College news, February 25, 1948

THE COLLEGE NEWS



VOL. XH, NO. 15

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1948

Copyright, Trustees ‘of
Bryn Mawr College,1945

PRICE 10 CENTS



Alumnae Fund
Needs $650,000
To Achieve Goal

Mrs. Manning Chosen
Executive Director
For Drive

The Bryn Mawr College Fund
1946— now stands at $1,343,912.15
—which means that more than
$650,000 must be raised before
June.

Mrs. Frederick Manning has
been appointed new executive di-
rector of the Drive, replacing Mrs.
Chadwick-Collins, thus cutting
short her sabbatical leave and stop-
ping work on her second book. Mrs.
F. Louis Slade continues as head of
the national drive.

Miss Dorothy Bauer, a Philadel-
phia newspaper woman, is working
with Mrs. Manning on publicity for
the Drive. _She has worked on a
number of previous drives in Phila-
delphia, including the Philadelphia
Orchestra Drive, the British War
Relief and the American Red Cross.
* Of the $650,000, a minimum of
$441,389.29 is needed to complete
the Million Dollar Endowment for
salaries which is essential in order
to maintain the salary increase
which went into effect in Septem-

‘ber, 1947. Until this money is
' bringing in an income, there is a
severe drain on the $500,000 which
is already on hand and of which
the capital will be used to pay sal-
aries over the next 10 or 15 years.
Much of the money which is in-
cluded in the total figure has been
given specifically marked for schol-
arships and other purposes.

Job for Students

The effort of everyone connected
with the Drive is needed to com-
plete the quota by June. Today’s
undergraduates at Bryn Mawr are
closest to the very thing for which
the Drive is working—the main-
tenance of the college as we now
know it. Therefore, we must as-
sume an added responsibility to the
National Drive.

The remaining three months
should see a return of the enthusi-
asm with which we worked for our
initial quota. Already undergradu-
ates have raised a total of $12,480.
The Freshman Show, Arts Night,
Varsity Players, Mr. Alwyne’s con-
cert and the Sophomore Carnival
(over Prom Week-end) will con-
tribute additional amounts.



Continued on Page 3

Ex-editor, Released From Galley,

Found at “‘ Wit’s

by Barbara Bettman, ’49

Commuting between the comfort
of the Quita Woodward Room and
the scholarly atmosphere of the
carrels, Denny Ward, clutching a
huge tome of the Variorum Shake-
speare, announced that she was at
“complete loose ends.” The retired
editor of the College News has dis-
covered that retirement has
brought with. it the usual concomi-
tant of time to waste—although,
Denny says, the English depart-
ment, in the person of Mr. Sprague,
“welcomed” her back bright and
early the morning after her last
issue!

Along with this shift from jour-
nalism to literature, Denny’s prize
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) came
through with a silver bowl in the
recent Westminster Dog Show.



Election System
Explained; Voting
Begins March Ath

Specially Contributed by
Helen Burch °48

The Presidents of Self-Gov., Un-
dergrad, League, A. A. and Alli-
ance; the vice-presidents of Self-
Gov., Undergrad and League; the
secretaries of Self-Gov., Under-
grad, and League; the common
treasurer; the first Junior member
of Undergrad; and the head of
Chapel are elected by the under-
graduate body.’ These _ elections
start on Thursday, March 4, and
continue every. Monday through
Thursday until March 22, the votes
being cast in the halls after lunch
on these days.

These undergraduate officers take
office after spring vacation. They
are nominated by a committee of
their respective classes, consisting
of the class officers and represent-
atives from each hall, including the
Non-Reses; with the following ex-
ceptions; the A. A. council nomin-
ates a slate of three names, the Al-
liance a slate of eight, and . the
Chapel Committee a slate of four.
The slates of eight are then nar-
rowed down to four by the various
classes, allowing for alternates,
and presented to the undergradu-
ates.

Voting is by preferential ballot.
This system has recently been in-
itiated in order to avoid revoting.

There can be no proxy-voting. The
Continued on Page 3



Freshmen Perfect Tomb Antics
For Archaeological Leap Year

by Helen Martin °49

If you’re willing to be Kierke-
gaardian about the whole thing,—
if you’re willing to take the great
leap, on pure faith, you can do it
on Saturday night, if the pure faith
is accompanied by a dollar and a
half a_ throw.

The freshmen, at Monday night’s
rehearsal for “The Big Leap”, had
mot quite completed the Great

‘Leap; the entire crew was still up
in the air mentally. Things hap-
pened. The stage crew pulled
ropes, and the drop, instead of ris-

_ing, came down with a bang on a
naive archaeologist who had just
emoted; “Isn’t this a wonderful
night for archaeological explora-
tion?” Her partner, only hit on
one shoulder by the overpowering
landscape, replied with little en-
thusiasm that there was no place

that she would rather be on Leap



Year than in the middle of a desert.
Well, that gives away the show—
you may think.

