College news, October 25, 1950

VOL. XLVII, NO. 4

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1950

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1950

PRICE 15 CENTS



BMC Publicity
Plays Big Role,
States Avirett

BMC Must Bridge Gap
Between Reputation
And Reality

Mr. William Avirett, vice-presi-
dent of Colgate and former educa-
tion. editor of the New York Herald
Tribune, spoke about “Public Re-
lations in Colleges” in the Dean-
ery, Thursday, October 19. His
talk was based on the statement
that public relations “could put
colleges in a better light,” especial-
ly in these uncertain times.

“We are involved in an era of
mass education that threatens to
overshadow liberal arts,” he said.
The high schools of today must
give the best terminal education
possible to a large number of stud-
ents. The colleges, too, are under
great pressure to give an education
to more and more people. State uni-
versities can bear the load and will
soon be a hundred per cent larger.
The two-year colleges may also be
an answer to the problem. How-
ever, it will be impossible for the
liberal arts colleges to expand at
so great a speed.

In addition, it becomes increas-
ingly harder to balance the budget.
Bryn Mawr, was “at the crossroads”
year's ago; now inflation has absorb-
ed increases in resources, and again
there is the “crossroads” feeling.
“I doubt,” Mr. Avirett added, “if
any institution is so entrenched
that it can depend on its own re-
sources for support.” Colleges
must get general support; no
longer will alumnae who are well
acquainted with the college be able



Owen Lattimore will be the
first Alliance Assembly speaker
for 1950-51. He will speak ia
Goodhart Hall on Monday, Nov-
ember 6th, at 12:30 p.m. on the
subject of “America and Asia.”
Mr. Lattimore is at present L:-
rector of the Walter Hines Page
School of International Rela-
tions of the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity.







to bear the financial load. For that
reason, “the meaning and pur-
pose” of the college must be made
clear to the public.

Colleges face another upset of
long duration because of the draft.
There are at present two alterna-
tives for the deferment of students:
either technical students, or those
in the upper halves of their classes,
could remain in colleges, and in both
cases enrollment would be seriously
affected.

Discussing next the education of
women, Mr. Avirett said that wom-
en’s colleges could possibly be de-
fined in political party terminol-
ogy. Radcliffe or Bryn Mawr would
be on the right, and Mills, with its
flair for experimenting, would be
on the left. Regardless of the teach-
ing methods, however, the liberal
arts instruction must be under-
stood if its purposes are not to be

” Jost. “We must formulate and tell
our story ... (we are) part of the
technological and social revolution

Continued on Page 2, Col. 4

Singers and Swingers





Alumnae Weekend
Will Help Grads
Rediscover BMC

The outstanding event of Alum-
nae ‘Weekend, November 4 and 5,
will occur at nine o’clock Saturday
evening in the Deanery when Pa-
mela Coyne Taylor, 1924, presents
the portrait of Miss McBride
which is to be hung in the Library
with the other portraits of deans
and presidents. The weekend’s
»rogram entitled “Renaissance of
Learning” will begin at noon Sat-
urday at the faculty luncheon in
the Deanery. After lunch Mr.
Soper of the History of Art De-
partment will speak on the Chapin
Collection of Oriental art and
manuscripts which he has arrang-
ed. The Collection will be on ex-
hibit in the Rare Book Room of
the Library and in the Goodhart
Gallery.

Ait two o’clock in the afternoon,
Mrs. Manning and Mr. Chew will
provide “Food for the Mind” from
the fields of history and English
literature. After the Directors’
dinner in the evening, the chorus
under Mr. Goodale is scheduled to
sing, and then the portrait of Miss

cBride will be presented. The art-
ist, Robert Brackman, is a mem-
ber of the National Academy and
has studied with Robert Henri and
George Bellows. He has done por-
traits of many prominent men and
women including Anne Morrow

Continued on Page 5, Col. 4

MLLE Attracts

Writers to Tea

The Mademoiselle College Board
Tryout tea was held in the Dean-
ery on Tuesday afternoon, Octo-

a member of the college board last
year, and was among the twenty
students chosen to go to New York
for the month of June to be a
guest editor on Mademaselle, spoke
to a small but enthusiastic audi-
ence on the advantages of College
Board membership.

The Board members, who are
chosen each year from liberal arts
colleges all over the country, re-
ceive, during the academic year,
assignments which not only help
to prepare them for possible guest
editorship, but are stimulating and
instructive within themselves.
Many former members, who now
are working in their chosen fields,



Continued on Page 6, Col. 5

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Bryn Mawr Sees

Frosh Welcomed
In Lantern Night

On Friday, October 18, at 8:30,
one of Bryn Mawr’s favorite tra-
ditions was continued. With due
ceremony, the underclassmen, in
caps.and gown, marched into the
Library Cloisters for the Lantern
Night ritual. Carrying lanterns
with ’54 blue panes, the Sopho-
mores sang their hymn to Pallas
Athene. Atfter the Freshmen re-
ceived these lanterns, they march-
ed out singing.

The bright new moon, the crisp,
misty air, and the excellent sing-
ing of two beautiful songs combin-
ed to make Lantern Night im-
pressive and memorable.

The ceremony was not only an
artistic success, but a financial one
as well. The 222 visitors and stu-
dents who watched the proceedings
from the Library balcony, contrib-
uted a total profit of $144.60,
which traditionally goes to the
Sophomore treasury.

CALENDAR

Wednesday, October 25
Meeting of the Spanish Club,
Common Room, 5:00 p.m.
Marriage Lecture, Dr. Cox,
“Careers and Marriage,” Common
Room, 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, October 26
Meeting of IRC, Common Room,
5:00 p.m.
Friday, October 27
Freshman Hall Plays, “The
Affected Young Ladies”; “The
Journey of the Soul”; “The Old
Wives’ Tale”; “A Question of
Principle.” Skinner Workshop,
8:15 p.m.
Saturday, October 28
Freshman Hall Plays, “The Re-
hearsal”; “The Most Foolish Vir-
gin”; “The Still Alarm”; first act
of “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Skin.
ner Workshop, 8:15 p.m.
Sunday, October 29
Sunday Evening Chapel Serv:
ice, the Rev. John Mellin. Music
Room, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, October 30
Self-Government Exams
The. Self-Government examina-
tions for freshmen and transfer
students will be given on Monday,
October 30, at 8:30 p.m. in Rooms
B, D, and E of Taylor Hall.
Wednesday, October 1
Wednesday Morning Assembly,
Elisabeth Nelidow, “A Trip in the
Aegean Islands.” Goodhart, 8:45
a.m.

Class of 54 Plans
Hall Productions
On October 27, 28

On Friday and Saturday nights,
October 27 and 28, the annual
Freshman hall plays will be pre-
sented in the Skinner Workshop.
Pembroke West, Pembroke East,
Radnor, and Merion will present
their plays on Friday night, while
Saturday’s performance will in-
clude Rhoads, Denbigh, Rockefel-
ler, and Non-Res.

