College news, April 21, 1948

THE COLLEGE NEWS



VOL. XLIV, NO. 21

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1948

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College,1945

PRICE 10 CENTS



Contrasting Moods and Effects
Portrayed in Music and Dance

Horner and Inman Show
Originality, Skill
In Kyries
by Barbara Bettman ’°49

The Bryn Mawr College Chorus
and the Double Octette distinguish-
ed themselves at Arts Night not
only by their performances but in
their choice of music to be sung.
Particularly impressive was the
selection of the four Kyries, illus-
trating the “Encounter” between
the old and the new in music. All
four were sung with spiritual as
well as musical feeling.

Jane Horner and Ann Inman de-
serve considerable credit for their
original and beautiful work; one
noticed with interest that their ky-
ries were much more traditional and
close to Lotti’s music than to that
of the contemporary Flor Peeters,
whose Kyrie was sung with abso-
lute perfection. Especially the
shift into the “Christe Eleison”
section was done with lightness
and beauty.

The Double Octette provided the
most delightful part of the eve-
ning.. Younger Generation, hardly
typical Aaron Copland, brought
smiles to the faces of. parents, of
those who will be parents and of
those who were once children—
which pretty well covered the audi-
ence. Your reporter feels unable
to discuss I Wonder When I Shall
be Married, but she and her date
enjoyed it very ‘much. The Riddle
Song was charming and beautifully
sung; and everyone had a good
time with the encore, as the Double
Octette disproved that Boys Can
Whistle and Girls Must Sing.

This year’s orchestra perform-
ance was far superior to last
year’s, but the unfortunate fact re-
mains that the selections were too
long for the audience. Also one
cannot help wondering why every
number had the same tempo. The
unfortunate addition of the piano
in the second Bach Sinfonia made
painfully evident the fact that by
that time the orchestra was_ off
pitch. They should not feel asham-
ed to tune up! The music for In-
cidental and for Each Man is an Is-
land showed remarkable original
talent, especially that of the latter
number which was extremely pow-
erful and perfectly suited to the
mood of the dancing.

B. M. Penn Join
In Sat. Concert

The Bryn Mawr College Chorus
will present its spring concert with
the University of Pennsylvania
Men’s Glee Club on Saturday,
April 24, in Goodhart, at 8:15 p.
m. The concert will be highlighted
by the joint presentation of the
Missa Pro Battalla, an anonymous
Spanish mass of the 17th century.
The mass was rescued by papal au-
thorities from the Monserrat Mon-
astery Library in Spain during the
Spanish Civil War. The Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania received some
ofthe music through the efforts of
the late Dr. Jean Beck. Dr. Harl
McDonald arranged the mass in its
present form from the fragments
obtained.

The Bryn Mawr Chorus will open
the concert with a varied group of
songs including Handel’s Repleti
Sunt, written for a double chorus,
‘Palestrina’s Crucifixus,

Continued on Page 2





Paul



‘Encounter’ Interpreted
In Modern: Dance;
Fiesta Gay
by Nina Cave ’50

Both the Modern and the Span-
ish dance groups were well receiv-
ed last Saturday night. They help-
ed to round off the program of
Arts Night and contributed gener-
ously to its success.

The Modern Dance Group pre-
sented three different interpreta-
tions of the “Encounter” theme.
The first number, entitled Incident-
al was excellent. It was snappy
and lots of fun. The music did
much to augment the spirit of the
dance. The contrast of Barbara
Nugent and Lindsay Harper with
their heavy-armed, slow move-
ments, and Nicky Owens’ short
frolics produced a charming burl-
esque.

Contrast in color, movement, and
emotion made Clair-Obscur a very
interesting work; although it did
hot have the pristine, clear-cut
quality_of the preceding dance. It
dragged in places, the actual dance
technique was weak, and there was
too much meaningless leg and arm
movement.

The final dance in the Modern
Group, Each Man is an Island, was
the most ambitious and best exe-
cuted of the three dances. As the
title indicates, this dance dealt
with man’s everlasting loneliness,
and the theme was conveyed very
eonvincingly. The dancing was far
more stylized in this piece and the
movements were often harsh, but
not unpleasantly so.

In the Spanish dancing, the “En-

Continued on Page 2

Renaiss. Scholars
Describe Venice

Deanery, April 17. Renaissance
scholars from various sections of
the United States met at a Sym-
posium on The Venetian Common-
wealth in western art, letters and
politics, sponsored by the Depart-
ment of History of Bryn Mawr
College in honor of the late How-
ard L. Gray, professor at Bryn
Mawr 1915-1940. The influence of
Venice on the intellectual life of
England and Colonial America was
especially stressed.

(Professor Conyers Read of the
University of Pennsylvania pre-

| sided at the morning session of the

Symposium. Mrs. Ruth Wedg-
wood Kennedy, Lecturer in Art at
Smith College, spoke on Titian’s
Visitors, illustrating her talk with
slides. ‘Mrs. Kennedy emphasized
that “no person of consequence
ever visited the city without paying
respect to Titian, and that his
painting shows the city’s concept
of good life.” ‘She also related va-
rious famous gatherings at the
home of the ‘artist, describing in
detail The Feast of Reason which
took place August 1, 1540. The in-
fluence of Titian’s “life-like” work
on Rubens, Van Dyke, Reynolds
and Sargent was also cited by Mrs.
Kennedy.

