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THE COLLEGE NEWS

FOUNDED IN 1914





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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.







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EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief

Harriette Solow, ‘56 ;
Evelyn DeBaryshe, ‘56, Copy Marcia Case, ‘57, Make-up

Charlotte Smith, ‘56, Managing Editor
‘ Molly Epstein, ‘56

EDITORIAL STAFF...
Donnie Brown, ‘57 Joyce Mitchell, ‘55
Mimi Collins, ‘57 Sally Moore, ‘56
Epsey Cooke, ‘57 Barbara Palmer, ‘57
Lois Glantz, ‘56 Ruth Rasch, ‘57
Marcia Goldstone, ‘56 _. Helen Rhinelander, ‘56

Ann Lebo, ‘55 - Leagué Representative
Sports. Editor Rosemary Rudstrom, ‘55

Carol Hansen, ‘57 Elizabeth Warren, ‘56





Staff Photographer
Eleanor Small, ‘55

Business Manager
Margi Abrams, ‘56



jon May 3.



Business Staff

June Edelman, ‘55 ~ Gloria Strohbeck, ‘57
Virginia Gavian, ‘57 Annabelle Williams, ‘56

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What’s in a Name...

There has been a great deal. of discussion lately about
“big name” speakers in Goodhart Auditorium; their disin-
clination or inability due to the nature of their office to give
us worthwhile information...Worthwhile information seems
~ to be negatively termed as: not speaking abstractly on good

neighbor policies, brotherly love and such, when a pertinent
and specific topic has been announced. The Alliance Board
- has received a great deal of criticism ‘on this matter.

One often leaves after an hour, having heard the same
things that many others have said before. Yet some of these
speakers such as Mme. Pandit are considered by many to be
inspiring, although she spoke on the same subjects currently
black-balled by many of us. What: was important in her lec-
ture and which impressed her audience, was her deep convic-
tion. This would be desirable in other speakers.

Another feature of this controversy is that it is only’
the famous names which attract an audience which will more
than fill the first few rows of the auditorium.

It is obvious that the situation is not satisfactory. Per-
haps well-chosen, lesser known speakers, if given publicity,
would draw a respectable audience and might give more satis-
~factory_lectures.Perhaps, instead of complaining, we should
make an effort to attend the type of-léctures we seem to. be
asking for.. Or perhaps there is more to be received from
some big-name speakers than we are willing to make the ef-
fort to look for.

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Taxi, Lady? eee

»y g one

Want a taxi?”

The numbers to call are BR 5-0512 at (Pennsylvania Sta-
tion) and BR 5-0118 (at the Philadelphia and Western). But

first, a warning: the will to succeed, the telephone number and
the necessary cash have not been sufficient of late. There

must be some mysterious element, some super-quality, some
“x”, needed to charm the taxis to Rock and Pem Arches and
other points of stress on the Bryn Mawr campus, that is, to
lure them in time to catch the train. |
Complaints have thus far availed us naught. The taxi
companies explain the poor service by utilizing (or perhaps
_“mis-utilizing”) the old economic principle-of supply and ‘de-
mand. Complying with this explanation, we have begun to
_ realize that should that exclusive commodity, the taxi, be de-
sired, we must make our demands early, for like give-away

products, “the supply is limited”. We try, then, to “order”

our cabs well in advanee; we phone at 10:00 for the cab we'd



All Classes Await
May Day Events

May 3, 1954
7:45 a. m., *Procession to May-
poles on Merion Green led by Fire-
man’s Band from town of Bryn
Mawr. “

‘8:00 a. m:, *Maypole Dances,
Presentation of Gift to May Queen.

8:45 a, m., *Pageant and Morris
Dances on Library Green.

9:00 a. m., College Assembly in
Goodhart Hall. Scholarships and
Awards announced by President
Katharine =. McBride.

9:30 a. m., Elizabethan play,
“Geonge-a-Greene.” Goodhart Hol-
low.

10:15 a. m., *Hoop Race on Sen-
ior Row. ‘

10:30, a. m., Class Singing in
Quadrangle on Sénior Row.

