College news, December 12, 1945

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VOL. XLI, NO. iv :



ARDMORE and ‘BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, kobe = 1945

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Landis Analyzes
Tense Situation
In Middle East

A three-point program of fulfill-
ment of promises such as the At-
Jantic Charter, formulation of joint
American policy in the Middle East
_and greater study and education in
its regicnal problems was urged by
Dean James (M. Landis of the Har-
vard Law School in a War Alliance
Assembly. “Wi th the possible ex-
ception of the Balkans no area has
as much potential explosive as the
Middle East,” he said.

Though teak is important because
of its strategic Jocation in east-west
communications, Mr. Landis em-
phasized that “the attitude we
take, the attitude the British and
Russians take towards the issue of
starvation is more crucial than
boundary ¢onsideration. Iran is a
poverty-stricken country controlled
by a few rich individuals; making
her prey to exploitation of the
English and Russians during a.
struggle for dominance lasting 150
years.

The natural resources, particu-
larly oil, of the Middle East play a
vital part in the battles for pre-
dominant influence in that area.
Foreign interests have firmly main-
tained their control over oil depos-
its throughout the Middle East,
pushing out the Avabs as the
_ Americans evicted the Indians from
economically valuable areas. Given
control of their own resources, Mr,
Landis feels, the Arabs would make
the Middle East “one of the great
productive areas of the world.”



Alwyne Technique
Excels In Recital

by Barbara Bettman ’49

Mr. “Horace Aiwone's pianoforte
recital, Tuesday night, December
11, in Goodhart Hall, was an excei-
Tent example of a pianist “warm-
‘ing up as he goes along.” Or per-
haps this was because the program
seemed much better suited to Mr.
Alwyne’s talents after intermission
than before.

Mr. Alwyne played the three De-
bussy numbers particularly well:

he has the real Debussy touch, del-
icate and graceful, which was par-
ticularly evident in the A-minor
prelude and the Reflet dans l’eau.
‘The Liszt legend, “St. Francis of li
Assissi Preaching to the Birds,”
was. equally delicately and beauti-
fully done. The legend is a charm-

ing story of St. Francis preaching |

to the birds which fly off in the
sign of the cross, still singing their
joyous sea telaaaeed heard on the
piano.

’ The Bach'chromatic Fantasie and
Fugue with which’ the program
“opened * was superbly done by Mr.
Alwyne, a fine virtuoso pianist who
rarely misses a note, and the clos-
ing Medtner “After Work” was a

thoroughly magnificent hymn,
thrillingly played with real power
ang-understanding.

Mr. Alwyne responded to ap-
plause with two encores, the first
of which was the Chopin F-sharp
Nocturne, played as Chopin would
have wanted it played. The second

encore was the Turkish March from

Wright Explains

Education’s Role

In Modern Life

Music Room, December 5. Good
teachers alone are not enough, and
there is no magic formula for a
tood education, declared Dr. Ben-
‘amin Wright, professor of gov-
rnment at Harvard University,
ind a member of the Harvard Re-
yort committee, speaking on “Gen-
ral Education in a Free Society.

Describing the objectives of gen-
2ral education, Dr..Wright empha-
sized the need of a common basis
‘or life\in society which can come
hrough\a sharing of conceptions
ind ideals, and the possession of a
:ommon language, a common basis
f learning, and a common view-
doint.

But in addition to a sense of a
sommon heritage, Mr.. Wright
ointed out, there must be a recog-
aition of the change necessary to a
general education, which is to pro-
duce a full life within both the in-
jividual and society as a whole. A
general education naturally aims
also at the development of the abil-
ity to judge unemotionally—-when
necessary, to discern relevancies
and discriminate among values, ‘to
communicate thought, and to ab-
sorb as well as express ideas, said
Wright.

Specialization in education, de-
scribed by Wright as a dividing
orce which produces difficulty in
ommunication with other special-
sts, is not offset by introductory



“sourées in other unintegrated fields. |

Nright feels that students may of-
ven derive more value from taking
sourses outside their special’ field
luring their last two years than
‘rom the usual plan which puts
such courses in the first two years
eaving them free to concentrate
on their majors at the end.

Block survey or orientation
courses are unsatisfactory, he de-
clared, unless there are internally
unifying bonds and principles. He
further recommended a_ standing
committee on generat education,

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Club Will Dance
For Arts Benefit

The Bryn Mawr Dance Club; ‘fin-
der the supervision of Miss Joseph-
ine Petts, will perform in Balti-
more on December 22 at the Lyric
Theatre and in Philadelphia on De-
ag” 27 at the Academy of Mu-

~ The Academy of Vocal Arts
is Ape se “Hansel and Gretel”
and the Dance Club will supply the
angels in this production. The per-
formance is for the benefit of: the
Friends’ Service Committee, and
to date the house is sold out. Since
the operetta is scheduled during
Christmassvacation students have
been chosen who live in the vicinity
and two of the Bryn Mawr Alum-
nae will return to take part in the
festivity.

This will be the second year in
which Bryn ‘Mawr has co-operated
with the Academy of Vocal Arts to
present a charity entertainment.

