College news, March 4, 1953

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VOL. XLIX, NO. 15

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1953

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1953

PRICE 20 CENTS



Letters Supply
Spirit Of Age,
Willey’ Asserts

State Papers, Memoirs
Gain Importance
In History

“The use or misuse of Social and
Intellectual history in the study of

/ history,” was the subject of Mr.

Basil Willey’s lecture given in
Goodhart Hall, on Monday, March
1. Mr. Willey, the Edward VII
Professor at Cambridge University
and the author of several histories
on Intellectual history, examined
the use of literary material for the
student of social history. History
may be regarded as a brief chron-
icle of the times, whereas the stu-
dent of social history seeks to as-
certain how men lived, and worked
—how it “must have felt to have
lived under the sixteenth century
sun”, for example. Literature suc-
ceeds in giving this picture for it
gives not only an impression, but
the spirit of an age. This study
is becoming more and more recog-
nized,

Recalling his own undergraduate
days, Mr. ‘Willey remarked that
history was regarded as a series of
battles, policies, parliamentary
bills, and dates, while the word
“meanwhile”, which figured prom-
inently, afforded a brief period of
rest. and refreshment before the
‘highroad’ of more battles and
dates was pursued. Social history
not only revealed the landscape,
sostume and manners of the time,
but: the more important economic
and: scientific aspects, the nature
ofthe relationships between men
and their conceptions of God.

The social historian must also
make use of state papers, memoirs,
biofraphies, while in the realm of
pure literature what has been.mem-
orably written by persons of rare

‘insight must be considered for its
‘beauty and. significance. Yet the

more the element of art appears
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Bennington Dances

Vary Mood, Theme

by Anne Mazick, ’55

A delightful variety of moods
and ideas was gracefully express-
ed by the Bennington College
Dance Group on Goodhart stage
last Friday evening. Individual
styles were clearly demonstrated
in solos, but were well integrated
in. group studies. For the most
part, choreography was nicely
planned, making good use of
theme, space, and talent.

Compositions were extremely
varied in theme and movement.
Among the group studies, “Wed-
nesday’s Child,” a _ harlequinade
representing two conflicting sides
of a girl’s personality, one part
concerned with book and the other
with boy, was well portrayed with
smooth changes in tempo accom-
panying the entrance of the boy,
the clown who favored gaiety, and
the guardian who urged study.

“The Dove’s Nest,” adapted
from a Katherine Mansfield story,
dealt with the uselessness of three

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“Transistor Physics’
Mr. William Shockley Gives Lecture

“Transistor Physics” was the sub-
ject of the national lecturer, Mr.
William Shockley’s address to the
Bryn Mawr College Chapter of
Sigma Xi on Tuesday night in
Park Hall. Mr. Shockley was a
teaching fellow at the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology
where he obtained his degree of
Doctor of Philosophy; he later
joined the staff of Bell Telephone
Laboratories where he worked in
solid state physics and on the
“junction transistor”, which patent
he holds.

In 1948 Bardeen and Brattain at
the Bell Laboratories invented the
point contact transistor based on
semiconductors, and _ subsequent
work on transistors has centered
attention on the study of electronic
effects in semiconductors, mainly
in perfect crystals with electronic
imperfections. By shining light on
the perfect crystals of germanium,
two types of imperfections are pro-
duced; the photons excite valence-
bond electrons in the germanium
to higher energy levels and pro-
duce imperfections of extra elec-
trons and of holes. The extra elec-
trons cannot fit into the bond
structure and are shaken up and
set into motion; although these
electrons are acted on by forces
due to the presence of other elec-
trons in the crystal, they can
travel about one thousand inter-
atomic distances before collision.



e e
Sociologist Reports
e e
On Public Agencies
by Suzan Habashy, ’54
“The reasons for the failure of
students on educational leave to
return to Public Welfare Agencies”
is the title of Miss Elizabeth Rob-
inson’s thesis for the M.S.S. de-
gree in Social Welfare. A Bryn
Mawr graduate student, Miss Rob-
inson presented her findings at
the conference of “Education for
Public Social Welfare” on Febru-
ary 27 at the University of Penn-

sylvania.
. This topic, said Miss Robinson,

involves her getting in touch with

persons on the agency-provided
educational leave and finding out
why they did not return to these
agencies. In her research on this
problem of increasing importance,
Miss Robinson has found that most
of the students do return; those

who do not, fail to go back because

they feel they have inadequate op-
portunity to exercise their acquir-
ed_ skill in the present public
agencies.

Social Work

While working with the Depart-
ment of Public Assistance in Phil-
adelphia in a supervisory position,
Miss Robinson became interested
in social work. There she came
into contact with Bryn Mawr stu-
dents engaged in field work at her
agency who told her of the Col-
lege.

“T want to be as well equipped
as possible in the field of my in-
terests, she continued; hence, her
membership in the graduate de-
partment of the College. Miss
Robinson obtained her B.A. from
the University of Pennsylvania.
Her interest lies in family case-

‘work, but her indefinite plans for

the future definitely include some

| aspect of social work.

‘ Provides Topic;

‘since the conductivity of the first’



This electron motion must be de-
scribed in terms of wave propaga-
tion, but waves can move indefin-
itely through perfectly periodic
structures without being scattered.
However the crystal structure is
not perfectly periodic and there-
fore the electrons cannot travel in
one direction indefinitely but can
travel further without collision
than would be expected. The ex-
cess electrons and holes act as
negative and positive particles and
under the influence of an applied
electric field a steady motion is
imposed on the electron drift so
that a current is set up.

A third imperfection in crystals
is called dethnium because it limits
the lifetime of the photoconduc-
tivity induced by shining light on
perfect crystals. Deathnium is an
imperfection which acts as a seat
for recombination of holes and
electrons. Germanium crystals
containing two types of chemical
impurities are also used to study
the behavior of holes and electrons.
Introduction of elements from the
third and fifth columns of the
periodic chart produces such im-
purities. Impurities from elements
with a valence of five are called
donors because germanium has a
valance of four and the donor car-
ries an extra electron which be-
comes free to conduct; similarly
impurities from elements with a
valence of three are called accep-
tors since they accept an addition-
al electron into their bond forma-
tion and thereby produce holes.
Crystals containing donors are
called N-type while those contain-
ing acceptors are colled P-type

is due to negative carriers and that
of the second is due to positive
holes.

The point contact transistor uses
the principle of causing holes in
germanium crystals; the holes dis-
turb the electronic structure and
increase the number of carriers
and the transistor may then be
used for purposes of amplification.
The junction transistor, which is
a more recent invention, is an am-|
plifying device based on single
crystals which change from N-type
to P-type across a P-N junction.:

The junction transistor is a small).

instrument with properties supe.
rior to anything preceding it. It
works with a small amount of
germanium, little deathnium, and
operates at low levels of power,
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CALENDAR
Thursday, March 5

Juniors select candidates for
president of the League.

Sophomores select candidates
for Common Treasurer.

Freshmen meet candidates for
president of Self-Gov. and Under-
grad.
unday ,March 8

7:30 p. m. Chapel Service. Ad-
dress by Reverend Paul Austin
Wolfe, Brick Presbyterian Church,
New York. Music Room, Good-
hart.

