College news, February 27, 1952

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VOL. XLVIII—NO. 16

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1952

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Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1952

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Panel Speakers

Tender Specific
Career Counsel

Job Discussion Urges
Concrete Aims

In Work

The Panel Discussion of job fu-
tures took place in the Deanery on
February 21. Lois Lawrence wel-
comed the speakers, and Joan Fish
Bishop was the moderator. The
speakers were Roberta Murray
Alford, Virginia Sides, Mrs. Am-
ent and Mrs. Guiton. (The last
two are Bryn Mawr graduates).

The moderator stated the purpose
of the discussion, and each of the
four members of the panel gave a

few concise pointers on prepara-}

tion and the plan of work in her
particular field. Mrs. Bishop then
asked certain questions which were
answered by each of the speakers,
and more particular questions
were left for tue interviews the
next day.

Today’s Opportunities

Mrs. Bishop began the discus-
sion by stating that there are a
wide variety of jobs for the mod-
ern girl as opposed to the past
when all a girl could go into was
tailoring, domestic service, factory
work, or if her education and intel-
ligence were equal to a man’s,
teaching. But girls today are
vague about what they want to do,
what path they want to choose
from this wide selection. A girl
doesn’t want routine, but Mrs.

Bishop replies that even in such,

glamorous jobs as the theatre,
there are elements of routine. Hel-
en Hayes, for example, says that
she has had to rehearse the same
lines every night for two years for
one production, and what is rou-
tine if this isn’t? Girls say they
want something| interesting, ‘but
Mrs. Bishop says that a _ giri
should see what are her capacities
rather than approaching the prob-
lem from a standpoint of vague
wishes. Some girls say they want
to work with people, but all jobs
involve people to at least some ex-
tent. The panel was, thus, con-
fronted with the problem of try-
ing to help us transfer our ab-
stract desires to concrete aims, to
help us select from the wide choice
of job opportunities ahead. Mrs.
Bishop concluded her discussion
with a remark by Dr. Hamerich
who said that “self-reliance back-
ed by knowledge is an almost un-
beatable combination.”

(Mrs. Alford discussed possibili-
ties in the field of art and more
in museum work



The NEWS is happy to an-
‘Business Manager: M. G.
Warren, 54.

_ Associate Business Manager:
Julia Heimowitz, ’55.









Launce Flemister
Explains Theories
Of Cellular Water

A lecture on “Animal |Water”
was given in Park on Thursday,
February 21, by Launce J. Flem-
ister. Mr. Flemister, who holds a
Ph. D. from Duke University and
is Assistant Professor of Zoology
at Swarthmore College, explained
the theory and process of the ser-
ies of experiments which he is
conducting in order to prove the
presence, amount, and origin of
the intercellular water in living
animals.

The basic theory upon which Mr.
Flemister proceeds is that all
moisture to be found within living
animal cells was originally part of
the ancient seas from which life
arose. The beginnings of life in
the “Eocene Eden, the Paleozoic
Palm Beach” were simply small in-
dividual cells which consisted of a
large percentage of water from
these ancient seas. This water still
exists in living bodies today.

Each individual animal cell is
bathed and filled with fluid. This
fluid makes up seventy percent of
the weight of a living body—fif-
teen percent is fluid contained be-
tween cells and fifty-five percent is
fluid contained within cells. Seven
to twelve liters of fluid pass
through the walls of the stomach
during each twenty-four hour per-
iod. Ome hundred liters pass
through the kidney, 350 cubic cen-
timeters through the lungs, and
150 cubic centimeters through the
walls of the intestine in the same
amount of time.

All of this fluid must be circulat-
ed in order to lubricate each of the
many cells which form a living or-
ganism. Circulation is accom-
plished in different manners by
animals. The crab is unique since
he has a so-called “open circula-
tory system.” In his body there is
no separating membrane between
the intercell area and the circulat-
ing fluid. He has no veins. On a
higher plane is the closed circula-
tory system which includes the
membrane absent in the crab,
which in other words has veins.

In conclusion, Mr. Flemister
pointed out that his series of ex-
periments is by no means complete,
but that he is certain that the
trends and facts which he is ob-
serving will eventually lead him to
a vastly important icons.

Library to Exhibit
Alternative System

Especially contributed by
Carolyn Burelbach, ’53

On Tuesday, March 4, and Wed-
nesday, March 5, the Library Coun-
cil with permission of the Library
Staff will exhibit the mechanics of
the closed reserve. Many colleges
have found this system more sat-
isfactory than the open reserve.
This occupation is an attempt to
illustrate to the students an alter-
native to the system now in use in
the library in order to cope with
some of the problems arising from
the open reserve.

During library hours on these
two days students will not be per-
mitted to enter either of the re-



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Mr. Alwyne Gives Pianoforte Recital;
Works Range from Bach to Medtner

by Margaret McCabe, °54

A varied program ranging from
Bach to Zadora afforded Mr. Hor-
ace Alwyne material for an excel-
lent recital given in Goodhart
Tuesday, February 26. In each
portion of the program Mr. Al-
wyne evidenced a complete under-
standing of the-composers, their
style, and the mood of the selec-
tion.

Each voice of the counterpoint
was clear and never over-shadow-
ing in the Chorale4Preludes of
Bach-Busoni. Out of the even ar-
peggios of “Awake, the voice com-
mands”, Mr. Alwyne drew the mel-
odic line amid the intricate contra-
puntal style.

Variation on a theme can be
very interesting when the theme
does not vary markedly, but Mr.
Alwyne’s development of Haydn’s
Andante con Variazioni in F minor
altered this situation. All the or-
namentation, rhythmic changes,
and mood differences were obvious,
and although one was _ usually
aware of the main themes, an in-
teresting deviation was simultane-
ously being well executed.

As the emphasis shifted from
the primarily formal to the diffi-
cult pianistic style of Liszt, Mr.
Alwyne exemplified the Liszt of
many moods. In the exceptionally
romantic Ricordanza Liszt devel-
oped every mood of himself as a
man, and ‘Mr. Alwyne, in turn, re-
alistically presented them to his
listeners. Every note was audible
for *tself and yet fit into the pat-
tern of the pianistic style which
was adeptly handled. This dexter-
ity was also pronounced in Aw
bord d’une source from “Annees
de Pelerinage”: Suisse, while the
Sonetto 14 del Petrarca was the

CALENDAR

Thursday, February 28

8:00 p.m. Mr. Helmut Hatzfeld,
Professor of Romance Languages
at the Catholic University of
America, will lecture on “Myth-
ology in Poetry during the French
Renaissance” in the Gertrude Ely
Room, Wyndham. The lecture will
be in English.

Friday, February 29

8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Square
Dance in the Gym.

Sunday, March 2

7:15 p.m. The Reverend Mr.
Sidney Goldsmith will deliver the
address at the Chapel service.
Monday, March 3

7:15 p.m. Current Events, Com-
mon ‘Room.

8:00 p.m. Mr. Isaiah Berlin
will speak on “Individual Free-
dom and the March of History
(Herder and Hegel)” in Goodhart
auditorium at the fourth lecture
in the Flexner series.

Tuesday, March 4
8:30 p.m. German Club, Com-
mon Room.

Wednesday, March 5
12:30 p.m. Leverett Saltonstall,
United States Senator from Mas-
sachusetts, will lecture at the Al-
liance Assembly in Goodhart au-
ditorium. The topic of his speech
will be “A Senator Reports from
Washington.”
4:30 p.m. Non- Res
tea, Rhoads Showcase.



