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VOL. XLVII, NO. 12
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1951
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1950
PRICE 15 CENTS
H. S. Commager
Discusses Civil
Liberties in U.S.
Exemplifies Argument
For Pragmatic
Necessity
The first of a series of lectures
on “National Security and Civil
Liberties,’ provided for by the
Cooper Foundation, was given by
Henry Steele Commager at the
Friends’ Meeting House, Swarth-
more College, Sunday evening,
February 11.
Mr. Commager discussed “The
Pragmatic Necessity of Freedom,”
and emphasized that although the
basic freedoms have been guaran-
teed in American federal and state
constitutions for a hundred and
fifty years, “each generation has
to indicate these freedoms anew!
for itself.” There are risks in tak- |
ing things for granted. Only those
people who have been required to|
indicate and justify freedom fully
understand it.
Constitutional issue has always
been a bit obscure, although “those
who enacted it (the Constitution)
thought it was constitutional;” ‘t
is not enough, however, for free-
dom to be legalistically vindicated
by the courts.
The other, “natural rights,” ap-
proach, asserts that the basic
rights are not conferred by gov-
Continued on Page 4, Col. 2
After the Undergrad Dance,
Merion Hall will sponsor an
open house from two until three
a. m. Food and music will
brighten the morning hours.
Theatre Releases
‘Tom Thumb’ Cast
Tom Thumb the Great; or the
Tragedy of Tragedies by Henry
Fielding will be presented on Fri-
day and Saturday, March 16 and
7, as the first Bryn Mawr Theatre
production of 1951. The following
cast will enact this Restoration
drama on the Goodhart stage:
King Arthur Robert Chase
Queen Dollalolla
Patricia Richardson
Tom Thumb Suzanne Kramer
Princess Huncamunca
Katherine Torrence
Ghost of Gaffer Thumb
: Charles D. Griffiths
Lord Grizzle
F. Jackson Piotrow
Merlin Robert Kunkel
Noodle James Ranck
Deodle | William Matlack
Poodle J. Howard Shoemaker
Parson. Howard O’Neill
Glumdalca John Kittredge
Cleora Mary Lee Culver
- Mustacha Elsie Kemp
Lee Haring, Haverford, ’51, is
‘directing the play, which Mr. Ar:
thur Colby Sprague of the Bryn
Mawr English department is sup-
ervising: Ann. Blaisdell is stage
manager. - -
Wootton Thinks
Britain and USS.
Still Closely Tied
(Miss Barbara Wootton, noted
British author, lecturer, and radio
commentator, spoke on Britain in
the World Crisis at the third Alli-
ance Assembly on Current Affairs
for 1950-51 on January 19 in
Goodhart Auditorium. Miss Woot-
ton stated: “The ties between Brit-
ain and the United States are still
very strong and important. The
part which Britain can play in the
international situation is closely
connected with her internal
strength.” British policy seems
“slightly crazy on this side of the
Atlantic.” Americans want an ex-
planation as to what happened to
the British.
The United States thought the
British ungrateful and their poli-
tics absurd when they listened to
Churchill and voted against him in
1945. The victory of the Labor
Party was not a sudden event, but
the culmination of a process. Lab-
or had gained strength in Britain
before World War II. The work-
| ers had become stronger through
The question of vindicating the’
necessity of freedom of dissent
may be approached in two ways. |
One is the legalistic approach: the|
unions, and there were thinking
people in all classes. In 1945, “the
British thought the war was over.”
They turned back to cherished ideals
| which had been turned aside for
expediency. They wanted to ex-
periment with mild socialism, and
for that reason ousted Mr. Church-
ill. The British acted not with in-
gratitude, but with maturity. “We
do and did admire Mr. Churchill as
a war leader, but we decide our
policy on private issues,” said Miss
Wootten. Mr. Churchill has two
personalities: leader in war and
leader of the Conservative Party.
The British did not want to deify
any political figure.
“In the first place, the Socialist
Party is like ourselves,” and there-
fore, appeals to many people. Er-
nest Bevin “came up the hard
way.” The Minister of Education
Are you another Marguerite
Higgins? Do you _ visualize
yourself writing coolly and un-
distractedly as the shells crash
in passing overhead? Then join
the NEWS for preliminary
training. It is true that Soda
Fountain chairs and stage crews.
are all that crash above us, but
nothing ‘ever passes over our
heads. Come to the NEWS
Room in Goodhart at 5:30 p. m.
on Thursday, February 22, and
get your tryout assignments.
obtained his schooling at night.
Since Britain now has different
types of people in power, everyone
can say, “Some representative in
government has had experience
like mine.”
Five years of domestic legisla-
tion, however, were too much for
the British. The legislation follow-
ed two general trends: 1) Conver-
sion of basic industries to public
ownership. Labor had wanted to
do this for fifty years. Some of
the converted industries were coal,
railroads, electricity, and gas. 2)
Provision of social services and
complete social security for all.
Continued on Page 4, Col. 1
Music and Dialogue As You Like It
When’54 Takes Stage To ‘Swipe I v
by Margie Cohn, 752
‘What do you suppose all those
glittering, glamourous posters are
leading up to? Why did you strug-
gle through that difficult acrostic?
How do you think the song ends
that you heard those freshmen
whistling? Where will you find the
answer to these questions? No-
where but in As You Swipe It, the
Freshman Show to be splendifer-
ously given in Goodhart on Satur-
day, February 17 at 8:30 p. m.
Ladies, leave your honesty be-
hind, and enter into thieves’ para-
dise with such shady and charming
notables as Moll Flanders, Robin
Hood, and Eve—of Genesis fame.
Listen to these reincarnated vil-
lains (?) pour out their lament
that things here “just ain’t right”.
Then, to bring the idea close to
you, enter Princetonian (who stole
the clapper from the college bell)
bewailing his. separation from a
Bryn Mawr beauty who has, curi-
ously, landed in hell. But don’t
worry, this show has more than
plot; it has music for you also—
lyrics ranging from “that weekend
excursion to Nassau” to “My
Gawd, boys, it’s Jesse James!” will
roll melodiously forth through the
auditorium.
“Tart, are .you ready?” you
might hear sotto voce as a. demure
streetwalker steps out ‘o inform
us that “hardly a day went by
without a pass - - - ing cloud.”
Philosophically, Eve will expound
to you the doctrine that “ to the
man comes all the credit, to the
CALENDAR
Wednesday, February 14, 1951
7:15 p.m. Permission Givers’
meeting, Mayday Room.
7:30-9:30 p.m. Freshman Hy-
giene lecture for Radnor and
Merion Halls, Common Room.
Thursday, February 15, 1951.
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Freshman
Show tickets on sale in the foyer
of Goodhart Hall.
4:00 p.m. Tea for the Senior
Class. The Deanery.
Friday, February 16, 1951.
3:00 p. m. Dr. Lucy T. Shoe of
the Institute for Advanced Stud-
ies speaking on “The American
Excavations at Cosa in Etruria”,
the Art Lecture Room.
7:30 p.m. Animal hunting of-
ficially begins.
8:30 p.m “As You Swipe It”,
Freshman Show, presented by
the Class of 1954 for the benefit
of polio victims.
