College news, November 12, 1947

THE COLLEGE NEWS



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VOL. XEHi, NO. 7 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA.,

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1947

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College,1945

PRICE 10 CENTS



Alumnae Talks
Point Out Value
Of College Educ.

Streeter, Dean, Taylor
Stress Ability
to Learn

Opening a week-end program on
Liberal Education and Life in the
Community, on Saturday morning,
November 9, the Alumnae Associa-
tion presented three speakers, on
the general topics of the value of
a college education for women and
the ways in which a liberal educa-
tion may be achieved.

Speaking on “Education for In-
ternational Affairs,” Vera Micheles
Dean, known for her work in the
field of history, emphasized the
necessity that everyone have a!
“coherent knowledge” of the prob-,
lems of peace. Only thus equipped
can each individual contribute his
share to the formulation and sup-
port of national policy. Mrs.
Dean’s conception of the necessary
education includes, primarily, an
understanding of the innuendoes of
languages, teaching of history “not
vertically but horizontally” (fol-
lowing the world at its different
stages rather than considering sin-
gle nations as segregate entities,
and as thorough an understanding

as is possible of the reactions of ;

other people—or what Mrs. Dean
ealled “international psychology.”
Demands for: Education
Discussing “The Humanities and |
Public Service,” Lily Ross Taylor,
‘Dean of the graduate school, fol-
lowed Mrs. Dean, correlating her
demands for education with some
aspects of the Bryn Mawr curric-
ulum. She mentioned the language
houses as a concrete way to de-
velop understanding rather than
mere grammatical knowledge of
foreign tongues. She explained
that the language houses rather
contribute to the community than
withdraw from it. The importance
of antiquity in the understanding
of the modern world is great, ac-
cording to Professor Taylor, but
should not be over-emphasized.
“Education for Participation in
Community Affairs” was the topic
of Mrs. Ruth Cheney Streeter, for-
mer Director of the Marine Corps
Women’s Reserve. She pointed out

-that from her observations there is

a smaller proportion of college
Continued on Page 4

Halls Stay Open
For Thanksgiving

The longer Thanksgiving vaca-
tion, being held for the first time
since the war, will begin after the
last class on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 26th, and end at 9 o’clock on
Monday, December Ist. All the
halls will be open during that time
for the students who expect to
spend the vacation here.

All students are required to sign
out on Wednesday after their last
classes and to register again at
their first class on the following
Monday. The Dean’s office empha-
sizes that laboratories and any aft-
ernoon classes, except for those in
physical education, are included as
last classes. -

Thanksgiving dinner will be
served at college, but, since it is
not yet known how many students
will be here, it has not been decid-
ed whether there will be separate
meals in each hall, or one meal for
everyone in one hall.



“Bryn ‘Mawr isn’t all books and

- . you'll find enough feminine
charm here to repel all fears...”
It took a man of discernment to
write that, we feel; indeed, there
are three of them. They. are the
authors of that new and thorough
“guide to a terrific week-end,” For
Men Lonely. O’Riley, Mose and
Jones, of Dartmouth, have rounded
up the vital information and 12
leading women’s colleges in the
East: “Where is the town’s best
entertainment? Who waters their
gin? Who sticks you for flowers?”

Rooming houses (always given
top billing since the night the au-
thors had to sleep in the North-
hampton jail, while week-ending at
Smith), restaurants, florists and
| bars are all listed with pungent
comments and Bryn Mawr does
not get off without having to lick
its wounds. The Chatter Box is
classified: as “known for its clean-



‘liness, if that’s any help .
horn-rimmed glasses by any means ‘couldn’t think of anything else to

In Weekend Guide B.M. Passes
As ‘‘Not All Books and Glasses’’

By Emily Townsend, ’50-

- « we

say”; The Hearth “is the place for
a sophisticated hamburger ... the
prices are a bit blase, too”; The
Tavern is “a low-slung job, rem-
inincent of the days when Wash-
ington and his boys used to paint
the town red.” As for the lure of
the big city, “most of the college
crowd leaves Philly to the Quak-
ers ... if you know Philadelphia,
you will, too.”

The college itself seems more
attractive to these men: “the cam-
pus is a rolling affair liberally
sprinkled with huge Gothic build-
ings,” and much easier to look at
than those at Vassar or Wellesley,
which suggests “one of the tough-
er golf courses back home.” “The
attractive town of Bryn Mawr is
made to order for bicycle trips...
which furnish just the excuse
you’re looking for.”

