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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 15, 1952





THE COLLEGE NEWS

FOUNDED IN 1914



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Kay Sherman, ‘54

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Elections

The Editorial Board of the College News has decided
that it can not endorse any candidate for the presidency of
the United States. It is the policy of the board to agree un-
animously on every editorial which is published. In the case
of the election, the opinions of board members differ greatly.

Furthermore, the board feels that it is not the purpose
of the News to impose its ideas about national issues upon
its readers. The function of the News is, however, to present
campus opinion on such an important national event.

Therefore, in the October 29th issue two full pages will
be devoted to the national election. The chairmen of the
Eisenhower and Stevenson groups will write the “keynote”
articles—the campaign speeches they would compose if they
were “ghost writers” for their candidates. The remaining
space in these pages will be for letters or short articles (not
over 350 words) which you, our readers, wish to publish in
support of your candidate. The News must reserve the right
to choose which articles to print in case of duplication.

All articles are due no later than October 22. Send them
by campus mail to the News room in Goodhart or leave them
there in person. This is your opportunity to express con-
eretely the reasons for your choice of party and President.

Pakistan

How well do we know our student friends in Pakistan
and their countrymen now? Last weekend we had the op-
portunity of meeting their ambassador, hearing about their
religion and their way of life, seeing their handicrafts, lis-
tening to their poetry, and watching their dancing. Perhaps
we became interested in the story of how a nation begins its
independente and sets up a new government where only a
part of empire has been for many years.

We have discovered how fundamentally similar yet tra-
ditionally dissimilar we are. Although we come from differ-
ent ways of life we are all seeking answers to the same ques-
tions, solutions to the same problems. Most of us are seek-
ing friendship in a world where even cautious cooperation
has proved costly. Let us nevertheless extend our friend-
ship toward and become acquainted with all peoples search-
ing for peace.

Some of the finest opportunities Bryn Mawr offers are
those of hearing excellent speakers, meeting interesting
guests of the college, and becoming aware of today’s import-



Conclave Discusses
International Policy

John Foster Dulles’ five points
on foreign policy, which ‘were
quoted by an Eisenhower support-
er, began the student discussion on
the current presidential campaign
which was held in the Common
Room after Current Events on
Monday night, October 13. Miss

Leighton acted as mediator for the
meeting.

A general discussion on foreign

policy followed, including the mer-
its of government aid to Europe
and the Far East versus private
investments and aid, the Korean
problem, and the advantages of re-
ciprocal trade between other na-
tions and the United States. Points
concerning the value of the Kor-
ean truce talks, the international-
ist feelings in selections of both
parties, the need for more empha-
sis on the human angle of foreign
aid plans and many others were
criticized by the many participants
in the discussion.
No decision as to who or to what
policies should preside over Amer-
ica was arrived at unanimously,
but much enlightening informa-
tion on the many issues involved
came from the supporters of both
sides. Another discussion of the
campaign will follow Miss Clarke’s
talk on party realignment at cur-
rent events next Monday night,
October 20.

What To Do

All students who would like odd
jobs this year or who already have
jobs should see Mrs. Sullivan,
Room H. Taylor, if they have not
already done so.

ODD JOBS NOW OPEN—Please
see Mrs. Sullivan, Room H.
On Campus:

Typist and office worker needed
for Social Economy Department
several Friday mornings from 9 to
11. 75¢ an hour. Check with Mrs.
Sullivan about dates.

Off Campus:

Young Men’s Hebrew Associa-
tion, Broad and Pine Streets, Phil-
adelphia, wants students to help
organize and conduct a teen-age
club one evening a week. Interest
in young people is most important
qualification. $1.00 an hour and
transportation.

Steady baby sitter for weekends.
Children aged 7, 4, and 2%.

Lt. Marie Diamond, USMC, will
be at the college Tuesday, Ootober
28 to answer questions about the
summer Training Program of the
Marine Corps. Pay is $149.05 for
six weeks. Any student taking this
training course does not commit
herself to future service with the
Marine Corps.

Current Egyptian-
Activity Concerns
Deanery Lecturer

Madam Amed Hussein of Cairo
spoke informally at the Deanery,
Tuesday, October 14, on “Current
Affairs in Egypt”. Madam Hus-
sein has come recently from
Egypt to America under the aus-
pices of the Friends of the Near
Kast.

Optimism is high in Egypt to-
day as a result of the recnt coup
d’etat administered to King Far-
ouk’s administration by the army
under the direction of Nagib. This
was the turning point of a nation
headed for disaster. Nagib was
and is a natural leader—an honest
man representing honest Egypt-
tians. Egypt, said Madam Hussein,
can ever hope to have more honest
and eager people in government as
those guiding the new regime.

One of the policies of the new
government is the splitting up of
the large estates. This five-year
measure, called the land reform,
limits the amount of land that may
be held up by one person to two
hundred acres. These are in turn
split up into small holdings of five
acres each. The tenant farmer in-
habiting these small acres pays
for them over a period of years.

This is one of the measures that
gives new privileges to the peas-
ant class. Over the years there
have been labor laws enacted for
industrial workers but none for
the peasants because their over-
lords, the land owners, were the
local representatives in govern-
ment.

