College news, December 17, 1952

The College

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1952







VOL. XLIX, NO. 11

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1952

PRICE 20 CENTS



NSA Delegates
Bring Assembly
To Bryn Mawr

Leonard Wilcox Speaks
On Three Levels
Of Action

Last weekend Bryn Mawr was
host to the Pennsylvania Regional
Conference of the National Stu-
dent Association. Delegates from
schools all over the state heard
Leonard Wilcox, National Vice-
president, National Affairs, speak
on Friday evening.

Mr. Wilcox pointed out that
NSA works on three levels. On

the local campus, it attempts to im-|:

prove student government, for it
believes that democratic school or-
ganization is an important factor
in preparing students for their re-
sponsibilities as citizens in the
community.

Nationally, NSA acts as a clear-
ing ‘house for information, serv-
ices, and research directed towards
the establishment, strengthening,
and improvement of student gov-
ernment, It sometimes: takes
stands on important national is-
sues and works as a pressure
group to make ‘its decisions effec-
tive.

Internationally, USNSA speaks
for the American student. It
brings college and university stu-
dents from.all over the world to-
gether through its conferences, its
work programs, and its travel
tours. It is also one of the spon-
sors of the World Student Serv-
ice Fund.

In the various panels and work-
shops held in Goodhart on Satur-
day it became evident that NSA
should work through existing stu-
dent organizations, which it can
help by keeping them in touch
with other colleges and univer-
sities throughout the world. The
function of NSA on the individual
campus, that of seeing that each
leader has the information which
it provides for her, is the job of
the NSA coordinator. Mary Lee
Culver, Denbigh, is the coordinator
at Bryn Mawr.



Dinners Climax College Holiday Season

Professors Compose Yuletide Speeches

On Thursday night, December
18, after the Maids and Porters
have carolled, the mummers have
presented their skits and parties of
all sorts are over, comes Christmas
dinner, the finale of the Bryn
Mawr Christmas season.

This year, Pembroke (Hast and
West) and Wyndham are the only
halls which have voted to attend
Christmas dinner informally. In
Pem, Mr. and Mrs. Von Laue, Mr.
and Mrs. Dudden, M. Verdier, Mr.
and Mrs. Nahm, Mr. and Mrs.
Kuhn, and Miss Howe will be the
faculty guests of honor. Sue Leon-
ard ’563 and Jane Norris ’53 will
preside as toastmistresses, and the
freshmen will entertain with an
appropriate skit in the dining
room,

At Wyndham, the French pro-
‘essors are the guests of honor at
an informal dinner. Even they will
ye allowed to relax and enjoy
-hemselves for no speeches will be
-equired of them.

Merion’s faculty guests, Mr. and

Authority on Art
To Relate Works
Of Old Sculptors



From the Institute of Fine Arts |

of the New York University
Richard Krutheimer is coming to
Bryn Mawr on January 12 to il-
lustrate the relationship between
two great geniuses of the Renais-
sance, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Leon
Battiste Alberti. If the above ref-
erence to the subject seems vague,
it is because there has not yet been
made any concrete and definitely
established relationship between
the art of the two men. Mr. Kru-
theimer, therefere, will present
not only personal but also original
views to the field of art. Ghiberti
was the sculptor of the famous
Gates of Paradise on the East
Portal of the Cathedral of Flor-
ence. He was an individualist first
and a classically influenced med-
ieval genius second. Alberti too
was an individualist but the em-
phasis of his art lay in the theo-
retic and academic use of the
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Artist Plays Santa, Pinata Bursts
At Festive Cub Christmas Parties

by Barbara Drysdale, °55

“Sanctia nox, alma nox,” echoed
the voices (with flute accompani-
ment) of the Classics Club mem-
bers and their guests. The Rhoads
showcase, gaily decorated with
Christmas tree and girls in laurel
wreaths, was appropriate back-
ground for the festive occasion, as
the first of the Christmas parties
began on Tuesday night.

Spicy hot mulled cider warmed
the party-goers as they came in to
watch and stayed to join in the
singing.

Springelle, a German confection,
was being served meanwhile down
in the Rhoads‘smoker. Once again
everyone sang carols, this time in
German; with flute, violin, and
piano’ accompaniment.

Not only were the merry-makers |-



fed, and warmed by mulled cider,
but there was a special treat in
store. Mr. Janschka, dressed as a
German Santa Claus, passed out
“ten-cent” gifts to everyone. Give
a gift, take one, was the motto of
the occasion.

Then there was the choice of stay-
ing to see the Grad Center mum-
mers, who always managed to ar-
rive at the parties in time to en-
liven the merry-making, or going
on to the next party, this time in
Merion. ;

There blind-folded girls and
their not-so-blind dates were in
turn given three chances to hit the
pinata, a splendid blue fish with
silver trimming. Finally one was

successful, it burst, and down rain- |\::~



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FEY NRL K PRN

Mrs. Bachrach and Mr. and Mrs,
watson, also do not have to provide
speeches. The dinner, however,’
will be formal with Carla Kauf-

‘mann ’55 and Irene Ryan ’55, as

toastmistresses. There is carolling
before dinner and a freshman skit
in the smoker afterwards.

Mr. Herben, Miss Robbins and
Miss Stapleton will attend Den-
bigh’s formal Christmas dinner.
The sophomores are in charge of
the dinner and will present a tra-
ditional pageant in the dining
room to begin the festivities. After
dinner the freshmen will entertain
with a skit. The identities of the
toastmistress and king and queen
of the pageant are a Big Secret to
almost all Denbighites—except the
busy sophomores.

Radnor is also going formal ih a
big way for their dinner. Cinny
Delafield ’55 and Wilma Rabino-
witz ’55, the toastmistresses, will
introduce the faculty speakers.
Mr. and Mrs.’ Broughton, Miss
Leighton, Mr. and Mrs. Manning,
and Mr. and Mrs. Macgregor are
Radnor’s guests for the event. Mr.
‘MacGregor will continue hits
speech of last year on “Decadism
at Bryn Mawr”. After dinner the
freshmen are presenting “some-
thing surprising” -(in the words of
the hall president) for entertain-
ment.

‘Rock is also going formal as us-
ual. The traditional before-dinner.
skit, in which students from all

Continued on Page 2, Col. 5

Directress Powers

Inspires °56’s Show
by Mary Alice Drinkle, ’53
“Oh, yes... there’s all sorts of
enthusiasm for the show. . . it’s
wonderful! About ten different
plots have been thought up already
and there are lots of ideas for the
songs and the dancing;” exclaimed
Nonnie Powers, newly elected di-
rector of ’56’s Freshman Show.
Nonnie, besides being the suc-
cessful director of Rock’s hall play,
Winnie the Pooh, has had a great
variety of experience in all phases
of dramatics. In school, she work-
ed on numerous small productions,
acted in Royal Occasion and in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. She
was also student director for the
Shakespearean comedy. Last sum-
mer, Nonnie worked as an appren-
tice, “doing, you know, not any-
thing big, but just everything”, at
the Brattle Theatre in Boston.
As Nonnie’s chief cohorts in the
production of their show, the
freshman class has named Sandy
Green as business manager and
Mary Darling as stage manager.
The three are meeting together
soon to discuss how to use to best
advantage the many talents that
’66 is so enthusiastically putting at
their disposal.