Pem West is giving “The Affect-
ed Young Ladies” by Moliere un-
der the upperclassman direction of
M. Cassatt. The freshman director
is D. Luzzato, and the stage man-
ager is P. Oliver. The cast is as

follows:
MV MOIEAy sssssesotssacnsscccosebeves .B. Davis
Tih GYATZS isisccsccssecsestscesseres T. Pearre
OTIS cisssiscsessesconscsvsenes N. Franke
ME POUEO: Gicsisisissecivisoncsveete M. McCabe
DARNAOLON \csvicsvatssvessstsisseny A. Phipps
ORGNOS -bccssssisccicsarneccates J. McIntosh
IGOR TILIO fle. sccccccncessisivesinns E. Kemp
POGUIOL Aaiissueaincunise A. Eristoff
Merion’s production, under the

advice of S. Halperin, is Lord Dun-
rany’s “The Journey of the Soul”.
G. Struthers is the freshman di-
rector, and the stage manager is
N. Fasick. The cast is as follows:

PAE: iiieczacsconiadovesitlistesisisevisssbaee A. Fox
BREED Siaagstasasnantohcaitvasasscutrinas M. Rorison
PP VINE iscceccvsvscssccessosssssueess M. Holden
WES ONT sistiecscosussvstprresesse .M. Sapiz
Stage Manager .......cccsees S. Webb
IMT BRATIOV 5... .cctscsseosve K.. Brinkman
2 GE Male a, G.-VonHebel

and J. Connor, G. Painter, J. Nason,
V. Kraver, C. Ozanne, I. Coll, and
M. Jobes.

“The Old Wives’ Tale” by
George Peele is the choice of Rad-
nor, under L. M. Egan. P. Harvey
is freshman director, while E.

Ewer will be stage manager. The
cast includes:

BH SPAIONG ipcicesvehcricstiier: A. Treene
BIEBG USLOURCY iiedsisccscrssesasesig E. Ewer
Second Brother ............06 K. Hansen
BRUNO NIGES iijescosesssersesssvsaes J. Meyer
MICORIUIG scspciivssenvisvssiecitaies E. Glayser
COPUOOE ciideaniiidns caine L. Batten

Continued on Page 5, Col. 1

Cleland Condemns

Pseudo-Christians

In the Common Room, at 8:30
on Monday, October 23, Dr. James
Cleland of Duke University spoke
on “The Seven Deadly Virtues”,
an idea suggested in Dorothy
Sayers} book Creed of Chaos. These
“virtué$” are thought by many
people, including Christians, to
embody the principles of Chris-
tianity. Dr. Cleland listed them as
1) respectability, “doing in Rome
as the better Romans do”; 2)
childishness, an incapacity to ac-
cept life as it reallly is; 3) mental
timidity, the quality of being “un-
willing to change horses in mid-
stream, even when one of the horses
is an ass”; 4) dullness, being spir-
itually dead without the advan-
tage of being physically buried; 5)
sentimentality, “A man, being un-
able to“lift his drunk friend from
the gutter, lies down beside him”;
6) censoriousness, the quality of
one who cannot judge the sin from
the sinner; and 7) depression of



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Panel Discusses
Philos.’ Relation
To Sci. Method

Drs. Schrecker, Michels,
White, Adams
Debate

by Claire Liachowitz, °52
and Joan McBride, ’52

The Philosophy and Science
Clubs of Bryn Mawr College pre-
sented a panel discussion of “The
Philosophical Background of the
Scientific Method” in Dalton Hall,
at 8:30 p. m., Tuesday, October
24. The speakers were Dr. Paul
Schrecker, Dr. Walter Michels, Dr.
White, and Dr. Joe Kennedy
Adams, with Mrs. Grace de La-
guna as moderator.

Mr. Schrecker, who represented
philosophy, stated that there are
many scientific methods and that.
“philosophy is not a background
but a foreground’. The history of
science is the history of changing
methods. There are two limita-
tions imposed upon us by the
scientific method: that it may be
accompanied by a fear which may
plunge all of us into an abyss from
which even the most advanced
science cannot save. us; and, “we

r}know more than any generation

has known, but. do we know bet-
ter’?

Today, everyone must concen-
trate, must choose a major and a
minor in» the study of science.
Philosophy must be concerned with
everything, and in its attempt to
spread interest, is accused of dil-
ettantism. We find that philoso-
phy is accorded de facto and not
de jure recognition.

The influence of philosophy is
nvisible, implicit, and indirect, and
on the march of civilization is
more decisive than any other
branch of knowledge. The domin-
ation of science, however, likens
civilization to an anthill, compell-
ing every ant to toil without
knowing why or what its purpose.

There is no scientific answer to
the question of what is the ultim-
ate purpose of science. Although

Continued on Page 2, Col. 4

Horse Show Set —
For November 12

The Fall Bryn Mawr Horse
Show will take place on Sunday,
November 12, at Fox’s stables in
Valley Forge. Everyone who has
ever ridden is urged to sign up
for classes on the Athletic Bulletin
Board in Taylor. There will be
classes for all stages of. eques-
trienne accomplishments, from be-
ginners to experts. The classes are:
Beginners’ Horsemanshiv:
Intermediate Horsemanship;
Advanced Horsemanship;
Pair Class;

Handy Hunters;
. Gymkana Class.

Spectators are also invited and
may sign up on a separate list for
transportation to Valley Forge.
People with further inquiries may
see. Margaret Richardson, Rhoads
North.

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Self Government Off Campus

Every Bryn Mawr girl knows that she is on her honor to
follow the Self-Gov rules while on campus. She is equally
obliged to uphold those rules when she is off campus. Her
feeling of responsibility to the college should be as strong
when it:cannot be enforced by social pressure as when it can.
The honor system’s success depends upon mature and moral
handling of personal freedom. If the intangible dictates of
conscience are disregarded, dubious off-campus student be-

havior may result. About these rare cases, Self-Gov says:
“The Executive Board reserves the right to act at any

time it feels that a student’s conduct .. . brings discredit

upon the College’.
This is a puzzlingly vague statement. If the rulebook

doesn’t say you can’t do it, does that mean you can?

Nothing in the rules prevents several unescorted girls
from taking a 12:30 signout to a bar. Such actions may or
may not be in good taste. That we go to bars is not as sig-
nificant as why we go. We may want to drink. Having drunk,
we may want to drink more. .. and a group of girls whose
demeanor intimates enthusiastic and excessive imbibing is
not a credit to this institution.

Unescorted bar-hopping has a second motivation; some
of The Boys may be out seeking beer and companionship.
Picking up men in bars is unquestionably bad taste, and is

damaging to the reputation of both the girl and her school.

Every fall, freshmen ask if girls who are under age may
sign out to bars. Self-Gov says yes: the responsibility for
the legal consequences is the student’s. But responsibility
for the student is the college’s. A girl under twenty-one
drinks at the risk of discrediting the colege by making it
seem to condone breaking the law.

The question cannot be settled by definite ruling. Stud-
ents should use discrimination in frequenting bars; moderate
drinking in a restaurant-bar can scarcely be condemned. If
one Bryn Mawr girl sees another drunk and disorderly in a
public place, she must use her own discretion in making a re-
port to Self-Gov. Lately social pressure has not been prop-
erly applied in cases of intoxication. Wherever we go we are
still representatives of Bryn Mawr. Our behavior must al-

ways bring nothing but credit upon the college.



