College news, December 9, 1953

VOL. L—-NO. 9

" ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1953

Copyright; Trustees: of
Bryn Mawr College, 1953

PRICE 20 CENTS



History’s Uses
Form Subject.
For Commager

Famed. Historian Sets
Some Criteria
For History
Professor Henry Steele Com-
mager, of the Columbia University
faculty, set a criterion for written
history when he spoke to the Alli-
ance Assembly on Thursday, No-
vember 19, on the subject, “The
Uses and Abuses of History”. “The
first use of history”, he stated “‘is
to give delight or pleasure”.
History must’ be ‘literature atid
art in order toj:fulfill -its -purpoge.)

This was believed in earlier cen-¢.

turies when people “did not impo
upon history too many require}

|Chapel Service Sunday Night Heralds! Lecturer To Talk

Iclub Christmas Partying, Serenading |About Intolerance

by Carol Bradley, ’57

On Sunday evening, December 13
at eight o’clock in Goodhart Chap-
el, there will be held a joint Bryn
Mawr-Haverford Christmas Serv-'

ice. The servicé will consist of the ' Lands,

singing of Christmas songs by the!
Haverford Glee Club under the di-
rection of Mr. Reese, and by the
Bryn Mawr Chorus, led by Mr.
Goodale. The selections include
joint renditions of early American
carols originating in Vermont and
Philadelphia, and the Christmas
cantata by Dietrich Buxtehude, en-
titled “Rejoice Beloved Christians”.
Bryn Mawr Chorus will give a
separate performance of Vincent
Lubeck’s “Christmas Cantata”, and
Haverford Glee Club will sing a
solo selection.

The annual reading of the
Christmas story will be given by

‘Dr. Mutch following which the ca-

rols’ and ‘cantatas will be heard.

ments, but demanded much more in|: :- -

respect to literature and less in | -
respect to contributions to ascii
or to philosophy”.

Professor Commager ocpinisill
that when he used the word “use”:
he did not mean utilitarianism(
One should not ask, “What can i
do with history?”,
“What can history. do. with me?"

The second use of history is “tq
give a sense of the past, a .
of belonging to something greatet
than ourselves. History is tothe].
race aS memory is to man. Only! .
by knowing the past can we know
ourselves.” Mr. Commager | said
that Hitler would have been much
more reluctant to start the war
against the English and Amer}
icans had he been familiar with
the history of those peoples, whet
at war for their liberty.

History is useful for underi
standing other countries. It is
essential for operating }with them.
Some countries have histories
more similar to our own than
others and have contributed’ more
to our traditions; it .is ‘the history
of these countries which we should
study most closely. :

According to’ Mr.’ Commager,
history will not teach a past phi-
losophy, but can form a philosoph-
ical mind.: It will impress upon

will be held in four halls.
,one is. cordially invited to attend

Christmas Spirit?

but ‘ratherj |:

_ Club Parties
On the evening of December 15
the annual Club Christmas parties
Every-



Aid League Drive |

») especially contributed by
Nattie Fasick, ’54

The 1954-55 League Activities

-Drive, December 9 and 10, this

year most. appropriately comes
during the Christmas season when
people .are opening their hearts
and: pocketbooks to help those less
fortunate.

“The League is the only organ-
ization on campus solely supported
by. funds solicited from the stu-
dents. Money directly finances
welfare activities that are of per-
sonal interest to the students, ac-
tivities in which they themselves
ean participate. By far the largest
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ot ay





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‘ The.’ Undergraduate Council
-would like to remind the Col-
lege that any proposed solicita-
tion for money must be cleared
through the Council.









‘Red’ Tactics Make Free Asia Uneasy;

Mr. Bowles Cites U.

On Tuesday night Chester
Bowles spoke in Goodhart on the
topic, “Free Asia Looks at China,
Russia, and the U. S. A.” It is im-
possile to deny, said Mr. Bowles,
that the Communist threat in Asia
is serious. The Communists, how-
ever, have made serious mistakes.
in their attempt to make all of
Asia Communistic.

The great esteem which Asib
held for the destroyers of autoc-
racy after 1917 has dimmed. The
_Atalin-Hitler pact in 1942, the
Communist purges, hate propagan-
da, and constantly shifting policy,
tend to make India and the rest of
Asia uneasy.

China actually seems to be the
only Asiatic country where Com-



munism has succeeded. Asia is
happy to see the rise of a nation.
great enough to compete with the
West, but at the same time she

hates and fears the dictatorship in

China.

S. Inconsistencies

India tends to idealize the Unit-
ed States because of our democ-
racy and our past aid to India. She
is disturbed, however, by the. in-
consistencies of U. S. policy and





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, service.

our failure to -attempt to under-—

stand asa ¥ the problems of
Asia.«

Pessimists say that Communist,

propaganda and subversion are be-
ing stepped up in Asia. Optimists
point out that Russia’s Korean
venture has failed, that no Com-

munist party has won more than
5% of the vote in any Asiatic elec-
tion, and that some countries have
thrown out Communism. No one
can say, however, what the future
may hold.



.. “Phe NEWS takes great pleas-
ure in announcing the following
addition to the staff: ©
_ Mimi Collins, ’57.









| the festivities, probably on a dead

“The Psychological Problems of

run from hall to hall in order to Religious Intolerance” will be the
eatch the beginning of each pres-' subject of the Class of 1902 Lec-

entation.
| parties is as follows:
IRC: Christmas
7:00-7:15 at Denbigh.
Spanish Club: Pinata, 7:15-8:30
at Pembroke East.

French _ Club: 9:15-10:00 at
Wyndham.
German Club: 10:00-10:30 at
Rockefeller.

Graduate School Play
On December 15, fired by the
Christmas spirit, the Bryn Mawr
Graduate School will give its tra-
ditional performance of a Christ-
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The schedule for the ture, to be delivered by Dr. Rob-

|ert H. Thouless in the Music Room,

in Foreign December 14th at 8:30 p. m.

Dr. Thouless, a graduate of
Corpus Christi, has been a reader
in educational psychology at Cam-
bridge University since 1945. This
position is comparable to a pro-
fessorship in an American Univer-
sity.

The lecturer is the author of
numerous books and articles, in-
cluding An Introduction to the
Psychology of Religion, Straight
And Crooked Thinking; and Gen-
eral And Social Psychology.