8:30 p.m. Open House with re-
freshments in Radnor for animal
hunters.
Saturday, February 17, 1951.
8:30 p.m. “As You Swipe It”,
presented by the Class of 1954,
Goodhart Hall.
11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Under-
graduate Dance in the gymnas-
ium. Formal: 3:30 a.m. signout
for all those attending.
Sunday, February 18, 1951.
3:00 p.m. Sunday Sing, May-
day Room, featuring soloists
from the past class shows.
5:00 p.m. Bryn Mawr Music
Club Concert by Jacqueline Ep-
pinoff, cellist, and Marion Zar-
'zeezna, pianist, Wyndham.
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woman the biame.” All this will
take place before an awninged flat
and’ rooftop adorned with emerald-
green stardust, mysteriously pois-
ed in the background.
“Danny, can we just ooze out?”
is a rehearsal query you will not
hear but witness as you get a
glimpse of lithe harem girls. Then,
after a sprightly chorus song ex-
tolling the adventurous fun of “the
chase”, you “will Be entertained by
a kick chorus of thieving squirrels,
attired in long ears and tails, and
semi-squirrel-like white leotards.
Soon the shorts and stocking-
caps of today’s cast will yield to
the dazzling costumes of Satur-
day’s full-fledged actresses — as
Danny Luzzatto, directress, touch-
es her wand to freshman Cinderel-
las. The raucous cry of “Look out
for the rope!” will change into
singing, and disconnected stage di-
rections will convert to hilarious
dialogue. “You can’t miss this
transformation from diamond-in-
the-rough to Girls’ Best Friend.
Get your jewel of entertainment as
"04 swipes it!
McBride Speaks
On Civil Defense
In Present Crisis
On Tuesday, February 6, at the
opening assembly of the semester,
Miss McBride spoke on civilian de-
fense, and—also the responsibility
that must be taken by college wo-
men in this time of crisis.
Concerning civilian defense, a
faculty and staff committee has
now been appointed, and graduate
and undergraduate representatives
will also be appointed to serve
There will be drills in the halls, and
each hall will have designated
safety areas in case of atomic at-
tack. Although odds may be a thou-
sand to one against bombing,
knowledge of proper procedure in
ease of atomic attack is most es-
sential. Miss McBride, speaking
of the responsibility of college
women, said that short of extreme
emergency not now anticipated,
there will be no draft of the fem-
inine element in the country’s de-
fense. All women’s services, how-
ever, will be expanded with in-
didate schools. The chief difference
in the utilization of woman power
ed from the last world war, will
be that rather than taking men’s
do jobs particularly suited to them.
specialized jobs and services.
Because there will probably be
a two year draft of men in profes-
sional and scientific fields, the
whole range of professional and
scientific work will become open to
women—indeed, they will be in
great demand. We will be living,
at best, in an atmosphere of pro-
longed tension, and most import-
ant of all, it is up to each individ-
ual to decide for herself the essen-
tial questions; not, “What can I
do” but rather “Am I doing what
is most necessary, and am I doing
Continued on Page 5, Col. 5
creased facilities for officers’ can-,
in this emergency as distinguish-;
Shaw Lecturer
Dr. Reischauer
Discusses Asia
Reischauer Sees Japan
As Short-Range
Problem
Edwin O. Reischauer, Associate
Professor of Far Eastern Langu-
ages at Harvard University, was
the first speaker in the Anna How-
ard Shaw lecture series on Conflict
and Change in Asia. He spoke last
Monday at 8:30 p. m. in Goodhart
on the subject of “Japan.” He
stated that a basic dichotomy has
been the cause of our present ideol-
ogical warfare. A push towards
centralization makes the few men
who are leaders more powerful,
while on the other hand, the ten-
dency towards universal education
promotes a desire in the “Little”
people, the many, to run the gov- . ,
ernment; in short, education pro-
motes a desire for democracy. “The
whole of Japanese history swings
back and forth between these two
possibilities.’ Japanese history
contains a moral for the other na-
tions of Asia: as they westernize,
industry brings technical skills,
which entail the expansion of ed-
ucation. The dichotomy is inevit-
able. “It is not possible for the rest
of Asia to remain in its present
state. The future of democracy is
important in Asia,” for she will
either turn to democracy or total-
itarianism.
“Change is in Asia; change is
producing conflict.” The impact of
the western world has only been
felt in Asia during the last century
and a half. The first reactions to
Continued on Page 3, Col. 4
Unescorted animal hunters
may sign out until 1:30 a. m.
on Friday. They may not leave
the campus while searching.
‘As You Swipe It’
Cast Given by ’>4
Jesse James—E. Glayser
Robin Hood—M. Plunkett
Ali Baba—H. Kneeland
Moll Flanders—Grey Struthers
Don Juan—M. Kennedy
| Knave of Hearts—S. Roosevelt
His Tart—A. Witman
Eve—E. Kemp
Brinks Robber I—P. Hitchcock
Brinks Robber II—E. Woodruff
jobs, women will be called upon to, Scot I—G. Von Hebel
| Seot II—L. Miller
They will act in the capacity of
Peter—P. Price
Julie—A. Phipps
Policeman—P. Albert
Jesse’s Friend—A. Hartman
Merry men—Gwen Davis, A. Mill-
er, P. Harvey, L. Simpson, D.
Forbes, G. Davis, E. Taylor, P.
Oliver, M. Jones, L. Batten, J.
Myer.
Ali Baba’s men—B. Merrick,
Keyes, J. Grimminger, B. Flor’,
C. -Wyeth, M. McGrath, Mf.
Holmes, A. Merz, M. Rorison, L.
Bonsal.
Pirates—A. Eristoff, E. Jones, C.
Richmnd, L. Pearre, P. Auch,
Continued on Page 5, Col. 2
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Page Two THE C
OLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, February 14, 1951
Saas! hte at Ss i Te Ls Rice Oe en ee ye ee
THE COLLEGE NEWS
FOUNDED IN 1914
The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that
appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission
of the Editor-in-Chief.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Jane Augustine, ‘52, Editor-in-chief
Julie Ann Johnson, ‘52, Copy Frances Shirley, ‘53, Make-up
Helen Katz, ‘53 Margie Cohn, ‘52, Make-up
Sheila Atkinson, ‘53 Claire Robinson, ‘54
EDITORIAL STAFF
Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, ‘52
Lucy Batten, ‘54
Phoebe Harvey, ‘54
Ann McGregor, ‘54 Anna Natoli, ‘54
Christine Schavier, ‘54 Mary Stiles, ‘54
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS
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Judy Leopold, ‘53 Ann McGregor, ‘54
Lucy Batten, ‘54 Christine Schavier, ‘54
BUSINESS MANAGERS .