Current Events

On ‘Monday evening, October 23,
Miss Gertrude C. K. Leighton of
the Political Science Department
discussed Human Rights, with em-
phasis on the extent to which the
UIN has been able to achieve rec-
ognition of human rights, which
has been one of the primary aims
of the organization since its
founding.

The Human Rights program un-
der the UN charter is divided into
two parts: Article 55 outlines the

responsibilities of the organs of

the UIN; a second article outlines
the obligation of the member gov-
ernments to uphold Article 55. The
Human Rights Commission is one
of the few mentioned by name in
the charter; in continuation of the
Commission’s program, the Declar-
ation of Human Rights was ap-
proved in December, 1948, and the
Covenant of Human Rights is cur-
rently on the agenda of the Gen-
eral Assembly.

The Declaration is not an instru-
ment of enforcement, but a state-
ment of world policy. Divided into
three parts, it embodies civil and
political rights, economic and so-
cial rights, and _ iriternational
rights.: The Covenant,
briefer document,

a much
includes only
civil rights, and is largely proced-
ural and weak in implementation.

Concerning member state action
rights, the
United States has ‘been very con-
servative.

to. promote human

The main question in
this field at the present time is
that of the Genocide Convention,
which outlaws “attempts to de-
stroy, in whole or in part, a na-
tional, ethnical, racial, or religious
group.” This Convention is now
before the Senate.

October 15, the head of the Car-
negie Endowment for Internation-
al Peace accused the American
Bar Association of using Carnegie
funds to promote propaganda
against the Genocide Convention,
and this assertion thas added to the
argument already existing within
the United States against ratify-
ing the Convention. The United
States cannot share the eager-
ness to support this (Convention
that other nations might ibe led to
expect, and Miss Leighton said
that she hoped that the Senate
would realize the irony of the sit-

uation, and ratify the Genocide
Convention.



In the New York Times, Sunday,



Schrecker, Michels, White and Adams Deliberate
‘Philosophical Background of Scientific Method’’

Continued from Page 1

this pumpose may seem to be the
making of human life as long and
as ipleasurable as possible, this ap-
parent end presents a tragic par-
adox: in most places in the world
natural life expectancy is long;
increasingly, however, we face
possible sudden extinction.

Science alone is not enough, Mr.
Schrecker concluded; tthe hyper-
trophy of science at the expense of
philosophy and religion is a terri-
fying thing. “A science-dominat-
ed civilization . . . is impossible . .
because it would lack a steering
mechanism or a chart of values
...? Science must content itself
as the first among equals.

Mr. Michels, the representative
of the physical sciences, first cited
the six elementary steps of the
traditional scientific method: 1)
observe, 2) brood, 3) hypothesize,
4) predict, 5) test, and 6 “shout
with glee upon confirmation”,
which, however, has been rendered
obsolete.

(Physical science is primarily ob-
jective, but in the formulation of
an hypothesis the human mind
must be employed; and the coinci-
dent subjectivity always conditions
the mature of the hypothesis.
Scientific hypotheses are mere
shorthand descriptions of observed
phenomena and are interdepend-
ent. Diagramming two boxes, Dr.
Michels termed one the real world,
the other the theoretical; the real
world is limited by our senses,
while the theoretical one is filled
with cencepts which are straight
invention and yet occupy most of
the physical scientist’s time. The
scientist must be consistent, how-
ever, between the two realms; the
predictions of theory must match
the observed phenomena of reality,
in order to test the basic truth of





the hypothesis.

Dr. White, of the Lankenau Can-
cer Research Institute, presented
the views of a biologist. Science’s
philosophy is that of. basic princi-
ples, and provides a rational basis
for behavior: “It is cosmology, a
code of ethics, and therefore a re-
ligion’’.

Contrasting science as a religion
to the other great groups of re-
ligion, Dr. White observed that
rather than homocentric in theory,
as the Pagan religion, or homocen-
tric in practice, as the Hebrew:
Christian religion, on the basis of
available evidence it relegates man
to insignificance. ‘Science seeks to
know the place of man in the uni-
verse,and equally the place of ev-
erything else. We thus assume
that there is a plan with a place
for all, and this article of faith is
a basic tenet of science as a re-
ligion. To ‘science there exists
causality, and science seeks to find
the causes.

Positivism arranges our knowl-
edge in a series of categories:
Mathematics is a purely hypothet-
ical science; if it begins to deat
with real objects, it is no longer a
science but a technology. Physics
is the science of motion and deals
with both the real and the hypo-
thetical world. ‘Chemistry is a
science of qualities, and therefore
has only real world dealings. Bi-
ology is the science of life, but in
its consideration of this small part
of the real world, employs all
possible methods. Sociology is the
science of communities, and is the
most limited science, dealing only
with man within his medium.

Dr. White continued his affirma-
tion of science, the religion, by cit-
ing as unreal gaps the geological
hiatuses, the gap between the or-

Continued on Page 5, Col. 3



Colgate V.P. Stresses Need for Cooperation
With Press; Says Colleges Must Tell Story

Continued from Page 1

. our purposes must be gener-
ally understood.” The
administration” said Mr. Avirett,
would play a great part in this
spreading of the college story.
He devoted the second part of
his talk to a comparison of the pos-

ition of the president of a men’s
college many years ago with the
situation of the “prexy” of today.
Within the college, the president
was a first among equals, a scholar
who knew all the faculty well.
Today, with a few exceptions, the
“prexy” is more isolated. The chief
duty of the president is often
traveling for publicity purposes.’
Finally Mr. Avirett undertook a
frank discussion of Bryn Mawr’s

“harassed



Information, Please!
Perhaps the most important requisite for a newspaper

like the College News is that it reflect and stimulate campus
thought. The News staff is constantly trying to fulfill this
function, but naturally there is an abundance of student
opinion that never reaches our pages. Almost every Wednes-

|day evening there are smoker discussions supporting or mal-

igning News articles and News policy. Violent as the reac-
tion may be, it seldom produces any result as the News itself
doesn’t hear of it.

The only way in which the News can know of campus
suggestions is through the Letters to the Editor, which are
printed in the Opinion column. This column should be used
not only to comment on former issues of the paper, but also
as a medium through which new ideas may be presented to
the college. Ali letters must be signed.

So far this year there has been no material for an
Opinion column, although there has been much opinion ex-
pressed throughout the campus. Your letters provide the
only method through which we are able to know your ideas,
and, ultimately, to become a newspaper that truly represents



the entire college.



problems in public relations and
mentioned techniques that would
help publicity. First of all, he said,
our “blue-stocking reputation is
not a passport to survival,” and
the gap between reputation and
reality must be stressed. “(At
present) Bryn Mawr has a highly
private place in the rear rank of
public relations.” In addition, the
older colleges are handicapped by
living within themselves. They
must send out representatives, and
so rid themselves of provincialism.
For this reason, the president, sym-
bol of the college, is called wpon
for great numbers of speeches.
Members of the Seven College
Conference, too, are relatively con-
tent with their status, and academic
adventure and freshness is some-
times weighed down by past repu-
tation.