CALENDAR

Wednesday, December 17

7:30 p. m. ‘WBMC Christmas
party in the Common Room.

Maids and Porters’ carolling.
Thursday, December 18

3:45 p. m. Summer camp Christ-
mas party in the Common Room.

6:15 p. m. Christmas dinners in
the halls.

Senior carolling.
Friday, December 19
Christmas vacation begins at

May Day Weekend

|Promises Program

For Your Parents

especially contributed
by Corrie Voorhis, °53

Last week each hail had a dis-
cussion on the tentative plan which
the Parent’s Day Committee had
adopted. The idea of Parent’s
Day is not a new one. It was dis-
cussed in College Council several
times last spring and we know
trom the other colleges how suc-
cesstul the day can be. Bryn
Mawr wishes to extend hospitality
to your parents.

As May Day Weekend was the
only available one left this spring,
the committee set. their plans for
then and worked out the schedule
which was presented to the college.
After Christmas there will be a
vote on whether the student body
wishes to invite the parents on
May 1 or on May 2 and, if the ma-
jority vote for May 2, whether the
college then wishes to celebrate
May Day on May 2 or make differ-

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‘Mr. John Scott

so, SOVIeL Authority
Talks to College

speak at various American colleges
and schools of journalism, John
Scott will be at Bryn Mawr on
January 7, 1953. He will deliver
his talk in the Common Room that
evening.

Mr. Scott has recently returned
from an overseas tour where he
spent nine weeks discussing Sov-
iet and United States foreign pol-
icy to United States troops in Eu-
rope and North Africa. He has
spent a great part of his life work-
ing close to and on both sides of
the Iron Curtain, and his tour this
summer served as a sort of re-





12:45 p. m,

fresher course. Having had a con-
siderable amount of experience
with and having done a great deal
of talking about Russia, Commun-
ist policy, and Soviet thinking, Mr.
Scott is well-versed on these sub-
jects.

He left the University of Wis-
consin, where he was studying, and
in 1932 went to Russia to learn
about the Soviet experiment. Pre-

Continued on Page 4, Col. 1

Touring the United States to|

Holiday Spirited
Choruses Carol
With Orchestra

Goodhart Resounds To
Music of Bach
And Schutz

by Barbara Drysdale, ’55

“Let us think not of what the -
world has come to, but of what has .
come to the world,” said The Rev. .
erend Andrew Mutch, setting the —
keynote for his annual talk at the |
traditional Carol Service on Sun-
day evening.

The Service, representing the
combined efforts of Haverford and
Bryn Mawr both vocally and in-
strumentally, can be reviewed only
as a series of high points through-
out the evening. Under the direc-
tion of Mr. Goodale and Mr. Reese
the Chorus maintained a high level
of performance in a wide variety
o1 selections drawn from many
‘periods and moods in which man
has recalled the glory and promise
of the Christmas story.

The Chorus at many points sang |
its message so clearly and beauti-’ |
fully, it was as one voice. Especial-

phrase “so that all men ever all
men” in Also Hat Gott by Heinrich
Schutz; also outstanding was “O,
join in the music and carol the
lay” from Joseph Came Seeking a
Resting Place by Ernest Willough-
by.

In contrast to these was the de-
lightfully merry and rather un-
conventional Now Is the Time of
Christymas by Arnold Bax, a fif-
teenth century carol sung by the
Haverford College Glee Club with
flute and piano. The Austrian Shep-
herds’ Christmas Song should be
mentioned for its Chorus and solo
variation and its intricately love-
ly accompaniment, The use of solo
and chorus in the question-answer
carol I Saw Three Ships was un-
usually well done.

A second Schutz offering, inate
for Christmas, was outstanding, as
sung by the Bryn Mawr College ‘'
Chorus (for its several-voiced har-
mony). Throughout the program
were other such selections: Monte-
verdi’s Hodie Christus Natus Est
and Carol of the Angels by John
Jacob Niles. In the latter, counter-

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Amateur Dramatists To Offer Work
For Criticismilin Playwrights’ Night

Finishing off the holiday season
with a flourish, the Playwriting
course plans to conduct an exper-
imental production of three origin-
al one act plays in Skinner Work-
shop at 8:00 on Saturday, January
9. The three plays, written by
members of the course, are to be
produced very simply.

The purpose of the presentation
is to secure actual audience criti-
cism of both plays and staging.
After each one, a panel discussion
with audience participation will be
conducted by Brookes Cooper and
Ted Shakespeare, both of whom
were highly regarded for their
dramatic work while at Haverford.





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An attempt is being made ‘to: ims...

clude Bryn Mawr alumnae on thé
panel also,

The three plays to be produced
are: Twelve Hours More by Irene - :
Ryan, a drama starring Frank
Flannery, Irene Ryan, and Grey
Struthers; Green Grows the Chlor-- .
ophyll, a comic fantasy by Gwen
Davis, with an unknown but ex- _
perienced cast; and Love Story by ©
Richard Marek, starring Elizabeth
Klupt and George Seigle.

There is no admission charge for

either Bryn Mawr or Haverford
students for what should be an in-
teresting evening.



ly lovely was the repetition of the




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EDITORIAL STAFF
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Science Reporter Barbara Fischer, ‘55
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Funds for Research

Individual research is an accepted and highly desirable
part of the modern professor’s job. Unfortunately, inflation
combined with limited funds has made it impossible for col-
leges and universities to finance this facet of their teaching
staffs’ work. It has become necessary to seek a new source
of support, and government, industry, and foundations are
helping to provide the cash which could otherwise be obtain-
ed only from inordinately large endowment funds.

The government is planning to spend about three hun-
dred million dollars to help colleges and universities this year,
and the Bryn Mawr faculty will share in the receipt of these
funds. In addition, the faculty here has won a proportionally
large share of grants and fellowships from other sources. A
great share of all the awards has gone to the science faculties,
in accordance with the present national trend to subsidize ap-
plied research in the natural sciences.

In the last five years there have been twenty-one grants
to the sciences here, totalling about sixty thousand dollars.
Half of this has come from the federal government: the navy
supports work on chemical reactions, the air force wants to
determine the effects of altitude on disease resistance.

‘The support for the remaining nineteen projects has
come from endowment, foundations, and industry. In the
current year there are four grants to scientists and one each
to the French and anthropology departments.

Fellowships form another source of income. Six have
been awarded to the Bryn Mawr faculty this year and here,
remarkably, the humanities and social sciences lead the
sciences. Four Guggenheims, a Fullbright, and a Ford Foun-
dation fellowship are enabling individual professors to carry
on their work.

. This list of awards means more than the mere support
of ‘esearch. The grants and fellowships are given because
of the merit of the individual professors. Theoretically the
pepe increases a person’s teaching ability and stu-
mts at Bryn Mawr are given the opportunity to learn from
y wiiose abilities are considered worthy by those re-



We ‘on earth, good wil to ll men.”

