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ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1953
Te ga > pin Trustees
Bryn Mawr College,
of
1953 PRICE 20 CENTS
Miss Branston
Analyses Many
British Policies
A Journal Club Hears
Of Britain, U. S.
- Relations
Miss Ursula Branston met with
the Journal Club of the History,
Economics and Political Science
Departments on Wednesday, in the
Common Room, to discuss Ameri-
can: opinion of Britain’s domestic
and foreign policies and programs,
‘She said that she had sensed a
feeling of flatness among Ameri-
cans because there had been no
change in the cabinet and she
wanted to get an impression of
what distinctions we drew between
the Labor and Conservative par-
ties and foreign policies.
She had heard it suggested that
there was none, mainly because
the expectation that the Conserva-
tive Party would denationalize
even at the expense of a convul-
sion of. the country, had been dis-
appointed..
In the realm of foreign affairs
also, Churchill has inherited the
policies of Ernest Bevin, who in
turn received them from wartime
programs. The Conservative Party
now. in power has, however, a great
deal of world as well as national
policy, Miss Branston stated, The
proposed meeting with Russia for
a high level non-aggresison agree-
ment has been brought forward
and sponsored by Great. Britain.
This seems to Americans, how-
ever, to be much mote in the Labor
Party’s line than the Conserva-
tive’s—appeasement and pacifica-
tion of Russia—and indeed the op-
position is supporting this policy
far more fervently than Churchill’s
own constituents. His party’s feel-
ing more closely approaches that
of the conservative American who
Continued on Page 3, Col. 5
by Joan Havens, ’56
A full moon shone over the Cloi-
sters Friday night. As spectators
watched from the library balcony,
the assembled Freshmen awaited
che arrival of the Sophomores.
Lantern Night, one of our oldest
college traditions, had begun.
Following a wait of forty-five
minutes outside the library, and
some preliminary jostling as they
attempted to grope their way
through it in the utter darkness,
the Sophomores made their tri-
umphant appearance. Filing in on
either side of the enclosure, they
filled the air with “Pallas Athena”,
keeping grudging time with the
lantern swingers stationed at in
tervals about the area.
Still coming at a decorous pace,
the Sophomores crossed around
the fountain, to stand in back of
the parellel rows of freshmen. As
the closing strains of their hymn
drifted up to the balcony, the
Sophomores put down the red lan-
terns which they had been carry-
ing, and, running to one corner of
Sophomores and Freshmen Collaborate
In Lantern Night Singing Celebrations
the Cloisters, engaged in one last
battle with the first verse of “Pal-
las”, at an accelerated tempo.
Now the lantern swingers lift-
ed their lanterns for the second
time; it was the Freshmen’s,,turn
to sing. “Sophias” / “resounded
through the — hastily pick-
ing up the lanterns which the
Sophomores had left, the Fresh-
men prepared to leave the Clois-
ters.
After the last freshman had
journeyed safely to the portals of
the library, and the final verse of
“Sophias” had been sung, all four
classes adjourned to the stes of
Taylor. There, the ghostly figures
in caps and gowns, clutching tal-
low-dripping lanterns, gave forth
renditions of class lyric songs.
The singing of “Good night, Good
night”, and “Come Cheer for our
College” signaled the closing of
the evening’s festivities. And ‘fin-
ally, with “Thou Gracious Inspir-
ation” echoing about Taylor Tow-
er, Lantern Night, and the official
welcoming of the Class of ’57 into
the College, was over.
Trustees Choose
John E. Forsythe
John E. Forsythe been
elected treasurer of the College
by the Board of Trustees, replac-
ing the late M, Henry Scatter-
good. The latter served as col-
lege treasurer from 1927 until his
death last June 15.
Mr. Forsythe, a graduate of
Haverford College and the Yale
University Law School, is a part-
ner in the law firm of MacCoy,
Evans and Lewis. He is township
solicitor of Lower Merion Town-
ship, solicitor of the Pennsylvania
State Association of Township
Commissioners, and assistant sec-
retary of the Pocono’Manor As-
sociation. He is a member. of the
Merion Cricket Club and the Hav-
has
erford Club of Philadelphia.
Dorothy Thompson, Dr. Charles Malik,
Dr. John Badeau Discuss Middle East
The people of the Middle-East
have a new determination “to set
their own house in order,” and
America, must concern itself with
the political and social reforms
desired by the natives of that
area. Miss Dorothy Thompson,
Dy. Charles A. Malik, and Dr.
John §. Badeau expressed varied
aspects of this problem at the
fall meeting of the American
Friends of the Middle East, Inc.,
on Friday evening, October 23, at
the University Museum in Phila-
delphia. The Honorable Wallace
A. Murray, former United States
Ambassador to Iran, presided at
the meeting. ;
The Near East is “pro West-
ern with a vengeance,” declared
Miss Thompson, who is national
president of the organization. She
reviewed how westerners had
come to the Middle East through
missions, science, oil interest, and
archaeology; but whether they
had come as conqferors, adminis-
trators, scientists, or soldiers,
they brought their own social and
*
political ideas of self-government
and have been partly responsible
for the nationalism that has de-
veloped there.
Ideas introduced to the Middle
East were born in the West, even
the conceptions of socialism and
communism. Students were edu-
cated in western nations for lead-
ing the movement toward inde-
pendence in their native lands.
Now, however,. the Near East
turns to the West declaring: “You
have converted us to your ideas;
now why don’t you practice what
you preach?” Miss Thompson ex-
plained that the Friends of the],
Middle East are a group interest-
ed in practicing what they
preached, in being friendly with
the independent nations of the Mid-
dle East. Americans must exhibit a
belief in justice as a “universal|:
standard,” she said.
Dr. Malik, Ambassador of
Lebanon to the United States,|
spoke more specifically about in-
dividua! national problems. He
mentioned tthe “crises of decis-
Continued on Page 4, Col. 4
“What Does Malenkoy Want
Now?” will be Mr. von Laue’s
subject in Current Events next
Monday night, November 2, at
7:15 p. m. The Alliance wishes
to extend a welcome to every-
one on campus to come, hear,
and discuss this timely topic.
CALENDAR
Wednesday, October 28
4:30 to. 6:00 p. m. Miss Fales’
reception for Freshmen. Common
Room.
7:30 p. m. Marriage lecture in
Common Room.
Thursday, October 29
4:00 p. m. Ministers’ tea in the
Common Room. Talks on “Religion
in Daily Life”.
Friday, October 30
12:30 p. m. Philip Jessup will
speak at the first Alliance Assem-
bly in Goodhart.
4:30-6:00 p. m. Miss Fales’ re-
ception for Freshmen. Common
Room.
Saturday, October 31
9:00 a. m. Spanish and Italian
orals in Taylor.
Sunday, November 1
7:30 p. m. Geddes MacGregor
will speak in Chapel.
Monday, November 2
4:30-6:00 p. m. Miss Fales’ re-
ception for Freshmen. Common
Room.
7:15 p. m. Mr. von Laue will
speak at Current Events.
8:30 p. m. Russian movie, Baltic
Deputy, in Russian with English
subtitles. Music Room.
Tuesday, November 3
4:30 p. m. Curriculum Commit-
tee will present Mr. Lord, who will
ak-én summer travel to Parcpe.
eon ommon Room.
-8:30 p. m. League movie in the
Common Room.
Wednesday, November 4
7:00 p. m, Self-Gov exam in
Taylor, rooms D, E, F, G.
-
The COLLEGE NEWS takes
great pleasure in announcing
_ the addition of the following |
new members to its staff:
Carol Bradley, 57
Ruth Rasch, 57
Diplomat Jessup’s
Presence Honours
Friday’s Assembly
Philip C. Jessup, Ambassador-at-
Large of the United States since
1949, will speak at the first Alli-
ance Assembly of the year, in
Goodhart Auditorium on Friday at
12:30.
