College news, April 19, 1950

VOL. XLIV, NO. 20





ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, ris WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1950

Copyright, Trustees of

Bryn Mawr College, 1950



Taft Stresses

Need of Selling
U.S. Democracy

Imperialistic Motives
May Mar Relations
With China

Charles P. Taft, speaking on for-
eign policy at the Fourth Alliance
Assembly on Current Affairs in
Goodhart, Tuesday, described two
elements which dominate the inter-
national situation today.

First, since the Russians “are a
fundamentalist group with a fan-
atical religion of Stalinism and
Marxism”, even if they meet a
wall of solid opposition, they will
be patient. They believe time is
on their side; there is no risk of
loss of face with their people.
Therefore, “unless we force it,
there won’t be an open break.”

A second determining element
at present is that Russian pro-
paganda frequently is based on
our failures in democracy. Con-
sequently, the best way to coun-
teract_this_ propaganda isto elim-
inate undemocratic features in the
United States: to combat poverty,
unequal opportunities for work, to
do’ away with slums.

In our relations with other coun-
tries, Mr. Taft said that we must
realize that the U. S. brand of
democracy is not possible in some
places; we must instead interpret}:

Continued on Page 4

Morrison Gives
Russian Lecture

The final lecture of the Three
College Series on Soviet Russia
Today will be given by Dr. J. A.
Morrison, Chairman of the Depart-
ment of Geography at the Univer-
sity of Maryland, on Monday eve-
ning, April 24 at eight-fifteen
o'clock in Goodhart Hall. Dr. Mor-
rison will speak on The Influence
of Geography on Soviet Internal
and Foreign Policies.



Inkeles Discusses
Soviet Formation

Of Public Opinion

The fifth lecture in the series
on Russian studies was given by
Dr. Alex Inkeles of Harvard, on
Public Opinion in the _ Soviet
Union. Mr. Inkeles discussed how
the Soviet has used persuasion to
form public opinion. Communica-
tion between a government and a
people must of course be recipro-
cal. The Soviet government com-
municates to its people as a teach-
er, guide and leader. The fact
that the Soviet is a police state
makes communication trom people
to government difficult. One of
che main purposes of the Soviet
in this communication is to mo-
bilize its people to great indus-
cvial and economic efforts. It
must know public opinion so as to
be able to carry on its program of
effort as fast as possible without
danger of counter revolution.

The requirements of the Soviet

Continued on Page 2

Schirokauer Tells
How Fable Grew

Over 3 Centuries

specially contributed by
Mildred Kreis, ’51
Dr. Arno Schirokauer, Professor |
of German at Johns Hopkins Uni-|
rersity, addressed members of the
German Clubs of Bryn Mawr, Hav- |
erford and Swarthmore on April.
12. His lecture dealt with . the



trends of thought behind German |

translations of Aesop from the
thirteenth to the sixteenth centur-_
ies.

Dr. Schirokauer called attention
to the old German name for ‘fable’
which is “Biespel”, the equivalent
for the modern word “Beispiel’” or
‘example’. He pointed out the al-
legorical nature of the fable, the
fact that it must contain a funda-
mental truth with universal appli-
cation and showed its connection
with Scholasticism and Medieval

Continued on Page 2



Floats, Horrors Mark Carnival;
Pem E. Pyromaniacs Win Kigmy

by Julie Ann Johnson, ’52

Saturday, April 15, was not only
big Day, but turned out to
be\Jinx Day as well for the class
of ’52 and their Sophomore Carni-
val. A cold gale blew steadily all
day, whistling up the hill from
Park and slicing neatly across
Merion Green. The construction
and decoration comraittee, headed
by Claire Liachowitz, fought a
long but victorious battle with the
elements, and at last succeeded in
getting the Carnival booths set up
and the Maypole streamers staked
out. Although Pembroke Green,
site of former carnivals, is more
sheltered from the weather, Mer-
ion Green provided a more typical
carnival location, with its open
stretch of ground, and the May-
poles, set up early for the bene-
fit of the Carnival. |
_ The traditional Sophomore
Carnival parade of floats led off
the afternoon’s activities. Den-
bigh and Pem West appropriately
pontrayed varied aspects of Dog-
Mawr “as we see





with Radnor’s “Types,” and Grad
Center’S Grads. Rock demonstrat-
ed Bryn Mawr’s first flea circus,
while Rhoads assured us that “In
Philadelphia . nearly everybody
reads.” Insanity occupied the
minds of Merion, with _ their
“Snake Pit,” and Pem East, whose
Pyromaniacs stole the show. The
mop-wigged, gown-clad jury of
maids and porters, Louise Jones,
Pearl Edmunds, Al Mackey, and
Louis White, made their impartial
survey of the floats assembled
behind Merion. They decided upon
Pem East’s “Sinister Figures,”
who set the “Typical Housewife’s”
red house afire, while the “fire-
men” in slickers and sou’westers
attacked the blaze with water
pistols, and the “Firemen’s Band”
played valiantly on, surrounded by
a collection of ‘buckets and fire
hose. The winners were awarded
a Kigmy balloon, which survived
about five minutes after inflation.

The Carnival opened when the
parade was over, but catered to a
very sparse crowd all afternoon,

Continued on Page 5

PRICE 15 CENTS



C. Taft Deplores

by Patricia Murray, ’52

I tiptoed up to the half open
door of the office. Voices within.
Mrs. Manning, seeing me, rose,
smiled a distant, we’re-in-charge
sort of smile. A complicated man-
euver was executed in the tight
little office, whereby Mr. Taft rose,
Mrs. Manning got past Mr. Taft,
Mr. Taft and I shook hands, Mr.
Taft and I sat down, and the door
was shut behind Mrs. Manning.

Mr. Charles P. Taft looked at
me with a kind of recognition
which he immediately explained.

“Cynthia was on the paper at
Vassar,” he said. “The Miscellany.”
They have two of them up there
you know.” Then, a little joking-
ly,

“What do you want to know?”

“Mr. Taft, it’s been bothering
me for some time: the average
citizen is often struck by what
seems the terrifying imminence of
another war. He is told that the
force of Communism can be weak-
ened only by making democtacy
| work. But even the most consci-
,entious citizenship seems too slow
,and indirect a process by which
|to-avert-—war.”’
| Apparently the question is a
familiar one for Mr. Taft, or T had
|“eminded him of a previous train
| of thought, for he began to talk

immediately, and .without hesita-
tion.







|
“Fear of war,” he said,

“tends
| merely to be paralyzing. Greater
| hope lies in seeking and making
| yourself certain, first, of qualities
in the people of the American
| democracy which promise our sur-
vival against outside forces of
_tyrannys «Commager and Brogan
both published articles in the
| Times about a year ago, in which
they attempted to analyze these
strong points of ours.”

Mr. Taft, whose quiet energy



CALENDAR

Wednesday, April 19

French Club Play, Moliere’s
“Monsieur de Pourceaugnac”,
Skinner Workshop, 8:30 p. m.

United World Federalists’
Movie, “Great Expectations”,
Goodhart, 8:00 p. m.

] Thursday, April 20

IRC, “German Youth Being
Taught Political Maturity”, to
be discussed with the German
Students, Common Room, 8:00
p. m.

Friday, April 21

Square Dance,
8:30 p. m.
Saturday, April 22

Williams-Bryn Mawr Chorus
Concert, Goodhart, 8:30 p. m
Sunday, April 23

Evening Chapel, Rabbi Mor-
ris Lieberman, Music Room,
7:15 p. m.

