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VOL. L, NO. 15

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1954

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1954

PRICE 20 CENTS



Page Suggests
Contradictions

Of Greek Epic

Introduction of a New
Character Seems
Spurious

" The middle of the Odyssey, which’

deals with the overthrow of Pene-
lope’s suitors, falls below the qual-
ity of the rest of the poem, said
Mr. Denys Page in Monday night’s

_ lecture. Unusually careful prepa-
»Yation was made bythe poet for
this_part_of the_story..He arouses

many expectations, which, however,
are not fulfilled.

Certain problems and contradic-
tions in the context of the poem
lead one to believe that the Odys-
sey is the work of several differ-

—»-.ent men and was composed at dif-

ferent time. The first problem is
the introduction of the totally new
character Theoclemenus, who is
given a 32 line introduction, indi-
cating that he is to play an import-
ant part in the remainder of the
poem, This expectation is not ful-
filled, however, &s he plays.a minor
role and soon disappears complete-

=e

Theoclemenus first appears as Tel-
;, emachus is sailing for Ithaca from
« the coast of Pilos. He does nothing

» worthy of note, but in the first
- meeting between Penelope and
“ ‘Telemachus, Telemachus tells his
~ : mother that he has no time to stop
:‘and talk to her, but must be off
‘.to the market place to find Theo-

clemenus. He tells Penelope to

bathe, dress, and sacrifice to Zeus,

indicating that what Theoclemenus

has to say.is of vital importance to

her,

‘ Though Theoclemenus’ actually
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Alliance Candidates: Houghton, Yourig, Mazick, Potts.

Selections Of Novel And Traditional
Spirituals Highlight Recent Concert

especially contributed
by Lois E. Glantz, ’56

Goodhart, Feb. 26—One of the
most enjoyable events of the~year
was the Concert of American
Negro Spirituals, presented by the
maids and porters. It is hard to
decide who deserves the greatest
praise; the always inspired_and
rich-sounding chorus, the lovely
solo. voices, or the hard-working
and constantly alert directors. The
program was one of really good
folk music and wonderful fun.

Among the most successful num-
bers-of_the-evening were the _spir-
ituals sung by the whole chorus
with incidental solos, such as “In
That Great Getting-Up Morning”
with Dorothy Backus as soloist,
“Get On Board Little « Children”
with Mary Parsons, soloist, “Joshua

Fit the Battle, of Jericho”, Louis’
White, soloist,, and an extremely |/

spirited rendition of “Let Us Cheer

the Weary Traveller”, with Dor-/

othy Backus and Evalin Johnson;
soloists.

Soloists Excel

The haunting quality of the
Negro. spirituals was heard in “I
Couldn’t’ Hear Nobody Pray”;
Esther Lesley was the very effec-
tive soloist. ‘Were You There
When They Crucified My Lord”, as
sung by Dorothy Backus and
Louise Lones, was in the same,
mere serious mood.
sur solo songs gave the
audience a nce to hear some
amazingly full “and big voices.





Miwa: Cee Masoeila. Simpaon, (lasing) oeaweee F
Wendy Ewer & Ann Fosnocht, Non-Res.
* Elected to Lead Undergrad & Self-Gov. .

by Carole Colebob 57
In: interviewing Ann Fosnocht,
‘our newly elected Self-Gov presi-
dent, we discovered that she came

to Bryn Mawr as a Sophomore |

transfer from the University of
Rochester. Ann lived in Denbigh

--for~her..sophomeore-year-and--firet;..

semester of this, her junior year.

Between semesters she became a
non-res, commuting from her home
in Malvern, 15 miles-from here.
When asked if she would return to
residence next year, Ann said, “I’m
tempted and I’m considering it, but
I’m not sure yet.”

