College news, May 7, 1947

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THE COLLEGE NEWS





VOL. XLII, NO. 23

ARDMORE and BRYN

MAWR, PA.. WEDNESDAY,

MAY 7, 1947

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1945



J. Wellesz Shows
Modern Music’s
Start, Evolution

Music Room, Goodhart, May 1.—
Dr. Joseph Wellesz, of Vienna, pre-
sented a lecture this evening on
’ the Origins of Contemporary Mu-
sic. “Some people,” stated Dr.
Wellesz, “think that modern music
lacks strength and clarity,” and he
went on to say that questions of
taste cannot be settled by discus-
sion. We can only prepare our-
selves for a study of modern com-
posers by analyzing their works.

As a prelude to his discussion
on modern works, Dr. Wellesz ex-
plained that three times in the his-
tory of western music, composers
have given up the technique of
their predecessors and adopted
new methods. The first of these
changes occurred in Italy in the
fourteenth century when the “ars
nova,” a ‘proportional system of
notation, supplanted the highly
contrapuntal “ars antiqua.” Again,
in Italy, at the end of the six-
teenth century came another up-
heaval. As a reaction against the
over elaborate madrigal form came
the “style recitativo,” without
which opera could never have come
into existence. Dr. Wellesz point-
ed out that each time a change in
form came it was an an attempt
to return to the more simple meth-
ods of writing music; in other
words to dispense with all that
was not absolutely necessary. The
third revolutionary step occurred
in France, and this time also it
was a reaction against elaborate
style. The foremost exponent of
the movement was Claude Debus-
sy, who, although admiring Wag-
ner, began to feel that the spirit
of romantic music was contrary to
his own personality. Dr. Wellesz
told the audience that the more

Continued on Page 2

Members of SDA
Adopt Constitut’n

Common Room, May 1. In a
meeting of prospective members
and interested spectators (the pro-
posed constitution for the Bryn
Mawr chapter of Students for
Democratic Action was discussed,
amended, and ratified. It must now
be sent to the national SDA for for-
mal approval. Until the election
of officers Marjorie Low ’50 presid-
ed, directing discussion of individ-
' ual clauses and answering ques-
tions.

The constitution was adopted
with a few minor changes and the
‘executive board was then elected
by the 16 members present, spec-
tators not voting: chairman: Mar-
garet Baish; members - at + large:
Pamela Stillman and Marjorie Low;
secretary: Grace Dillingham. The
treasurer will ‘be elected at a meet-
ing on May 8, whch interested non-
members are invited to attend. .



The following is the body of the |

preamble of the constitution: “We
pledge ourselves to work for the
extension of educational opportun-
ity to all, for the preservation of
academic’ freedom and student

- rightsj ‘atid for the progress of po-:

fitical and economic democracy as

a whole in America and through-

out the world. To these ends we
‘support the progréssive objectives
‘ ‘of labor unions, cooperatives, farm
organizations, and other economic
organizations of “people. “6 2
- Article II of the constitution, en-
‘titled “Basic Principles”, is
“ Continued on a? 4

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Who Lies Under Beach Umbrella

Remains Secret Until Sat. Night

By Louise Ervin, ’49,

The indefatigable counter-spy
system of the faculty has proved
so effective that Top Secret is still
a top secret: the great enlighten-
ment will come on Saturday. at
8:30 in Goodhart, when they pre-
sent this show for the benefit of
the Bryn Mawr College Fund.
Meanwhile, underhand ruses, sub-
tle inquiries and even the tactics

Auction, Supper
Planned to Aid
Drive Campaign

Everything from Dr. Taylor’s
maple armchair and copper kettles
to clocks and Whistler prints will
be auctioned at two sessions, one
in the afternoon at 3, the other in
the evening at 8 on Friday, May
9 for the benefit of the Alumnae
Drive.

If it is good weather the auction



will be held in the Deanery court- |

yard. If it is ‘bad it will be in the
Dorothy Vernon Room of the Dean-
ery. Articles will be on display
from 10 o’clock on. All students
are invited to attend.

The auction, under the manage-
ment of Samuel T. Freeman & Co.
will have on sale such rare items
as two sets of Napoleon plaites, an
early Canton teapot, and a Sheffield
silver egg stand used nowadays as
a cocktail or liqueur set. The china
includes Royal Berlin, Spode, Li-
moge, Royal ‘Worcester, hand-
painted Minton, and M. Carey
Thomas’s [Dresden cups and sauc-
ers.__There are—_brass__andirons,
firebuckets, pewter pitchers, and
books autographed by their authors
and ranging from Toynbee to Win-
ston Churchill and John Marquand,
all given by the alumnae and
friends of the college.

