College news, October 30, 1946

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VOL. XLIII, NO. 5

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 4946

Bryn

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Mawr College,

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1945



HarrisonSpeaks
Qn Nazi Trials
PoliciesInvolved

Goodhart, October 24. The re-
cent -war crimes trials at Nurem-
berg have “advanced the whole
cause of international justice,”
stated Mr. Earl Harrison, dean of
the law school of the University of
Pennsylvania, in a talk on “The
Implications of the Nuremberg
Trials” at the first Alliance assem-
bly of the year. “I am wholeheart-
edly for the trials, the principles
established in regard to them, and
the results %f the trials,” he con-
tinued.

In discussing the question of
. whether or not the trials should
have been held at all, Mr. Harrison
began by establishing a precedent
for the principles involved. Before
the 18th and 19th centuries, he
stated, a distinction was always
made between just and unjust
wars, but during the centuries that
followed, the idea developed that
all wars by sovereign states must
be accepted as legal. “The invader
intent on pillage was given the
same status as people defending
their homes.” The trials at Nur-
emberg marks a return to the
older idea of just and unjust wars.

When Justice Jackson was faced
with the question at the end of
the war of what to do with cap-
tured Nazi leaders, three courses
were open to him, He could free
them without hearings, which
would certainly have been unfair
to the soldiers and civilians who
fell during the war begun by these
men; he could have executed them
without hearings, which would
have violated the American con-
cept of right and wrong; or he
could pass judgment on them after
a hearing, which was the alterna-
tive he chose. The trials at Nu-
remberg were the result of this
decision.

Once it had been decided to hold
.the trials, certain. other matters
of policy had to be agreed on. The
British ‘suggested. that the Nazis
be tried only for specific violations
of treaties and agreements. The
Russians and French favored trials
of more of a political nature, in
which the letter of the law need
not be adhered to.. It was» the
United States that finally effect-
ed a compromise—that the trials

Continued on Page 4

Activities Drive

Collects $3,227.23

The quota for the 1946 Activi-
ties Drive had been established at
$3,000. The main projects sup-
ported by this League drive are
The Hudson Shore Labor School,
The Bryn Mawr Summer Camp,

and The Varsity Players. The
total collection by halls is as
follows:
Low Buildings (838%) $34.00
Radnor $32.00
Spanish House (73%) $49.50
Denbigh (63%) $181.70
Non-Resident (65%) $133.50
Wyndham (94%) $44.50
st eds. North (95%) $387.6
“Rhoads South (95%) $867.00
Merion» ° mR J
Rockefeller (98%) $492. 00
East House (100%) $117.00

Pembroke East (100%) $391.95
Pembroke West (94%) $556.47







Committee Deals

With Complaints,

Curricular Needs

Undergraduates with problems
concerning the curriculum are urg-
ed to take them to any member

of the Student Curriculum Com-

mittee if they are of a general
nature or, if closely related to the
work of a particular department,
to the representative of that de-
partment. The committee meets
once every two weeks, and its cen-
tral executive committee meets
with the Faculty Executive Com-
mittee whenever necessary.

The following are the members
of the Student Curriculum Com-
mittee:

Continued on Page 6

Cont. Discusses
Humanities’ Place
In Next Century

Miss Taylor, Dean of the Grad-
uate School, and Miss Gilman, of
the French Department, were two
of the three women who attended
the Conference on “The Humanis-
tic Tradition in the Century
Ahead” held at Princeton Univer-
sity last week from October 16 to
18. Other delegates to the Con-
ference were presidents and pro-
fessors, in the fields of Literature,
Philosophy, History, and the Arts,
from several outstanding colleges
and universities, creative artists
such as W. H. Auden and Artur
Schnabel, and prominent foreign-
ers: Lord Lindsay, Salvador de
Madriaga, Jacques Maritain, and
Edmundo O0’Gorman,

The three days were divided in-
to four hour and a half sessions at
which speakers discussed special
aspects of the central theme, fol-
lowed by comments from the floor.

The purpose of the Conference
Continued on Page 5

Players to Give
T. Wilder Drama

The Varsity Players of Bryn
Mawr and Cap and Bells of Haver-
ford will combine. to present
Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of
Our Teeth” at Goodhart at 8:30
on Friday and Saturday nights,
November 15 and 16, for the bene-
fit of the Alumnae Drive for Fac-
ulty Salaries. The comedy, deal-
ing with man’s near escape. from
tragedy through the ages begin-
ning with the Ice Age, is being
directed by Mr. Thon. Ann Seide-
man is. stage manager, aided by
Jackie Gawan and Betty Bright
Page as heads of the construction
crew. Elizabeth Dowling, ’47, is
handling publicity for the produc-
tion. The cast is headed by the
following students:

Mr. Antrobus — Brooks Cooper,
47; Mrs. Antrobus — Ellen Har-
riman, ’48; Henry Antrobus — E.
B. Coale, ’48; Gladys Antrobus —

“| Sheila Tatnall, 49; Sabina — Ann

Eberstadt, ’49; Fortune Teller —
Geraldine Warburg, ’49; Announ-
cer — Henry Levinson, ’48; Dino-
saur — Helen Hale, ’49; Mammoth,
Miraed Peake, ’49.

The following Bryn Mawr stu-
nts. are. additional member
the cast: Elizabeth Lilly,
; “Oates,
Meuller; *49, Clare Fahnestock, "49,
Eva Krafft, ’47, Christel Kappes,
’48, and Nancy Strickler, ’47. Mrs.
S. W. Hare, °48, is acting as



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|BOM. to Support

Combloux Chalet
By Relief Drive

The Committee for Relief for
Europe is directing its efforts this
year to the support of the World
Student Service Fund and, more
specifically to the maintenance of.
the Chalet des Etudantes at Com-
bloux, France. They have chosen
this International Student Rehab-
ilitation Center because of the
similarities of interests involved in
working :for an International Stu-
dent Group...

Combloux was opened for fifty
students whose health and endur-
ance had been strained by deten-
tion in concentration camps, de-
portation, and the resistance move-
ment. The French Student Relief
Committee reports that from Feb-

Continued on Page 2

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Delegates Show

Role of Women
In Modern Life

Delegates fromthe Internation-
al Assembly of Women, meeting
with a group of students and fac-
ulty for an informal discussion at
the Deanery, spoke of the econtri-
bution which women can make
through education, the family and
community life, and through direct
political action, to national and
international development.

Miss Anna Lea Lelli, delegate
from Italy, opened the discussion
by stressing the need for a Socrat-
ic education, “to make a better
man in the spiritual values, in the
mental values, and in the moral
values.” She pointed out that good
education had been included among
the five basic rights defined by the
International Assembly of Women.

