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Me COLLEGE NEWS _
VOL. XLV, NO. 22
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1949
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College,1945
Hudson’s Play
Sets Standard
For Arts Night
‘Concupiscence’ Amuses,
Fantasies Charm
Audience
By Anne Greet, ’50
One of this year’s most interest-
ing and provocative programs was
presented at Arts Night last Fri-
day in the Skinner Workshop. It
consisted of two plays by Haver-
ford and Bryn Mawr, music by |
Haverford, dances by Bryn Mawr,
and art work by students of both
colleges. The big surprise of the
evening was Sam Hudson’s play,
Sundown. The.theme—‘“as long as
there are wars and revolutions,
there will always be heros”—has
tragic implications and restrained
intensity, and is beautifully ex-
pressed in simply-phrased dialogue
that never tends toward melo-
drama or platitude. Evan Jones as
Julio, the peasant who kills a
gringo, did full justice to the des-
pair and half-stupor implied in
his lines. As the play moved swift-
ly and grandly to its close, the
other actors improved tremend-
ously, especially Nick Chantiles
who put a sporadic tenseness into
the role of Alejandrino, the man
who has become a soldier because
he believes that “all the Zappatis-
Continued on Page 2
H. Alwyne Excels
In Ravel, Debussy
by Gwynne Williams, 50
Mr. Horace Alwyne’s pianoforte
recital Tuesday evening consisted
of most pleasant, though not great
music. The four composers played,
Grieg, Franck, Ravel, and Debussy,
did not differ enough from each
other to provide much contrast of
music or mood, but Mr. Alwyne’s
interpretation was in every case
thoughtful and his touch delicate.
The Ravel “Le Tombeau de Couper-
in” was the high point of the pro-
gram, played with a tone “not toc
somber nor too profuse.”
The program opened with the
Grieg Ballade, Opus 24, (in form
of Variations on a Norwegian Folk-
Song). The variations build uv
To Reach Quota,
The Alumnae Drive now needs
only $50,000. to reach its goal, an-
nounced Mrs, F. Louis Slade, Exec-
utive Director of the Drive, at a
meeting of the Chicago alumnae
last weekend. Gifts from alumnae
have reduced the previously an-
nounced deficit of $167,000. to less
than one-third of its former sum.
Tonight there will be individual
soliciting for the Drive in the halls,
and everyone is urged to give all
she can to help reach the $2,000,-
000 goal. The Undergraduate As-
sociation has already contributed
$600. from the Undergrad dances,
and the freshmen have given $500.
‘from their Show profits. Other fig-
ures, such as the proceeds from the
Sophomore Carnival and the Junior
Prom, which will likewise be do-
nated, will be announced in the
May Day issue of the NEWS.
At the Chicago meeting, reports
were given from such alumnae com-
mittees as the Academic Commit-
Drive Now Needs Only $50,000
Says Mrs. Slade
tee, the Scholarship Committee (re-
port*given by Miss Oppenheimer),
and the Regional Committee.
The Academic Committee, which
had taken a poll on the alumnae
opinion of religion at Bryn Mawr,
reported that the alumnae consid-
ered that religious life on campus.
was successful as far as it went,
but that it did not go far enough.
More religious counselling was pro-
posed, together with the suggestion
that a resident chaplain be install-
ed.
The Alumnae Regional Commit-
tee report discussed the progress
made by the alumnae in endowing
scholarships, and Mrs. Marshall,
who also spoke, emphasized the
fact that it is because of the en-
thusiasm of the alumnae that Bryn,
Mawr is a national college rather
than a small restricted institution.
Mrs. Marshall likewise stressed the
fact that the curriculum is con-
stantly, if slowly, being adapted to
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“Juno” to Appear
At Roberts Hall
On May 6, 7, and 8 the Drama
clubs of Bryn Mawr and Haverford
will present Juno and the Paycock
bySean O’Casey, one of the great-
est contemporary Irish playwrights.
This half-comedy, half-tragedy is
generally regarded as his finest
play, but it has not been produced
in this country since it appeared
on Broadway quite a few years
ago, where it was a smash hit. The
place against the background of
the political struggle for indepen-
Continued on Page 5
Continued on Page 5
M. Boorsch Speaks on Cocteau
Poet, Magician, and Enchanter
As he started the lecture on Jean
Cocteau sponsored: by the French
Club at.Wyndham_ last. Wednesday,
M. Jean Boorsch, professor of
French at Yale University, told the
audience not to be frightened by
the large stack of papers and port-
folio in front of him, since he had
only brought them along in case
some Bryn Mawr scholar asked
him a question and he wanted a
reference.
'M. Boorsch was introduced by
Eve Israel, and began with a de-
scription of Jean Cocteau, one of
the great personalities in the lit-
erary world of France today, as
poet, magician, and something of
an enchanter.
Cocteau, who studied at the
Lycee Condorcet in Paris (which
M. Boorsch himself attended)
__—-was-expelled because of “laziness.” |
ian literary salon, and was im-
pressed with the poetry of Madame
de Noailles....
During the first World War,
Cocteau “strolled from one place
to another, always with great
luck.” When he returned, he took
up one fantastic occupation after
another: he became infatuated
with acrobatic aviation, which he
practiced together with Roland
Garros, France’s foremost aviator;
he entered a devoutly religious per-
iod, and at one time practiced
smoking opium.
Diaghilev and Nijinsky, the Bal-
let Russe de Monte Carlo, influ-
enced Cocteau to create, together
with Picasso, a ballet called “Les
Parades.” '
One of Cocteau’s most un
traits is his fascination for “dis-
‘. 9
personal conflict of the play takes |
changing conditions, and that prog-
ress at Bryn Mawr is continual.
Shang May Kwan, a graduate
student, Anne Willard, ’44, and
Nancy Martin, ’49, also gave
speeches on various aspects of
Bryn Mawr.
Finally, Miss McBride, speaking
at the dinner on Saturday, referred
to two questions of interest to the
alumnae: 1) the problem of keep-
ing the alumnae who live far away
in contact with the college,’and 2)
the function of a liberal arts edu-
cation,
Calendar
Wednesday, April 27:
7:30 p.m. NS A Campaign
Rally, Taylor Steps.
8:30 p.m. Folk Night, Gym.
Thursday, April 28:
8:15 p.m. Carlos Claveria,
Spanish (Club Lecture, Com-
mon Room.
8:15 p.m. IRC,
Commons.
- Saturday, April 30:
9:00 a.m. Spanish, Italian,
Russian, and Greek Orals,
Taylor.
Monday, May 2:
5:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. MAY
DAY.
7:15 p.m. Current
‘Common Room.
Tuesday, May 3: r
5:00 p.m. Art Movie, Com-
mon Room.
8:30 pm. Atomic Energy
Film, Goodhart.
Wednesday, May 4:
4:00 p.m. Dr. Dieckmann,
“Adventures of a Diderot
(Manuscript Hunter,” Common
‘Room,
8:30 p.m. Philadelphia Dance
Haverford
Events,
He entered the world of the Paris-
a
Continued on Page 4
Council; Goodhart.——
PRICE 15 CENTS
Spirited Singing, Humor, and Vigor
sonst
Prot. Dieckmann
To Give Account
Of Diderot Find
Professor Herbert Dieckmann,
celebrated~discoverer* of the new
Diderot manuscripts, will speak on
“Adventures of a Diderot Manu-
script Hunter” on Wednesday, May
4, at 4:00 in the Common Room.
