College news, February 18, 1953

The College News



VOL. XLIX, NO. 13

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1953

Copyright, Trustees of

Bryn Mawr College, 1953

PRICE 20 CENTS



Laswell Points
To Integration
In Every Field

Individual Should Work
To Realize Values
In Society

College Choruses

Unite in Concert
Saturday Evening

Under the direction of Robert L.
Goodale and ‘William Reese, the
Bryn Mawr Chorus and the Haver-
ford Glee Club, along with the
(Bryn Mawr-Haverford Orchestra, |



at 8:30 p. m. in Goodhart auditor-
ium.



Mr. Harold D. Laswell, profess-
or of law and political science at

Yale University, spoke on the “pol.

icy science” of integrating intel-
lectual activity in a broader con-
text on Thursday night, February
12, in Wyndham. Pointing first to
the previous type of moral philo-
sophic teaching which applied phil-
osophy to long range problems, the
appraisal of broad philosophy, and
the analysis of trends in the light
of past, present, and possible fu-
ture events, he then explained that
with the specialization of intellec-
tual pursuits, we have lost the
feeling of sharing philosophy and
invention as functions for comr
mon use

A “drift toward unity” has be-
come apparent recently, although
the unifying role has been assum-
ed by many outside the field of
philosophy. The integration pro-
cess seems to be a collective con-
tribution from results of various
efforts in different fields, perhaps
even more from the physical sci-
ences than from the social sciences.

The major task is one of placing
a problem in its significant context,
learning how to relate our own
problems to a larger problem, a
broader situation. We must first,
said Mr. Laswell, determine what
we hold valuable. For him, human
dignity. should be given highest
value. Having determined the val-
ues one should ask oneself from
what he has derived his prefer-

Continued on Page 4, Col. 4

The program will include Litan-
ies a la Vierge Noire, by Poulenc,
one of “The Six” composers of
modern French music. It is a com-
| position based on prayers to the
image of the Black Virgin of Roc-'
Amadour. The piece is for wom-
en’s voices and piano. |

The mixed chorus and orchestra
will present Gloria in Excelsis in D
by Antonio Vivaldi, a predecessor
of Bach. The theme of the second
movement is suggested in Bach’s
B Minor Mass.

Hindelmith’s Chansons on six
poems by Rilke will also be sung
‘by the mixed chorus, and Haver-
ford will perform three American
Psalms by Ross Lee Finney.

The gentle love song, Schubert’s
Serenade-Staendchen, for contralto
solo, women’s voices, and piano
will also be included on the pro-
gram.





On Monday, February 23, at
8:15 in the Common Room, there
will be a meeting on Costs. All
students are invited to attend
to hear Miss McBride speak on
the changes and improvements
that come to the college because
|| of the increased costs. Not only
|| have costs risen to meet infla-
|| tion, but costs are evidence of
(| positive form of change. Mrs.
i} Marshall told of Change—
|| Chapter I at the second semes-
|| ter assembly. Chapter II of
Change will be treated by Miss
McBride on Monday, the 23rd at
| 8:15, when she tells of Costs.











Radnor Nighteap

Rhoads Hall Adds Tea-time Gaiety

by Lynn Badler, °56

All frustrated drinkers were
soothed vicariously by the “Night-
cap” presented by Radnor on Fri-
day the 13th. The walls and all
other free spaces were decorated
with signs picturing the names of
different drinks. No longer were
the smokers rooms in a college
dormitory: they took on an exotic
air . One was transformed into an
Oriental pagoda, demonstrating a
“Singapore Sling.” Another be-
came a dimly-lit silhouette - filled
room for dancing, depicting a
“Purple Passion.”

The crowd was very large and
after the entertainment was an-
nounced there was a pause, for
the performers could hardly push
their way through. Pat McElroy
did the planning for the entertain-
ment and should be commended. It
was all exceptionally well per-
formed. Barbara Leddy appeared
first and interpreted “Slaughter on
Tenth Avenue” with a modern
dance. Then Mary Ellen Fullam
brought out her guitar and sang
hill-billy style.

Beains Festivities

Finally appeared the “cherry on
the Martini”; the kick chorus.
Dancing and kicking to the fast
“Cancan” tired the entertainers so
that they could not come back for
the encore demanded by the audi-
ence.

And the punch may not have
been champagne, but the cheerful
atmosphere gave it just as much
impact.

Rhoads Tea Dance

To limber up the dancers for
the evening’s Undergrad formal,
Rhoads presented a dance at tea-
time on Saturday, the 14th. The
festive air about the whole campus
was intensified at Rhoads by the
music, dancing, and varied cor-
sages.

One could see beaming! faces ev-
erywhere as Saturday’s activities
of the Big Weekend officially began
and guests started to arrive. Here
too there were lots of cookies and
punch for those not too excited to
eat. | ‘was general agreement
that it was a success. And how
pleasant to see so many men on
campus again!





will give a concert on February 21,' -

Radiations Of Special Performers Illuminate
Fast-paced Plot Of Other-worldly Man Alive



Council Prepares for Man Alive



Bowen To Deliver
Memorial Lecture

Elizabeth Bowen, the Irish-Eng-
lish novelist, will speak in Good-
hart Hall on Wednesday, Febru-
ary 25th at 8:15 p. m. “The Writer
and sources of Influence” will be
the basis for her talk.

Miss Bowen is the author of
many short stories and novels, in-
cluding. Fhe Heat of the Day and
The Death of the Heart. Her most
recent work, Collected Impressions,
a collection of descriptive pieces
and critical reviews, was published
in July, 1950. She has also had
articles and critical essays fre-
quently appear in several maga-
zines.

In giving the Ann Elizabeth
Sheble Memorial Lecture, Miss
Bowen will include comments on
her own work as well as that of
her contemporaries. Her interest
in the craft of fiction has led to
studies of modern writers, and her
comments will illustrate the deter-
minants and modifying factors af-
fecting the writers of today.

CALENDAR

Tuesday, February 17
8:30 p. m. Time Current Af-
fairs Quiz, Common Room.

Wednesday, February 18
8:00 p. m. Open meeting of the
Dance Club, Gym.

Saturday, February 21

8:30 p. m. Concert by Bryn
Mawr College Chorus and Hav-
erford College Glee Club, with
Bryn Mawr-Haverford orchestra.
Goodhart.

