College news, October 14, 1953

The College Mews

ao ate: Trustees of
1958









VOL. L—NO. 3

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1953

Bryn Mawr College.

PRICE 20 CENTS



~ Freshman Exhibit Their Talent For The First Time
As Pembrokes East And West Receive Top Honors

Pem East Has Humorous Creation,
Pem West a Polished Performance

by Maryellen Fullam, ’56

Pembroke East presented the
prize-winning Hall Play Saturday
evening in the form of “The Fu-
turists”, by Mary MacMillan.

The comedy satirized a group of
Victorian women gathered togeth-
er for the purpose of “organizing
an organization to cultivate their
talents, to serve the church, com-
munity, state, and nation.”

Although there were times when
the lines lacked lustre, and were in
fact rather dull, the acting com-
pensated for the play’s deficiency.
The cast was highly successful in
creating eight distinct personali-
ties in the women of the Circle.
The character of the play was such

‘that the players might easily have

fallen in to a stereotype, but to
their credit, the eight Victorians
retained their individualilty.

By far the most outstanding per-
formance was Pat Ferguson’s por-
trayal of Mrs. Weston Jones. She
was the most natural and convinc-
ing in her mannerisms and the de-
livery of her lines. Barbara Flin-
ker, as the Chairman, overplayed
her part slightly, but nevertheless
created a credible role. The rest
of the cast deserves plaudits for
their humorous creation of the
Victorian atmosphere; Mo Gibbs,
Anne Sroka, Gwyn Seward, Epsey
Cooke, Hilda Enos, Pat Mienke, and
Ibby Ward.



Peter Bachrach, professor of
Political Science, will speak at
Current Events next Monday
evening at 7:15 p. m. in the
Common Room. His topic will
be “The Bricker Amendment:
American Isolationism Versus
Human Rights.” veryone is
invited to come.

by Barbara Drysdale, °55

Pembroke West won, and certain-
ly deserved, honorable mention. The
Freshman play, The Storm by John
Drinkwater, proved to be an ex-
tremely difficult choice, because of
its tragedy and the length and
complicated beauty of its lines, and
it is to. Pem West’s credit that they
presented a brillant and letter-per-
fect performance.

Janet Thompson, as Alice, whose
neighbors are searching the coun-
tryside for her husband, lost in the

storm, gave a performance of con-
trolled hysteria which illustrated
the violence of the storm outside
better than a dozen wind machines
possibly could. Her moments of sen-
sibility—“I have a brain that is

. known in three shire towns for a
| sharp bargain’

’—interpolated into
her mood of quiet desperation were
handled with the competence of a
practiced artist.

Polished Performance

Sister Joan, played by Marjorie
Millbank, gave her smaller part all
the understanding it required. As
Sarah, the old neighbor, Thalia
Scott presented the somewhat cyn-
ical and infinitely wise viewpoint
of age—‘Age is a quiet place,
where you can sit...”

Mary Lou Kemp played the
stranger who wandered in out of
one storm into the despair of a hu-
man one. Anne Hudson played the
neighbor who brought the final tra-
gic news.

Director Judy Scott (assisted by
Llyn Dallett) did an excellent job
with a play whose beauty lay in



With Musical Set in

A required and fined Junior
Show?! Well, not technically, but
that’s typical of the enthusiastic
manner in which members of the
class of ’55 are publicizing the
production with which they “Aim
To Please” this Saturday night at
8:30. A glimpse into Goodhart
this week provides ample evidence
that director Janie Miller and her
spirited cast and crew are toiling
overtime on what they hope will
be “the most fabulous Junior Show
ever”,

“Aim To Please” is a musical
with a hillbilly setting. The plot
centers around the plight of De-
borah (Maddy deRopp), a city girl
who comes to the aptly named vil-
lage of Still Hollow. She becomes
increasingly fond of the country
and of a country Casanova; her
problem is whether to remain in
Still Hollow or return to the met-
ropolis. :

Judy Haywood plays the ingenue
role of Julie, Deborah’s hillbilly
counterpart; she longs for tthe ex-
citement of the city. Other major
characters are Grandpa,.a witty
philosopher, played by Marcia

CALENDAR

Wednesday, October 14
7:30 p. m. Marriage lecture in
the Common Room.

Thursday, October 15

4:30 p. m. §.D.A. tea in the Com-
mon Room. Mrs. Percy Neel, local
Democratic party worker, will dis-
cuss candidates and issues in the
local elections and enlist people for
canvassing.

Friday, October 16





the alternately simple and fanciful
lines. The set and the costuming
again made the most of the use of
stark simplicity. It was a thor-









oughly polished performance.



Denbighites Repeat Choice of Barrie,
In “The Old Lady Shows Her Medals”

by Barbara Drysdale, ’55

For the second year in a row,
Denbigh has presented a James
M. Barrie vehicle for their Fresh-
man hall play. In The Old Lady
Shows Her Medals, the actors
gave a very warm-hearted drama,
surmounting admirably the diffi-
culties presented by the fact that
one of the main characters was
a man. Pat Moran as Kenneth
Dowey, Fifth Battalion, Black
Watch, was a delightful, glorious-
ly young, Scotch soldier. In his
own modest words, “Bein’ Scotch,
there’s almost nothing I don’t
know.”

As Mrs. Dowey, the woman seit
out male relatives who ‘so desper-
ately wants to take a woman’s
role in the war effort, Caryl Shar-
low was very believable and warm.
Her friends, Mrs. Tymley and Mrs.
Mickelham, were played by Ruth
Youngdah! and Martha Thomas,



respectively.

Judy Mellow gave a delightful
performance as_ the stubbornly
positive Mrs. Haggerty, who bob-
bed up to drop her comments into
the conversation from time to
time—especially in her insistence
upon the virtues of any soldier at
Salonica (mispronounced Salon-
aykey).

The Reverend Willis (Anita
Kaplan) and the narrator (Irene
Wolk) did their parts well to tie
the play together and make it an
artistic whole . Pat Moran, in her
double role as actor and director,
did a creditable job; the only
rough spots lay in the unimagina-
tive blocking, and the fact that
the prompter did play a role,
though an insignificant one. On
the whole, Denbigh contributed
greatly to the evening’s enter-



tainment.

| Please’’.



8:00 p. m. Preview of Junior
Show, “Aim to Please”. Tickets
on sale at door, $.60. Goodhart
Hall.

Saturday, October 17

9:00 a. m. German orals.

3:00 p. m. Jazz Band Concert in
Applebee Barn

8:30 p. m. Junior how, “Aim to
Tickets $1.20. In Good-
hart Hall.

11:00-1:30 p. m. Rock Dance.
3:30: permissions.
Sunday, October 18

7:30 p. m. Martin Foss, philos-
ophy professor at Haverford, will
speak in Chapel.

8:30 p. m. Concert sponsored by
the Haverford Friends of Music.
Common Room, Haverford College.

Monday, October 19

7:15 p. m. Peter Bachrach will
speak in Current Events on “The
Bricker Amendment: American
Isolation Versus Human Rights.”
Common Room.

Tuesday, October 20

4:30 p. m. I.R&. tea in the Com-
mon Room.
Wednesday, October 21

7:30 p.m. Marriage Lecture in
Taylor.

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Juniors “Aim To Please” The Audience

Hillbilly Country

by Joan Havens, °56

Storch, Grandma (Charlotte
Busse), and Judd Fudd (Liz
Klupt), a simple, rather brainless
character.

Claire Weigand, in the role of
Meggy, and Jan Warren, playing
Cameron Collins, or “C. C.”, are
cast as sarcastic reporters who
arrive from the big city with three
cohorts and a photographer. Other
characters too numerous to men-
tion should make for a lively plot.

There will be much dancing,
musical-comedy style, throughout
“Aim To Please’; the show will
end with a lengthy dance sequence.
Fifteen songs have been written,
and an innovation will be the use
of various instruments, including
harmonica, violin, and autoharp, in
solo accompaniments.