Mr. Dieckmann is currently Pro-
fessor of Romance Languages at
4Vashington University in St. Louis.
Mr. Dieckmann twas granted a
Guggenheim Fellowship last year,
which he used for study in France.
While there, he came across the
Diderot papers, a find comparable
in importance for French literature
with the recent discovery of the
Boswell papers by Colonel Isham.
Mr. Dieckmann’s lecture will cover
the story of the discovery and its
consequences.
‘Mr. Dieckmann was born in Ger-
many, and took his Ph. D. at Bonn
in 19380, where he was then assist-
Continued on Page 2
Ewing Interprets
Ethical Judgment
Goodhart, April 25.—Dr. A. C.
Ewing, giving a special Rufus
Jones Memorial Lecture, defended
analysis of ethical judgments
against naturalist definitions. Such
analyses are a psychological ques-
tion, he declared. When one is de-
ciding what one ought to do, one
intends to contradict those who
think such an opinion wrong.
Neither does the definition of
good necessarily coincide with what
the majority of people feel to be
right. The naturalist analysis of
ethical judgments is a definition in
terms of a concept of a natural
“|science, said Dr. Ewing. There are
two objections to such a definition:
one is that if it were true, ethical
propositions could be established
by statistics, which is evidently
impossible, and second, that it
leaves out the essential nature of
obligation, the element of public
approval or disapproval.
Good carries with it the obliga-
tion to pursue it—it is analyzable
as “what ought to be the object
of a favorable attitude,” Dr. Ewing
said. Finally, he declared that there
are two concepts of the word
ought. One is the moral obligation,
the other, the ought of fitting-
ness, which involves no moral
necessity. Both of these, Dr. Ewing
felt, can be defended against the
naturalists.
Enliven Maids’ and Porters’ Show
Maids’ Chorus from “The Mikado”
Jones, Smith, White
Make Mikado
Delightful
By Emily Townsend, ’50
A comparison between the Maids
and Porters’ Mikado and a D’Oyly
Carte production is pointless. Last
Saturday’s performance.was at its «
best when it was ‘robust and na-
tural, not when it was conforming
to the conventional precision tech-
nique. The show was thoroughly
good humored, the singing often
excitingly good, and the audience
unusually sympathetic.
Louis White as Pooh-Bah and
Carl Smith as Nanki-Poo did the
best acting of the evening. Louis
was always wickedly worldly and
generally pleased with life; he
gave the show a welcome shot of
vivacity and clowning. His comic
delivery was splendid: “I was born
sneering” and “Chop it off, chop it
off” were among the best moments
of the evening. Carl’s voice was
warm and true, particularly in the
lower registers. He had grace and
poise, an instinctive stage pres-
ence.
Of the women, Louise Jones as
Katisha and Margaret Greer, bor-
rowed from the Dra-Mu company
to play Yum-Yum, were perhaps
the best. Louise’s right ear, “enor-
mous but fraught with beauty,”
was a point of interest to every-
one; her “look here, you, you
have slain my love” was riotous.
Miss Greer had a charming light
Continued on Page 2
Chorus Will Sing
Stravinsky Mass
On Sunday, May 1, the Bryn
Mawr College Chorus will take part
in the Millbank Festival at Prince-
ton University, Bryn Mawr will
sing with Princeton a Mass for
Double*Woodwind Quintet and Mix-
ed Chorus by Stravinsky, with Eliz-
abeth J. Connor as soloist, In Ee-
clesiis, a polyphonic composition by
Gabrielli, and Ist nicht Ephraim
mein theurer Sohn, a work for two
choruses and mixed voices, by
Schuetz.
Seniors are reminded that the
deadline for the M. Carey
Thomas Prize is May 1. The
prize is not restricted to essays,
as information in the College
Calendar implies, but is award-
ed for any kind of writing, cre-
ative or critical prose or poetry.
Entries should be taken to Miss
Campion, in the President’s Of-.
fice. “on
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Pag e Two
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Art Slipping?
When so much imaginative and interesting drawing is
done for posters, for stage backdrops, and for dance decora-
tions, the quality of the art exhibit at Arts Night was slight-
ly surprising and disappointing. The pictures for the most
part showed a moderate command of draughtmanship and
general technique, but lacked any sort of imaginative effort
or energy.
The Art Club has slowly sunk beneath ine waters. When
we think of it as existent at all, we think of it as small and |.
timid. Pehaps art clubs, like poetry and creative writing
clubs;:so happily non-existent on the Bryn-Mawr-campus, are
doomed either to disappear or to become exclusively Aesthet-
ic, in which, case ‘disappearaned i is by all means to be prefer-
red. «2 f+. me Cigtinde ue H
a need not vanish along’ with the Art Club, of course.
Equipment and stimulation should be provided for, anyone
who has some talent with line or color. As a tentative meas-
ure to reinfuse energy into apathetic artists, we would like to
suggest the inauguration of a yearly contest like the Gerould
contest in writing, and the establishment of a permanent un-
dergraduate collection, with a triad of discerning judges to
add to it the best art work done on campus each year.
More Concerts?
The NEWS would like to refer you to the issue of Decem-
ber 1, 1948, in which we lamented the lack of good concerts at
Bryn Mawr. We recommended that a tax of $1.50 a student
be put on Pay Day to support more musical programs.
We are interested "in learning whether the college would
be willing to finance such an undertaking. It has been prov-|.
‘ed that Bryn Mawr can and will appreciate good music, but in
order to present larger concerts the musicians must be prom-
ised their guarantee before they will consent to play.
We suggest that Undergrad or some interested organiza-
tion send out a questionnaire, asking whether the student
body would be willing to back a concert series next year, what
type of music they would like to hear, and how. mene. they |.
|
age”
Current Events
Common Room, April 25. Miss
Peterson, the Current Events
speaker for this week, spoke on the
progress of the revised labor bill
which was promised by the Demo-
crats in the Presidential election
last fall. So far the bill is still an
election promise that has been held
up by the Civil Rights filibuster
and bad labor strategy.
As Labor was a deciding factor
in the Democratic victory, political
etiquette demands retribution. La-
bor, Miss Peterson pointed out,
wants the Taft-Hartley Act repeal-
ed and the Wagner Act reenacted
and then it will compromise on
some points. The Administration
opposes this so-called “One Pack-
age” proposal with a “Two Pack-
compromise which would re-
peal the Taft-Hartley Act and re-
instate the Wagner Act with
amendments.
The solution to this political rid-
dle is yet to be solved but the Sen-
ate begins debate on the Lesinski
Bill this week and undoubtedly
some labor legislation will come
out of the present session.
Summer Campers
Need Counsellors
Counsellors are still needed for
the second (June 16-28) and third
(July 1-12) periods at the Bryn
Mawr Summer Camp at Cape May.
The summer camp cares for groups
of about twenty Philadelphia child-
ren from 4-10 whose families are
under financial or emotional stress
and it tries to give them a sense of
security and well-being.
It is a wonderful opportunity for
students who are interested in eith-
er psychology or sociology or who
just enjoy children.
The camp is in a house near the
beach and a dietitian and a nurse
are on duty. The girls take care
games and songs on the beach.
