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The College Tews
VOL. XLVII, NO. 13
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1951
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1950
PRICE 15 CENTS
Peffer Exhorts
United Nations
To Admit China
Chinese Negotiations,
Free Formosa
Urged
The second Anna Howard Shaw
lecturer, Professor Nathaniel Pef-
fer of the Columbia University
Department of International Rela-
tions, spoke on the subject “The
American Foreign Policy and the
Current Situation in the Far East”
last night. Dr. Peffer’s lecture
covered the history of the present
conflict and change in the Far East
briefly, and then gave personal
views and possible solutions of the
application of American foreign
policy in the Far East. The situa-
tion in the Far East, he said, is
tragic. There is already one wat
in progress; a greater war is a
possibility. Our position in the
United States is one of emotion
fighting reason. On the one hand
we do not want Americans killed
in Korea, while on the other, we
eannot think of the solutions to our
problems in terms of the far fu-
ture. The great weakness of the
American policy now is our states
men’s assumption that taking care
of the next six months will solve
the problems of the years aftez
those months also.
The problem in the Far East in-
volves much more than the present
difficulties in Korea and Commun-
ist China. It has had a long de-
velopment. One axiom which can
be safely stated as a law of his-
tory, and which applies in Ching
and in the Far East is that “no
group.of human beings will toler-
ate rule by another group of hu-
man beings if they have the power
to overthrow that rule.” It does
not matter whether the ruled are
less able to govern than those they
want to overthrow.
Aspiration to govern themselves
has been the guiding star of Far
Eastern peoples. After the first
World (War, this desire provoked
nationalistic wars and colonial re-
volt. Another reason for these
revolutions also expressed resent-
ment of the fact that for over a
hundred years, the peoples of Asia
have been “pawns for Europe’s
game.” Indo China, for example,
Continued on Page 7, Col. 2
College Announces
Scull Land Bought;
4 Acres---$55,000
An-agreement of sale has been
signed by members of the Scull
family for the purchase of the
Scull property by Bryn Mawr Col-
lege. The college will pay $55,000
for the land—nearly four acres—
and the big house that stands on
the corner of Wyndon Avenue and
Roberts Road.
The terms of the contract re-
quire the payment of ten percent
of the purchase price, i.e. $5500, by
the first of April 1951. A down pay-
ment of $3000 has been made. In
a little more than one month, an
additional $2500 must be raised.
Faculty Show is being given in
March of this year in order to
raise as much as possible of that
twenty-five hundred dollars. This
was the “cause” about which Miss
McBride was vague and secretive
at the opening assembly of the
second semester, when Faculty
Continued on Page 6, Col. 5
R. Carr Outlines
Progress In U. S.
Civil Rights Field
On Sunday, February 18, at 8:30
p. m., Mr. Robert K. Carr delivered
the second lecture of a series deal-
ing with national security and civil
rights. Speaking at the Swarth-
more Friends’ Meeting House, Mr,
Carr’s topic was “Progress in Civil
Rights”, specifically during the
three-year iperiod beginning when
the Committee on (Civil Rights pre-
sented their report to the Presi-
dent. None of Mr. Truman’s sub-
sequent recommendations became
legislation; however this three.
year period has been one of real
progress. Much of the resulting
controversy has centered: on the
two main theses of the report: a
belief in the need of federal sup-
port of civil rights, and a belief
that segregation must stop.
Mr. \Carr’s speech stressed tthe
relationship of federal action and
civil rights. Presenting and refut-
ing the’ main objections to the
plans of the Civil Rights Commit-
tee, Mr. Carr reviewed the argu-
ment that improvement must come
through voluntary action. “State
ways can’t change folk ways; gov-
ernment compulsion will not ame-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 2
Faculty Show Keeps Its Secret Well;
Admits Title ‘Kind Hearts & Martinets’
The Faculty Show, Kind Hearts
And Martinets, will be presented
in Goodhart on March 10, at 8:30
P.M. Profits from the Show will
be used to start the drive to “cor-
ner the campus” by the purchase
of the Scull property on Roberts
Road and Wyndon Avenue. The
tickets will be $1.80 for the second
section and the balcony; $3.00 for
the first section; and the most de-
sirable seats will be roped off to
form a “dress circle”, with seats
at $5.00. Tickets wil be sold from
Monday, March 6 to Thursday,
March 8, from 4-6 P.M. in. Good-
hart.
The faculty is being unusually
secretive about the contents of the
Show, assuming all the properties
of the three monkeys when ques-
tioned. One would think from the
collective blank look that they have
no intention of cracking a book till
the night before the performance.
But the steering committee (Miss
Lang, Mrs. Nahm, Mrs. Dryden,
Mr. Adams, Mr. Dudden, Mr. Jan-
schka, Mr. Parker and Mr. Thon)
is unduly active, and the Deanery
waitresses report sudden silences
when they approach the Faculty
lunch table. — ion
Continued on Page 8, Col. 5
See ee ee
“My Gawd, boys, it’s Jesse James!”
by Lucy Batten, ’54
To the myopic eye the gymnas-
ium with its scintillating tinsel
was like some great aurora boreal-
is squeezed into intense concentra-
tion by the four drab walls. Bright
and whirling meteorites were the
dancers as they spun to the dis
tinet rhythm of Lester Lanin’s or
chestra, and like hazy comets were
the prepondering red-clad damsels
Fluffy pink clouds concealed the
orchestra platforms; silver threads
shimmered overhead diffusing the
reflections of the pink spotlights
into a myriad of tiny rainbows
Radiating from each corner was
CALENDAR
Friday, February 23
7:30 p.m. The Job Weekend
Panel, The Deanery.
7:30 p.m. World Affairs Coun-
cil, 33rd and Spruce Streets, Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, Phila-
delphia. For program details see
Dp.
Saturday, February 24
9:30 a.m. Job Weekend inter-
views. Rhoads Hall and Com-
mon Room; see the Bureau of
Recommendations bulletin board.
Mr. Raiguel: Writing and Pub-
lishing Positions.
Mrs. Whitehill: Market Research
Positions. ;
Miss Palache: General Positions
Miss Stewart and Mrs. Knox:
Scientific Positions.
Mrs. Zapoleon: Social Science
and Government Positions.
2:30 p.m. Graduate Centre fenc.
ing match.
8:30 p.m. Bryn Mawr College-
Haverford Chorus Concert, Rob-
erts Hall, Haverford.
10:00 p.m. Denbigh Dance for
chorus members and residents of
Denbigh.
10:30-2:00 Maids and Porters
Dance.
Sunday, February 25
7:15 p.m. Chapel Service, Good-
hart.
8:15 p.m. Swarthmore Civil
Liberties Lecture. Walter Gell-
horn will speak on “Security,
Secrecy and the Advancement of
Science” at the Friends’ Meeting
House.
Monday, February 26
5:00p .m. NSA Meeting, May-
day Room.
5:15 p.m. Open Hall Presidents’
Meeting.
Continued on Page 2, Col. 4
Silver Threads Weave Gym Paradise;
Lanin’s Orchestra S pins Meteorites
the glow of another paradise, not
for thieves but for merrymakers
at Saturday’s Undergraduate
Dance.
As one ‘gushing little freshman
put it, “Oh, it was just out of this
world, and there was such a warm
friendly atmosphere. It just seem-
ed like everyone was congratulat:
ing somebody else. All of us were
,0 very happy, how could we help
sut have a lovely evening?” A
ophomore, perhaps not quite so
‘tarry-eyed and excited by Fresh-
man Show, or perhaps a little bit-
ter because the class animal had
eluded her later remarked, “The
decorations were bad as usual, and
somehow Bryn Mawr dances al-
ways seem to lack a certain gaiety
As Robin (Hood would say, ‘There’s
no spark to it.’”
Continued on Page 6, Col. 4
Signals for Raid
Published by Com.
Understanding of some of the
dangers of atomic explosions and
knowledge of some _ precautions
will help to avoid confusion, to de-
crease 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 in every building
directions which have been check-
Ladies and Journalists! Don’t
forget! Come to the NEWS
Room in Goodhart this Thurs-
day afternoon, February 22, at
5:30 if you want to try out for
the NEWS.
ed by engineers and the U. S. Gov-
ernment booklet “Survival under
Atomic Attack”. Read the diree-
tions carefully.
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
fluctuating blast.
All clear (white)—three steady
1-minute blasts.
(Further activities will be plan-
ned and additional notices posted
Continued on Page 7, Col. 4
Freshman Show
Acclaimed Hit;
Spirit Praised
°54’s ‘As You Swipe It’
Wows Audience,
A Success
by Jane Augustine, ’52
Spirit is what one wants in a
freshman show — class spirit, the
feeling of hard work, of coopera-
tion, and of concessions willingly
made so that the show can go on.
To this spirit which united a class
can be attributed much of the suc-
cess of As You Swipe It, the orig-
inal musical comedy presented last
Saturday night by the class of
1954. Danny Luzzatto, the direc-
tor, deserves great credit for her
tact and kindness in handling huge
numbers of people, collectively and
individually, on stage and off.
The spirit of the singing means
a lot to the success of a song, but
it would have taken considerable
ennui to ruin these songs — they
were wonderful. The ear-catching
melodies of “Treasure!”, the Tart’s
song, “The Chase,” to mention the
barest few + haven’t left the
audience yet. Now, all the time,
are people in corridors and smok-
ers humming the refrains from
these songs. A glance at the pro-
gram shows that Gwen Davis
wrote six of the songs, and helped
to write two others; she, too, de-
serves praise for her exceptional
talent and a generous contribution
to the show. Ann Shocket did an
excellent_job directing songsand
playing the piano for rehearsals;
it was a severe blow when she got
sick and had to go to the infirm-
ary. A note of thanks goes to
Deirdre Coghlan, Lee Haring and
eanne Richmond, ’51, who stepped
in at the last minute as substitute
pianists. To Edy Woodruff also
goes praise for the job she did as
assistant song director.
The hardest working and least-
seen participants in a »freshman
show are the stagecrew. For at
least three weeks they resign
themselves to incredible dirt and
exhaustion. They leave a spoor on
Continued on Page 5, Col. 1
Panel Discussions
Liven Job Weekend
A panel discussion will be featur-
ed next Friday night, February 23
at 7:30 in the program of the Job
Weekend, sponsored by the Alum-
nae Committee on Jobs and the
Undergraduate Vocational Com
mittee. Alice King, Bryn Mawr
and Lydia Biddle, class of 1952, are
the chairmen of these two groups.