Assisting Janie Miller are Stage
Manager Liz Gordon and Business
Manager Saren Merritt. Leslie
Kaplan and Mary Vorys are di-
recting, respectively, the music
and the dancing. An extensive pub-
licity campaign has been con-
ducted by chairmen Barbara Drys-
dale and Maddy deRopp. —

Rock Dance

Following the show, the annual
Rock Dance will be held. The
dance, which has been planned by
Marcia Lockwood, Joan Polk, and
Annabelle Williams, will carry out
the hillbilly theme of the show.
The dance will last ’til 1:30, with
John Whittaker and his band in at-
tendance.

To enable everyone to get to the
dance early, it is stressed that the
show will start promptly at 8:30.
Those arriving in the middle of a





scene will not be allowed inside
until the scene is over. Of course,
it’s obvious that no one will be
tardy, for there’s bound to be
“standing room only” when “Aim
To Please” comes to Goodhart Sat-
urday night.

Blanshard Paints
Spiritual Climate
Of Rational Man

Philosophic Spirit Calls
For A Reversal
Of Values

On Monday evening, October 12,
an enthusiastic audience in the
Music Room heard Brand Blan-
shard, eminent idealistic philoso-
pher, expound on THE REASON-
ABLE TEMPER. This topic was
chosen, as Dr. Blanshard explain-
ed, in honor of Professor DeLa-
guna, a living embodiment of
rationality — the “true reason”
which he proceeded to divulge.

Philosophy does not begin and
end in theory; it imposes the moral
obligation of being intelligent, of
carrying out “the rational. spirit
into all the ramifications of one’s
practice.” In asking oneself what
would be the spiritual climate of
rational man, one is inclined to-
wards either of two extremes. The
first is a “creature of impulse”
who will do nothing unless his
heart is in it. ‘To be forced by
himself or others into acting
against his feelings seem to him
slavery; freedom means following
impulse.” The second is that “in-
human monster, the rational man”,
who is motivated solely by intel-
lect and cunning. He “is all things
to all men while caring little for
any, never forgets himself, and is
never carried away by enthusiasm
or sentimentality”. Fortunately
these two extremes are seldom
met in experience. Their mean, un-
fortunately, is seldom more often
seen.

The truly rational man differs
from the inhuman monster in that
reasonableness is not exhausted in
the act of reasoning; rationality
goes beyond analytic necessity;
rationality extends to reasonable-
ness in conduct. “The rational



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Non-Residents Effectively

Dramatize

“The Bathroom Door” For Hall Plays

by Jacqueline Braun, "64

The Non-Resident Freshmen
gave as their hall play Friday night
in Skinner, The Bathroom Door, a
simple comedy under the direction
of Carol Parker with the aid of
Kit Masella as upperclass direct-
or. The play was not an ambiti-
ous undertaking, but it was amus-
ing and well presented.

Harriet Miller gave a convincing
portrayal of a prima donna wait-
ing impatiently for a public bath-
room in a hotel, and carrying on

an amusing flirtation at the same

time. Her good stage voice and
knowledge of her lines carried the

part well. Barbara Booth as the
old lady gave a few effective

screams and shudders every time
a man approached within ten feet
of her. In general the parts were
quite easy ones to play, but the



freshmen had evidently worked to
learn their lines and seemed to have
worked well together.

The Bathroom Door’ centers
about a hotel water closet, which
appears to be locked while the
person inside takes an intermin-
ably long time bathing. A group
of guests impatiently await their
turn until the situation builds up
in their minds to the point of de-
ciding that somebody must have
committed suicide in the bathroom.
Much hysteria ensues until finally
it is discovered that the door is
merely stuck and that the room is
empty. It is a fairly dull comedy,
but it is always difficult to find
good one act plays, and once the
non-resident freshmen decided to
give it they did at least try to give
the audience a good time, and they
succeeded.








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Letter From Abroad

Boat Lights Enchant
Zurich’s Lake
At Night

It is just getting dark. All of
Zurich hums quietly. The beauti-
ful lake is. alive with tiny lights

‘Pedaloes’ and canoes.» Now and
again a silvery gleam and a
‘whooshing’ sound is heard as a
motor boat cuts through the water.
Now and then a graceful fleeting
white is seen as a sail boat glides
across the lake.

Far away, across the sea, moon-

‘which gleam from rowboats, fromi|



light reveals a very different
stretch of water. Few pleasure
boats, canoes or sailcraft are seen
after dark on the Nile, few lights
stand out in the moonlight. Sil:
very ripples are everywhere guid:
ing a big cotton-bearing barge up-
stream toward the harbour.

The tal big sail reaching up to
the moonlight is an ever remember-
éd sight, the slow religious chant
of the boatman, an ever remember-
ed sound, the love of one’s home-
land an ever treasured feeling.

Suzan Habashy, ’54

College Wins Four

Research Awards -

in the eastern aps€, is in memory

«un age Irom nine to fourteen years,



In Scientific Fields

ernment policy of giving aid for).
‘research to the smaller schools

ditional grants this fall,
which are renewals of last year’s,
*° ‘Three of the awards were to the
Biology Department. One of these





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Your College Community

Freshman week with its emphasis upon the social adjust-
ment at Bryn Mawr, is over.; But in a certain respect it is

only beginning. The first few days of college are busy ones,
hazed with confusion; only later do problems begin to erys-
talize. Once these crises occar—to whom ‘shall we turn for
advice? Friends in the hall are best known, and it is to them
that you automatically turn first; often however they know
little more than you. Hall officers as representatives of Self-
government, are next in line; they combine interest in, and
‘responsibility for, your problems. Student advisors, soon to
be chosen this fall, will often prove the most helpful.

Your warden, even though she. may not have gone
through her undergraduate work. here at Bryn Mawr, is vi-
tally important as liaison between student and administra-
tion, and has an added advantage over the deans—living with
you in the same hall, and having more time to devote to each
girl. But it is to the deans that one must go for the final
word in academic problems, and often for far-reaching social
difficulties. Their added experience enables them either to
help you to reach a solution directly, or to refer you to the
proper person. This reference may be, in some cases, either to
the college physician or to the college psychiatrist who, most
‘trained in the complex science of human nature, have already
helpéd many students.

Faculty members under whom you ‘are now studying are
the most immediate sources for academic advice .. . in the
course of conferences real friendships may develop so that
you can seek their aid on other than academic matters.

We usually think that Miss McBride is. too involved with
college matters to add our small: burdens to her already heavy
‘schedule. But as she herself says, what could be more a
part of college matters than speaking with students?

_ Upon first impression it may seem that there is no one
to turn to. Yet this network of advisors is one of the out-
standing characteristics of Bryn.Mawr. The College empha-
‘sizes the value of individualism ‘in’ one’s standard of work

_and its appraisal; social unity however can hardly be called
a secondary factor, for the College’s interest in you as an in-

tional Advisory Health Council of.

The money is to be used for re- |
search assistance and equipment:
for studies on the culture of plant:
tissues in chemically defined media.
Of the two renewed, one went to|
Mrs. Joan Fulton White, and the |
other to Dean Eleanor Bliss.
The one to Mrs. White was from
the Public Health Service of the
Department of Health Education
and Welfare, and consists of a
post-doctoral research grant from
the National Cancer Institute, a

of Health, in order to continue her

the National Institution of Health. | Priest”,
|a thousand years the words of this | to

| the sovereign.

division of the National Institute |:



\studies of capillary growth in tis-

sue cultures of chicken bone mar-

Grants of the Public Health Serv-
ice of the Department of Health
Education and Welfare.
ing used to study bacterial resist-
ance and cross resistance to anti,

bioties.
Social Economy

The fourth award went to the
Department of Social Economy.
Under the provisions of the Na-
tional Mental Health Act this de-

row. ,The one to Professor Bliss °
is from the Division of Research’

It is be+

cy AS eit
biotics and combinations of anti-

| French Professor



;among the faculty this year may

St. Paul’s Choir

Sings in America

Philadelphia was treated. to a} .

rare experience October 7, when
the St. Paul’s Cathedral .Choir. of/
London sang. in concert at the Aca-
demy of Music, before a capacity
audience, .