Continued on Page 2



Beardsley Poses
Existence of Art,
Problem Involved

“The Mode of Existence in Works
of Art,” Professor Monroe C.
Beardsley suggested that the ques-
tion, “What sort of existence do



tinction between intent and effect
|in the meaning of the work. Con-
fining his discussion to literary |
works of art, because “the problem

“the principles of approach here
apply equally well to other forms
of art,” Professor Beardsley also
presented the question of literary
criticism as an empirical disci-
pline.

“Disagreements about the mean-
ing of poems,” Professor Beardsley
explained, are the origin of the
problem. In the resolution of these
different interpretations, Richards,
in his Principles of Literary Criti-
cism has proposed determining the
poet’s intent and setting up a
standard of experience. “The poet’s
intent, however,” Professor
Beardsley continued, “is never ac-
cessible in any sufficient degree of
circumstantiality; and even if it is
available, it is more probable that
the author is wrong than that the
poem is.”

Professor Beardsley asserted
that no statements made by Rich-
ards were untrue, but inconvenient
at times and that the question of
whether or not an answer is con-
venient depends on empirical fact.
“Since there are meanings of the
first. and second order,” Professor
Beardsley concluded, “the answer
rests inside the poem and depends
on the meaning of the words used.”

Dr. E. C. Lindeman
Will Lead Chapel

Dr. Eduard C. Lindeman, of the
New York School of Social Work,
will speak in Chapel on Sunday,
November 16. Teacher, author, and
lecturer, Dr. Lindeman has also
served on many varied committees.
Among his interests are politics,
progressive education, housing and
Indian affairs, as wellas_ social
work. He has written several
books and articles and is a contrib-
uting editor of the “New Repub-
lic.”







November 11.—In an analysis of |

works of art enjoy?” implies a dis- |

posed is more difficult” and because |



De Laguna Lecture
To. be Delivered

By Dr. A. Ushenko

On Wednesday, November 19th,
the fourth lecture in Philosophy in
honor of Theodore and Grace de
Laguna will be given by Professor
Andrew P. Ushenko, Associate
Professor of Philosophy at Prince-
ton. The subject of this lecture is
‘The Perspective Theory of Truth,”
and will be held at 8.15, in the
Music Room, with a discussion fol-
lowing, in the Common Room,

Mr. Ushenko has recently pub-
lished a book entitled Power and
Events; his other, books - include

ALogic of Events, “Theory of Logic,

The’ Philosophy of Relativity and
The’ Problems of Logic. In addi-
tion to these he has also written
many papers and articles on vari-
ous philosophical problems.

This lecture series was founded
four years ago by means of funds
contributed by students and friends
of Mrs. De Laguna, who had just
retired as Professor of Philosophy
at Bryn Mawr, and in memory of
her husband, Dr. De Laguna, who
had also been Professor of Philos-
ophy here.

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NO BIG MAY DAY
No Big May Day in 1948 was
the decision of the undergradu-
ate’ ballot last Thursday. With
96% of the students voting,
63% were against Big May.
‘Day, while 37% wanted it.







Calendar

Friday, November 14
4:00—Hockey, Bryn Mawr
vs. Ursinus, here.
7:30—Movie, “Topper Re-
turns”, Music Room.
Sunday, November 16
2:00—Hockey, Intercollegi-
ate Team vs. Keystone Club,
3:30—Hall finals. Denbigh
vs. Rhoads.
7:30—Chapel service, con-
ducted by Dr. Edward C. Lin-
deman, Music Room.
Monday, November 17
International Students Day
7:30—Current Events, Com-
mon Room.
Wednesday, November 19
8:15—De Laguna Lecture:
Professor Andrew P. Ushenko
on “The Perspective Theory







of—[ruth”, Music Room.



Wells Stresses
Liberal Education

In Reconstruction

Dr. Roger H. Wells, Professor
of Political Science, addressed a
week-end meeting of the Alumnae
Association of Bryn Mawr College
on Sunday, November 9. Recently
returned from The Office of Mili-
tary Government for Germany, he
spoke on “Liberal Education and
Reconstruction.”

Dr. Wells stressed the value of
the knowledge of the language
and cultural background of the
people whose nation is being re-
constructed. Technological knowl-
edge is essential, but a liberal ed-
ucation is most important for rec-
ognition of the larger problems of
reconstruction.

Dr. Wells found untrained Amer-
icans attempting to impose their
own forms of democracy in Ger-
many, failing to recognize cultural
differences. Education in history,
economics and politics would ben-
efit those who are doing recon-
struction work.