The Political Significance of
Renaissance Venice was discussed
by Professor Z. S. Fink, Professor
of English at Northwestern Uni-
versity. Mr. Fink pointed out that
there were three different views of
the city—that of the Republic
‘which is colored by Utopianism,

Continued on Page 2

et

Stephen Spender:
Speaks April 29
On Modern Poetry

* Stephen Spender, noted English
poet and writer, will speak in
Goodhart Thursday, April 29 at
8:30. p. m. on Modern Poetry and
Modern Reality. Mr. Spender is at
present professor of English at
Sarah Lawrence College.

Born in England, Mr. Spender
attended the University College
School in Hampstead, London and
University College, Oxford. While
still an undergraduate at Oxford,
he published Twenty Poems which
was fololwed by his first substan-
tial collection, Poems, in 1933. Mr.
Spender served as co-editor of
Horizon Magazine in 1989-41.
Among his other works are Vienna,
The Destructive Element, Burning
Cactus, Forward from Liberalism,
and Trial of a Judge. He has also
published Poems for Spain, Life
and the Poet, Instead of Death,
and European Witness. His most
recent work is Poems of Dedica-
tion.

Read Clarifies
Abstract, Real
In Modern Art -

Goodhart, April 19.— Though
they represent opposite viewpoints,
abstraction and realism must not
inevitably conflict, declared Mr.
Herbert Read, speaking on “Ab-
straction and Realism in Modern
Art.” He explained that contem-
porary artists such as Henry
Moore have successfully included
both abstraction and realism in dif-
ferent phases of their work and by
the use of these two extremes of
tension have achieved a new free-
dom.

Abstract art is by no means a
recent development, nor is it a sign
of decadence, as is claimed by the
Soviet Union, which requires real-
ism and has reduced art to an in-
significant position. An interest-
ing connection can be seen between
abstract-art_and the modern_phil-
osophy of existentialism.

Mr. Read stated that reality is
a chain’of images; a civilization ac-
cepts these images and in that way
a style, a religion, or a science is
created. Ideally the artist will
realize all possible attitudes in his

mode of expression. “The corre-
Continued on Page 4



Calendar
Wednesday, April 21
8:30—Dr. Paul Schrecker, “The
Philosophy of Civilization,”
Common. Room.
Thursday, April 22
4:30—Pedro Salinas, “The Poe-
try of Frav Luis de Leon,”
Common Room.
Friday, April 23
7:30—Movie, “Meet John Doe,”
Music Room.
9:00—Rhoads - Haverford
Dance, Rumpus Room.
Saturday, April 26
9:00—Spanish and Italian
orals, Taylor.
8:15—Spring Concert, Bryn
Mawr and Penn, Goodhart.
Sunday, April 25
7:30—The Rev. J. Gillespie
Armstrong, “The Christian
Church: Why Bother?” Mu-
sic Room.
Tuesday, April 27
8:30—Award Night, Common
Room.











‘21’s Game’, ‘Stones of Sorrow’
Well-staged, Acted, and Received

Acting Saves First Play From Monotony;
Ellen Harriman Puts Spark
In Gailey Melodrama

by Emily Townsend ’50

The opening contributign to this
year’s Art’s Night, Joan Brest’s
The Stones of Sorrow, was a com-
petently-written, effectively-acted
play. The story concerned the
death of a baby and its emotional
effects on the lives of Mexican
peasants as such; it made a pleas-
ant contrast to the usual dramas of
sophisticated conflicts, and the
problem of accent was for the most
part well-handled.

The play itself was imaginative-
ly written, the contrasts among the
characters well-developed, and the
timing sure. The author displayed
a. sound sense of theatrical values,
and ended the play, and one or two
of the scenes within it, at a point
just short of over-emphasis and the
heaviness of repetition. The de-
nouement, the death of the baby,
was particularly well done: the
curtain closed at precisely the
right moment before the audience
began to feel uneasiness at the
tenseness of an emotion it sympa-
thized with but could not enter
into.

On the other hand, a few of the
lines were saved from utter trite-
ness only by the sincerity and re-
straint of the actors. This re-
straint was particularly notewor-
thy in the performance of Anita
Dittmar as Manuela, the peasant
mother. Her interpretation of
primitive stolidity was entirely be-
lievable, always just saved from

Continued og Page 2

Feng Denounces
China Terrorism

“The Nationalist Government in
China cannot tolerate the words
Peace and Democracy,” declared
General Feng Yu-H’hsiang, mem-
ber of the Central Board of the
Revolutionary Committee of the
Kuomintang, at a program spon-
sored by the Foreign Policy Asso-
ciation and Bryn Mawr, in Good-
hart, on April 20. His, speech on
“The Real Situatioh in China,” in-
terpreted by Mr. Owen Lattimore,
former political advisor to Gen.
Chiang, severely criticized the ac-
tions taken by the Kuomintang
government since Marshall’s de-
parture, placing the entire cause of
the present: civil and economic
strife on General Chiang.