Be el Stee

Denbigh Trio Proclaims
Fears Concerning
Interviews

To, the Editors:

The report in the December 10
issue of The College News of Mrs.

| Cole’s recent talk on preparation

for job seeking has caused deep
concern as to the adequacy of our
college education in preparing us
for such job interviews.

(Perhaps college life has overly
sheltered us, and we are not ready
to go forth into the cold world of
business, At any rate, we modest-
ly doubt our ability to remain
“poised” and retain the appear-
ance of being “not over-anxious”
while fulfilling the other sugges-
tions of appropriateness of dress:
that is, “wear a hat, little jewelry,
stockings, and shoes, not loafers’.

In brief:

We three sophomores of Denbigh
Hall
Would like to know if that is all?
Sincerely yours,

Ann Fosnocht, ’55
Barbara Bornemann,
Charlotte Busse, ’55

255)



‘Circle’ Review Critics
Request Mention
Of Crew

December 11, 1952
To the Editors:

We would like to call to your
attention that the recent review cf
the Circle was merely a criticism
of the acting ability of the main
characters. In general one expects
more than that to appear in any
dramatic review. Some mention of
the director and an evaluation of
her work would be of interest es-
pecially since in this case she un-
dertook the job on such short
notice. Also in a small cast there
should be some mention of each
character — specifically comments
on the fine performance given by
Ann Donley. Finally we are ac-
customed, but not resigned to the
fact that the work of the Produc-
tion staff is ignored. The stage
manager, Coryce Ozanne, and her
assistant. Liz Gordon, certainly de-
serve recognition for their faithful
reproduction of a Georgian home.
This would not have been complete
without the period furniture ob-
tained by Lois Parry. It would
have been helpful, moreover, had
there been some explanation of
that part of the headline which
claimed that the play as a whole
failed. This review was not “utter-
ly, utterly, utterly detestable”, but
we feel it should have been more
inclusive.

Sincerely yours,
Josephine Case, ’54
Isabelle Coll, ’54
~Cary Richmond, ’54
Phyllis Tilson, ’54



LETTERS

Mr. Thon Recommends
Changing Speech
Requirement

Editor, College News:

In order to secure clarification
regarding the College Speech Re-
quirement, on November 6 I sent
the following proposal to the Fac-
ulty Curriculum Committee as a
focus for discussion:

That the College Speech Re-
quirement be met by each fresh-
man having an _interview-test
with the professor at the begin-
ning of the year, to be followed
by remedial work (in conference,
without credit) for those needing
it. ‘For those desiring further in-
struction, an elective course in

Public Speaking (one semester,
half-unit credit).

Sincerely yours,
Frederick Thon

Rusty Gordon Reviews
Problems of “Going
To College”

The following poem was inspir-
ed by a Bard’s Eye View by Joan
Havens published a few weeks
ago:

Methinks the Bard Hath Jaundiced
Eye
“To assimilate knowledge”. I beg
to differ!
At the thought my arteries seem
to get stiffer. ;

The hours I’m keeping are really
' fantastic,

My mental and physical state is
quite drastic.

Catullus, Being, Non-
Being,

(Les Yeux sont intactes but sans
power for seeing.

Erasmus,

I live for the weekends—and what
dol find? |

Sunday night comes so fast and it’s
back to the grind.

The social whirl is simply grand:
“Will you play Bridge?” “Well
just one hand”,

And so it goes—this quest for

knowledge.
Outsiders call it “going to college”.
Rusty ‘Gordon ’56

INCIDENTALLY

One naive Rock freshman last
weekend asked the hall president,
“How much do permission-givers
get paid?”

* * *

The other day a hall manager
asked a sophomore, “Have you
done anything about Christmas
dinner yet?” Astonished, the soph-
omore replied, “No, do I have to
order it?”



ings of Christian men.

ly we think man is.

The Idea of Christmas

Christmas is not only a day, it is an idea—an idea which
grows with the years and which embodies the ideal feel-
The happy solemnity which accom-
panies the reading of The Christmas Story, the festive gaiety
that comes from trimming the tree, and the feeling of love
which giving and receiving evokes are all part of what ideal-

It is very hard today with the clash of ideologies that

seems to be splitting the world to believe that all men are
basically the same and that they naturally all hold the same
concepts of right and justice. If we are to uphold the Yule-
tide spirit, however, we must accept all men as brothers and
think that views which seem contrary to the idea of Christ-
mas are only distortions of the truth caused by the chaotic
conditions of the world.



Accepting this, we can then sing with satin ny “Peace

‘



Sanford Lectures
About Personality

especially contributed
by Anne Appell, ’53

On Thursday, December 5, Dr.
R. Nevitt Sanford, Director of the
Mary Conover Mellon Foundation
at Vassar College and Associate
Director of the Institute of. Per-.
sonality Assessment and Research,
Spoke on “Masculinity, Pemingty
and Authoritarianism.”

Dr. Sanford reported that in the
subjects studied by the Berkeley
Public Opinion Study, a correla- |
tion was found between high scores |
on ethnocentricism and denial of
feminine tendencies in the men and
of masculine tendencies ‘in the
women. Highly prejudiced men
tended to deny all femininity in
themselves and to overcompensate
by adopting ultramasculine pat-
terns of behavior, ;

In high scoring women, preju-
dice was the result of projecting
into minority groups the undesir-
able and inferior qualities which
they felt were attributed to them
as women. These women appear-
ed, typically, to be extremely sub-
missive but were actually repress-
ing desires to dominate, i. e., adopt
the masculine role. These two
‘types often attract each other but
are doomed to mutual disappoint-
ment when each discovers what
underlies the behavior of the oth-
er.

Dr. Sanford pointed out that in-
dividuals who scored high on eth-
nocentricism tended to regard the
opposite sex in essentially the
same manner as they did minority

;+| groups. The opposite sex was

yooked upon as a totally different,
i. e. inferior, species, to which it
was virtually impossible to relate.
High scorers tended to be manip-
ulative and somewhat fearful in
their attitudes towards the oppo-
site sex.

In a study conducted under Dr.
Sanford’s direction, a number of
male graduate students were test-
ed on Masculinity-femininity at
the verbal and performance level.
The result was that high scores in
masculinity at the verbal level,
combined with high scores in fem-
ininity at the performance level,
correlated with low rating on
originality, general personality
soundness and professional prom-
ise made by clinicians and the stu-
dents’ professors. On the other
hand, high scores in femininity at
the verbal level, combined with
high scores in masculinity at the
performance level, correlated with
high ratings on the above by the
clinicians and professors.

‘Dr. Sanford expressed the opin-
ion that the college girl should
recognize the existence of conflict-
ing masculine and feminine ten-
dencies in herself, and, ideally,
reconcile and combine them in the
way most conducive to personality
growth and a satisfactory adjust-
ment to life.

