College news, November 6, 1957

VOL. XLIil, NO. 5

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1957

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1957~

‘PRICE 20 CENTS



D. Bodde Talks
On Confucianism

“Confucianism is not a religion
at all, but a way of life”, was Mr.
Derke Bodde’s opening remark for



the 1902 lecture given in the Com-
mon Room Monday.

Mr. Bodde’s lecture, “Confucian-
ism and Modern China” dealt pri-
marily with Confucianism in “old
China” and some of its effects both
good and bad in present day China.

The Chinese attitude to religion
is different from that of the West-
ern world. Confucianism extends
into every phase of existence, It
is not confined to an organized
church, priesthood, ete. It is ‘a sys-
tem of philosophy, ethics and social

nanan lations

and political rélations, a proaacv
of the dominant ruling class of
China, the Mandarins.

“Nature, according to Confucian-
ism, is essentially a pattern of
goodness. It is not the product of a
divinity; it is good because it
exists.”, The cause of nature is un-
important.

Goodness of Man

Confucianism does not recognize
positive evil, that is, evil forces
or the devil. Such evil as may be
impossible to overlook is explained
as “A temporary deflection from
nature by man’s failure to under-
stand nature.” All men are poten-
tially good, potentially capable of
becoming sages.

Man receives knowledge through
nature, intelligence and education;
never through divine revelation.
The civilized world of man and
nature interlock, although man-—is
subordinate to nature.

The individual is ethically bound
to do what is right. There is no
belief in Confucianism in immortal
reward or punishment.

Confucius, himself, after being
an unsuccessful government official
was a successful teacher. Mr. Bodde
summarized briefly some of his
principles that the superior man,
the Confucian gentleman was. sup-
posed to follow. He must be widely
learned in. the humanities but not
in practical skills. He must care-
fully heed the “Li” the sum total
of the proper modes of behahvior,
while at the same time he must
express his inner nature. What he
is or “his basic stuff” and his
“training” must be properly bal-
anced to form the “golden mean.”

Role of Family

Confucianism considers the fam-
ily to be the basis of social organ-
ization. The state is an enlargement
of the family, In society there is
a place for everyone and though
everyone is morally equal, Con-
fucianism grants differences in in-
telligence. class system, there-
fore, taf inevitable although its
boundaries are not rigid.

As to some of the beneficial effects
on Confucianism Mr. Bodde men-
tioned the belief in an ethical uni-
verse, the belief in the civilizing

_ power of education, the stress on
the “golden mean,” and the psy-

_.chologtical assurance of a_ fixed

position in society. «

On the other hand Confucianism’s
“ivory tower scholasticism” and its
belief in man’s sukordination to
nature and its extreme conserva-
tism are largely responsible for
China’s lack of progress in the
fields of natural _science..

The stress on the. family institu-
tion and personal relations have
lead to neglect of institutions (es-



Undergrad Polls
BMC. Traditions

The Undergraduate Association
questionnaire on traditions will be.
placed in the boxes of sophomores,
juniors and seniors tonight. The
questionnaire is a part of a survey
Undergrad is taking to determine
the strength of student support of
traditions.

Students are requested to fill out

the questionnaire and to return it

by Friday to the Undergrad Ad-|@
visory Board member in their hall. |§

Advisory Board members are:
Denbigh—Susan Breese.
East House—Catharine Lucas.
(not participating in poll)
Merion—Naomi Bograd. _
Non-Resident—Sally Powers.
Pembroke East—Kate Collins,
“Pembroke West—Pie Pinckney.
Radnor—Debbie Zimskind.
Rhoads—Betsy Gott, Julie O’Neil.
Rockefeller—Carolyn. Kern.
- Wyndham—tTia. Boal.

Scientists Revive
Dead Hallowe’en
Attention all -members'§ and

would-be members of the Science
Club! There will be a post Hal-
lowe’en party on Thursday, Novem-
ber 7 at 8:30 in Applebee Barn.
The party is intended as a get
together for all students and facul-
ty members who are interested in
science or in joining the Science
Club.

In addition, the Science Club is

sponsoring’a lecture which is sched-)

uled for Tuesday, November 12 at
8:30 in the Chemistry Lecture
Room in Park, The speaker will be
Dr. Russell Wehr who is Professor
of Physics at Drexel Institute. The
title, Divining Rods, which Profes-
sor Wehr has chosen should be an
adequate stimulant to curiosity.

Anti-Play’s Past
Has Hoot, Hurrah

This Friday and Saturday eve-
ning, November 8th and 9th at
8:30 pm., THE BALD PRIMA-
DONNA, an anti-play by Eugene
Ionesco will be presented at the
Skinner Workshop. The _ cast,
directed by Harvey Phillips, will
include Janet Myles and Jon
Korper as Mr. and Mrs. Smith,
Mary-Lou Cohen and David Morgan
as Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Helene
Valabregue as the maid, and
Charles Knight as the firechief.

The following article by Jacques
Lemarchand, drama critic for Le
Figaro Litteraire first appeared as
the preface to an edition of Iones-
co’s collected plays:

“T always remember with plea-
sure the murmurs of discontent,
spontaneous indignation, and scoff-
ing which greeted the first stage
appearance at the Theatre des
Noctambules of THE BALD PRIM-
ADONNA. I had spent there an
extraordinarily pleasant evening
which the groans and ironic laught-
er of the celebrities in the audience
only made still more delightful,

That evening it- was not once,
but ten, fifteen or twenty times
that I heard this kind of comment:
‘But really, why. THE BALD
PRIMADONNA? No primadonna
appeared, or so it seemed to me,
my good Friend—at least I did
not notice her. And bald! Did you
see anyone who was bald? And that
fireman—what was a fireman doing
there? Whom are they making fun



pecially legal) and the state as a
whole.

of?’ It was evident that the celeb-
' Continued on Page 6, Col. 4

Cornerstone Laid For The Biology Building, First
BM Campus Addition In Nearly Twenty Years







Biology Building's cornerstone is put into place



All-Bach Concert Strikes Critic

As “Drovocative

by Martha Bridge

The all-Bach concert presented
this weekend by the Philadelphia
Orchestra was one of those which
demand critical reaction far be-
yond appraisal of the level of per-
formance. It was an exciting pro-
gram because it was controversial
—quite an achievement, consider-
ing that over two hours were de-
voted to the works of a single com-
poser.

The concert struck this reviewer
as a highly skilled exhibition of
the several ways in which the mu-
sic of Bach can be presented to a
contemporary audience. The two
outstanding artists in this per-
formance, Eugene Ormandy and
Agi Jambor, are equally concerned
with the problem of playing Bach
in the idiom of the modern instru-
ment. Their solutions are quite
different,

It seems particularly fortunate
that the choruses of Bryn Mawr,
Haverford, and Swarthmore were
given the opportunity to partici-
pate in so stimulating a program.
The short but powerful piece in
which the Three College Chorus.
sang Bach’s Cantata No. 50, “Nun
ist das Heil”, is a sort of mono-
lithic fragment of music. It struck
this reviewer as being rather dis-
tant in quality from the conven-
tional balance and urbanity which
are commonly associated with
Bach.

