College news, October 21, 1953

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VOL. L, NO. 4

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1953

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1953

PRICE 20 CENTS



Russian ‘Crisis’,
U. S. Prompting
Pressure Unity

Ursula Branston Cites
English View
On Europe

Miss Ursula Branston, a British
visitor to America under the Smith-
Mundt plan and a British Conser-
vative Party specialist, spoke in
the Gertrude Ely Room, Tuesday,
October 20, on British and Amer-
ican Policy in Western Europe,
with special emphasis on plans for
European federation.

Miss Branston posed the ques-
tion, what is European unity in
actuality at the present? It is as
limited in character as it is wide
in possible scope. Six nations—
Germany, Italy, France, Belgium,
Luxemburg and the Netherlands—
have drafted a constitution for po-
litical unity which embraces other
economic and defensive alliances.
It also relinquishes individual sov-
ereignty.

This is a remarkable combination
of countries: two aggressors and
four. of their victims in the Second
World War. Actually this is a very
small fragment of Europe and
could not be said to represent in
any way a general federation. This
proposed amalgamation is prompt-
ed both by a fear of communism
and.by great pressure from the
United States.

While this unification seems the
natural solution of European and
world-wide problems to the United
States, Britain sees it in a totally
different light. She feels that in

May Sarton Talks,
Holds A Discussion
On Novels, Writing

Every student interested in crea-
tive writing is invited to confer
with May Sarton next week, when
she will visit the college. On Mon-
day, October 26, at 8:30 she will
give a lecture in the Deanery on
“The Fallacy of Experience”, stat-
ing what the novel should be and
do. On Tuesday she will meet the
members of the creative writing
class.

On either Tuesday or Wednes-
day she will have supper in
Rhoads, followed by an open dis-
cussion in KRhoads_ showcase.
Everyone is invited to both the
lecture and discussion. The purpose
of her visit is to give all students
the opportunity to meet her per-
sonally and to ask her pertinent
questions on writing, or hear her
poetry.

First Volume of Poems

Miss Sarton had her first vol-
ume of poems published in 1936,
and has been a professional poet,
novelist, short-story writer, and
lecturer ever since. For the last
three years she has been an Eng-
lish instructor at Harvard.

Before the war she made an
eight months’ lecture tour of the
United States, covering most of
the ‘country except the Northwest.
During the war she wrote scripts
for the Oversea Film Unit ef
the OWI.

She has many writing honors,
among them the Golden Rose of
New England Poetry Society, Rey-
nolds Lyric Award for 1952, and
an award from the Poetry Society
of America. Her latest book of
poetry is entitled “Land of
Silence”.





sacrificing her status as a com-
monwealth nation and her position |
of possible arbitrator between the
federated powers, particularly Ger-
many and France, more would be
lost. to the free world than could
be gained. The balance of power
in Western Europe would be upset
even more than it is, and a com-
pletely German-dominated _ state

The NEWS takes great pleas-
ure in announcing the following
additions to. the staff:

Evelyn deBaryshe, 56

Donnie MacNab Brown, ’57

Marcia Case, °57

Carole Colebob, °57

Epsey Cooke, °57

Molly Epstein, ’56

Barbara Palmer, °57



might ensue.











Student Trainees To Assist Injured:
Bryn Mawr Aids Local Civil Defense

Especially Contributed by
‘ “Miss Charlotte Howe,
Director of Halls

The College is an important part
of the Civil Defense plans for the
community. It is planned, in the
event of an attack, to use the Col-
lege as a 1500 bed hospital. It is
planned that students with special
skills or. training, particularly
nurses’ aide training, remain at
the College and help take care of
the. patients. Other students are to
be .sent. to Baldwin, Shipley, and
Rosemont. ,

. Directions as to procedure dur-
ing an attack are included in the
following - Civil . Defense state-
WMenes. 6: 4-4 yj
‘ Understanding of some of the
dangers of atomic explosions and
knowledge of some precautions will
help to avoid confusion, to decrease
‘casualties and minimize damage.
' “The College Civil Defense Com-
mittee, representing faculty, staff



‘and ‘students, is working in con-

junction with local, Township and
County organizations. The Com-
mittee will post the shelter area
designated in each building.

The safest places inside build-
ings are generally on the ground
floors along interior partitions
away from glass.

When outside, try for the near-
est shelter or ditch.

Alert signal (red)—3 minute fluc-
tuating blast.

All clear (white)—three steady
1-minute blasts.

Further activities will be plan-
ned ard additional notices posted
as needed. If you have questions,
ask a member of the College De-
fense Committee.

Defense Committee

Katharine E. McBride, Annie
Leigh Broughton, Elizabeth Hume-
ston, M. D., L. Joe Berry, T. Rob-
ert S. Broughton, Edward H. Wat-
son, Charlotte Brandon Howe, Hor-
ace T. Smedley, Margaret T. Paul,
(Graduate and Undergraduate
representatives to be appointed).





Rifles Hi, Hillbilly Juniors Resist the Press,

by Barbara Drysdale, ’55

There is one strict rule in re-
viewing a class show at Bryn
Mawr—criticize the production for
what it is as the result of class
efforts and teamwork, not for how
it might rate compared with pro-
fessional productions including
brilliant stars. A second unwritten
rule is that no one should review
her own class show; unfortunately,
due to the Herald Tribune Forum
in New York, this rule has been
broken.

It is safe to say that the Junior
Class succeeded in their “Aim to
Please” the audience (and‘to enjoy
producing the show themselves,
This was due to the combination
of good music and dance with ex-
cellent taste.

Among the songs, “Lilting
Tunes, “] om: Yours”, “Do You
Know”, Wandering Breeze”, and
“Travellers Blues’ were particu-
larly memorable. “Old Fashioned
Courtship”, “We Dis Still It”,
“Judd’s Song”, and “Rifles Hi”
provided the comic elements. “Old
Fashioned Courtship” should be
mentioned also for the difficult
and effective counterpoint as sung
by Marcia Storch and Charlotte
Busse.

Short Length

The shows short length and the
absence of too many encores aided
its good pace. The technical effects |
provided by black lights in the
dance sequence were an inspira-



Photo Center, Bryn Mawr).

Newspaperwomen invade the community of Still
Hollow, to the amazement of its hillbilly inhabitants, in
the Class of ’55’s Junior Show.

Distill Spirits Amid Metropolitan Influences



(Photo, courtesy of



scenes were certainly more excit-
ing than the country ones; it is
not difficult to understand Debra’s
final decision to return to her own
way of life in New York.

It was a Junior Show with a
moral; beyond pointing out the
moral, however, there seemed to
be little else to say. Fortunately,
the songs composed a much great-
er portion of the show than the
dialogue did, and carried the mes-
sage across very melodiously. -

Maddie deRopp as Debra and
Judy Haywood as Julie, her back-
country counterpart, complement-



tion on someone’s part. The cafe



CALENDAR |

Wednesday, October’ 21
7:30 p. m. Marriage lecture in
Taylor.

Friday, October 23

8:00 p. m. Lantern Night in the
Cloisters. Step-singing afterward
on Taylor steps. ’

Saturday, October 24
9:00 a. m. French orals in Tay-
lor.

Sunday, October 25
7:30 p. m. Chapel Service in the
Ausic Rdom.

Monday, October 26

7:15 p. m. Mr. Robert A. Rupen,
lecturer in Political Science, will |
speak at Current Events in the
Common Room.

8:30 p. m. May Sarton, recipient
of- the Lucy Martin Donnelly Fel-
lowship, will speak on “The Fal-
lacy of Experience”, giving her
opinion of what the novel should be
and do. In the Dorothy Vernon
Room, Deanery.