Cape May also provides enter-
tainment for the girls after the
children are in bed and two weeks
there have been proven interesting
and fun.
**Sundown’’ Outstanding
In Arts Night Program
Continued from Page 1
tas are dead” and then finds him-
self in the position of having to
arrest his friend for murder. Both
actors were very much aware of
how well their lines were written.
Suzanne Kramer played for the
sense rather than the sound of her
role as Mamita, and Glafira Viz-
carra did her best with the minor
role of Concha. Especially praise-
worthy is Henry Hetzel for his’
poised and convincing Chico.
In contrast, Kat Thomas’ play
Just Concupiscence, was an amus-
ing reproduction of a dance where
everyone is either drunk or fall-
ing in and out of concupiscence or
both. Conversation, if not action,
moved briskly; repartee, like
“That’s not true,” “What’s not
true?” “None of it’s true,’ was
spiked by an occasional ‘“She’s
lovely: She’s engaged. She eats
Brillo.” Katsie has manipulated
the characters cleverly, and her
dialogue at times vividly portrays
gay, unpleasant adolescence, but
her play is almost without plot
or theme, and, in copying life, she
has copied little but: cliche. Kat-
sie acted herself with charm and
enormous conviction, ably assist-
ed by Charles Geoffrey and Thomas
Fleming. Among those to be noted
are Robert Goodman as Dizzy and
Nettie Hersey as “Dizzy’s Gal”
who revelled together for most of
the evening in the bushes, the
weeds, and the meadows. Also,
William Conklin put in an ener-
getic performance as the glorious-
ly drunk O’Toole.
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Quintet to Play
Bach, Beethoven
The Woodwind Quintet from the
Curtis Institute of Music will give
the fifth and last program in the
Young Musicians Concert Series,
in the Deanery on Sunday, May 1,
at 5:00 p.m. The program will in-
clude the aria from Prelude No. 10
and “Meine Seele erhebt den Her-
ren” by J. S. Bach, Allegro from
quintet for woodwinds by Taffanel,
“Variations sur un theme Corse”
by Tomasi, “Little Shepherd” by
Debussy, Aubade- en quintette by
Pessard, Quintet, Op. 71 by Beetho-
ven, Pastoral by Persichetti, and a
| Garman dance by Mozart. The
Quintet is composed of Robert Cole,
Larry Thorstenberg, Douglas Kent,
Harold Wright, and Daniel Sagar-
man, playing respectviely the flute,
oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon.
Singing, Humor, Vigor
Characterize ‘‘Mikado’’
Continued from Page 1 ,
voice, though soft, and her duet
in the garden with Nanki-Poo was
very nice. Dorothy Backus as Pitti-
Sing proved to have a lovely voice
at moments, though not consist-
ently so.
Al Mackey, Ko-Ko, had a strong
voice, but not much sense of the
stage. However, his. poise when he
was having trouble with his lines
was remarkable. Odell Brown was
a competent Mikado, Wendell Mac-
Grue.- did fairly well with Pish-
Tush on short notice, and Pearl
Edmunds’ deep voice gave the
male chorus a boost.
The chorus singing, especially
in the finale, was wonderful. All
through, it was the singing and
not the acting which drew enthus-
Continued on Page 4
ilvey to Address IRC
European Problems
The International Relations Club,
at its final meeting of the year,
will present an outside speaker on
the subject of the Marshall Plan
and European Labor. Mr. Ted F.
Silvey will speak at I. R. C. in Hav-
erford Commons, on Thursday,
April 28, at 8:30 p. m.
Mr. Silvey has been Executive
Assistant to Labor Advisors of
ECA (the federal government ag-
ency created by law to administer
the Marshall Plan for European
recovery) since 1948, and, before
that, he was active as a staff exec-
utive of the National C. I. O.
Young Swedish Soldier
Wants Bryn Mawr
Friend
Stockholm, 16. 4. 4%
Runebergsgalau 3
Stockholm
Sweden
Dear Sir,
In a question like this, it is difti-.
cult for me to explain just what.
I. want to say, but the matter is.
the following, that I by your help
want to get what we here in.
Sweden call a “letter friend.”
Through .an article in Life,.
‘March 28, I got the name and
address of your school and there-
by I had the idea, that you per-
(haps in your school had any girl,
who wanted to come in contact.
with a boy in Sweden and with.
him discuss and learn about our
culture and life.
I myself have always been inter-
ested in other countries’ culture
and people, but as America now
a days has such a big importance
to other countries my interest for
its people has been awoken.
I am 22 years old and passed last
year my student examination.
Since 1948 I am doing my military
service and in 1950 I will receive
a commission in the reserve.
As a soldier I am very inter-
ested in such sports which belong:
to the professions of arms, parti-
cularly fencing and swimming.
By changing letters -I have the
best occasions to brush up my
english. In school I studied english.
in six years, but had no time to
study it more deeply.
I now end this letter with a
hope, that I by your recommenda-
tion shall get a letter from a wise
and kind girl. I am and remain
Yours truly,
Jan Erik Fagerberg
Ed. note: Anyone interested in
writing to this Swedish boy can
get his letter on application to the
NEWS.
Dieckmann to Lecture
On Diderot Discoveries
Continued from Page 1
ant until 1933. ‘One of the first to
leave Germany after the accession.
of ‘Hitler, he taught in Istanbul.
until 1987, and then was appointed
to his present post at Washington
University.
Adapted for BM
By Paula Strawhecker, °52
Seen anyone wearing a garden-
ia, carrying a shmoo, smoking a
chocolate cigarette? If so, it’s cer-
tain she went to ’51’s Carnival last
Saturday. afternoon.
Radnor’s Russian May Day and
Merion’s “brows” were nosed out
of the float parade prize by Den-
bigh’s “Evolution,” complete with
amorphous amoeba and a ghastly
Bryn Mawr type.
Like the Punch and Judy show,
the entire carnival was originally
for children, “adapted for the col-
lege level. ” Among the more in-
teresting adaptations were the
cigarette girl with black mesh
stockings and the Passion Test
whose succinct responses ranged
from “ a rabbit could do better” to
“green light.”
The Sophomores supported the
democratic principle by cutting
Beauty Contest votes from 25 to
10c. Fifi Sonne, who deserves much
credit for managing the carnival,
crowned Queen June, Niki Owens,
semi-costumed as a bride. |
-’61 got around the Pennsylvania
-|ing contest. John Borden guessed
Passion, Evolution, And Schmoos
Children by ’51
1849 instead of 1951, but won the
radio anyway. And he was with a
sophomore .. . ‘
The most nerve-shattering ex-
perience of the afternoon was a
trip down into the House of Hor-
rors. What could be worse than:
hearing, “No, no, failure, failure,”
and then seeing Dr. Sprague red-
penciling mountains of bluebooks ?
Quelque chose a manger? Cake,
lemonade, ice cream, and cokes.
could be had for a punch of the
card. Games of skill were featured:
dart throwing, Hit the Cigarettes,
Ring the Shmoos. Mrs. Broughton.
proved her ability to pitch pennies
by winning candy cigarettes, a yo-
yo, and a shmoo too.
One two-year-old in a green
turtle-neck sweater seemed rather
perplexed by the adapted Punch
and Judy Show, but it was great-
ly appreciated by college-instruct-
ed carnivalgoers.
