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THE COLLEGE NEWS



VOL. XLIV, NO. 4

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1947





Elizabeth Vining

To Discuss Life
In Japan Today

Drive Comm. Sponsors
~ Lecture. by Tutor
Of Crown Prince

Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, tu-
ter to the Crown Prince of Japan,
will talk on “Japan of Today,” at
a lecture sponsored by the Phila-
delphia Committee of the Bryn
Mawr College Fund 1946-. Pro-
eeeds of the lecture, to be held in
Goodhart Hall, Thursday, October
23, at 8.30 P. M., will benefit the
Fund. .
Mrs. Vining was appointed to
her tutorial duties by the Emperor
of Japan in May, 1946. She is now
on vacation in this country from
her job in the Japanese Peers’
sehool for the children of the Roy-
a) Family.

Prior to assuming her post as

“tutor to Prince Akihito, Mrs. Vin-

mg published several children’s
books. Under the pen name of
Klizabeth_Janet- Grey, she wrote
Young Walter Scott and a biogra-
phy of William Penn. Her Adam
of the Road received the Newberry
Award in 1943 and Sandy won the
Herald Tribune Spring Pix Prize
in 1945. Mrs. Vining was gradu-
ated from Bryn Mawr in 1923.
Tickets for Mrs. Vining’s lecture
are on sale in the Office of Public

. Relations, Taylor Hall. All seats

are reserved.

Title Seeks Talent

-For Autumn Issue

The Title 1s seeking stories, es-

* gays, poems, fiction and non-fiction

‘material for publication in its fall
The Board of the Title feels
the student body should realize
that this is their magazine, their
channel for literary expression.
By making . appeals to both
Freshmen and upperclassmen, the
Title hopes to get a wider sub-
scription, thus enabling them to

, publish a bigger and more repre-

sentative issue. The Title urges

‘all writers to send contributions to

Sylvia Stallings, Rhoads North,
before the deadline, November 12.





Undergrad Drive
Committee Seeks
Quota of $12,000

The Undergraduate Committee
for the Drive, headed by Nancy
Martin, 49, has set a quota of
$12,000 for student contributions
during the present year. Last
year’s quota, $7,500, was exceeded
by $2,792.92, and it is hoped that
this year’s quota will also be top-
ped.

Soliciting of freshmen in the in-
dividual halls will begin on Thurs-
day, October 23. Although sopho-
mores and upperclassmen will not
be approached directly, the com-
mittee hopes that they will give as
much as they are able. The rest
of the sum will be made up from
benefit performances, of which the

Junior Show will be the first.
Continued on Page 4

Dramatic Talents

Will be Disclosed
In 51 Hall Plays

In every hall on campus Fresh-
men are now rehearsing the plays
to be given on October 31, and
November 1 in the Cornelius Otis
Skinner Workshop in competition
for the plaque which is now held
by Rockefeller.

Denbigh plans to give J. M. Mar-
rie’s Shall We Join the Ladies?
directed by Barbara Coffee ’48. The
Freshman: director has not yet
béen chosen.

Merion is -working-on-A~Woman and November 2, will be the Rev.
of Character by Estelle Aubrey! Leslie Glenn, D. D., of St. John’s

Brown.—-Sheila Tatnall ’49, is~-di-
recting the cast aided by Claieve
Grandjouan ’51. Alice Hornberger
’b1 is the stage manger.

Theodore Dreiser’s The Old Rag-
picker will be presented by Pem-
broke East under the direction of
Randy Bell 49. Trudy Donath ’51
and Joan Spayde ’51, are respect-
ively Freshman director and stage
manager.

Pembroke West is giving The
Open Window adapted from Saki
(H. H. Munroe’s) story by Llew
Young, a Haverford student for-
merly in Mr.. Thon’s playwriting
course. Sandol Stoddard ’48 is di-
recting the cast.

Land of Heart’s Desire by Yeats

Continued on Page 3



Correlated Courses, Bullfights
Typify Year ‘Down Mexico Way’

By Barbara Ziegler, ’48

Lindsay Harper, °48, and Ada
Klein, ’48, spent last year with the
Smith College Junior -Year-in-Mex--
ico. Their enthusiasm for Mexico
is boundless. Both seniors are
hunting for jobs which will take
them back: next year.