President McBride summarized
the recommendations made by
speakers at the Alumnae Associ-
ation’s program on Liberal Edu-
cation and Life in the Community.
It was suggested that education
should include a better. speaking
knowledge of foreign languages
and more study of the social sci-
ences. Miss McBride emphasized
the necessity of teaching in an in-

tegrated manner, presenting the.

significance of facts as well as the
facts themselves. Liberal educa-
tion was also viewed in its im-
portant role of encouraging stud-
ents to take an active part in the
affairs of the community.

Inter. Stud. Day
Falls on Nov. 17

International Students’ Day,

which originated as an anniversary

of the massacre of Czechoslovak-
ian students by the Nazis on No-
vember 17, 1939, is observed as a
symbol of union against tyranny.

Alt h no special celebration
has been planned at Bryn Mawr
for November 17, the event is call-
ed to the attention of the students
because 12% of the undergraduate
body and 26 graduate students
Bryn Mawr were born
This is an unusually large percent-
age for an American college.



Players Capture

In Closing Acts

Many Character Roles
Present No Obstacle
To Play’s Unity
by Barbara Bettman ’49

One can wonder just what Di-
rector Frederick Thon said to the
cast of The Time of Your Life
during Saturday night’s intermis-
sion, but the fact remains that
Acts IV and V were brilliantly
done, finally attaining the correct
mood of the play, which the act
in Kitty’s room had begun to do

4 while Acts I and II were so fast

as to lose entirely the atmosphere.

The Time of Your Life is the
most difficult to produce of all
William Saroyan’s always difficult
plays. I often feel. that Saroyar
should be read for its full impact,
that no production can quite put
across what he writes about, that
like a few other playwrights, he
has only written in this medium
for convenience’s sake. It is per-
haps for this reason that Saroyan
himself is so rarely satisfied with
the production of his plays. The
Time of Your Life has so many
parts that it is liable to disinte-



grate into so many actors playing
so many. character roles; this is.
‘exactly what happened during the
first half of the evening, when,

| due to the ridiculous tempo, thd

parts were distinctly greater than
the whole. However, even Mr.
Saroyan would have been delightec
with the final two acts in Nick's
Pacific Street Saloon, which tight-
ened up and slowed down to a pace
perfect for capturing the typical
Saroyan mood of futility with a
note of hope,

Joe Is Focal Point

Ned Coale, who as Joe is the fo-
cal point of the play and the threac
that holds it together, muffed sev-
eral lines and began to rush in the
beginning acts. However, during
the last half of the play he was
excellent and, sympathetic. His
part calls for him to be the all-
seer who understands and loves al!
men under the guise of studying
them—a sort of articulate Nick
who just likes people and wants

-|them to be happy in their own

way. Crede Calhoun, in the latter



Continued on Page 2



Step From Stacks at Tea- Time:

Soda Fountain Gives PM Pickup

by Betty-Bright Page °49

Now. it is.possible to step just
outside of the West Wing stacks
for a cigarette and have tea at the
same time! The Soda Fountain is
serving tea from 4 to 5 o’clock, ev-
ery afternoon except Saturday,

Service is lightning. Just a few
seconds will give welcome. relief
from an afternoon of lab or study.
Perhaps, on second thought, it’s
better to allow five minutes, or
even ten, because there’s the new
juke box and all the latest records
in the Rumpus Room down the
hall—to make tea-time relaxing.
(And, of course, the ping-pong
tables for the Sports.) Just a few
precious minutes off the rigid
schedule for the day; and what a
lot of company, wonderful food
and music to help one forget it all.”

There’s still time for the regular

quick-as-a-flash evening jaunt to

at 9:30, via the Soda Fountain,

Forget the pounds and come on
to tea—milk shakes, sandwiches,
ice cream and cokes all are on the
menu. And there are rumors that
there will be some sticky bun addi-
}tions later!

It’s new and different. And
after plans for revamping and re-
modeling are completed, the Soda
Fountain promises to even sport a
glamorous face-lifting job. More
room and more milk shakes are the
aims for the future, announce
Sally Worthington, ’49, and Dottie
Sloane, ’50, co-heads. The Bryn
Mawr Summer Camp should profit
immensely from this terrific new
«program. And so should we. It’s

tea!