Sunday, February 22

7:30 p. m. Chapel Service. Ad-
dress by the Reverend Harry
Meserve, First Unitarian Church,
San Francisco, California. Music
Room. —

Monday, February 23
7:15 p. m. Current Events,
speaker to be announced. Com-
mon Room.
8:15 p. m.
Common Room.

Wednesday February 25

8:15 p. m. Elizabeth Bowen will
give the Ann Elizabeth Sheble
Memorial Lecture. She will speak
on “The Writer and Sources of
Influence.” Goodhart.

Meeting on Costs.



New Show Songs

Ring in Goodhart

by Caroline Warram, 755

The Common Room echoed with
the reminiscences of four Fresh-
man Shows Sunday afternoon fol-
lowing the big night for the Class
of 1956. ;

The song fest began with a
spirited assurance that the fresh-
men had found their “Man Alive.”

The other classes followed with the
famed “Polar Bear” from the
Seniors, “Treasure” from the Jun-
iors, and “Roam an’ Riot” from the
Sophomores.

The soloists of past and present
Freshmen Shows recaptured the
moods of their own shows. Llyn
iDallet and Clare Harwood re-
peated their successes with “Love
Song” and “Big Bertha,” respec-
tively. Kathy Lurker’s “In the

Conitnued on Page 4, Col. 5

Show Depicts Mythical
Manless World
Of Future

by-Barbaia Urysdale, ’55
and Ciaire Robinson, 54

Man Alive, the presentation of
the Uiass of 1956, was one of ex-
ceilent individual performances.
Lune outerworldly, other-worldly
musical had a _ swift-paced plot
that was most original, particular-
ly in the ingenious finale. The au-
dience was not allowed even a
glimpse of the specimen that mo-
tivated the plot—Man never ap-
peared. Many other people did,
however, and special appearances
sparkled. Almost immediately after
the effective pre-curtain chant
with weird flute harmony, came Si-
si Chu, the girl in the little grass
skirt. She wowed the audience, tor
her hula was wonderful. Violet
Shaw, too, was out of this world
—her ballet was skilled and lovely
to look at. The sheer pleasure of
watching these two detracted, for-
tunately, from the rather garbled
modern dance context into which
they were thrust. The significance
of this last was not always clear,
and it was at times difficult to fol-
low what the dancers intended to
convey. chlorophyll cigarettes helped to
relieve the bewilderment of the
viewers and proved a clever, snap-
py conclusion to the sequence,

Clare Harwood was a_keen-
witted, uninhibited Titania, and the
difficult task of transmitting plot
to audience, in a musical, was well
done. Her sometimes difficult lines
(“The electro-sweeper got jam-
med with the gamma radiation”)
got across—no small feat. And her
Big Bertha number was delivered
with zip and punch. Llyn Dallet



Continued on Page 4, Col. 1



Parisian Entertainment Scintillates
As Gay Finale to Valentine Whirl

Following the presentation of
“Man Alive?!” on Saturday night,
actresses and audience all flocked
to the “Rosy Future” dance in the
gym. Sponsored by Undergrad,
the dance featured the band of
Howard Cooke, whose red souvenir
Civil War caps were in great de-
mand by dancers . Judging by the
dance floor, the dance was a huge
success.

The Dance Committee deserves
credit for an inspired decorating
job. Red and white streamers
merged from all sides to the cen-
ter of the gym. Figures cleverly
created of silver foil decorated the
tables where weary dancers watch-
ed more energetic couples running
the gamut from waltz to Charles-
ton. The fencing room was trans-
formed into a den of refreshment;
it carried out the red and white
Valentine theme.

Excellent entertainment was
provided by the Bryn Mawr Oc-
tangle and the visiting Princeton
Tigertones. A solo by Muggy Mc-



Cabe was greeted with special
applause. An innovation was the
use of dance programs as tickets.
Several of the dances could be ex-
changed and were filled in before-
hand. It was felt this would help
to abolish the well-known “Sys-
tem” of college dances. According

to a humber of comments, this idea
was met favorably.

Merion Open House

At Merion’s Open House after
the dance, “Moulin Rouge” was
the theme. Guests were greeted by
gay streamers and balloons, a panel
depicting chorus girls, and other
decor in the French night club
motif.

Patrons quenched their thirst with
ice cream as they watched the floor
show. This consisted of renditions
by the Tigertones, a special visit
of Edith Piaf (Barbara Kalb) who
sang a sultry-voiced “Vie en Rose”,
and Gray Struthers _§ singing
“Stormy Weather”. The doors
closed at 3:30, at the finish of a
wonderful evening.






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Wednesday, February 18, 1953





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The College News reaches many people—faculty, alum-
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It is difficult to meet demands. There are many things
that must be printed and many more that cannot. Our job
is fo report objectively, to criticize constructively, and to
meet questions with explanations. “Why doesn’t the News
print more jokes?” We are a newspaper, not a humor mag-
azine. “Why isn’t there more creative writing in the News?”
This is the function of a literary magazine.

We try to balance the interests of all our readers—alum-
nae want to know about changes, faculty want to know about
students, and students want to know about events, past and
future. We write about speeches you have missed, shows
you want to see, people you want to meet, and things you
want todo. We write about what is happening to the college
and therefore what is happening to you. We publish hoping,
but unfortunately not sure, that you will read.

And yet, The College News is “Published in the interest
of Bryn Mawr College.”

Exchange

An increasing interest can be detected in Middle East af-
fairs and their consequent influence upon the World in Peace
or in War. Bryn Mawr College and the American University
in Cairo have just lately embarked on an exchange arrange-
ment of college newspapers. From the Campus Caravan, the
Cairo weekly publication, we hope to reprint articles of in-
terest to Bryn Mawr College News readers, while in Cairo,

some of the goings on at Bryn Mawr will be made known.

Current Events

Two Conflicting Ideals
Face America
Currently

“The field of morality is a re-
flection always of a climate of
opinion,” stated Mr. Milton C,
Nahm at Current Events on Mon-
day, February 16, in the Common
Room,

He asserted that the field of mo-
rality, by means of which abstract
ethical principles are made applic-
able to the concrete situations in
which men live and act, has been
obscured in the claims of two riv-
al aspects of American life. These
two aspects are “a belief and ded-
ication to the most abstract and
other worldly principles of ethical
idealism ever forced to run in har-
ness with the most extraordinary
pragmatic scientific know-how in
the history of the world.”

