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THE COLLEGE NEWS

FouNDED IN 1914



Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks-
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Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







International College

Bryn Mawr has a unique reputation among small col-
leges for the number of foreign students it attracts. Often
more than ten per cent of the undergraduate school is made
up of students from abroad, and the proportion in the grad-
uate school is much higher.

The presence of ten German Experts, the new DP
scholar, and the first Japanese scholar since pre-war days
has lately drawn our attention more strongly than usual
to Bryn Mawr’s standing as an international college. Miss
McBride has emphasized this, too, in her article which ap-
pears in the Bulletin this week. The number of the class
of ’49 who are studying abroad, and the generous allocation
from the United Services Fund Drive for the restoration of
university libraries in Europe, are further signs of an in-
terest in cross-Atlantic exchange of education and ideas
which is probably stronger now at Bryn Mawr than it was
before the war. :

We have on this campus a remarkable chance to study
Europe at home, as it were; surely no Bryn: Mawr student
with any spark to her mind can fail to find these opportun-
ities exciting.

Oratio In Homines Negotiores

Quod negotium? Ad nos litterae pervenerunt atque di-
cunt ad hoc exemplum: :

“Vultis circumnavigari a pulchris, admirantibus viris?
Vultis exhortari aciem e stipatissimo stadio? Vultis corripi
in conviviorum turbine laetarum? Vultis suum quaequé
pulcherrimum comitem bracchium tenere quocumque iter
faciatis?”

_- 0 tempora! o mores! o lapsus linguae! Quo pergamus?
Pergamus? Omnes hic haec hoc erunt nobis si hanc sentent-
iam complerimus: “Mihi viri Harvardiani ludi litterarum
negotiorum omnibus aliis viris praelati sunt. qui quae
quod...” : ere

Omittemus omnes lascivias implicationes huius rei,
omittemus quod eveniat ut habeamus suum quaeque comitem
pulcherrimum superioresque sedes ad inflammantem ludum
‘Harvardi in Princetoniam vel si virum Yalinsum nupturae
simus atque possimus ad quam octo cyathis campus bibat
esse. Omittemus haec et alias quoque res.

Non tanta inopia virorum laboramus.






|impressed by the hopeful outlook



Wednesday, October 19, 1949



THE COLLEGE NEWS

Current Events

Common Room, October 17, Miss
Lily Ross Taylor, Dean of. the
Graduate School, spoke on the sub-
ject of “Italy: Present and Fu-
ture.” Her talk, which was based
on her visit to Italy this past sum-
mer, was particularly notable for
its optimism. In contrast with
Fascist days, Miss Taylor was
pleased’ to find “courtesy instead
of discipline.’ Among the Italian
people there was a marked lack of
complaint, resignation to condi-
tions, and “general good humor,
hope, and confidence.” The major-
ity of Italians feel that Mussolini

made his great mistake in allying
himself with Hitler, and now that
the war is over they are anxious
to accept the Americans as their
friends; they have faith in Italy’s

ability to recover from her
damages.

Optimism Prevails
This optimistic ‘spirit seems



amazing in the face of Italy’s ex-
treme poverty and appalling hous-
ing situation. The latter has been
brought about to a great extent by
the tremendous over-population of
the large cities, the high birth
rate, and the limited opportunities
for emigration. Faced with the
problem of high prices and low
earnings, the people preserve their
good humor and are able to enjoy
a genuine laugh in recalling the
prices of past years.

Poverty, Hope, Confusion

Italy today is a very poor coun-
try. The discovery of oil in the
north has given hope to many, but
as yet no one knows how much
help it will be. The political sit-
uation seems to be filled with con-
tradictions. Since every news-
paper is a party document, it is.
necessary to read all the papers in
order to get a rounded and unbi-
ased picture. Miss Taylor noticed
preposterous headlines, slanted
news items, and prejudices pro and
con different governments and
peoples.

