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VOL. L, NO. 12 «
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1954
Copyright, Trustees of .-
Bryn Mawr College, 1954
PRICE 20 CENTS
Greek Odyssey
Topic for Talk
By Denys Page
Lecturer Deals Largely
With Polyphemus ,
___ Episode
“The Odyssey’ is a” folk-tale
which recurs in different lands at
various times,” said Denys Page,.
giving the first of his six Mary
Flexner ‘Lectures for 1954, There
are 125 published versions of the
folk-tale, all of them following the
following pattern..
The hero, long away from home,
is sought by his son. His’ wife
is surrounded by impatient suitors.
After’ many adventures, the hero
returns, in disguise, to slay the
suitors and prove ‘himself her true
husband.
To the basis of these universal
folk-tales the poet added sections
of many other legends. This, in
part, explains the many incon-
sistencies of the Homeric version
of the tale. In addition, Mr. Page
pelieves that the poet had to cor-
relate mapy versions of the same
folk tale, and that this is respon-
sible for many internal’ inconsist-
encies of the story, e.g. varying
interpretations of character for
one man,
The meeting with the Cyclops,
or one-eyed ‘monster, is an example
of the different treatments of a
single fPisode with which the poet
had to~deal. In this episode, the
hero is at the mercy of the giant,
Continued on Page 6, Col. 1
Elections Influence.
Legislature’s Heads
Mrs. Helen Hill Miller, com-
"mented on “The Political Scene in
Washington” at a lecture given
Tuesday evening, February 9, in
Wyndham. Mrs. Miller concen-
trated on a preview of the diffi-
culties confronting Congress and
the issues which will probably be
brought up at the present session.
~ Two facts which must be-remem-
bered -in appraising the work of
Congress in 1954 are the charac-
teristic “pulverization. by district”
of an election year (in which dele-
gates devote much time and effort
to impressing: their own constitu-
ents) and the division in Con-
gress “by and of parties.”
The Republican party has many
difficulties; itis in_power—after
a twenty-year period of opposition
politics .and it must acclimate itself
to its position of leadership . The
President does not have over-
whelming Congressional support,
since his strongest backing in the
’52 election consisted of the Repub-
licean governors and state organi-
zations. His technique must show
an awareness of and appreciation
for the support given him in the
election ‘by Democrats and _ inde-
pendent voters.
’ The Randall Contmission report
exemplifies an attempt to eS8tablish
proposals on foreign economic
policy on which the majority of
~ Congress might be in agreement.
Composed of appointees of both
President and, Congress, the Com-
mission is valuable in that it be-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 4
Shipwreck Begins W
*’Freshman. show entertainment
will be augmented by open houses
both Friday night and Saturday
after the dance. The shipwrecked
U.S.S. Radnor will throw down its
gangplanks Friday, while Merion,
decked with red hearts, will help
the attending couples start Valen-
tine’s Day.
The Radnor open house will be
from 9 to 1 on Feb. 12, with enter-
tainment furnished by a kick chor-
us, Maddie de Ropp and Maryel-
len Fullam singing, and Barbara
Leddy doing’a modern dance. Mu-
sic will be furnished by “The Drag-
onnaires” a seven piece band.
Merion’s open house will run
|from 2 to 3 Sunday morning with
four acts of entertainment starting
at 2:30. Advertised as being “lo-
cal and imported,” no further de-
tails have been released on those
acts. Refreshments appropriate to
Undergrad Relates
Revised Hell Week
The Undergrad Board has drawn
up this list on the basis of the
opinions expressed. on the ques-
tionnaires sent to the Sophomores,
Juniors and "Seniors after Hell
week last year.
1. Hell Week’s duration shall be
two days, from 6:30 ip. m. Wednes-
days February 10 to 6:30 p. m.
Friday, February 12.
2. A day means 8:00 a. m. to 12
midnight. .
3. There shall-be one day of -cos-
tumes the Sophomore
class as a whole will decide which
day this is to be.
4. No college equipment may’be
disturbed, or college service inter-
rupted.
5. No Self-Gov. rules may be
broken (this applies particularly to
dress in the Ville).
6... The.progress of classes niay
not be impeded in any way.
7. All instructions to Freshmen
must be given by the Sophomore
class in each hall to the Freshman
class in the hall.
8, The Sophomore representa-
tive in eaeh hall shall take the
Hell ‘Week plans to the Hall Pres-
ident, who will check to see that
they are consistent.with hall rules;
in class;
more class president, who will’ see
that the-plans are as uniforri as
possible throughout the canipus;
detrimental to the spirit of the
week, ac
NEWS TRYOUTS ~~
BEGIN MONDAY
Coaching Session on
Wednesday
Listen for further announce-
ment.
Under our New Policy we will
need Art, Music and Theatre
Editors, and Illustrators as well
as Reporters. Members. of all
classes welcome.
Even if you’re in doubt
(about being accepted)
TRY OUT! _
Weekend Fanfare,
Valentines, “Life, Liberty And Pursuit’
the hour will be served.
Barbara Block, Anne Lebo, Joan
McElroy, and Maddie de Ropp will
captain the U.S.S. Radnor while
Judy Arnold, ‘Norma Sedgewick,
and Weezie Simpson will direct the
fun in Merion.
Combined ned Groups
Present Concert
The Bryn Mawr College Chorus
will present a concert with the
Princeton Glee Club and the Young
People’s Ballet of Millbury, New
Jersey on Friday, March 12, in
Bryn Mawr; Saturday, March 13,
in Princeton, and Sunday, March
14, in Millbury.
The program will consist of a
selection of numbers to. be given
by each group separately, and will
_.| feature the combined groups, along
with professional soloists, pianists
and percussion, in the presentation
of Stravinsky’s “Les Noces.”
According to Mr. Goodale, “it
is a very unusual occurrence to: have
“Les Noces” danced &s well as
sung”. With strong folk character
and authentic folk accents, “Les
Noces” is scored for four pianos
the Sophomore representative shall’
then take the plans to the Sopo-|.
and that there is nothing included |.
and percussion. The ballet group
concentrates upon small, precise
movements, The constant chanting
of the singing groups reflects the
moods of the street people who
witness the wedding proceedings.
Mr. Robert Goodale will direct
the Bryn Mawr group; Mr. Carl
Weinrich, the Princeton group, and
Mrs. Sarles, the. Millbury group.
Tickets for the Bryn Mawr per-
formance will be on sale soon, at
the student and faculty price of
one dollar.
CALENDAR
Thursday, February 11
8.30 p. m. Lecture on “Lavoisier
and the Character Assasins,” by
Mr. Henry C.:Guerlac in the
Biology Lecture Ro of Dalton.
Friday, February 12
9.:00 p. m-2:00 a. m. “Ship-
wreck” at Radnor with kick cho-
rus to boot. .
7:30 p. m.-12:30 a. m. Animal
Hunt.
Saturday, February 13
7:30 a. m.-7:30 p,- m. Animal
Hunt.