Two Absolutes

Thus, we are at the mercy of
two absolutes; we are appealed to
in terms of basic and abstract
principles on the one hand, and on
the other, we can make things with
a perfection of technique and on a
scale which makes the senses reel.
We have forgotten that we must
allow for the possibility of error cr
misjudgment of general moral
principles in their application to
reality, and too often we become
disillusioned and scrap principle
for practice without principle.
Thus, “we need to temper our fine
sense of technical principles to the
field of morality.”

But, because the moral situation
is more complex and difficult than
is nature, to which we apply our
sciences, we tend either to take
the direct method of application of
principles or to scrap principle and
be ruled by expedience. Mr. Nahm
illustrated this fact with President
Eisenhower’s statement that he
would not tolerate any deviation
from an uncompromising code of
ethics and honesty in government
service. Yet, said Mr. Nahm, his
cabinet is made up of men selected
for their experience in efficiency

“within the scope of the moral
principle.”

McCarthyism

We must guard against making
an absolute of expediency, for this
is our real danger. The issue of
McCarthyism, for example, is a
question of real and present dan-
ger, for if Communism is our main
problem, we must root it out,
whatever the dangers to principles
and ethics. But it is well to re-
member that the judge should be,
according to Aristotle, “a sort of
animate justice.”

Integrity

The United States, said Mr.
Nahm, has in the past “produced
men whose integrity is beyond
question and whose administrative
skills have grown as they met in-
creased responsibilities.” We need
such men now, who, like Washing-
ton, are just because justice is
right and because lack of it would
cost them some of their self-re-
spect.

We need today to see ourselves
and the patterns of morality clear-
ly; we suffer from inflexibility of
ethical principle, for we tend to
discard principle when in its er-
roneous application to experience
it is trained by expediency. We
identify a principle with a man,
and scrap the principle with the
man, forgetting the climate of



opinion.

Professors Receive
Noteworthy Honor

Evidence of the scholarship and
academic distinction of the mem-
bers of the Bryn Mawr | Faculty
may be seen in terms of their pub-
lications, the fellowships awarded
to them, and the grants made by
Government, industry, and foun-
dations for their individual re-
search.

The Report of the President for
the year 1951-52 includes an im-
pressive list of publications, some
of which students may have. seen
and many of which have been pub-
lished in the learned journals.

Ten members of the Faculty are
holding fellowships or special ap-
pointments this year. Mr. Sloane
has a Fulbright Fellowship and
Mr. Michels a fellowship from the
Fund for the Advancement of Ed-
ucation (the Ford Foundation).
Four Guggenheim Fellowships
were awarded last spring to mem-
bers of the Bryn Mawr Faculty—
Miss Taylor, Miss Oppenheimer,
Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. Cuttino. It is
interesting to note that 1 per cent
of the total number of Guggen-
heim Fellowships awarded for this
year was made to members of the
Faculty of this one College. Mr.
Dryden and Mr. Wells are both
holding Government appointments;
and in the second semester, Mr.
Alcala is the director of the Mid-
dlebury School of Spanish in Spain,
and the Berliners are doing special
research at the University of Lon-
don.
Members of the Faculty have re-
ceived such appointments as the

Continued on Page 6 ,Col. 5

Sports

by Lynn Badler, °56

Two very exciting basketball
games were played last Thursday
when Bryn Mawr met Drexel at
Drexel. In the first varsity game,
Bryn Mawr won 27-25, although

the team was behind at the end of
the first half 19-8. Adele Fox
made four consecutive foul shots
in the last three minutes of play.
In the second varsity game Drexel
was victorious 20-19. In this game
Bryn Mawr’s forwards were not
quite as excellent as in the first
game. The guards were more than
adequate in both.

The lineups were:

First Team Forwards:

Louise Bruer
Adele Fox
Helen Ramsdell
Ann Fosnocht

Guards:
Anne Gurewich
Mimi Mackall
Anne Eristoff
Betty Ann Cerruti

Second Team: Forwards:

Pauline Smith
Gail Gilbert
Maddie DeRopp
Sally Kennedy

Guards: i

Roberta Olsen
Virginia Dulany
Elizabeth Hall
M. G. Warren

Last Wednesday Bryn Mawr
ably defeated Rosemont at Rose-
mont, 10-0, in badminton. The first
varsity won in both singles and
doubles. In the second varsity
games the scores were a little
closer, but Bryn Mawr took all the
matches in this department, too,
although some of the girls were
playing for the first time with the
team or with their partners.

The lineups were as follow:

First Varsity: Singles
Deedy McCormick
Janet Leeds



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Letters from
Abroad

This is meant more as a P. S.
than a criticism of Anne Phipps’
article in the January 14 News on
the French people’s idea of Amer-
ica. Anne wrote the article just
after our stay in the provincial
town of Tours and I would like to
add some impressions on the same
subject -after three months in
Paris, the center of France.

It is very true that the French
acquire many of their ideas
through our films and soldiers, but
the overall. impression they have
of our country is hard to deter-
mine, For us over here, the ‘be-
haviour of the Army is particular-
ly embarrassing when they shout
around the streets and take over
a bistro, but when a country is in
a delicate position as is the U. S.
towards France, one is always con-
scious of the action of any fellow

countrymen that will cause the
slightest ill feeling. I don’t mean
to sanction all the behavior of our
troops and certainly the French
don’t always appreciate them, but
one must remember that the
French have seen armies of many
countries, both enemy and ally, and
knowing their own army, too, have
a ‘slight understanding and fore-
knowledge of what they all do in
foreign countries.

G-Men and Convertibles

They may see movies of G-Men
and convertibles and envy such a
life, which they realize has a high-
er standing than theirs—but, even
here, the word “Hollywood” has a
faint tinge of unreality. And even
a Frenchman gets a kick out of
a wold western or a Walt Disney
—they realize that there is more
than the mink-and-revolver set on
the other side of the Atlantic.

America, from what I have gath-
ered from people and newspapers,
is considered young in every sense.
Its youthful force in industrial af-
fairs is highly appreciated by the
French, who seek every opportun-
ity to learn new methods and ex-
periments current at home. Its
naivete is perhaps the most pre-
carious point in the French mind.
They realize they must be patient
with a nation unfamiliar with the
complex problems of Europe but
trying to help them, and to learn.
It is terribly important for Amer-
icans not to push their patience to
the snapping point by being the
aggressive upper-hand in matters
delicate to the European or by try-
ing to do things “the American
way” with a people used to slower
methods.