Monday, March 9

College elects the president of
Self-Gov.

Juniors select candidates for
president of Athletic Association.

8:15 p. m. Miss McBride will

| Bryn Mawr has belonged to the

Colleges Present
Early Fry Work,
MacLeish Drama

In their traditional spring pro-
duction, the Bryn Mawr College
Theatre and the Haverford College
Drama Club are “putting the cart
before the horse”. They are pre-
senting Christopher Fry's wuy'!
With a Cart and Archibald Mac- |
Leish’s The Trojan Horse on the
same bill. Both are comparatively |
new plays—The Trojan Horse has
never been staged before.

Boy With a Cart will come first
on the bill. It is an allegorical
play, based on a legend-like story
which apparently originated with
Fry himself. It is one of his early
plays, and although not very well
known, has an unusual and appeal-
ing plot.

The players are fortunate in
having the experienced Miss Mary
Matthews from the Hedgerow
Theatre as their director. Miss
Matthews was born in France, but
came to this country and lived in
Ardmore for some years. She at-
tended Tulane University and was
with theatres in New Orleans and
Washington after her graduation.
She has been with the Hedgerow
for five years, first in its theatre
school and then with the theatre
itself. There she teaches, acts, and
helps with directing and publicity.

Story

The Trojan Horse was originally
a radio play, but will probably be
staged in the traditional manner.
It is the well-known story of the
Trojan war, with a meaning ap-
plicable to modern times. The
‘Trojans admit the menacing for-
eign power inside the walls of their
city, thinking the horse is a gift of
the gods. The play comes to an end
with the fall of Troy imminent.
Robin Nevitt of the Haverford
Drama Club is directing The Tro-
jan Horse with the help of Miss
Matthews. Liz Gordon is the stage
manager of both productions and
Joan Hong Sling is in charge of
lights.



Novelist Bowen
Names Sources
Influencing Her

Eminent Author Lists
Art, Experience,
Environment

Elizabeth Bowen, distinguished
Irish novelist, delivered the Ann
Elizabeth Sheble Memorial lecture
on Wednesday, February 25 in
Goodhart Auditorium. cts

Speaking on “The Writer’ and
Sources of Influence,” Miss Bowen
first considered the ethical ques-
tion of whether it is good or de-
sirable to be influenced. “Whether
good or bad,” she said, “it hap-
pens.”

There are three main sources of
influence: first, the influence upon
the writer of fellow craftsmen in
the literary field and the influence
from other arts—painting or mu-
sic. The second main source of in-
fluence is environment, and the
third, experience.

The first source is most obvious,
most easily recognized and most
easily reproached.

‘We see the unconscious art-in-
fluence if a writer wishes to write
prose as Mozart writes music, or
as the French impressionists paint.
‘This constitutes influence upon the
writer from other arts. Style is
the facet of writing most likely to
be influenced: it is natural to see
people or events in the light of
what has been most recently ex-
perienced—the immediate after-

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The NEWS takes pleasure in
announcing the addition of the
following new members to its
staff:

Mary Ellen Fullam, ’56

Anne Hobson, ’56

Charlotte Smith, ’56

Harriette Solow, °56











Mary Lee Culver C

he

One less election.

Why? Because of N.S.A. N.S.A.
again? Let’s hope this will clear
up once and for all the confusion
‘that surrounds this organizatior..

National Student’s Association
since its origin several years ago,
and as proof, has proudly, hesitat-
ingly, disinterestedly (depending
on the year) presented an N.S.A.
co-ordinator. The adjectives cor-
respond to Bryn Mawr’s attitude
about the organization.

For a while we weren’t sure just
exactly what N.S.A. was, and what
it was doing at Bryn Mawr, and
why we should belong. A great
deal of the problem lay with the
changing policy of N.S.A. At
times Bryn Mawr has seen it as
Too Progressive, Not Progressive
Enough, Esoteric, Too Broad, and
Just Plain Useless. Now, 1952-
1953, N.S.A. seems to have found

itself (at least for the first time
in terms Bryn Mawr can under-
stand), and Bryn Mawr has found



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&

larifies NSA Role

In the Future of Bryn Mawr Campus

especially contributed by Mary Lee Culver, ’53

N.S.A. is fundamentally an or-
ganization of Student Govern-
ments. It helps them to get or-
ganized, and helps them after they
are organized in all their problems
involving students in any capa-
city (there is where we ipso factos
come in) by acting as an infor-
mation center, initiation and clear-
ing house of ideas and problems
of Student Government Associa-
tions in colleges all over the
country.

Since officially Bryn Mawr’s stu-
dent government is contained
jointly in the Big Four college or-
ganizations, the co-ordinator has
been shunted back and forth
among them, often redundant and
out of place. This year your co-
ordinator has sat on the executive
Boards of Undergrad and Alli-
ance, but in this limited view of
Student Government, found she
couldn’t bring N.S.A. to the stu-
dents or the students to N.S.A. as
effectively as if she sat on Un-
dergrad Council (where the prob-
lems of the Big Four and other



a place for N.S.A.

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Wednesday, March 4, 1953





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EDITORIAL STAFF
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Science Reporter Joan Havens, ‘56
Lynn Badler, ‘56 Maryellen Fullam, ‘56
A.A. reporter Anne Hobson, ‘56
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| Letters to the Editor

Pem East Says Thanks
_ For Showcase’s

Renovation
To The Editor:
Pembroke East is overjoyed

with its newly re-decorated show-
case, and is grateful to everyone
who helped make it possible.
Love and Kisses,
Pem East.



Correspondents Uphold
Hell Week Fun
And Spirit

Looking back on the last few
weeks. there seems to be some
question as to the relative merits
of Hell Week. As two students
who have seen both sides of Hell
Week, (one of us able to view it
also as an onlooker) we would like
to defend one of\ Bryn Mawr’s
most enjoyable traditions. There
has been much criticism of unit-
ing Hell Week with Freshman
Show. However this time of year
is the best for both the Fresh-
men and the Sophomores. The
Freshmen have begun to feel real-
ly at home and by this time know
most of the upperclassmen as weil
as those in their own class. Us-
ually done in the spirit of fun, Hell
Week does bring the Freshmen
and Sophomores closer together.
You will also find that the Soph-
omores take into account the
amount of time each Freshman is
putting into Freshman Show and
act accordingly.

We do think that a greater at-
tempt should be made to keep Hell
Week out of the classroom. But
as for Hell Week destroying the
sophisticated and intellectual myth
of Bryn Mawr we say Hooray.
The majority of the college en-
joys a good time as much as any-



Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office
Under the Act of March 3, 1879

Michi Kawai

The death of Michi Kawai on February 10 brings a loss
not only to Japan and the United States, but to Bryn Mawr
as well. For this internationally-admired pioneer Christian
educator was the second Japanese scholarship student at
Bryn Mawr, and a graduate of the Class of 1904.