Decrying the fact that a new state
was not established after the war
as Marshall advised, Feng said the
strife lay in Chiang’s fear of free-
dom and desire to establish his own
dictatorship. Although Feng sup-

| ported him in party, governmental

and military offices, Chiang’s in-
sensitivity to the will of the people
has now exhausted the confidence
of everyone. When terrorism and
corruption became the chief méans
to his ends, Feng broke with the
Kuomintang government. Today
“he who even utters the word peace
or democracy is buried alive or
thrown into the Yellow River, be-
cause he is branded Communist,”
General Feng continued.
Following General Feng, Mr.
Djang, lecturer at the Walter
Hines Page School of International

Relations, Johns Hopkins Univer-
Continued on Page 3



by Hanna Holborn °50

The second original one-act play
presented as a feature of Arts
Night was 21’s Game, a story of
divorce and murder placed in a
sophisticated modern setting and
taking its title from a background
ping-pong game which was design-
ed to bring out the tense emotion-
al conflicts going on between the
characters. Jack Gailey, ’48, who
both wrote and directed this play,
seems to have a feeling for dra-
matics and considerable skill in
writing, but the plot, dialogue and
characters which he has here con-
trived fail somehow; the whole
theme is far too hackneyed and too
deliberately clever, though undeni-
ably entertaining.

Particularly outstanding was El-
len Harriman, whose portrayal of
a middle-aged gossip brought some
superb comedy into a situation
which might otherwise have lacked
any real spark. Miss Harriman
showed remarkable stage poise,
and -all her actions—the way she
sat in her chair or fixed her hat or
gesticulated with her fingers—were
at once wonderfully realistic and
very, very funny. She was aided,
too, by some fairly good dialogue;
the other actors were often forced
to fight a losing battle with their
lines.

Acting Is Awkward

This was essentially Cynthia
Schwartz’s problem. As Trella
Richards, she-delivered~ her lines
awkwardly and with little feeling,
yet one was forced to feel that
there was little else she could have
done with her material. Dave
Blackwell, playing the part of her
husband, Charles, was stiff and un-
natural, obviously impeded by hav-
ing his back turned to the audience
during his entire time on stage.

Nancy Kunhardt gave a sympa-
thetic and appealing performance
as the gentle, sincere Elizabeth
Kane, but Dave Thomas, who took
the principal role of Roger Kane,
fell down in his acting in the latter
part of the play. At first he suc-

ceeded well in depicting a weak
Continued on Page 2

Hendrick’s Topie:
U.N. Civil Rights

Goodhart, April 15.—“The first
mention of human rights was the
United Nations declaration after
Pearl Harbor that a complete vic-
tory over their enemies was essen-
tial to the preservation of human
rights,” said Mr. James P. Hen-
drick in his lecture on the United
Nations and Human Rights. The
UN now has a Commission on Hu-

man Rights under the Economic

and Social Council, he continued.
Only six membefs could be present
at its first meeting in a small read-
ing room at Hunter College in
April, 1946. There the machinery
was set up for the Human Rights
assembly and a resolution passed
to study the implementation of hu-
man rights.

In January, 1947, the commission
met at Lake Success to discuss
general principles of human rights.
Already there was conflict. The
Yugoslav member said that “the

interests of society and the individ-
Continued on Page 3


Page Two

THE COLLEGE NEWS





THE COLLEGE NEWS

FOUNDED IN 1914



Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks-
giving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks)
in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company,
Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College.



mission of the Editor-in-Chief.

The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that
appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without per-



Louise Ervin, °49
Jean Exuis, ’49

CECELIA MaccaBE, ’50
: GWYNNE WILLLIMs, ’50
ANNE GREET, ’50
Biaikie Forsytn, ’51

Mary BEETLESTONE,

Betty Mutcn, ’50
Mary Lou Price, ’51

Epize Mason Ham, ’50

Ivy Borow ’50

Editorial Board

BaRBARA BETTMAN, °49, Editor-in-Chief

Betry-BriGHT Pace, ’49, Copy Emity TowNsEnp, ’50, Makeup
IntNa NELIDOW, *50, Makeup

Marian Epwarps, ’50 ;

Editorial Staff

CATHERINE MERRITT, ’51 ELISABETH NELIDOW, ’51

Photographer

RosAMOND Kane, *48
Business Board

49, Business Manager
Joan Rossins, 49, Advertising Manager

Subscription Board
Atty Lou Hackney, *49, Manager

ANNA-STINA ERICSON ’48EDYTHE LAGRANDE, °49

BarBARA LIGHTFOOT, ’°50 BUNNY STADERMAN ’51

HELEN Martin, °49

MELANIE Hewitt, ’50
Nina Cave, 750
Pat NicHot, ’50
Hanna Ho.sorn, ’50

MADELINE BLOUNT, ’51
ELEANOR OTTO, ’51

SuE KEiey, °49

SALLY CATLIN ’50



Subscription, $2.75.

Subscriptions may begin at any time

Mailing price, $3.56





Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office
Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







Arts Night--1948

Last Saturday’s Arts Night was a great improvement
over last year’s performance. This was due in large measure
to the selection of a central theme for the evening and to the
institution of an Arts Committee to serve as a coordinating

body for the participating groups.