A Formal, ‘Foxes’,

Mark Undergrad Weekend’s

by Epsey Cooke, °57

Undergrad weekend, complete
with play, dance, and open houses,
was great fun. The highlight of
the weekend was the formal dance
held in the gym after Saturday
night’s performance of “The Lit-
tle Foxes”.

The theme, “In the Pink”, was
carried out by pink and silver dec-
orations. Small, candle-lit tables
were set up in one end of the gym.

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And General Fun
Activity

Octangle sang various songs.
Credit for the weekend’s program
goes to Sukey Webb, head of Un-
dergrad and Wendy Ewer, chair-
man of the dance committee.

After the dance an open house
was held in Denbigh, where weary
couples relaxed and talked over
coffee and hot dogs, and the Oc-
tangle sang again.

Pembrokes East and West held
a joint open house on Friday

Refreshments of punch and cook-! night, with dancing to the music

ies were served throughout the

‘ evening.

Howard Cook and his band pro-
vided music for the many dancers.
During intermission Dave Sutton
and the Haverford Octet perform-
ed, after which the Bryn Mawr

CALENDAR

Wednesday and Thursday,
December 9 and 10

League Activities Drive and

costume jewelry collection.
Thursday, December 10

8:30 p. m. Dr. Milton C. Nahm
will speak on “Leonardo da Vinci
-as a Philosopher” in the Ely
Room, Wyndham.

Friday, December 11
Square dance.
Sunday, December 13
8:30 p. m. Annual Christmas
Goodhart.
Monday, December 14

7:15 p. m. Miss Frances de
Graaff will speak at Current
Events on “Politics and the Mod-
ern Writer—Russia” in the Com-
mon Room.

8:30 p. m. Robert H. Thouless
will speak on “The Psychological
Problems of Religious Intoler-
ance”. Class of 1902 lecture.
Music Room.

10:15 p. m. A Child is Born.
Haverford Common Room. Ad-
mission free.



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IRC is serving coffee in Den-
bigh, right after supper.

Club parties.

Graduate Center play will tour
the halls.

Wednesday, December 16

5:30 p. m. Movies of the Bryn
Mawr Summer Camp will be
shown at the League meeting. All
welcome.

6:45 p. m. Travel program
sponsored by IRC and Judy Hay-
wood, head of travel for Under-
grad. Common Room.

Maids and Porters caroling.

Thursday, December 17

Christmas dinner in the halls.

Senior caroling.



of Mike Dunn’s band. The theme
was. East Side-West Side and the
decorations led all the way around
the town from Chinatown to Sta-
tue of Liberty. The entertainment
ranged from hula to can-can to

bunny hop, with songs by Ann

Sroka. Sally Kennedy headed the
open house committee and Polly
Lothman was responsible for the
decorations.



Asia’s Attitude

Resembles U.S.
Early Concepts

Bowles Calls Decision
For Independence

Valid Aim

Chester Bowles, the former
United States Ambassador to In-
dia, delivered the first of the Anna
Howard Shaw lectures, “Asia—
The Uncommitted World”, in Good-
hart Auditorium, Monday, Decem-
ber 9. In his talk he emphasized
the importance of the decisions of
uncommitted Asia, that one-third
of the human race which holds the
key to the future of the world.

Asia has been divided, to over-
simplify the matter, into three
areas: The Asia of Mao Tse Tung,
the Asia of Chiang Kai-Shek, and
the Asia of Nehru. The first con-
sists of China; Chiang dominates
Formosa and South Korea. The
vast remainder of Asia is not real-
ly Nehru’s; it is, however, partial-
ly, at least, uncommitted.

India, Burma, Indonesia—all un-
committed—are emerging into in-
dependence. They want to better
their situation, Most vitally they
want complete freedom from the
control of any country, be it Brit-

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The Freshman class is happy
to announce the following elec-
tions:

Freshman show director: Rab-
bit MacVeagh.



Stage Manager: Carol Brad-
ley.









‘Little Foxes’ Makes Highly Enjoyable,
Well-Polished Dramatic Entertainment

by Evelyn DeBaryshe, ’56,
and Barbara Drysdale, ’55

The Little Foxes was a milestone
in College Theatre history; it was
certainly the best theatrical pro-
duction that we have seen here.
The play was pure entertainment
without the lapses into disbelief
which diminish the force of most
College shows.

The set was stable, well-lit, and
appropriate. The props appeared
on cue and were handled graceful-
ly. Birdie (Connie Hicks), for
example, poured the _ elderberry
wine with the proper genteel air
of practice.

The make-up wasn’t noticeable,
but character was evident in every
face. Either the greasepaint cre-
ated certain aspects of personality
or it emphasized them; in any case
the faces represented people. This
was particularly true in the case
of Birdie (Connie Hicks) and Ben
(Nick Mabry).

The costuming was faithful to
the period and to the play, with
the exception of Regina’s first-act
purple and gold creation. This,
unfortunately, was too obvious a
reflection of her character, which
certai needed no emphasizing.

But the great strength of the
production lay in the acting. The
players’ achievement was a deep
insight and a compelling intensity,
which carried the play through its
wrackingly emotional plot.



Philip Howorth endowed the
role of Horace Giddens with quiet
force and tremendous sympathy.
He was on stage for little more
than half the play, yet he was
strong enough to become not Re-
gina’s foil but her adversary.

Claire Weigand satisfied the ma-
jor requirements of her part. She
made Regina a harsh, strong, and
frightening woman, But her con-
ception lacked comprehensive un-
derstanding. (She underestimated
Regina’s intelligence, and the task
she would set that intelligence of
creating a superficially attractive
personality. She did not seem a
pretty woman; she lacked the es-
sential magnetism for which Hor-
ace Giddens must have married
her.

Ben Hubbard (Nick Mabry) was
suave, sly, and charming. Robert
Glatzer portrayed Oscar Hubbard
—the bully and ineffectual hypo-
crite—and gave a_ performance
that got better and better.

Gentle and defeated Birdie Hub-
bard was thoroughly understood
by Connie Hicks, nowhere more
deeply than in her third act scene
of resigned despair.

Berkley -Harris, Jean Young,
Charles Adams, Barbie Floyd, and
Bill Packard maintained the high
acting standards of the play.