Mr. Jessup, who has held his
present post since 1949, has also
served as Assistant Solicitor for
the Department of State, as assist-
ant to Elihu Root, Member of the
Conference of Jurists, of the Per-
manent Court of International Jus-
tice in Geneva. He has been Legal
‘Advisor to the American Ambas-
sador to Cuba, Agsistant Secretary
General of UNRRA and attended
the Bretton Woods Conferences in
1943-44. He was Assistant on Ju-
dical Organization at the San
Francisco Conference in 1945 and
the United States’ representative
to the Interium Committee of the
General’ Assembly and Security
Council in addition to being a dele-
gate to several Sessions of the
UN. Mr. Jessup has received the
Hungarian Cross of Merit, Class
II. _He has. published numerous
books on International Law and
Economics.
Colleges Produce
Oscar Wilde Play
“A Woman of No Importance”
will be the first production of the
1953-1954. season for the Bryn
Mawr College Theatre and the
Haverford College Drama Club.
Directed by Rodney Clurman, the
play. will be presented on Friday,
November 6, and Saturday, No-
vember 7 at 8:30 p. m. in Roberts
Hall, Haverford.
Oscar Wilde’s tale. is that of an
English lord who all unknowingly
befriends his own illegitimate son.
The play is an examination of up-
per-crust British society, its man-
ners and morals.
Continued on Page 5, Col. 5
‘Author Sarton
Relates Writer
And Experience
A Novelist Must Deal
With Problems
Of Living
Miss May Sarton, present holder
of Bryn Mawr’s Lucy Donnelly
Fellowship, spoke Monday evening,
Oct. 26, on “The Fallacy of Ex-
perience”, or, as she re-phrased the
title, “The Fallacy That Certain
Experiences Are More Valuable
than Others.” She spoke of the
writer in two relationships: his
relation to fact, and his artistic
relation to experience.
It is fashionable, said Miss Sar-
ton, to say that the novel iis going
out, that television, movies .and
magazines are replacing it... The
sort of novel which is the equiva-
lent of the soap-opera may indeed
be wiped out by these compara-
tively new media. Soap-opera fic-
tion is not as good as its factual
counterpart, not as good as, for
example, the Ladies’ Home Journal
fictional articles. It is true, said
Miss Sarton, that this sort of novel
cannot compete with this _type of
reportage, and. she. impli fat
such“a disappearance would d bé all
to the good.
What, then, is wanted of the
novel? With what ought it to deal
if it is not to be a housemaid’s
pursuit? What is it that Trollope
and Austen can give us that most
modern American novelists do not?
What need is it that the American
novelist does not satisfy?
What is wanted of the novel is
that it deal with life. To the ques-
tion, “what is life?”, Miss Sarton
quoted a Frenchwriter to the ef-
fect that life “is the pleasure of
thinking with the whole being”
and asked if it were the process
of things happening. Whatever it
might be, she denied our ability to
pin it down in formula and defi-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 2
Wells Relates Role of German Youth
At Alumnae Luncheon in the Deanery
“Why is Adenauer like Moses?”
was a current riddle when the al-
lied high commission had its head-
quarters on Petersberg mountain,
said Dr. Wells at the alumnae
luncheon on Oct. 27 at 12:30 in the
Deanery.
- The answer, “Because he went
up the mountain and: came down
with the ten commandments” par-
alleled an incident when Shumach-
er called Adenauer a “chancellor
of the allies.”
“Adenauer was first elected with
one vote to spare,” Dr. Wells con-
tinued. He carried on a remark-
able legislative program during
his four years. This record must
have pleased the voters. In 1953
he was elected by a tremendous
majority.
The quote from ‘The Phantom
Public’ about “supporting the ins”
when things are going well says
something about the election. West
Germany is now relatively pros-
perous and it might be said,
“American aid gave the impetus
to get the country started again,
economically speaking.”
“This is not a complete explan-
ation,” said Dr. Wells. . The num-
ber of voters was unusually high.
It was the first election in German
history when one party won a ma-
jority in the national legislature.
This was a special tribute to Ad-
enauer.”
“The vote could only have been
that good if the young people had
voted.” Partly because of their
interest in German youth, Dr.
Wells said it was “extremely for-
tunate” the 'U. S. had McCloy as
high commissioner. He and _ his
wife “knew so well how to speak
to a German audience.” They spoke
German, used a German word for
Democracy and pointed out “You’ve
got this in your own tradition ...
let’s build on this.”
It was extremely important to
restore the belief of youth and
prevent them from being com-
pletely nihilistic. There are peo-
ple whose ideas still haven’t chang-
ed. The attitude of youth is im-
portant because “when the old
fade away there is a chance to
ad
substitute new ideas for old.”
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Wednesday, October 28, 1953
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' Letter to the Editor
B.M.C. Hockey Teams
Need Students’
Support
Dear Editor,
How can the Bryn Mawr hockey
team be anything but apathetic
when the College News neither re-
ports its matches nor prints its
schedule? We have a fine coach
and some good players—all we
need now is to be supported, both
by the News in print and by the
college community on the sidelines.
Sincerely,
Rosamund Sprague
Science Students
May Win Awards
The National Science Foundation
has recently announced that it
plans to award approximately 750
| dist.
graduate and post-doctoral fellow-
ships for study in the sciences for
the 1954-1955 academic year, These
fellowships which are open only
to citizens of the United States will
be awarded solely on the basis of
ability. They are offered in the
mathematical, physical, medical,
biological and engineering scienc-
es, including physical anthropol-
ogy, psychology (excluding clini-
cal psychology), physical geog-
raphy and interdisciplinary fields.
Students studying for either
their masters’ or doctoral degrees
are eligible for graduate fellow-
ships at the first year, intermedi-
ate or terminal year levels of grad-
uate study. College seniors ma-
joring in the sciences and expect-
ing to receive a baccalaureate de-
gree during the 1953-54 academic
year are encouraged to apply for
the awards. Individuals who ‘have
received a doctoral degree or who
can produce evidence of training
in a field of science equivalent to
the training represented by a doc-
toral degree in science are elig-
ible to apply for a post-doctoral
fellowship.
The selection of pre-doctoral
Continued on Page 6, Col. 5
Hedgerow Offers
Many Shaw Plays
The Hedgerow Theatre Company
will give its first Philadelphia per-
formance of “The Affairs of Ana-
tol”, a tight comedy by “arthur
Schnitzler, at 8:30 on the evening
of Wednesday the 28th in The
oyer of the Acedemy of Music,
sroad and Locust Streets. The
same play will be repeated on
Vhursday and Friday evenings,
the 29th and 30th. Morgan Smed-
fey plays the title role of “Ana-
vol”, Hedgerow will give its sec-
ond Philadelphia performance of
ohaw’s “Man and Superman” at
1:30 p. m. on Saturday, October
The Hedgerow Theatre Com-
pany will give a special matinee
performance of “A Phoenix Too
rrequent” by Christopher Fry at
2:00 p. m. on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 4th. For this performance ali
seats will be priced at $1.30. Most
of the Hedgerow matinees are ben-
efits or special performances for
groups of students. This matinee
is open to the public as a special
opportunity for those who cannot
attend evening performances to
see this charming play by the
British poet-dramatist who also
wrote “The Lady Is not for Burn-
ing” and “Venus Observed”. The!
play will be repeated at the eve-|
ning performance.
“Arms and the Man”
On Thursday, November 5th at
3:30 p.m. The Hedgerow Theatre
Company will give its first Phila-
delphia performance of Shaw’s
“Arms and the Man’, a romantic
comedy of war and love in the Bal-
kans. The opera “The Chocolate
Soldier” was based on thigesplay.
it will be repeated on Friday and
Saturday evenings the 6th and
7th. Hedgerow has been perform-
ing this play on tour in several
cities of Pennsylvania. Irma Hur-
ley, Patricia Pie, Joseph Gisti-
rak and Michael Kahn have the
romantic leads in this play.
especially contributed by
Rhys Carpenter
Professor of Classical Archaeology
“Now who will take my budgie o’er
For eleven weeks and three?