Faculty



“mocdy” Liszt throughout. Mr.
Alwyne created the moods by skill-
ful accentuation of modulations
which effected them, and the for-
mality of the sonnet’s last line
“grasp the whole world, yet noth-
ing can attain” could be felt in the
climactic rise and fall of the piece
as a whole. As a point of culmin-
ation of the Liszt selections, a
Paganini Etude served to spotlight
Mr. Alwyne’s ability to render the
virtuosity that was Paganini and
Liszt combined.

The Seven Fantasies, Op. 116 of
Brahms are examples of Brahms
as he should be understood, a com-
bination of the romantic and class-
ical styles. The Fantasies were
contrasts to each other, one engag-
ing the keyboard at its fullest, the
other being centered in its range
yet deep in its mood. Mr. Alwyne
proved in the second Fantasie that

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Assembly To Hear
Saltonstall Speak
About Washington

Leverett Saltonstall, United
States Senator from Massachu-
setts, will speak at the Alliance
Assembly, March 5, at 12:30 in
‘Goodhart Hall, on the subject, “A
Senator. Reports from Washing-
ton.”

Mr. Saltonstall graduated from
Harvard in 1914. He received his
Bachelor of Law degree from Har-
vard in 1917, and his Doctor of
Law degree from Northwestern in
1935. He was the Assistant Dis-
trict Attorney of Middlesex Coun-
ty, Massachusetts in 1921-22, and
on the Board of Aldermen, Newton
im 1920-22. He was a member of
the Massachusetts House of Rep-
resentatives from 1928 to 1936,
and he was Speaker of the House
from 1929 to 1936. He was Gov-
ernor of Massachusetts from 1939
to 1944, and was elected to the
United States Senate in 1944.

Berlin Explains
Bridge Linking
Kant & Fichte

Later Theorist Applies
Ethical Imperative
To State

Continuing his discussion of po-
litical ideas in the Romantic Age,
Mr. idsaiah Berlin delivered the
third of the Flexner lectures on
Monday night, February 25, in
Goodhart Auditorium. Mr. Ber-
lin’s lecture was concerned with
Kant’s concept of the ethical im-
perative which was followed by
Fichte’s extension of this idea to
the state.

Beginning with a general dis-
cussion of 19th century Europe’s
concepts of liberty, Mr. Berlin ex-
plained that the two ideas com-
monly held at that time had very
little similarity. The first was thav
held by the British and French
Liberals, who regarded liberty as
a negative concept, the privilege
of not being interfered with.

The Liberals recognized a gen-
eral pattern of the universe and
held that sufficient liberty should
be given every man to fulfill his
part in the plan. Any attempt to
encroach upon this was, they
thought, against the plan. Thus,
liberty was defined as non-inter-
ference. a

Kant presented. to his followers
a different view of liberty, It
seemed to him that because men
are wicked and stupid and tyrants
strong, any attempt to make one’s
own decisions is frustrated by
chance or by other people . Rather
than seek vainly to pacify wishes,
it would be better to suppress
them. If one would seek freedom,
it is mecessary for him to contrac:
his area of vulnerability by with-
drawing within himself, and build
an inner citadel which no one can
reach. The basis of this concept

lay in the “sour grapes” idea that



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Bryn Mawr and Haverford Display

by Margaret McCabe, °54

Those people who heard the
Bryn Mawr-Haverford College Or-
chestra Concert and the Haverford
College Glee Club perform on
Friday, February 22 in Roberts
Hall, Haverford College, were in-
troduced to a new and accom-
plished orchestra under the very
able direction of (William H. Reese
of ‘Haverford.

At the onset of the program in
Purcell’s The Golden Sonata ar-
ranged by Henri Elkan, the strings
of the orchestra set a precedent of
precision which was never lost
throughout the concert. Certainly
their ability to present contrapu-
nal music in clear parallel lines
was a pleasing introduction to
- With- the performance of the
Overture to “La Scala di Seta” by
Rossini, the woodwinds were intro-
duced.” The almost fragile wood-
wind passages were effectively un-
derscored by string arpeggios and





a pizzicato bass. All these sec-



Polished, Accomplished Performance

tions joined in a climactic. drive
which was contrasted each time by
the return of the woodwinds enter-
ing, one upon another.

Once again the string orchestra
evidenced its pliability, this time
as the dramatic background for
Norris Hansell’s skillful trumpet
solo in Vincent Perichetti’s The
Hollow Men. The strings set a
shimmering, bordering the wierd,
backdrop with interesting modu-
lations which held interest until
the trumpet entered, as it were,
out of a darkness. Mr. Reese ex-
emplified his own and the orches-
tra’s ability to interpret dramatic
dynamics, for one could sense the
emotion in the orchestra] sonori-
ties without having read the orig-
inal T. S. Eliot poem.

In three scenes from Bellini’s
Norma, the Haverford College
Glee Club sang the part of the re-
venge-seeking Druids with George
Lamphere as their high priest. The
orchestra adapted well to its ac-

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Better Teachers

Liberal arts colleges have become increasingly aware of
the appalling lack of interest shown by well-qualified grad-
uates in careers in public school teaching. This may stem
from a lack of information about teaching careers, but even
more fundamental is the lack of opportunity to get, in a rel-
atively short time, the credits necessary to obtain a state
teaching certificate. In an effort to supply this need for edu-
cation courses, a plan for fifth year training for teachers has
been sponsored by the Ford Foundation Fund for the Ad-
vancement of Education, with training to be given at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Karlier this month, Bryn Mawr announced that it is
among the twenty-one eastern colleges that have joined in
the program. These colleges, realizing that public school
teaching could be improved if the teachers had a wider back-
ground, are making an attempt to stimulate student interest
in education as a career.

The Ford Foundation has made fellowships available to
those desiring to work for a Master of Arts in Teaching (for
secondary school teaching) or a Master of Education (for
primary school work). Information will be circulated about
careers in education. Many states have agreed to accept the
graduates of this plan in their public school systems.

The most important factor, therefore, is interest on the
part of the individual student. The program exists. There
.8 the possibility of a Bryn Mawr graduate’s securing a teach-
er’s certincate by taking only one extra year of concentrated
siudy. The fifth year program demands no undergraduate
work in education, although Bryn Mawr offers courses and a
enance to work with children in the Child Study Institute
and will soon increase the opportunities by re-opening the
Phoebe Anna Thorne School. It is equally important, how-
ever, that interests in teaching and the fifth year do not come
__ t@ graduates as a last resort for a career. The interest should

come from a genuine desire to teach, not from desperation.
i with such deep-seated interest, coupled with a well-
can the otandarte of public school teach-



Kant’s Idea of Inner
Self Expands in Fichte

Continued from Page 1

anything capable of being taken
away from one did not matter.

The followers of Kant tried to
compensate for their lack of outer
freedom by the development of an
inner soul, an “impersonal immi-
gration into themselves” where no
one could reach. They held that
the true man is the inner man, and
that a desire eliminated is a de-
sire satisfied. The use of “this
notion”, said Mr. Berlin, was “an-
alogous to the confusion of secur-
ity and liberty”. In the outer world
of the empirical self, freedom was
meaningless; only in the imner
world of personal ideas could one
be free.

In describing the bridge be-
tween Kant and Fichte, Mr. Berlin
discussed the question of the eth-
ical imperative. Prior to Kant,
moral questions were considered
questions of fact. Kant was the
first European thinker to state
that answers to ethical questions
were not statements of fact, but
commands. And by command, he
meant no external force, for he
considered that man commands
himself,

Fichte, too, held this theory, be-
lieving that one’s conduct was jus-
tified by ideals which he created
himself. This led to an ethical
view of morals in which political
and ethical concepts were not re-
garded as propositions, but as
evolved, projected attitudes of
mind.