This cantata is exultant and ag-
gressive; it starts loud and gets
louder. It must be a tremendous-
ly..exciting piece to sing, and the
three hundred voices on stage
communicated this feeling to the
audience. It is to be regretted,
however, that after an electrifying
opening theme sung by the bass
section, a good deal of the chorus’
efforts was covered by the orches-
tra, particularly by the trumpets.
It also seemed to this reviewer
that the chorus was placed rather
too far back—although perhaps
this could not have been avoided
with so many people on the stage.

The most satisfying interpreta-
tion of Bach’s music was offered
by Mme. Jambor, in her perform-
ance of the Concerto in D major
and the Concerto No. 1, in D minor.



Hers was not a strictly orthodox

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And Satisfying”

interpretation, particularly ‘with
respect to tempo and the use of the
pedal, ‘but it brought out the es-
sential character of Bach’s genius
—clarity within complexity. Mme.
Jambor plays Bach with a preci-
sion too free to seem mechanical
and a brilliance too rich to seem
cold. Always she is playing the
piano, and the instrument neces-
sarily sets the limits of expression
—one is often aware of the non-
pianistic origins of the D Major
Concerto, for example. Yet with
Mme. Jambor playing, one has the
feeling of reaching towards the
composer’s intention, of a mini-
mum of sacrifice of musical integ-
rity.. This is twentieth century
Bach, but it is Bach that rings true,
‘Mr, Ormandy’s Bach, on the
other hand, seemed somewhat over-
dressed for the occasion. Let us
leave aside the opening Fugue
from “The Musical Offering”,
which was perfectly pleasant but
cumbersome in the weaving of or-
chestral voices, and the Suite from
the “Goldberg Variations”, which
accomplished upon this reviewer
the sleep-inducing mission for
which the program notes announce
it to have been designed. But then
there was the fimal selection, the
Toccata and Fugue in. D minor,
transcribed for full orchestra from
the original organ composition.

This reviewer is far from a pur-
ist in matters of transcribing
Bach’s music from archaic to con-
temporary instruments. And it
must be noted that this selection
was extremely impressive and son-
orous when’ submitted to the ex-
pertly luscious playing. of a very
great orchestra. But it was Bach
transformed, not. transcribed, Bach
made into an embryonic Brahms.
This, of course, raises a basic aes-
thetic question: can the effective-
ness of the transformed piece be
judged without reference to the
concept of the composer’s original ?

So this was a provocative and
satisfying concert, about which
members of the Bryn Mawr chorus
will doubtless have more to tell us.
It was a concert in which, as has
béen suggested, the audience was

called upon to participate in active |

critical response to music-making,
which is always new.

President McBride officiated at
the cornerstone laying ceremony
of the new biology building at
2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November
2. The ceremony was planned as
the highlight of the Alumnae
Weekend, “Cornerstones—1957.”

Miss McBride told the audience
of faculty members, alumnae,
students and friends that “the Bio-
logy building is the first addition
to the Bryn Mawr campus in near-
ly twenty years.” It is planned
as an extension of Park Hall, and
will house biology and additional
chemistry facilities. Miss McBride
remarked on the rapid growth of
6cience at Bryn Mawxgsince the com-
‘pletion of Dalton Hall sixty years
ago. “Science starts with the re-
search person. In laying. the corner-
stone we want to acknowledge this
research which distinguishes our
Department of Biology . .- . We

‘|must also look to the new recruits;

Bryn Mawr has long had one of the
largest enrollments in the sci-
ences,”

As Miss McBride explained, this
is only the first stage of the pro-
posed expansion program: physics
and mathematics buildings will rise
on the other side of Park Hall.
“The inadequate facilities with
which we have been working. will
finally be replaced by September
1958.”

President McBride expressed her

thanks to the members of the Bio-
logy Department for all their work
in planning the building. She then
proceeded to name the persons who
would “share the mortar” in the
official sealing of the cornerstone.
They were Miss J. Oppenheimer,
Mr. R. Conner, Miss E. Bliss, Mr.
L, J. Berry, Miss M. Gardiner, all
members of the department. Also
Miss Jackson, graduate student,
Blair Dissette ’59, biology major,
Mr. E. Rhoads, and Mr. H. Cad-
bury, Trustees of the College; Mrs.
E. Smith, president of the Alum-
nae Association and Mr. Noble, rep-
resentative of the architectural
firm, Martin, Stewart and Noble,
designing the building.
Sealed in the cornerstone were
several significant papers. Among
these were reprints of some of
the works by early members of the
Department, the first communique
from the National Institutes of
Health regarding their program of
grants (it was the $314,000 receiv-
ed from them that enabled the
construction to get underway this
year), current catalogues and find-
ing lists and the folder indicating
the original plan .of the science
center.

Immortal Documents

More specifically, the contents of
the cornerstone were as follows:

Bryn Mawr Colege Calendar of
Undergraduate Courses, 1957-1958.

Bryn Mawr College Calendar of
Graduate Courses, 1957-1958.
“Bulletin of the Carola Woerishof-
er Department of Social Work and
Social Research of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege. *
Finding List, 1956-1957,
The College News dated Wed-
nesday, October 23, 1957 and of
October 30, 1957.
Bryn Mawr Notes, October 1957
(this is the first edition of this new
paper).
Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin,
Summer, 1957.
Program entitled “Cornerstones”
of the Alumnae Week-end, Novem-



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Still Knitting - - -

Owing to hysterically vociferous requests, the Curricu-
lum Commitee, after long deliberation upon Goodhart grass,
has decided to — _— Mawr’s most popular classroom

ener Sewer apemenee array

——
— sre re oer rerrees mvevseareres ——

As we understand, ‘the new major in n knitting will not
necessitate a thorough analysis of knitting styles throughout
the ages and afghans, but a thesis on “The Development of
the Crochet Loop since the Hangman’s Noose” is de rigueur.
A full year tennis sweater or two term argylls will be accept-
abel in place of an oral report or needle-dropping. The com-
prehensives will cover the cable stitch and the irritability
of the faculty.

Speaking of the latter, we hear that facing 20 Madame
Defarges is a bit on the disconcerting side. Rather amusing,
what? After all, what is more flattering than having 20
pairs of elbows vibrating in unison in ostensible oblivion of
what is being said “up front”? Or what is more decorative
than the duffel bags brought to class to house THE apparatus
and equipment? And what more musical than the fierce
alarum of tons of metal rods hitting the waxed and weary

floor with a dramatic thud? We hope youse gets the point.
Knit one, poil two.

Give And Take

On October 28, a representative of the United States
and the Soviet Union’s ambassador met to discuss the possi-
bilities of greater freedom of cultural exchange between the
two nations. Two years ago, at the Geneva conference at
which both countries were represented, Secretary of State
Dulles had stated the American willingness to participate in
such a program if Soviet barriers were removed.