2:30 p, m, Jazz Band Concert
in Common Room. ~
8:30 p.m. Class of ’57 presents
, “Life Liberty and the Pursuit” at
Goodhart.
10:00: p.m.) “Fanfare,” Dance
in Gym with Howard Lanin’s
Band.
After the dance, “Valentine”
featured at Merion Open House.
Sunday, February 14
2:30 p.-m. Snow sculpture—
depending on the weather. Song
Fest.
. 4:30: p.m. Rovazend T. Guthrie
Spears will speak in Chapel.
Monday, February ‘15
8:30 p. m. Mr. Denys Page will
speak on “The Odyssey In The
Underworld.
Tuesday, February 16
8:30 p. m. Mock Case for Self-
Gov. in Common Room.
Wednesday, December 17 A
5:00 p. m. Tea with Mr. Peter-
son, Director of Yale Program for
the Master of Arts in Teaching,
will be held in Common Room.
Elections To Start
For Campus Posts
College wide elections will begin
on March 1 when new presidents
will be chosen for Self-Gov, Un-
dergrad, League, A. A., and Alli-
ance, After the college elections,
class elections for sophomoye and
junior members of. these boards
will take place. The officers will
take over beforé Spring Vacation.
Kiectjon, procedure is as follows:
choose nominating
committees. These consist of the
president, vice-president, and sec-
retary of éach class plus one rep-
resentative elected_from_each_hall.
2.. Nominating committees pre-
pare a slate, interview four. refer-
ences. suggested by each girl, and
prepare a report from this infor-
mation. Slate is narrowed to eight
candidates.
3. Class hears reports and votes.
Top four candidates are listed in
the class’s preferential order.
4. Reports in preferential order
are posted in each hall, Taylor and
the News.
4. Candidates are introduced to
Freshmen at Goodhart.
6. On election day candidates
are listed in alphabetical order.
Voting is in preferential. order on
a blank ballot.
Classes
Association Elects
-|tion — is
KatharineMcBride
Miss Katherine McBride has
been selected as one of the direc-
tors of the Bryn Mawr civic asso-
Teiation. At a recent meeting in
Goodhart Hall this organization
adopted a set of by-laws and elect-
ed officers.
The President of the organiza-
Mr. Samuel Kirkland;
among the other directors is Miss
Gertrude Ely, long a friend of the
college.
Country Needs
More Teachers
President Says
Sees Teacher Shortage
And Need For
Scientists
Women and the shortage of
trained personnel were the topics
which Miss Katharine E. McBride
discussed at the opening assembly
avy” second. This is traditionally
the Dean’s Assembly, and although
circumstances prevented Mrs. Mar-
shall and Mrs.
speaking, the recent tradition, be-
gun last year, will be re-established
next February.
two popular ones which she would
approach from an unpopular angle,
Miss McBride noted first that fifty
per cent of our women college
graduates are employed outside
their homes. ‘This percentage,
which equals a~million and a quar-
ter women, may appear high or
low depending on the relation in
which one regards it.
Miss McBride stressed the fact
that although they do comprise no
small group, working women are
usually classified as a group apart,
rather than according to their sep-
arate professions. This: leads to
the prevalent and important con-
cept of women as emergency per-
sonnel, which in turn necessitates
a definition of an emergency. *
definitely an emergency and that
it increased the number of work~
ing women, Miss McBride cited
some other important and current
emergencies. The increasing num-
bers in the present and future
Continued on Page 5, Col. 4
As the night of Freshman Show
approaches, the Goodhart stage be-
comes the scene of frenzied activ-
ity. There is much laughter, shout-
ing, muttering of unprintable
words, and tearing of hair. At first
people wander aimlessly . about,
wondering where to begin working,
while others become involved in
heated discussions over how to mix’
lower the scenery.
Some girls proudly air their new
knowledge of stage lingo. An un- |
Life, Liberty ana the Pursuit Emerge
From Splinters, Dutchmen, And Paint
show. Even the director has suf-
fered physical damage; in an €x-
cess of energy she leaped back-
wards—off the stage. She has a
splinter to prove it. 2G
Various songs are constantly be-
ing rehearsed around the piano by
members of the cast. The sound of
, the music mingled with the pound-
ing of hammers makes it impossi-
paint, work the lights, or raise antl ble to talk below a shout. Suddenly
| the show director,
Rabbit Mac-
'Veagh, appears; the cast invades
the stage, forcing the stage crew a
and asks a friend’ what she is: do-
ing. “Putting flats together, what
does it look like?” comes the bel-
ligtrent reply. ‘Someone\ else, hav-
ing heard the stage crew director,
Carol Bradley, speak of Dutchmen,
asks what one is. “I learned, but
I’ve forgotten,” is one answer.
‘Never heard of one,” is the reply
of a girl at that moment engaged
in working with a Dutchman. (In
case you, too, are in the dark,’ see
Carol Bradley.) *
washed flats, while others begin to
slap paint around. Soon they are
practically unrecognizable through
the coating of paint and dust..
- The usual number of minor ac-
cidents occur from the first. day of
work through the night of the
initiated observer wanders through | to retire into the background in a
flurry of confusion. The actors go
through a scene again and again,
ironing out the rough spots and
making ityas good as possible.
This is an excellent opportunity
to sneak- off to the soda fountain.
These trips become more frequent
from day to day, as exhausted
workers and actors éat ice cream
and hoagies for quick energy.
Eventually the show begins to
assume its final shape. Parts are
learned and rehearsals run more
Girls struggle in with freshly.
smoothly. All the scenery is paint
ed and dry, the props are collected, |
the costumes made. The lighting
and sound effects are all in order.
Now the stagé is set-and the -cur-
tain rises on the productioh of the
‘Class 657, “Life, Liberty, and ~
the Pursuit.”
of the second Semester on Febru-—
Broughton from ,
Declaring that her subjects were
While acknowledging war was !
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—over-an-oxtended-period of time. __As_such, they can fulfill
si Page Two
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, February 10, 1954
THE COLLEGE NEWS
FOUNDED IN 1914
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Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest
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Editor-in-Chief.
EDITORIAL BOARD .-.
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rc
Post Mortem
6 This is a rather convenient time for post-mortems. Be-
tween the last exhausted flourish on the last examination
and the fatal “day of reckoning,” considerable time may be
devoted to mediative contemplation, philosophical discourse
and mealtime gossip—just: how important are are grades?
And granting that we must live within “the system,” how
valid are they ? |
ow that we have recently become personally prejudiced
in this matter, the issue seems to have acquired a delicious
complexity. Attitudes toward the somewhat controversial
topic of namerical grades may be-influenced by such diverse
motivations as disappointment at having received that 78 in
Chemistry or an abstract desire to consider the highest
ethical implications of the question.
Perhaps it is wisest to discard both of these viewpoints,
the former as too limited and the latter as too broad. The
significant point for us to remember is that a numerical
grade is in itself neutral. It is incapable of being “a force
“a source of evil.””. An examination stimulates
the student to the correlation of the work of the semester
and the grade received measures achievement within this
. sphere.
