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EmILy TOWNSEND, ’50, Editor-in-chief

ANNE GREET, ’50, Copy
GwyYNNE WILLIAMS, ’50
Joan McBripe, ’52

BiaIkiE ForsyTu, 51, Makeup
Hanna Ho sorn, ’50, Makeup
ELISABETH NELIDow, ’51

Editorial Staff

JANE ROLLER, ’51
JANE AUGUSTINE, ’52
Linpa BETTMAN, ’52
JuLtieE ANN JOHNSON,
Betty LEE, ’52

ANN ANTHONY, ’51
Betty BEIERFELD, ’51
Joanna SEMEL, ’52
JAcQuELINE EsMERIAN, ’51
Crare LIACHOWITz, 752

Staff Photographers

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JoserHIne RaskInp, ’50 Laura WinsLow, ’50

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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office
Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







More Requireds?

Last month’s Curriculum Committee polls contained the
suggestion, among others, that a new required course, in the
social sciences, be initiated. Undergraduate reaction to this
was divided, according to the relatively small number of
polls that were returned. Many felt that another required
course, bringing the total to five, would be inadvisable and
that so many students do take a course in history, politics,
economics or sociology during their college careers that the
requirement would also be unnecessary. Others felt that
no one should graduate from Bryn Mawr without having had
a course in one of these fields. Since most students now find
that they must take at least one language as well as their
present four required courses, plus hygtene and often other

courses required by the college outside of their major de-
partment, we agree that another required course as such

would be a mistake. However, if it were possible to eliminate
some of the other courses required outside a major field or
to follow the example of many other colleges by giving an

exemption exam for English Composition at the beginning of
freshman year, a new Social Science requirement might
prove an addition to rather than a reacmotion on our academic
careers. —

We Want — !

Although last week’s letter to the NEWS protesting
against the inadequacy of existing fire equipment was slight-
ly weak on fact, it cannot be denied that there are many fire
hazards in the dormitories and other campus buildings: fee-
ble fire escapes, blocked third floor exits, loose inflammable

rubbish, and insufficient fire drilling. These are among the

more serious deficiencies in our living conditions—they are
the joint responsibility of the administration and the under-
graduates, and it is only sensible that prompt and thorough
action be taken about them.

There are others, less immediately serious but almost
equally demanding. To the administration: in spite of strong
student protest, the Library continues to use 40 watt bulbs
in the carrels and the Quita Woodward Room, making them
almost useless at night. _ There is an increased speed and
carelessness in the driving of taxis, delivery trucks, and fac-
ulty and administration cars outside Rhoads and Pembroke.
We urge furthermore that some attempt be made to get the
tennis courts into decent condition this spring.

To the students: books are still continually missing off
the reserve shelves, an inexcusable and unintelligent offense.
_ When you are reading library books that have been marked



or torn, erase the marks yourself as you go, and report the |
mutilations to the librarians. And finally, now that spring is
almost making up its mind to come, do not walk on the grass.





Current Events

_ Common Room, March 14. Miss |}
Mabel Lang, of the Greek Depart-

ment, spoke at Current Events
concerning her observations on
Greece. Miss Lang spent a year in
Greece, from the summer of ’47 to
the summer of ’48, a period of im-
portant Greek political develop-
ment. She feels that her stay in
Greece would lead her to question

‘the generalities concerning that

country, which are heard so often
today.

(Miss (Lang stressed the economic
importance of the geography of
Greece. ‘25% of the total land
area is arable, the rest covered
by rugged mountains. Because of
the small areas of farming and
year-round grazing land, Greece
must import one-third of its grain
and one-half of its meat to fill its
food requirements. As the farm-

ing land is suitable only for pro- |

ducing luxury commodities such as
currants, tobacco and wine, there
is little market for Greek products
in the present period of unstable

| economy.

Manufacturing is “impossible in
Greece without outside monetary
help, observed Miss Lang, as there
is very little raw material and
practically no fuel. The AMAG,
American Organization for Aid to
Greek reconstruction, played an
important part in erasing the scars
of World ‘War II, dating back as
far as the period of Hitler’s in-
vasion.