However, it was notable that for
every man who felt that German
law influenced the Italians, there
was some one to disagree with
him; and for every man who stat-
ed that “to get a job one must be~-
long to the Christian-Democrat
party”, there was someone to con-
tradict the statement or say that
it was exaggerated. In addition to
listening to the people, Miss Tay-
ior had the opportunity to visit
several political leaders and to at-
tend the Chamber of Deputies. In
this assembly she was able to ob-
serve the action of the solid Com-
munist block, the method of tak-
ng a vote, and to see the well-
known Palmiro Togliatti.

When she visited Don Storzo,
founder of the Christian-Democra:
party, Miss Taylor was once more

that seemed to prevail in Italy.
Storzo felt that Italy could be in-
fluential in the development of
Africa and was only anxious for
the nations of the world to make
definite plans for the future.

Communist Scare Decreases

The old fear of Communism
seems to have been moderated to
a great extent, and although all
radical elements are still much in
evidence in Italy, terrorism has
been overshadowed by the tremen-
dous good will, fair, play and
friendliness of the people: “The
great hope of Italy,” Miss Taylor
feels, “is the vitality and vigor of
the population and the confidence
the people have in themselves.”



: The Sophomore class takes
pleasure in announcing the
election of Catherine Chereme-
teff as Song Mistress.



Les Enfants Crient
Oo-la-la-la a Paris
Continued from Page 1

screaming “cul-chah”, and incred-
ulous at our occasional apathy and
disturbances which we felt she
considered peculiar to our nation- |
ality. She nevertheless did some
bit of worrying which unfortun-
ately took the form of questions,

‘Avez-vous bien dormi?” “Qui
tousse?” and “Ca va, megs en-
fants?”

The trip was beautifully plan- |
ned, and we were fortunate to see,
more usual tourist
inaccessible except

We managed,

among the
stops, places
by car or bicycle.
in that short time, to cover some
of the cathedrals ofthe North, the
beaches of Normandy, the Cha-'
teaux de la Loire.

1953 Sees Light
On Lantern Night

On Friday, October 21st., the
freshman class will be formally in-
itiated into the intricacies as well
as the traditions. of-college life. In
the annual ‘Lantern Night cere-
mony, to be held at 8:00 in the
Cloisters, the sophomores will pre-
sent to the freshmen the “light of
wisdom,” burning in red lanterns.

Traditionally, the temporarily
silent freshmen file into the dark-
ened Cloisters and, carefully avoid-
ing the pool, form a semi-circle
facing the west wing of the lib-
rary. The enlightened sophomores
enter next, each bearing the wis-
dom of her college year in a light-
ed lantern and evoking the god-
dess of learning and, fortunately,
strength. The sophomores. then
form another semi-circle, each
thrusts her lantern into..the. hand



“Paris sera toujours Paris”

We were glad when we finally
saw Paris. We. loved the city
from the start and more as we got
to know it. The Paris headquar-

rs of the Bryn Mawr Summer
Sessions was at Reid Hall, where,
thanks to Miss Dorothy Leet, and
Joann Mott, ’47, we were comfort-
able. Life at Reid Hall was not
without its humor. Never before
had there been male residents, but,

jfinally, everyone managed to make

the adjustment. Ark-like we lived
two-by-two in the fourth floor
studios. One day a leg came out,
a bed collapsed, and the occupant,
feeling stiff, went down to break-
fast. The roommate slept on un-
til the maid came.in. “Regardez
le’ lit! Regardez le lit!” she
screamed with horror. The room-

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Dilworth Finds |
City Corrupted

“Public apathy and the consist-
ent opposition of big business are
the two main problems facing the
Democratic party in the Philadel-
phia elections on November 8,”
claimed Richardson Dilworth,
Democratic candidate for city
treasurer, at a political rally in
the Common Room, October 18.