For the wholesome there was
apple bobbing and for everyone a
carnival of fun. By the end of the
afternoon, the only reminder of
the rain was the smudged “please
clutching hands.
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three
Miss Taylor Describes Pompeii
From Earthquake To Eruption
At the first meeting of the new-
ly-formed Classics Club last Wed-
nesday afternoon, Miss Taylor gave
a lecture with slides on Pompeii in
the period between the earthquake
of 63 A. D. and the eruption of
Vesuvius in 79 A. D. She empha-
sized the growth of private enter-
prise, the decline of the old famil-
ies and emergence of the freedman,
the increasing number of immi-
vrants, and, in general, the differ-
ent aspects of Roman municipal life
in a typical industrial town under
Nero and the Flavians.
* “Th (Pompeii,” said Miss Taylor,
““we have a scene of death and de-
struction, but it has brought back
to us a scene of life.” After the
earthquake, practically the entire
city was in ruins and had to be re-
built. ‘From what the Pompeiians
chose to restore, we can see what
they considered essential to the
city. They looked after, the streets
and waterworks first, \ and built
completely new baths in the forum,
but they neglected the temples of
the gods, except for the temple of
the genius of Vespasian—where of-
ficial oaths were taken—and a
small shrine of Isis who was “es-
pecially popular with slaves from
the East and shows the strength of
that element in Pompeii.” The only
detail we have on the restoration of
Pompeii is that the temple of Isis
was restored by a six-year-old boy
who was forthwith elected to the
senate. é
In the villas and houses, contin-
The Baseball Varsity started its
season on Thursday, April 21, with
a smashing victory over Harcum
Junior College. The final score was
83-2. All the players played ex-
tremely well, with Sylvia Hayes,
‘the captain, coming up with a
couple of very good homers, which
added more excitement to the
game. It looks as though this is
going to be a good spring for the
team, as they seem to have many
fine players to draw from.
The final results of the Varsity
Swimming Team elections for next
year’s officers are as follows: Cap-
tain—Linne Lee Warren, Manager
—Ellen Bacon, ’51; and Assist-
ant Manager— Betty Mutch, ’50.
Game schedule for the coming
weék*
Baseball
April 27—v. Swarthmore at
Swarthmore, 4:00.
April 28—2nd team v. Ursi-
nus, at Ursinus, 4:30.
Tennis
April 28—v. Temple, at Tem-
ple, 4:30.
April 27—v. Ursinus, at Bryn
Mawr, 4:00.
Lacrosse
April 27—v. Beaver, at Bryn
Mawr, 4:30.
BMC Delegates
To Attend ICG
The weekend of April 29-30 will
be an exciting one for the fifteen
girls who will represent Bryn
‘Mawr at the Intercollegiate Con-
ference on Government, to-be held
at Harrisburg, the State Capital.
The Conference this year will take
the form of a model state legisla-
ture, holding reasonable facsimilies
of committee meetings, plenary
sessions, and the inevitable caucus-
es.
Approximately 800 delegates
from over 40 Pennsylvania colleges
will be housed in hotels and private
homes in Harrisburg, and will hold
some of their meetings in the Cap-
itol building.
ued Miss Taylor, the shrine of the
household gods was always one of
the first things to be restored. A
few houses were partially or com-
pletely renovated, often “with more
money than taste,’ but the major-
ity were rented or turned into inns
and shops or else workers in fresco
or mosaic could not be found to
complete their restoration.
Although the theatre, ampithea-
tre, bakeries, fulleries, goldsmith
shops, and oil shops were all re-
built and in active use by 79 A. D.,
on the whole the town spent its
money on gladatorial games rather
than on rebuilding. They scribbled
their praises of famous gladiators
on the walls near the ampitheatre:
“suspirium puellarum” ... “you
have won all the contests; you are
one of the seven WOnGERS of the
world.”
Pompeiians had at least a “limit-
ed literacy,” said Miss Taylor.
Among the graffiti or writings on
the wall have been, found forty-one
quotations from the Aeneid, twen-
ty-nine of which are the first line
from either the first or second
book; some quotations from Lucre-
tius and Greek love poetry have
been found also. Pompeii was a
main thoroughfare and travelers
left behind them messages like
“Abiscampus erat hic,” and “the
bread is very good, but the wine is
better.”
Although in most respects “elec-
tions were a hollow sham” the city
must have had a certain influence
in its own municipal elections.
Hucksters, garlic sellers, barbers,
Acilina (an inn lady of delicate
reputation), everybody put up
election notices recommending his
favorite candidates: “virum bon-
um” “aerarium conservare”...
“make an aedile, and
he’ll make you one,” but were
warned by the government not to
put up notices on tombstones if they
wanted their candidates to win.
Summer Courses
Require Approval
The Dean’s Office has submitted
the following reminder on summer
school procedure:
Students contemplating summer
school work for which they wish
college credit showld keep in mind
the basis on which transfer credit
is granted:
1) the institution must be in the
list of approved universities and
colleges, as issued by the Associa-
tion of American Universities;
2) the courses must bbe compar-
able to work given at Bryn Mawr
College;
3) the courses must not repeat
or duplicate work offered for ad-
mission or taken at Bryn Mawr
College.
Hour-for-hour credit will be giv-
en for acceptable courses taken at
acceptable institutions; the institu-
tion’s own evaluation of the semes-
ter-hour value of its course will be
taken. No credit will be given for
less than one-half unit of work, or
four semester hours.
To be sure that these require-
ments are met, the student must
consult the Dean concerning the in-
stitution and her plan of summer
work, and the Recorder concerning
the hour-for-hour credit. If the
courses are in the major or allied
fields, or are to meet Bryn Mawr
requirements, they must be specifi-
cally approved in advance by the
corresponding department here.
Forms called “Approval for trans-
fer credit” are available in the
Dean’s Office.
It should be noted that courses
Anyone interested in joining the
group. should see Joan Piwosky,
Pem East.
taken-elsewhere which have receiv-|
ed a grade below C will not be ac-
cepted for transfer credit,
May Day Eyents
The schedule for Monday morn-
ing, May 2, is voth eonfusing and
complicated. Every moment of May
Day is so specifically planned that
it is important to have a clear pic-
ture of what is going on at what
time. The schedule is as follows:
The Sophomore representatives
in each hall get up at 5:15 a. m.
for the Seniors. At 5:30 they sing
their Waking Song, and the desig-
nated Sophomore wakes each Sen-
ior by leaving a May Day ba8ket in
her room,
are served at 6:00.
The Seniors then go to Goodhart
where they leave their hoops and
baskets. iLed by the Senior pres-
ident and song mistress, they go to
Miss McBride’s at 6:40, and pre-
sent her with a May Day basket.
Taylor bell rings from 6:50 to
7:00. By. 7:00 the Seniors should
be at Rock Tower to sing “Magda-
len Hymn.” Everyone then goes
inside of Rock and the Seniors, led
by their president and song mis-
tress, come downstairs singing
“The Hunt is Up.” After that the
Senior class president is crowned
Queen by the Sophomore president
and the college cheer is given.
Breakfast is served at 7:15 in the
designated halls. The Senior class
officers and the members of the old
college council eat with Miss Mc-
Bride.