Dr, Stene, of Norway, and Mrs.
Rydh, of Sweden, emphasized the

Freshman Plays Uncover Talent,
Rockefeller Wins 1946 Placque

Friday’s Plays Exhibit
Acting, Directing
Talent

By Helen Hale °49, and
Barbara Bettman 49

Friday night’s hall plays pro-
duced an unusual quality of acting
and quantity of actors, among
whom were Theresa Lobo in Cap-
tains and Kings; Shirley Winter
and Ethel Stolzenberg in Becky
Sharp; Mimi Lukens, Jo Raskind
and Jean Pieri in Riders to the
Sea; and Ann Newbold in The
Happy Journéy.”™

Special credit goes to Elizabeth
Dowling, director of the Pem West
play, for biting off more than she
could chew in J. M. Synge’s tragic
Irish saga—and masticating it
thoroughly. The three principal
actresses showed feeling and re-
straint as the mother and _ two
daughters who: lost their men to
the sea, moving gracefully and
subtly-across-a well-designed stage.
The men, however, made no effort
either to speak or act in keeping
with the mood of the play, and the
entire performance was not heard
at the rear of the auditorium. One
of the chief difficulties of Riders
to the Sea is the keening, which
was handled effectively, and cli-
maxed by A. J. Rock’s keen. The
combination of the play’s essen-
tial violence and Pem’s ‘ subdued

treatment of this violence produc-
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Alumnae to Meet

Weekend Nov. 2-4

“Education at the Crossroads”
will. be the theme of discussions

importance of action in building }between alumnae, students, and

up community responsibility and
in expressing the woman’s point
of view in the political field. Dr.
Stene noted that during the war
children, hitherto liberated. from
any responsibility, had -been re-
incorporated into society through
resistance to the Nazis, both men-
tally and actively.

The need for combining demo-
cratic living with the improvement
of living conditiqgns was cited by
two representatives of the Far
East, Mrs. Feng yu-hsiang, of

China, and Mrs. Indok Pahk, Ko-

rean delegate.

Baroness Ann-Marie~ Ehren-
krona, of Sweden, asked for “a
new fashion in decency” to count-
eract the negative spirit pervading
speculation about a third war,
while Miss Lelli, of Italy, demand-
ed “faith in men and in the per-
fectability of men.”



CALENDAR

Thursday, October 31
‘Carol Brice ~ Concert,
Goodhart.

Friday, November 1
Alumnae Weekend.
Saturday, November 2

@10:30, Hockey » game
Swarthmore (away).
Sunday, November 3
7:30, H. Lewis Cutler, Chapel,
Music Room,

Monday, November 4.

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Room.. ....

Tuesday; Novemtuc. er
Alliance: Mass Meeting, Good-
_ hart, 8:30.

Wednesday, November 6
4:00, Hockey game with Bea-

8:30,

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faculty at the Seventh Alumnae
weekend to be held at Bryn Mawr
on November 2, 3, and 4. These
discussions are highlighted by the
Alumnae Drive for Faculty Sal-
aries, Scholarships and Academic
Projects, and plans for the Drive
will be discussed during the week-
end.

In order to familiarize the alum-
nae with new projects being de-
veloped by various members of
the Faculty, a Conference is
scheduled for Saturday morning.
Mr. Donald W. MacKinnon, of the

Psychology Department, Mrs.
Helen Taft Manning, History, Dr.
Walter Michels, Physics, Miss

Mary S. Gardiner, of the Biology
Department, and Miss M. Bettina
Linn representing the Language
Department, will discuss their
projects.

A Symposium on “Education at
the Crossroads” is planned for
Saturday evening, giving the
alumnae an opportunity to discuss
admissions and scholarships, re-
ligion and personal. guidance, and
curriculum with reference to the
past and present and’ to future
plans.- A discussion on these same
subjects will be held with mem-
bers of the Senior class at a buf-
fet breakfast Sunday morning.

Teas and other meetings fill the
rest of the weekend schedule, con-
cluding with the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Fund Dinn pnday evening

at the Philade hia "Art Museum..

The Honorable J... William. Fat-

bright, Senator from Arkansas,

will be the speaker. The alumnae
will also have an opportunity to
visit classes, and will eat. Sunday
supper in one of the halls.



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‘Comudy Performances,
Sentimental Drama
Given Saturday

By Emily Evarts ’47, and
Nancy Morehouse ’47

Concentrating on the comedy
side, Saturday night’s freshman
actresses produced Thornton Wil-
der’s Pullman Car.Hiawatha, Noel
Coward’s Ways and Means, and
Booth Tarkington’s The Trysting
Place. The victorious Rockefeller
freshmen, however, concluded the
evening on a sentimental note with
J. M. Barrie’s A Well Remembered
Voice.

A Well Remembered Voice, di-
rected by 'Carol McGovern, ’48, was
carried by the acting of two indi-
viduals, and the work of coordina-
tion. seemed to have been:a negli-
gible factor in the production.
Katherine Harper as the father,
and Emily Townsend as Dick, em-
phasized the sentimental elements
of their roles effectively, but to
the virtual exclusion of all other
elements.

The supporting cast, consistin
of the mother, portrayed by O.
Harris, Laura, the fiancee, Pamela’
Wahl, and K. Cassard and J. Nice-
Rogers,
gave adequate but rather colorless
performances, setting up the back-
ground for the central scene be-
tween the father and son. A smooth
production from _ the - technical
standpoint, the play did not seem
to shqw a group contribution. It
was apparently a poor choice for
production by a group and failed in
its few opportunities to make the
play an integrated whole.

In contrast, an example of a
well-coordinated - production was
Rhoads’ Pullman Car Hiawatha,
directed by Jessica Levy, ’48, and
Nancy Schwartz, ’48, The act-
resses recognized the importance
of coordination, so that a feeling
for the whole was obtained. An

Continued on Page 5

Brice Will Offer

Varied Program

The first in the series of three
concerts for the benefit of the
Alumnae Drive will be presented
by Carol Brice, contralto, Thurs-
day, October 81, in Goodhart.

Miss Brice’s program follows:

pee
Cantata Schlage doch, gewenschte
Stunde — Bach.
Furibondo Spiro il Vento—Handel.
II
Auflosung — Schubert.
Liebe schwarmt auf allen Wegen—
Schubert.
Erster Verlgst — Schubert.
Der Musensohn—Schubert.
III
L’Infidelite—Reynaldo Hahn.
Les Cigales—Chabrier.
L’Intruse—Fevrier.
Sequidilla—Manel de Falla.

Intermission
IV
The Wounded Birch — font

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Had I Only Known, Had I Only
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Johnson.
Dry Bones—arr. by H. T. Burleigh. -
Lil’ Boy—arr. by Roland Hayes.





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The Spectator

Specially Contributed

When we have left this place,
what tokens, whether words or
sights or smells or sounds, will be
the talismans of our remem-
brance? I think I shall remember
all things* lafghing and incon-
gruous, all things quiet and
|strange, all moments when the
clocks stop, and the work falls
from your hands, and you catch
sight, for one delicious moment}
of Eternity’s tail just as it slips
around the corner.

Now, on Sunday at five. o’¢clock,
there is such a moment. The week
has gone off down its tunnel with
a long, receding, self-important
roar, leaving these gray towers to
stand up in their ponderous seren-
ity, unmoved by all the dust and
uproar. Unmoved, indeed, by the
insistent rains, by the wind, the
sun, the night, or the minor.
scurryings of humanity.

‘Now the cobalt dusk settles
upon it all. There is no wind; the
impertinent birds and dogs and
squirrels have all gone. The
people walk in twos, slowly, so
slowly that the echo of their voices,
the rustle of their feet is lost in
the air, as if they moved in some
other place, in a dream or a mir-
age. Even the buildings have no
fixed walls, ‘the trees drift up out
of illusion, rooted only in mists.
The waves of smells tower and
break: ground - smell, leaf - smell,
and the smell of the advancing
night.