$

Saroyan’s Mocd-

Goodhart for the midnight repast ©

worth the walk—Be seein’ you at

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Excess Energy

There is a lot of excess energy on campus. The Big May
Day controversy united the college, if not in feeling, at least
on the same subject. Faculty asked students, who dropped
their customary note-taking and answered back; and smoker
arguments raged far into the night, with the relative merits
of Princeton vs. Yale, socialism vs. communism, left unno-
ticed beside the more pressing argument of yes vs. no. We
do not recall seeing the campus so full of spirit; it would be
a pity if this spirit were to be let go unused.
'_ Every activity on campus, usually entered into whole-
heartedly by a few, is crying out for workers. The Blind
School needs readers, Valley Forge needs girls to dance with
convalescent veterans: can’t you spare time to help them?
Numerous drives need solicitors: can’t you begin this sort
of work, which you can go on doing for your own community
—or begin learning to teach with the Maids and Porters?

One of the various political groups might start you on
a lifelong civic career: isn’t there one in which you are in-
‘terested? The Title wants writers, and new members; the
Art Studio is here for you to express yourself by means of
the pictorial arts: in which field do you create?

Bryn Mawr needs us: let’s go to work.

The Vocational Committee

In the flurry of college life, we tend to lose sight of the
question as to what we are going to do when we finish Bryn
Mawr. The Vocational Committee, of which many of us are
unaware or else ignore completely, is a vital organ on cam-
pus which keeps our futures constantly in mind.

However, it cannot possibly function well if we do not
choose to support it! Each fall students are able to indicate
through a poll what special types of work are most appeal-
ing to them. The Committee, acting on the results of the
poll, invites outside speakers, often outstanding in varied
fields of work, to talk informally to the students who mani-
fested interest in their field. It is awkward and embarrass-
ing to them. The Committee, acting on the results of the
handful of people turn up, and seems to indicate that we are
so wrapped up in the affairs of the moment that we cannot

- look ahead to the future. ;

The enthusiasm manifested in filling out the polls should
not stop there. Rather, if we are to obtain the full benefits
offered us by the Vocational Committee, a new awareness
must characterize our attitude towards it and its work. The
* Vocational Committee can stimulate interest in new careers

if it is supported by us; without our support it simply can-
not function. gece

Current Events

Common Room, November 10.—
Speaking on political trends in the
recent fall elections, Mrs. Neal de-
clared that “although it seems the
Republican trend is checked, these
elections cannot be put down as
any indication of what will happen
in 1948,”

The Democrats were pleased by
the course of elections in Kentucky
and Indiana. There is always a
see-saw battle between the iwo
parties in Kentucky, and Indiana
was Republican in the last election.
The Democrats also made strong
gains in Ohio and in Pennsylvania.
Nevertheless; Mrs. Neal said, “the
returns indicate losses and gains
for both sides and not a great
swing.”

Mrs. Neal went on to explain
three important developments in
American government brought
about by the election. By popular
vote New York City has dropped
the system of Proportional Repre-
sentation that began in 1936. Sec-
ondly, with the defeat of Rankin
in Mississippi, it is probable that
prejudice will not be used as an
issue in political campaigns. Last-
ly, soldier bonuses were voted in
by tremendous majorities in New
York and Ohio. These bonuses
may easily become a national is-
sue.

Mrs. Neal emphasized the great
importance of the fall primaries,
although they are usually only for
the elections of local and city offi-
cials. She explained in full detail
the working of the American po-
litical machine; the Pugh machine
of Philadelphia is a good example.
Candidates are drawn up by the
county chairman under the direc-
tion of the machine boss. With
only about one-fourth of the peo-
ple registered turning out to vote,
the candidates on the machine slate
are easily elected.

Mrs. Neal urged everyone to
vote, as this is the best way to
break the party machine.

Cast Captures Mood
Of Saroyan’s Play

Continued from Page 1

strong enough in defending men’:
rights.

Jean Switendick had the mos!
difficult part in the play, a gir
who is simultaneously a prosti-
tute and not a prostitute. She
handled this part capably and witt
considerable understanding, mov-
ing with the indecisiveness char-
acteristic of Kitty. This is a rolq
which most people would overplay,
and Jean and Mr. Thon showec,
real restraint.

Lasday Steals Show

role was suitably sane and jus |

Petition on Food _

Proposed at BM

As a result of a masS meeting
sponsored by the Relief Commit-
tee of the Alliance. on .Thursday,
Nov. 6, a petition has ben prepar-
ed to be sent from Bryn Mawr to
President Truman and the heads
of Congress. It offers support to
the food conservation program of
the Truman Administration, and
uregs that everything possible be
done to alleviate the critical con-
dition of Europe. It also advances
the belief that the economic recov-
ery of Europe is absolutely essen-
tial for the continuance of Ameri-
can prosperity, and for the main-
tenance of world peace.