Everybody but the Seniors lines
up at Pem arch by 8:00.° The Sen-
iors line up at Rock arch carrying
their baskets. At 8:00 the proces-
sion starts in the following order:
Undergrad President, the Band,
Senior president, Senior song mis-
tress, Senior. dancers, rest of Sen-
ior class, Junior dancers, Sopho-
more dancers, Freshman dancers,
Grad dancers, Junior class, Sopho-
more class, Freshman class, Grad
students. The Seniors skip to
Merion green; the Senior dancers
leave their baskets under the pole
and the rest of the class leaves
them on Merion steps. The Senior
president meets ‘Miss McBride and
escorts her under the maypole. The
dancing then starts with the band
playing and everyone in the outside
circle singing. After the band
stops, the May Queen and Miss
McBride give their speeches.
Juno and the Paycock
Tickets can be obtained for this
May 5th, 6th, and 7th production
by sending cash or check to Jackie
Gawan, Pem West. Prices: Thurs-
day, all tickets sixty cents; Friday
and Saturday, student tickets six-
ty cents; others one dollar and
twenty cents.
At this point everyone goes to
Goodhart where the Junior song
mistress calls the songs until the
Seniors come. The Juniors, Sopho-
mores, and Freshmen, respectively,
sing their Lyric Songs. Then the
Seniors come in, and collect their
hoops which they had previously
left in Goodhart foyer. As soon as
they appear in the auditorium, ev-
eryone starts singing “To the May-
pole” while the Seniors skip around
Goodhart carrying their hoops. The
Seniors call the songs until Miss
McBride arrives. They themselves
sing “Morning Comes Early” and
“The Hunt is Up.” When Miss Mc-
Bride comes the scholarships are
announced and everyone sings
“Thou Gracious Inspiration.”
Then everybody goes to Senior
Row for the Senior Hoop Rolling
and the singing which follows. The
songs sung this time are: “To the
Maypole,” “Come Lasses_ and
Lads,” the Senior, Junior, Sopho-
more and Freshman May Day
songs, “The Keeper,” and another
Senior May Day song. The May
everyone singing “Come (Cheer for
Our College.”
and prepare coffee and doughnuts.
Coffee and doughnuts |.
|Day ceremonies are concluded by}
NSA Candidates, Dawes, Piwosky,
Wagoner Discuss Education Issues
Candidates, left to right: Dawes, Wagoner, Piwosky
The candidates for Chairman of
the NSA are: Bertie Dawes, Joan
Piwosky, and Frieda Wagoner.
DA|WES: Bertie is Freshman Hall
Representative from Denbigh and
First Sophomore Member to Self-
Gov. Last term she was first
Freshman \Member to Self-Gov. She
was awarded an owl for sports,
having been on the Badminton Var-
Nostalgia, Cracks
Fill °49 Yearbook
By Jane Roller, ’51
Engagement rings, dachshunds,
personality analyses, and glimpses
into the past are ’49’s_ themes,
glorified to create a full, original
yearbook. Spiced with colorful re-
marks, and whimsical sketches, the
outline of Senior triumphs and Bryn
Mawr highlights: makes for fas-
cinating reading — and heated
smoker discussions.
“It must be the short skirts—
I couldn’t have looked that ado-
lescent, even as a freshman,” was
the anguished sigh of a senior,
who suddenly appreciated what
the years had done for her. “Hav-
erford made page 73’ came from a
smokerite, trying to put in “a good
word” for those “weekday lovers.”
And a senior, leafing through the
yearbook, discovered an easy way
to fill in her missing class notes.
This yearbook hasn’t missed a
trick. Action photos _ illustrate
breezy write-ups, and tell the story
when words are better left out!
Portrayed on every page are such
spectacular events in Bryn Mawr’s
history as the discarding of “prud-
ish” conceptions of the early days,
the winning of girl and diploma by
the first vet on campus to have
such luck, and the welding of stud-
ent-faculty relations. ’49’s clever
book assures that, though we may
shelve it, we won’t forget it.
sity squad and on the second bas-
ketball team.
PIWOSKY: Joan was Freshman
Hall Representative from Pem-
broke East last year, and played on
the Junior Varsity Lacrosse team.
This year she is the head of ICG
and co-head of publicity for the Al-
liance. She also played on the Class
basketball team.
WAGONER: Frieda was Sopho-
more Representative to the League,
a member of the Vocational Com-
mittee and co-head of coffee in
Taylor.
The Chairman will be elected on
Thursday and on Wednesday there
will. be amass meeting. with
speeches from the candidates on
the issues involving N'S A and Ed-
ucation,
Atomic Physics Movie
Will Be Shown May 3
“Atomic Physics,” a J. Arthur
Rank film on the history and theory
of atomic energy, will be shown
Tuesday, May 3, in Goodhart Aud-
itorium at 8:30.
The 90-minute sound movie, in
black and white, is divided into
five sections. The first concerns
the history of the atomic theory,
the second, rays from atoms, the
third, the nuclear structure of the
atom, the fourth,
atom and the discovery of the neu-
tron, and last, uranium fission and
atomic energy release.
The Bryn Mawr Physics De-
partment, the Budd Company, and
the Franklin Research Com-
pany are presenting this British
film, which is especially interest-
ing because it is made by an en-
tertainer rather than an educator
and is. considered the most inform-
ative picture yet made in the field
smashing the
of atomic science. —
Hall Dances, ‘Amy,’ Spring Decor
Promenade, Sparkle in Weekend
by Claire Liachowitz, 52
Rockefeller and Pembroke and
all the College enjoyed three lovely
dances this crowded weekend, over-
flowing with cold punch, delightful
decorations, and all sorts of music.
The Junior Prom, on Saturday
evening, was the biggest attraction,
but the two hall dances on Friday
entertained the early comers.
On Rock’s we-play-everything
vic, Once in Love with Amy was
the feature of the evening, while
Pem sported soft and sweet melo-
dies. The decorations were charm-
ing—Rockefeller Showcase trans-
formed into a green and white
spring garden, and Pem dining
room plastered with cardboard
champagne bottles and martini
glasses.
spelt tn the Being seeks the-ox-}-
der of the evening at 1950’s Prom-
‘}enade in the gym, Excellent life
murals decorated the walls ,and in-/
cluded a trained bear and a balloon
man. Park benches were comfort-
able for sitting and smoking Ches-
terfields, and for just plain resting:
between dances.
Larry Miller’s orchestra played!
the waltz and the rhumba, and ev-
ery kind of dance in between. When ,
the music stopped at intermission,
the strawberry punch and cake cir-
culated, and the gym floor support-°
ed the sit-downers, while they
listened to vocal entertainment.
Bryn Mawr’s Sexi-Octangle sang |
several very pleasant and well done.
songs, and after an enthusiastic en-.
core, Twelve Men from Haverford |
delighted the audience with several!
cleverly arranged and well sung’
numbers.
_As a highlight to.a
end, the Junior Prom was a won-’
derful dance.
Page Four
THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Pity,
- The Observer
The noises of the Weekend are
heard in each basement office, each
room under the stairs, each roof,
each edge-of-the-campus garden.
You cannot get away from, above,
or below these noises. You cannot
put walls between yourself and
them. That is all right, they are
pleasant noises, but it is interest-
ing in view of the fact that late
Sunday afternoon where once
walked the blowing, pastel dress
and the oh-so-demure little shoes
now go the bluejean and the white
wool sock. And where the male,
larger and darker, strolled in
hordes, now he walks almost alone,
hurried by the time across and off
the campus. The noises are gone
and the wind is dour but the sun
that touches trees and towers re-
minds us of the days before.
