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VOL. L, NO. 18
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1954
“Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 4954
PRICE 20 CENTS
Read Concludes
-His Ehzabethan
Period Lectures
Speaker Gives Account
Of Research
Sources
Wyndham, March 16— The last
lecture of his serfes was given by
Mr. Conyers Read. Its title was
“Adventures in Elizabethan Re-
search.” Mr. Read gave an account.
of the research he did for his biog-
raphies of the life of Walsingham
and of Cecil, the last to be pub-
lished soon.
Mr. Read started out by relating
some amusing incidents occurring
in the search for reference works
belonging to private collections.
Some of these collections are al-
most impossible to get into.
‘One incident, in particular, in-
volved a colleague of Read’s, a
woman student in England. She
was doing a paper that required
reference to rare manuscripts be-
longing to a private person. Mr.
Read told her that people had been
trying to get in to see the collec-
tion for years, but it was jealously
guarded by the owner, and he ad-
vised against: evén trying.
About two months later, he met
her again and she told him that
_she had succeeded in seeing the
collection. She had joined the hunt
club to. which the owner of the
manuscripts belonged, had‘ ridden
to hounds with him for a while,
and when he heard about her work,
he had. suggested that he might
like to look over his collection. She
Continued on Page 6, Col. 3
Miss Cam To Talk
On Historic Novels
Miss Helen Maud Cam will pre-
sent the Class of 1902 Lecture for
the month of April when she
speaks on “The Historical Novel,”
at Goodhart, April 6, 1954, at 8:30.
Miss Cam, the first woman pro-
fessor to be appointed as a per-
manent member of Harvard’s fac-
ulty, is the Samuel Zemurrap,, Jr.,
and Doris Zemurray-Stone. Rad-
cliffe Professor at Harvard.
Born in England, Miss Cam re-|_
ceived her B. A. in History from
the University of London, and won
a fellowship to Bryn Mawr’s Grad-
uate School, where she took her
Master’s Degree. Upon her return
to England, she began teaching
and research at Holloway College,
‘near London. Out of this research
came a large number of writings,
and eventually an appointment to
a Cambridge University Lecture-
ship, from which she rose to the
position of Senior University Lec-
turer and Director of Studies of
History before she joined the fac-
ulty of Harvard.
A ranking medieval historian,
Miss Cam is a member of both the
British Academy and the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, as
well as a Corresponding Fellow of
the Medieval Society of America.
Latest On Elections
ist Jr, to Self-Gov. ....Anne Hobson:
Sr. to,Self-Gov. .........0.. Emmy Rauh
Vice Pres. A.A........... Mimi Mackall
Chorus Pres. ............ Diane Druding
V. Pres. Chorus ........ Edith Schwab
V. Pres. Chapel Marcia Lockwood
Chairmen of Sophomore Carnival
Louise Breuer and Louise Todd
Philosophy Club Hears Mr. Monahan
Outline The Contributions of Aquinas
Wyndham, March 17—Mr. Ed-
ward Monahan, Instructor of Phi-
losophy at Villanova College, de-
fended the role of the philosopher
in the medieval ages when he ad-
dressed the Bryn Mawr Philosophy
Club, Wednesday evening, on the
topic of “Reason and Authority in
Medieval Philosophy.”
“The role of philosophy in the
advance of man often goes unheed-
ed,” Mr. Monahan stated. “If this
is true of the modern day, it cer-
tainly was true of the medieval
ages.” —
Many people contend that philos-
ophy in the middle ages became a
tool in the hands of medieval
churchmen, who ruthlessly stifled
any real rational inquiry: until the;
end of the 11th century.
_. Mr. Monahan cited. Bertrand
Russell, who said that “there is lit-
‘tle of the true philosophic spirit
in Aquinas.” According to Mr.
Russell, Aquinas did not set out to
follow wherever reason led. He
new the Truth before he investi-
gated, so he thought. .
However, Mr. Monahan chose
Aquinas as the model philosopher
of the medieval ages. As he out-
lined Thomist thought he attempt-
ed to prove that the criticisms of
the spirit of medieval philosophy
are unjustified.
Aquinas defined philosophy as
“the knowledge of truth.” “Medie-
val philosophy,” according to Mr.
_Monahan, “was the pursuit of such
knowledge.” Christianity, however,
gave mediéval philosophy its most
significant term.
Christianity is a religion, and is
not philosophy, Mr. Monahan con-
tinued. It is religious faith offering
salvation to those who believe its
faith. It is not a system of knowl-
edge. Its authority lies in the di-
vine revelation of God.
Christianity Rational
But does Christianity tend to ex-
clude philosophic inquiry? History
proves the opposite. “To accept all
things by faith,” Mr. Monahan sug-
gested, “may suffice for salvation,
but does not satisfy intellectual
curiosity.” What Christianity did
‘was to give man a whole new area
| for rational inquiry.
There were many- positive incen-
tives to philosophize in the medie-
val ages. Man’s innate desire to
know of causes gives rise to his
philosophy. If a man is a religious
believer, he is bound to be affected
by his religion, for religion pro-
vides a view of reality. So long as
the role cf faith remains extrinsic,
however, such inquiry is philo-
sophic.
There have always been, on the
one hand, those men (Tertullian,
Erasmus and Luther) who look to|
the supremacy.of faith; there have
also always been, on the other
hand, those men who seek under-
- Contnued on Page 5, Col. 1
Linda Levitt, Adele MacVeagh, Marilyn Muir, Sandra Gordon
Last Friday night d Denbigh
disguised as the “Big Flop”—a
miniature Barnum and Bailey cir-
cus on Bryn Mawr’s campus! Ani-
mals representing the colleges
throughout the east were caged in
a circus caravan which lined Den-
bigh’s walls, while the circus
freaks looked down from their van-
tage points on the walls upon the
gay festivities. Streamers, balloons,
and pin wheels, which hung from
the ¢eiling, later became souvenir?
on college bulletin boards.
was provided by Mike Dunn’s band
to. entertain the crowded dining
hall and smokers. A kick chorus of
clowns strutted to the circus theme,
as Myra Becker acted as Mistress
CALENDAR
Tuesday, April 6
12:00 p. m. Dr. David L. Thom-
son, Professor of Biochemistry
and Dean of the Faculty of Grad-
uate Studies and Research at Mc-
Gill University will speak on “The
Business of a Scholar” at the
Graduate Assembly in Goodhart.
Twelve o’clock classes will be can-
celed to enable students to attend
the lecture.
Wednesday, ‘April iT
Hygiene exam.
7:15 p. m. Awards Night at Ap-
plebee barn.
Friday, April 9
I.C.G. Conference at Harris-
burg.
9:30 p. m. A.A. Square Dance.
Saturday, April 10
Alumnae will have a white ele-
phant sale in the gym.
8:30 p.-m.*The Schutz Festival
with the Bryn Mawr Chorus and
the Haverford Glée Club will be
presented at Roberts Hall, Hav-
erford.
Monday, April 12 :
8:30 p. m. “Personality through
the Study of Perception” will be
the subject of the Sigma XI lec-
ture by Mr. Brown in the Biology
Lecture Room of Dalton.
Tuesday; April 13
8:30 p. m. Miss Lehr will speak
“Of Dice, and Men and Gambling
Games,” in the Biology Lecture
Room.
Wednesday, April 14
12:30 p. m. Ralph Bunche, Di-
rector of the United Nations’
Trusteeship Council, will speak on
“The United Nations and Colonial
| Problems.” .
-Musie—for—daneing—or—listening |
jof the same conipositions.
W.B.M.C. Gives Dance; Denbigh Holds
Open House, During Recent Weekend
of Ceremonies. Vocal entertain-
ment was furnished by Lynne
Sherrerd singing “€an’t Help Lov-
ing that Man of Mine” and Bryn
Mawr’s Octangle.
Thanks for the trip to the circus
go to Anita Kaplan, Chairman of
the dance,.and to all of Denbigh
Hall who helped to make the eve-
ning a success.
A “primrose path” led to danc-
ing and refreshments at “Inferno,”
sponsored ‘by WBMC after The
Madwoman of Chaillot, Saturday,
roses, entangled with signs pro-
claimed, “Follow: the primrose
path, up the stairs,.and there you'll
find, a bowl of red gin (ger-ale).”