12 Noon, Scheduled Classes re-
sume,

*Note: In case of rain, all Out-
door Events starred* will be post-
poned until May 4. Other events
will ‘move indoors and take place
Hall Presidents will
be notified by 1:00 a.m. Monday
morning whether the rain schedule
will ‘be followed.

D. Innes Awarded
For Record Bid



Dorothy Innes and a pair of tic- |
kets to ‘Twelfth Night” were the
packaged evening offered as prize!
in a contest sponsored by the Hav-|
erford ‘News’. /

name Dorothy can’t remember was!
the lucky winner. He achieved this
distinction by paying $10.00, the
highest bid for havimg a record
played on the recent radio Mara-
thon on the Haverford station.

Farce, Song, Dance
Highlights Of Show
At The “Arts Night”

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Walton was played by Gail Ames.

Elizabeth Klupt did a dance of
rather dark and sombre mood to
“Excavation of Troy” by Archi-
bald MacLeish. Helene Rosenbaum
read the poem.

One of the most enjoyable mo-
ments of the evening was Chris
Flint’s singing of Appalachian Bal-
lads. She accompanied herself on
the atte-harp. The hauntingly
sweet quality of the instrument
provided an excellent background
for the folk melodies. The audience
demanded an encore from this per-
former. :

There were two other musical
‘numbers on the program. The Re-
corder Ensemble composed of Ali-
cia Gardner, Ann Knudsen, Leigh
| Scott and Martha Walton, played
[three pieces: Their~performance
; could havebeen improved: by a
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There will be no charging in
Taylor Bookshop after Friday,
April 30. After this date only

cash sales will be made.

A Haverford Freshman, whose'|
first name is Link and whose last *









ExhibitionOnIndia

Complements Talk|

The green, orange, and white na-
tional tiag of India flanked by pic-
tures of Nehru and Gandhi for-
mally -welcomed the visitor on
Monday and Tuesday to the ex-
hibition in: the Quita Woodward
oom of the library. The display
ot indian handicraft was sponsor-
ed by the’ Alliance as a supplement
to Chester Bowles’s last two lec-
wures at Bryn Mawr College.

Perhaps the most interesting ar-
ticie in the exhibition was the ring
material— soft, flimsy material,
similar in texture to nylon, which
ould be drawn through a ring with-
out leaving a wrinkle. Multicolored
saris, draperies, shawls, carefully
embroidered bags and _ slippers
added to the charm of the exhibit.

‘three portraits done by Indian
artists of their own people were
‘nung around the room, as well as a
reproduction of one of the Hindu
prophets. Carved figures from the
ivory tusks of elephants, orna-
mented trays and goblets, jewelry,
and fur gloves also delighted the
observers. Another and interesting
part of the display was the vases
trom Kashmir.

The Alliance was pleased that so
many people showed interest and

attended the exhibit. All the arti-

cles were lent to. the Alliance by
graduate students or by sources
in Philadelphia,



The Alumnae Auction brought
in $2500 in net profits, It will

be used for local scholarships.







Alum. Choose New

Slate of Officers

Announcement was made April

‘24 by Mrs. Francis Henry Taylor

of New York of the nomination. on
a single slate of Mrs. J. Ebert But-
terworth of Philadelphia for presi-
dent of the Bryn Mawr College
Alumnae. Association” for a three-
year term. Shewill succeed Mrs.
Ernest C. Savage also of Philadel-
phia whose term will expire in
June, a

Mrs, Taylor, who is chairman of
the Nominating Committee of the

Association, presented the bgllot!

for new officers at the annual meet-
ing of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae
Council held in Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Butterworth, a member of
the class of 1924 at Bryn Mawr,
is vice-president of the Board of
Trustees of. the Pennsylvania
School of Horticulture for Women,
and chairman of the Resources
Committee of Bryn Mawr College.