Michi Kawai, the daughter of a Shinto priest converted
to Christianity, was born on July 29, 1877. She commenced
her formal education at the mission school of Sapparo, then
entered a school for advanced English in Tokyo. An excel-

lent student, she received a scholarship to Bryn Mawr; after
graduating with highest honors, she obtained a year’s fellow-
ship to Kurope. Michi Kawai returned to Japan where she
founded a Presbyterian girls’ school—the “Fountain of Bless-
ings, Girls Learning Garden”— at Keisen in 1929. During
the 1930s she promoted the United Church of Christ in Jap-
an, and during the Second World War the Japanese Govern-
ment permitted her to open the Keisen Horticultural College
tor Women.

President of the Keisen school since 1929, founder of the
Horticultural College and of the Japanese Christian Univer-
sity at Mitaka, one of the only two women on the Educational
Committee of five hundred members—the other is Ai Hos-
hino, a Bryn Mawr graduate of 1912 and President of Tsuda
University—a delegate to the Boards of Foreign Missions
in the United States and Canada, an author, lecturer, coun-
sellor to many, a student of Western educational methods as
well as a supplicant for Western financial support of her
schools—Michi Kawai’s life was full and rewarding, not only
to herself but to the many who benefited from her tireless ef-
forts, and who will continue to benefit from them in the fu-
ture.
In Japan it is the custom for a lantern-bearer, carrying
a paper “chochin”, to light one’s way at night. In her book,
MY LANTERN, Michi Kawai envisions the Christian lead-
er’s work: “I, too, am a chochin bearer, going ahead to light
the dark paths for the children of my Master until we come
out to the highway where my service is no longer needed, and
I am free for another task.” »

“Away, away, not a moment io linger”—these words
from the first hymn that she learned in English symbolize
the life of Michi Kawai, an honored Bryn Mawr alumna, a
_ great woman, and a sincere Christian.









one can and as long as Hell Week
is carried on in the spirit of good
fun it should stay. No one seems
to want to abolish the Saturday
morning tradition, but the effect of
the surprise would be greatly de-
creased..without Hell Week. We
know the spirit of Hell Week is
one of friendly rivalry backed by
understanding and goodwill on the
part of the Sophomores and we
are sorry that any Freshmen feel
there are clashes of personality—
it is never so intended. Hell Week
to us is a necessary and wonder-
ful part of Bryn Mawr.

Jane Miller, ’55

Barbara Floyd,

Civil Service Lists
Job Opportunities

An examination program design-
ed to fill a series of jobs in the
State Welfare Department was an-
nounced today by the State Civil
Service Commission.

Howell M. Becht, SCSC Execu-
tive Director, said March 20 would
be, the final day to submit appli-
cations in this program. He added
that written tests would be held at
Altoona, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre on
April 11.

Becht explained that the follow-
ing examinations are open only to
females: Child Welfare Secre-
taries, Classes II and III, Child
Welfare Worker and Junior Child
Welfare Worker. In addition, he
added that the job of junior psy-
chologist exists only in Harris-
burg.

Under the division’s operating
procedure, Delaware is designated
as a Class IA county, while Beav-
er, Fayette, Cambria and Wash-
ington are Class I counties. In
the Class II category are the
counties of Adams, Bedford, Brad-
ford, Clearfield, Columbia, Hunt-

and Tioga. Class III counties are
~Continued on Page5, Col. 8



ingdon, Indiana, Lycoming, Mifflin:



Physicians Begin
Nursing Program

Strategically, the Philadelphia
area—including Chester and Wil-

mington——is one of the most im-|-

portant areas of production in the
country. Because of its oil re-
fineries, shipbuilding industry, and
many other important industries,
it is vital that this area be protec-
ted by a civil defense program.
Therefore, courses, run by the
Civil Defense Authorities with the
medical services (Division 5) head-
ed by Dr. George Wagoner, are
given throughout the section,

At Bryn Mawr, approximately
thirty students are enrolled in the
course under Dr. Norman Mac-
Farlane, civilian director of the
role Bryn Mawr will play in the
event of an enemy attack. That
role will consist of provision for a
2300-bed surgical hospital and sev-
eral teams for different sections.
Dr. Humeston is the Medical Di-
rector.

The course being given here con-
sists of about ten sessions of .one
hour lectures given by surgeons
and specialists in various fields.
In the first lecture, Dr. Wagoner
outlined the civil defense program
and explained the act of Congress
which set it up. The course is en-
tirely different from the regular
60-hour nurses aid course.

Subjects Included

The subjects which the course
covers are treatment for burns,
fractures, hemorrhage, severe la-
cerations, damage from bomb ra-
diation, and concussion. Also, and
very important, is recognition and
treatment of shock. After the
series of lectures and instruction
in these fields, Miss Farr will give
a demonstration in bed-making and
care of the bed-ridden patient.
Also, Miss Farr, Miss Clayton, and
Dr. Humeston will demonstrate
reading of temperature, pulse, res-
piration, and blood pressure, and
the administration of a hypodermic
needle . Each student will have the
opportunity to practice the duties
demonstrated.

The exam will be given in April,
and_those students who pass and
complete the requirements will re-
ceive a certificate from the Civil
Defense Authorities.



Current Events

Psychological Warfare
Proves Dangerous
To President

Psychological warfare has not
proved a satisfactory instrument
of policy for the new administra-
tion, said Miss Leighton, speaking
Monday at Current Events. Eval-
uating the developments in the for-
eign policy of the administration
since its accession, Miss Leighton
cited the significance of the use of
psychological warfare and the re-
pudiation of secret agreements
made during World ‘War II in ap-
praising the character of the new
policy.

Commenting on the President’s
State. of the Union message, in
which he made the variously inter-
preted statements that the free
world could not indefinitely remain
in a posture of paralyzed tensions,
and that the Seventh Fleet would
no longer be employed to shield
Communist China, Miss Leighton
pointed out the weakness in this
type of psychological warfare, in-
tended to confuse the Russians,
and at the same time reassure the
American people. “Whatever con-
fusing effect these moves had on
the Russians or the Chinese was
removed when the allies and Con-
gress forced Dulles, Eisenhower,
and Bradley to explain,” she stat-
ed.

Despite the widespread impres-
sion that the United States has no
clear, consistent policy, Miss Leigh-
ton thinks that we have, although
it is not yet solidified. She pointed

to the Churchill - Dulles talks on

the Far East last January as evi-
dence.

Discussing the Presiden’ts pro-
posed repudiation of secret agree-
ments made during World War II
“which have been perverted to
bring about the subjugation of
free peoples”, Miss Leighton view-
ed the action as part of the plan
of psychological warfare, and also
an attempt to woo Congress, as
demonstrated by the President’s
definition of secret agreements as
those never presetned to the Sen-
ate.

Speaking constructively, ~ Miss
Leighton suggested that in the in-
terest of a more effective foreign

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President Rhoades Reports Gym Airy
Students Gain Weight, Health in 1884

by Joan Havens, °56

When you think of Bryn Mawr
at its inauguration in 1885, do you
picture Rock and Pem arches, the
Library cloisters, and ‘ceremonies
in Goodhart Hall? Do you think
of Dalton as the physicist’s natur-
al habitat since the founding of the
college?