The result was a more

unified program representing the effort of a greater number

of students.

Because of the failure of last year’s production, how-
ever, many of us were wary of joining in Arts Night—to the
extent that so few people attended tryouts for the plays that
the directors were forced to handpick students for the roles.
Many of us refused to take our friends or ourselves to a per-
formance which we feared would bring only adverse criti-

_cism.

We at Bryn Mawr respect creative ability—we are agreed

. that there should be an outlet for the creative impulse on
_ campus. Arts Night was initiated to meet this need; but be-
cause it failed once, it was condemned.

This year a step has. been taken in the right direction—
towards a performance which, while providing a chance for
creative endeavor, attains a certain standard of excellence.
It is generally: accepted that the more competition there is in
creative expression, the higher the quality of the final prod-
uct will be. So let’s not stand by passively and praise or con-
demn, but actively offer our cooperation in continuing to im-
prove the calibre of the work represented in Arts Night.



Forty Nine’s Red, Yellow, Blue’
Give Us Art in Strawb’ry Brew

by Jean Ellis ’49

(Editor’s Note: To be read to
the tune of “Hearts and Flowers.”)

As we entered the colorful Terp-
sichorean Galleries, setting for the
Junior Prom this year, it was evi-
dent that ’49’s Muse had inspired a
terrific climax to an “arty” eve-
ning! Forewarned not to handle
the valuable paintings or sculpture,
we gazed admiringly at “The
Hoarse, April 17th” (apologies to
Picasso) and Tales from the Vien-
na Woods in Translation.” “Helen
of Troy” made us feel that if this
was the face that sunk a thousand
ships, there might still be hope for
us, too, and further reassured by
“The: Milliners Tale’ we knew
where we were going.

The brilliant a 8 yellow and blue
motif which predominated -in the

~. gym was carried out in the refresh-

ment room as well. Strawberry

punch (with real strawberries |



floating in it!), teeny cakes with
red and yellow icing and delicious
homemade cookies struck a note of
originality and scored a new high
in Bryn Mawr dance refreshments.
Thus ‘fortified, we returned to the
galleries where artfully executed
mobiles caught our eye, as we
danced to the heavenly music of
Harry Schwartz and his orchestra.

During the intermission the Ti-:

ger Tones entertained magnificent-
ly with the traditional Princeton
songs as well as a clever ditty
about college men and women (in-
cluding the usual dig at Bryn
Mawr). And in addition ’49’s own
Quartet sang several songs. From
our conveniently located table
where we found not only a free
pack of cigarettes, Compliments of
Chesterfield, but also crunchy po-
tato chips and popcorn to nibble in
between dances, we got a better
view of two yellow stick figurines

Continued on Page 4

Current Events

April 19. Dr. Wells, with the
“Siege of Berlin’ as his topic,
stated that it was fully:as import-
ant to discuss a cold war, meaning
the present situation, as a hot one.
He did not dwell on the details of
the siege, which are well known,
nor on the many rumors which are
manufactured in Germany and
have wide circulation. Instead he
gave his idea of what had caused
the conflict of the Powers in Ber-
lin.

‘How did the atmosphere change
from one of cooperation in the
council of Foreign Ministers to the
present status of affairs in which
the CFM has really ceased to
function? Dr. Wells reviewed the
events which led up to the dis-
agreement between Russia and the
U. S. since the war which had their
culmination in Masaryk’s death and
the Czech crisis. It was in the
London Conference that the nego-
tiations of CFM were terminated
when Marshall moved adjourn-
ment because of Russian failure
to get down to business and lack
of cooperation. The Russians have

a trump card in Germany in that
Continued on Page 3

Bryn Mawr’s Chorus
Joins Penn’s Saturday
Continued from Page 1

Hindemith’s Song of Music, and
Benjamin Britten’s Old Abram
Brown, with words taken from
Tom Tiddler’s Ground, a poem by
Walter de la Mare. Mr. Goodale,
the Chorus director, has set to mu-
sic a Robert Frost poem, The Last
Word of a Bluebird, as Told to a
Child; the Chorus will sing this for
the first time in the Penn concert.

The Double Octette will offer a
group of two Canzonets by Pales-
trina, Oranges and Lemons, Eng-
lish folk song arranged by Richard
Donovan, and I’m so Glad Trouble
Don’t Last Alway, a spiritual ar-
ranged by J. J. Niles.

The University of Pennsylvania
Club, directed by Robert S. God-
sall, will present first a group of
religious selections, including Pan-
us Angelicus, by Casciolini, Pur-
cell’s Glory and Worship, Tcherep-
nin’s Praise Ye the Name, and De-



cius’ Glory to God. Penn will sing
a group of folk songs as their last
selections. Among them will be
Dowland’s Come Again, Sweet
Love, Matthews’ Brunette, Brahms’
In Silent Night, and Grieg’s Broth-
ers, Sing On.

-The tickets for the concert can
be bought from any Bryn Mawr
Chorus member. The student price
is $.60 and other tickets are $1.20.