The second concept common to
both Kant and Fichte was that of
“integrity’’ and “disinterestedness”.
The ancient world valued knowl-
edge and truth; martyrdom was
admired because it defended a
principle that was right and true.
However, the beginning of the
19th century brought a transfor-
mation of thought. Integrity was
valued as such; people were will-
ing to throw everything away to
follow an ideal for the sage of de-
votion to that ideal, whether or
not it was a worthy one. The em-
phasis was on martyrdom. for the
cake of martyrdom, not the prin-
ciple it defended,

(With Fichte, the original Kan-
tian inner self became a real demi-
urge. The non-empirical self was
regarded as pure activity whereby
human beings generate ideals with-
in themselves, ideals which they
proceed to serve passionately.
Thus the non-empirical self fbe-
came superhuman, identified with
the basis of everything. Accord-
ing to this idea, liberty became the
sole moral or political reason for
doing anything, the inner force iby
which man bends himself to his
own ‘will,

The concept of the generation of
an inner ideal and the subsequent
imposition of this ideal upon the
outer world was applied by Kant
only to the individual. But the in-
dividual was conceived by Fichte
as being a fragment of one cen-
tral unity, struggling to reinte-
grate himself with the central
flame of which he was a spark.
Man was not merely an individual,
but a social product, part of a so-
cial network.

From this grew the notion that
the German people as a whole pos-
sessed an inner soul which was the
unifying factor of the people, that
the nation itself gave birth to an
ideal, and the people were animat-
ed by something stronger than
themselves, the fact that they, as
individuals, were bound by a un-
ique kind of experience, a common
ideal.

Thus arose the Fichtian concept
of man as a spiirtual entity, part
of a large divine pattern; and of





nations as a “anion of ner:
to e|liberty as the freedom from inter-



St. Patty Rules
Party March 10

Hear ye, hear ye, all bridge
players and food lovers! Come to
the Common Room from 3:30 to
5:00 Monday’- afternoon for
the Chapel Committee’s St. Patty’s
party! There will be door prizes
and bridge games and FOOD!
(The soda fountain will be closed,
so this is your only chance).

Besides the fact that everybody
loves a party, this affair has a
purpose. The proceeds will go to
finance the Chapel Committee’s
project for March 11 and 12, when
six visiting ministers will be on
campus for supper in the halls
and meetings on Tuesday night,
with private conferences on Wed-
nesday morning. Grant Noble,
chaplain at Williams will be in
Denbigh; Leslie Glenn, rector of
St. John’s Church in Washington,
D. C., in Merion; Ernest A. deBor-
denave, rector of Philadelphia’s
Christ Church, in Pembroke; Guth-
rie Spears, of the Brown Memorial
Church, Baltimore, in Radnor;
Graham Baldwin, chaplain of the
Phillips Academy, Andover, in
Rhoads; and Gerald O’Grady, Jr.,
chaplain of Trinity College, in
Rockefeller.

Don’t forget! Common Room,
Monday afternoon, March 10,
3:30-5:00 for a St. Patty’s Party!
Circle your calendar now!



For information about spend-
ing Spring Vacation in Ber-
muda see Nancy Alexander,
Rock.

Join the Bryn Mawr group
and fly Pan-American to Ber-
muda; stay at the Elban Beach
Surf Club.







Library Exhibit to Show
Closed Reserve System
Continued from Page 1

serve rooms. A student assistant
will be on duty, as usual, in one
room and a ‘Library Council mem-
ber in the other. The tables in both
rooms will be placed in the door-
ways, and the card catalogue will
be on the table facing the stairway
for convenient use. \A student wish-
ing a reserve book will write the
author, title, call number and her
own name on the slips of paper
that will be provided. The assist-
ant will then get the book and fill
out the card for the student.

‘Students must remember to go
to the appropriate room for their
books and return them to that
same room. Thus, psychology,
philosophy, music, Latin and Span-
ish books will be returned to the
room in which they are shelved
rather than the main reserve room
where all books are returned un-
der the usual system.

This change in reserve room
systems is mot a permanent one,
and it is hoped that it need
never be used. The two-day exhi-
bition will undoubtedly make stu-
dents more appreciative and less
abusive toward the open-reserve
system,



The Freshman Class is hap-
py to announce the following
elections (all temporary):

Two representatives to Self-
Gov: M. Richardson, D. Druding.

One representaive to Under-
grad: J. Kennard.

Two representatives to A. A.:
J. Wilmerding, S. Merritt.









ideals upon individuals.” From
this followed Fichte’s concept of
liberty as the capacity on the part
of the unit to realize itself, a far
cry from the Liberalists’ idea of





French Club Finds
‘Legumes la Berries

“Tout ce qui n’est pas clair, n’est
pas francais’, said Rivarol in his
Histoire de la Langue Francaise.
Lawton Peckham, however, in his
lecture to the French Club last
Thursday afternoon, expressed
some doubts as to the reputed clar-
ity of the French language.

Elaborating on his theme, “Le-
gumes et Linguistic’, Mr. Peck-
ham cited the metaphoric use of
vegetables as a good example of
the way language borrows its vi-
tality from everyday life. Cab-
bages ,for instance, contribute
magnificently to the idiom of
France. “Mon petit chou” means
“my little darling”, while “faire
ses choux gras” is “to feather
one’s own mest’’,

“Manger des choux par les tro-
gnons” can be translated as “to
be pushing up daisies” or shall we
say—“manger les pissenlits par
les racines” ?

After a thorough inspection of
“vegetative verbiage’ from “car-
otter” (to cheat) to the expressive
“il n’a plus de cresson sur la fon-
taine” (he is bald), Mr. Peckham
returned to the question of clar-
ity. He was unable to find a satis-
factory principle of clarity in ei-
ther the syntax, pronunciation, or
the vocabulary of the French lan-
guage.

A living language, such as
French, is in a constant process of
evolution; clarity, on the other
hand, implies immobility, a static
form. Therefore, only a dead lan-
guage could really be said to be
clear. Mr. Peckham offered the
idea that perhaps the clarity lies
in the style rather than in the lan-
guage itself,



Brandenburg Concerto
Climaxes Performance
Continued from Page 1

companying role, and yet the com-
bined solo, chorus, and orchestra
never reached the balance shown
later in the program. George
Lamphere drove home the drama-
tic ideas over and above the two
forceful groups behind him. The
mood set by the groups Was ac-
ceptably one of anger, but the
Italian in which it was presented
was several times questionable.

The two concluding numbers on
the program were “the icing on
the cake”. A Brandenburg Con-
certo is a test for any group of
musicians and Mr. Reese and his
chamber orchestra adeptly met the
requirements. The professional
dexterity of William Kolostanyi,
concert master, on the violin and
the clarity of the flutes of Ann
Knudsen and David Hogrenaurer
compiled a very outstanding con-
certino group. The balance of each
part in its musical line which is
ultimately sought for in Bach’s
contrapuntal music was attained
even to the extent of the continuo
bass. For those who question
Bach’s emotion, one need only re-
fer to the Andante movement in
which the orchestra felt and made
felt the emotion possible in coun-
terpoint.

In the finale of the program
Robert Reynolds sang the tenor
solo in Liszt’s arrangement of
Franz Schubert’s The Omnipo-
tence. There was no overshadow-
ing of sections in this second joint
number, Liszt’s romantic scoring
and dynamics daunted neither
Reynolds nor the orchestra and
chorus. (Reynolds had command
of the dynamic force, even over
full orchestra and chorus. The
chorus once anticipated an en-
trance which may be ascribable to
the tensity of the music they were

singing. |
Congratulations to Mr. ‘eae
pengpelaging macnn

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Wednesday, February 27, 1952

THE COLLEGE

NEWS

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Exhibition Traces
Lineage of Books

by Frances Shirley, °53

The student delegates to the
Rare Book Room committee of the
library agreed last fall to mount
an exhibit of the History of’ the

Book near the beginning of the sec-
ond semester.
. Miss Agnew, Miss Geist, and Mr.
_Herben, especially, the exhibit is
- now open to the public, and shows

With the aid of

the progress of the book from
cuneiform tablets to the twentieth
century works.