And all this will now be folded
up and put away on some ‘shelf,
until you will clumsily knock it off.





+ 4



Apathy vs. Action

S The undergraduate body at. Bryn Mawr is in a way a
community, with organizations run for and by the students.
The privileges and accompanying responsibilities of such*a
community should not be ignored.._The undergraduates and
their representatives on the organizations do not seem wholly
aware of these facts. There seems to us to be a tendency on
the part of Bryn Mawr students to exhibit either timidity or
apathy in assuming the full responsibilities of their own or-
ganizations. We cannot elect representatives and then forget

that they are ours, nor can these representatives accept their

positions and then forget that they stand for us. ~

~e

almost every undergraduate organization.

tences as students at Bryn Mawr.

Bryn Mawr is a liberal arts college. A student presum-
ably chooses to come to Bryn Mawr because it seems best
On the
other hand, each student should stop to think about what it
is she wants and expects and to consider whether or not she

suited to give her the education which she desires.

is receiving it. We are here for a purpose. It is up to each
student to know why she is here and to see if the College is
fulfilling that purpose.

tions. How else can progress occur in education?

The Curriculum Committee is the means supplied by
which such student opinions and suggestions can be brought
In
_ times such as these when universities and colleges are seri-

ously studying education in general and as applied to them-
selves, our Curriculum Committee can and should be an ac-
tive and effective group working for the reconsideration of

to the attention of the faculty and the administration.

and necessary changes in our curriculum. :

The faculty and administration obviously have knowl-

edge and experience of education which in many ways goes

beyond that of the student. This does not mean that those
receiving education can sit back and ignore serious thought
on what should be and is being received. Suggestions and
opinions must come from the students. Moreover, the fact
that the Curriculum Committee feels that the faculty would

not consider an opinion is not an adequate reason for dis-

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a on ts theo! "~~ peldggfunetion
“Ties in bringm® opinions to the faculty for discussion and

: consideration. It is up to the undergraduates to make prop-
_er use of this opportunity, and it is up to the committee it-
self to act as a group, representative of the students.

This unwillingness to accept privileges and accompany-Frurope as the Bryn Mawr delegate
ing responsibilities is apparent to us to varying degrees in
We have, -hhow-
ever, chosen a specific illustration which seefns to us to be
of especial importance as it is closely connected to our exis-

If she finds that it is not, in a way
which she considers could he constructively rectified, it is her
responsibility to express her opinions and offer her sugges-

And then, spreading out the dusty
thing, (perhaps unwillingly, since
memory has a persimmon taste,
yet with a sense of miracle) you
will remember all this.

Continued on Page 6

Current Events

“To what extent is—Czechoslo-
vakia under Russian influence?”
was the question discussed on
October 28, by Nangy Morehouse,
’47, who spent the summer in
to the
Service.

Miss Morehouse emphasized the
fact that expediency forces Czech-
oslovakia to be on friendly terms
with her powerful neighbor, and
that, while that nation would also
like to maintain amicable relations
with the United States and Great
Britain, she usually votes with the
Slav block in the United Nations,
and has made trade treaties with
Russia.

Miss Morehouse also discussed
Czechoslovakia’s domestic policies,
and its coalition government which
at present comprises five political
parties. She explained the two
chief policies which have the com-
plete support: of all the: parties:
the expulsion of German and
Hungarian minorities, and _ the
nationalization of industry. Czecho
slovakians feel very strongly that
the presence of national minorities
seriously hinders national unity.
Industrial nationalization, so far,
has been effected only in the realm
of large industries of great public
importance. _ Wages have been
raised, and an increase in produc-
tion is being planned.

Czechoslovakia is at present very

International Student

occiipiéd wae re-construt-
tion, feels Miss Morehouse; both
its foreign and domestic policies
center around the ideal of a unified
nation.



nationalistic, ang essentially pre- i

Students Desire, Action
For Better Ventilation
In Library

-To the -Editor:

Since an average of 5/8 of the
conscientious Bryn Mawr student’s
time is spent in the library, we
would like to suggest that some-
thing be done about the breathing
facilities. The ventilation, as you
no doubt know, is almost non-
existent, to the point where the
library atmosphere becomes not
merely conducive to sleep, but
literally untenable. :

We therefore suggest, even
though realizing the difficulties
this might present, that imme-
diate action be taken, for the bene-
fit of the whole student body.
How about fans? Cut out some
heating? Have jammed windows
fixed? Cross-ventilation ?

Sincerely yours,

Sandol Stoddard, Sarah Smucker,
Sarah Darling, Helen Burch, E.
McClure, Sylvia Stallings, Leila
Jackson, Betty Coleman, Judith
Brodsky, Nancy Schwartz, Mary
Barton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Phil-
lis Ripley, Jackie Miller, Kay
Gregory, Lucille Lewis, Ruth
Metzger, W. Barrows, J. Carrman,
H. Cheyette, A. Barbour, T. Man-
gravite, Darst Hyatt, G. Warburg,
Anne Kenny, Sylvia Taylor, Jean
Ford, Janine Landau, Barbara
LeMay, Carol McGovern, Jill Un-
derhill, Claude Valabreque, Joan
Hitchcock, Nancy Kunhardt, Grace
Dillingham, Betty Mutch, Helen
Abell, Sylvia Hayes, Theo Holland,
Frances Binger, Lucia Rogers,
Carol Vejvoda; Margaret McLean,
Betty Smith, Amoret Bissell, Lucy
Hoffman, Page Hart, Peggy
English.

W.S.S.F. Drive Opening
Seeks Money, Clothes

Continued from Page 1

ruary ’45 through March ’46, three
hundred and twenty-three stud-
ents attended Combloux for a per-
iod of from one to three months,
for rest and recuperation. Ruth
Heinsheimer, Chairman of the
Committee for Relief for Europe,
has pointed out that this period of
recuperation is of the utmost. im-
portance to students if they are
to continue their studies and work
in Europe.

If this combination rest home,
cultural center and International
Student Center is to continue its
vital work it must receive further
support from American colleges
and universities.

The, drive at Bryn Mawr this
year will open with a general drive
for fuhds which will be sent to the
World Student Service Fund and
directed by that organization to
the Rehabilitation Center. This is
an all-out effort which will include.
the sending of clothing, books, and
badly needed essentials such as
tooth-brushes and soap. The French
Club has planned to write letters
to the students, and in this way
bring the effort closer to a per-
sonal basis. As this is one of the
College’s main authorized drives
for the year, it is hoped that ev-
eryone will contiibute to it in some
way. ‘Clothing such as sweaters,
skirts, scarves and shoes should
be placed in the boxes provided in
each hall; and those who signed
up for packing will be notified
when the collections begin. Any

others interested are needed and
will be welcome.

“IN MEMORIAM.

Nan oe Beach, ex-’48
_ October 24, 1946







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Urban Clarifies Issue
Of Thanksgiving
Vacation
To the Editor: -

I would like to try to clarify
some misunderstandings which
resulted from the hall meetings
held: by the Curriculum Committee .
last week. .