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BUSINESS BOARD
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Margi Partridge, ‘52 . Vicki Kraver, ‘54
SUBSCRIPTION BOARD
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Ellie Lew Atherton, ‘52 Carolyn Limbaugh, ‘53
Alice Cary, ‘52 Trish Mulligan, ‘52
Susan Crowdus, ‘52 True Warren, ‘52
Lois Kalins, ‘52 Gretchen Wemmer, ‘53
Nena McBee, ‘53
Judy Waldrop, ‘53
Diana Gammie, ‘53
Beth Davis, ‘54
Subscription, $3.00 Mailing price, $3.50
Subscriptions may begin at any time
Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office
Under the Act of March 3, 1879
Help for Subfreshmen
You have now started a new semester of your struggles
to graduate from Bryn Mawr. Presumably you have chosen
this goal because you feel that this college has as high an
academic standing as any in the country. But you also want
a well-rounded reputation for Bryn Mawr. Down with the
myth of myopia and library pallor—we want intelligent and
attractive graduates to show the world the “Bryn Mawr
type”. If you want assurance that future classes will meet
the superlative standards of past ones, you must help to per-
petuate a student body of high calibre.
How? you say, and the answer is, be a campus guide.
This reply may surprise you, but campus guides are one
of the strongest links between present students and prospect-
ive ones. Each guide is sole personal representative of the
college to a sub-freshman’s family. In that moment you alone
embody all Bryn Mawr. Our rooms are not always neat,
exam-exhausted students are not always considerate; you
must prevent visitors from receiving superficial impressions
only. You must reveal to them the deep friendship which
pervades the dormitories, the sincerity of intellectual effort
which gives meaning to lab and library—that is the true
Bryn Mawr. :
You may protest that campus activities fill your spare
‘time. But you particularly show that Bryn Mawr presents a
‘balance between the academic and extra-curricular aspects
of college life. We now need, therefore, many students to
donate very little time for this important and honorable ser-
Current Events
Common Room, February 12,
7:15 p. m. Miss Mildred Northrop
trollable. Both economic and pol-
itical issues are involved. In the
last analysis the monetary issue is
a simple one. When there are scarce
goods and services and a great
deal of money in circulation, the
money must play on the goods and
the prices must go up.
The reason for the present crisis
is that because we are preparing
for defense we are drawing from
the normal supply of goods. If we
are to pay for defense as we
go, through taxation, it would
mean a tax increase of sixteen
Volunteers Give
Onin (OW
Work Camps Aid | _ |
Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks- || spoke on “The Present Declared : Pur ose
giving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) Emergency in Domestic Affairs.” At the weekly assembly this Pp of BMC Stage,
in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, ‘ ? : , morning Doris Hamburger spoke Duty of Critic
Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The present inflation, she said, is W k d Work C S
— || immediate and desperate, but con- psi dhe ease o ee Analyzed
sored by the Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting, the two camps run in
downtown Philadelphia consist of
about fifteen students each. They
are held in an old mansion, and a
church basement, and both high| ‘There has been much discussion
school and college students par-| about Bryn Mawr College’s theat-
ticipate. After getting acquainted | re critics. For the benefit of future
with each other and the neighbor-| reviewers, those whose judgments
hood, they start out on Saturday | are published in the News and
to paint and repair the local North | those whose opinions are reserved
Market Street area. Co-operating 'for their friends, it would be well
with the families they aid, the stu-/| to point out several factors which
dents split into groups of two or) should be kept in mind when con-
_ three, work all day, and then meet sidering student productions, and
Letter To The Editor
To the editor of the Bryn"Mawr
College News:
in the evening for singing, relax-
billion dollars in the next three ation, and discussion. The work is
months, making the total taxation’ gone in a spirit of working with the
for the fiscal year seventy-one bill- people, not with any feeling of
ion dollars. At present the govern- | “charity.”
ment has only been able to find |
means of raising fifty-five billion,
from 1) individual taxes; 2) cor-!|
poration taxes; and 8) trade and
commerce.
The treasury now sustains one-
third of the national debt; it wants.
to keep the interest rate low so it
can pay off the debt. If the general
market interest rates go up; the
treasury will have to ask Congress
to raise taxes so it can continue
to pay the national debt. The Fed-
eral Reserve Board suggests rais-
ing the interest rate to stop infla-
tion. This would raise the general
market interest rate and affect the
Treasury adversely.
The FRB is therefore seeking
Congressional sanction for this
measure, although they have the
power to take it without sanction.
Congress is trying to avoid decid-
in the issue. If inflation continues
it will get out of hand and render
us incapable of fulfilling our inter-
national commitments and of
meeting the state of emergency on
its broader basis.
The administration is not now
taking a firm stand on wages and
price control. The Wage and Price
Stabilization Board consists of
labor and industry. members. _In-
dustry members say that wages
should not increase more than eight
percent over the general increase
since June 1950, before they start
increasing in proportion to living
costs. Labor members say wages
should increase sixteen percent.
The public opinion, favouring a ten
percent increase, will probably pre-
vail.
The main effort to control prices
is now directed at control at the
raw material stage. The problem
remains of how the end-product
cost can be regulated when effect-
ive control exists only over raw
materials. The WPSB may oper-
ate upon agricultural prices only
when they are over the parity
price. The legislature, which an-
nually fixes parity, has kept prices
under parity. Opponents of - this
agricultural price raise policy
argue that it will lead to uncon-
trolable inflation.
Counterpoint takes great
The Katherine Fullerton Ger-
ould Prize Committee of the
Alumnae Association will award
a prize of $50.00 to an under-
graduate for her entry of one
or more articles in the follow-
ing categories: narrative; in-
formal essay (excluding critical
papers and formal essays);
verse; or drama. Any student
may submit one or more entries,
unsigned, to the Alumnae Office,
second floor of the Deanery, not
later than 4 p. m April 4. En-
tries should consist of work
completed since Commencement,
1950, although class assign-
ments are not excluded, and
previous appearance in a stud-
ent publication is not a barrier.
to clarify several important points
_in the review of Le Miracle de The-
ophile (The College News: Decem-
ber 20, 1950).
There is much less rehearsal
time for college productions than
for professional ones. What time
there is, is not worth as much as
in the professional theatre because
; the energies of all the members of
‘the production are divided between
| college work and the play at hand.
The actors and the workers be-
hind the scenes are amateurs. They
are interested in the theatre and
may know a lot nl but they
are not professionals. Yheir work
represents an attempt to produce
art. In many cases they have diffi-
culty in expressing their feelings
and their understanding. But they
are willing, and they have the cour-
age, to share their attempt with
the college and its friends.
For these reasons it is unreason-
able to review college productions
as Howard Barnes reviews Broad-
way plays.
e
Be The Class Hit,
Pa ae
Take A Baby Sit!
Was your course card ornament-
ed by a string of summa cum laude
grades? For the few who were
not so fortunate, here is a unique
solution.
How can you make sure your
politics professor thinks well of
you? Pour propaganda in his
children’s ears by .. . swell idea,
you interrupt, but when will I get
a chance to tell the kids a “slant-
ed” fairytale? — d’ya think I’m
James Thurber or somebody, may-
be?
We’re coming to that in just a
minute. For a Greek professor’s
obviously erudite youngster, you
can recite an original Greek ode
in the form of Pindar’s tenth Py-
thian. (For a French professor’s
child, you can render with drama:
tic inflection Le Chanson de Ro-
land... o.k., 0. k., you mutter, I
should put my hair in pigtails and
creep down to Low Buildings on|
my hands and knees—but I still
don’t get it.
