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VOL. XLVI, NO. 25
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1950
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1950
PRICE 15 CENTS
~ Fellowships Awarded to Cohen, Holborn, Townsen
Largest Class
Receives 133
B. A. Degrees
°50 Academic Averages
Highest in College
History
CANDIDATES FOR THE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS
GROUP I
Biology
Helene Porter Abell of Mary-
land.
Patricia Nichol
Pennsylvania.
Doris Marie Chambers of Penn-
sylvania.
Carolyn Cohen of New York.
Joan Dudley Davison of Pennsyl-
vania.
Nancy Kenly Drake of New
York.
(Marion Dugdale of Peru.
Louise Harding Earle of New
York.
Nancy Crawford Greenewalt of
Delaware.
_ Josephine Baron
New York.
(Mary Patricia Ripley of New
York.
Anneliese L. Sitarz of New Jer-
sey.
Ethel Stolzenbeng Tessman of
New York.
Chemistry
Isabel Burchuk of Pennsylvania.
Anne Simmons Corkran of Penn-
sylvania.
Elizabeth Helen Dempwolf of
New Jersey.
Sylvia Ann Good of New Jersey.
Laura Elizabeth Kaiser of Penn-
sylvania.
Bothfeld of
Raskind of
GROUP II
Chemistry
Edith Rotch Lauderdale of New
York.
Milena Louise Lewis of New
York. ;
Cecilia Norfolk Maccabe of New
York.
Seta Nazig Mahakian of Connec-
ticut.
Mary Ball Marshall of Pennsyl
vania.
Mary Helen Morrisson of Mary-
land.
Irina Nelidow of New York.
Frances Katharine Putney of
Ohio.
Eva Rosenbaum of New York.
Isik Sagmanli of Turkey.
- Charlotte Newell Scott of Flor-
ida.
Dolores Carolina Sola of New
Jersey.
Classical Archaeology
Claireve Grandjouan of France.
Jeanny Esther Vorys of Ohio.
Economics
Ruth Metzger of Massachusetts.
Marjorie Pemberton Shaw of
Pennsylvania.
GROUP Ill
English
Elizabeth Ann Crist of Indiana.
Elizabeth Telemachou Douli of
Greece.
Jane Hall of New Jersey.
Edith Mason Ham of Massachu-
setts.
Jeanette Burnet Hersey of IIli-
nois.
Continued on Page 2
Emily Dickinson Townsend
Townsend Wins
Catherw'd Grant
At the Commencement exercises
this morning, Emily Dickinson
Townsend of New York City was
awarded the Catherwood Fellow-
chip. Emily was prepared by the
Brearley School in New York.
Emily was on the Editorial board
and staff of the College NEWS
since her freshman year, holding
the office of make-up editor for
the year 1948; and the following
year she was elected Editor-in.
Chief. She was also a member of
the Drama Guild, where she serv-
ed as business manager for the
year 1947-1948. In her freshman
year, Emily was the hall repre-
sentative from Rockefeller and was
secretary of her class. She has also
played on the Varsity hockey and
basketball teams. She was co-
manager of the Wyndham Hall
Bookshop.
Last year, Emily was awarded
the Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholar-
ship for excellence in a foreign
language and the Sheelah Kilroy
Memorial Scholarship for out-
standing work in English. She re-
ceived the Degree of Bachelor of
Arts summa cum laude, with hon-
ors in Greek.
Emily did her honors with Mr.
Lattimore on the subject of the
Sixth Olympian Ode of Pindar.
Next year she plans to continue
her study at the American Acad-
emy in Athens.
M.A., MLS.S., Ph. D.
Scholars.Listed
CANDIDATES FOR THE DE-
GREE OF MASTER OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE
Helen Charlotte Anderson of
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, A. B.
Wells College 1945.
Isabel Baker Baughn of Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, A.B. Virginia
State College 1941.
Mary Lou Beatman of Ridley
Park, Pennsylvania, A.B. Oberlin
College 1945.
GailtMarie Bergheim of Port-
land, Oregon, A.B. Reed College
1947.
Rosalie Berk of Philadelphia,
‘Pennsylvania, B.S. Temple Uni-
versity 1947.
Dorothy Driver Croasdale of
Berwyn, Pennsylvania, A.B. Mount
Holyoke College 1931.
Florence Roxana Jackson of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in ab-
Continued on Page 4
Hanna Dorothea Holborn
Dorothea Holborn of New Haven,
Carolyn Cohen
C. Cohen, H. D. Holborn Share
European Fellowship Award
This morning the European Fellowship was divided between Hanna
Connecticut, and Carolyn Cohen of
New York City. Hanna was prepared by the Sidwell Friends School in
' Washington, D. C., and the Prospect Hill School in New Haven.
Carolyn was prepared by the Joan of Are Junior High School in
Manhattan and the Hunter College
During her four years at Bryn
Mawr, Hanna has been a member
of the NEWS Editorial board and
staff, and was make-up editor for
the year 1949. She was a member
of the Debate Club and of the
Junior Varsity baseball team, and
this year was Vice-President and
Treasurer of the Classics Club. In
her junior year, Hanna co-managed
the Rhoads Hall Bookshop, and
for the past year and one half she
has worked im the Public Relations
Office.
Hanna has been a Special Trus-
tees’ Scholar since 1946, and last
May Day was awarded the Charles
S. Hinchman Memorial Scholarship
Continued on Page 5
Faculty Changes
Given for 750-51
Announcement has recently been
made of the faculty ‘changes for
1950-51. Professor Meigs is retir-
ing, Professor Crenshaw is taking
sabbatical leave, and Professor
Gilman will be a Visiting Lecturer
at Harvard, 1950-51. Professor
Schrecker resigns to accept a Pro-
fessorship at the University of
Pennsylvania, while taking a Visit-
ing Professorship at Bryn Mawr.
Associate Professor Miller resigns
to accept a Professorship at Stan-
ford, ‘Associate Professor Arnold
resigns to accept another appoint-
ment, and Associate Professor
Marti takes leave of absence with
a Fulbright Grant, at the Ameri-
can (Academy at Rome. Associate
Professor Van den Heuvel resigns
to return to France, and Lecturer
Jacques Guicharnaud resigns to ac-
sept an appointment at Yale.
Returning to-Bryn Mawr after
leave of absence are Professor
Nahm, Professor Northrop, Pro-
fessor Bree, Associate Professor
Kraus, and Associate Professor
Lehr. New appointments include:
Gertrude C. K. Leighton, LL.B.,
J. D. 1950, as Assistant Professor
of Political Science; Anthur P.
Dudden, M. A., Ph.D., 1950, as As-
sistant Professor of History; Frank
Parker, M. S., Ph:D., 1950, as As-
sistant Professor of Biology;
Maurice Gonnaud, ‘Agrege d’An-
glais, as Assistant Professor of
Continued on Page 5
High School in New York City.
In her freshman year, Carolyn
received the Title award for poetry.
She was an Alumnae Regional
Scholar for the year 1947-1948,
Continued on Page 5
Marti, Holborn,
Harper Awarded
Fulbright Grants
Announcement has been made of
the Fulbright Grants for study in
foreign universities next year,
awarded under the auspices of the
U. S. Government, under the Ful-
bright Act. Associate Professor
Berthe+Marie Marti has _ received
a grant for study in Mediaeval]
Latin at the American Academy,
Rome, Jean Ellis, Bryn Mawr, ’49,
who is now studying at St. Hilda’s,
Oxford, will continue her studies
for another year at the University
of Oxford, Oxford, England. Han-
na Dorothea Holborn, ’50, will
study Philosophy of History at the
University of Oxford, and Kather-
ine Hanper, ’50, will study French
Literature and Art at the Univer-
sity of Paris, Paris, France.
58% of Class
‘On Honor List
At Graduation
Cohen, Holborn, Kaiser,
Townsend Receive
Highest Honor
French
Elizabeth Fain Baker, with Hon-
ors in French.
German
Susan Williams Binnian,
laude.
cum
Psychology
Anne Marie Bobis, cum laude.
Biology
Patricia Nichol Bothfeld, cum
laude.
Chemistry
Isabel Burchuk, cum laude, with
Honors in Chemistry.
French
Karen Cassard, cum laude, with
Honors in French.
Biology
Doris Marie Chambers. cum
laude, with Honors in Biology.
Spanish
‘Martha Ann Chowning, magna
cum laude. tes
Biology
Carolyn Cohen, summa cum
laude, with Honors in Biology.
Mathematics
Elizabeth Jean (Connor, cum
laude.
Biology
Joan Dudley Davison, cum laude,
with Honors in Biology.
French
(Chantal de Kerillis, cum laude.