The Baltimore Philharmonic will
supply the music in that city and
the Philadelphia Orchestra, con-



ducted by Dr. Reidel of the Metro-.

politan Opera Company, will ac-
company the “Hansel and Gretel”
performance in Philadelphia.

The Bryn Mawr group includes |

Impersonations,

Carols Included

In Traditional-Xmas Festivities



Christmas dinner with all its
traditions of hearty repasts, shin-
ing Christmas trees and decorated
dining rooms, will come again next
; Tuesday night. For this occasion,
the hard working grind, the last
minute packer, and the smoking
room occupant will have to desert
their haunts for an hour or two to
don a long dress and catch a pre-

»' view of the Christmas spirit which

suddenly pervades the campus.

Traditions vary from hall to
hall, and even from year to year.
Denbigh is greeted by a_ king,
queen and page clad in ermine-like
rabbit’s fur. The identity of these
regents is kept a secret until the
last exciting minute. The German
House makes: merry with a pitcher
of hot cider, while the French
House gives each other presents.

In Rock all classes co-operate
to entertain with a Christmas pa-
geant contajning a carolling cho-
rus and the usual Biblical charac-
ters. Merion has made the innova-
tion of a toastmaster who will pro-
ceed to give a biography of little
known facts conterning the facul-
ty guests. In other respects Mer-
ion will follow its old traditions;
the Freshmen will take off ~ the
upperclassmen and Al Mackey will
sing their favorite carols.

The plans for this year seem to

follow the usual traditional lines

with the Sophomores. racking their
brains to conceive of original deco-.
rations at such an early date, and

sans seme Wiiés gametes ER Sea |



Red Cross Report
Sliows Increasing
Student Activity



The monthly report of the cam-
pus Red Cross activities under this
organization are increasing regu-
larly.

Nurses’ Aiding is being contin-
Re g

lued with 199 hours filled during

the month of October. Over the
summer students ful*illed their ob-

ligations, to the corps by working

‘a total of 2,187 hours in hospitals

near their homes.
Similar work is carried on by
the students working at the Home|
for Incurables where the need for
additional help is great and stu-
dent participation has been much
appreciated. Four undergraduates
have been doing canteen work at
the Bryn Mawr Hospital in the
Nurses*-eafeteria. ;
Greatest interest has been stim-
ulated by work at Valley Forge
General Hospital. In the Arts and
Skills branch, five students are giv-
ing instruction in leather work,
13 in weaving, and one-in—plasties
They have been instructed in the
Skills, attended

course and been approved. by -the
Red Cross Selections Committee.
These girls are greatly needed at
Valley Forge and have their choice
of working in the shops or in the
actual wards.

The Valley Forge Recreation
program has been operating for
four weeks with great success.

an orientation

the Freshmen, slightly harried
from their first encounter with
midsemesters, throwing off all in-
hibitions and entertaining the up-
perclassmen with songs and skits.
The faculty, as guests, are also
invited to participate and their
speeches | generally claim the
greatest appreciation from all.

Finally, when the festivities are
over and the last minute rush re-
sumes its uninterrupted course,
the student carollers appear, and
as they troop from hall to hall the
realization of the long vacation
to come is an — reality.

‘Evans To Ex Explain

Problem Of Color
To B. M. Sigma Xi

An illustrated lecture on color
will be given by Ralph M. Evans
at a meeting of the Bryn Mawr
chapter of Sigma Xi in Goodhart
Hall on Friday, January 11, 1946.
The lecture will bé of interest not
only to students of science but to
anyone interested in color in paint-
ing or photography, and therefore
is open to the public.

Mr. Evans, director of the Color
Control Department of the East-
man Kodak (Co. will discuss all ap-
plication of the color problem, in-
dicating similar factors in all cases.
.|He will demonstrate .the effects of
borders and backgrounds, light and
shadow, as well as the effects of
illumination in colored pictures,
transparencies and slides.

‘Mr. Evans is chairman: of. the
Inter-Society Color Council and is
prominently affiliated with the So-
ciety of sation Picture Engineers.



Poor Standard
Of Acting Seen
In Varsity Play

by Rosina Bateson, ’47
Slapstick comedy and deep emo-
tion do not mix. In the Varsity
Players and the Cap and Bells
production of Family Portrait
there seemed to be a conviction to
the contrary, resulting in-a feeble

and occasionally first rate inter-
pretation and dramatic suspense.

Consistently outstanding was
Pat Franck, ’46, as Mary; the
mother of Jesus. Her performance
was. sensitive and compellifg; she
re-lived rather than acted the part.
Through her it was possible to
realize the aim of the play—to

| humanize the family of Jesus. Her

gestures, her expression, her in-
tuitive knowledge of where to

em-
| phasize and where to er

her lines were admirable.

Dick Johnson, ’48, gave a moving
and artistically restrained. por-
trayal of Judas Iscariot, handled
particularly well in the . dramatic
climax of the fitst act. In contrast
with the false disciple was the
repentent Magdalene, played with
a minimum of understanding by
Barbara Nugent, ‘48. She lent a2
almost Victorian austerity to a
woman whom one would think to
be by nature deeply emotional.