Ann has never served on the
Self-Gov Board but has hada good
deal of experience in allied fields.
She said, “I am very eager to learn
more about- the workings of the
Board in the next few weeks.” She
will take office after spring va-
. cation. Regarding future plans she
* told us, “I’m getting married when
I graduate, ” and we noticed the
didamond she was, wearing.



An English major, Ann had been
reading Gertrude Stein in the
Reading Room Monday afternoon
when Anne Eristoff, -this year’s
Self-Gov president, told her the re-
sults of the election and presented
her with a corsage of yellow. roses.

honor to run against such fine
candidates and said that, she would
do her best to be Lirdaed of her
position.

Ewer’s Hobbies Include
Sports, Poster Painting.

By Marcia Goldstone °56
“My main aim as president of
Undergrad is.to try to increase‘ the
efficiency of the organization in

order better to fill the needs of |:

the campus, nothing radical,” said
Wendy Ewer - an interview last
night.
Wendy, a Philadelphian, is the
i non-res ‘to be elected to a
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Frederick Gaymon, Jr., sang ‘“‘Poor
Me”, arranged by Nathaniel Dett;
and Doris Richardson sang an ar-
rangement by Edward Boatner of
“Oh, What. a Beautiful City”.
Aloysius Mackey, with a tremen-
dous bass voice, sang “Water Boy”,
One of the most exciting moments
was Margaret Greer’s :singing of

“Sometimes I Feel Like a Mother-

less Child”, for Miss Greer has. a
beautiful quality to her. voice and
sings: with excellent taste.

Some novel inclusions in’ this
musical program were the recita-
tions of two of Paul Lawrence ° Dun. -

bar’s—poems_in_the_Negro nel

Continued. on Page 6, Col

Student, ‘57, Talks

On Research Work

especially contributed
by Carol Hansen, ’57
Many people have nicknames,
but there are few who have been
called “Miss Drosophila’’. For’ Jogn
Smith, ’57, who discussed “Cytol-
ogy. in the Fruit Fly and Renal
Disease in A Strain Mice”, Wed-
nesday, February 24
this is‘ definitely not a misnomer.
In, the lecture sponsored by the
Science Club Joan described her in-
dependent research with fruit flies
for which/ she won the Eastern
Zone Science Congress two years
in succession and a gold medal at
the National Science Fair in St.
Louis.
The work, however, which she

‘| considers most important is her ex-

periment concerning renal disease
in A Strain mice conducted at

Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar om

Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 -

Thursday, March 4

4.00 p. m. Tea-and talk about
“Jobs Abroad After Graduation”
in the Common Room.

5.00 p. m. Conyers Read will
lecture on “The Angelican Estab-
lishment” in the Ely Room.

8.30 p. m, A joint League-Alli-
ance meeting will discuss “Bryn
Mawr’s Responsibility in Race
Relations” in the Common Room.
Sunday, March 7

seph Bishop of the Swarthmore
Presyblterian Church will give
the. first of a series of talks in
chapel.
Monday, March 8
7.30-p..m. “Depression? ? ?”
will be the topic at Current
Events with Miss Woolcott as
speaker.
8.30 p. m. Denys Page will lac
ture on “The End of the Odyssey.”
Tuesday, March 9.
‘6.00 p.m. “Puritanism” -will be’
the theme of the third lecture’ in
Mr. Read’s series on English His-

‘tory, -

Wednesday, March 1

7.15 p..m. Miss Lonsdorf will.

give the hygiene lecture.











in Dalton, |.

Tigers, Owls Give
Theme For Mixer

by Mimi Collins ’57

Bryn Mawr and Princeton fresh-
men whirled about the gym dance
floor beneath streamers of orange
and black at the mixer on, Feb-
ruary 27, 1954, Mike Dunn and his
band provided music from 8:30 p.
m., to 12:00 with Lucille Lindner
and Ann Sroka taking over the

ba community sing.

Cavorting tigers and owls lent a
festive touch to the gym walls and
a network of streamers created the
illusion of a canopied ceiling.
Winded dancers formed a continu-
ous line to the fencing room
throughout the evening to refresh
themsélves with .punch afid cookies.

