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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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Wednesday, February 17, 1954



THE COLLEGE NEWS

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Published weekly —— the College ‘Your (except during Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter. holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest
of Bryn Mawr College at-the Ardmore ec Company, Ardmore, Pa., and
Bryn Mawr -College. .



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EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief
Harriette Solow, ‘56
Evelyn deBaryshe, ‘56, Copy. Marcia Case, ‘57, Make-up
Charlotte Smith, ‘56, Managing Editor
Molly Epstein, ‘56

. EDITORIAL STAFF. .
Joyce Mitchell, ‘55 Epsey Cooke, ‘57
Marcia Goldstone, ‘56 - Barbara Palmer, ‘57
Carol Bradley, ‘57 Ruth Rasch, ‘57
‘ Donnie Brown, ‘57 WHelen Rhinelander, ‘57
~ Carole Colebob, ‘57 League Representative
Mimi Collins, ‘57

_ Staff Photographer —
Eleanor Small, ‘55





' Business Manager

Marjorie. Richardson, ‘55
Margi Abrams, ‘56, Associate Business Manager

Business Staff

: June Edelman, ‘55 Gloria Strohbeck; ‘57
‘Virginia Gavian, ‘57 Annabelle Williams, ‘56

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Current Events

Conference, At Berlin,
Doesn’t Accomplish —
Its Aims |

The conference in Berlin of the
“Big Four” foreign ministers is
due to end this Thursday. It has
not accomplished itse aims, neither
those of the Western Powers nor
of the Soviet ‘Union, The meeting,
however, has put into clearer focus
the problems which confront the
West in dealing with the Soviet
Union.

These questions were discussed
Monday night at Current Events
by Dr. Wells. His talk, was en-
titled “The German Question in
the Berlin Conference.”

This conference was not a new
beginning in relations between the

three series of notes exchanged be-
tween the governments of the four
great powers and it was the third
which led to this conference.
“Hopes had been aroused by many

| developments during ‘the. year for

such a meeting. Stalin died in



Diana Fackenthal, ‘55

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Hunger Fighter

-One of us went without lunch one day last week. This
was no voluntary attempt at slenderization, but an. unwel-
‘come and externally enforced ascetisism. Our unfortunate
faster decided that, for a change of fare, she would dine else-
where than in the Halls. Having surveyed the possibilities,
it was decided that, in view of cold weather and limited time,
the Inn would be “the place.”

The sad story is ‘all: too simple. An hour is not inns
enough to walk a block and one-half, order and eat a sand-
wich. The management of the Inn does its utmost to impress
-us with this fact. It is shorthanded; it is crowded; we must
“be patient.”

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Phe faet remains that is icecaaliabntenliaeie dd: -we-do-not-}-

speak up, we are ignored, often blantly so. When we make
our appeals, we are frequently met with rebuffs, frequently
made to feel that we.are unreasonable. Whatever we do, “the
customer is always wrong.” a

A.real problem exists. The Inn, realizing that we often |
have nowhere else to go, is not forced to go out of its way to
solicit our business. If the waitresses are discourteous, there
is little we can say; if there is not enough help, well then, we
might as well wait.

What are we to do about it? We can “grin and bear it,”
_ but often the stomach rumbles too loud for us to hear the
Stoic doctrine ringing in our ears. We can tell the manage-





March of that year, and Malen-
kov’s speech a short time later
iemphasized the desire of the Soviet
Union for. agreement while ex-
pressing the confidence that all the
problems could be solved.
Churchill, in the House of Com-
mons follows this up with a
speech on May 11 in which he sug-
gested that the western powers
“try it.” Inthe Bermuda, confer-
ence the three powers agreed on
a set of aims and agreement be-
tween themselves on the program
that they would present.
Concessions, more than ever be-
fore, were made on the part: of the
West to the Russians. We did not

conference nor about the proposed
agenda,

“To prevent one European power
from dominating Europe was the
aim of the Western powers.

At the same time Russia was
equally vehement about its fear of
Germany falling into the hands of
the West. The Russians, at the
crux of their agruments, suggest

East and: West. There had been

argue about the location of the

- Letters To

Metnories Of Parakeet
Accompany Judy
Across Sea

By the deep sea shining water

Built up by Britannia’s daughter

By the jungle near Johore

Stands the city Singapore.

Where the tlu meets the road way

Houses stand of érang ptteh

Orang puteh, tuan bésar ,

Sipping stinger, smoking cigar;

Sipping, smoking, smoking, sip-
ping,

Perspiration slowly dripping,

Kétchil makan blues they call it

Dissipated life they call it.

Here came Judy straight from col-
lege.

Where. the emphasis is Knowledge,

Came to trip the light fantastic

Put aside all thoughts scholastic.

But the memory lingers ever

Of the bird she left behind her,

Of the bird so green and yellow

Of poor George, the silly fellow.

I remember sitting daily:

Let him peck my finger gaily;

But my roommate she. no like it,

When the time came, would not
take _it.

So I left it with professor

Good man, kind man, that pro-
fessor

I think he no likee either

Maybe think he catch parrot fever,

For he gave it to another

Gave it to another mother.

When I came here ’cross the water

’Cross the deep sea shining water,

Felt the bird call deep inside me

Bought a bird to keep beside me;

Till one day a wicked feline

Caught poor birdie by the clothes-
line. :

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,

Birdie took the road to heaven,

George is kept now by another
Turns .to someone else for mother
No longer have I parakeet -
To peck my ear or chew my feet
Oh hell, I can’t think of any more
rhymes, but when I come back
I’d like to come and see George;
if I may.