Other alumnae nominated are:
Mrs, Karel van Zonneveld of Wil-
mington, Delaware, for chairman
of the Alumnae Fund (unopposed) ;

Miss Mary S. Goggin of El Paso,
Aexas, and Mrs. Clarence Harden=}

bergh of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
for Alummae Director; Mrs. Peter
J. Guthorn of Allenhurst, N. J.,|
and: Mrs. John 0. von Hemert of
Manhasset, N. Y. for Correspond-
ing Secretary; and Mrs. Sidney
Shurcliff of Ipswich, Massachusetts
and Mrs. Theodore Smith-Miller of
Mt. Kisco, N., Y. for chairman of
the Nominating Committee.



mula se it-doesn’t work.

like at 1:00. In addition, the cab we'd like at 1:00 is for the
train we ideally desire to board at 1:30.
Unfortunately, we cannot offer this prize-winning for-

The taxi is still late and we

still run the risk of missing the train. If the demand is real-
ly this much greater than the supply, we must compliment
the companies on what appear to be astronomical profits. But
we feel that in all fairness the consumers might be allowed to
share this fortunate circumstance, by being permitted to en-
joy either increased service or decreased fares, or perha
even both. . ;

But we are not the taxi companies. Our solution is also
simple: if the day’s sunny, the legs strong, the suitcase not

Wednesday, April 28, 1954




iscusses U. S.
at Geneva
nference

Common Room, April 26: “It
would be absolute folly for us to
engage in large scale intervention
in Indo-China”, said H. Field Hav-
iland, Professor at Haverford Col-
lege, in his Current Events talk
on the Geneva Conference. Mr.
Haviland said that it was his belief
that the United States would
probably seek to settle the Indo-
China conflict in the Geneva Con-
ference on the same basis as the
Korean affair,

This country wants to: limit the
conference to the discussion of
Korea and Indo-China. The Soviet

interests obviously will want the
range of discussion widened to in-
clude acceptance and recognition
of Red China and will try to ob-
tain a seat for her in the U.N.

The U. S. objectives in the Ko-
rean question are two-fold: first,
to obtain a real peace and, second,
to get unificatiom with the condi-
tion of free elections.. Mr. Havi-
land stated,.that, many people be-
lieve it impossible to hold free
elections, in the Western ‘sense, in
Asia. However, he cited the re-
cent elections in*India, the Gold
‘Coast, the Philippines and the sec-
ond Korean election as successful
examples.

Differing Policies

Our Indo-China policy is very
unsettled and depends to a great
degree on negotiations with our
allies. The political situation, rath-
er than the economic one, seems
to be the most important. There-
fore our general objective on this
issue appears to be the prevention
of any disastrous retreat which
would be to our political disadvan-
tage.

The interests of our allies, in the
conference, differs from ours on
some points. The (French express
an eagerness to escape from the
situation entirely. They are sick
of the fighting and have lost an ir-
replaceable number of trained of-
ficers. The Leftist forces, as well
ias other factions in France, are
upset about the whole-French col-
onial policy. -

The English are unwilling to get
involved in any. more conflicts.
, They are generally wary of. U. S.
policy and- refuse to back it too
strongly. Mr. Haviland felt that
Eden and Churchill might advo-
cate firmer support for the U. S.
but that Labor is’ unified enough
to oppose this stand.

The British solution to the Indo-
China problem was the one which
Mr. Haviland saw as the most
feasible. They propose a partition
of Indo-China, since the fommun-



after the War it was ruled separ-
ately. Also, there has been no co-
ralition government which has ever
benefited democracy. However,
Mr. Haviland did admit that\Rus-
sia’s price. for any acceptable
peace settlement might be recog-

China,
Vietnamese Opinion

As far as the Vietnamese them-
selves are concerned, they have no
love for the French. Mr: Haviland
said that if the U. S. government
could persuade the French to give
Indo-China real independence it
would be the greatest service our
country could do for itself and the
rest of Asia, :

_ If the’ Vietnamese then. wanted
to choose Dominion status it might

-|-be..to. their advantage. However,

Mr. Haviland said that relations
between the two countries had so





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