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E COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, March 5, 1952





THE COLLEGE NEWS

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NEWS Policy

The Editorial Board of the College News would like to
make clear to the readers of the News its policy concerning
play reviews printed in the publication.

There are three main types of productions which are re-
viewed in the News. 1) class shows (Bryn Mawr and Haver-
ford); 2) College Theatre productions and dramatic enter-
tainment on other college campuses; 3) professional efforts.

Class shows at Bryn Mawr are regularly reviewed by
the editor or the copy-editor of the News or both. They are
judged from the point of view that they are concerted efforts
of a class to produce entertainment, and, therefore, are not
expected to achieve the technical level of a dramatic produc-
tion. Class shows should first reflect the spirit of fun and
willing cooperation and secondly produce an evening of en-
tertainment, although these two qualifications are usually
met concurrently.

The reviewer keeps in mind the criteria of a Broadway
musical hit and realizes that the closer the production meets
the criteria the better show it is, but since class efforts are
written, staged, and produced by students, they cannot be
“panned” when they fail to meet this standard on all ac-
counts. They can be “panned” if evidence of class spirit is
lacking and the audience is plainly unamused or disappoint-
ed. Class productions at Haverford are criticized by a mem-
bers of the News board or staff according to the same stan-
dards. .

College Theatre productions, which are professionally
written, directed by experienced persons, and enacted by in-
terested students, are not allowed to deviate so much from
professional standards. A member of the News board or
staff writes a critical analysis using these professional stan-
dards as a guide. Acting and stage effects should meet these
goals as far as they are able, although the News recognizes
the limited amount of time which can be spent on rehearsals
and the relative inexperience of many of the participanis.
Since the purpose of a College Theatre production is to pre-
sent a good play through united effort. the play is judged on
whether or not it has fulfilled this aim. Dramatic entertain-
ment produced on other college campuses must strive for
this same goal and is criticized accordingly.

_ Professional efforts produced in city theatres are re-
any member of the News board or staff and by
its on campus who wish their ideas printed. These











| Letter

Dr. Sprague Writes
About Ancient
Present

Osburne Hotel
Valette
February 25, 1952

To The College News: ‘

Our stay in Malta is fast draw-
ing towards a close. Yet there are
ever new things to see. Yesterday,
for instance, we were taken by
boat into “The Blue Grotto”, an
unbelievable place of great beauty,
almcst like a bit of Faerie Queene
landscape. And last week we were
guests at one of the great houses
of the island, where our host’s
portrait was marked “2ist Baron.
Still Going Strong”.

The sense of the nearness of the
past is remarkable. Only yester-
day, as it seems, the seventeen
Italian “E boats” tried gallantly
to break into the Grand Harbor,
and were shot to pieces by the
guns on Fort St. Elmo. But Fort
St. Elmo had figured, too, in the
Great Siege by the Turks in 1565.
And there, we were shown the lit-
tle chapel where the last of the
garrison, under the Knights of
Malta, died fighting. The. other
great fort, St. Angelo, held out
manfully. But this one is not to
be seen at present because of a
strike by the dock workers—a
rather serious strike. There is
much that is picturesque, also, in
the street scenes, with groups of
bearded sailors and bearded friars,
of monks and nuns—the whole
population turning out of an eve-
ning to walk slowly and talk rap-
idly in the streets.

As for plays—you were bound
to hear about them sooner or lat-
er—we have been pretty austere-
ly rationed. There were two
Christmas pantomimes by ama-
teurs from the Services (at least,
we got some idea of what this
strange survival was like), and a
professional Italian company in-
cluded Amleto in their repertory
here soon after Christmas. Ham-
let with five (5) intermissions of
almost operatic length and with
very little of the text left really
(even the first scene was omitted),
but with compensation in the act-
ing of Signior Annibale Ninchi as
the Dane. He was sixty-five,
rather clumsily built, and played
the part in a mousey blond wig.
But one forgot «all these things in
the beauty and intelligence of his
reading and in the brilliant use he
made of his hands.

Finally, we have had our own
Hamlet at the University, carried
out, with some help from me, by a
group of freshmen. We were ter-
ribly short-handed, and even with
a good deal of doubling had no one
left for Fortinbras—a fanfare of
trumpets (not from records eith-
er) helped out at the end. The
gravedigger prompted till it was
time for him to go on, when Pol-
onius took over. The Prologue to
the play-within-the-play served as
Call-Boy. I saw the King toiling
at the wind-machine with, I think,
Rosencrantz! All we could hope
for was simplicity and speed, but
these just at the last we seemed
to achieve, and we had an ex-
travagantly cordial review from
an old critic on The Times of Mal-
ta who had seen Forbes-Robertson
and a great many other famous
Hamlets of other days. A fourth
performance, bespoken by a Jesuit

college, comes tomorrow, a week





L. to R.: Shoemaker, Picard, Bronsweig, (missing) : Dieter

Bronsweig, Picard, Shoemaker, Deiter
Chosen To Run For League Presidency

RUTH BRONSWEIG

Ruth, who is first in preferential
order on the ballot, is League
Chairman of the 4 Teen Group
and of the Blind School. She also
belongs to the Outing Club and is
Sales Manager of WBMC. Her
Sophomore year she was the head
of the Blind School, worked on the
Maids and Porters Show and at
the Radio Station. ‘

In her Freshman year she was
Non-Res. Representative to the
League and to the Alliance and
was in the Hall Plays. During
the summers she has worked with
the Red Cross, led a scout group,
and collected for the Infantile
Paralysis Group.