For I must fly to Singapore
Beyond the eastern sea.
The while I wend,
What bonnie friend
Will feed and tend
My sleekit little birdie?”
Carpenter Wants Home for “Budgie”:
McCulloch “nae hame frae Singapore”
Then silence sank on Denbigh Hall
And nae guid word was said;
She looked at one, she looked at all;
Each turned away her head.
“There’s millet seed
For his daily need:
Will no one feed
My charming little birdie?!”
Then up a waeful bogle stept,
A balding man was he;
For forty years he’d moiled and
‘wept
Amang the facultie.
“The while you wend
To the grey world’s end,
Fain wad I tend
Your green and sleekit birdie!
“I'll take your chattering budgie
o’er i
And kind to him I’ll be; -
And if hame you hie from Singa-
pore
Ere the leaves fall from yon tree,
Tho’ Welsh my name
And Welsh my fame,
You still shall claim
Your sleekit little birdie.
“But an you’re nae hame frae Sin-
gapore
When the leaves are off yon tree,
I will nae watch your budgie more:
An orphan he will be.
You maun grete him fine
From dawn to dine
For auld lang syne,
You'll nae get back your birdie!”
The budgie munched his seed, con-
tent
As ilka bird could be;
The summer came, the summer
went, ;
The leaves fell from the tree:
“Is Judy back
From Sarawak?”
Alas! alack!
She never claimed her birdie!
Who wills, shall hae his gilded
cage,
His ladder, perch, and swinger;
Who wills, shall watch him chirp
with rage
And savage peck her finger.
Come one, come all
From Denbigh Hall
(or, for that matter, from Rocke-
feller, Pembroke, Merion, Rad-
nor, or Rhoads) :
Will no one call
(at my office on the top floor of
Library West, any week-day
morning) -
And take away that birdie?
’ Current Events
Robert Rupen Examines
United Nations
Questions
Especially Contributed
by Joyce Mitchell, °55
“The UN has proved to be a
basket isto which everything gets
thrown,” was Mr. Robert Rupen’s
introductory statement to his dis-
cussion of the issues which con-
front the eighth general assembly
of the United Nations.
Speaking at Monday evening’s
Current Events, Mr. Rupen ex-
plained that it was no complicated
matter for nations to bring prob-
lems of an international aspect to
the UN assembly.
The agenda of the UN has al-
ready been lengthened since the
current session opened. The prob-
lems of what to do with Trieste,
and of Israel’s attack on Jordan
are two new issues which seem to
be of such importance that they
may take precedence over other
problems. Debate on Trieste is
still developing, and, as yet, there
is no UN position on this question.
Holding over from last year’s
session is the question of when a
trusteeship is ready for self-gov-
ernment. The powers with trustee-
ships seem to feel that they should
decide when their territories are
ready for independence, although a
vote of the general assembly ruled
that the assembly should decide.
This question in abstract becomes
a real problem in a pair of issues
| concerning Tunis and Morocco.
The’ so-called Asian - African
powers in the UN propose that
Tunis and Morocco be ‘independent
after five more years under France.
On the other hand, France claims
that the matter of the independ-
ence of these two cities is her
internal affair, and, as such, is not
a matter for UN deliberation.
The Asian-African powers main-
tain, nevertheless, that Tunis and
Morocco have been under French
tutelage for a long time, and that
if they are not_ready for independ-
ence, it’s not their fault but
France’s.
Criticisms, mainly that she is
hypocritical, have been levelled at
the United States for her sympa-
thy toward France in the matter.
The fact is that the US is caught
between two straits: she has long
been known as_ anti-imperialist,
but she considers France very im-
portant to her defense, and thus
she feels kindly disposed toward
her,
The UN is also faced with the
issue of the persecutions of Indians
in Pakistan and the Union of South
Africa. Here again, the South Af-
ricans feel that this is their own
domestic affair, and should not be
interfered with by the UN. Fac-
tions in that body, however,
claim that such racial policies are
threats to peace.
Before the UN in previous ses-
sions and now on the current
agenda is the matter of interna-
tional economic aid to help back-
ward countries become financially
independent. The US stand, with
which other nations seem to con-
cur, is that she can contribute noth-
ing until there is a general dis-
armament program which will
release some of the money gpent
for arms. The so-called baekward
countries take this as a eemplete
refusal since they see a trend to-
ward increased armament, rather
than disarmament.
Finally, in conneetion with UN
problems, Mr. Rypen mentioned
the difficulties Americans were
having in becoming UN employees
because of the loyalty oath re-
quired of them by their govern-
ment, and also because of the long
time congumed in clearing appli-
cants. He said that he felt that
the US has lost some prestige in
the UN because of this require-
ment.
Wednesday, October 28, 1953
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three
Behind The Sports Scene ...
by Anne Hobson, ’56
Beaver College’s hockey team
came to Bryn Mawr last Wednes-
day and gave exciting, quick-
paced games to both the Varsity
and the Junior Varsity. Although
we lost one game ‘and tied the
other, our teams showed vast im-
provement since the Penn game,
The first team lost to Beaver,
7-8. The forwards were rushing
in the circle and working well to-
gether. At times the defense
tought brilliantly in defense of
their own goal. Nevertheless, the
essential ‘link between forwards
and defense seemed weak. Gen-
eially, the halfbacks seemed slow
in running from their own goal
to back up the forwards at the
circle.
’ Madras Graduate
Joins BMC Staff
by Harriette Solow, ’56
“I always go in for difficult
things somehow,” said soft-spoken
Susy Therakin, India’s contribu-
tion to the Physics department.
“Most Indian girls major in econ-
omics or history—it’s easier,” she
explained. Susy was one of two
physics majors when she got her
B. A. from Madras University.
There were 175 boys and one
girl at the National Physics Lab-
oratory in Delhi where she studied
Ferromagnetic crystals before
coming to Bryn Mawr as physics
demonstrator. “It’s a quasi-gov-
ernment laboratory, financed by
the government, where the scien-
tists decide on what their research
will be,” said Susy. “It’s been
in existence five years now and is
short of scientists and apparatus.”
Due to lack of equipment and nat-
ural hematite and magnetite crys-
tals, she was unable to finish
her research.
“In, order to do proper research
you have to go outside India,” she
explained. “I’ll probably start on
my research this week.” Solid
state physics continues to be her
main field—the change in crystal
structure of titanium at 860 de-
grees will be the topic for her
th.D. thesis.
Short Circuits
One of the difficulties of physics
research is that it leaves no time
for sight-seeing, one of Susy’s ma-
ior interests, Getting a B.A. at
Madras University and a Master
of Science degree from Lucknow
University meant leaving her home
in South India and going north.
Susy then taught physics to col-
lege freshmen. “I don’t care to
teach,” she says. “The girls aren’t
interested.” Thie was especially
true in one schtv. which special-
ized in home economics. The course
had to be especially organized for
their field and included how to re-
pair a short circuit.
Similar to India
“IT -am_ fascinated with this
country,” she explained. Since she
arrived here on September 29, she
kas been in New York for just half
a day and in Philadelphia twice,
once to meet India’s representative
to the U.N. and once for the May-
or’s reception. Still, Susy feels,
“T haven’t really seen any place.”
If she can, she would like to see
California and New England. As
for Bryn Mawr, Susy says, “I ex-
pected Americans would have a
vigorous, noisy, fast life but I
don’t suppose Bryn Mawr is typi-
cal. I knew there would be sky-
scrapers but the big stretches of
countryside remind me of some of
the hill stations in India.”