Katharine Colvin, °46, playing
Mary Cleophas, sustained her
studied interpretation of a char-
acter role. The dry humor which
she added to otherwise dragging
moments at times became too ob-
vious. This is understandable as
there was an epidemic running



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Grand Opera About Philadel phia
In 1775 Planned by fi. kata



Colonial Philadelphia has been

| chosen by Hans Schumann, musical

director of the dancing classes at
Bryn Mawr, as the théme of his
opera A Comedy in Music. In this

| work Mr. Schumann has a two-fold

aim, first to give to this city a
memorial in music which will’ be
a vital part of her historical tra-
dition, and secondly to present a
solution to the problem of singing
English opera.

A Comedy in Music is in the full
tradition of grand opera, -with
three acts, and a libretto by Fran-
ces Lynd, Bryn Mawr ’43. The
setting is Philadelphia in the year
1775, and a great deal of histori-
cal research has gone into the
background so as to give a true
picture of life at that time. The
plot centers around the family of
a prominent Quaker, Mr. Howard,
but_it is complicated by the intro-
duction of several counter themes.

Mr. Howard has two daughters,
Prudence, a typical Quaker, and a
younger child, Anne, who has the
vivacious personality of her French
mother. The children are brought
up by their French aunt, Letitia,
which involves the contrast of two
entirely different modes of life.
On the male side there’ igs Mr.
Twitchell, the lawyer who wishes
to marry Anne, and Monsieur Mar-





rathér unknown work which Taight
be compared with ‘Debussy’s “J.a
Cathedral Engloutie.” ~



a| L. ‘Lund ’45, K. Weiss ’47, M. John-
son ’47, L. Megger ’46, B. Corcoran
47, L. Duncan ’46, L. Kandace 745,
E. Hutzler ’45, B. Allen.

Sixteen regularly attend |

gigls
dancing parties and seven are
taken to a rristown rink to as-



sist in roller skating.
ow

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celle with whom she is in love. The
plot becomes entangled with a
piece of property which -Howard
and Marcelle both wish to buy, and



by: Louise Gorham °47

the result is a ‘series of amusing
complications. It ends convention-
ally with Twitchell taking Pru-
dence, and Anne and Marcelle go-
ing off happily together. |

The opera opens in front of the
historic old London House, with
a street scene in which all the
classic street cries are heard, and
Mr. Schumafin has - developed a
musical theme accompanying each.
Most of the action takes place in
the typical roccoco drawing room,
but Act II changes to a waterside
tavern with the boisterous merry
making of sailors and their girls.

The outstanding characters of
this act are a hearty English mate
who thinks America is like no
place on earth, and Monsieur Mar-
cell’s valet who has had more than
enough succotash and _ blushing
maidens.

Apart.frem the portrayalof the
life of the people and of society,

the problem of an English: libretto.

today, but in the process of transla-
tion some of the poetry and
meaning of the words are lost. For

the English syllabication into the
tythm of an Italian aria. In A

Comedy in Music, however, a real
attempt-has-been- made to fit the
words into the music so as to em-
phasize the seldom noticed musi-



cality of the language itself.

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combination of second rate farce,

‘Mr. Schumann is also dealing with —

-Many operas. are sung in English ,

example, it is impossible to fit .

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Arts’ Nights

“Arts? Night”, the program scheduled to include all the
campus creative arts, is one of the most truly exciting ideas
that has ever been presented to the college in this field. The
immediate,.and whole-heartéd support of the idea by those
clubs and classes devoted to the arts proved finally and com-
pletely that whatever may have been true in the past, the
creative spirit is far from dead at Bryn Mawr.

But this undertaking in order to achieve the success it
deserves requires hard and careful work. Too many college
productions no matter in what field of artistic endeavor in
execution fall far short of the projected ideal.

Talent certainly is not lacking at Bryn Mawr. Nor are
we faced with an unresponsive,.indifferent audience. The time
and the materials are ripe for the development of organized
and concerted creative activity as a recognized department
of extra-curricular activity.

The college does not expect, nor particularly want, a pro-
fessionally executed standard. But if “Arts’ Night” is to suc-
ceed, Bryn Mawr is capable of setting a very high amateur
standard. Difficult as it is to fit in sustained effort in such
an extra-curricular piece of work, those concerned can, by
careful planning combined with the already existent ardent
spirit, make the evening a success. The work must be begun

now: \

| Future Of “The Title”

All organizations must take stock of themselves at fair-
ly frequent intervals if they are to function in the fullest and
‘most vital way possible. Stagnation can corrodé/the work-
ing of the most spirited and well-ordered groups, and a crit-
ical review often serves as a necessary rejuvenating process.

The announcement of a meeting held by the editors of
The Title to discuss the future of the magazine proves again
that those responsible for the magazine are alive with the
enthusiasm and ‘determination to fill the campus need for

such a magazine. Aind by this active awareness, The Title| i

should be able to avoid many of the problems Bante to swamp
_such an enterprise.