Chemistry
Elizabeth Helen Dempwolf, cum
laude, with Honors in Chemistry.
Biology
Nancy Kenly Drake, cum laude.
Biology
Marion Dugdale, magna cum
laude, with Honors in Biology.
Biology
Louise Harding FEarle,
laude.
cum
Political Science
Sheila Burton Eaton, cum laude.
Continued on Page 2
by Paula Strawhecker, °52
Counterpoint’s summer issue is
very gloomy indeed. One must
not read it expecting to be amused
or even entertained: there is a
disturbing preoccupation with
death which is unrelieved by humor
or parody. Unfortunately the ma-
jority of the contributions are not
rood enough to justify this unbal-
anced selection. Few of the works
are experimental, many are rem-
iniscent, some say nothing at all,
apparently a fashionable tendency.
As in most college literary maga-
zines, the emphasis is placed on
mood rather than plot, but there
are only three or four contribu-
tions which touch the reader.
Ica Reid’s analytic restatement
of the position of the Negro-
American and the Jewish-Ameri-
can does not seem a part of Coun-
terpoint: the restraint and repor-
torial tone of the essay together
Summer Issue of Counterpoint
Presents Very Gloomy Outlook
with its factuality make easy read-
ing, but strange in a magazine
heretofore devoted primarily te
literary or creative contributions.
The dancing school story has
been done better than Melanie
Hewitt’s “Winter Ice,” although
the ring incident is new and good.
As a story of “feeling,” this never
makes its point and suffers from
the over-emphasis of the last sen-
tence.
Peter Rosenbaum has an inter-
esting and somewhat experimental
fdea as the basis of “Fugue,” but
his style is heavy-handed, and
without subtlety its artificiality
soon appears and becomes em-
barrassing.
Clarissa MacVeagh’s “To Enter-
tain Strangers” enjoys the distinc-
tion of being the worst and one
of the best contributions. Realis-
tically written, it contains too
Continued on Page 5 .
Page Two
THE
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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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The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that
appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without per-
mission of the Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Board
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JoaNNA SEMEL, ’52 BARBARA JOELSON, ’52, Make-up
FRANCES SHIRLEY, ’53
Editorial Staff
YLarcie CoHN, 752
JuLie ANN JOHNSON, ’52
Mary-BErENICE Morris, ’52
Patricia Murray, ’52
JupirH Konowirz, ’51
" Heren Katz, ’53
Staff Photographers
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SuE BRAMANN, 752
Business Managers
Tama SCHENK, 752 & Mary Kay Lacxritz, ’51
Business Staff
BARBARA GOLDMAN, ’53
Joan Ripps, ’52
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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office
Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912
The Class of 1950
This June, the largest class in the history of Bryn Mawr
is receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The class of 1950
also possesses the highest overall academic standing in Bryn
Mawr’s history. Approximately fifty-eight per cent of the
class graduated with distinction: there were four who re-
ceived the degree summa cum laude; twenty-five, magna
cum laude; and fifty, cum laude. Over forty were graduated
with honors.
These statistics are an indication of the high standards
that the class has maintained throughout its four years at
Bryn Mawr. The seniors have upheld these standards both
in academic and extra-curricular activities; and their cumula-
tive record, as revealed this morning, illustrates that the
benefits that they have derived from the college are in just
proportion to the vitality and interest which they have de-
voted to it,
With its departure, the class of 1950 takes the justifi-
able pride in its accomplishments and leaves behind the mem-
ory of its achievements, which we hope that succeeding
classes will strive to preserve.
Self-Government
“Self-gov. hasn’t changed in twenty years!’’
This complaint, noted in the 1950 yearbook, is not con-
structive criticism, nor is it entirely true, but nevertheless it
expresses dissatisfaction with the most important aspect of}
life in this college community. Those who think that self-
gov’s conscientious sobriety is stagnation oin the midst of
outmoded ideas have offered no better alternative. They
argue that self-gov. need ervitalization because, although’no
obvious injustice ever occurs, justice to conventional and nar-
row-minded. Self-gov. should be able to take a larger view
of the human problems brought before it; it should investi-
gate thoroughly every factor in every case. The letter of its
law cannot be complete enough to cover all situations. It
must decide from the spirit of its law the extent of the in-
jury to the many inflicted by the one, and the penalty, tem-
porary loss of individual privileges, for breaking the basic
moral code that governs group living.
The Self-government Association exists to insure individ-
_ ual recognition of and obedience to that basic moral code and
not to any arbitrary legislation. Self-gov.’s rules make sense.
They allow a freedom imposing rather large responsibilities
of which some students are not aware. Others, despite their
_ awareness, have not the maturity to accept those responsi-
bilities. Laws are broken only when the selfish interests of
t
COLLEGE NEWS
Tuesday, June 6, 1950
Continued from Page 1
“Melanie Ashley Hewitt of Cali-
fornia.
Estelle Dallas Rose Lawson «tf
Massachusetts.
Barlsara Victoria Lighiffoot of
New York.
Marjorie Anne Low of the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
Ruth Margaret McConnell
Pennsylvania. ¢»
Annette Sheldon McMaster of
New York.
June Anne Moyer of Pennsyl-
vania,
(Mary Elizabeth Porter of Massa-
chusetts.
Nancy Lee Riley of Kansas.
Enid Selma Shapiro of New
York.
of
Florence Augusta Snyder of
Maryland.
GROUP IV
English
Elizabeth Spalding of Maine.
Anne Pamela Hughes Wahl of
New Jersey
Haleyone Pamela Whittaker of
New York.
Shirley Winter of New York.
French
Elizabeth Fain Baker of Connec-
ticut, in absentia.
Karen Cassard of the District
of Columbia. |
absentia.
Virginia Southall
New York.
Katherine Harper of New Jersey.
Frances Logan Herman of New
York.
Ellen Delyse Shure of New York.
Geology
Amelie Day Hains of Virginia.
Ruth Celeste Young of Illinois.
Graham of
German
Susan Williams Binnian of
Massachusetts.
Maud Louise Hodgman of Mary-
land.
Karin Lore Stuebben of Michi-
gan.
Greek
Anne Hyde Greet of New York.
Gwen Groves of Connecticut.
Chantal De Kerillis of France, in |:
133 Members of ’50 Receive Bachelor Degrees,
Largest Class in Bryn Mawr College History
GROUP V
Greek
Emily Dickinson Townsend of
New York.
History
Katherine Virginia Bonfils
Colorado.
Nina Wisdom Cave of New York.
Marian Elizabeth Edwards of
Missouri. oe
Eloise Weld Fleming of Penn-
sylvania.
Gretchen Elizabeth Gaebelein of
New York.
Katherine Harrington of Rhode
Island.
Hanna Dorothea
Connecticut.
Marie Grant Lukens of Pennsy]-
vania.
Anne~-Trotter Newbold of Penn-
sylvania.
Ann Jane Rock of Massachu-
setts.
Ofelia Torres of the Philippine
Islands.
Linda Louise Whitney of Ver-
mont.
of
Holborn of
History of Art
Mary C. Bordman of Massachu-
setts.
York, in absentia.
Sarah Helen Dempwolf of Penn-
sylvania.
Ellen Mary Jones of Pennsyl-
vania. : :
GROUP VI
History of Art
Susan Neubauer of New York.
Judith Anne Nicely of New York.
Floryne Wagner of New Jersey.
Barbara Smith Wakeman of
Pennsylvania.
Latin
Louise Riker of New Jersey.
Mathematics
Elizabeth Jean Connor of Penn-
sylvania.
Winifred Runton of Massachu-
setts.
Philosophy
Joan Gale of Pennsylvania.
Penelope Greenough of Massa-
chusetts.
Continued on Page 5
to the community.
of moral obligation.
the individual assume more importance than moral obligation
In a crisis, our split-second decisions are not always
made by our most adult minds instructed in the importance
Self-gov.’s critics seem to want exenuating circum-
Joan de Valois Chesley of New
stances of violations considered which might mitigate the
consequeces. They seem to desire a wider range of excuses
for immature and unwise actions, but not necessarily for de-
liberate infraction of the rules. Immaturity and foolishness,
however, persist as long as they are even casually condoned.
Bryn Mawr aims to educate morally as well as intellectually ;
any indulgence on the part of self-gov. toward weakness and
carelessness is failure to fulfill an educational duty. Self-
gov.’s critics are in effect arguing for their right as individ-
uals to reject or circumvent some of their seemingly less im-
portant responsibilities to society.
But their criticism has some validity. Self-gov. is today
what it was two decades ago: a small but thoughtfully select-
ed group of this college’s finest women. Its size is its draw-
back; all moral judgments for a year are made by the same
few, who in a sense establish a trend of government.