The colleges should cease to feel
that if they do a good job of teach-
ing the publicity will take care of
itself. Pictures are usually more
appealing than stories. In addition,
colleges can belong to the Ameri-
can Public Relations Association.
and in discussing their problems,
profit by the experience of others.
Co-operation with the press, and a
systematic release of news can
often keep unfavorable publicity
from the front pages. The entire
pressure of the public relations
work must not fall on the presi-
dent. Instead, if Bryn Mawr is to
know and become known to the
public, there mu rm writing
and a great effort at\hospitality
all..through the year>~As Mr.
Avirett told of the techniques avail-
able for making known the story
of Bryn Mawr, he pointed out that
the college “must make its con-
tribution to the general public
known in order to be allowed to
continue to make that contribu-
tion.”
















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Spanish Travel Reveals to Senor Alcala

An Old World Charm, Casual Politics

by Helen Katz, ’53

Mr. Alcala, who has just return-
ed from a summer of traveling in
Europe, told me, to my amaze-
ment, that it hasn’t rained in most
of Spain for the past four or five
years. The Mexican-born Spanish
teacher, who has been at Bryn
Mawr for four years, spent the
major part of his vacation in va-
rious parts of Spain, mainly Bar-
celona, and also went through
Holland and Paris.

Of the latter, and France in gen-
eral, he said that the most inter-
esting thing is the pre-1939 spirit,
which still prevails among the
people—a happy, interested frame
of mind. “Everybody enjoys Paris”
said Mr. Alcala. Spain, too, has its
own personality, more in keeping
with the atmospheric old buildings,
and customs of the people, and
with the new regime in the gov-
ernment. The people all support
Franco, for fear of someone worse,
with an air of humorous resigna-
tion, and think nothing of making
public jokes about him, although
the press and radio are strictly
controlled and censored.

Besides the terrible lack of wa-
ter, transportation and communi-
cation are poor when available, but
cheaper than they are in this coun-
try. There is still inflation, and
rationing, but the black market
has everything, for a price.

. Spain’s picturesque churches
hilltop castles, and medieval mur-



als are of much interest to tour-
ists, particularly Salamanca, an
old Renaissance town, where gyp-
sies sing Mexican songs, and Ma-
drid, where the Prado Museum
contains original El Greco and
Velasquez paintings. For the in-
tellectually bent, there is also El
Escorial, the library outside Ma-
Continued on Page 4, Col. 2

Theatre Reveals

Cast Of “Guest”

The cast for Guest in the House,
the fall production ,of the Bryn
Mawr (College Theatre and the
Haverford Cap and Bells Club is
as follows:

Evelyn ‘Heath ............ Nancy Pearre
AVN PROC? ieccisccsicses JMolly Allen
Douglas Proctor

Aunt Martha ....... Sally Shoemaker
Miriam Blake ............0000 Judy Blair
Lee Proctor ....... !Maryann Holmes
DE PLOY ..cisccasccnne ‘Bruce Grove
Miss Rhodes ........ JMaxine Swirsky
DOE. SW. iscecsopscsicssisaceannes -Bob Chase
John, the (butler ....Jon Guttmacher

Hilda, the maid ............ Janet Leeds
EE, DOG sc asiecessoccsvaniiunr ‘Bob Glatzer
MYS. DOW iccceccccs Deborah Putnam

Tracy, the photographer
~ Tom Anderson
The director is Miss Meinhart of
the Germantown Theatre Guild,
and the stage co-managers and set
designers are Ellen Bacon and Liz
Nelidow.



Townsend Likes Turkey With Greece,
‘Adores Academic Duties on Acropolis

American Schoo] for Classical
Studies
Athens, Greece
18 October, 1950
My dear Editors:

As they say in the low Turkish
dive I have just reeled out of, “No
newspaper is jworth its reeking
ink; what a man needs is a bottle
of retsina and a kind fat woman”.
At the moment I am inclined to
agree; remembering the petty tor-
tures the NEWS involved this time
last year, I wish I could entice you
over here to sink your editorial
sorrows, not in an oceasional beer
with Louie, but in the vicious pine-
gum sediment that passes for wine
here and is so surprisingly agree-
able to the soul.

My first rule in writing letters
to the uninitiated (especially be.
nighted classicists like Joan) is
sternly “Thou shalt not rhapso-

dize”, remembering with pain the
lyrical efforts of such sensitive
‘souls as Ellis and McClure from
England last year, England which

has so much less. to recommend it:



than Greece. I have been progress-
ively Anglophile (the high spot of
my passage through England this
summer au bicyclette being a scar-
ring prod by a farmer near Ciren-
cester at five in the morning, as I
was snoozing in his favorite patch
of cattle manure, and falling off
the cliffs of Dhun Aengus in the
Aran islands, only to be snatched
from death by a couple doing some
sneaking amour behind a bush—
they grabbed me by the hair and
uttered pungent Gaelic curses);
Francophile (marked {by a pleas-
ant interlude with a Basque paint-
er who told me after all was con-
cluded that he had just been diag-
nosed a leper); Hispanophile (here
I fell into the arena during a rath-
er tame bullfight, to be hauled
away in ignominy by the guards
as an American who chose one of
the stupider ways to attract at-
tention), and Italophile (is there
such a. word? At any rate, my so-
journ in Naples was enlivened by
eating so much pizza in a harbor

* Continued on Page 4, Col: 1

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pcAN

Page Three



NSA Tea Held
To Explain Aims,
To Hear Speech

Bryn Mawr’s branch of the Na-
tional Student Association held a
“vet-acquainted-with-NSA” tea in
the Common Room on Wednesday,
October 18. In addition to hearing
about the association, everyone had
a chance to question Chickie Glass-
burg about her summer with a
student tour of Europe.

Chairman Ronnie Gottlieb and
vice-chairman Lita Hahn first ex-
plained the objectives and major
policies of NSA. The organization
that was founded after the Second
World War, when American stud-
ents realized that they had no
group comparable to foreign stud-
ent unions. Almost four hundred
colleges sent delegates to a consti-
tutional convention where they
pledged an exchange of ideas in an
effort to promote student welfare
in all ways. The organization also
presents student opinion in national
educational groups such as the
President’s Committee.

Ronnie emphasized the fact the
NSA is not Communistic, and is,
in fact, backed by the State De-
partment. As literature passed out
by Communist front organizations
was circulated about the room, she
told of the hecklers, who had ap-
peared at the national convention
this year and lobbied against the
United Nations’ action in Korea.
The reds, in spite of the literature
and haranguing, got a “silent treat-
ment” and a resolution supporting
the UN was passed. The NSA has
ceased to work with the Interna-
tional Union of Students, she said,
since that group has become Com-
munist-dominated.