One of the problems of this pro-
posed plan is the fact that there
are six million acres of land and
twenty million inhabitants of
Egypt. Which peasants are to get
these holdings of land when there
are three peasants per acre of
land? One man and his children
may alone help work the five acres.
Other laborers may assist the small
farmer.

Problems such as this one, which
come up in trying to formulate a
nationwide program of helping the
people, the Egyptians feel to be
best solved by making use of all
expert national and international
advice.

In the new constitution each vil-
lage elects leaders to speak for it.
There will be a national election
soon. Nagib has already warned
the city fathers to clean up their
governments. This represents a
social movement that has been
fomenting for a long time. The
Egyptians are eager to learn how
to make their own mistakes and
profit from them. Under the Brit-
ish such freedom of action was
limited.

The position of women is con-



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Continued from Page 1
Church and St. Michaels, Ger-
mantown, will speak at the eve-
ning chapel service in the Music
Room, Goodhart.

Monday, October 20

4:00 p. m. U.N, tea in the Com-
mon Room under the auspices of
S.D.A.

4:15 p. m. “Malraux’s Novels”
is the subject which Professor W.
M. Frohock, Columbia University,
will speak on in the Ely Room,
Wyndham. The lecture, sponsored

CALENDAR (Cont'd)



by the French Department, will
be in English.

7:15 p. m. The weekly Current
Events lecture will be given by
Miss Clarke in the Common
Room. Her topic will be “Party
Realignment.”

8:30 p. m. Meeting in the Com-
mon Room to debate various con-
troversial issues in the presiden-
tial election.

Wednesday, October 22

7:15 p. m. Marriage lecture in

the Common Room.



we will.

ant issues. It is our privilege to grasp these opportunities if

We have been accused, rightly or wrongly, of living in

an ivory tower. An accusation such as this must be answer-
ed both collectively and individually. Last weekend’s confer-
ence on the Pakistan nation proved that there is hard-work-
ing international interest here at Bryn Mawr. But only we
ourselves can know whether through pressure of work or





play we live in an ivory tower of our own building.



Current Events

Miss Leighton Explains
Parties’ Foreign
Policy

Foreign policy alternatives was
the first topic to be discussed by
Miss Gertrude Leighton in her talk
at the Current Events meeting on
Monday evening, October 13, in the
Common Room of Goodhart Hall.
The Truman Policy tries to keep
the doors open to negotiations and
strengthening the non-Communist
world. It is a policy of contain-
ment. This policy, however, among
other things, is too weak to seek
broad negotiations with Russia and
China and too weak to promote

development in the non-Commun-

ist world.

Some of the alternatives for the
present system are to establish a
policy where no negotiations are
possible; to fight the war and get
it over with; to withdraw and
adopt a policy of isolationism; to
strengthen the present policy; or
have a “fresh new Eisenhower
policy.”

There is also the Dulles Doc-
trine, which is a movement for a
more anti-Communist policy in the
political and economic fields. It is
a policy of liberation, not contain-
ment.

Candidates’ Views

After suggesting the alterna-
tives, Miss Leighton went on to
give a picture of the stands
which Mr. Eisenhower and Mr.
Stevenson take. Both began as
Internationalists.

Miss Leighton stated that in the
beginning of the summer, EFisen-
hower was pro-Nato, pro-Marshall
plan, pro-Mutual Security Pro-
gram, and, in general, for a policy
of Internationalism. She claims,
however, that since that time, he
has deviated from along those
lines into several directions for
political reasons and seems to fa-
vor the Dulles policy of liberation.
As of October 12, Miss Leighton
pointed out, he has made sweeping
attacks on the Administration for-
eign policy and promises to cut de-
fense and foreign aid.

Stevenson was subject to a dif-
ferent split in the party than was
Eisenhower, and thus he did not
have to deviate from the princi-
ples with which he started. Miss
Leighton stated sthat Mr. Steven-
son has not made compromises in
the foreign policy and has stayed
with his original convictions.

Need for Clarity

“It is not that the General lacks
courage,” said Miss Leighton, “but
rather that he has not completely
mastered the art of politics.” She
stated that in his speeches, he of-
ten says: “I am told that .. .” or
“they tell me that .. .”, whereas
Stevenson would say: “that re-
minds me...”

Miss Leighton believes that Ei-
senhower’s compromise of foreign
policy—going out along several
different lines—shows a certain
lack of clarity and predictability.
In conclusion, she stated that Ste-
venson’s stand is clearer. She end-
ed: In foreign policy, this is a time
for as much predictability and
clarity as possible.”



Students for Democratic Ac-
tion is giving a U. N. tea Mon-
day afternoon, October 20, in
connection with U. N. Day. All
students are invited to attend
the gathering at four o’clock in
the Common Room, and the
group hopes that many foreign
students will be present so that
it may truly be a United Na-
tions affair.

An Alliance table for political
literature was organized this
week to make election informa-
tion easily available. This proj-
ect, sponsored by SDA, is locat-
ed in the former reserve room
in the library.