8:30 p. m. Russian movie in the
Music Room.

Tuesday, October 27

4:00 p. m. Italian Club meeting
and movie. Common Room.

5:15 p. m. First Nurses’ Aide
lecture.

8:30 p. m. United Service Fund
meeting in the Common Room.

Wednesday, October 28
9:30 a. m. Ministers speak on
religious life. Common Room.
7:30 p. m. Marriage lecture in
Taylor.





ed each other nicely. Their songs
were pretty and delivered by voices
sweet, if not too powerful.

Leslie Kaplan, as the mysteri-
ous Lulubelle, gave a _ pleasant
rendition of “Wandering Breeze”,
augmented imaginatively by Chris
Flint on the autoharp. Grandpa
(Marcia Storch), Grandma (Char-
lotte Busse), and Judd Fudd (Liz



Dr. Wagner Begins
Nurses Aid Course

The Nurses’ Aide training pro-
gram, beginning on October 27, is
being given again this year in
close conjunction with the Civil
Défense program. There will be a
series of ten lectures, delivered by
local specialists in the medical
field, from 5:15 to 6:15 every Tues-
day and Thursday.

Dr. Wagner will deliver the In-
troduction. Dr. William Parker
will speak on “Shock”, Dr. Alan
Parker on “Burns,” Dr. Reider on
“Hemorrhage”, Dr. William Parker
on “Cuts ‘and Crushing Injuries,”
Dr. Palmer on “Head Injuries,”
Dr: McGraw on “Intravenous Med-.
ication,” and Dr. Harvey on “Rad-
iation Sickness”.

The lectures will be followed by

Klupt), provided the hillbilly
comic relief. “Judd’s Song” in par-
ticular, with its wordless last line,
was most amusing.

Cameron Collins (C.C.), played
by Jan Warren, and uproariously
funny in her role of attempting to
take a poll of hillbilly conditions.
Claire Weigand played Maggie,
the cynical woman without whom
no newspaper seems to be com-
plete.

The Kick Chorus displayed their

talents in some excellent new rou-
tines. By far the most outstanding
feature of the show, however, was
the synchronization of dance into
the plot, and Mary Vorys deserves
praise along with the dancing
chorus for her hard work and
hours of rehearsal.

Stage Set

The stage set of Still Hollow
woods (“there are more things in
these woods than you might
think”) was unconfused and at-
tractive. Liz Gordon also did an
excellent job on the sets for the
black-lighted dream sequence.

The costuming (by chairmen
Dottie Fox and Emmie Rauh) was
very gay and lovely; hillbilly
music and lots. of folk dances
made the most of the bright
colors.

The show boasted five accom-
panists on four different instru-
ments; included Marcia Storch
(violin) and Edie Schwab (har-
monica). Piano accompanists were
Lois Beekey and Claire Weigand.

It is particularly true of a class
show that it is always as good
as the people in it, and this cate-
gory definitely includes the direc-
tor, Janie Miller, and her assist-
ants. It is safe to bet that this
year’s Junior Show will be well-
remembered for its music, as it is
sung again and again at song
fests and around the dining room
tables.



two demonstrations in the infirm-
ary. Miss Clayton and Dr. Humes-
ton will demonstrate taking blood
pressure, temperature, pulse, and
giving respiration. Miss Farr will
illustrate how to give a hypoder-
mic and the care of the patient

The first Pay Day will be large
this year. Bookstore bills form
a great part of most Pay Days.
If you would like to pay your
Bookshop bill now, in whole or
in part, come down anytime
during regular Bookshop hours,
except on Saturday.







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Wednesday, October 21, 1953





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International Awareness

Last week was United Nations Week. This was insti-
tuted to remind citizens of the United States—who endure
so many such “Weeks” for various causes that all cannot be
celebrated—of the organization which constitutes the “round
table’ where nations meet to formulate agreements and
where they can, at least, agree to disagree. It is doubtful
that the Bryn Mawr campus was aware of this Week.

- United Nations Week itself is merely a reminder, and,
as such, of little significance. But the purpose behind it is
so important that it should be in our minds throughout the
year and not just occur when some occasion or event of na-
tional importance causes us to remember. A great many of
our hopes for the future and fears for world peace lie in the
hands of its delegates.

The organization has been subjected to criticisms: that
little seems ever to be accomplished at its round table, that
in time of trouble nations just want to receive aid (in the
form of money, or troops, or both) from the United States.
These observations have elements of truth in them. But they
do not show the whole picture.

Beyond this is another fact too seldom realized. Behind
the scenes at the United Nations a great many organizations
continue in their work of aid, rehabilitation, and education.
The workers train personnel from the countries aided so that
when another epidemic breaks out or another flood causes
havoc, native experts can handle the situation. The ultim-
ate purpose of these organizations is similar to that of the
medical profession—to become in the end useless beeauee of
the lack of need.

All the possibilities inherent in such a world organiza-
tion as well as all its present programs should be taken into
the balance before the United Nations is weighed and found
lacking.

One of the purposes of collegiate education is to become
more fully aware in many ways — politically, socially, ec-
onomically. Should it not be part of this purpose to become
internationally aware as well? Nothing is truer than the
handy platitudes about the earth’s pocket size in these mod-
ern times and the fact that families half-way around the
world are now practically our neighbors.

-In many ways—such as reading the newspapers or the
U. N. News, or visiting the United Nations in New York, or
participating in the various political organizations on cam-
pus—we can foster in ourselves a state of “international

awareness”. oe 4



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“UNICEF” Solicits:
For Rehabilitation,
Children’s Welfare

The United Nations Internation-
al Children’s Emergency Fund is
a part of the United Nations, es-
tablished by the General Assembly
in December 1946 for the relief
and rehabilitation of children and
for child health and welfare pur-
poses generally. During United
Nations Week, October 10 to 26,
the Committee for the Fund is be-
ginning its annual activities to
raise the money enabling it to
continue with its work.

The organization is supported
mainly by gifts from governments
—the people from each country
contribute through their govern-
ments—and by voluntary contri-
butions made on a_ nationwide
basis through the United Nations
Appeal for Children.

This year the Fund will cele-
brate its sixth birthday. When
programs now in operation end,
60,000,000 children in 75 countries
will have been aided.



children. The governments of the

The world-wide fight against

the enemies of childhood has nu-
merous battle fronts. Its workers
combat malaria, tuberulosis,
hunger, sickness, yaws, ignorance,
epidemics, and flood, drought and
earthquake emergencies. During
the last few years in Brazil, the
infant mortality rate dropped
from fifty to thirty percent due to
the help of UNICEF.
The main feature of the organi-
zation’s operations throughout the
world is what is called “the match-
ing principle.” In order for any
country to receive the Fund’s aid
for its children, the government of
that. country, or some voluntary
agency within the country, must
make a contribution equal to or
more in value than the aid request
of UNICEF,

Thus, in effect, contributions to
UNICEF are doubled or more in
value by the time aid reaches the

assisted countries carry the main
burden; UNICEF provides only
those supplies and equipment that
are not otherwise available. Whole
populations are often reached in
this way.

There are two points which it is
important to remember. First, the
child’s need is the only criterion.
Aid is distributed without regard
to race, creed, nationality, or po-
litical consideration.

Second, in all its operations
UNICEF seeks to encourage ini-
tiative, whether governmental or
private, and it particularly en-
courages efforts leading to last-
ing benefits for the children by
training personnel, of the countries



Your Counter point
Welcomes T ryouts

Attention, Writers:

Counterpoint wants you! Put
your stories, poems, essays and re-
views in the Counterpoint boxes—
see your work in print! Deadline
for the December issue is October
31, so hurry.