The only effective campaign
against the leftist guerillas has oc-
curred in the last month, when the
new Greek Cabinet drove the rebels
from the Pelponnesus. This ad-
vance, Miss Lang indicated, may be
a hint of future improvement in
the Greek political situation.

Ginastera Highlights
BM - Princeton Concert
Continued from page 1

great pity that Betty Jean Connor,
who sang the Haydn Mass so beau-
tifully, had as a solo Friday night
Black Is the Color of My True
Love’s Hair. It was not at all ap-
propriate for her voice. The last
selection, Hindemith’s A Song of
Music, was well-sung but resem-
bled a large proportion of Bryn
Mawr’s program in not having a
general appeal for the audience.

Princeton’s choice of songs was
undoubtedly ‘ess origital than
Brv. Mawr’s, iu all we very
pi oe.ng to ths ‘cat. ever when
suns, slovenly. Randall Thomp-
son’s Quis Multa Gracilis had de-
lightful contrasts of whispers and
booms and squeaks, and the ten-
ors continued to squeak for the
rest of the evening. There follow-
ed an unfinished and blurred per-
formance of four songs set to mu-
sic by Henry Purcell: In These De-
lightful Pleasant Groves; When the
Cock Begins to Crow; Once, Twice,
Thrice I Julia Tried; and I Gave
Her Cakes and I Gave Her Ale.
The four Shakespeare songs—Tell
Me Where Is Fancy Bred, O Mis-
tress Mine, What Shall We Have
That Killed the Deer, and When
Daisies Pied—with music by Jos-
eph Daltry were an improvement,
perhaps ‘because they are even
more familiar and catchy than the
Purcell. The best of Princeton’s
selections was the Bach Tenor and
Bass Duet from Cantata 125, ac-
companied by the Princeton Uni-
versity Orchestra. It was brisk,
precise, sustained—a lovely mix-
ture of voices and violins.

iLast and by far the best was
The Lamentations of Jeremiah by
Alberto Ginastera, sung by chorus
and glee club. The sopranos began
with a series of startiing ‘“oh’s”.
As Mr. Goodale flapped his elbows
vigorously, the whole chorus join-
ed in with deafening and gorgeous
song. The gothic gloom of the
basses as they chanted “et dixi”
pleased me most but the singing
was exquisite throughout.

3 Repressed Actresses
Now Have Chance

To Act

Dear Editor:

There has been a complaint and
we are answering it. “Actresses
Anonymous” met Monday. Now
there will be ample opportunity for
all those interested in any angle
of play production to angle effec-
tively, both formally and informal-
ly. There will be a meeting Tues-
day, March 22, in the May Day
room at 8:30.

Thespians of the world, sitaat
You are oppressed. Your talents
jhave been frustrated for many
moons. ORGANIZE!

Elaine Marks
Trish Richardson
Charwomen.

—,

Yale Professor Speaks
On Developing Embryo

Continued from page 1
he has ‘been teaching since 1938,
spoke on “Biochemical Develop-
ment in the Amphibian Embryo.”
Dr. Boell emphasized the scien-
tific development in research which
at present enables hiologists to
trace the growth of features in the
embryo, and the change in morpho-
logical and physiological proper-
ties. Taking the salamander as a
typical amphibian, he mapped its
more than forty distinct stages of
growth spanning the development
from sperm to mature animal. Cir-
culation and heart-beat in the sala-
mander begin between the thirty-
second and thirty-third stages, and
from this point, mobility begins to
develop. (Stimulation will produce
motion before full powers of mo-
bility have matured. Dr. Boell
concluded with a diagram showing
the system by which this motion
can be recorded.

Theory of Universals
Explained by G. Burch

Continued from page 1

Though the particulars and the
universals are different, the theo-
ries that apply in classifying them
are essentially the same, as Dr.
Burch pointed out. Idealism, which
is the theory of particulars accord-
ing to which things exist only as
thoughts and have no objective ex-
istence, corresponds to the phen-
omenal theory of universals. Ma-
terialism, which asserts that things
do exist objectively, corresponds to
the class theory of universals. And
finally, realism, which holds that
things exist objectively and as sub-
stances, corresponds. to the essence
theory, which maintains that uni-
versals exist objectively and as
eternal ideas.