Singing for the first time outside
the United Kingdom, the Choir is
on tour of the United States and
Canada, commemorating the addi-
ion ot a chapel to Wren’s great
masterpiece, This new chapel, re-
piacing the bombed Jesus Chapel

OL tne 28,0u0 Americans who died
on brilisn soil during the last war.

ine Unoir is composed of thirty
boys or Unildren of Paul’s ranging

anu eighteen Gentlemen, or Vicars
chorai. in addition to singing
more than tive hundred services
per year, the Boys attend classes at
une tamed Chori School.

‘rhe. choir of boys has been ex-
tant since before the twelfth cen-
iury. The Singing Boys of Paul’s,
as Ben Jonson calls them, came
into prominence during the Eliza-
bethan period, when they produced |
many masques and plays before |
the court. During the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries, the wel-
fare and education of the boys was
completely neglected, until Miss |



In accordance with the new Gov-| Maria Hackett, a musical Florence | opposition.

Nightingale, took it upon herself to!
‘improve the lot of these “parvi_

The program which the Choir is:
' presenting to American audiences -
‘includes motets and anthems, Eng-'

anthem, “Zadok, the: :

music by Handel. For over

onation

anthem have been sung at the:
“most solemn nioment of the coro-
nation ceremony, the anointing of

“The degree of perfection reached
|by the Choir is incredible, and the
| quality of purity in the Boys’ voic-
es is nothing short of ethereal.



The. Undergraduate Associa-
tion. has planned certain events
for Junior Show weekend to.
help entertain your weekend
guest. On Friday, Applebee Barn
will be open until 2:00 a.m, for
anyone who would like a picnic
or just to sit and talk.

On Saturday afternoon at
3:00 p.m. Applebee Barn will be
the setting for a jazz band con-
cert.- Junior Show and the sub-
sequent Rock dance are that
night, and Applebee Barn will
again remain open until 2:00
a.m. On Sunday. rn will
remain open for undergraduates
and guests until 11:30 p. m.









Joins Department
by Jacqueline Braun, ’54
In the group of new figures

partment has received a grant for be found a young couple, a dark-
the development of the curriculum haired man and a blonde woman,
in psychiatric social work. This is’ who are often to be seen in the li-
allocated by the National Institute brary or en route from the library
of Health and provides for the per- to the College Inn. M. Rene Girard.
iod of one year, funds for the ap- is one of the two new professors of
pointment of a faculty member, a French, while Mme. Girard is an

cilities.
appointed to develop teaching and
field replacements in psychiatric
social work. Mrs. Joyce Shelley
has been appointed part-time office
secretary, and Mr. Demetrius Is-
tridis Research ‘Assistant, in the



dividual is directed towards you as an integral part of the}
liens functioning Boys Mawr College Community,

| Department of Social Economy.

part-time secretary, and minor fa-!
Miss Irma Stein has been|

assistant in the library.

A professor of literature, M. Gir-
ard is a student of both literature
and history. In France he attend
ed the Ecole des Chartes where he
studied Medieval History and Lit-
erature and obtained the impress-
ive ‘title of “archiviste - paleo-





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Current Events

Mr. Wells Comments
On Difficulties
In Korea

“The Korean question is like a
game of jack straws,” said Mr.
Wells at the Current Events Club
meeting on October 12. In this in-
ternational version, however, the
sticks are all somehow connected.

“It’s. a big quid pro quo,” Dr.
Wells stated. (In other words a
barter or exchange). The Korean
armistice was signed after 575
meetings between June 1951 and
July 19538, the longest negotiations
in history. The armistice provid-
ed for a conference about the
withdrawal of troops within three
months after it went into effect.
The latest development is a note
suggesting a meeting in Panmun-
jon to settle the time, place, and
composition of this conference.

Valid Criticism

Composition may be a major
stumbling block. The U. S. has
been criticized in the past for in-
sisting that Russia, Communist
China and North Korea be consid-
ered as one group with the U. S.
and the 16 nations which furnished
troops to the UN representing the
Vishinsky proposed a
‘conference with both belligerents
and neutrals. When India was sug-

8, clerici”, and by dint of her labors, gested, the U. S. persuaded the
Bryn Mawr has received four ad-'the foundations .of the present'Latin American countries to vote

two of school were laid in 1874, the year: against
lof her death.

its inclusion. This was

|enough to block the needed two-

thirds vote. The U. S. eventually
‘ accepted India, but “in retrospect,”
this is one procedural matter in

was a new one; to Professor Mary! ‘lish folk songs, Christmas music,! which “The United States didn’t
Gardiner, recommended by the Na-. ‘madrigals, and the traditional cor- look very well.” As the Indian del-

egate said, “never has so much
pressure been exerted by so many
to i so little.”

Acceptance of India

“On the substantive side,” said
Dr. Wells, “I completely agree the
conference should be limited to the
Korean Question.” Much of the op-
position to India was caused by the
feeling that “India would drag in
many other things.” For the com-
ing conference, Dr. Wells suggest-
ed that we should be willing to ac-

;cept India but insist “we’re stick-

ing to the subject matter.”
Accepting India will bring out
conflict with Rhee who feels that
India sold out Korea by suggesting
that UN troops stop at the thirty-
eighth parallel. He has threaten-
ed to stay away if India comes.
The question of Red China is an
important_“attached piece” of the
Korean Conference problem. If we
recognize Red China but refuse to
get out of |Formosa, we will seem
aggressors. If war broke oyt, how-
ever, we would regret the loss of
that. territory. Dr. Wells said he
couldn’t see any reason why the

‘Communists should want to give

up North Korea. Perhaps Korea
will be bartered against recogni-
tion of Red China.

Another topic for digression is
the possibility of conferences on a
higher level. This has been suc-
cessful in the past when negotia-
tions broke down on lower levels.
It might also be helpful because
“two individuals who head power-
ful states know little of the outside
world” (Malenkov and Mao Tse
Tung). Fairly regular high level
meetings might be a good idea but
this is not the time to discuss it.

Our basic objection to broaden-
ing the level of the discussions is
the fact that if war comes, the
burden will fall on the U.'S. as it
did-in the recent war. In view of
these problems, Dr. Wells conclud-
ed, “In a: divided world, maybe ya
divided Korea is not so bad after

‘| all.”










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Rosie Parboosingh |
Finds Bryn Mawr
A Friendly College

by Anne Hobson, ’56

The class of ’57 has brought
with it a vivacious student from
Jamaica, Rose-Cecile Parboosingh.
She lives in St. Andrews, just
outside of Kingston, “our only
city”. She explained that Jamaica
has many towns, but none of them
(except Kingston) is large enough
to be officially called a_eity.~

This summer she left Jamaica
for the first time and is thrilled
with America, especially New
York City, “where you can scarce-
ly find a plot of dirt.”” The weather
also is new to her. One night last
week she was amazed to find that
when she breathed into the cold
air “smoke” seemed to come out
of her mouth. She says Jamaica
has moderate weather around
Christmastime but never has a
real winter.

Her parents, both from Jamaica,
came to Philadelpnia for college
and met here at an International
Club meeting. When they told her
all they had heard about Bryn
Mawr, she decided to come here.

Rose-Cecile lives in Rockefeller
and loves it. ‘“Everybody’s so
friendly—it’s wonderful. They all
know each other. It’s really just
like a family.”

Hedgerow Theatre
To Present Shaw

As part of its 30th Anniversary
Celebration, the Hedgerow Thea-
tre will play an eleven week sea-
son of repertory at the Academy
of Music Foyer, Broad and Locust
Streets, Philadelphia, beginning
October 16.

Students can gain a liberal edu-
cation in many aspects of the
drama through the performance of
the Hedgerow Theatre Company.
In the first five weeks of its en-
gagement at the Academy of
Music Foyer, four nations, Eng-
land, Ireland, Austria and Spain
will be represented by plays. The
opening performance on Friday,
the 16th is Shaw’s “Man and Su-
perman” which Hedgerow plays in
its entirety (the only company in
this country to perform this play
as Mr. Shaw wrote it.) Curtain
for “Man and Superman” is at
7:30 with a light supper served at
11:30. Saturday the 17th is the
Fry lyrical comedy on a theme of
love, “A Phoenix Too Frequent”.
Other plays in the opening reper-
tory are “The Affairs of Anatol”
by Schnitzler, “The House of Ber-
narda Alba” by Frederico Garcia
Lorea, and Shaw’s “Arms and the
Man” and “Too True To Be Good”.