The Junior Varsity tied at 2-2,
Their defense also seemed a little
slow ’though they fought well to-
gether. Their forwards would
havé fared better had they driven
forward more consistently in the
striking ircle. : ,
The lineup was as follows:
Varsity Jr. Varsity
P. Tilson LW. ° V. Carroll
D. Scott LI. J. Cholerton
J. Hetzel. C.F. S. Glass
D. Hanna R.I. M. Millbank
G. Vare R.W. G. Disney
S. Hetzel L.H. M. Darling
P. Albert C.H. M. Chubbuck
N. Potts R.H. B. McElroy
B. Merrick L.F. H. Rhinelander
S. ‘Stiffler R.F. S. Kennedy
J. Cushmore G. H. Hagopian
Substitutes: K. Foley, J. Parker.
Tilson, S. Hetzel and Hanna
made the goals for the Varsity;
Foley and Cholerton for the Jun-
ior Varsity. All in all the games
were fast and exciting. The Beav-
er girls distinguished themselves
with a high calibre of good humor
and sportsmanship.
MOVIE SCHEDULES
Bryn Mawr Movies:
Wed., Oct 28
“Stalag 17”
Thurs., Oct. 29
“Scourie”
Fri., Oct. 30
“Bandwagon”
Sat., Oct. 31
“Bandwagon”
Sun., Nov. 1
“Island in the Sky”
“Arrowhead”
Mon., Nov. 2
“Island in the Sky”
“Arrowhead”
Tues., Wed., Thurs., Nov. 3-4-5
“Cyrano deBergerac”
“Red Shoes”
Green Hill Movies in Overbrook:
Wed. Through Thurs,
“Mr, Potts Goes to Moscow”
Subject to change without notice
Middle East Men
Speak To AFME
Especially contributed by
Evelyn Jones, ’54
The Philadelphia Committee and
the National Council of the, Amer-
ican Friends of the Middle East or
“AFME” held the opening session
of their fall meeting in the Dean-
ery, Friday, October 23, 1953. A
luncheon and a National Council
Business meeting were the major
items on the agenda.
Dr. John A. Wilson, Professor of
Egyptology, University of Chicago
and His Excellency Musa Al-Sha-
bander of Iraq to the United
States, two distinguished members
of the organization, spoke at the
luncheon on the general topic
“What kind of friends are we?”
Dr. Wilson, citing the definition
of the word “friend” offered by
Webster—i. e. “one attached to an-
other by esteem, respect, and af-
‘ection; an intimate”, felt that the
term specifically involved no con-
cept of reciprocity and yet indicat-
ed that the general policy of the
United States has been one of
seeking people out and expecting
immediately a warm return of es-
teem, respect, ete. The question
is, then, said Dr. Wilson, how can’
we show ourselves to be worthy of |
their friendship?
Interest in the area of the Mid-
dle East ‘is increasing among the
American people, he continued, and
yet, sometimes, when this interest
extends to actually visiting the
area-in question, then the most im-
portant problem becomes the
American visitor in these areas—
the American visitor who is quite
disdainful of what he sees, noisily
contemptuous of local problems
Continued on Page 4, Col. 3
Last Nighters
Fry’s Grecian Comedy
Provides Many’.
Laughs
by Ann McGregor, °54
Grace, charm, and excellent hu-
mor were perhaps the most out-
standing characteristics of the
Hedgerow Theatre’s production of
Christopher Fry’s “A Phoenix Too
Frequent”. The play, a short one,
revolves around only three char-
acters. The Lady Dynamene and her
maid, Doto, are seen in the tomb
of Dynamene’s husband as the play
begins, where.they have pledged
themselves to remain until death
shall transport them to Hades to
be reunited with their deceased
master.
‘The entry of the soldier on
guard for the night; Tegeus by
name, causes Doto to realize that
living is not nearly as distasteful
as it might be. Her mistress, as
time passes and wine is consumed,
realizes the same fact. After a
number of winey embraces between
Dynamene and Tegeus, the prob-
lems facing them are resolved in
a most novel manner and, of
course, all are happy.
Role of Maid Uproarious
Patricia Platt, appearing as the
maid Doto, gave an uproarious
performance from beginning to end
of the play. Hers was a role with
real comedy meat in it and she did
the role every justice. Somewhat
awkward, not too bright, and de-
lightfully tipsy, Doto was a real
character ably portrayed by Miss
Platt.
As Dynamene, Mary Mathews
also deserves credit for an excel-
lent job of acting. Swishing around
the stage in the most graceful of
Grecian styles, Miss Mathews
brought life to a part more subtle
than Miss Platt’s, but lacking the
built-in comedy with which the
role of Doto abounded.
Ralph Roseman, the hero Te-
geus, appeared wonderfully mascu-
line in his short Roman skirt and
armor, and provided a most inter-
esting contrast to the two women.
His presentation was on a par with
theirs in every way.
Simple Setting Effective
A word must be said concerning
the set and the blocking of the
play. The set, perfectly simple and
cubic and of a dark color, formed
with the actors a most interesting
and even startling compound of
dark and light, of square steps and
flowing draperies. The intricate
blocking of the action produced at
all times a perfectly balanced and
artistically pleasing composition
on the stage. .
- As a follow-up to “A Phoenix
Too Frequent”, the Hedgerow
group presented Chekov’s amusing
short play “The Boor”; this was
an equally enjoyable production.
Perhaps the most pleasant part of
Hedgerow productions is, however,
the obvious pleasure that the cast
and staff take in presenting these
plays and dramas.
Lester Lanin is planning to
present a series of weekly tea
dances and jazz concerts at the
Roosevelt Grill on Madison Ave-
nue at 45th Street.
Lanin will conduct his orches-
tra for dancing, and will add as
a feature a jam session featur-
ing nationally known jazz and
Dixieland artists. The “After-
noons in Manhattan” are sched-
uled to begin November 1.
Any college talent interested
in appearing with him should
contact Lester Lanin Orches-
tras, 1776 Broadway, New York
19, New York, as soon as pogs-
ible.
Sa
Classes ‘89, ‘90, Invent Lantern Night;
‘Quizzes’, Plays Mark Early Traditions
by Marcia Case, '57
Lantern Night this year cele-
brated its sixty-eighth anniversary,
and Bryn .Mawr is in its sixty-
ninth year, which proves that the
ceremony is as old a tradition as
people have always thought it to
be.
The beautiful and dignified cer-
emony had its birth -in 1886 when
br. E. Washburn Hopkins, a pro-
fessor of Greek, wrote to the tune
of “Thé Lone Fish Ball” a song
which included the line: “The only
iantern in Bryn Mawr.”
Immediately the sophomores of
that year, the first class to enter
Bryn Mawr, thought of presenting
lanterns to the freshmen. The
freshmen of 1886 had to sweat for
their lanterns, though, for they
were lined up and drilled with
questions by the sophomores. Their
rewards were very small lanterns,
only four inches high. Neverthe-
less the ceremony became very
popular and in 1889 the first grad-
uating class, which hadn’t receiv-
ed lanterns, was given instead
tiny gold watch chains in the shape
of a lantern.
Up through 1897 the ceremony
was held in the daytime, preceded
by a play. But afterwards it was
held at night in the Library Clois-
ters, and the play, as well as the
mock quizzes that were still. being
Haverford Plans
Film Re-releases
The Haverford College Film
Club, once defunct, has been reor-
ganized. This reorganization in-
cludes an invitation to Bryn Mawr
to take part in its activities. The
Club will present five outstanding
films this year:
The Bicycle Thief, Nov. 20.
God Needs Men (Isle of Sin-
ners), Jan. 15.
Charlie Chaplin Film Festival,
Feb, 5.
The Grand Concert, Apr.. 16.
Brandy for the Parson, Apr. 30.
Bryn Mawr students and faculty
who are interested in. joining the
club should sign the notices on
their bulletin boards, or contact
Henry Hamburger, Box 32, Haver-
ford College, Haverford, Pa.
The films will be presented in
Roberts Hall, Friday nights, at
8:00. A membership in the Club
will cost $2.00, and entitles one to
five admissions which may be tak-
en one at a time or in blocks of
two or more. This fee also enti-
tles one to buy a temporary mem-
bership for a guest, for only 50c.
In addition, transportation to and
from Haverford will be provided
at no extra cost if a 50 passenger
bus can be filled,
held, was dropped.
