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ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, ‘FEBRUARY 27, 1946

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PRICE 10 CENTS

1945



Barr Discusses.

The Marvelous

In Modern Art

Rational and Irrational
Combine Relationships
In Surrealism

Goodhart, February 25: The
union of the rational and the irra-
tional in the creation of a super-
reality as the main tenet of the
marvelous in art was explained by
Dr. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., in the
‘third Flexner Lecture, “Art Should
Be Marvelous: visual poetry of en-
igma and fancy.”

Atttempting to absolve the con-
tradiction between dreams and re-
ality, the surrealists developed
both organic abstraction and. the
portrayal of real objects in. impos-
sible conditions. The amorphous
forms of Anp and the automatic
drawings of Miro illustrate the de-
sire to express the relaxed activ-
ity of the senses. This trend. had
‘strong psychological undertones as
shown by comparison ‘with the
work of psychopathic cases.

Strict attention to real forms
while combining them in startling
relationships became the technique
of Dali and Max Ernst, though the
latter combined with this some of
Arp’s method.

Otte of the most prominent and
ingenious of the surrealists, Ernst,
contributed to the movement the
developmont...of uew techniques,
chiefly that of frottage, in which
the paint was laid on a canvas
placed over a rough surface of or-
dinary occurrence, such as a well-
worn floor, then rubbed off. The
irrational pattern remaining form-
ed the central element in the fin-
ished picture. Ernst also carried

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Lovett Explains
Broad Program
W.S.S. Fund

Music Room, Feb. 25. “The
Fund is a unique type of relief,
for it is contributed by students
and for students,” said Dr. Sidney
Lovett, in a discussion of the
World Students’ Service Fund.

The program of the Fund in-
cludes three types of relief which
present the most pressing needs
of all the liberated countries. The
first of these is the health question,
for the existence of most students
until the liberation was undefmined
by imprisonment, and work in. la-
bor battalions and _ resistance
groups. One of the most ‘danger-
ous of diseases, tubertulosis, has
‘taken a heavy toll among the
youth of Europe, but the Fund has
established sanitoriums like that at
Lausanne, where incipient cases are
treated. Dr. Lovett also visited a
Fund hostel near Mont Blane where
students are recovering from com-
plete mental and physical exhaus-
tion under good food and medical
eare. In both these places they are
extending internaitional relations
through study and work in drama
and the arts.

The questions of food and shel-
ter are also an important part of
the Fund’s activities, said Dr. Lov-
ett. It has set up canteens in many
university towns where a noon
meal of broad, -thick soup, and sal-
ad is regularly provided the stud-
ents and faculty. The living con-
ditions such as cellars and air raid
shelters, are being remedied by the’
construction of barracks housing
over two hundred persons, by the
Swiss government.

The money is collected from stu-
dents in schools and colleges here
and in other countries, for those
in Europe and China, where it is
distributed from Geneva and
Chungking.



Trapdoor Remains Undiscovered;
Vigil with Class Animal Succeeds

by Joan Black ’47

A larking night watchman, luck,
and strategy .turned Saturday
night into a victory for the Fresh-
men and a trembling little dasc-
hund named “Harvey.” “Hiarvey’s”
eventful career as a Freshman an-
imal began on Friday when two
weirdly disguised Freshmen, who
had mwended devious ways into
Philly and out again, called for
him in Germianttown with a car
which whisked him out to Bryn
Mawr and the machine shop, elud-
ing the Sophomores who werg
girmly riding back and forth on
every Paoli Local to the conster-
nation of conductors.

Elaborate sleuthing on the part
of ’48, including hanging from the
rafters of Goodhart during a Man-
agers’ meeting, only brought to
light the fact that “the door needs
a key,” hastily improvised from
“the dog needs some food,” when
Sophomores, finding it necessary to
move some numbed limbs, betrayed
their presence. Last year’s custom
of sleeping uder beds was discard-
ed beeause “we were all too tired.”
But by less strenuous efforts re-
ports came that “it’? had establish-
ed residence in the machine shop,
and thither descended a horde of
Sophomores.

The guardian of Harvey was in-
duced to open the door a crack,
thereby so dazing the Sophomores

door was rudely slammed again.
The trap door through which the
whole interior could be viewed,



a. forgot to leap, anag"tme ae ame



fortunately for the Freshmen, re-
mained undiscovered. Ax-chopping
was contemplated by the more sa-
distic members of the besieging
party but given up when a screech-
ing noise convinced them that “it”
was a parrot. Nevertheless an all-
night vigil was kept, and the
weary, hungry guard’s only means
of communication with the outside
world was through a sympathetic
night watchman.

Wily maneuvers were not the
property of ’48 alone, as the Fresh-
men led the Sophomores on a num-
ber of wild parrot chases. Most
notable was the experience’ of two
Freshmen, who, recognizing a pair
of sinister sleuths as members of
the iniquitous opposition, toured
the Vill in-search of a decoy, final-
ly ending up at the hospital with
a request for a rabbit. When chal-
lenged in the act of concealing the
supposed “Harvey” the Fréshmen
coralled a Junior cordon for pro-
tection. Constant Sophomore sur-
veillance failed to produce any
clue as to nature of the beastie.

Similar acts of deception were
practiced by a group of Merion
Freshmen who descended an ice-
covered fire escape in the dead of
night to achieve the height of il-
lusion. We also know of one Soph-

omore whose suspicions overrode
he judgment when she chaged a
‘Sophomore, suspiciously
classed as °49, ini mad. circles
around Merion green. .

