College news, December 8, 1948

The COLLEGE NEWS.



VOL. XLV, NO. 10° ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1948

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College,1945

PRICE 15 CENTS



Cleland Presents
Methods of Study
For English Bible

James T. Cleland, with a Scotch
accent and a charming sense of
humor much in evidence, outlined
“Three Ways of Studying the
Bible” last Monday night. First he
mentioned the. literary approach.
A study of the English Bible is
essential for an understanding of
English literature.“No one is cul-
tured who doesn’t know the Bible,”
Dr. Cleland stated emphatically.

One might also look at the Bible
from an historical point of view. Pal-
estine, situated in the middle of the
Fertile Cresent, served the purpose
of a buffer state in the ancient
world. Because there are contra-
dictory reports of the history of
the Bible, there is much opportun-
ity for research and problem-solv-
ing.

The third way of studying the

Bible is by searching for an under-
standing of the ideology involved.
Throughout both the Old and the
New Testament, the basic idea is
that of God seeking to enter into
a relationship with man. In Amer-
ica today, We have to choose from
among four loyalties. We may give
our allegiance to ourselves, to our
country, to Communism, or to the
Judeo-Christian tradition. If we
choose the last we must understand
the ideas of the Bible.
_ However, Dr. Cleland cautioned
his audience, “Never take the Bible
literally—just take it seriously.”
The contradictions in the Bible are
to be expected, because of the dif-
ferent times at which it was writ-
fen. “This isn’t a book,” the speaker
pointed out. “It’s a library!”

3 Language Clubs
To Present Plays

The last week before Christmas
vacation will herald the Yuletide
season, with the language club
plays, which will take place on the
first three evenings of the week.
On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes-
day nights the German, Spanish,
and French clubs, respectively, will
present their plays, followed by
carols and refreshments.

The German Club play, to be
given in conjunction with Haver-
ford, will enliven the Skinner Work-
shop at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, De-
cember 13. The play will be “Han-
sel und Gretel,” by Humperdinck,
complete with all the most familiar
songs. There will be a party in
Wyndham after the play, with Ger-
man. Christmas songs.

At 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, De-
cember 14, the Common Room will
be the final stopping place of the
posada which will lead off the
‘Spanish Club play. The posada is a
re-actment of the trials of Mary
and.Joseph as they tried to find
room in Bethlehem. A group goes
from place to place, singing.
Answering song comes from with-
in, saying that there is no room.
The last door, which opens, is in
this case the room where the party
will be. Following the posada there
will be a take-off from a rather
romantic Spanish play about a
famous character.

In the Music Room in Wyndham,
at 7:30 on Wednesday, December
15, the French Club will present a
thirteenth century Miracle Play,
“Le Jeu d’Adam.” The play, which
embodies Paradise, Earth, and Hell,

will be accompanied by medieval}

song such as was sung with the old
Miracle Plays.



By Joanna Semel, ’52

“Why, that’s exactly the way my
weekend was at West Point,” “Oh
no, Yale’s much more fun than
that,” “And Harvard’s really not
so stuffy”—With exclamations like
this, the new book, Weekend, by
the two authors of that guide to
all college men perplexed, For Men
Lonely—was met at all the east-
ern women’s schools.

With answers for the problems
of what to wear, and when to wear
it, what to expect of your date,
and vice-versa, and an advance
notice of college tradition and ta-
boo at the ten leading eastern
men’s colleges, Weekend came in
response to a great demand by the

Lerner to Talk
On Liberal Policy
Monday, Dee. 13

The Bryn Mawr Alliance for Po-
litical Affairs will hold its second
assembly on Monday, December
13. The speaker will be Max Ler-
ner, (prominent editor and political
authority. The subject of his talk
will be “What Can a Liberal Do?”,
and it will be concerned generally
with foreign and domestic policy.

At present (Mr. Lerner is editor-
ial director of the New York Star,
which was formerly P. M. For
many years he has been connected
with education. He was a lec-
‘turer in the department of govern-
ment at Harvard University and a
professor of government at the
Harvard ‘Summer ‘School. He is
now teaching political science at
Williams College.

At one time Mr. Lerner was
managing editor of the Encyclo-
pedia of Social Sciences and editor
of The Nation. The latest of his
many political books is The Mind
and Faith of Justice Holmes, pub-
lished in 1943. He is often heard
over the radio and frequently ap-
pears on ABC’s “Town Meeting
of the Air.”

USF Falls Short
Of Expected Goal

The goal set for the United Serv-
ices Fund was set at $4,200. The
total amount collected so far is
$3,200, $1,000 short of the goal.
Some people contributed nothing to
the drive. When a few remaining
non-Resident students are contact-
ed, the total sum may be increas-
ed.

Louise Earle, Chairman of the
drive, made two suggestions for
conducting next year’s drive. She
advised that a poster outlining the
main charities of the drive be put
in Taylor at the beginning of the
college year. She suggested furth-
er that the Community Chest and
Red Cross should be separated
from the student charities in the
drive, making it possible to specify
where donations should be used.

The solicitors for the drive re-
ported a “variation of attitudes,”
Louise said. Some people received
the solicitors with a mature atti-
tude. Others refused to consider a
donation.

The current deficit will not be
subtracted from the amount due
any specific charity, but will be
spread over them—all.Each char-
ity, therefore, will receive less





than its original quota.

‘Weekend’ Provides Perfect Guide,
Tips, for Visit to Men’s Colleges

coeds of America—for a pre-week-
,end knowledge of what to look for-
|ward to at houseparties, junior
proms, spring dances, and picnics.

William~B. Jones, and Richard
H. O’Riley, two Dartmouth stud-
ents, discuss the colleges, present
a detailed map of each with all
necessary locations, describe ex-
actly how to get there, and what
to do once you are there.

Naturally, Dartmouth being their
alma mater, Winter Carnival gets
top billing on the list of weekends
to enjoy, but a real objectivity
characterizes the major part of
the writing.

Harvard parties are “proper to
the nth degree, and when there’s
singing it’s always kept at a gen-
tlemanly pitch, volume and col-
or.” And being on the comfort-
ably formal side, your actions
should follow suit. Weather is
usually nice, but the authors do

Continued on page 3

Dr. George Boas

To Speak Thurs.
For Philos. Club

Dr. George Boas will speak in
the Common Room, Thursday, De-
cember 9, as a guest of Dr. Nahm
and the Philosophy Club. His sub-
ject will be “Time and the Human
Spirit.” Dr. Boas is head of the
Philosophy Department at the
Johns Hopkins University, and is
at present working on a “History
of Ideas” with Professor A. E.
Lovejoy. Lovejoy has_ retired,
leaving hisposition at Johns Hop-
kins to Dr. Boas. They collaborated
once before on a work entitled
“Primitivism and Related Ideas of
Antiquity.”

