College news, November 3, 1948

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THE COLLEGE NEWS



VOL. XLV, NO. 6

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1948 .

Ouse. Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College,1945



Wilcox Explains

Havana, (Geneva

UN Conferences

_Effect of Commitments
On U.S. Economy
Emphasized

Clair Wilcox, in the fifth of his

‘lectures on international economics,

““A Charter for World Commerce,”
discussed the trade agreements re-
‘sulting from the Geneva Confer-

-ence of 1947. Mr. Wilcox stressed

the. wide-spread application of the
General Agreement of Tariff and
"Trade (GATT), as affecting one-
half of the world’s trade. The effect
of the GATT on the United States
was to reduce the average duty on
imports from fifty percent level
of the Hawley - Smoot Tariff of
1930 to twenty-five percent; this,
when calculated in termsfof our
high prices, is a virtual fifteen per-
cent.

Mr. Wilcox went on to discuss
the results of the Havana Confer-
ence of November 1947 to March
1948, to which he himself was a
delegate. The conference produced
a detailed and comprehensive re-
port of existing world trade rela-
tionship; this was the Charter for
International Trade Organization.
This Charter has not yet been rati-
fied by the participating govern-
ments, because of the alarming
nature of its binding clauses to
‘restore multilateralism and non-

discriminate trade relationships.
Continued on Page 2

IRC to Discuss
USSR Relations

The Middle Atlantic IRC Confer-
ence will be held on the weekend
of November 19-20, at Penn State.
The main topic will be “How Can
More Friendly Relations be Estab-
lished Between the United States
and the Soviet Union?”. Separate
round table discussions will be held
on the different angles of this broad
subject, and speeches will be made,
including some by UN officials.
Movies will also be shown on
pertinent topics.

Almost 50 colleges will be repre-
sented, and Bryn Mawr expects to
sent 4 delegates; so sign on the
list posted on the Alliance Bulletin
Board in Taylor if you want to go.



Seznec to Lecture

On Role in Art
Of Tasso, Ariosto

On Thursday at 8:30 in the
Deanery, Dr. Jean Seznec will give
an illustrated lecture on “Ariosto
and Tasso in Art.” Ariosto and
Tasso both influenced the litera-
ture of France and England as well
as that of Italy.

Dr. Seznec is at present Smith
professor of French and Spanish
at Harvard University and holds
an honorary degree from that in-
stitution. He was, for five years,
professor at the French Institute
in Florence and for one year its
assistant director. For two years,
he was. University lecturer at
Cambridge. Dr. Seznec is a mem-
ber of the Legion of Honor, is on
the Board of Scholars of Dumbar-
ton Oaks and belongs to many oth-
er academic organizations.

Author and Essayist

Dr. Seznec is the author of sev-
eral books and essays including
“Fragonard as, Interpreter of Ari-
osto” in Fragonard Drawings for
Ariosto; La Survivance des Dieux
Antiques and an essay on “The
Role vf Mythological Tradition in
Humanism and the Art of the Re-
naissance.”

Danish Boy Tells
His Impressions

Of Last U.S. Trip

Specially contributed by
Francine du Plessix, ’52

In the winter of 1947, 21 stud-
ents were sent from the Scandi-
navian countries to attend the High
School Forum sponsored every year
by the New York Herald Tribune.
But they saw more of America
than the Grand Ballroom of the
Waldorf Astoria in which these
forums are held. For over a month
they lived in American homes and
attended American schools. Then
they went home, with a picture of
their own countries clearer after
their view of the United States.

Three weeks ago.one of these
students came back, to speak at
the Herald Tribune Forum held on
October 12th. He was Urik Plesner,
of Denmark, who spoke for him-
self and his fellow students of the
impressions of their voyage, and
of the good things they had brought

Continued on page 2



Grad Center Sports Less Mess,
Movie-like Showcase, Red Door

‘by Radha Watumull, ’51

‘When one first approaches the
Graduate Center, the only thing
the eye can take in is the build-
ing’s bright red front door. Wheth-
er it is red in order to show off
the fact that it has been complete-
ly redone, or to give hope of ultim-
ate arrival to the students who
have to stagger all the way down
across the hockey field and up an-
other hill in order to reach it, it
sets one’s mind in a healthier at-
titude toward school dorms.

As everybody knows, the gradu-
ate hall of residence has been mov-
ed from Radnor to the newly re-
modeled, main building of the for-
mer Wright ‘School, and has room
for fifty students. Although it is
not completely finished, its prog-
ress has been rapid. At the open-
ing of the school year, the ground
floor was a mass of plaster buck-



ets, ladders, and furniture of an
unknown destination. This has all
been moved to the basement now
except for the furniture which has
finally been ‘allotted to various
rooms, for upon entering, to the
right one sees a showcase, beauti-
ful enough to be a movie set, and
to the left, a switchboard. The
showcase has been done in bright,
clear colors, and is evidently as
durable as it is pretty. For the first
time coffee was served in the show-
case, a whole cupful, just as every-
one feared and hoped wouldn’t
happen, spread itself out on the
very pale grey carpet, but some-
how didn’t even leave a spot. En-
graved on the mantle shines the
graduate motto “Sans Souci.”
~The dining room has been in use
for about ten days. ‘While it was
still in the process of completion,

Continued on page 2



Students Form
Library Comm.

A Student Library Committee
has been formed on campus. This
committee is to be composed of a
representative from each hall ,a
graduate representative, a faculty
representative and Miss Agnew,
Head Librarian.

The Library Committe will be an
active advisory body on questions
pertaining te the library. It will
be a clearing house for construct:
ive criticism as well.

The hall representatives already
elected include: Marion Dugdale
50, Rhoads; Suzanne Henderson,
’49, Pembroke East; Edie Mason
Ham, ’50, Pembroke West; Mildred
Kreis, 51, Denbigh; Suzanne Kra-
mer, ’51, Merion; Elizabeth Spald-
ing, ’49, Rockefeller; and Ellen
Shure, ’50, Wyndham.

Hinderas Plays -
In Ist Musicians
Concert Sunday

by Anne Greet, ’50

Natalie Hinderas, pianist, was
the guest artist at the Young Mu-
sicians Concert last Sunday after-
noon in the Music Room. Perhaps
a surfeit of Hallowe’en parties
prevented more students from tak-
ing advantage of this series, but a
goodly number of the faculty were
there and watched Miss Hinderas
make a grave little bow of acknow-
ledgment to their applause before
she started to play.

The. program began with Three
Sonatas in E major,.D minor, and
E major by Scarlatti. A martial,
flute-like treble and gently-nod-
ding bass gave way to trills and
runs and dignified rompings up
and down the keys with a charm-
ing restraint. Mozart’s Sonata in
F major was played with sparing
use of the pedal and a deft feeling
for contrasts of touch. The notes

Continued on page 2

B.M.C., Hav. Will Hold
Square Dance Night

Charley Thomas, well - known
caller, will open the Bryn Mawr
square dance season Friday, No-
vember 5. The dance, complete
with refreshments. and Haverford,
will be from 8:30 until 11:30 in the
big gym. The gym department, in
inviting all students, date or stag,
hopes that this will be the begin-
ning of a successful square dance
series this year. The dance is very
informal.



Calendar
Wednesday, November 3
10700 p.-m., “Open Tryouts

for “An _ Inspector Calls”,
‘Goodhart.
Thursday, November 4

8:30 p. m. Dr. J. Seznec,

“Ariosto and Tasso in Art”,

(Deanery.
Friday, November 5
8:30-11:30 p. m., Square

Night, Gym.

Sunday, November 7

7:15 p. m., Chapel, Rev. John
B. Walthour, Music Room.
Monday, November 8:

7:15 p. m., Current Events,
Miss Linn, “Significance of the
Elections’, Common Room.