1en by the boards of the organiza-



Revision Passed
To Simplify Voting
in B. M. Elections

A temporary revision in the pro-
cedure of election to undergradu-
ate offices, sponsored by the Under-
graduate Council, was passed in
the halls by a vote of 364 to 11.
The amendment. is designed to
eliminate the protracted period of
voting and the frequent revotes of
the present. system.

The amendment reads as follows:
“In the spring of 1946, the elec-
tion of college officers shall be con-
ducted in the following manner:

“Nominations shall be conduct-
ed as specified by the constitutions
of the college organizations; i. e.,
the candidates for the offices of the
Self-Governinent and the Under-
graduate. Associations shall be
chosen by the appropriate classes.
The candidates for the offices of
the League, the Alliance, and the
Athletic Association shall be chos-

tions.

“Voting shall be by preferential
ballot. Voting for the President
of the organizations and the Com-
mon Treasurer shall take place on
March 14. The other college elect-
ed officers of associations shall be
elected on March 21. Four candi-
dates shall be nominated for each

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Six Colleges Plan
Labor Conference
An inter-college conference on
“The Nature of Collective Bargain-
ing” will take place at Bryn Mawr
March 6 in Goodhart, under the
sponsorship of the joint League-
Alliance committee. The confer-
ence, the first in this field since
1985, is in the tradition of Bryn
Mawr’s interest in labor problems,
shown also through the annual
Hudson Shore Labor School.
Representing the points of view
of labor and management will be
Clinton Golden, of the United
Steelworkers of America, and
Harry Ehle, vice-president of the
International Resistance Compariy,
who will present formal discussions
of collective bargaining. Mr. Gol-
den, a former machinist and loco-
motive fireman, has been active in
labor organizations for many
years, and was recentily vice chair-
man of the War Production Board
and the War Manpower Commis-
sion. Mr. Ehle is a youthful rep-
resentative of management con-
cerned with modern problems.
The conference will include rep-
resentatives from Swarthmore,
Villanova, the University of Penn-
sylvania, Rosemont and Haver-
ford. Questions will follow the
formal discussion, in the Common
Room, the committee emphasizing
prepared questions.



CALENDAR
Friday, March 1

Movie. Music Room, 7:30.
Saturday, March 2 %
Basketball with Drexel. Gym,
10:30. ¥

Sunday, March 3
(Chapel. Mr. Richardson Wright.
Music Room, 7:30.
Monday, March 4
Badminton with Rosemont,
Gym, 4:00.
Dr. Alfred H. Barr, Jr. “Art
Should Be Intense.” Goodhart,
8:
h Wednesday, March 6

r Conference. Mr. Clin-
ton Goldertt, 12. Harry Ehle,
“The Nature of Collective Bar-
gaining.” Goodhart, 8:00.



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Bryn Mawr College,

| Individual Talent, Original Music,

Main Attributes



Emily Kimbrough
Discusses Future

Of Movie Writer

“T think it is very important for
all of us to have an awareness of
motion pictures. Hollywood is very
eager now for original material,”
declared Miss Emily Kimbrough,
well-known authoress, during a
question and answer session on the
subject of creative writing held in
the Common Room on Friday af-
ternoon, February 22.

Foreign Market

. Miss Kimbrough went on to clar-
ify the role of the young American
writer in making use of “this pow-
erful ambassador, the motion pic-
ture.” Arrangements are being
made, she stated, to provide a wid-
er market abroad for films produc-
ed in this country, and if used cor-
rectly these pictures can serve as
a strong link between the nations
of the world in this post-war era.

No Complicated Dialogue

In giving advice to prospective
motion picture writers, Miss Kim-
brough emphasized the fact that
no studio will purchase unpublish-
ed manuscripts, but instead obtain
much of their material from pub-
lished magazine articles ald books.

A story, to be satisfactory for }

translation into a movie script,
should be written toward a partic-
ular actor or screen type, and
should place emphasis on situa-
tions and “screen play rather than
upon complicated dialogue.
Background

As wide a background as poss-
ible offers the best college prepar-
ation for a literary career, said
Miss Kimbrough, emphasizing’ for-
eign languages, in particular
Latin and Greek. (Majoring ‘in
English would be a definite help.

And above all she advised ‘the as-
piring young author to write as
often as possible, in order to-de-
velop a fluent, versatile style. She
spoke of her own training in writ-
ing advertising copy after her
graduation from college as having
been of particular assistance in her
later work.



of ‘Past Perfect’

Show Lacks Evenness;
Chorus Not Exploited
Sufficiently

By Rosina Bateson '47

Although from Saturday eve-
ning’s performance it would ap-
pear that the Freshmen have many
gifted members, the show as a
whole suffered because it depend-
ed upon a few individuals working
independently rather than upon
the class as a whole. Too much
emphasis upon many segregated
characters is never as effective as
an even stress upon the interrela-
tion of the chorus and the leading
parts.

This in all probability accounts
for the disjointed effect of Past
Perfect. Also, we have as yet to
see quite how the animal was con-
nected with a park, a night club,
and a winter resort, but there is no
need to split hairs when a great
deal of the show revealed obvious
talent and ability. The music,
practically all of which was orig-
inal, was the highest achievement,
and credit is due to Helen Ander-
ton, who was also the director.