Uneven Acting, Script
Handicap “‘21’s Game”’

Continued from Page 1
man, torn between his love for a
hard and cynical woman and the
fear of consequences which forms a
part of his very “proper” nature,

accomplished effectively and with-
out excessive melodrama, he sound-
ed forced and always the same—
he no longer seemed a. real char-
acter. The two Kane children,
playedjby Marjie Low and Herbert
Cheyette, did a delightful job as
the off-stage ping-pong players.
There were some excellent con-
trasts in character’ and mood
brought out at times by equally
good acting, and there were times
when the play was very amusing
indeed. The set was well designed
and the actors seemed to know
what they were doing. But the to-
tal effect was disappointing. The
play held momentary interest; then
it became unfortunately apparent
that it was something everyone in
the audience had seen before. It
was also apparent, however, that
Mr. Gailey is capable of producing
‘superficial and unoriginal melo-
drama; he has a good grasp of the
technique of the one-act play and a



fine sense for the comic.

Scholars Describe
Renaissance Venice

Continued from Page 1

that of the tyrannical oligarchy,
which iis associated with an antag-
onism stemming from French po-
litical writers and that of the Eliz-
abethan dramatists which is col-
ored by the same set of notions
which colored their view of all
Italy. After outlining the organ-
ization of the city’s government
during the Renaissance, Mr. Fink
stated that the effect of Venice on
political thought was seen partic-
ularly in the application of the
concepts of the mixed state and
of a government by checks and
balances by later theorists who
saw in Venice the perfect embodi-
ment of these ideas. The fact that
the city’s governemnt was a party-
less system was also taken up by
later writers according to Mr. Fink.
“Venice had its effect on English
advocates of limited monarchy,
English Republicans and on _ the
Whigs after the Restoration,” ex-
plained Mr. Fink.

“Eighteenth century political
theorists do not praise Venice gen-
erally, but underline and stress the
nature of Venetian oligarchy and
tyranny,” asserted Dr. Douglas
Adair, managing editor of the
William and Mary Quarterly in a
paper on The Corruption of An Ar-
istocracy. Dr. Adair attributed the
change in point of view by theor-
ists in the eighteenth century to

a state giving justice or providing
liberty. The essay of David Hume
“The Perfect Commonwealth”
which was important in helping
James Madison, Jr. provide an ef-
fective snuffer for the legal coup
d’etat attempted in the United
States by Alexander Hamilton and
the Federalists.

During the afternoon session
Professor Samuel Chew, of Bryn
Mawr, presided. Dr. Isabel Pope,
of Radcliffe College, spoke on Mu-
sical Life in Venice in the early
years of the Seventeenth Century.
Dr. Pope illustrated her talk by
slides and records. She stressed

the influence of Baroque which
Continued on Page 3

Modern, Span. Dances
Enhance Arts Night

Continued from Page 1

counter” theme seemed to have
been overlooked, but the dancing
was pleasant to watch. In the first
number, Las Chiapanecas, the hap-
py mood of fiesta was created and
the dancers seemed to enjoy them-
selves. The rhumba number was
greatly enlivened by the antics of

Kaufman and Harper. In the final
dance Lindsay Harper and Diana
Goss gave what looked like a very
polished exhibition of Spanish
dance footwork. Unfortunately,
the spirit of fiesta was not very
enduring—the “oles,” jubilant at
the beginning, became pathetically
sporadic at the end.

but after the musder. of Chantees |/ Like the other dances in Arts

Night, the Spanish numbers needed
to be “tightened up”—all too often
the dancers seemed to be filling in
until the music stopped. Eight
inch records might be a good ides
for next-year.

A new Bryn Mawr tradition is to
be initiated next Tuesday night,
April 27, when Award: Night will
take place. With Libby Bagley
presiding, awards for athletics will
be given out for the year, from
last spring to this spring.

There will be more awards than
ever before for people who have
not had first team varsity experi-

ence under the point system of the
new constitution.

something better than this rather| Pictures of the first and sec-

ond teams in all sports will be on
display and there will also be re-
freshments. Everyone is cordially
invited to come. — e



the fact that Venice was no longer.

Arts Night Cooperation,
Joint Achievement |

Lauded by Thon

To the Editor:

Congratulations to” those who
presented Arts Night. The com-
mittee and students deserve great
credit; anyone who has worked on
the program knows the work is
not altogether simple, not altogeth-
er easy.

The project justifies a belief in
student responsibility, gives evi-
dence of the increasingly impor-
tant value of working together to-
wards a common goal, and indi-
cates the value in our time of an
education which includes the imag-
ination, the emotions, the whole
person.

Sincerely yours,
Frederick Thon.

Good Acting, Timing
Seen in First Play

Continued from Page 1



the lapse into comedy that was so
| dangerously close. Her accentual
| eontrel was perhaps the best in the
play, her business effective, her
stage presence undeniable. It was
the acting, not the authorship, that
saved lines like “Pascualito.. .
his face was all shrivelled up,” or
“T’d wash and save and buy a lit-
tle tombstone,” from entire banal-
ity. ’

‘Robert Lasday, as Pascual, bal-
anced Manuela finely, in character
and mood. If at times his cries of
“pig woman” and his longings for
“the new country beyond the moun-
tains” seemed to verge on monot-
ony, he saved himself by the ef-
fectiveness of his contrasts. The
strength of his emotion toward his
son, the antithesis of his superfic-
ial dexterity of abuse toward his
wife and his fundamental reliance
on her, were very well brought out.
His interpretation of dialogue was
in-general superior to his acting
technique—but the whole was a.
live and honest performance.