Dr. Boas is vice-president of the
eastern division of the American
Philosophical Association, and is
president-elect of the American
Society for Aesthetics. Dr. Nahm
points out that he is not only a
distinguished philosopher but also
an excellent authority on nine-
teenth-century French painting,
and is a trustee of the Baltimore
Museum of Modern Art. His most
important books are “Major Tra-
ditions in European Philosophy”
and “A Primer for Critics.”



Calendar

Thursday, December 9

4:00 p. m. Summer Camp
Party, Common Room.

8:30 p. m.. Philosophy ‘Club,
Dr. George Boas, “Time and
the Human Spirit”, Common
‘Room.

Sunday, December 12

8:00 p.m. Christmas Carol
Service, Goodhart.

Monday, December 14

12:30 p. m. Alliance Current
Affairs Assembly, Max Lerner,
“What Can a Liberal Do?”
Goodhart.

7:15 p.m. Current Events,
Miss Robbins, “Palestine”,
‘Common ‘Room.

8:30 p. m. German Club Play,
“Hansel und Gretel,” Skinner
Workshop.

Tuesday, December 15

6:30 p.m. Graduate Center
(Christmas Dinner.

8:15 p. m. Spanish Club Play,
Common ‘Room.

Wednesday, December 16

7:30 p. m. French Club Play, |
“Le Jeu d’Adam,” Wyndham.

Maids and Porters Carolling.









Chorus to Sing
Christmas Carols

With Haverford

On Sunday, December 12, at
8:00 in Goodhart Hall, the Bryn
| Mawr ‘Chorus, the Haverford Glee
Club, and the Bryn Mawr-Haver-
ford Orchestra will join in the
traditional Christmas program of
‘hymns and choral music. Dr.
| Andrew Mutch, Minister Emeritus
of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian
Church will read the Christmas
story from the Bible as he ‘hag
done for a number of years.-:

The musical program offers first
'four carols by the Bryn Mawr
Chorus, directed by ‘Robert L.
Goodale, with Pamela Field, ’51,
the Soprano soloist: The Carol of
the Angels, by John Jacob Niles;
Never Was a Child so Lovely,
adapted from a folk carol by
Niles; Jesus, Jesus, Rest your
Head, Appalachian carol, arranged
by Niles; I Wash My Face in a
Golden Vase, folk carol, arranged
by Niles.

Haverford Carols

The Haverford: Glee Club direct-
ed by William H. Reese, next will
sing three carols: Lift Up Your
Heads, Ye Mighty Gates, from
Freylinghausen, 1704; A _ Virgin
Most Pure, traditional, arranged
by R. Vaughn-Williams; Berceuse,
L’enfant dort, French, arranged
bby Darcieux.

Both choruses will then join to
present In Dulci Jubilo, setting by
Buxtehude, accompanied by vi-
olins; and Hodie Christus Natus
Est, by Heinrich Schutz. The pro-
gram ends with three Bach chor-
ales by the mixed chorus and or-
chestra.

The Bryn Mawr-Haverford orch.
estra, under the direction of Wil-
liam H. Reese, will provide the or-
chestral accompaniment for the
program.

Hopkins to Direct
Work of Art Club

Last Friday afternoon the Art
Club had its first organizational
meeting with Mr. Hopkins from the
Baldwin and Shipley schools. Mr.
Hopkins is an artist in his own
right, as well as a teacher. Since
most of the members have had
little experience, it was decided
that they should start out working
in watercolor. Mr. Hopkins will
give a problem each week, and
students can work in the lab over
the weekend. Meetings are held
regularly from four to five-thirty
on Friday afternoons in the art
lab. Later the club may meet at the
Otis Skinner workshop in the lec-
ture room off the Baldwin stage.

Bring Own Materials

There are no dues in the Art
Club; each student buys her own
materials. Anyone who is interest-
ed should listen for the noon an-
nouncement, and bring two or three
blocks of plasticine or tube water-
colors to the meeting. In the spring
the work done by the members will
be shown on Arts Night.

Kippy Mueller, president of the
club, wants more people to join,
especially freshmen and _ sopho-
mores Who can take over leader-
ship of the group next year. In-
terest has petered out toward the
end of former years, and Kippy
hopes that the same thing will not
happen again. So far the Art Club
members have been enthusiastic
about their instructor and eager



to keep up their work regularly.

Skilled Acting,

Direction Save
Priestley Play -

McKinley, Bishop Best,
Though not Perfect
In Roles

by Emily Townsend, ’50

Some rather good acting turned
a rather bad play into a fair per-
formance this past weekend. J. B.
Priestley’s An Inspector Calls is
so patently hackneyed, so over-
melodramatic and obvious, that
even fine characterizations and in-
telligent directing could not pre-
vent a typical Saturday night audi-
ence from taking it all as pure
parody. The deficiencies of the
script were particularly noticeable
in the third act; the endless labor-
ing of points which had been ob-
vious at least from the second act,
if not from the Inspector’s first
scene, was a difficulty not even the
most skilled performance could
overcome.

The play was, however, nicely
cast, and the cast as such was,
coordinated amazingly well. There
was relatively little differentiation
between leads and supporting play-
ers; each member of the Birling
menage became a principal as he
made his confession of guilt, and
then faded neatly away for another
one to take his place. The direc-
tion, of course, furthered this illu-

Continued on page 2

New Flying Club
Announces Aims

Something new has been added:
a Flying Club! There are two dif-
ferent kinds of membership to this
new-founded Haverford - and - Bryn
Mawr club: flying and non-flying.
A flying membership consists of
flight practice for pilots. A non-
flying membership, of instruction
in the ground school to learn
to check maps, to navigate and ob-
serve; non-flying members also get
a chance to practice flight and to
get their C. A. A. Federal License.
The activities of the club, whether
instruction, flying, or entertain-
ment, take place in the Valley.
Forge Airport, (which, incidental-
ly, owns a swimming pool, snack
bar, and dance floor).