Billions of Dollars

As for the billions of dollars, I
would say that only by a small mi-
nority group of extreme left-wing-
ers and Communists were they
considered as a means for making
France another battlefield. About
two years ago there was some
anxiety in the minds of some
French about the re-armament
plans. They felt then that the
U. S. didn’t realize that a build-up.
of arms on both sides of a fron-
tier meant an eventual explosion,
but now with a profounder under-

standing of our purposes—and of /—

Russia’s—they have thrown them-
selves into first place in the idea
of unity and strength. Even the
Neutralists are all for America
building up a strength France at
this moment is.incapable of: The
U. S. may spend dollars on conver-
tibles but even the farmers realize
they spend them on tractors for
European fields as well.
Nevertheless, there is the minor-
ity party, but a Frenchman will
tell you that there are four Com-
munists for every thirty other
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Wednesday, February. 18,: 1953

‘THE COLLEGE N EWS

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Page Three



Habert Expands Facts Concerning Old Playbills Recall College Scholars

The Verrazano Voyage to I'rancesca

The almost forgotten voyage of
exploration of Verrazano along the
coast of sixteenth century America
was the subject of M. Jacques Ha-.
bert’s lecture When New York Was
Called Terre d’Angouleme, Thurs-|
day, February 12 in Wyndham.
Although the facts of Verrazano’s
discoveries have been known. to
learned historians, most history
books devote little or no space to
them, and thus his achievements
are not commonly known.

M. Habert, assistant principal
and history teacher at the French
Lycee of New York, and professor
of French Civilization in the Edu-
cation School of New York Uni-
versity, published an essay in
1949 entitled When New York Was
Called Angouleme, to commemorate
the 425th anniversary of Verra-
zano’s voyage and the discovery of
New York Bay by the half-forgot-
ten explorers of 1524.

Verrazano, a Florentine-born na-
vigator and cosmographer, was one
of many men of the sixteenth cen-
tury who believed that through the
New World should exist a strait
to Cathay and the riches of the In-
dies. Although born in Italy, Ver-
razano stayed in ‘France long
enough, to be considered a French-
man; he too must have considered
himself French, for all the docu-
ments that remain from this per-
iod the signed either in the Latin
or French form of his name.

Observer

“They say somebody from the
faculty will be here at dress re-
hearsal - - - what’ll I do about my
song?” “Just sing it straight and
gloss over...” “... boy, these
garters are for the birds...”

“ ,,. So I invited somebody else
and now the one who didn’t answer
for a month is coming too - - - I
just want to crawl into a hole
somewhere!”

You feel old, listening to the
happy voices - - - voices happy and
harried as well - - - voices that be-
long to a Freshman Show. It’s
been a long time. You know your
class well now,and can scarcely re-
member the time when you were
a freshman --- when the faces
looming out of the dusk of Good-
hart were unfamiliar. This was
the time, people kept telling you,
this Freshman Show time was
what really welded a class togeth-
er. This was when you got to
know people. You asked and talk-
ed and learned and shared experi-
ences over tea or sticky buns, you
knew the same dead-tired silences
after hours of rehearsal. This was
the time that you found not only,
friends,







but a sort of middle
ground in your own college living.

You feel old, now, watching that
set of experiences happening to
another class - - - another college
generation. Now it is you who
speak with authority about what
Freshman Show means. You have
forgotten much, till now. At the
same time, there is much you will
always remember. You are re-
minded of all the excitement, all
the wonder, all the weariness. You
are reminded that Freshman Show
is something for which all the col-
lege waits, and about which all
the college cares. It’s up to you
of all people, to deliver - - - and
you always do.

What is a Freshman Show? It
is the warm charm of the smile of
a kick chorine, devoid as she is of
make-up with hair skinned back
into a rehearsal pony tail. It is
the energetic splash and painstak-
ing care of a stage crew. It is a
date arriving and a performance
to get through. It is a Sunday af-
ternoon sing. It is an audience
which comes to cheer for and with
Freshman, many of them filled
with memories . . . most of all, it



is Bryn Mawr.



In Lyons Verrazano had the op-
portunity to tell King Francis I of
his belief that a strait might be
found giving the French the short
est route to the Indies. By the pre-
emptory Bull of 1498 the Pope had

reserved all the land beyond the’

seas to Spain and Portugal, thus
preventing Francis, who had sign
ed allegiance to the Pope, from
sending out explorers.’ But in 1521
Florence, in alliance with the Holy
Roman Emperor, Charles V, de
clared war on France, and the
French king, no longer feeling
obliged to obey the papal edict
encouraged New World expedi-
tions.

In January, 1524, a French ship,
the Dauphine, set sail for America,
with Verrazano as pilot. In early
March the French drew inland at
what is now South Carolina. They
explored the eastern coast, travel-
ing north and christening the re-
gions where they landed in honor
of various places and persons in
France. The whole land they call-
ed Francesca in honor of the king.
Copies exist today of Verrazano’s
detailed reports to the king in
which he related many humorous
incidents as well as information
concerning the geographical, econ-
omic and social conditions of the
Indians.

Indians’ Friendly Greeting

Along the central coast, which
had not yet been explored by white
men, Verrazano’s men _ received
friendly greeting from the Indians.
Once, wrote Verrazano, the sailors
wanted to go ashore for water, but
found it impossible to land be-
cause of great waves around the
cape. The men wanted to give
some trinkets to the Indians who
were indicating their welcome
from the shore, so one young sailor
swam to shore and threw some
goods to the Indians, but was
knocked almost unconscious by a
huge wave as he started to return

to the boat. The Indians carried
him ashore while the youth
screamed in fear. There they

undressed him and built a large
fire near him, while_the —sail-
ors watched horror-stricken from
the boat, sure that their friend
was to be roasted for dinner. The
friendly Indians, however, merely
wanted to warm the man.