Supper will be served at the
Deanery at 6:30, tickets for which
may be purchased at the cost of
$2.50. The chairman of the Gifts
in Kind Committee is Miss Ade-
laide W. \Neall.

F. Perry to Play
In Tennis Match

Two demonstration tennis mat-
ches, starring Fred Perry, Robert
Stubbs, Jimmy Bell and Martin
Buxby, will take place Thursday,
May 8, at 4:00 on the lower ten-
nis courts. Shipley and Baldwin
Schools are cooperating with Bryn
Mawr in sponsoring this event.

In the event of rain the games
will be played in the College bad
nasium.

Robert Stubbs, who was ‘his only
player in the recent Philadelphia
professional match to take a set
from Bobby Riggs, will play Jim-
my Bell. Bell’ is'the promoter of
a. “Better Youth Crusade”.

Winner of every major champ-
ionship tournament and present co-
holder of ‘the World’s” Professional
Doubles championship, . Fred Perry
will play Martin Buxby. Buxby is
the winner of many southern tour-
naments and has defeated, at var-
ious times, such players as Vines,
Kovacs, Parker and Riggs.

~The Gym Department also an-|.

nounces that a touring English field.
hockey team will come to Bryn
Mawr, November 22, to play -the
Varsity in-a match. This will be

‘ore of the two college games the

team’ plans to play in the United





¥ eee

||. 10:00 Deanery. Fullerton Club,

and Harriet Ward, ’48

of wide-eyed innocence have been
thwarted. The News can only re-
veal what it has discovered from
its official vantage point in Good-
hart.

The Bookshop (in the inner re-
cesses of the store room): is Gen-
eral Headquarters for rehearsal
arrangements. look may be discerned’on the faces
of the faculty as they synchronize
their watches to insure prompt ar-
rival on stage. One eminent mem-
ber of the cast has been so wrap-
ped up in his theatrical career that
he even overlooked a comprehen-
sive conference.

Top Secret setting is as mys-
terious as its plot. Evidence of
irantic search for a beach um-
Lrella, however, has caused inter-
esting speculation as to who will
recline beneath it. The sole cos-
tume note so far has been a
glimpse of Mr. Watson in a sailor
hat—which seems to fit in with a
seaside motive.

The general tone of the show
can best be surmised from the
warning received by the News Edi-
tor to send at least two reviewers
to cover Saturday’s performance.
No one person is deemed capable
of doing justice to Top Secret,
since any member of the audience
is guaranteed to spend at least
half of the evening “rolling in the
aisles.”

Continued on Page 3

Club to Discuss
Historical Philos.

“The Philosophy of History” will
be the general topic for the regu-
lar meeting of the Fullerton Club,
on May 10, in the Deanery. The
Club, composed of philosophers
from the neighboring colleges and
universities, invites all interested
members of ‘Bryn Mawr to attend
the all-day program.

The morning session, from ten
to twelve, will include talks by
the Professors Hajo Holborn, of
Yale ‘University, on “Greek and
Modern (Concepts of History” and
Helmut Kuhn, of the University of
North Carolina, on “Dialectic in
History”. ‘At the afternoon meet-
ing from two to four Professor Leo
Strauss, of the New School for So-
cial Research, will talk on “Poli-
tical Philosophy and History”; and
Professor John H. Randall, Jr., of
Columbia University, will discuss
“Historical Determination and His-
torical Decision.”



CALENDAR

Thusday, May 8

4:30 Deanerv. Vocitional Con-
ference. Miss Frances C.
Reynolds, graduate of the
Prince School of Retailing,
Simmons College, ‘‘Personnel
Work”.

Friday, May 9

3:00; 8:00 Deanery Courtyard.
Auction for benefit of Bryn
Mawr ‘College Fund.

Saturday, May 10

“The Philosophy of History”.

8:30 Gioodhart. Faculty Show,

Top Secret, benefit of Bryn

Mawr College Fund.

Sunday, May 11

ie 80 Deanery Gardeen.: Chapel,
Dr. Douglas V. Steere, Profes-

sor of Philosophy, Haverford

| College, Haverford, Pa.

| Monday, May. -_

| 8:00 Common Room. Infirmary

Meeting.