Those who followed helped them-
selves to punch and pretzels in the
Rumpus Room, while those who}
stayed below danced to the music
of Mike Dunn and Ho Hunter in
the Common Room.
Orange curtains, flame-like hang-
ings, and a dangling skeleton pro-
vided an atmosphere sufficiently
hellish.
All ran smoothly, due to the
good work done by Caroline War-
ram, Elizabeth Thomas and Ann
Morris.
Chorus To Offer
Songs By Schuetz
A Heinrich Schuetz music festi-
val will be the occasion for two
concerts by the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Chorus, the Haverford Col-
ege Glee Club and the New Choral
Society of Philadelphia.
The first of the two concerts will
be on Friday evening, April 9, at”
the Church of St. Luke and the
Epiphany, 13th..St, below Spruce,
in Philadelphia. The second per-
formance will be the following eve-
ning, Saturday, April 10, at Rob-
erts Hall.
The two programs wil] differ
slightly, though containing some
They
will feature several cantatas and a
Magnificat among other works,
Schuetz, a seventeenth century
German, is not too well known to-
day, but he is one of the most im-
portant composers of vocal music
of his period. The choruses will be
joined by soloists‘ and an instru-
mental group and will be under the
direction of Mr. Robert L. Goodale
and Mr. William H. Reese.
March 20. Chains of yellow prim-|
Giradoux’ ‘Madwoman Of Chaillot’ Outstanding;
Successful Performances by Muir and Renken
Reyiewer Also Praises .
~ Anne Nicholson’s
Two Sets
‘py Sally Moore, ’56
Enthusiasm and praise greeted
the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Drama
Club. production of Giraudoux’
The Madwoman of Chaillot, direct-
ed by Norman Garfield. :
On the whole, the production de- —
serves warm praise, and most of
the cast did full justice to this
play, whose theme is that only
madness can restore sanity to a
world of inhuman values, ruled by
unhuman men.
The opening scene with the Baron
(Fritz Renken) and the President
(John Kittredge) was slow to.get
started but by the time the Count-
ess, played by Marilyn Muir, ar-
rived, it had hit a fast place which
was kept up almost until the end,
when it suffered a slight relapse.
Marilyn Muir, as the Countess
Aurelia, was excellent. from the
start. She was tremendously con-
vincing and charming in the diffi-
cult changes of pace demanded by
the role, She was particularly
good in her delivery:-of the line
in the second act, as she cried “Too
late, too late!” at the proposal of
the dead Adolphe Bertaut.
Fitz Renken, as the Baron, stole
the scene with his expressions and-
Continued on Page 5, Col. 1
AlumnaeCommittee
To Hold An Auction
For the benefit of the Bryn
Mawr College Regional Scholarship
Fund, the Bryn Mawr Club of Phil-
adelphia is planning an Antique
Auction and Rummage Sale, to be
given on Saturday, April 10, in the
Gymnasium.
The committee hopes that their
collection will include valuable an-
tiques, and they are featuring a
professional auctioneer. Refresh-
ments, pony rides for children, and
a door prize are also included in
the program. '
Among articles being collected
for the gale, besides antiques, are
second hand clothes, homemade
delicacies, phonograph records,
books, paintings, unused applia-
|nees, furniture, china, household
linens; jewelry, etc.
Mrs. E. H. York, ‘Benefit Chair-
man, will welcome any donations
in this order. Contributions should
be left at the service entrance of
the Deanery.
ELECTIONS
League. Secretary
President of IRC
1st Soph, to Self Gov.
ps Gwen Garland
Vice Pres. League
Head of Library Council
Charlotte Busse
fiecrotary of Alliance
Helen- Louise Simpson
Second Secretary of Alliance
Liz Warren
1st Jr. to Under Grad Jean Young
1st Soph. to Undergrad
Stefanie Hetzel -
2nd Jr. to Undergrad....Sara Stifler
2nd Soph. to Self Gov.
Marilyn Siva
a
ickehe Nancy Potts -
we Chi
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, March 24, 1954
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Among the honors announced on
MafDay will be that of the win-
ner of the Katharine Fullerton
Gerould Prize, for the best piece
of. creative writing submitted to
the Alumnae Office before 4:30
P. M, on April 6. Essays, fiction,
drama and poetry are all in order,
for, although such variety makes
the task of the judves rather more
difficult, it is the earnest desire of
the Committee in charge of the
award to make it open to anyone.
No freshman need hesitate, nor
anyone of a higher class, for abil-
ity can lie anywhere and show it-
self on just such an occasion as
this.
Katharine Fullerton, as a young
~instructor,-set~-on~-foot’-the~ first
class in the writing of fiction, be-
ginning Bryn Mawr’s attention to
what, for want of a better word, is
called creative writing. The course
was very probably of her own sug-
gestion, for it was an unheard of
. departure in its own day. She her-
self had so far published nothing,
but she was on the brink of a
really notable career in the writing
of fiction and of critical essays.
Certainly her ability and her tal-
ent for constructive criticism were
very evident to all who worked un-
der her and received her wise en-
couragement and her unforgettable
advice. Her marriage took — her
away from Bryn Mawr, but what
she had ‘instituted was to continue.
Appropriate Memorial .
After her death, those who. ad-
mired her so much and felt such
gratitude to her, wished to set up
what would be the most appropri-
_ate memorial. She was not only in-
terested in writing, but in Bryn
Mawr writers, so that a prize of
this kind, open to all of those in
whom she Would have felt such in-
terest, seemed the most suitable
offering to make to the College.
~~Tt has “Many times been said, with
true
pee es
ard excellent writing does not
come by means of teaching. The |
feeling for writing is innate and |
dwells, sometimes unsuspected, in
many. And in many it is lost, from
sheer pressure of crowded life,
since the very qualities which
make a person in great demand
for other purposes. It may be lost
also from lack of self-confidence,
often purely from lack of time.
And perhaps most often it fails of
true accomplishment from lack of
self-discipline or the writer’s lack
of judgment concerning her own
work,
Unusual ‘Opportunity
Guidance among these pitfalls a
college course can and does give,
encouragement, advice, the in-
structor’s capacity: for finding out
the weak points and showing, in a
measure how they can be remedied,
the class discussion which shows a
writer how her effort appears in
others’ eyes. And a prize like this
gives one more thing, something
of the experience of sending off a
manuscript to a publisher’s editor,
the incentive to think of it from
the point of view of that -editor
who will read it, a final knowledge
of where;-on a scale of the commit-
{tee’s judgment, such @ manuscript
will stand. All this in addition to
giving rightfully earned recogni-
tion to real merit. Those who are
on the committee are all alumnae
or members of the faculty of Bryn
Mawr, they have the most earnest
interest in what the students do,
they welcome with open and. un-
derstanding mind whatever the. ‘stu-
dents may send them and urge on.
‘the Bryn Mawr writers an oppor-
‘tunity that does not come often or
easily in life hig co college.
*
Letter To The Editor
The Chorus Emphasizes
Mr. Goodale’s
Fine: Work
To the Editors_of.the NEWS: ~
Your write-up of the, spring
chorus concert was all that. the
chorus could have asked in nearly
every respect: it was perceptive
and appreciative of both our prob-
lems and our triumphs. For all this
we thank you; it’s rarely that the
review of a musical performance
is so honest and so kindly!
You. have, jhowever, overlooked
2
Observér
‘especially contributed
by Anne Phipps, ’54
One of the reasons that spring
in Paris is famous is that winter
in Paris is infamous. When the
seasons change, you almost start
believing in the supernatural.
Somehow, the earth tilts towards
the sun, and the movement tears
away clouds of rain and soot, leav-
ing the city brilliantly clean and
shining. Greyness is replaced by
contrasts of light and shadow.
The big public buildings and the
bridges, which have been as fuzzy
looking as pieces of felt, come into
sharp focus. White pillars, golden.
domes and spires, gleam and spar-
kle. The horse chestnuts flower:
each tree looks as if it were thick-
ly decorated with wax candles.