Monday, April 24

Current Events, speaker to be
announced, Common Room, 7:16
p- m.

Final Russian Lecture, Dr. J.
A. Morrison, “The Influence of
Geography on Soviet Internal
and Foreign Policies,” Good-
| hart, 8:15 p. m.

Wednesday, April 26

Morning Assembly, Dean Lily
‘Ross Taylor, “Opportunities for
Study Abroad,” Goodhart, 8:45
a. m.

Philosophy Club Lecture, Dr.
Paul Schrecker, “Descartes To-
day”, Common Room, 8:00 p. m.

Gymnasium,





Hope Lies in Faith inDemocracy









Fear of War;

gives a glow to everything he
says, continued smoothly, without |
a break.

“American women, even those
who are: well off, are pretty well



determined to support themselves
these days, and wish especially to
work creatively. Americans are
ingenious. They have an insatiable
interest in making things work.
An American manufacturer is
Continued on Page 4

Students Report
On College Conf.
At Early “Assembly

The Assembly on Wednesday
morning, April 19, was devoted to
a review of the Seven-College Con-
ference, held at Wellesley this past
weekend. Nancy Corkran began by
giving a report for Self-Gov., Un-
dergrad, Chapel, and League.

The honor system, she said, was
a topic in which all colleges were
interested. Most of them advocat-
ed placing the responsibility upon)
the individual student. In the larg-
er colleges, the hall presidents hold
a more important and influential
position than they do at Bryn
Mawr. Nancy also discussed lib-



rary rules, and said it had been
suggested that infringements of
these be treated in the same way
as academic dishonesty.

The Chapel Committee agreed
that their main obstacle was apa-
thy, and once this was overcome,
many things could be effected. The |
newest idea given to the Leagu2
was in relation to making record-
ings of books, for the use of the
blind.

Betty Goldblatt then discussed
the ..News and Alliance. Bryn
Mawr, she said, had the most high-
ly developed political association.
No other college had anything ap-
proximating our Current Events or
IRC group. The newspaper on
some campuses includes national
and international news, often pre-
senting both liberal and conserva-



tive viewpoints.

Mackey’s Acting

Voice Excellent,

Show Sincerty

M&P’s ‘Vagabond King’

Features Whitaker,
Fine Sets

by Joan McBride, ’52

A spirit of enjoyment and sin
cerity pervaded the Maids’ and
Porters’ production of The Vag-
abond King”, presented on Satur-
day, April 15. A receptive audi-
ence greeted the heroic deeds of
Francois Villon with enthusiasm
and admiration for the competent
musical direction and the capable
performances of the principals.

Al Mackey, who played the role
of Villon, unified the entire show:
he was the dominant figure of
every scene in which he appeared.
Beginning with his effective off-
stage strain of the “Song of the
Vagabonds,” he presented a dash-
ing figure, replete with a beautiful
voice and a sincere dramatic style
which approached eloquence in the
final scéne. Al depicted his char-
arter’s varying moods of bravado,
tenderness, and heroism with ad-
mirable versatility. His voice was
true and resonant ,especially in his
duets with Katherine: “Tomor-
row’, “Love Me Tonight”, and
“Only a Rose.” He held his own,
even with the professional soprano
from the Dra-Mu Opera Company.

The most humorous performance
in the operetta was given by John
Whitaker, the Captain of the
Scotch Archers, whose ‘“Archer’s
Song” brought down the house. It
was delivered with an hilarious
rolling of the eyes, significant ges-
tures, and appropriate movements.

Close seconds to Al and John
were George W. Bryan and Louis
White, who portrayed Guy Taberie
and Louis XI respectively. George
sang plaintively to his “Dear Old
Mother”, swaying back and forth
wth expressive eyes glued to his
chalice. He was the perfect stooge

Continued on Page 4



Prom Weekend Dances Supply
Rainbows, “Enchanted Forest’’

by Margie Cohn, 52

“Birds fly over the rainbow—
why, then, oh why can’t I?” This
was the ory of Bryn Mawrtyrs and
their swains last Friday night, as
they filed into Denbigh for an eve-
ning of dancing to the mellow har-
mony of John Whitaker and his
trio. The decorations, inspired by
the song, “Over the Rainbow”,
consisted of colorful ribbons
strung across the dining room-
dance floor, offsetting drawings de-
picting the words of the song. To
preserve this kaleidoscopic mood,
even the cakes were multi-colored,
and besides being good to look at,
the punch was also quite tasty.

The music seemed the most out-
standing feature of the dance, and
the consistently good selections in-
spired many to dance all evening.
The program was varied, from be-
bop to waltzes, so that every taste
could be satisfied. And for those
who were adverse to dancing, or
for some other reason wanted to
sit down, the comforts of the
smokers were provided,
throughout the evening couples

Continued on Page 5



by Judith Waldrop, ’53

The music was grand, the punch
was fine, but the Big Thing at the
Junior Prom last Saturday night
was the decorations. Under the
direction of Joan Woodworth, the
Decorations Committee transform-
ed the gym into an “Enchanted
Forest”. A canopy of green crepe
paper was woven over the heads of
the dancers, while an awning of
multi-colored streamers was sus
pended over the orchestra. Around
the walls were large paintings il-
lustrating scenes from Hansel
and Gretel, Cinderella, Babar,
Peter Pan, and mythological char-
acters. Between the pictures were
fans of crepe paper and the win-
dows were decorated with leaves
and forsythia. Amid the crepe
paper foliage were brown tree
trunks on whose tops sat an owl
and Humpty~Dumpty.

Dance music was supplied by the
Yale Collegians, while during the
intermission, members of Penn’s
Mask and Wig Society sang. The

a n df{well - advertised, well - attended

dance was arranged by a commit-

tee headed by Sherry Cowgill.

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Seven College Conference

Within the brick walls of Wellesley College last weekend
representatives of campus organizations at the seven large
women’s colleges met to compare and discuss their various
problems. Two delegates from the College News attended
meetings with the representatives of other college newspap-
ers, Although the News is smaller and serves a smaller cam-
pus than any of the others, it still has many problems in com-
mon with them. Among five hundred undergraduates there
is much more personal contact—student with student and
student with faculty or administration—than among fifteen
hundred undergraduates. Straight reporting of events, which
predominates in larger campus publications, will not suffice
in this familiar atmosphere. Bryn Mawr knows very well the
facts of Bryn Mawr life, and thus the News is handicapped.
All it can do is attempt to interpret the news enough to keep
the readers’ interest and yet not abandon good taste and
good journalism.

Again and again in discussion the question of criticizing
the campus drama club’s productions arose. The News agreed
with the other newspapers that those plays should be judged
by nearly professional standards. Adverse criticism should
be kindly and constructively administered as the reviewer's
- personal opinion, but the failings of such a play should not be
whitewashed or overlooked.

The larger campus newspapers summarize world news
and comment upon political developments, but the News feels
that unless it chooses to take one side of off-campus political
issues, such summary is better left to the big-city dailies of
which every hall has a copy. The situation is different at
Smith and Vassar where there are two newspapers on each
campus. At Vassar one newspaper is liberal, the other con-
servative. They take sides in election issues and continually
express opinions on local, national and international affairs.
At Smith the rivalry between active political party groups is
reflected in their newspapers. Should the News at any time
take a stand in politics, it probably could not maintain that
stand after the staff changed the following January.