Turning from the national or-
ganization to the campus commit-

Upperclass Attitude,
Actions, Please
Freshmen

by Claire Robinson, °54

You have’ observed us much, this
we know. You have indulgently
viewed our first, frantically seif-
conscious efforts at gaiety, our
manufactured tea chatter, our good
“Of course, I’ve been away to
camp” bravado. You have over-
looked the nervous social blunders,
the interrupted conversations with
your friends, as we try to make
them ours. You have understood
the clopping of feet in the library,
the too-bright comments, the nois-
iness of “Cheer, oh cheer, we know
no. fear...” But we have been
observing you, too. We are not
slow to think, to pause, to per-
ceive. We have noticed the early
morning faces, the toast-crunch-
ing quiet of an eight o’clock din-
ing hall. We have watched you
burrow for mail—as eagerly as we.
We have marked the relish with
which you sing your show songs,
and loved the fact that each of
you feels your class songs are bet-
ter than any other. We have seen
your beat-up sneakers, your de-
lapidated jeans, and with a gulp—

Continued on Page 6, Col. 1

NEWS Raconteur

Peruses Thesaurus

by Helen Katz, ’53

buccal—brass horn.
alimentary—what Sherlock
Holmes said to Dr. Watson.
monetary—where monks live.
peruse—people who come from
Lima.



tee, Ronnie mentioned the need for
a more thorough sampling of
campus opinion, so that Bryn Mawr
might be more accurately repre-
sented at NSA conferences. The
committee—is—interested, also, in
serving as a “sparkplug” in the re-
organization of the college radio
club. Even more practical is the
proposed circulation of free stud-
ent identification cards for use
with the student discount plan be-
ing instituted by some of the local
stores. Since NSA serves as a clear-
ing-house for information coming
in from other campuses, an effort
will be made to devise a better
method of distributing correspond-
ence to the proper groups. Final-
ly she suggested a re-examination
of Self-Government concepts as an
attempt to determine the value of
closer student-faculty co-operation.

The last part of the meeting was
devoted to a first-hand description
of an NSA-sponsored tour to Eur-
ope. Chickie Glassburg told of her
eight. week tour of England and
of Yugoslavia, where she partici-
pated in a student work camp. She
was one of the nine Americans in
a camp of three thousand who
were building dormitories for the
University. Though the students
were not paid, they were given
board, stamps, fifteen Yugoslavian
cigarettes a day, work clothes, and
free transpe@etation from the camp
to town. After working from six
in the morning until twelve they
were free to go where they pleased.
There were tours of factories and
community farms, and even a
chance to visit a political prison
camp. The highlight of the tour
was a ten-day trip to the Dalma-
tian coast, Yugoslavia’s equivalent
of the Riviera, given to the, Amer-
ican and Norwegian membérs of
the work camp.

Chickie said that she met all
kinds of people, many of them
Communists, but none of them
Russians. English or French was
spoken at the camp, and German



Continued on Page 4, Col:-2

intimate—person confined to an
institution.

idiomatic — why people become
intimates.

capillary—an insect that feeds
on leaves.

parish—to die.





tenet — game played with rac-
quets.:

cantaloupe — animal indigenous
to Africa.

raconteur—person in an illegal
business.

insular—inclined to be sassy.
autonomy—dangerous driving.
kilt—murdered.

bathos—one of the Three Mus-
keteers.

motivator—machine used to pre-
pare farm land.
jaunty—yellow-skinned.
yacht—opposite of cold.
harbinger—meat pattie on toast-
ed roll.



Continued on Page 4, Col. 1

Soph Seeks Attention, Laments Loss;
Frosh Receives Attention, Turns Boss

Alas, Poor Sophomore!
Men and Friends
Shun Her

by Dee Dee Gammie, ’53

It is my firm contention that the
freshmen get too much attention
around here, especially during the
first few weeks of college. Rather
it is the sophomore who is to be
pitied, comforted, and aided as she
prepares for the proverbial and
horrendous “Sophomore Slump.”

Year after year we see this
ghastly monster descend upon the
sophomores and yet no one has
taken action. No one has courage-
ously sought to remedy the situa-
tion. -

To attack the problem at it
very root, let us consider the soph-
omore as she arrives in the Bryn
Mawr station (sans Mama). Where
are the eager crowds of upper-
class “wheels” who met her last
year? Alas! They are gamboling
on the green with .. . freshmen.
The awakening is rude.

Should she have been forced by
train schedules to arrive at an un-
earthly A.M. hour before meals
are open to the general public, her
reception at old B.M.C. will be
ruder yet. Where is the warm hos-
pitality of yesteryear? Since
neither the Hearth nor the Inn is
open, the martyred sophomore will
be forced to seek that hospitality
huddled on her suitcase, wracked
by pangs of hunger, watching while
hoards of unknown _interlopers
gorge themselves.

Nor does the sophomore have a
haleyon week free from classes to
recover from her initial shock. She
is expected to put in intelligent
attendence at all of her classes.
No longer is the back-door escape
of “But Miss Kilby, I was prac-
ticing my tennis swing in the
gym” open to her. Rather, this is
the year which will determine
whether she will flunk out in ’51
or cum laude out in ’53. The strain
is insufferable.

Now we come to the most griev- .

ous neglect of all... that of Hav-
erford. It seems that these men of
brotherly ... and sisterly ... love
have a ‘peculiar mental quirk when
it comes to name and face associa-
tion. It is their way to stride past
last year’s steady with never so
much as a nod of recognition in
order to address an utterly strange
freshman with the old line,
“Haven’t I seen you somewhere
before?” (Leer.) As if this were
not enough, the upperclassmen
take an exceedingly awkward view
of the whole situation. No longer
do they pass out blind dates with
gay abandon; they seem to feel
Continued on Page 4, Col. 2



DAVENPORT





CIGARETTES






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THE COLLEGE NEWS

OE ILO IOI a it a

Wednesday, October 25, 1950



Former Student Recommends Classical Life
Supplemented by Chianti, Octopi, and Pizza

Continued from Page 3

joint that I missed the boat as it
sailed away, and had to chase it in
a leaky skiff propelled by six tra-
ditional Neapolitan (boatmen, who
insisted on being paid off in Chi-
anti) ... but until I reached Ath-
ens I knew not what it was to have
been nurtured at the concave bos-
om of the Greek department: the
lesson of this involved sentence is
simply that one cannot do better
than to read classics at an impres-
sionable age. French has_ its
charm, Paula, but philosophy is
infinitely preferable as mental
discipline, and to Joan I can only
say, stop Latin and start Greek.

What has Bryn Mawr to offer

compared with the joys of riding:

up the slopes of Parnassos on a
leering. mule? with diving for sea
urchins and: eating them raw un-
der water? with treading the
grapes of Corinth while plied with
wine and pomegranates by the vil-
lage elders? Though I would ten
thousand times rather be here,
even when forced to make pene-
trating comments on Lesbian Leaf
molding. or Middle Helladic frag-
ments of chamber pots, than
frowsting in the College Inn, I
would welcome news of all of you.