Members of the panel will include
Mrs. Amie Bushman Knox, Vassar
1946, and Miss Elizabeth A. Stew-
art, Smith 1945, from Internation-
al Business Machines. Both are
in the Department of Pure Science
at IBM. They will talk about the
vital fields where scientists are and
will be needed, which should be of
interest to graduating science ma
jors.
(Mrs. Jean Whitehill, managing
Continued on Page 7, Col. 2
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SPORTY tae
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, February 21, 1951 :
THE COLLEGE NEWS
FOUNDED IN 1914
Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks-
giving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks)
in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company,
Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College.
“The College News is fully protected. by copyright. Nothing that
appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission
of the Editor-in-Chief.
EDITORIAL BOARD
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EDITORIAL STAFF
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Under the Act of March 3, 1879
Civilian Defense
' As the small white “Shelter” signs posted in hallways
come to our notice, the dread of war—forgotten for some ten
years—creeps back again into our consciousness. Miss Mc-
Bride’s words in the opening assembly of the second semes-
ter made undergraduates contemplate their future with a
new and frightening context. Destruction by atomic bomb-
ing is imminent; nobody successfully forgets that fact. In
angry futility, we think, “Do something!” and begin to grope
for specific action. There is none. The most powerful gov-
ernments of the world, banded together, can not act defini-
tively. What good, then, can a few college women do?
Some can circumvent the problem, use their studies as a
sedative. The illusory ivory tower cannot be susceptible to
bombing. Maybe this is cowardice; maybe it is merely sen-
sible attention to daily obligations which must be met at least
for the time being. On the other hand, as the world conflict
closes in, so does panic. One of the admonitions in the air-
raid instructions is “Never lose your head”. Stated positive-
ly, that means “Keep your head”. In still other words, we
need to face the situation squarely and use our best reason-
ing.
Laughing off air-raid drills is insignificant, or refusing
to learn first-aid makes no sense; neither does leaving college
dramatically to join the WACs. An increasing pressure from
world events would tend to destroy our sense of proportion,
but it is then that irrational behavior will be most disastrous.
Loyalty oaths and other undemocratic procedure are the re-
sult of such irrationality—the result of deep-seated fear. We
who are protected here in college have been taught all our
lives how to use our heads. Now we must deploy that intel-
Jectual training to a new purpose: to defeat the demon fear
‘that enters insidiously with talk of war and of both physical
and ideological invasion. We must undertake our share of
civilian defense calmly. We cannot retreat from our respon-
sibility to think coolly and thereby be prepared to help in any
emergency. We cannot panic—now or later.
Job Weekend
Once again the Alumnae Committee, in conjunction with
the Undergraduate Vocational Committee, has gone to a
great deal of trouble to arrange Job Weekend. The panel dis-
cussions this Friday evening in the , and the inter-
views on the following day in Rhoads have been planned with
Current Events
Common Room, February 19,
7:15 p.m. Miss Florence Peterson
spoke on Labor in the Present
Emergency. The immediate crisis,
she said, was caused by the Labor-
ites walking out of the Wage Sta-
bilization Board last Friday. This
was not a sudden action, .but the
culmination of a process in which
“Labor has become very angry and
very demoralized.” ‘The demoral.
ization, which is the main critical
element, has been chiefly caused
by two factors:
First, “Labor is still angry that
they have to live under the Taft-
Hartley Act.” It feels that the act
is very unjust since it disallows
certain practices which Labor had
been permitted to exercise for a
hundred years. For example, the
act re-establishes injunctions. Con.
gress cannot pass any act, which
affects millions of people, over-
night and have it accepted without
bitterness and hard feeling. The
Defense Act endorses all the prin-
ciples laid down by the Taft-Hart-
ley Act.
In the second place, “Labor feels
that they haven’t even been treat-
ed as a junior partner in the de-
fense program.” It was not ask-
ed to have an advisor on defense
Secretary of Labor Tobin was not
put in charge of manpower, a job
which it seems should come unde
his direction; Arthur Flemming
an outsider, was given the duty,
“This means that Labor is being
passed over.”
“The fact of wage stabilization
means that you are practically do-
ing away with collective bargain-
ng,” Miss Peterson continued. Col-
lective bargaining is the function
of unions, so wage stabilization
either forces unfons to disappear
entirely or allows them only to
help determine labor conditions in
government. “It is really a fight
for the survival of the unions in
the long run.”
“The crucial thing is the labor
attitude and morale.” The enthus-
iastic willingness of (Labor is need-
ed for defense production. Miss
Peterson compared the present at-
titude with the general feeling in
1940 when the United States began
war production. Labor was then
satisfied; it felt that “it was their
government as well as other peo-
ples’ government.” The situation is
quite different at the present time
“Labor, in principle, is for all-out
defense against the Communists.”
Through experience with Commun.
ist tactics when they interfered
with union management during the
war, Labor realizes that this form
of government would not profit it
Also in the twenties it had experi-
ence with what a police state
would be like. During the last few
years Labor has purged the unions
of Communist factions by itself; it
has been a hard struggle and “La:
bor has come out on top.” Labor is
for all out defense, but they are
“angry and demoralized.” Manage-
ment feels that the workers’ stan-
dard of living is high enough for
them to should concede now. We
are forcing labor to fight instead
of to bargain. Something must be
done to remedy the situation.
Robbins Explains
“Clever Woman”
At this morning’s assembly, Dr.
Caroline Robbins offered her def-
inition of “The Clever Woman”
She first noted the advantage of
the “well-rounded mixture” which
education in ‘America presents on
the school level, and then went on
to discuss college education. “To
carry into college the idea that we
are being educated to be women is
slily”. It is impossible to spend
all one’s time in the study of hus-
band-caring or child-hearing. Wo-
men must learn other things. They
must establish and carry over into
the home an intellectual discipline.
That discipline is even more im-
portant for women than for men,
since women are responsible for
kepeing their families enlightened
and happy.
“Housework takes no special tal-
ent”, said Miss Robbins. “Anyone
can do it if she puts her mind to
it”. Education will help a woman
in allocating time and thinking out
problems in relation to the special
situation. Also, an intellectual in-
‘terest can prove a consoling diver
sion to relieve periods of stress
and worry. Miss Robbins’ ’final ad-
vice to those who would be clever
women was to “show people by
your action—not your superiority”
that a college education is a great
practical and cultural advantage in
raising a family and living a good
normal life.
CALENDAR
Continued from Page 1
7:15 p.m. Current Events. Dr.
John R. Michaels, on joint ap-
pointment to the Bryn Mawr,
Haverford, and Swarthmore Rus-
' Sian program, will speak on “Ne-
gotiate With Russia?”
8:30 p.m. The third Shaw lec-
turer, John King Fairbank, will
speak on “China.”
Tuesday, February 27
8:30 p.m. Self-Gvernment mock
trial, open to everyone. Common
Room.
Wednesday, February 28
8:45 a.m. Morning Assembly,
Goodhart Auditorium. Ronnie
Gottlieb will speak on the NSA.
7:35 p.m. Freshman Hygiene
lecture, Common Room. Dr. Smith
will speak.
Television Offers
BMC Travelogue
{We are now approaching Park
Hall on the campus of Bryn Mawr
College. This modern science build-
ing symbolizes the ambition of
many Bryn Mawr students to fur-
ther their education in the field of
scientific research. At Bryn Mawr
we see freshman Geology, Chemis
try, Physics and Biology classes
Here we observe graduate students
conducting major experiments in
the four sciences. And now the
school chimes signal the end of an-
other Tele-Term and we bid fare-
well to beautiful Park Hall and
the budding scientists of Bryn
Mawr...’
tions or undergraduates.
There will be representatives of
publishing, scientific, and public relations houses, and a
speaker from the Department of Labor, as well as a suitable
question period. The significance of the weekend cannot be
too highly emphasized, since it is one of the few tangible con-
nections between the academic training here at Bryn Mawr,
and its direct application to the post-college business world.
The committees are to be congratulated in the arrange-
ment of the program, their choice of speakers, and particu-
larly, in their selection of a weekend almost completely free
from outside complications. The students are also to be prais-
ed for their past turn-outs to Job Weekend, and sincerely
cautioned not to miss the valuable advice they can receive
an eye to the students’ desires, and from the direct sugges-
this year.
Germans Oppose
Plan for Arming
What are the Russians up to
now and what will happen to the
Germans are questions being asked
in’ Germany now, according to
Karla Meiers, German graduate
student, who spoke at the I.R.C.
meeting Monday night in the
Common Room, on the subject of
German re-armament. In discus-
sing this topic of current interest,
Miss Meiers presented the German
attitude of great reluctance to
enter into preparations for what
might be a third world conflict,
and gave her opinion for the reas-
ons behind the Germans’ suspicion
of the motives behind the U. S.
re-armament of her country.
Most of the Germans’ distrust
for raising an army stems from
an emotional basis. For the five
post-war years the emphasis has
been on the disarming and the de-
militarization of Germany. Then
suddenly, after the Korean inci-
dent in early summer, there has
been told of re-arming, greatly to
the average German’s bewilder-
ment, since he does not know what
is coming next. Germany also
fears re-armament because of ,the
accusations after the last war that
all of her soldiers were criminals;
not only the Nazis who were con-
victed at the Nurenburg trials, but
the German army was also held
to be criminal—an”attitude which
most Germans felt to be unjust.
(Not only do the Germans fear
raising an army which will be
condemned by the world, but they
also have a great distrust for any
political process which might lead
to a war, fought for an unknown
reason as the last one was. They
have a dislike for a war whick
might lead to pit German against
German, not only Germany against
the enemy, Russia, since Germany
is divided by the occupation arm-
jes. The Germans have no confi-
dence in the Allied powers who,
they fear, might leave them to
face Russia alone. Such speeches
made by Taft, and Hoover, advo-
cating American isolationism, hor-
rify the Germans, who feel that
these men are important public
figures, and command a large fol-
lowing. The German is in no posi-
tion to gauge the reactions to such
speeches and can only feel panic
that Germany might be left when
the going gets tough.
The Potsdam Conference of 1945
held by the great powers, promis- —
ing to keep Germany disarmed,
also stands forth in the German
mind. There is a fear that the
breaking of this agreement will be
provocation for Russian aggres-
sion, and the Germans, who are
too close to Russia for comfort,
fear desperately that they will be
reconquered by the Soviet. Finally,
the Germans fear that if they
raise an army, it will be an in-
fantry, completely at the mercy
of a mechanized enemy; their con-
fidence in the allied countries is
very slight.