To be called into a board meeting is a ‘frightening thing,
even if the most objective and friendly questioning is to take
place there. Some quarters on campus fear and resent self-
gov. as tyrannical. This attitude indicates that self-gov.
members are thought of by other students as on a different
level from themselves, a level where they are dangerously
powerful. What self-gov. should do is to make a continual
effort to show the campus at large that it s kind, just, and
merciful. When cases arise, the members of the board should
not merely consult among themselves, but, as was done under
the new and highly successful nominating system, they
should go to as many people as possible for opinions and in-
formation. As it becomes evident that everyone is inter-
viewed on all sorts of problems related to college life, fear of
self-government despotism will lessen, and eventually disap-
pear.
“Every undergarduate student of Bryn Mawr is ipso
facto a member of the Students’ Association for Self-Govern-
ment,” says the self-gov. constitution. Why not make every
student realize the full significance of her position as a mem-
ber of this association, and put true democracy into practice
by making self-govermnent of, for, and by the students of
Bryn Mawr College?
Seniors Distinctions
Announced by College.
Continued from Page 1
History
Marian Elizabeth Edwards,
magna cum laude.
History
Eloise Weld Fleming, cum laude.
History
Gretchen Elizabeth Gaebelein,
magna cum laude.
Political Science
Helen W. Goldberg, magna cum
laude. :
French
Virginia Southall Graham, mag-
na cum laude, with Honors in
French.
Classical Archaeology
Claireve Grandjouan, cum laude,
with Honors in Classical Archae-
ology.
Political Science
Dorothy Greeley, cum laude.
Biology
Nancy Crawford Greenewalt,
cum laude.
Philosophy
Penelope Greenough, magna cum
| laude.
Greek
Ann. Hyde Greet,
with Honors in Greek.
English
Edith Mason Ham, cum laude..
Political Science
Louise Harned, cum laude.
French
Katherine Harper, magna cum-
laude, with Honors in French.
cum laude,
History
Katherine Harrington, magna
cum laude, with Honors in His-
tory.
Sociology and Anthropology
Alta Mae Harris, magna cum.
laude.
Physics
Elizabeth Hebb, cum laude, with;
Honors in Physics.
French
Frances Logan Herman, cum:
laude.
English
Melanie Ashley (Hewitt, cum,
laude, with Honors in English.
German
Maud Louise Hodgman, cum
laude.
History
Hanna Dorothea Holborn, sum-.
ma cum laude, with Honors in His-
tory.
Russian
Priscilla Mary Post
cum laude.
History of Art
Ellen Mary Jones, cum laude,
with Honors in History of Art.
Chemistry
Laura Elizabeth Kaiser, summa
cum laude, with Honors in Chem-
istry.
Johnson,.
Political Science
Ellen Katz Kasler, magna cum.
laude.
Sociology
Adele Gersh Kurtz, magna cum
laude, with Honors in Sociology.
Chemistry
Edith Rotch Lauderdale, magna
cum laude, with Honors in Chem-
istry.
Chemistry
_ (Milena Louise Lewis, magna
cum laude, with Honors in Chem-
istry.
English
Barbara Victoria Lightfoot, cum
laude.
English
Ruth Margaret McConnell, cum
laude.
English
Annette Sheldon McMaster, cum
laude, with Honors in English.
Economics
Ruth Metzger, magna cum laude,
with Honors in Economics.
Psychology
Lois Ruth Miller, cum laude,
with Honors in Psychology.
Chemistry
Mary Helen Morrisson, magna
cum laude, with Honors in Chem-_
istry.
Political Science
Elizabeth A. Mutch, cum laude,
with Honors in Political Science.
Chemistry
Irina Nelidow, magna cum
Continued on Page 4
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so
Tuesday, June 6, 1950 -
THE COLLEGE NEWS_~.
~’ Page Three
French and Latin Abet Griselda
Who Responds to Bacchic Urge ©
by Joan McBride, °52
“Of womah’s first disobedience,
and the fruit
of her forbidden quést for that
veritas
which she dilexit after graduation
from a secluded college in the east,
passing on wings of innocence over
sea
and fertile earth, among strange
men
and beasts in most remote roman-
tic corners
of the world, we sing and dance to-
day, invoking
a neo-Grecian muse, who has in-
spired
drama in verse for a vulgar audi-
ence.”
This is the outline of Emily
Townsend’s speech in blank verse,
delivered on Class Day. Emily was
the chorus to the dramatic tragedy
of the innocent Griselda, portrayed
by Judy Nicely, and her ill-fated
lover Gigor, depicted ‘by~ Kathy
Harper, accompanied by a succes-
sion of pygmies and apaches, danc-
ed by Anne Greet. ‘Griselda, a
white-nightgowned nymph, like all
tragic protagonists is beset by one
fatal flaw in her character: “Her
flaw
was, if you like, a curiosity
somewhat too unrestrained for a
Bryn Mawr A. B.
(absent with benediction from the
class of 1950) curiosity
about the attractions male seduc-
tion offers
ingenuous femininity.”
In Paris, the first milestone in
her course, Griselda is wooed by
and ultimately overwhelms a pas-
sionate Gigor,
“bohemian slightly tarnished, but
still practised
in all those fundamental talents
which contribute so much to Life,
in several senses.”
The wickedly painted apache
Anne gpurs her on with “sinuous
beat and rhythm of the foot...
the abandon, absinthe, utter sub-
tlety of variations on the technique
d’amour.”. The chorus pleads with
Griselda to practise the proper re-
straint:
“Think of Miss McBride, of Mrs.
Marshall,
of tender, red-haired: Nicholas, and
all
the benevolent members of the
Art Department.”
With a sigh of relief, the chorus
welcomes the appearance of Miss
Marti, “known to the classic un-
derworld as Berthe expert in me-
dieval torture”, who shoots Gigor
in an unfortunate location with her
Swiss bow and arrow.
Griselda then journeys to Greece
under the absent-minded guardian-
ship of Mr. Lattimore. The no-
longer-so-innocent nymph, “left
unchaperoned adjusts her night-
gown to new becomingness and
seeks again the truth she had
come so far to find.” “Crawling
archaeologists,” Miss Lang and
Mr. Carpenter snoop in the dis-
tance;
“Miss Lang sits doing rather odd
things to pots,
Continued on Page 4
The Observer
| Twilight falls at the end of a long,
long year. The last rusty paper-
clip has (been filched out from
among eraser crumbs and playing-
cards in the desk drawer, and quav-
ering hands arrange the pages of
the last term paper. The sun
seems more golden than ever be-
fore, and the corridor more quiet.
Our suntanned feet wiggle into
tattered sneakers, and push aside
the packing boxes—clutching our
paper we stand in the doorway,
contemiplatively and sadly survey-
ing our dismantled room. Dusty
curtains, hoopsticks with faded
ribbons, bottles with frayed labels
and our stout faithful Teddybear
are cluttering one corner. Suit-
eases line the halls which used to
be so strangly sinister under the
spell of half-heard voices at 3 a.m.
and the pale blue night-light—now
they are innocuous and lonely,
pleading for population.
This is the day we have been
waiting for. Paper after paper
loomed up at us, after spring va-
cation. Frantically we wrote one,
but we could not countenance the
second, and happily we got an ex-
tension. Our bliss was ephemeral.
Exams were over; we still had to
pack and ship and make reserva-
tions, and mend and wash and
press—oh yes, and write our pa-
per. Other people went to movies,
and downed the amber liquid down
at Gane’s, but we had to write our
paper.
This is the day we have been
waiting for. The paper is done.
We should be overjoyed. Silence
hangs over the dining room, and
the smoker is clean and the ash-
trays glistening and somebody
bought plugs for all the washba-
sins. This is the way we would
like it all the time.
Or would we?
Where is the raucous laughter,
the singing in the showcase, the
Continued on Page 4
Dogged Science Major Classifies
And Defines Uncorrelated Depts.
by Patricia Murray, ’52
As the crowd gathered before
Dalton, the face of Lou Earle, top-
ped by a red and ridiculous cap,
appeared in the doorway of
“Fido’s” little house, which was
perched on the ivied ledge. lLou’s
voice rang out clearly in the misty
air. Tersely she summed up the
result of study of “four years in
the dog thouse.” This result was a
thesis which unified the sciences
in a neat, comiplete, and (she add-
ed serenely) “entirely fallacious”
synthesis. :
Our difficulty, it seems, is that
we are over-specialized; we need
instead to have a knowledge of
everything. Even our humor is
over-specialized, Lou discovered,
when she tried out her gags on her
roommate.