Announcing: Special Contest for
Freshmen—

Enter your freshman comps in
this new Counterpoint contest,
whose winner will have her compo-
sition published in Counterpoint
and receive a free subscription.

All you have to do is to put your



papers, labeled “Freshman Con-
test”, in one of the Counterpoint
boxes (in your shall and in Taylor)
by October 31.

Try out for the Counterpoint
Board! Open to All—

Put the following, labeled “Try-
outs” in the contribution boxes by
October 31:

1) .A Review of last Spring’s is-
sue of Counterpoint, which may be
purchased ‘in Taylor Bookshop.

d 2) One, two, or more, samples of
your own original work (stories,
poems, etc.)

But—even if you Cannot or Will
not write—

Don’t just sit there; subscribe 'to
your Literary Magazine! The price
is only $1.75 for two issues; for
subscriptions, see any member of
the Board, as listed below:

Editors
Anne Phipps ’54
Josephine Case ’54

Business
Katherine Masella ’56
Si-Si Chu ’56
Cynthia Sutherland ’56

Board

Diana Forbes ’54
Patricia Price ’54
Judith Catlin ’55
Isabel Nash ’55
Renie Peirez ’55
Sallyann Burgess ’56
Maxine Schwartz ’56



whose children receive the aid, to
continue the work.

There are three features of the
UNICEF plan to raise money.
Two are of Bryn Mawr campus
interest. The United States
Congress is to be encouraged 1o
set aside governmental funds for
this purpose. Secondly, United Na-
tions postcards (designed by Henri
Matisse and other prominent
artists) will be sold in the College
Book Store.

Also, a “Trick and Treat for All
the World’s Children” is being
planned for this year’s Halloween.
In these ways, the United States
can join the other nations in im-
proving the children’s health not
only in a few families or communi-
ties, but over the entire world.



Kay Sherman Represents The College

At ‘Junior Press Conference’ Opening

The Junior Press Conference,
which is made possible by Ruth
Geri Hagy, opened with scenes
of college campuses, among them
‘Bryn Mawr.

The guest Monday ‘night was
Colonel] Ben C. Limb, a “valiant sol-
dier, fighting by Singman Rhee as
firstsan aid, then as secretary and

now the representative of Korea in|

the United Nations.”

As a member of the panel, Kay
Sherman represented Bryn Mawr.
The University of Pennsylvania
sent Marcianos Shestack and Mr.
Leonwater, and Swarthmore was
represented by Mr. Seiverts.

Kay Sherman opened the discus-
sion with a query as to whether the
proposed Korean Peace talks would
take place. Another question was
raised as to the amount of success
that could be hoped for. Colonel
Limb hoped the Conference would
take place; he felt that a prerequi-
site for success was that all the
topics on the agenda be brought to
a successful conclusion. Asked



about the merits of Unification,
Colonel Limb said that without
this unification, many lives would
have been lost to no avail, and only
with unification could peace and
prosperity be achieved. There could
be no peace, Mr. Limb asserted, if
half the country were to be allowed
to go under Communist rule.
As a statement of fact Mr. Limb
asserted that if the conference met
with no success the allies were com-
mitted to re-open the war with the
South Koreans. War would re-
open if the Communists appeared
to be prolonging the conference
merely for the sake of prolonging
and delaying the procedure, hence
the January 25 time limit.

Mr. Limb’s central point seemed
to be that come what may the Ko-
reans must recognize no partition.

Partition, he felt, had been the
worst mistake and a “stupid” one,
and the aim of the Koreans, that
of unity, must be the aim of their
Western allies.



Current Events

Mr. Bachrach Explains
Bricker Proposal
To Students

Mr. Peter Bachrach cited “a new
kind of isolationism” when he ex-
plained “The Bricker Amendment:
Ameriean Isolationism vs. Human
Rights” at Current Events, Mon-
day evening. If ratified, the pro-
posed amendment will substantial-
ly lessen the President’s treaty-
making powers. _

Originating with the American
Bar Association in 1946, the plan
was introduced by Bricker in the
form of an amendment in 1952. By
January of 1958, it had sixty-four
sponsors, but no action had been

taken when Congress recessed in
August. The Administration is op-
posed to the Bricker amendment.

Bricker’s Proposal

The first section of Bricker’s
proposal states that a treaty pro-
vision conflicting with the U. S.
Constitution shall not take effect.

In the Curtis-Wright Case of 1946,
||] the court decision was that the

treaty-making power is inherent
in the President and that the coun-
try must be lenient in judging his
decisions in foreign policy.

According to the sixth article,
all treaties under United States
authority are supreme, but there
are political safeguards against
presidential power. Treaties must
be ratified by two-thirds of the
Senate; Congress can refuse to
vote funds, and can also repudiate
a law.

If a treaty can become effective
as internal law in the United
States only through the normal
course of legislation which is re-
quired in the absence of a treaty,
the President’s power to. negotiate
is greatly hindered. This second
stipulation of the proposed amend-
ment would mean a great delay in
enacting international decisions be-
cause they would not\be binding
upon the VU. S. without going
through all the steps of a regular
national law.

Precedence of Treaty

Since a treaty has precedence
over state laws as does a federal
law, issues such as civil rights
cases which cannot be regulated by
federal laws could be brought be-
fore an International Tribunal af-
ter the ratification of the Human
Rights Covenant. Bricker fears
that such a treaty would make the
International organization too pow-
erful and questions whether the in-
dividual would have the rights of
“due process of law” before such
a court. Of course here, too, there
is a political safeguard because
Congress need not ratify the cov-
enant in the first place if pressure
is brought to bear against it.

In the third section, Bricker
gives Congress the power to regu-
late all executive agreements with
other nations or an international
organization. Since executive agree- .
ments have outnumbered treaties
in a ten to one proportion during
the last. decade, this provision
might hamper the President to a
point where America’s role in in-
ternational affairs would be seri-
ously hindered.

One effect of the proposal is that
Eisenhower and Dulles have sworn
they will not even suggest that the
Senate ratify the Human Rights
Covenant, because these rights
must be felt from within, not legis-
lated from without, but the char-
ter might do some good in coun-
tries where it is ratified. The bill
is “motivated by the fear, mistrust,
and hatred of new ideas.” Com
servatism in the U. S. has had its
stronghold in Congress, but if this
amendment is passed, the presi-
dency also will be dominated by
Conservatism.








Wednesday, October 21, 1953

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Mrs. Neel Appears,
Talks at SDA Tea

Plan to enter politics? If so,
start at an early age. This was the
advice of Mrs. Percy Neel, a candi-
date for the local School Board,
who spoke to interested students
at tea on Thursday.

Sponsored by SDA, under the
chairmanship of Anne Mazick, the
talk was planned to present a sur-
vey of the local political scene. Fol-
lowing it, Mrs. Neel answered per-
tinent questions, and there was op-
portunity for discussion.

In explaining the political set-
up, Mrs. Neel said that the town
of Bryn Mawr is a part of Lower
Merion Township, which is the
largest township in Montgomery
County. The township is divided
into twenty-four voting districts,
each of which comprises a popula-
tion of from fifteen hundred to
three thousand.

The township is governed by
fourteen commissioners, who serve
for four-year terms. Since only
one of these is a Democrat, it is
not difficult to see that this town-
ship is a notoriously Republican
stronghold. In fact, Republicans
outnumber Democrats by ten to
one. Mrs. Neel felt that at least a
small minority of Democratic
commissioners would be effective
as a constructive curb.