As long as grades are recognized as only a single cri-
terion of ability, they may be equated with many other con-
siderations to field a partial evaluation of the individual.
College grades are a fairly definitive record of performance!
We got to talking. the other
night at dinner, and before we
knew it the four of us had agreed.
dent Sympathy, if not indeed
Campus Feeling, I think I’ll discuss
it here.
like to know the faculty better. We
see no fault in their teaching,
which is. -just about, the best
around, and they seem to be fas-
cinating people, from what we
know of that side of them. °
That’s why we care. We like
them, we respect them, and fond
though we are of ourselves, we
sometimes feel the urge to talk to
someone who has lived longer than
we have, who, in general, perhaps,
knows a little more than we do.
We’re not interested.in becoming
syncophants, but the expression of
an informal attitude of liking and
admiration is largely beyond our
present scope.
Tea Unsatisfactory
We don’t. feel that we matter
particularly, beyond a good paper
or a question after class. We don’t
or the world at large: Talk,:idle or
stimulating, with our professors is
one_of the things we’d hoped to
find at College, but most of us
won’t find it. P
“You can always have profes-
sors to tea”, they say—if you have
the courage. The Tea, complete:
with moist palms and assorted
Since this may be counted as Stu-'
The problem is simply that we'd -
discuss things with the faculty|.
,that really concern us in our work
Stones From A Glass House
by ‘Evelyn DeBaryshe, °56
cookies expresses precisely what ee
the relationship is at present. We
understand that some Seniors, when
having comp. conferenéés, be-
gome acquainted with some of
their départment. It seems rather
sad, we think, that this should be
reduced to the status of being just
another Senior privilege.
A Plea
There should be something more
than these occasional contacts be-
tween teacher and student. Per-
sonal contact with one’s teachers
is part.of an education and par-
‘ticularly part of the justification
for. the small college. For the most
part, it does not exist. at Bryn
Mawr through inertia, perhaps.
Yet most of our apathy is not
apathy, but fear. (We have never
the courage, or the bad manners,
which ever it may be, to make the
demands on the faculty for their
time and attention which might re-
Jsult in an answering warmth. On
the. other hand, not all, but. most, Of
the faculty doesn’t seem ready to
enter into a closer _relationship
with their students than that of
the classroom. —
What we’d like to see is noth-
ing that has not existed before in
most good colleges. It is nothing
that does not exist now, as close
as Haverford.
Our situation is not one that can
-tbe changed by Act of Undergrad,
or even of the Senate. It is essen-
tially a personal matter, shaped by
individual’s attitudes; this is not
a Cause. It is a plea.
Letters To.
Advance on Denys Page
Seems Conusing
To Student
To the Bryn Mawr student who
is not, perhaps, so well informed
on the Homeric Odyssey as she
might be, your—article--on—.Mr.
Page’s lectures is fraught with. in-
terest and puzzles.
In the first paragraph one learns
that “Denys Page, Regius Profes-
sor-of Greek and Fellow of Trinity
College”, will deliver a series of
lectures on the Homeric Odyssey,
which aside from: the rather pain-
ful misspelling of “Odyssey” in the
first sentence, seems all very well
and good.
But:in the second paragraph one
receives the information that “Mr.
Page will arrive in this country on
January 28”. Mr. Page has been
abroad? Or perhaps Mr. Page
lives abroad? The NEWS, seeming-
ly determined to maintain the at-
mosphere of secrecy, doesn’t ex-
g
The Editor
pand on the subject, leaving the
curious reader to find out by her-
self whence comes Mr. Page.
The only clue seems to appear
in ‘his title “Fellow of Trinity Col-
lege”. Trinity College, Connecti-
cut?! then why ‘and where has
Mr. Page been abroad? Or else
Trinity College~ in Oxford (sic)
University, which (particularly if
one translates the first half of Mr.
Page’s title as “professor of the
king”) certainly seems the more
logical of the two; but if it turns
out to be the Oxfordian Trinity
(sic), why doesn’t the INEWS say
so? Having hit upon these two|’
alternativey, our reader is still
painfully in the dark.
The apparent Solution seems to
be to attend Mr. Page’s lectures,
if only for the sake of determin-
ing whether he has a British ac-
cent .or not, which discovery
wouldn’t really prove much any-
way.
Martha Doerr—’57
iIEd.. Note: Trinity College is at. j
Cambridge, not Oxford.
out.
their function ;- when misused or misunderstood, they are
worthless.’
Dissension -
What purpose do exams fill? How adequately do they
fill it?.Some feel that they are unworthy, in purpose and con-
struction, of the time and attention that is devoted to them.
Exams are supposed to give a picture of a person’s capa-
bilities in the academic field. Such a judgement is useless. in
ordinary life, except for those few who enter teaching.
: You are- judged by your employer or by society on how:
capably you handle yourself and others. The typical exam
and the marks based on it are at best measuréments of mem-
eat f and the ability to write comprehensible English; a/
- summa cum laude is rarely a trustworthy indication of a per-
sons’ gifts, social or creative.
_ What we are at college for is education. “Education” does
not mean memory work, it means the development of your
what it has meant to us.
knowing who had found what.
graphed sheet. of paper.
own capabilities and talents from the Latin, ex duco—lead
Many of us will leave college with an education that is
quite different from that indicated on the course cards. If
our marks are C’s we know that the matter we have written
Current Events
Ivory-Tower Eggheads
Have Obligation
To Society
The role-of.the intellectual in the
world today, not out of it; was the
subject of “Life in the Ivory Tow-
er”, or the “Egghead and I”, a talk
given by. Mr.. Dudden in Gurrent
Events on Monday night. This talk
Jealt mainly with the college type
of intellectual, faculty or student,
the type with which we are most
likely to come in contact.
The egghead, another name for
the intellectual, must realize, ac-
cording to Mr, Dudden, that it is
his job to disperse this now wide-
spread “distrust of any individual
who spends much of his time
thinking.” This distrust is caused,
not aided, by the egghead when he
withdraws from society.
4 Withdrawal Tragedy
Often withdrawing, the _intel-
lectual scholar claims he is thus
maintaining impartiality and a dis-
passionate view- of life. This mis- .
take is a-tragedy both for his aca-.
demic study and ‘for the people
around him. Out of the world; -he
has_no. real background for his re-
search, nor any real feeling of the
met whom “he is studying. This
lack of background is especially
serious in the case of the historian
or the social scientist.
This scholar can only commun-
icate with a special group: of his
fellow workers. Dealing with a
captive audience, the professor is
in a position of authority and can
attribute his own shortcomings to
his students when ‘they fail to
grasp what hevis saying.
Dispassionate Outlook
We are living in a time of super
nationalism and aroused passions.
The dispassionate outlook of the
egghead is especially needed. It is
his job to discount..the false myths
of society and to rationalize, thus
combating, the charged emotions
which fill the world today.
