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Wednesday, March 19, 1952

THE COLLEGE



NEWS

Page Five



Swarthmore’s Skill
Wins College Meet

Especially contributed by
Phoebe Harvey, ’54

Eleven Eastern colleges, among
them ‘Bryn Mawr, took part in the
annual Intercollegiate Swimming
Meet for Women at the University
of Pennsylvania on Saturday. The
meet was won by Swarthmore,
with a combined score of 36 points,
9 more than the second-place team,
Brooklyn College. Bryn Mawr,
with no entrants in the low board
fancy diving competition (won by
Brooklyn’s Frick with Swarth-
more’s Jill Morrell second) and
outmatched in most of the other
events, took seventh place in the
meet.

Anne jikebo, however, helped
‘Bryn Mawr a great deal by plac-
ing second in the 100-yard free-
style, losing to Brooklyn’s Rosky
by only three-tenths of a second.
Anne swam beautifully and be.
sides being the runner-up for the
100-yard championship, gave the
team 4 points. ‘Congratulations,
Anne.

In the other individual events,
Marjorie Fair placed tenth in the
50-yard freestyle, Phoebe Harvey
tied for eighth place in the 50-
yard breaststroke, and Peasy Laid-
law took sixth in the 50-yard back-
stroke. f

The Bryn Mawr 150-yard med-
ley relay team composed of Peasy
Laidlaw, Phoebe Harvey and Judy
McCulloch placed fifth, gaining 2
points of the total score. The 200-
yard freestyle relay team consist.
ing of Sarane Hickox, Nancy Tep-
per, Maggie Stehli, and Amne
Lebo took third place and 6 points
by doing a fine job on starts and
turns and some of the fastest
swimming a similar Bryn Mawr
team has ever done. Bryn Mawr’s
total score: 12 points. .

French Club Play Poses|

Stage Problem for Cast
Continued from Page 1

by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus and
victor in the Trojan War, played
by Catherine Cheremeteff. Pyr-
rhus, engaged to marry Hermione,
the daughter of Menelaus, (play-
ed by Elaine Marx), falls in love
with Andromaque. She, however,
is not in love with him but is torn
by her love for her son and his
safety and also by memories of
her husband. Meanwhile, Oreste,
the son of Agememnon, played by
Marianne Schwob, is in love with
Hermione but she is not in love
with him. In events leading up to
the climax, the story involves this
quadrangle.

The remaining characters in-
clude Pylade, a friend of Oreste,
featuring Rita Mousso, a student
in the graduate school; Phoenix,
tutor of Achilles and Pyrrhus,
Peggy Hitchcock; Cephise, a con-
fidante of Andromaque, played by
Isabelle Viennot; and Cleone, a
confidante_of Hermione, featuring
Julie Boyd.

The cast, ranging from Fresh-
men to Graduate Students, is at-
tempting to overcome the chief
problem of the: strong formal
movement in actors and the part
of the stage used, as all the Bs
acters are on the stage through-
out the play, whethe? acting or
not,

Mr. Fritz Janschka has designed
the set and the costumes for the
production. English translations
of “Andromaque” are available.

The candidates for the first
sophomore member to Self-Gov
are as follows:

Sara Winstead
Nancy Houghton

Melissa Emery
Saren Merritt |













Spector Finesses

All Non-Res Aces

“Bridge anyone?”, called Joan
Spector as she entered the Non-
Resident room just before lunch.
In about five minutes she was
deeply engrossed in trying to
make one of her usual wild bids,
when Bunny McClenahan, the
present president, announced that
Joan had been elected to that hon-
ored position for next year. With-
out batting an eye, Joan looked
coolly up and accused Bunny of
playing the wrong card. The room
filled with laughter,: and it was
only after Bunny had completely
obliterated her with one of the
most tremendous corsages ever
seen on such a small person, that
Joan looked at all excited, and
then all she could do was grin.
Joan, who organized all the deco-
rating that was done in the Non-
Res room, has many plans to put
into action. For instance, she is
planning té work very hard on
getting better accommodations for
the non-res’s with a hot plate,
water cooler, and a few more of
the more civilized luxuries of life,
such as a shower or even an old
tin tub if there is no better solu-
tion. Whatever the results are
though, there will be bigger and
better bridge tables, for being a
science major she likes to get a
little culture in her free periods.

Film, Food, Songs
Show Danish Life

by Kay Sherman, ’54

The colorful red and white na-
tional costume worn by Ellen
Kristensen lent the first touch of
Denmark to the International Re-
lation Club’s Danish evening on
Tuesday, March 138, in the Com-
mon Room. A peek at the Danish
delicacies assembled on a long