Winding streets
wa only the croaking of. car
horns, hear voices. Some of the
shops move. outdoors. Fruits and
vegetables lie in wooden counters
on the sidewalk, protected only by
awnings. “At .the entrance to the
Jardins du Luxembourg a gay, gos-
sipy flowerlady, her hair dyed plat-
inum blond, establishes her‘cart of
tulips, carnations and lillies. tavevenene
And in a once cold and murky
house, we no longer have to put
a log on the fire every twenty
minutes. Windows which leaked
draughts all winter have become
tall glass doors opening out to
warmth. The grand salon, with
sprays of sunlight streaming
through lace curtains, and a mir-
ror reflecting the leaves and lilac
blossoms in the garden, is an en-
chanted room. Madame’s daughter
‘| plays the harp there every morn-
ing, anda tame~sparrow, who. lost
his tail to the cat, hops in under
the curtains to listen.
Miss Lehr To Speak
At Goucher College
Miss Marguerite Lehr and Jackie
Braun, ’54, will attend the confer-
ence on “Perspectives in Science”
at Goucher College, April 2 and 3,
as Bryn Mawr’s faculty and stu-
dent delegates. The conference is
being held in honor of the dedica-
tion of the Hoffberger Science
Building which has been completed
on the new Goucher Campus at
Towson.
Activities will include the dedi-
cation ceremonies, lectures, two
symposia and citations to alumnae.
Miss Lehr will speak at the Sym-
posium. in the Physical Sciences
and Mathematics on Saturday:
morning. Her topic, “Designs for
Decision” will cover applications of
probability theory to judge experi-
mental evidence and to design ex-
periments.
Miss Lehr will ia to the Sci-
ence Club on April 13. Her talk,
entitled “Of Dice and Men and
Gambling Games,” concerns certain
sides of the theory of probability.
<‘*tiently. and’ accurately; to make
which have}|
blast class, or deliberately cut her
other, and leads to ‘the correlation,
one person who ‘contributed great-
ly to the success of the concert
cand whose work is so often under-
estimated or ignored. To choose
the music; to train the chorus pa-
them capable of singing, with a
minimum of rehearsals, under an
unfamiliar director; to create in
the singers an interest in and an
affection for music whose pattern
and medium are unusual and diffi-
cult; to help in the execution of
‘eountless details, from_stamp-lick-
ing to ticket-selling; these are not
easy tasks, and it takes a rather
superior director to accomplish
them all with-so little time at—his
disposal. Mr. Goodale has done all
of this; he does it for every one of
our concerts, and few people out-
side the chorus are aware of his
huge job and his success in doing
it,
This is partly to inform the col-
lege of Mr. ‘Goodale’s fine work
and partly to offer him the thanks
of thé chorus for everything that
he did in. preparing for this con-
cert. }
The Chorus
Super-Vacationists
Disrupt Schedules
“The slip,” the slip, a dazed stu-
dent gasps after her last class and
immediately envisions life-long cut
pro or a deferred exam. Fellow
students. sympathize and mutter
about the inscrutable ways of the
Dean’s Office. And the Dean ex-
plains the situation as follows:
Bryn Mawr has one of the short-
est college years. We begin later
and end earlier, have no. eight
o’clock or Saturday classes. This
means that every class must count.
The calendar is planned so that
the number of Monday, Wednes-
day, Friday classes skipped during
holidays equals the number of
Tuesday, Thursday classes missed.
If students extended their vaca-
tions by cutting classes which in-
terfered the whole carefully plan-
ned system would be spoiled. A
professor who’d continug.,bo cover
the usual amount—of-njaterial -in-
his lectures would meet many puz-
zled faces.and unnecessary ques-
tions when the “super-vacationers”
returned.
The sign-out and -in slips are
designed to prevent this situation.
Cut-pro and deferred exams are
answers to enforcement. which
must be both logical and effective.
Punishment for accidentally tgnor-
ing the rule is an integral part of
the system. ’
However, penalties are assigned
onan individual ‘basis. Someone
who went to her last class but for-
got to sign, accidentally cut her
last class would probably get. 'two-
weeks of cut pro, four. weeks of it,
or a deferred exam, respectively.
Warden Receives
Acad, Fellowship
Miss Katherine Geffcken, .War-
den ‘of Radnor, has recently been
announced to be the recipient of a
Rome prize Fellowship in Classical
Studies granted by the American
Academy at Rome. The fellowship
is awarded annually for complete,
independent study on a special
project in the Student’s field of in-
terest.
Miss‘ Geffcken cient her BA|
from Agnes Scott College, her MA
from Bryn Mawr and is at present
completing . her residency for her
PhD. In Miss Geffcken’s opinion,
the challenge offered by classical
study has more’ meaning than any
as well as the- understanding, of
criticism,
culture and knowledge.
Current Events
heel ‘
Current French Politics
Topic Of Talk
By Girard
on f Room, March 22—“One
thing A would not do,” said Mr. Gi-
rard, Current Events speaker, “is
to talk about France from an
American point of view.” Mr. Gi-
rard, in accordance with the Alli-
ance’s new policy of talks about
broader-subjects, spoke on Modern
Thought in France.
Beginning his talk by dissuaYing
his audience from thinking of
France. as the “sick man of Eu-
rope,” he stressed that one should
not think of a country as mediocre
because of its lack of national
power.
Comm
Self-Critical
France, Mr. Girard went on to
say, is inclined to the art of self-"-
which leads others to
think of the errors which the peo-
ple themselves discuss, as being
typically French.
As-an example of this we have
the recent presidential elections
which took ten days, causing the
country to laugh, and the rest of
the world to believe that France
was falling apart. Mr. Girard stat-
ed that we must not’ “confuse
awareness of crisis with crisis. it-
self. ” ‘
The speaker went on to show
that France was not as demoral-
ized as we believe it to be. Quot-
ing from a report by an American
in the March 5th issue of “Busi-
ness Week,” Girard demonstrated
that France was far ahead of other
European nations in recovery from
the devastation of the war.
In the money spent on food and
clothing, France is not far behind
America, and far ahead of Ger-
many, and although in the money
she spends on education, France is
far behind America, she still gives
much more to it than Germany
does._It_is hard for Americans to
see the great progress made in Eu-
rope because of our own increase
in wealth since the end of the Sec-
ond World War.
U. S. Attitude
We ourselves arouse antagonism
by our attitude of “enlightened
self-interest” towards our Euro-
pean aid, and the crudeness of our
psychological warfare. Our empha-
sis upon our abundance of material
goods over.those of Russia has led
to a feeling of resentment, al-
though the “Go Home America”
sentiment is not as.strong in.
France as we suppose it to be.
We in America seem td believe
that the French. could have cleared
up their industrial problems by this
time, not realizing that their gov-
ernment has not been able, because
of its even balance, to formulate a
definite program.
Mr. Girard continued on to the
next problem of France today, that
ef EDC. Many of the French today
favor the establishment of this or-
ganization. The only ‘ones -who
seem to block the plan are'the in-
tellectuals. :
Ctrrent Problems
Their complaints against the
plan stem from a fear of a mili-
‘taristic revival in Germany, and
the antagonism to Russia which
could .possibly start off another
world War, which would destroy
civilization. \
Today, concluded Mr:-Girard, the
Catholic left is combining: with the
Protestant left to form a new pop-
tlar front, which may aid in the
union of France. x
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MANAGERS FOR —
THE SODA FOUNTAIN
NEXT YEAR ARE:
Norma Aronson—Merion .
Bobbie Burrows—Rock
Charlotte Graves—Rock
- Judy Mellow—Den.
Joan-Parker—P. EF.
Alexa Quandt—Rhoads
The
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‘VOL. 1/2,,NO. 1/64
HITHER AND. WHITHER? SCHMOOSDAY, APRIL 1, 1954
Whence Cometh Tonys The Menys??
e One Retrogresses Ithaca-Ward
Sa
Donnie Brown, ’57
It may not seem apparent to the
average lecture-goer but Homer’s
Odyssey had several ghost writers
who did not agree with the great
Greek poet. There are also 1 few
inconsistencies. in the~ incoherent
rigamarole typical of the spurious
passages , in the epic poem... Mr
Denys: Sage, Order of the Menys
Cambridge, discussed these and in-
numerable other points in his fif-
teenth lecture on the Odyssey.