The history begins with a clay
cone and a tablet covered with cu-
neiform writing. Papyrus super-
ceded this, and there is a small
fragment dated about 335 B. C., in
Greco-Roman hieratic writing of a
religious nature. Parchment fol-
lowed papyrus, and gained popu-
larity ‘because of its durability. At
first it was used in rolls, like the
Jewel Roll of Edward I, for the
years 1300 and 1301, and produced
in 1301. Following the roll are the
illuminated manuscripts on vellum.
One, with some of the letters done
in red or blue, dates from the early
14th century, and the other in the

‘exhibit, with golf leaf applied to

the first page illumination, was

‘copied c. 1400.

The next important advance in

the history of the book was the
‘development of printing with mov-
_able type, in the 15th century.
‘There is, on the card table, a
‘simile of a page of the famous Gu-
‘tenberg or Forty-two Line Bible,

fae-

with descriptive material, and, in

the cases, other examples of early | mar,

printing. A work of Thomas Aqui-
nas, printed in Venice by Jensen
in 1480, has.. some hand-colored
letters and imitates the manu-
seript style. The Sphaera Mundi
of Bosco, printed by Batdolt in
1482, has the first printing in color
in its diagrams. The Cologne
Chronicle has been opened to a
page showing the use of the same
illustration, printed in different
colors, to mark different para-
graphs. The final example from
the 15th century is a work of Co-
lonna, printed in 1499 in Venice
by Aldus Manutius, who was not-
ed for his woodcuts and the har-
mony of his makeup.

The representatives of the 16th
century are the printers Stephanus
and Plantin. Both are large books,
and the former, a work in Greek,
is opened to the seal of the House
of Estienne.

Pocket size books were printed
in the 17th centuny, and there are
two books from the Elzevir Press,
showing the sudden drop in size
from the books of the previous
century. ‘A third volume shows the
binding used on the books.

Baskerville was one of the most
noted printers of the 18th century,
and this types were of a transition-
al Roman style, between the old
and new style fonts. There is an
example, also, of private printing,
in an Account of Russia, which

Continued on Page 4, Col, 5

Hatzfeld To Talk



On Poetic Myths

“Mythology in Poetry during
the French Renaissance”, will tbe
the topic of the French Club Lec-
ture to be presented by Dr. Helmut
‘Hatzfeld on Thursday, February
28, at 8:00 in the Gertrude Ely
Room in (Wyndham. |

Dr. Hatzfeld has been professor
of Romance Languages and Liter-
atures at the. Catholic University

of America since his arrival in this

country in 1940. Before 1940, he
taught in Germany at Heidelberg
and Frankfort. Dr. Hatsfield has
written on Romance Stylistics, and
his book, Literatura through Art,
won the MLA prize in 1949,



Faculty Instructs,
We Too Can Teach

Especially contributed
by Ann Shocket, ’54

In the flurry of the tests, papers,
and endless. reading assignments
that obscure our courses, we rare-
ly bother to think of the possibil-
ity of using what we learn while
we are learning it. Over and above
erudite comments at cocktail par-
ties, there is one very obvious use
for whatever sparks our profes-
sors may be igniting. On campus
is a group of employees who de-
vote themselves to saving the time
and energy of the Mawrtyrs. It
might be worthwhile for us to ex-
pend some of this same time and
energy in giving to the maids and
porters some of what we are
gleaning from the educational pro-
cess. They are eager to learn any-
thing that we can teach, and it
seems appropriate for us to play
the role of professor to people who
are willing to act as our students.

To this end, the Maids’ and Por-
ters’ Committee of the League is
renewing a once-popular project
and holding classes three nights a
week for any maids and porters
interested. Since the classes will
be held for only eight weeks this
semester, our plans are to include
basic courses in five subjects, serv-
ing as a springboard to more ad-
vanced courses and discussions
next year. The courses offered
were suggested by the maids and
porters themselves and chosen be-
cause of their adaptibility to eight
weekly meetings. English—gram-
» spelling, and usage—was re-
quested especially by the bell-
maids and endorsed by everyone
else who had a hand in planning
the classes. Knitting and crochet-
ing, Bible literature, typing, and
elementary Spanish, for employees
who hope to visit Mexico this sum-
mer, fill out the programi, with
hopes of adding a tennis class in
the spring. :

The success of this venture lies
equally in the hands of the maids
and porters and of the students
who teach these courses. There are
still some places open; Sally Mil-
ner, Radnor, and Ann Shocket,
Rock, would be more than happy
to speak with anyone willing to
contribute either teaching time or
ideas. The eight weeks from March
8 to May 6 will, we hope, cement
the possibility of continuing this
project in ensuing school years.
The maids and porters want YOU!



WBMC Program Schedule

Feb. 28 - March 5
2:00 WFLN (Classical Music)
8:00 News (New York Times)
8:05 Treasury of Classics
10:00 Popular Music and Feature
Programs

11:00 News
11:05 ‘Popular Music
12:00 Off the Air

Features of the’ Week

Thursday
9:00 Gilbert and Sullivan Inter-
lude
9:45 Campus news with Claire
Robinson
10:00 Intermission Time
11:05 Haverford D-J Show with
Dick Hardy
Friday
11:05-1:00 Dance date
Sunday
8:00 Sacred Music
Monday
9:00 Halt the Symphony (with a
carton of Chesterfields)
9:45 Faculty Interview
110:00 Variety Show
Tuesday
10:00 Folk Song Program
Wednesday
7:30 Battle of the Sexes

10:00 Dramatic Show (‘WHRC-





WBMC)



Mr. Deeds Goes
To Town at BMC

The N.S.A. presented the Acad-
emy Award winning movie, Mr.
Deeds Goes to Town, starring Gary
Cooper and Jean Arthur, Wednes-
day, February 20, in Goodhart
Auditorium. The profits from the
movie will go for further investi-
gation into the case of the “Tren-
ton Two”, in which the N.S.A.
has an active interest. Mr. Deeds
Goes to Town is a hilarious early
movie in which Gary Cooper plays
the role of a small-town postcard
poet and tuba player who has in-
herited a fortune. The ensuing
action, though a bit melodramatic,
is certainly good entertainment,
enjoyed iby all who attended the
movie.

The plot centers about Mr.
Deeds’ fortune, his first trip away
from Mandrake Falls, and the in-
trigue which follows his arrival in
New York . Jean Arthur convinc-
ingly plays the double role of a
tough city reporter ,and a “lady in
distress”. She snags Mr. Deeds as
an innocent, but almost loses him
when he discovers that she is the
worst of his unscrupulous acquaint-
ances, trying to “put his money to
good use”. Cooper characteristic-
ally slugs his way through several
scenes of crafty lawyers and su-
percilious celebrities, only to be
accused of insanity.

However, as in all good melo-
drama, love and justice triumph in
the fimal court room scene. Mr,
Deeds is acquitted, and hero and
heroine probably return happily to
Mandrake Falls, “where the scen-
ery enthrall, and where no harm
ere befalls.”

SPORTS

by Emmy Cadwalader, ’53

The Badminton First and Second
Varsities played and won their
second match of the season against
Drexel, on Wednesday, February
20. The caliber of Badminton was
better than last week, but the fact
that Bryn Mawr beat them badly
in score, by winning all ten match-
es, does not mean that the play it-
self went easily. Some of the
matches were quite close and hard-
fought.