. 8:30 p. m. Shaw Lecture,
“Dr. Wilcox, “What We Have
at Stake”, Goodhart.
Wednesday, November 16

4:00 p. m., Social Economy
Film, Music Room.









PRICE 15 CENTS



Merion’s ‘Nice Wanton’ Judged
Best of Freshman Hall Plays

Walker, Synge, Glaspell, Kafka Plays Showed
Intelligent Work, Marked Acting Talent,
But Lacked Merion’s Integration

by Hanna Holborn ’50

Four freshman hall plays were
given on Saturday evening, and
all had one major difficulty to con-
tend with — a very poor audi-
ence. Nevertheless, all managed
finally to overcome this obstacle,
and the quality of the plays prov-
ed almost consistently high.

The final play of the evening,
and the best, was Merion Hall’s
Nice Wanton, a “pre-Shakespear-
ean interlude,” which won the
plaque. Directed by Claireve Grand-
jouan and Lola Mary Egan, this
old English morality play was
strikingly acted and staged. It was
a courageous and original choice
which must have involved a great
deal of hard work. What was
amazing was that all those who
took part seemed so very much at
home with difficult lines and spoke
them with a complete lack of self-



consciousness. It was amazing, too,
that, with so many parts in the
play, they should all be done so|
consistently well. As the wanton
Delilah, Helen Dobbs was out-
standing; while Joan Bowers as
Barnabas, Delia Fleishlacker as
Eulalia and Worldly Shame, and
Jane Augustine as Iniquity also
deserve special mention. The cos-'!
tuming, lighting, and staging were
all unusually good, and highest
praise should go to Claireve
Grandjouan for a superb job of
direction and the excellent choice
of a play.
Kafka’s Metamorphoses
The freshmen of Rhoads pre-



sented Metamorphoses, a story by
Franz Kafka adapted for the stage
by Alfred Grossman, Haverford
48. Directed by Gerry Warburg,
’49, and with a cast headed by Gay
Fullerton, this play was* a very
ambitious one to choose for such
an occasion; many were too re-
pelled by the story itself to appre-
ciate the excellent direction, light-
ing, and sound effects behind the
play, or to enjoy the fine perform-
ance of Miss Fullerton, who took
the part of a man turned slug. The
other actors were unfortunately
not so good—their actions were al-
ways well-handled, but their lines
lacked the necessary conviction
and made clear the inadequacy of
the. dialogue for performance.

It is difficult to say anything
about When the Whirlwind Blows,
the play presented by Pembroke
West under the direction of A. J.
Rock, ’50. It had a kind of B-

Continued on page 2

Flying Club Gets
“Go-Ahead” Signal

The Board of Trustees of the
College and the Board of the Un-
dergraduate Association have ap-
proved the formation of a Flying
Club at Bryn Mawr. Members of
the club are required to have par-
ental consent.

Plans are underway for work
with the Haverford Flying Club.
Lessons will be given by the Valley
Forge Airport at six dollars an
hour for instruction flights and five
dollars an hour for solo flights.
The airport is insured.

Later on the Club may partici-
pate in intercollegiate meets.



by Gwynne Williams ’50

The order of Friday night’s
plays was unfortunate. It is not
fair to expect an audience to effect
willingly the transition from Rock-
efeller’s Irish Drama of morbid,
though amusing aspect, to Radnor’s
light and delightful boiling lentils,
and back again to Pembroke East’s
very dark “Message.” If Radnor’s
play had been last, the evening
would have been more successful.

Rockefeller’s In the Shadow of
the Glen opened well and concluded
badly. Trish Richardson as_ the
tramp and Nancy Alexander as the
wife had an almost perfect grasp of
Irish language and expression in
théir opening dialogue. Trish handled
her pipe, drink, gestures, and part
with a manly competence. Nancy,
except for her tendency to “jerk”
towards whomever she addressed,
sympathetically portrayed the wife
of the suspicious old husband.
‘However, the play concluded with
dialogue between two who were by

Continued on page 3

Varied Activities
On, Off Campus
Offered by NSA

The National Student Associa-
tion in the Philadelphia area has
been very active this fall in spon-
soring projects beneficial to stud-
ents in this area. The NSA com-
mittee of the University of Penn-
sylvania has invited all Bryn Mawr
faculty and students to attend an
| Art Seminar on “Artists, Sculp-
tors, and Architects, and How They
Work Together,” in Houston Hall,
84th and ‘Spruce at 10:00 a. m.,
Saturday, November 6. Mr. Glen
Paulsen will be the keynoter and
members of the faculty are to
serve as group discussion leaders.

This program is the second pro-
ject that the University of Penn-‘
sylvania NSA committee has spon-
sored this fall. During United Na-
tions Week, it sponsored a speak-’
er’s forum on “Block Voting in the
United Nations,” which Mr. Bach-
rach’s International Relations class

Continued on page 2

Lectures Pla Planned
By German Club

The_first.of a series of lectures,
sponsored by the German clubs of
Bryn Mawr and Haverford, will
be delivered Tuesday evening, Nov-
ember 9, at:Haverford College. Dr.
Carroll Reese, head of the chorus
at Haverford, will speak in Ger-
man on German music.

The lectures are scheduled to be
given approximately once a month.
Their purpose is to stimulate inter-
est in German culture and tradi-
tion. On December 2, Dr. Heinz
Politzer, a member of the German
department of Bryn Mawr, will
speak on Franz Kafka. Refresh-
ments will be served

The German clubs are planning
a group of talks on German art
land philosophy for the second sem-_
ester. There will also be a Penn-
sylvania Dutch evening, in which
a skit in the idiom will be per-
formed.






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Midst Encircling Gloom

The standard Bryn Mawr greeting, “How much worse
are your eyes this year?” is no longer a joke. The lighting
situation is bad in the halls; in the library, it is impossible.
Chronic complaints about the dim and flickering lights in the
main reading room prompted the conversion of the library
to AC this summer. The practical results, however, have not
been remarkable. The lights may flicker less, but they are as
dim as ever. Insufficient and inefficient lighting is not con-
fined to the reading room; the carrels and sems are in just
as bad shape, and have been for many years. There are oth-
er reasons than the sheer love of an erudite atmosphere for
“the horn rims of Bryn Mawr.”

We feel that it is at last time for the college to consider
the genuine dissatisfaction of the students, and plan some
remedy for the situation. We suggest that a thorough sur-
vey of the library by a competent lighting engineer, be com-
menced as promptly as possible. As a temporary measure,
we feel that where it is possible without overloading the cir-
cuits, desk bulbs of higher wattage should be installed. We
urge furthermore, and with special emphasis, that where ma-
jor alterations, like improved indirect lighting in the read-
ing room, are necessary, more attention should be given to

efficiency than to atmosphere. We value our eyesight more
than “that Oxford look.”

Art At Brgn Mawr

An Art Club has again been formed at Bryn Mawr. For
the last three years there have been similar attempts to pro-
vide a studio and instruction for anyone with a genuine in-
terest in painting and sculpture. If there is to be such an op-
portunity. for Bryn Mawr undergraduates, the Art Club must
be firmly established this year through student interest and
activity. It must have the necessary support this year to

make worthwhile the cost involved; if not there will be very |

little chance that the use of such a studio can again be offer-
ed to students.

In addition to the Art Club, we believe that there is suf-
ficient artistic talent at Bryn Mawr to warrant a course in
Creative Art for which credit would be given. We recall dis-



cussion on such 4 Course last spring-and-would- like to-see the.

matter brought up again for student opinion. Art at Bryn
Mawr should be further encouraged through such a course
and through the continuation of the Art Club.