Faculty Guests Enliven
Yuletide Hall Banquets

Continued from Page 1

classes take part, will be an adap-
tation of “Amahl and the Night
Visitors”, directed by Marcia
Storch ’55. Nancy Ludwig ’53,
will introduce the faculty guests
at dinner. They include Mr. and
Mrs. Sprague, Mr. and Mrs. Hub-
bard, and Mr. and Mrs. Goodale.
The warden and the hall president,
as well as the faculty guests will
make “witty” speeches.

Rhoads will present Christmas
gifts to their guests in return for
speeches from them. Kathy Rod-
gers, 55 and Eleanor Levitan, ’55
will preside and the guests will be
Mr. and Mrs. Michels; Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Ber-
Ty, and Mr. and Mrs. Bernheimer. |

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Wednesday, December 17, 1952

TRE COLLEGE NEWS

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College To Grant
‘D7 Fifty Awards

Fifty scholarships will be award-
ea by Bryn Mawr to freshmen ox
Oucsvanding ability tor the year
1953-54, ‘Lhe college grants tnese
scholarships in an elmort to see
tnat young women of promise who
wish to attend Bryn Mawr are not
prevented from doing so through
iack ot funds. /

‘rhe svar will range from
$20U to $1650 and will be awardea
on the basis of need ot financial as-
sistance, excellence of tour-year
school record; evidence of cnar-
acter, maturity, and interests; and
pertormance on Scholastic Apti-
tude and Achievement Tests ot the
College Entrance Examination
board.

Alumnae of Bryn Mawr will give
a tuition scholarship of $700 in
each of eight districts of the
United States. ln some regions
more than one tuition scholarship
is granted as well as other smail-
er scholarships.

Bryn Mawr College awards
scholarships to students in any
part of ‘tne United States. The
foundation Scholarship of $700 is
awarded to a member of the So-
ciety of Friends. The Lillia Bab-
bitt Hyde Foundation Scholarships
in Science and Pre-Medical Studies
of $700 will be awarded. In addi-
tion there are ten Entrance Schol-
arships ranging from $200 to $700
and The Alice Day Jackson Schol-
arship of $400.

The College also awards schol-
arships to students in particular
locations. In the Philadelphia area,
four Trustees’ Scholarships, $700
each, are granted. The Frances
Marion Simpson Scholarship of
$700 is also awarded.

In New England, The Clara Ber-
tram Little Scholarship of $400
and the Susan Walker Fitzgerald
Scholarship ranging from $100 to
$700 are granted.

The Louise Hyman Pollak Schol-
arship, $700, is granted with pref-
erence given to a resident of Cin-

The Amy Sussman Steinhart

Scholarship, $400, will be given to
a student from the West Coast.
‘The Seven College Conference
will also grant National Scholar-
ships to students in three regions:
the Middle West, including Kansas,
Missouri, and Nebraska; _ the
South, including Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas; and
the West, California, Oregon, and
Washington.

Harvard Thespians
Invade Bryn Mawr

This year, for its 105th thespian
venture, the Hasty Pudding Club of
Harvard University has removed
itself to the Great Southwest,
home of the sagebrush, plug tobac-
co, and drug store cowboys. All
these elements, plus oil and a band
of Indians who wouldn’t move even
for Custer’s grandson, are com
bined into a show which will titil-
late your eyesight at the same
time it crushes your funny-bone.
The title is Strike While It’s Hot,
something which every self-re-
specting profiteeer will do.

The sparkling personalities, lo-
cal color, carefree dancing, and
sprightly tunes, which make up
Strike While It’s Hot will pervade
Goodhart auditorium on Monday
evening, December 22, when the
Hasty Pudding Theatricals bring
their production to Bryn Mawr.

Checks for tickets ($5.00) are
payable to “Harvard Club of Phil-
adelphia” and should be mailed to
Mrs. S. Powel Griffitts, Secretary;
8503 Germantown Avenue, Phila-

ee



delphia 18, Pennsylvania.









by mee Davis,

Mary Borden has written a \sur-
prising and troubling book in You,
The Jury, the story of an unusual
man’s own peculiar battle in the
modern world of twentieth century
England. The story is told by
Lady Barbara Patche, the sophis-
ticated well-adjusted daughter of
the Earl of Greymouth, and at
first it just seems to be a tale of
her and her younger brother,
Francis, a pale boy who could not
live up to the great tradition of
his family.

The first sentence, however, is
a hint of what is to come: “We
grew up together”. The “we” does
not refer to Barbara and Francis
but to Barbara and Martin Merrie-
dew, the oldest son of the village
doctor. Martin and Francis soon
became the closest of friends and
Barbara began to find out strange
things about him: for example,

Sports

by Mary Jane Chubbuck, °55
“A nice squad with lots of work
to do and the willingness to do it,”
said Miss Janet Yeager about this



year’s swimming team, The squad, |.

largely made up of freshmen, has
great spirit and interest, and is
doing very well. Work is needed
on front crawl, back crawl, and
diving. “A good thing,” Miss
Yeager says, is the absence of any
outstanding “stars” on the squad.
Everyone has to work hard, they
don’t depend on one person.
Chances are good for a fine
showing. Miss Yeager has an-
other hope for this year; that
some new records will be made,
especially the backcrawl time. All
the old records except the back-
crawl (made in 1944 by Ty Walk-
er), have been broken in the last
four or five years, and now the
squad has new fields to conquer.
So everyone go down and cheer
the teams on! Cheer so hard that
they'll break and make record
after record. There will be four
home meets this year to which
everyone is cordially invited. In
between races, in the middle of the
meets, the Syncronized Swimming
Club will entertain the spectators.
The squad is as follows: Brad-
ley, Bikerman, Ewer, Fain, Fair,
Gustafson, Harwood, Hickox, Hob-
son, Hunt, King, Lebo, J. McElroy,
P. McElroy (Manager), Mudd, Mur-
mann, Osma, Sands, Stehli (Cap-
tain), Vare, Tepper, M. Schwab,
Siegel, Oatfield, Blohm, Kuchai,
Stearns, Stillman, Williams (As-
sistant Manager). :



meviewer rinas mary poruen’s lNovel
Presents Personal Trial To Audience

and befriend the Germans; the





"4

when he had been beaten up by
the town bully he had raised no
hand in his own defense, and he
was certainly no coward, or when
he was ten years old he tried to
teach Gus, a mute half-wit to
speak, but in vain.

After completing her schooling,
Lady Barbara spent several years
abroad, marrying on her return a
lawyer destined to a _ successful
career, and not returning to live
in the house at Crabbe with her
mother and brother, In spite of
the opposition of Francis’ family,
he remained inseparable from Mar-
tin and the two harbored schemes
of starting ideal communities to-
gether. Martin studied medicine
and practised in a clinic built
mostly with Francis’ money.

Then suddenly one night the
young doctor disappeared without
any provision for his mother, sis-
ter and brothers who were depend-
ent on him. Francis fell into a
raging fever, muttering in his
sleep, “Martin, listen. ‘Martin,
wait! You didn’t give me enough
time. I didn’t know you were go-
ing so soon! If I had more time
.. ”. ' Barbara stayed with him
for several days, long enough to
find out that Teresa Larnigan, an
attractive prostitute of the town,
had been very much in love with
Martin and had been sure that he
could save her, and then the
lawyer’s wife returned to Charles
and her children.

