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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-
eray manner, but as a convincing
character.





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Alliance Angles

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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Humanistic Tradition
Analyzed by Scholars

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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,
since the world has survived prev-





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For Two Drives

The Alumnae Drive, to, which
contribute, will be the big drive
On Wednes-
day evenings the undergraduates
decided, by a vote of 259 to 88 in

hall meetings, that the customary
individual solicitation for! the Red

on campus this year.

will be replaced by a token gift.
The sum to be put on each stu-
dent’s pay day will be divided be-
tween these: two organizations.
The only other organized drives
are the League Activities drive
and the Alliance W.S.S.F. drive.



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is always perpetuated. '
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work of the Conference was the
meeting of so many different

ities for informal discussion , out-
side of the scheduled activities.





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