The production was well directed
by Katharine Minehart with effect- »
ive blocking and skillful handling

of emotional ve

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by Molly Epstein and
Evelyn DeBaryshe

Sitting on a fence .. produces a
sore bottom and a sterile intellect;
this column is going ta be used as
an outlet for the opinions and
prejudices of its authors. If you
agree with us, fine—if you don’t, |
that’s O.K., too.

The campus controversy at pres-
ent is over the extension of the
honor system to our academic life,
and our attitude is very clear:

Stones From A Glass House

cause they honestly say that they
don’t trust their fellow students,
and others feel that they cannot
trust themselves.

Careful proofreading and word-
ing of the examination will elim-
inate the first defense of the con-
vention of the proctored exam. But
should a girl become ill, or should
any other similar emergency arise,
the Dean’s Office or a professor
is always nearby.

Trust



we’re for ‘it. .. er
‘Our quarrel with the system is
not that it’s old, but that it is ar-|

runs like an old Ford, in good con-'
dition, but badly in, need of re-
modeling.” It’s ‘about) time we did
overhaul it. It is ridiculous for us
to be on our honor at 9th Entry
and to limp on a moral crutch into
the examination room.

Let’s look at the argument
against the proposed extension of
the honor system. Some people
favor proctoring on the grounds
that it is a convenience; ;some -be-

Letter To Editor











Hibernation Or Help?

What will N.S. A. mean to you a month from now?
Chances are that the article on page three and the recent con-

ference will be a faint memory. The work of the N.S. A.
does not appear on campus under its own label. Information

about travel will be channelled through the International Re-
lations Club. Material about student government, especially
the proposed new honor system will go to Self-Gov. or Under-
grad. Except for the bulletin board in Taylor, Bryn Mawr’s
thoughts of N.S. A. will hibernate till Spring when the na-
tional conference and summer trips to Europe spur interest

specifically in this direction.

When students start thinking about summer plans, they
will find that there are arrangements for art tours, work
camps, and summer sessions in Europe. When we hear of
suggestions, resolutions, and meetings sponsored by N.S. A.
they will be similarly well planned.

The National Student Association doesn’t hibernate. Its
officers compile information and organize activities all year
long. There is no magic. It’s work—even to the extent that
N.S. A. feels that some officers should temporarily leave
school and be paid for the job they do.

The policies and plans of: that trip to Europe or the com-
ing national conference are being worked on now. We can do
more than participate after everything is prepared. All kinds
of typing, filing, and mimeographing need to be done. You'll

be Christmas shopping in Philadelphia anyway.

Why not

stop in at the Gimbél building and help for a while? N.S. A.
has value for all students. We can help N.S.A.



Activities Fund Covers

Continued from Page 1
portion of these funds supports the
Bryn Mawr Summer Camp for DP
children. About $2500 went for
this purpose last year. Another
activity, Workers’ Education, this
year will use a considerable por-
tion of the money contributed.
Other committees benefiting from
the Activities Drive funds are the
-Norristown Group (working at a
mental hospital), the Clothing

Drive (for needy areas), the Maids
and Porters Committee and the
Haverford Community Center (for
young children). Some of the

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Student Transportation

most essential uses of the funds,
although not as glamorous as the
previously mentioned examples,
are running expenses, i.e. trans-
portation for students working on
League activities, and movies and
speakers on vitally important and
timely topics which the League
will be presenting throughout the
year...

One hundred per cent student
participation is the goal of the
Activities Drive this year, so do
not forget to put a contribution to
the League Activities Drive on
your Christmas gift list.

Henry too young (due to lack of

Praiseworthy
In Detail

e Nov. 19, 1953
Dear Editors,

I feel that your review of Anne
of a Thousand Days did not begin
to do justice to the very fine per-
formances of Elsie Kemp and Wil-
liam Packard. From the write-up,
anyone who had not been present
at the reading would have no con-
ception of what the play was like
or its effect on the audience. And

bitrarily’ and illogically limited. It



I have seldom seen an audience so
completely absorbed by a dramatic
production. In this case the power
of Maxwell Anderson’s beautiful
lines as well as’ the intimacy
achieved by the use of a small
room were contributing factors.
But the fine quality of the acting
cannot be overestimated. |
As. the characters of Anne and
Henry unfolded before our eyes,
the audience was caught up in the
growing crescendo of the play. I
don’t think it is even possible to
point out one particular scene as
better than another. It was ex-
traordinary to watch Miss Kemp
and Mr. Packard actually become
the characters they were portray-
ing. In the beginning I felt slight-
ly disturbed because Anne seemed
a little too maternal, and King



make-up). But as they grew into
their parts this ceased to bother
me. The dramatic illusion (created
only by superb acting) was com-!
pleted as Henry’s manner aged and
Anne’s face actually seemed to
change. It was the first time that
I have ever felt in an amateur per-
formance that the actor or actress
was doing any more than just
playing a part—competent though
that can be.

I would also like to point out the
very successful use of mood music
(mentioned only briefly in the re-
view) — especially the scene in
which the melodies composed by
Henry were played for Anne. Their
conversation, the content of the
lines, and the music formed an un-
usual counterpoint — beautifully
handled. And at the end, Re-
spighi’s “Pines of Rome” with its
resounding series of climaxes was
a fitting eplilogue to the play. One
could almost see Anne Boleyn go-
ing to her execution—her tension
mounting higher and higher until
the axe fell with a final fatal
crash.

The members of the cast and the
director are to be congratulated on
a magnificent performance. Let
us have many more of the same!





Peggy Auch, ’54

To the girl who will not trust
her fellow student we say simply
‘that her feeling is unworthy of her
college which has functioned ade-
quately and honorably upon a
basis of mutual trust throughout
its existence. And we add that in
the many exams we have taken
during which the professor has
spent the greater part of his time
smoking in the hall outside, we
have never seen any cheating,
whatever. Have these people seen
any abuse of our professors’ con-

fidence? We seriously doubt it.
To those who feel that they

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Student Finds “Anne themselves are unworthy of this

trust, we say that most of them
are undoubtedly doing themselves
a grave injustice. If they are
honest enough to sense and admit
to a weakness within themselves,
in all probability they will be
strong enough to combat it. But
should they feel that they never-
theless require supervision, there
is no reason why. it could not be
provided for them; proctors could
oe made available for anyone who
wished to take the examination un-
der their jurisdiction.

