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THE

COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 10, 1951





THE COLLEGE NEWS

FOUNDED IN 1914



Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks-
giving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks)
in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company,
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Jane Augustine, ‘52, Editor-in-Chief

Paula Strawhecker, ‘52, Copy Frances Shirley, ‘53, Makeup
Sheila Atkinson, ‘53, Managing Editor

Helen Katz, ‘53 Claire Robinson, ‘54

Patricia Murray, ‘52 Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, ‘52

EDITORIAL STAFF
Emmy Cadwalader, ‘53,

A.A. reporter

Ann McGregor, ‘54
Beth Davis, ‘54
Cynthia Sorrick. ‘54

Anne Phipps, ‘54

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS
Judy Leopold, ‘53 Sue Bramann, ‘52

BUSINESS MANAGERS
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BUSINESS BOARD
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SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER
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SUBSCRIPTION BOARD

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Peggy Hitchcock

Diana Gammie, ‘53,
Alliance reporter

Mary Alice Drinkle, ‘53
Margaret McCabe, ‘54

League reporter



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Under the Act of March 3, 1879







Less Mess

Keeping her room neat is the elementary responsibility
‘of anyone who lives in this community. The principle upon
which college life is based necessitates an understanding of
this responsibility. Yet it appears that the administration
itself must remind us of our duty in this matter. “It is a
misconception current among the students that the maid is
supposed to clean the rooms thoroughly. Actually her job is
to spend fifteen minutes in each room”. These were Miss
Howe’s words at a recent meeting of Miss McBride and Miss
Howe with hall presidents and vice presidents and presi-
dents of Self Gov. and Undergrad, For many of us arrival
at college means greater freedom than we have ever known;
some seem to interpret this as freedom to leave beds unmade,
clothes and laundry scattered about the floor. College wel-
fare depends in large part on the impression we make upon
alumnae and outside visitors. One of the purposes of college
life is to free us from material concerns so that we may get
a perspective on the outside world. In college personal neat-
ness is not simply a personal matter. It is evidence of our
understanding of the reason for which we are sent to col-

lege.
The Sad Truth

Hark, ye students of bloodshot eyes,

Who haunt the Reserve Room with sighs,
Or bend in effort searching for

A book long taken out the door,

And carted to some private shelf—

(Was it, perchance, you yourself?)—

We write in warning of a folly

That leaves librarians melancholy.

Won’t you please use the sign-out card?
Won’t you please show a slight regard

_ For outside members and visitors who
Are shocked by losses scarcely few?
Won’t you please return books on time?
Won’t you spare them from ink and grime?

We know you will with this little hint—
Somehow sad truth looks worse in print! |
Please don’t forget—we hope it’s clear,

_ Not just for you were those books here,



One a

President McBride Corrects News Report
Of Opening Assembly Address
On College Functions

October 9, 1951
To the Editor of the College
News:

The report given the opening
assembly by the College News
will be confusing to those who
were not there and perhaps to
those who were! It is even con-
fusing to’ me because it makes
me wonder’ how confusing I had
been.

Would the News be willing to
publish certain corrections which
are important for the record?

Social Economy has not “more
majors than ever before”, but
more graduate students than any
other department.

I do not think of our task in
terms of “becoming reconciled” to
prolonged tension but in terms of
far greater effort. My purpose
was to consider the chief func-
tions of the university of college
in dangerous times: research,
which is not “predestined” and
which is not done only—as your
reporter has it—“by members of
the college faculty who are on
leave”; learning or teaching, but
not only “in the immediate pres-
ence of visiting lecturers who
come to instruct for a year”, and
a further function in the develop-
ment of thought, which is less
frequently made explicit and so I
spent some time discussing it.

Perhaps you have room in the
News for a few paragraphs from
the speech which should make
these functions clear.

“In the discussions of the func-
tions of a university or college
two are always paramount: teach-
ing and research, For present day
writers, however, these are usual-
ly set in opposition. ‘Mere’ re-
search is found to unfit a man for



Actresses Anonymous
_ Explain Change
In Plans

To the Editors:

To prevent any misunderstand-
ing, we would like to explain the
sudden change in Actresses Anon-
ymous’ plans for a fall production.
After these plans had been made
—and, unfortunately announced—
we were informed by the Dean’s
office of a change in policy: this
year, the freshmen are not allow-
ed to work on any dramatic pro-
duction before second semester.
Because of. the overwhelming in-
terest of the freshmen, we decid-
ed to postpone our production un-
til they could legally join us.

There will definitely be a pro-
duction this spring and meanwhile
there will be active meetings to
train us in the various phases of
theatre. We hope that all those
who are interested will come.

Sincerely,
Bobbie Lese
Danny Lazzatto
Jill McAnney
CALENDAR
Continued from Page 1
Monday, October 15

7:15 p.m. Current Events lec-
ture. Dr. Felix M. Gilbert will
discuss “Germany’s New Role”,
Common Room.

8:15 p.m. Legislature Meeting
on the United Service Fund.
Common Room.

Tuesday, October 16

12:30 p.m. Alliance Assembly.
Robert Sherwood will be the
speaker, Classes will start at
8:30 that morning,

8:30 p.m. German Club.

