College news, November 12, 1952

The College





VOL. XLIX, NO. 7

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1952

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1952

PRICE 20 CENTS



United Service

Fund Combines
Annual Appeals

Eight Varied Charities
Benefit by USF
Contribution

The United Service Fund Drive
is an attempt to consolidate the
many appeals for funds received
within the year. It is a conveni-
ent measure for the student and
faculty in that they are only so-
licited once. The money is then
redistributed to the following or-
ganizations according to the listed
percentages.

25% ($2.50) World Student Serv-
ice Fund — an all-embracing
organization which helps stu-
dents throughout the world.
This year we are once again
earmarking funds to Pakis-
-tan.
($2.50) American’ Fri¢nds
Service Committee — offers
opportunities for constructive
action into service projects
home and abroad.
($1.00) United Fund of Phil-
adelphia — which includes
Community Chest, Red Cross,
Heart Fund, Cancer Fund...
($1.00) United Negro College
Fund—Aids the 32 accredited
Negro Colleges which are the
only ones available to the
thousands of Southern stu-
dents.
($1.00) National Scholarship
and Service Fund for Negro
Students — Informs and sub-
sidizes Negro students wish-
ing to enter non-segregated
colleges.
($.50) CARE—An organiza-
tion working toward the re-
habilitation of European
peoples.
($.50) Needy College Fund—
Sends aid to the following
Colleges:

Athens College.

Hiroshima College

Tseuda University
International House in
Philadelphia
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25%

10%

10%

5%

5%

Alliance Introduces
Famous Economist,
Leon H. Keyserling

The nation’s top-ranking econ-
omist, Leon H. Keyserling, will
speak on “The American Economy
and World Peace” at the Alliance
Assembly on Thursday, November
18. The lecture will be in Good-
hart Hall auditorium at 12:30, and
classes will be dismissed at that
time to allow full attendance.

Mr. Keyserling, ‘a native of
Beaufort, South Carolina, received
his A.B. from Columbia University
in 1928 and his LL.B. from Har-
vard Law School in 1931, when he
became a member of the New
York Bar. From 1931 to 1933,
Mr. Keyserling did graduate work
in economics and at the same time
was an economics instructor at
Columbia. During that same per-
iod, he did economic research for
the General Education Board, pub-
lished several monographs in the
social science field and participat-
ed in writing an economics text-
book.

For four years after his grad-
uate studies he was legislative as-
sistant to Senator Robert F. Wag-
ner and on the staff of the Senate
Committee on Banking and Cur-
rency. He assisted in economic
studies and in preparation of leg-
islation relating to banking and
credit, trade, public works, hous-
ing, social security, labor relations,
and employment. In the postwar
period also, he was active on the
Senate Committee on Banking and
Currency and Senate Postwar
Committee.

From 1937 to 1946, Mr. Keyser-
ling held various top level posts
in housing agencies; and in 1946,
he was appointed Vice Chairman
of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers. He became its Chairman
in 1950. He is also a member of
the Committee on Business and
Government Relations.

In addition to his many major
positions, Leon Keyserling is the
author of The American Economic
Goal, for which essay he won a
$10,000 prize in the Pabst Postwar
Employment contest, and various
other monographs and articles on
economics, housing and legal sub-
jects.





Self-Gov. Reviews Mock Cases:
Drinking and Signing-Out Issues

On Monday, November 10, at
8:30 p. m., the Common (Room was
the scene of a mock Self-Govern-
ment trial, given to acquaint stu-
dents with Self-Government rules
and the procedure of the Executive
Board in judging cases.

Marilyn Reigle introduced the
Board members and stated that in
actual trials, what is said to the
Board is held in strictest confi-
dence. The word of the defend-
ant is the final authority, and the
decision of the Board must be un-
animous.

The first case was that of “So-
phie Glutz”’, enacted by Carol
Sonne. Sophie had gone to Haver-
ford, stayed for supper, and even-
tually returned to Bryn Mawr at
2:00 a. m. During this time she
had given little thought to the fact

that she had not signed out; she
remembered when she returned to
the dorm, and signed in, filling out
all but “expected return”.

After questioning Sophie, the
Board lectured her on the possible
consequences of leaving no sign-
out; it felt she could easily have
called before 10:30. Signing out
is for the student’s welfare and is
her responsibility.

After Sophie left, her hall pres-
ident was questioned by the Board;
she told of Sophie’s good record
up to that time. The final decision
of the Board was that Sophie
should be made to undergo a dou-
ble signout for a week. This means
that besides signing out as usual,
one must sign out in the hall pres-
ident’s room. It was felt this

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Appropriate Choice Characterizes Excellence.
Of Fast, Bright, Spirited Philadelphia Story





Slick Suburban Setting Enriches Performance



Alumnae Consider
Widening Horizons

On November 15-16

by Caroline Warram, ’55

“We plan to take you on an
intra-mural trip this year to see
the newest parts of the campus,
but, above all, to hear our own
professors—stars in our crowns—
describe their work. ... But you
will find many familiar and beau-
tiful things to rejoice your heart;
particularly the truth that while
Bryn Mawr is always reaching out
for new ideas and techniques, there
is never any tampering with qual-
ity and dignity, or endeavor and
high purpose.” This is the promise
of Jane Bell Yeatman Savage,
President of the Alumnae Associ-
ation, to the Bryn Mawr graduates
who will attend the Alumnae
Weekend, on November 15 and 16.

The program will open at 12:30
Saturday with a luncheon in hon-
or of Dr. Eleanor A. Bliss, Dean

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CALENDAR

Wednesday, November 12

7:15 p. m. Marriage lecture in
the Common Room.
Thursday, November 13

12:30 noon. ‘Leon H. Keyser-
ling, Chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisors, will speak at
the second Alliance assembly. His
topic will be “American Economy
and World Peace.”

4:30 p. m. French Club tea in
the Gertrude Ely Room, Wynd-
ham.

Friday, November 14

2:30 p. m. The Bryn Mawr
Child Development Conference
will mark the opening of |West
House. ‘Reservations must be
made in advance to attend the
Afternoon ‘Workshops and the
Dinner Session. The conference
is to be held in ‘West House, Wyn-
don Avenue and Roberts Road,
Bryn Mawr campus.

8:00 p. m. Dr. Martha M. Eliot,
Chief of the Children’s Bureau,
will speak on “Children in the
Community,” at the evening ses-
sion of the Child Development
Conference. Everyone is invited
to hear her address which will be

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‘remain anonymous, and are very
secretive about the whole thing.



Coming Conference
Opens West House
Children’s Program

West House has given the Col
lege Department of Education th
necessary space for the expansion
of its child study program and ha:
made available a center for sp¢
cialized services for communi.)
children.

This enlargement of facilities
will be formally heralded by the
Bryn Mawr Development Confer-
ence on Friday, November 14.

The high point of the Confer-
ence will be the address in the
evening by Dr. Martha M. Eliot,
Chief of the Children’s Bureau of
the Federal Security Agency. Dr.
Eliot will speak in Goodhart Hall
at eight o’clock and the public is
invited to hear her tell of the
“Children in the Community” and
their needs for healthy personality
development.