- Mr. Sage was not quite clear
just who did write the Odyssey.
but-—he —admirably —proved—that
Homer did not by quoting several]
hundred lines in Greek every time
a controversial point arose. Avoid-
ing the basic tenets of the Homeric
conception altogether, it was
pointed out that the time lapse did
not follow the usual bungled time
elements in ancient poetry.
The great discrepancy and lack
. of cogency in thought in the Odys-
Dr. Narr Bores &
Blabs On Blubber
7
by Barbara Palmer, ’5
Yesterday afternoon during tea
in the Common Room, Dr. Harvey
Narr, of East Podunk University,
discussed the “Principle Influence
on the Crisis Facing the. Universe
Today” before an enthusiastic au-
dience of the twenty Economics
majors of Bryn Mawr College.
At approximately 4:39, after the
last guest had paid her initial re-
spects to the refreshment table,
Dr. Narr- arose from-behind_a_pot-
ted plant to greet this industrious
and untimorous group. He imme-
diately reduced the area of his sub-
ject matter by listing the subhead:
“The Adverse Bearing of the Use
of Blubber by the Eskimos on
World Trade”,
The use of blubber has had deep
historical ramifications dating
from the time of the first Scan-
dinavian exploitation. Blubber has
had multifold application to the
life of the average Eskimo as well
as to civilization at large.
An alert questioner at this time
brought up the point of the value
of ‘establishing blubber as” the na-
__tional food for the starving. Ar-
menians. During the course and
as a direct result of the debate Dr.|
Narr stated that since he was not
familiar with the military or dis-
ciplinarian policies in this country
he could not sufficiently answer.
Dr. Narr went on to say that the
Eskimo trade was lagging behind
the standards of the International
Consolidation of NSRPOT —.a
forewarning of universal catastro-
phe. Following a discussion of the
purposes and ultimate successes of
the NSRPOT the group agreed
that such.an organization would do
much to affect civilization if civili-
, zation was ready to be affected by
such an organization. ~~
In summation Dr. Narr said that
he felt: he satisfactorily explained
the principle influence on World
Crisis—BLUBBER. In addition the
lecture resulted in three pages of
notes; loss of four pots of tea, five
trays of cookies, six packs of
cigarettes, and knitting, totally to
the stitching, three pairs of socks.
In all the lecture proved heartily
enjoyable! i us see more of Dr.
Narr!
mee a
“of poets deviously rushed the epic
poem to a lame conclusion. Bryn
sey, was attributed by the. British
speaker to the poet, poets or Hom-
er’s concern with “what might
have been, not what is” or “that
which happens and not that which
does not happen.”
“Another interesting discrepancy
in the epic is the constant inclusion
of spurious . character. o have
no relation to the potentialities of
the Odyssey. Some of'the more
glaring of these figures are Pene-
lope, Circe, Tiresias, Telemachus,
a doddering nurse who constantly
threatens the suspense of the lust
few books, and a hoard of €xtras|_
collectively#ealled the suitors. A
Greek called Ulysses is lost for
most of the Odyssey and his wan-
derings and calling on the gods
for road maps -have an annoyinz
tendency to break the main train
of thought in the epic, as Mr.
Sage ably and frequently pointed
out,
The Odyssey no longer can be
called great literature, for Mr.
Sage has now proved that it was
probably the work of.a great many
Gréeks who had nothing better to
do than jot down wordy poetry on
bits of potsherds No one quite
knows how, under the circum-
stances, Homer became connected
with this ancient beginning of the
soap opera.
For the next fifteen weeks Pro-
fessor Sage, of the Menys, will
speak on how the conglomeration
Mawr looks forward to next year
when he. will return to treat tne
Papers Per petually
Crump Our College
by Carol Hansen, "57
The name of this article is “The
All Night Siege”. It could jus
aptly be in a medical journal un-
der the heading “No No—Doze, No
Mono”. The setting—a night on
the Bryn Mawr campus (the Fresh-
men will recognize it. as Sunday
night; the Seniors—the last night
of the semester; and ‘the Anthro-
pology, or History of Art students
— every night).
10:00—“I’m bored!”
11:00—“Four no trump.”
12:00—“I’d acter start writin
my-paper.”
1:00—“‘Let’s order none "food.
2:00—“1,798 wor
8:00—“Who wants i make cof-
fee?”
4:00—“Click, click, click.”
5:00—(several girls are lying on
their ‘backs, arms _ out-
/’ *stretched) “I-n-h-a-l-e. E-x-
meen Halse g-l+0-w-l-y,. Y-o-u-r
r-i-g-h-t a-r-mi-s...
6:00—“‘Anyone got a cigarette?”
7:00—“I - pride - myself - on -
always ~ handing - papers -
. - in - on - time.
8:00—“Breakfast!”
8:15—“Click, click, click.”
8:30—“Click, click, click, click.”
8:45—“Does anyone know -how
to write footnotes?”
9:00—“Click, click, click.”
o
9:09—“At last!”
9:094%—“May I borrow your
coat?”
9:0934—“Oh, Professor, I en-
joyed writing this paper so
much. Such a fascinating
subject!”
iliad in a similar fashion,
Moral: Major in math.
Outerview Reveals Solutions To Many
Generic Problems Of A Solar System
by Molly Epstein, ’56
“Well, you know or don’t you
kennet or haven’t I hold you every
telling has a taling and thatis the
he and the she of it.” I tell I
tailed her through rat’s alley to.
the first year Laboratory in Dal-
ton. ‘It was there I found her,
translating the textbook into iam-
bic pentameter: ... :
“is-very closely associated with
that of dérivatives: of the pos-
terior: branchial pouches, the fifth
branchial pouch developing into
the ultimobranchial bodies that are
incorporated... active in the neh
thesis of iodothyrogobulin .
transformed to the ‘accompaniment ;
of the music of the spheres to:
“Sownynge in moral vertu was
_ his speche,
And gladly wolde he lerne and
gladly teche.” —
I drew out my trusty automatic
- ho cartridges . . . damn those
Paper-Mates . . . they smear too.
“Got any ink?”
“She’s - terribly - responsive - to -
campus - opinion - works - well -
with - others - organizes - her -
time - well - although - one - per
son - interviewed - felt - her -
hatred - of - people - might - tend -
to - disqualify - her - all - agreed -
Stinky - would - be - an - excel-
lent - representative - of - the - col-
lege,” she answered.
“As the attache of this country’s
ambassador to PukaPuka, what is
your opinion of relations between
our two states?”
“The ‘seasonal rhythms of ‘the
natives put them in no position to
have relations with anyone; you
know, of course; that .endogamy is
strictly enforced.”
“Yes, of course.” After all, she
had received her Q.E.D., P.D.Q., and
WBMC from the Missolonghi In.
stitute of Dianetics, and who was I
to question such-a popular decision.
“What do you think of the honor
system ?”
“Oh,” she rhapsodized, “what a
Provided, of course,
ios idea!
that this is supplemented by three
proctors in every room and com-
pulsory responsibility of all to re-
port any infractions to the Mc-
Carthy subcommittee.”
“And what do you predict will
be the event of the century?”
“The Giants will win the pen-
,| nant and the Series in ’54.”_—_
“How about the food and service
at the Soda Fountain?” :
“Age cannot wither (them), nor
custom stale (their) infinite vari-
ety; other (places) cloy the appe-
tites they: feed, but she makes
hungry where most she satisfies.”
“If you were to be stranded on
a desert island for the next sixty-
nine years, what possession would
you consider most essential to your
well-being ?”
“My Harvard scarf, the new
Vogue knitting book, a fourth for
bridge and Burt Lancaster.”
Her succinctness overwhelmed
me. At last I came to the realiza-
tion that here, in our ivy-covered
Ivory*Tower, was. the termination
of.a universal craving, - Here, far
from,the bustle of the cities, we
may observe nature at work in her
dominion. The laws are her laws;
sudden violence is part of her pat-
tern. And, as we watch our ship
slowly sinking in the harbor, we
know that we have discovered pure
act devoid of potency: it is the
Prime Mover, it is... LULU-
BELLE!
era eer een crtonn naDaenn
ate tant ma aaa
EXT
RA!