Current Events

Common Room, Noy 1. In dis-
cussing “Tito and Stalin,” Dr.
Gilbert emphasized the main
points of disagreement between
the two Communist leaders. Stalin
wants complete socialism of both
industry and agriculture, although
seventy percent of the Yugoslav-
jians are peasant-farmers. Yugo-
slavia’s constitution supports a

| “people's republic.” The word “so-

cialism” is not used nor is any
mention made of the Communist
Party. Tito wants to follow his
own ideas instead of the party line.
He feels that capitalism now in ag-
riculture will aid complete sociali-
zation of the country later. --

It is Dr. Gilbert’s, opinion that
Russian policy toward Yugoslavia
is a general Cominform attitude,
directed to all countries behind the
Iron Curtain. It is‘ not aimed es-
pecially at suppressing Tito.

Dr. Gilbert also pointed out a
parallel in tha.lives of Stalin and
Tito. Both are from peasant-stock,
non-intellectual, practical revolu-
tionaries. They spent their early
careers in prison, working under-
ground or in exile. Both came to
power in countries that needed in-
dustrialization. There the parallel
ends. Stalin revolutionized and
then industrialized, while Tito, by
means of a Five Year Plan, is in-
dustrializing before attempting a
revolution.

Hinderas Plays Well
In Musicians Concert

Continued from page 1

were crisp or lingering; the chords
ranged from a resonant bass to a
Spanish thrum, from tea bells to
church bells. Every whirlwind run
in the finale seemed the sure cli-
max, but bing! bang! there was al-
ways one more to follow. Each
phrase was a new thought, freshly
interpreted. By the end, Miss Hin-
deras was thoroughly in her stride
and ready to give color and drama
to Schumann’s lengthy Carnival.
The beginning was a combination
of growling runs and_ hesitant
leaps that filled the room with ac-
rcbats, horses, sideshows, barkers,
and clamorous crowds. Then, all
was soft, and spooky with sudden
loudnesses, that heralded either the
approach of stately elephants or of
clowns on stilts. The rhythm con-
stantly changed—from a sly skip,
to a lovely, swift waltz; from a
crashing run up the seale and an
agile hop down, to a misty treble
over a slow bass.

After the intermission Miss Hin-
deras continued with two selections
from Brahms. The Rhapsodie, opus
Continued on page 4

Graduate Center Gets
Complete Remodeling

Continued from page 1

the students ate in the Inn, which
was scarcely a privilege, for any
beneficial effects the Inn food
might have had, were completely
worn off by the time the students
finally arrived home again.

The rooms are all singles, some

\|of them with two closets. The furni-

ture is new and blond, and .the
desks are tremendous. It is just
now that the endless flow at all
hours of the day of furniture
movers (to say nothing of the
painters, carpenters, plastermen,
plumbers, electricians, etc.) is be-
ginning to ebb.

Besides the showcase, there are
two smokers on the ground floor,
and a typing room. However, there
is but one tea pantry in the whole
building, and this happens to be
serving right at the present as a
combination laundry-room-tea-pan-
try-bookstore. A real laundry is
planned to be set up in the base-
ment, but right now that is filled

of this inconvenience,. everyone
seems to enjoy the new house very



much, which has every other con-

’

v

with the plaster buckets. In spite)

Merion, Rhoads_Plays—
Highlight Sat. Night

“Continued from page 1
movie plot and atmosphere, and
proved to be too static and expos- |
itory to inspire the characters with
much enthusiasm. Francine du
Plessix, Elsbeth Winton, and Molly
Masland handled their parts effect-
ively, but hurriedly, as though
they would be glad to have the
whole thing over .

Next enme Trifles, by Susan
Glaspell, presented by Denbigh
‘Hall and having the initial advan-
tage of being a play with which
most of the audience was familiar.
Bertie Dawes, taking the role of
Mr. Hale,ithe loquacious and slow-
moving farmer, brought down the
house with her fine sense of zom-
edy; Nancy Anderson and Ellen
McIlroy, as Mrs. Peters and Mrs.
Hale respectively,. were also par:
ticularly good. The play was,.de-
lightful throughout, and the nat-



| completely enjoyable.
|



T. S. ELIOT LECTURES



Danish Student Tells
Forum of Trip in U.S.



Continued from page 1

iback from their stay in America.

| One of the most valuable results
‘of this trip, Urik said, was that it
gave them something to measure
themselves by ‘when they went
| back to their respective countries.
The view of a different way of life
and of a different system of educa-
tion enabled all these students to
better judge, criticize, and appreci-
ate their own ways of life. Another
valuable institution that they
brought home was that of self-
government in American schoois,
which was applied in some Danish |
ones and so far has worked most!
efficiently.

Speaking of the American and
his character as opposed to the
European, Urik observed the great
| open-mindedness of the American
‘mind, and its toleration, eagerness
even for criticism. The chief dif- |
ference, he found, was that Euro-
peans build a shield over their per-
sonality and character,a barrier of
hereditary religious and moral|
reservations; the American, on the |
contrary, carries his personality on |
the face, burying underneath his |
| outside character, his religion, and
his morals. The difference between
England and America, Urik re-
marked with a twinkle in his eye,
|is that the Americans invented the
Varga Girl, whereas the English
invented the hot-water bottle.

There was only one thing about
their stay in the United States that
these 21 foreign students regretted
—that none of them were placed to
live in Negro homes. But apart
from that gap in their view of
American life, they came back en-
riched with their experiences and
ready to help in bringing about the
much-needed international under-
standing amongst the members of
Lone generation. _ ve





sideration desired: phones on every
floor, a divine cook, and even a







men’s john.

NSA Plans Collegiate
Cultural this Spring

Contintied from page 1
attended. The speakers included
Dr. Donald Harter, professor of
political science at the University
of Pennsylvania; Dr. Raymond
Short, professor of International
Affairs at Temple University; and
Mr. Lewis Stevens, president of
the Foreign Policy Association.

The NSA Art Exhibit, a project
on the national level, is in the Phil- |
adelyhia area from November 1 to
November 20. This week it is
hanging in Houston Hall, and is
open to all students of all schools
which don’t have the facilities to
handle it. If plans are realized,
the exhibit, with Estelle Lawson in
charge, ‘will be in Goodhart for the
Undergrad Dance weekend or im-
mediately following that.

The main project for the Penn-
sylvania Region NSA this year is

|a state-wide Culturale to be given
ural quatity of the acting made ‘t |

sometime in April in Philadelphia.
All Pennsylvania colleges, includ-
ing the Bryn Mawr (Chorus and
Dance Club will participate in this.
two-day festival. Marge Carlson
is Bryn Mawvr’s liaison for the Cul-
turale ;whose headquarters ‘are at
Beaver College.

Bryn Mawr is still functioning
as headquarters for the Student
Government Clinic this year. The
purpose of this clinic is to act as a
clearing house for information re-
garding all Pennsylvania College
Student Governments and Consti-
tutions. All of those interested in
NiSA and the Student Government
Clinic, please contact Marion Ed-
wards, 257 Rhoads North.

C. Wilcox Analyzes
Trade Conf. Results

Continued from page 1

Mr. Wilcox clariffed the nature
of the commitments made at the
Geneva conference which were fur-
ther outlined at the Havana Con-
ference. The first was the insist-
ence on co-operative negotiation
for the reduction of tariffs in con-
nection with this agreement, how-
ever, the United States obtained
a “Mexican escape clause” allowing
us to cut down on our imports if
our domestic producers were hurt
by foreign competition. The sec-
ond commitment requires the elim-
ination of a preferential system. On
this issue, the United States held
out for a continuation of the pre-
ferential customs system until a
common tariff system has been ar-
ranged.

Customs Unions

Mr. Wilcox gave a detailed ex-
planation of the United States at-
titude toward customs unions: the
U.S. feeling is that a merely par-
tially discriminate preferential sys-
tem prevents both unification of
economies and their location of in-
ternational markets. A completely
discriminate preferential system,
on the other hand, makes increased
competition possible, and improves
the chances for economic co-oper-

ation.