Penny Wesson handled the dif-
ficult role of Windy with sincerity
and admirable. restraint of saecha-
rine sentiment. Her voice is ideal
for the songs, fresh and clear with
no ‘throaty, pseudo-tragic over-
tones evidenced in Ellen Smith’s
singing, which did not fit the show.
‘It is hard not to seem maudlin or
foolish in such a part as Windy
and there was no indication of ei-
ther characteristic in Penny’s per-
formance.

Hester, played by Barbara Bent-
ley, was one of the best character-
izations of the evening. Here again
the danger of overplaying was
neatly avoided, and what could
have been a tedious exposure of
feminine frustration became an
amusing revelation of the main
preoccupation of the class of 49,
anyway.

There were several instances of
giving one person two roles, and
while in the case of Nancy Turner
and Ann Hberstadt no complaints
can be made, it is too bad that
more distribution was not achieved.

Nancy Turner as Caroline was
what her song made her out to be
in a most realistic fashion. She
was equally convincing in the

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Barr Admits Influence on Art
Of Youthful Collecting Holiday

by Priscilla Boughton °49

Young Alfred H. Barr, Jr., liked
to collect things; first he collected
butterflies and stamps. Later this
hobby became “a kind of romantic
interest” in extinct animals, and
he planned to become a paleontol-
ogist. The desire to collect and
the aesthetic enjoyment of uncon-
ventional subjects are still with
him today as the Director of the
Museum of Modern Art—prone to
exhibiting architectural models,
movies, photographs and rugs
along with the expected paiftings
and sculpture. ‘

At Princeton, Barr happened upon
a course in Medieval art, which in-
terested him greatly, not only be-
cause of Professor Morey’s lectures
on the objects themselves but be-
cause of his explanations of the

philosomhin._and_peligious —back-
ground. wehine e artistic expres-
sion.

A few years later he visited Ger-



many and the famous Bauhaus at
Dessau. Here he met Gropius, the
director of this institution, a man
like Morey with a “broad view of
the relationship of art to society”
and also believing in a “parallel ex-
pression of the same spirit through
many forms and mediums.”

The ideas of these two men have
had an important influence in his
work. A course in Modern Art he
gave at Wellesley, for instance, .
called upon the student’s “consci-
entious” attendance at local show-
ings of important films as well as
trips to the 5 & 10 for examples of
form and proportion in cooking
utensils —‘those “uncontaminated”
by superfluous decoration. In his
current lectures at Bryn Mawr, Mr.

Barr shows examples of artistic

forme‘ gprniture and stage-set- i

tings as well as on the painter's
canvas.

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Education for the Future

Perhaps at no time in history has education been more
important. The days that lie ahead will be full of hope and
promise but they will also be full of danger and stress. Wom-
en of our age who have spent the last four years in colleges
and universities instead of taking an active part in war work
have done so under the conviction that what is learned here
can be applied to our communities and the world. We believe
that through specialized studies we can perform greater
services and duties to post war society. However, most of
ws are unsure as to what our duties are, or should be. We
can not predict with any certainty what the future will be.
The majority of students on the campus are mystified and
even afraid as international disputes and labor strikes fill
the headlines. Yet we have learned that education can be a
weapon, a powerful one for good, a weapon for action which
can unite a wrangling country.

If the students on campus would know the facts and par-
ticipate in some project concerned with the problems which
puzzle them they should soon gain a new assurance, forget
their present qualms and in some way minimize the fits of de-
pression which grip them in smokers and over tea tables. If
we have such faith in education that we dedicate four years
of our adult lives to continuing it we should strive for a wid-
er viewpoint and attempt to realize the tremendous signifi-
cance of education for the laboring people of the country.

Bryn Mawr is one of the heaviest supporters of the Hud-
son Shore Labor School, yet actual knowledge of this project
is limited to a very few on campus, as was shown by a letter
in last week’s News. Workers’ education could be the basis of
understanding between labor and capital, it could eliminate
racial and class prejudices, and it might be the country’s
greatest safeguard against a strong fascistic government. We
have no right at Bryn Mawr to fear labor and accuse it of
throttling business when we may learn and help.

It is obvious that unless labor workers are educated
they can only see their own point of view, and must remain
ignorant of. the country’s over-all economic plans. For this
reason education for workers should not be supported only
by unions and prejudiced groups; colleges and universities
should also contribute on an equal basis.

The undergraduates on campus should know that such
unbiased organizations exist,as the Hudson Shore school and
that they personally are supporting its upkeep. They should’
be aware of the fact that two undergraduates have a chance
to participate in the project each summer, that possibilities of
observing the school during week-ends are being considered,
and that jobs have been offered to undergraduates in Wash-
ington during the summer to assist in passing an educational
bill for workers through Congress: Even more important,

pe Bryn Mawr undergraduates should take an active interest in

furthering education among ail groups throughout the coun-

Modern Art

Judging from three of the sur-
realistic paintings which hang in
the Common Room, those of Chir-
ico, Miro, and Dominquez, we can
say with certainty that the “mar-
velous” in art takes many forms.
There isa vast difference between
the haunting Toys of a Prince by
(Chirico, the jumbled Catalan Land-
scape of Miro, and Dominquez’
Decalcomania. Each has produced
a work which portrays not reality