“The sciences we have to deal
with,” pointed~ out Lou, coping
briskly, “are chemistry, biology,
physics, geology, mathematics, and
even psychology. These need to be
unified, and connected with other
fields of thought. Lou used the sci-
ence ‘buildings as a method of clas-
sification, and began with Park.
This is yellow ‘building, and con-
tains geology. Geology is the study
of the past history of the earth.
Those who study it come to regard
their friends as mineral deposits
or as potential fossils. In Dalton,
otherwise referred to as onion
root heaven, we find biology, the
study of the intricacies of bodies.
They who pursue this study may
look on their friends as_ walking
skeletons or as complexities of
flexing muscles. We return to ‘Park
for chemistry, which involves
atoms, molecules, and _ elements.
Its students see their friends as
combinations of the same. Chemis-
try students are a tense group.
“You see,” said Lou, “one must
be constantly braced for the ques-
tion, ‘Vat are you doing, Miss
Earle?’”
Bard’s Eye View
Reflections on Reading Aristoph-
anes in Translation
by Judith Konowitz, ’51
The fertility rite gave the Greeks
an excuse :
To write about subjects that we
would call loose. : :
I guess if one’s in Dionysiac mood,
He considers it funny and not
merely lewd.
Aristophanes, frankly,
you’re passe,
For wit must be subtle as well as
risque.
Tt Una
In a mood less sardonic, I have to
admit
There’s a much truer reason why
I miss your wit...
For the puns lose the punch that
they had when you wrote
If I have to find out what it means
from a note.
Experienced. Seniors Broadcast |
Summary of Collegiate Traumas
by Jane Augustine, ’52 |
_ Fido’s doors closed upon Lou
Earle’s head peering out of Dal-
| ton’s second-story window and ithe
crowd pushed aside the humidity
to follow the seniors ito Pembroke
Arch. The finial Friday of classes
was as gloomy as the prospect of
ecomprehensives and examinations.
Hair straightened out rapidly in
the damp sir; raincoats were much
in evidence. Grim and determined
mouths bit the ends of cigarettes.
No sound, no signs of life—the
crowd grew restless. The seniors
had finished their round of sing-
ing “goodvyes’’.and were wait-
ing.
Well, where were they? Who-
ever was going to (pronounce this
third commentary of the day upon
the anticipated decampment of the
Failing, Flunking Creepeth Senior
Feebly Neareth Parchment Goal
THE WASTELAND
1950
(with apologies to T. S.)
_by Jane Augustine, ’52
I. The Burial of the Seniors
May is the cruellest month, breed-
ing
Comprehensives out of diabolical
profs, mixing
Memory with detail, stirring
Overlooked footnotes with unas-
signed reading.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Exams with senior quizzes, feeding
A little work with long weekends.
*
There is shadow under this tall
tower
(Come in under the shadow of this
tall tower)
And I will tell you something dif-
ferent from either
Your freshman comp grade merci-
fully behind you
Or your final in fifth-year Russian
rising to meet you;
I will show you a cold flunk in a
handful of numbers.
*
Unreal College,
Under the thick rain of an early
summer
A crowd swirled around a May-
pole, so many
I had not thought frustration had
undone so many.
Songs, short and unpractised, were
exhaled
And each girl fixed her eyes before
her feet.
*
“That midsem I wrote last week
for philosophy,
Will it turn out pure bull?
it pass this term?
Or will the clever man catch on?
Oh keep the reader hence, that
marks the tests,
Or with his pen he’ll claw it up
again!
‘You, hypocrite lecteur — mon en-
nemi — mon juge!’”
Will
II. The Game of Bridge
The Chair she sat on, like a bat-
tered log,
Tipped on the linoleum where the
table
Stood by three legs and a stack of
books
From which a page or two of cram
notes peeped.
Double the flames of the Ronson
and matches
Burning a hole in the table,
The cigarettes dwindle to ashes
neglected
By four bridge players, silent and
_ tense.
Uinder the lamplight, under the
smoke, her cards
Spread out, include all tricks.
They utter a curse then are sav-
agely still.
*
“Do
‘You know nothing? Do you see
Physics occupies Dalton with
biology. In this fact Miss Earle
*”
Continued on Page 4 |
Nothing? Do you remember
Nothing?”
I remember
That I trumped your ace.
“Are you alive, or not? Is there
nothing in your head?
But
O O O that Shakespeherian Comp
It’s so elegant
So intelligent
‘What shall I do now? What shall
T dot!
“T shall rush out as I am, and walk
the street
‘In my levis, so.
do tomorrow?
‘What shall we ever do?”
What shall we
The Scotch and rye at ten.
And if it rains, two beers at four.
And we shall play a game of
bridge,
Pressing eyeless lids and waiting
for a parchment roll in Good-
hart.
III. The Doubtful’s Sermon
The last class bell has sounded:
the remains of brain
Wither and sing into the spring
mud. The wind |
Crosses forbidden grass, unwhistl-
ed at. The nymphs are depart-
ed.
Sweet dean, think kindly, when I
end my song.
The window-seat no longer bears
empty bottles, sandwich pa-
pers,
Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard box-
es, cigarette ends
Or other testimony of summer
days. The nymphs are de-
parted.
And their friends, the fortunate
Continued on Page 4
half-century — class. Whirrrrr!
Bang! (plunk) what? ... on the
air in five minutes... clank—
spang—mmmmmmnyar . . . what-
‘ll we say? (splat) . . we haven’t
rehearsed . . . fift-fft-FFT.
—FOUR YEARS IN THE —
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
From somewhere behind tthe
ivied stones of the balcony above
the Pem East showcase, with the
aid of some redoubtable mechanical
device, came two strangely mu-
tated but faintly recognizable
voices. Pardon me, but who did
you say they were?
Oh yes, of course!
The conversation ‘began to sound
out more clearly over Pembroke
Green. These two were apparently
rehearsing for a radio broadcast
(accent on the first syllable of
that lasit word, please). Bit by bit,
over the low hum of the micro-
phone converter, the dialogue
brought forth the intimate details
of four years of a career of slight-
ly-less-than-crime. This confession
began \wiith the delights of Fresh-
man Week and the fiaseos of
Freshman Comp, and moved
through the horrors of (physical
examinations and Body Mech. Ex-
‘tracurricular activities were men-
tioned: nights in Ford’s before
exams, nights in Ford’s...a sad
note could be detected in the voices
as the virtues (sic) of the late
great institution were lauded.
Memorable also were the trips to
the village movies, the Hearth,
Haverford (who could forget Hav-
erford? uh, don’t answer that .. .)
and to the Blu Comet, better known
by a more appetizing nickname.
In short, almost every phase of
the past four years that was men-
tionable at all was mentioned;
everything else had vague refer-
ences only. Everything was named
—from sangel-robe to Zoroaster—
up to the final blow, the Dean’s
Plot, second only to the Cataline
conspiracy and Guy Fawkes’ plan
in historical significance: Comps.
Then (this jhidden discourse ended,
and lo! and behold, sprung fulJ-
grown out of the ivy, dragging the
mike up with them (not without
squeaks of protest), Kay Bonfils
and A. J. Rock, who sang for the
artistic enlightenment of all,
“Thanks For the Memory.” As th?
last strains of “thank you ° )
much ...” reached the ears of \.!12
crowd, the black-gowned seniors | 5
out across the road and the d-ffo-
dil beds to cluster around a mys-
terious ladder propped up against
the library porch. Zzzt went the
old cigarettes into the mud pud-
dles, and into slicker pockets went
hands reaching for new ones. What
next?
Wissahicken Alumna G. Wiiliams
Supports Emotional Unadjustment
by Barbara Joelson, °52
On Friday, May 19th, the Bryn
Mawr students were addressed by
Miss Gwynne Williams. Attired in
a print dress, fur jacket, feathered
hat, and sneakers, (Miss Williams
was escorted onto the campus ‘by
means of the Bryn ‘Mawr Taxi
service, complete with blaring
horn. She minced up ‘the path to
the library, and climbed up to the
eupola with the aid of an umbrel-
la, and a ladder.
Miss Williams came to the col-
lege to help raise funds for the
Fanny Bullock Verteth Buck E
Turneth scholarship for emotion-
ally unadjusted people. Dear Dr.
Carpenter, said she, established the
fascinating theory that emotional-
ly unadjusted people come in
cycles, so Fanny Bullock Verteth
Buck E Turneth organized a dig to
discover the nature of these cycles,
and to their great surprise they
found absolutely layers of emotion-
ally unadjusted people. Dr. Car-
penter told the Wissahicken office
that if they would discover the
diameter of these cycles, he would
compute their circumference. With
a gay and gleeful song, Miss Wil-
liams praised “Dear Dr. Latti-
more,” who helped to find one
end of the diameter. He suggested
that there were signs of emotion-
al unadjustment in Homer, and,
with ithe aid of a trot, these signs
were traced to Ulysses. The other
end of the diameter was discovered
by Mr. Sloane and the Art depart-
ment (who also were sung to!.!).