It is true that campus comment nas produced various
criticisms of the magazine in the past year. The large ma-
jority of these seem to be the vague expressions of dislike or
indifference which appear in smoking rice discussions of any,
subject. gy

* | Far fewer clear-cut \objectons have been presented 90

| "far. Yet perhaps there may be sufficient ground for such pro-

ean bring tiese better to light
than the meeting proposed by The Title editors,



Thon ‘Asks “Arts Night” | ‘‘Title’’ To Be Discussed

Work To Begin In Open Meeting
In Vacation After Vacation ©





To the Editor of the College News:
Members of the Art Club, Dance
Club, Modern Dance Club, and
others concerned: “Arts Night”
occurs March 9. Between then and
now there is no vacation except
the present one. This vacation, con-
sequently, is the one chance for
sustained creative effort.

Each group taking part will be
wholly responsible for its own
part of the project. There is no
required “theme”. There is no
judge nor jury for selections but
the group itself.

Or is it too much to hope that
at this Moment there arise from
creative work some joy and_in-
creased awareness, deepened per-
ceptions, incentives to action?

Sincerely yours,
Frederick Thon.

Rescheduling Problem
Revived By Weary
Junior

To the Editors:

When The Title was first publish-
ed in December of this year, the
editors were indirectly . informed
that a lot of criticism of the maga-
zine had been going unheard. It
is of great importance to the edit-
ors to know specifically and direct-
ly all the criticism which is leveled
at the magazine, this
way alone do they think that a

because in

magazine can grow and prosper.
For this reason and because the
editors feel that students would
voice their opinions more openly in
a meeting, The Title invites every-
one interested in discussing the
magazine and its future to a meet-
ing in the Common Room, Monday,
January 14, at eight-thirty.
Sincerely,
Patsy von Kienbusch ’47

Editor-in-Chief

NUTS & BOLTS

The European food _ situation,
and particularly the plight of
European students, has drawn the
serious attention of students at
Connecticut College and Toronto
University, both of which have
adopted programs. of sending food





To the Editor:

‘Last year at t this~time the News
conducted an admirable campaign
for the rescheduling of work com-
ing near the time of Christmas va-
cation. As I remember it, editor-
ials ran rampant, suggesting a
number of plans whereby poor un-
fortunate souls who needed a rest
after three months of hard work; Packages to Europe.
could be allowed to wallow in sleep| A committee of Connetticut
and dissipation. College students has arranged

The problem of the relation of| with the University of Prague
mid-semesters, term papers, and|through American Relief for
midyears was aired in all its poss-| Czechoslovakia and the Masaryk
ible aspects. Every conceivable| Institute to send Christmas pack-
plan for the easing of the situation| ages ‘of non-perishable food and
was proosed by everybody includ-| other necessaries to a list of 600
ing the faculty, the Curriculum| Prague students. The committee
Committee and the News. But] also hopes to be able to send books
where, please did it get us? Did} and subsequent ‘food packages
everybody forget it? later. A wrapping party to wrap
all the packages was arranged and
names of the senders will be in-
cluded to encourage’ correspond-
ence.

Aroused by a letter in the Var-
sity, university newspaper, Toron-
to has “adopted” Amsterdam. Uni-
versity, to receive Christmas pack-
ages from Toronto students. Stimu-
lating interest with ‘an “elaborate
ceremony” presided over by Santa,
actual fund collection was carried
on through the individual colleges.
English books will be included
since English is taught in Dutch
high schools.

Midsemesters seem to have been
officially abolished this year, only
to be replaced by an avalanche of
“small tests” of an hour’s duration
that mutually coincide with ingeni-
ous accuracy.

As for. papers, they’re still there.
We still have to write them, and
they’re still due all at once, and
they’re still too many of them.

I know, the exam schedule has
me depressed. But honestly, we
agreed last year that there was a
problem. Can’t we find the solu-
tion now?



A Junior



Work

' As we approach the first Christmas after the war it
| seems fitting that tribute should be: paid to the various vol-
unteer extra-curricular activities on campus. The job accom-
plished by college organizations is astounding in the face of
what’ could have seemed a decreased urgency in the interna-
tional situation. |

The reports from the college Red Cross chapter and from

: ie League indicate a widespread regularity of volunteer

ork. The Food for Europe Campaign, an activity born of

peace-time emergency, has -been maintained with an extra-

ordinarily high record of interest and cooperation, including

faculty, and graduate students as well as undergraduates in
its ranks of workers.

Talk of the problems of peace i often centered on the
| possibility of a feeling of indifference which it was feared
would spring up to defeat attempts at progress ‘in the solus
tion of the problems basic to world wars. Such a stagnating
attitude may still come. But the evidence provided by Bryn
Mawr undergraduates denies the need for such a fear.

We have all longed for a release from the tension of this.
past war. But it would seem that éven while we rejoice in
the peace, we are aware of the need for increased preventa-
| tive action.._Bryn Mawr should be proud of its contribution |
so far, and do all in its power to maintain its active partici-
sens in ‘Beace.