jas we know it, put a an individual

unconscious reality, known only by
the artist. It is conveyed to us by
mood or by forms, according to the
technique the artist uses. If we
fail to understand his work it may
be that, as Dali says, our..own-un-
conscious has received the
pression while our conscious is un-

im-

aware.
de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico’s Toys of a

Prince creates a definite mood in

the spectator, though the symbol-
ism of the work is a little obscure.
The ghostly white, arcaded build-
ing, the impossible angles of the
masses, the antificiality of the gilar-
ing light, all intensify the mood
Chirico wanted to arouse in us.
After looking at it for any length
of time one is apt to get a feeling
of dizziness. The red pillar in the
foreground tips to the left, the
building pulls one’s eyes to a dis?
tant point, and we have a sickish
fear of being left in that lonely
square without knowing which way
to turn. Chirico has, by combining
unusual forms, colors, and designs,
succeeded in painting an emotional
work. It implies loneliness, fear,
and desperation, but any more con-
crete significance it may have is
wordless.

Miro

In.Catalan Landscape, by Joan
(Miro, we can see, once they are
pointed out to us, the various
meanings of the odd, unnatural
shapes which are scattered over the
canvas. There is the stick-figure
hunter, his gun and bullet which
resemble the trylon and perisphere,
the wounded rabbit shedding a
flag-like drop of blood, and the
large circle which symbolizes a
tree. If recognition of the forms
is insufficient we can go on to com-
pose a story of the hunter and his



wounded rabbit. Catalan Land-
seape is humorous, child-like in its
simple and seemingly careless com-
position, and quite un-beautiful. As
a fantastic map or even as wall-
paper we could appreciate it. But
there is very little in it that is ar-
bistic, that evokes a mood or an
emotion, or that could hold our in-
terest for more than an instant.

Dominquez

Decalcomania, by Oscar Domin-
qeuz, was done by separating two
inked sheets of paper. The result
is like frost on a window. By
scrutinizing its stalactite forms

we can find faces and shapes in it,,

we can invent for ourselves a fairy
like landscape, or we can look at
it. as. merely an interesting experi-
ment with no artistic value. As a
new method of producing a work
of art, it is certainly worthy of at-

‘tention, for Dominquez invented

decaleomania after much serious
experimentation. As ai delicate de-
sign it is worthy of appreciation
also, with its silvery splinters con-
trasting with the dark ink back-
ground. To Sie the work fairly
we must‘fealize that the artist’s
aim was neither to suggesit an idea
nor evoke a particul mood. He
presents us with a lovely design
and expects us to use our own im-
aginative powers to develop that
design into something personal,
something meaningful, or merely
something beautiful. The work be-
comes less a product of the artist
and more a product of the specta-
tor.

Technique of Ernest

Dali, Arp Described

Continued from Page 1

collage, the use of pasted segments
of paper, to a high technical level.

The delicate balance between the
ridiculous and the sinister affected
the paintings of many modernists,
particularly Paul’ Klee. Rousseau’s
“Sleeping Gypsy’ combined the
impossible, the real, and the sinis-
ter in a synthesis of the search for
the marvelous. A lighter aspect
of the same development. was the
fascination with tricks illustrated
by Tehelitchew’s “(Hide and Seek.”

The movement attempts to pre-
sent, as Mr. Barr’s title indicates,
visual poetry by plastic means. It
seeks the “pure process of thought”
developed in an artistic manner.
Its. justification is Breton’ s state-
ment, ‘“‘the marvelous is always
beautiful.”



World Student Service Fund

The campaign for contributions to the World Student
Service Fund which is being conducted this week by the Un-

dergraduate Association offers Bryn Mawr students. an op-
porunity tto contribute materially and effectively to the

cause of world understanding.

Dr. Sidney Lovett, whose discussion of student life in

| sanitoriums in attempting to combat this deplorable state

devastated areas introduced the objectives of the drive to
campus attention, ‘emphasized the ‘three-fold nature of the
relief. The first, and perhaps most important, is the ques-
tion of health. Five years of occupation have had a particu-
larly serious effect on the physical condition of the younger
generation, shown in the great rise in the incidence of seri-
jous disease, such a tuberculosis. The work of the Fund’s

of affairs may prove invaluable to future world stability.
The shortage of food and the inadequate shelter are
closely related to the health problem. Reports from the fund
indicate the primitive conditions under which students live,
while the worldwide food crisis is felt particularly by those
whose resistance has been lowered during a long war. Yet
in the face of such a situation, the same reports show rec-
ord enrollments at nearly all of Europe’s old universities. Aid



Current Events







Potential and present crises in
the Far East derivirig from the
conflict of independence move--
ments and imperialistic interests
were discussed by Mrs. Manning: -
and Miss McCown.

Manchuria offers the possibility
of a three-sided conflict arising-
from the opposition of the right-
wing of the Kuomintang, the
Chinese Communist Party, and the.
“Asiatic group responsible for the
communist element in northern
Manchuria,” said Miss McCown.
The right-wing groups object to
the Government’s dealings with
Russia and its attempts to form
a coalition with the communists.

“The unique example of a con-
quered people -who have paid their
mother country’s national debt’ is
offered by the natives of Java, said
Mrs. Manning. The apparent unity
of the independence movement con-:
trasts with the friction between
the British and Dutch, while the
complete cessation of industrial ac-
tivity complicates the problem.

