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VOL. L, NO. 11

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1954

Copyright, Trustees of
“Bryn, Mawr College, 1954

~* PRICE 20 CENTS



Describes Role
Of The College

Smaller Colleges Lead,

In Inspiring :
Fellowship
Careful attention on a country-
wide basis should be given to
strengthening the small college
where a variety of favorable con-
ditions. exist, declared Miss—Kath-
arine E. McBride, President of
Bryn Mawr College, in her annual.
report to the Board of Directors.

The report quotes the recent
study made:by the Fund: for the
Advancement of Education on the
collegiate origins of the younger
American scholar, in which only
one of the large universities was
in the upper half of the list of in-
stitutions from which came_ the
greatest number of fellowship win-
ners per thousand students.

Swarthmore, Haverford, . and
Bryn Mawr, Miss McBride~pointed
out, each stood at the top of the
list for the particular type of col-
lege—co-educational, men’s and
women’s.

“The “preponderance of small
colleges at the top of this list,” the

Continued on Page 5, Col. 3

Program In Phila.

A choral group composed of the
Doukle Octet and other chorus
members will sing with the Phila-
delphia Orchestra in the. Academy
of Music on the afternoon of Fri-
day, February 5 and the evening
of Saturday, February 6.

The orchestra, conducted by
Eugene Ormandy, will play “The

to many of us ¥

tion.

misleading rumors.

er.

taurant owner.
business might suffer.

form to Pennsylvania law.

Editorial |

Prejudice is evidenced in various forms and it is a shock
jen we discover one of them so close that we
are obligated not to ignore it. In the recent controversy over
obtaining equal privileges in the Ville for every Bryn Mawr
student, regardless of color, the campus as a whole has been
aroused and plans were advanced to try to change the situa-
- None of the plans—passive resistance, persuasion, or
legal action-_has been found necessary. Those who have been
concerned with the problem are very appreciative that there
has been a change in policy on the part of El Greco.

It is the opinion of the owner of El Greco and the Under-
grad Councif, that all the facts in the case should be publish-
ed, since widespread College discussion has given rise to some

In recent years, the El Greco restaurant pursued the pol-
icy of refusing service to Negroes i in booths, unless they were
in-mixed groups, although it did serve Negroes at the count-

%

This year, when a Negro student was refused service,
the Presidents of Undergrad and Self-Gov contacted, the res-
He felt that if he were to serve Negroes, his
The campus was growing concerned,
for_it.was felt. that in accepting Negro and White students
on an equal basis, the College had the responsibility of offer- |
ing them equal opportunities in the community. At the same
time, it was the opinion of the College lawyer and a lawyer
in the owner’s family that the restaurant’s policy did not con-

| When the restaurant owner spoke to Miss Howe and Mr.
Smedley:a week after seeing the student representatives, he
said that he felt that the climate of opinion had changed suf-
ficiently to enable the restaurant to alter its policy.

Realizing that there is agreement on this problem in prin-
ciple, we know that it is easier for us as students to hold this
view than for-the owner of El Greco, as a businessman, to put
it into practice; therefore we are.particularly appreciative.
Because of this change in poliey there is one more instance
in which Negroes-are offered equal opportunities.





The College Theatre takes
pleasyre-in announcing the fol-
lowing new members: oo

CALENDAR

Wednesday, January 13
8:30.p. m. Mallory Whiting





tune,” and’ tne~chorus will sing the
vocal part of the latter. On the
morning of February 14 the group
will again sing with the Philadel-

phia Orchestra-as they record “The }

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Llyn Dallett
Chris Flint
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Bowles Says India |

s Growing Quickly

But Still Requires United States Help

“It is time. ‘that ‘America faced
up to the fact that under a totali-
tarian government Russia has de-
veloped at a dramatic rate. Within
the next. five to ten years: Asians
will be increasingly aware of this

- as Russia attempts to exploit the

Asian resources. The United States |
cannot—afford—to—take—a— passive.

part—we should send concrete aid.

to India and ‘other undeveloped
democracies. so that they don’t
have to squeeze their people to
death in order to advance.” Ches-
ter Bowles emphasized these
points in his speéch on the “Eco-
nomic and Social Problems of the
Uncommitted World” January 6 in
Goodhart Hall at 8:30 p.m. :
He went on to say that for any
economy to move ahead,’ the coun-
try must produce more than it con-
sumes so that it can establish sav-

‘ings. At the present time reported

figures show that Russia is sav-
ing 20%. of the gross annual in-
come in contrast. to India’s savings
of 5%. In addition, India is forced

‘to import 6% of her. food, while | -

her population increases yearly by
five million. This means that In-
dian money is spent for susten-
ance,. not industrialization. These
figures of an undeveloped democ-
racy, when contrasted with those
of a totalitarian state cannot help
but sway the thinking of an am-

bitious people.

In an effort to stabilize the econ-
omy, the government has taxed the
indian people beyond their limits.
The taxes are so heavy that incen-
tive for consumption has been dis-
couraged. This again provides

ganda campaign. Even though
people familiar with communism

country would be “squeezed ruth-
lessly” as Russia has been for
thirty-five years, Russian propa-_
ganda‘ can. be. very-convincing to a
hungry and disgruntled electorate. '

Mr. Bowles~stressed that Asia,
in a revolt against colonialism, is

hurry. She is trying to compen-



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fuel for the communist propa-_



realized that they were,in power the

being driven forward in a great

Webster Memorial Lecture. Ernst
Kantorowicz will speak on “An

| Professor Delivers

Series On Odyssey

“The Homeric Odessey will be
subject of six lectures to be given
by Denys Page, Regius Professor
of Greek and Fellow of Trinity
College. The Mary. Flexner Lec-
tures will be given each Monday
between February eighth and
March ‘fifteenth at 8:30 at Good-
hart Hall.