The colleges, these eggheads’
own home stamping grounds, need
defenders badly. People have got-
ten the idea that the liberal] arts
are dangerous and that they are_
taught only by radicals, on the left
side of the political scale.
Liberal arts, therefore, must be
explained to be living arts and the
teachers of them no more liberal
or conservative than any other
class in society. These liberal arts
are in reality the stuff of living
things, vital to society; the college
is really a microcosm of life.
Historian’s Job
The historian has a special job -
in all of this. He should make sure
that today’s decisions are not made
on the basis of past facts, that mis-
conceptions from the past are
cleared up and that the past is
applied only to shed some light by
analogy on the present; it should
not be used to judge a problem or -
to determine the course. for’ the
twas
SUUUure;
for the ‘professor has been only fair—but thé professor can
usually know only how much of the work we remember, not
‘ He doesn’t know if we have neglected the reading and
memorized someone else’s notes, if we have mastered the ma-
terial but are scared silly during an exam, or if, in the exam
room, we considered our theory more important than writing
a list of characters, situations and a critic’s theories, com-
plete with memorized interpretations of symbols.
Any three stich exams might result ina C. Yet the girls
could have given a great deal of thought or no real thought
at all to the course, and the professor might have no way of
The kinds of marks that would have application to real
life—judgements of creative or social ability—can only be.
determined by a far. more personal examination than that
which is. administered oe the agency of a mimeo-
In answei to a question, Mr.
Dudden seemed to sum up his idea
on'the role of the intellectual, the
egghead, when he said, “An egg-
head should by all means remain
an egghead, but he should get out
of the ivory tower.” Brains and
the power of objective analysis are
needed in today’s world and it is
the job of the egghead to furnish
them, giving importance and value
to his Position.
Me. Douglas W. Peterson As-
sistant to the Director of the
Yale program for the Master of.
_Arts in Teaching will speak in
the Common. Room at five
o’clock on Weditesday, February
‘17, All students interested in
teaching are invited. _
‘Guinea. After leaving here on Feb-
_is in such a plan.
‘we'd really like to know about in
_ ant than the number of degrees a
Wednesday, February 10, 1954 .
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three
| Ann Chowning To Go To New Britain
For Research On Religious Movement
‘ Miss Ann Chowning was taking
time out from her preparations for
her trip to New Britain. Miss
Chowning, Warden of Pembroke
West and Instructor in Anthropol-
ogy, explained that a reaction to a
yellow fever shot was the cause of
her mild: indisposition.
New Britain, the site of the pro-
posed ethnological research, is. lo-
cated to the northeast of New
ruary 14 and spending a short time
in Australia and New Guinea, Miss |
Chowning will live for about six
Undergrad
Discusses
Hell Week: After debate, and tally-
ing questionnaires, a list. of rules
which is to serve asa “frame-
work” for Hell Week has been
drawn up. (See pag? 1, this is-
sue.) Any comments, suggestions
or further discussion on the Week
would be most welcome.
Friday Night Movies: It has been
suggested that a program of Fri-
day night movies would be an ad-
dition to college life, Good films of
the not-too-far-distant past would
be shown; the admission charge
would .be small—just enough to
cover costs. The Board would like
to know how much interest there
Question of the Week: .A poster
with the question and a box for an-
swers has been tacked on the. Un-
dergrad bulletin board in Taylor.
The questions cover-topics which
planning things, and-we’d appreci-
ate having everyone take time to
drop a comment in the box:
Personality Counts
For Teaching Jobs
Speakers in the teaching field
described the ideal personality and
education for the field ag well as
how to get a job at a tea held on
February 4 at 4:00 o’clock in the
Common Room.
Mrs. White, of the Shipley Low-
er School, emphasized that up to
sixth grade, a teacher not only‘
trains pupils in subjects but also
molds the child’s personality. Here
skills and techniques in teaching,
and «personality are more import-
teacher has. She added that teach-
ing is a full time job whieh re-
quires preparation before class and
sometimes extra activities after
class.
Personality is also important in
teaching older students and in ap-
plying for a job. Misg Speer of
Shipley School explained that
schools want someone who can
make her subject more interesting
by adding supplementary material.
A job application should include in-
prigaiec hobbies which relate to
months in one of the native vil-
lages.
The study, which is financed by
the University Museum in Phila-
delphia, will be concentrated on the
religious movement which has aris-
en in Melanesia as a result of con-
tact with the white settlers. To-
day’s native religions are a blend
of Christianity and the original
cults..New Britain has two Chris-
tian missions, Catholic and Meth-
odist, and the natives, who are al-
most_all nominally—Christians, aré
divided between the two and are,
as a result, constantly warring.
The inhabitants of this part of
Melanesia, in an attempt to recon-
cile Christianity to their own relig-
ions, and to retain western culture
while expelling white men from
their islands, participate in what
is known as the “cargo cult.” This
is a belief that a large ship will
come bearing the material culture
of the Western world plus the de-
parted ancestors of the natives. At
this time, the whites will be forced
to leave-and the natives will live
in luxury.
' The object of Miss Chowning’s
cultura] research will be to unravel
the’ blend of religions, to find out
why Christianity is so appealing,
and to equate the influence of the
Japanese, who passed through dur-
ing the war, in creating native en-
mity toward the white people. She
(will also do some study in the field
of physical anthropology with spe-
cial emphasis on an investigation
of blood groups.
Alumnae To Offer
Award In Writing
On College May Day an under-
graduate will receive the Kathar-
ine Fullerton Gerould Award for
an entry or entries in the cate-
gories of long or short narrative, a
group of poems, informal essay or
drama.
All manuscripts. must be left in
the Alumnae Office, the. Deanery,
by 4:30 P: M. on Tuesday, April 6.
They should be work written or re-
vised since Commencement 1953,
‘clean copy, typed, doublé
is given a number and her entry is
identified for the judges by a cor-
responding number only,
The. Award Committee consists
of two alumnae and one member
of the faculty who teaches English
Composition. They hope that many
manuscripts will be submitted by a
large number of ambitious writers.
M. Feinstein Wins
Chem. Class Prize
Mimi Feinstein, a freshman in
Radnor,. is the winner of an
Achievement Award as a result of
having had the highest grade jin
first semester general chemistry.
The presentation of the award, a
copy of the Handbook of Chemis-|.
he-subjeet-you-wilt -teach- -as-well,_try_and Physics was.mode-in.class |
as previous experience and-educa-
tion. Shipley prefers teachers with
a liberal arts background who
studied teaching for a year or two
afterward.
Miss Carter, Principal of Radnor
High ‘School, agreed that . the
teacher should be an interesting
person. Confidence resulting from
knowing your subject well and a
fair, unbiased attitude wins the
student’s respect. She added that
state schools require certain spe-
cial courses which must. be ac-
quired before or during the first
few years of teaching. In Penn-
sylvania these are History of Penn-
sylvania, and Audio-Visual Aids.
The Vocational Committee is
planning teas on writing, jobs with
language, and personnel and pub-
lic relations as a series.
last Thursday by the Chairman of
the chemistry department, Mr..