Crusading Reporter Cracks Torrid Dope Ring,
Exposes Inward Rot At Elite
Main Line College
By Evvie DeBaryshe, °56
Special to the Main Line Times—
I crashéd the gates of..snobbish
Bryn Mawr College this morning
at three A. M. Acting on a hot tip
received in the middle of the wee
hours, that threatened to blast
wide open the chaste reputation of
this Nirvana-on-the-Schuylkill, I
concealed myself ina rhododendron
bush’ until the morning light would
give me a better picture of the
picture.
All night long, not three ‘ition
from my ear, I heard the thud of
the watchmen’s. footsteps, “Brutally
strong men, they kept watch over
the sleeping, or supposedly sleep-
ing campus.
That this quiescence was but the
outward covering for the inward
rot was made evident by eight-
thirty the next morning, as the
girls came staggering out of their
“sleeping” quarters. The stumbling
walk, the eyes, whose tiny pupils
tremored at the light, these were
signs of something besides sleep.
Something that raised the little
hairs on the back of my neck.
What was there hiding behind
those aloof walls that the parents
of these “innocents” would never
have dreamed of?
Crawling through a suspiciously
dusty hot-air vent, I found it. I
sensed at once it wasn’t a real hot-
air vent, there was no hot air. The
little hairs on the back of my neck
told me so, and on my hands and
knees, I found it.
There it was, boxes and boxes of
_|the stuff, neatly stacked, blocking
the passage completely. I ripped
one open, watched the fine white
powder spill out into the dirt.
There, in those innocent-looking
white boxes labeled saltpetre, was
the key to all the rumors, all the
hushed- -up scandal that had been
Professor Morebull
Shoots The Works!
by Mimi Collins, ’57
Professor I. M. Shootin Morebull
of the Sociology Department has
revealed many startling discoveries
in the first chapter of his new book
The Advantages of the Culture of
the Wasumangoabi Tribe in Cen-
tral Africa.
Partitularly—interesting - is: his
statement that the culture of the
Wasumangoabi tribe is so ad-
vanced that it should be the ulti-
mate goal of all other societies.
They have accomplished the amaz-
ing feat of harnessing child
labor to provide the food supply.
This younger group is to fill their
quota either by hunting animals
and foraging ‘for fruits and vege-
tables, or by offering themselves
for the family feast.
There is -no additional reward
for the zealous worker, therefore
he soon works only to the level of
his associates. Thus, the Wasu-
mangoabians.have obtained a truly
democratic - society.
Hate and greed have as re-
placed by apathy due to the cruel
punishment meted out by. neighbor-
retribution.
Mr. Morebull further elucidated
on the natives’ methods of punish-
ment and showed how much more
efficient their techniques are than
those of prevailing cultures. There
are no shades of guilt, and punish-
ment is levied directly. ua
,. Continued? Unfortunately
Prec SES Nae
running around about the Bryn
Mawr girl for years.
Quietly I restacked the boxes
that had fallen, smoothed out -the
dirt where I’d made tracks, and
made tracks for the exit. I re-
turned to my bushes, and waited
for the still of night to cover my
retreat. Suddenly, beside me, I
heard rustling, a girl’s high-pitch-
ed laughter; turning I saw .
READ THE. REST OF. MR.
PEEPER’S SENSATIONAL
STORY IN THE NEXT EDITION
OF THE KNOWLEDGE C608.
Collegiates ( Crump,
Tilden Totters On
by Charlotte Smith, °56
On Friday, before a couple of
cheering spectators, the Heavy-
Throw International Finals was
battled out to the last lump of lead
in a shot put classic.
The Owls, defending champions,
out-heaved their opponents—Lar-
cum College for Women—but only
by a few. arm lengths, in their |
closely fought tilt.
The joust wore on from the be-
ginning, with Torrid Tilden’s touch-
down toss from Merion Green to |
the Grad Center. The 1-lb. lead
flew with’ breath-taking speed and
was speedily followed by the Lar-
cum Horrid’s second place hurl
which looped around surprisingly
and unfortunately crashed through
the windows on contestants’
side of the library. “Coming out
through the other side, it was seen
to be bearing some carefully treas-
ured ivy on its erratic course (the
administration has been notified).
After a few hours’ delay, the
vagrant wanderer turned up in a
pit two feet deep it had dug in the
new tennis court. If it had not been .
for this slight change in direction
who knows but whether . . . but ‘No,
it could not be.
International heavyweight cham-
pion, Jersey Joe (Golden Pebble)
Young (not “The Mighty”) placed
a lei around the neck of Bryn
-Mawr’s captain (see gossip col-
umn) who then led a_ hearty,
though breathy, cheer for the great
Putter.
When interviewed later by the
press, Torrid Tilden stated, “It was
easy,” while both coaches profess-
ed themselves amazed at: the out-
come.
Tea was served afterwards on a
nearby bench,.
Bestial Eyes Drive
A Student Beserk
by Sally Moore, ’56
It is evident from the number of
overfed, over-presumptuous squir-
rels on campus that we are suffer-
ing from the effects of S.P.C.A.
advertisements and “be-kind-to-
animals” weeks. The squirrels
around here have learned how to
intimidate students into giving
them a free meal, and they have
taken advantage of our kind hearts:
and timordms natures.
At six A.M. a squirrel will in-
vade a room and its sleepy occu-
pant can shout at it and shake her.
fist, and it will only leap into the
room and enter into the spirit of a
game of tag. The only way to get
Continued on Page 4, Col. 2
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others,
Page Try
THE COLLEGE NEWS
’
Wednesday, March 24, 1954
Editorial
There comes a time in the course of the debate of a con-
troversial subject when it becomes necessary to take a stand.
You cannot straddle a fence for ever. This is no world for
moral cowards! Therefore, we feel, regardless of whether or
not you agree with us and despite the threat of personal
injury to members of the board, that we must express our-
selves on the current controversy that is tearing the campus
into two warring factions. This is of course the question of
keeping pets at college.
Our position is crystal clear. We are for it.
Our reasons are several. First, we believe. they would
prove an academic asset. They offer excellent subjects for
. biological and sociological study. And of course, they are use-
ful in that they uncomplainingly listen to badly pronounced
foreign languages. |
We also do not agree with those who say that the ani-
mals would damage the rooms. On the contrary, by their con-
stant prowling, they would wipe the dust off the furniture
and thus spare the trouble and expense of cleaning the rooms.
In addition, they would-serve a great purpose in receiv-
: ing the affections of the emotionally frustrated members of
this women’s college. Would not the Administration prefer
that we love our four-legged animal friends, and not our two-
legged animal friends in our rooms? In short, our position is:
“Pets, not petting.”
‘We also heartily disagree with those who maintain that |.
if pets were allowed in the rooms and in the classes, the
whole policy of the school would be arranged to meet their
needs: that the classes and subjects would be geared to their
level, that the meals: would be planned solely to give them
their necessary food requirements.
After all, are we men or mice? If we don’t trust our-
selves to run against the competition of the lower verte-
brates, what chance have we in a world of equals?
But enough of words! The time has come for-action!
S. P. C. A’ers, unite!
The victory will be worth the fight!
Letter to the Editor
Enraged Glutz Attacks
_ Inefficacy of Our
Publication
By Marcia Case, ’57
To the Editor:
Before I begin I think I ought to
explain’ that I am a faithful fol-
lower of your newspaper. I read
‘my roommate’s copy every third
week, and therefore feel that I am
not only qualified but justified in
’ writing you this letter.
First of all, I don’t believe that
your paper fully covers the cam-
pus. In your account of the recent
dance, for instance, you failed to
mention the brawl after the inter-
mission that occurred’ near the
punch-bowl. A brawl of which,
may I modestly add, I was the
cause. Need I continue? The point
is that this is merely one example
of your publication’s inadequate
reporting of the happenings at
Bryn Mawr.
I also believe that you leave
something to be desired inthe im-
partiality of your coverage of the
various campus organizations. In a
récent issue, for instance, you de-
voted 10% inches to the League
for the Preservation of Ivy_on the
Library, yet only 5 9/16 inches to
the Young Bryn Mawrters for Ac-
tion at Haverford.