Mr. Page will arrive in this
country on January 28. The library
is planning an exhibit of his books
to correlate with the lecture series.

The titles of the lectures in the
order in which they will be given
Lare:-‘Odysseus and Polyphemus”;
“Qdysseus In The Underworld”;
“The Beginning of the Odyssey”;
and “The Method, Time, and Place
of the Composition of the Odys-
sey.”

Scholarship Award
Gives Student Aid

Financial aid to students at
Bryn Mawr College has reached a
total of. nearly $200,000 for the
present academic year, it ‘was an-
nounced by Migs Katharine’ E.
McBride.

This_représents ‘scholarship as-
sistance in the form of cash grants
and loans to students in both the
undergraduate and graduate

-| schools, according to Miss-McBride.

Students in the entering class,
one of the largest in Bryn Mawr’s
history, received over 27 per cent
of the scholarships awarded. Of

‘|this group ten students were from

the Philadelphia area, three from
foreign countries and the remaind-
er from fourteén states and the
District of Columbia. The average
grant was approximately $700,

McBride stated. Three-quarters of
the scholarships given to all four
undergraduate classes were in the
amount, of $500 or over.

Over $62,000 was awarded in the
(graduate school in the form of
fellowships and scholarships to



Illustration of Political Thought in
the Early Middle Ages”.
hart.
Thursday, January 14
8:30 p. m. Sigma Xi lecture by

William L. Strauss.on “New Dis-
_ coveries Bearing on the Origin |.

and Evolution of Man. ed

Sunday, January 17 . ;

7:30 p. m, Student chapel scr’
ice.
Monday, January 18 to Friday,
January 29

Collegiate Exams.

Tuesday, February 2
Second semester begins.
‘Wednesday, Febriary 3 |
7:30 p.m. Alliance speaker in
the Gertrude Ely Room, Wynd-
ham.
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Park.



The NEWS*is very happy to
announce the election of the fol-.
lowing for the year 1954:
Co-editors-in-chief—

Joan Havens, ’56

_. Harriette Solow; ’56

Managing Editor—
Charlotte Smith, "56"
Marcia Case;~*5
Business / entenad
Marjorie Richardson, °55
Associate Business Manager—

Good- |

students from both the United
States and. several foreign coun-
tries. A graduate scholarship was
awarded this ‘year for the first
time to a student from the Philip-
‘pine Islands.

Other forms of assistance’ to
meet college expenses are supplied
by two loan funds, one established
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covering full tuition costs, Miss-|'



Bowles Speaks
On China Today

And Free India

He Discusses Political
~ Policy of Asia
Today

Chester Bowles delivered the
fourth in the series of Anna How-
ard Shaw Lectures on Thursday,
January 7, at 8:30 in Goodhart.
His topie ‘was “Red China and Free
India.”

In discussing the political prob-
lems and foreign policy of Asia in
general and India in particular,
Mr. Bowles extended a plea for
understanding to both Americans
and Indians. In order to bridge ‘the
gap which has developed between
the two countries, he placed great
emphasis on our history to show
the striking parallels between two °
democracies in their infancy. Yet
he warned India that the present
is never an absolute replica of the
past; although Indian isolation
may be explained by the Monroe
Doctrine, it is not necessarily just-
ified by it.

India feels that her primary
problem is to preserve her own
democracy and she believes , that
the greatest danger of Communism
comes from within. Therefore, al-
though her attitude toward Russia
has became increasingly suspicious,

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Wm. Straus Talks
On Origin Of Man

William L. Straus, Professor of
Physical Anthropology at Johns
Hopkins University, will speak at
Bryn Mawr Thursday, January 14,
at the invitation of the Bryn Mawr
College Chapter of Sigma Xi. The.
subject of the tecture will be “New —
Discoveries Bearing on the Origins
and Evolution. of Man.”
Dr. Straus has done much _ re-
search on the subject of evolution
in the field of anatomy and_ has
uncovered many facts pertaining
to his lecture ‘through a detailed
study of man and the ape. The
talk will be given in the Chemistry _.
Lecture Room of Park Hall at 8:30
P. M.



Dr. Richard Ettinghausen gave
the Class of 1901 Lecture on “Iran:

Goodhart Hall on Tuesday, Jan-
uary 5.

Dr, Ettinghausen showed slides
which revealed that Iran is a wild
and mountainous country. . There
are many plains with great’ des-
erts, and frequently the only water
is found in large salt lakes: Irri-
gation must often be employed to
raise crops; the water is drawn
from permanent snow on the high

mountains. The vastness of the
land is a ae and the flowers
\that growin such”a climate are |

bright and colorful.

Three periods of Persian culture
were discussed by Dr. Ettinghausen.
The earliest began about 500 B. C.
when dwellings were of sun dried,



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|mud brick, adobe, The villages

‘The Land and Its Monuments”, in};



Ettinghausen Shows Slides, Lectures
On Iranian Geography and Monuments

themselves were orderless mazes,
lacking color since the building
material was made of, and looked
like, the earth. When these dwell-
ings were untended for only a short
time, they crumbled to dust, and
traces of them are very difficult to
discern today. :.
A few importa buildings of .
this period, made of stronger ma-
terial, are still standing. These
structures often resemble early
Greek architecture but they differ
in being made of both light and
black bricks, for the Greeks used
only light-colored materials. There
were palaces which hatf rooms that
could hold 100,000 people. Much
sculpture from this period is. now
in museums throughout the world.
Structures built in the second
period of Persian culture — 220
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