Please, you’ll understand in a
minute. For the Dean’s baby, it’s
a cinch; just rattle some course|
cards and coo “cut-pro, cut-pro,|
cut-pro” at him, and... Nicholas |
The goal, the effort, and the re-
sults produced are essential ques-
tions in an amateur undertaking.
Therefore in all fairness and gen-
uine interest, the NEWS reviewer
should go to a half-way point re-
hearsal. If she sees only one pre-
sentation of the play, she cannot
know the progress made during
rehearsals; nor can she fairly
judge the final realization of. the
end in the minds of the group.
The review of Le Miracle de
Theophile illustrates some of the
shortcomings of student reviewers.
When she wrote the article the re-
viewer was unaware of the tre-
mendous effort, of the many extra
hours of work given by Marianne
Schwob to her role. Attendance at
one of the rehearsals would have
indicated this effort.
Nor did the reviewer make suffi-
ciently clear its superior results.
Marianne Schwob made striking
use of movement in portraying the
role of Theophile, the thirteenth
century cleric with a tortured soul.
Her expression would have been
impressive in a professional theat-
re. Inadequate praise can be a
harmful mistake in the criticism
of professional artists. Their
self-confidence is easily shattered.
One of the problems in student
productions, where a professor di-
rects, is to break down the student-
professor barrier. The members of
and I aren’t on speaking Resse a theatrical production must work
you shriek. Keep cool: here’s what together as one. The Theophile re-
we're driving at. How can there viewer did not crystalize her dis-
be a Faculty Show if nobody takes cyssion of this aspect of the French
pleasure in announcing the fol-
lowing elections:
Editor-in-chief, Marcelle We-
4 vice. A college cannot be much better than its students,
; present and to come.
The inevitable, but enjoyable Freshman Week is here
- again. Much hard work is being put into the show, and re-
hearsals have been sapping Freshman energy. An appalling)
number of the cast is in the infirmary, and many of this
group are almost indispensable to the play. Still, the show
goes on. The general attitude has been one of complete co-
_ operation with the director, and the other members of the| parel
cast. A 0 i ti that will hold the class together, | no n
Sip
free is desperately needed off and
on until the tenth of March. Please,
do your part just so the faculty
can do theirs Leave your name
with Mrs. Sullivan in Room H, in
Taylor, now! )
Members of the Board, Diana
Forbes, ’54; Anne Phipps, ’54.
Associates, Naomi Ellenbog-
en, ’64, Helen Katz, 63, Bobby-
ann Roesen, ’54,
: ea gier, 52. care of the faculty children during Cjybh production, where the barrier
4 er Hell for Fr eshmen | Business manager, Virginia ||Tehearsal? Anybody and every-| was non-existant. There was co-
Holbeck, ’52. body who is willing to baby-sit for operation on all sides. Peter Park-
hurst and Mr. Janschka who worked
on lighting and scenery are neither
students nor professors. Much of
the originality of the interpretation
came from Mr. Morris; but the
choreography of Nancy Burdick
and Sherry Cowgill and the rich
contributions of Marianne Schwob
and Elaine Marx in their acting
gave full representation to the stu-
dent element in the unquestionable
Wednesday, February 14, 1951
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three
Tired and Cross?
Try Crosswords!
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_ by Helen Katz, ’53
ACROSS
1. Hall with longest name.
9. First word of Columbia’s
football song.
Negative expression.
On arrival (abbr.).
Used in bear hunting.
Part of horse’s gear.
How one feels the morning
after.
‘Local eating place.
Syrup from trees.
Rent.
Epistle (abbr.).
Tear (Verb).
Preposition.
‘Weekends.
A favor.
Elevated train (abbr.).
Having more years.
Claus.
Two spades.
Dateless amusement.
10.
11.
12.
14.
16.
18.
20.
22
23.
2
Language exams.
Army rating for Quakers.
First name of college’s. Pres-
ident.
Make a mistake.
To reject.
Campus aid to opthamologists
Leaves (Verb).
Wind instrument.
Exclamation.
Article.
Like.
(Diphthong.
Used in sewing.
Considered a local conveyance
(Part of a telephone.
Allow.
Unusual occurrence in bridge
Robert.
1961 and 1953.
Revised Version (Abbr.).
‘Sergeant at Law (Abbr.):
Northeast (Abbr.).
MARRIAGES
Sarah Helen Dempwolf, ’50, to
Michael Pulitzer, se
_ Joan Kocevar, ’53, to William
Spooner. mth! ae
Helen-Louise Simpson,
Kemneth M. Seggerman.
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Bard's Eye View.
by Julie Ann Johnson, °52
Dear Valentine, the evening mail-~’
Has lately come and gone; —
‘My ‘hopes have now begun to fail,
And still I linger on.
pon ZSSRESESSS
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28.
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It has been quite a while, I fear,
Since last time that you wrote;
You thanked me for the. Prom last
It was a charming note.
The strike slowed mail, as I pre-
. sumed,
And this aroused my ire;
Last week the service was resum-
ee
Perhaps you’d rather wire?
Some girl just called her fiance,
Phone’s busy, and I moan;
I know you’ve had a busy day,
‘And now you'll telephone.
I asked you up for Freshman Show
. Two years ago last June;
O Valentine, how could I know
That you’d forget so soon?
Brass Ensemble Excels in Performing
Program of Early and Modern Music
by Frances Shirley, ’53
The Gotham Brass Ensemble, di-
rected by David Simon, furnished
an unusual concert on January 21
in the Deanery, under the auspices
of the Bryn Mawr Music Club.
The concert was a complete suc:
cess from the point of view of the
audience. The move from Wynd-
ham to the Dorothy Vernon Room
eliminated the acoustical problem
created by more than a dozen brass
instruments. Even more to be com-
mended are the musicians them-
selves, who played without the
benefit of a rehearsal in this loca-
‘\tion, for this lack of a chance to
become acquainted with the acous-
tical properties of the room was
not evident.
The first half of the concert was
devoted to sixteenth and seven-
teenth century music when the
brass groups were at the height of
‘their popularity. First were three
pieces by Adriano Banchieri, an
Italian of the late sixteenth cen-
tury. They were in canzona style,
and the Fantasy in Echo, with its
marked contrasts in volume, was
particularly effective, but the en-
tire group started the performance
Observer
Snow falls silently on the spired
rooftops. Everything soon loses
identity in this stirring white
world. Night comes; the air clears,
and the stars shine brightly, sol-
emnly admonishing the sky for be-
coming prey to the raging but
transitory storm. The snow once
king becomes a prostrate slave to
the busy, hurried figures which
tramp over it. Are these figures
aware of the beauty of the night
around them, or of the fury of the
storm that has passed? These gifts
of nature might never have been,
for the passers-by are concerned
with one thought only, which is not
of the great white world, but, alas,
of the small white card—a course
card.
The power of the card is greater,
during the first week of the sec-
ond semester, than any other pull
on those who walk the paths be-
tween the buildings. The dread
and the hope it commands is
stronger than love or hate, hunger
or thirst. The reign of the demon
begins in a modest way at first.