Miss Marti has ‘been driving
recklessly around Rome, denting
every fender she can catch up
with, nosing fat Roman ladies
purposefully in the rear, and pre-
tending not to understand the im-
precations with which she _ is
cheered along the street. Of the
Bryn Mawr collected here, all hor-
izons have been considerably
broadened. Claireve Grandjouan
has taken up spinning and pro-
duces grimy ‘but tasteful little
containers for our potsherds. Jess
Yorys has turned to food and to
drink: she extols the delicacy of
octopus and squid while I descant
on the glories of Samos Sec. .Ac-
tually, as she aptly remarked,
there have never (been nineteen
people with so little in common

. this is all to the good, since I
can take off and wander at night
about the Turkish quarter on the
slopes of the Acropolis without
feeling compelled to invite com-
panions who might tbe shocked ‘at
what goes on there (and it really
is an eye-opener).

I must close;.what academic du-
ties I have (and they are slight)
call me to the Acropolis. We are
about to take off on a trip through
the Peloponnesos, and I am in the
process of preparing remarks on
the sacred serpents of Epidauros
(I can’t seem to escape the beasts.
These particular ones are extinct,
but in their prime are reputed to



Malaprop Rides Again;
Webster Turns in Grave

Continued from Page 3

tapioca—type of dance.
squad—to sit on one’s heels with
knees bent.
obsequious—funeral services.
exchequer—fired cashier.
forensic — coming from another
country.

predilection—prophets give them.
alveolus—a big violin.
nomad—not angry.



have worn something very jaunty
in the way of yellow beards). The
last trip, to the north, took us
through Thebes and: Delphi; I re-
fought the battle of Thermopylai
in the dark, and staged a new sac-
rifice of Iphigenia at Aulis, of
which the dramatic splendor was
only tarnished by the urchin slated
for the victim’s role smoking a
pipe and chewing Turkish delight
as he sat cross-legged on the altar.
I was informed later that the true
archaeologist should concern her-
self exclusively with clamps and
dowels, not with literature, so am
determined to mend my ways even
though’ serpents with dowel holes
are rare in my experience.
Bless you both, and write.
Emily

Senor Alcala Regrets
No Rain in Hot Spain

Continued from Page 3

drid, filled with ancient manu-
scripts, and old frescoes.

Mr. Alcala thought that Maiorca
and the surrounding islands were
the most beautiful parts of
Spain. The landscape and unlim-
ited views are lovely and stirring.
As an afterthought, he added that
one of the strangest things is the
treat popularity that Mexico—its
songs, films, and people —has in
Sipain, especially since it is the
one country that has not recog-
nized Franco’s rule!

Building for Europe
Described at NSA Tea

Continued from Page 3

sufficed in the town. The Ameri-
cans even had a young guide whose
ideas of the United States came
from the movies with their present-
ation of very rich and very poor
people and no middle class. She
and Ronnie concluded that NSA’s
reduced-rate tours had achieved a
goal when the Communist guide

‘said his opinion of Americans had

changed. They were just like other
people!

Sad Sophomore Mourns.
‘Upperclassmen’s Scorns

Continued from Page 3

that if the sophomore hasn’t made
the grade by this time, there’s no
ope.

So I cannot urge you strongly
enough to join with me in my cam-
paign. The password is “Uplift the
Slumping Sophomore!”



X-RAY EXAMINATIONS

The X-rays for all students
will be taken on Wednesday,
November 1, and Thursday,
November 2, on Goodhart stage,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The
X-rays.-are- compulsory, unless
the student has had one taken
within the last six months and

has a certificate from her phys-
ician to prove it.











Friday night suppers need not be drear

For hamburgs, sandwiches are served
right here.

No more arduous hikes to the ville ~~

We've got the food that fits the bill!

THE COLLEGE INN



Observer

The autumm leaves were raked
up in great heaps in the Church of
the Redeemer graveyard. The ivy
grew ‘high and free on ‘the tree-
trunks. The midnight air, clear
and wonderful to smell, held a
sharp white beacon of a moon on
Friday, the 18th.

Two figures were barely discern-
able, sitting on a concrete walk
surrounded by tall, bare-branched
trees. The wind huffed gently in
and out of the trees, and the moon-
light softened the hardness of the
headstones. ‘There was, for such
a date, no visible air of spookiness,
only the exhilarating freshness
felt by two young people talking
in a quiet place.

A car headlight beamed on one
corner of a leaf pile, and the
leaves rustled at the same time.
The two turned, casually surveyed
the scene, .and then resumed their
conversation.

They had smiles on their faces;
the sort of smile that follows
pleasant observations. The scene
was undeniably pleasant, of the
sort one sees in large black and
white photographs, yet how many
would think other things, because
two people, a boy and a girl, sat on
a concrete walk at midnight, Fri-
day the 13th, in autumn, and in a
graveyard.



The Square Dance scheduled
for Novembe: 3, has been post-
poned to Friday, November 17.
Instead, an informal dance will
be held in the Rhoads smoker

on Friday night, November 3.

Cash Can Come

From Cigarettes

Campus camera fans are being
offered a $50 inducement to change
an avocation into a vocation in 9
new college contest.

Betty Anne Schoen, Chesterfield
Campus Representative has posted
contest rules in prominent loca-
tions on campus and can answer all
inquiries.







Photographers have a chance to
submit a series of three photo-
graphs of student models taking
the Chesterfield Mildness. Test:
“Open ’em; Smell ’em; Smoke ’em.”
Pictures should be taken on campus,
and poses should duplicate those
appearing in the current series of
Chesterfield ads in the College
News. Entries, glossy prints
(either 5 x 7 or 8 x 10) will be
judged on photography techniques,
reproduction quality, accurate illus-
tration and adaptability for ad-
vertising purposes.

Winning photographers will be
selected each month to receive cash
prizes of $50 each: Deadlines for
entering the next two monthly con-
tests are November 6 and Decem-
ber 6. Any number of photographs
may be submitted. They should
include names and addresses of
model and photographer and should
be mailed to the Campus Mer-
thandising Bureau, Inc., 274 Madi-
son Avenue, New York 16, New
York.

The current deadline is Novem-
ber 6,\1950.

There’s a crisp $50 bill looking
for an owner. Will it be you?

by Margie Cohn, 52

“Resolved: that musical comedy
is here to stay” would get an af-
firmative .vote based on the latest
production of this type, Guys and
Dolls. Subtitled “A Musical Fable
of Broadway”, the show takes its
plot and characters from the late
inimitable Damon. Runyon, and
adds to them some catchy tunes in
a most pleasing manner.

The audience is put into the
spirit of gamblers and race-track
sharpies when the overture dies
down, and a multi-colored sheer
curtain unfolds to display sugges-
tions of the New York betting
world. ‘Getting off to a lively start
are three Runyon-esques charac.
ters who sing one of the best songs
in the show, “Fugue for Tin
Horns”, which embodies every-
thing a bookie is in music. To pro-
vide contrast, the theatre’s imita-
tion of the Salvation Army ap-
pears on the scene with a wonder-
ful “Nickel on the Drum” type of
song called “Follow the Fold”,
very ably put over by Sarah
Brown (Isabel Bigley) who has a
nice voice except for occasional
changes of register.