- The aims of the Flying Club are,
in general, the promotion of navi-
gation, safe flying, and intercol-
legiate competition. Transportation
for the members, to and from the
airport, would be arranged. The
expense would therefore consist
only of the fee for the flying les-
sons, $6 an hour for single instruc-
tion, which itself would decrease,
the more members there are in the
club. The courses, which include
courses in navigation, mineralogy,
aircraft theory, engindgring, con-
sisting of lectures, training films,
and demonstrations, are open to
everybody from BMC and Haver-
ford. A flying license can be ob-
tained at the end of 30 hours of
flight, 18 of solo flight, and 12 of
duo flight. 260

All members of the Flying Club
are also eligible for competition,
whether intercollegiate or inter-
national. There is no need to know
how to fly to take part, and as for
those flying who are new at the
game, it seems that they do better
at ‘spot landing’ than experienced



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‘and save tempers. If nothing else is going to be done about



U. S. F. Deficit

The United Services Fund lacks $1,000 of its quota in the
drive which has just ended. There are many possible reasons
for the deficit: not enough advance knowledge of the drive or
how much the individual would be called upon to give; bad
timing of the drive, coming so near vacations and paydays;
and, finally, general apathy towards it.

For future drives, we feel that the individual quota
should be set earlier. Furthermore, we believe that the Unit-
ed Services Fund should take preference in the scheduling of
drives, since it is the only campus solicitation for national
charities. We support the suggestion of this year’s chair-
man that students be allowed to pledge contributions to cer-
tain of the Fund charities.

: We deplore the fact that through the U.S. F., Bryn
Mawr reflects the national slump in the Community Chest
Drive. As we suggest for future Fund campaigns, we ask'
what is being done NOW about the deficit existing on cam-
pus? While it would certainly be useless at this time to ex-
pect all of us to double our contributions or even add very
much to them, some of us might do that, were we asked.

String Quartet
Plays at Concert
In Deanery Sunday

by Anne Greet, ’50

The second Young Musicians
Concert was held last Sunday after-
noon at the Deanery. Joseph Silver-
stein and Felix Sitjar played the
violin, Theodore Israel played the
viola and Leslis Parnas the violin-
cello. The program began with
Beethoven’s Quartet in C minor.
The cello enlivened the first three
movements with its glowing notes
and bobbing rhythms. The second
movement was a series of lively
whispers from the violin, inter-
rupted occasionally by the cello;
the third was a stately gypsy dance
with slow deep crescendos and
booming resonance. In the last
movement the violin rivaled the
cello in a gleeful jig. The whole
finale had a neater style than the
preceding movements, more quick-
ened and precise movement of bows
across the strings, and more skill-
ful shading from note to note.

Brahms’ Quartet in A minor fol-
lowed. It was probably Brahms’
fault that as a whole the piece was
rather difficult to follow, but there

|were some lovely places—in the

second movement, the delicate call
of the violin and the booming
answer of the>cello, and,

above the cello’s thoughtful mutter.
Except for an Arabian Nights in-

terlude in the third movement, the |

rest of the piece was colorful but
blurred.

The second half of the concert
began with Tchaikowsky’s sweet
and familiar Andante Cantabile.
The gentle and soulful schmalz
turned too slow and cloying by the

Continued on page 3

Current Events

Common Room, December 6 —
Miss Northrop, speaking on the
European Recovery Plan, empha-
sized -the interdependence of the

various economies of the world. By |

providing “dollar assistance” to
sixteen countries, the United States
hopes to accomplish two main
objectives—to rebuild the econo-
mies of the various nations individ-
ually, and to establish maximum
interdependence among them, so
that, in time they can help each
other.

This year, the United States is
putting 5.8 billion dollars into ERP.
| Aid will continue for the next six
years.

Joint Planning

Total allocation of ERP funds
is decided on by the European
Organization. Through this joint
planning, all countries understand



Surely group projects—such as morning coffee in Taylor or
auctions, which proved helpful in raising the student quota
for the Bryn Mawr Fund—would yield enough of that deficit |
to warrant extending the United Services Fund drive to the
end of this semester. We of the NEWS urge action to erase
the damaging evidence of campus indifference.

The Inn

“Give us better food when we're a-working for our lives”

The Inn management has said that it cannot give us
hamburgers under ninety cents. What is provided often costs
a third more than at either the Greeks or the Hearth. After
we search five minutes for the lobster in our salad, we won-
der what we are paying for. In spite of its high prices, how-
ever, the Inn is running on a deficit. Why twenty cents for
cold chocolate, with or without “wafers”, when the Greek
sells it hot for fifteen?

The situation may be incurable, but some suggestions
might prove practicable. Most of us regret that this year
there is no cafeteria luncheon, because it makes for quicker
service and the food is a la carte. If this system cannot be re-
vived, at least some effort should be made.to see that custom-
ers are waited on in the order they come in. The cafeteria
system used at tea time would perhaps increase the turnover



the problems of all others.

An example of the value of this
program is afforded by England.
Without this aid the British econ-
omy would have completely col-
lapsed last spring: now England’s
production is 25% higher than it
was in 1938.

From an over-all view, the Euro-
pean Recovery Plan is as much
political as economic;-it-is-attempt-
ing to provide a sound economic
basis for political democracy.

Miss Northrop concluded with
the view that, in the long run, the
situation leads only to pessimism.
It is impossible, she said, to suc-
cessfully build half of the world’s
economy—east-west cooperation is
essential for a good economic sys-
tem.

later, |
violins quivering like sleepy hens |

by Joan McBride ’52

In an International Quiz con-
ducted iby station WPEN,.the Bryn
Mawr team was pitted against the
most difficult school in England
participating in the series, the
London School of Economics.
Promptly at 12:00 Bryn Mawr’s
team, Jean Ellis, Gale Minton, Ger-
aldine Warburg, and Irina Neli-
dow, was led into a small room. the middle of this cell was a table,
on which three microphones
(“cans,” to be literate) stood
| forebodingly. A complication arose,
; when it was discovered that the
|Bryn Mawr squad could consist of
only three members. Lots were
drawn and Irina Nelidow became
an alternate,~who ‘would replace
one of the regular members if she
fainted. At regular intervals dur-
ing the quiz, Irina held up a huge
sign containing the one word
“SWOOIN”. Scratch pads were





Cleland Preaches
In Sunday Chapel

Speaking at chapel on Sunday
evening, Dr. James T. Cleland,
Professor. of Homiletiecs and
Preacher at Duke University,
stressed the fact that “God does
not Heowenbraly work'as we expect
‘him to.” He pointed out that two
‘facts lay in juxtaposition: first,
our status as U. S. citizens and
college students, implying political
power, intellectual mastery, and
social prestige; and second,
present advent season “ specifically
|pointing toward the birth of
Christ.”