We come back to college joyously
to start the new semester. We buy
our new books, we go to our new
classes from the opening assembly
with fresh heart and mind. But our
confidence in our new life soon dis-
solves. At the first mail delivery
we see dozens of regular white en.
velopes on the table, and we know
that they contain the Dread Mes-
sage. Our heart jumps sickening-
ly, and we rush over to see if ours
has come. It is not there, and our
burst of courage leaves us shatter-
ed and shaking. We look at the
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Young Musicians
Give 2nd Concert
Jacqueline Eppinoff, violoncellist,
and Marion Zarzeczna, pianist, will
be the soloists in the second of the
Bryn Mawr Music Club’s Young
Musicians concerts this year. The
concert will take place next Sun
day, February 18, at five o’clock
in the Ely Music Room of Wynd-
ham. The following program, has
been released:
Prelude and fugue in F minor—
Bach; Rondo capriccioso, Mendel-
ssohn, Marion Zarzeczna.
Sonata, Opus 40, Shostakovich
Jacqueline Eppinoff.
Three intermezzi, Opus 119
Brahms; Rhapsody, Brahms, Mar-
ion Zarzeszna.
at a high artistic level.
Henry Purcell’s Funeral Music
for Queen Mary, with its dignified
and chorale-like opening and can-
zona-form close was next, and fol-
lowing it, a sonata written about
1684 by an unknown composer
The performance was superb, with
purity of tone and lively grace
throughout. For the scheduled
Garbrielli Sonata the musicians
substituted two pieces by Antony
Holborne, Honeysuckle and Night
Walk. Two Airs by John Adson
and Benedictus Grep’s Paduana
were the last of the early pieces.
The Ensemble turned to contem-
porary British music with Richard
Arnel’s Ceremonial and Flourish,
which was notable for change of
effect and sharpness of attack, es-
pecially in the martial passages,
The modern music continued after
the intermission with Willson Os-
borne’s Prelude. It was the second
time that Mr. Osborne’s music has
been included in the Music Club’s
programs and the composer him-
self was present. Needless to say,
it was excellently played, as was
Tall Tale, a piece based on folk
idioms, by Henry Cowell, in which
the effect of the muted trumpets,
varied rhythms, and lyric quality
of the instruments was striking.
Music for a Brass Ensemble, by
Myer Kupferman, who has written
especially for the Gotham Ensem-
ble, and Maurice Whitney’s Music
for Brasses were next, and the
Overture to Gilbert and Sullivan’s
Continued on Page 4, Col. 2
—_—_—_—__—
On Wednesday, February 7 five
Bryn Mawr badminton doubles
pairs took up their paddles
against the Merion Cricket Club
ladies at the club. Bryn Mawr won
all five games with the following
impressive scores: 1st—McCormick
and Dawes, 15-8, 15-12; 2nd—
Leeds and McCulloch, 15-3, 15-9;
$rd—Iglehart and Townsend, 15-7,
15-7; 4th—Blackwood and Wallace,
10-15, 15-6, 15-12; 5th—Davis and
Muir, 15-8, 15-8.
The Varsity, 2nd, and 3rd bas,
ketball teams played the three
Penn State teams here on Satur-
day morning, February 10. The
Varsity was unhappily defeated;
the final score was 21-61. The 2nd
and 8rd teams, howéver, came out
on top with scores of 49-35 and 38-
81 respectively. An unusual note
was added when the first team
game was televised for later
broadcasting. The machine was
operated from the balcony just
above the door and did not seem to
bother the players at all. Although
the first game was excellent to
watch, Bryn Mawr just couldn’t
seem to get started. (Most of their
passes did not connect, their dodg-
les did not work out, and their
'shots were on the whole too low.
During the second quarter, how-
ever, they picked up considerably,
and Tuck Howell made thrée bas-
kets. Penn had a very fine team,
but one forward, Cynthia Johnson,
was responsible for 33 of the 61
points. The following is the Bryn
Mawr ist team line-up:
Forwards Guards
Merrick, B, Perkins, A. L.
Kimball, L. Eristoff, A.
Howell, A. T. Warren, M. G.
Sub: Wadsworth Subs: Leopold
Gurewich
The 2nd team played a beautiful
game, winning 49-35. During the
first half their shots clicked con-
sistently and the teamwork was
good. They tired a litle during the
second half, as was natural, but
Continued on Page 4, Col. 4
Versatility of Acting,
Depth and Skill
Mark ‘Lear’
by Helen Katz, 53
Perhaps one of the most delight-
ful things about the last perform-
ance of the past run of King Lear,
at the National Theatre, was that
it was the last performance. Every
actor, without exception, was ab-
sorbed in a kinetic performance.
Louis Calhern, as Lear, delivered
his portrayal carefully, slowly, and
with tremendous vigor. Nowhere
did he outshine or seek to outshine
the thoroughly excellent players
acting with him. From the moment
the curtain went up, there was an
intense interest on the part of the
nudience, and a feeling of “this-is-
the-production-of-the-year”. As the
disillusioned father, the kingdom-
less king, and the beloved master,
Mr. Calhern’s delineations were
even, and in each capacity, he rose
superbly to the full height of the
lines.
The single set, with its raised
center platform served convincing-
ly as a throne room, a stormy
heath, a lean-to, and the entrance
to Cornwell’s castle. The over-
hanging blocks of painted stone
were lowered during the storm
scene, and steam projected around
them transformed them from the
‘ceiling of a castle to ominous
‘clouds. Lighting was also well ex-
ploited, used to full advantage to
'show bursts of lightning, and char-
|acters’ expressions; and during the
blinding of Gloucester (onstage),
they fluttered and dimmed.
| The amazing casting of the play
paid dividends in the beautifully
\integrated performance. Joseph
Wiseman, as Edmund, was excel,
lent. The only criticism one has
of the entire performance was his
entrance at the beginning of the
play, and that one, purely subject-
jive. There seems to be too much
sympathy for Gloucester’s bastard
son, after his “Wherefore
base?” soliloquy than was due the
play’s villain. Coupled with his
desires and absolute self-interest,
was a too-playful villainy which
he dropped as the play progressed.
If Shakespeare sought to get Ed-
mund sympathy from the audience
Continued on Page 4, Col. 3
LAST NIGHTERS
King Richard II Loses
Force By Poor
Casting
by Helen Katz, 53
A blizzard in New York, a cur-
tain that was not held for those
detained by the weather, and the
enormous seating capacity of the
City Center Theatre, all contribut-
ed toward a choppy, hard-to-hear
opening act of King Richard IL.
The latecomers made an unusual
amount of noise as hey got seated
to hear and see Maurice Evans as
the pathetic, poetic Richard. Un-
like the production of King Lear,
more than one actual setting was
utilized, a practice which, while
varying the scenery, renders some
of Shakespeare’s descriptive pass-
ages almost redundant. The open-
ing scene at Richard’s court is one
of pageantry and splendor, espec-
ially enhanced by imaginative cos-
tumes, done by David Ffolkes, who
also designed the sets.
This is the first time in many
years that King Richard II has
been produced in New York. The
last time it appeared, with Mr,
Evans in the same role, was in
1937. He gives a flawless portray-
al of a weak, ill counselled, friv-
olous ruler, full of nobility, but not
kingship. With the exception of
Kent Smith as Bolingbroke, Mr.
