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Wednesday, February. 17, 1954

THE COLLEGE NEWS ©

Page Three



Graduate School Releases. information

First results of a survey of all
graduate degrees awarded in the
69 years since—the—founding of.
Bryn Mawr, shows that 85% of
the women who hold PhD. degrees
from the college are employed, al-

“most all of them in professional

positions for which thein graduate
education prepared them

This. survey was undertaken he-
cause of the concern in this coun-
try about a possible shortage of
highly qualified professional per-
sonnel: Of the 316 PhD. holders
the college has recent information

on all but 27.
Teaching Leads

The largest single profession
that the degree holders have chos-
en is college and university teach-

ing, which takes in 62% _ of those].

employed. There are, in this group,
two College presidents and twelve
college or, pniversity deans. Scien-
tific research takes 9% of the total.
More than one third of the grad-
uates have _ reported » published

. works, but not written necessarily

as a part -of* their ~professional
career.

All major academic fields are
represented, with the heaviest eon



Phipps, °4 Notes -
Students’ Apathy

Especially Contributed by |
Anne Phipps, °54 =

Around Bryn Mawr these days,
there is a lot of halfhearted com-

‘plaining and a lot of escapism. On

the basis of talk, this kind of a

report could be made about the}-

students.

They. complain continually, pas-
sively and negatively. They are
annoyed, even grumpy. They think
that there is too much work, and
that most of it is absolutely point-
less. The emphasis on papers is
insane. The only way. to get-thirty
pages of standard size typewriter
paper covered with print is to
write a narrow prose-poem down
the center. of each page, leaving
more thah™enough room for cor-
rections in both margins. Also,
there are too many extracurricular
activities, for too few people. Any-
one-with a-grain-of public spirit
has to be ‘overtired, if not tuber-
cular, as‘ long as she is here. As
one student remarked, college is
a four year endurance test, pre-
paring you for secretarial achool.
in college ?
Apart from a décdicated few, they
just want a degree and a quick
getaway. They'll be glad to have
been here, after they’ve left.
Whatever may be wrong. with
Bryn Mawr, they are ‘much too
busy’ and much too tired to try
working for changes.

' They just try to escape. Failing
Princeton and New York, there is




always D. H. Lawrence, And some-

day, there will be no more reading,
no more lab, just the creation of

_bahies and _.delicions..casseroles.._..
The Senior class, especially, has |

a feeling of urgency. An uncertain
future looms ahead. One way out

‘of indecision is to get engaged

before leaving college. Another
way is. to get married immediate-
ly: Pembroke West awaits its
annual elopement..Those who are
neither eéfigaged nor married
worry about graduate schools and
jobs—and worry without being
really interested. Something to do.
is more important than what to
do.

Why is there this Fredisied rush
towards an unknown goal, or to-
wards a- goal which is simply a
pile of d in which to bury the
head? Nobody yet overheard seems

‘dropped



Concerning Ph.D. Holders’ Employment

entration in English, French, His-| .

tory, Social Economy, and the
Classics. Since the war, Chemistry
and Philosophy have been widely
represented. e

Over one fifth of the total group
of PhD.s are listed in “Who’s Who
in America’ and “American Men of
Science.” The largest. single list-
ing was in Biology, where 17 Bryn
Mawr PhD.’s are listed.

The typical pattern in the‘ first
four decades shows the young
PhD. appointed to the faculty of
one of the women’s colleges. She
belonged to the learned societies
and was a frequent contributér to
the scholarship in her field with
articles, books, and reviews. Very
often, the early graduate spent 85
years on the job.

By the ’40’s the pattern had
changed. The percentage employ-
ed remained high, but more’ col-
lege professors were found on the
faculties’of the universities than
were found in. women’s colleges.
The proportion of Bryn Mawr
PhD.’s going into college teaching
slightly, “however, | and
more of them are going inte-scien-
tific research and other types of
professional appointment. Incom-

plete . information—indicated_mean
salaries of $5,500 to $6,500 for the
different professional groups.

Dean Eleanor Bliss of the grad-
uate school expressed the opinion
that this high percentage of women
employed contradicts the ‘prevailing
opinion that..women do not con-
tinue’ long” in employment, even
professional employment: This
opinion has led many employers to
restrict opportunities for women
and it has led potential donors to
hesitate to support generously of
education for women.

Books Needed Now|

Drive Starts Wed.

A book drive.is being sponsored
by the Pennsylvania: Region of the
International Commission of the
United States -National Students
Association, “of which Bryn Mawr
is a member. This drive will be
sponsored at Bryn Mawr by the
League, and the books will be sent
to India.

In India, books are virtually un-
available, and frequently each text-
book must be shared by four or
five students. World University
Service centers, in Delhi, Calcutta,

and Assam, have organized ,jending”

libraries of student textbooks, in
the hope of ameliorating this situ-
ation. However, these libraries,
which .operate.on a free loan sys-
tem, are themselves in need of
books.