If you do, it may be hard to re-
alize that the founding ceremonies
were held in Taylor because there
was as yet no Goodhart Hall. In
fact, according to the President’s
Report for that year, almost every-
thing except gym classes were held
in Taylor. The entire student body,
numbering an overwhelming forty-
four, crowded in for classes, lec-
tures, and labs, and the library
was also in Taylor. Rock and Pem
arches were not yet landmarks;
these buildings were still to be
built.

If you managed to pass the en-
trance exams for the year 1885-86,
you had a limited choice of resi-
dence halls, since there was only
one. This was Merion, which had
been begun, with Taylor, in 1879.
Of this first hall it was said, in the
report of 1884, that although the
cost had been greater than antici-
pated, “the architectural beauty of
the hall will never give an agree-
able aspect to the college premis-
es.” After the plans had been
drawn up, a kitchen and dining
room were added, “so that its in-



mates will not be obliged to go out
to another building for their
meals,”

The gym is one building that has
graced the campus since its begin-
ning. President Rhoades describ-
ed it as a “light, airy, attractive
building, within which students
may find the complete unbending
from brain work, and the cheerful
exercise which are essential to
their health.” Apparently the stu-
dents spent much profitable time
at “unbending”; of those who used
the gym in the first college year,
ninety-four per cent gained in
“physical vigor”, while sixty-nine
per cent increased in weight. In
1885 there was no soda fountain,
so the extra poundage must be at-
tributed to that wholesome exer-
cise.

The amount and variety of the
curriculum in the college’s child-
hood years is amazing. This was
arranged so all graduates would
have “a liberal culture in two an-
cient, and three modern languages,
in Mathematics, Philosophy, and
some one science.” A particularly
versatile faculty member was the
one who was termed “Associate
Professor of Greek, Sanskrit, and
Comparative Philology.”

During the first year, mathemat-
ics and English tied as the second
most popular course; thirty-one

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Wednesday, March 4, 1953

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



The Bryn Mawr French Group Acts

French Farce, ‘La

Premiere Famille

by Jackie Braun, ’54

The French Club’s performance
of Jules Supervielle’s farce, La
Premiere Famille, provided a de-
lightful forty-five minutes of en-
tertainment for a small but appre-
ciative audience in Skinner. From
the moment when the curtains op-
ened on a simple but effective
stage representing the Garden of
Eden, to the final reconciliation
over a jug of wine, the action was
swift-paced and the lines extreme-
ly funny. No individual perform-
ance could be pointed to as out-
standing, but the overall effect was
charming.

The play opened with a reindeer
and a bear bemoaning their fate as
prisoners of their physical infer-
ior, but intellectual superior, man.
Then onto the stage rocked a dino-
saur, a masterpiece of costuming,
whose anatomy was amazing and
amusing to behold.

The plot centered about Adam’s
malady which consisted of an irre-
sistible fascination for all attract-
ive females except Eve. His sym-
pathetic doctor suggests as a rem-
edy that Adam interest himself in
a new female. Adam plans to cap-
ture a young maiden, but is out-
witted by the combined efforts of
Eve and his son. The son solves
the problem by running away with
the girl himself, and Adam is out-
raged. All is smoothed over again
and peace is brought about when

SPORTS

by Lynn Badler, ’56

This past week was a very full
one for Bryn Mawr’s teams. There
were two badminton matches, a
basketball game, a swimming
meet, and a fencing meet.

On (February 23 Bryn Mawr
played Ursinus in a badminton
match here, and though the line-
ups were juggled a bit, the Bryn
Mawr team won 5-0. On the fol-
lowing Wednesday, Bryn Mawr
played Drexel here, and again won
5-0. This time too the complete
regular teams did not participate;
nevertheless Bryn Mawr was in
command of the situation through-
out both the singles and doubles
matches. Deedy McCormick again
made badminton look easy with
her effortless strokes, as she beat
her opponent 11-1 and 11-4. Phil
Tilson, playing varsity singles for
the first time, seemed a litte over-
anxious in the first match, but
squared off and won the next two
with skill.



those left behind quench their
thirst with Adam’s newly-invented
tonic, wine.

Jean-Louis Wolff looked the part
of Adam, but his lines did not al-
ways come across to the audience.
Edith Robichon as the cunning Eve
was a delight to watch on the
stage; she acted her part with a
natural warmth and charm, as did
Sue Halperin, whose sole function
was to look like a shy and fearful
virgin. George Segal, as the young
man, delivered his lines well, but

tor, an outlandishly dressed and
painfully timid soul who is mis-
treated by all, was played with
ease and humor by M. Leblanc who
appeared to be enjoying his role
tremendously.

The play itself was eminently
enjoyable and to M. Gonnaud who
directed it, Mr. Janschka who did
the..scenery, and all those who
helped to put it on, a round of ap-
plause from the reviewer who had
a very good time.

Observer

Of all the countless things in
life, what do we observe? Our-
selves, our surroundings, our feel-
ings, our thoughts. Perhaps our
relation to our surroundings, or
perhaps the relationship of the
surroundings to us. Perhaps we
stop to think of what we are, who
we are, why we are.

What should we be? ‘What
shall we do with what we have
gained? What has Knowledge done
to us? ‘What should we expect it
to do? (Will it make us fanatic
exponents of what we have been
taught to believe in? (Will it
make us passive people ready to
take whatever Nature thrusts in
our way? Shall we be mere pup-
pets in the hands of Providence?
Perhaps we plan to shape our own
lives, or perhaps we leave the com-
plexity of life to the Unseen. Many
have tried to explain life. Some
have shown the hand of providence
as a paramount power; Others, the
strength of man; Others, the
strength of economic factors;
Chroniclers of old the works of
GOD...

The League Needs
Volunteer Workers

Bryn Mawr’s reputation is suf-
fering in connection with her vol-

The lineups for the games were: junteer work for needy organiza-

Monday:
Singles:
Janet Leeds
Judy McCullouch
Marilyn Muir
Doubles:
Lois Bonsal-Prue Oliver
Sukie Kuser-Harriet Cooper

Wednesday:
Deedy McCormick
Janet Leeds
Phil Tilson
Marilyn Muir-Beth Davis
Candy Bolster-B. Bornemann
Immaculata, the top basketball
team in this vicinity, beat our var-
sity on Wednesday, 46-18. Their
defense was so excellent that Bryn
Mawr was unable to score a point
in the second half. The junior var-
sity’s game was more interesting;
with all-around good playing Bryn
Mawr defeated Immaculata, 38-36.
Sally Kennedy was a star for the
junior varsity, scoring 21 points.
On the same day Bryn Mawr’s
swimming varsity lost a very close
decision to Ursinus, 29-28. The
junior varsity won 86-14. For the
varsity Barbara Tyler won the
free-style race, Peggy King the
back crawl, and Glenna Vare the
diving; the Bryn Mawr varsity also
‘won the free style relay. For the
Continued on Page 4, Col. 3

tions. This was the message
brought to the Bryn Mawr League

on Wednesday, February 25, by
Mrs. Dorothy N. Hopkins, associ-
ated with the Council on Volun-
teers of Philadelphia.

