Some items in the TriCollege Libraries Digital Collections may be under copyright. Copyright information may be available in the Rights Status field listed in this item record (below). Ultimate responsibility for assessing copyright status and for securing any necessary permission rests exclusively with the user. Please see the Reproductions and Access page for more information.
College news, January 14, 1953
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
Bryn Mawr College (creator)
1953-01-14
serial
Weekly
6 pages
digitized microfilm
North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 39, No. 12
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
https://tripod.brynmawr.edu/permalink/01TRI_INST/26mktb/alma991001620579...
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation.
BMC-News-vol39-no12
Page Four
: THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, January 14, 1953
Students Abroad
France Resents Luxury,
Wealth, Power
Of America
Is the typical American a lazy
young man, chewing gum and
whistling jazz? Or is he a men-
acing soldier?
While I was in Tours, I began
to realize that although many
French people know America well,
either through reading or through
personal experience, a great many
more know America _ chiefly
through two sources—movies and
soldiers.
Our movies in France are the
same as our movies in America,
but here, unfortunately, they have
to be considered realistic. It’s easy
to think the English very witty,
the French very subtle, the Ital-
ians appealingly poor, just from
the few movies exported by each
country. Europe is flooded with our
own exports, most of them about
GMen and fawn-colored conver-
tibles. America looks both rich
and gangsterish.
American Soldiers
The French also know us, with-
out explanatory subtitles, through
our soldiers. Most American sol-
diers aren’t movie heroes. They
have a special quality all their
own. They are omnipresent. You
see them on trains, sitting in re-
served compartments while French-
men stand in the corridors. You
see them, shy and scared, taking
pictures of churches. You see
them, tough and bored, shouting
in restaurants. You see their camp
in the Forest of Chinon, and hear
that all the girls of Chinon have
lost their morals.
Between the movies and the sol-
diers, a kind of mass impression
emerges. In it, Americans are
rich and rough and basically rath-
er unsure of themselves, which
makes them want to appear even
richer and rougher. It’s almost a
joke, the way we reel off billions
of dollars.
But behind the billions is a dark-
er picture, the picture of Ameri-
cans preparing to make France
their battlefield once more. The
French are sick of wars. I met a
grandmother who had iived
through three—1870, 1914, 1939.
She told me how the Germans
came into her town, marching over
the cobblestones. “Ces bottes, ces
bottes ... ”, she said, in a voice
that made me shiver. I talked to
a taxidriver who told me that the
Russians would attack within two
years. He himself didn’t particu-
larly care, as long as he was left
alone. It is not surprising that
our military preparations make
the French angry, or that there
are sloppily-painted signs on walls
and roads, saying RIDGWAY GET
OUT and AMERICA GO HOME.
For the moment, luxury and
power are resented. America is too
wealthy to be liked, and too war-
like to be trusted.
Anne Phipps, ’54
Walter Cook
WATCHES REPAIRED
JEWELRY
plans, which change daily. Tom
spends his days recovering from
the nights before—at the Blue
Bird Bar and Saloon. Mordecai
turns traitor to the alliance and
unionizes the imposed-upon Red-
men, with himself as profiting!
boss, of course; a strike occurs to
the complete annoyance of the Al-
liance, but the latter forces Mor-
decai to terms. ln the last scene
we see our Kedimen as disillusioned
porters, getting their only happi-
ness from pinching the female cli-
entele. Numerous sub-plots weave
in and out of this story, such as
the love interest provided by Su-
san (Edward Bursk), a young
school teacher who ends up as an
eNvervaier av vie Diue oira, the
‘schemes between Chief Mulliga-
tawney (Robert Schwartz) and
DnuMrOck, ana une alraires ae coeur
between Shamrock and Estrellita.
This plot was actually the means
of satirizing American society.
There is the American woman un-
fit for anything but female com-
mittee work. ‘There is the Amer-
ican tycoon who lives in a dream
world and lacks enough organiza-
tion and clear business insight to
make this dream world function.
There is the disillusioned Amieri-
can youth who drinks and gambles
to while away time. There is the
American girl who forsakes her
ideals to snag her man, This sa-
tire is heaped upon humanity with
all the finesse and skill of the
sampoon.
‘ne cast was characterized
by . good acting «ability. If
laurels were given in our modern
age, James O’Neill would certain-
ly receive them for skillful comedy
and a clever interpretation of the
part of Mordecai, with Frederick
waweett and Pirie MacDonald ty-
ing for second place. Maggie,
Emily and Katherine, (played by
Denis Woodfield, John Benedict,
and Charles Robinson respective-
ly) could not have been more com-
ical. Tim Wise’s greatest achieve-
ment was in the vocal line; Ed-
ward Bursk was an attractive
“young lady” though not too con-
vincing an actor, and Robert
Schwartz did as well with his part
as could have been expected.
and because of this, far from inef-
fective. The vivid colors of the
opening scenes found contrast by
the dim blue backdrop of the Blue-
bird—a backdrop appropriately of
gauze which intensified the atmos-
phere of phantasy, while two-di-
mensional cuts of black cardboard
tables and piano. The oil well set
continued this same simplicity with
its painted heap of stones, and the
Sachem Hotel Ballroom ‘was stu-
The sets were far from elaborate
traced with white served as bar,|.