This second commitment of the
GATT shifts the ground for inter-
national trade almost entirely from
politicalto.economic_bases...Mutu-
ally beneficial bilateral preferential
systems are allowed between un-
developed nations.

A third commitment of the
nations participating in the Geneva
Conference is a restriction against
quota systems. Again, however, ex-
ceptions were claimed. The United
States insisted on quotas for agri-
cultural imports, citing as cause
our planned agricultural program.
Furthermore, because of its specie
shortage, Western Europe is al-
lowed by the International Mone-
tary Fund to impose quotas on all
imports until the expected stabili-.
zation of its economic system by
the-Marshall Plan.

Mr. Wilcox pointed out that ex-
vhange controls have the same
function as import control, except.

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THE COLLEGE NEWS



East House Fire-
750 Freshman

Impress Chosen

Specially contributed by
Edie Mason Ham 750

(Editor’s Note—The NEWS
takes pleasure in printing this
first in a series of excerpts
from the story of “East
House,” by Edie Mason Ham,
50. This story received the
Katherine Fullerton Gerould
Prize in creative writing last
spring.)

Eighteen members of the class
of 1950 at Bryn Mawr College
were lucky enough to live during
their Freshman year in a pleasant
house off campus. This is the ‘story
of our life that year in East House.

East House was not pretentious.
If it had been striking in architec-
ture or strange in any way, it would
have been a topic of our first con-
versations. For surroundings lend
themselves willingly to the talk of
people who do not know each other
well. As it was, we never men-
tioned the house. It was just nat-
urally there. The physical facts
such as the driveway curving to
the very steps, the wide porch, the
front stairs wtih the big window
halfway up, did not impress us.
When we knew the house better;
we analyzed it and reacted to its
parts, but at the beginning it was
simply a house, which was entire-
ly as it should be. Perhaps that is
why we started off so well; it re-
ceived us and we had no need to
wrestle with it in order to assert

“ourselves.

+ ve

The inside of the house was
pleasantly large and spread. It
gave the impression of lightness.
There was no place in it which
could have been called “dusky” ex-
cept maybe the front room, but
more than this, it had a lightness
in structure. (When you walked
into the front hall, you might think
that East House above you was ris-
ing lacity into the sky. Priscilla
seit thar it was too light and fanci-
ful; in the spring time;-when-the
air was moist and insidiously gen-
tle and the light breezes blew
through che halis, she felt that the
whole thing might tumble and col-
lapse about her.

Little Wildnesses

Here, as outdoors, we found the
little wildnesses that made living
a delight. The porch stretched
across the entire front of the house
and half way down one side. It
terminated in a small stone piazza
roofed with white woodwork and

Alumnae Weekend
Set for Nov. 12, 13

Invitations to the alumnae week-
end, “Inside BMC,” have been sent
to 5,800 alumnae and former stu-
dents. The week-end is that of the
12th and 13th of November, and
begins on Friday, so that the alum-
nae will have the opportunity to go
to classes that morning. A buffé&
lunch will be served in the Dean-
ery, and at 2:00 o’clock, Mrs. Mar-
shall and Mrs. Broughton will
speak on “Health on the Campus”
and “Admissions’ Studies and Poli-
cies,” respectively. Friday after-
noon will include science project
demonstrations as well.

Saturday Program

On Saturday there will be a dis-
cussion about “Teaching in Philos-
ophy and Religion,” with speakers
from the faculty and the students,
followed by a luncheon to meet the
Senior class. Emily Kimbrough
‘Wrench will speak, but her topic is
surrounded with mystery, and is
known only as “Strange Interlude.”
There will also be a speaker from



_each undergraduate class, giving
_her feelings about Bryn Mawr. -No

specific activities have been plan-
ned for Sunday.



escapes, Spring

the purple wisteria. The porch was
very wide and at the corner it
bulged out into a round shape in-
dependent of the house. Here we
were wont to sit in the green wic-
ker chairs and survey the comings
and goings.
River Life Atmosphere

Something of the atmosphere of
river life came to us here, the riv-
er enjoyed by Rat and ‘Mole rather
than by the Mississippi boat-men
That extreme springiness of mois-
ture and huge, soft, warm breezes
and muted, happy sounds was
available here and this is the sort
of spring one finds along a river
bank. And here, as on the river,
was the coming and going, the flux
and weaving, the unimportance of
one, the importance of all.

* * *

One of our secret delights was
visible from the wicker chairs.
There was a fire-escape on the side
of the house which formed a plea-
sant connection between certain
rooms. Sometimes, more from the
feeli Uhlig eam a than from ne-

, we Would skip up the fire-
and in the window. The
of Priscilla’s bed was under
s window and more than once
she saw brown tracks leading
straight down the middle of the
bed. We used to dry our hair on
the landings and call merrily up
and down to each other. .

Another special delight was the
glass showers. We never voluntar-
ily admitted that they didn’t work,
and we were terribly proud of
them. They were monuments to
things modern. Also we liked our
rooms: Maud’s was whitish blue
and wide and clean, Helen’s was a
reconyerted kitchen and the walls
were lined with cupboards, ours
was green and.messy and had big
windows.

Spring Season

Spring time was the season
which suited East House best. In
winter, to be sure, it was warm and
cheerful and the furnace hummed
deeply_all night, but it did not have
that solidity of a specifically win-
ter house. Spring, however, quick-
ly entered the big, square-shaped
rooms. It came in great swells
-hrough the windows; it drifted up
and down the stairs. This spring
would have been too much except
that we were ready for too much,
our capacity for living was so great
that too much was needed to sat-
isfy it. Later in spring when little
breezes tugged at the curtains one








Curriculum Committee
Explains System
Of Cuts

To the Editor:

Last week monitoring of classes
began, bringing into effect in its
wake the Bryn Mawr cut system.
This cut system cannot be defined
in numerical terms because there is
no magic number of allowed cuts.
In theory regular attendance at all
classes is expected; excused cuts
are given for illness and for other
reasons approved by the Dean’s of-
fice. Any other cut is unexcused.

This does not mean necessarily
that cutting a class is penalized by
a set rule. Penalties are invoked
by certain professors and in cer-
tain courses even though the num-
be. of cuts taken may be small.
Reminders and notices about over-

cutting are based on the individual |

student’s record and depend for the
most part on Mrs. Marshall’s dis-
cretion.

Alternative Systems

‘bnere are two alternatives to the
present cut system: setting up a
nume.ical limit which would be in-
flexibie or abandoning a cut system
completely... ‘The latter method was
tried at Bryn Mawr four years ago.
At the end of that academic. year
approximately eight times the nor-
mal number of people were exclud-
ed trom college by the Senate for
academic deficiencies. The next
fall a request from the student
body brought to the Faculty by the
Student Curriculum Committee set
up the present cut system—a sys-
tein Wicn can function if everyone
sees tuac sne has signed the moni-
toring chart correctly, reports late-
nesses to the Dean’s office and
takes on herself the responsibility
for keeping track of her cuts. The
Cut Committee will continue to
post charts in the halls about once
u month, but any student may
check these records in the Dean’s
Ou.ce at any time.

We feel that a change in the
present -arrangements-_on cuts
would be unwise; we would be hap-
py to-receive comments or sugges-
tions, however.

The Student
Curriculum Committee.

°52 Fri. Hall Plays
Show Wide Diversity

Continued from page 1

contrast not as good. Martha Heck-

felt all the longing and frailty of'man and Bess Foulke could have

that time of year. It behooved us
to take our shoes off and tread
lightly about barefoot. The breezes

brought in the smell of wisteria |

and moistened earth, and in late

afternoon, when it was calmer out-

doors and the loosened elements of
spring had
places, old memories and ghosts,
stirred during the day by the un-
settling powers of the season, wan-
dered about.