Evans has unfortunately surround-
ed himself with players of a mag:
nitude so far inferior to himself,
that he stands out, to the loss of
the play’s reality. Neither Betsy
Blair, as his Queen, nor Bruce Gor-
don as Norfolk give performances
of any vitality; and Frederic Wor-
lock as John of Gaunt fails to ex-
tract emotion and movement from
his lines, especially from his dying
speech at the beginning of Act II,
“this blessed plot, this earth, this
realm, this England...” The story
of the plot to place Bolingbroke on
the throne in place of Richard who
is in Ireland, is developed compe-
tently, albeit not subtly, because
of great amounts of peculiar cut-
ting. The scenes with the Duchess
of Gloucester are so cut that the
part she actually plays is befud-
dled; the sentencing of Carlisle in
the last act is also cut. Instead of
simplifying a plot that the acting
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Involves The Country’s
Continued from Page 1
that impact are rebounding; west-
ernized Japan forced us into one
great war, and now the war in Kor-
ea demonstrates another result of
western cultures intrusion upon
Asia. “Asia is basically a long-
range problem,” with the exception
of Japan where we must, said Mr.
Reischauer, “reverse the field.” Jap-
an is a short-range problem be-
cause she rapidly adjusted to the
west. She is “what the rest of the
Far East might possibly be.” Jap-
an has led Asia in the process of
westernization because she had
many aspects of Occidental culture
before its impact. She had a nation-
al consciousness, she was militar-
istic, and she had early capitalists;
other Asiatic countries did not.
She “became a power like the pow-
ers of Europe and America decades
ago.” Consequently, Japan is “a
crucial area in the way no other
part of Asia is,” militarily, econ-
omically, and, most important, id-
eologically.
Japan has experimented with
democracy more than any other
Asiatic country because she is the
only country with a high enough
literacy rate to permit universal
sufferage. There has been a specif-
ic democratic experiment backed
by us since World War II. Asiatics
do not have much faith in dem-
ocracy; they consider it a luxurious
Real Problem Of The Japanese Situation
Economic Aspect
and peculair political form, and ac-
cept a benevolent dictatorship as
a necessity. Democracy has little
chance in Asia for several decades
to come.
The occupation of Japan has been
greatly succesful because we are
riding “a swing of the pendulum in
Japan.” The former totalitarianism
now produces the natural reaction
of a swing to democracy; we take
the credit. The Japanese like our
occupation because of 1) the nai-
vete of the average man, 2) the
absence of a war guilt complex,
8) the basic wisdom of our poli-
tics in handling the occupation. Our
aim has been “to prevent anything
like we have had in the past,” for
example, the Japanese War. To do
this we must make Japan more
democratic than she was before
World War II. That “a democratic
country does not want to go to
war” is a basically sound principle.
To help achieve democracy in Jap-
an, we have perfected the mechan-
isms of democracy on paper, we
have helped her to attack social
problems through these mechan-
isms, and we have tried to place
men on a more equal footing
through the breaking-up of big in-
dustrial combines and the strength-
ening of labor unions.
The economic aspect of the Jap-
anese situation presents the real
Continued on Page 5, Col. 2
SEGRE ORS (VPS OTR
ts
Mean eh ee eS
Page Four
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, February 14, 1951
Labour, Inflation Give Group Shows Variety
Britian Budget Trouble
Continued from Page 1
“In the new social services, what is
provided for one person is provid-
ed for everybody.” This is a change
from the former way of thinking,
which believed that social services
need only be provided for the poor.
The swing back towards the
Conservative Party in February,
1950, was not so big as the Amer-
ican newspapers would have us be-
lieve. Some of the party’s victor- |
ies were due to accidents of con-
stituency boundaries. It is signifi. |
cant that the Communist Party put
up a hundred candidates, all of
whom were defeated. As a result
of the election, Labor Party mem-
bers have a less secure tenure of
power. They are bound to resign
if they are defeated on a major
constitutional issue.
“In our economic situation, we
have been aided very much by sub-
sidies. \As the political situation is
not secure, the present economic
stability is not secure,” Miss Woot-
ton continued. The economic sit-
uation, however, is healthier than
it has been for a long time. There
is practically no unemployment;
the dollar gap is virtually closed.
Even though the social services
are expensive, the budget is bal-
anced almost every year. The two
main difficulties are manpower and
inflation. The British have not
completely solved the problem of
placing workers where they are
needed. \Wages were frozen for
five years by gentlemen’s agree-
ment, but labor decided that the
money could be found somewhere
Bevin’s recent appointment to the
Ministry of Labor may be an ex-
planation for recent changes. He
is in the best position to bring
about such changes, especially re
garding manpower and wages.
Miss Wootton continued by say-
ing that British international pol.
icy is bi-partisan. Whatever that
policy is, it is of all Britain and
not of any party. All future suc-
cess of Britain and of the United
States is embodied in the United
Nations. Our goal is worldwide
peace; we are befuddled as to the
means to help attain this end. If
there is a difference between Brit-
ish and American policy, it is part-
ly due to geographical location.
Britain belongs to three worlds:
Europe, the British Common-
wealth, and the world of North
Atlantic communities. North At-
lantic perversions are often the re-
sult of the other two worlds. For
defense, the British have had mil-
itary conscription at the age of
eighteen for the past twelve years
They have also mobilized a fair
proportion of economic resources
for defense purposes. j
“Britain is still, with all the La-
bor Government, a rather nice
place to be,” Miss Wootton noted
in conclusion. The British enjoy
freedom to vote, freedom of the
press, and freedom of association
which is the basis of industrial
rights and freedoms. What is ap-
propriate for Britain, however, is
not always appropriate for the
United States. Miss Wootton end-
ed her speech by saying that she
did not advocate English Social-
ism for the United States.
With Dirges and Airs
Continued from Page 3
Mikado completed a remarkable
concert. The Mikado Overture,
transcribed by Robert King, was
perhaps most enthusiastically re-
ceived by the audience, and it cer-
tainly showed what brasses alone
can do with a piece of music. The
tone was beautiful, the rhythm
firm and strong, and the control of
,volume excellent, as they had been
throughout the afternoon.
Adding greatly to the. total suc-
cess of the program were Mr. Si-
mon’s comments between pieces.
He told about the particular com-
positions, about brass groups in
general, and about the Gotham en-
semble, which in three years has
grown from a few men’ playing
with groups like the Pathetic
Brass Choir to an organization
playing over the radio and con-
certs. This reviewer, for one
hopes that they will be again en-
gaged to play at Bryn Mawr and
acquaint us with more of the brass
ensemble music which is all too
seldom heard.
Historian Says Freedom
Necessary For Security
Continued from Page 1
ernment but are such as no gov-
ernment can take away from men,
and emphasizes the dignity of man.
No one in our society will deny
the dignity of the individual and
the importance of this concept in
democracy, but the emphasis on
rights is not conclusive.
Mr. Commager stated that there
is an argument for the pragmatic
necessity of freedom. The natural
rights theory of transcendentalism
is a philosophy of absolutes; prag-
matism disregards absolutes. To
say that freedom is an absolute
right and an absolute good is all
right, but you cannot go further.