‘lent Curriculum Committee.

Burch, Hart Visit
Vassar for Conf.

Of Seven Colleges

Page Hart, President of the
Self-Government Association, and
Henny Burch, President of the Un-
dergraduate Association, repre-
sented Bryn Mawr at the annual
Seven College Conference held at
Vassar, May 2 through May 4. The

other colleges sending delegates
were, Mount Holyoke, Barnard,
Radcliffe, Smith, (Wellesley, and

Wheaiton as guest college.

The subjects on the agenda for
the meeting were Curriculum
Committee, Faculty-student rela-
tions, Freshman Week, the stud-
ent advisory system, campus pub-
licity, chapel, and the N.S.O. The
Bryn Mawr delegates feel that they
gained a great deal from discuss-
ing mutual issues with other college
representatives.

One of tthe most interesting fea-
tures brought out by discussion,
the delegates report, ‘are the differ-
ent set-ups of student organiza-
tions in the various colleges. Bryn
Mawr is unique in following a pol-
icy of decentralization. Whereas
in other colleges there is only one
body which possesses legislative,
judicial and executive powers, at
Bryn Mawr the judicial branch is
independent. That is, the Self-
Government is separate from and
equal to the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation.

The most constructive informa-
‘tion received from the Conference
concerned the function of a stud-
The
joint Faculty-Student Committees
that have been set up on other cam-
puses seem to have accomplished
more and aroused greater inter-
est than the purely student com-
mittee at Bryn Mawr.

It has been suggested for next
year’s (Conference, to be held at
Mount Holyoke, that more ground
work be laid before the meeting
convenes. It was also proposed by
the delegates that future Confer-
ences be divided into panels for

“Male Animal”
Done With Skill,
Unusual Humor

Thon and Performers
Rate High Credit
For Work

by Barbara Bettman, °49

I don’t think “The Male Ani-
mal,” given May 1, 2 and 8, at
Roberts Hall, by the Haverford
Cap and Bells Club and the Bryn
Mawr Varsity Players could have
been better or more professionally
done, even down to the detail of
programs which, twelve pages
long and complete with an “About
the Cast,” jealously riveted many
a Bryn Mawr eye. Mr. Frederick
Thon is to be given enormous cred-
it for directing the play in such a
manner that the entire audience
caught almost every nuance as
well as the more obviously funny
aspects. “The Male Animal’ is an
extremely humorous play; done in
an amateurish way- it could be
dreadful, due to numerous spots
where overplaying—might— be ‘yous
astrous.

James Adams, well remembered
as the author of the only bright
dramatic spot on the Arts’ Night
horizon, proved himself almost an
Elliott Nugent as he took the role
of Tommy Turner, English pro-
fessor at Mid-Western University.
No one could have been more prop-
erly mustached and be-spectacled,
more pleasantly absent-minded, or
more convincing. Sandol Stoddard
as his wife Ellen, although re-
markably ungraceful on stage and
improbable inthe opening act,
warmed up to her difficult second
act tantrums and suitably disposed
of them. Henry Dvorken as Joe
Ferguson, the greatest football
hero Mid-Western ever had, and
Ellen’s ex-“not officially, just for
fun” sweetheart, frequently stole
the show, particularly during a
pantomine scene in which a cup



more particularized discussions.

Continued on Page 2



Princeton, Bryn Mawr Debate
Question of Domineering Women

by Judy Da Silva ’49

Common Room, May 6.

Amid the very coy fluttering of
feminine eyelashes, booming male
voices and high-pitched giggles,
the broad-shouldered gallants of
Princeton, represented by Joel
Nixon and Jeff Warren, valiantly

exchanged blows on the touchy

question “Are Women Domineer-
ing?” with a pair of Bryn Mawr
damsels, Marjorie Low ’50 and
Pam Stillman ’49. Going all out
to disprove this appalling idea, the
feminine contingent chose their
weapons well.

Mr. Nixon opened the debate for
the Princeton team by defining the
term “domineering” (after sever-
al hours of consultation with the

Economics departments) as “the
&:tenpt of the woman to impose
their desires and wills out of: pro-
portion to their status in the soci-
ological set-up.” (The Misses Low

and Stillman, both attired in frilly

white blouses and _ broomstick
skirts, made it clear by their looks
of utter horror that they least
would never so much as dream of
trying to impose their desires out
of proportion.to anything). As ev-
idence of the fact that this is a
man’s: world, Mr. ‘Nixon went on to



i quote that eminent sociological au-

Princeton English, Sociology and

thority, the New York Daily News,
reading one advertisement telling
of “50 Beautiful Chorus Girls—
Count ’Em, 50,” and then another
extolling the merits of “Billy
Rose’s Long Stemmed American
Beauties.” After posing the very
basic and thought-provoking ques-
tion, “Have you ever heard of a
hen-pecked wife?” Mr. Nixon stra-
tegically withdrew.