Volunteer work, stressed Mrs.
Hopkins, should be the type of
work the volunteer likes well
enough to make it regular. By its
very nature it is dependent upon
the good will of its volunteers; on
the other hand, in order to function
efficiently an organization such as
the Council cannot depend upon the
whims of its workers. It is abso-
lutely necessary for workers to
fulfill their obligations toward any
jobs just as if they were being
paid.

Lack of regular participation
and general undependability are
the main complaints against Bryn
Mawr girls. These problems have
been especially difficult in connec-
tion with the Overbrook School for
the Blind and the Haverford Com-
munity Center. Organizations
such as these, with more or less
regular participants depending on
aid and leadership, need volunteer
helpers who are interested enough
to work at least weekly.

The Haverford Community Cen-



Continued on Page 4, Col. 3



Mr. Lukacs Views
Political Revolution

“We are training our guns on
the left, while our main danger is
on the right,” said Mr. John Lu-
kacs, of the Chestnut Hill College
faculty, in a talk in the Common
Room on Wednesday afternoon,
February 18.

Mr. Lukacs reviewed the bewil-
derment faced by thoughtful peo-



often without conviction. The doc- |

ple today, the “intellectual schizo-
Phrenia” reflected on many cam-
puses, which is a result of a para-
| dox. We are caught between a
spirit of optimism and our prag-
matic knowledge of the nature of
man. We have accepted the prog-
ress theory of history, believing
that a progressively greater voice
in government for the common
~— will mean a progressively
freer and more perfect society.

Political Thinkers

But today, political thinkers are
beginning to be “afraid of the
dumb and unknowing John Doe
whom they have released”. The
“New Political Revolution of the
Twentieth Century”, which has al-
ready taken place in Europe, is
happening in America. Popular
sentiment is now turning not to-
ward the left, but toward the
right. Just as Europe moved dur-
ing the nineteenth century away
from eighteenth century patriotism
towards twentieth century nation-
alism, as exemplified by Hitler,
and by DeGaulle, the symbol of the
French resistance movement, so
the American people have moved
from Bryan to Wallace to McCar-
thy.

Just as at the turn of the cen-
tury the “democratic illusion” died
in Europe, it is souring in the
United States today. We too are
slowly and surely turning fowards
the right and towards nationalism.
Today, we suddenly see that the
majority and liberty are not go-
ing hand in hand.

The principles of democracy are
losing their efficacy because we
have gotten away from the ideas
of right through duty, and free-
dom only through responsibility.
It is imperative that we direct our-
selves to the education of the com-
mon man in the democratic vir-
tues once again; that we teach
him that great things can be gain-
ed only through sacrifice. Only by
resurrecting a sense of duty, can
jwe save democracy from reaction
in America.



Council Announces

Newest. Recordings

Notes on the Library, Mostly
Pleasant:

1. Record Library: There are
considerable funds on hand for
buying new records, but not
enough suggestions. Do use the
posted list optimistically, for you
have only to ask. The following
are recent additions to the collec-
tion: Bach, Missa Brevis No. 1 in
F major, and Sanctus No. 1 in C
major. Beethoven, Quartet No. 4
in C minor. Mozart, Symphonies
No. 36 in C and No. 39 in E flat.
Bloch, Schelomo. St. Saens, Con-
certo No. 1 in A minor for cello and
orchestra,

2. The cost of fluorescent light-
ing for the Reading Room is un-
thinkable. 100 watt bulbs, how-
ever, are being used as extensively
as the circuits permit.

38. The Reserve Room door now
has a slot; please use it when re-
turning books when the room is
closed.

4. Art students: the Art Study
is being disgustingly maltfeated.
You must stop taking books il-
legally and mutilating the few you
have not appropriated for your-
selves.

5. Campus Guides would oblige
if their lectures on the Reading
Room were delivered sotto voce.

The Library Council





Gerould Memorial

Sponsors an Award

April 8th is the final date on
which to submit your entries for
the Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Memorial Prize. This is an award
of $50 given for a piece of orig-
inal English Composition.

The competition is open to all
undergraduates, freshmen and up-
perclassmen alike, former con-
testants as well as students who
have never tried before. Now is
the time to go through your fold-
ers, to select and arrange your
stories, poems, and essays.

According to the rules of the
contest, you should submit som2-
thing which you have written or
revised this year, that is, since
June, 1952. You may offer either
one long composition or a group
ot shorter pieces — narratives,
poems, informal essays. Drama and
the formal critical essay are ex-
cluded since they are covered by
the Theresa Helburn and the M.
Carey Thomas Essay Prizes.

Your entries should be left at
the Alumnae Office in the Dean-
ery by 5:00 p. m. on Wednesday,
April 8th (a new date). They
should be typed double-spaced and
without the author’s name, since
each entry will be identified by a
number.

The committee of award, which
consists of two alumnae and one
member of the faculty, who
teaches English Composition, has
shown no predilection for a par-
ticular kind of writing. In the
past the prize has been awarded
twice for a group of poems, twice
for stories, and once for a piece of
reporting. A large group and va-
riety of entries are welcome.



The Freshman class takes
great pleasure in announcing
the election of Marina Rubezan-
in and Louise Breuer as rotat-
ing members of the Athletic
Association.









What To Do

The U. S. Department of State
has recently announced the annual
examination for appointment as
Class 6, Foreign Service Officer.
The examination will be held Sep-
tember 14-17, 1953 at the follow-
ing places: Atlanta, Boston, Chi-
cago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver,
Detroit, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
New Orleans, New York, Philadel-
phia, St. Louis, St. Paul, Salt Lake
City, San Francisco, San Juan, P.
R., Seattle, Washington, D. C., and
at American diplomatic posts and
consulates abroad.

Appointments are made in the
$4,000 to $5,000 per annum salary
range after successful completion
of written, oral, and physical ex-
aminations. A candidate must be at
least 20 and under 31 years of age
as of July 1, 1953, a citizen of the
United States for at least ten
years, and, if married, married to
an American citizen.

The duties of foreign service of-
ficers include: negotiation with
foreign officials, political reporting,
economic reporting in such fields
as labor, finance, transportation
and communications, commercial
reporting and trade promotion,
agriculture reporting, issuance of
passports and visas, and develop-
ment of cultural and informational
programs.

Applications should be forward-
ed to the Board of Examiners for
the Foreign Service, U .S. Depart-
ment of State, Washington 25,
D. C., so as to arrive not later than
the close of business July 1, 1953.
Application forms and literature

are available at our College Place-|

ment Office, and they may also be
obtained by writing to the Division
of Recruitment, U. S. Department
of State, Washington, D. C.

Letters from
Abroad

I stood freezing on the Pont
Alexandre and peered between the
green figures holding up _ the
bridge, in a vain, touristy desire of
seeing the Seine. (Even though I
knew it was just as grey as the
sky and the trees and the side-
walks and the Louvre of Decem-
ber Paris, I was trying to spend
a year soaking in atmosphere.)