Wednesday, October 17

7:15 p.m. Marriage lecture in

the Common Room,



teaching with any relation to the
contemporary world in its en-
tirety, and on the opposite line of
argument teaching is found to
absorb too much of the time of
a “valuable research man”. The
controversy is natural, especially
because of the problems of in-
creased size which are involved—
greatly expanded fields of study,
rapid production of young profes-
sors, greatly increased numbers
of students. Bryn Mawr has a
unique position in this controversy
for it is the institution in the
country most definitely committed
to the point of view that teaching
and research not only supplement
but enrich each other.

“It is not necessary here to il-
lustrate ways in which this pro-
cess works. [Illustrations as a
matter of fact may come to some
of you in your first class. Nor
would it be worth while to spend
any time denying the negative—
that teaching and research are not
sometimes antithetical! I am
more interested in pointing out
the fact, as I see it, that absorp-
tion in this dichotomy has led to
neglect of a third function of the
university or college. This third
function is recognized at Bryn
Mawr, if not always explicitly, but
its importance is such in relation
to existing stresses in the world
that it should be clearly recog-
nized. The third function is the
progress in thought that goes on

through whatever kinds of forum |

the college finds it convenient to

provide, whatever kinds of meet- |

ing formal or informal the mem-
bers of the college happen upon.
The important thing is not the
kind of meeting but the fact that
there is opportunity for easy
meeting.

“This is something other than
research in the sense of group or
individual study systematically
pursued according to predeter-
mined design. It is not teaching
in the sense of communication be-
tween the two groups of faculty
and students only. This important
function of the university or col-
lege that is missed in the teach-
ing versus research controversy is
communication in a wider sense,
all the exchange of opinion that
goes on among members of an
academic community—if it has the
good fortune to be a community.”

Sincerely,
Katharine McBride

League Clarifies

Functions at Tea

Since this is “Know Your
League Year”, the questions to
ask yourself are “What Does the
League Do” and “What Can I Do
For the League?” These ques-
tions were answered for those
students who attended the cider
and doughnuts party given by the
League on Monday, October 8ta.
All freshmen and upperclassmen
who were interested in helping
others, in fields ranging from
Reading for the Blind to scooping
ice cream cones in the Soda Foun-
tain, found their services were
needed.

In every branch of the League
more people are needed, in turn,
to help those who need the
League. To answer the questions
of those people who have not yet
decided in what way they would
like to serve, there is a League
representative in each hall. The
best way to find out the “why”
and “how” of the League is to go
into action yourself.

+ build

Current Events

Current Events, Common Room,
Monday, October 7th, 7:15 p. m.
Miss Leighton opened the cur-
rent events lectures by speaking
on the Japanese Peace Treaty
which was signed in San Francisco
on September 8. Viewed in the
perspective of the western powers’
objectives in the Pacific, the treaty
was part of a larger plan 1) to
up Japan as a_ bulwark
against Communism in the Far
East, and 2) to erect a defense
against renewed Japanese aggres:
sion. The general principles of the
Treaty were voiced by Mr. Dulles
last March. First, the peace should
restore Japan as an equal in the
‘society of nations. Second, it
should give Japan a chance to be-
come self-sustaining in the world,
Third, it should encourage close
cultural relations between Japan
and the West, and finally it should
give Japan:'a reasonable security.

The method which was devised
for negotiation and consummation
of the treaty reflects the Com-





munist threat. Invitations were

jissued not to a conference, but to

a ratification of the final draft of
the treaty, so Russia could not op-
pose measures that implicitly im-
_peded further aggression “on her
part.

The treaty itself has seven
| chapters, the first of which con-
cludes the existing state of war
and grants full sovereignty to the
Japanese people. The second chap-
ter ratifies the Potsdam surrender
terms on the territory situation.
Chapter three, the security chap-
ter, contains a non-disarmament
clause and encourages Japanese
self-defense. Political and econ-
|omic clauses in chapter four pro-
vide that Japan shall be subject
ito no discrimination or disabilities
‘in trade. iIt is implicitly agreed
that Japan will accord a favored
policy to the allied powers in trad-
ing, provided that she receives re-
ciprocal commerce agreements.
The reparations articles appear in
chapter five to satisfy the claims
of the Philippines, Indonesia, and
Burma. Japan’s economy could
not afford to pay in cash, so she
must meet the reparation claims
by salvaging, repairing, and serv-
icing raw materials and manufac-
tured goods free of charge. The
final chapters provide for the set-
tlement of disputes and the com-
ing into effect of the treaty after
ratification.

On paper, the treaty is an ad-
vance toward achieving a bulwark
against Communism. Russia fail-
ed to keep Japan disarmed and
free of United States forces. In
general the United States diplo-
macy has beer adroit. Although
the treaty appears lenient and we
have little formal power, much
actual power is in the hands of the’
United States government and ex-
pectation of Japanese loyalty is
greater than if we had not grant-
ed her sovereignty. Japan, how-
ever, has been left with a real
problem: which Chinese govern-
ment to recognize in order to con-
clude the war with China.





ENGAGEMENTS

Lois 752, to Robert
Green. |

Yolande Mascia Domville, ’49,
to C. A. Van Rensselaer, III.

Bishop,

MARRIAGES
Nina Cave, '50, to Joseph E.
Devine.
Cyn ia Herrman, ex-’52, to
William Stix Schwab, Jr.
Simone Pelloux, M.A., ’51, to
J. N, Smith.

Betsy Repenning, ’51, to Wil-
liam Jardine.