Miss Stillman, after comment-
ing astutely on the points the op-
position had made (“Quite a lot of
them, weren’t there?”), went on
to compliment them on their mag-
nificent and very domineering de-
livery. She then proceeded to dis-
tinguish between the two very im-
portant terms, “male” and “men”

—‘“Male is just plain male, but man
is Princetcn!” After a few more re-
marks in the same general vein,
the two young ladies wisely decided
“to retreat and leave the pants to
the men.”

A lively cross-questioning period
followed in which the subjects of
Ogden -'Nash, psychology, and
mothers-in-law were brought up
and then torn down. The.whole
discussion was conducted for pub-
lic edification and no decision was
rendered as to which of the two



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Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912

Current Events

Common Room, May 5: “The
question of the control of Germany
is the central question of the
whole orientation of Germany,”
declared Dr. Felix Gilbert, Asso-
ciate Professor of History in his
talk on the reconstruction of Ger-
many.

The conflict in the administra-
tion of Germany is between the
Eastern (Russian) zone and the
Western (American, British and
French) zone. The British zone is
divided among the four powers. A
control council made up of repre-
sentatives from the four countries
officially controls Germany, said
Dr. Gilbert, but actually the zone
commanders, hold the real power.
This results in different systems
of government in the different
zones, This is the reason why the
“Commandatura,” the special four-
{power council controlling Berlin,
has such difficulty in arriving at de-
cisions. According to Dr. Gilbert,
“All the problems in Germany are
concentrated in Berlin.”

Dr. Gilbert proceeded to state
the main problems facing those at-
tempting to reconstruct Germany:
1) the question of unification, 2)
the frontier problem, 3) the coal
situation, and 4) the settlement of
reparations.

The attitudes of the four powers
toward unification are all different.
We would like economic unifica-
tion but do not wish any political
parties to gain strength, whereas

ie

f) Russia wants a completely unified

Germany.
Great Britain and America agree
on the frontier question, but

Russia and France are at odds.
France would like the separation
of the Rhineland and the Ruhr
from Germany. Russia is definite-
ly opposed to this, while we tend
|towards France’s attitude. The









The controversy over the newly-formed organization on
campus has demonstrated an unfortunate local as well as na-
tional tendency to point the finger and cry “Red!” at any new] 5+

The SDA

political group. It is hardly mature to make hasty judg-
ments without objective consideration of the facts involved.

Any group has the right to establish itself and to carry out
the principles in which it believes; while you may not believe
in these principles, you have no right to deny freedom of ex-
pression to the group which does, unless it endangers “the

public welfare.”

However, this privilege of. expression involves certain
conditions which the Bryn Mawr chapter of the SDA has so
far failed to meet. The principles of such a group must be
stated in clear and concrete terms that leave no room for
misinterpretation. Their present constitution lays itself open
to justified attack, through its ambiguous clauses and a plat-
form in which issues of varying significance are haphazardly
lumped together. We cite especially the end of the preamble

and Section 3 of the “Basic Principles”.

We uphold the formation of any liberal organization, with
the definite provision that its program be made absolutely

comprehensible to all.

First Recognition

The Katherine Fullerton Gerould Memorial Prize, pre-
sented on May Day along with the established scholarships
and awards, for excellence in the field of creative writing,
marks the first academic recognition at Bryn Mawr of the
creative arts. We feel that it is an important and necessary
step towards a formal realization of the arts on the Bryn

Mawr campus.

Other, prizes are awarded for excellence in scholarship
and critical work; the talents of the artist, submerged as
they are beneath the artist’s own scholarship and critical
work, have been relegated to second place. It is hardly nec-
essary to point out that. the creative ranks beside, if not
above, the critical, ‘but og is satisfying to find this Lonny

| wealiged. :

"Pedtinpe thin will be -this tet ‘ta: series of awards de-
( ses eset He see eiate wir’ in. Hie fields of art and



Russians are also raising the ques-
tion of the Polish frontier.