Years passed, and it is 1945 when
Lady Barbara’s husband tells her
from behind his morning paper
that Martin Merriedew, Red Cross
ambulance driver, has been indict-
ed for treason for inciting His
Majesty’s forces in Italy to mutiny
on Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day, 1944. By an ironic sequence
of chances Martin comes up before
Charles, now a judge dedicated to
upholding British law.

From here on the story is of
the trial that Barbara watches with
horrible fascination, feeling her-
self obligated to look at the silent
man in the prisoner’s box. The
facts accumulate rapidly: the evi-
dence of his associates that he
loved the German sick equally with
the English wounded and had pre-
pared to give four pints of his own
blood at one time to save two dy-
ing men, one German, one English;
the story of eye witnesses of his
calling upon the men in the can-
teen Christmas Eve to lay down
their arms, walk across the lines

Students Aavoad

Family Life Highlights
Phipps’ Summer

In France
by Anne Phipps, 54

This year there are eighty-six
students in the Sweet Briar Jun-
ior year program. On the Maure-
tania, which brought most of us to
France, we were given a series of
lectures on how to be good am-
bassadors. I don’t know if the
State Department would approve,
but we were advised as follows:
call a lady Madame, never Made-
moiselle; shake hands all around
when entering or leaving a room;
eat slowly and calmly (“le quick-
lunch n’existe pas en France’);
and always spoon your soup to-
wards you.

We spent our first six weeks in
Tours. I had been there once be-

Continued on Page 4, Col. 3

Santa Brings Hope
To Frantic College

by Claire Robinson, ’54

“Delighted, delighted,” he said,
stroking his beard. “Certainly I’m
just as much in evidence here as
anywhere else. Funny thing,
though, is that several young wom-
en have asked me where I picked
up the neatsy-keen (that’s quoting
them, you know) stocking cap.
Now, I ask you!”

Poor Mr. Claus seemed quite dis-
turbed about this collegiate allu-
sion to his mode of dress, but as-
suring them that this was modern
parlance, we managed to continue
with the interview.

“Well, visiting classes has been
quite interesting. I wandered into
History of Art, and somebody took
one look and screamed ‘My God—
just like a Picasso modern!’ It took
me the longest time to extricate
myself from the throng—really
caused a riot.”

“The best fun along those lines,
though,” he added, “was the Re-
cent Metaphysics seminar. Three
young ladies took one look, and to-
gether they chorused ‘He must be
transcendental’,”’

Santa adds that most Bryn
Mawrtyrs have unusual Christmas
requests—things like automatic
Oral-passers, a machine that foot-
notes, independent of student ef-
fort, and best of all, a 100 watt
light bulb that reduces to 25 with-
in a fifty-yard radius of Wardens.

“The nicest thing, though,” he
added thoughtfully, “is that almost
everybody believes in me—one way
or another. And even if they don’t
—they’re all polite and rather



Continued-on Page 4; Col. 2





NSA Finds Gifts
Lor Co-op Drices

We'll bet that the gift you’d ap-
preciate most (next to having that
long paper all done) is that of
having Christmas gifts available
at one centrally located place, and
most important, below retail
prices. The Exhibitor’s House Co-
operative Association “at 1010
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, is the
place where you can buy every-
thing—and we mean Everything.
Gasoline, appliances, clothing,
jewelry, cameras and_ supplies,
silverware, slip covers — every-
thing. Because you are a student,
NSA has made it possible for you
.o benetit from Co-op low prices:
45 19 380% deductions from retail
prices. Just go into the Exhibitor’s
douse Co-operative Association
and establish your identity as a
oryn Mawr student, and this eco-
uomical road to a most bountiful
vhristmas is open to you.

For more complete information
2D available articles and exact re-
Y.uctions, see the Exhibitors’ House
.tImes newspaper on the NSA
able (in old reserve room) in the
a brary.

SDA Group Studies
Controversial Act

The controversial McCarran Act
concerned §.D.A. members at a de-
bate Monday afternoon, December
8. For the sake of argument, Eve-
lyn Jones took the defensive, sup-
porting the act, and Frances Ko-
witt presented the opposition to
the measure. In outlining the bill,
the two girls discussed the regis-
tration of Communist front organ-
izations, the new immigration re-
strictions, and the deportation of
aliens whose political athliations
are questionable.

Defending the MoCarran Act,
Evelyn Jones insisted that Com-
munism is our greatest threat na-
tionally and internationally. Re-
strictive measures are necessary
to enable Democracy to function
well both politically and education-
ally. People believing in Democ-
racy, not Communism, must be
chosen to work in our government
and teach in our schools if the
democratic system is to be carried
out effectively. Deportation is ad-
visable for totalitarians because
many people are exposed to their
ideas. The bill insures the future
stability of Democracy, because
the government can survive only
if it has taken positive measures
to secure its position.

Taking the opposing stand,
Frances Kowitt illustrated how the
McCarran Act is both impractical
as well as unconstitutional. It
limits the freedom of individuals
and organizations in requiring
workers to register their political
affiliations and certain supposedly
“leftist” organizations to submit
a record of their finances. These
organizations are also required to
label their mail, radio, and televis-
ion publicity, not allowing people
to regard their opinions without
prejudging them. Because the At-
torney General makes the final de-
cision in judging whether an or-
ganization is communistic, there is
opportunity for arbitrary judg-
ment upon liberal democratic
groups as well as communistic
ones. In restricting immigration
according to totalitarian tenden-
cies, the government presupposes
beliefs which the aliens may not
hold.

On Human Rights Day, Wednes-
day, December 10, S.D.A. spon-
sored a film commemorating the
work of the United Nations Hu-
man Rights Commission. The





movie showed the need for an in-
ternational organization to recog-
nize and help to fill the common

‘gentle—and that’s what counts.” | needs of people all over the world.






THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, December 17, 1952



Expert on Soviet Policy

Visits Bryn Mawr, Jan. 7
Continued from Page 1

ceding this expedition, he took a
welder’s course in preparation, and

then worked as a welder and chem-
ist at the Siberian industrial cen-
ter of Magnitogorsk. He married a
Russian girl there and spent sev-
eral years in Moscow as a corres-
pondent for the London News

Chronicle and the French news!

agency Havas.
A series of articles which Mr.

Scott ‘wrote in 1941 about the
growing friction between Hitler



Monday, January 5, 5 p. m. is

the deadline for original one-act
plays to be submitted in com-
petition for the Theresa Hel-
birn Playwriting Award of $50.
Scripts should be sent to Mr.
Thon.







and Stalin caused him to be thrown
out of the Soviet Union. Back in
the United States in 1942, he wrote
two books, Behind the Urals and
Duel for Europe. Another book
which he wrote later is entitled

Europe in Revolution. John Scott

became Time’s wartime correspon-
dent in Stockholm not long after
his first return. He is currently
working on a book about political
warfare.





Walter Cook

WATCHES REPAIRED

JEWELRY

‘1am who I am’ Prisoner
Testifies in Tense Court
Continued from Page 3

testimony of Teresa Larnigan that
“TI could lie and I would lie, but he
will not. He is the truth.”