The recent riots in India are
bringing the independence problem
to the fore in that area. ‘There
is no doubt that the majority of
Indians ‘want independence and
have had sufficient training in gov-
ernment,” said Mrs. Manning, “but
dividing the power of an Indian
goverment is the great problem.”
The principal obstacles-at present:
are the Mohammedan demand for
a separate state, which would ne-
cessitate a complete redistribution
of the Indian economy, and a set-
tlement ‘suitable to the Indian
priwees, Britain’s allies.

The party situation in Japan,
explained Miss McCown, is com-
plicated by the suppresison of the
right-wing Progressives, forcing
the two remaining parties to de-
velop without full support from the
people, and under external pres-
sures. The. Korean problem re-
sults from failure on the part of
the occupation authorities to take
any action.

The Other Half

The slow revival of devastated
areas is gradually bringing with it.
an emergence of academic centers,.
though the equipment is seriously
inadequate. In the face of Europ-
ean food, housing, and clothing:
problems students are flocking to
ruined universities, whose faculty
members are slowly being reconsti-
tuted, rnports the World Student
Service Fund.

In Germany, Heidelberg Univer-
sity, long well known to. scholars,
is reappearing on an appropriate:
democratic basis: Jewish students,
expelled by Hitler in 1983, are now
returning under the aegis of the.
American occupation «authorities.
Austrian students too are appear-
ing in greater numbers than be-
fore the war, although under the
handicap of serious deficiencies in
the living standard.

The story of inadequate accom-
modations, clothing or food can be:
repeated throughout Europe. The:
University of Athens is operating:
under extremely bad conditions,
students with a complete suit of
clothing being a rarity. Oslo’s stu-
dents, though arriving at the un-
iversity in unprecedented numbers,
face the same problem of meeting.
subsistence needs, reports the
WSSF. |

The modernization of Chinese
Society is the. keynote of Chinese
educational movements as universi-
ties move back to campuses evacu-
ated during the war. With Chinese





to these students can form the basis for a new spirit of in-
ternational responsibility, at the same time contributing to aj



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Rhoads Conquers
Pembroke Team

Bryn Mawr, February 23. Ad-
mirably supported by three hefty
males, the Rhoads basketball tearn
managed to beat Pembroke’s “pear-
ly players” in Sunday’s inter-hall
“game. Doing very nicely, with one
man in his socks, the Pembroke
team led by six points until -the
last quarter.

The suspense was great; first
one team would score, and then
the other would make a point. Ag-
gie Nelms and Joan Hitchcock,
Pem forwards, played a fast and
cooperative game, happily an-
nouncing that they “clicked.” We
must also compliment an anony-
mous Rhoads man, very chic in
dainty white shorts, white socks
and immaculate white sneakers.

Both teams were supported by
intense and loud cheering sections
— “Cigarettes, cigarettes — Butts,
butts, butts. We play the Rhoads
team, Nuts, nuts, nuts” was chant-
ed by Pembroke, while Rhoads re-
sponded with “California sunshine,
arrows on the cactus—We play the
Pem team, just for practice.”

‘*Past Perfect’’ Proves

Freshman Originality
Continued from page 1

“Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief”
sequence, and her dancing was. re-
markable, in both a literal and aes-
thetic sense.

As the rebellious mother’s dar-
ling, Ann Eberstadt showed a real
talent for clowning, which was

even more evident in the “Jeal-.

ousy” scene. Her delightful humor
combined with Tally Agyropoulo’s
graceful and serious interpretation
of the same dance to make one of
the. most outstanding moments of
the show.

The Ski scene, with its confu-
sion of people athletic, lovesick, and
loveshy, was amusing, but un-
even. Thor Oskarson, played by
Andy. Bryne, was a challenge to
the..womian-hater. type, and M.
Vorys as the fluttery Mrs. Clotz
was a strong warning to the over-
eager. B. Curran and F. Marvin
depicted Esther and Sherry, the
amateurs, with the proper naivete,
which was appreciated fully by the
audience. Jasper, the porter, was
played by Dudley Hill, who had his
exhaustion down to a fine point.

The Park scene had more con-
tinuity, and the nursemaids, and

Sheila Tatnall as Mabel, Sue Hen-.

derson as (Miss Plunkett, Jean
Pearson as Rosie, were clever in
beth accent and stage presence.
Gale Minton, who was the amor-
ous balloon man, also did a-good
job. Tihe children, whether in the
background or ‘before the foot-
lights, were every inch perfect de-
mons.

The audience participated in the
night club scene, which was in
general the best in the show. The
philosophic and literary bartender,
had some amusing lines which
were well rendered by Shirley
Burke. ‘Leslie Weel as the waiter
and Jackie Gawan as the drunk
added considerably to the atmos-
phere. The Blues and the Boogie-
woogie, sung and played by C.
Feiner and A. Wadsworth respect-
ively, were almost professional.

Past Perfect was a success not
only in the Freshman victory over
the Sophomore sleuths in keeping
the animal a secret, but also in en-
tertainment value. Despite inevi-
table lagging moments, the show
contained individual performances
that were outstanding. The theme
of love in retrospect from a smok-
ing room doze was. weak, but. the
original songs were scheduled often
enough to boost the show over
most of the rougher spots.



ENGAGEMENTS
Jean Albert ’47 to Max Minkin.

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Gillet Publishes
Plays of Naharro

* Dr. Joseph E. Gillet, chairman
of the Spanish department, has
just published the second of a three
volume edition of the works of
Bartolome de Torres Naharro.