Of all the college newspapers, the News is the only one
which asks for voluntary subscriptions and yet does not have
the stimulus to get those subscriptions which a competing
campus newspaper would provide. At the colleges where
there is only one newspaper, every student is forced to re-
ceive a copy and'pay for it through compulsory student body
dues. The News feels that this is unfair, and it will there-
fore adhere to its present policy even though it means less
money.

At other colleges there seems to be much more enthus-
iasm for the campus newspaper than at Bryn Mawr, yet all
the conference delegates mentioned the apathetic attitude of
the average student. Everyone agreed that even continual
complaints in letters to the editor would be preferable be-
cause they would at least indicate interest. The News, hav-

ing made this attempt to assert its position in comparison to

that ee renee roel ihe tte x readers’ com-
a and euzgeations. a

Current Events

Common Room, Monday, April
17: Mr. Bachrach spoke on the cur-
rent issue of “McCarthyism”, giv-
ing facts of the case and pointing
out why this subject is so pertin-
ent to all Americans.

‘McCarthy, the 40-year-old sena-
tor from Wisconsin, began his po-
litical career in 1935 as a New-
Dealer. (Reversing his policy in
1939, he ran for circuit judge on
the Republican ticket. When the
Supreme Court was asked to dis-
bar him in 1948 for failing to file
a correct income tax report, it
refused, and the next year Mc-
Carthy went into the U. S. Sen-
ate. s

In a speech made in Wheeling,
W. Va. on Feb. 9, McCarthy said
that the State Department is in-
fested with Communists . As a re-
sult, investigations have been go-
ing on for the past two and a half
months, and McCarthy is still try-
ing to convince his colleagues that
his accusation ig true. Illustrat-
ing, he said that Jessup has an
affinity to Communism, and Mrs.
Acheson spensored a_ subversive
organization, the “League of
Women Shoppers”. However, al-
though McCarthy is basically very
clever, the United States has
been on to him from the begin-
ning, and the newspapers have all
agreed that he is irresponsible, and
cannot keep his facts straight.

Third Round

After the Lattimore affair,
there was no one, with the pos-
sible exception of Hickenlooper,
who would back McCarthy in the
controversy. (Mr. Bachrach re-
marked that it is amazing how
Americans can tolerate this sort of
thing from a man who is unable to
back up his statements.

Now McCarthy says that he is
in his “third round”, and that
Budenz’s testimony Thursday will
prove his case. Still the people
wait, noted Mr. Bachrach, and if a
strong testimony is produced by
this witness against Lattimore and
the State Department, the Repub-
licans will have a campaign issue.

Much _dependson . this one
man for three reasons, which are
underlying factors in the case.
First, McCarthy has been tolerated
by some Republicans and Demo-
crats because they want to get
Secretary of State Acheson out of
office. In addition, the question of
bi-partisan foreign policy is in-
volved. From a political aspect,
too, the Republicans need an issue
for the next election, and this con-
troversy can provide them with
material.

In conclusion, Mr. Bachrach
stated that the important point in
Lattimore’s testimony is that a
sure way to jeopardize freedom of
speech: in the United States ig to
have people making this kind of
unfounded attack on others’ repu-
tations, with impunity; for those
who might disagree fear similar
attacks on themselves,



Saroyan Comedy
Directed by Low

William Saroyan’s comedy, The
Beautiful People, will be presented
at Roberts Hall, Haverford Col-
lege, on Friday and Saturday, May
5 and 6, at 8:30 p. m. Directed by
Marjorie Low, ’50, the cast is as
follows:

Owen Webster ............Myra Becker
Harmony Blueblossom

~ Penelope Rand
Agnes Webster ..... ‘Helene Kramer
Jonah Webster ........Robert Young
William Prim ...... Eda Jamison

Dan Hillboy.........Walt Robertson
Father Hogan ..............Ben Birdsall
Harold Webster ssstenseoons Dik Eller



ron oe ---Robin Nevitt





Inkeles Describes Elaborate Control System
For “‘Informing’’ Masses on USSR Government

Continued from Page 1

system have given rise to the kind
of communication that is used.
Mr. Inkeles described one of the
most important means of recipro-
cal communication as the agitator.
He is a Party member, who agi-
tates to fill out the requirement
of a special service demanded by
membership. This not a full time,
but an outside job, and almost all
three million Party members have
done it at one time or another.
After the agitator has attended a
seminar of prescribed opinion, he
is sent -to a specific factory or
farm division. There he calls agi-
tation meetings about once a week
during a lunch hour or break. At-
tendance is not compulsory, but
small favors are made to depend
on it. Even so, it has been found
impossible to get attendances of
more than 50% at agitation meet-
ings. The agitator reads the news-
paper, for literacy in the Soviet is
not high; and in addition, the cir-
culation of newspapers is limited.
Furthermore, workers who have
read papers may have _ skipped
some important article on progress
in the Soviet, which the agitator
wishes to impress upon _ their
minds. The agitator then gives a
personal talk on why he thinks the
workers in that particular district
should contribute to the national
effont, and how they should do it.

Discussion follows, Mr. Inkeles
went on, in which workers are
permitted to express gripes, not
of course about Communist doc-
trine or Seviet policy, but about
the specific failures in the day to



day functioning of the system.

Thus the government as a whole
is able to communicate a very per-
sonal message to each worker, said.
Mr. Inkeles. The method is flex-.
ible — the agitator can adjust.
to the workers’ mood. Neither
press nor radio can be as specific
and flexible. In the discussions.
workers can give bent to aggres-
sions which then become dissipat-.
ed and no longer threatening to.
the system. All opinions express-.
ed are correlated for government.
use.

The disadvantages of the system.
are several. No agitator can stand.
bearing the brunt of aggression for-
long. In the discussion groups the
workers get a feeling of mutual
support in their opposition. The
agitator is likely to give too fa-
vorable a coloring to his reports
of worker opinion so as to keep
out of trouble. The workers may
learn to feel that the discussion
system is a sham, since the faults.
in the system that they point out.
are never corrected. The people,
last but not least, added Mr. In-
keles, simply tired of agitation.

Another means of communica-
tion is that in which letters are
written to the newspapers; these
express complaints about specific
instances in the failure of the sys-
tem. This serves the same pur-
pose of relieving personal aggres-
sion, and shows the government
where there is unrest.

(Mr. Inkeles concluded by saying
that the degree of belief and en-
thusiasm among the people of the
Soviet varied from intensity to in-
difference.



Arno Schirokauer, German Club Lecturer,
Considers Fable Literature of Proletariat

Continued from Page 1

philosophy generally, particularly
the connection with the Univer-
salist theory that ideas are more
real than individual concrete
things and are to be used as exam-
ples of reality.

(Dr. Schirokauer considers the
fable as the literature of the pro-
letariat and on the basis of this
explained its extremely irregular
literary history and development.
The fable flourishes whenever the
bourgeaise is able to assert itself,
and its development breaks off
during periods when culture and
literature are supported and dom-
inated by the nebility.

This theory, Dr. Schirokauer
said, is borne out by the fact that
extensive interest in the fable first
developed among Medieval priests,
who interpreted them as Christian
moral teachings and used them to

Williams To Join.
BMC in Concert

The choruses of Bryn Mawr and
Williams College will present a
joint concent on Saturday night,
April 22, at 8:30 in Goodhart.