A consideration against re-
armament which has no emotional
basis is the financial question.
Where will the money for an army
come from? Taxes in Germany are
heavy, heavier even than Eng-
land’s, and the cost of raising an
army and yet supporting the Oc.
cupation Army will be formidable.
In conclusion, Miss Meiers said
that for a successful re-armament,
Germany should be given a new
connection with other European
countries; a connection once held,
but severed by the second World
War and the years afterwards. A
“way back to Europe for Ger-
many,” a “period of new policy”
of which German armament would
be a natural extension, must be
realized if Germany is to join in
the union of nations.
Wednesday, February 21,
1951
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three
Last Nighters
‘Henry IV: Part Two’
Displays Varied
Characters
Specially contributed by
Arthur Colby Sprague
The Second Part of King Henry
the Fourth used to be acted oc-
casionally by “Falstaff” Hackett
about the middle of the last cen-
tury, but American audiences have
had few chances to see it since.
The Old Vic Company gave it
memorably in New York, five
years ago, with Sir Ralph Richard-
son as Falstaff and Sir Laurence
Olivier as Justice Shallow. Other-
wise, save for amateur perform-
ances, the production by Brattle
Theatre Company in Cambridge,
last week, was the first in America
for a very long time.
In England, meanwhile, the play
has come into its own, and there
have been English critics who have
actually preferred it to Henry IV:
Part One. Yet even on the stage
this sequel scarcely justifies their
opinion of it. One misses Hotspur
and the last radiance of chivalry
now extinguished by MHotspur’s
death. The later conspirators are
a feeble and uninteresting lot, and
the miserable act of treachery
practiced upon them in Gaultree
Forest is a poor substitute for the
gallant fight at Shrewsbury. Part
Two, though it leads up to a sig-
nificant climax in the rejection of
Falstaff by the young King, is a
sprawling play, when all is said,'
redeemed for us chiefly by the ef-|
fectiveness of four or five admir- |
able scenes: that with Pistol and
Doll Tearsheet in the tavern; Fal-
staff’s recruiting; the Crown
Scene and the death of the old
King; Falstaff’s visit to Justice
Shallow in Gloucestershire; and
the last scene of all.
The young actors in Cambridge
—not so young indeed, since this
was their fiftieth production —
have been having their full share
of the prevalent malady, and there
were several last-minute changes
of cast in the performance I saw.
The more to their credit that with
understudies
parts as Justice Shallow and
Prince Hal it was as good a per-
formance as the audience evidently
agreed it was.
A well-balanced group of players
like this one is capable of doing
much for comparatively minor
characters, and three such charac-
ters, Doll Tearsheet, Bardolph, and
Silence, were delightfully brought
out. Miss Jan Ferrand (lately Miss
Continued on Page 4, Col. 1
Prints Produced by
American Women
Prove Rewarding Exhibit in Goodhart
The prints now on exhibit in the
pasement*orridor of Goodhart ex-
|emplify some of the work done by
the National Association of Wom-
en Artists. They are the product
of a technica] process, such as lith-
ographing or etching, and the sub-
ject matter falls within the areas
traditionally assigned to portrayal
through those media. The village
church in Betty Parish’s ‘And Gath-
er Yourself Together makes a gen-
erally familiar wood engraving;
Alice Buell’s Claimed by the Hills
is not the first drypoint of bare
rural landscape and homely decay-
ing farmhouse. Kathrin Gawein’s
drypoint Uncle Clarence’s Barn is
in this same vein. The careful at,
tention paid to details, however
gives it the hyper-reality which is
its originality and its merit. Sev-
Observer
Now look, I don’t care what you
say—Freshman Week is hell for
more than freshmen. Here I am,
with dawn two hours away, and a
heap of flowers to be tagged. But
the flowers are half-wilted, and the
cards thalf-written—and you’ve
forgotten whose cards are done. I
am gulping down the last swig of
cold coffee, and then I am plung,
ing up to the elbow in thorny fern,
Darn stems, won’t lie right...
where’s the rubber band?—oh yes,
in such important
out of rubber’ bands. String, and
a little water-soaked ribbon. Has
/my evening gown come back from
the - - - my gawd, the cleaners!
Forgot to pay them last month.
(Oooh, I ate too many donuts at
Radnor). Let’s see, my date’s com-
ing at - - - my date! It’s two-thirty,
matter now? Um. Yes. Well - - -
try the lower left-hand drawer,
There’s extra cards there, filing
cards, with lines on the back, but
you don’t mind, do you? When’s
Dingbat coming back, you know,
Continued on Page 4, Col.-3
Know these seven survival]
secrets for atomic attacks!
1. Never lose your head!
Try to get shielded.
Drop flat on ground or floor.
Bury your face in your arms.
. Don’t rush out immediately
after bombing.
. Don’t use food or water in
open containers.
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7. Don’t start rumors!
Frank Lloyd Wright Show at Gimbel’s
Demonstrates Trends in Architecture
by Margie Cohn, °52
Five minutes ago, you passed the
conventional buildings on Chestnut
Street, hardly noticing them. Now,
you are in a room, facing blue-
prints and models designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright, the Wiscon-
sin-born genius who has given new
meaning to the fine art of archi-
tecture. An exhibit of his work is
being shown at Gimbel’s in Phila-
delphia, until February 24 and
from there will move on to a
world-wide tour to Florence, Zur-
ich, Paris, London, Stockholm,
Munich, and Bombay.
In Gimbel’s you enter the pre-
fabricated passageways, and are
confronted with walls covered with
blueprints and next to them, pic-
tures of the buildings they repre-
sent. You see everything from
early prairie houses. to the im-
mense Imperial Hotel in Toyko,
built between 1916 and 1922.
More easily comprehensible to
you are the scale models, display.
{ng the diverse talents of this 82-
year-old artist. His love of wood
as a medium is evident, as is his
belief that homes should be low
and flat, with an abundance of
window space. One of Wright’s
most impressive works is ‘the
Johnson Wax Plant in Racine,
Wisconsin, aesthetically functional,
and towering to the sky.
In the middle of your self-con,
ducted tour you view Wright’s mo-
del city, Broadacre—“‘an attack
upon the cultural lag of our soci-
ety”. Through a loudspeaker you
hear a discussion of Broadacre
City between Wright and Oskar
Stonorov, the Philadelphia archi.
tect who designed and arranged
this talk, you realize what the
ideals of Frank Lloyd Wright are,
and why he put skyscrapers next
to cottages on acre lots.
Mr. Wright believes that the
only place for a skyscraper is in
the country, for in that position,
habituated urbanites can move out
of crowded cities, and “have direct
Continued on Page 5, Col. 3
isn’t it? No, three - - - well, I
won't be ready. Yes - - - come in.
I mean don’t come in, if you’re a
fresh - - - oh, it’s you. What’s the
the exhibition. From listening to| po
eral such details are the wheel-
spoke seen through an old glass
door, and the painted face of the
old clock. Lesley Crawford’s U. S.
Post Office merely indicates details
without actually delineating them;
the changes of light and shadow
are its interesting attributes.
Among the prints whose theme re-
volves around houses or buildings
is Betty Parrish’s slim wood en-
graving West 15th Street—a
glimpse from a _ window-corner
which gives both the feeling of
looking down from considerable
height—the top of the streetlight
just reaches the windowsill—and
of looking up from the foot of tow
ering structures. For a small and
unobtrusive picture, it says quite a
bit.
Street of the Sail Loft by Vera
Andrus is an arrangement of tri-
angles—the angle of iron railings
the roof-gables, the alternating
parallelograms of sunlight and
shadow on the ground, and finally
the triangular sails in the distance.
As a formal study, it gives one
very little to think about, but its
looking-down viewpoint is unus-
ual. Tobacco, a woodcut by Clare
Leighton, is also stylized with its
construction entirely on a series of
parallel horizontal lines, broken
only by a triangular barn. The
oreground of farm implements
and trumpet fleur-de-lis helps to
lift the picture out of the range of
the ordinary. Donna Miller’s lith-
ograph Maggie’s Child shows a
spontaneity which effects the pa-
thos of the tiny baby better than
any more meticulous method. This
picture’s opposite number is Ninon
Lacey’s Flowering Tree With Girl
which is a flatly pretty thing with-
out any of the emotional appeal of
Maggie’s Child.
There is a mystic quality
in the bursts of fire from the
clawlike turned-up roots which
Edna Pennypacker Stauffer calls
Continued on Page 4, Col. 4
Specially contributed by
Louise Kimball, 53
Perhaps it was the new platoon
system or perhaps it was Elmer,
the new mascot, but both the first
and second varsity basketball
teams came out victorious in their
games with Drexel last Wednes-
day. The varsity results were 35-
25 with Parker shooting with
flawless accuracy, scoring 21 of the
85 points. The second team finish-
ed very closely with a score of 23-
20. The forwards on the Varsity
were Parker, Wadsworth, Kimball
and Tilghman with both Merrick
and Fox playing briefly in the first
quarter. Guarding were Perkins,
Eristoff and Gurevich, all doing
fine interception work and passing,
especially Perkins. The Drexel
guards made it most difficult for
the Bryn Mawr forwards to re-
ceive passes from the center line,
and intercepted many of them.
The second team line was as fol-
lows: forwards — Merrick, Fox,
Cohen, with substitutes Osma and
Gardiner. The guards were Leo-
1d, McClenahan, Shoemaker, with
West as a substitute.
Last week seems to have been
Bryn Mawr’s turn to sweep the
sports field; in the swimming meet
with Drexel on .Friday afternoon,
the Varsity won 42-15, and the
Junior Varsity topped Drexel by
the narrow margin of 30-27. The
next meet will be held on Thurs-
_|day, with Ursinus.
Dove-hunters Seek
Refuge at Radnor
Inexpensive food and charming
company served to seduce much
of Haverford’s male population
into the warm, well-lighted front
hall of Radnor last Friday night.
Radnor continued in its tradition
of entertaining animal-ambiguous
sophomores with fortifying donuts
and coffee. lLeisurely upperclass-
men encompassed bridge tables,
and sat rigid and transfixed for
the entire evening, while the nas»
tily energetic endeavored to
charleston to music left over from
Princeton’s fall football season. A
few Princeton men were in evi-
dence, but since Haverford pre.
dominated, it was significant that
deprecating remarks about some
playschool up in Jersey were made
loudly sotto voice. Somebody in
the crowd always has to grouse a
little, though.