The scenery, speaking of scen-
ery, has been a real problem. The
stage crew was determined that
the gold throne should be gold, de
spite the almost prohibitive cost of
gold paint; so rest assured that
even if the Alumnae Drive fails te
realize any gain from the Fresh-
man Show, the audience will have
the best, i. e. a gold throne, so
please to arrive with thankful
hearts.

If you think that all you will
see are tombs, you had best re-
adjust your expectations, for the
props include a cauldron, a tricycle,
and numerous college banners. The
slaves of King Zozer add variety
to the action, and the sacred in-

scrutible sphinx lends greatly to
Continued on Page 2



End’’ in Carrels

Denny finds it impossible to ad-
just to having Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays free (Ed. note:
and I to having them occupied!),
says she has no mail any more, and
is delighted to be leaving Chaucer
gracefully on Wednesdays at 1
o'clock, having abandoned last
term’s football dash for the 1:09 to
the printers’.

During her term as Editor, Denny
unearthed a hidden talent for
painting waste baskets yellow. She
says that her handwriting degen-
‘erated, but there is divergence of
opinion among the staff, half of
‘which agrees with her and the oth-
er half of which insists that sne is
postulating an impossible feat.

A bridesmaid’s job looms in
March, and the returned sheep of
the Rhoads South first floor corri-
dor expects to be waving copies of
the News in the faces of unsuspect-
ing personnel managers and editors
after graduation. We wish her
more than luck.

Report Submitted
On Inn Finances;

Suggests Remedy

Miraed Peake, ’49, and Ellen Sex-
ton, ’50, the student representatives
of the College Inn, have submitted
a report explaining the financial
situation of the Inn. According to
the report, “the Inn’s main prob-
lem is the lack of student patron-
age especially at breakfast and
lunch.”

The College Inn isa financially
independent organization whose
building is owned by the College
and whose manager is appointed by
the College. Since the expenses of

Continued on Page 3

Calendar

Wednesday, February 25
7:15—Marriage Lecture, Mrs.
Rachel Cox, Common Room.
7:45—Fencing Meet, Gym.
Thursday, February 26
8:30—“Biochemical Studies of
Embryonic Development”, Dr.
E. J. Boell, Park Hall.
Friday, February 27
7:30—‘iCavalcade”’,
Room.
Saturday, February 28
3:00—“‘Cavalcade”,
Room.
4:00-6:00—Tea Dance, Com-
mon Room.
8:30—“The Big Leap”, Good-
hart.
11:00—.Undergrad Dance, Gym.
Gym.
Sunday, February 29
All day: Leap Year Day.
2:00—First Section Sleigh
Ride, Pembroke.
8:00—Second Section . Sleigh
Ride, Pembroke.
7:30—Chapel, Dr. ‘Hornell
Hart, Music Room. 7
Monday, March 1
12:30—Current Affairs Assem-
bly, Dr. Emil Davies, Goodhart.
7:15—Current Events, Dr. Fe-
lix Gilbert, “Poland and Cen-
tral Europe”, Common Room.
8:30—Religion Lecture, “Time
and Eternity”, Dr. Erich
Frank, Common Room.
Tuesday, March 2
4:00—Rummage Sale, Rhoads.
9:00—Record Concert, Com-
mon Room.
Wednesday, March 3
4:30—Vocational Tea,
mon Room.



Mugic

Music

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er.



Frederick Thon

Appointed Head

Qf Bryn Mawr Summer Theater

‘““Big Name” Assistants to Instruct Students;
Program Includes Classes, Plays
In Six Weeks Session

See

For the first time in its history,
Bryn Mawr will sponsor a summer
theatre. Mr. Frederick Thon will
direct the six-week course, from
June 21 to August 1, which will be
unique in that all acting roles and
production work will be done by
students under professional direc-
tion.

Aiding Mr. Thon will be a staff
of professional assistants. “Big
names” to be announced soon will
include a nationally-known drama
eritic, designer of stage sets and
expert on lighting, plus authorities

Niebuhr Stresses

Need For Faith

Common Room, February 23.—
Speaking on “Our Responsibilities
in the Light of Christian Faith,”
Dr. H. Richard Niebuhr, Professor
bf Christian Ethics at Yale Uni-
versity, spoke of the Christian doc-
trine as supplying us with a basic
pattern of interpretation which
may be applied to the problems of
life, both large and small.