Where?

With respect to the question of
where the examinations could be
taken under the honor system, two
basic solutions are possible. Those
who ‘find a general sense of pres-
sure a—mental . stimulant might
write their examinations at a spe-
cific time in an unproctored room.
This proviso is acceptable to many
students because it is the some-
tines hostilely suspicious eye of
the proctor which disturbs them,
and not the presence of their fel-
low students. sora

‘Other students, who prefer to
work alone in a more relaxed at-
mosphere might be permitted to
take their examinations in a place
of their own choosing, and at a
time convenient to them, (within
a specific period and occupying an
amount of time to be set by the
professor).

While the talking and arrange-
ment of the details we have been
discussing go on, we shall remem-
ber this: if we are honorable
people we must evolve a system of
academic honor of which we need
not be ashamed.

‘Bryn Mawr Theatre: -

Dec.:
8, 9: The Actress.

10-12: Little Boy Lost.

13-14: Moonlighters and San-
garee.

15-16: Moulin Rouge.

17: Main Street to Broadway.

Ardmore:
Dec.
9-15: Martin Luther.
16-23: The Cruel Sea.

Suburban:
Dec,

9-12: The Big Heat.

13-15: Sea of Lost Ships and The
Sun Shines Bright.

15-19: Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow.

Greenhill:
Dec.
9-17: For Them That Trespass.

Wednesday, December 9, 1953

Current Events

Mr. Berthoff Explains
Effect Of Politics
On Writer

In Current Events Monday night
Mr. Berthoff spoke on “Politics>
and the Modern Writer in the
West”. Politics, said Mr. Berthoff,
is forcing itself into every phase
of our lives. As for the modern
writer, he seems to be fading
“away.

What does politics demand of
the writer as a citizen? As a cit-
izen the writer has the same re-
sponsibilities as anyone else to-
ward his community and nation.
It is also his duty to develop as
highly as possible the skills of his
own craft. This must be done even
at the cost of not keeping up with
the headlines and shutting his
ears to some of the demands of
politics.

Mr. Berthoff quoted Allen Tate
as saying, “The specific task of the
man of letters is to tend to poli-
tics through literature.” Many is-
sues tovth upon his position as a
writer, It is the duty of the writer



to be ready to respond to any issue
which stimulates his imagination.

Wrters today appear to have
developed a very melancholy atti-
tude. They feel that they lack the
freedom of speech and expression
to respond to the demands made
upon them, and that they have
therefore lost all efficacy.

Critics today feel that no fresh

new forms are being evolved and
that no big, new writers brighten
the horizon. Respected critics like
V. &. Pritchett see fit to lecture on
such subjects as “Is the Novel Dy-
ing?”
What does the writer have to
struggle against? There are many
things, such as the cost of publica-
tion, loss of audience and, most im-
portant, loss of self-confidence. A
writer no longer feels that he will
accomplish anything, even though
he does his best.

Language Corruption

The writer must struggle against
the fact that politics is infringing
upon his freedom through the me-
dium of language. Many writers
feel that our language is in a state
of decline. George Orwell, in his
essay, “Politics and the English
Language”, says that political
writing corrupts the language,
and that today the language is be-
ing put under an ever greater
strain, It now seems necessary to
write in defense of such things .as
dropping the atomic bomb and oc-
cupying other countries.

It has been asked why politics
could not be the sole subject of
modern writers. There are many
books on political subjects, such as
Whittaker Chamber’s Witness.
These books are interesting but,
said Mr. Berthaff, the public feels
that there is something untrue
about them. Not only has the
language been corrupted, but also
the ability to write honestly.

Politics often forces a writer to
take a stand on some subject be-
fore he has had time to become ab-
sorbed in the material and formu-
late his own impression. The writ-
er may be forced to speak falsely
on a subject by being required to
endorse official opinion.

It is possible, Mr. Berthoff con-
cluded, to have a society devoid of
men of letters, The literature
would be written by the mass, as _
the old folk songs were. Perhaps



we are heading for such an era.






Wednesday, December 9, 1953



THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Staff Explains Treatments, Tests,
Cure, Of Patients at Norristown

A panel of four Norristown Hos
pital. staff members conducted a
discussion entitled “The Open
Gate” sponsored by the League in
the Common Room on Tuesday,
December 1. The speakers were
Dr. Campe, a psychiatrist; Mrs.
Hurst, a psychologist; Reverend
Anderson, a chaplain; and Mrs.
Lowden, a social service worker.

After Dr. Campe, conducting the
panel, had explained briefly the
procedures in dealing with mental
patients, the panel members elab-
orated on their specific functions.

First Views

Dr. Campe said the patients first
enter the Admissions’ Building.
While the patient is there, his fam-
ily is interviewed, he is interview-
ed and given a physical examina-
tion and brief mental tests. No
definite decisions are made at this
point. The patient is then sub-
mitted to lab tests, conferences
with doctors, and psychological
testing. His family background is
studied.

After observing the patient for
a time a psychiatrist presents his
findings to “staff’—the other doc-
tors. The staff then interviews the
patient. The psychiatrist handling
the case presents his opinions and
suggestions. to the doctors who dis-
cuss the case, make a final diagno-
sis, and prescribe treatment. Psy-
chotherapy is often the recom-
mended treatment; but since facil-

Remodeled Station
To Boast Radiant
Heat, Better Light

by Evelyn DeBaryshe



They’re remodeling the Bryn
Mawr station on the Paoli Local
line, and doing a rapid job of it.
Mr. John Gore, the Station Agent,
says the work ought to be finished
by mid-January: Twenty-five men
are working on it and the esti-
mated cost of the revamping is
$50,000.

Changes will be made for the
most part on the interior of the
station’s buildings, although the
exterior trim and metal-work are
all being painted that rich, dirty
maroon.

Rejuvenation

The most striking interior alter-
ation will be the dropped, or sus-
pended ceiling. The theory is that
the lower the ceiling the larger the
room appears, and a number of
feet have been chopped off ita alti-
tude by an engineering feat whose
romifications are beyond me. Ra-
diant heating, that is, the kind
they hide in the,walls and just
sort of radiates at you if you hap-
pen to be there, is going to replace
those yellow radiators, paint-en-
crusted and leaky.