Lauded as “the most handsome
and scholarly edition ever accord-
ed to-a Spanish playwright” by
The Modern Language - Review,
Volume I made its appearance in
1948. Modern’ Philology declared
that “Professor Gillet contributes
the first important landmark of
bibliographical research to the field
of Hispanic critical editions and
sets a standard for editors of
Spanish texts.”

Volume I is largely bibliograph-
ical, dealing with such problems
as the descent of editions, the dat-
ing of plays, the identification of
editions, and the solution of typo-
graphical puzzles. Volume II,
published so recently that no re-
views are yet available, contains
the plays of Torres Naharro, and
the third. volume on which Dr. Gil-
let is now working will be the
Notes. '

Beaver Teams

Defeat Owls

Bryn Mawr, February 23. Scor-
ing an immediate basket, a power-
ful and well-coordinated Beaver
team plunged the situation from
bad to worse and defeated Bryn
Mawr 36-25 in last Saturday’s
basketball game.

At the end of the first half, the
Owls had 15 points, while Beaver
led by 8 with 1a score of 23. A swift
and accurate player, Joan Hitch-
cock won the first few points dur-
ing the next half.

Beaverites sat packed in the gal-
lefy;~cheering ceaselessly or fond-
ly asking their: athletic room-
mates that baskets be made “just
for (them).” A lone voice would
wail “Yea—Bryn Mawr!” at odd
moments of the game,. while a few
more applauded discreetly.

Despite the good efforts of Clare
Fahnstock ’49, the second Bryn
Mawr team was also beaten, 35-
13.

News Announces

Assembly Polling

‘A. student poll designed to. in-
form the Alliance of the attitude
of the college toward the assembly
program as it is now conducted
will be distributed by the News
this evening. The purpose of the
questionnaire is to obtain student
opinion on the type of speakers
and the problems with which they
are concerned.

The Alliance assemblies were in-
stituted during the war in response
to a demand for qualified speakers
on natioal and international sub-
jects. They are being. continued
in the postwar period in view of
the crucial need for informed opin-
ion on current problems. The fu-
ture of the program will, however,
be influenced by student response
to this questionnaire.

The questions are mainly con-
cerned with attendance at Alliance
assemblies and the preference of
speakers at past assemblies.

In order to ascertain student re-
sponse, the poll on alliance assem-
blies questions your preference for
domestic or international assem-
iblies. U'p to now, the alliance has
had an almost equal number of
speakers-on each. If student. opin-
ion is more concerned with inter-
national ascepts, however, the al-
liance will endeavor to abide by
student choice. The concluding

improvements or criticisms in the
program.

The polls will be distributed. in
mail boxes tonight. and. should be
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| WHAT TO DO

AFTER GRADUATION:

School in Chicago. Teacher of

miathemaltics, Grades 5-8; Teacher
of Latin, Freshman English and
American History. Room Teacher.
Salary $1700.
' School in Louisville. General
science, biology, physies or chem-
istry. 15 semester hours in edu-
cation for which some psychology
may be counted.

Teacher in New York. Student
teacher in psychology. Full time
$1200. Part-time with opportun-
ity for graduate study $1000.

Katherine Gibbs Secretarial
School announces its memorial
scholarship. See Bulletin Board

outside Room H.

New Jersey College for Women.
Two-year fellowship covering a
full. professional curriculum in_li-
brary service including half-time
position in library.

NOW

Esquire and Coronet.
Agent. 20% commission.

Junior Bazaar. Student Agent.
Commissions.

Globe Stationery Co. Student
agent for stationery with college
seal, name and address, 30% com-
mission. _

SUMMER -

Bonwit Teller New York College
Shop. Student, preferably a soph-
omore or junior, to start working
late in June. 9:00 to 6:00 for five
days. Salary $25 per week plus
2% commission over a quota of
$500 per week.

Camp Counselors for Maine, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York,
Vermont and Ohio. Salary up to
$250 for the season.

Student

Juniors Triumph
Over Seniors 18-8

began during the past week. De-
spite some difficulty encountered
by the Seniors in collecting a team,
the first game of the season, Sen-
iors vs. Juniors was very success-
ful.

Mary Pinch was high scorer for
the Juniors, making 18 of the

| team’s 26 points, The Seniors pass-
| ed well and held the ball at least

half the time. They were able to
score only eight points, however.

The Freshman-Sophomore game
was one which involved good active
playing by both teams. Leading
from the very beginning of the
game, the Sophomores triumphed
18 to 138. The entire. Sophomore
team played well, with Barbara
Nugent making ‘the highest score.
Ally Lou Hackney and Sue Kelley
were the outstanding Freshmen.
Sue made the largest individual
score in the game with three bas-
kets and one free shot to her cred-
it.

Interclass basketball competition

“Oh gosh;-every time I think of
that trip!” said Anna Mol, newly
arrived student from Hilverson,
Holland, in describing her journey
on the Dutch freighter, Talisse,
which left Holland on December
17 for a 10-day voyage which last-
ed 25 days.

Anita had planned to come to
Bryn Mawr in 1941, but because of
the war she was forced to continue
her education abroad. She attend-
ed a high school in Reichenberg,
Holland, and then went on to med-
ical school. After completing one
year there, Anita was sent to work
in a war plant with 2000 Russian
girls who were prisoners in a Ger-
man concentration camp. “The
strangest custom of the Germans
was to shave only a strip of their
prisoners’ hair in winter,”? she re-
marked. As an alien and non-Nazi
Anita had to report to the German
police twice a week and work on
a farm during the summer. “The
one advantage to the latter was
that. I got good food,” she added.