I believe that if you yourself will
count up the total number of
inches alloted these two. organi-
zations during the past month you
will find that the last—of which,
may I again modestly add, I am
also President — has _ received
shamefully less space ‘than’ the
I shall spare the reader
the statistics, but I am ready and
eager to provide you with them, if
you so desire. . :
I also find that the quality of
an writing is quite poor. I no-
‘tied in your.last.issue that you ‘y
oad eran three words whose San- | Gy
“Walter Cook
_ Watch Repair
skritic origin makes their lexicog-
raphy crystal clear. . Further, in
one of your articles you failed to
properly identify Miss McBride,
leaving. some. doubt—in this read-
er’s mind, at least—whether you
mean the President of Bryn Mawr
College or some other distinguish-
ed but entirely different personage.
These are the main complaints
have at this time, and I am confi-
dent that with a little effort you
will be able to correct them, thus
bringing the paper up to the level
of the masthead, of which I thor-
oughly approve. I feel I.must warn
you, however, that until you make
these corrections I shall fee] that I
cannot, in conscience, subscribe to
your weekly publication.
Sincerely,
Effie Glutz, ’58.
Bestial Eyes Drive
A Student Beserk
Continued from Page 3
rid of the beast is to bribe it with
crackers, popcorn, peanut butter—
anything—out onto the window sill
and then slam the window shut.
‘One girl who has the misfortune
to have a balcony has- been so in-|
timidated by one squirrel that she
has had‘to buy a window screen to
keep out the invader. It was in the
habit of climbing down onto her
bed, and to wake up staring into a
pair of bestial eyes was too much.
To sleep with the window closed
is unbearable in this climate; a
window opened from the top only
makes the shades flap noisily. The
only solution is to buy a window
screen and a shot-gun, and to take
firm, united steps toward reintimi-
dation of the squirrels.
madam replys too
skeptikel oreblian
by Carol Hansen, °57
Dear Madam,
I have been’ dating a ney from
Haverford very steadily for two
months. He’s*very, nice and I en-
joy being with him; however, when
I was in Princeton with the. chorus
last weekend I met the dregmiest
person. He asked me back’ next
weekend and I want to go. But I
have a date with my Haverford
boy friend. What should I do?
Divided
Dear Divided,
You have a problem?
* * *
Dear Madam,
My parents and friends want me
to come home during spring vaca-
tion, I know it would be loads of
fun. Yet, I have a paper to write
and if I stayed here I could get so
much work done . Don’t you think
I. should remain at school?
Confused
| Dear. Confused,
No.
ee, Bi oe
Dear Madam,
I want to be a lawyer. This has
been my burning desire for years,
my true destiny, Something hap-
pened, though. I met a wonderful
boy who is trying to make me for-
get my ambition: I have decided
nothing must interfere with my
career and have given him up. Am
I not right?
Determined
Dear Determined,
Whoever told you that men
aren’t everything was lying.
* * *
Epilogue: 6
Whoever follows my advice,
Real cool,
Will find that it is only,
April fool.
:| Stinky Pinkies---Or
13 daffy definitions
«
Collected by Espey Cooke, °57
A special type of railroad—a par-
ticular funicular.
A beer pantry — knickerbocker li-
quor locker.
A pure part of the body—a chaste
waist.
A very young bug—a foetal beetle.
A dark fowl—a murky turkey.
A lewd yell—a foul howl.
A glamorous president — a sexy
prexy.
An insect’s apparel — an ant’s
pants.
A Gallic gamine—a Frefich wench.
A, damp puppy—a soggy doggy.
A fowl’s shoes—a duck’s bucks.
A deer’s trousers—a buck’s ducks
Hell’s belles—Hades’ ladies.
q fest Tube “Always loved to
Mysteries
probe the un-
known, so my job
as secretary to the
head chemist is
made for me.;..
Katie Gibbs has
the happy knack
of matching the
girl and the job.”
women use Gibbs
secretarial training to secure the right job
and assure rapid promotion. Special Course
for College Women. Write College Dean for
“Gress Girts aT Work.”
KATHARINE GIBBS
SECRETARIAL
CHICAGO 11, 51 E. Superior St. PROVIDENCE 6, 155 Angell St
« MONTCLAIR, WN. J., 33 Plymouth St.
There must be reasons why.
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Every year hun- |
dreds of college ‘-
BOSTON 16, 90 Martborough St. NEW YORK 17, 230 Park Ave:
Morebull Displays Dazzling Discoveries
In Raunchy Report On Refined Natives
Continued from Page 3
In contrast to public opinion,
this doesn’t result in a state of
anarchy, but rather in a contented
group of people who are able to
express their primitive tendencies
in ‘this manner. Immediately fol-
lowing this -section, Dr. Morebull
handles the Wasumangoabian’s so-
lution to education and the family.
These aspects of their society will
be interpreted in the ninth. and
tenth reviews of this series.
Students who have had the priv-
ilege of devouring advance copies
of this breathtaking book. have
been overwhelmed at the zealous-
ness of Dr. Morebull in advocating
this society. He is completely con-
-vineed that it is “Utopia on earth”
and has dedicated his life to fight-
ing for its replacement of every
other culture.
At present, Dr.
ganizing the “We go Wasuman-
goabo” league which is to be the
tool that forges the acceptance of |’
The movement has|:
this society.
attracted much interest on campus,
particularly among students ofDr.
Morebull’s classes.
The New York Dimes and Strife
have published glowing criticisms
ofthe book. “It’s glossal!’” -said
the Dimes in the March 18, 1954
-issue.
Morebull is or-|)
Strife- devoted’an entire
page to. the life and works of Dr.
Morebull on March 15, 1954, end-
ing with the comment “a book you
shouldn’t miss. Once you’ve start-
ed the first 1000 pages, you can’t
leave it until you’ve read the next
4,000. The philosophy of the book
is shockingly logical; it opens an
entirely new trend of thought.
This volume is destined to have
world-shaking effects.” |
A limited number of copies are
available at the bookshop, and will
be sold both for texts and pleasure
reading.
_ In Loving Memory
Of
Effie Glutz, 58
Who
* Lived Wrong
And
Died Right
MCMLIV R.1.P.
Just the ticket
for spring
vacation!
GO HOME
BY TRAIN!
WHY INCH THROUGH HIGHWAY TRAFFIC or wait until skyway weather
clears? Take a train home and keep that very first date for sure!
IT’S MORE FUN GOING with the crowd all together on the train. There’s
room for bridge or bull session/ And, in the dining car, you can
enjoy the next best to home
GO FOR 25% LESS than the
coach fare by traveling home and
back with two or more friends on Group Economy Plan Tickets.
They’re good on trips of *100 miles or more. Gather a group of 26 or
more and you each save 28% riding long-distance on the same
train, then returning as a group or individually.
*except for tripe between stations
Lancaster,
eee er York City;
Pa.; and Washington, D. C.
ee ae ~~ Consult Your Local Railroad Ticket Agent Well in Advance
of Departure Date for Detailed Information b
Wednesday, March 24, 1954.
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Saeernnne
Page Five
‘Madwoman’ On The Whole Successful;
Renken, Kittridge and Mabry Excellent
| Continued from Page 1
gestures, as when signing the
/~\check, and spoke with a fine, aris-
tocratic accent.
The President, played by John
Kittredge, also - convincing
and amusing.- Gerald Goodman,
the Prospector, was inclined“ to
overact his. part, but he never
dropped out. of character.
Nick Mabry, who played. the
Ragpicker, made the most of his
part. Like Marilyn, he played bot
was
the fantastic and the straight sides
of his role sincerely and natural-
ly. In the, second scene, when he
was acting as defense in the trial,
he drove-home-his- points especial-
ly well,
character.
~The’ non-character parts - were
*_lesssuccessful.___ Patricia Moran
(Irma) was adequate, and at times
she seemed Yiatural, but on the
whole she was stiff and. inclined to
be too sweet.
_ William Hitzrot, the beautiful
Pierre, looked his part, but he
failed ‘to act it. When he was at-
tempting to play the partof’ the
Countess’ departed lover, his lim-
itations were especially evident.