Yet it was not until this September that we ourselves
removed a factor considered to be an obstacle to such ex-
change. Until amended by Congress this year, our immigra-
tion laws required that all foreigners applying for a visa to
the United States submit to being fingerprinted. Although
the U.S. government has thought it improbable that finger-
printing ever prevented the inhabitants of non-communist na-
tions from visiting this country, all communist states except
Yugoslavia and Poland have refused to allow their citizens
to be fingerprinted. The Soviet government has ostensibly
looked upon this process as applicable only to criminals and
consequently no one except “officials’’, exempt under the law,
has come to this country. The new ruling now reads that all

visitors will be free from fingerprinting unless they remain |is

in this country for more than a year.
‘We applaud this action, especially in view of the possi-
bility that student exchange procedure will be facilitated.

Although Dr. Langer of Harvard has. termed exchange be-|

tween American students and scholars “unfeasible” at pres-
ent, we at least can hope for a better day. In the light of
recent scientific events, we have had it proved to us, perhaps
all too unfortunately, that certain cultural and scholarly
exchanges with other nations will not only be beneficial but
necessary to our well-being.

_ In view of this fact and also the easing of the finger-
print restrictions, the Soviet-U.S. negotiations on exchange
of ideas, information, technical, scientific, and cultural dele-

ms are timely and important. The U.S. has agreed to
accept deleyations if only Russia will cooperate in radio and
: _ Two steps pare hee taken. The rest





ofthe clock _Conseauent. lateness- |
es may be philosophically explain-







There’s no time and free will at
Bryn Mawr. Of all symbols Tay-
lor Clock and bells are the hardest
to ignore. Standing squarely in
the middle of campus they are
everywhere visible and audible.
The clock declares nine, and the
bell tolls for all. Without mercy
it sounds from morn to night while
far beneath the students scurry
obediently to its chimes. Suppos-
ing the clock should s pat say,
twenty of ten on a ednesday
morning; the students of Contemp.,
French 201., Russian 203., Spanish
1. and Spanish 3 (to name a few)
would doubtless remain sitting un-
til they became mummified for a
future age of archeologists.

Yet for. those who resent the
stern order from above, there are
discoverable flaws in the dictums
of Taylor Clock. The mechanism
is not at peace with itself. On all
sides it registers a different time.
Whether any of these times are in
harmony with the spheres is a
moot point. But for the sake of
the student, the liberating effect
of these differences is truly en-
couraging. She who wishes two
more minutes may have them
merely by gazing at another face

ed by the truth, “all is relative.”

If the clock rung on a personal
system through the. week, on the
weekends it runs berserk or not at
all. This pedantic child of Bryn
Mawr scholastically- disdains the
cosmos. Friday afternoons it fal-

‘Am What Am

by. Debby Ham







til the following Monday. Perhaps
the interlude represents paradise,
or perhaps the clock is just one
more advocate of the famed Bryn
Mawr “individualism”,

Calendar

Thursday, November 7
8:30 p.m.—Science Club party,
Applebee barn.
8:30 p.m.—Professor S. Camman
of University of Pennsylvania,
will speak on Buddhism. Art
Lecture Room, Library.

Friday, November 8

8:30 p.m.—First performance of
The Bald Primadonna. Skinner.

Saturday, November 9

8:30 p.m.—Performance of The
Bald Primadonna, Skinner.

Monday, November 11
8:30 ~p.m.—The Horace White
Memorial lecture, the last in the
series on Myceneaen writings.
given by Dr. Rhy Carpenter.
Topic “Significance”: Goodhart
Hall.



CHEST X-RAYS

ah ee .. KLaszzambhan

Letter to the Editor

1 November

To the Editor of The News, in
reply to your last weeks’ letter:
"And so, Miss Dixon, the Wynd-
ham we knew and loved is gone.
Gone—where, and to what end?
There was a time and a very
good time it was when Wyndham
controlled the destinies of the only
two organs of creative aesthetics
at your institution, Revue and Col-
lege Theatre, when Russian folk |

dances and learned Spanish lectures
were the order of the day and
fiercely informal meetings, ming-
lings, diatribes and dates the order
of the night, when those of us
banned from the campus could find
encouragement and consolation
even from churlish Charlie—this
time, you proclaim, is past.

And what now takes its place?

|, Knowing only conformity, you

think a rebel someone revolting;
knowing nothing of art, you cannot
tell arty from artistic; knowing
nothing, you consider an individual
somewhat lower than the animals.
You have taken to electing your-
selves to offices, you have taken on
a grey flannel shroud, you have
taken away our Wyndham.

Let us have a few traditions left.
Is nothing sacred ?

Yes, there is one thing sacred,
one sanctity you can violate but
never destroy: the memory of those



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13,
Hours: 10:00-12:00; 1:30-3:80.
Moble Unit in front of Taylor.
‘Who: Staff, faculty, families.
IMPORTANT: Because of re-
cent medical developments, AN-
NUAL chest X-rays are no

owe wunwroviwy mee ye ee



ters and stops, not to continue un-







The cast boasts such top veteran





jreal world and so involve theme!

by Lynne Levick

“Rumple”, a new musical com-
edy, is now ending a successful
pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia.

performers as Eddie Foy, of ‘Pa-
jama Game” fame, Gretchen Wyler,
whose work in “Silk Stockings” and
“Guys and Délls” won her the top
female role, and Stephen Douglass,
who has played lead roles in “Pa-
jama | Game” and “Damn Yankees”

The antics of Eddie Foy, as
Rumple the cartoon character,
keep the show at a brisk, refreshing
pace. Having the freedom of the
stage at his discretion, Foy charms
the audience with his good-humor-
ed cavorting, a quality of command
oorn, no doubt, from his long years
of experience, Gretchen Wyler, as
che witty idea-girl for “Rumple”
adds spice and color to the show.
Her singing is pleasant but her
dancing is unpolished and unre-
fined.

Stephen Douglass, who plays the
cartoonist and creator of “Rumple”,
at his best when he is singing.
His tall, handsome figure decorates
the stage well, but his portrayal of
a romantic young man falls short
of his fine singing.

--The plot-itself is the-great weak-
ness of “Rumple”, It is almost re-
markable that such a delightful,
play. has resulted from such a thin,
frequently-treated theme. The basis
of the play is reminiscent of “Top-
per”, “Finian’s. Rainbow”, and
“Brigadoon”, Rumple, the cartoon
character, and girl friend,
Anna, haunt the ‘author of the
comic strip to prevent him from
giving up the comic strip which
would doom the characters to
seternity in the land of Oblivia.
Rumple and Anna travel to the

From The Balcony
Rumple

-|should kill these things before they



longer required for students.











is the only person who can see
Anna and Rumple, that they man-
age to break up his marriage
drive him mad with their .constant
presence, and make his idea-girl
think she is insane when she sees
glasses floating and doors opening
and closing by themselves. The
wise cracks are often worn thin
from use. (When invisible Anna
lifts and touches Gretchen Wyler’s
mink coat, Gretchen pops in, “They

sell them!”) At times, too, the
dialogue becomes downright corny.
When the plot becomes dominant
and is to be taken seriously, the
play falls from its height of gay
entertainment,

Much of the time, however, none
of the actors take themselves
seriously and the end object seems
to be to entertain. At these mom-
ens “Rumple” reaches its great
height.