To be continued next week

Professor Cloos

Will Speak Here

Professor Hans Cloos, of the
University of Bonn (British Sector,
Germany) will lecture at Bryn
Mawr College Monday, November
8, in Park, at 8:15 P. M. on the
“Graben Problem.” A German pro-
fessor whose reputation is world-
wide in geology circles, he sur-
vived the Nazi purge of intellect-
uals and is in the United States to
receive the Penrose Medal, a high
award of the Geological Society of
America. The presentation will be
made in New York City November
12. Professor Cloos will be the
guest of the College and the Geol-
ogy Department at a small dinner



in the Deanery before the lecture.

subsided into their



| been more repelling in that final
‘yevelation of the essential weak-

nesses of the husband and the
herdsman.

Radnor’s Six Who Pass While
the Lentils Boil was delightful.
Elaine Marks as the little boy was
a most enchanting element of this
play; in fact Stuart Walker might
have written this play especially
for its nine Radnor participants.
We were charmed by the Mime and
his three balls that never got jug-
gled ((though we are sure they
eouldhave been) and by all four
verses of Katouska Cheremeteff’s
ballad. We were impressed by the
sizes of the tall and terrible Heads-
man and his axe (Bunny Dean),
and the little milkmaid (Betsy Tal-
iafero). We were tickled by Julie
Burke’s patient explanation of the
nature of a lentil and depressed by
Barry Seymour’s effective portray-
al of the blindman. Marcelle Wegier
couldn’t have been more like a
butterfly and Cynthia Mason looked
exactly like a queen, though she
did seem a little remote and amused
by the whole business, which is
possibly what Mr. Walker meant.

As we have said, Pembroke
East’s Santa Claus was badly
placed. Plays that have a “mes-
sage” to convey should come early
in the evening. Jackie Appel played
Santa Claus, who had so much to



Lhon Announces

Cast for 0. Wilde
Production Nov. 13

The Bryn Mawr Drama Guild
and the Haverford Cap and Bells
Club will present Mr. Oscar O’Fla-
hertie Fingal Wills Wilde’s “bril-
liant comedy, The Importance of
Being Earnest, on Friday and Sat-
urday, November 12 and 138, in
(Goodhart Hall. The play is being
directed by Frederick Thon.

The cast of Earnest is as fol-
lows:

OO A didtscuun Lee Haring...
Algernon .... Sol Blecker
Canon ‘Chasuble Sperry. Les
Pave Gn. Robert Kunkle
Merriman ...Henry Ewald
Gwendoiyn .....Suzanne. Henderson
Lecily .. Harriet Morse

Lady Bracknell ..Cynthia Schwartz
miss Prism . . Elisabeth Grey

1ne stage manager of the play
‘is Margaret Turner; the set de-
signer, Julie Ann Johnson; cos-
tumes are by Martha Barbour and
suzanne Kramer; make-up by Yo-
| lande Domville; lights by Nancy
|}ureenwalt; and sound etfects by
wlarisa Smith. Tickets will be on
sale beginning Monday, November
8, in the Public wnelations Office.

Soc. Econ. Films
To be Presented

A series of films on social wel-
iare will be shown under the spon-
sorship of the Department of So-
ciat Economy at Bryn Mawr. The
series of five films will be shown on
Wednesday afternoons, from 4:00
vo 5:15 P. M., in the Music Room
peginning November 10.

‘he movies will cover the sub-
jects of Housing and City Plan-
ning, Rural Life, The Child and So-
ciety, Providing Economic Security,
and Public Welfare in Foreign
Countries. The titles of the films
unaer each of these topics will be
announced later, but they will be
similar to such movies as “The Riv-
er” and-“The City.” The series of
movies is being planned by Miss
Kraus, who hopes to encourage the
use of motion pictures as a medium
of education at Bryn Mawr.

All students are invited to see
the films, which will be shown
weekly. There will be no admis-
sion charge.



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Page Three

Between the Leaves

by Hanna Holborn, ’50

‘rhe illness of our age, the dis-
beliet of our times’’—terms uttered
first by thoughful men with some-
thing to say—have now been trans-
formed into popular slogans, the
Panacea tor which, we are told by
advertisements, are to be found on
the bestseller list. ‘These are trou-
pied times, they say, but the answer
to how to face them can be easly
bought tor three dollars at any
bookstore—listen to Dale Carnegie,
and learn to relax and forget it all,
or read “Be Glad You’re a Neu-
rotic’ and remain content in. the
knowledge that we’re all one big,
weak, slightly mad tamily.

Science and Religion

The problem or religion in tuls
age, and especially of the relation
vi region to science, has recently
been taken up in two books now
gracing the drugstore windows. The
one, ‘Ine Heart of the Matter by a
prominent kngtish Catholic, would



GOODHART HOURS

Goodhart wilt continue to be
Closed atter 11:30 p. m. »unday
tnruugu Lhursday. Fridays and
waturdays, it will be open till
2:00 a. m.







have us believe that we can com-
promise with our religion, and thus
keep intact a faith adapted to pre-
sent circumstances—a sacrilegious
paradox which some reviewers have
tabelled the most noble confession
of 1aith yet made in modern times;
tne other, Of Flight and Life, by
the pseudo-scientist Charles Lind-
vergh, maintains that the conflict
0: science and religion may be
soived by putting an end to scienti-
ne discovery and, retrogressing in
such knowledge, to keep alight the
wavering flame of a conservative
raith.
Constructive Suggestion

into the midst of all this rub-
bish has come a small, unassuming
book by the late Rufus Jones en-
titled A Call to What is Vital (the
title is taken from __St.__Paul’s
Epistle to the Philippians, I, 9:
“Have a sense of what is vital’).
It is no literary masterpiece, being
somewhat loosely and awkwardly
written, but it is a book which
should be read by all, and especial-
ly by college students, to whom
Continued on page 4





Geology Department Receives

50,000 Maps Made During War

The Geology Department has re-
cently received more than 50,000
maps, made during the war from
aerial photographs for military use.
One of the largest single map col-
lections in the world, the series is



'being distributed by the Army
'Map Service to approximately 150
institutions, which agree to make

them available for public use. Bryn
Mawr is one of three institutions in
Pennsylvania to receive the col-
lection, which includes maps of al-
most every part of the world and is
‘of interest to historians, engineers,
geographers and economists as
well as to geologists.



Mollie Allen played Death, who
had so much to take and none who

little girl (Clarissa Nash)

were utterly black. Perhaps if this
play had not followed so closely on
the heels of Radnor’s pleasent
superficiality, we would have been
more impressed by Death’s black
cloak. and Santa Claus’ long red
underwear. ;



distributed by the Army Map Ser-
vice. In the North African cam-
paign military planes made day-to-
day photographs of newly captured
territory and maps were printed
and distributed in an _ incredibly
short time, often enabling the
ground forces to attack before the
enemy ‘had had a chance to deter-
mine its new position and plan new ,
defense. Maps were made of much
formerly unknown territory of the
Amazon River basin, in South
America, of the desert of northern
Australia~and~-of~the-famous~-fun



Over the “Hump” to Chjna, as well

as of every beach-head landing in

During the war great numbers the Pacific islands. Without these
of new maps had to be made and maps our progress in the Pacific

give but none who would take, and | Would have been much delayed.

Maps in Park
| The War Department has already

would give. There was too much of | delivered two- thirds of the maps,

that sort of thing, including the which will be kept in special casey
who in Park. The cost of housing an

trusted in things and her mother | cataloguing them fill be about

Claire Minton, who regained a con- $7,000.

fidence. The one act was divided |

into several scenes, most of which) with military maps was in the

A former Bryn Mawr connection

‘summer of 1942, when a _ seven-
week, full time course in cartogra-
phy (map-making) and photogram-
metry was given here several times
over. About two-hundred people
were trained in this.course, which
_ Was sponsored by a federal agency.