The most important office to pe
voted on this year is that of Tax
Collector and Treasurer. This of-
fice carries with it a sizable sal-
ary, including rebates garnered
from back taxes. The Magistrate,
or Justice of the Peace, holder of

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Dancing And Songs
Mark Jam Session
. by Harriette Solow, ’56

“Sir, would you play a Charles-
ton?” asked Claire Weigand, in-
spired by the Haverford Jazz
Band. The band was playing in
Applebee Barn on Saturday, Octo-
ber 17 between three and_four-
thirty.

Claire had just taught Penny
Derr a version of the Lindy and
was ready for more—a few steps
of Charleston led to a kick chorus
routine. Actually, dancing was a
natural development since “listen-
ers” tapped their feet, whistled,

‘and sang along with the music, en-
couraged by members of the band
who sang and nodded too. People
wearing comfortable clothes sat on
ehairs and tables and, most impor-
tant, were completely relaxed.

Casual Attitude

“The casual attitude affected the
music in that the “concert” was a
jam session. Songs including “Isn’t
It a Lovely,” “Basin Street Blues,”
and “Has Anybody Seen My Gal”
were played in random order with
pauses for the band to decide what
to play and the audience to chat.
‘As for the actual playing, “They’ve
really got the rhythm and they’ve
really got, the beat” was the reac-
tion of Laura Lee Stearns.

Particularly good was their ver-
sion of “When the Saints Come
Marching In.” It was very spirit-
ed and also unusual because it was
almost completely percussion at
the end.

Members of the band, except the
drummer, Lee Regan, are Haver-
ford students, only one of whom
ig) a music major. Their names
and instruments are: Wis Comfort,
trombone; Jerry Albright, trum-
pet; ‘Sahib Shihab’, piano; Larry
Finkelstein, guitar; ‘Shoeless Joe
Jackson’, -bass viol, and Ed Pine,
clarinet.

Half of them have been members
since last year and the other half
were chosen at a jam session held
at the -beginning of the school
year. The Haverford Jazz Band
has been in existence for three
years.





Ministers Arrive

Here Next Week

“Religion and Daily Living” will
be the topic at the conference on
religion scheduled for October 28
and 29 when there will be min-
isters of every denomination visit-
ing Bryn Mawr. On Wednesday
there will be one minister visiting
each hall for dinner, and he will

speak on religion in daily life and
lead an informal discussion after
dinner; .\

On Thursday, two of the min-
isters will be in the Deanery all
day for private discussion, and
then at four, all of the ministers
will return for a tea in the Com-
mon Room. Here each will give a
short talk on the aspect of re-
ligion that has meant the most to
him. It is hoped that this confer-
ence will give students an oppor-
tunity to have their questions on
religion answered and will stimu-
late religious interest.

The ministers in the halls will
be: Rabbi H. Hirsch Cohen in
Denbigh, Reverend N. Gordon Cos-
by in Merion, Reverend Edwin
Kennedy in Rockefeller, Reverend
E. A. deBordenave in Pembroke,
Mr. Robert James in Rhoads, and
a Catholic priest, as yet unnamed,
in Radnor.

Students are welcome to come
to all of the get-togethers to ask
questions about their own religion
or any religion in which they are
interested. Any student wishing to
talk to either of the men who will
be in the Deanery, Reverend N.
Gordon Cosby, or Reverend Edwin
Kennedy, may sign for an appoint-
ment on the bulletin board in
Taylor.

‘Friends Of Music’
Give First Concert

by Harriette Solow, ’56

The New Art Wind Quintet per-
formed at the first chamber music
concert sponsored by the Haver-
ford College Friends of Music this
year. This took place in the Haver-
ford Common Room on Sunday,
October 18, at 8:30.

The quintet played Mozart’s Di-
vertimento No. 4 for Oboe, Bas-
soon and Clarinet a little faster
than it is ordinarily played, It was
delightful at this pace. Their per-
formance of Kleine Kammermusik
proved some of the easiest Hinde-
mith for listening.

Serenade and Thema Mit Varia-
zionen Op. 34 by Blumer, a con-
temporary of Strauss, opened the
second half of the program. It was
followed by a very pleasing per-
formance of RoSsini’s Quartet No.
1 in F Major. Trois Pieces Breves
by the contemporary French com-
poser Jacques Ibert concluded the
program.

Composer Ibert

The first of these, allegro, was

very amusing because after the
flute played its melody the French
horn broke in with a theme from
‘Wagner. Then attention flowed
back and forth between flute and
horn until an abrupt ending by the
horn. The third section, waltz,
also had an unusual and unexpect-
ed ending. As an encore, the quin-
tet played a German Dance by Mo-
zart.
The policy of the Haverford
Friends of Music is “presenting in
intimate and congenial surround-
ings, by the finest artists we can se-
cure, the best in chamber music,
especially works not frequently
heard. The next concert of the
series, on January 10 will feature
Agi Jambor, noted pianist. He will
play works of Bach and Chopin.
Concerts are free for students and
they will be welcome.”



Professor Maurin
Fluent Trilinguist,
Joins Department

by Jacqueline Braun, ’54

‘A sthdent who. thinks she knows
most of the Bryn Mawr faculty
might be rather surprised by the
number of young professors inhab-
iting the French, Spanish, and Phi-
losophy section of the library, In
an office halfway down the corri-
dor, with the door usually open,
may be found M. Mario Maurin,
new professor of French, With
just a few words M. Maurin can
make a student feel at ease, and
conversing with him is not only
pleasant but as a rule highly amus-
ing.

M. Maurin has a tri-lingual back-
ground. Borr in France of French
and Spanish parentage, he spent
his early years in Spain until his
family returned to France in 1936.
In 1941 he came to the United
States and enrolled in the Lycee
Francais in New York, from which
he received his bachaut in 1945,

Higher Degrees

He then went on to Yale for a
B. A. in 1948 as a Latin major,
and then an M. S. in 1949 and a
‘PhD. in French in 1951. He re-
turned to Europe for a year while
writing his thesis on the subject of
Andre Suares, a modern essayist
and poet. The name of this writer
will always call forth a smile from
M. Maurin, who believes that Su-
ares, though little spoken of to-
day, deserves to rank with the real-
ly great men of letters of twenti-
eth century France.

Between 1951 and 1953 M. Mau-
rin spent an unusual two years in
the United States Marine Corps.
Because of his knowledge of Span-
ish, he was given the responsibility
of training Puerto Rican draftees
in a camp on Parris Island off the
South Carolina coast. After com-
pleting his work there he was sent
to the Marine Corps Institute in
Washington in 1952 as a research
assistant in a language training
program for Puerto Ricans.

At Bryn Mawr this year, M. Mau-
rin is teaching elementary French,
a section of the first year litera-
ture course, and a class in twenti-
eth century French literature.
Suares will undoubtedly find his
way into this latter course to glad-
den the heart of his admirer.

Observer

A. motley crew of Freshmen
scrambles into line as_ twilight
dims the sky above the library.
Orange and black scarves glare at
the vari-colored coats and fire-en-
gine red gym suits. Rehearsal be-
gins and uncertain voices grope

clumsily for the harmony. At the
second verse a staggered line of
sophomores file in on each side
of the Cloisters. One line speeds
along at a slow run, then waits
dejectedly at the center for its
more leisurely partner to catch
up. Two hesitant strains of “Pal-
las”, one a whole stanza ahead,
mingle, or rather clash, in the en-
closure. The straining voices of the
Freshmen plunge into “Sophias”
as each lantern swinger tries to
help out by marking her individual
tempo with a clanking lantern.
Harrassed song-mistresses sigh
and call for another run-through.