The dance numbers are not un-
usual, The great musical strength
comes from the cleverness of the
lyrics and music. Such songs as
“Red Letter Day” and “In Times
Like These” are sure to be heard
in the coming months. Of particu-
lar note is a song and dance routine
about Oblivia done by Anna and
‘Rumple~ and such~ extinet comic
strip characters as Buster Brown,
the Calendar Girls, and the Happy
Hooligans. -

It seems that Rumple is due for
moderate success in New York.
The music is good, the performers
talented, and the plot, though thin.
is a time-tested, successful one.
The play raises the audience to a
level of enjoyment, but it never
elevates the viewer to a serious or
thoughtful plane. If its object is to
create enjoyment, the play is ex-
tremely successful. It has its mom-
ents, but the moments are never



shot

, nr ER. TO) ‘
BONO OI WC 5 eae a ee

I curse you,

Hear me, all :you rich and varied
Spirits now homeless and betrayed
—may the ghosts of your motor-
cycles and the echots of your songs
haunt these new heathen, spoil.
their teas and sour their stomachs,
eurdle their milk and gum their
sugar, spoil their sleep and frighten
off their new chinless, dates!

Wyndhan, thou art most. foully
slain—when comes. there such an-
other ?

E. B. White, ITI,
Haverford

1. The News is not*responsible
for material in this column.

2. The News will offer a sub-
scription to the Haverford News
to anyone who finds Ellen Dixon in
the Finding List.



To the Editor of the News:

As one freshman who. was quite
overcome by the traditions awaiting
her at Bryn Mawr, I welcomed your
excellent discussion of both sides
of the question, and should like to
let off some steam at this time.

I had the luck—good or bad—
of going to an American school in
Paris, the students of which came
from many different countries and
backgrounds. Some had never
undergone the process of a formal
education before; others came
straight from America; still others
were continentalized Americans. In
light of this smallness, and to
a certain extent location of the
school, traditions were difficult to
maintain. Not that they were
scorned; but with no football team,
no cheerleaders, no effective chor-
us, the thing known as school spirit
was virtually unknown. Instead, a
common affection for each other
and a bond: which being on an
American island in France created,
were to be found.

This may in part explain my
slowness to comprehend the tradi-
tions-fever.

Traditions, per se, are fine. But
all ‘too often they are notcarnfied out

‘with genuine love and’ respect but

rather out of a sense of compul-
sion. “Everyone is participating; I
cannot be’ different and do what

‘I feel like doing—else I shall surely

be ‘queer’.” Why? After all, Bryn
Mawr is supposed to be encourag-
ing individuality and to a certain
extent, non-conformism. Emerson
would be mildly surprised, to say
the least, at some of the very con-
formist trends in America—in Bryn ~~
Mawr, more specifically — today.
This does not mean that we are
to traipsé around in dirty black
pants and. sweaters, be existential-





- laelves in the life of the author, who

Continued on Page 6, Col. 3 _
* 28 gc ees c ‘ sss sta








Wednesday, November 6, 1957

oe

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Record Library
To Offer Members
Benefit of Increase

In 1938, a generous gift from the
Carnegie Foundation gave the, col-
lege enough records to start a lend-
ing library. Under the auspices of
Undergrad, ‘this record collection
in the West Wing of the Library
now numbers over 1,300 works, at
least one-third~df—which are on
long playing records.

Membership in the Record Libr-
ary is open to anyone connected
with the college, and entails only
registration with Mrs. van Hul-
steyn at the West Wing desk, and
the payment of a dollar. (Payday,
if you like). Aside from a plea to
treat the records as you would
your own, the rules governing the
Record Library are:

1. All records must be signed in
and out at the Librarian’s desk, and
only when the Librarian is at the
desk,

2. Records may be kept seven
days. Fines of two cents per record
per day will be charged for over-
“due records. Only two recordings
at a time may be borrowed, with
the exception of ‘single 178’s, five
of which may be taken at once.
Money accumulated from member-
ship fees and overdue charges goes
temenda thé _nurchase of new rec-|
ords.

(We are happy to announce that,
due to the large membership last
year (and a fabulous sale at Sam
Goody’s this week), we are about
to order some forty new LP rec-
ords. Your suggestions and, of
course, your dues and fines, are
more than welcome!

Anne Farlow
Anne Sprague
Co-Chairmen



The News is pleased to an-
nounce thifollowing elections
to its editorial board:

Copy Editor, Eleanor Winsor
"59.

Managing Editor, Barbara

Broome ’60,
‘Make-up Editor, Rita Rubin-
stein 59.

‘Alliance Outlines

Future NSA Plans

by Gail Beckman

On Monday, November 4, several
graduate, students met the under-
graduates\in the Common Room at
7:15, They \discussed the role that
students play in politics in their
own countries, It was very inter-
esting to the Alliance Board that
the response of the graduate stud-
ents to this invitation .to speak
about their countries was so im-
mediate and so positive. This year
the graduate students are sending
a representative to the Alliance
Board, Some indication does there-
fore exist that the graduate stud-
ents do not L want to be entirely iso-
lated from the undergraduate
campus activities. Perhaps\ more
organizations should extend invita-
tions to participate in activities\and
should send more publicity of their
plans to the graduate students.

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Maurice
Rosenblatt spoke on the Political
Implications of the Little Rock
Crisis on Moderates at 8:30 in the
Common Room. The subject was
a very timely and a very import-
ant one.

More activitiy has now centered
about this question of participat-
ing with other colleges in extra-
curricular as well as curricular ac-
tivities. Plans are being laid for
co-operation with Harcum and
Rosemont on an NSA (National

Se = Assanintian)» nroiect. in

March, A request from Pennsyl-
vania Military College for. contact
with the Bryn Mawr Alliance has
been received by the board and an
invitation for a joint meeting is
being sent immediately to the per-
sons in charge of their organiza-
tion, Finally, several students and
professors have expressed inter-
ests and doubts about the problem
of intercollege co-operation. It is
true that there may be a question
of transportation problems for
reaching colleges not very access-
ibly located. This does not mean,
however, that such a problem could
not be solved if the interest in
reaching another college weré ex-
pressed soon enough to reach some-
one (professor or student) who
would be anxious to co-operate or
would feel a similar interest in the
activity in question. The fact that
comment has been raised about this
issue indicates that doubts and in-
terest in it are not restricted to the









| Alliance Board.



Role of University to Stimulate Student
To Self-Realization and Self-Knowledge

The following article was submit-
ted by a graduate student in the
economics department.

by Aranka E. Kovacs

The present emphasis on the
“university crisis” and the dis-
cussions on the primary and essen-
ial role of our universities is of
vital concern not only to professors,
administrators, and college presi-
dents, but to the university student
--as “well. What are the ultimate
expectations of the student and
for what purpose should that
“degree” be obtained? Perhaps to
many undergraduates these prob-
lems are not clearly: visualized, but
to the thoughtful student the anti-
cipations of how he or she will
benefit from those university years
are real and important, To these
students the university represents in
essence the environment. most fav-
orable for the development of in-
dividual human resources. It. offers
opportunity and inspiration for in-
dependent ‘thought and for the ex-
pression of ideas. It offers insight
into and understanding of the
knowledge of the past; wisdom for
the present; and responsibility and
experience for the future.