Dr. Cleland spoke of what God
ignored at Advent. The first of
\three factors He disregarded was
| political power. Jesus was born in
| Nazareth, a political nonentity,
rather than Rome, the leading force
at the time.

Intellectual mastery was also
ignored by God. At the time of the
first Advent, Greece was mistress
of the intellectual world. God how-
ever, was indifferent to this, and
turned to “little Israel” to give his
revelation.

Finally, Dr. Cleland pointed out
that God disregarded social pres-



rank, but-rather-“exalted-them -of
low degree.” The son of God came
to a carpenter and his wife.

In conclusion, Dr. Cleland said
that the advent season brings a
warning to us who have political
power, intellectual mastery, and
social prestige. We must not be
over-confident, for “who has known
the mind of God so as to instruct
Him?”





having student waitresses.

Compared with the hall food, what the Inn offers is very

good, but compared with the

Greeks or the Hearth or the

the.

tige. He avoided classes with’ social

BMC Wins lntareniicnal Quiz
With London School of Economics

|

rea BS



QUIZ TIME: (left to right) Gail Minton; Gerry War-
burg; technician Fred Bennett; moderator; Jean Ellis.

provided during the quiz, on which
the Bryn Mawr team could- relieve
their tension with doodles.

A three-way conversation be-
tween London, New York, and
Philadelphia ensued, designed to
alleviate the nervousness of the
competitors. Fred Bennett was the
American moderator, and Anthony
MacDonald the British. Mr. Mac-
Donald felt quite at home, how-
ever, as lhe once was engaged to
two Bryn Mawr girls. There was
also a mysterious female in New
York called Lillian, whose purpose
in life was never determined.

The cable was open for an hour,.
during which innumerable ques-
tions were fired at the two teams.
There was one American boy on
the British team. His presence was
explained iby the fact that three
English boys could not be found
who were capable of competing
with Bryn Mawr.

Even American _ intelligence,
however, was unable to save the
day for the British. The only ques-
tion that stumped Bryn Mawr was
this: ‘There is a little bit of Bris-
tol in ‘iNew York. Identify it.”
(Can you?) The final score was
Bryn Mawr, -560; England, 520.
Wild delight reigned, not only for
the Bryn Mawr team but the whole
American staff. ‘Bryn Mawr had
broken the English winning streak.
The quiz will be broadcast over
WPEN at 6:00 p.m., December 26.

After the quiz, Mr. Adams of the
Publicity Office treated the team
to a triumphal feast at Hamburger
Hearth.

Skilled Acting, Casting
Save “Inspector Calls’’

Continued from page 1

sion when it froze the secondary:
participants in each scene into ef-
fective pictorial groups. Further:
attempts to reach a style that
would soften the discord between
the unreal situation and the trite
dialogue were conspicuous in the.
sudden coming to life of the still
picture at the beginning of each act
and the detached judicial back-to-.
the-audience stance of the In--
spector. Whether the notable lack
of gesture or variety in pose was:
attributable to the same cause is:
difficult to say: when the lines were
good the effect was not bad, but:
when, as so often, they were banal,.
it became merely boring.

The most consistent character--
izations of the evening were pro-
duced by Richard McKinley as the-
Inspector, and Bill Bishop as Mr.
Birling. Although Mac was'at times:
built up by the dialogue and the di-
rection as a figure of greater po-
tency than he actually was, yet
the assurance of his stance and’
delivery gave the impression of
strength and maturity demanded

Community Kitchen, it is unsatisfactory. Considering that py the part. He looked well in the
the college pays the Inn deficit, it is too bad that the students ‘role, and it was perhaps the traces
should not get more return for what they are forced to pay.

We advise students who can back up their complaints with|/
constructive suggestions to get in touch with Inn representa- |;



speeding up the tea service, the Inn might at least return to

tives Franny Herman and Deedee Gregory immediately.



of consciousness of this that kept
his performance from being by far



| the best of the evening. Bill Bishop,.
in his interpretation of a. difficult-
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Specially contributed by
Edie Mason Ham 750
(continued from last issue)

Toward the middle of winter
there came over us a longing for
the ocean. We tired of the messy
snow and the undue importance of
littie’ ubjects, books, paper, ash-
trays, and little events, going to
lunch, going to a lecture. We felt
that the open stretches of gray
water and the hard sand were the
answer to all discontent. Priscilla
hud never seen the ocean but she
aflirmed that the Great Lakes were
just the same. So she allowed her-
self to sigh with us. Emily heard
us one day. Emily did not live in
ast House but she was a fine per-
son. She got a road map which
had miles and miles of coast on it.
We were much gratified, for going
to the ocean any time from Octo-
ber to May has a wistful, far-off
tone. Emily had a wandering soul
and a trip like this was just her
meat. It seemed that all we had
to do was to take busses.

Reveille by Gwynne

(awynne was determined to go to
the ocean and she realized how
easy it is to give up at the moment
of action. So when she woke me
wp at six o’clock on the day plan-
ned for the excursion, she was
glaring terribly to prevent me
from. turning over and saying it
was a silly idea. Although it was
one of the minor triumphs of my
life, I did get up. Gwynne was
relieved and I felt superior to any-
one who might not get up. We
went to get Priscilla. Priscilla, for
all her common sense and adult
wisdom, was unpredictable. This
morning she might say, “Oh, for
heaven’s sakes.” But as it happen-
ed she was up and ready. Emily,
of course, in matters of travelling
was completely reliable.

As the sun rose, we started off,
padding through the empty, snowy
streets. A succession of ‘busses
would take us to the ocean. We
arrived at the first one and got in.
It was large and the people talked
quietly. Finally it pulled out of
its private, stall-like home and,
bouncing gently on its axles, rolled
down the street. ‘We rode through
the flat country of New Jersey and
changed busses once. The second
one was not as comfortable, but
from it we began to see the short-
er, scrubbier trees and the streams
that rise and fall with the tide and
have distinct, perpendicular banks.
Priscilla’ didn’t notice these things
very quickly. ‘We thought either
that she was not very alert or that
maybe the Great Lakes were dif-
ferent.

* * *

On the beach Priscilla felt nei-
ther experienced nor secure. Real-
izing her absence, we glanced up
from our perch on a sea-sprayed
yock and saw her far above us. She
was stumping along in the dry,
white sand where the going is the
hardest.