The coal situation involves the
question of whether the Ruhr coal
should be used for the reconstruc-
tion of Germany alone, or for oth-
er European countries as_ well.
This problem is tied up with that
reparations. It is possible
that the profits from the coal in-
dustry might be surrendered as
reparations.

Wellesz Discusses

Contemporary Music
Continued from Page 1

Debussy grew as an artist, the
more economical he became in his
use of form. “Debussy gives only
the essence and omits all bars of
transition.” As a composer he was
never satisfied with the finished
product of his work and devoted
endless hours to revision and at-
tempts at improvement. Simpli-
city is the keynote of his composi-
tions and Dr, Wellesz stated that
Pelleas and Melisande had a sim-
pler score than any opera ever
written by Gluck: Precision of
technique is another element which
marks Debussy’s style. No instru-
ment can be omitted without en-
dangering the architectural pat-
tern of the whole.

Tracing the musical develop-
ment of Austria at the beginning
of the century, Dr. Wellesz gave
an illuminating discussion on the
work of Arnold Schoenberg, with

that although the early work of
Schoenberg was based to a large
extent on that of Richard Strauss,
it did contain a strong personal
element. Schoenberg, like Debus-
sy, disapproved of transitional
‘passages and wished to concen-
trate on pure music. His work is
most decidedly atonal, which
brings one to ask what this word
means. Dr. Wellesz obliged by giv-
ing a very clear definition. Atonal
‘musie is based melodically and
harmonically on a scale of 12 semi-
tones. Schoenberg established a
‘scale of twelve tones for each of
his works and groups of these





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Rudd Poems Win
lst Gerould Prize

At the May Day assembly Miss
McBride announced that Margaret
Rudd ’47 was the first winner of
the Katharine Fullerton Gerould
prize offered in the field of crea-
tive writing. The judges for the
contest were Miss Marianne Moore,
Mr. Federick Thon, and Mrs. Elea-
nor Rambo.

Peggy Rudd submitted six poems
of which the judges chose New
England Spring and Erstwhile
Tower as the best. Miss Moore stat-
ed that New England Spring was
chosen for “sound feeling, the ma-
nipulation of rhyme, and interact-
ing self-confirmed strengths.” This
poem, “uninsisted on allusiveness
especially triumphs in the phrase
“where the warped dock groans.”
Miss Moore suggested thait the title
of the latter poem be changed from
One Tear for an Ivory Tower to
Erstwhile Tower believing that the
original title lacked ease.

‘Peggy is interested in anything
to do with writing—from maga-
zine work ito publishing. She has
had poems published in the Na-
tional College Anthology among
which were Definition: Beauty
which was reprinted in The Title.
The Gerould prize is the first award
of its kind to be offered on the
Bryn Mawr campus.

The News takes great pleasure
in reprinting one of the prize win-
ning poems:

New England Spring

“Spring has no language but a
ery.” Thomas Wolfe.

Joy half-believed,
This sudden spring
To one long grieved
By winter’s sting.

This soft, this still,
This magic air—
More wonderful
Because more rare,

More rare because
The ice and frost,
Insidious,

Decreed spring lost.

Now to relearn

The delicate

The heart must turn
To dreaming—let

The seaweed smell
And austere shore,
Evoke the spell

Of spring once more

With fragile bare
Understatement.
Earth’s passions dare
Lie mystic, latent

In gold-green light,
In lilac fragrance,
Buoy-pierced night,
The farmland’s poignance;

In old enchanted

Moonlit streets—

White houses haunted

By ancient fleets— :

(Is it wind that slides ~
Over cobblestones, ee
Through eaves, and glides
Where the warped dock groans

For proud old ships

‘And ghostly crews 2
For trembling lips

And empty pews?)

Bewitched by shimmer
Of phantom spring,
Grief cannot murmur,
Joy cannot sing.



tones would comprise the theme.
A new era of music occurred in
Russia with Stravinsky’s Pe-
trouchka. This ‘work is mainly
concerned with vigorous rhythms
and a rich and brilliant style. Dr.
Wellesz considers it the best of |
Stravinsky’s compositions, al-|
though it does represent an early
period in his career asa composer.
Compre on Page 3



LYork 4, New York).