Dr, Eliot is a graduate of Rad-
cliffe and Johns Hopkins Medical
School. She has been a delegate
to international conferences on
child welfare, has spent a great
part of her career in pediatric
work, and has been with the Chil-
dren’s Bureau since 1924. In ad-
dition, she has lectured and writ-

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|Good “Box Office” Play

Shows Main Line |
Characters

by Claire Robinson, 54 |

The most striking characteristic
oi: the first Bryn Mawr Collége
Theatre, Haverford College Dra-
ma Club presentation of the ye
is the excellence and appropriate-
ness of the choice of production.
Philip Barry’s Philadelphia Story
is about as apropos as anything can
get, not only because the locale: is
familiar but because the play; is
a comedy—fast, bright, spirited
and fun. Directed by Brooks
Cooper, assisted by Maggie Glenn,
the production was—in not exact-
ly Main Line vernacular—strictly
Box Office with fast pacing ana
good sense of stage movement. |

Sue Halperin as Tracy Lord,
glided through a beautifully done
performance. Sue was complete-
iy in control of the role—swift,
acid, mannered, as the oT
y competent Tracy.

in the role of Macaulay My
-avicr taught history in South
Bena”) Connor, Robin Nevitt was
equaily at home and relaxed ‘in
cnaracter. As the hard-shelled crab
ol a newspaper man, he was suf-
iciently biting to equalize Tracy,
yet soft enough to make more seri-
ous scenes warm and comprehen-
sible.

Equally capable in a. perhaps
more difficult role was John Kitt-
redge as Uncle Willy Tracy. As
the blustering and sometimes (un-
derstandably) confused .gentleman
in the middle of family machina-
tions he gave a genuinely funny
performance. Not once did Uncle
Willy resemble anything hammy—
as he could so easily have done in
less competent hands. William
Watson, with a less clearly defined
part to bluster through, painted a
competent if sometimes obvious
picture of Seth Lord, better known
‘as Tracy’s father. :

Debbie Jordan and Gretchen Van
Meter were excellent in character
parts. As the delightfully obnoxi-
ous 15-year-old, Debbie “delivered”
with zest and spirit. Her succinct
comments on the passing scene



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Musical Harmony, Poetic Dance,
Various Talents Mark Arts Night

by Jan Warren, '58

This weekend Bryn Mawr girls
will be displaying their many tal-
ents in Skinner Workshop on Sat-
urday night. The occasion is Arts
Night, a traditional evening dur-
ing which Bryn Mawr shows what
it can do in several fields—art,
music, dance, and drama. The pro-
gram will consist of five or more
skits, each in a different: field of
art.

One of the outstanding skits will
be She Who Gets Squeezed, in-
spired by the opera The Love for
the Three Oranges. The writers of
this short presentation prefer to



All ina is known is that there are
four actors—three oranges and a
prop man. Those who are curious
must see it to find out the rest.
Another presentation will be an
E. E. Cummings dance suite. This
is based on three of his poems, and
is a modern dance impression of
them. The “Roam an’ Riot” danc-
ers, Liz Klupt and Anne Mazick,
will be the interpreters of the
poems. They are hoping to have
a musical accompaniment as well.
Mr. Janschka is in charge of an
art exhibit, taking care of that
part of Arts Night. There will be
many pictures by the students on
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Courtesy .

Since a big college weekend is approaching on December
sixth, we would like to point out the responsibilities of any-
‘ohe ‘who uses accommodations in the nearby area for guests.
In addition to the Deanery and the College Inn the college
relies on the hospitality of private individuals and hotels in
the vicinity. Since this courtesy is extended for the benefit
of anyone in the college who may wish to use it, it is only
petite for the students to reciprocate.

Let your hostess know what time the guest is arriving
ahd try to give her some idea of when he or she will be com-
ing and going from the house. Be as exact as possible and
if the reservation has to be cancelled, do it promptly. All
guests should be made to feel that at that particular time
they represent the college and should conduct themselves ac-

cordingly.
International Understanding
October 27, 1952
Dear Miss Gottlieb,

I thank you very much for your letter of October 20th.

My wife, the members of my Mission, and I enjoyed very:
much our trip to Bryn Mawr College. It was not only a
pleasure and a privilege to have been afforded an opportunity

‘to visit your college, but we learned quite a great deal by

coming in contact with the students and seeing at first-hand
how sucha well-known academic institution is run and man-
aged. I definitely think that it is a very happy augury for
‘the future of this world when academic institutions encour-
age and sponsor programs with a view to promoting inter-
‘national goodwill and understanding. It was, therefore, par-

#icularly gratifying to find the students evincing such keen

interest in my country which is situated 12,000 miles away
‘from the United States.

In the present international sicatnie, when it is no long-
er possible for any nation or country to live in isolation, it

_ 4s of extreme importance that we all should try to learn as

a8 possible about the difficulties and the problems of
ions, so that we may develop better understanding
ous nations of the world. For this purpose,

fe stone Sach take «eel ane gee:

examination weeks)--|;+

Letter

Reader Finds Sentence
In NEWS “Mighty
Interesting”’

Dear Kiddies,

I quite agree with the headline:
“Important: to Constantly
Grow, Says ‘Von Laue”
but I think the News may have
overdone this just a bit. I call your
attention to the .two sentences in
the last paragraph of your feature
on Mr. Von Laue:

“They have two children: a boy
of six, and a two-year-old daugh-
ter; both are on the college fac-
ulty. The happy medium has been
reached.” eae

Mighty interesting!

Yours truly,
Helen Katz, ’53

P. S. I understand this had been
proof-read fifteen times!

Eliot & Workshop Mark
Larger Child-study Plan

Continued from Page 1

ten pamphlets.

The afternoon session of the
conference is open to those who
have reservations, and will con-
vene at 3 o’clock, when Mr. Philip
U. Koopman; superintendent of the
Lower Merion Township Public
Schools will speak on this joint
effort of community and college.

Groups of delegates will then at-
tend workshop sessions on various
phases of childhood and adolesence,
and the afternoon will end with a
tea at West House, given by Low-
er Merion Township teachers. Re-

|| ports on the workshops are sched-

uled for the dinner session at the
Deanery, when there will be time
for discussions among the confer-
ence members.

Rare Book Exhibit
Includes Congreve

books which Chicago’s Mortimer
Adler has gathered together is not
unique. Thomas Jefferson also
compiled a list of the great books
one hundred and seventy-five years
ago.

In 1777 a Virginian, Robert
Skipwith, asked for recommenda-
tions, for he was a busy man and
wanted to read for a maximum of
culture with a minimum of time.
Jefferson suggested 148 books
which he considered “improving as
well as amusing” yet not too dif-
ficult for the average mind.

This month’s Rare Book Room
shows some of these books, all
from the Bryn Mawr collection and
many in editions published during
Jefferson’s life. The selections are
diverse, many still considered
among the greatest writings. Par-
adise Lost, The Faerie Queene,
works of Shakespeare, Moliere,
Congreve, Otway, and Fielding are
included. Dryden’s poetry is there
and so is a criticism of the Levia-
than. Locke, Sidney, a history of
Virginia, and a book of gardening
are among the other books which
Would make a man well-read.

On the open table in the Rare
Book Room is the most recent
collection, Great Books of the
Western World, published by the
University of Chicago. This group
of fifty-four titles is the gift to
the M. Carey Thomas Library
from Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Loeb
(Louise Steinhart, ’37).



Don’t Forget to Read the A.A.
News Letter. Full of facts and
interesting figures. (There’s
Been a Change in the Point
System.)