“Hey, Priscilla,” we called and
ran up to her. She had decided that
the Great Lakes were never like
this. Nor was she sharing in the
thrill of recognition which we felt



- Tomorrow Santa Visits

‘Summer Camp Children

Santa Claus, complete with pres-
ents, will come early for about
thirty Philadelphia children, at the
League’s Christmas party in Good-
hart at 3:45 tomorow.

The children are members of all
the groups that attended the
League’s summer camp this year.

The starring role will feature Dr.
Gates, professor of chemistry; he
and Jane DeArmond will supervise
the games, singing, and ice cream
and cookies. A Christmas tree
will dominate the festivities.

All interested students are in-

Ocean-Madness Hits East House;
Winter Expedition Proves Cure

at each oceany object we passed.
She saw nothing pleasant in a
chain of dried-up fish eggs, and the
crab shell I tried to show her still
had crab within. ‘We laughed a
little cruelly. L

“Tt’s all right for you,” she said.
“You love these things. But I’m
hungry.”

* * *

““We’ll wash dishes, we’ll cook,
we’ll do anything,” we said breath-
lessly as the door of the Coast
auard Station opened.

The Coast Guard who was stand-
ing there looked greatly puzzled,
but another behind him knew hun-
ger when he saw it.

“Let ’em in,” he said.

We sat in big, wooden chairs |
around the Coast Guard table. As|
the clouds of cotfee-smelling steam
drifted about-us, ‘we happily await- |
ed a meal. |

Then someone said, “They’ll have
to see the captain.”

A dread silence fell. The billow-
ing steam seemed to retreat. It

BMC Delegates
Report on UWE

Continued from last week

Meyer’s report emphasized
the success of the first part of
UWF's program of political action,
as shown throughout the last year
and in the past election. The Policy
statement ultimately adopted by
the Convention overwhelmingly en-
dorsed the political action program,
and in conjunction with this pro-
gram passed-concensus resolutions
which included the following points:
that UWF believes in the streng-
thening and extension of the UN,
its activities and its specialized
agencies; that UWF rejects a poli-
cy of appeasement or of unilateral
disarmament, and recognizes that
although the Soviet Union or some
other power, may reject our offer
for World Government, a partial
federation should not be formed

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| unless every effort has been made

to obtain their participation; that
UWF does not accept as members
persons who seek to overthrow the
government of the United States.

People’s Convention



appeared that the Captain was up-
stairs Beating the Clock. We didn’t
know what that meant but Gwynne.
offered to go. We felt sure she
could manage him no matter what
he was doing. She would stand in-



side his door and, fixing him with
a blue eye from under the wide
brim of her hat, she would say,
“Just what are you doing?” If he
were not a very strong and per-
fect character, if he had the tiniest
feeling that he was ‘doing wrong,
if he was-late or was not doing
his job just right, the
would stop at Gwynne’s interroga-
tion and become befuddled. And
Gwynne would have the upper hand.
This was all Irony, great Irony and
sometimes made one doubt the
Justice of the World for Gwynne
did everything late or in some
bizarre fashion of her own.

But We Got Lunch

It was clear when she came down
from the Clock-beating place that
she didn’t like the captain and we
were sure he didn’t like her. How-
ever, we got our lunch.

Later we went on up the beach.
Priscilla was very resigned and
walked stolidly around the pools
that the waves had left on the sand.
The rest of us leapt them. Emily
typically had on loafers and these
would go flying out far ahead of
her as she leapt the pools. We came
to a point and the water was on
three sides of us. We felt»like
stout Cortez. It began to snow little
flakes. Priscilla had gotten her
, strength back by now and when the
rest of us flopped down on the sand
to let the snow cover us forever,
she was very firm.

, Continued on page 5

Quartet Plays Brahms,

Beethoven, and Mozart
Continued from page 2



end. It was a disappointment. The
best-played selection was Mozart’s
Allegro. The cello caught the mood
beautifully, the performers were

,all sensitive to its charm and pol-
ished style, and for the first time

they played as_one..man, not.four.
The contrast between the playing
of the Andante Cantabile and
Mozart’s Allegro illustrates how
much better they played spritely
numbers than slow ones.
Naturally the group lacked the
unity that only comes after play-
ing with the same people over a
long period of time. At first they
seemed uncertain and not always
together, but they gained confi-
dence as they continued. When they
paused, sometimes a little too long,
for emphasis, the first violinist
would raise his eyebrows in con-
gratulation at everything coming
out even. The one spot of color was
the red hair of thecellist which the
Deanery’s orange lights turned a

Captain |!

As we went to committee meet-
ings, the Student Convention, and
unofficial caucuses, we found that
increasing controversy was devel-
oping over the second part of
UWF’s program which commits
'UWF to help organize a People’s
Convention to draw up a World
Constitution. The controversy arose



ENGAGEMENT
Norma Jane Bernstein, ’49 to
Alan Kahn.



not on whether such a convention
should be held but on the method
of choosing American delegates be-
cause UWF is the largest Ameri-
can organization working for world
government and thus will be an
important instrument in the ehoice
of delegates from this country. This
question was of great importance
in the convention to delegates and
to observers from other organiza-
tions. Three trustees of the million
dollar Foundation for World Feder-
al government who are also promi-
nent members of UWF, were the
spokesmen for the plan for popular
election of American delegates to
the Constitutional Convention.
Stringfellow Barr and Scott Bu-
chanan, former President and Dean,
respectively, of St. John’s College
and Harris Wofford, Jr. founder
of Student Federalists, and member
of the National Planning Commit-
tee of the AVC, advocate the Plan
for popular elections for the fol-
lowing reasons: it would be the
focal point of a tremendous grass-
roots educational movement in the
principles of world government,
and because it would be an unoffi-
cial, spontaneous demonstration by
the peoples of the world, it would
not symbolize a capitalist plot to
secure world domination nor under-
mine the UN and seems to afford
the greatest likelihood of Russian.
participation. Mr. Meyer and the
majority of UWF’s national Exec-
utive Council, advocate the selec-
tion of delegates by such national
groups as AFL, CIO, ADA, League
of.-Women.- Voters,..and..other_or-
ganizations representing a cross-
section of the country. Their posi-
tion is based on the arguments that
this method of selection will secure
the ablest and most influential
American representatives resulting
in widespread publicity, and en-
tailing mass organization which in
turn would result in greater feasi-
bility of execution than the popular
election of delegates.