CARE Package Sought

Through Letter
To McBride

Miss Katherine E. McBride
President of Bryn Mawr College
Dear Miss McBride,

As a former student-girl at the
University of Koln I correspond
with student-girls of Bryn Mawr
(College, and this encourages me
to beg you to give this letter to
one of your student-girls who is
interested to collect postage stamps
and by this way to help me. I had
been teacher at a Commercial
School until 1942, then I married.
I have a lovely child three years
old and expect another. My hus-
band, teacher and interpreter too,
returned in very ‘bad healthyness
from captivity. You knoy, I be-
lieve, the rations of daily food in
Europe are very small, and there-
fore I beg you to make an exchange
with me: I will send to you post-
age stamps of Europe, especially
the rare stamps of the Saar-Basin,
or what other sorts you want to
have, and you will send to me a par-
cel of the Care Organization (Co-

operative for American Remittan- —

ces to Europe Inc. A Non-profit Or-
ganization, 50, Broad Street, New
This Care
Mission has branches in all cities
of the U.S. A. You pay there the
sum of $10 and such a parcel, with
a weight of 22 kg, will be handed
to me here. I will send to you
series of stamps, and you will write
to me what a sum you did put down
to my account. (Have confidence,
you will not be disappointed! My
family and I look foreward to your
answer and send you good greet-
ings!
Yours truly

Hilde Erica Augustin

Saarbrucken 8, SAAR

Haldystrabe 8

French Zone

Editor’s Note: If anyone is in-

terested in sending a CARE pack-
age, she should contact either Ann
Bobis, Rock, or Kathy Harrington,
Rhoads.

Subtle ‘Male Animal?’
Given at Haverford

Continued from Page 1
has mysteriously been spirited
away from his hand.

The correct sinister tone of the
“capitalistic” trustee who wants to
suppress free speech along with
everything else he considers “Com-
munistic,” was given by Hank Lev-
inson. Mr. Thurber and Mr. Nu-
gent’s play is not without a well-
pointed moral, which is perhaps
even more salient now than it was
when the play was written and it

is on this moral that the play ©

turns, i. e., how the regulation of
free speech can become exceeding-
ly dangerous. In such a farce it
is difficult to catch the ominous

4note of the villain and keep: the

audience from laughing, but Lev-
inson was entirely successful and
the audience realized the implica-
tions of the situation. Adams”

reading of the Vanzetti letter was

received in complete silence by ac-
tual as well as stage audience and
later laughter did not erase its
impact.

John Hauser, as Michael Barnes,
was an excellent foil for Thomas
Fleming’s typical undergraduate
football hero, and with Adams,
turned in the best scene of the
play, in which Barnes and Turner
get drunk after Joe and Ellen have
gone to the big game. I have seen
perhaps twenty-five drunk scenes,
and I never saw one funnier or
better played. It was in such a

scene that Mr. Thon’s real ability .

appeared; while he played the
scene for every laugh, it was nev-
er overplayed and every gesture
and tone were completely, peayine-







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Page Three



McBride Awards
Academic Honors

To Grad Students

On May, Day President Kath-
erine McBride announced, along,
with the undergraduate scholar-
ships, graduate. awards made by
Bryn Mawr College for 1947-48 to
Bryn Mawr people.

Anna Ottendorfer Memorial
Research Fellowship

Renate C. Wolff, A. B. Goucher
College 1941; M. Ed. Smith College
1942; M. A. candidate, Bryn Mawr
College 1947. Teaching Fellow in
German, Bryn Mawr _ College,
1946-47,

Ella Riegel Fellowship awarded by
Department of Classical
Archaeology

Evelyn Lord Smithson, A. B.
University of Washington 1944;
M. A. Bryn College 1946.

Resident Fellows
GEOLOGY

Judith Vera Weiss, A. B. Temple
University 1934; M. A. Bryn Mawr
College 1945. Fellow in Geology,
Bryn Mawr College, 1946-47.

GREEK

Margaret Etsine Jieesor, B.A:
University of Toronto, 1945 and
f. A. 1946. Graduate Scholar in
Greek, Bryn Mawr College, 1946-
47.




PHYSICS

Louise Gaus, A. B. Vassar Col-
lege 1944; Part-time Demonstrator
in Physics and Graduate Student,
Bryn Mawr College, Semester II
1945-46, and 1946-47.

Resident Scholars
CHEMISTRY

Elizabeth Carmichael, A. B.
Bryn Mawr College 1946 and M. A.”
candidate 1947; Graduate Scholar
in Chemistry, 1946-47.

Margaret Josephine Quinn. A. B.
to be conferred, Bryn Mawr Col-
lege, 1947.