The choruses will sing the fol-
lowing numbers together:



ME sigs soca hae a Gibbs
TOE hisses tescccs,. Kodaly
.Cantate Domino............ Schutz
Blessed Are Those........ Tallis

Prelude for Voices........
William Schumann

The Bryn Mawr Chorus will per-
form two numbers by Mr. Goodale,
“High Flight”, and “What the
Bluebird Said.” The Williams pro-
gram has not yet been released.

There will be an admission
charge of $.60 for students and
$1.20 for outsiders.

NOTICE! STOP!

. You who are now reading this
newspaper, drop it and run to
Goodhart. Auditorium to see the
great film of the United World
nerrnange eee,

starring John Mills, Valerie









communicate -the latter to the
masses. The fable flourished in the
12th century, as long as it was
considered useful in educational ef-
forts aimed at the protelariat.
However, with the development of
the extremely rich literary era of
Eschenbach, Walter von der Vogel-
weide and others at the beginning
of the thirteenth century, Dr.
Schirokauer explained, the tradi-.
tion of the fable was broken off be-
cause German literature had pass-
ed into the hands of “Rittertum”’.

Subsequent revival of interest in
Aesop and in the fable generally
occurred under the influence of the
Hanseatic League, and gradual.
vise of industry and the Lutheran.
religion, all of them elements
which gave the German middle
class a place of primary impor-
tance. This period was marked by
the fable collection of Ulrich Bo-
ner and by Waller’s translations of
Aesop.

In the seventeenth century, Dr.
Schirokauer pointed out, the fable
was again eclipsed due to the
Thirty Years’ War, after which.
only the courts of the petty nobles
and the state survived. Literature
at this time adapted itself to a
higher plane, namely that of the
“Roi Soleil”, and the fable did not
again assume a place of impor-.
tance until the Age of the Enlight-
enment, an age which once more.
turned its attention to the masses.
It wag Lessing who rediscovered.
the fable and introduced it into
higher German literature with his
use of the fable of the ring in.
Nathan der Weise.

In conclusion, Dr. Schirokauer
pointed out that the fable lives on
freedom, that it is, in a sense, the
vehicle of the wisdom of the mid-.
dle class and that as such its value
must not be underestimated.

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Wednesday, April 19, 1950

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



College Inn Has Face Lifted;
New Manager Reveals Policy

by Barbara Joelson, 52

With the advent of Spring, the
College Inn is undergoing a com-
plete metamorphosis. Decor, men-
us, and many other features have
been subjected to a vast improve-
ment and transformation. This is
all due to Miss Clayton, the Inn’s
new manager. Miss Clayton, who
is from St. Louis, has spent the
last three years training food per-
sonnel in cities from Los Angeles
to New York. She wants to “Lift
the face of the Inn,” and most of
all to make the students feel at
home and at ease. She realizes
that the welcome tendered to most
of Bryn Mawr has been anything
but a warm one, and hopes to
change this attitude as soon as
possible.

(Miss Clayton’s innovations can
be found at every meal. The
breakfasts are much larger; the
luneh menu is all a la carte, so you
don’t have to pay for a dessert
if you’re not having one. Many
new things have been added for
the tea-time repast, including
grilled cheese sandwiches, delicious
hamburgers, and the like. At
every dinner a selection of eight
salads is being served, in a most
elegant manner.

Sunshine-yellow curtains are
gradually appearing at the win-
dows, and Miss Clayton is consid-
ering exhibiting pictures, done by
the Bryn Mawr art department, on
the Inn’s walls. Already there are
many plans in store for the terrace
as soon as the weather is warm



Deadline for Counterpoint
tryouts is April 28. Everyone is
eligible. The only requirements:
a two-page criticism of an old
issue of the Title (available in
the Self-Gov room, Goodhart),
a sample of creative work if you
have not previously contributed
something to Counterpoint, and
a notation of suggestions for
improving the magazine.

All entries with your name in
a separate envelope should be
| placed in the tryout box in the
Self-Gov room.







enough: the railing will be paint-
ed, and pots of flowers will adorn
each post.

Saturday night, before Junior
Prom, the Inn served a turkey
dinner, by candlelight, at which
time much of the new decor was
apparent.

Under the new policy, students
may charge checks of any amount,
instead of just those more than
twenty-five cents, as was previous-
ly the case. Miss Clayton is work-
ing very hard to make the Inn a
success and a pleasant place for
Bryn Mawrtyrs to go. She would
appreciate hearing all suggestions
and objections so that she “can
achieve this more easily.



At the next Wednesday morn-
ing assembly, to be presented
on April 26, Miss Lily Ross
Taylor, Dean of the Graduate
School, will speak on “Oppor-
tunities for Study Abroad.”









Bard’s Eye View

by Barbara Joelson, 52

When I consider how my sight is
spent ‘

Ere half my days in this dark
ivory tower,

And that dear talent, each suc-
cessive hour,

Grows weaker!
more bent

To just forget the reading and
present

My own account, (but “profs” I
fear would chide.)

‘Doth you exact eye-labor, light
denied ”

I wanly ask.
prevent

This murmur, soon reply, “You do
not need

Either bright lamps
watts.” Who best

Conceal double plugs, she studies
best. Her fate

Is precarious: inspectors search
with eager greed

To fine her. But at least she'll
pass her test.

They also serve who squint and
study late.

Though I’m oft

But wardens, to

or many



B’way Alligator Arrives Intact;
Riot Ensues; Biology Takes Over

by Julie Ann Johnson, 52

The class of ’52 had a busy week
last week; we expected the Har-
vard Kroks, but We, two humble
members of the aforementioned
class, did not expect an Alligator.
This Blessing in Disguise (herein
we speak optimistically; the dis-
guise was very thorough) was dis-
covered on our hall mail table one
morning in midweek, having ar-
rived soon after dawn, via Special
Delivery.

Three of our Jovial Classmates,
(under the Affluence of What In-
cohol we have yet to determine,)
ordered this Touching Momento
while in the home of the Great
White Way, over Freshman Show
Weekend. The Purchasers had
expected a three-inch long. lizard-
like creature, which the shopkeep-
er had assured them would be in a
state of demise upon arrival, and
therefore Easily Disposed Of with
No Bother. After two months they

had given up their hard-earned |



buying price for lost, but in the



Young Musicians Finish Season
With Highly Successful Concert

by Frances Shirley, 53

Last Sunday, in Wyndham, the
Bryn Mawr Music Club presented
the last in the season’s series of
Young Musicians Concerts. The
four artists , Oharlton Meyer,
pianist; Hyman Press, violinist;
Richard Parnas, violist; and Leslie
Parnas, ‘cellist, were students at
the Curtis Institute. Their pro-
gram was thoroughly enjoyable,
and consisted of works by Mozart,
Beethoven, and Faure.

Mozart’s Piano quartet in G
minor, No. 1 (K. 478) served as
the opener. The piano stood out
in the opening allegro, with every
note clear and sharp, and though
the violin at times tended toward
stridency, the movement was on
the whole very well-played. The
andante was even better. Mr.
Press’ tone was much improved
and the overall effect was one of
smoothness and perfect balance.
The rondo, played with the great-
est unanimity, was spirited and
light, and thoroughly delightful.

Richard and Leslie Parnas then
played Beethoven’s “Augen glass-
ern” for Viola and Violoncello. The
tone was good throughout, and the

-spiccato passages were light, while

the soft legato passages remained
clear and sure. Both men played
with spirit and the result was
highly successful.