There was so much illness dur-
ing the past week, that the swim-
ming squad was only able to swim
one team, a combination of Varsity
and J. V., in their meet with Drex-
el. Despite the handicaps Bryn
Mawr emerged the winner by a
score of 32-25. The freestyle was
won by S. Hickox, backstroke by
‘Lebo and Laidlaw, medley by Laid-
law, Lebo, and Winton, freestyle
by Hickox, Tepper, Laidlaw and
Lebo, with P. Harvey coming in
second in the breaststroke.

The basketball first and second
varsities played a night game
against Rosemont College on Wed-
nesday, February 20, but unfor-
tunately were not the winners. The
varsity put up a good fight, but
Bryn Mawr was definitely outplay-
ed. The guards played nicely, but
the forwards seemed completely at
a loss. They did not cut enough or
shoot, and as a result the score
was very lopsided, 33-13 in favor
of Rosemont.

‘On the other hand, the second
team played extremely well. The
guards were quick, but best of all
the forwards not only cut and shot
more, but on the whole played
beautifully. It was a tense game
and not until the final whistle blew
could either team be sure of vic-
tory. The final score was 22-19
for Rosemont.

ion was that Bryn Mawr players
did not play enough of an offensive



|game, the common fault.



sii geocuniad Seeks Gi Gates

Miss Leighton Emphasizes Education —
For Increasing World Understanding

by Barbara Drysdale, °55

How can the national state cope
with problems on the international
level? In what ways can every
member of the state’s society work
toward better international rela-
tions? Some viewpoints on these
questions were given by Miss Ger-
trude Leighton, assistant profes-
sor of Political Science at Bryn
Mawr, who at Miss McBride’s re-
quest represented the college at
the third conference for the
United States National Commis-
sion for UNESCO held at Hun-
er College in New York from Jan-
uary 27 to 31.

Miss Leighton joined with over
two thousand other delegates from
many different educational, cul-
tural, and scientific organizations

Norristown Group
Views Unit Work

What practical help can college
students give toward understand-
ing and improving the conditions
in our mental hospitals? This was
the topic at the meeting on the
Norristown Mental Hospital Unit
held Thursday evening, February
21 at 8:30 in the Common Room.

Three members of last year’s
unit, Tucker Marks from Bryn
Mawr, Les Stolz from Swarth-
more, and Ed Steele from Haver-



; i hei riences | : ; :
fond, described, their expe ' similar ways of life only illustrate,

and the qualifications demanded
for this type of work.

Working at the Hospital provea
‘a valuable experience in many
ways. From a practical point 0.
view, it provided a unique oppor-
tunity for a study of both the
mentally ill and the adequacy o
the institutions designed for them.
Another aspect of working at the
hospital is one’s ability to associ-
ate and cooperate with fellow
workers, the hospital attendants.
According to these students, one
should not begin work with the
idea of changing existing condi-
tions drastically. Strangely enough,
the most any unit member can and
should bring with him is his youth
and his fresh contact with the out-
side world.

This work should not be consid-
ered as a mere summer job. The

‘student working there has a tre-

mendous moral responsibility to-
ward himself as well as his pati-
ents. Nor is the job a lucrative
one. The worker will probably be
able to earn a net profit of $200
for two months’ work.

When a student considers work-
ing at Norristown State Hospital,
he must understand all the job en-
tails. Last summer’s unit of young
people lived on the Haverford
campus and rode in station wagons
every day to their work. It was an
eight-hour day, running in the first
month from 9:00 a. m. to 5:30
p. m. and in the second from 3:00
p. m. to 11:30 p.m. The helpers
worked seven out of every eight
days. Special privileges such as
attending lectures and staff con-
ferences were also granted work-
ers.

Unit life was encouraged not
only because of the social activi-
ties it made possible, but also be-
cause participation in a group un-
dergoing the same experience was
found very strengthening. In con-
clusion, the participants agreed
that besides broadening one’s tol-
erance of people and their ways,
working at the Hospital brings to
the worker a clearer view of him-
self.

Those interested in more infor-
mation or application blanks
should see Tucker Marks. Appli-



SA et be dn tenn gett 1.

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to discuss phases of education for
better understanding of interna-
tional relations. “lt is interesting
to note,” said Miss Leighton, ‘that
ldeas tor education toward worid
understanding were’ presented
even tor the kindergarten level,
where children are being taugnt
to add two and two in twenty ait-
terent languages. Fortunately
they discover,” she added, “that
the same answer holds true.”
Une of the ideas brought from
the conierence 1s that settlement
vL Imuernavional differences in a
peaceapie tashion is facilitated
wuen people feel less bounded by
une arbitrary division of state
irom state and begin to identity
unemselves with similar goais or
ways ot life irrespective of ra-
tionality. According to Miss
Leighton, this identification is the
same thing a child may experience
when he feels himself a part of his
family because, despite individual
differences, their ways of life are
the same, As the child grows old-
er, he identifies himself with other,
larger groups such as the college
or business company of which he
is a part. It is hoped that with
the proper education toward “in-
ternational identification”, chil-
dren may grow up to place less
emphasis on artificial national
boundaries as oriented in geo-
graphical plan and identify them-
selves with those people having
the same goals and ideas over the
international as well as the na-
tional world. Superficially dis-

to quote Miss Leighton, “the dif-
terent cultural expessions of un-
derlying similarities.”

Miss Leighton attended the con-
ference session on the “Develop-
ment of International Legal Or-
der” which discussed the aspects
vi law, morality, and power on the
international level, the work on
“international Relations in Gen-
eral College Education”, and the
panel presentation on “Culture
and Language”.

Interest in Law

Her interest in law came in a
round-about fashion, she stated,
for she does not study legal order
and legal systems as much from
the point of view of law practice
as from the basis of the relation
of culture and social advancement
to legal advancement. This ap-
proach to her work began when, as
an undergraduate majoring in
Classical Archeology here at Bryn
Mawr, she did honors work on the
culture of pre-historical peoples.
After further work at Yale and
two years’ law practice in New
York, she was convinced that her
interest in the field of law was,
as she put it, “its relation to the
study of human institutions’.

_ “I returned from the conference
unexyectedly encouraged by the
approach to international prob-
lems taken there,” she stated. The
emphasis of this conference was
not so much on the structural
basis of the United Nations and
its agencies, but rather on means
of reaching more people with the
ideas that make international co-
operation possible. Though no
conclusions were reached at the
sessions she attended, the whole
conference, including the sessions,
lectures, work groups, panels, and
exhibits, left the many delegates
with suggestions for attacking
people’s comprehension of the
similarities and differences in
culture. These delegates, it is
hoped, will return to their schools,

organizations, and families with

new slants on education for bet-
ter international relations. It is

at a conference such as this, said
Miss Leighton, that a practical
means of furthering international
cooperation may be found.

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THE COLLEGE

NEWS

Wedhesday, February 27, 1952:



-c€ome acquainted with the museum
‘gystem before going on to gradu-

‘necessary for this field. An edu-

"cally useless. ‘I'he four indispens-

‘possibile “standards of

une poutical and sociological fields,

-mind,’and she then gave examples

Weekend Speakers Consider Opportunities In Art, Politics, Language, Seience

Continued from Page 1

Rhode ‘Island School of Design. She
stressed the importance of work-
ing on routine museum jobs to be-

ate school although the latter is

cavea person, however, without ex-
perience in ‘such fields as public re-
lawons and ‘intormation is practi-

able attrioutes of a museum work-
er (ae, “neaith, willingness to be
pushéd ‘around, willingness. to do
auycoing, and nally, “the highest
academic

per.ormancé,” ©

Politics, and Sociology
Mrs Ament, a representative of

energetically . recommended cam-
paigning tor the Presidential elec-
wuns wus summer, “if you can
musver up -entausiasm for any of
wie candidates’, to get a feeling
tor government .in action. Her
next suggestion was to see what
there: is-before making up your

of ‘some of the neglected fields.
Public’ Administration, although
dreary on the undergraduate level,
can become very interesting after
a@ year at graduate school learning
the jargon. Counties, townships, |
and state administration also offer
opportunities and there is not so
much red tape and necessity for
“pull” as there is in Washington,
which is quite overcrowded. Mrs.
Ament continually emphasized
non-national politics, such as civic
work, and local elections, as inter-
esting, fruitful, and uncrowded as-
pects of a career in government







work. The foreign field has grown
the most, and there aren’t any ac-
companying “dreadful” exams any-
more. Om the federal scene, job
opportunities are not so great in
the summer, and it is also difficult
to get a job im the social sciences.