_ This was the man on trial for

ous crimes a man can commit,
| aiding the enemy in time of war.
He was “a firebrand who set fire
to nothing, a rebel who launched
no rebellion, a leader of men with
but one follower to stand by him
in the dock ...” This is the man
who said, “I am not guilty of
treachery. I am who I am”, the
man who answered Charles’ state-
ment that people are not crucified
these days with “No; you would be
less merciful and declare me in-
sane. Nevertheless—and this is
the truth — today a_ thousand
Christs would not be enough.”
Mary Borden has written a stir-
ring novel that may well upset her
readers in this present day of dis-





Hurry up, it’s getting late

Don’t forget those who
really rate.

Gifts and cards, we have
for all

So come to
DINAH FROST'S
And make your haul.



his life for one of the most atroci-

Zi

French Family Inspires Educational Discussion | ‘
Ai Sipnlemelt 26 Format Clossroom-Tectives Rare Books Give

Continued from Page 3

fore, for a few days, and had seen
the ornamented gothic Cathedral,
the bombed-out blocks, the tem-
porary shops set up along the side-
walks, but I had never suspected
how much I would get to love the
quiet provincial city, with its
rushing subterranean current of
learning and faith.

There were twenty-six hours of
classes a week, with almost no
homework. The schedule was hap-
hazard. Much of the work was
dull, but not all of it. M. Pierre
Verdier gave an electrifying series
of conferences, on dadaism and
surrealism.

For me, however, learning cen-
tered less in school than at home.
I lived with a warmhearted and
fascinating family. There were
three small blond children, who
seemed to live half in fairyland,
half in formality. The father was
a surgeon, the mother a pediatri-
cian; they knew not only about med-



trust, hatred, aggression, and war-
fare. Her trial comes very close
to the audience as they find them-
selves asking questions that may
prove disturbing, as they find
themselves the jury placing Martin
Merriedew on trial for his life.

icine but about literature, music,

philosophy, and even ancient Sicil- |
They lent books to my |

ian coins,
roommate and to me, and cajoled
us into discussing what we had
read. At meals everyone talked
continuously, averaging perhaps
seventy words per lettuce leaf. M.
Verdier came to dinner, as did
l’Abbe Froger, the organist of the
Cathedral. Life was lived with in-
tense curiosity, a desire to test the
depth of every thought. The fam-
ily nourished itself not only on
well-spooned soup, but on well-
expressed ideas, and most of all
on a strong, mystical, not always
orthodox Christianity.







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revised edition. Passages have
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Irving, and others. Among the
pictures are reproductions of Gior-
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Wednesday, December 17, 1952

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



U. S. Foreign Policy’
Concerns Students

The (Fourth Annual Student
Conference on ‘United States Af-
fairs (SCUSA) was held at the
U. S. Military Academy, ‘West
Point, New York. From Wednes-
day, December 8, through Satur-
day, December 6, representatives
of fifty-one leading colleges and
universities participated, some hav-
ing come more than a thousand
miles to attend. Among those
present were Jirina Hrazdilova
and Patricia Price from Bryn
Mawr College, who contributed
materially to the proceedings at
the Academy.

The mission of SCUSA is ca
fold:

(1) To explore a problem in
the field of U. S. Foreign Policy,

(2) To test the instructional
value of a conference program
at the undergraduate level,

(3) To broaden students’ con-
tacts with their collegiate con-
temporaries in an academic en-
deavor.

SOUSA is sponsored by the Car-
negie Corporation of New York
and the Debate Council and Forum
of the Military Academy, using
non-government funds.’ Adminis-
trative details of the conference
were handled by cadets under the
supervision of Lt. Colonel H. G.
Turner of the Department of So-
cial Sciences. Prominent educators
have declared that it is an ex-
tremely worthwhile endeavor, and
students who participated, both
this year and in the past, have
stated that it was a memorable oc-
casion during which they learned
a great deal.

Full Schedule

Students attending the confer-
ence found that their schedule was
quite full. Interspersed with the
speeches and discussions were
tours of West Point, visits to ca-
det classes, and other opportuni-
ties to learn more about the insti-
tution which provides officers for
the Regular Army. Male conferees
and faculty advisors ate with the
Corps of Cadets in Washington |
Hall, while their female counter-
parts took their meals at the Of-
ficer’s Club. All participants in
the conference were invited to the
formal Cadet Dance Saturday eve-
ning in Cullum Hall. These infor-
mal contacts with cadet activities
and the functioning of the Acad-
emy were designed to fulfill an un-
official mission of SCUSA, to fur-
ther understanding between civil-
ian and military leaders of the fu-
ture.

Topic

The topic this year was “A U.S.
Policy Against Soviet Commun-
ism,” which was broken down into
the political, economic, moral-psy-
chological, and military aspects as
subjects for student discussion.
Students were formed into round-
table groups which met twice a
day for two-hour periods to dis-
cuss the subtopics. On Wednesday
night, after registering, the dele-
gates were welcomed by Major-
General Frederick A. Irving, Su-
perintendent of the Academy, fol-
lowing which the conference was
keynoted with addresses by Lt.
General Lyman L. Lenmitzer, Dep-
uty Chief of Staff for Plans and
Research, and Dr. Hardy S.
Dillard, Professor of Law at the
University of Virginia.

Friday night, at an informal ban-
quet, Mr. Edwin M. Wright, of the
State Department delivered an ad-
dress to the assembled delegates.
The final Plenary Session was held
on Saturday’ afternoon, at which
the conclusions reached by the stu-
dents giring the past three days of
discussion were presented. This
year, as in the past, all who ob-
served and participated agreed
that the conference had achieved
its ends more than satisfactorily.





positions are located

Agencies Examine Lisping Wall Makes
Student Trainees |For Tragical Mirth

The Civil Service Commission

has announced an examination for
Student Aid Trainee paying $2,950

Most of the
in various
Federal agencies in Washington,
D. C., and vicinity.

The examination is open. to col-
lege sophomores and juniors ma-

and $3,175 a year.

joring in the fields of chemistry,

physics, mathematics, metallurgy,
meteorology, and various branches
of engineering.

Appointments will be for employ-
ment during school vacation or for
periods of employment of students
in cooperative courses. Applicants
must have completed appropriate
college study; a written test will
be given. Students who expect to
complete the required study by
June 30, 1953 may apply. Appli-
cations will be accepted until fur-
ther notice.

Full information regarding the
training program and the require-
ments for applying are available
at most first- and second-class post
offices, and at the U.S. Civil Serv-
ice Commission, ‘Washington 25,
D. C.

Christmas Tale, Cantata
Highlight Carol Program
Continued from Page 1

point and repetition was very ef-
tectively carried through.

The final presentation of the
Mixed Chorus was Johann Sebas-
tian Bach’s Cantata 62: Nun
Komm, der Heiden Heiland. Di-
rectly following Dr. Mutch’s read-
ing of the Christmas story, this
was the climax of the musical
program due to the precise atten-

tion to the demands and detailed
construction of Bach’s choral
music.