Lindsay.and Ada spent the first
month of their year in Mexico liv-

ving with a family in Puebla. They

“gonsider this one of their most
valuable experiences. Lindsay had
six brothers, two sisters and in-

. mumerable nieces, nephews and in-

laws in her Mexican family, which
gave her a good start towards un-

derstanding the Mexican people.
«a. The group lived in the former
French embassy in Mexico City, a
' beautiful two-story house with a
. “divine patio,” known as Lerma 76.

a day, given by the “best profes-
” and they greatly
way in which their
eourses were correlated. They
atedied the history, literature and

The girls ese of classes



art of the same period at the same
time during the year, which added
continuity and interest ‘to all six
of their courses. .

Lindsay and Ada give glowing
details of their field trips. Lind-
say rode on horseback to the fa-
mous voleano -Paricutin. She de-
scribes the thrill she had while
standing in the dark only a short
distance from a flaming stream of
lava, watching hot rocks clang
down the side of the great volcano.

Ada actually unearthed skele-
ons, ceramics and “things” on an
archeological expedition. = The
group also made visits to many of
the beautiful old towns and an-
cient ruins for which Mexico is so
famous. Lindsay wants it to be
known that she did not go to Aca-
pulco, the beach resort which at-
tracts nearly every tourist,

Confining themselves to the
more restricted life of the Mexican
women was an understandable
problem for the “emancipa
norteamericanas.” Lindsay reports

Continued on Page 3





A. Schlesinger
To Speak Here
On October 30

Professor Arthur M. Schlesing-
er,\Jr., author of The Age of
Jackson, will speak on “Patterns
of Democratic Change,” for the
annual Mallory Whiting Webster
Lecture, to be held in Goodhart
Hall, Thursday, October 30, at 8.30,

Professor Schlesinger’s study of
the Jacksonian era, best-seller Pul-
itzer Prize winner of 1945, is noted
for its historical insight and for
its extraordinarily vivid literary
style. Since the publication of this
book, which was based on his Low-
ell Lectures, Professor Schlesing-
er has been regarded by many
people as the most brilliant of the
younger historians.

Following his graduation from
Harvard, where he was a member
of the Society of Fellows, he work-
ed in Washington as a free lance
writer, publishing articles in such
weeklies as Life and Fortune. In
this same year Professor Schles-
inger held a Guggenheim Fellow-
ship and did research on the New
Deal for his forthcoming book to
be titled The Age of Roosevelt.

During the war he worked in the

OWI in Washington and then join-
Continued on Page 3

Rev. Leslie Glenn
Will Lead Chapel

In Two Services

The speaker at chapel for the
next two Sundays, October 26



Church ,in Washington, D. C.

Dr. Glenn received both his B. D.
and his D. D. degrees from Vir-
gtnia Theological Seminary and
from 1930 to 1940 was rector of
Christ Church in Cambridge, Mass.
During the war Dr. Glenn served}
as lieutenant commander in the
United States Naval Reserve and
was on active duty in the South
Pacific. He has now returned to
his parish in Washington.

Last year Dr. Glenn spoke for
three successive Sundays at chapel
and proved so tremendously popu-
lar that he has been invited back
‘his year.



LEAGUE-ALLIANCE DAY

Attention all . students! To-
morrow is the time to sign up
for a. League or Alliance activ-
ity. Registration will take place
in Taylor from 9-12. and 2-5.





Calendar
Thursday, October 23
8:30—Elizabeth G. Vining
lecture, “Japan Today”, Good-
hart Hall.
| Friday, October 24
4:00—Hockey, Bryn
vs. Swarthmore, here.
8:30—Dress Rehearsal, Jun-
ior Show, “Big as Life”, Good-
hart Hall.
Saturday, October 25
9:00 A. M.—Spanish and
Italian examinations for Un-
dergraduates and M.A. candi-
dates.
8:30—Junior Show, “Big as.
Life”, Goodhart Hall.
10:00-1:00—Rockefeller Hall
Dance.
Sunday, October 26
7:30—Chapel Service con-
ducted by the Rev. C. Leslie
Glenn, Music Room.’
Monday, October 27
7:15—Current Events, Com-
mon Room.
Wednesday, October 28
‘4:00—Hockey, Bryn Mawr
vs. Beaver, here. Ut

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Undergraduate Council Launches
Kconomy and Clean-Up Campaign



Class of "47 Has
Varied Positions:

Many Still Study

The fruits of a Bryn Mawr de-
gree reaped by the class of 1947
should encourage dubious under-
graduates. Four years at Bryn
Mawr seem to have stimulated
rather than blighted the interests
of the graduates if the list of those
employed is an indication. Some
of them have even gone so far as
to prove that good jobs can be
landed without the aid of “Katy
Gibbs” or her colleagues in the
secretarial field.