The journey continued, and in
April they found an agreeable site,
a river which from Verrazano’s de-
scription is known to be the Hud-
son, and a “lake” which was upper
New York Bay seen for the first
time by white men. The French
named the land surrounding New
York harbor Angouleme in honor
of their king who was born near
the town of Angouleme and had

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Well-Known Actors

by Barbara Drysdale, ’55

Playbills dating from 1769 to the
melodramas of 1873 are on display
now in the Rare Book Room in the
Library. Donated by the Class of
1911 (in memory of Margaret
Prussing Le Vino) and also by Ar-
thur Colby Sprague, the selections
present many famous English and
American‘actors of former times.

“Booth’s Souvenir Program” on
satin advertises the appearance of
Edwin Booth as Iago and Maurice
Barrymore (father of the present
Barrymores) as Cassio.

Much Ado About Nothing

The twenty-ninth performance
of Edwin Booth as Benedick in
Much Ado About Nothing is an-
nounced in The Footlight for the

‘,
Boston Theater. - It was* an eve-

ning which included orchestra se-
lections between the acts. Lining
the paper are advertisements of
the day, one a poem in praise of a
skirt: “She wore an ‘As You Like
It’ skirt The last time that we
met.

A playbill for Booth’s Theater
gives the play with which that
theater opened in 1869 — Romeo
and Juliet starring Booth and
Mary McVicker, whom Booth later
married.

An item of interest for Shake-
spearian students is the play-
bill for Hamlet in 1878, again

with Booth, promising the “re-
stored version of Richard III”.
Henry Irving appears in The

Bells given at the Lyceum. It was
this theater that Irving took over
in 1878 and that became England’s
nearest approach to a national
theater.

Magnificent Scenery

“Produced at an expense of
Many Thousand Dollars, Magnifi-
cent. New Scenery, Painted on 23,-
000 FEET OF CANVAS! ... Ex-
tensive Machinery” is part of the
descriptive “blurb” for The Tem-
pest, or “The Enchanted Island”.
A synopsis of scenes and songs
is also given for this play, which
is described in best movieland
technique as a “Moving Pano-
rama.”

Another well-advertised play
was Forbidden Fruit, in which the
scenes are described as “Noon—
The Serpent, Night—The Tempta-
tion, Dawn—Forbidden Fruit.”

The Theater Royal in Drury
Lane advertised Edmund Kean in
Othello in 1816. Twenty years
later the same theater (“Their
Majesties’ Servants’) was pre-
senting Edwin Booth in Richard
Il1I—“His First Appearance these
Eight Years”. Curtain time was
early at 6:45, and the evening’s
entertainment included a grand
opera, the Seige of Corinth, by
Byron and Rossini.

Richard III

Richard III (always a favorite
with the tragedians) again starred
Edwin Booth at Boston’s Howard
Athenaeum, at a time when the
actor’s “return to the home of his
former triumph has been hailed
with universal acclaim.” A small
notice toward the top of the play-
bill reassures the patrons that the
performance is scheduled to get
out in time for them to catch cars
leaving for most of the suburbs.

Included in the exhibit are three
priceless scrapbooks with playbills
and miscellaneous theater clip-
pings for the years 1874 to 1908
and 1921 to 1922. A collection of
these from 1874 to 1981 are the
gift of Richard W. Lloyd from the
library of his mother, Mrs. Hora-
tio Lloyd, a friend of Mrs. Otis



Skinner.

Speak in Boston.

Bryn Mawr “Came to Boston”
on February 7 when three of the
college’s distinguished scholars—
Mary Gardiner, Helen Maud
Cam, and Alexander Soper—ad-
dressed the members of the Bryn
Mawr Club of Boston and interest-
ed guests on aspects of work in
their respective fields — science,
history, and art,

The occasion represented an ef-
fort to innovate this kind of meet-
ing between Bryn Mawr scholars
and sub-freshmen, parents of stu-
dents now in college, and alumnae.
Among the audience were alumnae
representing over one-hali century
of Bryn’ Mawr scholarship, from
1896 to 1952.

Miss Gardiner, head of the Bryn
Mawr biology department, gave A
Mid-Century View of the Cell in
Development and Heredity, dealing
particularly with what a cellular
biologist could do today from the
technical point of view, aided by
such advancements as have been
made in tissue culture, electron
microscopy, centrifugation, and
histo-chemistry.

Helen Maud Cam, professor of
history at Harvard and Radcliffe,
spoke on The Contribution of the
Middle Ages to Modern Democ-
racy, a survey of how the admin-
istration of justice became central?
ized in a democratic. government
during the Middle Ages in Eng-
land. Miss Cam ended with a plea
for the individual to assume his re-
sponsibility in a democratic gov-
ernment. His duty consists of more
than mere criticism; if conditions
seem wrong, the citizen must ac-
cept some responsibility for them
himself and work for their better-
ment.

LAST NIGHTERS

Hysteria And Suspicion
Clearly Seen in
‘Crucible’
by Suzan Habashy, ’54
The Crucible succeeds perhaps
above all in pointing a startling
parallel between the witch hunts
of Salem in 1692 and some of the
modern political witch hunts. The
first were prompted by ignorance,
monotony in the lives of the
people, and narrow religious
fervour; the cause of the second is

a topic for politicians.

In The Crucible, reason is forgot-
ten as the swelling tide of hysteria
takes hold of men, possessing their
minds and souls. Based on actual
fact, it shows how the malice otf
Abigail Williams and the mass
hysteria she could provoke
through the influence she had on
her triends, added to the religious
fervour and superstitious ignor-
ance of Salem society, combine to
do away with an upright farmer,
John Proctor (Arthur Kennedy).
Proctor tries to save his wife from
a charge of witchcraft—the charge
itself arising out of the jealous
love Abigail has for him—and the |
consequent malice she bears him
stems from his faithfulness to his
excellent wife.

Characters

The superb acting of Walter
Hampden, the high judicial author-
ity; the evil displayed in every act
and thought of Samuel Parris, the
reverend of Salem; the vicious
malice of Abigail and her surpris-
ing power of leadership all serve
to fill an audience with horror at
the gross evil man is capable of
intlicting upon his fellow man. As
a result of these, Hale, the rever-
end of a neighboring parish whose



Cultural Penetration in Buddhist
Art was the subject of the talk by
Alexander Soper of the Bryn Mawr
history of art department. Deal-
ing with the paintings of Tun-
huang, his speech was illustrated
by color slides from the temples in
mid-China which had never before
been reproduced in color.

Nearly two hundred attended
the seminar program which was
presided over by Richard M. Gum-
mere, trustee of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege.

