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College news, October 7, 1953
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1953-10-07
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Weekly
6 pages
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 40, No. 02
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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THE COLLEGE N\EWS
FOUNDED IN 1914
Publisned weekly during the “College Year (except Yocing Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) iq the interest
of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore Pa.. and
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The Cdliege News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears
in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission of the
Editor-in-Chief.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Barbara Drysdale, ‘55; Editor-in-Chief
Maryellen Fullam, ‘56, Copy
Joan Havens, ‘56, Managing Editor
Eleanor Fry, ‘54 Suzan Habashy, ‘54
EDITORIAL STAFF
Jackie Braun, ‘54 Ann McGregor, ‘54
Science Reporter Anne Hobson, ‘56
Lynn Badler, ‘56 Charlotte A. Smith, ‘56
A.A. reporter Harriette Solow, ‘56
Anne Mazick, ‘55
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Eleanor Small, ‘55
BUSINESS MANAGER
Julia Heimowitz, ‘55
Marjorie Richardson, ‘55, Associate Business Manager
BUSINESS STAFF
“Joyce Hoffman, ‘55 Ruth Smulowitz, ‘55
Phyllis Reimer, ‘55 Claire Weigand, ‘55
Ruth Sax, ‘55 Margi Abrams, ‘56
SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER
Diana Fackenthal, ‘55
SUBSCRIPTION BOARD
Saren Merritt, ‘55 Connie Alderson, ‘56
Diane Druding, ‘55 Margaret Schwab, ‘56
Suzanne Hiss, ‘55 Carlene Chittenden, ‘56
Sondra Rubin, ‘56 Polly Lothman, ‘56
Carol Stearns, ‘56 Joan Polk, ‘56
Subscription, $3.50 Mailing price, $4.00
Subscriptions may begin at any time
Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office
Under the Act of March 3, 1879
Welcome, Faculty
During these first few weeks of the college year, wel-
‘ comes are the order of the day. First the Freshmen are greet-
ed, and, we hope, made to feel familiar with the campus and
our customs. The return of upperclassmen provokes delight-
ed exclamations and reunions in every hall, as summer exper-
iences and future plans are related.
_All of the students are welcomed at the opening assem-
bly, and later, in many classes, a mutual welcome is extended
by the scores of returning professors and instructors, and old
students. The entire staff is remembered. We are happy to
- see familiar faces in the administration offices, in the Book-
shop, and moving trunks or waiting on table in the halls.
There is yet another, most important group, to which
the entire college owes a welcome and a vote of support. This
group is comprised of the new members of the faculty, who
arrive to teach for the first time beneath Taylor Tower.
Among the new faculty are professors, instructors, dem-
onstrators. They may be full-fledged PhDs, or perhaps fresh
from a recent college class. They come equipped with a back-
ground of years of experience, or they are combining teach-
ing positions with added study.
Whatever their backgrounds and their status here, these
new members of the community accept the challenge present-
ed by the college and what it stands for. They have been
chosen by the administration as those best qualified to join
the ranks of our excellent faculty. We look forward to being
guided and enlightened by them, and we hope they will be
friends and mentors in the years to come.
Christopher Blackman
The College News notes with regret the passing of Chris-
topher Blackman, our chapel porter. Mr. Blackman will be
remembered by all who came in contact with him for his
friendly greetings and faithful services. We extend our deep-
est sympathy to the members of his family.
| Letters From Abroad
Elizabeth’s Coronation
Connects Future
With Past
The day broke bleak and misty.
It was four o’clock in the morning
when we hurried to the Under-
ground. By five we had made our
way to Oxford Circus, and then
down to an office building in Re-
gent Street. There the television
set invited us into. the Abbey.
I shall long remember the thrill
as I watched the coach swing out
from under the archway in Buck-
ingham Palace, at 11 o’clock Green-
wich Mean Time.
Awed, I watched Elizabeth II
solemnly promise the Archbishop
and the people to “maintain the
laws of God”, and to govern the
“neoples of The United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ire-
land, Canada, Australia, New Zea-
land, Union of South Africa, Paki-
stan and Ceylon according to their
respective laws and customs”.
By four o’clock that afternoon
Her Majesty’s procession passed
below that office building in Re-
gent street. Men from every part
of the Commonwealth marched be-
fore her.. Kings, Queens, Crown
Princes, Rulers, foreign represen-
tatives—all were hailed in London.
Then came the Gold Coach. From
where I sat I saw first a Crown,
then the Orb glittering as in Fairy
tale picture books. Then I saw
a smiling profile and a hand wav-
ed. As the Coach rolled by a robe
of purple velvet and a gleaming
gold embroidered ER II came into
view. Of Phillip I saw the front
of an Admiral’s hat, his profile and
also a smile. My impression of
that scene will always be of some-
thing that connects the past with
the future.
Under the heading of June 2nd
my diary says “That night we
mingled with crowds from all over
the earth. At 12:00 after watch-
ing fireworks on the South Bank
we found ourselves outside Buck-
ingham Palace and we joined in
the cry of “We want the Queen.”
On a floodlit balcony the Queeen
and the Duke acknowledged the
people’s cheers. These same people
who had withstood rain and cold
to cheer their Queen on this, her
great day.”
“After that we ran to Victoria
to catch a last bus home to Ken-
sington. It was a day and night
never to be forgotten. We had
watched England crown her
Queen”.
Sue Habashy, ’54
Watch that lighted cigarette!
Make sure that match is really
out before you throw it away!
This is Fire Prevention Week.