Ernst Berliner.
According to Mrs. Berliner, who
taught ‘the first semester class,
The Chemical Rubber Company of
Cleveland gives the awards, to be
made in colleges all over the coun-
try.. Although this practice was
discontinued for several years, it
was resumed this year at the re-
quest of many colleges.
The chemistry class had not been
told. beforehand that the award
would be made at. the tnd of the
semester. Thus not only Mimi, but
the whole class was surprised at
the presentation. The Handbook
was: inscribed as follows: “‘Achieve-
ment Award for First Term Fresh-
man Chemistry —- 1953-54. Bryn
‘Mawr College.”
Language’sT heory
Students A pprove
Reopened Reserve
An analysis of the questionnaire
about the reserve room passed out
to all students just before exams
follows. The results, tabulated by
The. Student: Library Council, to a
certain extent expected, and to a
certain extent ‘startling, are:
Out of the 384 questionnaires
tabulated, 86% ‘were in favor of an
Open Reserve Room as we had be+
fore Christmas .and have now.
Nineteen of the questionnaires, or
6%, stressed _the-need_formore-of
an “Honor System in, the Library.
Eight per cent: felt, however, that
some type of closed Reserve sys-
tem was. necessary to keep track
of the books, Only one student ad-
mitted that she never went to the
Library and din’t really know. ° wfecognized as. a fossil .
The answers to the question ‘Do
you feel a moral compulsion to-}
ward library rules?” were rather
interesting. Eighty-eight per cent
felt morally obligated to obey li-
brary rules themselves, and 52%
felt obligated to use social pres-
sure to see that others would obey
them: But the result seemed to be
that many of the students who did
not feel a moral compulsion to
obey the rules themselves were
perfectly willing to exert social
pressure to see that others obeyed.
Answers to this question and
further discussion of the sugges-
tions and criticisms that came up
will appear next ‘week.
Professor Studies
“TI can’t imagine a nicer place at
which to start teaching,” Mr. Nor-
man Kretzmann remarked about
his: being at Bryn Mawr. Although
he taught some classes at Johns
Hopkins University (the striking
difference in teaching there and
here is that “there are no girls at
Hopkins”), he. launches upon a ca-
reer of teaching philosophy here
at Bryn Mawr.
Mr. Kretzmann took preparation
for his special field of the philoso-
phy. of language, or semantics, at
Johns Hopkins, after doing under-
graduate work at Valparaiso (In-
diana), Chicago, and Northwestern
Universities.
“The philosophy of language
studies three things,” he explains,
namely, “the relations between
signs and things they signify; the
relations between signs and people
who understand these signs; and
the relations between signs them-
selves.” His language background
includes studies of the “usual,” or,
German, French, Latin, and Greek.
However, one needn’t have an ex-
tensive language background in or-
der to study the philosophy of lan-
guage, he maintains.
This philosopher, Siuebtancasts,
believes that “philosophy is worth
doing because it is fun to do.” “If
there is any practical end for phi-
losophy, it is political. It is safer
to assume, however, that philoso-
phy will not serve practical ends
. but in retrospection we may
attribute our_realized ends to our|
philosophy.” j
Favors Plato
He is currently teaching a 101
course in the History of Philo-
sophic Thought, a second year
course in Recent Metaphysics,.and!
a graduate course in the philoso-
phy of language, as well as senior.
comprehensive conferences ‘on! the
problem of univéfsals. (In respect
to this problem he states that he is
a nominalist . . . “at least for this
week.”) Spinoza was his first love
in philosophy, and along ‘with
Plato, remains one of his favorite
philosophers today. :
With his wife Betty, and eight
month old daughter Anita. Mr.
Kretzmann lives in:Ardmore. He
enjoys music as a hobby, and is
also interested -in science, pence
character jis anticipating things.
larly the philosophy of science.
Anthropol
logist Discusses Discoveries
Relating. To- Evolution For Sigma Xi
“New. discoveries relating to the
origin of man ..., are veritable
bones of contention,” said William
L. Straus, Professor. of Physical
Anthropology. at Johns Hopkins
‘University. He delivered the Sig-
ma Xi lecture on “New Discoverie
Bearing on the Origin and Evolu-
tion of Man” on January 14 at 8: 30
in Park Lecture Room.
“As soon as you get to the sub
ject of human origin... you get
emotional — content,” Me Straus
said. There was a great dispute
about the origin of the Neander}
thal skeleton which was found in
1856. ““Virkow . . . insisted. this
was the remain of a diseased indi+
vidual . . and it was*not really
. until the
Gibralter skull was brouglit forth.”
Neanderthal specimens indicate
that “within about “150,000 years,
man’s brain has not gotten bigger
or better.” In fact, they have an
average brain case size higher than
modern man’s1400 ec. Their limbs
are proportioned more. like man’s
than the- monkey o® ape. They
differ from man in having eyebrow
ridges, chinless jaws, low, fore-
heads, low domed scalps, enormous
height. of. the lower face, and an
enormous nasal aperture.
There is a gap between Pithecan-
thropus ard Sinanthropus speci
mens, which are man-like, and Ne-
anderthal, who fits the definition
matts“because he made tools. “Chim-
panzees ‘and baboons use tools but
don’t make them. Man’s essential
Sinanthropus had a brain capacity
of 1100 cc compared to 700 cc for
the biggest anthropoid ape, a male
gorilla. Thi§ indicates that “in
about 350,000 years... the human
brain came close to doubling its
size,” said Mr. Straus.
Dart, an Australian, suggested
that the juvenile skull he named
Australopithecus africanus could be
a human ancestor. . However, a
_ The Sophomores’ on’ the
NEWS ominously inform their
freshman co-workers, and_ in-
deed all. of the Class of ’57, that
Hell Week this year is to con-
tain adequate penance for all
injustices addressed to the for-
mer by the latter. This includes
such heinous offenses as_ the
singing of “We’re the Odds”,
typing Freshman compositions
at 6 a. m., ursurping the local
male populace and, of course,
‘disobeying their noble superiors
during the period of retribution
known as Hell Week.
§| for . example,
”
‘
juvenile ape skull looks more hu-
man than an aduiz skull of the
same species and “nobody paid
much attention” to his. claims,
Fossils show the teeth and jaw are
similar to man, while the limbs,
the humurus, fall
within: the range both of the au-
man and the chimpanzee, The foot
is like that of an upright.walking
animal ‘but this has not been defin-
itely established. “As far as I can
tell, it had an ape brain and the
front view bears it out,” said Mr.
Straus. He -stated that the cran-
ial capacity is bigger than the ex-
isting apes but. added that endo-
cranial casts are a “parlor game”
since the brain shape is not clearly
indicated on the inner surface of
the skull.
“The proconsul group gives.a sort
of glimpse’ of what the common
ancestors of man were like.” They
indicate that the enlarged brain
was a late specialization, ‘maybe
even later than bipedal posture.”