To this énd support is given to
the following proposals:

(1) That the United States
take prompt action for European
Recovery under the Marshall Plan.

(2) That the special session of
Congress send stop gap aid to Eu-
rope before any other issue is con-
sidered. :

(3) That the government al-
locate wheat and fuel supplies in
order to asure a fair distribution
and provide some check on infla-
tion.

P. Davis, N. Sloss
Report on UWF

Over 200 delegates and 150 ob-
servers met in St. Louis over No-
vember 1 and 2 to attend the Unit-
ed World Federalist National Con-
vention. “The convention was held
for the purpose of establishing a
general policy for the coming year
and to revise the By-laws,” report
Nancy Sloss, ’50, and Pamela Dav-
is, ’50, delegates from the Bryn
Mawr chapter of the Student Fed-
eralists.

The delegates accomplished the
task of redefining and specifying
their statements of powers and
principles. The cofivention con-
cluded that: 1. participation in



-|World Government should be open

ito all nations, but there should be
no right of secession, 2. World
,Government should have a taxing
power independent of state taxa-
tion, 3. certain domestic, political,
economic and social issues, not de-
fined as expressed powers for
World Government, are reserved to
the states. The UWF organization
feels that the prohibition of na-
tional armaments, a world police
force and international control of
the atom bomb are the basic essen-
tials for any world organization.
Larry Fuchs, of C. C. N. Y., was
elected president of the national



Robert. Lasday as Dudley R
Bostwick stole the show. Good '
hart has never laughed harder thar |
at this telephone-caressing, ado- '
lescent-voiced lover. It is also t«
his credit that the actual scene be-
twen him and Elsie tok place i
complete seriousness. Shirley Win-
ter. was .excellent as_ Elsie, the
woman who is composed of equa.
parts disillusion and sympathy.

John MHauser’s piano- playing
was superb enough to compensate
for the fact that one ‘was never
sure whether he intended to speak
in dialect or not. Don Kindler was
good as Harry, the comedian at
whom no one laughed, and the
play between him and Wesley was
well done.



Hank Levinson was remarkable
'—the moment Blick entered the
‘atmosphere changed, and it was
hardly necessary for him to speak
to show his blind brutality. Joan
Gale as Mary L. showed an equally
remarkable quantity of stage pres-
ence; the scene between her and
Joe was simple and touching.

Kit Carson, as played by Her-
bert Cheyette, was unintelligible
during the second act, and conse-
qently seemed even longer-winded
than the part requires, thus mak-
ing this act almost interminably
long; but after that he-was ex-

SF organization, replacing Colgate
Prentice, of Swarthmore. The Stu-
dent Federalist chapters are under
the direct control of the National
Student Council and not the state
branch of UWF.

Record Concerts
To Benefit Drive

The.bi-monthly-record—concerts
were resumed last Monday, No-
vember 10, in' the Common Room,
immediately after Current Events.
This year, as before, the 25-cent
fee goes to the Drive. The con-
certs are again run by the Library
Committee of Undergrad, under
the direction of Anne Benua an
Ann Inman. The program this
week included: Bach’s Branden-
burg Concerto No. 6, Brahms’
Fourth Symphony and the Rach-
maninoff Second Piano Concerto.

The concerts afford a chance for
you to hear your favorite selec-
tions. Write any suggestions you
have for the programs of the con-
certs on the special slips of paper
posted in all halls. Students and

faculty are urged to come and
bring their work or knitting. The
next concert will be held Monday,





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November 24.

|
Oninion
Letters, Editorial Fail

In Correct Standard

Of Criticism .
To the Editor:

We strongly disagree both with
the letters and with the News edit-
orial on criticism last week. Neith-
er the letters nor the News suc-
ceeds in defining the basis on which
,the college productions should be
| judged. .
| The letters say that such things
as group participation and effort,
money gained for the Faculty
Drive, and handicaps like limited
|time should excuse a production
'from its obligations as a work of
art. But these elements should be
‘incidental, from the critical point
of-view. The News replies that It
does not “consider or review a
campus production as it does a
professional one.” Why not? Both
the letters and the editorial seem
to assume that there are two
standards by which a production
may be judged—one being “Broad-
way” and the other being “ama-
teur.” Neither of these is a sound
criterion. Any production, wheth-
er it is on campus or on Broadway,
should be judged as good or bad
theatre in terms of its artistic
value and achievement.