Those merely pausing in flight
stood near the door in mufflers and
wind-breakers, drinking cokes and
Continued on Page 4, Col. 2
Observer
It’s Saturday afternoon. Taylor
is wrapped about in grey mist, and
despite the two-somes floating
back from the station, and the
added lilt that Males-on-Campus
give to smoker bridge games and
piano music, there is still a strange
kind of deep-down happy quiet; a
joyous stillness that is everywhere.
For the first time in a week, you
sit quietly in your room.
Hell Week is over. The embar-
rassment of facing a particularly
awesome professor with a lamp-
shade atop you, the salaam for a
stern Sophomore—who is shaking
with laughter, the utter woe-is-me
feeling of parading through the
ville with five pigtails spouting
from your head—these things have
passed away. Gone now also is
that queasy feeling that clutched
at your middle when a red blazer
that had been one of your best
friends suddenly looked at you
with unsmiling eyes, and barked,
“Salute, if you please!” Hell Week.
Continued on Page 4, Col. 2
Self-government invites you
to attend a mock-trial on Tues-
day, February 27. Cases from
several years ago will demon-
strate the methods of the Board.
Between the Leaves
Schulberg’s New Novel
Gives Fitzgerald
True Depth
Specially contributed by
Marcelle Wegier, ’52
Budd Schulberg, author of The
Disenchanted, knows intimately
the people and the places of which
he writes. Reared in the glitter of
the movie industry, he can draw
upon his own experiences for the
people in this novel. The writing
team of Manley Halliday (whose
experiences are essentially those
from the life of F. Scott Fitzger-
ald), and Shep, the young radical-
reformer of the thirties is merely
a device through which the author
can recreate two faded worlds—
and the people who inhabit them.
Jere, the symbol of flaming youth
sunk into insecurity and dowdiness,
the strong Ann Loeb, the hypocrit-
ical agent, become prototypes. Yet
despite the skill with which the
plot is constructed, and the person-
al knowledge which was involved
in the character development, the
book does not reach the level of
complete enjoyment. Too often it
remains too particular. Although
there are chapters which rival any
contemporary best-sellers, the plot
construction leaves much to be de-
sired.
The Disenchanted tries to pre-
sent the inside story of the decade
that “laughed off disaster”. It aims
to show the conflict between the
temperament of the twenties and
that of the late thirties. The back-
ground is Victor Milgrim’s world
—that of the philistine Hollywood
producer. However, the book turns
out to be one of great indulgence;
it continually evokes the glorious
past. ‘While pretending to repri-
mand the carefree era of the twen-
ties, Schulberg is actually idealiz-
ing it. Shep, the young writer in
collaboration with Halliday, al-
ways lets the old man have his
way. Likewise, Halliday is per-
petually escaping in his memories.
All the characters are delineated
sympathetically, yet they are gro-
tesques, caricatures of themselves.
They are limited by their selfish-
ness, and by their lack of intellec-
tual acumen. Only Halliday has
moments of brilliance—and then
when he is in a drunken stupor.
Fundamentally, the book tries.
to show that in this age of mech-
anization one is able to do any-
thing vicariously, that it is in ef-
Continued on Page 4, Col. 5
M. Zarzeczna and J. Eppinoff Play
Diversified Piano and ’Cello Program
by Frances Shirley, ’53
Marion Zarzeczna and- Jacque-
line Eppinoff, students at the Cur-
tis Institute, were the artists for
the Young Musicians’ Concert, held
Sunday in Wyndham.
Miss Zarzeczna opened the pro-
gram with Bach’s Prelude and
Fugue in F minor, and displayed
the same technical and interpretive
mastery that characterized her
last concert here. Every note was
clear, and in the fugue the three
voices were kept well-defined and
moving. Mendelssohn’s Rondo Ca-
priccioso came forth sure and in
some places powerful, in others,
light and airy. The soft passages
were good, as were the abrupt
changes in tempo, and every
rhythm was firm.
Miss Eppinoff chose the Sonata,
Opus 40, by Shostakovich, for her
part of the program. There was
smoothness in the slower move-
ments, and in places the tone was
very good. However, there was
often a buzzing fuzziness that
might have been the fault of the
’cello itself, for the tone seemed
to improve in the Moderato, when
a mute was used. Miss Eppinoff’s
manual dexterity and accuracy
were best shown in the lively Al-
legretto. The piano part, played
by Miss Zarzeczna, was excellent,
always in balance with the ’cello
and especially notable for scale
work in the last movement.
The final portion of the program
was devoted to Miss Zarzecna’s
playing of three Intermezzi, Opus.
119, and a Rhapsody, all by
Brahms. The Intermezzi were
wonderful, and there was majesty
and all the necessary power in the
Rhapsody. At times it was light
and soft, and at other times there
was a triumphant mounting, and
everywhere there was a clear-
ness and sureness of notes and
rhythm that makes one look for-
ward to Miss Zarzeczna’s next ap-
pearance.
The Bryn Mawr Music Club’s
next concert will be held in the
Ely Music Room on March 11th,
when a chamber music group from
the Curtis Institute will play.
Se Ta
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, THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, February 21, 1951
Incidentally
Three -Economics majors were
walking up the hill toward Miss
Northrup’s house. One explained a
passage she had recently read to
her companions: “The socialist
planned economy is superior to the
capitalistic system of free enter-
prise because .. .” She got no
further. From out of the black-
ness atop the hill, the three heard,
“T have heard that rumored
around, but this is the first time I
have ever heafd it declaimed from
the hilltops.” It was Miss McBride.
How ’bout the recent exam re-
questing the translation of “God
Save the King” into Edomite?
‘Henry IV, Part IP’ Now
Revived Successfully
Continued from Page 3
Hoyden in The Relapse) made a
young and attractive Mistress
Tearsheet who showed Falstaff to
be a man of taste. But also she
could squall and brawl, take of-
fense at a trifle, or be really hurt
by what was said of her. Nor did
her fondness for old Jack prevent
her from having an eye for the
Prince, or from showing interest
in Pistol’s commission. Edward
Finnegan as Bardolph, with a rosy
beacon of a nose and dim, hound-
like blue eyes, was ever in the pic-
ture. He was particularly happy
in the Recruiting Scene, as he put
Wart through his paces, or march
ed off the unhappy conscripts at
the closing, barking, corporal-
fashion, “One - three - five - two!”
Finally, Justice Silence :(Fred
Gwynne), very tall, but shaking
and bent almost double with age
with a large, womanish white face,
was visually a creation; and when,
inspired by good liquor, he began
to sing in a small piping creation;
and when, inspired by good liquor,
he began to sing in a small piping
voice, it was with an entire forget-
fulness of his surroundings—as
if he were enjoying at some infin-
ite remove the gaiety of youth.
Thayer David, as might be ex
pected, was dignified and eloquent
as Henry IV, and the Crown Scene,
up to its poignant ending with the
Princes kneeling about the old
King’s bed, was admirably played.
Jerry Kilty’s Falstaff was effect-
ive, if somewhat mannered, and
rose to heights of pathos and a
sort of desperate courage in the
last scene. I must mention, also,
an excellent Chief Justice (Earl
Montgomery), who quite incredi-
bly doubled as Bullcalf.
‘A well-rounded performance,
then, with the play itself coming
first as it should. Except for Lady
Percy and her moving lament for
Hotspur, such cuts as were made
were readily. excusable..As a con-
wihaitiee ‘of the omission of some
minor noblemen (the play has an
unconscionable number of char-
acters) Northumberland himself
was now arrested and sent off to
execution—a fit ending for the old
fox! I might add, as having some
bearing upon the vexed question of
Walstaff’s cowardice, that Cole
-wille-of-the-Dale, his famous pris-
-oner, was in this production already
badly wounded when Sir John first
-encountered him. Small wonder,
wthen, if the poor man attempted no
‘Yesistance!
Smiling Faces, Shining
Eyes End Hell Week
Continued from Page 3
It had been exhausting, but it had
given you and your class a certain
‘gameness, a preparedness for al-
most anything: for skits composed
and done well at a moment’s no-
tice, for looking bleary-eyed and
ludicrous, for mournfully reciting
dinner menus. But Friday evening
filled you with trepidation. They’ve
been wonderful s0 far, but — It
may be Hell, but I won’t care—
they’ve been so wonderful that I
won’t care. But they were so strict
about us not leaving our rooms—
so str... and then, sleep.
Awake. A sudden, grating aware-
ness that it is seven-fifteen, Satur-
day morning. Stay in rooms till
called. Sophomore voices whisper-
ing in low tones outside your room.
Suppressed laughter (cruel laugh-
ter? the kind that anticipates a
practical joke? please, not that
kind). Feet passing back and forth
before your door. Sudden silence.
Then ... “Good morning to you,
good morning to you, good morn-
ing...’ Come out, they sing.
This is it, and you close your eyes
and fling wide your door. Smiling
faces. Shining eyes, and at your
feet, banked high... oh, dear God,
don’t let me cry, please.
This, you must think about. The
luminous eyes at breakfast. The
thrill of getting a sweet note from
someone you didn’t think even
knew you existed. The wonderful
incongruity of gardenias pinned on
a plaid bathrobe. And the thought
of thoughts—that literally hun-
dreds of people cared enough about
you and your class to keep so com-
plete a secret for half a year. Not
a mention, not a hint, and all so
that you, one puny individual
could have so wonderful, so mir-
aculous a surprise. This is your
day, they write on small white
cards attached to daffodils—this is
your day. But you know some-
thing more important—most im-
portant of all... This is Bryn’
Mawr.
Radnor Provides Break
During Evening’s Hunt
Continued from Page 3
foasting of their abilities to fright-
en or confuse the Freshmen con-
erning the Thing. Those who were
at the party to stay congregated
in the Q-smoker, (which was any-
thing but Q) and discussed, with
demonstrations, mamba_ versus
samba ... now look, it goes like
this: one-two-one-two—all you
have to do is # . and the instruc-
tions would be lost in raucous
laughter from the corridor, where
several kick-chorus beauties were
being hungrily appraised by their
admirers. “(Merry men are we, full
vf gallantry” hummed the dress-
tehearsal attendants and_ erst-
while Sherwood Forest bandits, in
spite of the Irish Black Bottom
blaring forth from the victrola.