“We respond to action upon us
and we respond in accordance with
our interpretation of that action,”
said Dr. Niebuhr. “This is the first
principle and forms not all, but a
great part of our responsibility.”
He went on to show that everyone
has some fundamental attitudes or-
beliefs which determine their in-
terpretations; this belief may or
may not be the Christian faith.

But today, Dr. Niebuhr contin-
ued, we live in a generally “poly-
theistic_world” according to a
“dualistic pattern of behavior,” for
we believe in a world of good and
evil, of right and wrong. We re-
spond to the one and resist the oth-
Such a faith, said Dr. Niebuhr,



Looking down on the Goodhart stage.



is not a profound one and does not
supply us with the proper ap-
proach to life.

Another faith by which men try
to live is that which in ancient
thought is represented by Stoicism,
and in the modern by scientific dis-



interestedness. Such a way of life
appeals to our reason, to our desire |
to discover a certain pattern or)
cause behind everything and thus
to live with equanimity in true un-
derstanding. The search for such
a state of mind, said Dr. Niebuhr,
is especially prevalent today, but
to live completely without passion
or emotion is of course an impos-
sibility.

In the light of Christian faith,



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and actors in the fields of the thea-
tre, radio and motion pictures, who
will give supplementary lectures
and hold day-long informal confer-
ences with students on the campus.
(Watch the News for coming and
startling announcements.)

Qualified students, who will be
selected from colleges throughout
the country, will live in Pembroke
Hall. Mr. Thon and his staff will
conduct regular morning classes as
well as afternoon rehearsals and
evening performances. The course
will be entirely self-supporting,
through tuition and moderately-
priced admission fees for perform-
ances, which will be held in Good-
hart.

Other facilities include two re-
hearsal stages in the Cornelia Otis
Skinner Workshop, which is com-
pletely equipped for classwork.
make-up materials, scripts and all
class work materials will be pro-
vided.

Mr. Thon, who has an A. B. from
Harvard and an M. F. A. from the
Yale Department of Drama, has
been an actor and playwright with
the Hampton Players in Southamp-
ton, Long Island, and the Theatre
Collective, New York City, respec-
tively. He was Director of Experi-
mental Production at Ohio Univer-
sity, Athens, Ohio; Director at the
Pasadena Playhouse, and is at
present the director of Bryn Mawr
and Haverford productions.

Boell to Lecture
On Biochemistry

“Biochemical Studies of Embry-
onic Development” will be the sub-
ject of the lecture to be given by
Dr. E. J. Boell under the auspices
of the Bryn Mawr chapter of the
Society of the Sigma Xi on Thurs-
day, February 26, at 8:30, in Park
Hall.

This year Dr. Boell was named
the first Ross Granville Harrison
Professor of Experimental Biology
at Yale. This chair was named in
honor of a former Bryn Mawr pro-

'fessor, Dr. Harrison, well-known

biologist and one of the foremost
embryologists in America.

Dr. Boell received his Ph.D. from
the University of Iowa, in 1935,
and from 1937 to 1938 he was a
Rockefeller Foundation Scholar at
Cambridge. He is considered one
of the outstanding American work-
ers in the field of the chemical as-
pects of embryology.






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Year Round Theatre

We have well-justified confidence and pride in the ability
of Frederick Thon, so manifest in Skin of Our Teeth, King

Lear, and other high-calibre products of his direction at Bryn
Mawr and Haverford; we are fortunate to have Mr. Thon

and to have kept him. His appointment as the director of

-the new summer theatre at Bryn Mawr will bring him fur-
ther acclaim. We are proud to have the project carried out
at the college and under the name of Bryn Mawr.

Goodhart will be active this summer. By nation-wide se-
lection, students will be chosen to work and study under
names known throughout the country in stage setting and
lighting, an all-professional staff. This is not merely a tproject
carried out on our campus: the college is the sole sponsor.

This will be the Bryn Mawr Summer Theatre, a part of Bryn
We are grateful and delighted at this opportunity.

Mawr.

Here is a reaching-out beyond the campus-bound eight-

month activity into more universal contribution.
can be regarded as the culmination of the growing interest |

in the theatre at Bryn Mawr.

This, too, |

Success and our best wishes to Mr. Thon and the Bryn

Mawr Summer Theatre.



Bible Translations and Editions
Exhibited By Rare Book Room

by Emily Townsend, ’50

“In principio creavit deus celum
et terra: a 16th century edition of
Saint Jerome’s fourth century
“Vulgate” begins the Rare. Book
Room’s ‘80th exhibition, the
classic biblical translations
Its_ selections
range from an incunabulum of
1485, lent by Mr. Herben, to the
Moffatt Bible of the thirties and a
20th century edition of The Song
of Songs illustrated in gold and
scarlet and black. Loans for the
exhibit have been made by Haver-
ford College, the University of
Pennsylvania and members of the
Bryn Mawr faculty.