Peace





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In Print
S: Byrd’s Latest Novel

Leaves Reviewer
Apathetic

Specially Contributed
by Alice Hart

To New Yorkers Sam Byrd is:
best known as Dude Lester, the.
half-wit who ate more than a thou-
sand raw turnips in his 1,151 con-
secutive performances in “Tobacco
Road.” The larger reading public
however, will remember the author
of “Small Town South,” winner in
‘ Houghton- Mifflin Life-in-
America series. “Small: Town
South” is Byrd’s rediscovery of an
aspect of the South in which he
spent most of his youth. “Hurry:
Home to My Heart”, as its logical
successor, projects this South onto.
the contemporary screen of World
War II.

‘Written loosely in the subjective,

Byrd’s latest novel is somewhat
reminiscent of Virginia’ Woolf’s.
and James Joyce’s “stream-of-~

consciousness” technique, while his
obvious love for the “small town’”
South is expressed through pages
of a kind of carefree, nostalgic
mere account of Laurel Springs as.
the “kind of town that the trains
run through and the river runs.
by”, the author plunges into a
study of the philosophy of the in-
| dividual.- of the Ardis Annes,,

typical of the many communities
of which Laurel Springs is only a
single prototype. And ‘with a smile
he observes with Rod and _ the
Northern visitors that ‘—There
are two kinds of people in Char-
leston: the people who are cousins,
and the people who are not.

The youthful love story is back-
ground and connecting ling for a
series of episodic descriptions of
war's instant reality as contrasted
with the timeless quality of the
norm maintained on the
front. The D-Day offensive against
Les Bois-Sur-Mer is vivid enough,
but unfortunately the action is dif-
fitult to follow. More than once:
‘the reader wishes. that Lieutenant.
Byrd would include a sketch of his.
map instead of assuming that, the
American public can immediately
picture an intricaté diagram of the
French coast.

_ In conclusion and apropos of the
soldier’s return and _ reestablish-
ment in. civilian life, Byrd briefly
philosophizes: “There should be no
bitterness at the sight of a valley
tucked safely to bed by ten million.
men.” And one supposes that the:
Rods of Byrd’s expérience — will.
eventually follow this advice and.
resume an unaltered pattern of
living among an unchanged peo-
ple. Th short, “Hurry Home to My
Heart” is replete with pictorial
description and genuine local color,.
but the general tone,’ possibly con-
ditioned by the subject matter it-
self, is passive, and by the same
token leaves ,the reader in a rather-
apathetic mood.

WHAT TO DO

Seniors who want to teach next:
year should see Mrs. Crenshaw be-
fore Christmas Vacation since po-
sitions begon to come. in then.
Sign for an appointment on the-
bulletin board outside Room H.
NOW

Christmas Vacation Baby-sitting..
If you will be available for baby-
sitting during vacation sign the
What-To-Do sheet on your hall
bulletin board or on the bulletin
board outside Room H, -

The Planetarium at Franklin
Institute, Philadelphia is -resuming-
its morning lectures for school.
groups. Subjects for the lectures.
vary and the’ date must be reserved.
ahead of time. Notify the Bureau
if you are .interested.





Annes, Rods, and Bad Start Jones.

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Current Events



Urging American economic and
political aid to the Arab East on
the basis of our interests and their
need, Mrs. Grant in Current Events
emphasized that “we must do it
for them their way. and on their
terms.”

Arab Unity

Arab solidarity was emphasized

- by Mrs. Grant as one of the most
significent factors in the Middle
East today. “The Arab movement
for unity and the Arab League
itself represents the whole Arab
world and has a definite set of
objectives and a definite attitude
towards us,” she said. Achieving
cultural unity in the 19th century,
the Arabs have recently directed
their efforts towards solidarity in
the economic and political arenas.

Education Needed

Education was stressed by Mis.
Grant .as the greatest need'of ail
in helping the Middle East to ac-
quire a modern industrial civiliza-
tion along the lines of the western
world. In recent years a new mid-
dle class of young intelligentsia
has grown up, very eager to effect
reforms both economic and poli-
tical if they are given the techni-
cal knowledge. However, even in
conjunction with the present ruling
groups they constitute only 20%
of thé population.

At present the Arabs are unde-
cided as‘ to which nation or group
of nations they should look to for
this assistance. They are too much
natural individualists to be at-
tracted to Russia readily as a
source of aid; and they are alarm- |
ed by Russia’s expansionist policy
in Iranian Azerbaijan. At the same
time, Mrs. Grant emphasized, they
“will not turn to the western —na-
tions unless they receive some as-.
surance that -this assistance will
not result in domination. In return
‘for this aid, the Arabs could offer
through their solidarity an assur-
ance of stable conditions on the
route to the East. t

Lantern Man’s
Trips Retimed

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In clarification of all the diffi-
culties in-accompanying The Lan-
tern Man to and from the station,
the college has issued the new
schedule for his trips. This new
schedule has been checked to
eliminate all differences which
have occurred in the past.