The third and final part of the
program was devoted to Gabriel
Faure’s Piano quartet in C minor,



Opus 16. The opening strains were
sombre and the movement worked
up majestically to the forceful cen-
ter section. Especially good were
the passages in which the strings
seemed to envelop the piano in
a sheath of tone. The tone was
good from the beginning to the
last notes of the quiet close. In
happy contrast was the scherzo,
with its pizzicato strings and gen-
eral light spirit. The third move-
ment, an adagio, marked a return
to the majestic and solemn. The
quiet .passages were beautifully
played, and the tone was general-
ly good, even in the powerful cres-
cendos. The dynamics were beau-
tifully controlled in the closing al-
legro, especially in the piano, and
the whole piece was kept moving
along.

The musicians all played very
well, and their technical equip-
ment seemed excellent. The pieces
were balanced, and the four men
seemed to play perfectly together.
Perhaps Mr. Press didn’t appear
quite as sure of himself at all
times, but the general effect was
quite good, and the concert cer-
tainly ended the season on a tri-
umphant note. :

During the intermission Miss
Robbins spoke of the prospects for
next year’s concerts, and set the
membership goal at seventy-five,
saying also that the club had over-
come its chief difficulties, for it
was now assured of a piano and of
a place to meet.

abyss of this slough of despond,
the Blessed Event, all twelve
inches of him, occurred, or rather
arrived. We immediately christen-
ed him Dilly, for short.

After surveillance by the entire
hall population, Dilly’s transfer
from screened-in cheese box to
somewhat larger cardboard box
was accomplished, amid volumin-
ots advice. It seems that a large
per cent of Bryn Mawrtyrs have at
one time or another taken up al-
ligator culture as a pastime: “Put
him in water ... on dry land;
he'll get too dry... too wet;
feed him... don’t feed him.. .”
and so it went. According to the
infallible Mr. Webster, Alligators
are “mainly American.” He (mere-
ly an indeterminate opinion haz-
arded by those of Us lacking in
scientific mind) did not seem to
recognize his natural habitat; he
lifted his snout to sniff the breeze
and Whuffled several times in ter-
ror as ‘We endeavored to anoint
him with Hi20. Dilly led an Active
and Odoriferous seven-hour life in
the hall until his Owners, weeping
Alligator Tears, handed him over
to a member of the Biology De-

partment, who welcomed him with;

open arms ... And the nickname?
Why, short for Dilemma, of
course!

Alwyne Acclaimed

In Piano Recital
by Judith Konowitz, °51

Goodhart, April 18. For his piano
recital last Tuesday evening, Mr.
Horace Alwyne selected a program
which gave him ample opportun-
ity to display his versatility of
technique and interpretation.

The opening number was the
“Chaconne” (from Fourth Violin
Sonata) by Bach-Busoni. It was
played with a quality of strength
and depth which brought out the
inherent richness of the music.

The major work on the program
and the most exacting was Liszt’s
Sonata in B Minor. Mr. Alwyne’s
rendition was a technical tour de
force, which displayed inspired and
accurate musicianship. The melo-
dious passage had an exquisite
clarity of tone.

The first number after the inter-
mission was the “Rhapsody in F
Sharp minor” ‘by Dohnanyi. It

was followed by two Etudes by De

Severac. The second of these,
“Fiddlers and Gleaners”, a Cat-
alonian Folk-Dance was refresh-
ingly unusual. Mr. Alwyne inter-
preted it with fidelity and re-
straint. Ravel’s “La Vallee des



Continued on Page 4

all, however,

Specially contributed
by Anonymous

It was exactly half-past five last
Thursday afternoon when a ghast-
ly ery rang through Wyndham’s
music room. Unfortunately, the
only person to hear it thought that
the French Club must be rehears-
ing their play and dismissed it
from her mind.

iAt twenty minutes to six M.
X—— arrived for a rehearsal of
the play. He came early, he ex-
plained to the police later, so that
he could rehearse privately his
arduous role which calls for in-
tense vocal and physical activity.
Entering the music room, he no-
ticed M. Y—— lying on the floor.
“At first I supposed that he also
had come early to practice his
hygienic exercises—and, overcome
by practice, was taking a short
nap.”” Stealing softly to the other
side of the room he began rehears-
ing. (A witness to his statement
says that she passed by the win-
dow at quarter of six and “saw M.
X—— running swiftly in circles
and shouting loudly in French.’’)
Soon, however, a question of in-
terpretation arose, and he called
to M. Y—— but received no an-



Forum Sponsors

U.N.’s John Ross

The College Student Council of
the World Affairs Council of Phil-
adelphia will sponsor a symposium
in Goodhart on Friday, April 21.
This is the third in a series of
meetings and will have as_ its
theme United States Foreign Pol-
icy, with a discussion of its prob-
lems and objectives. John C. Ross
of the State Department will de-
liver the keynote address in the
Common Room. Mr. Ross was
Deputy Secretary General at the
UN San Francisco. Conference, and
has since served on the Atomic
Energy Commission, the Security
Council, and in various advisory
posts on the UN. His speech will
be followed by round table discus-
sions on aspects of the US foreign
policy towand western and eastern
Europe and Russia, as well as
Latin America and the Far East.



Messieurs Figure in Murder;
Wyndham Scene of Criminal Act

swer. He went over to wake him
up, only to discover that M. Y——
was dead.

At ten minutes to six M. Z——
arrived, and found M. X—— rush-
ing with little paper cups of water
to the Music Room.

“Jacques!”’ cried M. Z——, toss-
ing his dark locks in surprise.
“Que fais-tu la?”

“Helas!” responded M. X——,
and he hurried M. Z—— into the
room of death.

At six o’clock there came a
thunderous knock at the door of
the nwarden’s office, and in rush-
ed M.-X——, M. Y——, and the

business manager of the French
play.
“Une crise psychologique!”

gasped the business manager.

“Dans la chambre de musique,”
explained M. Y——, tossing his
dark locks in despair.

“Helas!” said M. X——

At six twenty-five the Ardmore
police arrived as the dinner bell
was sounding. They found the
body no longer recumbent in the
music room and proceeded to look
for it. An odd factor in this mys-
terious affair was that the deceas-
ed had left a parasol and fan be-
hind him on the floor. Neither
was thought to be the death
weapon.

At six-forty announcements
were read in the halls: “All re-
hearsals of the French Club play
have been cancelled until a new
director can be found.” It was ob-
vious to many that the coroner’s
verdict would be “death by foul
play.”

‘No formal charges of assault,
murder or abduction were made
that night, but suspicion was east
against the dentist of M. x——,
although it is not known if he ever
had dealings with the deceased.
Also under suspicion of having
had a hand in the deed were sev-
eral World Federalists and a mem-
ber of the French Department who
considers herself “irremediably”
maligned by M. Y—: He had la-
beled her views on Malharme’s
Un Coup de Des as “in no way
modern—old-fashioned, in fact.”

At ten-thirty, as he was leaving
Wyndham, the Ardmore chief of

Continued on Page 4



by Frances Shirley, "63
The Hollins College Chapel
Choir, the Haverford Glee Club,
and the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Or-
chestra joined forces last Satur-
day under the auspices of the Cap
and Bells Club to present a spring

|eoncert in Roberts Hall.

The program was divided into
three parts. First the Hollins
Choir sang Andre Caplet’s Messe a
Trois Voix; then the Haverford
Glee Club presented a group of
shorter songs. The main portion
of the program was given over to
the Serenata Acis and Galatea,
written by George Frederick
Handel in the year 1720, to the
liberetto by John Gay.