Mr. Sloane found out that, with-
out a doubt, the drapery in a paint-
ing of Benoozza Genoozza was
emotionally unadjusted. Thus both
ends of the diameter were appar-
ent and Dr. Carpenter could make
his calculations.
Miss Williams stated that sh2
was unusually qualified to repre-
sent this fund as she was not only
slightly unbalanced during her first
three years of college, but during
her senior year she was complete-
ly unadjusted.
“As you know,” she confided, “I
Continued on Page 4
eerste CSIR tr
Page Four
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Tuesday, June 6, 1950
Unidentifiable Sophomore Offers
Valued Trivia in Year-End Sale
For Sale
By one unidentified and
unidentifiable sophomore
Item 1: 14 Chianti bottles ac-
cumulated § jSeptember
1948 through June 1949
2 beer bottles accumula-
ted September 1949
through June 1950 in-
cluding Freshman Week
: 1 copy of How to Win
Friends and _ Influence
~ People, rwell-thumbed,
underlined, hialf price
(it’s torn in half)
: 1 collection of empty No-
dioz boxes, campus’
largest
: 1 clock with
alarm
: 1 Haverford directory,
dated October 1948. Re-
sults not guaranteed
even if you can get them
: 1 dress with inexplicable
irremovable purple stains
: Thwenty-paige notebook
with one year’s English
Survey notes copied in
detail. Room in fback for
additions
: 1 unpaid Inn bill (Ill
give you this item ab-
solutely free!)
2 threatening letters, re
Item 9, interesting from
the standpoint of local
color
Jack (available Blu Com-
et evenings after (six)
1 modern dance leotard,
used as little as possible
1 cashbox, not used at all
1 hedonistic philosophy
101 paper
2 address books, 1 old,
full, one new, empty
(igood item to show your
—ha ha—grandchildren)
Item 16: 1 pair orange-and-black
Unadjusted G. Williams
Supports Scholarship
Continued from Page 3
cooked for the Sloanes the sum-
mer before my graduation, and two
things happened that summer
which, I fear, put the final touches
on my emotional unadjustment.”
One of these events happened on
a beautiful summer evening when
just she and (Mr. Sloane were sit-
ting in front of the fire. Said Miss
Williams (sighing): It’s a lovely
evening, isn’t it? Said Mr. Sloane:
I think you left the spigot drip-
ping! !
' The second occasion occurred
one evening when Miss Williams
was in bed, and suddenly discover-
ed a bat in her room. She hopped
out of bed, combed her hair, hopped
back in bed again, and called, “Oh,
Mr. Sloane, that bat’s here again.”
So Mr. Sloane came in with a
broom and killed it.
It was these facts, said. the rep-
resentative of the Fanny Bullock
Verteth Buck E Turneth Scholar-
ship, that made her especially
valuable to the Wissahicken office,
and the fund for emotionally un-
adjusted individuals. Miss Wil-
liams’ deliveny was greatly en-
hanced by smirks, grimaces,
twinkling eyes, and numerous un-
adjusted chuckles.
Item 2:
Item
Item
Item inaudible
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item 10:
Item 11:
Item 12:
13:
14;
Ttem
Item
Item 15:
Announcements
ENGAGEMENT
Delia Fleishhacker, ex-’52,
San Francisco, to John Erlich.
MARRIAGE
Joan Sutphen Bowers, ex-’52, of
New York, to Donald Paul Stout,
in the chapel of ‘St. (Patrick’s (Cath-
edral, New York, on May 29, 1950.
of
At its spring meeting, the
Board of Trustees has approved
the revisions to ithe Self-Govern- |
ment Constitution which the
students voted upon before
| Spring vacation. These revisions
| will go into effect next fall as |}
knit sox, % unfinished
1 announcement of
ffriend’s fort heoming
marriage (good for
seraitch paper)
1 set of blisters acquired
while making up archery
cuts
1 set of New Year’s Res-
olutions, dirt cheap
1 love of dry (Martinis
(bo be exercised the night
Item .17:
Item 18:
Item 19:
Item 20:
before examinations,
guaranteed to under-
mine)
bookends . .
Item 21:
°50’s Gone Mad Againe;
Mark Fate of Sarabelle
Continued from Page 3
heirs to college directors:
Departed, have left no addresses.
By the ruin of Ford’s I sat down
and wept...
Sweet dean think kindly when I
end my song,
Sweet dean, think kindly, for I
write not right nor long.
*
She turns and looks a moment in
the glass,
Hardly aware of her completed
comp;
Her brain allows one half-formed
thought to pass:
“Well now that’s done; and I’m
glad it’s over.”
When learned woman stoops to
folly and
Flubs an exam again, alone,
She smoothes her hair with pen-
cil blistered hand,
And reaches for the telephone.
*
la la
To Taylor then I came
Flunking flunking flunking flunk-
ing
O Kate Thou throwest me out
O Kate Thou throwest
flunking
IV_ Death By Whiskey
Sarabelle the Senior, a fortnight
failed
Forgot the fight for grades, and
the deep scholastic urge
And the papers and exams.
A poison in her glass
Picked her mind to tatters. As
she rose (and fell)
She saw the stages of her sober-
ness
Entering the Self-Gov book.
Sophomore or. junior
O you who write the weekly comps
and look to upperclassmen
Consider Sarabelle, who was once
brilliant and young as you.
V. What the Diploma Said
After the sunlight bright on ner-
vous faces
After the frosty silence in the au-
ditorium
After the agony in stony places
The shouting and crying
Laboratory and classroom and vi-
sion
Of diploma of white over examin-
ation mountains
He who was prisoner is now. free
We who were dying are now liv-
ing
With a lovely white roll in our
hands.
* ;
I lay upon the roof
Sunning, with the awful pain be-
hind me
Shall I at least keep my sunburn
from peeling?
Dalton Hall is falling down falling
down falling down
This noxema I have spread against
my ruin
Why then Ile peel you. Hierony-
mo’s mad againe. anaes
Shalwi_ shalwi_ shalwi
Continued from Page 3
and Mr. Carpenter (pursues a
Grecian
maiden ostensibly remarking on
her resemblance to archaic fig-
urines.”
The satyr Hanper sits on a rock,
piping a tune, while Mr. Latti-
more leaves Griselda unprotected;
and the maiden consumes great
quantities of an intoxicating bev-
erage. Enter the maenad danc-
ers (Anne) who grant “e e, the
ritual expression for a hangover.”
Griselda, overcome, dances nearer
to the edge of her rock and pre-
cipitously splashes into the water
below. .
The influence of the Classics
Club predominates in the next
scene. The chorus comments:
“How lucky that the Hollands’
rubber boat
should chance to be floating on the
sea nearby— ~
the Hollands looking vainly for the
Tiber,
and Miss Taylor,
gaily applying
sun tan lotion to all available areas
unperturbed,
of anybody’s corpus. For ‘pro-
pulsion
not steam, not atoms, nor yet
hydrogen
but Mr. Broughton, fastened on
behind
and raising a froth on the Aegean
sea
as kicking with muscular legs he
pushed the craft
calmly toward Egypt.”
They progress up the Nile, past
the crocodiles, and under the eyes
of an admiring faculty. From the
sea rises Mrs. Manning, “in pur-
suit of a woolly dog that ever fled
and ever barked its greetings.”
Miss Robbins serves cucumbers
sandwiches, and Mr. Gilbert and
Miss Stapleton are involved in the
discussion of camels and their
Townsend, Left-Bank W yndhamites, ‘Sing, Dance
Of Woman’s First Disobedience’, Universal Quest
practices.
“Mr. Chew mopped a gentlemanly
brow
and reflected that Wordsworth
never would have walked
with such poetical determination
if the English weather had been
‘more Saharan.”
Griselda flees frantically past
the many cataracts of the Nile to
the land of the pygmies, where
Mr. Carpenter has just been eat-
en. The pygmies surround and
pursue her with frenzied rhythm:
“right foot, left foot, dancing to-
gether,
music of drums
rhythm,
pygmies lead and Griselda follows
down the steps to the wide green
river ~
swarming with fish and peculiar
faces.”
and_ repulsive
The pygmies (Anne and Kathy)
lead her into the jaws of a croco-
dile named Carey, who proclaims
astutely: “I am
what you seek, Griselda — know
me for the truth,
secret of scholarship, mystery of
_the world
and inner essence of all philoso-
phy.”