1, Leave Rockefeller Arch for



Poor Interpretations
Spoils Force of Play

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rampant among many of the act-
ors of emphasizing any
with sledge-hammer finesse,

The performance suffering the
most from ‘this’ disease was that
of David Thomas, ’48. In his- highly
exaggerated portrayal of Mendel,
the marriage broker, he was_
ludicrous reminder of the old say-
ing, a hen on a hot griddle. He had
acted the part of Mordecai with a
more moderated enthusiasm in the
first act, and showed talent which
needs only to be controlled.

Georgiana Wiebenson, ’46, as
Selima, gave individuality to a
role which could have been dull
and stereotyped. The scene in the
wine shop at Capernum was on the
whole the most finished of the
play, and the attention to detail
in it was good.

The four brothers of Jesus were
well cast. Judah was played with-
out too much change in personality
by John A. Jackson, ’49, Again,
= ph and Simon were what they

e effortlessly. Rob’t. G. Hoskins
49 and. David Tolan ’49, masquer-
ading in two of the Dance Club’s
costumes. Elwyn Davies as James,
an unpleasantly eccentric person-
age, stomped on and off the stage
with careful Napoleon-like ges-
tures. He seemed to enjoy -himself.

Family Portrait was undoubted-
ly not the best choice that Bryn
Mawr and Haverford coyld have
made, although it presented inter-
esting problems of interpretation
which unfortunately were — not

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‘solved.

Xmas Sale
The Maids Bureau announces a
sale of handmade articles suitable
for Christmas presen between
now~and December 19. Aprons,
stuffed animals, and knitting bags
will be featured.

The Title
The Title announces a meeting
to be held Monday, January 14 at
8:30 in the Common Room, This
meeting is open to everyone inter-
ested in the future of the maga-
zine, including potential contribu-
tors, supporters of the magazine,
and those with criticism or sugges-
tions to offer. Everyone is urged
to come. :
Finding List
Copies of the 1945-46: Finding
List are now on sale at the Publi-
cations Office. The Finding List, a
booklet listing the home and cam-
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‘| celebration.-will be held. French

German N ativity

Play Scheduled.

The traditional Nativity Play of
the German Club will again be
presented this year at 8:15 on the
evening of Deeember 15. The pa-
geant, which will be held in the
Music Room, is to be followed by
a party in the German House with
carols in German and refreshments
for all who wish to come,



Gwen Leege, *46, president of
the German Club, is in charge of
the production, and Miss Vera

,| Lachmann is directing both actors

and the choix. The cast is as fol-
lows: Evangelist, Marcia Taff "AT;
Bible passages, Yvonne Spiegel-
berg ’49; Maria, Gerry Warburg
49; Josef, Jeanne Lutz ’48; Inn-
keeper, Elizabeth Cushing ’48;
Innkeeper’s wife, Peggy Oneil ’47;
Shepherds, Joan Huyssoon ’48;
Sheila Tatnall ’49, Jean Bishop °48;
Kings, Miraed Peake ’49; Avis Rey-
nick ’47; Lulu Sheldon °48; Angel,
Andi Bryne. ’49,

Marion Towles ’46, president of
the German House, is in charge
of the party.

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Fr. Xmas Play,
Carols Planned

The annual Christmas party to
be given by the French Club war
Friday evening, December 14, i
the Wyndham music room, “etl
combine both serious and gay fea- |
tures. On the serious side of the}
agenda is the French play, Le|
Miracle de Theophile, by Rutebeuf
acted by members of the club.



‘The piot of the play deals with
the attempts of a discredited monk,

Theophile, played by Claude Vala-|
"49 to regain his place in ,

breque,
church. In order to accomplish this
he sells his soul to the devil, por-
trayed by Doreen Hurwitz ’47. Re-
penting his folly, Theophile goes
to the Virgin Mary, played by
Nancy Strickler, ’47, who takes
pity on the monk, frees him from

the control of the devil, and helps’

him regwin his positiom—~in the
church.

Other members of the cast in-
clude Fanita Revici ’48 as Salatin;
Mary Strumia ’48 in the role of the
Bishop; Elaine Hoisington, ’46,
Chantal de Kerillis 49, Rosalind
Oates ’48 as 3 other monks; and
Janine Daudon ’47 and Joanne Mott
’47 as angels. Alice Elaine Fisher
46, president of the club, is di-
recting.

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Peace workers, like war-workers,
must always face the reality that
their actual work may be a far cry
from the unselfish and high ideals
which inspired it. But campus
UNC workers blush slightly at the
thought of the Council booklets
which they agreed to rubber-stamp
as their first contribution to the
program. Upon arrival the book- '
lets turned out to be 250,000 comic
books for propaganda distribution
to juvenile. delinquents.