By means of the book drive, all
of us at Bryn Mawr will have the
opportunity to help. A box will
be in Taylor on Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday, into which all
books can be put. All kinds of
books will *be gratefully accepted;
those which are unsuitable for
sending abroad will be sold to
raise the postage money for the
more appropriate ones.

The Leagué hopes that everyone

will -esoperate,~ remembering that;}-

this drive, if successful, will not

only help to relieve a critical, short-¥,

age, but also will “emphasize in-
‘ernational awareness and _ the
building of solidarity among. siu-
lents”.

For other W. U. 8S. activities
see article this page column 4.

ENGAGEMENTS

Donna Morrison ’55 to Donald
Swan. :

Penelope Merritt ’52 to. —
Ashmead III.

Josephine . Rives Raskina 50. to]

Peter H. ‘Von Hippel.
Pauline K. Austin ’52 to Joe K.
Adams.

class.



Freshman Reviews

Hell Of Hell Week

by Donnie Brown, 57

Hell Week is anticipated with
hope and dread by the Freshman
It signifies the opening’ of
their Weekend, the final production
of the Show after many harried
weeks of rehearsal, and systematic
torture from the Sophomores.

When Hell Week started on
Wednesday, anxious Freshmen
banded | together, speculating on
just what they were going to get
as punishment for being uncultured
Freshmen... They hung around the}.
smoker doors or were stationed

there by Sophomores, waiting for
the day’s agenda to be posted.

Quiet And Costumes

Ululations and lamentations were
heard in the corridors when the
long list of trials-and tribulations
were read. * These were quickly
silenced however, at léast in \one
hall, when the Freshmen were
minded that from now_.on_ they
spoke in whispers, except when
they sang. S

The costumes and various other
impedimenta with which the Fresh-
men were expected to supply them-
selves took time and much frantic
consultation with
whispering distance. But whether
one wore a gym tunic and high
heels, intriguing signs or mourn-
fully repentent black, the discom-

fort was worth it.

The professors’ faces (especially
if this Were their first year at the
College) when they. saw their erst-/
while pupils sitting in class, were
reward enough for tottering to
Park in high heels or for —
to Mecca on the hour.

Freshmen Rewarded

At meals, hapless Freshman /re-
cited works of literature, spoke on
their meditations and were gener-
ally diverted from their sole /aim
of eating by autocratic sopho-
mores. There were innumerable
“fined and required” meetings
where they demonstrated | their
hastily acquired skills and, pros-
trated themselves before posters of
last year’s freshman show.

Great consultation resulted in
giving Sophomores low clues about
where the animal was hidden and
pretending wisely that you knew
where it was all along. Actually
all but a few of the freshmen were
just as surprised as the sopho-
mores when the rooster flew out
over the audience Saturday eve-
ning.

Hell Week was harried, hilarious
and fun. Early Saturday the Fresh-
men were amply rewarded for all
they had gone through. And the
obvious closing cliche is that it will
be great sport when iit’s ’57’s
chance to be Sophomores during
Hell Week.



AMUSEMENTS

Ardmore:

+ Wed.-Sat.: Easy to ane
Sun.-Tues.: Little Caesar, Pub-
lic Enemy j

~Wed.: Wicked Women

_Bryn Mawr:
Wed.: Call Me Madam, David
and Bathsheba
Thurs.: Adventures of Cap-
tain Fabian, Women of

P aris {

Fri. & Sat.: Walking rad Baby
Back Home

Sun. & Mon.: Sabre Jet, Gun
Belt

Tues. & Wed.: Sea Around Us

City Line Center: |
Wed.-Wed.: How to Matry 2

everyone in|.

Two weeks ago a young woman |
whose name did not announce lit-
self but whose face seemed friend-
ly ‘and [whose manners were a
credit to any, asked me to write
tor a journal known as the College
News, something which would
pass tor a review of an enterprise.
undrstood to be Counterpoint.
‘there were good reasons for re-
tusing, and 1 tried out several of
them. But the young woman's
mind was evidently made up, and
presently” a wave of unreflec-
tive and indiscriminate helpfulness
relied: over me, and I foolishly said

“yes.” combed
The question is, what might a
college literary magazine jbe? Once
before, within living memory, the
writer aired his conception. Ser-
ious, friendly, monitory, incurably
pedagogic, he immagined a work-
shop, where genius w&s not expect-
ed but where (assuming talent and
motives to self-expression) the la-
bors and/ possibilities of ‘writing

| were instructively in view, the pri-

vate emotion was not hugged to
death, the, uncommissioned - scout-
ing party was encouraged, all
known talent was invited or
dragged in, the proprietors were
never satisfied, “and everything
was/rewritten eight times.