Hedgerow is a repertory com-
pany. Several plays, each of them
carefully prepared over a _ long
period of time, are kept ready for
performance and are alternated in
performance so that a _ person
wishing to do so can see a dif-
ferent play practically every night.
The same company performs all
the plays and the productions are
enhanced in quality by the experi-
ence of the company members in
playing many roles and in work-
ing together. There is no star
system. The lead in one play may
do a minor role in another. OF

For students the Hedgerow
Theatre is offering a limited num-
ber of tickets at a 20% reduction
for all performances, except open-
nings and Saturday night. Res-
ervations may be made by writing
Hedgerow Theatre, Academy of
Music Foyer,. Broad and Locust
streets, or by telephoning KIngsley
5-7110 between 10:00 a. m. and
4:30 p. m. Regular prices: $3.25,
$2.60, $1.95 and $1.30. With stu-
dent reductions—$2.60, $2.08, $1.56
and $1.04.

‘Friends of Music
Present Program

of Music will present as the first
concert of the season, on Sunday
evening, October 18, the New Art
Wind Quartet, in a program of
chamber music.

The Association was formed a
little over a year ago to continue
the Sunday evening concerts hith-
erto made possible by a grant from
the Carnegie Fund, but which had
expired. The purpose of the friends
is to present programs of unusual
or obscure chamber music.

The New Art Quintet, to be heard
in the Haverford Common Room,
is considered one of the finest or-
ganizations of its kind. Its reper-
toire is extensive and varied, con-
taining both modern works and

those of the past.

Walter Piston, Harvard profes-
sor of music, has praised the group
for their “perfection of ensemble
and unity of style which could only
be achieved by hard work and the
long devotion to high ideals.” They
will offer a Mozart trio, a quartet
by Rossini, and a Hindemith quin-
tet among the selections on their
program.



HEDGEROW THEATRE
SCHEDULE

OCTOBER
Man and Superman, Fri. 16
A Phoenix Too Frequent
Sat. 17, Wed. 21, Thu. 22
Too True to be Good
Fri, 23, Sat. 24
. The Affairs of Anatol
Wed. 28, Thu. 29, Fri. 30
Man and Superman, Sat. 31
NOVEMBER
A Phoenix too Frequent, Wed. 4
Arms And The Man
Thu. 5, Fri. 6, Sat. 7
Too Good To Be True, Wed. 11
Man and Superman, Thu. 12
The House of Bernard Alba
Fri. 13, Sat. 14 [

Next schedule released last
week in October. Curtain at
8:30 sharp, except Man and Su-
perman, which begins at 7:30.

The Haverford College Friends/







College Orchestra
Opens 7th Season

This year the Bryn Mawr-Hav-
erford College Community Orches-



tra opens its seventh season. The
group is primarily a Chamber Or-
chestra, with winds and brass, and
a balanced string ensemble. The
Conductor is Dr. William Reese of
the Haverford and Bryn Mawr
College music faculty.

The purpose of the society is
the acquaintance and study of the
best in orchestral literature, both
for the experience and joy to be
gained, and also for performance,
when warranted, after thorough
preparation. The repertoire in-
cludes symphonic works for cham-
ber ensemble by Bach, Haydn,
Mozart, and less known works of
this type from the 17th and 18th
centuries. Concertos for one or
more instruments, compositions by
contemporary composer, and the
Orchestral parts of choral works
are performed, often in conjunc-
tion with the joint College Chorus.

Regular rehearsals are sched-
uled for Thursdays from 8:30
p. m. to 10:00 p. m. in the Music
Room. The Orchestra offers three
special features: opportunity for
rotation within the sections, stu-
dent representation to work with
the conductor, eligibility of all
qualified students and members of
the community.

For information contact Ann
Knudsen, Rhoads Hall, and David
Hogenouer, Haverford.



Shortage of Staff
Means Opportunity
For Student Work

by Barbara Drysdale, '55

Some fifteen girls are taking
part in a new experiment on the
Bryn Mawr campus. In Denbigh
Hall, due to the fact that the staff
decreased radically over the sum-
mer and new help was so difficult
to find, the idea of student wait-
resses—an idea long considered
and discussed—has passed from
theory into practice.

These girls come from all over
the campus to work one and one
half hours for each meal served.
The duties consist of serving the
meal and then setting the tables
for the meal following. There are
two “shifts”. One shift works
every day—one meal—every other
week. The other shift serves one
meal a day on Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday every week and
one Sunday dinner a month.

As someone phrased it, ‘“fvery
time I enjoy working here more.”
It’s true. Serving is fun, and so
is working with the maids, the
cooks, and the dishwashers. Every
member of the staff is more than
willing to help the “freshman
waitresses”, especially during the
first few hectic days.

If the experiment is a success,
as it appears to be, one can hope
that it will become a Denbigh tra-
dition. One thing is certain,
Waitressing in Denbigh gives a
good deal of insight into the work
that goes on behind the kitchen
doors performed by our excellent
and hard-working staff.



The Sophomore Class is hap-
py to announce the election of
the following class officers:

President, Mary Darling.
Vice-president, Jane Keator.

Secretary, Helen Louise Simp-
son,

Song Mistress, Clare Har-

wood.







Observer

Girls in paint-smeared bluejeans
dash wildly down the corridors
carrying tables, lamps, and other
props borrowed from their rooms.
A band of nervous actresses gath-
ers in the smoker for a last-minute
rehearsal. Some stutter over their
lines; others forget them complete-
ly and wait helplessly for prompt-
ing. Altogether the tension ap-
proaches panic.

Backstage the stage crew applies
powder, rouge and eyeshadow to
faces drawn taut with apprehen-
After one desperate brush-
up on cues zero hour arrives. All
of a sudden the girls are carrying,
out the oft-rehearsed gestures and
speaking the lines almost automat-
ically in front of a hundred faces
veiled by darkness. The long-
dreaded moment has arrived and
suddenly the play is no longer a
matter of life and death—it is ac-
tually fun.

An hour later a worn group of
freshmen ambles into the smoker.
Traces of. make-up cling around
their hairlines, Exhaustion is writ-
ten in every line of their bodies as
they flop into chairs. Yet in every
eye there is a sparkle of elation.
Hoarsely they begin to recount the
night’s adventure. Their chatter

sion.

runs: on fluently. Suddenly a few
look around at each other and re-
alize they have been talking easily
and familiarly to girls who the



week before were strangers.

the far side of Brioni Island was
an impressive sight to a group of
young Americans approaching in
a Yugoslav government motor
launch to meet President Josip
Broz Tito. The two Experiment in
international Living groups’ in
Yugoslavia met together for the
president’s first conference with
American students. After welcom-
ing us graciously in English, the
president was interested to know
the nature of our trip and our im-
pressions of Yugoslavia, before we
proceeded with our interview.

One group had lived with fam-
ilies in Zagreb, the capital of
Croatia, for, three weeks, and the
other group had stayed in Ljubl-
jana, the capital of Slovenija. Fol-
lowing that period the two groups
travelled separately through the
country, accompanied by some of
their Yugoslav friends, and finally
met at Brioni off the northwestern
coast, before returning to their
home cities for a short visit be-
tore leaving the country. The
president was interested to know
what we had learned about Yugo-
slav life aside from our family re-
lationships and student acquaint-
ances, and we explained that we
had visited farms, factories and
several government officials and
had seen something of the more
oriental part of the country as
well as the beautiful Dalmatian
coast.