The university years are not
without intellectual and emotional
conflicts; for the days are a mix-
ture of an irrespressible surging
spirit in search of Truth, and a
sense of uncontrollable restlessness
and despondency. Listening to the

of economic theory, the student’s
mind attempts to fit these teach-
ings into a pattern of the whole of
reality. As the professor continues
to “the point of equilibrium at the
intersection of the supply and de-
mand curves under perfect com-
petition,” it becomes essential for
the student that a’ fundamental
unity be visualized so that order and
direction of the parts may trans-
form experience into meaningful
knowledge. A broad understanding
of the basic ideas underlying pre-
sent day problems enables the stud-
ent to formulate opinions and
criticisms based on sound prin-
ciples,

The essential feature of t the uni-
versity is to stimulate the individu-
al to originate and develop ideas
in the struggle against intolerance,
ignorance and prejudice. J. M.
Keynes, the late British economist,
pointed. out in the General Theory.
“the Power of vested interests is
vastly exaggerated compared with
the gradual encroachment of ideas.
Not indeed, immediately, but after
a certain interval; for in the field
of economic and political philosophy}:
there are not many who are in-
fluenced ‘by mew theories after
they are twenty-five or thirty years
of age, so that the ideas which civil
servants and politicians and even
agitators apply to current events

are not likely to be the newest. But, |

soon or late, it is ideas, not vested



lecturer expound the abstractions

Continued on Page 4, Col. 2

Rev. Montgomery
Sees Contrasts In
Faiths, Psychiatry

One has only to look at the
comments made by people on both
sides to see the contrast and divi-
sion between religion and psychi-
atry according to ‘the Reverend
Robert P. Montgomery, chaplain to
Presbyterian students and faculty
at Princeton University, who spoke
Thursday evening in the Common
Room. His topic was “Religion and
Psychiatry’. He further added, how-
ever, that several people such as
Eric Fromm (from whom he quot-
ed) are trying to unite Freud and
the great religions under a common
“ethical core”.

Just as the psychiatrist encour-
ages an acting again of the original
conflict under more favorable cir-
cumstances (these circumstances,
according to Montgomery, being
ones of love and acceptance) so,
too, ought religion to be able to re-
solve the conflicts of man by ex-
pression of love and acceptance.
Too often, however, the patient
feels that it is difficult to reach a
clergyman and that he will receive
moral condemnation from the
church, Here is where the church
must recapture the true meaning
of,agape (what Reverend Montgom-
ery defined as “love without any
question of the worthiness of the
loved object’), the love of God for
man as revealed in the Cross.
Agape was further defined here
as meaning that “God accepts us
just as we are and not as we feel
we should be according to some
moral or legal code.” “One might
say that God loves us because of
something in Him and not because
of something in us.”

Through such love, then, reli-
gion removes the burden of- sin
and guilt in a manner similar to
that of the psychiatrist. There is
still a serious question here, how-
ever, ‘as to whether psychiatry
“saves” the person from sin (de-
fined by Montgomery as the center-
ing of the self in the self or in a
larger self e.g. one’s family, one’s
country). A freeing of the self from
the self does occur in psychiatric
treatment, according to Reverend
Montgomery, but unfortunately,
“psychiatry cannot lift the self
off itself.’ In other words, it is
very possible that the result of
psychiatry is only the self enlarg-
ing itself and not a new creation
or a “new being” in the religious
sense.

Haverford
Speakers

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announces
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LECTURE SERIES
on
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1957-1958
November 17
ROGER Y. STANIER, Profes-
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of California—Comparative Ac-
count of Photosynthic Mechan-
isms.
February 13
DAVID M. BONNER, Profes-
sor of Microbiology, Yale Uni-
versity—Genes and Their Ac-
_ tion.
March 12
JOSHUA LEDERBURG, Pro-
fesor of Genetics, University of
Wisconsin—Reproductive Versa-
_tility in Bacteria. -
April 11
ARTHUR KORNBERG, Pro-
fessor of Microbiology, Wash-
ing University—Enzymatic Ap-
proaches to the Chemical Basis
of Heredity.
Lecture Room, The Common



Room, Founders Hall, at 8:15

* pm,

A panel discussion on the role
of the foreign student in politics
was held in the Common Room on
November 4. Participating were
graduate students from six differ-
ent nations, with undergraduate
students in the audience presenting
their views on countries with wane
they were familiar.

The first part of the debate was
devoted to the causes of apathy—
or interest—of students concern-
ing local activities. Anita Monner-
Sans, a graduate-student from Ar-
gentina, felt that although the
role of the student varies from
country to country, there were two
factors to be considered: in a big
city it is essential that students,
especially off-campus ones, take an
active interest in political activi-
ties, and that in her country, the
voting age was eighteen, a decisive
element in student interest.

Jean Elder, from Canada, was
not in acord with this standpoint
in that she maintained that, al-
though the voting age ranges from
eighteen to nineteen in Canada,
and although most students live
off campus, a decided apathy pre-
vails. In addition, she pointed out
that there is a tendency toward
conservatism in Canada; although
the government and the univers
ties do not object to radical ideas,
the Possibility of obtaining a good
job is considerably reduced for
the radical person. Furthermore,
the- United States, which is very
wary of “leftist” ideas, has invest-
ments in Canada totaling almost
eighty percent, a factor not to be
forgotten. Lastly, “politics are so
dull in Canada!”

Anita then returned to tell in
more detail about the student
movement in Argentina. She be-
gan by stating that the student
status in Argentina does not nec-
essarily hold true for other South
American countries; one must be
careful not to generalize. The Stu-
dent Federation, which dates back
to 1918, is much respected in Ar-
gentina, It originated as a rebel-
lious movement against conserva-
tism, and has played a decisive role
in the twelve-year period of the
Peron dictatorship. As was the
case in Hungary last year, stu-

Graduate Students From Abroad Speak
On Youth in Politics in Their Countries

dents have not merely shown in-
terest, but actual participation, at
the risk of ending up in jail, being
exiled from their homes or even,
in some cases, death, However,
the student organization is com-
pletely non-partisan; it supports
that in which it believes, not any
particular party. This naturally
became more difficult during the
Peron regime. Today, the situa-
tion has changed somewhat in that
Argentina has . known relative
peace since 1954. Now, the stu-
dents direct their attention primar-
ily towards social assistance, The
main project at the moment is to
establish a greater liasion between
the people and the universities,
through setting up vocational
schools, working in overpopulated
areas, slums, etc.

Anita went on to explain that
the role of the university in Ar-
gentina is very different from the.
one in America. Only those who
wish to specialize in one profession
attend the universities; the general
cultural background ‘is obtained in
the secondary schools. It is inter-
esting to note at this point that
all universities, eight in total, are
state ones; private universities
are discouraged because of the
danger that one group or religion
will dominate. The administration
consists of two students, two

jaluninas, and four facuity men

bers chosen at large by the stu-
dent body. These eight establish
the policy of the school, and send
two representatives to the National
Federation, which decides upon
general principles.

A member of the audience then
explained a similar student group
in the United States the National
Student ~Association. The main
difference here is that its constitu-
tion limits students considerably
in their viewpoint on the American
government; this curbs the effect-
iveness of the organization.