The Curriculum Committee, rep-
resenting the student body,
brought to the attention of the
Faculty Scheduling Committee
that a majority of students wish-
ed to have the Thanksgiving week-
end as a vacation. The faculty
pointed out that the schedule was
drawn up and printed last Febru-
ary as usual, upon full considera-
tion of the previous petition, and
the students should have present-
ed their views at that time or at a
regular faculty meeting after the
schedule appeared.

Last minute petitioning is indic-
ative of insufficient planning on
our part. The responsibility lies
with the whole undergraduate
body which must request any ac-
tion which the curriculum commit-
tee may take.

The holiday granted last year
was a victory celebration and was
not to be .considered as setting a -
precedent.

The arguments presented by the
Curriculum ‘Committee to the hall
meetings were not their own. They
included those which the faculty
had given in a combined meeting,
for it was felt that they should be
stated to the undergraduate body
in order to insure understanding
of both sides of the question.

Sincerely yours,
Margaret Urban, ’47

Historical Sketches

By Katrina Thomas, ’49

Bryn Mawr was not affected by
man-power shortages before 1929.
In fact, men never attended dances
before that year. In the “Good
Old Days,” the undergraduate
body got all rigged up in their
newest finery, sent éach other. cor-
sages and went off to danee with
one another.

A typical event was that of 1922.
“Sophomores ,Give Most Brilliant
Dance on Record”, read the head-
lines in the News. This “brilliant”
affair to receive the Freshmen was
a combination of food, skits and
dancing in the setting of “a pal-
ace of ice” in the gym. It ended
promptly at 10 o’clock, at which
timé all good girls are supposed
to be in bed, and so at that time
the \Freshmen reluctantly tore
themselves away from their dash-
ing. Sophomore escorts.

It is rumored that the Senior
class of ’20, rueing the manless
state of affairs, invited a few men
to a dance following their ‘Garden
Party. Allowing no time for a
reply previous to the gala event,
they cabled President Thomas who
was on her trip around the world
(at that moment motoring through —
{the Peloponesus), asking permis-
sion to have a mixed dance. They
then proceeded to hold their jam-
boree — with men — on Merion
Green.

However, there is no verification
for the above tale and the inaug-
urators of a tea dance in ’29 really
believed that a dance with men
had never before been held at
Bryn Mawr. This event, held
from 4 to 7 before the Varsity
Play, was te be of “a mild and in-
formal character” with a substan-
tial-tea served so that RES
ers couldsy—" 1 i
The gala pear yg was ‘held in
Rockefeller, an orchestra was pro-
vided, and all the girls were in-
|vited to attend, with or without
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‘THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Big May Day Question Raised;
Pros, Cons of Issue Presented

Big May Day, long a celebration for which Bryn Mawr
was famous throughout the country and abroad, has not been

held since the Spring of 1936.

Imminence of war prevented

its being held in 1940, and since then all talk of May Day’s
rebirth has been postponed until after the emergency.

A poll was held last year,

in which the students voted

against holding Big May Day. in 1946. The subject has been

raised again this year and the

Undergraduate Association is

again sponsoring a poll to ascertain the atttude of the stud-

ents toward the holding of Big
future year.

May Day next year or in some

It is technically impossible to decide at this

date to hold Big May Day this year.

This poll will be the result
question be brought up again

of a request last year that the
this year. It will be held fol-

lowing a mass meeting on November 14, at which movies of
Big May Day will be shown and Mrs. Manning and another
member of the faculty will speak.

Miss McBride, when asked for a statement by the News
said, “Big May Day, which from 1920 to 1936 came once
every four years, has now missed more than two college gen-

erations. With the end of the

war we can consider Big May

Day again. The question is when we should consider it. The
- Board of Directors would have to make the first decision on
the question of Big May Day and the Faculty would have to
consider May Day in the light of academic work of the Col-

lege and particularly the plan

of the Senior year.”

Because none of the present undergraduates has ever

seen a Big May Day, at least
the News at the r
has undertaken to

during her Bryn Mawr years,

uest of the Undergraduate Association,
sent. the issues arising in considering

the question of whether or not another one should be held

next year.

We ask tolerance from supporters of both sides of the
question, for we must rely solely on the information avail-

able to us from past issues of

the News and on the opinions

of those members of the faculty and administration who were

present at past May Days.
in either of these columns is

None of the opinions expressed

necessarily that of the News.

We have merely tried to marshal the data for each side as
completely and convincingly as possible.

As “the specter of May Day
rears its flower-laden head’’.it be-
comes imperative that the problems
of holding May Day be kept un-
der consideration by all students.

Big May Day is the product of a
tremendous amount of effort both
menial and on a _ high artistic
plane, deriving almost entirely
from the student body. Though
.May Day has been conducted with
the aid of a large amount of pro-
fessional, paid work, it would seem |
more appropriately a student, and |
therefore a college, creation, if pro-
duced largely through student ef-
forts.

Such an attempt would involve
abandoning all extra-curricular ac-
tivities in which the college now
engages. League, Alliance, and
Red Cross activities such as the
Overbrook Blind School and the
Haverford Community Center and
-other similar projects, would of
necessity have to be relinquished.
The Blind School and Community
Center depend in large measure on
the voluntary contributions of
time and effort which the Bryn
Mawr students make. At this time
the thinking people of all coun-
tries are seriously engaged in the
tremendous task of world recon-
struction, it is felt by many that
May Day would intrude a note of
levity not warranted by the cur-
rent state of world problems.

Academically, the amount of
time and effort necessary in the
production of May Day would ser-
iously curtail the time contributed
to academic work, or, alternately,
radically lower the academic stan-
dards which Bryn Mawr sets for
itself. Big May Day has not been
presented since the comprehensive
system was introduced at Bryn
Mawr in 1937. It has been empha-
sized that the decision to hold Big
May Day would in no way alter
gine requirements or +time~-which
2? préfatation. dex
mands; no dispensation would be
granted seniors who transferred
their efforts to preparatior for
May Day. |

The chief argument in favor of
holding Big May Day this year is
both a sentimental and psycholog-
ical one. The tradition of May
Day has a glowing past. ‘The re-
search, the-intricacy, the art, and
the beauty of a Bryn Mawr Day is
literally known the world over.

A tradition zealously carried out,
and as important to the concept
of Bryn Mawy as it exists in the
minds of the public as well as the
alumnae, should not be discontin- |
lued.

Since the beginning of the war-
time emergency May Day has been
postponed, but postpuned with the
promise of its resumption when
peace came. Another May Day has
symbolized for every one connect-
ed with the college the return to a
civilized and cultured world.

celebrate not the yet-to-come _re-
turn to normalcy, but the coming
into existence of he _ post-war
world, where a great undertaking
devoted simply to beauty and art
is conceivable.|

Big May Day is furthermore an
intrinsic part of life at Bryn Ber,
The first one was held only 15
years after the college was found-
ed, and the tradition remained un-
linterrupted, except by the two
wars.

In the light of the Big May Day.
traditions many jof the smaller
ones acquire significance and
meaning of “which they are other-
wise devoid. Without it, even lit-
tle May Day loses all importance.