Judy McCulloch, "53

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FRESHMAN BLECHIONS





The Editor

Students Must Initiate
Faculty Rapport, |
Says Alumna
To the Editor: ~~

This’ letter is’ my reaction to
“Stones from a Glass House” in the
News of February 10th. I should
like to begin by saying that I am
in no way “defending” the faculty;
part of the excellence of Miss
De Baryshe’s column lay in its com-
plete lack of censure, so’ that any
“defense” would be out of keeping.

There are, I think, certain spe-
cific things that the student can do
to achieve the relationship Miss De
Baryshe describes as lacking. 1
believe that the ifftiative must
come from the students, because
the faculty is in rather a difficult
position. An invitation from a
professor is one that no student
cares to decline, knowing this, a
professor may hesitate to put a
student on the spot. If a profes-
sor expresses a wish to join a
group of students at tea, the stu-
dents may feel it is a “command
performance” — again, a professor
has no wish to put a student on the
spot.

It used to be customary to in-
vite professors to dinner in the
halls. There are all sorts of ad-
vantages to this, the most obvious
one being that if you invite one or
two professors, you can surround
them with at least six. students,
thus dividing the clamminess of
the palms by six. Furthermore, if
it is a senior who has issued the
invitation, she can includé juniors
and underclassmen in the party
and take it out of the realm of
“just another senior privilege’.
There is a superstition that you
must surround a faculty member.
with students who are in his de-
partment; this is absurd. Pre-
sumably those students already
know their professor — the object

is to bring in those who don’t.

In conclusion, may I say that I
consider “Stones from a Glass
House” the most constructive step
the News has taken recently.





a delusion which the West at all |
events should avoid.”

Their final suggestion was the
European Security Plan which pro-
vided for an organization which at
\first, seems much like NATO or
tthe EDC, but in reality, a Monroe
Doctrine of European powers
which would eliminate the United
States, the EDC and NATO cém-
pletely.

Naturally this was not accepted.
We must now consider alternative
plans and the strengthening of
certain definite bodies such as





ment of the Inn that since we are giving the restaurant the
increased patronage which makes it shorthanded, we are not
unreasonable in expecting that it employ extra _— so that
. we may have-guicker and. pleasanter service, :

“And finally, if all else fails, perhaps we may ‘take? the
Inn a little less busy. It might well: be worthwhile to increase
_ the income of the Bryn Mawr Summer Camp by operas the
Soda Fountain during lunch hour.

Lost Weekend

Have you been wondering about what to do with your



for the weekend to be spent visiting the glowing

date on:a weekend here if he has not come properly prepared
with a car; when you find that every place on campus is
closed, a blizzard is raging outside and the only answer seems
to be to give up and go home?
-Somehow it seems rather forced after your date has
traveled sometimes throug hell and high water to get there,
col-
lection or — old ene until fifteen minutes be-



NATO and .EDC. Dr. Wells also
suggested that we heed the advice
of some of the British critics who
advise more flexibility in our for-
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Self-Gov. Renemsiinhire-
1 || "Mickey “Nusbaum. : deere

i} ° Under-Grad Representative—
Judy Harris

A.A. Board Representatives—
' Margie Milbank

Janet Hetzel 4







Spanish Club Speaker

Sr. Francisco Garcia-Lorca, pro-
fessor of Spanish at New York
University, will speak on “Ganivet
y la naturaleza”, 8:30 in the Com-
mon Room, Thursday, February 18,
He is the author of “Ganivet, el
hombre y la obra.” The lecture is

bers; anyone with a knowledge of |
Spanish is weleome....





fore the fatal evening deadline.
There- must be more intimate places than the Blue

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not limited to Spanish club mem-_

Comet or quieter atmospheres than: the Greek’s—but there
don’t seem to be. And after the privacy of losing yourselves
in the crowd all day and most of the evening there is a wild
seclusion to be found for a quarter of an hour on Merion
Green. If it’s raining, well that adds to the entertainment. .
But why should it be? For the daytime we have Apple-
‘bee Barn, for informal parties; marshmallow roasts or even-
some of the perennial bridge, without the hectic atmosphere
of the hall. But there are several obstacles to the use of the
Barn. The hours are early, you must “sign up” beforehand,
and at present there is neither furniture nor central heating.
If the gym were left open on Friday evenings for a record
dance and pink-pong, or if the: smokers and shov were
open for conversation, some of the axobleme: ‘be solved.



, by the seniors for solos.

—Sincerely, — — -
Elizabeth George Poulke, 52

Solos From Shows
‘Enhance Afternoon

by Marcia Case, °57

“Songs of the Classes” were the
order of the day as girls and their
dates gathered informally in Rock
Smoker on Sunday afternoon for
a song fest. Seated on chairs and
the floor, they went through the
songs from their Freshman and
Junior Shows for as long as their
voices and memories held out.

One of the most enthusiastically

seniors’ rendition of “Wambi, the
Jungle Boy.” The freshman al«o
proved their versatility by singing
the entire song “Ambition”—cho-
rus ard solo parts. ite

There were numerous requests
Marilyn
Muir with “Little Kate,” Claire
Weigand with “Who the Hell is
Lallabelle?” Clare Harwood with
“Big Bertha” and Lucy Lindner

Prone

| with “Blue Mist and Moonlight” ~

were among those soloists who
represented their classes in songs iL
from past triumphs. _

The song fest closed with the.
singing of “We Will Come Back,”
atid those present looked as though _
they might — for a are Mawr



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