One of the most interesting of
the earlier volumes is a leaf from
the Gutenberg Bible, traditionally
the first book ever printed with
movable type. Scarlet capitals
highlight the intricate black script:
“... Omnis qui fecerit opus in hac

die morietur.” There follows a
facsimile of the renowned Wycliffe
Bible: “In (th)e bygynnynge was
(th)e worde [(th)at is goddis sone]
and (th)e worde was at god... .”;



of
‘lent by Miss Woodworth, and dis-



the printing is plain and uncolour-
ed. a

' The Coverdale Bible opens with
six interesting wood-cuts showing
the accomplishments of God on the
first six days. A copy of the Ge-
neva or “Breeches” Bible has been

plays a prefatory warning:

“Then be not like the hogge that
hath a pearle at his desire,
And takes more pleasure in the

trough and wallowing in. the

-~ mire,”
but rather read the bible and try
to understand it by the grace of
God. The Bishop’s Bible of 1568,
written “to challenge the ever-
growing popularity of the Calvin-

istic Geneva Bible,” with its intri- |;

cate frontispiece of Adam and Eve
and the animals, is followed by the

Biblia Pauperum, better known as
The Poor Man’s Bible, “Conteyn-
ynge Thirty and Eight Woodcuttes
illustrating the Liif, Parablis and
Miraclis offe Oure Blessid Lord,” in
mediaeval style..

_ The Rheims Bible (“.... and the

Continued on Page 4

Current Events

Miss Gertrude Ely, who has re-
turned frem a tour of Europe, gave
an urgent appeal for Displaced
Persons at Current Events on
Monday, February 23. She prefac-
ed’ her talk with some impressions
of Europe, where she found, partic-
ularly in France, many volunteer
organizations. Contrary to fre-
quent notions, these organizations
are not superfluous and in the way,
but vitally necessary, Miss Ely in-
sisted.

As for conditions in Germany,
Miss Ely was particularly impress-
ed with the French zone. She
noted especially the importance of
education the French acknowledge.
They have sent to Germany nu-
merouge teachers, and in addition
send their operas, orchestras and
other cultural organizations. Eng-
land, too, is conscious of this need
for education.

Miss Ely devoted much energy
to a description of. conditions in
DP camps. She pointed out that
most of the people who could be
repatriated have already been re-
moved. Those remaining “must be
taken out.” These people live in
such poor conditions that we can
easily forget they are like our-
selves human beings. Their food,
while adequate, is unappealing.
They have no privacy. Most of them
have suffered because of their re-
sistance against the forces we
fought and thus we owe them an
especial debt. Despite their hard-
ships these people have never lost
their stability or faith in humanity.
Finally, Miss Ely
since most of the persons in DP
camps are constantly being trained
in vocations and will be of great
value in America, there is no log-
ical reason for denying them immi-
gration privileges.

Ed. note: Watch for the Stratton
Bill, which will soon appear in the
Senate, and write your Senator to
urge him to vote to take in a large
share of the displaced persons.

Davies to Discuss
Labor in Britain

On March 1, Mr. A. Emil Davies,
distinguished British economist,
lecturer and financial expert will be
the speaker in the Alliance’s third
assembly on Current Affairs. Mr.



‘-eontributor .to the

‘Davies’ topic will be “British Labor

in Power.”

He is well qualified to discuss
this problem, for he was head of
the London labor government dur-
ing the blitz and is regarded today
as one of Britain’s leading authori-
ties on city government.

Mr. Davies has written a number
of books, among them The Case for
Railway Nationalization, The Col-
lectivist State in the Making, In-
vestments Abroad, which deal with
the national and business worlds
as well as with the social and in-
tellectual life in Britain. Mr. Da-
vies has been closely related with
the Fabian Society. He was city
editor of “The New Statesman” for
18 years, and has been a frequent
Encyclopedia
Britannica...

Christian Doctrines
Stressed by Niebuhr

Continued from Page 1

however, there is revealed one ac-
tion running through all other ac-
tions; this is the action of God.
“The Christian faith,” said Dr..
Niebuhr, “bids us as reasoning peo-
ple to interpret with this pattern
in our mind.” Then we will be
able to see that this is not a dual-
istic world, but a world created by
the hand of one infinite God. We
will understand that there -is -no
evil being or thing in the world;
what is wrong are only certain
acts, attitudes or relations. The
“wrong” can be found within, and
it is here that all must begin, both



individuals and states—“We must
Continued on Page 4



insisted that;}



BMT in Fiction

Specially contributed by
Katrina Thomas *49

One writer is a woman, an alum-
na herself who gets most of her
information first hand, though she
sets the story of Years of Grace
back in the early days of the col-
lege.