“My greatest disappointment

Ex-Med Mladen form Holland
Tells of Life in Occupied Zone

by Jean Ellis ’49

during the war was that the Rus-
sians instead of the Americans oc-
cupied Reichenberg. They came on
‘a Wednesday, two days after the
capitulation,” Anita continued. She
told how even at the end there were
still some people who hoped that
the Nazis would win the war, but
that most people had shifted their
allegiance to the United Nations.

Anita: “likes Bryn Mawr very
much, and hopes that she will be
able to graduate.” She explained
that her courses here seem strange,
because they are more concentrat-
ed and require more independent
work ‘than those abroad. Her pres-
ent sitatus is that of a Sophomore,
but she is taking first year courses.

ogy or Chemistry, Anita explaim-
ed, “Medical school was more in-
teresting because it was easier to
dissect a cadaver than a dogfish.
They were bigger! Besides, abroad
there were no quizzes, the profes-
sors didn’t care whether you came
to class or not and you didn’t live
on campus.”





Dorothy Maynor

To Give Concert

Dorothy Maynor, noted Negro
soprano, wil] give a concert under
the spionsorship—of—the- Tri-County.
Concerts A’ssociation this Sunday
afternoon, March 3, at 3:30, at the
Radnor High School auditorium,
in Wayne.

Admission to all Tri-County
events, which are maintained en-

from the public, is free, and they
are open to everyone.

clude

Negro spirituals. She will be as-
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Schick.







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Artistic Scenery
Sets Dance Tones

by Laura Dimond °47

The Bryn Mawr campus was
transformed into a rural ’ Fifty-
second Street last Saturday when
Rock, Pembroke, and Rhodes in

tion 1 Denbigh spon-
sored their respective dances.

Rock, carrying over their motif
from the night club scene in Past
Perfect, was renamed the “Owl
Giuib” for the occasion, and intrig-
ued passers-by with their sign on
the door, “No ‘Cover, ‘No Mini-
mum.” Between short ones at the |
bar, the guests danced to the mu-
sic ef George Young’s orchestra,
which was pedestaled on a realistic
band-stand. The focal point of the
dance, ‘however, was the bar with
its brass rail. Although all sorts
of drinks..with their ceiling prices

listed, the most popular bev-
erage was Rock Fizz (ginger ale),
which was offered as a courtesy of
the house. Besides the dim lights,
a slinky cigarette girl and Petty-
girl murals added to the tone of
the affair. The most outstanding
couple at the dance were the male
and female manniquins, both of
whom were dressed formally.

With a circus as their keynote,
Pembroke kept the tame stuffed
animals in their fireplace cages
while the wild animals were allow-
ed to dance to the music of the
Debonnairs. Under the green and
pink crepe paper awning, the show-
happy couples seemed as gay as
children with cotton candy, and the
long low conga line bore striking
resemblance to the initial grand
parade at a circus. The highlight
of the decorations was the low
light in the beautifully decorated
smoking room, which was arrayed
with lounge chairs, spring flowers,
and smiling couples.

The patriotic vein of Rhodes’s
and Denbigh’s dance was injected
with a color scheme of red, white,
and blue. In honor of. George
Washington’s birthday, the walls
were decorated with balloonis, rep-
resenting cherries. There was an
occasional axe propped up on the
walls to accentuate the theme. Mu-
sic was supplied by the Sylvanians,
not in Colonial style, however.



Undergrad Passes
Revisions in Voting

Continued from page 1

office. For each case of duplication
another candidate shall be pro-
vided.”

Tabulation will be by the Hare
system with each student indicat-
ing. her first, second, third and
fourth choices of the candidates
provided. If, on the tabulation of
first choices, one candidate, in ac-
cordance with present procedure,
receives at least 20 votes more
than the combined -total of the
other three, she is automatically
declared elected. If this majority
is not obtained, the candidate with

“the lowest number of first choice

votes is eliminated, and the second
choices on those ballots are distrib-
uted among the remaining candi-
dates. Elimination is continued
until one candidate receives the
necessary majority of 20 votes.
The Council points out. that the
revision is temporary, and if it

-- proves satisfactory the college is

at.liberty to adopt the method
permanently.

by Helen

The Freshman tables of the Bryn
Mawr dininig halls were peopled by
strange. guests ast week. Dis-
guised. as comic strip characters,

faculty members,-and even Sopho-
mores, the class of ’49 sat down to
dinner and attempted to maintain
polite table manners although
knives and forks and toothpicks
were the only implements avail-
able.

The latent. manual dexterity of
the Freshmen surprised the Sopho-
mores, as they managed to down
mashed potatoes and gravy with
toothpicks. When, in a sudden
burst of generosity, the Simon Le-
gree Sophomores volunteered
spoons for dessert, the offer was
scornfully refused. Dining in style
were ‘the Pembroke Freshmen.
Those in East were ordained to
appear one evening in hats of their
own creation. Ingenuity was re-
warded by the spectators of a col-
orful fashion parade which reveal-
ed extensive use of light-bulbs, hat

NOTICES

Common Treasury Dues

Common Treasury dues of $4.50
per student will be included in the
next pay day, March 6. The dues
are distributed as follows: $3.00
to the Undergraduate Association,
$1.00. to the Alliance, and $.50 to
the Self-Government Association.