England’s representative, Susan
Strabble, pointed out that in
Great Britain, the situation is par-
allel to the one in Canada, in that
there is a trend towards conser
vatism. Ursula Heibges, from
Germany, mentioned that in Ger-



Continued on Page 6, Col. 2



College newspapers often pro-
vide a valuable service when they
bring the individual student out
of the triangle of his particular
concerns and into the circle of gen-
eral woe, The Conn Census (Conn.
College), for instance, had an ab-
sorbing problem for everyone last
week. Classicists’ attention was
directed to the proceedings of the
Connecticut section of Classical
Associations of New England which
took place on their campus. The
highlight of the meeting was a
panel discussion in which members
talked over “methods of prevent-
ing the ‘mass exodus’ which con-
fronts today’s Latin Classes.”
Meanwhile the modern element at
Conn. college was looking to the
Brave New World for their latest
pastime — “Bumble Puppy” — a
team game with the object of
throwing a ball called a ‘round’ into
a nine foot centrifugal Bumble’
Puppy Machine”.

Several of the ‘men’s colleges
were~concerned with purely prac-
tical matters. From one of the
confidential columns of Temple
University came this gripe—“The
suit is on the verge of making a
comeback. It was an ensemble con-
sisting of a jacket and trousers
both of which were made out of
the same material.” The Daily

Pennsylvanian in their solemn re-
porting of an administration an-
nouncement. (“Gate men are not
to permit entry to the stadium to
anyone carrying bottles or jugs of
alcoholic beverages”) added this ex-



Latin To Bumble Puppy, Flu Quarantine
And B.M. Rope Test-In College Papers

plan is to remove the causes of dis-
orderly drinking—namely the bottle
and the jug.”

The less mundane souls of Wes-
leyan, however, were troubled by
deeper problems— “Smith College
will remain in quarantine over
weekend.” As a matter of fact, the
crisis even allowed a little sym-
pathy for their rival. “No epidemic
at Ambherst—but the situation is
still gloomy. One of the features
of the Mardi Gras weekend—the
Mt. Holyoke ballet—has been can-
celled by the flu scare.

Radcliffe made a gallant effort to
rouse a universal spirit with a
rocking rolling satellite song, first
prize in the annual song contest. —
“The song most singable after ten —
beers,” on the other hand, was
sadly provincial.

“At Radcliffe they tell you the
ratio is lovely—for each girl at
Radcliffe, Harvard has ten. They’ll
scramble to date you: just bear
in mind always —. Radcliffe. girls
who marry, marry Harvard men.
But I found that it wasn’t so easy:
Competition is rife for those gems .
of the yard: you’ve got to run fast,
and you've got to hit hard. The
worst threat of all is those widows
from Wellesley, to whose campus
fair go not buses or trains; but
somehow the Crimson Tide surges
toward Wellesley.” :
(Of course, since Bryn Mawr
also has her problems, we were par-
ticularly grateful to the Mt. Hol-
yoke News for sympathetically re-
printing the complete College News



planatory note—“The aim of the

article on the freshmen ‘rope test.)




> Reaalafpllar Hall

Page Four

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, November 6, 1957



OI7...

Once again we take a-fond look
into the “Dark Ages” of 1917 and
1918 through the eyes of The Col-
lege News.

From the February 21 and March
7 issues in 1917:

“The condition of the grass on
the campus is worse than it has
ever been before, so bad that the
Business Office has put the matter
into the hands of the Undergrad-
uate Association. The question of
the regulations to enforce keeping
off the grass will be taken up by
the association . . . Twenty-five
cents was voted as a self-imposed
fine for walking on the grass, by
the Undergraduate Association last
Monday night. The money thus
collected goes to the Endowment
Fund,”

The Endowment Fund must be
rather large by now!

From the May 9, 1917 issue:

“The average height, weight,
lung-capacity, and strength of Bryn
Mawr students registers higher in
every instance in comparison with
the statistics of Oberlin College
for Women. In strength the B.M.
tgtal is 58.5% greater than Ober-
lin’s.”

Oh well, Life called it a tough
training ground.

Ah! How Pastoral

*- From the June 6, 1917 issue:
* “Part of the campus between
fields has been plowed up and will
be farmed by some of the profes-
sors this summer.”

Need more be said?

From the issue of March 28,
1917:

“The distance around the running
track in the gymnasium is 225 feet,
approximately 23% times around
being one mile,”

After running that distance, who
could count?

The prize item comes from the
May 238 issue in 1917.

“The persistant chirping of a
young bird caught in the vines
was the only flaw in Ossip Gavrilo-
witsch’s popular concert, given in
the cloister Friday afternoon.

Who Killed Cock Robin?

Stones were first tried as a
means of hushing the birds disturb-
ing the concert. Ushers mounted
to the cloister roof and took aim
from there, but to no avail. At
last the chief culprit was discover-
ed in a young bird tangled in the
ivy. An adventurous spirit suc-
ceeded in capturing him, but by
that time Mr. Gavrilowitsch had
come to the end of his. recital.”

Finally a bit about the culture
in the Dark Ages of March 28,
1917.

The Sophomores new oral song,
sung for the first time last Friday
evening, is to the tune of a col-
lege highball song.”

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University Crisis

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interests, which are dangerous for
good or evil.”

The basic role of the university
is not to teach the rudiments of a
business career, but to awaken and
encourage the _ intellectual and
emotional nature of the individual
towards self-realization and _self-
knowledge. Intellectual curiosity
and inquiry resulting in creative
thought must flourish as an ex-
pression of complete freedom and
liberty. As John Stuart Mill main-
tained:

“It is not by wearing down into
uniformity all that is individual
in themselves, but by cultivating it,
and calling it forth, within the
limits imposed- by the rights and
interests of others, that human be-
ings become a noble and beautiful
object of contemplation; and as
the works partake the character of
those who do them, by the same
process human life also becomes
rich, diversified,
furnishing more abundant aliment
to high thoughts and elevating
feelings, and strengthening the tie
which binds every individual to
the race, by making the race in-
finitely better worth belonging to.”

Intelligent men and women have
a special responsibility in not only
seeking out great ideas and the
best that has been created and
achieved, but a responsibility in
developing to their highest capacity

andthe athleticias they assume leadership in the|&

community and in the nation. The|
social responsibility of university
graduates in our industrial age
embraces human ideals which, as a
leading Canadian newspaper (The
Globe and Mail) pointed out, must
“enrich the community with a set
of values which would endow even
rapidly gained prosperity with
ethical concepts to relieve material-
ism of its inhuman starkness.” The
socio-political consequences of an
economic system geared to mater-
ialism where the higher values of
a democracy and freedom are in-

and animating,|...

creasingly in danger of being sub-
merged, are becoming apparent to
the sober-minded individual. In-
deed, it may be claimed that a
rapidly changing society places
new demands on our universities
and that our industrialized and
highly dyn4mic economy demands
adjustments and transitions which
result in changing values. It must
be recognized, however, that in
the modern progressive society, in-
dustrial expansion and economic
growth must symbolize more than
monetary investment, natural re-
source development, technological
progress and an increasing pro-
duction of goods and _ services.
Basically, it must.strive for human
development, whereby in all social
and cultural contacts the. motives
of society are a reflection of the
concern for human welfare. Many
years ago, Einstein cautioned:

“Concern for man himself and
his fate must always form the chief
interest of all technical endeavour
Never forget this in the midst
of all your diagrams and equa-
tions.”