Four nondescript sophomores
added to the success of the dance
when they paraded about the gym
floor-With enormous books borrow-
ed from the library for the occa-
sion. Looking as unattractive as
possible, the girls wound in and
out among the dancers pointing

Continued on Page 6, Col. 5



Candidates for,.Vice-President
-of Self-Gov., in alphabetical
order, are:
+ Mary Jane Chubbuck
Nancy Houghton
(Emmy Rauh
Jan Warren
The following, in alphabetical
order, are candidates ‘for Secre-
tary of Undergrad:
Betsy Dugdale
Jane Keator
Nonnie Powers
Jean Young
The Secretary of. Self-Gov.
will be chosen from these candi-

dates (listed in alphabetical
order):
Mary Darling

Jane Keator
Marcia Lockwood

spotlight at intermission to lead |.

C. Read Notes
English Schism
With Catholics

Separation From Rome
Political and Not
Theological
There are few subjects on which
itis harder to make difinitive
judgment than the Reformation,
for the problems which perplexed
men then are live issues. today.
Some people still think that the
separation from Rome condemned
England to the eternal bonfire,
said Dr. Conyers Read, Professor
Emeritus of History at the Uni- ©
versity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Read
discussed the Break from Rome
during the Mallory Whiting Web-
ster Memorial Lecture in History
on Tuesday. 3
The Reformation of the 16th
century was political rather than _
theological and. was concerned
with government of the church and
not with its dogma. It was a pro-
test against the old church and
the Pope rather than against a
creed. Anti-Roman and not anti-
Catholic, Henry VIII, the man.who
was most responsible for the break,
had been the “Defender of the
Faith” and protector of the church

against Luther.

In the 16th century the members
of the clergy were omnipresent in
secular as well as religious life.
They advised the King, were im-
portant in Parliament and on low-
er levels the parish, the lowest unit
of church jurisdiction, with its
church officials, became the work-
ing basis of the national govern-
ment,

The church controlled the minds
of the people through. the sacra-



Jean Young







1:20pm. -The-—-Reverend —Jo-.

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Chapel: Winstead, Preston,

by Epsey Cooke, °57

An unusual spring concert is to
be presented by the Bryn Mawr
chorus and Princeton Glee Club in
conjunction with’ the Young
People’s Dance Theatre of South
Orange, ‘New Jersey. The feature
Noces”, which he dedicated to
Diaghliev.

The concert. will be. ‘aeloumel
three times: in Gooddhart on March
12, at Princeton on March 13, and
at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Mil-
burn, New Jersey. Reserve tickets
may be purchased for $2.00; stu-
dent tickets are $1.00; They are
being sold by chorus members in
all halls or may be purchased from
Diane Druding in Pembroke West.

“Les Noces” was written for a.
mixed chorus, ballet, twelve per-
cussion instruments, and four
pianos. In its complete form, “Les
Noces” has been presented only
three times previously, in Paris,



.of.the concert.is Stravinsky’s “Les |.



London, and New York. —,





Hall, (misaide) Leckwood.

Princeton, Bryn Mawr Hold Concert,
To Present Stravinsky's “Les Noces”

“Les Noces” will be sung ~ in
English. Solo parts include the
bride and groom, while the chorus

groups will represent wedding
guests. The ballet dances the theme
that is being sung.

The leads are to be sung by_four/
professional soloists, including
William Hess, who sang the lead
in Stravinsky’s “Persephone” when:
it was presented by Bryn Mawr
and Princeton at Carnegie Hall in
1949. The director will be Carl
Heinrich, director of the Prince-

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HUNGRY?.? ? ?

The Management of the Soda
Fountain would like to know if
the students are interested in
having the S. F. opened for
lunch on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays. .

_ Please address all commeiits
to the NEWS, Goodhart.