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* “I have a profound faith,” writes

Yieve it. The religion needed today,



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THE COLLEGE NEWS



Rufus Jones’ “A Call to W hat is Vital’

Advocates Practice of Christian Living

Continued from page 3

Mr. Jones is primarily appealing.
Mr. Jones sees the religious dilem-
ma o: the modern world, and it
does not frighten him. He does not
ascribe to science the entire blame
tor present day religious indiffer-
ence, as people almost always do;
but he sees that the church, too, is
partly to be held responsible. He
goes not advocate that scientitic
progress should be checked; rather,
ne makes the most constructive,
realistic, and acceptabie suggestion
luat haus yet Ccume iorth, ‘That 1s,
to reinterpret Christianity in terms
vi Convemporary needs anu condl-
ulons. in this way there will be no
compromising with taith, and no
i1owerlng of ideals, but religion will
lake On a new meaning and vigor,
Wuiue science, realizing that it 1s
a step to absolute truth rather than
.rutn itself, will travel by its side,
‘Yranslation to Action

Mr. Jones in his preface, “that the
times are ripe for a signal ad-
vance in religious belief and lite
anu practice—for a Christianity
transiated into the terms of lite

them. As an example, Mr. Jones



and thought’ and action of the age
in which we are actually living.
‘here cannot be any great continu-
ing civilization without the under-
girding of religious inspiration, for |
now, as of old, ‘without vision the |
people will perish.’ ” |

This is a premise which few will
dispute. And very few persons will
iail to admit the truth of what Mr.
Jones goes on to say even if in
themselves they are unable to be-

he maintains, is not an old conserv-
auive faith, nor yet a faith which
ends in mystical experience—al-
though for some people it may. It
must be rather a vital, a dynamic
and active religion; a religion
whose truth is as readily seen to
be true as that of science, a Chris-
uanity “self-demonstrative in its
results.” 1t must be creative and
strong, the character of the re-
interpretation through which it has
passed adapting itself to and par-
taking in new discoveries of scienti-
ne and scholarly research instead
ot letting itself be destroyed by

Kases ot Belief

Stated by Bosley

Speaking in Chapel Sunday night,
October 31, the Reverend Harold
A. Bosley, Dean of the Divinity
School of Duke University, dis-
cussed the significance of the “state-
ment “I believe in God.” This sim-,
ple statement requires of man a
supreme intellectual effort which
seems lacking in our civilization
with its material riches and pro-
found spiritual void.

Every true belief in God must in-
clude three basic elements, Dr. Bos-
ley declared: the recognition of the
principles of order, growth, and
judgment in the world. These prin-
ciples apply to all forms of life
and to the relationships between
them, and must be the foundation
of all sincere religious conviction.
Whether we admit it or not, all of
us know, inevitably, what these
rules are. If our civilization is to
survive, we must recognize them
and understand that within the
fundamental statement, “I believe
in God,” lies. our only hope.



takes the Bible, which can no
longer be taken as the eonsistent
wo.d of God, but which is now
shown to be a representation of
centuries of religious thought as
it has been expressed at different
times by people inspired by their
faith. Is the Bible made less sig-
nificant by this analysis? No, says
Mr. Jones; it rather takes on a
new strength in that it shows, in
nistorical perspective, the human
element in progressive revelation
and gives a picture of what man,
with his religion, can do.

Difficulties of Subject

There are some faults in
Mr. Jones’ book; there are
tendencies toward over-simplifi-
cation and toward exposition in
rather pat formulae, and it
is unevenly written, with some
chapte.s being distinctly better
than others. But these blemishes



Legislature Meets

At the meeting of the Legis-
lature last Wednesday, October
27, the problems of the library
were discussed with Miss Ag-
new, Head Librarian. For the
concrete results of this meet-
ing, see article on page 1.







are fully justified by the difficulties
inherent in the author’s subject and
purpose. To attempt to describe
mystical experience is, after all, to
try to set forth the inexpressible;
while in Mr. Jones’ case, the prob-
lem is made harder by the fact that
he is writing especially for peo-
ple of college age and has design-
ed this book as a kind of introduc-
tion for such people as are just
now beginning to ponder on the
question of science and religion.
What is important is the message
that Mr. Jones is trying to convey,
and which he does make perfectly
clear and credible. This point is
admi.ably summarized at the end

Last Nighters

by Jean Ellis, ’49

Laurence Olivier’s production of
Hamlet is very close to artistic per-
fection, in this reviewer’s opinion.
‘the producer-director-star reveals
an uncommon comprehension of fh
xoyal Dane coupled with a tru
appreciation of his chosen medium
—celluloid.

Influenced by Daniel Maclise’s
engraving “Play Scene in Hamlet,”
Olivier chose to record his film in
black and white. This decision
made, he exploited photographic
and lighting effects to express the
atmosphere of the court at Elsin-
ore.

Since the literary value of the
play is a fait accompli, it is the
actors who are the essential ele-
ment in such a production. Olivier’s
interpretation of his role shows
sensitivity, understanding, and for
the most part, restraint. So com-
plete is his penetration of Hamlet’s
character that one sees clearly the
melancholy Dane determined yet
indecisive, certain of what he must
uo, but lacking the strength to ful-
fill his purpose. At one moment,
however, the ‘sweet prince’ vanishes
and Harry, King of England, holds
the stage: when, having welcomed
the players to the court, Hamlet
leaps upon the platform-stage,
shouting “the Play’s the Thing.”
Olivier’s delivery of the famed so-
lilogies, in particular “To be or not
to be’, more than compensates for
this one lapse. :

King, Queen Excell

With equal skill the King, Basil
Sidney, and the Queen, Eileen Her-
lie, display the evil and passion of
their natures which hang like a
shroud over Elsinore. Felix Aylmer
as Polonius is unquestionably the
snooping busybody courtier, ‘while
Norman Wooland, Horatio, and
Terence Morgan, Laertes, also turn
in creditable performances. Among
the minor characters Stanley Hol-
loway as the Gravedigger and
Peter Cushing as Osric deserve



of the first chapter:

“What most concerns us in this |
extreme crisis of human history is |
not the discovery of who is es-
sentially to blame, but the concen-
tration of all our energies to the
fresh re-interpreetation of the se-
sential spirit and truth of vital
Christianity, and above everything
else the translation of it into prac-
illnesses of our present civiliza-
tion.”

Fall Dance Follows
Wilde Play Nov. 13

In planning your weekend for
November 12 and 18, don’t forget
the Undergraduate Association’s
dance to be given after the Drama
Guild production of “The Import-
ance of Being Earnest.” Tickets
will be.on sale during the coming
week.



special mention.

Outstanding in her performance
is Jean Simmons, who with extreme
control avoids histrionics in the
portrayal of Ophelia. Though eriti-
cism has been levelled at the scene
where Ophelia, having taken her
life, floats down the brook, the
blame for this episode does not be-
tong to. Miss ‘Simmons.

Radical Changes

The complexity of Hamlet lies
not in the story but rather in the
multiplicity of scenes and in the
characters of the play. To render
his production intelligible to the
average person and to accentuate

vier has exposed himself to criti-
cism by his radical changes. Fortin-
bras, Rosenkranz, Guildenstern are
eliminated entirely as personages
at the court; their lines are omit-



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ed or given to others. Minor scenes

Now that the hockey season is
well underway, the hockey teams
have been posted and have already
had several games. In the first
games, with Beaver, the Bryn
Mawr tirst and second teams were
both de:eated. The first team score
was 7-3 in favor of Beaver, and
the second team, 7-1. The third
team game ended in a tie, 2-2.

The second games of the season
marked Bryn Mawr’s first vic-
tories. Played against Drexel, the
first team game ended 5-1 in our
favor, while the second team won
4-0.