Besides its annual warning, the
Bryn Mawr Fire Department
has scheduled a special event
for the week. On Wednesday
evening the Firehouse on Lan-
caster Avenue is holding open
house especially for the college
community. So come tonight
and inspect the fire engines
everyone ran after as a child.
Come to the Firemen’s Open
House!
Young Italian Requests
College Girls’
Letters
Nola, 10 August 1953
Dear Madam,
I am a student at the University
of Naples (Italy). I would like
to correspond with some students
of your College. —s_|
Therefore I beg you to help me
by publishing this request in your
magazine. :
I speak fluently French and, of
course, Italian too and I shall be
able to write also in these lan-
guages. My hobbies are: good
music, and art, to collect stamps;
among. sports: tennis and foot-
ball.
Thanking you in advance, I re-
main
Yours faithfully,
N. Mascolo
Mr. N. Mascolo
Via Marcherita 26
Nola (Naples), Italy
ArcheologyExhibit
Shows Odd Coins
especially contributed by
Rhys Carpenter
Proféssor of Classical Archeology
An interesting new acquisition
has just been put on exhibition in
the Ella Riegel archeological
museum on the top floor of the
West Wing of the Library.
Elizabeth Washburn King (1916)
became interested in classical arch-
eology as an undergraduate and
later, after a trip to Greece, con-
tinued her archeological studies
with renewed enthusiasm, putting
in several years of graduate work
at Bryn Mawr, where she took her
M.A. in 1937, and then migrating
to the American School of Class-
ical Studies at Athens and thence
by natural transition to the Amer-
ican excavations of the Athenian
Agora. Somewhere along. this
path she fell under the spell of
ancient Greek coins; and after
parting with the inconsiderable
sum of two dollars (uninflated)
for her first coin from one of the
antique dealers of “Shoe Lane” in
Athens, she gradually dipped deep-
er and deeper into the market.
On her return to this country,
under the highly expert and be-
nevolent guidance of the late great
Edward Newell of the New York
Numismatic Society, she acquired,
piece by piece, a superb set of
nearly 150 Greek silver coins, each
of which was a collector’s item.
In 1951 without warning she
gave this entire treasure to Bryn
Mawr, casually handing to Miss
McBride on the occasion of a visit
to the campus a leather jewel-box
with its trays loaded with Greek
silver. After a long delay. while
awaiting the special glass mirror-
ed wallcase, 39 of the choicest
specimens in the collection have
now been put on display in the
archeological museum. Anyone
susceptible to their charm will find
herself repaid for the extra steps
to the top corridor of Library
West.
Wednesday, October 7, 1953
Current Events
Dr. A. Dudden Explains
Summer Events
At Meeting
Mr. Arthur Dudden conducted a
summer tour of the world at Cur-
rent Events, Monday evening, Oc-
tober 5. Having spent the sum-
‘mer in England, Mr. Dudden had a
slightly different outlook on world
events and American foreign pol-
icy. :
The major events concerned Rus-
sia indirectly via. Korea and Ger-
many. In Korea, of course, the war
has stopped, but perhaps with un-
satisfactory implications. The pris-
oner exchange is complete except
for those supposedly not wanting
to return from Russia to the U. N.
troops. Talk of reopening the war
in the future seemed an unlikely
prospect to Mr. Dudden despite
President Rhee’s threats.
In Russia the principle events
apparently date back to the death
of Stalin. Malenkov’s_ relative
weakness means the continuation
of purges, such as Beria’s. The
new regime seems to be relaxing,
consolidating, and attempting to
win good will. Within Russia, a
greater amount of consumer goods
is available with a shift from pro-
duction of military goods to con-
sumer items. Agriculture poses
the problem of getting more work
from collective farms. Since Rus-
sia now holds the H-bomb, perhaps
we have reached a military stale-
mate as well as a diplomatic one.
Food Riots
The people of the East German
Democratic Republic turned against
their “overlords” in the food riots
of June 17. Since the Russian
army had to intervene, there has
been little talk from Russia about
German unification. The West Ger-
man election of Adenauer early in
September brought a pro-western
victory. The general strike in
France reflected a mass protest of
disgust with inflation. The state
cannot pay salaries to support the
lowest standard of living.
Iran may turn away from its in-
creasingly pro-Russian sentiments
with Mosadegh now on trial as a
traitor. Also in the Near East, the
new regime in Egypt seems fairly
well consolidated with the possibil-
ity of agreement with Britain on
the Suez Canal question. In Eng-
land the conservative party seems
to be reaching the end of its line
with Churchill’s health failing,
even though he is still the western
leader of foreign policy. England’s
improved prosperity resulted in the
end of rationing this summer with
mass happiness and credit given to
the Conservative party. The Labor
party is still popular, and the Con-
servative administration has had
no choice but to continue many of
the previous administration’s pol-
icies. The national health program
has been stabilized, and the Cock-
ney group which suffered from the
excesses of the industrial revolu-
tion seems to be disappearing. As
yet the Conservatives are not de-
nationalizing the steel industry.
Fear of Bellicose Comments
The United States has become
more popular in Europe, but there
is fear of bellicose comments that
come from this country. Dulles is
a confused personality in Europ-
ean minds, although McCarthy is»
well known. Our foreign policy.
hit its lowest point in our success-
ful efforts to keep India out of the
peace treaty meetings. Labor
seems fairly content, although the
London Times commented on Dur-
kin’s resignation that the “nine
millionaires no longer have the
compan, of the plumber.”
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