But far more important than
this is the effect of Big May Day on
| the Sig. caderaransate body. In the
tion of activity even under the
stress of war work, has been right-
ly attributed te the absence of
May Day.

Extra-curricular activity is an
»andeniably-important,,p , of € 1.
Hegewtife,providin,- .—.
community activity and co-opera-
tion. It has been proved by past’
celebrations that the complete
joint activity required by May Day

Therefore it would seem right to!





Continued on Page 4

Continued on Page 4

Pianist and Cellist
Will Offer Recital

The Tri-County Concerts Asso-
ciation’s second offering of the
season will be a sonata recital by
Samuel Mayes, solo. cellist of -The
Philadelphia Orchestra, and Vin-
cent Persichetti, pianist and com-
poser, Friday night, November 1,
at Radnor High School, Wayne.

It will bring together two of
Philadelphia’s outstanding young
musicians, both of whom also have
attained considerable reputation
outside of their own city.

Mayes, who entered Curtis In-
stitute at the age of 11 as a spec-
ial student of the distinguished
virtuoso and teacher, Felix Sal-
mond, was made a@ member of The
Philadelphia Orchestra when he
was only 18 and still a° senior at
Curtis. In 1942, at the age of 25,
he was promotéd to the first desk,
probably the youngest musician
anywhere to hold such a respon-
sible position.

In recital and as_ soloist with
some of our major orchestras, in-
cluding The Philadelphia, the

Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, and+

the St. Louis Symphony, he has
become recognized throughout the
country as a “solo musician of
fine capabilities” and has _ been
chosen by Mitropoulos to appear
this winter with the Minneapolis
Symphony under his direction.

Persichetti, who has been Or-
ganist and Director of Music of
the Arch Street Presbyterian
Church since he was 16, graduat-
ed from Curtis Institute in Con-
ducting under Fritz Reiner. In
1942, at the age of-27, he was ap-
pointed head of the Composition
department and special instructor
for post-graduate students at the
Philadelphia Conservatory of Mu-
sic,

Besides winning first honors for
his. piano and organ playing, he
has achieved national rank as a
composer. In the NYC Festivals
of American Music of 1944 and
1945, two. programs were given
over to his compositions exclus-
ively. He announces that he has
“just completed” his Third Sym-
phony.

The two young musicians have
chosen for their Tri-County recit-
al a program of three sonatas: von
-Weber’s Sonata_in—A, the—Soenata
Opus 6 of Samuel Barber, and
Brahms’ Sonata No. 2 in F major;
with Beethoven’s Seven Variations
on a Theme from “The Magic
Flute” serving as the opening
number.

' Admission to this recital is free
and it is open to the public.

Bridge Tourney

Seeks Contenders

The Intercollege Bridge Tourna-
ment Committee will sponsor an-
other contract bridge contest this
year of nation-wide scope. Bryn
Mawr finished highest among. the
women’s colleges in last year’s con-
test, which was limited to eastern
colleges.

The 1947 event will be a dupli-
cate tournament for undergradu-
ate pairs with the title of National
Intercollegiate Champions going to
the winning team. Preliminary
rounds will be conducted by mail;
16 teams representing all sections
of the country will then be chosen
through the mail competition and

--will meet-for-faee-to-face-finals in}

Chicago on April 18 andl9. The
event is supported by the Tourna-
ment Committee so that there is
no..cost to the college or to the|¢
competing players, but the official
approval of Aces )

‘icipating a 1) > ane 4
before entries” will be ’ shel,
The committee sponsoring the



tournament is a group of alumni
interested | in developing bridge as
jan. inter ha ope,

seen Ee Ae

36 Big May Day
Pageant, Plays,
Beauty Depicted

The 19386 Big May Day repre-
sented the culmination of the whole
Bryn- Mawr tradition of pageant-
ry... In that issue of the College
News Christopher Morley contrib-
uted an article which seems to us
best to describe the spectacle as a

whole.
Quoting the program he says,
“Among the pastimes on the

Greene the tumblers perform cer-
tain pretty feats of agility ...

turnings and ‘castings, springs,

gambauds, somersaults, capret-

tings and flights.”
Authentic Fun

Continuing in his own. descrip-
tion he says, “Bryn Mawr’s May
Day is indeed what the» Oxford
colleges call a gaudy (a rejoicing),
and true to her Minerva instinct,
learning has kept pace with fun.
In these 36 years she has gathered
a unique library of source-mater-
ial on Elizabethan pageantry, mu-
sic, folk dance, and the mystery
plays. Costumes have been sedu-
lously reproduced from old prints,
and when unblemished milk-white
oxen proved scarce (to draw the
great Maypole to the Greene) they
found some by broadcasting. If
the Man from Stratford dropped in
at Bryn. Mawr on the afternoons
of May 8 and 9, 1936,-he-would-see
the May Queen crowned; Elizabeth
herself present in the person of
some distinguished alumna; and
then the players separating for
their various doings.

Artful

“The Old Wives’ Tale, The Mask
of Flowers, The History of Robin
Hood and Maid Marian, and Gam-
mer. Gurton’s’ Needle, they are
among the proved favorites. .. A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, of
course; and this year there are to
be two Wagon Plays, The Creation
and The Deluge which haven’t been
publicly acted before.

“And besides those lamprey tum-
blers there are sword and Morris
dancers on the Green; bowling,
juggling, bell ringers, madrigals,
strolling motleys and mountebanks.
I don’t know of any other project
that brings together a whole col-
lege body, past and present, in
such unity of zeal. It is as intri-+
cate, as artfully put together, as
an Elizabethan sonnet. or the ac-
rostics they loved.”

v

Music

Bands, trumpeters, heralds, ser-
enaders, and itinerant singers and
bell ringers provided the music.
In addition to the scheduled plays,
the campus was dotted with jug-
glers, tumblers, a human. bear,
Queen Elizabeth and her court,
conjurers, fools, witches, fairies,
and milkmaids.

The animal cast of May Day
included not only the white oxen
who carried the Maypole in the
procession to its place on the
“Greene,” but also two falcons,
two fighting cocks; horses, a goat,
three lambs and’ three dogs.

Maypoling

Another article in the same is-
sue of the.News describes the

Tiling group of May Day” revel=

lers, having’ paid homage to Maid
Marian, their queen” who was car-
ried in on a faculty-borne litter,
eats off on the Dacia ne
ing.

At sha end of the song, order
had suddenly imposed itself. “For
a moment the lines and circles are
completely still; then, with. appar-
ent abandon, (which is never’ al-

lowed to disrupt the perfect sym-

be ed =the daric-
ers swing into action, whirling,
skipping, whirling again, the tra-
ditional preface to May Day, in
which the whole college takes



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Complete History
Of Big May Day
impartially Given

In the year 1900 a group of Bryn
Mawr Seniors met in the home of
Elizabeth Walkew Andrews (’93) to
discuss ways and means of raising
funds. for a students’ building. It
was Mrs. Andrews who first rec-
ognized the possibility of trans-
forming the campus into an Eliza-
bethan village and suggested that
the college give an old English

May Day.