Jane Ward is a ‘member of the
class of ’98, a classmate of Marion
Park, who dreamed about Bryn
Mawr long before she went, want- |
ing to live with her friend, Agnes
“for four years ... in Pembroke
Hall in one of those double suites
that looked so enchanting in the
catalogue.” She might never have
been allowed to go, had she not
fallen violently in love with Andre
who had to go away to study in
the Sorbonne. Her father tried to
help patch her broken heart by
saying: “I’ll see you go to Bryn
Mawr.” And so, sure enough, in
Chapter IV: “The October sun was
shining brightly down on the Bryn

Mawr maples when Jane and her
father first walked under the arch
Jane thinks
the most beautiful
place she has ever seen, is relieved
to find that ‘the warden’ is a “nice-
looking girl with dark brown hair,”
and is delighted with her suite on
the second story in the middle of
the corridor though it looks a little
Agnes is already
there, having taken her advanced
in French
“It was easy,” she
“Much easier than the en-
trance.” (We are never told if she
Father is most impress-
ed with Bryn Mawr and keeps re-
peating, “Bright girls; nice bright

of Pembroke Hall.”
Bryn Mawr

small to her.

standing examination
that morning.
said.

passed).
girls.”

The following January,
profoundly states to Agnes
years exams:
counts.

see it’s the people.” She loves Gen-
eral English and Horace and finds

Biology “awfully interesting” but

is a little wary of the prospect of
cutting up rabbits the second sem-
ester. It is fun “to take long ram-
bling walks over the wooded coun-
tryside with friendly classmates,
and make tea in the dormitory, and
get up plays, and sit up half the
night on somebody’s window-seat,
talking about ... well almost any-
thing. ‘Beowulf or the Freshman
Show,. or whether there really was
an omniscient God who heard your
prayers, or the funny thing that
had happened in the Livy lecture
when...” and Jane wonders
whether she will ever be serious.
Next Agnes and Jane are lying
lazily underneath a budding cherry
tree, planning their courses. Jane
remarks, “This place is heaven.”
And when the captain of the bas-
ketball team tries to prod them
into action, she answers, “WE’fe
intellectual down,
and look at
(Continued next week)

Alliance Angles

This year’s WSSF drive on cam-
pus will be inaugurated with a
rummage sale next Tuesday after-
noon, March 2, at 4 o’clock, in
Rhoads. Last year’s collection was
sent to Combloux, which replied
with a grateful letter of thanks.
Part of the money collected this
year will be sent to CARE, which is
affiliated with the WSSF; the rest
will be sent to headquarters.
WSSF, of which Miss McBride is a
vice-president, is also a sponsoring
agency of the NSA.

Clothes, books and oddments will
be sold during the afternoon. Any
clothes left over will be given to
the Quakers to be sent abroad,
while useful textbooks and classics
will be sent to foreign universities
via WSSF. There is a particular





need for scientific books.

Jane
just
after they had finished their mid-
“It’s funny. All the
years you’re trying to get into col-
lege you think it’s the work that
When vou get there you

Mugsy,
e cherry blossoms.”

Alumnae Thank Chorus;
Explain High Price
Of Concert

The following letter has been re-
ceived by Betty Smith, head of the
Chorus:

Dear Betty,

Will you be kind enough to telt
the members of the chorus how
very grateful the alumnae are to
them for what they are doing to
help the Fund? The concert with
Princeton, while I’m sure it will be
fun, does entail a lot of work for
the singers. We particularly thank
you all for suggesting the idea in





Seats in the back of Goodhart
for the Princeton concert will }
be available to students at a re-
duced rate if the Auditorium is
not sold out on March 11. ° An-
nouncements will be made in the
halls at lunch on that day if
such seats will be available.







the first place, and we also want
you to know that the Princeton.
Club of Philadelphia is enthusias-
tically backing you, to9.

I am very sorry that the price
for the tickets is so high for the
undergraduates, but as the con-
cert is for the Fund for raising
professors’ salaries both at Prince-
ton and at Bryn Mawr, I am sure
they will understand.. Thank you
in the name of all the a
alumnae.

Very sincerely yours,
Jane B. Y. Savage

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Deanery Open

To All for Tea

Starting next Monday, March I,
the Deanery will be open for tea to
all undergraduates with a guest
from outside the college. Former-
ly open only to seniors in the sec-
ond semester, the Deanery hopes to
provide a relaxed, homelike atmos-
phere.