SOCIAL ECONOMY
Carola Woerishoffer Scholarship

Helen Barbara Sloane, A. B.
Lebanon Valley College 1938;
Graduate Student in Social Econ-
omy, Bryn Mawr College, 1946-47.

Manja Muenz, A. B. Hunter Col-
lege 1946; Graduate Student in











Petitions Passed:

Pants Proscribed

May 5, 1947.—The results of the
petition for changes in the rules of
Self Government, voted upon by
the student body last week, were
announced by Page Hart, president
of Self-Government. ;

All of the changes, with the ex-
ception of that concerning the
wearing of jeans, received the ma-
jority vote of the student body.
Jeans are not to be worn in classes,
at dinner, or in the village.

The changes which will affect
the present rules will be presented
to the Board of Directors on May
15th. Until the approval of the
board has been granted the stu-
dent body will abide by the rules
as they stand in the present con-
stitution of Self-Government.

Elizabeth Ann Bloomers, A. B.
Bryn Mawr College 1945 and M. A.
1946.

ECONOMICS AND POLITICS

Josephine Yager King, A. B.
University of Pennsylvania 1942;
M. A. Bryn Mawr College 1943.
Assistant in Political Science, Bryn
Mawr College, 1946-47.

PHYSICS __ se

Esther Duke Redding, A. B. Wel-
lesley College 1942; Graduate Stu-
dent in Physics, Bryn Mawr Col-
lege, 1946-47.

President McBride also announc-
ed two outside awards which have
been made to Bryn Mawr gradu-
ate students for 1947-48:

Margit Frank, Resident Scholar
in Spanish this year, has been ap-
pointed Teaching Assistant in the
Department of Spanish and Portu-
guese at the University of Cali-
fornia for 1947-48.

Machteld Mellink, Marion Reilly

Continued on Page 4







“There Was a Time”
—Taylor Caldwell

“Why They Behave Like
' Prussia”
—John Fischer

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Subtle ‘Male Animal’

Given at Haverford

Continued from Page 2

ally sounded more like Gale Min-
ton, but generally was well-cast.
Sally McIntyre was a fine, if
slightly more “intellectual than the
average, co-ed; it is to be noted
that she really looked like Ellen’s
sister. Robert Parke as Dr. Da-
mon seemed not unlike one of our
more notable Bryn Mawr profes-
sors and received some well-de-
served laughs. Ann Eberstadt was
subtle and delightful as Mrs. Da-
mon, while Shirley Winter proved
her versatility by adding thirty
years to her part in the Freshman |
Show.

The Cap and Bells Club and the
Varsity Players have become a
mature dramatic group, well inte-
grated and certainly brilliantly di-
rected. Their three productions of
the year have been marked for un-
derstanding and interpretation and
they are ready for bigger fields.



Faculty to Unfold
‘Top Secret’ on Sat.

-Continued from Page 1

There is, however, one concrete |
piece of information about the
show, derived from a _ reliable
source: almost all Bryn Mawr’s
faculty are involved in the produc-
tion in some capacity.





For the Student “Body”

Natalie Palmer

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Steere Will Lead
Chapel Services

Douglas V. Steere, professor of
Philosophy at Haverford College,
will conduct the chapel service,
Sunday, May 11. The service will
be held in the Deanery garden, at
7:30.

Professor Steere got his AB at
Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and
his Ph.D. at Harvard. Since 1943
he has directed the graduate train-
ing in reconstruction and relief at
Haverford. He has been on the
board of directors of the Pendle

| Hill School of Religion and Social

Studies sihce 1930 and for five
summers directed their summer
school. A member of the board of
Directors of the American Friends’
Service committee since 1930, he
has been chairman of their work
club committee since 1935. °

His books include Prayer and
Worship, On Beginning from With-
in and the translation of Soren
Kierkegaard’s Purity of Heart.

W ellesz Discusses
Contemporary Music
Continued from Page 2

Bela Bartok and Vaughan Wil-
liams were compared in that each
uses folk-tunes as the basis for his
work and the latter was cited as
having been instrumental in the
development of an English school
of music.

Dr. Wellesz concluded his lec-
ture by ‘saying that the public
should consider music with an un-
biased mind. Recently, however,
this has not been the case, since
music and politics seem to have
become inextricably woven. In the
last analysis it will have to be the
general public who is to determine
whether or not the music of a spe-
cific composer has a lasting and
intrinsic value.