Maids and Porters
Dance for Pleasure

especially contributed
by Ann Shocket, 64

Color was the keynote of the
Maids’ and Porters’ Dance in the
gym on Saturday night, February
7, There was color in the valen-
tines and crepe paper streamers
that transformed the walls and
ceilings of the gym, and color in
the bright formals and cocktail
dresses of the girls.

But most of all, there was color
in the music. John Whittaker’s
orchestra created music red hot or
sombre blue, with every shade in
between. They played with both
competence and spirit, and each
piece was an experience in itself.

One of the nicest parts of the
evening was the fact that every-
one mixed. Dancing partners were
constantly changing, so that the
atmosphere was more congenial
than a strictly-couples party would
have been. There were a great
many guests from outside the col-
lege, and they seemed to enjoy
themselves as much as the maids
and porters—a tribute to the hos-
pitality of the hosts and hostesses

as well as to the work of Nancy
Tepper, Wendy Ewer, and their



help is at first initiated, is dis-
illusioned and loses his faith. Eliz-
abeth Proctor is deprived of her
| husband whose goodness and love
‘for her are the only good things
|realized in the play, and John
' Proctor is hanged.

In spite of the fact that Abigail
and her friends flee from Salem
with most of the miserly savings
of Reverend Parris, hysteria con-
tinues. Proctor dies, and upright
souls go on awaiting death in the
Salem gaols.

The staging, the acting, the su-
perb portrayal of man under the
pressures of fear and suspicion,
the tragic consequences of both—
these combine to make an audience
truly grateful at least that they
did not live in Salem during the’
days of the witch hunts, in the
days of search for those alleged
to have dealings with Satan.

Mrs. Drake Lends
Selected Paintings

On exhibition now in the Com-
mon Room is a collection of pic-
tures including water colors, oils,
and pastels, lent to the college by
Mrs. Thomas Drake, Bryn Mawr
alumna. Ten of the works are by
her mother, Mary LaBoiteaux,
long-time friend of the college in
whose memory the Deanery garden
was given.

The paintings include six in oil
—Trees”, “Yellow Arizona Moun-
tains”, ‘“Fuchsias”, “View of
Camel Ridge from High Pastures”,
“Canterbury Bells and Roses”, and
“Opalescent” (a sea-scape)—all by
Mary LaBoiteaux.

Water colors, pastels, and other
media are represented in the rest
of the exhibit—‘New York Sky-
line” by Earl Horton; “Monte Car-
lo Casino” by Lauterbach; “Yel-
low Trees” by Henry Pitz; “Land-
scape” by Alexander Robinson;
landscapes by Helen Lloyd; and
“Cineraria and Lilies”, “Wistaria”,
“Arizona Palm Tree”, and “Ariz-



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teaux,






Page Four





THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, February 18, 1953



Freshmen Spoof Science, Senate Investigations
In Plot Made Edible By Sugar-Coated Moments

Continued from Page 1

was equally good as Chromosomia,
Clare’s daughter. Her work was
sharp and well-paced, and she de-
livered her lines with just the
proper amount of nine-year-old au-
dacity. Her songs—by a grown up
Chromosomia ten years later —
were not as sure as they might
have been, but this was largely the
result of the musical score.

Man Alive was a show of well-
spaced, high spots, and was car-
ried by individual bits rather than
a continuous smooth text. As a
result, the audience will remember
these high-spots, and the people
who made them such: Eleanor
Dickerman’s flute as before men-
tioned, very effectively set the fu-
turistic stage of the beginning and
prepared the audience for events
unusual and out-of-this universe.

Just as chlorophyll was spoofed,
so senate investigations and the
loyalty oath came in for musical
needling (when a secretary was
threatened with deportation to “ad
infinitum”).

Main Plot Line

The main plot line, of M-A-N as
deduced from atime capsule, might
have proved a hard pill to swal-
low, but slipped down easily, again
because of sugar-coated moments.
There were the types of man, done
by Charlotte Smith, Anne Hobson,
Debby Lowenthal and Cynthia
Rogers; and the representatives uf
the noble experiment (liquor)
Anne Coe, Sarah Moore, Pat Gil-
martin and Ann Peterkin. Cos-
metics, too, were well applied to
the script—in fact, all of Act II
was smoothly integrated, so that
reports on man were done with
naturalness and ease. This was
the act which included one of the
best kick choruses of the past few
years. Not only were the chorines
pretty to see, but had plenty of
talent and agility as well. Dina
Bickerman and the Dance Commit-
tee did highly original choreo-
graphy for the high kickers.

Outstanding in the third act
were the secretaries’ song of “Sur-
render” to the invaders from
Planet Q, and the “Finale,” which
combined a catchy tune with fast
and unusual curtain call. Mari-

anne Clark and Lois Glantz de-
signed a set both simple and ettfec-
tive, in what might be called outer-
spatial modern. Mary Daring
headed the group ot unsung hero-
ines, the stage crew. Helen-Louise
Simpson was in charge of lights—
(especially that green cnioropayl
spot!). Ureait lor tne wnoie luca
goes to Maxine Scnwarwz, Scripv
manager, alded by Kos Simon who
airected the songs.

NNonNig rowers deserves huzzans
tor the overall job—as director 01
©Treshman Show, hers was tne ai-

most impossible task of welaing a
class production into a lively mus-
ical in very little time. Mer pac-
ing was tast and blocking and ai-
rectlon showed consideraple skill.
‘Khe exceilent blocking was espe-
cially noticeable in the last scene,
when a simple hassock arrange-
ment cleverly grouped the council
as they awaited the zero hour of
approaching doom—or rather, man.
Man Alive could have benefited
with a better musical score—less
lyric and more emphasis on mel-
ody would have tightened several
of the numbers. The script as well
Was too readily abandoned in spots
for the sake of individual work—
particularly in the modern dance
sequence of the first act. Never-
theless, Man Alive was a delight-
ful sating on life in a woman’s
world—not to mention good old
science fiction which came in for
its share of ribbing. And it con-
tained wit and sparkle and above
all the enthusiasm and spirit that
combine into that special and re-
markable compound, a class show,
and so lead to a happy, sparkling
evening, all to the credit of ’56.