This suggestion was enthusias-
tically accepted by the student
body and in order not to interrupt
the regular academic routine, all
agreed not to take any cuts. The
alumnae took charge of costumes,
properties, rehearsals and finan-
cial arrangements, so that the un-
dergraduates could devote their
time to rehearsals.

Six weeks of intensive work fol-
lowed, under Mrs. Andrews’ direc-
tion. She revived the peasant
sports and dances of sixteenth cen-
tury England, after painstaking
research into the period.

Costumes and Elizabethan mu-
sic were worked up and the pro-
cession formed on the grounds of
Wyndham, marshalled by two her-
alds from each class. Then, march-
ing through Pembroke Arch to be-
gin the festivities, they opened
Bryn Mawr’s first May Day.

1906-18

In 1906 six months of prepara-
tion were devoted to the pageant,
and Masques were first presented
in the newly-completed Cloisters.
The Elizabethan banners flying
from the towers also date from
that year.

The pageants of 1910 and 1914
were directed by Elizabeth Daly,
701, who dramatized the life of
Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest,
making the adaptation from plays
written by Anthony Munday in
1597 and Robert Green in 1587.

Cornelia Otis Skinner made her
debut in the 1910 May Day as
Moth in Midsummer Night’s Dream
and appeared again in 1920 as
Sacrapant in The Old Wives’ Tale.
With her began the tradition of
using an alumna, successful in
dramatics, in the role of Queen
Elizabeth.

War

In 1918 the War interfered with
the usual performance which was
therefore given in 1920. This fete
was the first occasion in which the
faculty took”part; it was directed,
as was also the next, by Mrs. Otis
Skinner, mother of the actress, to
whom in great part the present
magnitude and beauty of the pag-
eant is due.

Mrs. Chadwick-Collins, Miss Ap-
plebee and Mr. King, who had been
directing plays at Bryn Mawr
since 1906, managed the presenta-
tion of 1928. This festival coin-
cided with the completion of Good-
hart and also introduced Katherine
Hepburn as an actress in the role
of Pandora in The Woman in the
Moon.

In 1932 Elizabethan tents were
erected to serve as headquarters
for refreshments, and’ genuine
thatched roofs were provided by an
old Irishman who lived near the
campus. Five big nfovie compan-
ies were on the scene to make
sound recordings of the events. For
the first time, selected parts of the
festival were seen all over the
country and helped to verify the

statement that a Bryn Mawr Big

May Day is “one of the few really
beautiful spectacles in America.”

The 1936 pageant, termed by
Mrs. Chadwick-Collins “the best
of all, and requiring the least_

L5. , Calaaae

time;*was more unde athe m

agement: of abe. Eee
directors than any of the previous
ones. The students, thus relieved
of much of the executive work
were required to spend less time

on this production.






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oh THE’ COLLEGE NEWS



May Day Tradition
Unites B- M. Students

Continued from Page 3
gives or makes every undergradu-
ate take the opportunity to partici-
pate in this important phase of
non-academic life.

The publicity value of May Day
is also one that cannot be over-
looked. Bryn Mawr is one of the
few colleges that abstains com-
pletely from ordinary publicity.
Even with Big May Day publicity.
is only an incidental by-product.

But it is an important by-prod-
uct. Through the influence of past
May Days Bryn Mawr has been

brought dramatically. to the minds

of many people unacquainted with
it academically. Many of our great
drives for funds and endowments
have gained their greatest impetus
from May Day, which could con-
tribute materially to the present
Alumnae Drive.

Many of the objections raised by
those opposed to having Big May
Day this year can be answered.
Objection: We’ve no right to ex-
pend so much time on such an ac-
tivity in these times.

Without denying the importance
of reconstruction work at this time,
it should be pointed out that the
time devoted to May Day is tra-
ditionally up to the individual stu-
dent. Those who take on major
parts in the plays naturally spend
more time. The dancing on the
Green rehearsals are fitted in by
substituting them for all winter
and spring term sports. The
amount. of time expended depends
entirely on the type of May Day
the. undergraduates. should. decide
to give.

Objection: We have no right to
expend so much money on so friv-
olous an enterprise at this time.
“Never has there been’ a deficit on
May Day. Tickets, sold at $3.50
apiece, pay the cost of production.
And the Board of Directors will
never permit the holding of May
Day if and when they consider it
a financial risk.

B. M. Third Team
Tied by Ursinus

The third teams of Ursinus and
Bryn Mawr fought to a 2-2 tie last
Wednesday on the Bryn Mawr
hockey field.

Bryn Mawr made the first score
early in the game, after closing ‘in
on the Ursinus goal several times.
While Bryn Mawr was able to
pring the ball up the field with
greater ease than. their opponents,
the Ursinus team showed more co-
ordination in its attacks within the
striking circle.-

Ursinus matched the first Bryn
Mawr goal, but the Owls tallied
another score. In the last five
minutes of play, Ursinus made a
goal to effect a tie which neither
team was able to break. With two
alternate forward lines at her
disposal, Miss Grant substituted
freely, to determine the most ef-
fective lineup for future match
play. j
The long cross-field drives of
Polly Porter, halfback, and the de-
fensive shots of Pat Edwards, full-
back, showed particular power in
the backfield, while the stickwork
of Betsy Day, captain for the
match,.-was—notable in the front
line. The goals for Bryn Mawr
were made by Rosamund Kane and
Cathy Geib.

|waging of aggressive war is an



Petitioning Voted
On Thanksgiving —
Holiday in Future

As a result of a vote in hall
meetings on. Wednesday, October
23, the Curriculum Committee will
submit a petition asking the Fac-
ulty to consider scheduling the
Friday ‘after Thanksgiving as a
holiday next year and in future
years. It was voted, 213 to 128,
not to petition the Faculty to hold
a special meeting to consider the
question for this year.

The vote in the halls was the
result of a meeting between the
Central Student Curriculum Com-
mittee and the Faculty Committee
on Schedules in which petitioning
for this year and the idea of
Thanksgiving vacation in general
were discussed. At the hall meet-
ings, members of the Curriculum
Committee reported this discus-
sion stating the Scheduling Com-
mittee’s point of view.

The vote by halls for petition-
ing for this year or for future
years was:

Now Later
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Pembroke West, East
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Harrison Explains
Nuremberg Trials

Continued from Page 1
deal with general principles, not
specific violations, but that they
be based on established legal pro-
cedure. It was also agreed, in a
charter drawn up by the four
powers in London, that the cap-
tured war leaders would be tried
on the three counts of crimes
against peace, war crimes, and
crimes against humanity.

As the two chief long run
achievements of the trials, Mr.
Harrison cited the following: first,
that “whatever doubt there was
has been removed ... that the

international crime.” And _ second,
that “individuals are to be held re-
sponsible for international crimes,”
regardless of whether or not they
are the heads of states or are act-
ing under orders from superiors.
There are several subsidiary
achievements as well. Mr. Harri-
son considers it a very good thing
that a permanent. record has been
made, as it was in the trials, of
the aims, doctrines, and methods
of the Nazi Party. And he also
believes that the Nremberg trials
establishes once and for all the
fact that much . international law
is based upon the sense of justice,
or “growing: conscience,” of the
peoples of the world.





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escorts, and urged to cut in.