Americans have used both philoso-
phies, but we have lately abandon-
ed the pragmatic to adopt doctrin-
aire standards. We set up stand-
ards, accept conformity to these
standards, and judge the- results
by the degree of conformity which
is displayed. We think that if we
can use labels, we have clarified
the situation; therefore we fling
terms around loosely.
As Tocqueville pointed out, the
most effective censorship is not
legal censorship; it is public opin-
ion. The danger today is not of
orthodox or herterodox thinking, but
of no thinking. The promotion of
purges of college faculties and gov-
ernment employees will lead to the
development of the kind of society
in which the freedoms of inquiry
and criticism, along with other
freedoms, will not function.
We must encourage dissent be-
cause we can not live without it.
Freedom of thought can only be
lost voluntarily. It is impossible to
calculate the overwhelming advant-
age of this freedom as contrasted
to totalitarian systems which are
| based on absolute conformity.
If we start hacking away at our
freedoms through insistence on
conformity we are lost; we will
mager emphasized that we must
ideas. The fate of Western civil-
ization and Christendom rests with
us; it is a tremendous responsibil-
ity.
pennant
Consplidients. of
the
HAVERFORD
PHARMACY
‘Lear’ Cast Works Well;
Presentation A Success
Continued from Page 3
and them have them withdraw it,
Edmund’s later treatment of his
brother; and of Goneril and Regan
achieved this effect. His brother,
Edgar, played by ‘Wesley Addy, was
also exceptional, especially when
he posed as Poor Tom, the mad
beggar. His half-nude rages across
the entire stage held everyone
spellbound. The same quality of
holding the interest of the audi-
ence was seen in the versatile act-
ing of Norman Lloyd, as Lear’s
fool. He was wistful, heartbroken,
sarcastic, entertaining, and always
convincing, a good “point of rest”
for the audience between scenes of
very high tension. Guy Arbury as
the Earl of Gloucester, one of
Lear’s retainers, and foil to him in
the parallel story of treason
against a father, gave an enlight-
ening performance, full of dignity
and pathos. Edith Atwater and Jo
Van Fleet, as Goneril and Regan
respectively, again were well-cast
and understood their roles. To-
gether with Nina Foch (Cordelia),
as the three daughters, they evok-
ed full meaning from their lines,
although Miss Foch could have
spoken louder at times. The di-
rection of John Houseman also
forfeit security as well. Mr. Com-'
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gave meaning to the personalities
of Albany (Richard Malek) and
Cornwall (Jack Bittner), placing
them at subtly significant spots to
foreshadow their future actions,
such as Albany’s repentence, or
Cornwall’s later evil. Mention of
Kurt Richards as Oswald, steward
to Goneril, must also be made. His
sharply directed mannerisms, low
sweeping bows and haughty re-
plies, added roundness to the tra.
gedy, and directed attention to-
ward the allover atmosphere of
evil of the two sisters’ houses.
Another fine performance was
rendered by Martin Gabel, as Kent,
the faithful exile in disguise, a
performance by an actor-turned-
producer, and one of scope and de-
termined’ evenness.
The most stirring of the scenes
were the blinding of ‘Gloucester,
the storm on the heath, and the
final moment in which Lear enters
with the dead Cordelia in his arms,
when his laments climaxed an ex-
haustive dramatic scene.
Adding greatly to the presenta-
tion of King Lear were the gorge-
ous costumes (as well as the rags
for Edgar, Lear, and Kent) design-
ed by Dorothy Jeakins, who receiv-
ed an Academy Award for her
“costumes in color”.
If one thought that the perform-
ance was outstanding because it
was the last night of a successful
and acclaimed run, at least the il-
lusion was not shattered until the
end of the play, when, to thunder.
ous applause. Mr. Calhern stepped
forward and announced to an elat-
ed house that the play was to have
‘another four-week run in New
York, as well as a tour of the
country next season. One feels this
play deserves it.
(a wn ee
ae a
Engagements
Pat Donoho, ’51, to Harry Roe
Hughes.
Anne Tucker Howell,
Robert Tucker.
758, to
Sally Gibson, ’54, to William
Flanders.
Joan Gilbert, ’54, to Charles
Borie.
Anne Scott, ’52,. to Zigmund
Gonglevski.
Addy Lou Wahlert, ’52, to Vic-
tor Mauck.
Molly Winsor, ’54, to Gordon
Byer. *
Choirs Will Sing
Motet by Bach
On Saturday, February 24, the
Haverford Glee Club and the Bryn
Mawr College Chorus will present
a concert at 8:30 p.m. in Roberts
Hall. Alone, Haverford will sing
two Symphoniae Sacre by Heinrich
Schutz: “Fili mi Absalon” and
“Jubilate Dei.” They will also sing
a mass for male voices a capella,
by Gerald Keenan.
The Bryn Mawr College Chorus
will sing Palestrina’s “Magnificat
in the Fourth Mode,” with Pamela
Field, ’51, singing the soprano solo.
The two choruses will then join
to sing Bach’ Motet Number Three
—“Jesu Meine Freude,” and Gab-
rieli’s “Jubilate Deo.”
Penn’s Skill Overcomes
First Basketball Team
Continued from Page 3
the play was much slower. Parker
and Gurewich both played a good
game throughout. The 2nd team
line-up was:
Forwards Guards
Wadsworth Olsen
Tilghman Shoemaker
Parker Gurewich
The 3rd team did not, by a score
of 38-31. In the first half, Bryn
Mawr played an even, steady
game, with Adele Fox succeeding
in almost every attempted shot.
Although the second half was fast-
er, it also looked sloppier than the
former precise playing. The line-
up was:
Forwards Guards
Fox, A. Lindow
Cohen West
Mcllroy Voorhis
Subs: Osma, Woodruff, Ewer
Gardner
Sport-cast of coming athletic
events:
Fri., Feb. 16: 1st and 2nd swim-
ming teams vs. Drexel here, 4:00.
‘Wed., Feb. 21: 1st and 2nd bad-
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Course Card Cometh,
Quiet Courage Counts
Continued from Page 3
faces of those who have received
their cards, we try to remember
their look of unconcern so that we
can imitate it when we see ours
We listen quietly for news of othe1
people’s reports, especially the
ones who take our courses. We
avoid asking our friends what they
got, but rejoice with them when
we hear they’ve done well. We see
them writing home to their par
ents and we wander to our own
room, lonely and unhappy. We
wait, and wait, and wait...
When it seems that we will
never know, we pass the mail box-
es and see that our course card has
come. it is lunch time, so we leave
it there where it lies, and hurry in
to eat. But its presence haunts us,
and we find we are not hungry. We
mumble “Excuse me”, to our
friends, and leave the dining-hall.
We gather up our clothes and
books, and carefully carrying the
white envelope, we rush to our
room. We close the door behind
us, put down our books and coat,
and clutching the white card in its
envelope, we cross the room and
sit on our window seat. We are
suddenly very calm. We realize
that we have passed our courses,
and we know that our mother is
the only one who will care that we
don’t get “90’s”. We open the en-
velope slowly, and pull out the
ecard. ‘All the grades hit our eyes
at once—we see that we have more
than passed, and gaze dumbly at
the report, thankful and weak. We
think of what we will do this sem-
ester, and know that we can do
better than last. We put the card
back, we suddenly become consci-
ous of the white world outside, of
the glistening ice and snow on the
roof and on the walls. We think
of when we were children, we re-
member the sled in the hall, and
we make plans to go sledding in
the afternoon.