Dr. Joseph Hughes

“Relationships Between Con-
sciousness and Electrical Activity
of the Brain” was the subject of
Dr. Joseph Hughes’ lecture in
Dalton Hall on Tuesday evening,
November 11. Dr. Hughes dis-
cussed what can be learned from a
graph of the electrical activity in
the brain about the condition of
that brain. He also showed slides
of recorded electrical activity of
the brain in some specific cases of
sick children, accompanying the
graphs with case histories on the
patients.

‘Before speaking about the rela-
tion of electrical activity in the
brain to consciousness, Dr. Hughes
defined consciousness as used in
his lecture. In terms of function,
consciousness is that faculty of the

{brain and central nervous system

which allows us awareness of en-
vironment and ability to react and
adapt to environment.
of composition it is made up of
perceptive, ideational and affective
yprocesses accompanied by aware-
ness. Consciousness means ability
to perceive sensation and respond
to external stimuli.

Two electrodes may be placed on
the scalp of an unconscious patient
in a position that makes possible
recording of the left and right
brain impulses. A graph of these
impulses will determine the con-
dition of the brain; from the pat-
tern of the graph a doctor can de-
cide if the patient is merely sleep-
ing or is unconscious because of
some brain injury.

In terms

Delivers Lecture

On Electro-Active Responses in Brain

The wave frequencies from the
brain of the normal sleeping
person is about five impulses
per second and the amplitude,
which is the measure of the volt-
age, is small. Heavy damping of
the waves on one side of the brain
is an indication of hematoma, a

blood hemorrhage in the brain and
necessitates immediate operation.
Impulses coming more slowly than
in the normal brain show the
presence of a brain tumor or of
encephalitis, an infection of the
nerve cells, and thus necessitates
further case study. An irregular
pattern with high frequencies
means that the patient suffers
from petit mal, momentary loss of
consciousness.

In order to study the brain im-
pulses of sick people, it is first
necessary to set up a pattern of
normality. For an adult, that is
a person over twelve, eight to
twelve beats per second is normal.
The pulse of an infant’s brain is
extremely slow and irregular, but
tends toward increased regularity
with growth. The brain of a sen-
ile person may revert to the pat-
tern of a child’s brain.

Notice

Mrs. Laura Erdman Peters,



monds ’51, are enrolled in the Col-
lege Course which opened at the
|Katharine Gibbs School last July.



The five foot one inch shelf of].

Bryn Mawr ’52, and Anne G. Si-.



mote in all countries of the world programs of the type which

you sponsored recently. My congratulations, therefore, to

the Alliance for Political Affairs of Bryn Mawr College for

the splendid work done in the interest of peace and prosper-

ity of mankind.

With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,



Mohammed Ali



Current Events

Linn’s Analysis Relates
Campaign Meaning
To Returns

“There is a difference between
the meaning of an election and the
meaning of a campaign,” began
Miss Linn at the current events
meeting to analyze the election re-
turns. In the 1952 presidential
contest there was no great differ-
ence, however. The one striking
departure was that although Ste-
venson’s campaign showed great
political nerve, the election returns
had a different meaning. A great
public hero scored an enormous
victory over the man with strength
of his convictions. Although Eis-
enhower won only fifty-five per .
cent of the popular vote, he gain-
ed thirty-nine states in electoral
votes. :

Considering the General’s large
vote beyond the party vote, the
election was certainly a tremen-
dous personal victory. Eisenhow-
er ran ahead of the party ticket
in all but three states, with the
Republican party achieving only a
slight majority in both houses of
Congress. Although his campaign
unified various factors of the
party, making it a strong Repub-
lican drive, the victory belonged
to the candidate rather than to the —
party. His stand was a series of
attacks upon Communism, infla-
tion, corruption, and the origin
and continuation of the Korean
War and promises to lighten or
remove these difficulties.

Wasted Opportunity

“No man was in a position to
dare more,” said Miss Linn, “and
the fact is that he dared nothing.”
McCarthy stood in the foreground
because the party stressed Com-
munism in ‘Washington as a key
issue from the outset of the cam-
paign. ‘With Eisenhower’s high
ideals, it seems he could have
spoken against Communism in
Washington without embracing
the Wisconsin Senator and his lim-
itation of free thought. The next
chairman of the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee has al-
ready approached the head- ofthe
Library of Congress on the sub-
ject of banning books, a limitation
not of Communism, but of intel-
lectual freedom.

Prosperity

Prosperity, the main issue of
the Democratic campaign, is a dif-
ficult one to beat, but the returns
clearly illustrated a change from
the traditional association of Re-
publicans with the depression. A
great change was evident in the
breaking of the solid South. In
the future, it will be interesting to
watch developments in that region.
The alliance of North and South
has been an uneasy one, particu-
larly on civil rights, but it has
been strong on foreign policy.

Farm Revolt

The farm vote departed almost
entirely from the Democratic
party, where it gave strong sup-
port in Roosevelt’s election. Or-
ganized labor, on the other hand,
spoke more articulately and solid-
ly than ever before in showing a
Democratic preference. The A.F.L.
broke a precedent and joined with
the C.I.0. to support Stevenson.
John L. Lewis, as head of the
United Mine Workers, spoke of-
ficially for a Democratic candidate
for the first time since 1936.

The independent vote this year
might have consisted partly of the
new vote and the indifferent vote
but was mainly the voice of those
who were willing, to change their
party support. Truman’s part in
the campaign probably had little
to do with Stevenson’s defeat, and
the same can be said of the ama-
teur Democratic management. Eis-
Menhower’s victory at the same
| time, cannot be accredited to the
strong, well-financed advertising
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Experts on TV

Panel Discuss

College Athletics as Business

In another program of the re-
cently organized TiV series, “Jun-
ior Press Conference”, a student
panel representing the University
of Maryland, Pennsylvania State,
Princeton University, and Haver-
ford College discussed on Sunday

the subject, “College Athletics:
Sport or Business.”

(On the panel of experts, Robert
Hall from Yale and Francis T.

‘Murray from the University of

Pennsylvania, both directors of
athletics at their respective col-
leges, represented the two opposite
opinions on the question of com-
mercialization of college sports,
Mr. Murray being a leader in the
promotion of unlimited television
broadcasting of college athletics
and Mr. Hall being a strong leader
in the opposing opinion.
Beginning with a general agree-
ment that college athletics are be-
coming rapidly a business rather
than pure sport, the panel con-
tinued into a discussion of the val-
ues of the athietic scholarships,
and all seemed to agree on the
principle that boys cannot be tak-
en into an academic institution
purely on their athletic record;
however, no.agreement could be

_ reached on the question of athletic

scholarships being given on the
basis of both academic as well as
athletic ability.

The discussion then turned to
the very debated question of TV
broadcasting of college athletics.
The present system consists of a
selection by the NCAA of the
“Game of the Week” limited by
the restrictions that this group
may not select the same team
twice and also must spread their
selection geographically.

When Mr. Murray claimed that
the gate receipts were not harmed
by TV broadcasting, Mr. Hall
demonstrated several instances
where this fact was not true, cases
where the scheduling of television

broadcasts of individual games had

occasioned many last-minute can-
cellations. Hall then went on to
show the two-fold problem of tele-
vision’s effect on college athletics,
namely that it is commercializing
these sports in that the money
given the colleges for the TV
rights of such games is enough to
produce a tendency toward buying
teams, and secondly that gate re-
ceipts are being affected.