Midnight caucusing on the ques-
tion of “election versus selection”
of delegates to the People’s Con-
vention resulted in a decision of
the General Assembly to erect a
committee with both points of view
to draw up the final plans for



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‘‘Weekend”’ Gives Tips,
Guide to Men’s Colleges

Continued from page 1
advise for a weekend at Cambridge
—‘always bring. a raincoat—just
in case.”

Yale, according to the men, has
the “unchallenged reputation of
being the most formal college in
the east—and since. Yale men al-
ways attend classes in coats and
ties, they like their girls well-
dressed too.’’ Drinking is the other
outstanding characteristic of all
Junior Proms, Derby Days, and
football weekends; so advice is to
be prepared.

Princeton is said to have the
“most collegiate of collegians,”
also boasts the most popular house
parties, the best-looking campus,
and during spring house parties,
the finest Beer Baseball. The Tri-
angle (Club and its performances

highlight many a weekend; its
annual tour is a country-wide
event.

As for Williams, “an integral

part of any Williams house party
weekend is ten to twenty Amherst
men running around telling all the
girls that Williams is named after
the famous Williams shaving
cream.” The undergrads are de-
scribed as charmingly mannered,
the atmosphere, as a mixture of
parties on the rough and wet side,
and everybody being so nice about
it.

On the other hand, Smith and
Holyoke seem to monopolize the
social life at Amherst, known as
the Singing college. Only on the
very biggest weekends do the stud-
ents find it necessary to import
girls. Another interesting fact—
Amherst has a greater percentage
of graduates in Who’s Who than
any other college in the country
... The effect of this statistic on
the weekend is up to you to sur-
mise...

Brown University, sprawled over
College Hill, means some moun-
tain-climbing, a lot of formal
dances, and the annual Freshman-
Sophomore Beanie Fight . . . Fall
house parties, I.G.B. dance are the
biggest weekends...

As for |Cornell—big in every-
thing—size, number, parties, ac-
tivities, the ratio of men to women
is five to one( which calls for a

Continued on page 4

IRC Views Idea
Of Western Union

There was heated debate at IRC
last Wednesday night over the
subject “Western Union as a Third
Force.” Ruth Metzger, the speak-
er from Bryn Mawr, outlined the
history of this coalition of nations.
Under the Brussels Fifth-year Pact,
England, France, and the Benelux
countries joined to form the West-
ern ‘Union. The punpose of this
plan is to form a third (power
which will balance the struggle
between the East and West. Eco-
nomic cooperation, cultural ex-
change, and mutual defense are to
be the basis of the union, whicn
was strongly backed by Bevin,
Britain’s Foreign (Minister. In
spite of his approval of the plan,
France .has been more in favor
of the Union than has England.
Different ideas for a similar’ or-
ganization have fbeen offered by
various countries in favor of such a
plan. The dominating factor of
the Union would be military aid
to Europe after ERP, as the most
effective method of making the
Western Union a third force.

Independent. Union

Elwyne Davies of Haverford dis-
cussed whether or not such a plan
would be feasible. It is essential
that the Union be independent, be-
cause only then would it be able
to act as a third force which might
be able to check other nations. The
fact that geographically it lies be-
tween the USSR and America
would make it easier for it to act
as a steadying third power. fFinal-
ly, the strong necessity for such
a union is perhaps the best rea-
son for making the plan _practi-
cable.

Whether or not Germany should
be included in the Union was the
first question discussed by the
IRC group. From this ‘point the
conversation passed to such. prob-
lems as ‘whether the plan was a
good one in the first place,
whether world government had
gained or lost adherents in the
past year or so, and the possibility
of world government when such
different political. ideologies are
the strongest powers.in the world



at the present time.



U. N. Internes Train in Summer;
Meet Youths of Various Nations -

An interneship program set up
under the Training Division of the
United Nations brought fifty-five
young people from thirty-three dif-
ferent countries to Lake Success
to spend eight weeks working at
the U. N. last summer. The pro-
gram also included special lectures
about ‘the (U. N. by members of the
Secretariat and seminars on the
Palestine problem. The members
of the group lived at nearby
Adelphi College. Since no provi-
sion for this program had been
made in the U. N. budget, the liv-
ing expenses of the internes were
paid by grants from the Carnegie
Endowment for Peace, the Inter-
national Rotary ‘Club, and the
Hugh Moore Memorial Fund.

Nicole Guano, a French girl who
was in the group, talked of the in-
terneship with enthusiasm. One of
the purposes of the program was
for the members of the group te
learn ‘to know each other. Wednes-
day night social gatherings brought
the internes together in the “Pent-
house,” the ‘recreation room on top
of the U.N. building, to sing and
dance. There were parties or ac-
tivities planned for the group ev-
ery weekend. They went to see the
Giants play baseball, to the Berk-
shire Musical Festival, and on u
boat trip up the Hudson.

Most of ‘the internes worked in

American participation in the Peo-|the _ Public _InformationDepart-



ment, but some were in the Legal

‘Department, the Department of

Economic Affairs, the Department

‘of Security Council Affairs and the
‘Department for Trusteeship and
Information from ‘Non Self-Gov-
‘erning Territories. Internes did

research, translation and wrote re-
ports. Nicole translated and wrote

Tadio scripts for the Public Infor-

mation Department. One of her
most difficult assignments was to

translate English news broadcasts

into French as they were given.

‘Once she had to ask Gromyko to

make a statement over the radio.
He said he would, but never show-
ed up.

Admittance Qualifications

The__interneship program last.
summer was the second one. There
will be another next summer. Com-
petition for entrance is very keen.
The qualifications for admittance
are as follows: :

1. Fluent knowledge of two
languages, including either French
or English.

2.. Interest in and knowledge of
the field of international affairs;
demonstrated by field of study, ex-
tra-curricular activities, work ex-
perience or record of travel.

3. A minimum of four years of
college.

4. Age: between 20 and 30.

Information about the interne-

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Training Division of the U. N.

~~










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“Weekend” Gives Tips, |

Guide to Men’s Colleges
‘ Continued from page 3

lot of importing come big week-
ends.) The campus which stays
“just as God made it”—provides
an unending number of sstrictly-
adhered-to college traditions—i.e.
Kissing Rock, and (Suspension
Bridge, and innumerable college
hangouts—chief in popularity be-
ing Zincks’.

June Week
The U. S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, revolving completely

around tradition, and requiring at
least some knowledge of Navy
slang and customs, although in-
terrupted at all weekends by calls
to Formation, provides one of the
most enjoyable times. The Ring
Dance during June [Week (really
big weekend) is annually most,
popular.