As a student group, we were
primarily interested in the prob-
lem of exchange and questioned
Tito as to the possibilities of gov-
ernment aid to help young people
visit the U. S. and live with
American families to benefit from
the same kind of experience we
had had in Yugoslavia. “Will
McCarthy permit it?”, he asked
first in reply, but later he added
that if there was no obstacle from
the United States, he thought
such exchanges would be very use-
ful and beneficial to Yugoslavia.
In answer to a question about
pressing problems that will be dis-
cussed in the fall Parliament, Tito
explained the criminal precedure
law which has been discussed in

Internation’l House
Proves Interesting

Have you heard about the Inter-
national House in Philadelphia? It
is a huge old victorian house where
students from many countries go
to have fun in meeting one anoth-
er, exchanging ideas and learning
about places all over the world.
Scheduled activities at the House
include cultural groups, dances,
bridge and lectures. As a special
event this year a film festival is
being presented. The movies in-
cluded are: Oct. 16, All Quiet on
the Western Front; Nov. 13, L’At-
lante; Dec. 11, The Browning Ver-
sion, and Jan. 8, Mother (shorter
films are included in each pro-
gram). If you would like to buy
tickets to the series contact Char-
lotte Smith, Pem West.

Another interesting feature pro-
vided by International House is a
chorus made up of college students
from many lands who sing songs
from all over the world. Anyone
from Bryn Mawr would be more
than welcome,

Above all, International House
provides an informal opportunity
for meeting college students with
interesting experiences and ideas.

If transportation is worrying
you and you feel that 3905 Spruce
Street, Philadelphia is a long way
away, there are many people who
are going to and coming from In-
ternational House who are glad to
take you along.





See you there!

The stately white stone villa on!



President Tito and Student Group
Discuss Government of Yugoslavia

by Anne Mazick, 55

public and will be proposed to Par-
liament by the federal executive
committee before the fall elec-
tions. It is broad in scope because
it. is concerned with protecting
rights of citizens as well as pun-
ishing crimes. “As a result of
democratization and decentraliza-
tion”, there is a new stress on
individual freedom reflected in this
legislation.

In regard to the decentraliza-
tion of farms and industry, our
Zagreb leader asked to what ex-
tent they could continue without
sacrificing the benefits of over-all
coordination. We received an an-
swer similar to what we had heard
from economists previously. It is
not necessary to go on with de-
centralization now, because the
system must be channeled and di-
rected. The management of the
economy is now mainly in dis-
tricts, but a longer educational
period is needed because people
in the districts are not so experi-
enced in modern industry. Sug-
gestions come from the central
government, but with the excep-
tion of federal projects such as
railroads and federal military
services, the actual planning is
done in smaller sections. There
are occasional signs of disharmony
when one republic carries out
plans contrary to federal sugges-
tion or the workers council of a
factory distributes the surplus
profits among themselves without
regarding the needs of the entire
community, but with proper edu-
cation these conflicts will be elim-
inated.

President Tito was frank in ex-
plaining where he: thought Rus-
sia made her mistakes. He ad-
mitted that they did not criticize
her until their own relationship
with the Soviet was damaged, but
in retrospect, he felt that mistakes
were made in the late 20’s and
then again in the late 30’s. The
worst developments came after
the war when the Soviet Union
demonstrated its power to the
world in its relationship to small-
er countries.

When asked about the role of
Yugoslavia in encouraging the in-
ternational socialist movement, the
president explained that it is not
Yugoslavia policy to interfere with
other nations but to help them
solve~ problems when advice is
wanted and to profit from mutual

Continued on Page 4, Col. 1

Bard's Eye View
by Joan Havens, ’56

My schedule runs me ragged,
For I’ve classes all day long;
You feel I’m getting “run-down”?
Why, I’m gayer than a song!

I refuse to eat at mealtime,

And I rarely munch between;

Perchance nourishment is what
_ need?

Whatever do you mean!

I

I arise each day for breakfast,
Yet ne’er retire ’til three;

You say sleep is what I’m lacking?
Oh, you can’t refer to me!

In Soe. sleet, rain, and wind-
storm,

I cavort in shorts of plaid;

Did I catch the word “pneumonia” ?

(Ka-choo)! my health’s not bad!

Free from jobs extra-curricular,
I rarely have a minute;
I might cut down on just a few?
I thrive on being “in it’’!

So, many thanks for your advice,
It truly sounds quite fine;

I may take it ‘in the future,

As for now ... I’ve just no time!








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THE COLLEGE NEWS



Wednesday, October 14, 1953



Merionites’ Farce
Proves A Success

by Maryellen Fullam, 56

awherion’s Contribution to the ser
les UL mal Miays Was “Whistle,
wauguter, whistie’, by Lrnest Ki-
uvuy.

a convemporary piece, the play
ueais with a wedding conscious
miouner WnNO 1s anxious to have her
uaugneer married. ‘Through a ser-
lcs ot scnemes, she finally manages
lo see her daugnter wed to a young
uenvist who lives upstairs.

‘ne play was adopted from a ra-
uio script, and was presented with
the techniques of a radio program,
re scene changes and background
music. Being thus presented, the
piay depended upon rapid action to
preserve the continuity of the plot.
‘he speed with which the scene
changes were affected was almost
professional.

The mother and daughter, play-
ed by Betsy Musser and Leone Ed-
ricks respectively, were excellently
portrayed. Their lines, some of
which were genuinely funny, were
delivered with certainty and vigor,
Dorothy Innes and Diana Russell
are to be commended for their fine
supporting roles.

Unfortunately, the performance,
which got off to a flying start, lag-
ged noticeably toward the end, and
the triteness of the theme, hither-
to camouflaged by the rapid action,

became increasingly apparent.

On the whole, however, the Mer-
ion freshmen are to be congratu-
lated on a fine performance.

Writer Finds President
In Incongruous Luxury
Continued from Page 3

criticism. Other socialist coun-
tries criticize Yugoslavia for its
“one-party system”, which he con-
siders unjust because the Union of
Socialist Allies is composed of
several groups including the Com-
munist Party. When we met
Josip Gjergia, state counselor for
foreign affairs, he had spoken of
Yugoslavia’s role in informing
Asia of the true nature of Rus-
sian Communism, and Tito agreed
that this was their job because
they know best the true character
of that communism.

The Yugoslav leader spoke Eng-
lish quite well and lapsed into
Croatian only to explain more
complicated issues. His English
professor, Mr. Binicki, who was
official interpreter for the Yugo-

‘slav delegation to the U. N., inter-

preted at the meeting. The charm-
ing smile and easy manner of the
short, stern looking Partisan hero
seem to give a pleasant impression
to his audiences regardless of

whether they” agree with his
policies.
Although the interview was

pleasant and we enjoyed the grace
and good humor of the president
and the luxury of his summer
estate, we were disturbed by the
apparent ease with which the
great Communist had forgotten his
past. Tito had become a great
hero in his admirable efforts in the
Partisan war,.in uniting the sep-
arate republics which now form
Yugoslavia. Now that he is in the
top position in a Communist state,

it seems a little incongruous that}.

he should live so luxuriously in a
few villas while many of his people
Live in such difficult conditions.









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Philadelphia Museum Now Features
Fifty Years Of Whistler’ Collection

From Oct. 20 to Nov. 29, 1953,
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is
staging an_ exhibition, WHIST-
LER’S PRINTS AFTER FIFTY
YEARS, to commemorate the fifti-
eth anniversary of Whistler’s

death in 1903.

‘Whistler’s reputation has under-
gone such extreme fluctuations,
from uncritical adulation to dis-
paraging prejudice, that it seems
timely to provide the material for
a more objective estimate of his
achievement. In the first quarter
of the century, Whistler’s prints
enjoyed a tremendous vogue among
collectors. Later, his reputation
among artists waned as Post-Im-
pressionism waxed in_ influence;
likewise the prices of his work de-
clined considerably during the De-
pression. After the heights came
the inevitable reaction to the other
extreme. Perhaps now it may be
possible to find his true level some-
where in between.

Credit and Debit

For any such evaluation, there
are on the credit side his pioneer-
ing discovery of the Thames and

‘its industrial structures (and also

of Japanese art) as aesthetic ma-
terial; the distinguished and vigor-
ous portraits of the 1860’s (Annie
Haden, Drouet, Riqult, Axenfeld,
the Leylands); the mood and at-
mosphere of the Venetian Scenes;
the delicacy and sensibility of the
lithographs; the resolute fight
against the anecdotal in art and
for an Impressionism not of scien-
tific color but of exquisite taste
and decorative charm.