Then, a student asked, hasn’t
the television set owner a right to
a say in this question? Murray,
agreeing with this stand, added
that the college has also to deal
with the problem of public rela-
tions in a decision to refuse to
broadcast a game. And further-
more, Mr. Murray claimed, college
football as an entertainment has



grown steadily in popularity since
1940. Protesting, Hall answered
that a TV audience has no right
to demand free football games any
more than it can demand free mov-
ies or shows. ;

Ending at this point without any
conclusive decision, the conference,
nevertheless, provided for each
member of both ‘panels a chance
to ask questions and express his
views. This program is still in its
beginning stages, and the directors
of it are eager for any suggestions
from anyone who is_ interested.
The outline of the programs to
come includes such people as Gen,
Omar Bradley, Senator McCarthy
and other such newsworthy indi-
viduals. Anyone interested is urg-
ed to support the idea, as the suc-
cess or failure of it depends on
student participation.

Observer

There is pattern to be seen in
the tracery of branches drawn
bare against the sky, a beautiful
austerity in the leafless limbs,
where before, such a short time
ago, crimson, golden, and mahog-
any foliage lay luxuriantly as a
gay patchwork quilt over the
campus. In the cloisters only one
last golden remembrance of au-
tumn remains. Even the fallen
leaves have ceased chasing them-
selves for the time being and lose
their colorful identity lying to-
gether in dejected, neglected
heaps. They are good only for
scuffing through now.

The library is fine for drowsing,
with its suddenly far too comfort-
able chairs and dark, unilluminated
corners. Academic pressure is
measured by the number of times
you fall asleep during the day.

Or if you are wide awake there
is the fascination of the bright
Christmas-tree-light reflection of
the chandelier in the library’s
paned windows.

- Did you ever watch someone

trace raindrops down a window
and make bets on the winner? Or
listen to the fir trees as the wind
plays on its branches? There are
too many things to do right now,
at this restless moment caught be-
tween fall &&d winter, between
yesterday and tomorrow.

We have been caught between
learning and knowledge, before we
can see the pattern of our lives
clearly. Too often our thoughts
chase themselves round and round
ending up nowhere unless as fuel
for a blaze of careless and con-
fused ideas. We can only wait
patiently for the season when we
will discover and test our wisdom
against the storm of outside cer-
tainty.



Egyptian Temples of Luxor and Karnak
Remain The Major Tourist Attraction
by Sue Habashy, ’54

The remnants of a once glorious
age remain steadfast, peaceful and
majesti¢ on the banks of the life-
giving Nile, in Upper Egypt. Un-
molested age-old pillars rise out of
the sandy banks, and the Temples
of Karnak and Luxor, which once
sheltered solemn services and wit-
nessed epoch-making rites, now
welcome thousands of tourists into
their courtyards.

Men and women of many nations
visit this Archeological paradise,
this seat of ancient learning,
where for hundreds of years Pha-
raohs ruled a people who enjoyed a
glorious civilization, while Europe
was overrun by men who hunted
animals and each other as well.

As of yore, picturesque sail
boats and heavy laden barges of
wheat and cotton travel up and

&



down the Nile carrying with them
Egypt’s prosperity, but no more
can you see the ceremonious cross-
ing into the “Valley of the Dead”,
for only in the days of the Pha-
raohs was there a Valley of the
living and one of the Dead.

The images of the ancient fu-
nerals can be seen only dimly on
age-worn walls and on temples
but the splendor of their setting
remains today. Many a richly
laden barge crossed the Nile of old,
bearing king or nobleman to a
rich and honorable resting place.

Today ‘the tourist gazes in won-
der and amazement at the surviv-
ing of the tombs and is struck by
the deep religious thought that
ruled these people and contributed
so largely in making them what
they were.



Sports

by Mary Jane Chubbuck, °55

No first and second team games,
but a third team and two class
games marked last week’s ath-
letic activity. Tuesday, November
4, a good Bryn Mawr team played
against an equally good Ursinus
team, and tied it. The Ursinus
team made a goal in the first few
seconds of the game. Soon after-
wards, Bryn Mawr streaked down
the field for a goal. The major-
ity of the activity of the rest of
the contest took place in the Ur-
sinus striking circle, where Bryn
Mawr forwards rushed, but could
not score. It was a very well play-
ed game. The following line-up
was used:

Reynolds, L.W.

De Ropp, L.I.

McElroy, C.F.

Ewer, R.I.

Wilmerding, R.W.

Osma, L.H.

Kennedy, C.H.

Meginnity-Ewer, R.H.

Rhinelander, L.B.

Walton, R.B.

Hagopian, G.

Regardless of loss or victory
every class team agreed that last
week’s games were lots of fun.
Not only spirit but good hockey
was prevalent among all teams.
The Juniors defeated the Fresh-
man 3-0, and the Sophomores de-
feated the Seniors 2-1. Both games
were fast and hard to win. Soon
there will be a second chance to win
or lose for all four classes. So
support your class; either play or
cheer your team on to victory.

Seniors, L.W. Randolph, LI.
Kimball, C.F. Cadwalader, RI.



Students are reminded of the
rules for making announcements
in the halls. All -announcements
should be typed or printed in ink
on index cards or sheets of paper
3x5”. Carbons are permitted, but
should be legible. Students are es-
pecially requested not to use onion
skin or long, narrow strips of pa-

per for writing the announcements. | _

Announcements may be made
for any occasion involving more
than eight people, but commercial
advertisements are not allowed.
Each announcement may be read
only four times; however, a new
announcement has to be written
out for each time that it should be
read. They should be as clear and
concise as possible. The date of
the event should always be includ-
ed.

All announcements should be
placed in the hall announcers’ box-
es in Taylor an hour before meals,
or handed to her before she goes in
to the dining room. Announcements
will not be picked up for Saturday
dinner or Sunday lunch and sup-
per. The hall announcer has the
right to refuse to read any an-
nouncements which do not comply
with these rules.



Lindau, R.W. Gottleib, L.H. Thom-
as, C.H. Wagoner, R.H. Leeds, L.B.
Gurewich, R.B. Rasnick, G. Bolster.
Juniors: L.W. Jordan, LI.
Thompson, C.F. Muir, R.I. Warren,
R.W. Floyd, L.H. Ewer, C.H.
Osma, R.H. Merrick, L.B. Habashy,
R.B. Davis, G. Fox. Subs.: Oliver,
McElroy, McCormick, Coghlan.
Sophomores: L.W. Tepper-Vare,
L.I. Fackethal, C.F. Wilmerding,
R.I. Ewer-Houghton, R.W. Large,
L.H. Hall-Williams, C.H. Chub-
buck, R.H. Mackall, L.B. Fosnacht,
R.B. Ewer-Kennedy, G. Borne-

Freshman: L.W. Siegel, LL
Bruer, C.F. McElroy, R.I. Wins-
low, R.W. Keator, L.H. Masella,
C.H. Potts, R.H. Rogers, LB.
Stifler, R.B. Alderson, G. Hago-
pian Subs.: Piedad, Chittenden,
Volmer, Schwab, Rubezurin, Ber-
lin, McLaughlin.





Last Spring as every Spring, the
life of NSA on Bryn Mawr campus
hung in the balance. But you far-
sighted, though perhaps somewhat
hazy-minded students decided that
Bryn Mawr should keep its mem-
bership. Membership in what?
NSA? (oh—I know. There’s some-
thing about it in the Freshman
Handbook. Remember?)