Darkness has fallen on _ the
cloisters.. Pale-green lights sus-
pended in mid-air move in mysteri-
ous unison. A line of indistinct
figures glides along each side: of
the enclosure. Haunting strains of
the hymn to wisdom echo through
the darkness. The notes are clear
and crisp as they resound through
the cold autumn night. Darkness
has brought continuity and a
magic touch of timelessness to the
Cloisters.

“No, I’m afraid I won’t be able
to make it to the Symphony to-
night... Sorry, no flicks, either
... Yes, it really is a shame that
I’ll have to miss that lecturer in
the Music Room ... Am I doing
anything tonight? .., Really, you
do ask. the most absurd questions!
This is a “News” night! You know
... . tonight I slave down at the
“News” room... Of course it
takes time, but I wouldn’t have
tried out if I didn’t enjoy doing
Hoa”

Yes, missing those special events
and getting your articles in on
time are worth it, although some
skeptics just won’t believe that be-
ing on the “News” board or staff
could be worth the trouble. Work-
ing on the “News” rather resem-
bles portraying the hero in “The
Pit and the Pendulum”; that inev-
itable deadline is constantly star-
ing one in the face.

Yet even beating the deadline
can be a wonderful game. One feels
a triumphant glow when one has
just run from Rock to Radnor to
put that article in the Copy Edit-
or’s box on time. And when on
Tuesday night the editors head for
home, the satisfaction of knowing
that those six pages will actually
have something written on them
when they “come out” on Wednes-
day offsets that feeling that one
would like to lie down on the steps
of Goodhart and simply stay there
‘til morning.

Getting Job Done

There are serious aspects to get-
ting your job done down in the
“News” room, but it has been ru-
mored that a good sense of humor
is a prerequisite for acceptance on
the staff, and this may well be true.
When the “News” is at work in
Goodhart, an even slightly dull mo-
ment is.rare. Perhaps it has some-
thing to do with the organized, or
disorganized, state of things. The
copy gets lost under the table, or
the galley starts to blow out of the
window, or everyone forgot to
bring a pencil and we may be ‘forc-
ed to correct things with lipstick.

And there is almost always some
poor soul sitting in a corner, hav-
ing a mild case of hysteria, per-
haps due to the fact that someone
else has just thought up a’ sensa-
tionally riotous headline, such as
“Dot Marshall Gives Kids Straight
Poop”. This was once. considered
for use above an article on a meet-
ing of the Freshmen with the Dean,
but was promptly unconsidered
after the Editor had been consult-
ed.

Adventure

The “News” room is always the
backdrop for the unravelling of
tales more fabulous than any Na-
thaniel Hawthorne could invent...
in other words, what happens to
various staff members when said
members find themselves in start-
ling situations. There is always at
least one person around who is
happy to tell about the time she
misquoted Miss McBride three
times in the same article. Or the
honored member who innocently
inquired of a prominent Bryn
Mawr professor; “Do you live
around here, too?”
Incidentally, really getting to
know the faculty and administra-
tion constitutes one of the plus
factors for Board and Staff mem-
bers. They may think we're a
bother, but at any rate they do
know we exist. How could they
help it, being constantly plagued
by blazer-clad figures demanding
their life histories for an inter-
view, or information on what topic
they’ve chosen for Current Events
next week?

Yes, even when it takes an entire
hour to dredge up a headline that



counts, or when we manage to

Behind the Scenes . . .

By Joan Havens, ’56

“schedule” three events at once in
the Common Room on the Calendar,
those untold bonuses of working
on the “News” outnumber any in-
conveniences we may feel we suf-
fer fin the interests of journalism.
Anyone can, given a month or two,
pound out a headline, but it’s much
more fun when you know it must
be finished tonight. After all,
there’s always the opening of the
Soda Fountain to look forward to,
and our literary inventiveness is
renewed after a trip to this sooth-
ing locale.

In closing; you can criticize the
articles, heads, and editorials in
the “News” (just don’t do it too
often!), but don’t criticize the spir-
t behind them. If “the spirit is
the thing that counts”, then work-
ng on the “News” definitely
counts too.

Autumn Decoration
Livens Rock Dance
by Barbara Drysdale, 55

Bright autumn leaves and gay
chrysanthemums decorated Rocke-
feller Hall on Saturday night
when last nighters wandered in
from Junior Show to dance to the
music of Jon Whittaker’s Band.

Carrying out the theme of the
hillbilly country portrayed in “Aim
Please”, wagon wheels and
little brown jugs were scattered
around the room. Punch and cook-
ies were served to the guests (in-
cluding two busloads of Prince-
ton boys attracted to the Bryn
Mawr through Junior
Show’s overenthusiastic publicity),
who spent the evening dancing in
the spacious dining room and sit-
ting and talking in the smoker.

With some help from Straw-
bridge and Clothier decorations,

chairmen Joan Polk, Marcia Lock-
wood, Annabelle Williams, and
Janet Mules planned well for the
final event in a pleasant evening.

Bard's Eye View

by Joan Havens, ’56

to

campus

’'Tis four ante meridian;
Throughout the ivied dorm,
Most everyone now slumbers,
As is, this late, the norm,

The clanging of the fire bell



Now rends the placid air,
And figures, rudely wakened,
Appear on ’scape and stair.

Towels flapping in the breezes,
Many a curlered mane;

Once out, they stand there glumly;
The Captain shouts each name.

“T told you shoes, not slippers”;
She checks them with a frown.
That ‘coat’ strangely resembles,
Your academic gown!”

“This drill took thirteen minutes;
It couldn’t have been worse!”

(At any rate, it’s over,

And gladly they disperse).

’Tis four fifteen, post fire drill,

As up the stairs they creep.
Twill now be possible, they hope,
To finish with their sleep.



Mr. Robert A. Rupen, lecturer
in Political Science, will speak
at 7:15 p. m. in the Common
Roont) on Monday, Oc 26,
at/Current Events. His ‘topic
will be “The Issues Before the
Eighth General Assembly”. This
subject will pave the way for
‘Philip Jessup’s speech on Octo-
ber 30 at the Alliance Assem-



bly. Every one is welcome.







_—




Page Four

THE COLLEGE NEWS



) Wednesday, October 21, 1953



Age-old Trieste-Istrian Controvers
Brings Bitter Yugoslavian, Attitude

~_ by Anne Mazick, ’55

Now that there is such great
controversy over Trieste, and the
United States spoke so hastily in
Italy’s favor a short time ago, it
seems important to examine the
other side of the situation. Despite
our opposition to Communism, we
have probably done a great deal to
strengthen Tito’s regime lately,
because he needed such an issue to
unite all his unsympathetic citizens
again.

During a visit in Yugoslavia
with the Experiment in Interna-
tional Living last summer, we ob-
served that people were not as
happy with.the Communist regime
as some of us had heard previous-
ly, but regardless of what they
might think of the top Commun-
ists’ relatively - luxurious living
standards, they still admired Tito
and his regime for one important
function. They have formed a unit-
ed Yugoslavia from six small re-
publics, and regardless of the na-
tionality conflicts that are still
quite strong, Yugoslavs realize
that this is the only way they can
hold any influence in the world

community. The Trieste dispute
has probably strengthened this
feeling.