Griselda enters the jaws of
Carey and is never seen again.
The chorus concludes with the fol-
lowing philosophical observation:
“And at least for 1950, all that
pride
in scholarly research can possibly
provide
is utter though probably reward-
ing sublimation
of the kind only found deep down
in a crocodile’s “inside.”
Observer Contemplates
Silent Halls and Mourns
Continued from Page 3
bathtubs that overrun? Where is
the signout pen that leaks? Where
in the key to the kitchen? Where
are the illegible phone messages?
Where are the people who sign us
out on the board when we’re in?
Where are the people who borrow
our soap? Where are the people
who... yes, where are the people?
That’s what’s the matter. All the
people are gone, and suddenly we
miss them terribly. They took with
them everything we had to com-
plain about, and we don’t know
what to do...
Lou Earle Advocates
Psychology as Unifier
Continued from Page 3
saw a possible explanation for the
genesis of bio-physics. Mathe-
matics occupies the topmost, or
fourth floor of Dalton, where it is
naturally subject to the hot air
produced by the other sciences.
“But,” the scientist ‘went on,
“~we have not yet discovered the
factor which is to unify all the sci-
ences. So far we have used the sci-
ence buildings as an arbitrary clas-
sification. Let us alter our method
of approach; in our new technique
we shall use the buildings which
contain books catalogued in an or-
derly fashion. This includes the
library, but excludes the halls.
Thus psychology enters in to our
calculations. Psychology is the
study of man, and therefore in-
cludes all the other sciences, en-
gulfing them with a gentle amoe-
boid motion.” Miss Earle concluded
by expressing the hope that her
_ | professors would regard this, the
outline of her comprehensive, with
the tenderest sympathy.
The class of 1950 takes great
pleasure in announcing the elec-
tion of its permanent class of-
ficers: Nancy Corkran as Pres-
ident; Dixie Greeley as Class
Collector; Alice Shroyer as
First Reunion Manager. and
Edith Mason Ham as Class
Secretary for the Alumnae
Bulletin.
College Gives M.S., M.A.
Ph. D. Degrees to Grads
Continued from Page 1
sentia, A. B. Colorado College 1923;
M. A. Columbia University 1929.
Louise Kepner of Baltimore,,
Maryland, in absentia, A. B. Uni
versity of Rochester, 1946.
Irene R. G. Levine of Philadel
phia, Pennsylvania, B. S. Univer-.
sity of Massachusetts 1933.
Martin Mark Ormond of Ard-
more, Pennsylvania, in absentia,
A.B. Hobart College 1949.
Mary Ewart Otto, of Media,
Pennsylvania, A.B. St. Lawrence:
University 1946.
‘Mary Elizabeth Roberts of Nor-
ristown, Pennsylvania, in absentia,,
A.B. University of West Vinginia
1939.
(Laila Mohamed Sharawi of Cai--
ro, Egypt, A.B. American Univer-
sity at Cairo 1948,
Laila Sayid Shukry of Cairo,
Egypt, A.B. American University
at Cairo 1946.
iGladye Watt Thomas of Berke-
ley, California, A. B. University of
California 1980.
Frances Wallace of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, A.B. Beaver Col-
lege 1948.
Rae B. Weiner of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, A.B. University of
Pennsylvania 1948.
CANDIDATES FOR THE DE-
GREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
Biology
Patsy Dawn Amos of Marietta,.
Ohio, A.B. Oberlin College 1949.
Edward Brinton of -Wallingford,
Pennsylvania, A.B. Haverford
College 1949.
Mary Roberts Forbes Day of
Manchester, New Hampshire, B. S.
University of New Hampshire:
1948.
Lois Morrison Propst of Scran-
ton, Pennsylvania, A.B. Wilson
College 1948.
Elenore Schewe of Vandalia,
Missouri, B.Arch. Washington Uni-
versity 1941.
Chemistry
Shirley Bernice Daniels of Wol-.
laston, Massachusetts, A.B. Rad-
cliffe College 1948.
Grace Ann Peters of New York.
City, A.B. Barnard College 1948.
Tatiana+Margarita Riaboff of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, A. B..
University of Pennsylvania 1948.
' Classical Archaeology
Rebecca Cooper Wood of Moores-.
town, ‘iNew Jersey, A.B. Bryn
Mawr College 19465.
Continued on Page 6
Administration Announces List of Distinctions ;
58% of Seniors Awarded Honors, Cum Laude
Continued from Page 2
laude, with Honors in Chemistry.
History
Anne Trotter Newbold,
laude.
cum
History of Art
Judith Anne Nicely, cum laude.
English
Mary Elizabeth Porter, cum
laude.
Psychology
Harriett Amster Psaki, cum
laude, with Honors in Psychology.
Chemistry
Frances Katharine Putney,
magna cum laude, with Honors in
Chemistry.
Latin
Louise Riker, magna cum laude,
with Honors in Latin.
English
Nancy Lee Riley, cum laude.
Mathematics
Winifred Runton, cum laude.
Chemistry
Isik Sagmanli, cum laude.
Psychology
Sylvia Lieberman Schatz, cum
laude, with Honors in Psychology.
Sociology and Anthropology
Alice Wood Shroyer, cum laude.
French
Ellen Delyse Shure, cum laude.
Biology
Anneliese L. Sitarz, cum laude.
_ English
Florence Augusta Snyder, mag-
na cum laude, with Honors in Eng-
lish.
English
Elizabeth Spalding, cum laude,.
with Honors in English.
Psychology
Josephine Caroline Spitzer, cum
laude, with Honors in Psychology..
German
Karin (Lore Stuebben, magna
cum laude, with Honors in German.
Biology
Ethel Stolzenberg Tessman,.
magna cum laude, with Honors in
Biology.
Greek
Emily Dickinson Townsend,
summa cum laude, with Honors in
Greek.
Classical Archaeology
Jeanny Esther Vorys, cum laude,
with Honors in Classical Archae-
ology.
History of Art
Barbara Smith Wakeman, magna
cum laude, with Honors in History
of Art.
Psychology:
‘Martha Alice Helson Warren,.
cum laude, with Honors in Psychol-
ogy.
History
Linda Louise Whitney, cum
laude.
Psychology
Barbara Kay Wood, with Honors
in Psychology.
Spanish
Jane Elizabeth Wickham, cum
laude.
Geology
Ruth Celeste Young, cum laude.
Tuesday, June 6, 1950
THE C
OLLEGE NEWS
Page Five
Counterpoint Stresses Mood Rather Than Plot;
Provides Few Selections Which Touch Reader
Continued from Page 1
The poetry 1s unimportant and
much coincidence for realism. The none too)successful. Mimi Luken’s
style is extremely clumsy;
four cpening yaragraphs are repe-
titious, dull and enti.ely swperflu-
ous. Intelligent cutting and re-
vision could have strengthened
the story and improved its read-
ability. At any rate, the final sen-
tence should have been revised or
cmitted: it is too cbvious an ap-|
geal to irony and pathos. How-
ever the handling of the race is
excellent and moving and _ this
piece is one of the few which cap-
tures any mood or feeling; al.
though the details may be too dra.
matic for some, anyone who has
seen a racing accident is immedi-
ately conscious of the desperation
of small time racing and especial-
ly the careless brutality of x
crowd.
“The Sand Cake” by Leatrice
Hoard deseribes a child’s uncon-
seclious exiperience with death. It
is written with admira
are excellent. The child’s age is
not defined and some of her actions
seem inconsistent, but the story
promises fine future contributions
from a thoughtful and perceptive
author.
‘Confident style, emphasis on in-
cident, and occasional patness
would draw Horatio Wood’s “Chec-
ker Champ” toward the slick cat-
egory, but for the wise introduc-
tion of Harwell. This incident in
a mental ward is expert and tem-
porarily interesting, if easily for-
gotten.
There is an evasive quality about
‘The Chinese Horse’ that renders
it inadequate. A little too intro-
spective and rambling, Annie Law-
rie Fabens’ story never establish-
es the definite (or any) relationship
- between the couple and is emotion-
ally static. There is too much de-
pendence on the symbol of the
horse, very little explanation and
no mood. It touches nothing in the
reader and despite its technical
merit provokes only apathy. This
seems another example of the sub-
tle story which flaunts its delicacy.
David Tilley’s vignette “Tomb-
stone for a Lonely Lady” is vivid,
well-written and of little more im-
portance than an exercise.
The finest writing in the issue
is found in John Dyson’s:“A World
Wall-Papered”. Another vignette,
it is beautifully executeed and ex-
tremely moving, combining sub-
tlety and fresh description with
the sincerity of an author whose
characters are important to him.