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Wednesday, February 14, 1951
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Five
CALENDAR
Continued from Page 1
7:30 p.m. Sunday Evening
Chapel Service, conducted by the
students. Anthem: “Jesu meine
Freude’”—the College Chorus.
8:15 p.m. Friends’ .Meeting
‘House, Swarthmore: the, second
lecture in a series on National
Security and Civil Liberties.
Robert K. Carr will speak on
“Progress in Civil Rights”.
Monday, February 19, 1951.
7:15 p.m. Current Events.
8:30 p.m IRC discussion.
"Tuesday, February 20, 1951.
4:00 p.m. Debate Club meet-
ing, Room E.
8:30 p.m. Second Shaw lecture
in the series entitled Conflict
and Change in Asia, Goodhart
Hall. Nathaniel Peffer, Profes-
sor of International Relations at
Columbia University, will speak
on “America and the Current
Situation in the Far East”.
Wednesday, February 21, 1951.
8:45 a.m. Morning Assembly.
Dr. Caroline Robbins, Professor
of History, will speak on “The
Clever Woman”.
7:30-9:30 p.m. Freshman Hy-
giene lecture for Pembroke and
Denbigh Halls in the Common
Room.
4In Conflict: Reischauer
Continued from Page 3
“The whole future of Japan de-
pends on the solution of this prob-
duces a high yield per acre, there
is a 15-20% food deficiency, and
the population is continually in-
creasing. Farmers have given up
growing fiber for clothes to pro-
duce.food. Copper is the only min-
eral of which Japan has sufficiency.
|The Japanese have nothing to ex-
port in exchange for the necessary
imports but energy. They utilize
their coal and water power to pro-
duce products for export. Machin-
ery also constitutes a large portion
of their out-put. To meet the ec-
onomic problem, there are two
Continued on Page 6, Col. 2
The Business Board and Staff
of the NEWS are happy to an-
nounce the election of Tama
Schenk, ’52, and Susie Press, 53
as Business Managers for the
year 1951.
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problem, Mr. Reischauer continued. |
lem.” Although the country pro-|
In Charleston, South Carolina, a
Continued from Page 3
could explain, the tragedy has
seemingly unconnected events be.'
cause the explanatory details have
been deleted.
Reynolds Evans, as York, uncle,
of the King, regent in his absence,
gives an adequate performance, |
but his acting is prone to fall into
his actual ‘position in the play—,|
somewhat helpless, and wavering. |
Particularly exemplary of the hap-|
hazard direction, surprising for
Margaret Webster, was the action
in the parting scene between Rich-
ard and the Queen, before he is
sent to prison and she to France.
As the King leaves, the Queen
moves toward him, but is blocked
by young Hotspur (John Glennon)
with crossed arms and a_ scowl.
Certainly this is an odd interpre-
been’ manhandled into a series of tation of the gallant of the later
play Henry IV, Part I.
By far the most memorable of
the scenes is that before Flint
Castle, when Maurice Evans, on a
tower constructed on stage, replies
to Northumberland: “What must
the king do now?” The scene, a
night one, is full of the poetry of
Shakespeare, rich in his interpre-
tation of a repentent, beaten man
and the climax of the play. It was
the only time that the theatre was
completely quiet. The murder of
Richard was also a stirring scene,
but rather melodramatic, as he
stood on a table, a la Tarzan, and
fought off his assassins. Despite
the superior acting of Mr. Evans,
Change In Asia Results | Cast of ‘Richard IP Fails To Equal High Calibre President McBride Cites
: Of Maurice Evans’ Performance In Title Role
Defense Responsibilities
Continued from Page 1
the best job possible?” Because
democracy is a way of life, and in
these days an uncertain way of
life, women must, without glory,
and possibly without peace, volun-
tarily shoulder more responsibility
than ever before. For any way of
life is only as strong as those who
live it. This is, after all, the ul-
timate test of democracy.
the wonderful costumes, and the
changes of scenery, one wishes
that more time could have been
spent by the characters on their
parts, that they could have risen
to their lines more fully, and that
ithe production, obviously an ex-
| pensive one, could have been one
to reach the level intended.
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Page Six
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, February 14, 1951
1954 Lists Managers,
Freshman Show Cast
Continued from Page 1
C. Robinson.
Harem Girls—«N. Franke, A. Nat-
oli, D. Hopkins, P; McElroy, M.
Kern, H. Whittaker, S. Zorn, B.
Davis, J. Fox, M. Pertz.
Kick Chorus—Leader: D. Dewan;
—M. McCabe, D. Dunning, M.
Warren, R. Olsen, J. Thompson,
L. Maioglio, N. Clarke, J. Bogley,
W. Trimble, D. Hess.
Managers
Director—D. Luzzatto
Stage—C. Morgan
Business—K. Brinkman
Song—A. Shocket
Ass’t Song—E. Woodruff
Dance—N. Franke
Costumes—M. Barmon
Publicity—P. Harvey
Lights—C. Ozanne
United States Must Win Ideologically Over Militarists & Communists,
Dr. Reischauer Says, In Order To Establish Democracy Securely In Japan
Continued from Page 5 | not agree to a peace treaty for de-
eonress onek to them: to Gon eas] fense, and such a treaty needs her
" : a | consent. A “separate peace” is the
an empire or to “trade internation- . a
ally . rahi society.” The first only alternative—a compromise io
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alternative has proven impossible, pale sage Baliga via
so the Japanese must trade. There- | es es f J
fore, the pendulum today swings United States to defend Japan.
toward the international viewpoint,| 1” conclusion, Mr. Reischauer de-
when a few years ago the outlook clared his belief that democracy
was definitely nationalistic. has a chance in Japan if the econ-
The inevitable flaw. in the peace “My can be straightened out. On
treaty with Japan is that one can the political side of the picture,
start to build up a nation under a there is a definite trend towards a
benevolent dictatorship, but it ean- tWo-Party system. The —
not continue indefinitely with that | that democracy faces is that of the
form of government. The occupa- Rightists, or the old militarists,
tion should have ended some time|®"d the Communists. Both groups
ago; it could not, and cannot, be-| Te authoritarian and could com-
cause of the Cold War. Russia will} Promise to unite on common
grounds to oppose democracy. Jap-
Make-up—F. Kolker anese economy is attracted to Com-
Posters—B. Floyd
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munism because it seems that Jap-
an must trade with China, now
Communist-dominated, in order to
prosper. The greatest appeal of
the Communists, notwithstanding,
is ideological. They are the only
organization which has dared to
defy the United States. “If there
is any one place we have failed, it
is on the ideological level,” Mr.
Reischauer pointed out. Japan
needs a political philosophy; we
have given her military and eco-
nomic aid, but no ideas to explain
the basis and means of our assist-
ance. “I doubt very much,” the
speaker emphasized in conclusion,
“If we will win this war in Asia
without fighting it on the ideolog-
ical level beside the military and
economic levels.”
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