All right. Bryn Mawr belongs
to the National Students Associa-
tion. And last summer your NSA
co-ordinator went to the National
Convention to find out just what
all the fuss was about and to
what good purpose our $25 dues
were put each year. And after the
-busiest ten days she had ever spent
(including the counseling of
screaming children the months be-
fore) thinking, planning, running,
typing, proposing and seconding
with the Student leaders from col-
leges all over the country, she de-
cided that Bryn Mawr was doing
itself a great injustice by not tak-
ing advantage of this practical,
worthwhile, unique organization,
which has a great deal to offer—
even to Bryn Mawr. This is what
she found out.

Why is there a National Student
Association?

Individuals, to make their dem-
ocracy meaningful, must be organ-
ized. Students need and benefit by
democracy more, perhaps, than
any other group in society. Stu-
dents are Young People, Future
Leaders, Community members,
Family members, College members,
Travelers—a composite of every-
thing in a state of flux. We must
have freedom and a voice that can
be heard and become the best citi-
zens we can in all places at all
ages. This is NSA’s purpose—the
Aiding of the Educational Com-
munity. Its aims sound high and
idealistic, but they are to pre-
serve freedom and give strength
to that voice. :

“To maintain academic freedom,
stimulate and improve democratic
student governments, develop bet-
ter educational standards, im-
prove student welfare, promote
international understanding, guar-
antee to all people equal rights
and possibilities for education
and foster the recognition of the
rights and responsibilities of stu-
dents to the school, community,
humanity and God, and to pre-
serve the interests and integrity
of the government and constitu-
tion of the United States of
America.”

Functionally, it keeps the stu-
dents over the country and the
world in touch with each other.

1, It is a clearing house of in-
formation for all problems and

INSA Co-ordinator Sees Need
To Continue BMC Afhhation

especially contributed by Mary Lee Culver, ’53

needs that students, and student
organizations in any capacity (as
students, travelers, job seekers,
purchasers, etc.) may have.

2. It presents the mature and
intelligent needs and opinions of
a vast body of students to the gov-
ernment and educational organiza-
tions (whose acts directly affect
student material and educational
welfare). It is a member of the
National Commission of UNESCO,
the only student member of the
National Education Assosciation
and American Council on Educa-
tion, besides participating in Na-
tional education _ conferences,
speaking with the State Depart-
ment and U. S. Office on Educa-
tion.

3. All over the world there are
National Student Associations
(most of them older than ours by
far) and they seek exchange of in-
formation and development of in-
ternational understanding among
other nations.

What is the National Studen
Association?

It is the organization of college
student bodies, represented through
their student governments to pro-
mote interest and welfare, The
NSA co-ordinator is an arm. of
student government, not a com
peting organization.

NSA is divided into four com-
missions. Each of these has a
Vice President on the National
and Regional level,'and a Head on
each campus. *They are Student
affairs (corresponding to our Un-
dergrad) Student Government
(corresponding to our Self Gov)
National Affairs (Alliance, League,
AA, etc.) and International Af-
fairs (the International - Relations
Club at Bryn Mawr). As you see,
these four commissions cover al-
most every phase of the student’s
life, and information on these four
phases are sent to the NSA co-
ordination, who sees that the right
organization gets the material and
that it is carried out with the most
benefit to Bryn Mawr students,
(and if there is no existing organ-
ization, sets one up). Likewise,
when any student in any capacity
has a problem, a need or a desire,
if an existing campus organization
can’t help her, her NSA co-ordin-
ator will find out what other col-
lege students in similar situations
have and will bring that student
and that organization help from
all over the country. .

So what has NSA to offer you?

NSA has information on Job ©
Weekends, Leadership training
programs, educational books and
movies, European travel and study
and work tours of all kinds for all

Continued on Page 5, Col.. 5





“T’ve travelled a long way with
hockey,” exclaimed Ann Ennis,
interviewed as she ran up and
down the sidelines of the hockey
field umpiring a game. Perhaps
the farthest she’s been—as one of
her medals testifies—was to Aus-
tralia, as a member of the Anglo-
Scottish hockey team.

“I was born at Wimbledon and
grew up on the tennis courts,” ex-
plained the hockey coach, who
seems at the present moment tto be
living on Bryn Mawr’s hockey
fields. (Wimbledon is in Surrey
where some of England’s fine roll-
ing countryside is found.) Teach-
ing hockey, tennis and games have
been her work for longer than she
“would care to say.”

“Our parents were quite keen on





sports”; the seven children in the

Miss Ennis, Réhowned Hockey Player,
Comments on Sports Around the World

by Barbara Drysdale, "5S

Ennis family were brought up on
them. One of their favorite tra-
ditions was the family hockey
team which played any challengers
every Boxing Day (which is the
day after Christmas). The seven
young people, supplemented by a
few cousins, won every year!
‘Hockey is as popular in Britain
as golf in America, and taken
seriously. One of the family’s
standing jokes occurred the day
Miss Ennis’s father came out to be
goatie. Christmas weather is apt
to be like our brisk November
coolness, but a bit wetter. There
was only one puddle in the playing
field and the goalie managed to sit
in it. Getting out of it to the
sound of laughter and without any
help, he was heard to say, “Here
Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 |








Page Four
S.

THE COLLEGE: NEWS



Wednesday, November 12, 1952



Ennis Reminisces About

Family Hockey Teams,

Lauds British Toast, Bemoans American Bacon

Continued from Page 3

I come out to defend the Ennis
family honour and no one appre-
ciates it!”

“It is dreadful to say—oh, good
‘*ghot!—to say that I had never

heard of Bryn Mawr,” laughed
Miss Ennis. Coming over on the
boat, however, she heard very fine
reports — “It’s beautiful; you'll
love it there’—and so was pre-
pared to like Bryn Mawr, as she
does. A great difficulty of Amer-
ican life is understanding the
language—either the idioms or the
things people are so familiar with
they don’t bother explaining. “They
will just say ‘so-and-so’ and expect
you know all about it,” she
laughed. Concerning the old jokes
about food, Miss Ennis finds our
bacon compares with English toast
—"It is said, you know, that every
piece of toast is carried through
every room in the house (on end,
so that each side has an equal
chance) to cool sufficiently.” This
is the kind of toast you get for
breakfast (so foreigners say) and
very different, of course, from “the
hot, buttered toast for tea.”
What Miss Ennis can’t under-
stand is why American bacon is so
carefully taken from the pan,
placed on a piece of paper, and al-
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bacon undrained and fresh from
the pan—perhaps because fat and
butter are severely rationed. In

regard to the rationing program
she said, “We get along.”

Miss Ennis is coach at several
schools and has a_ three-months
leave of absence, leaving her only
two weeks between the end of her
job and her return to England to
sightsee in America. “I hope to
get around and see as much as I
can,” she concluded. Hockey is
still taking her over the world.



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Wednesday, November 12, 1952

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page vevn



Breathless Atmosphere of Suspense

Characterizes Villanova’s Play “Rope”

by Ellie Fry, °54

Lights dimmed in the Villanova
College Field House Friday night,
November 6. Curtains parted for
Act I of the Belle Masque Society’s
first production of 1952-53. One
blue light from a window set the
atmosphere for Patrick Hamilton’s
Rope—an atmosphere immediately
and unmistakably breathless with
suspense.

The entire action of the play
takes place in the bachelor quar-
‘ters of Brandon and Granillo, Lon-
don. Blue shadows from the sin-
gle window reveal three forms—
two men, and between them, one
sarcophagus-like chest. Brandon
sits comfortably, confident; Gran-
illo cowers, wretched with terror.
A murder has been accomplished.