A very interesting position is
held by Martha MacDonald, a pro-
gram manager and script writer
forthe World Wide Broadcasting
Company in Boston. Nancy Cow-
ard is doing equally impressive
work. She is helping to:write a
history of the last World War for
the War Department. An interne
with the National Institute of Pub-
lic Affairs, Meg Urban seems to
have a job™with a future. The
class of ’47 is even represented at
the U.N., as Ruby Chen is there
with the Chinese delegation.

Literary, Scientific Work

The publishing business
Continued on Page 2

has
Activities Drive

Approaches Goal

The thermometer in Taylor, reg-
istering the contributions made to
the annual Activities Drive, has
now reached the $2,000 mark.
Denbigh leads among the halls
with 100 per cent contributing and
Rhoads is runner-up. The $4,000
goal must be reached by Sunday
night, when the drive officially
ends.

The proceeds from the drive will
be used to finance the varied char-
itable activities sponsored. by. the
League. Edythe LaGrande, ’49,
chairman of the drive, urges each
student’s volunteer support. Hall
representatives will receive the
contributions. It is hoped that
each student will give $7.00.

Urge Help of Students —
To Halt Needless
Expenditures

Today marks the opening of a
campus-wide Economy and Clean-
up Campaign organized by the
Undergraduate Council to continue
through the year. At a time when
costs are rising considerably while
residence fees remain unchanged,
students are urged to unit® in a
concerted effort to cut needless
College expenditures for food, elec-
tricity, water, heat and property
maintenance. The Council empha-
sizes that maintenance of college
property involves keeping it clean.

In formulating its program the
Council has worked with President
McBride, Miss Howe, Director of
Halls; Raymond Buckley, Comp-
troller; and Horace Smedley, Col-
lege Superintendent. “We feel that
the students can be of very real
help in eliminating unnecessary ex-
pense”, Mr. Buckley states.

He reports that the cost for all
halls in preparing and serving
meals in 1946-47 represented an
increase of 6044% over the expend-
iture in 1941-42. In the same five-
year period, the cost of coal for
heating and lighting has risen
55 7/10%. In contrast to these
figures Mr. Buckley points out
that the College has raised its res-
idence fees only once. This was



in the beginning of 1945-46 and
amounted to an average of $40, or
about 15%.

Economy Program

Sign- out for meals. In order to
conserve food the Undergrad Coun-
cil asks each student to sign out
for the meals from which she in-
tends to be absent. When dinners
are provided for people who do -
not appear it costs the college
money. Three days’ notice will
save ordering food, while 24 hours’
notice will save actual cooking.

Develop a conscience about elec-
tricity. This will save on current,
coal and light bulb bills. Unnec-
essary lights should be turned off
in bedrooms, bathrooms, hall lib-
raries and especially in the smok-
ers. The Council hopes that it will
be unnecessary to introduce a proc-
tor system.

Don’t let tubs overflow. Savings



Continued on Page 3



Lucite Reporters Investigate .
Wildlife in Creeping Fingers

by Emily Townsend ’50

What are “sagebrush knees”?
Apparently a painful and enduring
ailment; it is only one of the many
pertinent problems posed by the
forthcoming Junior Show, Big As
Life. Aside from this mysterious-
ly prevalent disease, and the fam-
ous desperado Black Jack, how-
ever, there seems to be no draw-
backs to life in Creeping Fingers,
California.

The town is equipped with every-
thing necessary for a well-balanced
existence: two excellent saloons,

The Last Draw, and The Golden |

Lily, and a popular concern known
as Dima Dance—20 Girls—20. And
don’t forget, ladies and gentlemen,
the patent-medicine man, who in-
cludes in his bargain a little pic-
ture “that will show you some-
thing you've: always wanted to
see.”

Obviously, Creeping Fingers is
the perfect spot for the Lucite
publications to investigate Amer-



ican private enterprise, and the
Life reporters who are sent to
cover the situation can find few
faults. with the assignment....And
what faults can there be in a town
that boasts the largest bottles and
most sloping bar in all the liquor-
ous West? So “raise the roof on
a hundred proof—the weakest take
it straight.”

A lovely heroine is, of course,
an added attraction to any town,
even if she does come from Perth
Amboy.

“She has both pharmaceutical
and botanical fame,

Gentian Violet is her name.”
And to keep the emphasis where
it belongs, there is a risque lady,
Mellow, who is very mellow in-
deed; the kick chorus girls lift
their shapely limbs on high, and
cry, “Just wait till we put on our
pink tights;’” and all in all, as the
Juniors insist, “It’s a hot spot, and
why not?”, since it’s the show of
49, and all for the benefit of the
Fund.