Mlle. Constance (Linda Levitt),
‘ and Mlle. Gabrielle (Sondra Gor-
.don) were both well done, making
x their roles purely character, and
yet in’ keeping with the serious
9 one which runs through the play.
Hil Josephine (Adele Mac-
Veagh) was excellent also, spark-
ling. in the role of the Judge in the
trial,
William. ‘Moss, as the doorman,
amazed the audience by whizzing
around the stage jon a bicycle,
without shaking a flat..The Sewer
Man; the Policeman, (Robert See-
ley), The Sergeant, (Robert Glatz-
er), and the Street Singer, (Eliza-
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~~ ,
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change and the unchanging charm of
Harvard’s girl friend, Wellesley.
What ‘happened: when for. the first
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‘|ford),
beth Brackett), also deserve espe-
cial praise,
The rest of the cast included:
Children (Simonetta Caselli and
Willilam Steele), Mother (Adele
MacVeagh), Street Walkers (Con-
stance Horton and Caryl Sharlow),
+Pickpocket. (Tam ‘ Birchfield), and
Pickpocket Victim (Robert Dens-
Waiter (Philip Howorth),
Flower Girl (Anne Wyckoff), Deaf-
mute (Tony Cowen), and the Shge-
e Peddlar (Barbara Floyd). .*
Also: Dr. Jadin (John Pfaltz),
Second President .(Fritz Renken),
Third President (Robert Seeley),
Second Prospector (Robert -Dens-
ford), Third Prospector (Stanley
Wordon), Press Agent (Stephen
Sieverts), First Lady (Mary Kel-
logg), Second Lady (June Costin),
Third Lady (Tam Birchfield), First
| Adolphe Bertaut (William Moss),
and Second Adolphe
(James MacMasters).
The two magnificent sets were
designed by Anne Nicholson, Par-
ticularly good was the cafe scene,
with its narrow alleys leading off
Bertaut
stage.
The production staff was headed
by the following: Assistant to Mr.
Garfield, Jane Miller; Production
Manager, Anne Nicholson; Stage
manager, Jessie Sloane; Lighting
Directors: Coryce Ozanne, Terry
Osma; Costumes, Leslie Kaplan.
AMUSEMENTS
Anthony Wayne:
Mar. 24-27 — Miss Sadie
Thompson :
Apr. 4-5 — From Here To
~ Eternity
Apr. 5-10—Captain’s Paradise
Ardmore:
Mar, 24-26—Mogambo
Apr. 5-6 — War Arrow and
Top Banana
Apr. 7-183—Schedule open
Apr. 14-17—The Living Des-
ert
Bryn Mawr:
Mar. 24— The Bad' and the
Beautiful and With a Song in
My Heart .
Mar. 25—Wicked Woman
Mar. 26—Paratroopers
Apr. 4-5—Men In the Attic
and White Fuel
Apr, 6-7—The Bigamist
Apr. 8-10—Mogambo
_Apr. 11-12—San::Antone and
Stranger Wore a Gun
Apr. 18-14— Miracle of Our
Lady of Fatima ’
Suburban:
Mar. 24-26 — Miss Sadie
Thompson
lander, Director of General Edu-
students) and the election. of a
afternoon plenery session.
Professors Spea k
To Alumnae Club
“Could Yesterday Kaw To-
day?” Three: Bryn Mawr profes-
sors,; Marguerite -Lehr, Arthur P,
Dudden, and Joseph C. Sloane, dis-.
cussed this question before the
Bryn /Mawr Club of Boston on Sat-
urday, March 20. Philip H. Rhine-
cation, and Lecturer on Philosop
and General Education, Harvard
University, presided.
Each scholar related the general’
theme, thought transition from the
nineteenth to the. twer\tieth cen-
tury, to his or her particular field.
Mr. Dudden, Assistant Professor
of History,-titled his-speech “The
Years of the Modern”, while Miss
Lehr, Associate Professor of Math-
ematics, spoke of “Sufficient Con-
clusions from Insufficient Pre-
mises” and Mr. Sloane, Professor
of History of Art, outlined “Artis-
tic Gommunication in Two Cen-
turies”. The last lecture wasyjil-
lustrated by color slides.
_ For Prospective Students
The alumnae group has initiated
this program to better acquaint
prospective students with the aca-
demic side of the college and to
help the members themselves to a
continuing understanding of Bryn
Mawr. The idea of presenting iec-
tures Of this type in Boston orig-
inated with alumnae members who
had enjoyed alumnae week at the
college so very much.. Begun last
year under the title “Bryn Mawr
Comes to Boston’, the program is
now called “Bryn Mawr. Returns to
Boston”.
1.C.G. To Convene
For 25th Meeting
The Intercollegiate Conference
on Government will hold its twen-
ty-fifth state convention in Harris-
burg, on April 11 to April 13, when
collegés from all over Pennsyl-
vania participate in a model na-
tional congress.
Meeting in the buildings of the
state capitol, I. C. G. will try to
duplicate Congress in every detail,
including ‘the presentation of bills
(drawn up and decided upon by the
Speaker of the House. The Confer-
ence will begin on Thursday night
with a dinner-dance; on Friday
there will be committee meetings,
and on Saturday, the election of
the Speaker who will conduct: the
Anyone who is interested in at-
tending the I. C. G. conferenéé at
Harrisburg should contact Liz
Warren in Denbigh for further de-
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On F aith, Reason In M edieval Thought
filo
Continued from Page 1
standing. Mr. Monahan again pro-
posed St. Thomas Aquinas (who
wrote between 1253-1272) as being
representative of the latter group.
A few statements taken from
Aquinas’s writings were presented
by the speaker to illustrate the
philosophic attitude) of Aquinas:
“Knowledge is the activity proper
to man,” “Man has a natural in-
clination toward the truth,” “The
good of man consists in the per-
fect knowledge of the highest
truth”, and “It is .the truth of
things which acts as the criterion
of judgment.”
* Thomas held that faith and rea-
son were complementary rather
than contradictory. Whereas
“Faith demands the ascent of the |!
intellect -to what is believed, rea- |!
New Decipherment
Rivals The Rosetta
The decipherment of the writing
used in Greece between 1450 and
120 B.C. ranks with the reading of
the Rosetta stone, which gave the
key to heiroglyphics, by Champol-
lion,
Mary Swindler, Professor Emer-
itus of Classical Archaeology and
former editor in chief of the Amer-
ican Journal of Archaeology, de-
scribed the steps which led to this
great discovery at a luncheon of
the, Philadelphia Alumnae, on
Tuesday, March 23, at the. Dean-
ery.
~Reading Linear B was especially
difficult because there was no bi-
lingual to provide a comparison be-
tween this and some already de-
ciphered form.
The discoverer, Michael Ventris,
had been a cryptographer. “First
he listed the signs used” The fact
that there were 70 indicated that
they represented syllables - rather
than letters.
Study of words which began
with the same signs but had dif-
ferent endings showed that the
language had cases, genders, and
passive and active verbs.
At first Ventris tried correlating
the signs with Etruscan. This led
to blind alleys. He later tried a
combination of the Greek language
with Cretan symbols, which seéms
to be the key.
Linear B was found on clay tab-
lets discovered in the archives of a
palace which was used during the
time of the Trojan war. When de-
ciphered the first tablets proved to
be lists of equipment stored in the
palace. Though it mentions names
like Hera, Hector, and Achilles.
It was also found at the capital
of Crete and scattered on the
Greek mainland. Later regdings
may give more of a view of Greek
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son demands the ascent of the in-
tellect to What is known”. The
bases of the ascents are different.
The intellect ascends because it
knows the truth; faith ascends by
impetus of the will.
These beliefs of Aquinas may be
pursued further to the conclusions
that it is not possible for the same -
thing to be believed and under-
stood by the same. person at the
same time. Believing and under--
standing remain mutually exclu-
sive as do blindness and sight.
Thus, according to Mr. Monahan,
ito argue that the religious believer
cannot be a philosopher is to. fail
to understand the relationship be-
tween faith and understanding. It
jis.to imply. a duality of truth, for
jreason-and faith are two ways of
looking at one truth.