There is no account of the dance
itself, but despite the
flood of extra women, it was hail-
ed in an editorial in the News as
an “inauguration of a new era of
normalcy.” “The: fact that Bryn
Mawr has sanctioned and carried
through a tea dance, on its very
campus, is but another milestone
in the good regime’ of the self-
government of common sense...
Yearly the life at college approach-
es the norm of life that one would
lead at home.”

probable



Dr. Cutler to Be
Chapel Speaker

The components of good will,
mutual trust and the welfare of
men will be covered by Dr. Lewis
Cutler, Director of the Philadel-
phia Regional Office of the Na-
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews in chapel, Sunday eve-
ning, November 38,at. 7:30.

Dr. Cutler was educated at. Ger-
mantown Academy and the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, graduat-
ing from Princeton Theological
Seminary. He was the rector of
the Calvary Presbyterian Church
at Wyncote, Pa., until 1943



May Day Iil-Advised
For Spring of 1948
Continued from Page 3 '
Firfally, it has been asserted that
May Day is an anachronism dating
from less serious times, when the
could with
good conscience be devoted to such

At this time, and,
as it now seems, for a number of

energies of students
a production.

years to come, the demands upon
the students are, and will continue
to be, of such an immediate and
pressing nature, directly related to
world problems, and cannot be
postponed Qu neglected.









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THE COLLEGE NEWS

ee Page Five



Successful Carnival Features
Peck Victory, Food and Prizes

by Gloria White, ’48

Plato;~Shakespeare, and Napol-
eon steppedto the background
Friday afternoon as Gregory Peck
“was voted King of the Campus
with Kilroy running a close second.
This revealing poll took place at
the Athletic Association Carnival
on Merton Green for the benefit of
“ the Faculty Salary Drive.
_ The event was a big success, and
amid the atmosphere of ring-
tossing, penny-pitching and apple-
bobbing everyone forgot the cloudy



Rockefeller Victor
In Saturday Plays

Continued from Page 1 _
even balance was maintained be-

tween Nancy Corkran, stage man-
ager, who competently provided
the strand linking the various epi-
sodes together, and the other char-
"acters. The latter, however, seem-
ed better when portraying types
than in interpreting more complex
roles. Mary Lou Thomas as the
earnest young doctor, and Beth
Hebb as t’ 50-year-old lady, were
pleasantly typical. Nellie Nelidow
as Harriet, although she showed
stage presence, did not seem fully
aware of the implications of her
‘ more complicated role. Among the
minor characters, Margie Low, as
the Tramp and as 12 o’clock, was
outstanding with her skill in the
use of varied actions and expres-
sions.

The East House production of
Noel Coward’s Ways and Means
directed by Nancy Bell Wesson,
"49, although a less polished pro-
‘duction, exhibited a similar spirit
of equal contribution. June Moyer
as Stella set the pattern of the
whole play with her vivacity and
rapid patter, although Toby, play-
ed by Gwynne Williams, had some
difficulty in keeping up with the
pace.

Although the burden of the dia-
logue rested mainly on Toby and
Stella, who carried it competent-
ly, the supporting roles-showed- for
the most part, good characteriza-
tions. Eva Hauptmann as Nanny
gave a good presentation of the
humor in her part. Moreover, Mur-
dock, Geston and Stevens, por-
trayed by Amelie Haines, Lou Ri-
ker, and Helen Abel, conducted
themselves—well- without unbalanc-
ing the whole.

Although the possibilities of
Booth Tarkington’s Trysting Place
were limited, the Pembroke East
freshmen under the direction of
Clarissa Platt, 49, made the most
of them. The humor of the situa-
tion in this purely superficial com-
edy was exploited fully by the per-
formances of Betsy McLeod’s Mr.
Briggs, the amorous adolescent,
and Carolyn Cohen’s Mr. Ingolds-
by, the embarrassed but persistent
middle-aged suitor. The outstand-
ing make-up and costuming of the
evening appeared on Melanie
Hewitt as Mrs. Briggs, but her
lack of stage presence tended to
detract from their effectiveness.
The pseudo-sophistication of Mrs.
Curtis was effectively sustained by
.Pat Ripley.





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skies and text books. Mr. Berry
was quite an expert at penny
pitching and little Jim Berry,
astride his faithful tricycle, carried
home two prizes. - Mr. Sprague
tried his hand at pitching baseballs
and lpoked like good material for
the faculty baseball team.

A group of Girl Scouts, invited
by Corky Pickens, ’47, enjoyed
themselves immensely and walked
off, with several prizes, quite ob-
livious of the fact that they were
nearly drenched from bobbing for
apples.—Ah, Youth!

For those who did not win prizes,
there was plenty of food and drink
so everyone was happy, and most
important about $50 was raised
for the Alumnae Drive.

Great Variety Seen
In ?50’s Friday Plays

Continued from Page 1

ed the proper eerie effect which
was not lost on the silent audience.
The non-residents’ play, A
Happy Journey from Trenton to
Camden, proved that a _ simple
play is a better choice for ama-
teurs. Two of “our boys” were a
great aid in such a presentation,
Eugene Galanter, who had his part
well in hand throughout the eve-
ning, and James Lawless, who
stepped back into civilian charac-
ter once or twice. Ann Newbold
as the mother was obviously the
focal point of the play, around
whom were successfully integrated
the other members of the cast who,
as her children, husband and gas-
station attendant, made daa
her well-handled satire. .
Channing ‘Pollgck’s unfortunate
political dissertation was handled
as well as could be expected. As
one character announced, “We must
all be as little children;” the re-
sponse, “We’re certainly doing our
best” was too close to the theme
of the play for comfort._The play
was badly staged; the characters
were unclear; the speeches were
long and too difficult to attempt un-
der such circumstances. Lou Earl
as the dictator, Theresa Lobo as

Revolution and S. Neubauer as the |.

Little Child, given a good support-
ing—cast,_fifteen_added—years,and
several months of added rehear-
sal, could quite possibly have turn-
ed out an acceptable play.

Merion Hall’s Becky Sharp

was expertly cast; in Shirley Win- |

ter, who displayed the proper stage
consciousness and overacting pe-
culiar to Becky herself; in Ethel
Stolzenberg, who easily supplied
the phlegmatic temperament of
Amelia; and in Millina Lewis, who
portrayed Joseph, perhaps not in
the conventional cowardly Thack-
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During the current. campaign
between Bill Batt, Jr. and Samuel
McConnell who are the Democratic
and Republican candidates, respec-
tively, for the Congressional rep-
resentative from the sixteenth dis-
trict in Pennsylvania, a group: of
students under the Alliance have
been actively campaigning for
Batt. They feel that he is the bet-
ter candidate because he is in fa-
vor of the Wagner-Ellender-Taft
Bill (to stimulate home building
for middle and low-income fami-
lies, price control, the Employment
Production Bill, and Civilian-Gon-
trol over atomic energy. McCon-
nell, on the other hand, who has
been in Congress since 1944, has
either failed to vote on or has vot-
ed against Veterans Housing, the
continuance of strong price con-
trols, and the expansion of recip-
rocal tariff powers,

The students campaigning for
Batt have been canvassing voters
in this area to remind them_ to
vote and to inform them of what

‘Batt stands for and of McConnell’s

record in Congress They feel that
the work they have done has not
only been valuable to the cause of
better government, but has provid-
ed an interesting and enlightening
experience for them as_ individu-
als.