Mrs. Guiton, speaking on lan-
guage opportunities, says that
there are two main fields: either
the use of language as a principal
instrument such as _ translating,
and in this one must be extremely
good, or opportunities in govern-
ment, journalism, or business,
where one must know something
else besides languages. The main
preparation in both is to “learn as
you go along.” Her personal exam-
ple was that of learning speed and
brevity in order to write an analy-
sis of the Paris Daily Press so
that the Ambassador could read. it
by noon of the same day. The im-
portant qualifications. are. common
sense, imagination, judgment, and
a critical sense. Getting the first
job isn’t the problem; the problem
is being able to progress. She also
mentioned the opportunities for
greater responsibilities and furth-
er education through having a ca-
reer abroad.

Miss Sides, speaking of oppor-
tunities in the field of science, em-
phasized the importance of gradu-
ate work, that there are job oppor-
tunities for everyone; that there



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such as engineering. This does not
mean bridge building necessarily,
but more appropriate fields for
women such ag electronics and air-
craft. Im fact, employment for
women in engineering is believed
iby many to be the only way of sat-
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Museum Openings
In the question and answer per-
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does not have as big ups and
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in such fields as ‘fashion. Science,
on the contrary, is completely un-
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comments from one member usyal-
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Bryn Mawrtyrs possibilities of an
exciting future.

the sie for technical. documenta-
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Concerning graduate training, it

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1 “Golden Type”

History of Book Moves
From Babylon to Rogers
Continued from Page 3

was produced at the press of Hugh
Walpole at Strawberry Hill.

In the late 19th century there is
the work of William Morris’ and
the Kelmscott Press. Morris de-
signed a face type which he called
because of the
printing of Jacobus de Varagine’s
Golden Legend, the work that he

{had intended to be first off his

presses,
Finally there are four examples
(one printed in 1899) of fine 20th
century printing. There are two
books from the Merrymount Press,
a‘work of Frederic and Bertha
Goudy, and the Pierrot of the Min-
ute, printed by the American Bruce
Rogers, and noteworthy because of
the use of ornament.

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Page Five



Alwyne Program Ends
With Zadora ‘Sketches’

Continued from Page 1

Brahms is not the unemotional
composer reverting to the classic-
al, but a man of deep emotions
whose music must be understood
before performed.

The last two composers treated
by Mr. Alwyne are linked closely
to his personal life and, although
new to many in the audience, their
works were enjoyed equally after
Mr. Alwyne’s performance of them.
Medtner’s Three Fairy Tales were
not deep, but light, pleasant, and
atmospheric. Each tale contrasted
to the others, the third being
dance-like with an ending best
termed “fun”. The second tale
was ethereal in its melody, while
its key changes stimulated inter-
est and deviated the atmosphere.

To the lightness of Medtner’s
Three Fairy Tales, the Kirghiz
Sketches by Zadora were a distinct
contrast. In general they had an
“oriental” quality and seemed to
be inspired by the spirit of the
Kirghiz people. Mr. Alwyne, hav-
ing studied with Zadora, must
have known and fully comprehend-
ed the temperament of these peo-
ple about whom Zadora writes, for
we met them as he played their
music. The second sketch, a Kir-
ghiz National Song, was a stately
chordal anthem as it were, and yet
Mr. Alwyne @reated a spirit in it
in spite of its stateliness. Zadora
seems to be using a modern har-
many of chromatic modulations
that effects the mystical and the
emotion of the Far East .

For an audience that was reluct-
ant to allow Mr. Alwyne to close
his recital, he played as encores:
a Gavotte from an opera by Gluck-
Brahms, jApril by John Ireland,
and Fireflies by Frank Bridge.

Note: The piano on which the
recital was given had a singing
key which added overtones to cer-
tain notes and was audible in

What to Do

Jobs for next year—please see
Mrs. Crenshaw, third floor of Tay-
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Memorial Center for Cancer and
Allied Diseases, New York City,
expects to have positions for stu-
dents majoring in Chemistry, Bi-
ology, or Physics. They would
like to interview students during
Spring Vacation.

City Service Commission of
Baltimore announces open com-
petitive examinations for Junior
Recreation Leader ($2300 per an-
num), Senior Recreation Leader
($2850 per annum), Principal Rec-
reation Leader ($3200 per an-
num). Applications must be filed
before March 4th.

Merck and Company will be at
the college Monday, March 8rd, to
interview students interested in
chemical positions with the com-
pany. Leave your names with Mrs.
Sullivan in Room H.

Odd Jobs now open—please see
Mrs. Sullivan in Room H.

Bryn Mawr Art Center would
like a student to pose for art class
Friday, February 29th from 10 to
12. 80c an hour.

Merion Cleaning—agent needed
in Rhoads. Excellent commissions.
Summer Jobs

Special Interview Notice: Jane
Stone from Alford Lake Camp,
Union, Maine, is coming this Wed-
nesday to see students interested
in counselor positions. Please sign
for appointments outside of Room
mh ak

All those interested in receiving
a summary of available summer
jobs, please register with Mrs.
Sullivan in Room H.

Training Courses

‘Radcliffe College announces its

summer course in Publishing Pro-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 3

Library Initiates
Student Reforms

The following suggestions have
been received and acted on by the
Library Council:

1. The reserve room is always
open on Sunday mornings. It is
the stacks that are closed until
two in the afternoon.

2. Mr. Smedley is going to
make an estimate about the cost
of more effective lighting for the
reading room.

8. A slip will be posted on
which you can sign and make com-
ments if you think that books
should not be taken out for the
weekend. (That is, from Satur-
day night at 9:30 to Monday
morning at 9:00.) This would ex-
clude non-resident students,

It has also been suggested that
there be a general clean up in the
reading room. It is well scattered
with papers at the moment!

‘Art Sacre’ Exhibit
To Open In March

“Art Sacre”, an exhibition of
modern French artists’ contribu-
tions to religious art and architec-
ture, will be shown at the Phila-
delphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th
Street, from March 6 through
March 28. The Art Alliance is
free to the public. The galleries
are open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
daily, and from 1 to 6 Sunday.

In conjunction with the religious
exhibition, the Rev. John LaFarge,
S. J.. prominent Catholic editor
and writer, will speak in the Art
Alliance Auditorium at 8:30 p.m.
March 6.

The Art Alliance exhibition is
concerned with France’s renais-
sance in church art and architec-
ture, which began after (World
‘War I.

The architectural section of the
show begins with the work of Au-
guste Perret, one of the first archi-
tects to apply modern methods of
construction in solving the prob-
lems of modern architecture, in-
cluding ecclesiastical. His “Notre
Dame du Raincy” has a concrete
framework so light as to permit
extensive areas of glass, and has
led to its being called “the Sainte
Chapelle of reinforced concrete.”