Does the current issue corres-
pond to this ingenuous. conception?
It/ has the good. fortune |to be
blessed with two of Miss Marianne
Moore’s translations: from La Fon-
taine. They fit exactly the work-
shop idea: the problem of composi-
tion is clear—and it is difficult.
The strength of the rest of the

ready perfectly wrought



Berthoff Reviews Counterpoint; Finds
Poetry Good, But Some Talent Hiding

issue is in the. poetry. My own
preference runs to “The Survivor
of the Flood Laments Lost Inno-
cence.” It needs some working on,
the more so because’ parts’ are al-
(e.g.
“And sometimes it was hard to tell
what floated and what flew”). I

wonder whether the change of: -

voice after the seventh stanza is
a wise move, And is the title,
though gaudy, perhaps somewhat
oppressive ?

For titles are important, When
they have too much to say, we
may suspect that they have said
it all; the poem, or story, has
trouble getting out from under.
To call’ “Patterns Observed at a
Weekend Party” simply “Week-
end” or “Party” might be |to
transfer more of the writer’s am-
bition from the subject to the per-
formance. Still, and this is true
also of “Suffering” (which man-
ages to survive its title) and
“Trusta, Tower,” the problem of
batenial

couraged to do better.” .

As for the prose: the Coronation
piece, including photographs, be-
longs (why not?) in the College
News. “The Blessed Children” is
what ought to be called an “enter-
tainment”; either you are. enter-
tained or you aren’t. That leaves
“A Day with the Lions,” which
accosts its subject intelligently,
though to my judgment under
handicaps; the protagonist is about.
eight but something tells me that
she is given (to make her. more

Continued on Page 4, Col. 4



Miss McClellan, Bryn Mawr Alumna,

Returns as Lecturer In fuihecmlaay

by Molly Epstein, ’56

It really wasn’t the conventional
newspaper interview. First of all,
Miss Catherine McClellan, visiting
Lecturer -in Anthropology, doesn’t
have any hobbies. In addition to
this somewhat drastic disclosure,
she says that she has not been
formulating “first impressions”
about Bryn Mawr.

This is because she doesn’t have
to. Miss McClellan spent her un-
dergraduate years here (class of
42), and, as a matter of fact,
studied under many of the profes-
sors for whom. we are now writing

papers.
Although she now specializes in

UNESCO Fights
TB In-Far East

Last summer American visitors
to India and Pakistan were able
to see the‘ results of long-term
World University
grams. In Assam, the far eastern
corner of India; a ward for tuber-
cular students and a student center
have almost been completed. Other
tuberculosis sanatoria are being
built all over India.

The World University Service,
a specialized branch of UNESCO,



has .recently published. its. accom-

plishments for the year 1953. Last
year W.U.S. carried on an exten-
sive fund-raising campaign to aid
students of foreign lands. Stu-
dents and professors in colleges all
over the country have supported
the “program of material assist-
ance and education for interna-
tional understanding.”

W.U.S. hopes to reach its goal

of $690,000 by the end of 1954.)

Canada, Great Britain, Australia,
and Japan have also contributed to

the program. . : sas |

In Greece, Germany, Darker:

France, and other countries long- |:

range projects are also under way.
Through its valuable work W.U.S.
is doing much to create interna-



tional good will. ones .







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Wed.-Wed.: How to Marry a
Millionaire fe |







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of painting from aboriginal Aus--



anthropological and enthnological
work, Miss McClellan’s major at
Bryn Mawr was Classical Arche-
ology. However, her association
with Miss deLaguna of our Anthro-
pology Department began. at. this
time. They are now collaborating
on_ research among the Alaskan In-
dians and will do field work to-
gether this summer.

Religous Research

Discussing Miss Ann Chowning’s
forthcoming trip to New Britain,
Miss McClellan agreed that re-
search on the religion of the na-
tives seemed most exciting, albeit
rather dangerous. However, she
added, a poll once established that
the mortality rate is not alarming-
ly high among anthropologists.

Much of our conversation was di-
rected toward the reading material
in the Anthropology 101 course,
the- changes in academic require-
ments since 1942 and the general
policy of the College NEWS,

We also examined a small folder

tralia. The originator of the trend
pictured was Albert Namatijira, a
native whotook Buropean paints
and began to ape the style of Wes-
tern landscape painting. Various
members of his family have con-
tinued the practice, presenting a

fascinatiig, and often extremely...

pleasant, blended style.

Miss McClellan spent four years,
from 1942 to 1946, in the Navy.
She then attended the University

of | California, Berkeley,.. ee she

received her Ph.D.



Did you know that e ; .
“Nominations for the best Male
Actor of 1953 are as follows:

‘Marlon Brando for “Julius
Caesar” .

William Holden for “Stalag 17”
Montgomery Clift:-for “From
Here To Eternity” = -_-
Burt Lancaster for “From }

To Eternity”







t ‘is genuinely interest-_.
ing;. dissatisfied readers are en-_

‘Richard Barton for “The Rabi