“Members of this group; which lived
in’ South Africa 25 million. years
ago, varied from adults the size
of a gibbon to some the size of a
gorilla, Their dentition was sim-
ilar to that of ‘man,
“More matgrial on man’s evolu- -
tion has been gathered since the
war than during all the preceding
years put together,” said: . Mr.
Straus. It is interesting. that ‘this
came “close to the anniversary of
the first actual skeletal evidence of
fossil man discovered in 1856.”
EES
Students Suggest
Academic Changes
The recent Self-Government poll
on an academic honor. system re-
vealed that almost 80 per cent of
the students participating in. the
poll favored a change of some sort
in the present system. Of. these,
60 per cent asked for an honor
system parallel to the present so- .
cial honor system, which includes
an urged, although not required,.
responsibility for the actions of
others, and 20 per cent favored a
system with the student. responsi-
ble only for her own actions.
Of. the 482 students who took
part in the poll, 35 per cent felt
that at present there was in no
way-an honor system. in academic
matters at Bryn Mawr. Forty-two
per cent said there was a certain
type of honor system, depending
usually upon the attitude of the
professor... Only. three per cent
_ Continued on Page 4, Col. 1
Exhibit Shows van Gogh’s Background;
Prints, Photographs Compared to Oils
Specially contributed by
Ann Morris:
Ninety-five oils and “early a
hundred drawings by Vincent van
Gogh (1853-1890), are now on dis-
play at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art.
The paintings are cocauiae
chronologically, beginning with the
early works of the artist (about
1880). Of them, the “Potato Eat-
ers” is the most important. It. is
interesting to. note that these early
erally characterize _van Gogh’s
style.
Van Gogh, as well as his contem-
poraries, was influenced by Jap-
anese print techniques; three are
shown side by side with three van
Gogh interpretations. “Pere Tan-
quy” and “Branches of Flowering
Almond” are also results of vhis in-
terest. The latter is the. loveliest
painting of the show, and the rar-
est, as it has,never been exhibited
before. ‘
Admirets of the artist will be
pleased to find the well-known and
him, capable.
popular “Sunflowers,” “Cypresses,” :
and “Sidewalk Cafe at Night,” and
the many self-portraits. The ex-
tensive collection of drawings is
surprising; one tends to forget that
van Gogh was also a clever drafts-
Man. The landscapes reveal the —
same peculiar gnarled trees that.
his figure studies are almost deli-
cate and lack the boldness of his —
painting. van Gogh also displays
a wealth of minute detail of which
the viewer might not have thought
An antersstine. feature of the ex-
hibit is a display of photographs of
the artist’s parents and brother
Theo, and various friends, includ-
ing an amusing one of Toulouse-
Lautree in Oriental costume. Pho-
tographs of the countryside which
van Gogh painted are shown with
small reproductions, in order that
the subject and its interpretation
might be compared. ~~
‘The exhibition will be continued
through February 28. Admission is
fifty cents; on Mondays, free.’ The
Museum» hours are nine to ‘five
‘weekdays and. Sundays:./ ’
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are. characteristic of his oils, but ss
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i thought it a system equal to those
_of the other colleges with which
they were acquainted.
Over three-fourths of the revis-
ionists asked fora faculty-
administration-student board to
handle’ infringements, with only
/six per cent. voting specifically
for the present method. Almost all
‘revisionists wanted a similar joint
» group to decide the method of con-
» ducting exams.
In addition to investigating stu-
“dent opinion, the Self-Gov. Execu-
“tive Board contacted the student
organizations of niné other col-
\eges — Smith, Holyoke, Barnard,
“Radcliffe, Vassar, Wellesley, Uni-
versity of Virginia, Johns Hopkins,
and. Oberlin — to learn of) their
:-academic honor systems.
% Each of these colleges had what
“they termed honor systems, rang-
ing: in coverage, from academic
work alone to library rules and
registration in classes. These col-|
leges interpreted the honor sys-
tem as: meaning that honorable
“conduct of all students was taken
for grarited in these fields, but they
also expected any student breaking
-the code to report himself.
Regulations Vary
‘The majority of the colleges spe-
cified that they also expected a stu-
‘dent to feela responsibility for
‘others, either to request the of-
fender to report himself, or if this
failed, to report to the board
handling such cases.
The regulations for taking ex-
N.S.A. To Conduct
-ExchangeProgram
The NSA is conducting an Inter-
national Correspondence Exchange
Program ‘through which American
_ students will be able to communi-
cate with their counterparts ‘in all
_ areas of the globe.
The program is felt to fill-a vital
- need in the student community, as |:
the exchange of ideas on a per-
‘sonal basis plays a significant role
in the furthering of international
understanding. Although, in the
past, American students have dis-
played greatest interest in com-
municating with students in France
and England, it is hoped that the
_ coming year will see an increased
emphasis upon letter exchanges
“with the Far East, Middlg East,
_ outhéast Asia, and other aréas.
Operation of. the program has
been undertaken by the Wayne
University’ Student Council. Any-
‘one interested in participating im
it should forward her name and
choice of country to the following
address:
-Miss Ann Keller
NSA International Correspond-
ence Exchange ;
Box 415
Student Center
‘Wayne University
‘Detroit, Michigan
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: Self-Gov. Examines the Honor System
4 In Nine Colleges, Quotes Kecent Poll —
aminations: varied considerably
among the colleges. Several had
no proctors at all, although one of
these required students to stay in
the room throughout the exam.
Others permitted leaving the build-
In all the nine colleges, the stu-
dents shared in handling the. in-
fractions, of their honor systems,
through joint boards, student
boards, boards with non-voting
student representation, or other
variations, ®
Favor Systems
“The colleges all reported to the
Self-Gov. Executive
generally successful,
The following are'a few selec-
tions written by Bryn. Mawr ‘stur
dents on the Self-Gov poll:
“(At present) it is a weak at-
tempt at nothing and encourages
the dishonesty that exists.”
“There may well be many hardy
souls who are unaffected by the
steely stare of proctors, professors,
fellow victims, etc., but for the sake
of those of us who crumple under
such pressure and cannot give our
professors a fair indication of our
work, I urge you to abolish the
slaughter-house exam system .. .”
“The social honor system does
not create a trusting atmosphere
so essential to the essence of the
honor .system, but one of suspi-
wa;
“The honor system, set up as we
hope to see it, should take great
care to insure the academic repu-
tation of the college . . . I should
rather have absolute supervision
than lose the reputation of the col-
lege...”
“A flexible exam schedule where-
by a student would not have to
take two exams in.a row if it
didn’t suit her study methods. In
an honor system all the exams
could be given from 9 to 12 every
morning for two weeks and the
student could spread out her exams
as she considered best.”
The exact votes on the questions
asked by the poll are posted on the
Self-Government bulletin boards in
Taylor. -
The League wishes to apol-
ogize for failing to show the
movie. “The City” on Wednes-
day, February 3. It was wound
wrong, and would have come out
upside-down and backwards.
However,~it will be shown at
some future date.