Surprisingly enough the Greek
lantern hymns didn’t “make their
appearance until later, with class
songs being sung instead. In 1901,
“Pallas Athena thea,” the class
song of 1898, written by Bertha
Putnam and Madeline Abbot, was
adopted for the sophomores. In
1917 the class song of +1908, “Over
the way to the Sacred Shirjne,” was
chosen for the freshmen. But this
wasn’t considered lovely ‘enough
and when Miss Carey Thomas her-
self protested, work was set about
getting a new one, The result was
“Sophias,” which was transposed
by K. Ward and H. Hull of the
class of 1921 from Pericles’ fun-
eral oration by Thucydides, and
set to music from part of the Rus-
sian service by A. F. Lwvoff. It was
first sung by the class of 1924.
Lantern Night has become a tra-
dition that has served as an in-
spiration to many, It may even
Continued on Page 4, Col, 1
U. Branston Challenges
U. S. on Russian Policies
Continued from Page 1
has grave doubts as to the efficacy
of further “pandering” to the Rus-
sians. But Miss Branston and the
British now challenge the United
States to take the initiative them-
‘| selves and either propose a better
plan or follow this one.
Dr. Herben brought up the point
that some Americans feel that this
policy of a diplomatic approach to
the Russians is merely a political
step of Churchill’s with an eye to
a posible election in the near fu-
ture. He mentioned the recent poll
which showed the Labor Party
gaining rapidly in public favor.
Miss Branston answered that in
England they do not pay particular
attention to polls and that it was
not in Churchill’s character to put
an election before the attempt to
correct the Russian situation.
In reply to Dr. Gilbert’s question
as to Churchill’s relation to Lord
Salisbury and other Ministers,
with regard to foreign ‘policy, Miss
Branston replied that the Prime
Minister is in a position of lonely
grandeur in spite of himself. He
is quite accessible to the members
of parliament and of his ministry,
but his age and position nat-
urally set him off from them. Sal-
isbury would not have agreed in
the cabinet with Churchill’s riew
policy but once sent on his mission
would never have minimized or
criticized his prime _ minister’s
plan. There is no great gulf be-
tween Churchill and Eden and
Salisbury but the proposed non-
aggression pact is more up “the
Labor Street” than the Conserva-
tive.
Melt thee some tallow for thy lanthorn candle, lady?
or]
Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS
The Herald Tribune Forum Studies
Qur Patterns of Mid-century Living
Wednesday, October 28, 1953
Ambassador From Iraq
Speaks in the Deanery
stein the Demers’ TWO Labor Films Show Droblem
jw oom vous ow IN) (tganization of Union Activity
cially.
‘ter) of speakers represe
‘ vefgent views and care
by Maryellen Fullam, ’56
“New Patterns for Mid-Century
Living” was the theme of the an+
nual Herald Tribune Forum held
‘in New York last week-end.
The theme was developed
throughodt the four sessigns of
the Forum) by an impressive Tos;
The opening sessio
‘United Nations General WAssem-
bly Hall was dedicated to the ex-
famination of Patterns for Peace-
ful Change. The speakers present-
ed the case for the United Na-
tions as our most powerful instru-
ment for effecting changes on a
world scale in a peaceful man-
ner.
Madame Pandit and Dag Ham-
merskjold both pleaded for ac-
ceptance of the U.N., for patience
and understanding on the part of
the public. It must be realized
that the organization is as yet a
young one, and that it is too early
for objective evaluation of its
record. <
A case study of United Nations
achievements was presented by
‘Adrian Pelt, former U. S. Com-
missioner for Libya, who admin-
istered the program which made
that country independent.
Perhaps the most definite talk
of the evening was presented by
Mrs. Arthur E. Crom, a national
officer of the Federation of
Women’s Clubs. She struck at the)
heart of the problem of recruit-
ing support for the U.N. by ob-
serving that the public judges the
U.N, not as a whole, but in part.
This results in disproportionate
publicity of its shortcomings, and
the relegation of its achievements
to obscurity. A fair assessment of
the U.N. is possible only by equal
consideration of achievement and
failure.
The second session, held at the
Waldorf-Astoria, dealt with the
Influence of Design on twentieth
century living.
Henry Dreyfuss, prominent in-
dustrial designer, challenged that
although modern technology has
given the average man the gift
of a thousand more leisure hours
‘“‘Lantern Night” Helps
In Presidential Election
Continued from Page 3
have played a part indirectly in
electing a president. Woodrow
Wilson, who once taught at Bryn
Mawr, was once given a luncheon
in Denver by some Bryn Mawr
alumnae as he began his first
-presidential campaign. His host-
ess explained to him the old Bryn
Mawr custom of quizzing the
freshmen and if they answered
correctly giving them lanterns to
light their way through the col-
lege. She then asked him, “Will
you faithfully promise to stay in
the White House if we put you
there and do no gallivanting?”
Wilson answered, “I will,” and
was thereupon rewarded with a
lantern to light his way into the.
White House. Perhaps it was in
no way responsible for Wilson’s
election, but who would question
the power of Bryn Mawr’s Lantern
Night?
‘jal
per year. than he had fifty years
ago, the triumph has been a hol-
low, or at best, a potential tri-
umph. “Is this leisure making its
recipients any happier, better
equipped to live a full life, to real-
ize their full potential of person-
develdpment?” queried Mr.
Dreyfuss, charging that the in-
‘| tellectuals have not kept pace
with the designers.
Arthur A. Houghton, president
of Steuben Glass, pointed out that
although the designers have hag
a great influence on modern so-
ciety, man is in danger of suc-
cumbing to the effects of stan-
dardization and mass production,
which are the media through
which the designers operate. “Let
us be careful that we do not trade
spiritual values for material is-
sues,” entreated Mr. Houghton.
“Let us search the way to keep
our new material blessings and,
at the same time, preserve the
glories of human existence.”
George Nakashima, woodwork-
er from Pennsylvania, answered
the challenge by explaining how
he found fulfillment in his voca-
tion. “Work must be significant
to us as individuals, it must help
us toward fulfillment,” he stated.
With respect to this statement
of Nakashima’s, Dr. Charles Ode-
gaard of the University of Michi-
gan cited a trend in adult educa-
tion toward hand crafts, painting
and scupture, as man seeks ful-
fillment not found on the assem-
bly line.
Indirectly replying to the
charge that the intellectuals have
failed in modern society to keep
pace with the times, and more
directly to the statement that we
are experiencing a cultural lag,
Francis Henry Taylor explained
the position of the museum in
modern society. Mr. Taylor quot-
ed novelist Peacock as saying that
the progress of the intellect is not
quite so obvious as the progress
of mechanics. Mr. Taylor suggest-
ed that cultural stability might be
a better term than “cultural lag,”
for the status preserved by the
cultural institutions. The role of
museums is to serve as the il-
luminator of history, so that those
who visit them may acquire those
necessary requisites for states-
manship which William Pitt de-
Continued on Page ?, Col. ?
Russian Film Tells
The Bryn Mawr-Haverford Rus-
sian Club will present a Russian
movie November 2, at 8:00 in the
Music Room. The movie, “Mr.
subtitles.
The film deals with the turbu-
lent era which followed the social
upheaval in Russia after 1917.
The Russian Club would appre-
ciate a capacity audience, since
the proceeds will aid them in their
endeavor to present more lectures
during the year. The admission for
Bryn Mawr students will be thirty-
five cents. The Club. welcomes all
who are interested in becoming
members. No knowledge of the
language is necessary.
Of Social Upheaval
‘ ” $10 | ee
Baltic Deputy”, will have English. is a political institution aiming for
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Too many people in the countries
of the Middle East see the “top”
and the “bottom” of the United
States and they never see the “mid-
dle,’ Dr. Wilson asserted. They
see the slums and the movie stars
but never the middle class Amer-
ican. They rarely, if ever meet
the \intelligent American tourist
who is a “listener” and a “ques-
tioner”, They rarely see that part
of American life which is of a con-
structive nature.
of the Eastern
agricultural vil-
“The essence
problem is the
lage.” Information is needed con-
cerning how these very problems
which they face, have been met
here at home. The student of the
Middle East who has just return-
ed from the United States is also
a problem—a problem in the sense
that he considers himself a ‘‘pa-
per worker” for “the government.