Tea will cost thirty-five cents and
will include unlimited amounts of
cinnamon toast, cookies, and tea.
It will be served by student wait-
resses daily from four to five, al-
though students and guests may
remain until five-thirty.

No shorts, slacks, or blue jeans
are allowed in the Deanery. Mrs.
Kaltenthaler, however, stresses the
homelike atmosphere of the Dean-
ery and feels that it will provide
an unrushed, quiet place to bring
family and friends—including the
Man of the Hour.

Freshman “Big Leap’’

Features Tomb Antics
Continued from Page 1

the atmosphere.

We are warned by a stentorian
voice that “Any mortal caught in

‘|this tomb after the hour of mid-

night on the night of Leap Year
is doomed to remain for eternity”.
Into this forbidding atmosphere
wander two drunks, slightly lost,
on the 8th Avenue subway. An-
other feature is an octet: the offic-
ial word of the freshmen is that
“any resemblance to the Nassoons
is purely.”

The touch of genius lies in the
stage sets. The hieroglyphics are
alleged to be the real macoy, com-
prehensible only to faculty and
certain archaeology majors, but. in
addtion there is the Egyptian
equivalent of the cartoon . . . Those
of you who remember the cartoon
of the ski tracks parting in the
snow about a leafless tree will rec-
ognize this on a backdrop with a
palm tree effect. You can figure -
the rest out for yourself.




THE COLLEGE NEWS



Page Three





Sports

Eight Bryn Mawr students will
participate in the individual com-
petitive fencing match sponsored
by the Amateur Fencer’s League of
America on February: 25 at 7:46.
This match, held at Bryn Mawr,
will be the only one of its kind this
, year.

The results of the past week are
as follows:

Basketball

Feb. 18: B. M. Varsity 18, Drexel
24; J. V. 34, Drexel 11; Fresh.
A. 12, Junior 4; Soph. B 24,
Seniors 12.

Feb. 21: B. M. Varsity 6, Penn
49; J. V. 17, Penn 28.

Badminton

Feb. 17: B. M. Varsity 4, Rose-
mont 1; J. V. 5, Rosemont 0;
Faculty 1, Student 2.

Undergrad Clarifies
Election Procedure

Continued from Page 1
following is quoted from the Un-
dergrad Constitution:

“To be elected on the first round
a candidate must have fifteen more
votes than the sum of those of the
other three candidates. If no can-
didate has such a majority, the can-
didate having,the lowest number of
votes shall be dropped and her
votes distributed to the remaining
three. 'To be elected on the second
round a candidate must have a
plurality of twenty votes. If no can-
didate has such a majority, the
candidate having the lowest num-
ber of votes shall be dropped and
her votes distributed to the remain-
ing two candidates. To be elected
on the third round, a_ candidate
must have a plurality of twenty
over the remaining candidate. If
a candidate fails to achieve a plur-
ality on the third round, there shall
be a second vote cast in each hall
within twelve hours after the or-
iginal ballot between the two re-
maining candidates. A simple ma-
jority shall constitute an election.”

Alumnae Fund Needs
$650,000 For Goal

Continued from Page 1
Equally important is the co-oper-
ation of every student in the ac-
tivities which the halls undertake
and the initiation of any project
which will provide the reminder
that the Undergraduate Drive is

very much an open chapter.

Most Important

Every student should discuss,
whenever possible, outside the cam-

pus, our real need for this money. | |

If she knows of a potential pros-
pect, she should contact either the
committee in her district or Mrs.
Manning, who will be available in
her office in the Deanery. Friends
of the college who would help with
the Drive should be invited to view
the campus this spring, if this is
feasible, as well as any persons
who might have valuable advice.





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Rhoads Acquires Foreign Tone,
New International Sophistication

by Marian Edwards ’50

A Belgian poetess, a Nazi-edu-
cated Berliner and a Chinese dip-
lomat’s daughter have added a col-
orful foreign tone to the ultra
smoker - argyle atmosphere
Rhoads this semester. Petite Fran-
coise Lilar arrived three weeks ago
from Antwerp where her father,
“a politics man”, is a lawyer and
senator. “However, I can’t under-
stand politics at all’, Francoise
complained. “ I can’t even feel
about the Marshall Plan”.

Although Francoise speaks slow-
ly, meticulously pronouncing Eng-
lish in a hesitant, apologetic man-
ner, her impressions of America
are quite definite. “Your univer-
sities are more beautiful than ours.
Belgium is too over-crowded for
beauty. New York is beautiful,
too, but Philadelphia is a little sad,
don’t you think?”