All three Bryn Mawr teams lost
to Ursinus: last week. Scores for
the respective team games were
o-U, 4-3, and 5-0,

Continued on Page 5

Begin “48 Maids,

Porters’ Classes

The Maids and Porters’ classes
began last week, according to Dory
Chambers ’50, head of the classes
sponsored by the League. At the
beginning of the year, the Com-
mittee held a tea, at which they re-
ceived suggestions for the classes
and the subjects to be offered.

While most of the teachers are
undergraduates, the most success-
ful course to date is being given
by Mr. Bachrach of the Politics
Department. Student teachers for
this year include Jerry Fabens, ’51,
Jeanne Pieri, ’50, Gerry Warburg,
"49, Sue Williams, ’50, Eve Osler,
’49, Eritha Von der Glotz, ’51, Vir-
ginia Graham, 50, Deedee Gregory,
60, Enid Shapiro, ’49, Janie Wick-
ham, ’50, Georgia Johnson, ’51, Al-
ta Mae Harris, ’50, and Ellen
Shure, 750.

as the conversation between Polo-
nius and Reynaldo are absent as
well as some of the favorite solil-
oquies such as “Oh what a rogue
and peasant slave am I.” Other
speeches have been shifted so that
by their unexpected appearance
they shock those members of the
‘audience who are well acquainted
with the Shakespearian text.
Disturbing as these cuttings may
be, there does not seem any reason
for considering Shakespeare so
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|for the majority of his spectators.
| Whatever Olivier may have scrap-
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Hinderas Plays Well
In Musicians Concert
Continued from page 2

117 no. 2° sparkled; every run,
every chord was a different color.
After the slower, softer Intermez-
zO, opus 116, no. 2, she concluded
by playing Prokofieff’s Sonata, no.
3. Though at times there was a
temporary illusion of melody, it
seemed on the whole, to one unac-
quainted with Prokofieff’s compo-
sitions for the piano, a series of
very loud noises in no particular
consecutive order.

The effect of the music, of the pi-
anist in her dark pink gown, and
beyond the piano the red window
curtains and ‘blue windowpane
slowly darkening through the con-
cert was slightly marred by a re-
current noise in the piano pedal
like the squeak of a sleepy bird.
(The one other respectable- piano
owned by Bryn Mawr lacks a foot).
The noise did not keep Miss Hin-
deras from giving a very good per-
formance and proving herself an
original and gifted artist, and cer-
tainly the audience did not let it
become a barrier to their apprecia-
tion of her talents. But it is a pity
that we could offer her no better
instrument.

Art Club Formed
By BMC Artists

A new Art Club has been organ-
ized at Bryn Mawr, as a result of
popular demand. The meeting to
discuss plans for the year was well
attended, and Kippy Muehler, ’50,
was eiected President of the Club.

An Art Club is not new to the
campus. Last year there was a
similar organization which dissolv-
ed because of lack of support.
There was then a studio set up in
the Wright school for those inter-
ested in painting and sculpture, but
there was not sufficient interest or
use of the studio to justify the cost
of maintenance.

Much of the interest and enthusi-
asm for the new club comes from
the Freshman Class. Plans for this
year already include obtaining a
paid instructor for studio periods
one afternoon a week. The studio
will be either in the Cornelia Otis
Skinner Workshop or in the Wright
School. Anyone who is interested
in creative art may join the club.





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\THE COLLEGE News |

Page Five



A.

~ NOTICES

Goodhart Tapestry

Mr. Howard Goodhart has pre-
sented to the college a tapestry, to
be hung-in the foyer of Goodhart
Hall. This tapestry, given in mem-
ory of his mother, Hattie Lehman
Goodhart,
also presented by Mr. Goodhart,

matches the tapestry,

which already hangs in the Good-
hart foyer.

IRC Meeting

The next regular IRC meeting
will be held on ‘Wednesday, No-
vember 3 at 8:15 in the ‘Haverford
Commons. The subject will be
“Benelux ‘Countries and their Cus-
toms Union.” Two professors will
speak, one from Haverford and one
from Bryn ‘Mawr.

College Board Chairman

‘Miss McBride was recently elect-
ed Vice-Chairman of the College
Board at a meeting of the Board
in |Princeton.

Russian Club

A Russian Club is now being
formed on campus. There are
many interested people, who will
meet soon to elect officers and plan
their activities for this year.

Drama Guild Production

The second fall production of
the Bryn Mawr Drama Guild and
the Haverford Cap and Bells has
been changed to J. B. Priestley’s
“An Inspector Calls.” Tryouts will
be held tonight at 10:00 p. m., in
Goodhart. Alth:ugh Freshmen may
-not try out for the fall produc-
tions, they are encouraged to come
and observe. Any upperclassman
is eligible to try for roles.

First Pay Day
Students are reminded that the

first pay day is ‘Wednesday, No-
vember 10.

Deanery Rules

Undergraduates are welcome to
eat dinner in the Deanery every
night, and Saturday and Sunday
lunch and. dinner, if accompanied
by any outside guest or by a facul-
ty member. Afternoon tea will also
be served to students accompanied
by a guest. Seniors in the second
semester are welcome at any time,
escorted or not. Students are re-
quested to wear suitable clothing.





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Rel. Discussions

Held Wednesdays

Last spring the Chapel Commit-
tee inaugurated a series of bi-
weekly religious be-
cause students had expressed a de-
sire for a directed “bull session”

discussions

on religious problems and ques-
Continuing this fall on al-
ternate Wednesdays, these very in-

formal sessions, consisting mainly
in group discussion, are held in the
Common Room at 7:15 with a dif-
ferent adult leader each time.

The first discussion this fall, led
by Mrs. Michels of the History of
Religion Department, centered on
the topic, “Is There a Place for
Religion in Higher Education?”
Although no definite conclusions
are ever reached in any of the dis-
cussions, there seemed to be little
denial of the fact that religion
does have a proper place in all ed-
ucation, since knowledge, coming
from God, cannot be totally divore-
ed from its Source.

This Wednesday evening, No-
vember 3, Mrs. Arnold of the Psy-
chology Department led the: dis-
cussion on “A Psychologist Looks
at Religion”, or “The Psychologi-
cal Approach to Religion”. On De-
cember 6, Dr, PaulgHarrison, Mis-
sionary Doctor from Arabia, will
lead the discussiong on “The Mis-
sionary Movement of the Christian
Chureh”,

Student suggestions have. result-
ed in the following topics for fu-
ture discussion: “Can the Orthodox
Protestant Point of View be De-
fended in the Light of Reason ?”,
“Is There a Direct Relation Be-
tween Religion and Behavior—Be-
tween Faith and Ethics?”, “Is Pa-
cifism Justifiable in the ‘World To-
day’?”, and “Is the Church Neces-
sary for One’s Personal Religion?”





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Rodes for Jr. Un

Campus voting for First Junior
Member to Undergard will be held
on Thursday, November 4 at 1:30.
Freshmen are not eligible to vote
in this election.

Helen Porter Abell .

Lynchie Abell, Rhoads, in her
Freshman Year was president of
East House. In her Sophomore year
she was manager of the class
basketball team. Now in her Junior
year she is Hall Representative to



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Sports
Continued from page 4

Other games scheduled for the
teams in the near future include:
Penn, November 3, lst and 2nd
teams; Middlestates Intercollegi- |
ate Hockey at Swarthmore, No-
vember 6, 7, 1st team only; Rose-
mont, ‘November 8, lst and 2nd
teams; and Swarthmore (at
Swarthmore), November 17, Ist
team. :

The first team in hockey includes
43. Hayes, F. Edwards, B. Boas, N.
Blackwood, M. Shaw, J. Spayde, A.
Newbold, A. Perkins, S. Savage, B.
Bentley, P. Mulligan. Substitutes
are E. Wadsworth, N. Greenwalt,
B. Parker.