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THE FLU

(With apologies to Tennyson)
I come from haunts of dirt and
filth,
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And scatter out with all my spilth
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Yale And Reid Hall
Offer Paris Study

Theodore Andersson, Director of
Yale University’s Master of Arts
in Teaching Program, has an-
nounced that applications are now
being received from prospective
students for the Yale-Reid Hall
Summer ‘Session in Paris, France.
The foreign study ‘program is
under the joint direction of Mr.
Andersson and Miss Dorothy F.
Leet, Reid Hall president.

The session begins July 6 and
ends August 15. It is open to stu-
dents recommended by their col-
lege or university who have two
years of college French or its
equivalent.

Students accepted will leave
New York in mid-June and tour
Normandy, Mont St. Michel and
the chateaux of the Loire Valley
before beginning their studies in
Paris. At the end of the course,
the group will be given three
weeks to travel on their own be-
fore returning to this country.

The Yale session in Paris was
established three years ago and
offers courses in French art, liter-
ature, language and politics. Aca-
demic credit will be granted for
work done.

‘For further information and ap-
plication blanks, students have
been asked to apply before April
1 to Mr. Andersson, Hall of Gradu-
ate Studies, Yale.



Laswell Stresses Drift
To Unity in Learning
Continued from Page 1

ences. Thirdly, he should consid
er the extent to which his values
have been realized by using his in
telligence to observe trends, an
alyze facts. After that, he mus
discover the scientifically determin
ing events of these trends.

Once the individual has answer
ed these questions for himself, the
main problem becomes one of find
ing the degree to which he can re-
alize his values in the community.
He must consider present action
and how it will be resolved if he
does not interfere. By projecting
himself into the future and con-
sidering information gathered from
the past, he develops a conception
of eventualities, figuring out how
conflicts will be resolved and what
major policy alternatives will be
in the future.

Weighing the possible alterna-
tives, he chooses the one that will
allow a maximization of his values.
Using past events to determine fu-
ture conditions is a collective pro-
cess, not only an individual prob-
lem, because the person makes use
of collective decisions, results of
what has been discovered by sev-
eral people.

Mr. Laswell cited the need for a
unified way of dealing with a prob-
lem in order to produce worth-
while, applicable concepts. This
need implies a reorganization of
intellectual activities in teaching,

research, and all other forms of

mental pursuit.

The practical implication of this
integration of intellectual activity
leads to a method of analyzing
problems to anticipate future
questions and work ahead of time
in forming judgment bases for fu-
ture situations. Problems involv-
ed in accomplishing this system re-
quire diminishing the impact of
parents and other people upon in
dividuals, and determining th
type of character we wish to fos-
ter. People must be challenged to
a more effective participation in
existing situations.



Habert Reveals Ancient

Discovery of New York
Continued from Page 3

held the title of Count of Angou-
leme before the received the crown.
The Dauphine advanced farther up
the coast until it reached the ex-
plored waters of Nova Scotia, and
then turned homeward.

Verrazano was still convinced
that he could find a strait, but war
and political complications delayed
a return to America until 1528
when he guided his ship to the
waters around Florida and further
south. He and some of his men
went ashore one day, were attack-
ed by a savage tribe, and slain.
The remaining men turned home-
ward; they had found nothing and
were soon forgotten.

Documents indicate that New
York was called Angouleme from
1524 to about 1561, long before
Hudson’s famous voyage in the
Half Moon. In Battery Park in
New York there stands a statue of
Verrazano in recognition of his
discovery of New York Bay. Ver-
razano and the story of his voy-
ages would greatly enrich Amer-
ican folklore. His tales about en-
counters with the Indians are de-
lightfully penned, and his story
belongs to the history of this
country.

‘Big Bertha’ Joins Ranks
With Wambi In Songfest
Continued from Page 1
Intellectual Way” complete with
horn-rimmed glasses recalled The
Last Resort. Gwen Davis, Muggy
McCabe, and Alice Hartman sang

their solos from Opening Soon, 4}

Junior Show songs that slipped jf
somehow. Mary Jane Chubhack #

Sport.”
ing the more serious side of th¢@
show sang “In Love With Yo
The hit of the afternoon was a ¥e-
peat performance of Si-Si Chi
hula dance accompanied™by,. Capy
Kaiser on the ukelele.

The song fest ended with a rous-
ing cheer for the class of 1956 and
their show Man Alive?!





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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



‘SPORTS

Continued from Page 2
Judy McCollough

Doubles:

Marilyn Muir-Beth Davis
Lois Bonsal-Prue Oliver

Second Varsity: Singles
Phil Tilson
Emily McGinnity
Sukie Kuser

Doubles:
Candy Bolster-Barbie Bornemann
Mary Jones-Carla Kaufman

The varsity swimming team lost
to Penn on Thursday, 34-23, in a
meet held at Penn. Bryn Mawr’s
first team did come off with some
honors: Glenna Vare won the div-
ing competition; Anne Lebo, the
backstroke, and Maggie Stehii,
Marion Murmann, and Ann Lebo
made up a winning medley relay
team. The second team’s contest
had a completely different out-
come, the Bryn Mawr team win-
ning 31-25. The victories in the
meet were: Marilyn Fain, diving;
Barbara Tyler, free-style, and
Anneke Blohm, breast-stroke. The
junior varsity won both relays
also.

In a meeting of the American
Fencing League, held Wednesday
at the gym, Sue Lucas fenced her
way to the finals. All contestants
had been arranged in groups and
the top three winners in each
group went into the final competi-
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a brief summary of their conquest
of the Peloponnesus. Explain the
legislation of Solon. What causes
led to the interference of Philip
of Macedon in Grecian affairs?

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tory? Not at all. These repre-
sent only a small fraction of the
information on classical history
required for an intellectual female
who desired to go on to higher
learning in the autumn of 1890.
No choice was allowed either;
either you knew it or you weren’t
for Bryn Mawr.

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gruelling examinations in Ger
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tions on Norse Mythology, Anglo-
Saxon and early literature, and
Chaucer. Among the nine com-
pulsory questions on Chaucer are
the following representative bits:
‘Name his principal works, giv-
ing, if they are adaptations, the
name, age, and country of the orig-
inal authors.

Give a vivid portraiture of the
Host, the Prioress, and the Somp-
nour.

What were Chaucer’s attitudes
towards religion, women, love,
himself, and his poetry?

And, finally, what were the chief
political and religious movements
in England in Chaucer’s time?