In conjunction with this work
several students went to a town
meeting on. Friday night, spon-
sored by the League of Women
Voters, at which each of the can-
didates spoke. When the meeting
was thrown open to discussion
from the floor someone asked
each. of the candidates to express
his views on the FEPC, whereupon
a large proportion of the audience
got up and walked out. When the
chairman asked them to remain
someone suggested that he was
overstepping his rights as chair-
man and the whole meeting re-
solved into somewhat: of a free-
for-all over the controversial is-
sue of the FEPC. The students
present felt that this was a shock-
ing demonstration of disregard for
individual rights in a supposed
democracy.

(Editor’s Note: This is the first
contribution to a column in which
the Alliance wishes to express the
impressions and opinions of the

members of its sub-organizations).





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was to’ determine what features of
the Humanities, as we know them
today, would be useful to the gen-
erations a century from now. It
was, however, purely discussion-
ary and no practical results were
anticipated. On the question ‘“‘What
are the Humanities?” no agree-
ment. was reached, since opinion
ranged from the limited view which
saw them as the continuation of
the Greek tradition of» “Humani-
tas,” the highest things in life, to
those who believed they should in-
clude everything that touches Man,
even certain aspects of science.

Among the most_ interesting
speakers, they felt, were Hajo
Holborn of Yale on the _ historic
approach, Wolfgang Kohler of
Swarthmore on Science and the
Humanities, Lord ‘Lindsay, and
Lyman Bryson. Lord Lindsay em-
phasized the tremendous import-
ance of adult education in Eng-
land, which the United States is
apt to underestimate, pointing out
that it demands the highest aca-
demic standards and the most
highly trained teachers, Mr. Bry-
son discussed the position of the

radio in regard to the Humanities,

which can be an important med-
ium, but not until a school of ser-
ious criticism is developed for it

is like that for the stage and cin- |'

ema. The conference was ably
summarized by Marjerie Nicolson
of Columbia, who stressed the note
of pessimism underlying the“meet-
ing, which she said, is unfounded,
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The S pectator

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Miracle we must call it, that
some little smell, some twisting, of
the light, will conjure up again, in
time to come, this evening; that
the sea-shell holds fast the ocean
in it; that your turn of phrase,
your thumb, your little arrogance,
are not entirely your own, but
parts of an eternal heritage. For
these are signals and signposts to
us, indicating the lovely miracle
that nothing entirely begins nor
entirely ends, that nothing is quite
discovered, nothing quite lost.

Committee Studies
Curricular Problems

Continued from Page 1

Ni caciaactiiinent, Rider, ’47.
Biology—R. Kane, ’48.
Chemistry—to be elected.
Economics—B. Houck, ’47.
English—E. Shepherd, ’47.
French—D. Hurwitz, ’47.
Géology—L. Killough, ’47.
German—L. Behner, ’47.
History—B. Byfield, ’47.

History of Art—N. Cherner, ’47,

Latin and Greek—E. Dowling,
"AT. ’

Mathematics — R. Heinsheimer,
47.

Philosophy—J. Brodsky, ’47.

Politics—A. Ericson, ..’48.

Psychology—N. Coward, ’47.

Sociology—to be elected.

Spanish—H. Kaufmann, ’48.

Physics—J. Albert, ’47.

News—E. Evarts, ’47.

Undergrad—M. Urban, ’47.

The following are the members
of the central executive commit-
tee:

Nancy Coward, chairman.

Betty Byfield, vice-chairman...

R. Kane. )

L. Behner.

D. Hurwitz.

| tivities of the group.



Two Delegates Represent B. M.
At Hudson Shore Labor School

Joan Hisenberg, ’48, and Pearl
Edmonds, who represented the
employees of the college, were the
Bryn Mawr delegates to the Hud-
son Shore Labor School this sum-
mer. The school, formerly called
The Bryn Mawr Summer School is
held for six weeks every summer
on the property which has been
given. for its use by Miss Hilda
Smith, former Dean of Bryn Mawr.
Its purpose is to give workers
practical courses which they would
not ordinarily be able to receive,
and which are a great help to
them in their work. Courses are

offered in English, government,
social science, economics, and in
union management. Miss Peggy

Wood directs the school, and Miss
Rhetta Arter is the educational
director,

Joan Eisenberg attended the
session as an undergrad student.
She studied government, econom-
ics, and social science. She and
the other undergrads also helped
the teachers to prepare courses,
worked in the library and partici-
pated in all of the cooperative ac-
Joan was
most enthusiastic about the co-
operative living plan by which the
school is run. She felt that her
six week stay was “a thrilling ex-
perience and‘a privilege, for so
very few can'live in such a demo-
cratic atmosphere.”

Pearl Edmonds represented the
employees of Bryn Mawr during
the entire six weeks-that the school
was in session. She found the
course in government the most
interesting of those she took. Pearl
felt that not only did it clear up
many _of the questions about gov-
ernment which the workers had,
but it also stimulated interest in
current affairs through actual
practice of the theories which they

| studied.

The student body was composed
of members of different racial,
religious and union groups. There

{were two girls who had been sent

from English unions,.selected by a
committee of Bryn\Mawr alumnae.
Two weeks of discussions, of class-
es, and’ of learning to live with
each other and to recognize each
other’s problems created a society
which all ot the students regretted
to leave. “Everyone was a part
tic way,” Pearl commented.

In addition to her courses, Pearl
worked on the yearbook which the
students printed themselves over
the six .week period. She was
elected to the board of directors of
The Hudson Shore Labor School
by a unanimous vote of the work-
ers, and will hold this office for
two years,

feel that there should be more and
larger schools of the same sort as
Hudson Shore. They also think
that although the school is eternal-
ly grateful to Bryn Mawr, its
largest contributor, there should
be even more interest and coopera-
tion on the part of the students
and the employees.



SOPHOMORE ELECTIONS

Pat Edwards — President.
Nancy Martin — Vice-President.
Natalie Collins — Secretary.

Sue Henderson—Song-Mistress.

of the school and of the democra- |-

Both of the Bryn Mawr delegates.

NOTICES

W. 8. S. F. DRIVE

There will be a mass meeting to
open the World Student Service
Drive for Combloux on Tuesday
night, November 5, at 8:30 P. M.,
in Goodhart Hall. The main speak-
er will be Dr. A. Hottel, Dean of
Women at the University of Penn-
sylvania. ;

& Undergrad Dance

As a result of the vote taken in
hall meetings last week, an Under-
grad dance will be held after
Freshman show.

French Conversation Group

There will be a meeting of a
conversation group in Wyndham
every Wednesday at 5:30 which
will be open to everyone.

Meetings
Students who are scheduling
meetings are reminded that they
should enter all meetings on the
schedule posted on Taylor bulle-

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posted at least 24 hours before.

_ Athletics

Those who wish to take Senior
Red Cross Life Saving and have
not already signed up are to see
Miss Yeager before this Thursday.

Students wishing to pass the
Bryn Mawr Life Saving: test are
urged to come to the pool on Mon-
day, Tuesday, and Thursday after-
noons at 5:00.





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