Francoise’s accomplishments as
a writer naturally led her to choose
an English literature major. A year
ago, her first book of poetry,
Poems du Dimanche, was printed in
Belgium. The title, she explained,
came from’ the fact that “I had to
work so much during the week that
Sunday was the only day I had time
to write”. Although poetry ap-

'peals to her because it requires “a
iform which you can put more of,

yourself in”, Francoise plans to
write a novel next about a littie
town in Belgium.

Raised Under Nazis

Karin Stuebben ’50, having left
Berlin in 1945 to study in Austria,

‘then Zurich, Geneva and now Bryn

Mawr, arrived at La Guardia Field
on Christmas day in fog and snow.
Karin, raised under the Nazi re-
gime, was cautious but emphatic
when questioned about the war
years. “In 1983 the Nazis prosecut-

of the Bank of Brunswick and
against the Nazis from the begin-
ning. In school we had to listen to
Hitler speak over the radio, while
our teachers told us Hitler was
wonderful, that France started the
war. We had to pretend we be-
lieved it. Spies were everywhere.
All the students marched in the
Bund Deutche Madel, but my moth-
er arranged for me to stay out of
ite

“€onditions in Germany are im-
possible now”, she continued sol-





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emnly. “Nothing can be bought
without stupid tickets. Our half-
destroyed house can be reconstruct-
ed only with coffee and cigarettes.
Germans are at an end.”

Although she doesn’t believe
America is quite the heaven that
the Europeans think it is, Karin
agrees that “it’s wonderful”. And
now that she’s learned about “the
skinny little rat named Arthur”,
she claims she feels a true part of
Bryn Mawr!

Memee Hien-Kouen King, insist-
ing on Jo Ann as her American
name, recounted a travelogue of
new countries and experiences as
constituting the life of a Chinese

-diplomat’s daughter. “Home” was

Brussels until the war, when Jo
Ann moved to London and North
Wood School, where “the food was
good and we never went hungry,
despite bombings all around us”.

After a “boring summer” in
Geneva, she went to Cuba where
her father attended the first World
Trade and Employment conference.
Arriving in New York harbor three
weeks ago, Jo Ann’s first impres-
sion of America was “horrible”.
“T had to wait two hours in the rain
for only seven suitcases!” she com-
plained. “But I do like Bryn
Mawr”, she added quickly. Since
the “unusual” appeals to her, she
tells us her other “likes” are Child
Psychology, Beethoven and Mickey

_ Mouse!

WIT’S END

Music spreads harmony over all
banquets, but too many Kleenex are
used, and I tore my hair madly
shrieking—where can I get a room
for Freshman Show? Groundhogs,

I loathe the little. beasties—they
took the flag from my ice-cream
cake. It was all turned over on
top. Salted Snails! One was ex-
hibited as a talking fish; the other
served up-in-a-chafing dish. The
lions and shadows shiver slightly
in the reflection of muddy half-lit
puddles.





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Inn Representatives
Report on Finances

Continueé from Page 1

the Inn are such that “each chair
costs 35¢c before it is occupied at
each meal (not including food),”
each chair should be occupied at
least two and a half times during
each meal to meet this overhead
cost. Dinner is the only meal on
which the Inn can make money, but
serving tea as a convenience to the
students cuts the dinner hour short
preventing many outside organiza-
tions from holding dinners at the
Inn.

During a recent survey students
made complaints and suggestions
concerning the Inn. These included
requests for reduction of the price
of coffee and ice-cream. The for-
me? is impossible, however, “since
coffee costs the Inn 8%c because of
overhead costs” and the latter be-
cause sandwich prices are kept at a
minimum. Among the suggestions
which have already been put into
effect is having an inexpensive
cafeteria lunch.

The report points out that “the
only apparent solution for the Inn
is to gain patronage from people
outside the college which can be
done only by complete elimination



lof tea so that emphasis can be put

[on dinner.” This would not fulfill
‘the aim of the Inn to serve the stu-
‘dents and therefore the only feas-
‘ible plan is to increaSé student pa-
tronage and interest and to request
that everyone leave as soon as she
finishes eating. The student rep-
resentatives also report that “in
addition to high prices and lack of
interest and patronage by the stu-
dents, the Inn has the problem of
the layout in the kitchen and the
age of the equipment.” Therefore in
order to be efficient there would
have to be a redesigning of the
working quarters and the installa-
tion of various conveniences, such

as a new dishwashing machine.