On the whole, the examiners
managed nicely at being both spe-
cific and generally comprehensive.
Here’s a beauty from the year
before:

Imagine yourself looking back-
wards from the year 1900 over the
century and a half from 1750 to
1900, and arrange the poets that
lived within this period according
to the order of their relative great-
ness, basing this arrangement on
the private reading during the
semester.

How many of these can you
answer ?

On the other hand, some of the



questions are the kind of thing we
consider ourselves to have passed
by grammar school. In the 1892
midyear are these two extremes:

Name the relations between the
English and Norse races, remem-
bering all points of contact and
the debt of English literature to
the Norse.

Give the parts of the verbs lie,
lay. (Not that some college stu-
dents wouldn’t benefit from learn-
ing the rules over again!) This
particular test included twenty-five
such questions.

Shakespeare was thoroughly
covered in just one question in the
1891 midyear:

Give chief dates of Shakespeare,
dividing his works into periods.



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Underline canonical plays in each
period, and beside each play in the
first and second periods write in|
brackets the names of chief char-
acters, underlining leading char-
acter in each play. What plays of
Shakespeare seem to you especial-
ly influenced by plays of Marlowe?
Describe the events in Brutus’ or-
chard, the character of Portia and
her part in the play, Calpurnia’s

dreams. Analyze the plot of|{

Romeo and Juliet with reference to
where this play differs from the
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them, but now it is easy to won-
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an exam. Many seem as outdated,
yet understandable as Miss
Thomas’ remark to Miss Con-

stance Applebee’s plea for permis-
sion for the girls to have shorter
tunics in order to play hockey.
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Page Six

Wednesday, February 18, 1953



Mrs. Sullivan will not be back
for several weeks. Her place is
being taken by Mrs. Nimick whom
some of you will remember as
Nancy Corkran in the Class of
1950.

a: 2S

Interviews of This Week: Ap-
pointment sheets are posted out-
side of Room H in Taylor.

Tuesday, February 17th: Mrs.
Stern of Tripp Lake Camp in Port-
land, Maine. Students interested
in being counsellors this summer

‘Wednesday, February 18th—
Miss Watson from the Cooperative
Bureau for Teachers, an employ-
ment agency in New York. Stu-
dents interested in teaching next
year—school or college positions.

Thursday, February 19th—Miss
De Santis from the Evans Signal
Laboratory in Belmar, New Jersey.
Students with work in Physics or
Mathematics. Permanent and sum-
mer.

“Interviews of Next Week: Ap-
pointment sheets will be posted.

‘Tuesday, February 24th —Mr.
‘Weaver of Prudential Life Insur-
ance Company. Permanent posi-
tions in the home office at Newark,
New Jersey, in Methods of Plan-
ning Divisions or in actuarial work.
In’ signing for an appontment,



THE COLLEGE NEWS

WHAT 10 DO

please get an application blank
from Mrs. Nimick and bring it to
the interview with you.

Wednesday, February 25th —
Miss Feldt of the Girl Scouts. Per-
manent and summer positions in
all parts of the country.

+e 4

Jobs for Next Year: Please see
Mrs. Crenshaw.

See above under Interviews.

The University of Connecticut.
Part-time instructors in the De-
partment of English for students
who wish to study for a master’s
degree. $1560 for the nine months
of the college year. Two sections
of freshman work. Instructors
may take six credits in English
and American Literature. More
details are on the notice posted
outside of Room F.

YWCA—Many positions open in
different parts of the country. Sal-
aries from $2600.

Odd Jobs now Open: Please see
Mrs. Nimick. ©

Sales Agents:

Kits and instructions for mak-
ing espadrilles. Attractive and
practical. $1 commission on each
kit.

Life Shampoo—40% commission.

Scandinavian Student Travel
Service: Travel in Europe in Ford



sedans or station wagons with
Scandinavian student driver. Mod-
erate rates and low cost passage,
Booklets in Room H. $10 com
mission on each booking.

Steady Afternoon Baby-sit—two
or three times a week, 2 to 6. One
child, three years old.

Tutors:

Latin—two lessons a week for
five weeks. Beginning Latin. Ship-
ley Schoo] girl.

Spanish—two or three times a
week for the rest of the year. Low-
er Merion High School girl taking
second year Spanish. After 3:30
in the afternoons or in the eve-
nings. Student will come to the
tutor.

Ss 6 8

For the Summer: See Mrs. Ni-
mick.

See Interview Section on Page 1.

The American Friends Service
Committee has sent its booklet on
the Youth Service Projects for this
year. It may be consulted in Room
H. It is necessary to apply early
to these projects as the numbers
are limited. They are things for
which you pay rather than their
paying you.

Rutgers Workshop, New Brufis-
wick, New Jersey. Student assist-
ants training session in methods



Letters from
Abroad

Continued from Page: 2

paity members, and that their
sole job is to go around scrib-
bling “U. S. Go Home” so that
it appears the work of all. It is in
their eyes that France will be a
battlefield but their voice is faint.
It is hard to evaluate the ideas
of a whole nation in troubled times,
when one rumor contradicts its
predecessor and when feelings are
easily aroused. I would say, though,
that if there is any hatred it comes
from a natural envy. The United
States is young and its wealth
powerful but if this is handled
well, she will never be resented
either for her luxury or power,
but will always be considered as a

friend.
Caroline Morgan, ’54



of workers’ education. See notice
posted outside of Room F.

New Camps include:

Children’s Beach House in Dela-
ware — physically handicapped
children. Beach and water activi-
ties. June 15th to September Ist.

$85 a month living. oe
Fg Girls, Day Cam
CA. Many kinds\of counselors.

Salaries $85 to $250.



Faculty Scholars Score

High Academic Honors
Continued from ‘Page 2
Sather Professorship of Classics at
the University of California held
by Miss Taylor and a Visiting
Professorship at Harvard held by
Miss Gilman (the only woman

ever to have held such an appoint- ©

ment).

In this current year, research
grants are held by Miss Bree, Mr.
Berry, Mr. Berliner, Miss deLagu-

na, Miss Hoyt, Mr. Pruett, and
Mr. Zimmerman.
ENGAGEMENTS
Barbara Ann Fischer, ’55, to

Stuart M. Levin.

Barbara Otnow, ’54, to Philippe
E. Baumann.

Nancy Lewis, ex-’53, to ‘William
Herbert Seldon.

















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