The pain of old age and of silence
between two people who cannot
reach each other is finely conveyed.
These qualities, together with the
irony of ‘Love’ create and clarify
an atmosphere of loneliness that
none of the other authors approach.
Faculty Appointments
Announced for *50-51
Continued from Page 1
French; Esther Buchan Pese, Ph.D.
1950, as (Lecturer in French; and
Frances Bondus Berliner as In-
structor in Chemistry.
‘Among the promotions an-
nounced are Arthur C. Sprague,
promoted from Associate Profes-
sor to Professor of English; Mabel
L. Lang, promoted from Assistant
Professor to Associate Professor
of Greek; Manuel Alcala, promoted
from Assistant Professor to As-
sociate (Professor of Spanish;
Heinz Politzer, promoted from In-
structor to Assistant Professor of
German; Martha M. Diez, pro-
moted from Instructor to Assistant
Professor of German; and Edith
Lanman, promoted from Instruc-
tor to (Assistant Professor of
Chemistry.
MEET AT THE GREEK’S
Tasty Sandwiches
Refreshments
LUNCHES — DINNER
the,
“Landscape” stumlbles over self-
conscious hyphenated imagery and
achieves nothing save the line “the
sea... folds on itself”. There is
too much striving for images and
an abundance of conscious effect.
Elizabeth Spalding’s ‘Delusion”
says nothing in sonnet form—
again a succession of words, no
certain imagery. ‘Herbert Crey-
ette’s stories have been deft and
powerful, but his poem “Lot: On
Entering the Cave” is pretentious
and overly precise. Occasionally
there are
phrases (“regungitating faith upon
ourselves”) but again it achieves
nothing. Anne Bobis’ “Song of the
Quiet Heart” is by far the best
poem. Especially in the last two
stanzas she creates a disturbing
and vivid emotion and an intang-
ible imagery of atmosphere that
is increased by the use of rhyme
which too many young poets seem
afraid to use.
Robert Phillips’ photograph
“Dry Dock” is technically good,
but his subject is extremely famil-
iar and its presentation routine.
Abraham Rosensweigs photograph
of a “Tugboat’” employs a novel
technique and is a creative addition
to Counterpoint.
Fritz. Janschkas drawings are
the finest part of this summer is-
sue: they exude a quiet and
thoughtful horror that is more elo-
quent than all the words.
Counterpoint is not very bad, but
it is not very interesting or very
creative or very good. In Dr,
Schrecker’s advice Counterpoint
printed its most valid criticism; it
is still its own worst enemy.
Carolyn Cohen Shares
European Fellowship
Continued from Page 1
and was the James E. Rhoads
Memorial Sophomore Scholar for
the year 1948-1949. Last. year’ she
was awarded the Maria L. East-
man Brooke Hall Memorial Schol-
arship for the year 1949-1950, and
also was the recipient of the Eliza-
beth S. Shippen Scholarship for
excellence in science and the Lilia
Babbitt Hyde Foundation Scholar-
ship.
Carolyn received the Bachelor
of Arts Degree summa cum laude,
with honors in biology. The sub-
ject of her honors was “The Ac-
tion Potential in Nitella.” She in-
tends to continue her research next
year at the Massachusetts insti-
tute of Technology.
H. Holborn Receives
Share of European
Continued from Page 1
for excellence in her major sub-
ject, history. She received the De-
gree of Bachelor of Arts summa
cum laude, with honors in history
Hanna did her honors with Mr.
Gilbert in the Renaissance field;
the subject of her paper was
“Virtu and the Concept of the
Ideal Ruler.” Next year she plans
to attend either Oxford University
or the Universiyt of London and
continue her research in the phil-
osophy of history. She is also the
recipient of a Fulbright Grant fox
study in England for next year.
Good Bye
Good Luck
and
thank you very much
MISS NOIROT’S
SHOP
interesting and new/
1
BA Recipients Comprise
College’s Largest Class
Continued from Page 2
Elisabeth Adair Grey of Eng-
land.
Catherine Lord
setts.
Giwynne Williams of Maine.
Physics
Sylvia Hayes of New York.
Elizabeth Hebb of Massachusetts.
Political Science
Manon Lucy Christ of Connecti-
Cut,
Pamela Davis of New York.
GROUP- VII
Political Science
Sheila Burton Eaton of New
York. ,
Helen W. Goldberg of New York.
Dorothy Greeley of Illinois.
Sally Gordon Grove of New
York.
Louise Harned of Connecticut.
Ellen Katz Kasler of Pennsyl-
vania.
Elizabeth Ann Lanin of Pennsyl-
vania.
Cynthia J. Lovejoy of Michigan.
Elizabeth A. Mutch of New Jer-
sey.
Robin Rau of Tennessee.
Elizabeth Hayward Swope of
Massachusetts.
Laura Winslow of Maryland.
Psychology
Anne Marie Bobis of New Jer-
sey.
Eva Maria Hauptmann of Mas-
sachusetts.
Nancy Louise Lewellyn of Penn-
sylvania.
Lois Ruth Miller of New York.
GROUP VIII
Psychology
Jeanne Margot Pieri
York.
Harriett Amster Psaki of Penn-
sylvania.
Sylvia Lieberman
Pennsylvania.
Dorothy Bosler Sloan of Mary-
land.
Josephine Caroline Spitzed of
Pennsylvania.
Charlotte Elizabeth Tupper of
New Jersey.
(Martha Alice Helson Warren of
Pennsylvania.
Barbara Kay Wood of Massachu
setts.
of Massachu-
of New
Schatz of
Russian
Priscilla Mary Post Johnson of
New York. ~
ie Sociology
Adele Gersh Kurtz of Pennsyl-
vania. ;
Anthropology
Alta Mae Harris of New York.
Alice Wood Shroyer of Illinois.
Sociology and Anthropology
Suetse Li of China.
(Lois Marguerite Maconi of Con-
Compliments
of the
Haverford Pharmacy
Haverford
by Jane Augustine, 52
now displayed in the basement of
Goodhart outside the Music De-
partment’s offices. On the left are
paintings from the college collec-
tion, done by various artists, and
on the right are paintings by Edith
Longstreth Wood. Two of the most
outstanding paintings from the
Neuberger collection, loaned last
year to Bryn Mawr for exhibition,
vere retained for the college col-
lection. They are William Zor-
ach’s Morning in December and
Suzy Frelinghuysen’s Composition.
Mr. Zorach’s watercolor might
have been a= sordid scene—a
clothes-line strung between two
| shucke—but its clear pinks,
mauves, and blues keep it from be-
ing so.
Miss Frelinghuysen’s thought-
fully planned Composition is per-
haps executed with greater skill
than any other painting on exhibit,
although it is intentionally artific-
ial and somewhat meaningless. It
amounts to technical exercise on a
high level of achievement. Osip
Zadkine’s Figura is rather un-
pleasant. The clumsiness of treat-
ment is much more striking than
the bourgeouis misery it is evi-
dently intended to convey. The
Beach Scene of Jean Lurcat faith-
fully transcribes the sand-color
and desolation of a beach and
driftwood.
Yasuo Kunyoshi, in Flower
Piece, has rendered a very simple
rose in a vase in dull browns and
blacks for an effect of muddiness
and gloom which is very unusual
for a flower painting. Margaret
Gest’s watercolor Landscape is a
tiny jewel of simplicity,
(Miss. Wood’s paintings show her
ability with oil paint, oil crayon,
and watercolor. The one litho-
graph in the collection, a portrait
of the artist Earl Miller, has ease
and spontaneity. Spontaneity also
marks the watercolors Gloucester
and Petunias. Faint charcoal lines
add a strengthening precision and
coupled with the restrained color-
ing make them very effective.
Dorset Mountain, Vermont js filled
‘with bright wiggly lines of green
and blue oil crayon; it is a thor-
oughly enjoyable as well as inter-
esting landscape. The light yel-
necticut.
Spanish
| (Martha Ann Chowning of Ar-
kansas.
Jane Elizabeth Wickham of New
Jersey.
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Parallel exhibits of paintings are | '
| glare-and-sunshine
Goodhart Art Exhibit Displays
Variety in Oils and Watercolors
lows of the watercolor Rio Grande
convey the feeling of too-much-
that prevails
in the desert.
Miss Wood’s oils, on the other
hand, have neither lightness nor
spontaneity. Their backgrounds
are solid with little blobs of dark
blue, wine, or purple, as in Tulips,
and Undersea. This crowding is no
doubt intentional, but it does not
seem to add to the painting. Vic-
torian Still Life and Early Amer-
can are an interesting pair of
paintings similar in subject matter
but dissimilar in handling of it.