One letter argues that the News
should provide encouragement of
creative activity on campus. What
is really needed from the News is
not encouragement, but good crit-
icism. Hard, flip, pseudo-sophis-
ticated commentary —is--valueless,
and-sugary praise without discrim-
ination is just as bad; the critic is
not a Prima Donna, neither is she
a nursemaid to the tender feelings
of undergraduates. Criticism can
be creative, and the News can ful-
fill an important responsibility if
it gives a fair and thoughtful judg-
ment of creative activity on cam-
pus.



Sandol Stoddard °48 —
ae _ Nancy Kunhardt ’48

Dartmouth Trio Finds
' Bryn Mawrtyrs Human

: Continued from Page 1
“Girls are girls ... these are

just a little smarter.” High time
that remark was made; though we
have always told ourselves, rather
wistfully, that this is so, it is still
flattering to hear it from outsiders.
Although there is no doubt in the
minds of these Dartmouth men
that we are “here for the business
of learning,” and though our schol-
astic calendar is the only one of
the 12 that is not listed, “because
it is a book in itself,” yet we are
pleased and proud to find ourselves
in demand of a Saturday night.
“We can dance and we can sing’’
should now be our motto; we, too,
can be honey to the week-end bees,
whether drones or werkers, and,
as these cool northerners sum up
our capacities, “The college itself
offers little in the way of enter-
tainment, but at Bryn Mawr
there’s always something to do—if
you're interested”

(Editor’s note: This essential
guide is now on sale in the College
Bookshop:) rae





| Exchange System
Will be Enforced

| Starting als November 17,
the system of dining room ex-
changes will be strictly enforced at
both lunch and dinner, Miss Howe
has announced. [If -a_ student
wishes to eat in a hall, other than
her own, she must find a definite
person in that hall to exchange
with. Otherwise, confusion results,
and there may not be enough seats
to go around in one hall, while
there are vacancies in another.

Miss Howe reports that the sys-
‘tem of signing-out for meals is
working fairly. well. It has already
helped the hall ‘Managers to make
more accurate food orders, thus
cutting down on waste.








THE COLLEGE NEWS

~ Page Three



Bryn Maur Defeated by Penn
In Fast Twilight Hockey Game

Specially contributed by
Lenci Abell ’50 _

The Bryn Mawr hockey team,
playing its fourth game of the
season last Thursday, was defeat-
ed 6-3 by Penn. Although play-
ing on a slippery field, and pressed
by. oncoming darkness, both teams
played a very good game.

In the opening minutes of the
game Penn scored the first goal.
The ball went back to center,
Betsy Parker, Bryn Mawr’s fresh-
man inner, received the ball from
the bully and raced down the field
with excellent dodging to make
the first Bryn Mawr score. This
fast play made the Penn team
wary and on their toes. The first
half was well fought, but the
strong Penn team with their pre-
cision passes and dodges tallied
four more goals to leave a’ half-
time score of 5-1.

In the second half both teams
appeared to be tired and the play-
ing was not so neat as that of the
first half. The Owl backs put up
an able defense, and Kathy Geib
held the goal skillfully, making
excellent stops all through the
game, so that the Penn team
could only score one more goal.
As darkness covered the field, it
‘was anybody’s game as the backs
‘ could not see what their forwards
were doing, and the ball moved
from one end of the field to the



Cast Captures Mood
Of Saroyan’s Play
Continued from Page 2

tremely funny and had good com-
mand of his stage action. Krupp
and McCarthy were well-related in
spite of a tendency on both parts

to sound adolescent and uncon-
vinced. John Marvin’s Arab look-
ed and. spoke’ extraordinarily
enough so that one could easily
have thought him anything.

The smaller—parts—were—well-
handled, especially Bernice Robin-
son as Nick’s mother and Jack
Gailey as the drunk sailor.

Set Is Restrained

The set was restrained, as it
should have been, but no Pacific
Street saloon ever had a fishnet
for atmosphere, and the pinball
machine might have been rented,
since it was highly unfunctional
‘ind gave Lee Haring as Willie an
insoluble problem. The foghorn
was a wonderful touch, though San
Franciscans know that ‘there is
fog in the daytime too!

Mr. Thon is, as always, to be
congratulated for his extremely
able direction, and while one might
have’ questioned the choice of
plays when this one was announc-
ed, The Time-of.Your Life proved
to be an excellent vehicle to show
off the character talents of a great
number of people as well as their
ability to work together and finai-
ly create successfully one of the
most difficult moods in the modern
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other with every shot. However,
“Bryn Mawr was able to make two
more goals. Frannie Edwards
made one, and Sheila Eaton made
the third B. M. goal in the last
few minutes of the game, making
a final score of 6-3 in favor of
Penn. '

In past games of this year ‘our
team has won one game, tied one
and lost two. In the match betweea
the second teams on Thursday,
Penn won 6-0.