To briefly summarize the plot—
Brandon and Granillo murder a
fellow-student from Oxford and
put the body in the chest. To re-
move suspicion, they give a party
the same evening, and invite the
father (Sir Johnstone Kentley)
and aunt (Mrs. Debenham) of the
deceased, a college friend (Ken-
neth Raglan), a young lady (Leila
Arden), and a poet (Rupert Ca-
dell). Refreshments are to be
- served off of the sarcophagus;
guests are to make merry around
the corpse. Granillo’s semi-hys-
teria and drunkenness, Brandons’
frantic belligerence towards him,
Leila’s flip presumption that a
body is within the chest, a dropped
ticket to the Coliseum, and two
telephone calls bring about the
denouement. These facts point to
an ordinary murder-mystery; the
brilliant dialogue gives testimony
to a keenly wrought psychological
melodrama.

Rope is a study of contrasting
and conflicting characters—the
consciencéless Brandon as opposed
to the emotional Granillo, the in-
tellectual Rupert as opposed to
“unintellectual humanity _repre-
sented” by Kenneth, Leila and
Mrs. Debenham. The parts of
these—latter,.played-by--David-Lea-
hy, Eileen O’Brien and Jean Ward
respectively, were difficult in their
insipidity. Leila’s inane party chat-
ter and Kenneth’s naive simper-
ings could have been tedious rath-
er than amusing, while Mrs. Deb-
enham’s sickly-sweet giggle and
smirk brought many a laugh. The
pathetic part of Sir Johnstone
Kentley was more than amply fill-
ed by Anthony Della Rocca who
achieved the difficult feat of
youth portraying a lovable old
man. Joseph Territo as the French



Student Representatives
Speak Before Alumnae
Continued from Page 1

of the Graduate School. At the
afternoon session at 2:30 p.m., Dr.
Rachel Dunaway Cox, Director of
the Child Study Institute and the
Phebe Anna Thorne School, will
speak about her work which is one
of the newest. additions to the
Bryn Mawr College curriculum.
Dr. Geddes MacGregor, Associate
Professor of Philosophy and Re-
ligion, will also speak.

Miss Katharine McBride will en-
tertain the alumnae at a luncheon
to meet the alumnae directors,
Mrs. Helen Hill Miller, Mrs. Wil-
liam Burry, Mrs. C. Pardee Erd-
man, Miss Emily R. Cross, and
Miss Hilda W. Smith.

At the Sunday afternoon session
four undergraduates will speak on
widening horizons within their ex-
perience at Bryn Mawr. Marilyn
Reigle, Marilyn Muir, Louise Kim-
ball, and Emma Cadwalader will
represent the undergraduates.

Arrangements have been made
for those alumnae who plan to
stay through (Monday to visit
classes on that day.







butler, Sabot, would have seemed
more convincing had he eliminat-
ed the French accent which was
none too good.

As to the leads, Bernard Coyne
did a superb job with the tragic
Granillo, obviously coerced into
partnership with murder. With
few lines and an almost continual
appearance on stage, his acting
never lagged. His facial expres-
sions, gestures, and “piano play-
ing” were especially commendable.
Wyndon Brandon (John Fitzger-
ald) was the psychological core of
Rope. By his callous domination of
Granillo, by his rationalization of
murder, he proved true the words
of Rupert that a motiveless mur-
der has one motive, the exaltation
of vanity . “My hands are red-hot
with a crime committed just three

Continued on Page 6, Col. 4

Enthusiastic Audience
Hails Main Line Success
Continued from Page 1

(ie. “this stinks, Tracy”) were
bright and light enough to carry
her performance above the usual
stage “brat” calibre.

Gretchen Van Meter was well-
cast in the pungent role of Liz
Imbrie, in love with Connor and
not a little suspicious of Tracy.
Within the realm of a highly so-
phisticated and fast-paced role she
was perhaps the most natural per-
former of the group. At no time
did the polished artificiality of her
stage character seem forced or
over. done.

William Packard as C. K. Dexter
Haven, Tracy’s first husband, did
not at first seem quite convincing.
It is no small task for any actor
to convey a feeling of stronger will
and determination than Tracy; in
Acts I and II Dexter lacked the
force and substance needed to
make his presence thoroughly felt.
Packard gave a good reading dur-
ing these acts, but his character-
ization lacked real conviction. Act
III, however, saw Dexter come into
his own: he was dominant and con-
vincing in his most difficult scenes.

Kathy Lurker was all that a
mother—particularly a Main Line
mother—should be. The delight-
ful bland courtesy extended to
Mike and Liz registered strongly,
as did the occasional almost in-
terpolated lines when Mrs. Lord
was being honest with herself. The
same sort of blandness was appro-
priately present in Dick Linge-
man’s portrayal of George Kitt-
redge, the “up from the mines”
fiance Tracy almost marries. His
hale-fellow-well-met smile display-
ed at most incongruous moments
perfectly depicted the total lack of
comprehension Kittredge was
meant to convey in most situa-
tions.

Sandy Lord, played by John
Pfaltz, was weakest of the mas-
culine contingent. It was difficult
to picture him as Tracy’s older
brother. The fault lay not especial-
ly in poor acting, but rather in
poor casting — he simply seemed
too young for the role.

Thomas (John Hawkins), Mac
(Tod Mikuriya), and May (Mary
Kay Cooper) were at all times
Butler, Watchman and Maid — a
task not as easy as it may seem.

The play was smoothly done
from the production angle with a
slick suburban setting.

One other word—the great ma-
jority of the audience was enthus-
iastic and very pleased. What
better or more rewarding knowl-
edge can players have than this?
Above and beyond anything else,
The Phiadelphia Story was one to
do Drexel, Biddle and Cadwalader
—not to mention Cooper and Glenn

—proud,



Students Abroad

Paris Inspires Student
To Investigation
Of Charms

Mes Cheres Amies,

it seems so strange to be sitting
here in Paris writing a letter to
Bryn \Mawr. Sometimes I still
can’t believe that I’m really here.
Everything is so different, yet so
fascinating! Paris is the kind of
city that urges you to investigate
it. For one month I’ve been doing
exactly that.

My first little excursion was to
the Quartier Latin where are lo-
cated the Sorbonne, the Institute
of Political Sciences (nicknamed
Sciences Po) and most of the
other institutes and schools that
make up the Universite de Paris.
The Sorbonne is the most formid-
able of all with its huge marble
halls and imposing stairs with
well-worn steps that have been
walked on by millions of students.
Everything seems very cold, for-
mal, and completely impersonal.
There are no students sitting on
the grass studying and no Venus
to say “Good morning, Miss Luz-
zatto there’s a letter waiting in
your mailbox.” Then there are the
so-called classrooms. ... Have you
ever seen the Colosseum? That’s
the impression I got, in fact I
almost expected to see the stu-
dents walking in wearing togas.
I sat down to my first lecture and
there came streaming in. hundreds
of young men and women. Now I
know why these lecture halls are
called “Amphitheatres”.

Walking out of the main door
of the Sorbonne you find yourself
in Boulevard St. Michel, affection-
ately called Boul “Mich” by the
students. The Boul “Mich” takes
the place of a campus. Instead of
snack bars and corner drugstores
is an endless line of cafes. It’s
really one of the great pastimes
to sip an apertif and watch the
passers-by. The students that you
see are from all over the world
and the languages heard are many.
Although the University of Paris
offers no visible ties, all these stu-

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Drinking Case Displays
Self-Gov Trial Method
Continued from Page 1
would help Sophie to remember her

responsibilities.