Both are predominantly grey, per-
haps too much so, with a highlight
of orange, which is particularly
striking in the Early American.
Fuschia is an oil with some of
the lightness of the watercolors
and more imagination than the
other oil stilllife. It too seems a
little crowded but the effect of ka-
leidoscopic light which is achieved
is excellent. The magentas which
were unalleviated in Tulips, for ex-
ample, are interspersed with the
cool greys which overwhelmed the
Victorian St_ll Life.
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Tuesday, June 6, 1950
College Awards Masters,
Doctors Degrees
To 58 Graduates in 28 Fields of Research
Continued from Page 4
Economics
Rhoda R. Gilman of Bryn Mawr,
P2nnsylvania, A. B. University of
\/ashington 1947.
English
Lillian Hartmann Allen of Bur-
lington, Vermont, A. B. University
of Vermont 1949.
Bettina Ann Huston of Methuen,
Massachusetts, A.B. Guilford Col-
lege 1949.
Inrmgard Lehmann of Berlin,
Germany, in absentia, University
of Berlin, 1943-44, 1946-48.
‘Claire Collins MeGinnes of Wil-
mington, Delaware, A. B. Univer-
sity of Delaware 1949.
Jean Louise Shields of Caisto
Centre, Ontario, Canada, B. A. Mc-
Master University 1948.
English and Mediaeval Latin
Doris Enright-Clark
York City, A.B. Hunter College
1948.
English and Philosophy
Renate Mathilde Kaufmann of |
Buffalo, New York, A.B. Radcliffe |
College 1949.
French
iMarie-Odile Gauny of Verdun,
France, Licence es lettres, Univer-
sity of Nancy 1944.
Geology
Paul A. Dike of Drexel Hill,’
Pennsylvania, A.B. Johns Hopkins
University 1937.
Greek and Ckass‘cal Archaeology
Nancy Loyd Ashby of Geneva,
Illinois, A.B. Wells College 1949.
Greek and Latin
Barbara Lenore Hughes of Ken-
osha, Wisconsin, A.B. University!
of Wisconsin 1949.
History of Art
Mirella Levi D’Ancona of Flor-
ence, Italy, in absentia, Ph.D.
University of Florence 1941
Lucille Miriam Feiden of St. Au-
gustine, Fjorida, A.B. Florida
State University 1948.
Bernice Bernstein Morrill of
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in ab-
sentia, A.B. Wellesley College
1934; M.A. Teachers College, Col-
umbia University 1936.
Lat:n
Betty Jo Brantley of Memphis,
Tennessee, in absentia, A.B.
Southwestern at Memphis 1948.
Mathematics
Jean Purinton of Beverly, Mas-
sachusetts, A.B. Wheaton College
1949.
Maria von Wedemeyer Schnie-
of New|!
English Literature and Spanish
Literature
Winifred Irene Nelson of Tor-
onto, Ontario, Canada, B.A. Uni-
versity of Toronto 1947 and M.A.
1948. Dissertation: A Roving
Geonge Moore’s Pronouncements
on Literature, Painting, and Music.
Presented by Professor Samuel
Claggett Chew.
French Literature and Mediaeval
Latin Literature
Esther Buchen Pese of Glencoe,
Illinois, A. B. and M. A. Bryn Mawr
College 1989. Dissertation: Baude-
laire: Poet in Prose. Presented by
Professor Margaret Gilman.
Geology and Chemistry
Albraham Rosenzweig of Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, B.S. Uni-
versity 1945. Dissertation: A
hhemical, Cptical and Genetic
|Study of Hornblendes from South-
/ eastern Pennsylvania and Dela-
' wate.
Presented by Professor Ed-
|ward H. Watson.
German Literature and Engl sh
| Literature
Heinz Politzer of Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania, University of Vien-
na 1928-31; University of Prague
1931-33; Hebrew University 1938-
| 40. Dissertation: Studies on Jew-
ish Contributors to German Lit-
terature: Heine and Borne. Pre-
sented by Professor Max Diez.
Latin and Greek
Helen Elizabeth Russell of Na-
shua, New Hampshire, A. B. Mount
Holyoke College 1941; M.A. Bryn
Mawr College 1942; Dissertation:
Insignia of Office as Rewards in
the Roman Republic; Advancement
in Rank for the Soldier and the
Public Prosecutor. Presented by
Professor Lily Ross Taylor.
Systenjatic Philosophy and His-
torical Philosophy
Anita Dunlevy Fritz of Storrs,
Connecticut, in absentia, A.B,
Smith College 1939; M.A. Brown
University 1941. Dissertation: An
Estimate of the Influence of Male-
branche upon the Philosophy of
Berkeley. Presented by Professor
Paul Schrecker.
Politics and Economics
Josephine Yager King of Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, A.B. Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania 1942; M. A.
Bryn Mawr College 1943. Disserta-
tion: The Concept’ of the Tiwo-
Party System in American Politi-
cal Thought 1789-1888. Presented
wind of Oberbehme b. Lohne, Ger- by Professor Roger Hewes Wells.
many, University of Gottingen
1946-47; University of Frankfurt
1947-48.
Music and Span‘sh
Hope Kaufmann of South Salem,
New York, A.B. Bryn Mawr Col-
lege 1948.
Philosophy and Political Science
Stasha Furlan of New York City,
A. B. Barnard College 1949.
Physics
Richard Carlton Barbera of Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, S.B. Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
1948.
Psychology
Joan Miller Platt of New Can-
aan, Connecticut, A.B. George
Washington University 1948.
Hilma Unterberger of Edwards-
ville, Pennsylvania, A.B. Bryn
Mawr College 1948.
CANDIDATES FOR THE DE-
GREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY
Organic Chemistry and Physical
Chemistry
Elizabeth Ann Blommers of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, A.B.
Bryn Mawr College 1945 and M. A.
1946. Dissertation: Studies in the
Biphenyl Series: The Relative
Strengths of 3’—and 4’—Substi-
tuted Biphenyl Carboxylic Acids
Presented by Professor Ernst Ber-
liner.
Walter J. Cook
_ | Specialist
Swiss and American
Watch Repairing
uae Harrison's
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Experimental Psychology and
Educational Psychology
Myrtle Corliss Nash of Spring-
field Gardens, New York, A.B.
Swarthmore College 1987; M. A.
Bryn Mawr College 1938. Disserta-
tion: A Quantitatve Study of Ef-
fects of Past Experience.on Adapt-
ation-Level. Presented by Profes-
sor Magda B. Arnold.
The Sophomore Class takes
great pleasure in announcing
the election of Barbara Lese as
stage manager for their Junior
Show, to be given next October.
If hamburgers could
But utter phrases
To ’50 they’d give
All their praises !
HAMBURG HEARTH
BRYN MAWR
Good Bye
and
Good Luck
Class of 1950
STOCKTON’S
BRYN MAWR
The Ruins
Of the Castle
When darkness hangs like willows,
Like ivy creeps the towers,
Two things are present only:
Mind: A Review and Appraisal of ‘Sadness and the flowers.
Past shadows, formless faces
Slip from a memory blind
Resolving to non-entities.
The mercury of mind.
No color jars the eyes,
Nor sound distracts the heart
Groping in the darkness for
Memory’s forgotten art.
Misty, musty lilacs
The scent of their perfume
Penetrates the silence that barri-
cades the room
And a sweet and subtle sadness
Supercedes the gloom.
‘Bard's Eye View
by Julie Ann Johnson, ’52
“Shall I compare thee
to a summer’s day... ”’
Or art thou merely
A phantom of the spring,
Hiding thy tears beneath
A gleeful Puckish face
Until thy victims
Are arrayed below?
Wilt thou not be
Content to let
The funereal robes
Of fortune and
The shackling hoeds
Made au lapin
Constrict their victims
And complete their torture
Unabetted by thy schemes?
Wilt thou let
The sober..countenances
Go unblackened
By a faulty dye
Made solvent by thy tear?
Will Yous... 7
I feel a drop;
You won’t ..
by Barbara Joelson, ’52
June, they say, is a month for
brides,
But it’s also the time for sunburnt
hides
Of flaming red, no doubt acquired
‘On rooftops, scantily attired.
June is the time when the roses
bloom,
And every undergraduate’s room
{s filled with packing crate and
trunk,
And a useless collection of prec-
ious junk.
June is the month that’s busting
out,
But the seniors just vaguely walk
about
And wonder which is the proper
(way
To wear
day.
For what is so rare as the month
of June?
With classes over, vacation soon,
And time to do a miscellany
one’s hood, graduation
Of things quite Junish and quite
zany. ;
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CAMELS FOR
MILDNESS !
My cigarette?
. 30 consecutive days, noted throat specialists,
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