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B. M. Team Wins

Tennis Victory

Bryn Mawr’s varsity tennis
team retaliated for last year’s loss,
6-love, to Germantown, by winning
with a score of 4-2 in a tournament
played here last Wednesday. Gwen
Groves, who played for the first
time for the colléBe, played a good
game, defeating her opponent, 6-3,
6-1. Priscilla Johnson also played
commendable tennis, winning, 6-4,
6-4, over ‘an older opponent. Helen
Poland, in a well-played game, beat
her closely matched opponent, 6-4,
5-7, 6-1. Of the doubles matches
played in the same tournament
Gwen Groves and Betty ‘Coleman
won one for Bryn Mawr, 6-1, 7-5.

On Friday, May 2, the three-day

“Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament

was opened at Swarthmore. The
tournament was originally sched-
uled to take place at Bryn Mawr,
but was moved to Swarthmore’s
indoor courts because of the rain.
Bryn Mawr’s five entries in the
tournament were Nancy Bierwirth,
Gwen Groves, Betty Coleman,
Helen Poland, and Clare Fahne-
stock. Gwen Groves won two
matches, and lost the third to
Lamp, of William and Mary. Clare
Fahnestock met the champion of
last year’s tournament, and play-
ed an exceptional game, losing by
a score of 6-2, 6-0.

The sports events to be held this
week are as follows:

May 6, Tuesday 3:00, Tennis vs.
Swarthmore, here; 4:00, Baseball
(2nd team) vs. Shipley, here.

May 9, Friday 2:00, Tennis vs.
Merion, there; 4:00 Lacrosse vs.
Swarthmore, there; 4:00 Baseball
vs. Swarthmore, here.

May 12, Monday 4:00, Lacrosse
vs. Beaver, here; 4:15 Baseball vs.
Ursinus, there.













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Slips for college jobs are posted
on the Hall bulletin boards and will
be taken down May 15.

Remember that the other cam-
pus jobs are getting filled, too,
such things as the library jobs,
showing lantern slides, reading to
Mr. Hubbard, and so forth.

The Girl Scouts are interested
in social science majors for posi-
tions as professional staff assist-
ants-in many parts of the country.
Beginning salaries about $2,000.



McBride Announces
"4748 Fellowships

Continued from Page 3
Fellow of the International Fed-

eration of University Women and
Resident Scholar in Classical Arch-
aeology this year, has received a
Ryerson Fellowship in Archaeology
at the University of Chicago for
the summer quarter of 1947.

Medical scholarships within the
award of the college were also an-
nounced:

Jane V. Myers Memorial Medical
Scholarships

A. E. Borum, ’47. Admitted to
University of Pennsylvania.

E. B. Cary, ’47. Admitted to
Harvard Medical School.

R. A. Davis, °44. (Renewal).
College of Physicians and Sur-
geons.

Hannah E. Lengshore Memorial
Medical Scholarships

M. J. Kirk, ’43. (Renewal). Har-
vard Medical School.

J. K. Ling, 46. (Renewal. Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons.





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The Civil Service Commission of
Baltimore announces examinations
for Junior Case.Workers at $1,800
and Junior Recreation Leaders at
$1,725.

Jordan Marsh, a ‘department
store in Boston, asks for appli-
cants to its Executive Training
Course. $380 a week.

Who would like to hear a talk
on opportunities in modeling?
John Robert Powers will send a
speaker if enough people are in-
terested. Please leave names at

either office of the Bureau of- Rec-
ommendations.



Students for Democratic Action Adopt
Constitution and Elect’ New Officers

Continued from Page 1

in full:

“Section 1. We dedicate our-
selves, as an organization of pro-
gressive students, to the achieve-
ment of freedom and economic se-
curity for all people everywhere
through education and political ac-
tion. :

“Section 2. We believe that ris-

ing standards of living and lasting |

peace can be attained by demo-
cratic planning, enlargement of
fundamental] liberties, and interna-
tional cooperation.

“Section 3. We believe that these



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| these objectives.
ifor an expanding democracy and

objectives can be attained only if
the wealth and power of the organ-
ized forces of reaction are Over-
come by political action in accord-
ance with democratic principles.
“Section 4. We believe that
Communism, like all forms® Qf to-
talitarianism, is incompagible With
In ofir crusade

against. Fascism and reaction, we
therefore welcome as membeyzs of
SDA (Bryn Mawr '‘Chapter) only
those whose devotion to the prin-
ciples of political freedom is un-
qualified.”











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