Wheén our group visited Belgrade
early in August, after spending
three weeks with families in Za-
greb, we met Josip Gjergja, state
counselor for foreign affairs, a po-
sition similar to the office of
Under-Secretary of State. Trieste
was the first issue Mr. Gjergja ex-
plained, For many centuries the
territory of Trieste was under the
Austro-Hungarian empire, togeth-
er with Slovenia and Croatia.
After World War I, Italy bargain-
ed for Trieste and President Wil-
son supported Yugoslavia, but’
when America withdrew, Italy
gained the upper hand.

Yugoslavia had to oblige, and
lost Trieste, Istria, and Dalmatia
to Italy. Mussolini worked on the
denationalization of Istria and Dal-
matia for fifteen years, and within
that time, Trieste and Istria chang-
ed ethnically. During World War
II, Yugoslavia liberated Trieste
and Istria but did not gain a right
to Trieste. At the Paris Peace Con-



Professors Speak

Of Life in Greece

“Our Three Years in Greece” is
the topic chosen by Dr. Amey E.
Watson and Dr. Frank D. Watson
who will speak on Sunday, Octo-
ber 25, at the annual fall tea of
the Alumni Association of the De-
partment of Social Economy. The
tea is open to members of the
Alumni Association,

Dr. Amey Watson, first presi-
dent of the Social Economy Alum-
ni Association, was Director of the
School of Social Welfare at the
American College for Girls near
Athens, and Case Supervisor of
the Family Agency in Greece. Dr.
Frank Watson was Director for
Greece of the Congregational
Christian Service Committee.
Prior to that he served for thirty-
five years as Professor of Soci-
ology at Haverford College.

ference in 1946, Trieste was declhr-
ed an international area.

Yugoslavia desired a solution to
the problen’ and offered three pro-
posals. The first was that the area
be . governed in condominium,
changing every three years. There
would be a mixed administration
with the governor from one coun-
try and the vice governor from the
other, then the reverse at the end
of three years. The second plan
was to divide the territory accord-
ing to the ethnic line, and the third
according to ethnic balance.

Italy refused all these proposals
and suggested a “demagogical”

plan, furthermore refusing to solve
any other problems with Yugosla-
via until the Trieste issue was set-
cled. Yugoslavia does not question
the fact that Trieste as a city is
Italian, but she feels that the eth-
nic territory is disputable.

Story of Destruction

Last week a letter arrived from
a friend in Zagreb. On October 9,
she had gone to the American lib-
rary for a book she had ordered
from America, and ,she described
the destruction which she had seen
at the French, American, English,
and Italian consulates. This girl
was twelve years old when World
War II interrupted her youth, It
is not as easy for her as it is for
us to feel free from the dangers of
war. After describing what hap-
pened to the consulates in Zagreb,
she continues:

“This (demonstrations with the
breaking of windows) lasted the
whole day, and even now, at ten
o’clock, I can hear the voices of the
demonstrators. I can’t approve van-
dalism, but my opinion is that this
what happened to Trieste is really
the most unjust thing toward Yug-
oslayia since 1945. Italy fought
with Germany, occupied during the
war Dalmatia, Slovenia, and Istria,
chased and killed partisans—and
now she is getting the zone A with
Trieste, where 75 per cent of the
population are Slovenians! And
more—Pella, the premier of Italy
said: This is only the beginning of
our requirements, It is well known
that Pella wants our whole coast
because she is, ostensibly, Italian.
Always the conquerable appetites!

“I don’t know what will be the
end of this, but I hope the UN will
do something. I hate war, and to-
day, at the glance of the American
library, I became at once awfully
worried, because it reminded me
on the last war, on demolition and
damage.

“T hope this will be only a little

misunderstanding between us and
America and England, and I hope
they( will find a better solution
about) Trieste...”
: And her older sister commented
in her note: “It is a bad situation
we are in, and we don’t know how
it will finish. Now you can prob-
ably understand why we Europ-
eans have another point of view
than you—and why we are so un-
trustful—with such an experience
behind us.”



Hot from the grill

Come hamburgers fine,

Or anything else you
wish.

So stop at The Hearth

Whenever there’s time

And order your favorite
dish.



Last Nighters

Progressive Players
Present Work
Of Shaw

by Barbara Drysdale, ’55

The Hedgerow Theatre, a small
group which is known for its pro-
gressive theatrical viewpoint, pre-
sented what must have taken a
great deal of courage even to at-
tempt — the entire version of
George Bernard Shaw’s Man and
Superman — Friday night in the
Foyer of the Academy of Music.
It was an auspicious opening for
the repertory theatre’s two and a
half month run in Philadelphia.

In the intimate atmosphere of a
small theatre, the players gave
the five-hour play with a great
deal of polish and ease, despite
the obvious torment of the poor
statue in hell—the dream char.
acter of Roebuck Ramsden — in
clown white and mediaeval cos-
tume under the spotlight’s glare.

Dolores Tanner made the most
of the tiny set; the size was pain-
fully obvious only in the Victorian
drawing room scene when the men,
Jack Tanner in particular, seemed
to dwarf their surroundings. The
simplicity of the sets was in ex-
cellent taste, and Jasper Deeter’s
blocking was masterful.

Without exception, the char-
acterization was most enjoyable.
Ronald Bishop gave a splendidly
Victorian delivery as “plain Roe-
buck Ramsden”, one of the heiress’
guardians. As the hero Jack Tan-
ner, David Metcalf gave a per-
formance almost too good to be
true, overacting just a bit. Most
of the time, however, his enthusi-
asm for the progressive in customs
and morals was quite contagious.

Moral Passion

His startling entrance was par-
ticularly well done, and the duet
with Anne (Audrey Ward) on the
subject of moral passion was de-
lightful. Audrey Ward as “Gran-
ny’s Annie” laid her trap for Jack
just like a cat contemplating a
feckless mouse. Her majesty and
poise as the girl who always did
what everyone else wanted were
very fine.

Robert Chase was quite young
and naive as the poetical Octavius
(Riki-tiki-tavi). His misunder-
standing of Anne’s tactics was
complete and his subsequent heart-
break pathetically funny (“Bear
it like a man, Tavi, even if you
feel it like an ass,” said Jack). His
sister Violet, sweet and persuas-
ive, proved her father-in-law’s ad-
age that “domestic pressure may
be slow, but it’s sure.”

Mendoza of the Sierras, who
found his mission in life “to hold
up motorears, to secure a more
equitable distribution of wealth”,
was superbly played by Michael
Kahn. His rendition of the Devil
in hell was even finer. He inter-
preted Shaw’s definition of hell
beautifully—“nothing is real here,
that is the horror of damnation”
and “ ‘Leave all hope behind, ye
who enter here’ — think what a
relief that is!”

Morgan Smedley as_ Henry
Straker, the new man “who proves
that social prejudice is not limited
to the upper classes,” was quite
amusing. The minor character
players were excellent.

Shaw illustrates his opinion of

Continued on Page 5, Col. 5

Miss Lehr Gives

Miss Marguerite Lehr, profess-
r of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr
College, gave the first in her series
of talks entitled “Invitation to
Mathematics” on the television
University of the Air on Monday,
October 15. To the people who
know her, Miss Lehr’s program
gave not only the pleasure that
comes from hearing her talk about
mathematics at any time, but also
the thrill of knowing that this sub-
ject was coming to life in language
anyone could understand, through
a highly accessible medium.

Looking up invitation in Web-
ster, Miss Lehr found first “to in-
vite is to ask... . to engage in some
(presumably attractive) proceed-
ing” and commented: “That was
my intention, but he a
says ‘a drawing one on, a@ilure-
ment, enticement’. It could have
been made to order because draw
you on is what I hope to do; the
allurement and enticement will
come from mathematics itself.”