The baby-sitting situation is one
which seems always to be incom-
prehensible to outsiders. Our lat-
est evidence for this statement is



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drawn from words overheard, in a
hall phone booth early Saturday
night. An escort answered the



call, listened to a parent’s request,
and said in a bewildered tone, “But
ma’am, we’re all sinners here, only
I don’t see any baby ones.”
We're a little tired ofthe tales
of Bing Crosby actually stepping
on someone’s little toe at the
Army-Navy game, but we revelled
in the otherwise serious Bryn Mor-
on who scrambled over three rows
of cheerers to gasp, “Mr. Signature
may I have your Sinatra? :
And for the benefit of those who
frown on such goings-O1r, we quote





Dr. Wright Analyzes
Trends In Education _,

Continued From Page 1

but not a special general education



faculty.
Wright described the newly ap-|
proved Harvard plan, under whica |

\Six of a student’s sixteen courses |
| will be devoted to general education

;

|everyone during the Freshman and
Sophomore constituting a
“ . - +} ” ‘ “cag
shared experience.” These courses
will ‘be in the humanities, social
sciences, and natural sciences.

years,

The other three general courses
may be chosen from a larger group,
and will be suited to the needs of
non-specialists though they may
be taken by majors—in-that- field.
The plan will go into effect gradu-
ally. and experimentally next fall,
a few courses being offered to those



who wish to take them.

Incidentally. oe

Miss Gardiner’s account of the
time during her gent
days when the entire student body
requested a holiday to go hear
Billy Sunday in Philadelphia.

One girl we know is permanent-
ly red in the face as a result of a
recent phone call. -She responded
to the definitely male “Hello” with
@ glad “Darling, where are you?”
“Why where do you think I am?”
came the slightly puzzled response.
“Don’t know, where?” .“In Pem
East basement.” “What on earth
are you doing there?” she went on
blithely. ‘My office is in Pem East
basement,” came the reply. Young
professors are always an interest-
ing phenomenon. .

Gullibility is not a Bryn Mawr
attribute. A man called Merion
the other day and asked for a mem-
ber of the dance committee. Seems
he wanted to know when the next
college dance would be—for busi-
ness reasons. He gave his name as
“Mr. Wolf.” a
A deep dark plot to murder the
faculty in definitely cold blood has
been exposed by one of our, most
prominent historians. She asserts
that last year the library steps
were sanded, but that the sand
somehow froze under the ice. This

year there’s just no sand. We could

tell her about the Park Hall tobog-
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| gan, or even the Rhoads hill, but

as she said, and we quote, “Kids

|and skids have a natural affinity.”
_(We take no responsibility for far-
| fetched jokes that aren’t ours).

a Merry Christ-

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Maids, Porters
To Sing Carols:



With the traditional, ‘Here we
come a-wassailmg” the campus
carolling season will open when
the Maids and Porters make the
rounds of the homes and halls
Monday night.

An integral part of the college
Christmas celebrations, this carol-
ling includes both the usual Christ-

mas songs and Negro spirituals of

all “types. The singers are wel-
comed into each hall with refresh-
ments or presents only to be bom-
barded by requests to prolong their
stay. [

The group, now busy in rehearsal
has swelled this year to twenty-
five, with five soloists to be accom-
panied by the whole chorus. Doro-
thy Backers and Louise Jones of
Pembroke will sing “Swing Low,
Sweett Chariot,” and — ‘Steal
respectively, and “I Know
the Lord has laid His hand on us”

“will be sung by Portia Xonia of

Denbigh.

Al Markey, of Merion, will: sing
“Let \Us Cheer the Weary Travel-
ler” and “Climbing up the Old
Mountain,” and Louis White of
Denbigh will solo in “Joshua Fit
the Battle of Jericho.”

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Come all ye faithful lift the
strain, the Christmas holiday is the
baloney sandwiched between work
and more work. Deck the palls
with boughs of holty. Let it be
said we tried to be jofty:

Wake up in the morning. That’s
all, just wake up. It is the season
of giving, not giving up. Collect
thoughts; someday they may be-
come antiques. Besides, you can
always -give someone: a_ piece of
your mind.

How
round, so firm, so fuly packed?
Hair’s there, eyes, nose; the rest
may be in the library. Check on
that immediately, perishable goods.

Don’t leave everything .until the
last minute, for the last shall be
first, and not in this world, either.
Dream of a white Christmas; you'll
probably sleep through it anyway.

Finally, wrap all papers in rib-
bons. Then wrap presents in what’s
left of your paper. Then get some-
one to wrap you and send you home
c. 0. d. Completely overwhelmed,
Dammit.

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VESPERS

The Princeton Choir comes to
Bryn Mawr Sunday, December £6,
to sing with the Chorus at the
Vesper Services to be held in
Goodhart at 8:30 p. m. The Rever-
end Andrew Mutch, D. D., will con-
duct the services and read the
Christmas Story.

The program for the service is
as follows:

I. Prelude, Orchestra.

II. Hymn, “O Come,
Emanuel.”

III. Invocation and Prayer.

IV. The Combined Choruses: Can-
tata No. 122, “The New Born
Child.”

V. Hymn, “O Little Town of Beth-
lehem”’,

VI. The Princeton Choir: 5 selec-
tions from Continental Christ-
mas Music.

VII. The Bryn Mawr Chorus: Con-

tinental Christmas Carols: “Hark-
en to Me”, “Two Snow-White

Doves”, “Noel Nouvelet”, “Ding
Dong Merrily on High”.

VIII. The Reading of the Christ-
mas Story, The Rev. Mutch.
IX. The Combined Choruses: “Hal-
leujah Chorus” from The Mes-

siah.