He wants more information about
the United States. He, and the
majority of Middle Eastern peo-
ples, view the U.S. as an old coun-
try whose independence and gen-
eral standing in the world has
been established. They see the
Middle East striving to find an
economic position for itself and a
social structure into which to in-
tegrate it. Above all, Dr. Wilson
concluded, these people want to be
respected for themselves.
Al-Shabander Represented East
His Excellency Musa Al-Shaban-
der also spoke on the general topic
“What Kind of Friends Are We?”
but he spoke as a representative
of the Middle East. Today, rela-
tions between the United States
and the Arab countries are being
poisoned, he stated. This can be
most easily illustrated by viewing
the political commentaries of the
United Nations, which have re-
corded that the U. S. voted against
questioning France’s refusal to
give Morocco her independence
and restoring the dethroned Sul-
tan. The U. S. also voted against
the Bolivian proposal to end the
atrocities in Morocco and to give
the people a “sort of self-deter-
mination”,
U. S.-Arab Relatians Poisoned
Yet, relations between us and
the Arab countries are being poi-
soned most of all because of the
fact that the U. S. is “helping the
Zionists to create and maintain a
Jewish state in“the heart of Arab
country.” Zionism, he continued,
the destruction of the Arab world,
but to some degree the Arabs are
to blame. The Arabs do not have
the “means” which the Zionists
have, and Americans believe that
the Zionists are great pioneers
ed back into the desert.
Still, he concluded, the day will
come when Americans will recog-
and that the Arabs should be push- |
by Lynn Badler, ’56
Two films concerned with labor
unions were presented in the Com-
mon,Room on Monday afternoon.
The first one, entitled “Local 100”
portrayed the birth of a labor
union, they wrote to the National
union. It traced the development
of a local from the first discontent
of the workers to the formation of
an organized union. Once the men
decided that they wanted to form a
‘union, organization and a repre-
sentative came to start them on
their way. The representative was
both an initiator of the formal or
ganization, and a stabilizer to any-
one who was allowing his emotions
to dictate his actions to the extent
of believing in wild strikes. Before
jhe union could be fformed the
doubts of those to whom a union
meant a radical, probably Commun-
ist organization had to be quelled.
Once the union had really taken
shape and the officers were elect-
ed, the president of the company
agreed to meet the officers. The
union leaders received acceptance
of at least half their demands with
little trouble, while the executive
board lost their dread of organized
labor. True this was a picture of
a very excellent union, but the fact
that organized labor can get along
so well with its employers is a
pleasant one.
The workings of a convention
was the subject of the second film;
the convention chosen was a gold-
en jubilee, of the Inter-National
Ladies’ Garment Workers Union.
After President David Dubinsky
opened the convention—to approxi-
mately 1100 delegates—there were
appearances by some famous en-
tertainers. Then, in small‘ groups
the policy of the union for the next
few years was decided upon. (Most
labor unions meet every two or
three years). These meetings were
carried on for-approximately nine
days while the delegates enjoyed
a view of Atlantic City. In the
final meeting of the entire delega-
tion there were speeches by many
prominent political men, and dera-
onstrations by the members of all
of the states. There were dele-
gates at this particular convention
from other countries too, and
among the honorary delegates
were five young war-orphans who
were adopted by the union. In
conclusion the presiding members
were re-elected, and the enthusi-
astic delegates dispersed until the
next convention.
People of Middle East Turn to Social Reforms;
United States, Not Russia, Must Give Examples
Continued from Page 1
ion” for the Middle East and U.N.,
now due to the fact that the area
is strategic to both the West and
Russia. People there have a “dif-
ferent feel of things” from the
West; they are close to Russia and
know Eastern thought. Turkey’s
alliance with the West has been
strengthened through fear of
Russian aggression and economic
aid from the West. In Egypt,
Naguib is confronted with tre-
mendous issues’ and needs our
sympathetic help while he tries
to settle external problems.
Israel’s attacks on the Jordan
last week seem to indicate her
feeling that this is the time for
another move forward. She should
not be allowed to encroach furth-
er on Arab territory but must be
forced to adhere to U.N. decisions.
Israel seems to be the only Near
Eastern nation with no relation to
her “immediate world” in peace-
time. The West has much to be
thankful for in the present condi-
tion of the Middle Eastern na-
tions, and our relations with
them are as good as can be ex-
pected. We should cooperate with
the positive elements of the Near
East in using wealth for a just,
equitable development of the en-
tire area, helping to carry out
social and economic plans and fill
cultural and educational needs.
America’s relationship with the
‘Middle East has developed from
an economic “interest” to a re-
sonsible “concern” for _ their
problems, began Dr. Badeau, form-
WATCH, CLOCK AND JEWELRY
REPAIRING
er president of the American uni-
versity at Cairo and president of
the Near East Foundation. It was
he who spoke of the new spirit of
the Middle Eastern nations for
setting “their own house in order.”
They must solve external prob-
lems of relationship with the West
and internal problems of new
popular governments coming in-
to office, but the greatest prob-
lem is that the peasants are be-
ginning to feel the pressure of a
high cost of living and of too
many people sharing too little
land. Unfortunately the “voice”
telling these people that they
“need not live like this” is not
coming from the United States
but from Russia. The peasant
knows nothing of Communist the-
ory but he “hears a cry that life
can be made better” and he sees
evidence of it in the great ghanges
in Russia. The new regimes are
trying to meet the pressure of
social demands because if they do
not succeed, they will. follow the
fate of the kings and shahs, be-
cause “the peasant will be fed.”
The United States can no longer
think of the people of the Middle
East as “oil wells” and the “Suez
Canal,” but must realize that
they are “people” with great soc-
ial needs.
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Individuality Class To 4:00 Got You Down?
—,
Seminar In Library Make You Frown?
Well, Then, Leave The Books,
And See How The College Inn Cooks: :
i Wednesday; October 28, 1953
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Five
-Tribune Panel Explores
American Use of Leisure
Continued from Page 4
scribed as “the disposition to pre-
‘serve. and the capacity to im-
‘ prove.” ws
. - The third. session investigated
the. uses to. which Americans put
-their leisure time. Dr. George
Gallup, of poll fame, painted a
: rather gloomy picture of the
, aesthetic sense of the average
»American, finding his reading
-tastes. cursory, and his general
..intellectual level extremely low.
Grandma Moses
Allan .Adams, News Agency
president, remarking that Dr.
‘Gallup’s statistics were of the
same -calibre that elected Dewey
‘president, stated that the sales
‘ of the more serious books in pock-
et book’ form were as_ popular,
and in many cases more popular
' than the books of the more sen-
sational type.
' Virgil Thompson further boost-
ed the American aesthetic ego by
. announcing that classical music
‘js. more popular in this country
than baseball. Harry Schacter re-
_ ported on Kentucky’s bookmobile
‘ project designed to bring the
world ‘of literature to its ~intel-
lectually poverty-stricken com-
“ munities. The possibilities of
“radio and television for education-
al purposes, and the results of the
_Venture to date were presented
by Seymour Siegel.
An interesting note was added
to the program by the appearance
of Grandma Moses, whose career
‘as an artist is an excellent exam-
ple of profitably employed leisure
time.
Brownell, Dulles
_ The fourth and last session was
devoted to the topic “New Pat-
terns in Government.” New
York’s three mayoralty candi-
dates appeared, facing a group of
interrogators on the question of
‘whether or not -good government
in New York is a possibility.
On the international scene, re-
ports were presented on France,
Germany, and Asia, by men close-
ly connected with the govern-
ments and policy trends of the dif-
ferent areas.