Contemporary artists whose
names are internationally famous
have contributed to it. Georges
Desvallieres and Maurice Denis,
represented in the exhibition, were
“pioneers” in the new movement
to revitalize the art of the church.
Today Georges Rouault is a lead-
ing participant.

In his youth Rouault began his
career as a worker in stained
glass, which medium has strongly
influenced his work in painting and
the graphic arts. His ‘“Miserer”
series of engravings could be
translated with minor changes into
stained glass designs. His “Holy
Face” design in Aubusson tapestry
is profoundly tragic. A devout
Catholic, Rouault approaches re-
ligious themes with deep sincerity.

Sculptors represented in the ex-
hibition are more traditional than
the painters. Bourdelle’s “Jeanne
d’Are”, for example, would be
completely at home in a Gothic ca-
thedral. Her gallant pose and
dedicated expression will endear
this handsome statue to the most
confirmed devotee of representa-
tional art.

Yet the modern polychromed
‘wood figure by Philippe Kaeppelin
of Christ bound and crowned with
thorns was obviously created with
equal reverence, and its angularity
and elongation give it. increased
pathos.

The unusual variety and heter-

ogeneous character of the exhibi-

tion heighten its interest. The
Christian theme is the only unify-



ing agent, like the thread in a

Sr. Marias Traces

Novel Philosophy

The Spanish Club presented Julio
Marias as the speaker at their
meeting in the Common Room on
Monday. Senor Marias’ topic was
“La novela como metodo de cono-
cimiento’’, Senior Marias believes
that philosophers write novels
which are not separate from phil-
osophy but which are closely re-
lated to it. Philosophy flows into
literature just as water flows from
at pitcher into a glass.

The novel pictures life and the
people who live among us, but it
is even more important as a me.
dium of presenting knowledge and
ideas which the author may have
about life. Even the history and
evolution of the novel is some-
what parallel to that of phil-
osophy.

Using the novels of Unamuno
frequently for illustration of his
points, Senor Marias stated that
according to Unamuno reason is
not sufficient to understand life
and death—only imagination can
aid in the understanding of these
mysteries, Man is not exact in
any way; he is imperfect and in-
exact.

The novel is a significant way
of arriving at the essence of life,
it is a road, a method of looking
at humanity. Since humanity is
basically mysterious, no one can
be certain or exact about what is
going on inside any person but
himself. Man can only touch
lightly upon life and reality; he
cannot understand “la vida“ in en-
tirety. He can only understand
a small part of all that he sees
and experiences. Thus the func-
tion of the novel is to make this
small part into the nucleus of a
larger sphere of understanding.
The novel sees only an instant of
life but allows the reader to re-
construct to a great extent the
rest of the picture, the surround-
ing part.

The novel, the theater, and the
movies are all important for their
aid to the understanding of life.
The theater is able to portray the
indescribable. The novel shows
moving scenes and different points
of view which cannot be placed in
the reach of the stage, The movies
are able to present different points
of view but are also able to utilize
the action impossible in a novel or
on the stage.

All three mediums condense, in-
terpret and _ elaborate upon
life. They are the middle ground
between the true man and the ab-
stract concepts of human life.
They permit a great deal of ex-
perimentation which would not be
possible in real life.

Senor Marias then returned to
the novel, pointing out that it can
be a means to historical knowl-
edge as it can reflect the feelings
and ideas of the period long after
the actual happenings are over.
The novel and the theater can ex-
press scientific and philosophic
ideas in a form which is not theo-
rizing and which has no rigorous
limits. The common man can un-
derstand them in addition to the
philosopher and the scientist.



string of pearls. Visitors will see
architects’ designs, sculpture and
paintings, graphic arts and enam-
els. There also will be stained
glass windows, six to nine feet
high, and a group of tapestries
from the revived factories of Au-
busson and Gobelin. Dom Robert
is the most traditional. His “Mag-
nificat” Aubusson tapestry is rem-
iniscent of Persian painting as
well as of Gothic tapestry.

In addition, there will be chal-
ices, crosses, monstrances, ciboria,
and patens from the workshops of
leading French silversmiths. Some
of these objects were designed
from Africa and Madagascar, and
are made of pottery, gilded cop-



per, and silver.

Inflation Causes
Increase in Fees

The tuition and residence fees
at Bryn Mawr College will be in-
creased $200 a year, beginning
next September, it has been an-
nounced by Miss Katharine E. Mc-
Bride, President of the College.

Rising costs for materials and
services have forced the increase,
the announcement stated, although
the actual increase has been kept
low. The College intends to con-
tinue to enroll students of ability
whether their economic resources
are great or small.

To this end the College will also
work to extend its scholarship pro-
gram, President McBride said.
Financial aid to students for 1951-
1952 has so far totalled $145,000.

Under the new rates, the tuition
fee will be $700, which represents
an increase of $50. The minimum
residence fee will be $950, an in-
crease of $150, which will bring
the average charge to the amount
actually expended by the College
for residence last year.



Ormandy, Hilsberg

Conduct Concerts

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Or-
mandy conducting with Marian
Anderson as soloist, and Hilsberg
conducting with piano-duo stars
Luboshutz and Nemenoff as solo-
ists, will present two concerts for
the benefit of the Orchestra’s Pen-
sion Foundation on March 6 and
April 10. No tickets are sold at
the box office for these special con-
certs; persons are admitted on
their membership in the Pension
Foundation. Minimum member-
ships are $10, but they are made
available to students under 21 at
$5 for a pair of tickets for both
concerts.

There are xa few memberships
left. They may be secured at the
Orchestra office, 1910 Girard Trust
Building, opposite City Hall). Tei-
ephone Miss Long, Rittenhouse
6-4222 for information.

Dancers Organize

Work Shop Plans

Wednesday, February 27, the
Modern Dance Club, at the weekly
7:30 meeting, met to organize
their program for the “(Work Shop”
which they are planning for the
latter part of April. The informal
program will be presented in the
gymnasium in the evening.. Miss
H. Savad, sponsor of the group,
and the members want to put ona
program in order to make clear
exactly what Modern Dance is.
They feel that past audiences may
not have appreciated this type of
dance because they have not un-
derstood the movements. For this
reason the club is organizing a
work shop in which the girls will
show the techniques and the prob-
lems which they use at their meet-
ings.

The techniques are warm-up
exercises which loosen the danc-
er’s muscles, and some of these
techniques are used in the prob-
lems themselves. The second part
of the program will be illustrating
a “problem”. Such a problem
might be to express in movement
the sensation you receive from
touching velvet. The actual touch-
ing movement is pantomimed, and
finally, after an _ intermediaté
stage, becomes abstract movement
for movement’s sake. All the girls
will be participating either in,
small groups, or in larger group
projects to show how the dancer
derives her movement from her in-
itial thought.

TWorking on the “Work Shop”



are: Lita Picard, president of the

Between the Leaves

Reviewer Pans Book
Panning Younger
Generation
by Claire Robinson, ’54

Almost any novel written about
the Younger Generation tends to
be overall scrutinized by
that very group, and so may come
in for harsher criticism than it
deserves. Yet it would seem that
if those of whom it is written
criticize it too sharply, it may be
because the Younger Generation is
well aware of those for whom it
is written, and so want their self-
por.rait to be a faithful one, The
Older Generation will
wnat portrait in minute detail, and
so it is the duty of any author to
be sure that he knows his subject,
and that his painting is not dis-
torted, but as true to life as he
possibly can make it.