On the debit side: the sketchi-
ness and triviality of many of his
subjects, especially during the later
years; the essential rootlessness
of his art—as the expatriate par
excellence he had roots neither in
his native America nor in Paris
and London where he _ lived—his
fundamental weakness as a creat-
or, since his power came more
from taste and connoisseurship.
Whatever the ultimate standing of
Whistler as an artist will be, he
will also have his claim to fame in
literary circles, not only for the
polished style of his own writing
but also for his relations with Du
Maurier, Rossetti, Swinburne, Os-
car Wilde, Mallarme, Huysmans,
and Mirbeau,

During the early years of the
century when Whistler’s popularity
was at its peak, Americans knew
little about his French contempor-
aries. To them Whistler was an





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isolated phenomenon, the one
American artist who had made a

splash in Europe, particularly in|

England, and thus a reason for pa-
triotic pride. Today we know a
great deal about French graphic
art of the last half of the XIX cen-
tury; and we are beginning to find
how close were the ties between
Whistler and such contemporaries
and friends as Courbet, Manet,
Fantin-Latour, Degas, Rodin, and
the like. It is interesting to note
that the two pictures most. talked
about in the celebrated Salon des
Refuses in Paris 1863 were Manet’s
“Dejeuner sur l’Herbe” and Whist-
ler’s “White Girl’.

Exhibit Contents

The exhibition consists of about
150 etchings and lithographs as a
sampling from his entire graphic
output of over 600 works. Among
the etchings ,beginning with the
earliest “Coast Survey Plate’ ’of
about 1854, are the best of. the
French and Thames sets, the two
Venice Sets, and the very late
Dutch and French series; and
among the lithographs are includ-
ed the very first, “Study” of 1878,
and the last, “Little London Model”
of 1896, together with all the fam-
ous subjects in between, including
the very rare color prints.

The proofs are drawn from the
Museum’s collection, supplemented
by a number from the Lessing J.
Rosenwald Collection of the Na-
tional Gallery, and from the port-
folios of such local collectors as
Frank R. Bacon, Samuel Gerstley,
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Langston, Mr.
and Mrs. William S. Loucheim, Dr.
and Mrs. Blake Nicholson, A. J.
kosenfeld, T. Edward Ross, Mr.
and Mrs. Adrian Siegel, Mrs. W. T.
Tonner, and others. Of certain sub-
jects several proofs are displayed
to show how the work developed
through various states, or to show
variations of printing on a plate
such as the “Nocturne”.

In-addition to the prints them-
selves, some background material
—autograph letters, exhibition cat-
alogues and books by Whistler—
are being shown from the Rosen-
wald Collection of the Library of
Congress.

The Museum is open every day
from 9:00 to 5:00, holidays except-
ed.



Especially contributed by
Evelyn Jones, ’54, National Vice-
Chairman of Civil Rights, SDA

Students for Democratic Action,
the student affiliate 6f Americans
for Democratic Action, is a liberal
political organization. It concerns
itself with all those things which,
in any way, affect students he the
campus, in the immediate ¢éollege
community and in the greater na-
tional community. It is dedicated
to “the achievement of freedom
and economic security for all
people everywhere through educa-
tion and political action.”

A recent shift in personnel, as
new national officers were elected,
has led to a reevaluation of the
goals of the organization and the
concrete programs to be employed
in pursuit of these goals.

Operation Brotherhood

The diverse program with which
SDA has always concerned itself
is being continued. This includes
work in the areas of international
affairs, domestic affairs and aca-
demic freedom. In addition, SDA
has chosen two major programs
for the present academic year.
One is “OPERATION BROTHER-
HOOD” which is aimed at combat-
ing discrimination in campus or-
ganizations for the most part. The.
other is the “LABOR PROJECT”
which will offer college students
an opportunity to spend a summer
working closely with unions and
participating in seminars concern-
ed with the general problem of
labor education.

The emphasis of these two
projects comes as a result of this
reevaluation of SDA in terms of
questioning the essential purpose
of the student organization and
its responsibilities to the students
whom it represents. Is the role
of such an organization merely to
educate and/or to go on record as
opposing malpractices in the field
of education? Is it to legislate
and to have no effective means of
enforcing its legislation? In its
almost immediate awareness of
student problems, does not the stu-
dent organization have some re-
sponsibility to its member stu-
dents and to their student govern-
ments to act as well as to legis-
late and to educate?

Through “OPERATION
BROTHERHOOD”, SDA is _ re-



National Vice-Chairman of Civil Rights
Explains SDA “Operation Brotherhood”

sponding positively to this last
question.

The purpose of OPERATION
BROTHERHOOD is to remove,
from the academic and social pro-
grams of colleges and universities,
all procedures and_ regulations
tending to discriminate against the |
student who is a member of a
minority group. It is designed to
combat and erase instances of col-
lege procedure which prescribe
discrimination in campus organiz-
ations, admission procedures, stu-
dent housing, hiring and -place-
ment services, and community
places of accommodation,

The major emphasis in the com-
ing year is to be placmed on the
removal of discrimatory clauses
from the constitutions and by-laws
of fraternities and sororities, and
all other campus organizations.
Our concern here reflects a recog-
nition of the important roles of
campus fraternities and sororities
in the socialization processes and
problems of individuals on the
campus and the tremendous need
for cayeful and intelligent consid-
eration of the fraternity and soror-
ity discrimination now present 2n
college campuses.

Cooperation

Our program involves the coop-
eration of many national organ-
izations who are likewise concern-
ed about this __ situation. Its
strength lies in a recognition of
human rights education and racial
understanding as the first steps in
any valid program to rid college
campuses of all forms of discrim-
ination. Its action is reflected in
our provisions for the adoption of
a national five-year time clause,
at the end of which time, we feel
sure that many campus student or-

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Aast Nighter

Musical Play Portrays
Effective Drama
Humorously

by Susan Habashy, ’54

The musical play makes use of
an age-old theme—a humourous
attack on sentimentality.

The “Everywhere Magazine” is
suffering from a serious lag in cir-
culation. In a_ hilarious’ board
meeting, it is decided that an-
appeal to emotion may improve
this stagnant state of affairs. Hazel
Flagg (Helen Gallagher) is discov-
ered, (in the back pages of an ob-
scure newspaper) to be suffering
from radium poisoning (she work-
ed in a watch factory) with only
three weeks to live.

“Everywhere Magazine” plans
to give her New York as a public-
ity stunt, for the Magazine’s own
betterment. For two weeks she
will enjoy a luxurious hotel, the
sights and shows of the city.

So tempting an offer, Hazel can-
not afford to turn down, even
though Dr. Downey (Thomas Mit-
chell) assures her just before the
prospected trip that in three
weeks she will be very much alive
and extremely healthy. Much use
is made of a New York weekend
to stage dance scenes in cafes,
and the introduction of a Paris de-
signer with his dancing manne-
quins adds colour and spectacle.

Many of the songs were amusing
and varied providing much scope
for Miss Gallagher’s many talents.

The plot becomes involved in
that Hazel falls in love with the
sponsor of her trip, the man who
suggested his magazine ‘give’ Ha-
zel a two weeks vacation.

When everything seems hopeless,
Dr. Downey comes through with a
solution—a cure for radium poi-
soning.

Although the story is an attack
on sentimentality, the show is en-
joyable, due to Thomas Mitchell’s
excellent acting, Helen’ Gallagher’s
unusual talents, while the story
revolves around interesting char-
acters, and is highlighted by good
songs and colorful dances.

SDA Emphasizes Goals
Of Brotherhood Project

Continued from Page 4

ganizations will have removed
their discriminatory clauses and
that those which still remain, will
have made continuous and posi-
tive efforts to do the same. —

The recognition of this entire
area of discrimination in campus
organizations is relatively new
and there have been few concrete
programs against infringements.
SDA, here sees a challenge—to rid
the campus of discrimination and
not fraternities. It is a challenge
to service the student community,
and to work in an area where
much action is desirable.