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smashed Drexel 5-0 at home Feb-
tuary 38. All five matches were
captured in only two games, with
June Costin at third Singles the
-}only player who was forced to
come up from behind. In their next
tilt on February 10, the girls will
compete with Merion Cricket Club
Ladies at home. . According to
Coach Grant the match is mainly
for fun and practice, since the girls
are usually far outclassed by the
MCC Ladies. Instead of three sin-
gles’ and two doubles matches as in
an ordinary competition, the girls
Board that:
their systems were popular and!
will vie for honors in six doubles
matches, Since the varsity has only
seven starting players the lineup
will be rounded out with junior
varsity players.
The varsity this year is’ com-
posed’ of veterans with the excep-
tion of freshmen June Costin and
Diana Russell. Results of indi-
vidual matches against Drexel are
as follows: First singles, Marilyn
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NEATEST TRICK
OF THE WEEK
The class was discussing the
extending the honor system to
academic work. The professor
said he thought there is a social
“police system” which prevents
infringements. Replied a. stu-
dent excitedly, “The night
watchman doesn’t check your
morals when you come in the
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Bryn Mawr’s badminton team.
Bryn Mawr’s basketball sextet
bowed to..Drexel 56-36 in the sea~
son opener on the home court Feb-
ruary 4. Drexel outclassed Bryn
Mawr throughout the entire game
and combined smooth’ team work
and accurate shooting to grab the
lead early in the first quarter. The
girls travel to Penn Thursday, the
llth, with high hopes of redeem-
ing the trouncing they ‘received
from Drexel. 4
Olsen, Captain Gini Dulaney,
Nancy Potts and M..G. Warren
strongly resisted but was. unable
to step the speedy, aggressive
Drexel forwards. Drexel’s ‘sharp
foul shooting also’ bolstered the
score and increased their formid-
‘|able attack.
Miss Price feels that the Drexel
match gave no real indication of
the team’s prowess and she feels
that if the girls will play to ca-
pacity tomorrow the outlook for
the Penn tilt is hopeful. Although
+ it--is~-diffieult to make~ predictions,
Miss Price says she thinks the
Muir, 11-1, 11-1;~ second singles,
Phil Tilson, 11-5, 11-0; third’ sin-
gles, June Costin, 11-9, 11-2; first
doubles, Lois Bonsal and Prue
Oliver, 15-0, 15-7; second doubles,
Charlotte Smith and Diana Russell,
15-3, 15-3.
Bryn Mawr’s defense by Bobbie!
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Drexel Trounces Bryn Mawr’s Team,
Basketball Score; 56-36! Jayvees Win
|team has a {fairly good season
ahead of it.
‘ An indication of the truth of this
statement is the fact that last year
the shooting percentage for the en-
tire ‘season was twenty-five per
cent whereas in the Drexel game
the girls racked up an outstand-
ing. thirty-seven -per cent.
At present, Miss Price hopes to
develop a well-coordinated team
around freshman Joan Parker who
is fast, aggressive and a good shot.
With Bea Merrick ‘and Sally Ken-
nedy to catch the rebounds, the at-
and hard hitting, capable of turn-
ing back ‘their, opponents.
The jayvees nosed out Drexel
50-47 in an exciting, tensely played
match . The juniors’ ball playing
looked more professional than the
varsity and was characterized by
good teamwork and effective shoot-
ing. 8
The Jineups, were as follows:
Sally Kennedy, Bea Mefrick, Joan
Parker, Diana Scott, varsity for-
wards; Ginny Dulaney, Bobbie Ol-
sen, Nannie Potts, and-M. G. War-
ren, varsity guards; L. Bruer,
Maddy DeRopp, Bitsy McElroy,
Sarah Stiffler, junior varsity. for-
wards; Tam Birchfield, Betty Ann
Ceruti, Pattie Ferguson, Lois La-
Belle -and Janie (White, junior
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What To Do
INTERVIEWS OF: NEXT WEEK:
Parke, Davis Company—drugs—
Detroit ill
Mr. Moore, Tuesday morning,
February 16th. Biologists and
chemists. Schedule of appoint-
ments posted outside of Room H in
Taylor. ‘
The Co- operative Bureau for
Teachers Teachers agency in New
York.
Miss Truxell,:‘Tuesday afternoon,
February 16th. Seniors and gradu-
ate students interested in teach-
ing. College as well as school po-
sitions. Schedule posted outside of
Room H.
THE WAVES:
There will “be an ‘interview
Wednesday morning, February
17th. Underclassmen for summer
jobs, as well as senioxg and gradu-
ate students for | lar basic
training leading to. commission,
Schedule posted as above.
FOR NEXT YEAR: Please see
Mrs. Crenshaw on the third ‘floor
of Taylor Hall. f
Junior Government © Assistants
for administrative, professional, or
technical positions in Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, or Vir-
ginia. $3410 a year. Students of
any major. Applications must be
made by February 23rd.
Resident Fellowships (wardens)
_at Mount Holyoke. $1000, tuition
in the graduate school, board, suite
of rooms with private bath. See
notice posted outside of Room F.
Graduate _Assistantshirps
Counselling and Guidance,’ Ohio
Wesleyan. Part time assistant to
one of the dormitories; courses in
counselling and guidance.
Rural Child: Welfare in -Pennsyl-
vania. . Students of any major.
$2820 beginning. salaries. Applica-
tions must be made by February
26th.
Entire Winter
Clearance! °
Now. at
Joyce Lewis
‘intend to become citizens:
Groups Contribute
Grants and Prizes
The following scholavebips and
prizes have ibeen announced as
available to the graduates and un-
dergraduates of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege during 1954:
Ford Foundation Scholarships
Scholarships and fellowships are
offered ‘by the Ford Foundation for
study, in the Soviet and East Euro-
pean areas during the academic
year 1954-55. This program is in-
tended to.meet the need for larger
numbers of Americans with .a
knowledge of the cultures and gov-
ernments -of these critical areas.
Awards will ‘be made in three
classifications .to citizens of the
United States or aliens permanent-
ly residing in the United States who
Grad-
uate Area Training .Scholarships,
Pre-doctoral Area Research-Trai
ing Fellowships; and. Post-docto
Area Research-Training Fellow-_
ships. Graduate Area Training
Scholarships are available to grad-
uate students or students, graduat-
ing this year who intend ‘to com-
bine further study in their field
with the study of a foreign area,
and who are not over 30. Area Re-
search fellowships were instituted
to help students complete their
training by developing research
skills. The age limit for pre-doc-
toral candidates is 35; for post-
doctoral candidates, 40. The dead-
line for all applications is Febru-
ary 15th, 1954,
AMUSEMENTS
Local Movies: §
Anthony Wayne:
Wed.-Sat, Kiss Me Kate.
Ardmore:
Wed.-Sat. The Eddie Cantor
_ Story.
Sun.-Wed. Kiss Me Kate.
Bryn Mawr:
Wed. Blood on the Moon; Fort
, Apache.