table in the corner had eyes grow-
ing large with anticipation. Au-
thentic Danish songs by Joanna
Pennypacker, Dorry Rainsford,
and Louise Kimball set the mood,
and Birgit Carstensen and Kirsten
Rodegaard’s glowing descriptions
of their native country brought
smiles and wistful expressions to
the faces of the group of listeners.
Kirsten told of Denmark’s educa-
tional system, her talk punctuated
by a movie of Birget’s commence-
ment, showing the girls in their
white dresses, wearing red and
white caps signifying their gradu-
ation, being taken in a_horse-
drawn carriage to the principal
square in Copenhagen. Their joy-
ous faces, laughing and singing,
the colored balloons bobbing in
the air, and their dance around a
statue of a horse reserved only for
such occasions, presented a gay
picture. Birgit, introducing a
travelogue film on Denmark, gave
a short resume of the historical
and economic aspects of her coun-
try . The film showed a bicycling
chimney sweep, ladder and tools in
hand, adding a note of humor, as
did the storks nesting on top of a
telephone pole. Most impressive,
perhaps, were the scenes of the
beautiful and peaceful Danish
countryside, picturing windmills
and waving grasses. The ancient
castles with their formal gardens,
the Viking formations and grave
mounds, testified to Denmark’s
ancient culture. The many im-
pressive churches, particularly the
Grundtvig Church at Copenhagen,
which architecture was inspired by
the simplicity of the Danish vil-

lage church and the symmetry of |.

a pipe organ, brought out the
architectural attractions.

The enthusiastic questions ad-
dressed to the two Danish students
over coffee and unusual, but de-
licious Danish concoctions evinced
the success of IRC’s introduction
to Denmark.



Pem East’s Sonne

To Shine Showcase

“Oh, Starr, why didn’t we think
what to say to her?” Carol Sonne
exclaimed when she was approach-
ed for her interview. ° Actually,
Carol, the new president of Pem-
broke East couldn’t stop talking
while she was getting ready to
play a badminton game which had
been postponed so that she could
celebrate.

Roommate, Starr Oliver, beamed
with pride and enthusiasm saying,
“Her only reaction was ‘I’m so
surprised!’ ”’

Carol said that she felt very
much honored to be chosen pres-
ident of such a good hall and that
she hoped to maintain the spirit
that made Pembroke East out-
standing, When asked if she had
any plans for her administration,
she replied, “My only platform is
to improve the showcase, and if
there is any money left over, I’d
like to get a washing machine. Of
course,” she said, her eyes twink-
ling, “that’s impossible because
the only place we could put it
would be in my room.” So with
visions of her room transformed
into a laundry, Carol Sonne dashed
off to play her delayed badminton
match,

Spartan J. Martin
Rules Over Radnor

Janie Martin, sporting a camel-
lia corsage and a beaming smile is
the new president of Radnor. “We
had no idea who was to be pres-
ident until before dinner when
Tama approached me with a white
box,” stated the number one Rad-
norite, “and then I thought it was
a white radio and warned her not
to drop it!” The first step in
Janie’s new position will be to
“put Radnor on the map!” “It
may be the smallest hall, but we’ll
make it appear the biggest.” As
a final comment to the News be-
fore hitting the books, Janie
laughingly added, “To be legal
with Reigle, Radnor will have to
be Spartan with Martin!”

Rhoads President
Relates Ambitions

Said Penny Merritt, new presi-
dent of Rhoads, as she peeked
smilingly from behind her corsage,
“My ambitions as president of
Rhoads are to make a few inno-
vations and additions. First of all
I would like, to install a twenty-
four hour service soda fountain in
the big smoker. Second I would
like to install escalator service to
all floors—especially to the tower!
Third and most important, I really
would like to install bus _ service
leaving every fifteen minutes from
Rhoads’ front door to all points of
the campus. Particularly to Park,
Dalton, and Taylor and even more
particularly on rainy days!”

An anonymous personage at
Penny’s table suggested that she
advocate cocktails every evening
at six in the main showcase “with-
out need of off-campus callers.”
This suggestion, however, was not
deemed advisable!



Don’t forget—Dr. Dudden is
on the WFIL-TV_Wniversity. of
the Air Friday ‘mornings from
11:10 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. The
lecture this week is on the
“Constitution of the Confeder-

acy.









Camellias to Kent,
New Denbigh Head

Cornered in her room reading
Samuelson’s Economics (of all
things!), Norma Kent --yelped,
“Ooooooh, how magnificent,” when
told of being elected to hall pres-
idency of Denbigh. She was —
literally — speechless, but glowed
appropriately for the occasion, and
wangled her way out of words by
being “just too surprised.” Coaxed
and coaxed, she finally smelled her
camellias, and innocently said,
“It’s spring!!” A few minutes
later, Norma and her following
trouped down to the smoker—“oh,
dear, I think it’s time for a cigar-
ette.”

W. Pem’s Voorhis
Bridges in Election

“T hope that I can live up to
the responsibility placed upon me,”
stated Corrie Voorhis, the new
president of Pem West, when the
News interviewer interrupted her
bridge game. Of course, Corrie,
the former vice-president, was de-
lighted that she had been chosen
to be the leader of her hall.

Upon ting asked about her first
reaction when she learned that
she had won the election, she ans-
wered that Lois Bishop, the for-
mer president, had come into the
freshman class meeting, where
she was ibeing introduced to the
freshmen as a candidate for vice-
president of Self-Gov, and pre-
‘sented to her the beautiful corsage
of red roses and a gardenia. “Oh,

added that she was really thrilled.