The rooms will be lit by fluor-
escent tubing which ought to show
to advantage the yellow ceiling
and old-rose walls, although I add
in all fairness to expectant view-
ers that the color scheme is not
yet final.

Need We, Say More?

Most important from the ticket-
buyers’ angle is the new ticket
offee. It’s going to be entirely
open, behind a four feet high coun-
ter. (Color undetermined.)

When asked if Bryn Mawr was
the only station on the line being
remodeled, Mr. Gore replied that it
was, with the exception of Paoli.
He gave as the reason the fact
that Mr. Clements, Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the rail-
road, and four or five vice-presi-
dents of the company all live i
Bryn Mawr.

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ities are inadequate to give this to
all who need it, it must often be
substituted by electric shock treat-
ments, by insulin como therapy,
and occasionally by surgery on
brain tracts. Recreation, work: and
group therapies are often effective.

The hospital maintains an “open
gate” system whereby patients are
on their honor not to leave the hos-
pital grounds. Patients may in
some instances go home for week-
ends and in rare cases go into town
alone.

Mrs. Hurst explained the I.Q.
and ability tests given to patients
during the first week. Tests are
also given to discover personality
structure, emotional control, com-
patibility, ete. The tests uncover
what clinical tests cannot. Stand-
ard tests are given to each patient
for comparison, and then special-
.zed tests are administered. Most
patients take vocational tests when
leaving the hospital so that they
may be placed in a suitable posi-
tion.

Adjustments

Reverend Anderson discussed
the religious facilities of the hos-
pital. Some patients try to im-
merse themselves in religion and
misuse it, but many patients con-
fide in the chaplain rather than in
the doctors.

Mrs. Lowden’s work lies in help-
ing the patients to adjust to com-
munity life after they leave the
hospital by finding them jobs, vis-
iting them, and teaching them to
assume responsibility.

All the speakers emphasized
that although their hospital is
better-staffed than most, it is still
desperately under-staffed and un-
der-equipped and that all mental
hospitals are handicapped by insuf-
ficient staff and funds.

Sights On The City

By Odysseus

The best we can say about a
Broadway hit this season is that it
is a “miniature” or “limited” mas-
terpiece. Producers are afraid to
back experimental or deeply mean-
ingful plays, and the result is a
substantial, if uninspired produc-
tion roster. :

What the plays lack themselves
is largely compensated for by a
brilliant line-up of stars. The crit-
ics aren’t happy with this arrange-
ment, but most audiences love it,
and there are a half-dozen hits
which are standing room only.

Here are the sell-outs, in order
of their critical reception: _

The Teahouse of the August
Moon: comedy about U. S. occupa-
tion of Okinawa, with David Wayne
and John Forsythe.

Comedy in Music: Victor Borge’s
one-man show. :

Tea and Sympathy: Deborah
Kerr in a mood play.

Sabrina Fair: Joseph Cotton and
Margaret Sullavan in light-hearted
comedy of manners. :

The Solid Gold Cadillac: Joseph-
ine Hull won every critic’s heart,
but this Kaufman _collaboratio
did not. ‘

Kind Sir: Mary Martin and
Charles Boyer. ‘With them, who
needs a play? That’s what the au-
thor thought, according to critics.

Chances are, you won’t be able
to see any of them. Don’t fret.
There is some less-heralded mater-
ial that might be just what you
are looking for. .

Lillian Gish gives the perform-
ance of her career in Norton
Roote’s The Trip to Bountiful.
She will win awards, applause, and
a'‘place in everyone’s heart as she
typifies the modern romantic, in-
capable of settling for less than a
dream... Jo Van Fleet should get

Continued on Page 4, Col. 1

Last Nighters

Chodorov’s Wit Shows
In “Oh Men, Oh
Women!”’

especially contributed by
Gwen Davis

Oh Men, Oh Women!, Edwar
Chodorov’s new play, appearing
now in Philadelphia, has some of
the funniest lines that people are
likely to hear this season. But the
play itself, unfortunately, is forc-
ed and improbable.

The plot concerns a psychoan-
alyst, who, on the day before his
wedding, hears from a new patient
the record of the patient’s past, un-
satisfactory but long-term affair
with the analyst’s fiancee. The
session includes the patient’s eval-
uation of the girl’s inadequacy in
facing the real world, an inade-
quacy of which the psychiatrist
has been unaware.

Author’s Hastiness

The resulting refusal of Olyra,
the fiancee, to talk about her
“past”, the conflict on the eve of
the wedding and the separation and
reunion of the couple just before
sailing time make up the rest of
the action.

But it is in the theories batted
about the stage in between the big
events, and in the so-called moti-
vations of the characters that the
play falls short. The playwright
is obviously not at home in the
field of psychoanalysis, and his
judgment that “the distance be-
tween the library and the bedroom
is astronomical” seems to be the
one he adopts for writing.

This would be acceptable if his
rather hasty acquaintance with
Freud were compensated for by a
more plausible picture of the bed-
room. But the reasons for the
psychoanalyst’s final resolution to
whisk off with his fiancee are nev-
er clearly shown.

As the analyst Franchot Tone
is a little too soft-spoken and un-
impassioned. Betsy: van Fursten-
berg is probably the biggest rea-
son why the play is unconvincing
—it is difficult to see why any man,
least of all a psychoanalyst, would
‘want to marry her. As her former
neurotic lover, Larry Blyden is
comic and convincing.

Play’s Assets

But by far the best thing in the
whole play is the subplot concern-

ing the screen idol and his wife}

who are having marital difficulties.
As the wife who is seeing the an-
alyst, Anne Jackson is by far the
play’s greatest asset—uproarious-
ly funny and yet exciting sympa-

‘thy. In what is probably the long-

est soliloquy in recent years she
holds the audience every minute in
her analyst’s couch description of
her big fight with her husband,
asking him to leave her.

As the actor husband, Gig
Young has the best lines of the
play. He is confused and un-
happy at his wife’s desire to leave
him and his drunken evaluation of
the battle of the sexes is one of the
play’s highlights. Henry Sharp is
adequate as the elder-statesman
of psychiatry.

Oh Men! Oh Women! is a good
evening’s entertainment. But the
fact that the ending of the play
has been changed since its Phila-
delphia opening—from boy loses
girl to analyst locks fiancee in bed-
room ’til sailing time and then
barges in with champagne—seems
indicative of the fact that the
playwright was not really sure of
what he wanted to say. Whatever
it is, however, he says it with much

good humor.