LITA PICARD

Second in preferential order,
Lita is Co-chairman of the Coates-
ville Group, is President of the
Dance Club, and was co-chairman
of the Merion Open House after
Freshman Show. She is also a
permission giver, is an A.A.
Council member, was on _ the
Freshman Week Committee, and
belongs to the Spanish Club.

She was in the Coatesville Little
Theatre Group during her Soph-
omore year, was the USF hall
representative, and was chair-
man of the Merion Open House
after Junior Prom. She was also
in the Spanish and Dance Clubs.
Her Freshman year she belonged
to the Coatesville Veterans Little
Theatre Group, was a USF Repre-
sentative, .was in the Freshman
Show and Freshman Hall plays
and belonged to the Spanish Club.

SALLY SHOEMAKER

Third on the slate for President
of the League, Sally was chair-
man of the Script Committee for
Junior Show, was on the Under-
grad Dance Committee, is on the
Maids’ and Porters’ Committee
and belongs to the College Thea-
tre. Her Sophomore year she was



after what we supposed to be the
closing one.

England, and Cambridge, ia
about five weeks, And those of
you who are thinking of coming
to England this summer will have
plenty to see on the stage: Corio-
lanus and Volpone and Macbeth
(Ralph Richardson) at Stratford;
a new Rattigan play with Peggy
Ashcroft; Comus, and later Cym-
beline at Regent’s Park,

Gielgud’s Much Ado About Noth-
ing (a vast success) may have
closed at The Phoenix Theatre, but
it is to be followed there by Rich-
ard II with Paul Seofield. And if
you are very prompt, Tis
on of Athens, beginning
the Old Vic.





June EN







cordingly. Last Nighters are printed because we think t
students are interested in reading about current productions.
All play reviews are the opinion of the writer and not of
the entire editorial board. They are always signed. The
News appreciates letters commenting on all reviews, for this

is the only channel it has to print opposing or coinciding opin-
ion and therefore evidence a more realistic picture of campus







on the Chapel Committee, was a
Counsellor at the BMC Summer
Camp, and‘ worked on the Maids’
and Porters’ Show. . She was also
in the Chorus, belonged to the BMC
Theatre, and was co-chairman of
the Rock Hall Dance.

Her Freshman year she was a
counsellor at the BMC Camp and
worked at the Soda Fountain. She
was president of the Russian Club,
belonged to the BMC Theatre, was
in the Freshman Show and in the
Chorus,

BOBBIE DIETER

The fourth candidate for the
League, Bobbie is chairman of
Blind School Recording, works in
the Soda Fountain, and was Busi-
ness Manager of the ’55 Hand-
book. She was on the Script Com-
mittee and was in the cast of
Junior Show, is on the Nominat-
ing Committee, is the hall ,rep-
resentative and a _ permission
giver.

Current Events

Economic and Political
Instability Kills
Cabinet

The instability and unsettled
state of the French Government
seems to be one of the chief prob-
lems in France today. Miss [Witte,
who spoke at the Current Events
meeting on Monday’ evening,
March 8, said that the economic
and political issues in connection
with the fall of the French cabi-
net, constitute the main questions
and gave the immediate causes
and background for these prob-
lems as well as suggestions for
improving the situation.

The immediate question on
which the Cabinet fell was the
budget, which is divided into twen-
ty sections, each a question of con-
fidehce. Only one question on ap-

‘propriations was passed; the oth-

ers were defeated by large major-
ities. One opinion was that it
seemed like a reshuffling within the
departments of the government,
and that this reshuffing makes
France less able to participate in
the North Atlantic armies. Miss
Witte, however, believes that the
problem is more serious than that.
It brings up the fundamental
problems, which are the economic
and political ones.

The first question concerning
economy is that the amount France
has to spend for defense has in-
creased. It is twice the amount
that it was last year, which cre-
ates great difficulty in the budget.
Also, this increase has been accom-
plished by a terrific inflation in
the French economy since the out-
break of the Korean war. In ad-
dition, the French government is
no longer able to borrow from the
Bank of France unless it becomes
more stable and able to pay back
the loans. ‘ Besides these difficul-
ties, the Marshall Plan is also ter-
minsting, which means that

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