Herbert Brownell, Attorney
General, discussed American con-
cepts of fair hearing. Mr. Brown-
ell called for a more efficient sys-
tem. of public defenders, to en-
sure sufficient defense for those
not in a position to engage an at-
vorney.
In answer to the oft-heard criti-
cism that. the wheels of the
American judicial system turn
slowly, the Attorney General con-
trasted our system to that of the
Soviets, which moves at a much
faster rate, to the detriment of
justice. :
The Forum closed with an ad-
dress by the Secretary of State,
John: Foster Dulles, who had just
returned from Europe. The Sec-
retary described our coycept ofa
override differences.
‘two countries.
cited the Foreign Mini:
Forum Describes
Activity of USF
The United Service Forum was
held Tuesday evening, October 27,
at 8:30 in the Common Room. Six
speakers were on the program,
each to give a short resume of his
respective -organization, to which
Bryn Mawr gives support through
the United Service Fund.
Hugh W. Moore described two
main divisions of the American
Friends Service Committee. Work
im this country consists mainly in
expanding educational
Work abroad has as its motto,
“help people to help themselves,”
and is done specifically througn
rehabilitation,
facilities.
relief, and educa-
cion.
Jack Kavanaugh described CARE
as an agency which purchases, as-|
sembles and packages things to be
sent to forty-two countries on a
person to person or group to group
pasis.
The United ‘Fund of Philadei-
phia, reported Robert C. Dem-
bergh, is an agency representing
eight charities: Salvation Army,
United Defense Fund and USO,
Mental Health Association, Heart
Association, United Cerebral Pal-
sy Association, Arthritis and Rheu-
matism Foundation, Community
Chest, and American Cancer So-
ciety.
Alfred Farrell, a Lincoln Uni-
versity graduate, spoke on the
function of the United Negro Col-
lege Fund, to afford better educa-
tional facilities for Negroes today
so that they may be better citizens
tomorrow.
Evelyn Jones, recipient of aid
from the United Negro Scholarship
Fund, spoke on this organization.
As distinguished from the United
Negro College Fund it helps Negro
students studying in inter-racial
colleges.
In speaking on the World Uni-
versity Service David Levering
stressed its international nature
and its desire to establish a feel-
ing of kinship and common goal
among the participants in thirty-
The procedure of
the organization is to pool re-
sources received from the nations
involved and to offer “material as-
sistance for self help” in needy
areas.
A discussion period was held fol-
lowing the comments by each of
the representatives.
ing as an example of an attempt
to find unifying principles which
might relax tension in various
areas.
In addition to the scheduled pro-
grams, the directors of the Forum
organized discussion yleriods for
college representatives on sub-
jects pertinent to the Forum,
which gave an opportunity for
exchange of ideas among the
many students.
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Research Council of
Makes Announcement of '54-'55 Grants
The National Academy of Sci-
ences—National Research Council
has announced the following post-
doctoral and pre-doctoral fellow-
ship programs for the academic
year 1954-1955:
American Cancer Society Post-
doctoral Fellowships in Cancer Re-
search;
British-American Exchange Post-
doctoral Fellowships in Cancer Re-
search;
James Picker Foundation Post-
doctoral Fellowships in Radiologi-
cal Research;
Lilly Research Laboratories
Post-doctoral ‘Fellowships in the
Medical Sciences;
Lilly Research Laboratories Post-
doctoral Fellowships in the Nat-
ural Sciences;
Merck Senior Post-doctoral Fel-
lowships in the Natural Sciences;
National Research Council Post-
doctoral Fellowships in the Natur-
al Sciences;
RCA. Pre-doctoral Fellowships in
RCA Predoctoral Fellowships in
Electronics; $
Rockefeller Foundation Post-doc-
toral Fellowships in the Medical
Sciences.
Then and Now
The fellowship program of the
National Academy of Sciences—
National Research Council was in-
augurated in 1919, when thirteen
outstanding young scientists were
selected from scores of applicants.
Six were appointed to fellowships
‘in physics, and seven to chemistry.
By 1922, the plan was extended to
provide fellowships in medicine,
and the following year the pro-
gram was broadened still further
to include the biological sciences,
The present. program is a well-
rounded one and offers fellowships
in the agricultural, biological, en-
gineering, mathematical, medical
and_ physical sciences__and_inter-
allied fields at both the pre-doctoral
and post-doctoral levels.
These fellowships provide spec-
ial opportunities for advanced
study and training in fundamental
research for young men and wom-
en of unusual promise and ability.
With the exception of the RCA
Pre-doctoral Fellowships in Elec-
tronics, which are available to stu-
dents who have completed one year
of graduate training, all other fel-
lowships are open to applicants
who have completed all academic
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requirements for the Ph.D., Se.D.,
or M.D. degrees,
Most of these fellowships are
limited to citizens of the United
States; however, citizens of Can-
ada may also apply for the Rocke-
feller Foundation Post-doctoral Fel-
lowships in the Medical Sciences
and the NRC Post-doctoral Fellow-
ships in the Natural Sciences, The
James Picker Fellowships in Radi-
ological Research are not restrict-
ed to citizens of the United States.
Appointments will be made for
one year but applications for re-
newal will be considered. A candi-
date must present evidence that he
will be accepted as a fellow by the
scientific adviser under whom he
will study. As a rule, a fellowship
applicant is expected to choose an
institution or laboratory other
than the one at which he has had
most of his academic training.
Applications for all of these
1954-1955 programs must be for-
warded to the Fellowship Office
and must be postmarked on or be-
fore December 10, 1958.
Because the post-doctoral fellow-
ships are available in a _ large
range of subjects and programs,
potential applicants are encourag-
ed to write to the Fellowship Of-
fice, National Research Council,
stating their field of specializa-
tion, age, and study plans so that
appropriate informative material
may be sent.
Information and_ application
blanks may be secured for any of
the programs by writing to the
Fellowship Office, National Re-
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A Cherry Glow To rooms
With Flowers From
Jeannett’s
Drama Clubs To Present
Oscar Wilde’s Comedy
Continued from Page 1
Featured in the cast are Elsie
Kemp, Llyn Dallet, Liz Warren,
Danny Luzzato, Peggy Auch, Pat-
sy Price, Barbara Goldberg, Bill
Moss, John Kittredge, John Haw-
kins, Bill Tyson, Bill Watson,
Rolland Henderson, and Charles
Adams,
Tickets for the performance—
students $.60, regular admittance
$1.20—will go on sale a week be-
fore the production in Goodhart.
Those students wishing to pur-
chase a_ season’s subscription—
$2.00 for four plays—should see
their hall representatives. Season
tickets for the two shows at Bryn
Mawr are $1.10.
Season tickets are transferable
both as to persons and production
nights. They can be turned in, in
case the holder wishes to buy more
adjoining seats at a certain per-
formance. Season tickets may be
picked up a day in advance of reg-
ular ticket sales.
The joint theatre groups are
considering a Greek drama for the
next production. Suggestions for
future presentations are welcome;
names may be added to the list on
the College Theatre bulletin board
in Taylor.
search Council, 2101 Constitution
Avenue, N. W., Washington 26,
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Page Six
THE COLLEGE NEWS
_ Wednesday, . Ostober 28, 1953
~ What To Do
FOR NEXT YEAR
Remember to apply for the Civil
Service Junior Management As-
sistant examination before Novem-
ber 12th. Applications in Room H.
The Department of the Navy afi-
nounces the 1954 Management In-
tern Training Program which le
to top-level civilian administrative
positions, Tod-qualify for this pr9-
gram it is necessary to pass the
* Junior Management Civil Service
examination. Booklets in Room H.
ODD JOBS NOW OPEN—Please
see Mrs. Sullivan.
Child Study Institute. Student to
wash dishes for eight people Mon-
days from 2 to 2:45 p.m. $1.00. ,
Babysits
Overnight—Friday, November 6,
at 1 p. m. to Saturday, November
7, at 1 p. m. Boys 4, 8 and 11. Two
students or one graduate student.