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N.S.A, Looks at the Educational

System of Many

Especially Contributed by
Suzan Habashy, ’’54

The National Student Associa-
vion’s regional conference held at
Swaivamore College was opened
on ‘lhursday, December 3, by
Krank Seiveris, Kegional Chair-
man. Welcoming the assembled
delegates trom Pennsylvania col-
leges, Mr. Courtney Smith,
Swarthmore’s President, keynoted
NSA’s role in America, as an or-
ganization striving for “practical
idealism”,

Jim Edwards, NSA’s president,
explained NSA, and the three
levels—local, national, and inter-
national, on which it operates. The
tirst concerns itself with the ex-
change of ideas between colleges,
by means of publications and at
meetings of delegates at various
conferences. The second brings
s.udent opinion on academic mat-
ters before the American Council
ot Education.

On the international side (the
supject of this conference and
theretore the one with which I
sha:l mainly concern myself), stu-
dent travel abroad at the lowest
possible cost. Much more import-
ant are attempts to correspond
with students all over the world,
to share and understand their
problems, and help them, if pos-
sible, to learn from them, and
eventually to seek to ease the ten-
sion created by an East-West rift.
in addition, recognition that all
students seek truth, and the where-
withal to help themselves and their
fellow men. These are the aims









Rules Help Avoid
Library Problems

especially contributed by
Phyllis Tilson, ’54

Mid-semesters are pressing on
all sides; papers are beginning to
loom. The library becomes your
habitual abode. You really need
those books so badly that you be-
gin to forget that other people are
in exactly the same situation. The
result: confusion, books missing,
assignments not done, and unpleas-
antness for all involved.

The Library Council would like
to offer a very simple solution to
this universal problem. First,
know what the rules are, especial-
ly in the Reserve Room. Second,
follow them. A little bit of con-
sideration and care really makes
all the difference. Don’t try to
monopolize a much-demanded book
every night for a week. Don’t re-
serve books for the whole week-
end, (including Sunday afternoon
and evening) more than a day in
advance. Do check the reserve
sheets before taking a book your-
self. And do sign your own name,
clearly and legibly on ‘the card
whenever you take any book,

After all, these rules and regula-
tions are for your convenience, so
that you can count on having the
books you need when . you need
them. Don’t try to deprive others
of the rights you vociferously de-
mand for yourself, and don’t try
to make the librarian’s job any
harder by disregarding the simple,
necessary rules for signing a book
out.

The freshmen, by their recent]
test, have certainly demonstrated
that they know the rules. Now it
is up to the upperclassmen to show
them a smooth functioning of the
rules, even under strain. Any sug-
gestions for improving the proced-
ure will be wélcomed by the Stu-
dent Library Council and the Li-
brary Staff. Suggestion boxes are
in the Reserve Room and Art
Study.



Other Countries

of NSA.

In order to better understand the
world scene, we were invited to
look at the educational system of
the USSR, and to view the Middle
East, Southeast Asia, Africa, Eu-
rope, and-Latin America, and in so
doing to seek a practical way io
use our idealism.

The USSR’s system of education,
according to Medinsky, as quoted
by John Simons, seeks to trans-
form the schools from an instru-
ment of the bourgeoisie to one of
the Soviet. Moral, mental aes-
thetic, polytechnical, and physical
education are all closely integrat-
ed, and are meant to indoctrinate
the youth to be good Soviet cit-
izens. Scientific education includes
and provides for training in the
use of machinery and the main
branches of production. This sys-
tem emphasizes further the exclu-
sion of religion, and greatly ex-
ceeds the “gratuitous” (not free)
education of the proletariat; in the
case of insufficient educational fa-

Continued on Page 4, Col. 3

Faculty Flunks As
Undergrads Cheer

by Harriet Solow, ’56

“T like to see how people go
about solving problems,” said Dr.
Robert Davidon, Assistant Profes-
sor of Psychology.

The “puzzle” he used to study
concept formation for his Ph.D.
thesis reflects this interest. “I
gave the puzzle to several mem-
bers of the faculty,” he said, “to
see if it was difficult enough.”
(None of the faculty was success-
Tul.) “Pive: or six out of 128
students tested got perfect scores
and they solved it in three differ-
ent ways.” His study, published
in the Journal of Experimental
Psychology, showed that pictures
evoke more concepts than names.

Stresses Thinking

Thinking, Dr. Davidon explains,
involves “problem solving in a new
situation.” By learning the meth-
ods people use in thinking, we can
get an idea of “how to find good
thinkers.” In class, thought-stim-
ulation takes the form of present-
ing “unsolved problems and differ-
ent and conflicting points of view.”

Psychology is his “main inter-
est,” even aside from study—ap-
plied to “raising two boys, ages
three and six.” “A table for elec-
tric trains attached by pulleys to
the ceiling,” will be Dr. Davidon’s
next wood-working project. Psy-
chology also has a part in his lec-
tures to fellow members of the Ad-
jutant Generals’ Reserve on “the
use of job analysis” in personnel
management.

Varied Education

As an undergraduate at the Uni-
versity of Illinois, Dr. Davidon
majored in philosophy with a pre-
med background. “I had psychol-
ogy or psychiatry in mind but I
wanted to get the most out of col-
lege,” he explains. As a result,
he “had more courses in chemistry
and English than psychology,” in-
cluding advanced work in creative
writing.

Athletic activity included play-
ing intramural baseball and_horse-
back riding as a member of the
R.O.T.C. In 1941 he became a
‘cavalry platoon leader, and be-
tween 1943 and 1945 he was as-
sistant adjutant general of a di-
vision fighting in the South Paci-

fie.

“The year I got back,” he says
proudly, “my wife graduated from
Temple first in her class.” Since
the war, Dr. Davidon has done
graduate work and taught statis- |
tics and psychology at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania.




Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, December 9, 1953



John Wanamaker Awards Scholarship
BMC Retailing Aspirants To Compete

Richard C. Bond, President of
John Wanamaker, Philadelphia,
announced today that the John
Wanamaker store will award a
scholarship of $1000 annually, for
one year of professional graduate
study leading to the degree of
Master of Science in Retailing.
The course is to be given in the
New York University . School of
Retailing, New York City.