Main Line vs. Mexico

June Moyer, as the neighbor Tia
Marta, a rather unsympathetic
role, was perhaps too Philadelphian
in her shrewishness to seem quite
at home in the Mexican hills. Her
alternation between a peasant and
an eastern seaboard accent made
‘concentration on her acting diffi-
cult. Her scorn seemed forced and
her bitterness artificial, although
_ she had worked herself up to a—
| convineing interpretation by the
-end of her first long tirade. She
| showed a potentially sure but not
quite developed sense of timing.

Mental Hosp. Has
Job for Summer

This summer Bryn Mawr, Hav-
erford and Swarthmore are spon-
soring a student work project at
the Norristown Mental Hospital.

This project offers unusual op-
portunities for learning about men-
tal illness and for reaching an un-
derstanding of this unfortunate
manifestation of our society. As
regular attendants the students
will be working directly with the
patients, doing what they can with
their limited experience and op-
portunity to help the patients
reach a more healthy state of
mind, doing what they can to
raise the standards of care for the
mentally ill, and perhaps learning
such valuable personal assets as
self-control, tact and perseverance
in the face of frustrating experi-
ences.

Educational opportunities offer-
ed under this program include at-
tending staff meetings, direct con-
tact with hospital. personnel, and
lectures as well as the actual work
in the hospital.










HE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Hendrick Discusses
Civil Rights in UN
Continued from Page 1
ual should be identical,” but others
declared that “the masses and the
state were a new form of tyranny.”
A drafting committee was elected
to prepare a declaration of interna-
tional, civil and social and econom-
ic rights, and a covenant confain-
ing those civil rights that were
“the least common denominator of
what a number of countries could
agree to.” The drafting committee
presented the declaration and cove-
nant to the full commission at Ge-
neva in December. “It was all too
reminiscent of the League of Na-
tions at first,’”’ said Mr. Hendrick,
“but as time went on. it became a
challenge.”

The question of implementation
—what happens if a right is violat-
ed—was the main point of differ-
ence at Geneva. The declaration,
covenant and a report on full im-
plementation are at present being
put before the General Assembly
fer its approval.

Gen. Feng Reveals
Faults of Nat’l Gov’t.

Continued from Page 1

sity, presented the opposite view in
his talk on “China’s Post-War
Problems.” “Despite charges of
corruption and inefficiency against
the government leaders,” he declar-
ed, “most of them remain sincere
and honest and have tried hard to
find solutions to the problems of
economic and civil strife.” The
Chinese people are not so much
worried about political equality,
however, as they are concerned
with economic security, and al-
though the Communists have been
successful in the program of land
reform, the Kuomintang, with its
trained personnel and intellectuals,
holds the key to China’s industrial

reconstruction.
Continued on Page 4







MEET AT THE GREER’S

Tasty Sandwiches
Refreshments

Current Events

Continued from Page 2

they can offer the Germans what
they Want, Dr. Wells pointed out.
They are willing to promise a re-
vision of the Eastern frontier.
What can we offer the Germans
on the other hand? Dr. Wells be-
lieves that we have no alternative
but to stay in Berlin. It is im-
possible for us to withdraw now.
There are many Germans who have
cooperated fully with us and are
for this reason on’ the Russian
blacklist. If we withdraw our sup-
port, they would be treated as
traitors by the Russians who would
then be able to prove that we had
failed them in spite of their co-
operation, and that working. with
the Western Powers is unsafe.
Therefore at this \Dr. Wells
stated, we can do nothing but stay
in Berlin, even if it means war.

The failure of international
dealings lies in the fact that not
even the forms of negotiation have
been made to continue. Now no
attempt at cooperation is being
made, with the CFM virtually dis-
solved, we have no real excuse for
staying in Berlin. Originally we
were there only under the pre.
tense of negotiating. The blame
for this failure to negotiate should
be placed high up in our govern-
ment in Dr. Wells’ opinion. He be-
lieves our main hope now is to re-
establish at least the forms of ne-
gotiating by acquiring “a few new
faces on our team.”



$5 REWARD — green jade
ring, diamonds, gold setting.
Return to Ann McIntyre, 38-40
Pembroke East.



Scholars Describe
Renaissance Venice

Continued from Page 2

brought an increased interest in
harmony and the development of
instrumental music. “The con-
certatto which developed at this
time in Venice had a _ structure
which expressed the inner tension
of Baroque,” said Dr. Pope. Dr.
Pope described in detail the work
of Monteverde in the development
of opera and in’stylistic departures
from earlier music. Following Dr.
Pope’s lecture the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Double Octette sang Mottetto,
by Andrew Gabrieli, Madrigal Eo,
by A. Banchieri and Contrappunto
Bestiale Alla Mente, by the same

composer. -
Chew Substitutes
Because Professor Theodore

Spencer originally scheduled to
conclude the Symposium with a
paper on Venice through Eliza-
bethan Eyes was taken ill, Profes-
sor Chew, of Bryn Mawr, prepared
on very short notice a disctiSsion
on the same subject. Dr. Chew
clarified the fact that our response
to Venice is influenced by inherit-
ance from the 19th century.