Quarters clicked into the Rad-
nor cash~box as people wandered
in “just to see what’s going on”—
all sorts of people, not caring how
they were dressed, or how noisy or
silly everyone was, or how many
donuts they ate. Blue jeans and
velveteen marked the extremes of
feminine attire; after all, this
Compliments of
HECLA
PRESS
Incoherence Attacks
| Final Hell Week Victim
Continued from Page 3
what’s-her-name across the hall.
We’re double-dating - - - I know
I know her name, it’s just that it’s
so late - - - I mean early. Well,
yes, you’re quite welcome. Do
close the door on your way out---
(Listen to the sophomores
thumping up the hall). Now I’m
hungry - - - no food. Tangerines
on the mantelpiece; great help. It’s
- - - darn it, I’m out of cards. Now
where did I put those extras? I
could have sworn they were in the
left drawer - - - well, so what?
Yes? Oh, yes, come right in. I’m
just - - - heavens, what’s the mat-
ter? (Do you have to cough like
that? Oh, that’s right, the infirm.
ary won’t take you in if you have
anything less than amoebic dysen-
tery. \Aspirin on the bookshelf;
sorry I haven’t any paregoric or
penicillin. Have a _ tangerine.
(Bang! Guess I’ll have to fix that
doorknob one of these days).
Only thirty-five more to go, isn’t
that lovely? Why doesn’t the heat-
er work? Scissors. (String - - -
oh, yes, no more string. I wonder
if it works with a paperclip?
Scotch tape maybe. * * * It’s
so quiet; it’s creepy. What became
of the thundering sophomores? It’s
ominous. I think they’re going to
blow the place up. Blow the place
up - - - they were in the basement
this afternoon. Atom-bomb—ev-
everybody suddenly insane. I know
it, I swear I do because it’s easily
seven days till noon tomorrow, and
they’re going to threaten us, I just
know they are. How awful! How
- - - what are you saying you fool
you? Think of all the trouble they
are saving you by blowing up the
hall. ‘What are you working so
hard for? ‘Why don’t you just knock
off and go have a cigarette? ..
yes, cigarette. There must be some
in my blazer - - - yes. No. I must
have some somewhere. Here’s one,
a little (yawn) crooked, but that
(yawn) doesn’t (yawn) matter.
But (yawn — yawn) I will go
smoke my last cigarette, waiting
in Death Row for my executioner
to come and_get me, Electric chair,
you know. I strangled a sopho-
more with a_ shower-hose - - -
(yawn). It’s getting late. Destroy
yourself, it’s later than you think
—what’s that ticking noise, do you||t
suppose?
wasn’t any formal fashion show.
The atmosphere of “Who cares?”
charmed all comers. Nobody had to
make any effort; nobody was stuf.
fy or unhappy or academic. In
short, it’s a fine tradition, and
Radnor ought to be proud enough
of itself—and also financially re-
imbursed enough to hold open
house more often. It’s fun.
.| also
Women Artists Exhibit
Lithographs, Engravings
Continued from Page 3
Antennae of the Storm. Shells by
Dorothy Feigin is almost an ab-
straction on the subject, and not
too exciting. Stilled Violins is one
of the few color prints on display;
its daubiness and’ muddy colors
make it rather unappetizing. The
Lost Snail is piquant; it would
make better wallpaper than any
thing. Elizabeth Saltonstall’s still
life August Lilies is pleasing in
its treatment of detail, although
its quality of formal design is
too emphasized to make an ex-
ceedingly interesting picture. Ja
net Turner’s White Pelicans has
the same sort of fine biological
detail, and gives one a first im-
pression of all over design which
close inspection corrects; there is
much subtle variety in it. Striped
Rooster by Ethel Smul is an en-
tirely different treatment of the
bird subject matter. It looks as if
it might be a design on Mexican
pottery. Yellow Head by Kathleen
Macy Finn is hardly an original
conception of a bird in a tropical
tree.
Two abstractions are Beulah
Stevens’ Plant on a Stool and Sea
Birds by S. Magnet Knapp; both
are somewhat inexplicable, but the
latter is more carefully thought
out. Lena Gurr’s Bluebird has a
Chinese mood in its stylization, It
is very carefully arranged in geo-
metric forms whose complicated
interceptions are far more intrigu-
ing than most of the other uses of
geometric forms on exhibit. The
colors enliven the formal arrange-
ment considerably; the square of
light about the child suggest the
conventional halo around the
Christ-child. On the whole, Blue-
bird is one of the better non-real-
istic pictures on display. Color
improves Salome, but the
most fascinating thing about it is
its swinging quality — one feels
that the dancer has been caught
in a brief static moment and will
presently move on. Two pictures
have the long faces suggestive of
primitive sculpture; one of these
is Doris Seidler’s Daughters of
Wotan, which looks not unlike’ a
Virgil Partch cartoon. The other
of this type is Serenade by Miriam
McKenzie — a mournful harsh
Novel Of The ‘Twenties’
Falls Short Of Its Aims
Continued from Page 3
fect a spirtual “brave new world.”
‘Shep grows up watching the de-
cline of Manley. He passes through
three stages of development. First
there is the hero-worship; soon the
rapid decline becomes contempt
the contempt of the young genera-
tion for the old; lastly Shep feels
for Manley some ineffable apprec-
iation of his wisdom and maturity.
The same process works in reverse
for Halliday.
Schulberg’s slick style fits the
subject matter. Snap cliches skip
over the pages, including the cliche
of recognizing the cliche! The style
changes when Schulberg wants to
be serious in quoting, supposedly,
from Manley’s works. The book is
not centralized. It, like the twen.
ties, is a series of dreams, brok-
en by a few more conscious and re-
lated episodes. In it, as in the
screen play—the Great Author and
'the Young Admirer are tryin gto
write for the Big Potentate, Boss
Milgrim. It has no excuse for
wanting to be written, and is also
never adequately finished. It is cut,
aborted. What it tries to portray
as being true and lasting is really
ralse and transitory after all.
treatment of a familiar and usu-
ally sloppily sentimental subject.
Two of the most unusual prints
in the collection are _ Fritzie
Abadi’s Birds in Flight and Mary
Von Blarcom’s Into Thy Hands.
Birds in Flight is a delicate dry-
point which seems to depict a
supernatural fairytale creature
floating over a surrealistic land-
scape. Its spontaneity does not
make it haphazard; its parts are
free and yet interdependent. One
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Page Five
Friendly Fun And Cooperation Characterize
Fifty-Four’s Production
Continued from Page 1
the walls of the Soda Fountain,
and are otherwise inconspicuous —
so to Caroline Morgan, Stage Man-
ager, and Coryce Ozanne, lights
manager — and all others who are
gluttons for punishment — con-
gratulations for successfully com-
pleting one of the nastiest jobs in
the show.
In As You Swipe It, the college
saw for the first time the acting
ability and the general good looks
of the class of 1954. It couldn’t
have been more reassuring. Here
in this talent is hope for bigger
and better Bryn Mawr Theatre
productions, and a revivified Arts
Night, and a contribution of genu-
ine interest in dramatic art. And
anyone who has delude himseif
that Bryn Mawr women are un-
attractive should take another
good look at any harem girl or
kick-chorine. They’ve got brains,
too! As for talent, everyone has
so much that it is close to impos-
sible to say that anyone has more
than any other. Saturday night’s
audience, predominantly Prince-
tonian, simply ate up the Tart
with their eyes. Their enthusiasm
brought Anne Witman, in seduc-
tive red satin, back for three or
four encores, all of which were
cheered lustily. Her song was very
clever, and Anne did a fine job of
projecting her — voice. The back
of the house heard every word she
sang.
Eve Glayser as Jesse James did
some superb acting, and she gave
her song that special punch that
gets a musical-comedy number
across. Again, her projection was
excellent, and the same is true of
Moll Flanders’ song, “’Eart of
Gold” by Gray Struthers, who had
the hard job of maintaining audi-
ence interest on a_ practically
empty stage.
One of the most attractive
chorus numbers was delivered
with all kinds of comic gusto and
enthusiasm by Robin Hood and his
Merry Men—Molly Plunkett’s new
interpreetation of Robin Hood as
slim, slow, and mournful — instead
of traditionally devil-may-care ex-
actly suited the plot, and served as
excellent foil for the gyrations of
the Merry Men. The delightful
song “Now Say, Roys” was even
more delightful with Gwen Davis’
falsetto solo. What made this
chorus outstanding was the in-
dividuality of every member of it
without any harm in the final uni-
fied effect.
Elsie Kemp did a thoroughly su-
perior job as Eve. She sang
“Blamin’ Blues” beautifully, and
her conception of the character of
Eve was hilarious, but never over-
done. The costume manager,
Marcia Barmon, had a stroke of
imagination with that chartreuse
drape and the surrealistic apple
headgear. It took daring to have
Elsie, who was portraying an Old-
er Woman, sing the blues song.
Very often a blues song depends
a lot on sex appeal. This one did
not, but personality gave it all that
was needed.
Anne Phipps and Patsy Price
handled with the proper light
touch their romantic leads, which
are always hard in a show of this
sort. Patsy’s position as a girl]
playing a man was necessarily dif-
ficult, but she caught the casual-
ness of the Princeton man which
was absolutely essential. Anne’s
ultra-feminine beauty and well-
_ trained soprano were no strain on
eyes or ears, and suited her part
to perfection.
In the first act, the Fabulous
Foursome surmounted their diffi-
culties admirably. Peggy Hitch-
cock and Edy Woodruff as the
Brinks thugs, with Gloria von
Hebel and Lynn Miller as swipers
of the Stone of Scone sang four
part harmony reasonably on key
without any accompaniment at all
— which isn’t easy. The song was
Of ‘As You Swipe It’
;a lot of fun, too, with the under-
current of “Brinks robbery” to the
Scots’ duets and the line “We crept
into Westminster Abbey, removed
the stone and called a cabby.”
Maisie Kennedy as Don Juan did
not sing but those long licentious
looks in the direction of the Tart
were much subtler than any song
with approximately the same con-
tent. Hope Kneeland as Ali Baba
amused everyone with her padded
stomach and rolling eyes, but her
song simply could not be heard as
well as the others — it seemed to
be in the wrong key for her. The
glamorous harem suffered from
lack of room, which also precluded
definitive choreography. Perhaps,
if the size of the chorus had been
kept in mind, so much of the stage
would not have been given over to
the set, which could have been
done in an impressionistic rather
than a realistic way.