Bryn Mawr can do her part in
this program. It can offer her
services, cooperation and ideas as
we commence and follow through
with our program. It can work
against instances of discrimina-
tion occuring in the Bryn Mawr
business community.

We do not expect to perform’
miracles nor do we expect to rid
campuses of all discrimination. We
do ‘expect the cooperation of every
SDA chapter, and every individual
who is generally concerned with
winning a victory for democracy
in action.





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REPAIRING

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Philadelphia Museum Shows Costumes Professor Girard Joins
Dating From 1900 To The Modern Day 7% French Department

especially contributed by
Nancy Fuhrer, ’55

The exhibit of twentieth century
costumes at the Philadelphia Art
Museum is disappointingly small.
Nevertheless, its three showcases
are much to the point. They
chronicle the astounding change in
habits of dress and in the acces-
sories, objects, furniture and de-
sign with which we have sur-
rounded ourselves in the last half
century.

The first showcase concerns the
costumes from 1900 to about "
end of the First World War; the
second, the “flapper” era, the
1920’s. The last showcase shows
today’s costumes, dresses designed
and given to the Museum by Mau-
rice Rentner, Nettie Rosenstein,
Hattie Carnegie, and Christian
Dior.

Massive Heaviness of Era

After the alarmingly decollete’

dresses of the end of the 19th cen-
tury, with their smooth and svelte
silhouette, comes the decadently
elegant gown of the early twen-
tieth century. Seated on a rose
plush and oak couch, (loaned by
Bryn Mawr College) is a lady gen-
teely clad in grey velvet embroid-
ered with grey silk flowers. Op-
posite her is a model in white silk
with pink flowers. The necklines
are high, almost Mandarin, sleeves
are huge puffs at the shoulder,
tight at the wrist. In those few
years the skirt line changes from
a mild flare to a narrow, above-
the-ankle Hobble. Hair is massive.
In order to cover the crowning
glory, hats had to be the size and
shape of kettles. A black satin
creation with a shower of feathers
indicates how top-heavy the sil-
houette must have been. Also pres-
ent in the showcase is a young
man in a “Russian-American” (?)
Naval uniform, carrying a black
plumed hat. The whole group is
clustered around a _ gramophone
with a horn like a morning-glory,
and along the side appropriate ob-
jects are displayed. The gold and
turquoise decor heightens the feel-
ing of massive heaviness which
seems to characterize this era.
Writers are still marveling over
the change in American thought
that took place after the First
World War. Nowhere could this
be more graphically presented
than in the two styles of dress,
seen side by side. The necklines
go down again, from just a little
bit to almost too much. Skirts
have been cut off to the knee. The
massive bust and small waist of
the first ten years have been sup-
planted by a skinny sheath with
an imperceptible difference be-
tween the boyish bustline and the
waist that hits the hips. Stock-
ings, now visible, are black and





| sheer or else lighter than we wear

them today. Shoes are sparkly T-
strap sandals or opera pumps,|
which seem to have been stylish'
since the seventeenth century.

The whole novelty of the clothes
of the “20’s” is in the remarkable
pared-down silhouette, not only in.
the dress itself, but in the shorn’
head and cloche hat, and in unex-'
pected uses and combinations of!
materials. Chiffon was popular,’
The collection’s two beige chiffons
are outstanding for the Oriental-
like embroidery on them. Another
dress has an accordian-pleated sil-
ver metallic skirt, a blouse covered
with spangles and a huge orange
chiffon sash. It looks like an
epitome of the era.

The decor moved from heaviness
to a sort of berserk fantasy. Great
pink and yellow chiffon flowers
flank several pieces of pewterware.
In place of the Oriental rug in the
preceding showcase, the 1920 mod-
els are standing on a yellow rug
woven by the Spanish painter,
Miro.

From the twenties we move to
contemporary styles. Since the
designers gave examples of their
work to the museum presumably
for posterity’s sake, it is too bad
they did not give their best work.
Wanamaker’s has a much lovelier
Dior dress in its Chestnut Street
window than t Museum has.
Nevertheless, the Wresses, the wall-
paper and the television set show
today’s trend toward functional
simplicity.

Radical Change of Thought
High spots of the exhibit (most



of which was donated by Philadel-
phia women): one of the first
sweaters to be worn as a blouse,
by Schiaparelli, with white dickey
and red tie knitted right in; a
pink chiffon turban; a Bacchanal
fruit-and-flower hat given by Lilly
Dache; and two dresses designed
during the last war, when the
amount of material useable in a
dress was limited by law.

This exhibit is valuable, not only
to those whose interest is in styles
and fashion, but more particularly
to anyone who wants to see pic-
tured, side by side, the results of
the radical change in thought in
the past half century. More and
more the emphasis is on grace and
freedom — a sense of harmony
which is being expressed in habits
of dress, in decor, and in the ob-
jects with which we surround our-
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graphe”. He did his graduate work
at the University of Indiana in the
field of Modern History and receiv-
ed his PhD. there. It was there
also that he met a_ student of
French, now Mme. Girard. Last
year M. Girard taught French Lit-
at Duke University in
North) Carolina. Most of his sum-
mers the has pent traveling, seeing
Canada and Mexico as wéll as re-
turning to France.

After speaking of his dual inter-
in history and_ literature
which complement each other so
neatly, M. Girard admitted to con-
siderable interest in another field,
perhaps ever more intimately con-
In 1947 he
helped organize an exposition of
paintings of modern artists like
Picasso and ‘Braque, given at the

eratu

ests

nected with literature.

Palais des Papes in Avignon.

Somewhere in the course of

events, M. Girard found time to
write a considerable number of ar-
ticles for such well-known publica-
tions as the Yale French Studies
and the Publication of the Modern
Language Association of America.
Among his subjects may he found
not only such ‘French writers as
St. Jean Perse and Malraux but
also Kafka.

At Bryn Mawr this year he is
teaching one section of the first
year literature course, the course
in composition and diction, and a
seminar in contemporary literature.
When asked his impressions of
Bryn Mawr students, M. Girard’s
comments were highly compliment-
ary, and this works in reverse, for
his students are even more compli-

rmentary on the subject of M. Gir-

‘ard.

Council to Offer
Study in Europe

The American College Council
for Summer Study Abroad has an-
nounced its curriculum for 19654.
The Council, made up of fourteen
American colleges, is a non-profit
organization -established for the
purpose of giving American stu-
dents the opportunity to combine
study with residence abroad.

The courses scheduled for this
summer are: “Chaucer and His
Contemporaries”, to be given at
Cambridge; “British Economy and
Politics Since 1918,” at London;
“North Atlantic Community: Or-
ganization and Politics,” at Paris;
“Music and Drama at the Salz-
burg Festival,” at Salzburg; “An
Introduction Mgige sa Art, at

Zia,

Rome; “Peru Florence, and
Venice: Spanish Art,” at Madrid.



Opportunity to Travel

The Council plans its own curric-
/ulum ta avoid duplicating courses
somes | clvest The customary
duration of a course is six weeks,
in a single location, although each
group will be given ample oppor-
tunity to travel to points of inter-
est while in residence at the vari-
ous universities.

The admission requirements are
| established by the member college,
or colleges, and must be approved
by the Council to insure that only
qualified students are admitted.
Complete information may be ob-
tained from The American College .
Council for Summer Study Abroad,
11 Boyd Street, Newton 58, Mass.

The participating colleges ara
Amherst, Barnard, Bryn Mawr,
University of Chicago, Mount Hol-
yoke, Oberlin, Radcliffe, Randolph-
Macon for Women, Scripps, Smith,
Swarthmore, Sweet Briar, Vassar,
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Page Six

THE COLLEGE NEWS



Wednesday, October 14, 1953



Delight In Understanding, Justice, Equanimity:
Three Qualities Characterize ‘‘Reasonable Man”’

Continued from Page 1

man will be reasonable in action
as well as in thought because his
‘action will issue from his thought,
not from unreflective feeling or

impulse.” He will translate his
emotions judiciously into action.
‘ms imphes a consideration of
consequences, a recasting of orig-
inal plans, which may appear to
kill spontaneity. “There is some
ground for the charge”, stated Dr.
Bianshard; “rationality is not
bought without a price, and part
of that price is a soberness of
temper and deliberateness of de-
cision that do put something of
a damper on_ impulsive high
spirits’ The reasonable man 1s
Not a cynic, nor is he madly ecsta-
tic. A certain sobering of tem-
perament is attained from fuller
vision, deliberateness of decision,
a habit of inhibition.