Class Hockey Game

The class hockey group is play-
ing a challenge match with the
Penn State Center group of
Swarthmore on Thursday, Novem-
ber 4 at 4:00 on the Bryn Mawr
hockey field. Bryn Mawr will have |
two teams. Members of the 1st, |
2nd and 3rd varsity teams are not
eligible.



‘year. Now, as a Junior, she is A.A.

‘onfe for Dec.
dergrad Member ©" erence for Dec

| The Interfaith Fellowship of the

A.A. from Rhoads, manager of the American International College in

class hockey team; and she reports

the Bryn Mawr Hockey games for
the Philadelphia “Inquirer.”
Edie Mason Ham

| oecracy.

Edie Mason Ham, Pembroke |
West, was first temporary chair- |
man of the Freshman class. As a/ organized in corinection with the
Sophomore she was Hall Repre-| interfaith program of the fellow-
sentative in Peni West. She is now | ship will be held on the campus of
a member of the Library Commit-| the Amerigan International Col-
tee. Edie has been on the Subscrip-| lege on December 11 and 12.
tion Board of the News since her| Although plans for the confer-
Freshman year. ence have already been made, any

Doris Marie Chambers suggestions or ideas for discus-

Doris Chambers, Pembroke East, sion groups are welcome. Anyone
in her sophomore year served as snvenenyen should contact Suzie
hall representative to the Political | Kramer, ’50, in Merion.

Alliance, and was Business Man-
ager of the-elass carnival. Current |
ly, as a Junior, Dorie is secretary of | |
the Science Club, chairman of the
Committee for Maids’ and Porters’
Classes, and a member of the var-
sity hockey team.

Harriet Rodes

Harriet Rodes, Wyndham, was
on the hockey and swimming var-
sities in her Freshman year. She
was away during her Sophomore

Springfield, Massachusetts is spon-
| soring a conference on the Student
'Committee for Educational Dem-

The conference which has been



ON GALLEY

Were it not for the eagle-eyed
| proof-readers on the NEWS,
| any one of the following might
have appeared in some _ issue
this semester. For example,
this headline on the story about
Parade Night:
Freshmen, Sophomores
To Snuggle Fiercely
Around Fire
Or this. description of chapel
: speakers:
ie ta ay ee, nah _ Arnold J. Toynbee, author of
A Study of History and Mary
Flexner, lecturer the preceding
year at Bryn Mawr, returned to
speak on the social changes in
England and their religious sig-
nificance.





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comparative religions: Catholicism,
Judaism, Buddhism, Mohammed-
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Page Six

THE COLLEGE NEWS



Rules of Library
Further Clarified

At the meeting of the Legisla-
ture last Wednesday night, the fol-
lowing library regulations were ex-
plained.

Reserve Room books may be
taken out for the night at 9:30
only if they are not reserved from
nine to ten o’clock. Reserve Room
books may be used anywhere in the
library only if that place is stated
elearly upon the reserve slip.

Graduate students have no
special privileges in the Reserve
Book Room. ‘Students can _ re-
serve but one book at any time.
They may reserve a book for two
hours per day; if no.one else wants
the book at the end of that time, a
student may return it to the desk
and sign it for another hour. |



C. Wilcox Analyzes



Poeme Occasyonale
Whan in Novembre with hys dokes
soote
Forth fro hys boke Herben ylured is
Ne him nil take no kep, ne nat a
mote

But leveth hys clerkes smale
toheped, iwis,

And shooteth him hys foules and
hys blyss.

So pricketh him Nature in hys
corage

To don him make hys yerely
pilgrimage.

And certes, likewyse have many
otheres don:

Meleagre, and connyng Pellinore,
I gesse,

Aucassin, and fause Esau, and
Acteon,

That saugh Diane in al hir naked-
nesse.

And gentil Tristran, shent in bit-
ternesse.

Al hem did hunt after her kynde,

But leven THEY smal clerkes
soleyn behynde?

Now, Lord, whyfore standeth the
chambre lorn?

Now, whyfore stand thee there, a
massed thynge?

Taylor boteless moot assay hys
horn;

The clerkes smal are alle gon
huntynge,

THIS day they wol nat sitten
languysshynge.

Have yow nat sometyme seyn the
olde tale—

As big crabb gooth,
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Trade Conf. Results

Continued from page 2

|that the former are under the con-

trol of the International Monetary |
Fund, and the latter under the In-
ternational Trade Organization.
The Charter requires all member
nations to belong to both, so that
no restrictions may be avoided. In-
visible tariffs like internal taxes
and regulations on imported goods,
customs formalities, free transit
of goods through countries, and
publication of all trade laws and
regulations, are all also covered
by the charter of the avana Con-
ference.

This charter, concluded Mr: Wil-
cox establishes what is virtually a
constitution for collaboration in in-
ternational economics. The Inter-
national Trade Organization will
be an information center for world
commerce, a mediation board, and
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'Cheerless Radnor-Rockefeller °

Defeat Merion-Denbigh Ghouls

By Linda Bettman 752

Sunday’s big event was the Rock-
Radnor vs. Merion-Denbigh hockey
game. Starting time was a myster-
ious factor: Rock and Rad had been
told to come at four, changed later
in Rad. to three-thirty. Merion and
Denbigh had been told two. Rock
and Rad suspected foul play and
their suspicions were confirmed by
the Merion Ghoul songs and cheers,
used to fill in the waiting time.
After each rendition Merionites
rudely turned to Radnorions and
paused nastily, knowing that the
new hall had yet to write songs or
cheers.

Finally enough people were or-
ganized to start. Each team was
restricted to two men; each filled
its quota and had rabid substitutes.
Rad-Rock, always cautious, placed
one of their men as goalie and
kept the play at the other end of
the field during the first half.

After play finally started, a long
time-out was called while the Mer-
ion goalie decided that after all,
maybe she had better wear those
shin protectors.

Then play started in earnest. Rad-
Rock made two hard fought goals
followed by one by Merion-Denbigh.
Time was then called, fortunately;
every cigarette smoked by every
team member in the last week,



every hour of sleep missed was





coming into its own.

Half time was long and neces-
sary. While most of the play of
the second half was down by the
Merion-Denbigh goal, neither side
scored, or was able to play as fast
or furiously. When the game ended
with the score still 2-1, Rock-Rad,
songless and cheerless compared to
the gruesome Ghouls came glee-
fully off the field, Rad asserting
that though they couldn’t sing,
they could play hockey and their
tradition, young as it was, was to
win.

Incidentally

In a Federal Amusement Tax
form, Goodhart Hall, Bryn Mawr
College has been classified with
roof gardens and cabarets as en-
tertainment.

A Philosophy professor was
known to remark that he had al-
ready given his class a cut when
he became engrossed in chasing
butterflies on a lovely fall day. Is
this a milder form of duck hunt-
ing?

* * *

The Case of the Missing Tryout:
One of the NEWS tryouts this fall
was over-anonymous. Would E.
Racine please identify herself to
B-Bright Page in Wyndham?



WHAT TO DO.

The United States ‘Civil Service
Commission will take student aids
for summer jobs in laboratories in
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and
Johnsville, Pa. Sophomores and
Juniors who are taking second and
third year courses in chemistry or
physics. Second year students will
make somewhat over $200 and
third year students, $227 a month.
Applications must be made by No-
vember 9. Forms can be had at
Room H, Taylor»

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Odd Jobs Now Open

History or English major (his-
tory preferred) is needed to help
author with revision of book on
Machiavelli. ‘Some knowledge of
shorthand desirable and good typ-
ing required. Discussion of style,
approach and some checking of

sources. If interested, inquire in
Room H.

‘Waitresses needed in the Dean-
ery for all meals. See Betty Mutch,
Pembroke East, and sign up. Rates
increased from 50 to 60 cents an
hour after serving six meals satis-
factorily.

The Knitting Bureau and the
(Mending Bureau are now defunct.
They have been gold mines in the

past. Would anyone like to start
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