Unfortunately for all concerned
—including innocent bystanders—
Mr. Frederic Morton has written
a book, called Asphalt and Desire.
It is a novel which tells the story
of a girl named Iris Leavis, and

lowing graduation from Hunter
College. It is a supposedly ac-
curate picture of the archtype
representative of the Younger
Generation today. If this is true,
then as far as this reviewer is
concerned, the younger generation
is a hopeless mess, and had better
retire now, and stay in hiberna-
tion until a new crop of college
graduates comes along. Mr. Mor-
ton has written two other books,
both of which have been very well
received. His first novel, The
Hound, was a literary fellowship
award winner, and his second, The
Darkness Below, established him
as “a powerfully interesting nov-
elist”, to quote the N. Y. Times
Book Review.

But with Asphalt and Desire,
Mr. Morton’s picture is not ac-
curate, nor are the things his
heroine says and does,.nor even
is his plot believeable. Consider
the last two elements first. Iris
pounds pavements in New York to
find a job after graduation. Fine.
But the people she encounters are
not people, but types. There is
the Big Executive Type. There is
the Man-Seeking-A-Mother-Type,
There is the plain ordinary , wolf.
The things that happen~to Iris
shouldn’t happen to a dog, and
don’t. Much of the story con-
struction reads like something re-
jected by True Confessions. Plot
and dialogue would be wonderful
satire, but become excruciatingly
serious in the hands of the author.
His opening paragraph sets the
pattern and tone of the whole
book: _

“Let them who can afford the luxury
tax, be good . Let the rest, like me,
be smart ... Hold on, hold your own,
scream a little if you want to, and
make sure this is fun ...I, (Iris
Leavis) was young that Tuesday af-
ternoon, I lived in the April of eter-
nity, I was a pretty girl, a flower
fingered but not yet plucked, I was
any number of roseate and boring
definitions. And I was about to leave
a woman’s college for the wide co-ed
world.”

And so things continue until the
end of the novel.

But even overlooking the obvi-
ous faults of poor writing and
preposterous situation—as it be-
comes with Mr. Morton’s treat-
ment—there is another aspect of
Asphalt and Desire that should be
considered.

Does Frederic Morton actually
believe that Iris Leavis is a typ-
ical just-graduated college stu-
dent? If he does, not only is he
grossly misled, but he may well
mislead those readers who have
enough faith in him as a careful
and accurate writer (as evidenced

Continued on Page 6, Col. 1

club, Ann Blaisdell, Denise Dewan,
Sidney De Shazo, Eve Glayser,
Elizabeth Klupt, Nina McBee,





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THE

COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, February 27, 1952



‘Asphalt and Desire’ Draws Undesirable Picture
Of Wilted Iris, Prototype (?) of College Grads

Continued from Page 5

by his two former novels), and so
paint a false picture accepted as
truth by many. How many Iris
Leavises Mr. Morton has observed
is not known, But there cannot
be many, for if there are, then
neither Hunter College nor the
younger generation add up to
much, and this is not true. The
purpose of a college education is
not to embitter those who achieve
it, and any individual who is ap-
apparently intelligent from a
purely academic point of view
(Iris is a junior Phi Beta Kappa),
and socially cognizant of what
transpires about her (Saturday
trips to Fifth Avenue as a young-
ster of twelve and subways to and
from college) would scarcely find
that the sum total of four years
has done nothing but breed envy
and contempt.

Unfortunately, both for the
younger generation and those who
read of it, all girl graduates de-
picted today are “intensely mod-
ern people who reject parents,
bourgeois values, and virginity,”
to quote from the book jacket. The
last quality in particular is always
mentioned as something to be im-
mediately discarded. This, then,
is the “typical” college graduate—









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hard, cynical, and dissatisfied.
The main purpose of this re-
view is not to discuss Mr. Mor-
ton’s book from a literary point
of view, or even from a point of
view of the theme in general, but
to warn against the generalization
that the author imposes upon his
readers. If many more books such
as Asphalt and Desire are pub-
lished, the college graduate may

be pushed into the same false and

generalized category that says
all Scots are stingy and all Irish-
men red-faced whisky drinkers. If
Iris Leavis is dissatisfied and en-
vious, they are faults of character,
and not the result of what she has
learned, Nor should she have de-
generated in four college years.
Yet this is what the reader may
well infer from the author, and
it is a serious mistake. Being
“intensely modern” does not mean
that one rejects parents, back-
ground and chastity. A college
education should not—and in the
very great majority of cases does
not—mature feelings of rebellion
and contempt. The failure is not
of the college, but of the indivi-
dual. Iris Leavis is not a believe-

able character, and the only hope
that one may draw from Asphalt
and Desire is that she is unreal,
not because in technical presenta-

Dale Co-op

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More To Do

Continued from Page 5
cedures. Notice posted on the bul-
letin board outside of Room H.

The American Occupational

Therapy Association calls atten-

tion to the great need for women
with minimum training. Booklets
in the third floor office of the Bu-

reau of Recommendations, Taylor |

Hall,



SQUARE DANCE!
B. M. C. Gym
Friday Night, February 29
Pete Gardner and his orchestra
8:00-11:00 Refreshments
Lots of Stag MEN—Haverford
and Penn Medical Fraternities











tion and creation the author fails
to make her so, but that she is
preposterous by comparison —
comparison with all the other
young college graduates living in
New York—or for that matter

any place else—today. They would|. .

without doubt feel sorry for Iris,
because she shows such an ap-
palling lack of education in Mr.
Morton’s hands.

In these hard, tough, cynical,
disillusioned times there is an ad-
jective that is rarely applied to
college graduates. It is normal.
And so are most college students.
But Iris Leavis, we say with as-
surance and relief, is not.



























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OBSERVER

“One-two-three-four-five and
— now, contract that pit
girls.” Thump. Thump. Thump.
“Lie flat on the floor, rise slowly
to a sitting position and scoop up.
Now, lean back—way back.

“Think about those lovely lee
muscles you’re developing. That’ll
give you the stamina to last
through the hour. Lovely, lovely
leg muscles that give you all the
feminine grace of a young prize-

fighter.“ “Flex, reach, extend.”
“Oh, what time is it? Only 5:15?
Oh, well. Flex, reach, extend.”

Look at that girl in the front
row. Doesn’t she look odd? Oh,
she can’t even grasp her ankles.
Now, don’t laugh. That isn’t nice,
but isn’t she peculiar? What is
that girl in back of me grinning
about anyway? Well, maybe, I
can’t reach my toes, but she has
no right to wear that insipid grin
. “Grasp your ankle. Now,
reach, reach,—oh, reach a little
more.”

Ug!
take it,
and prodded this way in years. In
fact, they probably thought I had
forgotten them. Poor little mus-
cles. I haven’t forgotten you.
How could I? You ache all over.

“No, Ma’am, I just can’t bend
back any further. I just can’t.

The muscles just won't

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never walk again. Never.

What time is it now? 5:40?

Twenty more minutes to go.

“But Ma’am, I feel so ridiculous
just twirling across the room all
alone .. , Well, if you insist.” Oh,
the gym is spinning, How will I
even eat dinner tonight? “One,
two, three, turn. Four, five, six}
turn again.” Oh, my poor little
head. What’s right? And what’s
left? I’m so dizzy! “Oh, pardon
me, Ma’am, I thought you were
te Wall... HA, Be...” Ob,
well,

Dance problem. How to create
motion in a vertical or a hori-
zontal plane. “Now, that’s simple.
We’ll work together on _ that.”
Hope this girl knows what she’s
doing. I sure don’t.

“Of course, we'll be a train.—
Yes, you be the wheels and I’ll be
the smoke stack.” What are we
doing?

Oh, look at her do the split. It
looks so simple.. Guess I’ll try it.
—“Ug, Oh, someone help me up!”
Oh, my poor little muscles.

What? Six o’clock! Oh, pick
up those weary bones and let’s go
home. Oh, will I ever ache to-
morrow. “Yes Ma’am, it did come
easier today. Yes, that was great
fun.” Oh, my poor muscles.



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