Someone in bluejeans went by
the door saying that she didn’t
really like vic dances anyway.
“Qo-00-00,” says the feminine little
voice, “did you watch the dance in
that?” “This is my house,” says
the first, “and if they give a dance
in my house I shall wear just what
Tplease.” We hear music and, if
we stop to listen, the sounds of
scuffling feet.
Hammer, Hammer
The next morning there was
hammer, hammer, hammer, from
eight o’clock on. The flats go up;
twong, twong go the hammers.
The gardenias have arrived, hun-
dreds of them, and are being
wrenched by quick wrist from the
boxes wherein they are pinned.
Someone comes to the little room
under the stairs: “Excuse me, but
we're going to put the Carnival
in here.” We look around. The
room is, after all, little. They
might have said just as well. “I
beg your pardon, but would you
mind moving over a little. I want
to put this thing down.”
“Hello,” is another voice, “has
anyone an extension cord? We’re
thinking of hooking something up.”
“Oh?” “It will take about five
cords and it will be up there.” She
points up past the top corner of
the door, past the ascending _rail-
ing, past the landing and to a rail-
ing even above that.
‘Balloons vs Gardenias
The flats go up and down, in and
finally out. The loudspeaker, old
acquaintance, suddenly greets us
loudly. That machine is here for
good, I guess. Balloons are gain-
ing over gardenias, but gardenias,
_ ™’thinks, will remain in the as-
cendency.
So complete a world is this, with
rain and sun and walls and peo-
ple, food and flowers, allusion to
all places, all eras. From Mardi
Gras we shift our all-encompass-
ing intelligence to the shuffle-
shuffle and briskly fanning of
Japan. Speaking collectively, we
. do so much for ourselves. We are
autonomous and anyone who avoids
doing these things is, so to speak,
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Folklore Club Holds
Folk Dance Festival
Folk dances from seven foreign
countries and ‘Ameri¢an square
dances will. be the Bryn “Mawr-
Haverford Folklore Club’s pro-
gram tonight. i ;
In the Bryn Mawr Gym at 8:00
this Wednesday evening dances
from England; Denmark, Portugal,
Germany, Canada, Sweden and
Scotland, demonstrated ‘by a train-
ed group of 16 boys and girls and
called by.the people who know them
best, and American ‘Square dances,
valled by Rick Conant, will be
danced to the tune of piano, violin,
and phonograph.
This is the first project of the
newly formed Folklore Club, whose
purpose is to sponsor interest in
folk dancing and singing.
Singing, Humor, Vigor
Characterize ‘‘Mikado”’
Continued from Page 2
iastic applause from the audience.
The quality of the singing, strong
and warm, and with a tendency
toward syncopation which would
have horrified Sullivan, raised the
question as to whether any Gilbert
and Sullivan is a proper vehicle
for Maids and Porters voices.
Deep harmony is perhaps more in
their line than the finished deli-
cacy of the patter song. This is
not to say that the Mikado was
not a warming performance, and
high credit should be given to the
energy and enthusiasm of the cast.
Cynthia Schwartz’s direction was
intelligent, and Eritha yon der
Goltz did a fine job with the music;
her conducting on the night of the
performance was inconspicuous but
authoritative. Some of the cos-
tumes, especially Nanki-Poo’s wed-
ding gown, were very handsome.
On the whole, the Maids and
Porters show was an extremely
amusing and satisfying perform-
ance.
in an ivory tower within an ivory
tower.
Sunday comes with a silence and
the-last--remnants leaving. Well,
I, for one, am tired of having
gardenias drooping around my ear
so I will throw them out, drink a
bottle of Wednesday milk, and in
the unaccustomed light try to
figure out what happened to the
one lost hour.
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German Elections
At 8:15 last Tuesday night, the
I.R.C., presided over by Alice Mit-
chell, met in Radnor Hall showcase
for an informal discussion on the
attempts the United States has
made to introduce democracy into
the western zone of Germany.
Because this problem had come up
for discussion after the German
student speaker of last week, and
there was no time left to discuss it,
it was decided to continue the dis-
cussion this week.
Sol Blecker read an article stat-
ing a problem which came up at
the first democratic elections held
in one town in Germany. The can-
didates for office were a Nazi, a
former Nazi who had _ passed
through the processes of de-Nazi-
fication, and a man who was half
Jewish. The election campaign was
marked by anti-Semitic demon-
strations and the appearance of
Stars of David all over town. As a
result the Nazi won the office.
Therefore the American military
governors were presented with this
problem: is it better to have free
elections, even if the wrong sort
of person were put in office, the
sort of person who could exert
much anti-democratic influence
over the people, or should the
American governors select candi-
dates, thus setting an undemocrat-
ic example to the Germans? If,
as someone suggested, the candi-
dates for higher government offices
were nominated by the Americans,
and the lower, less important offi-
cials' were freely elected, another
problem is presented. The lower
officials have more personal con-
tact with the people, therefore
they exert a definite psychological
influence upon them. The lower
officials carry out the instructions
of the higher officials; they could
carry out those instructions badly
if they wanted to. If all elections
were carefully supervised by the
military governors, the German
people would not know the mean-
ing ‘of democracy, and would have
no way of learning. They would
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program, the orchestra played two
Fantasias by John Davidson.
Whenever the oboe was playing,
the music sounded delightful, and
suggestive of peat bogs and bare
hills, but the strings frequently
seemed off-key. Composing always
seems the most mysterious of the
arts, and Arts Night is to be es-
pecially congratulated for offer-
ing us good, original music. For
some reason, the Octangle did not
sing as well as usual, but their
songs were all enjoyable, especial-
ly Stormy Weather, arranged by
Jean Broadfoot.
Dance Disappointing
The only part of the program in
any way disappointing was the
dance. The least good of the three
dances, Dance for Three -Colors,
began well with “the cold blues’—
two lovely dancers, Sherill Cow-
gill and Barbara Marx, but soon
disintegrated into a series of in-
offensive capers and_ attitudes.
Touche was a very brief and pleas-
ant “comic vignette” of two frog-
gy fencers, Seta Mahakian and
Adelaide Wahlert. Well thought-
out and nicely-executed, it accom-
plished exactly what it attempted.
The most ambitious of the dances
was The Fallen Angels which de-
pended overmuch on clawing hands
for its effects. _ Ellen’ Landis
(Belial) was by far the most grace-
ful devil and Adelaide Wahlert did
some effective leaping-about as
Mammon.
Sets Standard
As a whole, Arts Night has
proved once more that campus
art can be both appreciated and
enjoyed by an audience, and this
year it has set a standard that will
be hard to equal next spring.
Yale Professor Speaks
On French Poet Cocteau
Continued from Page 1
which consistently, like meteors,
flare up and die away soon after.
One example of this was an Amer-
ican prizefighter whom he raised
from the gutter to a world cham-
pionship.
Around’the World in 80 Days
The culmination of all his inter-
ests was in the theatre. Cocteau
returned from an 80-day trip
around the world with the sole
comment, “All that I saw was ex-
actly the same as the scenes I
viewed when I was little, on the
stage of the Theatre du Chatelet,”
and decided to enter the world of
the imagination.