“Through the eyes of the Roman-
tics we see the city in decay, but
in considering the Elizabethan re-
action to Venice we must forget
the melancholy of the Romantics
and see her in her days of splen-
dor,” he continued. Using the term
Elizabethan in its large sense, Dr.
Chew cited three Jacobean . ac-
counts of travels to Venice. He
also referred to various allusions
made by Elizabethan dramatists to
the Serene Republic characterizing
the general impression as one of
wealth, luxury and immorality.









Lunches - Dinner





CATERS TO





GOOD DINNERS —GOOD PRICES

CHATTERBOX



BIG GROUPS



by Irina Nelidow 50

This
from. the

year’s exhibit of work
Art Studio, displayed
last Friday and Saturday nights
in the foyer of Goodhart, shows
distinctly more. originality than
that of last year. Unfortunately,
many of the pictures were unsign-
ed, so specific credit cannot be giv-

en to some of the artists. Almost
every medium was represented: oil,
pastel, watercolor, poster paint,
charcoal, and pencil. The contrast
of .sharp black and white in Paul
Moses’ Crucifixion gave this, the
only charcoal drawing in the ex-
hibit, a stark, dramatic force.
“Still Lifes” Weak

Many “still lifes” were shown,
some in watercolor, others in oil
or poster paint, a few of them be-
ing semi-abstract. In these the use
of color was generally good and
well balanced, but the actual execu-
tion was often rather weak.

Of the semi-abstract pictures,
Clare Fahnestock’s watercolor of
a Man with a Cigar deserves spec-
ial mention. The grays, browns,



SUNDAY BREAKFAST

The Soda Fountain announces
that it will now be open for
Sunday breakfast, from 10:380-
12.









asacge










e Be a “double-threat”
in business. Add Gibbs secre-
tarial training to your college
education and go to the top.
Write College Course Dean.

KATHARINE GIBBS

NEW YORK 17 . 230 Park Ave.
1 =10}- ge), Bai: 90 Marlborough St.
CHICAGO 11 51 East Superior St.
PROVIDENCE 6 . 155 Angell St.







Paintings of Art Studio Display
Originality and Skill in Execution

and blues make up a subtle color
scheme, and the painting has great
force.

Among the purely abstract
works, Ellen Harriman’s drawing
with india ink and colored pencils
stands out as having beautifully
balanced composition plus great
originality. In general, however,
the abstract works lacked force.

Of the watercolors, Donald
Shoffstall’s Duck Shooting Scene
had great charm. The use of color
was excellent and the painting
very much alive.

The most delightful of all the
exhibits was Bernice Robinson’s
humorous watercolor and pen-and-
ink painting of tourists and moun-
tain climbers at a Swiss mountain
resort. Her character sketches of
old ladies, flower-picking lovers,
and the happy clergyman expound-
ing to a flock of children, as well
as many others, showed a really
exceptional talent, and the careful
detail revealed excellent draughts-
manship.






At the Head
of the Class

SEAM-FREE
NYLONS

WITH PATENTED HEEL



Seam-free nylons
identified by the Seal
of the Dancinc Twins
are leagues ahead in loveli-
ness and fit. Special patented
heel* assures perfect fit at RV Wy,
Look for them under leading
brand names at your F

ankle, heel and instep; the %
Gussetoe spells comfort. And
-y 8
favorite college shop or store, ”#%, fes-fu Moy
*U. S. Pat, No. 2388649



there are no twisting seams!











And here’s another great record—

More people are smol

4 bed
a



les Morgan at his best...sweet swing
at its best...in this new Decca platter.
When it comes to cigarettes,
Russ says in his typical Morgan Manner,
“Camels suit my ‘T-Zone’
Millions of smokers agree with
Russ about Camels. More people are
smoking Camels than ever before.
Try Camels on your “T-Zone”—
Find out for yourself why, with
smokers who have tried and compared,
Camels are the “choice of experience.”



mer.”



/





2 é a PE AT Pe an LE
ph ik ee i ieee lk ick













R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N. ©.

See Be

It's RUSS MORGAN'S top Decca Record! |








Nee

.

_.. Page Four



THE COLLEGE NEWS





A live figure in the library’s re-
cently-active facade niche was an
interesting innovation,/ long await-
ed and planned for, ie imagine.
We suspect, even, that the idea of
a “Miss Aphrodite” was not all so
innocently conceived as it might
have seemed, nor the enthusiastic
phillipic Gelivered in Junior class
meeting (advocating the elimina-
tion of a Prom Queen), so spon-
taneously delivered. What price
glory, P. E.?

* * *

The eleven chartered buses which
rolled up in single file past Den-
bigh, Merion, Taylor and the Li-
brary, Tuesday afternoon, dis-
charged some of their passengers
(who milled about on Merion Green
a while and then re-embarked),
and then quietly folded their doors
and stole away—presumably over
the post blocking the Deanery
driveway—belonged not to a group
of horticulturalists, researchers for
added Kinsey material, nor Hearst
photographers — but the American
Association of College Registrars!
Having gleaned this information
by asking a bus driver, we can
proffer no more.