On the positive side, Dr. Blan-
shard named three qualities as
characteristic of the rational man:
delight in understanding for its
own sake, justice in thought and
action, equanimity.

The average man identifies the
value of knowledge with its use-
fulness. “And this is untrue. The
intrinsic value of things never lies

in their usefulness; to say that!

something is useful is to say that
it is valued as a means to some-
thing else which itself has intrinsic
worth.” Understanding is not just
knowledge, mere multiplicity of
facts is no goal. With knowledge
increasing geometrically rather
than arithmetrically, the press and
radio have substituted information
for education; the student is in-
clined to devour digests of litera-
.ture and surveys of history. Ac-
cording to Dr. Blanshard, man’s
only escape from this ever-increas-
ing deluge of knowledge is through
the philosophic mind which selects
“with an eye to understanding
what the world is like”, and which
connects — “for to understand a
point is to see its relations with
something else in such a way that

it finds a place and becomes domes-
ticated within the system of our
xnowledge”.

Justice is an affair partly ot
thought, partly of act. Like other
intellectual virtues, the process of
putting it into action seems cold.
“The two tendencies most likely to
defeat justice are the tendency to
over-rate one’s own claim and the
tendency to under-rate the other
person’s.” One holds tenaciously
to a belief but, when confronted by
a sceptic, can not say why that be-
lief is maintained. “The appro-
priate attitude towards any of our
beliefs that may be called in ques-
tion is one, not of dogmatic as-
sertiveness, not of feeble self-dis-
trust, not of touchiness at correc-
tion, but of impersonal readiness
to reiterate, amend, or withdraw
as the evidence requires.”

The final characteristic of a ra-
tional mind is its equanimity, its
evenness of spirit. Dr. Blanshard
agrees with the old Stoic view that
there is some connection between
rationality of thought and seren-
ity of temper. The two enemies of
equanimity are irritation and fear;
righteous indignation is not of
long duration, but indignation over
personal, supposedly undeserved
criticism will spoil more than one
good night’s rest. “It is the man
that is inefficient and knows it who
resents most hotly the suggestion
that he is open to certain improve-
ments.” The only physic for ran-
cor is remedy from intellect; if
emotions are to be altered, theiv
vision must be reconceived.

America loves the impulsive,
the dramatic, the dangerous life
even if it is not necessary. The
philosophic spirit, to be attained,
calls for a complete reversal of
values, thought and action —a
painful task for everyone. “But I
suggest”, concluded Dr. Blanshard,
“that for this particular pearl of
great price called the Reasonable
Temper, irridescent with its quiet
colors of understanding, justice
and serenity, no price is too high



to pay.”

Everyman, presented by Rhoads,
was by far the most difficult play
attempted by this year’s Fresh-
men. It began auspiciously, with
a singing chorus, and the remain-
der continued at a _ good _ pace,
showing only a slight tendency to
drag.

Actor-director Joyce Cushmore
and assistant Kathy Rodgers must
have faced an impossible task in
training so many people to pro-
duce one of the oldest of Eng-
lish morality plays. They proved
that a morality play can make
good fare for a modern audience.

Mary Hammel played Every-
man. She did an excellent job,
considering that her part was so
long and complicated that she need-
ed to glance at her lines now and
then. However this did not de-



tract noticeably from the continu-
ity of the play; ci handled it
very well. It must! take a great
deal of courage to stand upon a
stage and prompt yourself.

Outstanding also were Death
(Judy Weigand), Riches (Alexa
Quandt), Fellowship (Anson Jor-
dan), Kinsman (Anne Patterson),
Knowledge (Sue Pollak), Confes-
sion (Anson Jordan), Discretion
(Gloria Jacower), Beauty (Judy
Weber), Strength (Lee Kunkel),
and the Messenger (Ginger Car-
roll).

The staging was simple and ef-
fective. The costumes were out-
standingly beautiful and appro-
priate. It is a tribute to the
Rhoads freshmen that they were
able to produce this play so well.
Let us hope that such unusual
plays are presented to the Bryn
Mawr audience more often.



The Junior Class is happy to
announce the election of the
following officers:

President: Emmy Rauh

Vice-President: Mary Vorys

Secretary: Anne Fosnocht

Song Mistress: Leslie Kaplan









by Jacqueline Braun, .’54

The combination of the newly
imposed maximum rehearsal time
of ten hours and an unfortunate
choice of play took its toll Fri-
day evening when the Rockefeller
freshmen presented their hall play,
The Miracle of Saint Antony, di-
rected by Margo Zimmelman with
the aid of upper class director
Nonnie Powers.

The choice of play was poor be-
cause it was too long to be ef-
fectively presented with such lim-
ited preparation; to make matters
worse, the freshmen appear to
have exerted very little effort in
their work.

A few members of the cast
maintained their stage presence
‘throughout most of the play and
succeeded fairly well in their roles.
The one character who really did
a good job with a quite difficult
part was Carolyn Weir as Hor-
tensia, the old aunt raised from
the dead and then struck dumb so
that she might not reveal the
secrets of the realm of the dead.
All of her work was pantomime
and she carried it through quite
well, remaining poised at times
when she was the only one on
stage who had not lost her pres-
ence of mind. Liz Kaplan as Vir-
ginia and Liz Radin as Gustavius
also deserve some praise, for their
parts were quite long and difficult
to learn and they did fairly good
work in putting across their char-
acters.

The purpose of the freshman
hall plays is, however, for the
freshmen to have a chance to work
together, to really become ac-
quainted and to have a good time.
So many freshmen participated in
The Miracle of St. Antony that
they perhaps accomplished more
along these lines than some of the
superior productions. The spirit
of the group seemed quite fine and
they appeared to be enjoying
themselves, which is, after all, the



aim of these plays.

Rhoads, Rockefeller, Radnor Freshmen Give Hall Plays
‘Everyman’, ‘Miracle of St. Antony’, ‘A Pound of Flesh’ |

“4° by Barbara Drysdale, ’55

by Harriette Solow, '56

What might have happened to
Shakespeare during the present
age of Fred Allen and other gag-
sters was the amusing theme of
the Radnor Hall play, “A Pound of
Flesh” by T. C. Geraghty. Faced
with a_ stern, efficient, box-office
conscious Walpole (convincingly
played by Paula Sutter) and Lord
Bacon, Beaumont, and Fletcher as
gag men (Leigh Scott, Alison Cra-
gin, and Mary Tank) the mis-dated,
Bryn Mawr William (Joan Schrieb-
er) tore up his script of ‘Merchant
of Venice.”

The persistent voice of the Dic-
taphone (Miriam Erteschik), Ann
Hathaway (Lois Lobelle) as the
boss’ secretary and the carbon copy
of the’play pointed to future suc-
cess. Directors Martha Doerr and
Connie Alderson coordinated act-
ing, ingenious costumes, and muscle
building work on props for a good
performance.

College Announces
Additional Faculty

The following new demonstrat-
ors have been nde the College
faculty: Jane Derbyshire, Demon-
strator in Biology; Juliet C. Reed.
Demonstrator in Geology. Janice
B. Schulman is a new Assistant in
Social Economy. Ann Chowning
will aid Miss deLaguna, instruct-
ing the first year Anthropology
class.

The News would like to correct
an error: Barbara Meyers Cross
(not Barbara Meyers) is a new In-
structor in English.



The Senior Class takes great
pleasure in announcing the elec-
tion of the following officers:

President: Caroline Morgan.

Vice-president: Mimsie Holm-
es.

Secretary: Mary Jones.

Song Mistress: Barbie Floyd.











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