For people who cannot read mu-
sic, a musical score is only a col-
lection of symbols; for others it
comes alive with familiar sound



and rhythm. Similarly back of any
mathematical formula, be it, simple
addition or something drawn from
Einstein, runs “the live activity,
mathematics, and no definition can
hope to catch the live thing”. The
essence of mathematics, like that
of poetry, defies definition. Miss

Ballet Cast’s Skill
Enthralls Audience

by Maryellen Fullam, ’56



With customary perfection, the
Sadler’s Wells Ballet thrilled Phil-
adelphia audiences last week, dur-
ing its annual appearance at the
Academy of Music. From its large
repertoire, the company selected
for presentation “Sylvia”, “Swan
Lake”, and a triple bill of “Les Pa-
tineurs”, “The Shadow”, and the
third act of “The Sleeping Beau-

ty”, danced by the inimitable com-
pany twice on Thursday.

Despite the limitations imposed
py the small stage at the Academy,
and the minimum amount of scen-
ery, the Ballet was most impress-
ive. The two classics, “Sylvia”
and “Swan Lake’, were superb,
due largely to the incredible danc-
ing of Margot Fonteyn.

“Les Patineurs”’, the first num-
ber on the program of three, was a
light sketch depicting a skating
scene. The precision with which
it was executed was the main fea-
ture of the dance, since it lacked
interpretive significance.

“The Shadow”, a ballet in one
scene, was the better of the two
short offerings, by dint of its plot
and its effective scenery and light-
ing. The story of the two young
lovers and the shadow of fear was
sensitively interpreted by Philip
Chatfield and Svetlana Beriosova.

The third act of “The Sleeping
Beauty” was highlighted by the
color and pageantry of the court
and the delightful antics of the
fairy tale characters.

Lecture On I. V.

Called “Invitation to Mathematics”

by Jacqueline Braun, "54

Lehr let Housman speak for her in
this connection, “I can no more
define poetry than a terrier can de-
fine a rat—show me a piece and
I’ll tell you whether it’s poetry by
whether the small hairs rise on the
back of my neck”,

Mathematics sets up good rules
for getting quick answers and ac-
cumulates reasons for trusting
these rules. The basis of mathe-
matical activity is inquiry, “so our
choice of examples will be based
on questions put—questions about
number, space, pattern, logic. Most
smallwchildren do things and ask
about things which in some way
touch the mathematical side of ex-
perience. Miss Lehr intends to use
children’s casual remarks in her
talks to surprise her audience into
“that attitude of observant activ-
ity from which questions spring.”

Disposed to Learn

In Webster’s definition of math-

ikos—disposed to learn” and only
second “mathematika, — things
learned.” Miss Lehr started rais-
ing a few questions to make her
audience disposed to learn. “If
you: see a scallop-shaped shadow
would you know that it could come
from a spiral? How much can we
tell about shapeS from shadows? If
you see a route on a map do you
know where the pilot has gone out
of his way? Can a factory making
flash bulbs make some control of
quality when any test of bulbs de-
stroys them? When the United
Nations team of economic advisors
started for eastern countries why
did they take dice as part of their
equipment?” oe

Miss Lehr’s\talks will all be
concerned with questions raised:
How many? How high? How far
away? How often? How likely?
What shape, pattern, path? “Each
talk was chosen because it illus-
trates some _ basic~ mathematical
notion which has paid off in in-
creasing our understanding and
enjoyment of the world we live in.
Each talk will begin with some
naive observation or familiar sit-
uation and show the intention of
some piece of mathematics which
is current and powerful. Do not
be misled if questions at first seem
childishly naive, obvious, almost
trivial. Benjamin Franklin flew a
kite—a childish pursuit, but by let-
ting it run free he learned some-
thing far from childish .. . If in
these talks kites are once air-borne,
don’t pull them down too soon.
There’s electric charge in those
clouds! Besides, it’s fun to feel a
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Wednesday, October 21, 1953

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



Old, New, Eternal
Give Cairo Charm
by Suzan Habashy, ’54

There are so many different
parts of Cairo to describe. For
some the modern city’s skyscrap-
ers, buses, movie theatres, hotels,
clubs and sports, theatres. and
nightclubs, afford the main attrac-
tion, :

Others go back a little in history
and time for the things which for

them make Cairo unique. The Opera
house built by the Khedive to com-
memorate the opening of the Suez
Canal, to welcome the Empress
Eugenie and the first audience
ever to listen to Verdi’s “Aida”.
The Palaces of a kingship now
seemingly belonging to a past era,
the Citadel, the «Mosques, the
artists’ quarters in old Cairo, the
University of Al Azhar, the seat
of all Islamic culture and learn-
ing, the old Coptic churches, these
things fascinate them.

Archeologists find amidst the
ruins of Cairo, at the Pyramids,
a wealth of interest, a key to a
past civilization. Visitors to Cairo
are struck by a new atmosphere,
a strange fascination which
touches all the East.

The shopkeeper selling his
wares, the occasional rumble of
carts on their way to work, the
sound of a hammer forging copper
trays, the hum of the spinning
wheel in the old city Bazaar, the
cordial handshakes and_saluta-
tions, all of this makes up my
Cairo, a city that is modern, his-
torical, rich in relics of the past,
and full of fascination.

MARRIAGES

Edwina L. Munson, ex-’55, to
Edwin, Ladley, Jr.

Starr Oliver, 53, to Richard Hurd
Lawrence.

Ruth W. Robinson to Thomas
Ross.



Nine BMC Faculty Members Return From Sabbaticals,
Recount Research, Studies, Sojourns And Observations

This fall the ranks of Bryn
Mawr’s faculty are charged with
the faces of new professors; Bryn
Mawr also welcomes the return of
those old friends missed during a
year’s leave of absence. Sabbati-
cals have carried in person the
fame and prestige of this College’s
faculty to various parts of the
world; in return, eight professors
have received invaluable experi-
ence and numerous anecdotes with
which to enrich life on campus.

The Berliners travelled to Lon.
don where they continued the same
research in which they had been
engaged here, namely the physical-
organic aspects of aromatic chem-
istry. Particularly concerned with
the relation between structure and
reactivity of organic compounds,
they used the chemistry laborator-
ies at the University College, Lon-
don—headquarters of Professor In-
gold, authority in the field—as
point of departure for expeditions
through English and Swiss labora-
tories and for a series of lectures
given by Mr. Berliner in Glasgow,
Manchester and London. Their six
months abroad—from February
through August—filled them with
respect for the extensive European
building of laboratories to replace
those bombed during the war.

Travel South

Mr. and Mrs. Dryden remained
in the Southeastern section of this
country. As the winter progress-
ed, they travelled farther south
“but never far enough south to get
warm”, They drove over 30,000
miles from Maryland to Florida in
search of Ilmenite for the United
States Geological Survey.

Ilmenite is a black mineral found
in sands; when roasted it turns
white and is useful as pigments
for DuPont white paints and in the
steel industry. Only small amounts
of this mineral are found in dark
sand layers of modern beaches;
since a million tons of ilmenite are



needed and since 95% of the dark
sand is waste material, only exten-
sive beds make a working profit-
able.

The Drydens sought for large
amounts of Ilmenite along ancient
shorelines which ‘stretch 40 to 50
miles inland from the modern
coast. It was a seven-day-a-week
job, including New Year’s Day.
The French-fried coleslaw menu for
ail meals but breakfast wag mon-
otonous; the Drydens are a walk-
ing catalogue on Southern motels
The purpose of the Drydens’ trip
was frequently misinterpreted by
the natives; while running along
the road-sides with soil augers
they were accused of drainifg vital
irrigation ditches. Once, ‘a half-
blind old man asked them what
they were selling and, being told
‘“We’re’ working for the govern-
ment,” replied “I don’t want to buy
any of that!”