X. Postlude, Ohehieatve.

O Come,

Modern Dancers

Join “Arts Night”



The Modern Dance Club is plan-
ning to give three dances at the
“Arts’ Night’ performance sched-
uled for. March.

The first, by the elementary
group, will be a traditior™l folk
dance translated into modern chor-
eography. The advanced group will
do a sotirical dance called “Begin-
ning and End” to the tune of “Gol-
liwog’s Cake-Walk.” The third,
also by the advanced group, is a
dance to a poem on the theme of
the era of the atomic bomb, to be
read by Barbara Nugent 48.

This dance is very much in the
spirit of Arts’ Night, Georgiana
Wiebenson ’46, the club’s president
explained, because it is the creative
expression of the dancers’ own in-
terpretation of the poem. The pur-
pose of Arts’ Night is to give stu-
dents an opportunity to present
their creative talents in an exper-
imental performance.

Miss Malvena Taiz, head of the
Modern Dance department at the
University of Pennsylvania, con-
ducts the Modern Dance Club
classes. One hour a week is de-
voted to technique, one hour to be-
ginner’s composition, and one to
‘advanced composition. In the lat-
ter two the group starts with a
Pasic movement or rhythm pattern
and improvises to develop a phrase
of a dance.





Santa Will Greet
League Campers



The counsellors of the
Mawr Summer Camp will
open their hearts and their halls
and renew acquaintanceship ‘with
the cherubs they washed and
watched, next Thursday at the tra-
ditional Christmas party given by
the League.

Sixty children will scramble off
the train to be met by a_ jovial
Santa Claus, a shining tree and to
be entertained by songs and games,
The twenty five boys will be pre-
sented with airplanes and each
little girl will bear off coloring
books and crayons as her trophy
for the evening. The entertainment
will conclude with ice cream and
cake, donated by Mrs. Chadwick
Collins and after the guests have
been: escorted back to the Broad
Street Station Dr. Berry can peel
off his false whiskers and plan for
next summer will recommence.

Bryn

League Expands

Year’s Activities



‘Generally expanding activity,
particularly at the Overbrook Blind
School, is indicated by the Bryn
Mawr League’s report on this se-
mester’s work.

The Blind School ‘Committee,
headed by” Mary ‘Cross, has been
able to increase Bryn Mawr’s con-
tribution to the work with a group
of 45 students going regularly to
the school. So many undergradu-
ates have become interested in this
work, that each individual now need
give only 3 hours every 8 weeks,
to reading the widely varied mater-
ial requested by the group which
includes some recently returned
veterans.

The Committee includes hall rep-
resentatives to answer any ques-
tions concerning Blind School ac-
tivities. These representatives are
by hall: Rhoads,
Rock, Elizabeth ‘Cushing; Pem-
brokes, Alice Wadsworth; Denbigh,
Sally Loomis; Merion, Jerry Wor-
sham,

The League is also planning a
drive to be held after Christmas to
collect clothes, toys and money for

tthe camp. Everyone is urged to

bear this in mind over the vacation.

The Maids and Porters activities
this year include their annual
Christmas sale, and carolling, and
extensive plans for a show to be
given this spring.



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‘Charms of Sweet Sixteen’ T riumph
As B. M. Chorus Invades Princeton



Dragged from dreams of the
college dance to the reality of a
shuddering bus, sixty-five mem-
bers of the Bryn Mawr Chorus
dozed their way to Princeton with
the prospect of a Christmas music
program before them. The trip up
was “mostly uneventful, if you
discount a couple of breakdowns
on the highway, masculine faces
peering in with flattering interest.”

Trooping into the Eagle ‘Club
and ranging themselves opposite a
youthful Princeton Choir; the poor
Seniors in the Chorus
found themselves at an unexpetted
disadvantage. As one sage put it;
“He looked at me, he looked at her,
and the charms of sweet sixteen
won out!” Lunch was served at
long tables and friendships old and
new, desired and undesired- prog-
ressed at great ratd.

At the conclusion of the concert
the chorus scattered to continue
acquaintanceships formed at lunch
or amuse themselves asbest they
might. The latter pursuit revealed
true Bryn Mawr ingenuity. One
group reenacted the usual smoker
scene with a hastily procured pack
of cards while another more tour-
ist minded section compared points
of architecture.

he most original form of en-

suddenly

by Mary Lee Blakeley ’47

tertainment was found in_ the
Princeton library where two eager
beavers became deeply engrossed
in the history of Herodotus with a
view to a Quiz on the following
Monday. “We were sick of having.
our maternal instinct aroused,”
they defended themselves by say-
ing.

At last all wanderers were
rounded up and the buses reloaded.
Tired, but thoroughly pleased with
themselves and with Princeton,
the chorus caroled. its way home.
Arriving back on campus at ten-
thirty, having deposited a hitch-

pelling offers of several gentle-
men to accompany the bus back to
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Christmas time is
fast approaching

So heed ye now this
bit of coachitg

Get now your gifts
for . everyone

For very soon there '
will be none!

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