The results were many scripts,
films like “L’Aigle a Deux Tetes,”’
which Tallulah Bankhead recently
played on the Broadway stage, and
“La Machine Infernale,” which is
concerned with the Oedipus trag-
edy. Evidences of the storm, which
he loves and the living quality of
inanimate objects to which theory
he subscribes are in all his works.
The Ideal Surrealist
A perfect example of the French
surrealist: interested in every-
thing, able to write, act, paint,
compose poetry, direct, Cocteau is
called “modern” by his friends. He
touches all fields but never attaches
himself to a special one, always |
guarding the. surrealist line, so
that his critics never quite under-
stand him.
Jean Cocteau is better known
in the United States than in his
native France, perhaps because of
his extensive lecture tours and
conferences here.
M. Boorsch embellished the dis-
cussion throughout with anecdotes
about Jean Marais, Zizi the high
priest, and other incidents which
illustrate the man, Jean Cocteau.
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Clayton Receives Office
Miss Irene Clayton has just been
elected President of the National
Association for Physical Education
of College Women, for a two-year
term. Miss Kilby and Miss Clay-
ton represent Bryn Mawr.
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Spanish Lecture
Senor Carlos Claveria of the
University of Pennsylvania will
discuss themes from the poetry
of Miguel de Unamuno, on Thurs-
day in the Common Room. His
talk will be based on an article
he has just written.
*
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Spanish Club Elections
The Spanish Club has announced
the election of Ann Chowning as
President, Anneliese Sitarz as Vice-
President, and Rene Veron as
Secretary.
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SDA Revived
The SDA group of several years
ago died a quiet death, but now,
like Lazarus, is being brought
back on campus. There will be a
regional convention at Swarth-
more on May 7. Anyone interested
should see Beatrice Friedman in
Rhoads.
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Delightful Dog
If anyone is interested in a well-
trained gentle dog, please get in
touch with Emily Townsend,
Wyndham.
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No More Charging
The College Bookshop wishes to
make it clear that there will be
no more charging after this Thurs-
day, April 28.
Princeton at Play
** Juno and the Paycock”™
Continued from Page 1
dence of the Irish Republicans.
The main roles are played by the
following:
Jack Boyle sissies Bill Bishop
Juno Boyle ........ Marjorie Low
Johnny Boyle ........ Jack ‘Lasday »
Mary Boyle......... Ruth La Place
Joxer Daly ........Dave Thomas
Mrs. Madigan ..Pat Richardson
Mrs. Tancred ....Mary Ausman
Charley Bentham Jiggs Kunkel
R. S. McKinley, a Haverford
student, is directing the play.
There will be three perform-
ances, on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday nights. Reserved tickets
will go on sale in the halls Thurs-
day. Student admission is 60c. The
play is being given at Roberts Hall,
and transportation for Bryn Mawr
girls will be provided. As an add-
ed attraction—unless it rains—
there will be a sensational curtain-
raiser outside Roberts Hall.
y
B.M., Haverford to Give| Bridge Party Profit
To Help Scholarships
The Bryn Mawr Club of Phila-
delphia and the Regional Scholar-
ship Committee are giving a benefit
bridge party at the Deanery on
Tuesday, May 10, at two o’clock.
The proceeds will go to the Reg-
ional Scholarships’ Fund. Home:
made delicacies and Chinese linens
will be sold, and there will also be
refreshments and table prizes. Sin-
gle places are $1.25 and tables are
$5.00. Checks should be made pay-
able to the Bryn Mawr Club of
Philadelphia and sent, with a
stamped self-addressed envelope,
to Mrs. Howard F. Park, Jr., at the
Deanery. Those who come are ask-
ed to bring their own cards.
FOR GOOD FOOD THAT’S
ALWAYS GOOD
COME TO THE
GREEK’S
BRYN MAWR
Mr. Alwyne’s Recital
Includes Grieg, Ravel
Continued from Page 1
from a slow beginning to an im-
passioned climax, break off sudden-
ly into a somber passage, and build
up again to a final outburst. Al-
though he did not give the frequent
repetitions of the Folk-Song Theme
much variety of dynamics, Mr. Al-
wyne’s handling of the somber as
well as the outbursting music was
effective.
The next piece, the Franck “Pre-
lude, Chorale, and Fugue,” seems
to me to be a wandering kind of
Mr, Alwyne thoughtfully
wandered with it in precise inter-
music;
pretation.
The second half of the recital in-
cluding the Ravel “Oiseaux tristes”
(from. “Miroirs”). and “Le Tom-
| beau de Couperin,’ was best. The
four parts of the “Tombeau:” Pre-
don contrasted charmingly, and the
{ude Forlane, Minuet, and Rigua-
interpretation of the Riguadon
above all was excellent.
IRC Holds Discussion
|On German Democracy
—
Continued from Page 4
| feel a deep resentment at not hav-
‘ing the democracy which the
| United States seemed to offer
them.
The discussion then went on to
the question of true democracy in
America. Do we Americans offer
absolutely free elections when we
have a poll tax which seems exorb-
itant to the poor peal the
south? Are not the wr peopté
elected in our elections too, be-
cause of prejudice against the Jews
or Negros, or some other minority
group? Democracy’s weakness is
that it must continually fight
vgainst those small groups which
abuse its privileges. d
Nobody came to any definite con-
clusions either on the question of
teaching democracy to the Ger-
mans or on the question of true
democracy in the United States;
it is rarely possible in a meeting
of this sort to come to conclusions.
But it is the belief of the I.R.C.
that merely arguing and restating
a problem in world affairs is a
step towards its eventual solution.
BRYN
Women’s Keds Tennis Shoes
with
Arch Supports and Cushion-Soles
THE PHILIP HARRISON STORE
MAWR
THE
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Hair Styles to suit
your personality
Pauline O’Kane
831 Lancaster Ave.
Bryn Mawr
Problems are solved
Great issues resolved
And friends will agree
Over a cup of tea
THE COLLEGE -INN
SIX - WEEK COURSES:
Co-educational — Graduate
Address: Department R,
HARVARD SUMMER SCHOOL
of Arts, Sciences, and Education
1948
EIGHT - WEEK COURSES:
Veterans may enroll under G.I. Bill
Dormitory Accommodations and Cafeteria Service
Harvard University
Cambridge 38, Mass.
JULY 5 — AUGUST 27
JULY 5 — AUGUST 13
and Undergraduate Courses
9 Wadsworth House
For Rhythm and romance Martha’ Fltou in “I'll Remember April”
YES, MARTHA,
THE 30-DAY TEST
CHANGED ME TO CAMELS
FOR KEEPS, FOR TASTE
AND MILONESS, ILL TAKE
ACAMEL EVERY TIME!
Martha Tilton takes a recess to talk :
with Dick Haynes, popular Hollywood
~ radio personality. They reach a quick
| FOUND THE
ANSWER TO CIGARETTE
_ MILDNESS YEARS AGO, DICK.
ITS CAMELS! AND THEY
TASTE SO coop!
“Tt’s
@ Martha Tilton invites romantic
memories in this easy-paced
dream number! Martha picks
her songs with care. And she’s
particular about her cigarettes, too!