Getting no emotion whatsoever
except a cold shiver, and still de-
termined to “live intensely” I
clung to the rail on an open bus
and watched the street flying away
underneath. This is supposed to
give one a dizzily exalted feeling
—I dropped my green Guide Book
and sadly watched it disappear in
the distance. From now on, I was
On My Own!

Joys of Seeing Paris

The driver unhooked a chain,
and I fell out rapidly, preparing
topics of conversation for the hour
and a half meal—to avoid putting
butter on my radishes, I cleared
my throat and started an oration
on the joys of seeing Paris. I de-
scribed in great and gaudy detail
(the French like one to be pre-
cise) all the little sidestreets of
the Quai Voltaire and all the chil-
dren that inhabit these little side-
streets —dead silence. Decidedly,
the fault was in my French and
not in the sidestreets. I bobby-
pinned my beret on, and jaunted
to the door.

But on to work. I seized a
knife and an uncut book, and
dashed out to the Metro. In the
Metro, I cut the pages. Between
Metros, I always close my eyes
because in France, one prides one-
self on looking a little strange. I
follow a long-haired Existentialist
across the Boul Mich to the Sor-
bonne. The professor nods his
head pleasantly at his 624 pupils
and-expounds. the joys of “Indi-
vidualisme.”

And finally, to immerse myself
in French life and culture, I join
a group of French students to ski
in the Black Forest of Germany.
But I can’t ski, and I can’t speak
German—this was a most cosmo-
politan adventure. For a cheerful
send-off, my piano teacher said,
“Without a doubt, you will break
a wrist!”—But all is well, and I
am absorbing tout de suite—every-
thing.

Mary Ann Rorison, ’54

Bard’s Eye View

by Ann McGregor, °54

No Trump, No Trump — what to
bid?
Partner’s passed; Feel wild, kid?
Open three; Hand like foot!
—Whoops! Made book!
Hearts, Hearts, two plus kind and
ten!

Partner bids spades and then
again.

Jump to four, hearts trump all
through.

—Hummm—down two.

Clubs, Clubs, partner glares at me.
Hope she struggles through with
Raise her to five?—No, only four.
—Oh—oh—Down more.

Spades, Spades, play safe — only
one.

Partner may die—she’s keeping
mum. Ae
At one I can’t be in a jam!



—Well, Well! A slam!






















Page Four

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, March 4, 1953



Novelist Reviews Sources Influencing Writing:
Other Craftsmen, Art, Environment, Experience

Contnued from Page 1

sensation colors thought and work
for a time.

The influence of artist on fellow-
artist in the same field is easily
seen. The dominance of certain
“masters” changes with time, how-
ever. Earlier in this century, Che-
kov was most influential. Today,
his “over-sensitized, small unob-
served man is a commonplace of
sentiment. He is not now the mor-
al-emotional influence he was in
the early 20's.”

Despite the workings of artist on
fellow-artist, if the writer possess-
es real originality, he will throw
off influence “with quite a degree
of roughness when the time comes.”

The second source of influence
with which Miss Bowen dealt was
that of environment. This is a
source that is generally considered
artistically and humanly creditable.
One hears of a writer influenced
by the brooding hills of his, youth,
and so on. But environment con-
sists of subjective landscape as
well as the purely physical. The
writer does not merely absorb en-
vironment, but selects it. By se-
lection, he creates it. “We choose
and arrange all the time,” said
Miss Bowen. “The writer is not
merely passive, subjecting himself,
but is pulling and shaping environ-
- ment around himself.”

Thus there is the two-fold
source of inherited environment—
birthplace, or childhood region,
and selected environment, or plac-
es chosen from personal taste or
temperment. The interplay of
the two plus a surplus of imagin-
ation combine to cast a web, build
a scene about the writer, wherever
he is.

The third important source of
influence is experience. Individu-
als have the power to attract ex-
perience. In life, “Experience is
a by-product of personality and se-
lectivity from which in the main,
life then springs.” There is per-
sonal experience—emotional and
private—and there is experience of
the times which comes from being
alive now. Time-experience over-
casts our personal life. “Life,”
said Miss Bowen, “is a unique per-
sonal and emotional kind of ven-
ture.” It is difficult to rely on an
outer scale of judgment for all





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that transpires about us, and we
turn to an inside scale of personal
evaluation.

In conclusion, Miss Bowen com-
mented on the change that today
there are too many disciples and
too few masters. Apprenticeship
is going on too long.

Miss Bowen answered this charge
by stating that so much is happen-
ing around us that there is more
to say than easily can be put into
words. We need to amplify our
vocabulary in every sense. We
must remain flexible with the pow-
er to see and to test. Because there
is so much to say, we meed this
long apprenticeship.

“The rolé of my generation—of
the middle-year artists,” said Miss
oowen, “is to widen the path, rath-
er than open new ones.” That last
is for the younger generation to
accomplish.

“But if we remain the essential
links in the essential continuity of
art, we shall not have lived nor
worked in vain.”

NSA Coordinator Lists
Future College Changes

Continued from Page 1
But the

co-ordinator would make her su-
pertiuous, unnecessary and unof-
ucial at such a gathering. So we
dave decided, with your consent:

1. Bryn Mawr wants to con-
vinue to belong to N.S.A.

2. Instead of ‘the redundant
N.S.A. co-ordinator, her duties and
functions can more effectively be
taken over by the President and
che whole Undergrad Board, for
che President of Undergrad is the
chairman of Undergrad and Col-
lege Council, and ’most all prob-
lems and ideas eventually find
their way. to Undergrad Board
anyhow.

So—Now N.S.A. has a real home
and you have one less college elec-
tion (that of the N.S.A. Co-ordin-
ator) to suffer through. Less red-
tape, and—more benefit to you
should be the result. So good luck
and take advantage of N.S.A. next
year. It’s been fun, even though
a’ve been

The Redundant One
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ENGAGEMENTS

Ruth Jane Smulowitz, ’55, to
Coleman Schwartz.

Ruth Evelyn Warram, ’53, to
Paul W. Moore.

Diana Whitehill, ’55, to Nathan-
iel Merrill.

The Council Also Needs

Workers for Spot Jobs
Continued from Page 3
ter needs a leader to organize ac-
tivities for its girls. The director
of the boys’ program and Mrs.
Hopkins are hopefully planning a
program to include a special activ-
ity, such as sewing, cooking, arts
and crafts, etc., for every day of
the week. Leaders are needed for
these groups who can devote a def-
inite amount of time each week so
they will really know and love
their charges.
For those students who want to
do volunteer work but cannot
count on having regular free time,
Mrs. Hopkins stated that there are
many interesting spot jobs avail-
able at odd times.

Sports

Continued from Page 3
junior varsity Pat McElroy won
the back crawl and the diving com-

-| petitions and Joyce Mudd won the

free style. The junior varsity
came out ahead in both relays. The
next swimming meet will be held
against Swarthmore at Bryn Mawr
on March 5 and promises to be ex-
citing.
On Thursday, February 26, the
fencing team made an excellent
showing against the Tyler Art
School. For Bryn Mawr’s first
team Joyce Greer, Alicia Gardiner,
and Sue Lucas helped achieve a 6-3
win. For the second team, Cath-
erine Rodgers, Marilyn Fain, and
Alice Baer were victorious, 5-4.
The next fencing meet will be at
Bryn Mawr on March 7 at 1:30.
Come and watch your school’s
sports; the teams are good, and
would be even better with active
support behind them.