The line-ups of the teams were
as follows:

Bryn Mawr Penn
S. Hayes LW Lee
F. Edwards LI Budd
S. Eaton CF McConnell
B. Parker RI Millick
M. Shaw RW Arrison
E. Bagley LH Zell
A. Newbold CH Brown
L. Rogers RH Welsh
S. Savage LF’ Funk
B. Focardi RF Burton
K. Geib G Savidge

Denbigh Defeats
Pem West Octet

Undaunted by the absence of its
inimitable band, Denbigh entered
the finals of the hall hockey series
by defeating Pem-= West 3-2 on
Sunday afternoon.

Pem West’s spirit was hampered
by their lack of team. Starting
wtih six players, they managed to
recruit two more, but this was
still not enough to down indomit-
able Denbigh! The fourth Denbigh
goal was called back for “offsides,”’
however. |

The hall finals will be played
off next Sunday, when Denbigh
meets Rhoads (the team with the
invincible ‘“drawbacks’’). This
match will follow a match between
the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate
team (on which there are two
Bryn Mawr—members) andthe
Keystone Club, on the Bryn Mawr
field.



Special Foreign Fellows at B. M. Report
Impressions of College Life and Activity

By Jean Ellis, ’49

adnor, the traditional home of
Bryn Mawr’s gratluate students,
has become a real _ international

house this year. Among the for-

eign students there are four girls
who hold special Trustees’ fellow-
ships which have been awarded for
this year.

Esme Daniel, who comes from
the Rhondda Valley in South
Wales, explains her coming to
Bryn Mawr as “pure accident.”
She had been studying at Aberyst-
wyth College in the University of
Wales and saw a notice one day
about a fellowship being given
here. “So I sent in my applica-
tion and took a chance on getting
it.” Esme is doing her graduate
work in economics and is enthusi-
astic about her courses here. Next
year she plans to return home and
continue her research there.

This is Esme’s first trip to the
United States and she is greatly
impressed by Bryn Mawr. “The
campus is the most beautiful place
I’ve ever seen,” she says, “and I
have only two objections, one, not
being able to smoke in my room,





A. A. CONSTITUTION

The Athletic Association is re-
vising its Constitution. The old
constitution is posted on the-
A. A. bulletin board in Taylor.
Any suggested changes will be
welcomed by the A. A. Board.







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and two—there’s not very much }
for a grad student to do.” How-
ever, Esme has discovered that she

has 84 relations somewhere in Tex- |

as; so finding them should keep

her busy. And just for the record |

we asked how the Welsh pronounce
Bryn Mawr and it seems it should

!be “Bryn Mauer,” to rhyme with

hour. .

Wadad Habib also came to Bryn
Mawr by chance. Having gradu-
ated from the American University
in Cairo, in 1946, she was teaching
music there last year, when a
friend of hers showed her the an-
hnouncement of a Bryn Mawr fel-
lowship. “I certainly was surprised
when I heard that I was to come,’
Wadad explained modestly.

“T think the campus is beauti-
ful,” she continued, “especially the
trees turning red in autumn. We
have nothing like that at home and
this is the first time I’ve left
Egypt.” Wadad is doing her work
in the Philosophy department and
plans to return to Egypt and teach
next year. She loves Radnor and
her fellow grads; and she prefers
the small houses around Bryn

Mawr to New York.

Ch’ih Chi Shang, who also holds
a special Trustees fellowship, is
continuing the work in geology
which she did at Bryn Mawr last
year and Rose-Mary Kunzh, the
fourth Foreign fellow, has not yet

What To Do

Stores and magazines often ap-
ply to us in search of Campus
Agents. Although very few stud-
ents are engaged in this type of
| work at present, it has proved sur-
|prisingly profitable in the past,
'girls selling articles to as many as
'three hundred students. An ad-
vantage is that the work can be
done in your spare time and you
can work as much or-:as little as
you’wish. We still have a few
agencies available if anyone is in-
terested.



The Knit Twist Company would
like a campus agent to sell a com-
bination one-piece hat and scarf.

Information and sample are in
Miss Bates’ office, Room H, Taylor

Hall. ‘oa

Please fill out the green ques-
tionnaires and return them to the
Hall Presidents.