The Policeman, played by Phoebe
Albert, and Sara Roosevelt as the
Knave of Hearts, characterized
minor roles very well. Phoebe was
stiff-backed and drew appropriate
sympathy for her overly-large hel-
met. Sara kept tugging pathetical-
ly at the arm of the wanton Tart;
she also did a good job at inter-
mission helping Barbie Floyd with
the auctioning. Barbie’s ad-lib
cracks and jollity made the auction
lively; happily she did not prolong
the intermission excessively. The
success of the evening was not
marred by sophomores’ discovery
of the animal — in this case, two
animals — a pair of doves.
So here’s to 1954 for doing a
fine job with exactly the right
feeling of fun and cooperation.
May they go on to do all their
other activities in the same spirit
of friendliness and unity.
Dancers Throng
Tropical Merion
All week long signs and posters
foretold the coming event. All over
campus people had been asking,
“Where can we go for an hour
and a half after the dance?”
“The Hearth? Oh, not again!” And
‘then inspiration knocked, and
Merion Hall declared Open House
between 2:.0 and 8:15, and all
problems were solved.
' If anyone had been interested in
‘ooking in at Merion that Satur-
| day afternoon, they would have
‘found half the members of the
hall in the front show case. Some
were making wire and paper palm
trees, with a light bulb underneath
for added attraction. Others were
putting together crepe paper flow-
ers, no one like any other, but
nevertheless the prettiest ever
seen by man. The furniture was
pushed back against the walls; a
record player was brought in; and
all was preparation for the eve-
ning’s, or morning’s festivities. |
That night as the dance ended
the throng began to gather in
Merion Hall. As (Helen Dobbs,
Merion Hall’s M. C. put it, “We
didn’t really expect this great
number. Of course, you realize
half the information in our post-
ers was false—like tropical-scent-
ed breezes by a moonlight bay—
but we do have a floor show.’”
And certainly Merion Hall did
have a floor show. First Sally
Herminghaus sang “Stormy
Weather,” which was very appro-
priate considering the weather.
Then Simone Pelloux gave her
rendition in French of “La Mer”
and for a moment everyone was
blissfully transported across the
ocean. Lita Picard and Joyce
Greer, as little girls, rendered
“Ma, He’s Making Eyes at Me.”
Last but not least, Jim Brown
of Haverford danced a_ typical
Continued on Page 7, Col. 2
As a prelude to Job Weekend,
the (NEWS publishes this list of
jobs to help students locate sum-
mer work.
There is an opening at the Riv-
erdale Country School for Girls,
Riverdale-on-Hudson, for a mathe-
matics teacher for grades 7-9; also,
the Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Maryland, wants mathematicians,
and the Bryhn Mawr School, Balti-
more, will need a Biology teacher
Laboratory assistants and tech-
nicians are wanted by the Labora-
tory of Industrial Hygiene, Inc., in
New York; by ‘Mount Sinai Hospi-
tal, New York; by Lowell General
Hospital, Mass.; and by Memorial
Hospital, New York.
Hospital and ward attendants
are needed at Norristown State
Hospital, Pennsylvania; Presby
terian Hospital, Philadelphia; Mt
Sinai Hospital; Peter Bent Brig-
ham Hospital, Boston; and Elwyn
Training School, Philadelphia.
Psychiatric aides are wanted at
New Jersey State Hospital, Tren-
ton, and student dietiticians by
Holyoke Hospital, Mass. Those in-
terested in being nurses’ aides can
apply to Quincy City Hospital,
Mass., and the Taunton State Hos-
pital, Mass., wants attendant
nurses.
Chemistry and Biology majors
Song-sing Recalls :
Six Class Shows
by Anna Natoli, ’54
Last Sunday, the participants
from the Freshman and Junior
shows of the past four years had
an informal gathering. The im-
promptu set was constructed in the
Common Room in Goodhart. Try-
outs, rehearsals, performance
nights are still well-remembered
occasions to those present. The im-
aginary curtain was opened and the
mood for the next hour of singing
was set by the seniors, who enter-
tained us with their famous “Wel-
come Song,” taken from their
show, Willy Nilly.
Each. class was about. equally
represented, and each class con-
vened in casual groups to sing
their respective songs. Among the
first to sing were the seniors, who
told us about their Freshman
Show, The Big Leap, which was set
in Egypt in the valley of the Nile.
We heard a version of what the
SUMMER JOBS
can write to Germantown Hospital,
Philadelphia, and the Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Maryland, wants
physicists and chemists.
In the selling line, the following
stores will need sales personnel:
Saks 34th, Saks 5th, in New York;
Hutzler Brothers, in Baltimore;
and John ‘Wanamaker, in Philadel.
phia. In addition, Abraham and
Strauss in Brooklyn is offering an
Executive Training Course in mer-
chandising.
Information desk work can be
secured at the Hospital of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, and non-
professional librarians are wanted
at the St. Louis Public Library.
Of the business office and cler-
ical jobs, there are openings at the
Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania; the Lankenau Hos-
pital, Philadelphia; the Philadel-
phia Inquirer; Memorial Hospital;
John Wanamaker; General Elec-
tric, Schenectady, N. Y.; Peter
Bent Brigham Hospital; Sun Life
Insurance Co., of Baltimore; Mt.
Sinai Hospital; and Monumental
Life Insurance Co., Baltimore. Al-
so, the Lowell General Hospital,
Massachusetts, wants medical sec-
retaries, and the Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania wants
people to do relief work.
The following camps are also in-
terested in having student-counsel-
lors: Camp Interlochen-Sherwood,
Bear Mountain, New York; The
Garrett-Williamson Lodge, New-
town Square, Pennsylvania; and
Camp Coler, Gardner, Mass.
Karly Roman Site
Explored At Cosa
Specially Contributed by
Lucy Turnbull, ’52
On Friday, February 16, Miss
Lucy Shoe of the Institute for Ad-
vanced ‘Study discussed the exca-
vations at Cosa in Etruria by the
School of Classical Studies of the
American Academy in Rome.
Speaking in the Art Lecture Room,
Miss Shoe read from a report on
the Cosa excavations by Dr. Frank
|Brown, Professor-in-Charge of the
{School of Classical Studies. To-this
‘report she added her own com-
‘ments and explanations, since she
‘took part in the work as Research
Fellow of the Academy.
LAST NIGHTERS
‘Rose Tattoo’ Proves
Passionate But
Pleasant
by DeeDee Gammie, 53
To await the curtain of a Ten-
inessee Williams drama is to antic-
‘ipate an exhausting evening with
‘lusty, deranged characters and a
departure from the theatre great-
ly depressed. His latest play, The
Rose Tattoo, which had its trial
run in Chicago and will soon open
‘in Philadelphia, is not a disap-
pointment on the first score and
provides a refreshing surprise on
the second. Italians living in the
squalor of a gulf coast town have
a sort of naively frank, straight-
forward attitude, which produces
hearty laughter. Their highly emo-
tional reactions to the events of
the neighborhood and their forth-
| right acceptance of the sex urge
| provide rich subjects for comedy
| which Williams does not fail to
exploit.
Maureen Stapleton, as’ Serafina,
shows the range of her acting
ability by inserting into her in-
tense and passionate role such up-
roarious scenes as the one in which
she inches, tugs, and finally tears
out of her girdle as the knocks of
her suitor at the door become more
and more insistent.
Don Murray as Jack Hunter de-
velops into a convincing lover,
after startling the audience with
his “All-American Boy” appear.
ance, which makes one think that
he has accidentally blundered in
from a musical and will act in
wooden accord with the mistake.
Humor comes in abundance with
his fresh, young approach to the
hot-bed of emotions in which he
finds himself.
In this play Willams again
comes face to face with the prob-
lem of sexual morality and its
consequence. The plot revolves
around Serafina who had lost her
husband at the beginning of the
Would you like to be abroad
next summer? Then come see
Lita Hahn at 5:00 p. m. in the
Common Room next Monday,
February 26. NSA is sponsor-
ing Work-Study-Travel tours;
those who have taken them
previously will answer all ques-
tions and distribute brochures.
| play, before the audience can see
fight song of old Egypt U. would Miss Shoe explained that Cosa; this man with the physical beauty
be like. Katchie Torrence and
Sally Howells simply dee--lighted
is on the west coast of Italy, about
130 kilometers north of Rome. It
of Apollo and a rose tattoo on his
‘chest. She shuts herself up in her
the listeners with “We Could Read was one of the earliest Roman col-| house and gradually goes mad. Her
Such Intellectual Books Together”,
Katchie forewarned us that she
Continued on Page 4, Col. 1
Wright’s Architecture
Presents A Unique City
Continued from Page 3 |
association with country life and
agrarian ideals”. Broadacre City
would mean abolishing all distinc-
tions between city, suburb, and
countryside.
This architect’s principal theme
harps on “Organic Architecture”
or “a natural architecture for a
more spiritual life’. Fixed styles
should be done away with because
they no longer fully suit the pur-
poses of the building. “Style is
understood and naturally achieved
from within the nature of the
building problem itself”. To meet
the architectural needs of a dem-
ocracy, Mr. Wright states that our
abused mechanical means must be
used with intelligent. self-interest
“to increase the spaciousness, gra»
ciousness, and happiness of human
living here on earth’.
The work of Frank Lloyd Wright
is significant as a new expression
of an old and established art; it is
a privilege to view his accomplish-
ments.
‘onies. Cosa survived as a cols
ony until it was abandoned in early
Empire times. Since then it has
been little inhabited, and so it
gives a complete and accurate pic-
ture of a Republican Roman city,
uninfluenced by Greece.
The Academy excavators, Miss
Shoe said, have so far concerned
themselves only with the Arx, the
sacred citadel of the city. Though
they hoped, and still hope, to find
portant finds are Roman. Among
these finds are a small temple; a
larger temple, the Capitolium; a
fine paved road leading up from
the town to the Capitolium; indi-
cations of a third, earlier temple,
as yet undug; and a quantity of
statuary. The Capitolium, she
said, is one of the largest and best
preserved in Italy, with its walls
standing to an unusual : height.
Among its more unusual features
are the rock cleft, “obviously the
work of Jupiter’, around which it
is built; a useless but ultra-con-
ventional false podium; and a huge
cistern whose use no one can ex-
plain. Miss Shoe ended her lecture
by expressing her hope that the
future archaeologists among her
hearers would go to Cosa to solve
this “puzzle of the cistern.”
Etruscan remains, their most im-|
glorification of her husband’s bod-
ily attributes and her vivid, de-
tailed descriptions cf her encoun-
ters with them become an obses-
sion that renders her a typically
neurotic and perverted Williams
character. .