At the U. S. Military Academy
at West ‘Point, most potent bit of
advice is dress conservatively. And
while “drags” walk everywhere,
“spend their own money, and half
the time are not with their es-
corts,” fall football weekends and
plebe Christmas, spring at Camp
Buckner, are annually yearned
after by many eastern coeds.

Stamping Ground

Saving Dartmouth for last re-
view, since it is the authors’
stamping ground, we find that all
weekend activity reaches its peak
in the Winter Carnival. As they
say, “Dartmouth breeds men who
are rugged—pby necessity — one
journey to Hanover will give you
a fairly good idea of what Ad-
miral Byrd is wp against.” Even
the three seasons at Dartmouth
are classified as Before-Winter,
During-Winter, and After-Winter.

After a survey of this guide to
the college girl—the authors have,
I think, accomplished their pur-
pose—‘“to chase away with finality
the twin ogres of housepartying—
unfamiliarity and uncertainty.”
They have given an accurate, for



the most part un-prejudiced, ac-

Sports

The first of the winter sports
to be organized is swimming. The
Varsity consists of Anderson, An-
thony, Chambers,
Dempwolf, Dugdale, Geib, Gunder-
sen, Herman, Howells, Laidlow,
Marks, Mutch, Repenning, Rotch,
Shaw, Torrence, Valasco, Walker,
Warren, Winton and Woodward.

The freshman swimming squad

Bacon, Dean,

includes Anderson, Benedict,
Chambers, Crowdus, Dean, Har-
mon, Herman, Laidlow, Marks,

Shaw, Velasco and Woodward.

Varsity divers are Alderfer,
Owens and Rotch. Dean and Win-
ton are diving for the freshman
team.

Members of the badminton squad
have also been announced. They
are Blackwood, Christ, Dawes,
Davis, Hersey, Howells, Iglehart,
Johnson, Lukens, .Marks, New-
bold, Newlands, Repenning, Run-
ton, Schmidt, Walker and L. L.
Warren.



count and description of these ten
schools.

Judging by~ the acclaim which
greeted For Men Lonely and which
led to this sequel ,a journey back
to their native midwest will fol-
low next. And if the next book
keeps the same accuracy in report-
ing, interesting style, and keen
knowledge of college tradition—it
will be a success.



The Observer

(Specially contributed)

We have all been here now any-

iwhere from eight weeks to three

years and eight weeks. Everything
is familiar to us — familiar and
friendly. There are those parts of
the campus that we see everyday
and there are the well-known feel-
ings and rituals.

After dinner we walk across the
grass in front of Taylor to go to
the Library. And now, in the dark
anyway, we suddenly feel as if we
are walking across our own front
lawn. We look over our shoulders
at a friendly Taylor Hall as we
pad on to the Library. We find all
is not familiar, however, as we
bump into the waist-high wire
fence around the grass and practi-
cally cut ourselves in two.

One becomes accustomed to cer-
tain less stable objects. That beau-
tifully-coordinated Airedale is one
of these. Like most. well-coordin-
ated. things, he has one purpose
in mind. Not being an Airedale, I
am not sure what that purpose is,
but it seems to be a sort of happy,
all-engrossing perusal of the object
in mind. We have seen him streak-
ing down a path, nose to ground,
legs and body a wee bit stiff be-
tokening an energy he has not had
to draw upon yet but which will
send him flying in the final heat of
the chase.

And then there are the patterns
we see before our eyes from very
force of habit. There is the long
white-covered table with water
glasses and the early-morning sun
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East House Explorers Peer at Frosty Ocean
In Mid-winter’s Expedition to New Jersey Shore

Continued from page 3

“You will get up,” she said.

She hoisted someone up by the
scruff of the neck and stood her
upright in the falling snow. But
by the time she had another one
half way up, the first had fallen
over. Priscilla paced a little and
then came back. She remembered
that food had stopped the ocean-
madness that morning and now she
tried it again.

“You are hungry,” she said.

After a few minutes it worked.
Priscilla was the leader now. She
turned us around and started us
walking back from where we had
come. The snow blew at us. It
fringed our eyelashes and settled in
our hair. Soon we were very cold,
very wet. Priscilla herded us on,
this time keeping to the road and
not the beach. All the time we
heard the beat-beat-beat of the
waves over on the right. Priscilla
kept us to the left of the road as
much as possible.

Finally we came to a drugstore
where we would wait for the bus.
Wearily we slumped into a booth.

Priscilla, admirable for her ability
to ignore heat and cold, wet and
dry, put pencils in our hands and
made us write post-cards home.
The bus came after we were warm
and dry. As it carried us off, we
leaned against the window to hear
the waves.

It was snowing large, melting
flakes when we got out of the bus
and the darkness was velvet- black.
We walked home through the quiet-
ness, carrying our seashells and a
bottle of sea water. East House
was entrancing in the snow. The
people were gratifyingly glad to
see us. Leaving our shells in the
smoker for all to admire, we went
upstairs. And in our ears were both
an echo of the waves and the
friendly, familiar babble of East
Tiouse.

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Freshman Show Managers

The Freshman Class takes pleas-
ure in announcing the election of
Pat Onderdonk as Freshman Show
Director; Julie Ann Johnson, Stage
Manager; and Ann Ritter, Business
Manager.

*° Record Library Additions

The public Relations Office has
presented the Student Record Lib-
rary wth an album of records by
well-known vocalists, such as Lau-
ritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Leo-
nard Warren and Jeannette Mac-
Donald, and the Robert Shaw Cho-
rale. This album was originally
the gift of the Davidson Agency.

Library Exhibit

There is a special exhibit cur-
rently being displayed in the West
Wing of the Library. This exhibit,
based on the Life magazine article.
“The Age of Enlightenment”,
treats various aspects of the cos-
tumes, art and literary works of
the eighteenth century.

Mademoiselle College Board

Edie La Grande, ‘49, and Gail
Minton, 49, are additional campus
representatives on the Mademoi-

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Page Five

Sunday Morning Blues Dispelled
By Soda Fountuin Juice ’n Coffee

Are Sunday mornings difficult for
you? Do you find the decision be-
tween two hours of extra sleep or
else the probable breakfast down-
stairs one of terrifying propor-
tions? This need not be. Your par-
ticular problem concerning this
matter can be solved more satis-
factorily than you ever dreamed,
and you probably dream the wild-
est solutions every Sunday morn-
ing at 8: 57.