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Acid Bottling, Odd Jobs, Fill Day
Of Bureau of Recommendatians

by Katrina Thomas ’49

Every kind of job, from reading
to Dr. Hubbard and showing art
slides on campus to directing
sports at a nearby day school, and
jobs for after graduation, are found
by the Bureau of Recommenda-
tions, Room H, Taylor Hall. Here
Miss Bates handles both requests
of students for specific work (like
exercising horses) and the requests
of various organizations for will-
ing hands (like filling acid bottles
down at the chem. lab. or picking

apples at a neighboring farm). |

Last year the bureau failed to
fill only about 30 last-minute baby-
sits, one piano request and the de-
sires of various businesses for cam-
pus agencies. Before the war
campus agencies for selling maga-
zines and sweaters did a booming
business, but today there is little
interest in this salesman work.
Baby-sits, once the most demand-

NOTICES

President McBride will speak on
“Central Conflict in Present-day
Education” in New York on No-
vember 19. Her talk will be the
first lecture on a foundation in
honor of Dr. Horace Kallen, prom-
inent member of the philosophy
department of the New School. Dr.
Kallen studied under William
James.



“Topper Returns”

Come one, come all to the Music
Room this Friday at 7:30, when
the Undergraduate Association will
show the movie, “Topper Returns.”
Admission is only $.30 (twenty-
five cents plus nickel tax). Pay at
the door.

Community Chest

The campus drive for the ben-
efit of the Community Chest is
still in progress. Money is badly
needed by the hospitals in Phila-
delphia and vicinity.

Try Out for “Lear”

Tryouts for “King Lear,” the
December production of the Var-
sity Players and the Cap and Bells
Club, will be held Thursday at





ed type of employment, have fallen
off considerably and Miss Bates
has some difficulty in finding such
exciting and lucrative work else-
where.

A record of every class- office,
every extra-curricular activity, ev-
ery varsity team, every kind of
employment that each student has
participated in is kept’ by the bu-
reau, which, in the event of the
student’s graduation, sends the
material up to Mrs. Crenshaw’s of-
fice, on the third floor of Taylor,
where the invisible machinery of
brunning an employment bureau is
situated.

Here a directory of employers
interested in college girls for sum-
mer jobs and permanent positions
is made up in conjunction with
other colleges. Here are the files,
a record of jobs held by each al-
umna who has used the bureau at

ent jobs available to graduating
seniors and alumnae. Mrs. Cren-
shaw and the undergraduate Vo-
cational Committee instigate con-
ferences at which speakers from
various business fields talk about
their work. She also arranges for
recruiters, particularly in ‘the
fields of government and science,
to speak to interested seniors, and
continues aiding alumnae long after
graduation in finding suitable and
interesting careers.



SOCIAL LIFE

The Undergraduate Board_ac-
knowledges the receipt of a pe-
tition, signed by 85 students.
requesting increased opportun-
ities to meet men through so-
cial activities on campus. The
Board reports that steps-are be-
ing taken to comply with this
request.











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any time, and a record of perman- |.

Incidentally

... Can anyone help the Phil-
osophy Department, which recent-
ly received the following commun-
ique, postmarked Los Angeles:

“Dear Madam: Wish to corres-

pond with lonely, idealistic, seri-
ous student of bookworm type seek-
ing an answer to life. Can you
help me?” “a

Such..bookworms. may answer
the above by getting in touch with
Mr. Nahm. -

Would anyone who knows of a
Bryn Mawr heroine in_ fiction,
please send it via campus mail to
the News Room, Goodhart?

Speakers Advocate .
Continuous Learning
Continued from Page 1
women in community work than
She

holds the colleges in part respon-

may reasonably be expected.

sible, since they do not always rec-
ognize community service or ac-
knowledge it as an achievement
and a credit to the college. Mrs.
Streeter pointed out that an “aris-
tocracy of brains'might be useful
and finally suggested that the
prestige of the A.B. degree might
be increased if there were require-



ments for keeping it, such as reg-





FRESHMAN OFFICERS

The Freshman Class announc-
es the following list of tempor-
ary songmistresses: Jane Hor-
ner, Caroline Taggert, Fifi
Sonne; the Permanent Song-
mistress, Caroline Taggert.

The Freshman Class announc-
es the following temporary
chairmen, in order: Sue Sav-
age, Diana Goss, Nan Ewing,
and Arne Iglehart.









ular examinations.

In the final analysis the three
speakers were agreed that the
main duty of the college is to traim
the individual so that she never
loses the ability to learn, rather
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