To the student, the university
is the keeper of the gate which
opens to Truth and to the search
for timeless human values. It is.
when humbleness is felt by the
students who is confronted by the
vastness of knowledge, and by the
greatness of human beings; and

it is when confidence, with wisdom

and understanding, has been gain-
ed though the student realizes the
CUmMprexicy~ vr eae WW Os pe yo wee
we can be assured that the basic
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- Bureau of Recommendations

REMINDER:

November 12 is the closing date
for applications for the December
New York State Civil Service ex-
aminations.

They will be given again later in
the year, and may always be taken
here on the campus,

Odd Jobs Now Open: Please see
Mrs. Dudley,

On Campus
Sales Agencies:

Wanted: A birdge-playing stu-
dent to sell a new form of dupli-
cate boards. Good commission.

The Wembley sweater agency is
still open.

Off Campus
Shipley School-Bells: Saturday
evenings, 7:30 to 10 :00. Will pay

$.75 an hour.

Jobs for Next Year: Please see

Mrs. Crenshaw.



The National Security Agency,
Fort Meade, Maryland: “Offers un-
usual and challenging careers to
graduates at all levels.” The Pro-
fessional Qualification Test will be
given at the college on December
7. Closing date for aplpications,
November 30. Blanks, booklets,
and further information at the

Bureau of Recommendations.
* ok *

Career Conference at Woodward

‘|gnd Lothrop’s (department store),

Washington, D.C., Friday, Decem-
ber 27.

See the notice posted on the
Bureau bulletin board. The store
would like to have, by November 15,
a list of those interested in attend-
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Events in Philadelphia

THEATRE:

Locust: One Foot in the Door, opens Wednesday for ten days.

Havoc in comedy.

June

Walnut: Look Homeward, Angel, opens Saturday for two weeks. An-
thony Perkins, Jo Van Fleet, Hugh Griffith in Ketti Frings’ drama-
tization of a portion of Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel.

Forrest: Nude With Violin, Noel Coward’s comedy starring the author,

final week.

MUSIC:

Metropolitan Opera: Opens 78rd season at Academy with Eugene One-

gin, Tuesday, November 5:

American Opera Society: Gluck’s Paris and Helen, Academy, Thursday,

November 7,

Philadelphia Orchestra: Zino Francescatti as soloist, Ormandy con-

ducting, Friday afternoon, Noveiiber 8, and Saturday evening; Nos

vember 9.

MOVIES:

Arcadia: Les Girls, Tuesday; musical with Cole Porter score; Gene
Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg.
Stanley: Pal Joey, Wednesday; musical with Rodgers and Hart score;

Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth,

Kim Novak,

Randolph: My Man Godfrey, Wednesday; remake of comedy about a
butler and a rich girl; David Niven, June Allyson.
Fox: Stopover: Tokyo, Wednesday; spy thriller, Robert Wagner, Joan

Collins, Edmond O’Brien.

World: It Happened in the Park, Wednesday; four short stories in the
Italian manner, Vittoria De Sica.

Bala: The Gentle Touch, Friday; British film, George Baker, Belinda

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



Cornerstone Ceremony And Talks

Continued from Page 1
ber 2-3, 1957.

Large black notebook containing
plans. and drawings and descrip-
tions of the proposed new buildings
for Biology and Physics and: Mathe-
matics. ‘

Mimeographed “Notice to Pros-
pective Applicants and Professional
Journals” from the U. S. Depart-
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, Public Health Service,
National Institutes of Health on
appropriation of funds to assist
in the financing of the construction
of facilities for research in the
“sciences related to health.”

Two sand dollars collected at
Beaufort, North. Carolirfa in 1887
by Dr. E. B. Wilson, Professor of
Biology at Bryn Mawr and head
of the Department from 1885 to
1891,

“Chromosomes and Heredity,”
New York, 1910 by Professor T..H.
Morgan. A_ reprint from the
American Naturalist.

“Some Aspects of Cytology in
Relation to the Study of Genetics,”
New York 1912, by Professor
Edmund. B. Wilson, A reprint
from the,American Naturalist.

“Biographical Memoir of Edmund
Beecher Wilson” by T. H, Morgan.
Reprint from the National Acad-
emy of Sciences of the United
States of America Biographical
Memoirs.

“Edmund Beecher Wilson—Sci-
entist, 1856-1939” by Franz Schrad-
er, Reprint from the Columbia
~University Quarterly, September,

1939. ~ 2 .

“The Kinetochore or Spindle Fibre
Locus in Amphiuma Tridactylum”
by Franz Schrader. Reprinted from
Biological Bulletin, June, 1936.

Talks on Biological Research at
Bryn Mawr College by members of
the Department followed the Cor-
nerstone Ceremonies for the new
Biology Building. The following

are summaries of the talks given
under the heading of “Specialized
Research in Biology”:

Food for Onions: Mary S. Gar-
diner, Professor of Biology.

In onion seedlings there are
three clearly distinguishable re-



gions—the primary root, the coty-
ledonary plate and the cotyledon
attached to the seed,the source of
nutrients for the growing plant un-
til it is rooted in the ground, it
develops photosynthesizing leaves
and becomes a self-supporting sys-
tem. In these three areas there
are differentiated cells but also
embryonic ones capable of multi-
plying rapidly and of developing
new structures. Because a seed-
ling like this represents a_ rela-
tively simple tissue system with
the potentialities of various pat-
terns of growth, and because they
are easy. to obtain and to handle,
onions. were chosen for the stud-
ies on factors influencing typical
and atypical growth.

The first objective was to deter-
mine the degree of self-sufficiency
of the different parts of the seed-
ling when separated from the seed
and thus deprived of natural source
of nutriments, and to study ‘the
growth patterns in relation to nat-
ural growth. The results indicate
that pieces in which the three
primary areas of the seedling are
represented are capable of syn-
thesizing the complex materials of
their own substance, are capable
of division vand of conducting the
energy-releasing reactions neces-
sary to implement such, processes.

It seems evident that the coty-
ledonary plate is essential to the
growth in culture of onion seed-
lings detached from the seeds.
This implies that the cells of the

Coup waonarynlata_have_ synthetic,

capacities that are lacking in the
roots, and that the roots draw
from them materials essential to
the division of their cells,

Microbial Mutineers: Eleanor A.
Bliss, Professor of Biology. and
Dean of the Graduate School.

In an attempt to induce resist-
ance in bacteria in the living host,
under experimental conditions,
‘white mice have been infected with
staphylococci; some of the mice
are treated with streptomycin
twice a day for two weeks while
others are left untreated. It is
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in the staphylococci in this way
than had been anticipated (from
the ease with which it can be done
in the test tube and the frequency
with which it occurs in patients).
Only eleven cultures from 500 mice
were clearly resistant. However,
six of them had extremely high re-
sistance and, of particular interest,
two of these very resistant cultures
originated in mice which had re-
ceived no streptomycin. Their re-
sistance was a spontaneous change
—a mutation. It seems probable,
then, that the four other very re-
sistant strains also started as
spontaneous. mutants.
only five strains whose resistance

oped as a result of exposure to the
drug.