Bryn Mawr is the first women’s
college to hear Mr. Dilworth, who,
describing the present Republican
administration, insisted that the
evils of a big city political machine
cannot be exaggerated. There is
no interest in improvement of the
tity, jobs are distributed, not on
ability or integrity, but on party
and privilege lines, there is dis-
proportion in the distribution of
rural and city funds, and corrup-
tion even reaches the state legis-
lature.

‘Citing the fire force as an ex-
ample of a city department which
has degenerated. under the Repub-
lican administration, in power
since 1883, Mr. Dilworth spoke of
the resentment of the firemen
against a government which fur-
nished them nothing in the way of
equipment.

“A crowd like that now running
City Hall, and if you have ever
been there you remember the situ-
ation of general filth and decay,
could prostitute any system of
government,” argued the candi-
date, while telling of his need for
volunteers to/‘help provide f =
cent municipal government.” ~

He feels that it is a question of
volunteers . versus mercenaries.
There is nothing which can com-
pete with enthusiasm, organiza-
tion, house-to-house canvassing,
and this was Mr. Dilworth’s main
aim—to enlist workers and sup-
porters for his campaign.

A graduate of Yale, and Yale
Law school, a lawyer, and nominee
for mayor last year, Richardson
Dilworth maintains that his best
workers in this campaign came
from the ranks of college and uni-.

of the nearest freshman and runs
away. The freshmen, now presum-

ably “friends of wisdom” respond

with “Sophias” and _ retire with
greater dignity to step singing at
Taylor, where each will discover
a sophomore’s invitation to tea at-
tached to her lantern.

Those participating -in the
Cloister ceremonial must not be
startled by the indistinguishable
and eerie faces peering from the
clouds above the west wing. Con-
trary to popular belief, they are
not Olympic deities, but paying
guests.

Both classes wear black caps and
gowns over white dresses (or im-
provisations thereof). A few years
ago the custom of wearing black
stockings was terminated and “tan
hose are now acceptable.”

Among the more interesting
‘traditions surrounding’ Lantern
‘Night are those concerning wis-
dom and fortune. Guard the candle
flames with care ,for the girl whose
light burns longest will either be-
come hall president or be the first
of her class to marry, depending
upon personal inclination. The girl
who finds her gown spotted with
wax will earn her Ph.D. or grad-
uate cum laude.

The class of ’53 is asked to use
discretion in hanging its lanterns
in the windows and in burning its
candles at the other end.



Freshmen to Produce

One-Act Hall Plays
Continued from Page 1

Thompson as stage manager.

Death Comes to My Friends, by
Karl Dollman,. will be presented by
Radnor. Elaine Marks and Mar-
celle Wegier, °52, will direct it;
Didi Yost is the Freshman direc-
tor, and §S.. Kramer, the stage
manager. Rockefeller will give
Beauty and the Jacobin, a drama
of revolutionary days in France,
by Booth Tarkington. Patricia
Richardson, ’52, is the director;
Sally Shoemaker, the Freshman
director; and Maryanne Holmes,
the stage manager. Rhoads will
produce Waiting for Lefty, by
Clifford Odets, and directed by
Margie Low, ’50.

USF Organizes Drive,

Explains Urgent Need
Continued from Page 1

and continue through the follow-

ing day. Irina Nelidow, ’50, Fund

chairman, emphasizes that contri-

butions may be put on any or all

Pay Days. :

The college Legislature recent-
ly voted to distribute the donations
as follows:

World Student Service Fund
24.0%; CARE (for foreign uni-
versity libraries) 140%, CARE
(for children) 9.5%, Red Cross
18.7%, Philadelphia Community
Chest 13.7%,United Negro College
Fund 10.0%, and Reserve for pos-
rsible new appeals 15.0%.

The World Student Service Fund,
American branch of World Stud-
ent Relief which has centers all
over the world, sends aid to stud-



versity students. -

ents in nations devastated by war
~: Ceatined on, Page 2.