Maureen Stapleton plays the
ole of Serafina. so movingly and
captures audience so complete-
ly that-she isnot at all pathetic—
4s Williams ‘probably intended her
ib t rather noble. One has
the feeling that compared to Sera-
fina, the other women in the story
really do not know how to be good
wives. Consequently, the altar
and ashes which are tended by
Serafina in her husband’s memory
are only minorly disturbing, and
the same is true of her fanatical
calls upon Our Lady for some kind
of “sign”,
Throughout the play the audi»
ence shares a secret with Seras
fina’s daughter, Rose: Serafina’s
more than ample attention to her
husband’s desires has been to ne
avail—he has been unfaithful to
her.
Three years elapse and Rose
grows up. She falls in love with
Jack, a sailor, with the same un-
3
restrained passion that had been
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Page Six
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, February 21, 1951
‘Hit Parade’ of Shows
Featured At Song Fest
Continued from Page 3
could not sing the song and went
on to add that it would be all right.
since she never could sing it any-
way. “It wasn’t half bad, really!”
Susie Kramer was called: upon to
sing next. Before she could sub-
mit to the demands, she insisted
that the audience should be intro-
duced to the facts for the occasion
of her song. Having limited our
imagination, she hopped up on the
table, sat Indian fashion, and gave
out with “Unzip Me Baby.”
“What was that? Where is all
the noise? Oh, there it is!” It is
the clumping of the piano and the
stomping of feet; there is Katusha
Cheremeteff, her arms wrapped
around her, obviously freezing to
death, lustily singing ‘‘Russia’s so
Cold,” from the junior class’s
Freshman Show, Out on a Limbo.
Perhaps the outstanding junior
contribution was the “Temperance
Song”, also from Out On a Limbo.
The spot light quickly switches
to a petite and accomplished blues
singer, Mary Lee Culver. The
sophomores claim her; she held
the listener’s constant attention
through the whole number, “O
What a Tale Old Taylor Could
Tell.” After a slightly confusing
exchange of spectacles and after
finally deciding on a suitable pair,
Kathy Lurker propped _ these
‘horn-rims” on the tip of her nose
and explained how love could be
cozy “In the Intellectual Way”.
Both songs were from last year’s
Freshman Show, The Last Resort.
For the Freshmen present, the
memories of songs were still very
fresh—in fact they were not as
yet a day old. They sang many
melodies from their show As You
Swipe It—among which were the
“Treasure Song,” “The Merry
Men,” and “The Chase.” Ann
Witman thoroughly entertained
everyone with her exclusive pre-
sentation of “The Spice of Life.”
Patsy Price followed suit with the
“Nassau Lament.”
The voices joined in unison to
sing many other show favorites,|
after which the assemblage cli-
maxed the enjoyable hour. with a
college cheer for the Freshmen.
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‘contradicted by fact;
Segregation, Equality
Not Compatible In U. S.
Continued from Page 1
liorate the situation.” This he de-
nied as being less than the truth,
because although human feelings
may not be legally controllable,
human behavior is subject to
change by legislation whereby dis-
criminatory practices may be pre-
vented.
Another fallacious argument
against governmental promotion
of civil rights contends that we are
actually making adequate progress
without law. This contention is
legislative
and executive pressure has been
influential in gaining ‘what prog-
ress has been made, and judicial
pressure through recent Supreme
Court decisions has been the most
important factor in opening the
vote. These signs of progress are
not enough, however. Lynching
and restricted voting, employment,
housing, and education still exist.
(Mr. Carr next challenged the ar-
gument that government action
should proceed only-through state
and city levels, thereby letting sec-
tions handle their own peculiar
problems. Mr. Carr claimed that
while local actions are valuable,
federal actions are needed today
because (1) the Civil Rights prob-
lem is national, not local; (2) state
and local officers are more likely
to encroach against civil rights
than federal officers; (3) the high
moral tone of a whole society
should be used to deal with one
unhealthy part; (4) we cannot suc-
cessfully compete for the favor of
the people of the world, of whom
Continued on Page 8, Col. 1
Williams ‘Rose Tattoo’
Offers Comedy And Sex
Continued from Page 5
characteristic of her father and
with his same headstrong defiance
of social mores. At the same time
that Rose’s romance is at its peak,
a truck driver takes refuge from
a brawl in Serafina’s house. This
man,‘ Alvarro—played gustily by
Eli Wallach with a feeling both for
the comic and sordid—has as hand-
some a body as Serafina’s dead
husband, but the face of a clown.
The latter he explains simply:
“Could I help it that my grand-
mother slipped on a rock and the
village idiot caught her?” How-
ever, Alvarro’s box of candy,
freshly-acquired rose tattoo and
rose hair oil, plus the discovery of
her husband’s infidelity ,induce Ser-
afina to take him as her lover—
without which climax no Williams
play seems to be complete, as he
sees it. Rose, made strangely Ju-
liet-like by Phillis Love’s portray-
al of her youthful, yet determined
and convincing carnal passions, is
aware of what has happened to
her mother and goes off to enact
the same scene with her lover.
Serafina’s last revelation or
“sign” concludes the play on a
curious note. She sees the second
rose tattoo on her breast which
means that she has again conceiv-
ed. The ending is true to Williams’
form in that it does not tie off ends
but points toward an irrevocable
epilogue of dreary repetition by
the next generation of sordid con-
ditions and life. However, the ef-
fect, because of the lighter tone of
this play, compared to previous
ones by the same playwright, is
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Undergraduate Dance
Creates Second Heaven
Continued from Page 1
One sweet freshman’s date seem-
ed to have been even more daz-
zling than all the pink spotlights
and silver trimming put together
when she exclaimed, “The punch
was lousy. I got hives. Tinsel was
hanging from the ceiling. Lester
Lanin’s music was terrible, but'‘my
little honey was so sweet!” A near-
sighted junior who had sacrificed
a clearer picture of what was go-
ing on for beauty’s sake, felt that
the silver effect was like seeing
everything through a cloud. “From
above,” she said, “the Charleston
is most peculiar. The dancers are
like colorful spinning tops with
arms and legs.” The most univer-
sal comment was that the Nassoons
were the most tremendous things
ever to hit Bryn Mawr, being de-
scribed by all the “divines, excel-
lents, and tremendouses” Sunday’s
exhausted mind could dig up.
The ‘Princeton vocal group chose
for its intermission program dis-
tinctive renditions of numbers
such as “I am a Mess-mess-mess-
not as striking or as depressing as
the others. Taken altogether,
The Rose Tattoo is a pleasant eve-
ning’s éntertainment. It presents
and meets the problem—even if it
is the same old problem—in a sat-
isfying way. {It does not answer
the question, but rather leaves one
with a greater understanding and
appreciation of particular. people
who apply it to themselves in their
own peculiar fashion.
Fund Must Be Raised.
To Buy Scull Acreage
Continued from Page 1
Show plans were announced.
The remainder of the $55,000
must be paid by September 1, 1951.
The College is in the process of
appointing a committee to raise
that sum of $49,500... Announce-
ment of the committee members.
will be made later.
For many years it has been the:
dream of Bryn Mawr College to.
own this land, which completes.
the campus area between Yarrow
and Faculty Row. With the pur-
chase of the Scull property, a long
wished-for ambition has been ful-
filled.
enger of Love,’ “Tiger Town
Blues,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,”
and “Good Night Little Girl.’
Bryn Mawr’s own Octangle, now
reduced to a sextet, charmingly
gave out with old favorites like
“Dancing in the Dark.” Carolyn
Price and crew were exceptionally
good, and it is a pity they didn’t.
sing more.
The final touch of finesse to the
evening was when, during the last
dance, the decorations, as they tra-
ditionally seem to do, began fall-
ing down, encircling the dancers”
feet, catching on their clothes, in
their hair, transforming them into
silvery snowmen whirling in a
winter paradise. With the strains
of “Treasure, let everybody cheer,
for we have our pleasure here’
still ringing in their hearts, 1951’s
first Undergrad Dance ended in a
final successful whirl.
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\to Gimbels Auditorium
Fashion Shows
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2:30 and 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 3rd, 1:30 and 4 p.m.
Tickets may be obtained from
(Third Floor, Market), or by
writing or phoning her
(WAlnut 2-3300, ext. 3258).
Even Gimbels Auditorium
seating capacity is limited,
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Miss Eleanor Bradley,
Gimbels Bride’s Shop
so get tickets early!
Wednesday, February 21,
1951
Page Seven
Job Weekend To Bring
Vocational Information
Continued from Page 1
editor of Consumers Union of the
United States plans to discuss mar-
ket research, concentrating mainly
on the field of consumer testing
laboratories. Before joining the
staff of Consumers Union in 1946,
Mrs. Whitehill worked with vari-
ous organizations including the
Community Health Center, Mater-
nal Health ‘Centers, Consumer
Committee of Civilian Defense, the
information office of the O. P. A.
all in Philadelphia, and the re-
‘search department of Elmo Roper
in New York City. Since gradua-
tion from Bryn Mawr in 1926, Mrs.
“Whitehill has studied at the Uni-
‘versity of Pennsylvania, Temple
University, Pennsylvania School
of Social (Work, (New York Univer-
‘sity, and the New School for So-
cial Work.
Mr. Walter M. Raiguel, a Har-
vvard graduate and Senior Staff
Aide in the Public Relations De-
partment of the Bell Telephone
Company, will speak on “Writing
jn Industry.” He will discuss what
types of writing are needed in in-
dustry and cover the various fields
where there is writing to be done,
‘Nhis field of journalism may not
be as well known to aspiring au-
thors as some others, and the talk,
therefore, should prove interest-
ing.
Mrs. Marguerite. W. Zapoleon,
ehief of the Employment Oppor-
tunities Branch of the Women’s
Bureau in the U. S. Department of
Labor, will talk about the openings
for social science majors in gov-
ernment service. A graduate of
the University of Cincinnati in
1928, Mrs. Zapoleon has studied at
‘tthe Geneva School of Internation-
‘al Studies, New York School of So.
cial Work, London School of Econ-
omics and \|American University
‘where she received her M. A. in
economics in 1938. Prior to her
‘present position as Labor Econo.
mist in the Department of Labor,
Mrs. Zapoleon has held many spec-
ialized jobs in the field of person-
nel and vocational guidance work,
She is also the author of a number
of articles about employment op-
portunities for women.