* * *

The black cat which wandered
across the Goodhart stage during
an intermission, Saturday night,
and then wandered back, finally
disappearing behind the curtain,
worried us, who have always been
terrified of black cats and expected
Goodhart to burst into flame. Our
date, however, said that the return
wandering of the cat cancelled out
the original hegira. We are still
not convinced, however, and would
welcome comment, metaphysical or
otherwise.

| Incidentally

Even our calendar comes in for
its share of criticism these days, as
| witness the following paragraph,
| from a Parent: “Got a terrific kick
/out of the ‘Calendar’ in the Feb. 25 |
| NEWS, dang near like Shakes-





;
|peare’s seven ages. To wit: 1) |
|

| Marriage, 2) Biochemical, i. e. lit-
tle sperms, 3) Cavalcade, the little |
‘uns arrive, 4) the Big Leap, I hope |
| that ain’t Divorce, 5) A nice Sleigh
| ride, -everything’s hotsy - totsy|
| again, 6) Religion and finally 7) a
; Rummage Sale.”

What To Do

Vocational Tea—the last of the
season.

Payehglogy and Sociology — Wed-
nesday; April 28th, in the Common
Room at 4:30. Individual notices
will go only to psychology and s0-
ciology students but everyone is
cordially invited.

For Next Year:

Michigan School for the Deaf—
elementary school teachers. Spe-
cial training given. $1,900 for a
beginner.

r the Summer:

Taking care of children:

These positions pay a minimum
of $20 a week with all expenses
plus $.20 an hour for work not
originally specified. The Bureau,
already has six in various parts of
the country and for various ages
of children.

In the past, student have enjoy-
ed their summers with families—



case where things are not going
well, we ask you to tell us the dif-
ficulties at once so that we can try
to straighten them out.







SPRING IS HERE!









REMEMBER AT LAST —
ae yl 8 And so Are Our
SOON SUMMER COTTONS
With All
Sizes
Attractive Cards Colors
Styles
From at
Richard Stockton’s Tres Chie Shoppe
Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr
Going on a Compliments
Spring Picnic? of tha
Get Your
FOOD Haverford Pharmacy
at
HUBBS GROCERY Haverford
BRYN MAWR













“MY LOVE IS LIKE
A RED, RED ROSE”

She'll be Flattered at
the Comparison, if the

Roses are from

JEANNETT’S







#

MAYO and PAYNE
Cards’ Gifts
RADIO

Parts Repairs
821 LANCASTER AVE.
BRYN MAWR











Are you tired, harassed:

a cup of tea at



FRESHMAN!

English paper? Do let us help you recover with

THE COLLEGE INN

after getting in that long



that-is, for the most part. In any |









°4.9’s Prom Combines
Picasso, Strawberries

Continued from Page 2

(vaguely reminiscent of some oth-
ers recently seen on the Bryn
Mawr campus). We were also able
to appreciate better the red Varga-
ish figure gracefully reclining in
space!

With a hasty glance at two still
lifes: Without Grapefruit and
Without Tears, and another look at
“Red and Yeller, Get Your Feller,”
we left the Prom. Many thanks to
Nancy Martin and her committee
for a Prom that will remain one
of our fondest memories of Bryn
Mawr!





Abstraction, Reality
Explained by Read

Continued from Page 1

spondence between temperament
and expression does not lie along
the axis of abstraction and real-
ism,” said Mr. Read.

Texture is a safer index of tem-
perament than style, he explained,
contrasting a Greek and a: Chinese

vase, the former as an example of
conceptual control of form, or art
according to rule, and the latter as
an example of sensuous handling
of material, or intiutive art.

| Gen. Feng Reveals
| Faults of Nat'l Gov't.

Continued from Page 3

| Mr. Owen Lattimore, director of
the Walte} Hines Page School,
brought out the facts that the real
problem of China is that of achiev-
ing a representative government,
‘and that military force alone will
‘not solve the Communist problems
‘in China. The role of the U. S.,
moreover, is not that of praising
or blaming personal characters, he
said; our responsibility lies in
adopting the politics that strength-
en the Chinese to become a better
‘people rather than supporting a
faction that leads to more and
|more ruthlessness.



“CHESTERFIELD AND | ARE OLD FRIENDS.

IT’S MY SMOKE.”





a ee oe SO A A ISA OS «EN







“CORONER CREEK”

COLUMBIA'S FORTHCOMING
CINECOLOR PRODUCTION



them ... it’s the best.



WHY... 8 Chesterfield

(FROM A SERIES OF STATEMENTS BY PROMINENT TOBACCO FARMERS )

‘Chesterfield is my brand. I’ve been smoking them for
put 16 years. I like them because they’re mild and
— satisfy. I know the kind of tobacco that’s in

“‘Chesterfield buys the best grades
, light, ripe, sweet-smoking tobacco. They pay the
highes t prices for their tobacco. It’s top quality leaf.

AS Gutgeell



of tobacco. It’s





LOD