Thurs. Dangerous Crossing.
Fri.-Sat. Three Sailors and a
Girl.
Sun.-Mon. (Devilish Canyon; The
b Glass Web,
City Line Center:
Wed.-Sat. The Eddie Canteé
Story.
Suburban;
Wed.-Sat: Here Come the Girls.
Sun.JWed. Without Reservation
Jennifer.
CURRENT SHOWS
Shubert:
The Girl in Pink Tights.
Academy Foyer:.
y \The Emperor Jones.
Mademoiselle Prizes
Mademoiseli@ magazine is offer-
ing two $100 Dylan Thomas
Awards for :the best poems by
young women writers—one to col-
lege students .under 30, the other
to ‘women under 80 who may or
may not be college graduates. Not
more than three poems which have
not previously been published .ex-
cept in college publications may
be submitted. All award en-
tries are due by April 15, 1954.
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Thomas Lantos of S. F. State
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Doubled School Enrollments, Science Research,
Increase The Need Of Working Women Gradugtes.
Continued from Page 1
emergencies. “Between the years
1949 and .1959 this enrollment is
expected to nearly double.
The question of the shortage .of
trained personnel with which to
care for these larger enrollments
particularly concerned’ President
McBride. - Although. men, too, are
needed in the teaching field, a high
proportion of teachers must be re-
cruited from among the women
college graduates.
Quality Stressed *
While asking “who will do the
teaching ?”, “what will be the quai-
ity of the teaching?” must inevi-
tably be askéd also.
of the teaching for several years
will be determined in the next few
years”, said Miss McBride. Our
task now is to make certain we do
not fall behind in maRing this qual=»
—lity a high one. Sacaauhe
the num-
ber of candidates for teaching
now would seem the best way of
preventing future deterioration in
our schools.
Another, emergency other than
war is that of the demand for stu-
dent recruits in the field of science.
“The way we deal with this emer- |
“The quality
determine all our fu-
tures j st as surely as will’ the
gency m
quality of. the teachifig in the
schools”, stated President McBride.
“Only special opportunities and
| special demonstrations. of need“can
swing adéquate numbers of pres-
ent students. into science’’, and this
must be done in order both to meet °
present demands and to extend the
“endless frontier” of science.
Women will, in varying numbers,
respond.to these emergencies in
the schools and in scientific fields,
thought Miss McBride. She con-
cluded with the reminder however,
that although women are reganied
in terms of emergency personnel, —
they have a.vital place in our, per-
manent labor force.
The ‘burgers are fine
The French fries divine
At the Hearth
Collector's item
In February
Mademoiselle magazine is the first to publish
Dylan Thomas’
great play for voices,
Under Milk Wood
This extraordinary contribution to English literature
is illustrated with exclusive pictures of ;
Dylan Thomas at home in the village that inspired
the play. Mr. Thomas has been called the modern Keats. |
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Hero Outwits Monster
"the giant had cut and left to sea-
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
“Wednesday, February 10; 1954
In Common Folk-tales .
Continued from Page 1
and is shut up in a cave with him
and his sheep. He blinds the giant
and eseapes, with the aid of the
sheep.
The common folk-tales had... it
that the hero was accompanied by
his men, whom the giant was
roasting and eating on-an iron spit
which he had‘in the cave. The hero
contrives to heat tke spit and
pokes out, the giant’s eye with it,
escaping in the morning by wrap-
ping himself in a sheep’s skin and
leaving with the. flock when the
giant lets it out in the morning.
In the Homeric version the hero
blinds the giant not with a spit
but with a green olive club, which
son in the cave. Mr. Page points
out that the wooden club is sub-'
stituted in the Homeric version for
the iron_spit probably so that the
audience-would not have it brought
home to them that Odysseus’s men
were not only being eaten by the
Cyclops, but were being roasted
alive as well.
Iron or Wood «4
Yet it is clear that the poet was
somewhat confused between the
earlier version and his own, for he
deseribes the green olive club being
heated in the flames until it was
white hot, just as the folk-tale said
of the iron spit; yet green wood
cannot be heated to white heat, as
Mr. Page noted, it will merely char
and burn.
As. well as combining varying
versions of the folk-tales in the
Odysseus family, the poet also
turned to an entirely different sort
of folk-tale, and solved the prob-
lems in which Odysseus was em-
broiled by borrowing from them.
An example of this is the trick
with the name, “Nobody”. When
Odysseus is putting out the eye of |-
the giant, who screams in pain, his
neighbors come to the cave and ask
“Is somebody killing you?” Be-
cause Odysseus has told the Oy-
clops that his name is Nobody, the
giant replies “Nobody is killing
me”; and the neighbors go away.
The Homeric version differs
from the folk-tale in the énding it
gives to the Cyclops incident. In
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) ithe earlier tales, the giant, when
Odysseus escaped, gives him a-ring
‘fas a token of forgiveness and -es-
teem. Odysseus puts it on, only
to have the ring cry out to the
blind giant, “Here I) am!” Odys-
seus! must. cut off his finger to es-
cape the giant, for he cannot get
the ring off.
The poet deletes this*from this
version, saying merely: that the
giant: chased the party back to
their ship, and contented himself
with throwing stones at them.
tale and poet’s version occur in the
episodes in which the survivors
draw straws; in the means of
escape they used from the cave,
and in the one-eyedness...of. the
giant.
The. survivors may have drawn
straws either -té determine who,
was to aid in.the blinding, or, as
the earlier version held, they drew
to determine who should be eaten
next. Escape’ was* ¢ffected in‘ the
folk-tale by killing sheep and using
their skins to hide under. The poet
has’the survivors cling to the un-
derside of the sheep. *
Mr. Page discussed the probable
reasons of the poet for making
‘these variations. He found, in gen-
eral, that they were made in favor
of good taste and realism, and-that-
the inconsistencies in -the story
were due to.the combination by one
author of. several old folk-tales.
Mr. Page, Regius Professor of
Greek at. Trinity College, ‘Cam-
bridge, will next speak in Goodhart
on the 15th of February. The sec-
‘hose who like Ike like them too.”
ond of his six lectures will deal
Randall Commission Attempts To Find Area
Of Positive Agreement
Continued from Page 1
gins to formulate an area of posi-
tive agreement, from which the
party may go forward.
The Democratic party is also
subject to afflictions of an-election
year. Since many constituents of
Democratic congressmen voted for
Eisenhower, these congressmen
must now decide how to “make
|
if, to attract these votes, they vote
with Odysseus in the Underworld;
in this episode, it is generally
agreed, most lien matter to the
essential folk-tale will be found.
Mr. Page will diseuss- what this
alien content may be.
For Foreign Policy
with Eisenhower, they may be ac-
cused of jumping the party; if
they vote against him, they may be
charged with putting the interests
of party above those of country.
The tax issue and the farm prob-
lem must be taken up. by Cofigress
this year; almost everything else
will be avoided if possible, since,
in th election year, “the best you
can do is a maximum of nothing.”
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