Unheated Archives

Last winter found Mr. Gilbert
wrapped in coat and gloves in un-
heated rooms of the Florentine Ar-
chives where he sought, amidst
“overwhelming masses of docu-
ments, for material on Machiavelli
and Guicciardini—their relation to
their contemporaries, and their or-
iginality in the realm of political
science and economics. After this
he eagerly greeted the “lovely peo-
ple and landscapes” of Spain and
Greece, prior to spending three
months in England. There he stay-
ed at Oxford with Isaiah Berlin,
who delivered the Flexner Lectures
of 1952.

Bryn Mawr has not truly missed
Mr. Michels—mainly because he
has not been far from campus. He
devoted his year of peace and quiet
to research in Photonoptics, the
study of psycho-physics and phys
ical chemistry. During the spring
he spent a month in Texas where
he worked with Professor Harry
Helson, formerly of this faculty,

‘days after the strike began.

on psychophysical research.

Johns Hopkins University claim-
ed Miss Oppenheimer for its de-
partment of Biology from Septem-
ber through November of last year
before she travelled to Naples.
There she was located in the Zoo-
logical Station, an International
Laboratory, until she returned to
the Department of Zoology at Yale.
Her field of specialization was ex-
perimental study of the develop-
ment of the brain in fish embryos.

Mr. Sloan with his wife and two
daughters was attached to Paris
and Lyon through a Fulbright re-
search appointment. After May 1
they were in Italy for a month,
drove through Southern and Cen-
tral France for two weeks, spent a
month on the coast of Brittany,
went to England for two weeks
and finally returned to Paris two
Not
only were they somewhat trapped
by the strike but on the way home
they were enveloped by the hurri-
cane.

The object of all this travel is a
book, at present in embryonic
stage, on Paul Chenarard, who
“has been forgotten by all but one
man in Paris and me”. Chenarard,
a nineteenth century artist, spent
many years working on a cycle of
historic scenes for the walls and
floor of the Pantheon; when the
Pantheon was returned to the
Church in 1851, it was renamed Ste.
Genevieve; Chenarard’s paintings
were termed heretical and now re-
pose, rolled up, in the Museum at
Lyon.

These cyclical works divide 8400
years of history into 100 year per-

Continued on Page 6, Col. 1







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Continued from Page 4

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“the Englishman thinks he is be-
ing moral when he is only un-
comfortable.”

The Hedgerow Playtrs will re-
peat their delightful performance
on’ Saturday, October 31,
Thursday, November 12.

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T

HE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 21, 1953



Dr. Roger Wells Serves
With Allies In Germany

Continued from Page 5

iods, corresponding to a man’s life-
span of 84 years. Chenarard pro-
phesied that 2100 A. D. would see
the United States supreme in the
world, that civilization would end
only after achieving a common
language and government for the
world and after science and indus-
try had been pushed to the ultim-
ate of progress.

High Command in Germany

Dr. Wells is perhaps least famil

iar to most people on campus be-
cause he has been in Germany for
two years, As chief of the histor-
ical division of the High Command
of Germany, his job was to prepare
historical reports—38 in number—
dealing with political, economic,
and social aspects of Germany and
relating to Allied activities there.
This work busied him primarily
with the Western Zone rather than
the Eastern Soviet Zone of Occu-
pation. The division of which Dr.
Wells was in charge consisted of
eight American professional staff
members, a group of German re-



search chemists, and American
and German secretaries to total
approximately twenty members.

| months’ work, plus

Popular Guest Editor Contest Begins;
“Mademoiselle” Extends Career Opener

Mademoiselle magazine is now
accepting applications from under-

‘graduate women for membership

on its 1953-54 College Board.
Mademoiselle’s



transportation to New York City.

| While in New York, each Guest
Editor takes part in a full calen-|
| dar of activities. She interviews a,

Mrs. Neel Emphasizes Schools Situation Issue
As Main Problem of Voters in 1953° Elections

Continued from Page 3
the next largest office to be con-
tested this November, also receives
a percentage of fines collected.
Four openings on the School
Board are to be voted upon this

College Board’ celebrity in her chosen field, visits! Ye@t- The Board is composed of

“J, : . :
Contest offers a chance (for the) fashion workrooms, newspaper of-| nine members; none of these posi-

freshman as well as the senior) at
winning one of the twenty Guest

Editorships—a month on the staff |
‘of Mademoiselle—or placing as one}

of the fifty runners-up.

Those who are accepted on the
College Board do three assign-
ments during the college year. As-
signments give College Board

‘Members a chance to write fea-

tures about life on their campus;

‘to submit art work, fashion, fea-

ture, fiction, or promotion ideas for
possible use in Mademoiselle; to
develop their critical and creative
talents; to discover their own abil-
ities and job interests.
Board Members

College Board Members who
come out among the top twenty on
the assignments win a Mademoi-
selle Guest Editorship and will be
brought to New York next June to
help write, edit and illustrate the
August College issue. They will be
paid a regular salary for their
round - trip

fices, stores and advertising agen-_|
cies, besides working daily with
the Editor to whom she is assigned.
The twenty Guest Editors get help
in finding positions in their special
fields, and many join Mademoi-
selle’s own staff. In addition, the
fifty runners-up in the College
Board Contest are recommended to
magazines, newspapers, book pub-
lishers, advertising agencies, stores,
top employers in fashion and art.
All seventy receive personal letters
to use when applying for jobs.
November 30 is the deadline for
applying for membershi the
College Board. Applicant’ write a
brief comment on Mademoiselle’s
August 1953 College issue. (If you
can’t find one, an October or No-
vember issue will do.) Successful
candidates will be notified of ac-
ceptance on the College Board
early in December. The first College
Board assignment will appear in
Mademoiselle’s January issue.





For further information see your

tions has ever been filled by a
Democrat. Oddly enough, a vast

imajority of the Board members

are usually not educators, but this
year the Democrats are running
educators for all four contested
seats.

School Situation

In the discussion following her
talk, Mrs. Neel pointed out that
the main issue confronting the vot-
ers in this year’s elections is that
of the school situation. There
has been a proposal to build a
junior high school in Rosemont.
This has met with opposition from
several quarters, since the resi-
dents of Merion and Penn Valley
feel that Rosemont is at too great
a distance for their children to
travel, and those living in Rose-
mont think that the building of
the new school will lower the value
of property in that town.



Dean of Women or the August,
September, October or November
issues of Mademoiselle.



Township residents will be asked
to vote on a “package bill”, con-
cerning a four million dollar bond
issue for the schools. Besides the
Rosemont school, the money would
be used for improvement to the
junior high in Ardmore, and for a
school in Gladwynn. The disad-
vantage of such a bill is that one
must vote for or against all three
recommendations at once.

Mrs. Neel said that the Demo-
erats, whife approving the erection
of new schools, feel that such
great sums as. are spent on the
building of school buildings are un-

called for. We needn’t have the
most expensive schools; we should
expend more on such items as
teachers’ salaries.

In concluding, Mrs. Neel ex-

plained that registering is import-
ant; also, one should definitely
register with one party, and not
as a non-partisan. The services of
those who are too young to regis-
ter are needed, most especially for
canvassing, which is essential to
politics everywhere.

ENGAGEMENTS
Emma Cadwalader, ’53, to John
Bunker.
Lyke Ooiman, ’55, to Fred Ko-
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