Some tenets of faith cannot be
understood by. reason although ae
they should be ‘investigated by rea-
son . “Rational arguments should
be sought in favor of religious
faith,” Mr. Monahan said. “They
will be probable arguments not
demonstrable ones,” he added.
conclusion, Mr. Monahan
summarized his purpose in ad-
dressing the club: “1) to show that
philosophy existed and was culti-
vated in the medieval ages; 2) to
outline important contributions by
one philosopher in®an important
area and 3) to encourage those
seekers who are after truth to find
out the truth of things’.
In
Girls Help Produce
Plays In Coatesville
The Coatesville Recreation Group
and the Little Theatre Players of
the Veterans Administration Hos-
pital in Coatesville combined their
talents this year to produce three
musical comedies: “The Nautical
Minstrel,” an original musical writ-
ten by one of the patients, “I
Found My Love,” another original
script, and the most recent and
greatest endeavor thus far, the
Broadway musical, “Oklahoma.”
Sponsored by the Veterans Ad-
ministration with transportation
provided by the Red Cross Motor
Corps, the Bryn Mawr girls spend
four hours a day, twice a week re-
hearsing for the shows during the
months in which they are perform-
‘ed. During this time they get
acquainted with the patients, have
delicious food, including homemade
bread (one. of the most enticing'
bribes), aiid do a little serious re-.
hearsing for the show which seems’
incidental compared with the fun
‘had by~all ‘during rehearsals and
the achievement of that incompar-
able feeling of doing something
worthwhile for others, They use~
scripts for the final performance,
get out of step in thé inevitable
“can-can,” and fall all over éach
other doing cheers and “milling”
in erowd scenes. The effect is al-
‘ways highly praised by the audi-
ence of patients and staff, however,
| although there is good reason to
suspect that-the actors enjoy it
more than the audience.
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Page Six ‘Wednesday, March 24, 1954
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Bryn
Mawr Fencers Defeat Barnard;
End Of Season Finds Team Unheateri
Gymnasium, March 20.—Bryn
Mawr met Barnard College in the
_ final fencing match of the year and
made a clean sweep of both the
Varsity and Junior Varsity events,
6-3, 5-4, respectively.
. On the Varsity team, Caroline
Morgan won her bouts -three to
nothing, Alicia Gardner lost one
and took two, and Lynn Fain took
one and lost two. Junior Varsity
accomplished the following: Ginger
Mee, won one, lost two; Mary El-
len Klock, won two, lost one; Alice
Baer, won two, lost one.
For the Barnard team, this was
the only fencing match of. the year,
as they do not ordinarily . fence in
competition. As-a result, their first
and second teams were of very
much the same calibre. Because of
this, bryn Mawr’s Junior Varsity
faced a much harder fight than did
tne. Varsity.. They came through,
nowever, very well.
Barnard displayed a variety of
styles, using predominantly the
French, with one fencer using the
italian style employed by.-the -Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania team in
their bouts with Bryn Mawr. A
lunging, vigorous style was noted
in one of the Barnard second team
tencers; Pluskse, which tended té
tie up her opponent, and made her
a dangerous fencer...
With Saturday’s match, Bryn
Mawr made a fine ending to the}
year’s fencing season.
Caroline Morgan Wins
Amateur Match
In Fencing
By Carol. Bradley, ’57
As she was gasping for breath
after a fencing match with Bar-
nard College, I approached Caro-
line Morgan, otherwise known as
“Morgy,” for an interview on her
victory in the Amateur Fencers’
League of America competitions.
The occasion was her winning of
the Opens matches in the Philadel-
phia - Division,
Morgy stared, said, “why inter-
view me?” and proceeded to. an-
swer questions. Turns out that the
reason she entered the Opens this
year is that she had taken first
place in the Novice and Junior
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turing the best amateur fencers of
the Philadelphia area.
Morgy started fencing several
years ago, at the Farmington
School, under the direction of Mau-
rice Grasson, the brother of Bryn
Mawr’s fencing instructor, Mrs.
Gordon. She fenced here in her
Sophomore year only, but last year
took three months’ instruction in
Paris. Morgy is a Senior now, and
will mot be fencing here any more,
but she intends to do club. fencing
in New York after graduation,
Her interests have not been con-
fined to fencing at Bryn Mawr. She
was stage manager for both her
Freshman Show and Maids and
Porters Show, and has done work
on. various other shows in College
Theatre since. This fall, she was
stage manager with Terry Osma
for the Bryn Mawr production of
Lillian Hellman’s “The Little
Foxes.”
work in New York City after she
graduates this spring, with an eye
to going abroad again eventually.
ENGAGEMENTS
Cornelia &. Claxton to John
Smyley
‘Loewe.
Susan D. Rule ’54, to Thomas T.
‘Milber.
Sarah Johnes to Basset S. Win-
mill.
_ MARRIAGES
Mary V. Johnson to J. B. Jeffer
Jr.
Bernice Robinson to Dr.
Loewenstiert :
Beverly Maynard to Alexander
Jeffers Jr.
Fritz
Morgy plans to go into museum [*
Zita P. Levine to Leonard PS:
Mr. Conyers Read Ends
History-Lécture Series
Continued from Page 1
did, and then dropped out of the
hunt club.
Mr. Read then: gave an account
of some of the sources for his own
research into Elizabethan times.
Some of the best places to refer to
are the Round Room of the Public
records office, and the collections of
Lansdowne, Sloan and their con-
temporaries in the British Museum.
In the University Library, the
Bodleian Essays, containing a let-
ter in.code from Walsingham cdn-
cerning the Spanish Armada, sup-
plied an aid to Mr. Read in his re-
search for material on Walsing-
ham,
Mr. Read stressed town and
local libraries, and private collec-
tions as invaluable. Portraiture,
to -give vivid characterizations of
personages is a great help.
Mr. Read also stated that the re-
searcher should find and stick to
one good professor in history. That
way the will not be:in danger of
becoming ‘helplessly. confused, and
will find “a friend for life.”
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Freshmen Win Interclass Swim Meet
With 37.5 Points; Senior’ Score Close
By Mimi Collins, ’57
The Class of 1957 put aside all
deverance for age and swam their
hardest to capture the annual In-
terclass Swimming Meet with a to-
tal of 37.5 points. Seniors forged
ahead of the Juniors, who racked
up 27 points, to take second place
honors witha grand total of 30.5,
while Sophomores brought up the
‘rear with 19 points. <
The Meet was actually closer
than the score indicates, since both
Freshman and Senior teams took
two firsts and one second place.
Freshmen swam to victory in the
Freestyle Relay and Seniors cop-
ped the medley relay, which tallied
ten points for each class. By tak-
ing first in the backcrawl, ’57 ran
neck and neck with the Seniors
who were blue ribbon winners in
the breaststroke, each thus adding
six points to their respective
scores. A ‘second in the ‘breast-
stroke for the freshmen and a sec-
ond in the freestyle for Seniors,
tied the score at 20-20 going into
the-diving events.
Joan Kuchai won the diving for
the ‘Sophomores with. ease, while
Senior Phoebe Bell, too stubborn
to cede the fight, tied ’57’s Mo
Gibbs with 3.5 points.
Strangely enough, the. deciding
factor of the meet can be consid-| § |
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in the medley relay, whigh gleaned
them six points. The placing in all
other events cancels out with -the,
exception of a”oné point freshman
lead.
Capturing first place honors for.
the freshmen in the freestyle relay
were Mimi Machado, Natalie Starr,
Judy Scott, and Roxanne Spiller.
Unfortunately the time wasn’t -re-
corded. First place in-the back-
crawl went to Jan Thompson, ’57,
whose time was 17.7,
Senior Victorious
Swimming for the victorious
Seniors in the medley relay were
Debbie Jordan, Phoebe Bell, and
Terry Osma, with a time of 51.5.
Phoebe Bell also took first place in
the breaststroke, time 18.0.
Second place winners were: free=
‘style, Terry Osma, ’54, time 14.2;
breaststroke, Sandy Stoeger, ’57,
time 20.5; backcrawl, Nancy Tep-
per, 55, time 18.0; and medley and
freestyle relays, Nancy - Tepper,
Chris Rockefeller, and Mary Kel-
logg, time 56.2 and 1:08.7, respec-
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