Book Shop and. Inn Bills

For the balance of the college
year, Book Shop and College Inn
bills will be on pay day. This be-
gins with the March pay day. No
exceptions can be made and bills
must be settled wth the Pay Day
Mistress in each hall.



Swimming Hours
The Athletic Association an-
nounces that the: swimming pool

will be open to mixed groups on|

Sundays from 4 to 6. No tank suits
are required.

Varsity Players
The Varsity Players Club an-
nounces that its second production
this year will be Kaufman and
Hart’s George Washington Slept
Here, to be directed by. Mr. Thon
and presented April 26 and 27 in
conjunction with Haverford Cap
and Bells Club. Try-outs will be
held after Arts Night. Copies of

the play are on reserve.

IRC
Meetings of the International
Relations Club will be held week-
ly on Wednesdays or Thuisdays
in alternate weeks.



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bathing beauties, famous lovers,.

Secret Desires, Hidden Ingenuity
Revealed During Freshman Hazing

Goldberg °49 ~—

boxes, and converted mortar-
boards. Pem West boasted a fem-
inine version of Danny Kaye equal-
led only by the reading of Body
Mechanics class notes.

“Dress as your suppressed de-
sire’? was Friday’s order of the
day, and the resulting masquerades
included a graduate of Bryn Mawr,
a clown (not to be confused), the’
“Apple of His Eye,” and “Just
Married.” Then, too, there was the
Freshman who spent the day in pa-
jamas and bedroom slippers, with
a “Do not disturb” sign pinned to
her back. ‘

Upperclassmen decided that this
latter Freshman had been strong-
ly influenced by Denbigh’s worst,
most heathenish mode of torture.
At four o’clock one morning Den-
bigh Freshmen were rudely awak-
ened by the shriek of the alarm.
clocks which had been hidden in
their rooms. Some suspicious and
alert victims had found the clocks
in their room the night before, and
had guaranteed themselves a full
night’s sleep by turning off the
alarm. One of them explained that
“when I heard that steady ticking
noise, we were sure that someone
had planted a time bomb in my
room.”

The ‘sophomores still and ever
maintain that hazing ‘is good for
‘the souls of Freshmen, We like
to remember the wild-eyed gaze of
the faculty,however, as some of
the ingenuous and lurid transfigur-
ation of sedate ’49ers faced them
at 9:00 a. m. It’s a grand insti-
tution, but thank heaven it’s over—

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Arts Night Cast,
Staff Announced

The cast and production staff for
the two Arts Night plays on March
9, has-just been announced. They
are as follows:

Trail of the Serpent

Wee ccc Patricia Franck ’46
VERMIO: oo icscrsieicen Vera Blansfield ’49
Lily May 60.5.6 Sandra Lane ’46
OOUES: $58, Sannin Don Kindler

Haverford ’47
1, Sean Evan Jones

Haverford ’49

RIE is teiistrinucsnone Leslie Weel 49
Pickaninnies ...... Mary Maloney ’49
Ruth Crane ’49

Settings by Beverly Maynard ’46
Costumes by Elizabeth Worth ’46
Francis Likes Cream Too

George Mioon
Alice Bronfenbrenner ’47
MR iiistasesnsd Marilyn Tolman ’49
Mrs. Moon ....Bernice Robinson ’48
Madeline Moon ..,:C. McGovern ’48
Mrs. Thorpe ....Elizabeth Lilly ’47
BE, TOMO vi scsscscce on Kindler
Haverford ’47
Settings by Beverly Maynard ’46
Costumes by Eva Krafft ’47

assisted by Nancy Busch

and Ellen Tan

Lighting .......... Marion Holland ’47

assisted by E. Lilly,

KE. Stein and L. Weel

Stage Manager and Production

SBE Aa ae Ann Kingsbury ’47

Ass’t. Production head ..E. Lilly ’47

Production Crew: Belknap ’49, Bell

"49; Ellis 49; Gilbert ’46; Knap-

lund 749; Krogness ’49; Robbins
49; Tickle ’49; Weel ’49.

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Poetic Sensitivity

Of Mistral Shown

Radnor, February 21: Sensitivity
and a feeling for human, everyday
tragedy are significant elements in
“La Poesia de Gabriela Mistral” as

‘discussed by Miss Magda Arce at

the Spanish Club tea. Miss Arce
is a personal friend of Miss Mis-
tral’s, since the latter visited Miss
Arce’s home in Chile and was guid-
ed in her career by Miss Arce’s fa-
ther.

Miss Mistral is characterized as
a great lover of children and wom-
ankind; her earlier work was sym-
bolic, written both in free verse and
in the traditional forms. Her
poetry is classified into ‘three
groups, the first of which is divid-
ed from the second by a great tra-
gedy in love; Chilean children
memorize her poetry and on the
walls of their schools are plaques
on which are written sayings of
hers.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for
Poetry in 1945, Miss Mistral has
not only written widely both in
prose and poetry, but has been in
the consular service for many
years. She was in the department
of Chilean education, the Chilean
consul in Spain, and was at one
time invited to Mexico as the guest
of the nation.



Painting ........ Tally Argyropoulo ’49
Properties ........ Louise Belknap ’49
Sound Effects ....Sharon Luley ’49
Stage Design, Beverly Maynard ’46

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