Unusual Touch

Three selections, one by each
group and one by the Mixed Cho-
rus added an unusual touch to the
carolling. Shaw’s Christmas,
Prithee, Be Thou Drest offered a
variation in approach both toward
subject matter and toward means
of presentation, the Choruses sing-
ing the verses separately and
joining in on “Gloria in excelsis”.
Notable also was Bryn Mawr’s
rendition of the chorus— “Suyo,
suyo, suyo, su”—to the Flemish A
Lovely One Is He. Haverford
chanted the old Christe Redemptor
Omnium.

The instrumental selections by
the Brass Ensemble and the Hav-
erford Trio completed the pro-
gram. As always, the audience
joined in this year to sing three
traditional carols.

Both colleges carried on their
tradition of good singing in what
Dr. Mutch referred to as now both
a “college and community carol
service.”



The International Relations
Club is happy to announce the
following elections:

Suzy Habashy, ’54: vRegre:
ident.

Anne Mazick, ’55: secretary-
treasurer.

Charlotte Smith, 55: public-
ity chairman.







SOUSA stands today as visible
proof that students of institutions
of higher learning all over the
country recognize our nation’s
problems while preparing to meet
their responsibilities in the ever-
changing world of the present.

‘auu presenveu tne
(éceme OL young ryramus and his



by Joyce Annan, ’os

aacraiueu vy a rapid roli on the
uruill, Luc Goraauate Lenver Piay-
Cid ilvaaed all tne Naus last nignt
“vedious brief

auve ‘Luusby; very vragical mirth”
suuceus ‘Lhe audience uoved it all
—trom the mock heroics of Pyra-
mus wo ‘thisby’s lovely burlap
ialds and ,Wall’s inimitable lisp.
ouakespeare’s “play within the
piay” irom A Miasummer Nights’
wream 1s trequently presented, but
selaom with the skill and imagin-
avon displayed in this pertorm-
ance. Costumes, music, dancing,
and much clever byplay all added
vo the comic atmosphere; even the
inevitable slips of the tongue were
capitalized on by the players.

‘ine rrologue spoke her lines
mantully and proclaimed how Py-

ramus bravely broach’d his boiling |

bloody breast “with bloody blame-
ful blade.” Wall lithped her lines
in a most delightful manner and
moonshine equipped with lanthorn,
thornbush, and dog, shed much
light on Pyramus’s passion. The
lion with her mop-like mane was
“a very gentle beast, and of a
good conscience.”

’Twas the night fore vacation

Bard’s Eye View

by Elizabeth Davis, ’54

and all through Sein Mawr

Every creature was stirring ’neath the cold wintry star.
The warmly clad seniors carolled in the night air
Their faces reflected in their lanterns’ red glare.

The Christmas trees warmed the hall with their green

Tinsel and stars, not books, could be seen.
The turkey was eaten, the tables were cleared
Indigestion, not tests,,was the thing to be feared.

They wrapped up their presents and shampooed their hair,
Put their Shakespeare into their luggage with care.
They sang a few songs, then fell into bed

‘While dreams of gaiety danced in their head.

When all were asleep, not a sound to be heard

Came the sound of hoofbeats, a

thundering herd!

’Twas eight tiny reindeer who landed on Park
And their jolly old driver emerged from the daik.

“To Radnor”, he cried, “then onward to Pem
We mustn’t forget the Philosophy Sem.”

“Merry Christmas to all and to

He sprinkled his blessings, then leapt into flight,

all a good night.”



Poor Acting, Mediocre Staging Cause

Weak Performance

“The Intruder”, playing at the
Locust Theatre, might be well-met
if it were an amateur production.
But as professional entertainment,



Indeed, all the actors played

their parts admirably; the king!
was kingly, the queen properly |

bored, and the courtiers witty at
the expense of all the others. This-
by was particularly good; she
made the most of her lines, espec-
ially her “Asleep, my love?” when
she discovered Pyramus’s body.

it suffers from a poor plot, medi-
ocre, ineffective staging, and un-
polished acting.

The plot, revolving around the
Oedipus idea, could be engrossing,
but Edwin Bronner’s treatment of
it makes it confused and unexcit-
ing. The play deals with the feel-



The play ended with a Bergo-
mask dance accompanied by two

players on recorders and the Pro- |father (Eddie Dowling).

logue’s assiduous counting out of
the time. Again Wall and Thisby

attracted much applause for they)

pranced and bowed with great ab-
andon.

All in all, the Graduate Center’s
play was “very notably discharg’d”.
Director Mary Jane Downs and all
the graduate students who took
part deserve hearty praise for
their contribution to the Christmas
festivities.

Students Create
Valuable Summer

The Experiment in International
Living was founded in 1982 by
Donald B. Watt. It is a non-profit,
non-sectarian, educational organi-
zation of which Gordon Boyce is
the director. The purpose is to

build up in. various countries |

groups of people who are inter-
ested in promoting mutual under-
standing and respect between their
own and other lands.

Although managed by an ex-
perienced staff of over twenty, it
is run for its members. The Ex-
periment profits by the comments
and criticisms of each year’s mem-
bers in making improvements for
the succeeding year. Therefore,
by increasing the effectiveness of
the Experiment and by continuing
friendships made abroad, Experi-
menters make their contribution
— bridging the gap between

ions and changing false impres-
sions that have long divided the
peoples of the world.

Normally groups of five men
and five women live in the same
town for the first four weeks of
the summer as members of sepa-
rate families, where there are
young people of their own age. In
this unique way Experimenters are
confronted with the challenge of
turning “foreigners” into friends.
Making real friends abroad de-
mands maturity, self-control, and
the ability to express oneself —
basic requirements for adaptation
to new and different customs and
national attitudes.

Hours: 10:30 a. m. to 9 p. m. daily;

ings of a teenager, Allison, (Mar-
garet O’Brien) for ther doctor
After
years of secluded life with Allison
and her blind grandmother in a
mansion overlooking a deep ravine,
father brings home a new wife
(Julie Haydon). ‘To add to the
complications, wife Catherine has

just recovered from a “nervous
breakdown”. Allison’s. twisted
mind goes to work; she drives

Catherine away in a state of near-
insane hysteria, allows her grand-
mother (Anne Shoemaker) to walk
off the balcony into the ravine, and
ends by threatening to jump off
herself when Catherine returns.
The traditional happy ending finds
Robert and Catherine leading her
by the hand back into the happy
family fold.



T. Meehan Depicts
Scenes of Baseball

The Philadelphia Art Alliance—
not a long hair institution—is hap-
py to announce it has succeeded in
marrying baseball to the fine arts,
probably the last subjects you'd
expect to be tied up together.

Though a strange marriage, it’s
a very happy one: the Art Alliance
reports, and the public is invited to
see the “offspring”.

The “offspring” is a series of oil
paintings by Tom Meehan, youth-
ful Philadelphia artist, on the
Phillies—individual players, action
scenes, the dugout, dressing room,
press box, and various locations at
Shibe Park. With oils, brush and
canvas (and a generous season
pass from the Phillies) Meehan has
recorded a complete Philadelphia
‘National League season for art
and baseball fans.