Presentations by Soloists and Groups Highlight
Well-Coordinated Bennington Dance Performance

Continued from Page 1

Victorian women. In this study,
an interesting use of focus passed
the movement from one character
to another, abruptly interrupted
by the maid whose quick, spiteful
action formed a striking contrast
to the studied sedateness of the
proper ladies. “Jubilee,” the final
number, showed excellent harmony
that is difficult to accomplish in
a group composition in modern
dance. The use of the stage and
the variation in formation were
well planned.

‘Perhaps the most striking num-
ber was the “Changeling,” a solo
inspired by Picasso’s blue-period
clowns. In the jerky movements
of leaps, jumps, rolls, angular posi-
tions of arms and legs, the dancer
captured perfectly the awkward
pathos of adolescence. The clown
was somewhat disjointed, lacking
the poise that places arms and legs
in their proper positions, but the
dancer had graceful control over
the clown’s awkwardness. The
“Juggler” carried her up-down and
circular movements into all direc-
tions, carefully including all the
details of juggling. ,

Transitions were - particularly
good in “Threshold,” which repre-
sented the anticipation of mar-
riage. The choreography of
“Suite,” the other trio, was not us
fully developed as the movement
was gracefully danced.

Of the two duets, “Duologue”
showed an interesting development

of the relationship of a boy and
girl. The dancers directed their
movement upward but brought it
to a lower plane and directed to-
ward each other as they became in-
creasingly aware of each other.
“Balladeta” was intended as a
study in classical and modern
dance form, but the movement
and direction carried no mean-
ing; it was. not sufficiently
interesting to be performed for its
own sake,

Many members of the oaths
have done extensive study and a
great deal of performing in dance
on a nearly professional level.
Their performance at Bryn Mawr
was certainly a good indication of
their skill and experience.

INCIDENTALLY...

Feeling low in these days of mid-
semesters? From the Youth’s
Companion for February 23, 1882,
comes the following testimonial.
Perhaps our Bryn Mawr classmates
of over half a century ago found
it useful.

“T have used Horsfords’ Acid
Phosphate in nervous Exhaustion,
and in nervous disturbances con-
nected with an over worked brain,
and am satisfied that it ig a rem-
edy of great service in many forms
of exhaustion.”

Wonder if there’s any of the
stuff left around.







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that, and each day,

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best food, lets all away.



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For lots of things—

The hare, the lion and
lamb.

And promises of flowers
it brings,

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madame.





















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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



Edward VII Professor Delineates Modern Trend
Toward Social Significance in Literary Criticism

Continued from Page 1

the more difficult it is to interpret
it for the desired historical picture.
Here the minor writers offer the
advantage, for among them you
find the average mind without the
“distortion of genius”. Literature
deals with life, but it is in no way
objective. It edits, oragnizes and
selects. Nevertheless, Chaucer
provides a picture of the fourteenth
‘century; Fielding, the eighteenth
eentury; Jane Austen portrays the
lesser gentry of the early nine-
teenth century; while Dickens por-
trays bourgeoisie.

To treat poets and writers as so-
ciological evidences entices histor-
ical error. Bacon, Mr. Willey point-
ed out, defined poetry as “feigned
and imagined history”, for it acted
as a substitute for history when
that study failed to satisfy man’s
craving for the heroic. In dealing
with writers of genius, the student
of social history must recognize
and allow for poets’ individual
genius and intensification.

The spirit of an age is difficult
to define. It is often easy to take
a single work as truly representa-
tive of a certain age, for each au-
thor will depict a particular social
class. The student must question
the influence of the social group on
the literary writer and the extent
to which his experiences influenced
him, As an example of this, the
Puritans in seventeenth century
England were dominant, but the
aristocracy dominated the fields of
literature and the arts. It would
be wrong to take Restoration
Dama as representative of this
age. The study of literary history
offers another fruitful field in the
study of what was read—how leis-
ure time was spent. In this way
all literary material becomes use-
ful.

For nineteenth century portrait
the social historian relies most. on
primary sources, not on works of
art, although George Eliot’s por-
trayal of religion, and Thomas



sources, for they depict the provin-
cial lives with which these authors
were familiar.

Turning to the use of social his-
tory in literary study, Mr. Willey
pointed out that literary criticism
is now steeped in social meanings.
Before, literature was -a collection
of masterpieces judged by aesthetic
or philosophic criteria. Work was
then that of unique personalities.
It was ascertained that the work
of one influenced that of another
in style or form, still “it remained
a ‘self-contained, self-perpetuated
Entity’.” No one was too preoc-
cupied with whether the ideas were
bourgeoise or otherwise. The ideas
were those of the man, not of the
class-dominated man.

Now students inquire whether the
background was village or urban
and what schools and what intel-
lectual trends influenced the liter-
ary writer, in their efforts to re-
unite everything to environment.
‘Trends, influence, sociological, soil’,
all these terms come in for consid-
eration.

In relation to this Mr. Willey
quoted an eminent professor who
pointed out that, ‘Tendencies did
not write the Canterbury Tales,
Chaucer did.” Yet, continued Mr.
Willey, literature cannot be divorc-
ed from life. One cannot fully ap-
preciate Chaucer until one knows
for whom Chaucer wrote.

The whole conception of the con-
ditioning of the arts involves a de-
terministic evaluation, for it con-
fines all art to a mechanistic caus-
ation.

Explaining his own interest in
the history of intellectual history,
Mr. Willey stated that notions of
the history of ideas orginated in
an age which was seeking to es-
cape from old religious and moral
ideas. ‘We should try to enrich our
knowledge of philosophy and ideas,
yet the human soul cannot escape
environment,

The historical method is congen-
ial to the scholar who wants to

Hardy’s Wesser all form excellentchallenge society, while the liter-

ee





The Soda Fountain wishes to
remind all those who are hungry
or who enjoy tea time, or after-
the-Library-cl -time that it
is ready and waiting for you.
It offers ice cream, hamburgers,
sticky buns, plus orange juice
and coffee. On a diet? Plain tea
is our specialty. Hungry? Come
eat your fill. The “S.F.” is open
Monday-Friday 4:15-5:15. Sun-
day-Thursday 9:30 p. m. - 11:30
p. m.

And remember that when you
support the Soda Fountain, you
also support the Bryn Mawr
Summer Camp. Both are League
activities, and most worth while.
Come, eat!







William Shockley Talks
About Transistor Physics

Continued from Pagt 1

thereby. minimizing energy waste.

Transistor physics is an import-
ant field, not only for the improve-
ments introduced in amplifying
devices, but also because experi-
ments that were previously im-
possible can now be performed to
study the basic physics of elec-
trons and holes,

CIVIL SERVICE
Continued from Page 2

Snyder, Susquehanna, Union and
Wayne.