Weekend—Friday, November 7,
at 7 p.m. to Sunday, November 9,
at 7 p.m. Boy 6, girls 11, 10 and
9. Two students or one graduate.
SUMMER JOBS — Please
Mrs. Sullivan.
The Potomac River Naval Com-
mand announces an examination
for Student Aid Trainees. Summer
positions for freshmen, sophomores
and junior who have completed %
to % of the requirements for a ma-
jor in chemistry, mathematics or
physics. The positions will be in
Maryland, Virginia and Washing-
ton, D. C. Closing date for appli-
cation is November 17. Examina-
tion will be given December 7.
see
* *
November 30 is the closing date
for the Mademoiselle College Board
Contest.
The Science Club is holding a
Hallowe’en Party on Thursday,
October 29, at 8:30 p. m. in
Applebee Barn. Anyone inter-
ested is cordially invited to at-
tend, whether scientific or not.
Modern Novelist Fails in Interpreting Experiences
Continued from Page 1
nitions.
It is dangerous and illusive stuff
that the novel life is made of, and
with which the novel must deal;
Why do we go to Trollope when
we find a lack in the modern nov-
el? It is because a great novel
can give us a new experience, a
sense of being totally engaged, a
zomplete and new perception. The
modern American novel is not cap-
able of engaging’ us so fully.
While it intends to probe human
experience, it merely erects bar-
riers of fact against experience.
Trollope’s novels are unpopular be-
cause we are afraid of experience;
to experience is to grow. We do
not ‘want to be touched because
growth is so painful. The modern
novelist attempts to avoid the in-
terpretation of experience by the
substitution of a recounting of
fact; what he does not realize is
that the selection of these facts is
itself a more tacit interpretation uf
experience. Today’s American nov-
elist unwittingly interprets the
facts which he presents to us,
and because he does so unwillingly
his product is incomplete and
therefore unsatisfying. His at-
tempt to avoid the responsibility
which Miss Sarton must feel is in
ehe scope of the novelist, the re-
sponsibility which Austen and
Trollope accepted, leads to his over-
whelming presentation of factual
material, and not the experience
which is facts’ distillation.
ait Through Violence
Often, he seems to be able to
experience only. when under the
pressure of violence. Hemingway
spends an extraordinary amount
of time on hunting, bull-fighting,
and physical struggle. Tom Lea has
given us “The Brave Bulls”. Yet
the most memorable scene of Nor-
man Mailer’s “The Naked and the
Dead” is an allegorical one in
which a soldier who plays with a
catepillar before destroying . it
symbolizes the effect of war upon
man. For the most part it is a
question of much talent and. little
art.
We find young writers of
great talent writing of ordinary
people thrust into extraordinary
experiences. An example of this
school is Paul Bowles, with his
tales of young American women
abducted, of Arab sheiks, and of
depravity. These novels do not an-
swer1' the need for experience in any
way. They discuss experience
which has not been experienced. In
them, we are dragged forward by
the plot faster than the reader can
take in and organize the descrip-
tive material which is the organic
matter of the novel.
Problem Novel
The subject, or “problem” novel,
such as “Gentleman’s Agreement”
and “The Snake Pit” is another
form the modern novel may. as-
sume, and it too raises the ques-
tion of experience. As soon as the
novelist becomes concerned with
an. existent social problem, the
question is asked, “How much of
this is true?” In great art, every-
thing should be true and should
be accepted unconditionally. _ In
Flaubert’s words; “Great subjects
make mediocre novels.”
When asked what she felt was
lacking in the manuscripts she re-
jected, an editor said “Real feel-
ing,”’, or what Miss Sarton would
term lack of love. This lack of an
emotional force is due to a com-
plete psychological formation of
character prior to the writing, to
total accounting of impulsion
which inhibits the further develop-
ment of character within the nov-
el itself. The type of author under
discussion does not, furthermore,
look deeply enough into his char-
acters. For the deeper you examine
a literary being the more capable
is the author of judging him. In
this relation the statement that
“to understand all is to forgive
all” tends to be true.
Style
Style is the medium through
which we see the created life, it
|.experience.
is the hands which pul life apart
and put it back together again.
It,is an aura which surrounds good.
writing which tells what is essen-
tial. Most modern American nov-
elists lack an individual style,
and those of their novels vig
make good movies are not apt to
have had a good style, for styl;
is an intensely individual and per-.
sonal thing which cannot be thu
repioduced. This dead-pan realis
shuts us up in. a little box calle
reality. Style is the writer’s di
tillation of fact into experiencé,
and if he presents us with thi
bare fact he indicates his lack o
ability or desire to distill them in
The writer then, must ask hind
self first if the material on which
he bases his work has been assi;
milated, filtered through timed.
Katherine Anne Porter has esti
mated that such a process may re-
quire seven years or so. The write}
must also demand whether the pl
has gone further than its charact;
ers can go. i.e., is there a balance
is the novel an organic whold.
This relevent sort of question is
typical of the sort of situation of
the points which the novels of
Woolfe, Porter and McCullers,
whom Miss Sarton often mention-
ed, write, with their emphasis on
draining the last drop of meaning
from a human situation; of wring-
ing, as it were, the matter dry.
In conclusion, Miss Sarton said,
“We live in a violent time. The
novelist’s responsibility is to pic-
ture not violence, but its roots in
human nature.”
ENGAGEMENTS
Julia Freytag, .’52 to Allen 8B.
Clayton,
Diana Hopkins, ex-’54, to Allin
Preston Baxter.
Mary Gould Warren, ’54, to En-
sign Reginald Foster III, U.S.N.R.
“Avenue,
National doulomis Panel
Chooses Science Fellows
Continued from Page 2
Fellows will be based on test
scores of scientific aptitude and
achievement, academic records,
and recommendations regarding
each candidate’s abilities, Post-
doctoral applicants will not be re-
quired .to take the examinations.
The evaluation of each candidate’s
qualifications will be made. by
panels of scientists chosen by the
National Acatlemy {Of Sciences.
The final selection of*Fellows will
be made. by the National Science
Foundation.
The annual stipends for pre-doc-
toral Fellows range from $1400 to
$1800; the stipend for post-doctor-
al Fellows is $3400. In addition
to providing limited allowances
for dependents and travel, tuition
and certain required fees will be
paid by the Foundatibn. The ten-
ure of a fellowship is for one year
and can be arranged to begin at
any time after June 1, 1954, but
normally must not be later than
the beginning of the 1954-1055
academic year at the institution of
the Fellow’s choice,
In order to be considered for the
1954-1955 academic year, post-doc-
toral applications must be receiv-
ed in the Fellowship Offices of the
National Research Council by De-
cember 15, 1953, and gradyate ap-
plications by January 4, 1954.
Detailed information and appli-
cation forms may be secured from
the Fellowship Office, National Re-
search Council, 2102 Constitution
N. W., Washington 265,
D. C,
Conditions in the United Na-
tions -will’ be the subject of
Philip Jessup, first Alliance As-
sembly speaker, who will ad-
dress the College on Friday, Oc-
tober 30, at 12:30 p. m. in
Goodhart. ‘Everyone is urged
to attend.
in real life ...
How the stars
got started
ANNE JEFFREYS dreamed of being an
opera star, studied long and hard.
BOB STERLING could have been a
pro athlete, but chose the long, hard
pull of acting. Both eventually won
good parts on stage, radio, TV.
They met on a TV show . .. sang an
impromptu duet... became Mr. & Mes.
and “Mr. and Mrs. Kerby”
in TV’s brilliant,
new “Topper” program!
BP «WERE THANKFUL SO MANY OF OUR
F THEATRE FRIENDS TOLD US TO TRY CAMELS.
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PLEASURE FOR BOTH OF US!
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Smoke only Camels for
30 days and find out
why Camels are first in
mildness, flavor and
popularity! See how
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Cigarette can give you}
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