B M Debate Club

Wins 3 Victories

The Bryn Mawr Debate Club,
with a heavy schedule for the past
week, has gained three victories
from as many encounters with op-
posing teams. All three debates
have been on the national topic:
“Resolved: A World Federal Gov-
ernment Should Be Established.”
Tuesday, February 17, Lois Sher-
man and Grace Dillingham repre-
sented Bryn Mawr, § debating
against St. Joseph’s for the affirm-
ative. Mr. Bachrach was the fac-
ulty judge. Thursday, February
19, Muhlenberg, for the affirmative,
debated against the Bryn Mawr
negative team of Betsy Curran and
Robin Rau, who substituted for
Pam Stillman at the last minute
when Pam was rendered voiceless
by laryngitis. Three student judg-
es, without conferring, cast by sec-
ret ballot a unanimous decision for -
Bryn Mawr. This departure from
the usual policy of judging proved
very successful. The third victory
was gained February 20. when
Betsy Curran and Phyllis Bolton,
again supporting the negative of
the National question, won the de-
cision over Hamilton.

The Benjamin Franklin Debate
Conference, of which the Bryn

Mawr Debate Club is a member,
will hold its spring tournament
April 16 and 17, at Swarthmore.





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Biblical Translations
Displayed in Library
Continued from Page 2

WORD vvas vvith God. . .”), the
Saur Bible in enormous flourishing
script, The “Figures des Histories
de la Saincte Bible,” with its

charming woodcut of the “Creation

de homme que Dieu constitue
dominateur sur tous les animaux,
tant celestes, que terrestres, &
aquatiques,” plus, of course, the
huge edition of the Authorized Ver-
sion of King James I, complete the
study of the classical versions of
the Holy Scriptures; a recent edi-
tion of Old Testament stories illus-
trated with the wocdcuts of 15th
and 16th century masters, and a
reputedly complete bible of Mr.
Herben’s that stands probably less
than an inch and a half high, are
included for interest’s sake. wny-
one at all interested in history,
books, printing, art, or learning
something she doesn’t already
know, should cértainly make it a
point to drop into the Rare Book
Room soon.

Christian Doctrines
Stressed by Niebuhr

Continued from Page 2
begin by denying ourselves, recon-
structing ourselves.”

We must learn to accept our-
selves, asserted Dr. Niebuhr; we
must recognize that we are good,
and, at the same time, we must
learn to deny ourselves and so car-
ry on the process of redemption
which, in the light of Christian
faith, means that we are acting re-
sponsibly in accordance with that
faith.

What To Do

Informatien:

Marion Neustadt, speaking at,
the History-Politics tea on the
tenth, suggested the possibility of
temporary positions with Congres-
sional Committees, For informa-
tion, write or see your congress-
man; and do not be shy about do-
ing either. It is his business to
serve his constituents,

She also said that she would look
around the State Department for
positions in the government for
students and alumnae interested in
that kind of work. Application
blanks at the Bureau of Recom-
mendations, second or third floor
of Taylor.

For. next.year:

The Dumbarton Oaks Research
Library will need an assistant be-
ginning this summer. Must be able
to type. Shorthand desirable but
not necessary. Salary probably
between $1800 and $2000. Collec-
tions principally mediaeval. See
Mrs. Crenshaw.

For the Summer:

Juniors in Chemistry, Mathemat-
ics, and Physics: Student Aid po-
sitions in the Bureau of Standards,
the Naval Ordnance and Naval Re-
search Laboratories in Washing-
ton. About $200 a month. Closing
date for applications, March 9th.
Application blanks in Room H.

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Congress must extend the Maritime
commission beyond March 1 and
continue the Coast Guard safety
waiver beyond March 31. The NSA
has prepared a booklet, “Study,
Travel and Work Abroad”, which
lists all opportunities for study,
tours, student exchange, work pro-
jects and reconstruction abroad and
in Canada and South America, to-
gether with cost, transportation,
etc. For further information on
NSA activities, see the bulletin
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NOTICES

as added verbal requests this year,
a weekly morning chapel service
will be held every Wednesday at
8.30 a. m. in the Common Room.
The half-hour service will include
prayers and a period of quiet.
New Scholarship

The estate of Elizabeth Clark has
left $5000 to endow a scholarship
in honor of Jacob Orie and Eliza-
beth Clark. It will award $200
yearly to a student of this coun-
try.

Hall Announcers’ Pay

The following changes have been
made in the way of the Hall An-
nouncers:

Rhoads and Pembroke Hall An-







Dr. Hart of Duke
Will Lead Chapel

Dr. Hornwell Hart, Professor of
Sociology at Duke University, Dur-
ham, North Carolina, will speak
in chapel February 29 on “Fulfill-
ment of Life.”

Dr. Hart taught at Bryn. Mawr
between 1924 and 1933 anid has also
spoken in chapel here several
times. A popular lecturer and au-
thor of many magazine articles on
social and religious subjects, he
taught at Hartford Theological
Seminary before going to Duke.





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