The moderator of the discussion
‘will be one of Bryn Mawr’s most
successful graduates, Miss Alice
Palache, ’28. At present Miss Pa-
lache is Vice-President of the Fid-
uciary Trust Company of New
York.
Preceding the discussion, each of
the members of the panel will have
Peffer Decries Support
Of Chinese Nationalists
Continued foom Page 1
became a pawn or token in the
present conflict between America
and Russia; turmoil in the East
continually reflects the conflict in
the (West.
When China revolted discreetly
after World War I, to retrieve from
foreign exploitation its utilities
and trade, its demands were not
met by the United States. Discre-
tion and discussion failing, China
had to resort to harsher measures.
We gave in reluctantly and too
late. In those last two words lies
the secret of our failures in the
Far East: too late. ‘China, its in-
ternal problems still unsolved, chal-
lenged Russia and Japan; result-
ing in its defeat by Russia in 1929,
and later, its invasion by Japan.
The United States, finally appre.
hensive of Japan’s designs on
China, told Japan to “desist”.
whereupon Pear Harbor occurred.
During the Second World War,
the Nationalists and the Commun-
ists in China united to drive out
the Japanese, but after the war,
dissension between the two fac-
tions flared up in civil war. So
that we would not be involved in
turmoil resulting from a weaken-
ing internal strife, the United
States sent Marshall in an attempt
to preven that strife. The United|
States backed the Nationalists un-
der Chiang; continued~te~Support
Chiang after the Chinese people
had lost faith in his government.
The nationalist regime Dr. Peffer
described as “vulturous.” It was
indifferent to human welfare, and
the natural outcome of Chiang’s
refusal to alleviate conditions in
Continued on Page 8, Col. 3
dinner in one of the halls.
day, February 28, from 9:30 to
12:30 in the morning the speakers
will be available in the reception
rooms of Rhoads Hall for individ-
ual or group interviews. Appoint-
ments for interviews may be made
by signing on the slips posted out-
side of Room F in Taylor Hall.
Merion Aids After-Hour
Activities with Singing
Continued from Page 5
native hula-hula, straight from the
islands of the palm trees and the
coconuts.
Perhaps Merion Hall has started
a new tradition in open houses
for, after all, what better enter-
tainment could be offered than
was offered at Merion Hall last
Saturday night?
i When you wear Judy Bonds, there’s nothing to be “a-
Freud of”! Designed to delight egos, their fine styling, fabric
and workmanship stimulate exciting response in any analysis.
AT BETTER STORES EVERYWHERE
See them in Philadelphia at LIT BROS. @ WANAMAKER’S
Judy Bond, Inc., Dept. A, 1375 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y.
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Work by Women Artists
On Display in Goodhart
Continued from Page 4
observer remarked that it could
have been the interpretation of a
musical theme. Into Thy Hands
portrays a theme which has been
done and done again, and often
in the most maudlin and overly-
pathetic fashion. Here it is subtly
handled; the dark streaks of blood
running awry across the picture
say all that needs to be said.
These prints are the products of
women artists, and as such they
are not overly feminine. On the
other hand, one would scarcely
think they were done by men.
There is no wildness in them, and
very little vigor; the media used
also account for the delicacy and
intellectuality of interpretation.
Many of the subjects are domestic;
house interiors, farm houses,
Regulations Outlined
For Students’ Security
Continued from Page 1
as needed. If you have questions,
ask a member of the College De-
fense Committee.
Defense Committee
Katharine E. McBride, Dorothy
N. Marshall, Elizabeth Humeston,
M. D., L. Joe Berry, T. Robert S.
Broughton, Mabel Louise Lang,
Edward H. Watson, Charlotte
Brandon Howe, Horace T. Smed-
ley, Margaret T. Paul (Graduate.
and Undergraduate
tives to be appointed).
representa;
workers in the fields, household
objects. Most of the pictures are
restrained and patterned — con-
servative in approach. From the
viewpoint of what artists are do-
ing in America today — especially
women artists—it is an exceeding-
ly rewarding exhibit.
Bard’s Eye View
by Julie Ann Johnson, ’52
Has Bryn (Mawr moved
To London town,
Or does the local
Rain come down
In misty droplets from above,
Staining a treatise on ‘Odes of
Love’?
(A Library copy, long and hard,
That I took without signing the
usual card.)
Has sunshine ceased
To work at all,
Or did the sun god
Have the gall
To hold a grudge against Athena,
And chain us in this dark arena?
(Lights are bad at night, one
might well say,
But we'd like the main switch turn-
ed on for the day.)
“Some of them
judging cigarette mildness with just a fast puff or a single sniff.
But, joy of joys! ... happiness came to her when she
discovered one test that left no doubt in her mind.
It was the sensible test! ... the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test,
Number 12... THE
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Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests
Maetancholy and dejected, this gloomy miss CCYYO KON
found little to titillate her in the recent deluge of quick-
trick cigarette tests! She was not enthralled by the idea of
which simply asks you to try Camels as a steady smoke —
on a pack after pack, day after day basis. No snap judgments
needed. After you’ve enjoyed Camels — and only
Camels — for 30 days in your “T-Zone” (T for Throat,
T for Taste) we believe you'll know why...
More People Smoke Camels
than any other cigarette! —
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Page Eight
THE
COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, February 21, 1951
Carr Speaks On Civil Rights At Swarthmore;
Advocates Federal Action And Non-segregation
Continued from Page 6
“colored people’ comprise two-
thirds of the population, when in|
our own country we offer them’
only “second class citizenship”.
The next argument Mr. Carr at-
tempted to disprove was that “Ne-
groes are satisfied with segrega-
tion; indeed they prefer it”. This
argument, Mr. Carr said, is heard
only from some Southern Negro
leaders who may be “tools of the
white man”. Reliahle Negro lead-
ers in the North face the problem
of segregation with seriousness of
purpose and a sense of frustration
and desperation. Mr. Carr argued
further against segregation py
saying that it contradicts the high-
est ideals of ‘American democracy
and especially the principle of in-
dividualism, by judging a man ina
light other than that of his own
personal qualities. Segregation is
immoral because it keeps people
apart and prevents their learning
that color and religion are not im-
portant factors in human evalua-
tion. Mr. Carr said we must nar-
row the gap between ideals and
practices; in this connection, he
quoted the words of Booker T
Washington: “The white man can
not keep the Negro in the gutter
without getting there himself.”
The idea of keeping the Negroes
“separate but equal” has not been
successful, said Mr. Carr. In the
17 states and the District of Col-
umbia, where schools are segre-
gated, each white child represents
an average of $250 in school
equipment; each Negro child, only
$48. Recently, the Supreme Court
has ruled against the “separate
but equal’ principle in three cases
concerned with education of Neg
roes in interstate transportation.
A vast number of people claim
that we must not try to move too
fast in making changes; we must
educate minority groups for their
new status. Mr. Carr, however
contended that in the present
world crisis, the problem is not
how fast we can move, but how
fast we must move. If we cannot
by effective action, convince other
nations that we do not endorse
discrimination, we make the en-
emy’s task easier, and our own vir-
tuous proposals for world order
ridiculous.
In concluding, the speaker quot
ed the words of India’s Prime Min.
ister Nehru, saying that the West
has forgotten that nearly all the
great freedoms, all the great re-
ligions grew up in the East, before
| America and most of the West
Peffer Denounces as ‘Morally Wrong’ Support
Of Chiang; Advises Negotiations with Red China
Continued from Page 7 |
China was a swing in the opposite
direction toward the Communists.
America, in its support of Chiang
supports a morally rotten side. Not
only have we given too little aid
to Chiang’s government to do any
good ibut we have now also incur-
red the resentment of the Chinese
by not recognizing the government
they currently have faith in, and
by not admitting it to the United
Nations.
The fact that China went Com-
munist is not as important as that
it turned to a Communist country
which we have reason to fear. This
was largely our fault, because we
ostracized the present Chinese gov-
ernment from the United Nations,
and put Russia in the position of
being China’s only benefactor.
Also, we threatened the Chinese
in Formosa by sending the U. S.
Seventh Fleet to protect Formosa.
By such threats the United States
invied China to enter the battle in
Korea.
Dr.
Peffer sugested concrete
were known. Now that Asia and
Africa are arousing ‘themselves,
there may come a conflagration of
which no man can have any con-
ception.
&
plans to help remove the danger
of Chinese collaboration with Rus-
sia. First, America should stand
firmly ‘at the 88th parallel, to let
China know that they can no long-
er be quite so jaunty. It was good
in the long run that we went into
Korea, for without that entrance,
the U.N. would have weakened in
moral strength, and Russia might
have been tempted to move else-
where, as in Jugoslavia. Third,
the United States should withdraw
from Formosa now, as it will make
no difference if Formosa _ goes
Communist. Fourth, we should
leave Korea, and insist that the
Chinese also leave. Fifth, China
should be admitted to the U.N.
Thns would do nothing dangerous
except give Russia anotheer veto,
and, as Dr. Peffer pointed out, one
veto does as much damage as
twenty under the present system.
Intellectually and morally, in;
Chiang’s case, we are wrong. If
our conflict with Russia grows into
a world war over this matter, we
can no longer point with pride to,
a history of moral justification ‘for
our acts. It is necessary for the
United States to pay a heavy price
in humiliation to avoid a war which
we stand a good chance of losing,
and more especially, to avoid a war
on the Far East issue.
Kind-Hearted Thespians
Emote For Good Cause
Continued from Page 1
When direct questioning proved
unavailing, we stooped to indirest
methods, and in our frantic rum-
maging through Library waste-
baskets to see if we might find
some scraps of clues to the con-.
tents of the show, we came upon a
list of what were obviously alter-
nate titles, which might in toto
give some possible inkling of the
mood of the Show. If you think
that a mellow Mr. Chipsian tone
has been set by the final choice
Kind Hearts. And Martinets, we
may say that other candidates in
the title field were Call Me Profes-
sor (representative no doubt of:
the younger revue habitues), Not
For Learning (for the literary
set), Duodecimo (for the Latin-
ists? for the bibliophiles?), and
Caps And Clowns for those with a
more vigorous visual imagination.
Other choices ‘were The Third De-.
gree and Monster Rally (Rilly?),
which just might be a description
of what will take place on Satur~
| day, March 10. Those wishing to
add to the coy confusion can ad.~
' dress letters to the NEWS indicat-
ing their choice of a title. Please
send your comments on foolscap,
we insist on foolscap, and we guar-
antee that all missives received
will be delivered to the steering
committee for “filing’’.
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College news, February 21, 1951
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