood.
Charm the
Stag Line
Charm the stag line with fra-
grance. . . Drop a dash of dry
| Welcome Back
Alumnae!
Remember Us?
|
Richard Stockton
BRYN MAWR
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