The Messe was admirably sung
by the Hollins group, who had ob-
viously been well-trained by their
leader, Arthur Talmadge. The
“Kyrie eleison” was pure in qual-
ity, and the sustained work was
very good. If there was at any
time a hint of unsureness in at-
tack, it was in the first two selec-
tions, when late-comers provided a
distracting influence.
the “Gloria” was
well-sung and the “Sanctus et
Benedictus” and “Agnus Dei” were
beautifully done.

Havezford’s selections were also
inspired. In the two opening
rounds the attacks were clear, and
the rhythm was kept, with no hint



of dragging. Dvorak’s “Maid in
the Forest”, and the ever-popular

In spite of



Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Hollins
JoinIn Spring Music Concert

“Gently, Johnny” were smooth
and very well modulated. Mozart’s
“O Spirit of all things’ ended the
group on a triumphant note, with

good phrasing, sure rhythm, and

beautiful tone control.

The quality of Acis and Galatea
was at least as good as that of the
preceding groups. Never has this
reviewer heard the orchestra play
as superbly as it did in its accom-
paniments that evening. The solo-
ists, too, turned in excellent per-
formances. The most successful
was Jane Stuart Smith, Hollins
47, who sang the role of Galatea.
Her voice was powerful, and had
a sure, clear tone. It was beauti-
ful in both the sustained work and
in passages requiring flexibility,
and was characterized by a seem-
ingly complete ease of production.
The voice of Acis, George Nofer of
Haverford ’49, was ndt so good by
comparison. Mr. Nofer sounded
strained, and at times lacked the
volume to surmount the orchestra.
However, toward the end he im-
proved and some of his sustained
notes emerged clear and true. The
parts of Polyphemus, the jealous
giant who killed Acis in an at-
tempt to gain Galatea, and of the
gentle Damon were sung by Karl
Spaeth and Thomas McNutt, re~
spectively. ‘Both filled their parts
well, and their voices were beauti-
fully controlled. In fact, their
singing came across better than

Continued on Page 4






~ hold patients while they have elec-





sdl Maney, Brown

Page Four

THE C

OLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, April 19, 1950



Student Attendance In Demand
At State Hospital In Norristown

Specially Contributed
by Joan Brinton, ’51

For the past two years, students
from Bryn Mawr, Cheyney, Haver-
ford, and Swarthmore have joined
together in the summer to work
as attendants at the State Hos-
pital at Norrisown, Pennsylvania.
We hope that there will be such a
group this summer. Anyone who
is interested in doing this kind of
work may obtain further informa-
tion from Mary Zender of the De-
partment of Social Economy.

Students usually undertake this
work with the idea of educating
themselves. This is certainly an
important feature, and the hos-
pital does its best to cooperate, of-
fering weekly classes and permit-
ting students once a week to at-
tend “staff” where patients are in-
terviewed before all the doctors.
In some buildings students help

tric shock treatments. Or you may
sit endless hours in the hydro-
therapy room, every fifteen min-
utes taking temperatures and
pulses of patients wrapped in wet
sheets or fastened in tubs of tepid
water But it is the personal con-
tact with the patient that you re-
member After the first day of
paralyzing fright when a little
lady of ninety with a heart condi-
tion is a terrifying object, you
realize that most patients are
eager to be your friends. You un-
lock the door in the morning and
half the ward falls on you. Some-
one has lost her shoes, mysterious
‘wounds need bandaging and you
must explain again the absence of

Incidentally

One class in the college distin-



guished itself in more ways than |

one during the past week, unbe-
knownst to all but a handful of
Bryn Mawrtyrs, the few strag-
glers who chanced to be within
view of Taylor Tower between
daybreak and eight-fifty a. m. on
Thursday morning. These were
the fortunates who saw _ the
austere dignity of that spire mo-
mentarily defaced by a garland
of May: Baskets playing tag with
the hands of Taylor clock. This
class, or rather its represeritative
perpetrators of the deed, have but
three queries to pose to the ad-
ministration: 1. Why must Taylor

false teeth, spectacles, and wed-
ding rings. One patient eyes the
bunch of keys on the rope around
your waist and asks for the hun-
dredth time may she go home now
please? (First you must satisfy
the hospital and mop the large
bare ward and isolation rooms
where someone has worked her
breakfast oatmeal into the wire
grating at the window. ‘The rest
of the day is spent listening to life
stories and trying to keep every-
one ‘clean, clothed and fed. In
many cases long tactful persuasion
is needed to make the patient do
anything and counter the unan-
swerable “What’s the use?” ‘The
student attendant spends her time
trying to demonstrate that per-
suasion is better than force.
There is a therapeutic value in
the maintenance of human dig-
nity.

Alwyne Piano Recital
Called Inspired Playing
Continued from Page 3

cloches” (from “Miroirs”’) was of
interest for its effect of echoing
bells.

The last number on the program
was thoroughly delightful. It was
the “Nachtfalter Waltz (Night
Moths) by J. Strauss-Tausig. It
was played with charming del-
icacy, and the trills and runs were
executed with finesse.

For his encores, Mr. Alwyne
played a prelude by Rachmaninoff,
a Brahms lullaby, and a number by
Grieg. These rounded out the
program perfectly, and gave the
audience a chance to hear another
side of Mr. Alwyne in which an

understanding interpretation was

not overshadowed by technical
flourishes. The program as a whole
was a challenging one, and was
handled by Mr. Alwyne with as-
surance and competent musician-
ship.

Which Man is Guilty
In Wyndham Mystery?

Continued from Page 3
police remarked to the warden:
“We expect to bring the Y——
case to a speedy, termination.”

\At ten thirty-five the deceased
was discovered singing “Pigallo



bell ring so loudly when one is
sitting in close communion with
the clapper? 2. Why does the ad-
ministration not allow the entire
college to benefit from such ar-
‘tistic and carefree adornment?!
3. Where, oh where are the May
Baskets? ?!!

Three College Concert
Shows Good Direction

‘Continued from Page 3

that of Acis, and their voices were
more equal to the task. There were
beautiful passages by the oboes
accompanying the singers, and
Robert Jameson, ’cellist, and John
Davison, pianist, lent marvelous
support in the continuo parts.
The whole concert was a tri-
umph not only for the singers and
instrumentalists, but also for Mr.
Reese, who led the Haverford
group, and then conducted and
played some of the continuo in the
Handel in an inspired manner. The
audience cheered, and everyone
seemed pleased and ready to hear
more.





You Are Lacky !

4 Because There’s A
Spring Sale
: at

sou!” (phonetic spelling) in the
Skinner Workshop. He could of-
fer no explanation of his decease
nor of his subsequent disappear-
ance or reappearance.





TENNIS SHOES !
Red - White - Blue

Phillip Harrison

Lancaster Avenue











College Seal
Beer Mugs!

Humorous Beer Mugs!

Beer Mugs—period.

| RICHARD
STOCKTON



Taft Says U.S. Needs
Democratic Propaganda
Continued from Page 1

democracy in terms these coun-
tries understand. Above all, we
must recognize the desire of other
countries for whose “souls we are
competing” for national inde-
pendence, economic welfare, and
personal freedom.

The essential difference between
Russian and U. S. political process
is that “what we believe in has at
heart the committee process, i. e.
acceptance by the people makes
things work”; while in Russia,
“the idea is to take authority as
imposed from the top without con-
sultation.” Lord Acton claimed
that power corrupts. A logical
consequence of this absolute power
philosophy would then seem to
be that the Russian system cannot
work. However, Mr. Taft. stressed,
‘we must know what we want to
perpetuate. As democratic pro-
pagandists, we must have educa-
tion to support us.