Meehan’s Phillies paintings will
be on public view from December
11 through January 4. As far as
anyone can find out, it’s the first
time a one-man show has ever
been devoted exclusively to base-
ball.

The Art Alliance galleries, 251
S. 18th Street, are always free.

1 to 6 p. m. Sunday. The galleries

Of “The Intruder”

by Kay Sherman, ’54

Although the plot is a handicap,
the script lines add nothing to
remedy it. The action is intoler-
ably slow at the beginning, involv-
ing odd bits of chit-chat obviously
included to let the audience in on
the past history of the family.
Later lines such as “if that dress
were any lower, you’d be bare-
foot” were not only out ox place in
a “thriller” as the program cails i,v
but are time-tried and worn.

Throughout the play one was
conscious of offstage hands push-
ing light switches, as parts of the
room were spotlighted for effevt.
mucn changes in lighting should be
subile, but they were only too ap-
parent, adding to the amateurish
vone of tne entire production,

Cast in Review

Margaret. O’Brien showed sparks
of fire and talent, but was unable
to keep up a high pitch of intens-
ity. Maturity may develop her
serious acting ability. Julie Hay-
don, as Catherine, improved great-
ly as the play progressed. Al-
though in her initial attempt to
portray a new bride, ill at ease in
her surroundings, she gave one the
impression that she was quite
frightened at finding herself on
the stage, before an audience, her
more passionate scenes were well-
done. Anne Shoemaker was a

properly kind and motherly grand-
mother, and managed her blind,
half-sure gropings about the stage
exceptionally well . Eddie Dowling
was a well-bewildered husband and
father, but mouthed his more ten-
der lines, as if embarrassed to say
them in public.

“The Intruder” needs much to
make it a success on Broadway.
The failings of plot and script can
be made the best of to make it en-
joyable. However, if acting and
staging are not improved, it had
best remain away from the Great
White Way.



College Discusses Plans
Of Official Parents’ Day
Continued from Page 1

ent plans for that day.

Meanwhile, when home on
Christmas vacation, discuss the
idea with your parents and ask
them to save that weekend. Any
suggestions will be appreciated.
Bryn Mawr wants to be host to
your parents so they have an op-





Continued on Page 6, Col. 1



will be closed Christmas and New
Year’s Day. :



portunity to participate with us in

’ college life.














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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, December 17, 1952



Qualified Students to Exchange Experiences
Through the Experiment in Foreign Living

Continued from Page 5

Each group is assigned a train-
ed leader who serves as a friend
and advisor in helping Experi-
menters understand another cul-
ture. During the second half of
the summer the American invites
his student host to accompany the
group on a camping or bicycling
trip to other parts of the country.
In this bi-national group, the Ex-
perimenter’s attitude and perspec-
tive are further broadened as he
continues to see the country he is
visiting from the inside.

Age and Qualifications

Candidates must be between 16
and 30 years of age and should
have the following qualification}
(1) a sincere interest in working
for international understanding;
(2) where there is a language re-
quirement, at least two years
study of that language; (3) good
academic record, (4) participation
in extra-curricular activities; (5)
experience in outdoor living; (6)
constructive interests.

Candidates are chosen only on
their personal merit based on (1)
their qualifications; (2) recommen-
dations from professors, employ-
ers, or camp directors; (3) the re-
sult of interviews with Experi-
menters.



Applications may be secured
from an Experiment Representa-
tive or The Admissions Depart-
ment, The Experiment in Interna-
tional Living. Each application
must be accompanied by a $25 fee
in order to be processed.

Since the demand for group
membership is great, candidates
should submit applications to the
Putney Office before February 1,
1953 to insure placement in the
group of their choice.

Because Experimenters live with
families and travel under the aus-
pices of a non-profit organization,
they can have an unusually com-
prehensive summer abroad at less
expense than would be likely if
they went alone. In 1952 ship
fares averaged $310 round trip. If
exchange rates, transportation
charges, and other costs approxi-
mate those of 1952, estimated Eu-
ropean group fees for 1953 will
run from $690 to $760, but are
subject to change,

Group Fees

Group fees include all expenses
outside the United States, with the
exception of personal items. To
avoid emphasizing differences in
financial means among = group

members, whether European or
American, Experimenters are ask-



Krutheimer Relates Art
Of Alberti and Ghiberti

Continued from Page 1

Roman principles of ‘building in
the Renaissance; these he compiled
in his book De Re Aedificatoria.

Mr. Krutheimer is one of the
foremost authorities on the sub-
ject of Medieval Architecture so
that his conclusions will be most
valuable ones. He has published a
complete History of Medieval
Architecture and his most. recent
work was done under the auspices
of the Pontifical Institute and is
called Corpus of Early Christian
Basilicas in Rome. At present Mr,
Krutheimer is writing a book con-
cerning Ghiberti. >

Before coming to New York
University, Mr. Krutheimer was
affiliated with the Universities of
Marlborough and Louisville, and
Vassar College. He will speak to
Bryn Mawr in Goodhart at 8:30 on
the evening of January 12.



ed to limit their spending money.
Many have found $70 to $100 ade-
quate.

Although the Experiment cannot
make large scholarship grants, it
can make a limited number of $100
awards on the basis of general
qualifications and financial need.
In very special cases additional
funds up to $300 are sometimes
loaned.



ENGAGEMENTS
Barbara Townsend, ’52; to Alan
Crawford, Jr.

Suzanne Brody, ’52, to Mortimer
S. Greenberg, M. D.

Jane DuBose, ex-’54, to Charles

Conrad, Jr.

MARRIAGE

Clare Patridge to Jack J. Field-
house.

Clubs Plan Entertaining

International Wassailing

Continued from Page 1
ed a multitude of bright candies
and silver painted walnuts into the
midst of the spectators. Especial-
ly joyous was the sight of the in-
credulous faces of faculty children
as the good things fell from the
sky.

Not satisfied with the pinata,
the Spanish Club also served de-
licious sherbet-ginger ale punch
and guava paste’ on crackers —
much more appetizing than it
sounds.

To finish the evening off was the
French Club’s party at Wyndham,
where everyone sat around (tired
after an evening of party-going)
and sang old familiar carols.

The whole evening seemed de-
lightfully like an international ver-
sion of the old custom of wassail-
ing — but with several new and
merry improvements.





League Sponsors

Tea for Campers

Do you know that you, the stu-
dent body of Bryn Mawr College,
gave $2520.13 to support the Sum-
mer Camp last year? The figure
is large, and you might well be in-
terested in knowing something
about where the money went and
exactly what it does.

‘Why not come to the Christmas

| party which is being given for the

children who attended the Camp
last summer? The party is in the
Common Room this coming Thurs-
day, tomorrow, from 3:45 to 5:30
p. m,

You will be able to talk to the
children and.their parents and to
the counsellors who worked with
them during the six weeks the
Camp was in session.





Wintry weather is here
once more,

The cold bites through
to the core,

So come on to the
HEARTH at four

Get something warm, and
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