The case of “Effie Hassenfeffer”,
or Sue Halperin, involved drinking
and intoxication on campus. On
her first night out following a
week spent in the infirmary, Effie
had gone to Philadelphia for din-
ner wtih her dance date. There
she had had two martinis. Back at
college, they drank brandy while

parked in the Deanery parking lot.

At the dance in the gym, Effie en-
countered her hall president while
in a state of obnoxious intoxica-
tion.

Effie stated that though she
knew the drinking rule, she had
felt some brandy might improve
her weakened condition. Also, her

‘knowledge of her capacity had ap-

parently been lessened by her re-
cent illness.

Effie’s hall president stated that
rumors’ of Effie’s being “slightly
high” had circulated in the hall,
but had been regarded as rather a
joke. Effie was usually a steady
person and knew her capacity for
liquor. She had never been in ser-
ious trouble before.

The Board, taking into account
Effie’s recent illness, felt that she
had no excuse for drinking om
campus, but some for appearing
intoxicated at the dance. The
drinking rule is a major one; Self-
Government is responsible for its
enforcement if we wish to preserve
present liberal college rules. After
a long discussion, the Board
agreed on a punishment of day
and night campusing for ten days.

Philosophy Club’s

Mr. Jose M. Ferrater Mora, Li-
cenciado en Filosofia, Associate
Professor of Spanish and Philos-
ophy, spoke on November 12 in the
Common Room on “Existential-
ism”. It was the first Philosophy
Club lecture of the year, the dis-
cussion was informal, and refresh-
ments were served before the talk.

Mr. Ferrater’ Mora realizes that
there are many views concerning
his subject and for that reason ap-
proached the problem from a, gen-
eval viewpoint. Existentialism cen-
ters around the idea of situation.
When the Existentialist thinks of
“things” he says that they are in
certain “states”, not so with man
which he says is separate from
things; they are “existences”
which are in certain “situations”.
“Every life is always living at one
or another situation.” An exist-
entialist thinks that we are always
projecting ourselves beyond the
present situation, that nature, God,
and society do not affect situation,
and for that reason man has ab-
solute freedom in the sense that
we are condemned to be free. We
are for these reasons alone in the
universe, but are being crushed by
it and imposing laws on it at the
same time. The results are that
everything a person does commits
his life, and that “no matter which
philosophy you adopt you will be
an existentialist.” Although the
Existentialist philosophy seems
apart from other contemporary
philosophies, it is in some way
connected with all the living types
of philosophy.

Ferrater Mora approached the
problem systematically, since his-
torically some of the aspects 0.
Existentialism can be traced not
only to Kierkegaard, commonly ac-
cepted as the first Existentiaiisv,
but even to some beginnings founa
in Egypt 4,000 years ago. Look-
ing at Existentialism systemati-
cally, there aye problems too, for
not only are “there variations of
thought between various Existen-
tialists, but some people do not
even believe that it is a philosophy.
The chief objections to thinking
that it is are: that it is not work-
ing on a scientific level, and that
the vocabulary is not similar to
those of other philosophers. The
Existentialists express many of



Artists, Alumnae Cavort

W yndham’s Open House
Continued from Page 1
display. Any kind of painting or
drawing is welcome—it is hoped
that there will be many different
kinds. Those who are interested
in art and in having their draw-
ings displayed should see Mr.
Janschka downstairs in Skinner

Workshop.

There will also be a singing pres-
entation by last year’s Freshman
Octet. As there was no Arts Night
last year, they did not get a chance
to perform then. But next Satur-
day they will turn in their rain
check and sing some harmony for
the audience.

Two performances are still ten-

tative—one by Mr. Goodale, and a
short play by Ronnie Gottlieb. As
there has not been much time for
rehearsal and planning, it is not
yet certain that these two produc-
tions will be in Arts Night, but it
is hoped that they will.
“There is sure to be a large audi-
ence of undergraduates, and many
alumnae are definitely coming.
There will be a party for students
and alumnae after the show, with
refreshments for all. It will take
place in Wyndham.

The performance starts at 8:30
in Skinner. Student tickets may
be bought at the door for thirty
cents apiece. It is hoped that
many people will come to see one
of the most varied and interesting



of Bryn Mawr traditions.

Meeting F eatures

Ferrater Mora’s Existentialist Talk

their thoughts in poetry, novels,
and plays.

But Mr. Ferrater Mora shuwred
that, not only is the vocabulary of
Existentialism different from that
of other philosophies, that types
of vocabulary can define and cate-
gorize different philosophies into
groups. Thus, in Existentialism,
we find that the vocabularly re-
lates to man, viz. “men, history,
love, hate, anguish, and anxiety.”
Although other phildésophers con-
cerned with man use these words,
they use them to define both men
and things. Existentialists do not
refer to things at all; they say
that things are “defined”, and the
Existentialist does not define, he
“describes”. This is one reason he
uses the novel and the play for ex-
pressing himself rather than the
usual philosophical style which
lends itself to definition rather
than description.

“Things are subjective or ob-
jective but men are neither.” They
are on the “pre-subjective, and
pre-objective level.” The world is
not divided into subjects and ob-
jects but into “things” (subjects
and objects) and “existences”.
“Things” are in states, and “ex-

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Calendar (Cont'd)
Continued from Page 1 |

given in Goodhart auditorium.
Saturday, November 15

ALUMNAE WEEKEND. “Wid-
ening Horizons.” For progiam
and schedule. of events, consult
the Alumnae (Office.

8:30 p. m. Arts Night will be
presented in the Mrs. Otis Skin-
ner ‘Workshop. Admission $.30
students; $.60 general.

10:00 p. m. Wyndham Open
House.

Sunday, November 16

7:30 p. m. The Reverend Sid-
ney Lovett, D. D., Chaplain of
Yale University, will speak at the
evening chapel service in the Mu-
sic Room.

Monday, November 17

7:15 p.m. Miss Caroline Rob-
bins will talk on “Deadlock or
Cooperation in The U.N. Today?”
at current events.

Tuesday, November 18

4:30 p. m. Mr. T. Robert S.
Broughton will talk to the Class-
ics Club about his “Impressions
of a Year in Rome” in the Com-
mon Room.

Wednesday, November 19

7:15 p. m. Self-Gov exam for
all freshmen and transfer stu-
dents in Taylor, Rooms D, E, F,
G.

7:30 p. m. German Folk Sing-
ing in the Common Room,

N.S.A. Has Advantages
But Needs Student Help

Continued from Page 3

prices (including the lowest of-
fered anywhere). It provides a
student discount service at retail
stores, theatres, promotes Art
tours and contests and even a Na-
tional Ping Pong Tournament.
Just name it, NSA can show you
how to do it, get it, find it—cheap-
er, better, easier.

So take advantage of your NSA.
It’s on campus to help YOU. You
have paid for it, you might as well
use it. Moreover, the National
Headquarters have been moved to
Philadelphia, so we can expect a
lot more help this year than ever
before.

‘But it’s a two-way street. Here,
as anywhere, you get out of NSA
what you put into it, and usually
more. ‘So be alive as a student.
Participate in your campus organ-
izations and your National Organ-
ization. The Philadelphia office can
use your help, so be part of that
arm that reaches out to help the



Educational Community.