Recognition of Communist China

Of actual fields of controversy

today, the Far East is the most
difficult. Revolution has come, the
people are anti-imperialist, and
our foreign policy must avoid any
taint of imperialistic motives. Rus-
sia has the advantage here: in the
Orient now there are race difficul-
ties, poverty, misery, and a cor-
rupt Nationalist regime — fertile
ground for the equality offered by
Communism. The greatest advan-
tage Russia possesses here is the
relative honesty of the Chinese
Communists.
As for the question of recogniz-
ing Communist China, Mr. Taft
said we must not permit a senti-
mental dislike to color our deci-
sions, for recognition should be
based on whether or not a govern-
ment fulfills its international ob-
ligations. One cannot hope to in-
fluence people when one does not
recognize their existence, or as
Mr. Taft expressed it, “You can-
not control from the outside.”

One argument in favor of recog:

against it. “(She wants us to keep
tied to Chiang and reaction.”
American’ unwillingness to recog-
nize the new regime is an effective
propaganda line for the Soviet
Union.

State Department Complex

The State Department, that com-
plex, sometimes confused body, is
the organ through which foreign
policy is made and carried out.
According to Mr. Taft, the State
Department has three essential
functions. First, to collect all
kinds of information from all over

analyze it. (Marshall set up the
first Central Planning Board to co-
ordinate this analytic work. Sec-
ond, to make policy and spread it
through the government, through

curity Council. Finally, to execute
this policy. This execution is the
principal job of State Department
employes,



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willing to scrap old equipment and
experiment with untried methods;
in such'a case the English manu-
facturer will draw back.

“Americans are, I think, very
generous, and this’ generosity,
which hag at its core a strong
moral element, makes them respon-
sible citizens. Of course this gen-
erosity is often faulty. The atti-

Sincerity, Enjoyment
Color ‘Vagabond King’
Continued from Page 1



throughout the remainder of the
performance, especially in the
mock battle scene. King Louis was
properly imposing, bent at the
waist, with arms characteristically
folded.

Dorothy Backus played Huguette
coyly until her death scene, which
she enacted with touching emotion
and pathos. Margaret Greer, as
Katherine, imported from the Dra-
Mu Opera Company, possessed a
lovely soprano voice, evidenced ad-
vantageously in her duets with
Villon. Special mention must be
given to Doris Richardson, who
sang “Someday” beautifully, and
the adorable little page, Barry
Greer, who exhibited impressive
stage presence. :
One of the loveliest moments in
the whole production was the ren-
dition of the Te Deum Laudamus,
sung with all the dignity and sol-
emnity that liturgical music re-
quires. Helen-Louise Simpson’s
musical direction was masterful,
as was Nancy Ludwig’s accom-
paniment. The sets; especially that
of the second act, were extremely
attractive; and the whole produc-
tion was admirably directed by
Cornelia Perkins.

All the participants in “The
Vagabond King” must be compli-
mented for a thoroughly delightful
show, produced in so short a time,
and commended for their capabil-
ity, enthusiasm, and sincerity.

Taft Urges Affirmation of Democratic Faith;
Respects Competition, American Ingenuity

tude of two men I worked with
out in Cincinnati will show what
I mean. Both of. them were gen-
erous—aiding me actively in city
reform: both were violently anti-
Negro. People have curious blank
walls in their thinking: that was
theirs. There is no doubt in my
mind, however, that it is the moral
quality which has enabled us to
preserve in this country a citizen’s
government, which the extent of
corruption has made impossible in
much of Europe.”

““T believe in that often-repeated
bromide about competition. Amer-
icans, among the nations, seem
specially to enjoy competing, and
accomplish a great deal by it. I
certainly need it to keep on my
toes!”

“Yes, I agree with you that the
democratic process is an agoniz-
ingly slow one. I’ve known men in
the government service who got
so bored with the tangies of ‘red
tape which prevented them from
getting anything accomplished
that they resigned. Certainly the
layman, who is that much further
from the center of action, has an
even more discouraging task.”

I began to listen for footsteps
outside, fearing a knock on the
door before Mr. Taft was ready to
pause for breath.

“IT have no final answer to the
question. I can only say I believe
that if you are certain of Amer-
ica’s strength, you will feel more
patience and less discouragement
during the long sessions of com-
mittees. The Communists are go-
ing to be powerful for a long time
to come. Perhaps their form of
tyranny, or another, will always
threaten independence. But it will
never do more than threaten if,
abandoning fear, we continue to
affirm our belief.”

Then. the knock on the door
came, but by that time I was sat-
isfied, or to say better, stimulated,
and with a smile of thanks, I ran
down the turning staircase.





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Wednesday, April 19, 1950

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



Schrecker Gives
‘Descartes Today’

The next Philosophy Club Lec-
ture will be given by Dr. Paul
Schrecker on the topic, “Descartes
Today”. It will take place on Wed-
nesday, April 26 at 8:00 P. M. in
the Common Room. The lecture
relating Descarte’s philosophy to
modern science is being given in
honor of his three hundredth an-
niversary.

House of Horrors, Dogpatch Residents Brighten
Carnival, In Spite of the Fates and the Elements
a

Continued from Page 1

although the publicity, headed by
Lucy Turnbull, had been original

and good.

sons for this, one

which was later lowered to a dol-
The college is agreed
that the DP scholarship fund is
a worthy cause, but the * Carnival

lar-fifty.

There were two rea-
being the
weather, and the other, the rather
formidable two-dollar entrance fee,

Juice barrel, which didn’t always
work, and the Harvard Kroks, who
arrived late, the Carnival managed
to function. Kigmies ‘were kicked,
and Schmoos and No-Goodniks at-
tacked with great venom, and the
outcome of bets on the mouse was
eagerly awaited. The Li’l Abner-
Daisy Mae picture-taking conces-
sion was a popular attraction, as
were the food booths and the base-
ball game. Old Man Mose told
fantastic fortunes while screams
issued from the psychologically

LAST NIGHTERS

Minor Characterization,
Photography Superb
In Third Man

by Paula Strawhecker, ’52

In The Third Man, British Di-
rector Carol Reed has produced a
curiously uneven masterpiece. This
second adaptation of a story by
Graham Green is restricted by a
plot inferior to that of the team’s
first film, The Fallen Idol, but
maintains the superb detail and

friend, Harry Lime, and Anna
Schmidt, a Viennese actress and
Lime’s former mistress. All are
evasive and show a puzzling dis-
interest in the murder.

The American learns that Lime
has been dealing in inferior and
lethal black market penicillin. An
exhumation discloses that it is not
Lime who has been buried and the
American then discovers that Lime
is alive and was himself the third
man present at the murder of a
troublesome hireling who was bur-

Bard’s Eye View

by Barbara Joelson, ’52

Deans don’t give “passes”

To girls who cut classes.

“No limit on cuts,”

Yet this rule has its buts,

As your cuts approach twenty,

You’re informed, “That’s a-plenty.”

Now where did all those hours go?

Some were spent at the movie-
show;

Some at the Greek’s, the Hearth,
or the Inn;

Some in secret and silent sin;

Some in writing a paper suddenly

would have had a much larger at-
tendance if the cost had been low-
er, and probably would have net-

ted.a larger amount for the fund.
The cost was not so large as it
seemed, however, as the _ ticket-
takers, Helen Loening and Betsy
Kevin, discovered later in the
afternoon; the tickets were print-
ed for a dollar-fifteen rather than
a dollar, as intended.