The plot centers around Nathan
Detroit (Sam Levene) who is try-
ing to find a place for a floating
crap game, in order to get some
money off of a (big-time gambler
Sky (Masterson (Rcbert Alda)
Nathan, of course, has his “doll”
most appreciably portrayed by a
suicide blonde, Vivian Blaine, with
an accurately brash and_ thor-
oughly delightful Brooklyn accent
Her rendition of “Adelaide’s La-
ment”, in which she bemoans that
losing a man could, in fact, give a
girl a cold, is one of the funniest
spots in the show.

Intrigue develops when Nathan
bets Sky that the can’t persuade
the “Mission Doll” to go to Ha-
vana with him. Pretending to have
a soul in need of saving, Sky visits
the mission, wins (Sarah over, and
makes her jpromise to go to Ha-
vana if lhe will round up twelve
genuine sinners to appear at her
next prayer meeting. The Havan:
night club scene is fast and clever,
with its accentuated rhumba danc-
ers, and a drink tainted with Ba-
cardi which thas amazing effects
on Miss Brown. Of course she and













LAST NIGHTERS

Tuneful Show, “Guys and Dolls,” Immortalizes
Damon Runyon’s Characters,
: Shows Great Talent

their problems upon returning to
Broadway.

‘Act II opens with a “Bushel and
a Peck” of daisy-bedecked bosoms
on some very comely chorus girls,
dancing to a number of the same
name, sung by Adelaide at the Hot
Box club. She has been engaged to
Nathan for fourteen years, and
finally thinks she is to be married,
only to find that a crap game has
interrupted the nuptials, This
game is held in a sewer. The stag-
ing by George S. Kaufman is ef-
fective as is the good, though
drawn-out dancing, arranged by
Michael Kidd. All is well in the
end, when Sky delivers the sinners
from the crap game to the mission,,
thus winning Sarah and jbringing
Adelaide and Nathan together to
sing, a reprise of. the spirited title
song, “Guys and Dolls”.

Looking back on the tunes, there
was none one would really term as
great, but put together they left
the audience satisfied. Perhaps the
best was a love song entitled “I’ve
Never Been in Love Before”, ca-
pably rendered iby Mr. Alda -and
Miss Bigley. “Bushel and a Peck”
was a pleasing nove!ty, and has al-
ready reached the popularity lists.

If there was an cutstanding per-
formance it was iMiss Blaine’s. She
played the part of a “doll” in a
most convincing and amusing man-
ner, getting across such lines as:
“T can’t wait to tell the girls I’m
getting married; they’ll be so mis-
erable”! But in addition to this
performance, one cannot forget the
impressive gamblers, made so fa-
mous by the late Runyon, with
their orange hats and gaudy ties.
On the whole, they were delight-
ful, although their dialogue or
lyrics tended to drag in spots.
From the ranks come Harry the
Horse, Joey Biltmore, and Big Ju-
lie, typical of the people Runyon
knew in and around Times Square.

Staging was excellent, especial-
ly in a scene where Sarah and
Adelaide, dreaming of their men
as they wish them to be, conjure
up behind a thin curtain visions of
a gardener and a knight in shining
armor.

In fact, the entire show had
more on the plus side than on the
minus, and it represented an eve-
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Wednesday, October 25, 1950

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



Freshmen Try Hand at Moliere and Morality

Program Features Classic and Modern Plays;

‘Continued from Page 1
WV EON, issseassinsesessvescessaciaca B. Damon
Churchwarden ...........4 P. McElroy
UOT, iasipsssscisisecees H. Falkenstein
Ghost: of Jack... E. Glayser
TOR siisstavesensscesssscanvnnaeseets P. Harvey
MEPGINE isscccesisesssasictiancs P. McElroy
BE OEE icccssinesanuanicsaniinas L. Batten

PNG dissssyssarorsvsrrniciiieationne J. Meyer
1a nly gag YT REET EEE TETRIS EL COLL B. Roesen
PAU BUIG | iscicsisscccsevetcnes .N. Holloway
CANIN. isisicnsicriasrintesrinee L. Batten
Degee. ka S. Milner
BE cs iispcsandeisiscbicssvapsncacens’ S. Milner
PUPIOR: S.cessavesss J. Harris, A.- Natoli
PIGGY icckessissdsceriaisascrvcrvs N. Clarke

With the assistance of K. Cher-
meteff, Pem East is giving “A
Question of Principle” by Martin
Flavin. Directed by E. Woodruff,
and stage managed by A. Wyckoff,
the play will have as its cast the

following:

TTL Givisvsiccasssssscasssssuseace C. Richmond
PETAL ssesscssssessenscotissvesssinte P. Albert
CHENRYMAN ...ccseccosserceseese D. Hopkins
Judge ....... divissstrassanene P. Tilson
Policeman... D. McCormick
Communist ......ccseeeeee M. Kennedy
HONE cies iisasicsschissveiavsasesss JS. Roosevelt

' Denbigh has chosen Baring’s
“The Rehearsal”, guided by I.
Frey. Freshman director and
stage manager are J. Grimminger

and G. Gustavson. The cast is:

Shakespeare ......scesceeeees L. Miller
Producer .............000 iM. (M. Conkling
Stage Manager ....... JS. Westerman
YO IROEN so cge ess ducaicssasceascasscsvessit .E. Jones
Mr. Burbage ...........0048 N. Hayward
DAUNIAT iacisacsicesccessesssedeavece H. Hetzel
PEMD, ciccissscesasscsasscvsnd G. Gustavson
DG ROG G sesvceivysrtvevisererniee S. Zarn

Lady Macbeth ..............sc000 iG. Davis
“The Most Foolish Virgin” by
H. Gaskill is Rock’s choice, with S.
Shoemaker as upperclassman ad-
viser, Ann Shocket as Freshman
director, and J. Seay and H. Whit-
taker as stage managers. The cast
is:
DOWIE i cbsbcssicsssecicasaeseesee C. Robinson
TRYIGGI OOM © oi5---scscasssecsicceseaes T. Marx



GE a idiiinaiae F. Kolker
WAR Gaetinntiained C. Keyes
Fen eee te et .G. Davis
MH MMT ss cscacacassssbobavgaescitatee J. Braun

Virgins—D. Fonbes, C. Belshe, A.
Pettis, A. Shocket, M. Hoak,
B. Otnow.

Assisted by Linda Bettman, the

Non-Res students are producing

“The Still Alarm” by George S.

Kaufman. Freshman director is
A. Merz, and the stage manager is
M. Bretherton. The cast includes
the following:

PPO vatican R. Warner
BR itis sicicuiattckia iC, Wyeth
A BGUDOY: secisisisecsicnscsann M. Liu
A DIPOMAN scssiisiscssiscescsces N. Burpee
Another’ Fireman ............. A. Bailey

Rhoads is doing the first act of
“The Skin of Our Teeth” by
Thornton Wilder. M. Glenn is the
upperclassman director, N. Ellen-
bogen is Freshman director, and M.