Applications may be obtained at
the State Civil Service Commis-
sion, Harrisburg, state and county
offices of the Department of Pub-
lic Assistance, the state office and
state stores of the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board, and local of-
fices of the Pennsylvania State
Employment Service; and _ the
state and county offices of the
Rural Child Welfare Division.



ary approach is for the contempla-
tive mind. A true critic, asserted
Mr. Willey, “would be one who
could both understand historically
and evaluate critically.”



Early President Writes
About Students in ’84

Continued from Page 2.

were registered as taking each.
The smallest classes, comprising
two students each, were in Italian
and animal morphology. However,
freshmen, do not despair; thirty-
five “young ladies’, or a huge ma-
jority of the student jbody, took
the most popular course—hygiene!

Times and_ students haven’t
changed too much, as evidenced by
the fact that the private reading
assigned for the year in Greek
was read by two-thirds of the
class. All Greek and Latin stu-
dents took ordinary class work and
five lectures weekly, in addition to
a series of voluntary ‘Latin lectures
during the second semester, for
anyone with surplus energy or lei-
sure.

Although we regard the routine
of these early years as a severe
one, the college obviously thought
it conducive to healthy young wom-
anhood. Said the report for 1885-
86: “If it be permitted to draw an
inference from an experience so
brief, it would be that college life
with its regular habits and its oc-
cupations of purpose, is positively
favorable to health.”

Long Range Usefulness
Should Guide US Policy

Continued from Page 2

policy, the policy makers should
recognize the danger of impatient
insistence upon immediate solution
of global problems, and shoyld in-





S.D.A. held elections at a
recent meeting. Its current of-
ficers are:

Chairman: Anne Mazick, ’55
Vice-Chairman: Mary Cahn, 56
Secretary: Eva Schur, °55
Treasurer: Joan Pauer, °55







Calendar (Cont'd)

Continued from Page 1

speak to the Freshmen in the
Common Room.
TueSday, March 10

Juniors and Sophomores select
candidates for president of the
Alliance.

Freshmen meet candidates for
president of League and Athletic
Association.

College elects president of Un-
dergrad.

8:30 p. m. Pianoforte recital by
Mr. Alwyne. No admission
charge. Tickets for reserved sec-
tion at Public Relations office,
Taylor. Concert—Goodhart.
Wednesday, March 11

Juniors select candidates for
vice-president of Self-Gov.

Sophomores select candidates
for secretary to Self-Gov.

College elects the president of

the League.



stead think of long range effective-
ness. She further cautioned against
being carried away by psycholog-
ical warfare, since it increases the
possibility of misunderstandings,
makes diplomatic negotiations even
more difficult than they are, and its
success is relatively insignificant.







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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, March 4, 1953



After College Independence Remains Jealously Guarded
Survey Reveals Jobhelders Lead a Budget-dominated Life

With this year’s college seniors
especially in mind, March Madem-
oiselle poses the question Can You
Live on Your First Pay Check, To
get the answers the magazine’s
Jobs and Futures Panel (young
newspaperwomen in twenty big
cities around the country) inter-
viewed over two hundred first job-
holders from the class of ’52 and
got them to talk about their pay
checks. (From this survey there
emerges a composite picture that
jibes with what’s been called the
prosiperous tenor of the times.
Even so, according to Mademoiselle,
being on one’s own in a first job
means scrimping some on every-
thing or scrimping a lot on some-
‘thing. It’s a budget-dominated
life,

The mythical, typical ’2 grad
earns $49 a week before deductions.
(The pay scale actually runs from
$32 to $84). Sometimes she makes
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at home—where she contributes a
nominal $10 a week toward house-
hold expenses. More usually, unless
she’s married, a girl in her first job
lives at:a boarding house or a girls’
club. Or she shares an adequate
but not attractively furnished
apartment (which she hopes to
pretty up) with three other girls.
Forty dollars a month is the
standard outlay for rent as share
of a shared apartment. (And there
are cries on all sides of “‘too high”).
Thirty to $385 goes for food, plus
a few dollars more if our grad
eats more than a stand-up Nedick’s
lunch. Clothes are a special budget
bugaboo; the alloted $10 a month
doesn’t go far when you need new
everything as man ygrads do. Most
girls concede that they save on
food to buy clothes. Or that they
do without clothes to get to the
theatre or to manage fix-it-up
touches for the apartment.

It’s a trend among the very at-
tractive to budget nil for enter-
tainment. Men are friends and
companions but also a means to
movies, plays and concerts—even

4to a certain number of dinners out

a week,
Struggle, however, (unless des-
perate) is considered preferable to

taking dole from home. Consensus
is that after four years of college
parents have paid long enough.
And (contrary to pictures of a se-
curity-driven generation( indepen-
dence is a jealously guarded com-
modity. Less than half of even the
girls away from home accept help
of any kind from their families.

Independence on a first pay check
is usually not declared ,tact is the
trend). Never of the light-up-a-
cigarette-on-a-street-corner _ kind.
A girl may enjoy freedom from the
pattern of life that’s accepted in
her own home town. But in gen-
eral she keeps the same hours and
the same morals that she’d keep at
home. As one girl puts it: “The
only difference is that this way I
don’t worry if I should get in late,
for instance. I know I’m not wor-
rying my parents.”

There are no grand or rash claims
about never calling on the family
in emergencies, either. It’s just
that as much as possible first job-
holders want to be on their own.
According to Mademoiselle they
feel that paying their way entitles
them to make their own decisions.
Some have the idea that both of
these are good for them—like cod-



liver oil or vitamins.



: MY FRIEND HERBERT
by Anne Hobson, °56

Now my friend Herbert was a bug,

And quite a bug was he.

His Brooklyn buddies thought he
was

As fine as bugs can be.

But Herbert was the restless kind:

So full of pep and vim

That he thought his chances for
success

At home were, mighty slim.

And so this :.2en, ambitious insect
Bade his pals good-bye,

And as he left dear Flatbush

A tear fell from his eye.

But our brave Herbert would not
let

Emotions interfere.

No, his great destiny could not be

Thwarted by a tear!

And so our friend hopped on the
train.

Yes, Boston-bound was he,

For there was found «the
Creme

Of bug society.

very

Now those Bostonian bugs were
so. elite
To Herbert’s grief)
That at his first appearance there
He trembled like a leaf.

He put his choicest manners on



And dressed up fit to kill;
He read his Emily Roach
Until his head was in a swill.

The Ball was given by Queen Bee.
The swellest of the swell,
But he managed his antenna bowl
And demi-tasse quite well.

The gently lifted tentacles
Were starting to come down,
And Herbert felt quite debonair
In that old Boston town.

But, alas! his Brooklyn birth
Soon brought our friend to shame,
For when presented to the Queen,
He yelled “Hoibut’s de name!”

The shocked silence, the oohs and
aahs

Cut Herbert to the core.

He left that Ball and fled back
home

To travel never more.

From that day on he was content

To have no foolish pride,

And to spend his life in Dodger-
town

With old pals at his side.

The moral to this story is

That though the grass
greener,

The big ‘bugs on the other side

Sure are'a whole lot meaner.

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