Page Six

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, November 12, 1952



Cafes, Clothes and Language Intrigue Luzzatto;
Considers Atmosphere Of Quartier Latin Quaint

Continued from Page 5

dents from many nations feel a
part of a great amorphous group,
les etudiants du Quartier Latin.
However, sometimes even before
I heard what languages they
spoke, I was surprised by the
clothes that some of them wore.
Bryn Mawr at exam time (and

you know, we do reach a pretty
sad state!) is nothing compared to
the characters I saw wandering
around Saint Germain des Pres.
They probably think that looking
dirty and sloppy is the thing. Long
black pants, and. a sweater reach-
ing practically to the knees, and
a scarf around the neck makes
them, or so they think, very Exist-
entialist and when in this attire
they sit at “Les Deux Magots” or
the “Cafe de Flore” they feel akin
to J. P. Sartre. The Parisians are
accustomed to seeing these young
people and I heard that the own-
ers of cafes and nightclubs encour-
age it as it provides atmosphere
for tourists.

Speaking of atmosphere, every
corner of the Quartier Latin has
a new surprise in store, the book-
shops with their outdoor stalls,
the small antique shops displaying
their proudest possessions for the
benefit of the window shoppers,
dingy delicatessens and wonderful
pastry shops that are much too
tempting. There just are so many
things to see!

Paris is a vast museum. Besides
the great architectural master-
pieces the Louvre, Les Invalides,
Les Champs-Elysees, and the other
usual things seen by tourists there
are many less visited places that
give a better picture of the French
people in general and more par-
ticularly of Paris itself. The old
square of Monmartre perched on
top of the hill, the flower and vege-

_. table market (Les Halles) at two

in the morning when the vege-
tables come in from the country,
the charm of the Bois de Boulogne,
the small art galleries with inter-



esting new exhibits, and of course,
the theatres, many of them tiny
but offering an amazing selection
of plays.

Heavens, I could go on forever
and I’d really like to tell you about
these things in more detail but,
even though this is Paris, there is
such a thing as homework® and I
think I better be getting back to
it right now. I’ll write again soon.

Au Revoir,
Danny (Luzzatto, ’54)

Philosopher Avers Life
Creates Existentialists
Continued from Page 5

istences” are in situations. (Ex-
istences cannot be defined in terms
of the verb “to be” for “Every life
is always living at one or another
situation.” The Existentialist is
not concerned with states of be-
ing.) And the Existentialist be-
lieves that although you can
escape space you cannot escape
situations, he embodies space in
situation and not vice versa.

Ferrater Mora then defined three
concepts in terms of situation.
Project is the act of projecting
oneself; we cannot be confined to
one situation but are always go-
ing beyond ourselves and have the
future in mind. Concerning the
concept of choice, the Existential-
ist would say that we decide our
own future. The traditional en-
tities used to help decide man’s
future; nature, God, and society,
are disregarded. Thus we are alone
in the universe; imposing laws
upon it and being crushed by it at
the same time. The third concept,
that of absolute freedom does not
mean that we can do whatever we
like, (because of the circumstances
with which we are confronted) but
that we are “condemned to be
free”,

The results of this belief are
that we commit ourselves, we com-
mit our whole lives by what we
think and do, and that the contents



Bard’s Kye View

written especially for The College
News by a member of the Little
Theatre Group, Coatesville V. A.
Hospital
The girls from Bryn Mawr to the
fore
They like variety. in gaiety
Don’t care much for sassiety
They will go riding with you
Be jolly through and through
They are no confessor
To any pious professor
Yet they’re no transgressor

The girls from Bryn Mawr
Are a good guiding star
They like a novelty
But believe in reality
If they go so far with fun
Don’t think they’re a foolish one
Because the girls from Bryn Mawr
Are alert and know lifes score

Theres a light in Bryn Mawr to-
night

The girls storied pearls show-|...

ing bright

Riding high moon bound in the sky

To bright stars they will apply
With a twinkle in their eyes

A halo given in surprise
A golden crown forevermore

This verse is dedicated to the
girls from Bryn Mawr College who
so unselfishly gave of their free
time so that we would be able to
put on a show. I know all the pa-
tient members of the Little Thea-
tre group wholeheartedly thank
them.



of our philosophies do not matter,
we are still Existentialists. Mr.
Ferrater Mora concluded his lec-
ture by showing that Existential
philosophy does not fall apart from
contemporary philosophy, but is
connected with all living types of
philosophy.

ENGAGEMENT

‘Lynn Kilbourne, ’53 to Nicholas
Norton.



Villanova Players Achieve A Clear Portrayal
Of Contrasting Personalities in Taut Thriller

Continued from Page 5

hours ago”—so he boasted to
Leila’s teasing about the chest.
This part of his role was excel-
lently played, but when accused
by Rupert, he lapsed from charac-
ter. He was suddenly John Fitz-
gerald speaking to Thomas Hay-
den, not Brandon to Rupert. In
the midst of the most desperate
attempt to save his own neck,
Fitzgerald came out with a friend-
ly smile.

All of these parts alone would
have made a good performance,
but it was Thomas Hayden who
made great Villanova’s production
of Rope. With the easiness yet
the intensity of a polished actor,
Rupert brought the same means
of death to Brandon as the latter
had applied to Kentley. “Twenty-
five of eleven... it is the hour
when London wants to ask ‘Why?’
a horrible hour, a macabre



Independent Vote Shows
Willingness For Change
Continued from Page 2

campaign waged by the ‘Republi-
cans, because they generally have
been the party with more money
to spend on a campaign.

In conclusion, Miss ‘Linn group-
ed herself with other Stevenson
supporters, comparing them to the
egg whites in a pudding recipe.
Beat the eggs well and lightly fold
in the whites. Democrats were

certainly well beaten, but need not

be folded in, she declared, and cer-
tainly must not be folded up.

U.S.F. Begins Campaign
On Monday, Nov. 17th

Continued from Page 1

10% ($1.00) Reserve Fund — Held
for emergency pleas. Stu-
dents are asked to suggest
deserving charities on back
of pledge card.

Campus solicitation will begin

Monday, 17th.



hour.” Upon gazing into the chest
his expression was so convincing-
ly one of horror and repulsion that
no corpse on the stage could have
been as effective. “You hang - - -
both of you - - - you hang!” Sev-
eral moments elapsed after the
curtain closed before the audience
could break into exuberant and
respectful applause.

Technically, the Belle Masque-
ers overcame the obstacle of a
gym’s bad acoustics. The effect of
the opening was spoiled by poorly-
timed lighting which gave an un-
expected preview to the striking
set, and omentarily destroyed
the stmosphe created by Bran-
don’s words, “I have killed for the
sake of killing, and I am alive—
wondrously alive.”

An ambitious production for any
amateur group, Rope was given a
most superior performance by Vil-
lanova and Rosemont.

~ What To Do

Attention Chemists:

_ Miss Cummings of Mallinckrodt
will be here ‘Wednesday. Sign for
appointments outside of Room H,
Taylor.

Attention Seniors and Graduate
Students:

Applications for the Junior Man-
agement Examination closed today.
Attention New Yorkers—
Seniors and Graduate Students

See the notices for Professional
and Technical Assistant Examina--
tions posted outside of Room F,
Taylor.

ODD JOBS NOW OPEN—Please
see Mrs. Sullivan in Room H, Tay-
lor.

Thanksgiving Vacation — wait-
resses needed for the Deanery.
Room and Board given in exchange
for waiting on two meals a day.

Weekend Baby Sit—Saturday 10
a.m. to Sunday 8 p.m. Only one
student needed. Six children but
mother will be at home.

Please return the green cards
for the survey.



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