Dr. Burch does not believe that
any one of these theories is valid
in all cases. According to him, a
scientific classification is “the only
sound approach to the problem.”
The universals can be divided in
three groups, that to which the
inanimate natural things belong,
that to which living things be-
long, and that to which man-made
artificial things belong. Each of
these groups is associated with one
of the theories of universals. As
an example of a universal belong-
ing to. inanimate natural things,
Dr. Burch took mountains. What
mountains have in common is only
a superficial ressemblance; that is
to say, their essences are alike in
the ait sense, but not in the
real sense. This associates inan-
imate natural things with the
phenomenal theory. But the nom-
inalist or phenomenalist theory
fails when it comes to living
things. For there is between these,
an objective genetic relation, since
every living thing comes into be-
ing from a previous living thing,
which it resembles. Then, it is the
class theory of universals that _ap-

Continued on page 4 \





Opinion

Station WBMC Stand by;.
Ursinus Replies

To Our SOS

To the Editor:

On March 8rd two students from.
Ursinus; Joseph Beardwood and
Alvin Knepper, came to Pembroke
East to see the Bryn Mawr radio
station. They have offered to give
their time and assistance so that.
we may have WBIMC operating
again. With their aid and a mini-
mum of financial backing the radio.
station will be in operation before
the end of this semester.

When Pembroke East was con-
verted to A.C. current three years
ago the Bryn Mawr radio station
was forced to shut down, because.
it would have ‘been too difficult to
run lines into the halls on D.C..
surrent, We not only lacked
money, but a great deal of work
would have to be done by an ex-
pert. .

This year Jane Wickham~and
Seta Mahakian became interested
in the possibilities which college
radio presents. With help from
Wray Bentley of Haverford, they
got the station into operation so
that it could be heard in Pem East.
There still remained the drawback
of the other halls which run on
D.C. current.

In college radio programs there
is a chance for much expression of
talent. A large number of Bryn
Mawr students who are not chosen
for the Drama Guild productions
would jump at the opportunity to
take part in radio plays. Those
who are interested could do ex-
perimental radio script writing and
directing. They might even use a
sound effects man! For a small
monthly charge we can rent a tele-
phone line to Haverford College
which would make it possible for
us to exchange broadcasts. Some-
time in the future we might form a
local network with Haverford, Ur-
sinus, Valley Forge Hospital and
Swarthmore.

When all the major colleges and
most of the smaller ones have
campus radio stations it seems too
bad that Bryn Mawr should not
have one in operation also. The
authorities have taken no interest.
in giving us funds so all support.
has had to come from outside
sources, such as WHaverford and
Ursinus . . Doesn’t Bryn Mawr
care about putting its neglected
radio station back on the air?

Yours sincerely,
Helen Dobbs, ’52

Jacob, Esau Confused
In International Quiz

Continued from page 1

There were setbacks on the way..
I kept insisting that Jacob was in-.
extricably linked with a mess of
pottage, but finally Nellie put her
hand over my mouth ,and said
firmly into the microphone, “She
knew it was Esau all the time.”
After that there was a tacit un-
derstanding that I was to answer
no more questions, and Nancy and
Nellie saved the day. There was a
brilliant choral rendition of “I
have my love to keep me warm,”
in answer to “Why did you go out
in the snow without your over-
coat,” and we missed shamefully
on the name of Wendy’s dog. But
Alberdeen was convinced that
Roosevelt was our “ruling presi-
dent,” and at the end of half an
hour the score stood at 540 to 310,
our favor. As we were driven back
to college, exhausted by our intel-
lectual gymnastics, we made full

apologies to Nellie. It had, after -
all, been lots of fun.

Note: the show will be broadcast.

on April 3, at 12:00 a. m. over Sta-
tion WPEN. \