(A CAPITOL RECORDING)
Camels for me!” says
Martha. “‘They’re my choice for
flavor—and Camels are so mild!”
he Zea ged Mildhagss—
In a recent coast-to-coast test of hundreds of people
who smoked only Camels for 30 days, noted throat
specialists, making weekly examinations, reported
NOT ONE SINGLE CASE OF
THROAT IRRITATION
due to smoking CAMELS
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N.C.
oar
agreement on Camels.
Syn rgse
Page Six
WHAT
JOBS FOR NEXT YEAR: (for
details, see Mrs. Crenshaw).
Denison University, Granville,
Ohio: Circulation assistant in the
library. No formal training re-
quired. September through June.
$180 a month.
Connecticut State Department of
Education: Summer courses lead-
ing to provisional certificates for
elementary school teachers.
University of Pennsylvania:
Positions for secretaries, labora-
tory technicians, research assis-
tants, librarians without formal
training.
Institute of Living, Hartford,
Connecticut: Psychiatric aides ia
this hospital for mental patients.
Eastman Kodak Company,
Rochester, New York: Positions
for science .and mathematics ma-
jors.
The Bureau has many laboratory
and technical positions on hand.
SUMMER JOBS:
Bloomingdale Brothers in New
York, Mandel Brothers in Chicago
and Stix, Baer and Fuller in St.
Louis want girls to work in their
college shops.
The Christian Science Monitor
would like a student agent on
campus.
Sears Roebuck in Michigan needs:
sales girls for the summer.
Camp Gaylord White in Arden,
New York, needs general coun-
selors, a waterfront director and
business manager at $150 to $250
a month for eight weeks.
Maskoma Lodge, an informal
camp for families, needs waitresses
to come for tips for six weeks this
summer.
Pre-e-senting
the greatest greeting
cards on earth
Norcross
Circus Cards
at
Richard Stockton’s
BRYN MAWR
Cotton Dresses,
all styles
$5.95 and up
TRES CHIC
BRYN MAWR
“Can you send me a Gibbs
secretary?’ Employers made
9,067 such requests during past
Year. For illustrated catalog
write College Course Dean.
*
KATHARINE GIBBS
BO Park Ave, NEW YORK 17 90 Mariborough St., BOSTON 1:
ILE. Superior St, CHICAGO 11 155 Angell St, PROVIDENCE
7 homeo
of the
Haverford Pharmacy
Haverford
: THE COLLEGE NEWS
TO DO
Mount Desert Island Biological
Laboratory, Maine: Cook for 15
to 20 people, large salary and not
too hard hours. Coal stove. Kit-
chen run by Wellesley graduate.
The Fashion Group, Inc. of New
York announces a Fashion Train-
ing Course, September to Decem-
ber. $15 for the full course of ten
evenings. See bulletin board by
Room F,
INFORMATION:
The American Express has pub-
lished a booklet called “To Study
Abroad” which lists foreign uni-
versities and the kind of courses
open to American students. This
and a list of new sailings are in
Mrs, Vietor’s office, Room H in
Taylor Hall.
REMINDERS:
College Shop Workers: Remem-
ber that the college name may not
be used by any store in its print-
ed advertising.
Summer Job Seekers: If you
already have a summer job, please
come to Room H and tell Mrs.
Vietor about it so that she may
take your name off her list.
Future Job Hunters: One useful
way to spend your summer is in
learning shorthand and typing.
They are an asset to any job and
almost a necessity to many. There
are business schools near almost
all your summer places.
|
ERRATA
Heads in@ecent issues have been
slightly awry. “Protraits of Keats”
brought eager requests for “the
“new poetry hormones announced
in the NEWS.”
We apologize for our unphilo-
sophical ignorance in misspelling
Heidegger, in the Frank drop.
We
statement in time, however:
stopped an embarrassing
“Ar-
chaelogical Symyposium Honors
Swindle.”
This week, Louis White’s two
bon mots came back on galley: “I
was born shearing,” and “Chop it
off, chop it off.”
‘Most of all, the NEWS wishes to
publish its real regrets for the
size of Dr. Frank’s picture last
week, The engraver decided to cut
him off above the top button-hole.
Typical comments: “What an at-
tractive postage stamp!” and
“What was our Dr, Frank doing
peeping through a transom?”
MADEMOISELLE FORUM
Two Bryn Mawr undergradu-
ates, Joanna Semel, ’52, and
Betty Goldblatt, ’61, will repre-
sent Bryn Mawr at the Sixth
Annual Mademoiselle College
Forum, on “Freedom and Secur-
ity,” scheduled to take place
this Saturday, April 30, at the
Hotel Commodore in New York.
Maids Sing and Kecite at Tea
For Benefit of African Church
By Barbara Joelson, ’52
The Common Room on Easter
Sunday afternon was the scene of a
tea given by Louise Jones, the head
maid at Pembroke, for the benefit
of the Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal (Church. The tea and the
sandwiches and cakes were delici-
ous, but the treat was definitely the
singing” and recitations. After a
medley of familiar songs, played
by Carl Smith, Elizabeth Jones of
Denbigh sang the spiritual “Holy
City”. Her voice was both strong
and true. Louis White, also of Den-
bigh, then gave a recitation about
a man in church whose musical ear
is greatly disturbed by the caco-
phonies of the choir.
A pleasant surprise was little
Sylva Murray who had come from| °
Philadelphia for the occasion. Sit-
ting up straight on the piano
bench, with a huge pink bow in her
hair, she played two pieces exhibit-
ing both skill and rhythm. Minnie
Clay, of ‘Pem West then recited a
“Prayer for a House” and a poem
entitled “Mind Your Own Busi-
ness”. This was delivered in a con-
versational and humorous manner.
Anne \Smith, who worked at the
college several years ago, sang
‘The World Is Waiting for the
Sunrise” simply and sincerely, and
Frederick Gamon sang Brahm’s
“Lullaby”; they were both accom- —
panied by Clara White.
A human and amusing sketch
about a mule driver’s struggles
with his stubborn animal was giv-
en by ‘Pearl Edmonds. Louise
Jones, who had been acting as a
gracious hostess and a wonderful
Mistress of Ceremonies, told the
story of an Alabaman mother who
writes to Uncle Sam, promising to
send him her seven sons to help
fight the war. When the war is
over she writes again asking if she
could please have “just one” of
them back. Probably the most pop-
ular entertainer was Carl Smith,
who jis playing Nanki-Pooh in the
“Mikado”. He sang “Because”,
sa IRi-ar”, “The Lord’s Pray-
”, “Stardust”, “Ol’ Man River”,
mit “The Waters of the Minne-
tonka”. He also sang his “Wishing
Song”, which he composed while
overseas. The sentimental words
and melody were perfectly suited
to his relaxed style and deep bass
voice.
Every number on the program
was done so well and with ‘such
wonderful enthusiasm that it is
impossible to pick out one single
high point. In addition to being a
financial success, the tea made Eas-
ter Sunday a charming and thor-
oughly delightful afternoon.
[ aio 5 o( aa
“My cigarette is
Chesterfield
because they're
so MILD.”
— Qay tuildand
‘ STARRING IN “ALIAS NICK BEAL”
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE
The TOP MEN of
smoke C
BEN HOGAN says-°°
because they're
Take it from me ae
Se
AMERICA’S SPORTS
CHESTERFIELD
“1 smoke Chesterfields
MILDER— MUCH MAES
sterfields satisfy.
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College news, April 27, 1949
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