Mr. Bond said: “We have been
giving considerable thought to the
opportunities for successful car-
eers in retailing. We at Wana-
maker’s, and many other leading
retailers across the nation, know



**Kismet’’, Other Plays
Appear On Broadway
Continued from Page 3

the best supporting actress award
for her job in this. play.

End as a Man is an excitingly
intimate production about life in
a southern military college. It
came to Broadway via Greenwich
Village, so most of the cast is
pretty inexperienced. However
Ben Gazzara, as a psychopathic
bully, is effective.

A well-baked acting-and-setting
treatment makes F. Hugh (Moon
Is Blue) Herbert’s latest cream
puff of suggestive but respectable
sex, A Girl Can Tell, digestible.

Fans of Lucile Watson can catch
her able farewell appearance in
Late Love, a drawing room com
edy with Arlene Francis.

The latest of the plush musicals
is Kismet with Alfred Drake. And
Jose Ferer plays the third in the
series of City Center offerings,
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tunities and that they are numer-
ous. Through this Wanamaker
scholarship we feel that college
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afforded the financial aid and
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While in New York he, or she,
will engage in a program of ad-
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For about 30 weeks the successful
candidate will attend classes at
the University in order to gain a
comprehensive knowledge of retail
store operation from the merchan-
dising, advertising, management,
personnel and fashion points of
view.

For about 10 weeks in October,
November, and December, he or
she will acquire planned, supervised
experience, at established rates of
pay, in one of the leading retailing
organizations in the New York
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The award has been instituted
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Continued from Page 3

cilities the bourgeoise are left out.

Bob Williams, commenting on
the Middle East, emphasized the
tremendous cultural heritage
which the Arab World enjoyed.
Comparatively backward in the
race ‘for industrialization and ac-
complished material wealth, the
Middle East turned inward and
drew on the greatness of its past
and its immense cultural wealth.

In Turkey and Egypt, segulariz-
ed schools were emphasized with
political developments in these
areas, and with the creation of the
now existing Arab States and the
State of Israel, the existing rem-
nants of colonial imperialism, this
student activity has intensified.

In Southeastern Asia, the gen-
eral pattern is one of few schools
and a small group of students
whose importance consequently is
greatly increased, amidst a gen-
eral picture of masses without
higher education. Much of their
education is politically orientated;
the main aim is that of securing a
government position.

In Africa, the student learns of
human rights, and finds that
everywhere he is_ discriminated
against; he turns toward Commun-
ism perhaps as a possible answer
to colonialism.

And Now to Europe:
~ Since the war, the Latin Quarter
no longer welcomes the “happy
guy”, whose fortune was spent on
drink. The student union in France,
according to one of its leaders,
achieved importance politically
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the student’s rights, but his duties
toward his country and to the
world.

A leader of the South American
Student organization emphasized
the fact that the South American
students lost their effectiveness be-
cause they allowed political parties
to use them, instead of standing
uncompromisingly for their ideals.

Concretely, then, what can NSA
do, in the light of these diverse
student conditions throughout the
world, and in view of the fact that



only in unity can anything be
achieved ?

To help students abroad, books
can be sent from college students.
Further investigation of hospital-
ity to foreign students was sug-
gested, also the utilization of these
students in learning more about
their various countries and _ back-
grounds. ‘

Warning was given to safe-
guard against too much fear over
Communism and too much concern
with it at the expense of foregoing
interest in Southeast Asia and
Africa, and the sending of help,
or exchange, to help offset Com-
munism. A _ team traveling in
Africa was asked to investigate
schools for prospective students,
obtaining information as to where



students can best secure technical |’
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‘raised as

Should NSA Communicate Its Thoughis To Students In Communist Lands?

knowledge and where they will be
most welcomed and helped.

As regards the Communist
world, discussion centered on
whether or not it would be a good
thing to keep an open door policy
concerning Communist countries

whether we should attempt to in-
stigate an “academic freedom” dis-
cussion and exchange ideas with
Soviet countries, whether NSA
should communicate with the Com-
munist-dominated International
Union of Students (IUS), which
comprises a tremendous student
population. The question was also
to whether students
should participate in the World
Olympic Games with students from
the Soviet Union at Helsinki, and
if they should exchange letters.

All these are problems with
which NSA concerns itself, and
all of them concern each one of
us, as we consider Bryn Mawr’s
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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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Page Five



Carol Sing To Highlight
Pre-Yuletide F estivities

Continued from Page 1



All students who have not
ben able to find enough jobs to
earn sufficient money this sem-
ester and who feel that they can
undertake more
they were available, are asked
to see Mrs. Sullivan in Room H
of Taylor before the Christmas
vacation,

mas play. This year, the play will
be a pre-Shakespearean drama en-
titled “The Lutterworth.” Further
information as to subject matter |



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| display of Indian costumes in the |





was firmly denied.

Although the schedule is not yet
set at this writing, it will definite- | clude some traditional carols, and
ly be held after Christmas dinner Adoremus Te and the Carol of the
-ig over.- The play, given in the Bells. All will be done in four-

‘manner of the medieval mummers, Part harmony.
will be performed once in each res-| Senior Caroling
idence hall. | Every December, when Christ-

Characters in the piece will in- mas invades the Bryn Mawr cam-
clude: The King of England, play- pus, a group of senior girls go
ed by Lottie Jenner; Prince Geonge, caroling. Dressed in caps and
Marilyn Robinson; Captain Slash- gowns, lanterns held high, they
er, Judy Marks; the Turkish Cham- tramp (through the snow, presum-
.pion, Brunhilda Siskmondo; a No- ably) from hall to hall, singing

. ble Doctor, Ruby Meagar; Beelze- their songs.
bub, . Holly Beek; and ‘a: Clown,’ This year, on the evening of the
_Sonia- Starr: Directors are’: K. seventeenth, the carolers will seren-
Scott, and Elizabeth Staples. ade Miss McBride, Miss Howe, the
Maids and Porters Carol Board of Trustees at their dinner

A favorite event of the Bryn at the Deanery and, of course, all
Mawr Christmas season is always the halls.
the carol singing of the Maids and The hourly schedule has not
Porters. On the evening of De- heen set; neither has the sequence
cember sixteenth, the group, under of the stops, but sometime that
direction of Leslie Kaplan and evening, the Seniors will be around
‘Diane. Druding, will make a mus-| to regale everyone with the old,
-dcak tour of the campus and out-/| traditional Christmas carols.