As she turned back to her bridge
game, which she requested to be
mentioned because her parents
would be amused that an interview
had interrupted her bridge, Corre
commented: “Lois has set very
high standards for the job. I hope
that I can live up to them.” We’re
sure_you—can, Corrie. _Congratu-
lations and good luck!

Merion Race Sees
Halperin Triumph

“Oh, I haven’t anything to say
except thank-you.” Sue Halperin,
Merion’s new hall president, threw
up her hands in mock despair, as
she was descended upon by ex-hali
president, Rat Ritter, and a loyal
Merion contingent, with a tremen-

As the crowd gathered and the/
singing of “For She’s a Jolly Good,
Fellow” filled the silent study, Rat
pinned the corsage on Sue, who sat
and shook her head in bewilder-
ment. “Speech! Speech!” was the
cry, but Susie merely protested,
“Oh, no. This is the first time in
my life that I’m tongue tied.”
The interviewer, Sue’s daughter
by proxy, (Sue is her S. A.), tried
vainly to get some pertinent facts
about Miss Halperin. Career af-
ter Bryn Mawr? Sue threw her
arm up triumphantly in the air
and announced, “I’m off to storm
the world!” Then she added ser-
iously, “I’ve lots of ideas.” Get-
ting married? “I’m not going to
get married ... that is, not for a
long, long time.” She smiled and
said, “I’m just too bouleversee to

interviewer completely at a loss,
until it was translate@ to mean
“overwhelmed.” Needless to say,
Sue is a French major,

As the crowd began to shake her
hand and congratulate her, Sue
protested, “I can’t ‘shake hands;
my hands are too clammy!” Then
she laughed and od, “What I
really ought to do is to go right up
stairs and bone up on the self-gov



rules.”

Lois!” she had exclaimed and she

Lorca Emphasizes
Death and Daggers

Speaking on ‘Federico Garcia
Lorca, author of the “Shoemaker’s
Prodigious Wife,” Senor Manuel
Alcala described Lorca and his
place in Spanish literature, at a
tea given by the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Theatre in Wyndham on Fri-
day afternoon. Senor Alcala point-
ed out that in the literary, as in
the artistic traditions of Spain,
there are several great artists,
embodying the Spanish soul, but
that these great artists tend to be
widely spaced in time. Lorca is an
exampie of this fact, for he is the
ast gieat national Spanish poet
in the several hundred years since
Lope de Vega. In his works,
which included within
eight volumes are prose, poetry,
and drama. Of these, Alcala added,

the poetry and drama are by far
the most outstanding, and form a
unity reflecting two aspects of
Lorca’s own inner unity, a unity
in that his poetry is dramatic, his
drama essentially lyric.
Lorca’s work expresses the An-
dalusian aspects of his original en-
vironment. This fact can be seen
in that all of his writing is filled
with popular elements. From the
Andalusian, he takes the elements
of poetry and place and the Anda-
lusian fatalistic anxiety of life.
Therefore, the idea of man facing
death, a death which occurs in a
tragic manner, recurs in his writ-
ing. As a symbol of tragic death
and as a demonstration of the use
of Andalusian elements, there
very trequently occur references
to a dagger, according to the An-
dalusian—o. rather Gypsy tradi-
tion that everyone should be
taught to fight with a knife, An-
other example of the Andalusian
element is the constant reference
to horses demonstrating the great
Andalusian horsemanship. Senor
Alcala demonstrated these charac-
teristics by reading one of Lorca’s

can be



famous poems, “Cancion de Jinete”
(Song of the Rider) in which oc-
curs the idea of violent inevitable
death and the references to horse-
manship. Placing “The Shoemak-
er’s Prodigious Wife” in his de-
scription of Lorca’s works, Senor
Alcala said that this play contain-
ed all the elements of the rest of
Lorca’s work but was somewhat



dous corsage of red red _ roses,’’}

think right now,” whieh left the’

lighter. In the play appears the
ballad-like air, the traditional folk-
tale element, the mention of the
dagger and of horsemanship, be-
sides an excellent blending of the
popular tradition and artistic
creation,

Foley Inherits Hat
Of Rock President

“What’s happened to you all?
Why is everybody sitting around
with great big grins on their
faces? — Oh, Foley!!” and the
speaker too was speechless, for
there sat Foley wearing a large
corsage and trying to be very
calm about the fact that she is
now president of Rockefeller Hall.
The situation has its drawbacks,
though. Said former vice-presi-
dent Foley, “Oh dear, now I'll
have to make my bed.” On one
finger was a large band-aid which
she hadn’t had at lunch. What ;
happened? The corsage pin was
a little sharp. She had a Chem-
istry midsemester this morning,
and it is to be hoped that Dr.
Berliner will sympathize when he
reads the note at the end. “I’m
sorry,” it read, “I don’t think I
was thinking very clearly this
morning.” ;
Besides the fact that Foley’s
flowers matched her purple blouse
beautifully, the Hall President’s
hat, fits her beautifully too, as Rock

knew it would.