Packard is stage manager, to a
cast including:
BTR. siiiisisdsinuasvaciisnmrenas B. Floyd

Mrs. Antrobus ............0006 J. Beecher
MAY, ATUCPODUS ‘ sisciscvessssare B. Merrick
Telegraph boy ........cccceee .M. Muir
jc 12) haa Ag Oa nA A. Gardner
BRGY csi icssdassisssvonisensncess JM. Winsor
Stage Manager .......... A. McGregor
AMNOUNCED. oo...c:cccesecsceaseenss .M. Jones
PROINED © sccsisevadeesssossoacsessaersy C. Sorrick
TVEOBOR! ®-s.csssssssssshedaccotie A. McGregor
Miss M. Muse ..........006 iM. Packard
MDINORAUE ; voscccsscvseussssbeied K. Blodgett
PRMD -issesccsscstacarnsereate D. Bystryn

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Philos. Claimed Basis

For Scientific Method

Continued from Page 2

ganic domain and the domain of
life, that between man and the
lower animals. Dr. White felt that
the gaps would be proven false,
explaining this as an article of
faith in causality.

The discussion concluded with
Mr. Adams, representative of the
social sciences, who first posed the
question, should psychology and
sociology be considered as_ sci
ences? On the abstract epistem-
ological level all fields of inquiry
seem to have the same methods
but-in the actual operation, certain
criteria must be observed.

“A field cannot ‘be evaluated as
a science by merely reasoning the
nature of its subject matter”. The
Continued on Page 6, Col. 2



November 4 and 5 Alumnae Weekend Features
Meetings, Recitals, Presentation of Portrait

Continued from Page 1

Lindbergh, the late Honorable
Henry L. Stimson,:and Dr. Charles
Seymour, president of Yale Uni-
versity. A group of interested
alumnae raised the money for the
painting, and the Alumnae Associ-
ation contributed from its surplus
fund.

The Sunday program begins at
nine-thirty in the morning with a
meeting in the Common Room of
the Alumnae Committee on Jobs.
At ten-thirty a panel of three—
Anne iInglehart,- 1951; Barbara
Bigelow Balfour, 19389; and Mary
Palache Gregory, 1924—moderated
by Mrs. Marshall, Dean of the Col-
lege, will discuss “‘Pots and Pans
and Books”. A ‘buffet luncheon will
be served in Rhoads at which Miss



McBride will speak informally. At
two-thirty Sunday afternoon the
last program of the weekend will
finish off with “Food for the
Spirit” presented by Mr. Goodale
and Mr. Sloane, of the Music and
Art Departments respectively.
Alumnae Weekend, 1950, is in-
tended to help the alumnae who
occasionally feel and fear, for
others as well as for themselves,
that intellectual lassitude which
can follow college graduation. The
stimulating effect generated by
college should carry over in other
aspects of life. The aim of this
reunion is to help its attendants to
keep in touch with developments in

the principal fields of learning: by
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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 25, 1950



Freshman Sees the Act,

Compares It With Fact
Continued from Page 3

your swishy Best Black. We have
watched you kid uproariously about
schoo] traditions, and have heard
your voices in proud cadence when
“Thou Gracious Inspiration” sounds
clear in a smoky dusk. We have
seen you shake your head grump-
ily about a tough assignment, and
we have grinned at the eagerness
in your voice as you say, “Boy —
what a terrific course!” We have
sung your words about the library
losing its books, and we have been
stilled by the unspoken respect you
have for them. We have discovered
the closeness of your friendships,
and have known the warm feeling
that comes with your, “Please have
tea with us today.” There are
other things we know about—the
wistful expression you wear when
someone bangs out, “Smoke Gets
in Your Eyes” or “Stardust.” The
blase manner in which you-ask us
to bring you coffee; the delight
that shows through as you — an
upperclassman — accept it. The
bridge games, the gray flannel
dates, the vivid blazers, the hoops
on the walls you’d never mention.
We are painfully new, and there
is so much—too much—we do not
know. But you are ours—to ob-
serve, to feel shy with, perhaps
to love.





Philos. Claimed Basis
For Scientific Method

Continued from Page 5

overlap, however, of the “unnat-
ura)” (the
the “inhuman” ones (the phyzical)
is greater than that of the unnat-
ural with the humanities, but the
general cultural philosophies are
just as important to science as fol-
lowing methodological rules.

The scientist must eventually
break down the resistance of the
hostile society in which he is
working. The inhuman _§ sciences
no longer encounter cultural re-
sistance, but this is not true of the
unnatural ones. The symptoms of
such opposition, as Mr. Adam list-
ed them, are as follows: 1) deny-
ing the status of the inquiry, 2)
ridiculing the findings, 3) slander-
ing the people trying to work in
these fields, and 4) un-cooperation.

sciences social) with

Many investigations have been
rendered impossible by cultural
resistance. Therefore, the unnat-

ural sciences are three hundred
years behind the others in meth-
odological investigation.

Mr. Adams concluded by stating
that we are living in a pre-scien-
tific stage of human development.
We are deluged by masses of lies,
and in many areas we are only be-
ginning to be scientific.

| Dr. Cleland Clarifies Seven Deadly Virtues:

Classifies Them as Misconstrued Christianity

Continued from Page 1

spirits, an attitude which defines
as “Original ‘Sin’ anything which
we enjoy doing. |

Dr. Cleland then compared these
“virtues” to the virtues of Christ.
The founder of Christianity was,
first of all, not interested in re-
spectability to the point of emu-
lation. He was born in the “wrong”
town, on the “wrong” side of the
tracks, He went around with the
“wrong” people; He died a pub-
lic enemy. Further, He condemn-
ed childishness; it was childlike-
ness He advocated.

The briefest study of His life
will discount the ‘charge of mental
timidity. As for dullness, Christ’s
parables “sparkle with vignettes
of the common life of His audi-
ence’. ‘Consider His death—dull
people are not publicly murdered:
they may be publicly avoided or
privately murdered, but crowds do
not attend their execution.

The. adjective “sentimental” does
not apply to Christ. He was in-
finitely gentle, infinitely patient,
but strong enough to inflict and
bear pain. Dr. Cleland said that
of the “Deadly Virtues’, censori-



ousness might most plausibly be



found in Christ. However, He
could distinguish the sin from the
sinner, and even at the cross He
forgave His murderers. Mental
depression was not Christ’s state
of mind. He willed to His disci-
ples joy and inner peace.

Dr. Cleland closed by saying
that while Christianity will be at-
tacked in this age as in all others,
let it be attacked for what it is,
not for what man in his weakness
has made of it. We do little honor
to Christ by watering down His
personality to the point where it



could not offend a fly. “Let Chris-
tianity offend for its childlikeness,
its courage, good-will, hatred of
sin, and seriousness, not for the
‘Seven Deadly Virtues’.”



Opportunity Beckons
At MELE. Board Tea

Continued from Page 1

feel that their experience on
Mademoiselle’s college board was
invaluable in preparing them for,
and in helping them to obtain pro-
fessions.

There are three. categories into
which the assignments for Board
Members are divided: Art; Fiction
and Features; Merchandising,
Fashion, and Promotion. In each of
these categories, three assignments
are given for preparation.

Students who are interested in
trying out for the College Board
may obtain additional information
and application forms from either
Mrs. Sullivan or Mrs. Watson. The
deadline for applications is Nov-
ember Ist.







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