Good Acting Characterizes Musical Satire Cast;
Simple Stage Sets brovide Appropriate Effects
Continued from Page 3
pendous with its “Delight in Dis-
order’, ics uniimished Mavs ana bare
beams. Much credit goes to the
\Stage Manager, William Lindahl,
and all his crew.
The choreography was not as
outstanding. Although Mordecai
was a lithe and supple dancer and
had several good numbers, espec-
lally ‘tue one av cue Biue bird, the
Indian dancers were disorganized
and unpolished. In the vocal num-
bers, little attention was paid to
the interim dancing which seemed
only a filler.
The musical numbers—written
by Blaire Weille—were vast in
quantity but not exceptional in
quality. There was one outstand-
ing voice in the cast—that of
Timothy Wise—and his “Take a
Chance” and “Who Can Tell” were
highlights of the show. “Chink in
My Armor”, sung by Mordecai and
tustreluiva, was a nic because of
their personalities rather than
their ‘voices, Out of the nineteen
songs, only five were deemed wor-
thy of publication. It is only fair
to mentiom that more songs might
have been successful had not the
‘tinny’ quality of the Hasty Pud-
ding Band interfered.
Strike While It’s Hot had many
isolated spots of excellence but the
overall impression was decidedly
amateurish. The Lampoon sense
of humor, however, and the obvi-
ous enthusiasm of those on stage
persuaded the audience to over-
look tlaws and walk out of Goodhart
with appreciation to the Hasty
Pudding—in particular Producer
Herman Krawitz and Director
Donn Fischer—for an evening of
uproarious if at times dubious en-
tertainment.
Don’t Rush at
the Last Minute
Get Your
VALENTINE CARDS
Now
at
STOCKTON
THE PLACE
FOR
FLOWERS
LANCASTER AVE.
BRYN MAWR
Compliments of ©
the
HAVERFORD
PHARMACY
Haverford, Pa.
Hot!
Energy giving!
Appetizing!
Refreshing!
Ty
Hamburger!
MEXICAN
SHOP,
INC.
Now’s the time to
Today's lunch menu got you down?
If you’re scared of getting thin,
Spend some time at the
COLLEGE INN.
lose that frown.
Milton Nahm Analyzes
Isaac Husik’s Thoughts
Continued from Page 3
knew of only as a medium used
in the prayer book, in the Bible
and in Rabbinic law:”
Primarily an historian, Husik
tried to show the import of the
Hebraic (moral and spiritual) and
the Hellenistic (humanist and
rationalist) trends of thought as
the bases for the modern western
tradition. His main contributions
were from his study of Aristotle,
medieval Jewish philosophy, and
the philosophy of law. His most
important contribution to Greek
philosophy was on “The Categories
of Aristotle”, in which he defended
their authenticity. From his study
of Judaism, he was forced to con-
clude, although a devout Jew him-
self, that “in the modern world
Jewish Philosophy is not merely
non-existent, but impossible,” and
that “if self-respecting Jews were
to participate in modern civiliza-
tion, they had frankly to admit to
themselves and to others the limi-
tations of the Jewish philosophy.”
Nahm and Strauss, as well as
explaining Husik’s, philosophy,
tried to show its weaknesses
(mainly concerning his objectivity,
historical evolution, and the idea of
Jewish Philosophy). In the latter,
for example, Husik identifiies his
idea of Jewish Philosophy solely
with the rational and not the mys-
tical aspect.
Husik found common ground
for the Hebraic and Hellenistic tra-
ditions in the study of law. Law is
Sports
Prospects for a good season for
the basketball team are fine, ac-
cording to Miss Joanne Price,
coach. Miss Price, who graduated
from Youngstown College anu
took her master’s degree at the
University of Wisconsin, welcomed
back many of last year’s squad and
some fine new players. As a whole,
the group is fast and has that very
necessary teamwork which makes
a winning team . Besides the new
prospects, the following are re-
turning to play this year: Bea
Merrick, captain, Adele Fox, man-
ager; and G. Gilbert, A. Eristoff,
A. Gurewich, M. Mackall, E. Cad-
wallader, P. Smith, B. Olsen, M.
G. Warren.
The schedule has been in the
News before, but so that you won’t
forget, the first game is with Penn,
at home, February 5, at 4:15 P. M.
Be there to cheer the team on.
logic, tempered, and thus made
practicable, by its consideration
for human actions and institutions.
In fact its roots lie in morality and
custom. Husik sees that man has
in his nature both altruistic and
egoistic tendencies, which corre-
spond to the problem of, the ob-
jective and the subjective. These
two tendencies create a conflict in
us, though as time goes on the al-
truistic sense has become stronger.
From a study of Husik’s philoso-
phy of law, Nahm concludes that
Husik found in his philosophy of
law his answer to his ethical and
theological problems.
Pho
PURE BRAVURA! Our Italian
tie print translated in Corduroy
We see it causing comment —and compliments. Our
corduroy with a Renaissance feeling, a New Whirl ap-
proach via a rondo of unpressed pleats. Complete with
the Cinch, in beige-and-red or gray-and-taupe, 10
to 16. $16.95. Harmonizing brown cotton shirt, 7.95
‘
23 PARKING PLAZA, ARDMORE
4