The Carnival concessions were
original and were enjoyed by all
comers. Some of the events had
to be canceled due to the small at-
tendance, and Rosie Johns, head

ied under Lime’s name. Pursued
by the knowledge of the suffering
that Lime has caused and torment-

photographic effects.

The plot of The Third Man is
laid in post-war Vienna and con-
cerns the efforts of an American
to solve what he believes to be the
murder of his closest friend. In
the course of his search for a third | ;
man present at the time of the au-
tomobile accident which killed his
friend he meets a maddening and
enigmatic British military inspect-
or, the Viennese associates of his

grim House of Horrors, which had
to be closed temporarily in mid-
afternoon to allow the workmen
privacy while changing clothes.
The frozen and distracted commit-
tee dispensed free hot dogs to
small boys who had hung on the
rope enclosure all afternoon, and
the Carnival ended, as the work-
ers crawled back to their halls and
the comfort of a hot water bottle.

Continued on Page 6





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held hurried conferences all after-
noon, while Marcia Polak, voice-
less with laryngitis, tried to track
down the hot dog rolls, which ar-

Some in cramming for a vital quiz;
Or learning just who Plato is;
Some in keeping your bridge in

trim; :
: : . |rived hours late, and two boxes of
ee in seeing that certain jelly doughnuts, which disappear-

ed altogether. Despite all casu-

These cuts that were taken for alties, including the Kickapoo Joy

reason diverse,

The dean soon makes into a perm-
anent curse,

And ends your self-administered
vacation,

By placing you on cut probation.

Cutting classes, though, can’t com-



night, spring finery was predom-
inant, and the tone of the season,
however late, seemed to be cap-
tured by the light-mooded dancers.

Credit is due to Julie Stevens

pare and her staff for providing such a
With cutting gym. If you should| gay evening for B. M. gals suffer-
dare ing from midsemester-itus, paper

(No. matter how much to sports
you’re devoted)

You never, ever will be promoted. '

So, do attend a class or two MR. CLINTON

And also gym, or you will rue! HAIR STYLIST
For deans, it seems, do not give

palsy, or just plain spring fever.





“passes,” formerly of San Francisco
To careless girls who cut their now at
classes.

as Rene Marcel
Kaleidoscopic Colors

Brighten Denbigh Dance

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Wednesday, April 19, 1950



“Third Man’ Claimed

Technically Excellent
Continued from Page 5

ed by the loyalties of life-long

friendship the American is torn

between personal and abstract

duty. His final decision is to aid

the police.

Perhaps it should be said, how-
ever, that the American should
have been torn between personal
and abstract duty, for this partic-
ular flaw is representative of the
general superficiality in the major
characterization. The American is
portrayed adequately, but not ex-
cellently, by Joseph Cotten, The
part lacks the complete and pene-
trating characterization given
both the butler and the child in
The Fallen Idol; his conflict of
conscience, in reality a major ele-
ment in the development of the
plot, is indicated only slightly by
script, director and actor.

The final decision to inform
seems inconsistent with Green’s
usual philosophy of decision based
on personal loyalty or at least
subjective motive, as illustrated in
The Fallen Idol and The Heart of
the Matter. The transition of the
American from devoted friend to
public-spirited citizen, motivated
solely bya brief shot in a children’s
ward, seem unnecessarily super-
ficial and smacks to much of
“‘movie-watch-the-morals” in a film
which is otherwise superior in its
charaterization and fine detail.

The minor characters, a doctor,
a concierge, an impoverished no-
bleman, the British investigator
are excellently conceived and por-
trayed. Orson Welles gives a fine
performance in the brief role of
Harry Lime, creating a fascinating
villain, sympathetic in personal re-
lationships and completely callous
in what he considers objective sit-
uations. His ruthlessness, audac-
ity, bizarre whimsy and camara-
derie portray a personality usually
unknown to the screen—a eomplete
villain, yet perversely sympathet-
ic.

'Green’s original but contrived
plot lends itself perfectly to Car-
ol Reed’s ability and ingenuity
with detail and mood. It is in these
that the film excels. The restless
and relentless atmosphere of the
whole is underlined by a single
continuous theme played on a zith-
er, and is the sole musical accom-
paniment. A ferris wheel, hollow
footsteps on an empty street, a
child’s ball are utilized dramatical-
ly.” A startling effect is produced
by the sudden appearance of
Harry Lime, smiling in a dark
doorway, his presence betrayed by
a cat and a momentary flash of
light. Reed’s preoccupation with
children is again evident in the
most horrible scene in recent
films—a demoniac six-year-old boy
leading a mob through the wet

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ney, which makes an unusually ap-
pealing combination. These. are
the things which have contributed
most. to the sucess of the current
film, Cinderella. Although the
charm and magic of the original
fairy tale are important factors, it
is, in the end, the Disney-isms that
are the most outstanding feature
of the movie.

Almost everyone leaves the the-
atre talking about the mice. They
are significant for the warmth, hu-
Jacques and Gus-
Gus, the two main mice, wear tiny
sweaters and hats, have long whis-
kers, useful tails, ubiquitous per-
sonalities, and amazing vocabular-
ies. They help Cinderella in her
household tasks, make a dress for
her, sing to her, become the horses
for her coach, dnd in the end en-
able her to try on the glass slipper.
Disney also interprets the Fairy
Godmother in a thoroughly de-
lightful manner. She is homey-
looking, grandmotherish, pleasant-

streets and over the ruins of
Vienna after Anna and the Amer-
ican. For nightmare terror it is
unsurpassed.

While it is a relief to find that
all the Viennese do not speak Eng-
lish because it is an English film,
Reed’s realism may be doubtful.
He is a master of detail. and the
bizarre effect, but it is to be fear-
ed that he is choosing his stories
with these elements too much in
mind, Although the artistic sig-
nificance of The Fallen Idol can be
found in The Third Man, there is
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What makes a smoker?

Avoiding the obvious grey, wispy
reply—anything. A reclining posi-
tion—blue shadows under blue eyes
at four in the morning — several
abandoned typewriters. In the cor-
ner a pile of cigarettes—an un-
plugged radio. A box of cheezits—-
only scattered crumbs. Show post-
ers on the wall — three broken
straws, a rim of white in the bot-
tom of a ten o’clock milk bottle.

Dawn enters through dusty win-
dows. Dents in sofa cushions —
short night’s rest. The jack of
spades face' down — a rubber of
bridge that died a natural death.

Far off a rooster crows. Light
patterns on scratched tabletops.
Instant coffee sifts through an
imaginary spoon. Inkstains splat-
ter on green rugs, grey rugs, blue
linoleum. Wadded paper makes
mountains where _ wastebaskets
yawned the night before.

The small mouse retreats into
the moulding as night and _ his
safety fade. One light still burns—
one cigarette hides in the corner
of a torn carton. All else is — at
rest. Labored breathing of three
Notebooks
lie open to: “Metternich,” Verte-
brates,” “Que sais-je?”

pre-examined figures.

In another room, pots bump and
clatter
Water taps are turned on — the
cool splash opens eyes, slicks back
limp strands of hair from fore-
heads creased with worry.

The smoker draws itself up for
another seige.’ Squat sofas pre-
pare for thumps and shrieks, a
general assault.

A figure lying on the floor raises
a head, as if in dreams, one phrase
remembered from one night passed
cramming —

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