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Dr. Frederic Douglas of the' Similarly, almost all their clothes

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bought fabrics and reflect Amer-

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dediies wears ihainally wade axa this makes their clothes more com-
: y fortable and practical. Belts give
worn by Indians.

people can wear the same costume.
indian women frequently carry
handbags. The aristocratic fam-
ilies make themselves known by
having their family “seal,” a sym-
bol of an animal, woven into their
garments.

Dr. Douglas pointed out that by
' careful mixing of color, line, and
fabric and through their beautiful
bead and metal work the Indian
peoples display remarkable good
taste and artistic sense.





| shapeless dresses fit so that many
Indian men fashion all

their |
women’s clothing. The women!
make elaborate use of jewelry even |
Their |

famous bead work is done with |

with their plainest dresses.

glass beads imported from Europe, |
for the Indians make no glass.





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quest that students do not ask
for spirituals the night of
Christmas caroling. They are
giving a program of spirituals
later in the year and feel that
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Page Six

THE COLLEGE NEWo»

Wednesday, December 9, 1953



Curriculum Committee
To the Student Body:

The Curriculum Committee of
1953-54 has on its agenda several
interesting questions which per-
tain to the college as a whole. The
committee, comprised of one rep-
resentative from every department,
attempts to bring the problems of
the faculty and those of the stu-
dents to light.

This year we are especially con-
cerned with the possible institu-
tion-of a humanities course at
Bryn Mawr. We cannot attempt
to resolve this unless we havé your
active support. We urge you
therefore, to attend our open meet-
ings. These are held every other,
Thursday night, at 10 p. m., in the
Common Room. We would also
appreciate any other ideas which
may be sent to us by méans of the
suggestion box in the reserve room
of the Library. Meanwhile, if
there are any immediate questions,
your department representative
wil be glad to answer them for
you.

The departments and their rep-
resentatives:

Anthropology and_ Sociology:
Lucy Batten, Rhoads North.

Biology: Coryce Ozanne, Pem
East.

Chemistry: Ginny Connor, Rock;
Adele Fox, Merion.



The Graduate Center is hap-
py to announce the election of
Jane Phillips as vice-president
of the Center. She will assume
her position second semester
when Irene Sokol (present vice
president) becomes president,
replacing Mary Jane Downs,
who will be in Alaska.



South. ,



Economics: Alice Baer, Rhoads





South.
English: Liz Simpson, Pem East.
French: Madeline Carmen, Mer-
ion.
Geology: Marilyn Dew, Rhoads
German: Andrea Bailey, Den-
bigh.
Greek and Latin, Nancy Degen-
hardt, Rhoads South.
History: Phyl Tilson, Pem East.
History of Art and Archaeology:
Caroline Morgan, Pem West.
Italian: Lidia) Wachsler, Rhoads
South.
Mathematics:
Wyndham,
Music: Ann Shocket, Rock.
Philosophy: Emmy Taylor, Rad-
nor.
Physics:
Res.
Political (Science:
Merion.
Psychology:
Rhoads North,
Russian: Carol Keyes, Wyndhai>
Spanish: Pat Preston, Radnor.

Jackie Braun,

Cynthia Wyeth, Non-
Mary Wobes,

Gloria Brenner,



Asiatic Powers Proceed leaders are in a position compar-

Amiably, Yet Cautiously,

Continued from Page 1

Russia. They are just as wary

able to. Washington’s after the
revolution. They are really follow-

|ing the advice of his' farewell ad-
ain, France, Holland, China, or|

dress, just. as the United States
did for a long time.

about the threat of Russian dom-| These, Asian people want increas-

ination as we are. Mr. Bowles
thinks that it is wrong for us to
insist that they take definite sides
for or against. We did not take
sides before World War II when
we refused to condemn Hitler com-
pletely or give whole-hearted sup-
port to the Allies. The Indian



There will be a Conference on
Positions in International Af-
fairs on Tuesday, December 29,
at 3:00 at the Institute of Inter-
national Education. in New
York, for seniors and graduate
students.

It will “present a picture of
employment possibilities in in-
ternational affairs in general
and the Institute in particular,
a description of the work done
by some of these organizations,
the kinds of positions available,
qualifications for various jobs,
opportunity for advancement,
and an opportunity to ask ques-
tions.”

\ Please leave your name with

rs. Sullivan or Mrs. Cren-

“shaw if you would like to be in-
vited to the meeting.





ed’ human dignity and respect
from the people of the West. This
respect has long been denied
them. They want to better the

‘standard of living and the oppor-

tunities ‘for ‘advancement, which
are now available to them. Those
countries which are completely in-
dependent, like-India, are improv-
ing their educational facilities and
trying to reduce the rate of the
diseases which ‘have lowered the

standard of living and the life ex-|

pectancy of people in that portion
of the world.

Mr. Bowles stated that.we have
no right to’ count on the uncondi-





“A Child Is Born” by Stephen
Vincent Benet will be present
next Monday evening at 10:15
p. m. in the Haverford Common
Room. Admission is free.

The cast includes Elsie Kemp,
John Kittredge, Marilyn Muir,
Charlotte Smith, John Hawkins,
Bruce Greaves, Bill Moss. The
show is being directed by John
R. Hawkins (director of “Anne
of A Thousand Days’).







tional support of Japan on the
Philippines in the future. Though
these countries are friendly to us
they will, wisely, refuse to follow
us blindly.

History Not a Machine;
| Requires. Correct Usage
Continued from Page 1



us toleration, faith, magnaminity,
patience and moderation.

The abuses of history, gn the
other hand, consist in treating his-
tory as if it were a science, a: phi-
losophy, a labor-saving device, or
the jobject of present-day stand-
ards.

History cannot reproduce its ex-
in the laboratory; it
cannot give exact answers. It is
not even philosophy teaching by
example. History does not solve
problems, although it may per
haps illuminate the nature of prob-
lems. Moreover, history will not
conform to modern day standards,
but should be judged according to
the standards of the particular
event or. series of events in ques-
tion.

Mr. Commager said that the
greatest danger which confront:
teachers. of history is the demand
that. history be used as an instru-
ment to something. It is not the
means to anything but is an end
in itself.

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