The answer is the Soda Fountain
—between the hours of ten and
eleven-thirty. Besides good food,
jt offers a multitude of things
easily enjoyed in your condition.
The atmosphere is soothing, and
the conversation is scintillating,
dealing gently with everything
from the night before to coal-min-



ing. And then there is the per-
formance of Beth Harrer and Bess
Foulke, both ’52, the regular Sun-
day morning cooks.

The food is marvelous, and caters
to capricious appetites. If you can
take hamburgers and ketchup first
thing jin the morning, Beth and
Bess are delighted. But the more
delicate can always have the con-
ventional sticky buns, with or with-
out coffee, preferably with, for this
is easily the best coffee on campus.
The actual method_of its prepara-
tion is a trade-secret, but somebody
mumbled something about boiling
until the enamel comes off the sink.
All sorts of conclusions may be
drawn; however, proof of ‘its quali-
ty is that one connoisseur said it

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THE COLLEGE NEWS



Skilled Acting, Casting
Save “‘Inspecior Calls”’
Continued from page 2

and unsympathetic role, at times
caught the very essence of self
complacency of middle age, al-
though he was not quite able to
sustain it in the third act. The
manner in which he flicked his
cigar was only one instance of the
careful attention to detail which
marked his entire performance.

Sheila Tatnall as Sheila Birling
was perhaps cursed with the most
trite and unfortunate lines in the
play. Too often, her careful charac-
terization was made soggy under
their weight. She was, however,
the only one to whom her own
line, “ We aren’t the same people
we were when we sat down here to
dinner tonight,” applied in any
sense. She gave a “developed” in-
terpretation, in contrast to Thomas
Graff, who, nominally reaching the
same position of self-knowledge,
relied on his lines rather than his
acting to prove it to the audience.
His was a fine initial characteriza-
tion, but it remained static. How-
ever, his air of dissipation was
well-done and restrained, and he
managed to combine intoxication
and a British accent without de-
generating into mere burlesque.
Robert Kunkel as Gerald managed
to convey an impression both of
insipidity and of ruthlessness, a
combination by nature difficult to
make convincing. Ann Jane Rock,
as Mrs Birling, attached herself too
much to the cliche-conception of
the middle-aged matron: lacking
any individual interpretation, she
verged too often on dissonant cari-
cature. She had, however, the least
inspiring role of the play to work
with,

The sets were suitably sombre,
and the ground plan was interest-
ingly laid out. The costuming was
effective while being subdued, and
the make-up, especially on the In-
spector, was good. The production
on the whole was marked by an
intelligent unity of purpose and
performance that deserved a better
script to work with.

Denbigh, Merion, Hav.
Hold Suecessful ‘Mixer’

The first mixer of the season—
the Denbigh - Merion - Haverford
(and sprinkling of Villanova) dance
—was held Friday, December 3, in
the Rumpus Room. With freshmen
and “Twelfth Street Rag” predom-
inating, the soda-fountain profit-
ing, lights vacillating, and the stern
woman in the picture on the south
wall glaring, about fifty couples
Paul Jonesed, lindied, and extract-
ed life histories. Congratulations
go to the hostessing staff who work-
ed hard—and successfully—at mak-
ing the evening a pleasant one for
everybody. —





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The Annual Anthology of Col-
lege Poetry has selected “Retreat”
by Helen Goldberg, ’49 in its com-
pilation of poetry written by col-
|lege students all over the country.
| Thousands of poems are submitted
; to this anthology, and Helen Gold-
| berg is Bryn Mawr’s only repre-!
‘sentative to it. It is not a contest,
but simply a selection of the best
poetry by college-age students.
Publicity concerning the anthology |
was printed in the NEWS earlier |
this fall. |
Outside of high school publica-
tions, this is the first time that
Helen has had anything published,
although she has been writing po-
etry for several years. Her sub-
ject matter is wide and varied, and
she does not confine herself to any
one phase of poetry. Her back-
ground is not a typically literary
one. Her parents, who work with
public health, however, publish sci-
entific writings on the side.





[While a politics major, she is
taking (Mr. Thon’s course in play
writing. At the present moment
she is working on a play dealing
with the problem of readjustment
of a student just returned from
Europe. She firmly believes that a
piece of writing, in order to be
worth something to the world,



Helen Goldberg’s Poem, ‘Retreat’
Represents B. M.

C. in Anthology

must have something real to say.
Without a message behind ‘it, a
work is meaningless, and does not
have much purpose in being.

RETREAT
There are no questions here, no bit-
ter “whys?” ps

No blank and dusty faces, squint-
ing through

The blank and dusty windows,
seeking peace

They’ve never known; nor hurt re-
sentment, nor

The weary, hopeless sight of bent,
grey heads

That strain to stare with greed at
passers-by

In the dim, grey street.
Just silent, nameless peace

morning sunlight, sifting
through the leaves.

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As a ‘Premiere,’ the Flying Club
is offering a free flight this week-
end to all those who are even re-
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who can go, includi#i® the faculty,
see Ann Eberstadt, Pembroke East.



WHAT TO DO

Will everyone who is willing to
baby-sit during the Christmas va-
cation please leave her name with
Mrs. Vietor in Room H of Taylor?

Schools and Colleges occasional-
ly do preliminary interviewing of
teachers during the Christmas va-
cation. Will all seniors and gradu-
ate students thinking of teaching
please see Mrs. Crenshaw?

Positions for Next Year

Topographic Engineering Aid ex-
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Fourth Civil District for positions
in all states east of the Mississippi
except for Michigan, Illinois, and
Wisconsin. Salaries $2152 to $2974.
Only a small amount of mathemat-
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lowest positions, school mathemat-
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third floor offices of the Bureau of

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Soda Fountain Coffee
Ends Sun. Morn. Blues

Continued from page 5

was the first cup of coffee she had
enjoyed in three years. (Name
given on request.)

There is also orange juice Sun-
day mornings, fresh, from real
live oranges. If fresh orange juice
is something you thought to be ex-
tinct on campus, come early and
see it being squeezed.

With all the fun, Beth and Bess
have also had their problems. A
whole series of set-backs have oc-
curred, namely the breaking-down
of the grill and hot plate at the
same time. It’s a very trying thing
to be able to offer only cold sand-
wiches for breakfast. In spite of
this, the Sunday morning Soda
Fountain hours have contributed
greatly to the Bryn Mawr Summer
Camp, a League activity supported
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