The question now under investi-'
gation is whether such exposure
has no effect whatever upon the
great majority of strains, In pre-
liminary experiments a small dif-
ference has ‘been detected between
the strains from treated and un-
treated mice: in cultures from
treated mice a larger proportion
of the population can tolerate low
concentration of streptomycins
than is the case with cultures
from untreated animals.

Mice on Mountains: L. Joe Berry,
Professor of Biology.

‘Mice kept at a simulated alti-.

tude of about 20,000 feet for per-
iods of three weeks to four months
are -consistently more susceptible
to certain bacterial infections than

animals kept continuoysly at nor-

mal atmospheric pressures. In-
terestingly enough, however, the
mice that had been at the simulat-
ed altitude were more resistant
to a virus causing influenza.

The change responsible for the
altered resistance to infectious
diseases occurring in mice at al-
titude is unknown. Very likely it
is a nonspecific factor affecting
resistance to disease. Certain ad-
ditional findings offer some hope
of understanding why mice that
have been at altitude respond as



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they do to the bacterial and viral
infections. A selected chemical
substance, normally present in tis-
sues of animals, decreases in con-
centration to a ‘minimum value
after, three weeks of altitude and
remains unchanged after. four
months, This implies an altered
body chemistry.

Designs in Development: Jane
M. Oppenheimer, Professor of Bi-
ology.

Embryology has now moved into
new channels. About 25 yeats ago
deletion and grafting experiments
on amphibian eggs showed that
particular relationships ‘between

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embryo were accountable for one
manner in which these parts would
later develop. The principle of pro-
gressive differentiation thus had re-
ceived verification through ingen-

ious and critical experimentation. }

Today biologists are attempting
to describe development quantita-
tively in chemical and biochemical
terms. I have concentrated on at-
tempting to demonstrate mechan-
isms by which the whole embryo
controls the development of its
parts and vice versa. I have been
especially interested in some of
the factors which result in the dif-
ferences between one part of the
brain and another. The chief im-
portance of the performance and
results . of these experiments is
that they add to our knowledge of
nature and its functions.

Protozoan Proselytes: Robert L.

| Conner, A Assistant Professor of Biol-

ogy.

The influence of hormones on
bodily processes has been observed
for many years. A great deal of
knowledge has been accumulated
about glands involved, about the
lack of over-abundance of hor-
mones produced by these glands,
about the chemical nature of the
hormones, about the interactions of
these compounds, and about ways
to treat these disorders. However,
nobody is cerbain as to how any of
these compounds act in bodily pro-
cesses. The effect of hormones
may be on body chemistry or
on the structure of the cells of
living things or. perhaps on both.

The main difficulty of studying
the action of hormones has been
the complexity which the investi-
gator faces. In man there are doz-





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First Junior Member to Self-Gov

What is the Self-Gov Board up
to? Their minutes-read-like a well
censored report of the Atomic
Energy Commission. What happens
specifically at their weekly meet-
ings? What action do they take in
order to “deal with serious cases”
referred to in their Constitution?
Why don’t they publish who vio-
lates the honor system and the
resulting consequences? Since all
girls on campus are ipso-facto
members, don’t they have a right
to know specific details?

There are open advisory board
and executivé meetings. However,
occasionally these meetings are
closed. Perhaps this will explain
why. When a girl violates the honor
system and turns herself in, she
comes ‘to talk with the members of
the executive board. Here she has
the opportunity to explain her side
of the story, why she did it, how
she interprets the rule, and how
she feels the honor system relates
to her as a member of the college
community. What relevance does
this information have for the entire
student body? Might it be a specific
warning not to let their “honor
slip?” This might be true if the
system were “big stick politics.”
But it isn’t—it is a system where
honor is a personal matter, a per-
onal value, and a personal decision.
The system is designed to value the
integrity,.and respect the dignity
of the individual. Therefore, it
would be contrary to the basic

on ideals..of.the..Bryn. Mawr. Self-Gov

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value to expose a girl publicly to
the judgment of the entire campus.

When a mistake is made, it is
difficult enough to account to one-
self and to several elected repre-
sentatives from one’s group. If ex-
posed to the entire campus, as is
the policy in some colleges, it
must be almost impossible to re-
gain group respect and more im-
portant still self respect, both of
which are necessary to make the
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Page Six

THE COLLEGE NEWS.

Wednesday, November 6, 1957



Rosenblatt Speaks On Little Rock; Its
Causes, Political Effects Are Estimated

“The Political Impact of Little
Rock” was the subject of Maurice
Rosenblatt’s speech in the Com-
mon Room last night. Mr. Rosen-
blatt, a professional lobbyist, de-
clared that we were in a period of
which everyone should be consci-
ous; he claimed that this was one
of the most important periods in
American history since 1492. Mr.
Rosenblatt explained his statement
in a full discussion of the Little
Rock crisis, its implications on our
foreign policy. and the approach-
ing elections of 1958 and 1960.

“Polarization” is one of the main

dangers of Governor Orval Fau-
bus’ action cited by Mr. . Rosen-
blatt. Division of the South into
two factions, the White Citizens
Councils and the N.A.A.C.P., will

cause a division between the “ex-|

tremes”and the “moderates”: The
“moderates” are in the majority
in the South, but the “extremists”
are the ones that are being heard.
If the “moderates” would take a
stand, in Mr. Rosenblatt’s opinion,
it ultimately would be supported
against the Faubus or “extreme”
position.

Governor Faubus’ attempt to
dent “the doctrine of inevitability”
was another important point dis-
cussed by Mr. Rosenblatt. He be-
lieves that the Southern politicians
accepted the inevitability of inte-
gration, but that they were trying
to delay it. Governor Faubus and
his “more extreme colleagues were
trying to prove that “perhaps
Civil Rights were not inevitable’.

Faubus “didn’t brandish a gun,|«

but tried to shoot it”, is Mr. Rosen-
blatt’s conclusion on Governor
Faubus’ position.

The Negroes, who comprise a
larger number of the voting South,
will be eligible to vote in the forth-
coming elections. These votes will
be veered away from the Demo-
crats and toward the Republican
party. That is the main reason
for the political seriousness of the
problem. Governor Faubus in his
“polarization” tried to unite the



white South behind his extremist
element and thus start a _ third
party which possible could cause
an election which would be brought
to the House of Representatives, if
neither party received a majority.
The’unity almost worked because
of the introduction of federal
troops into Little Rock. It did not
succeed because the majority...of
thé South is not behind the ex-
tremist movement. (Mr. Rosen-

blatt especially made clear the
point that the South is not respon-
sible for the reactions of the peo-
ple of Litle Rock involved in the
opposition to the integration of
schools. He cited examples of
racial riots in the North to prove
that the geographic location is
more important than the people in-
volved. |

One of the real dangers brought
about by Little Rock's situation
was to our foreign policy. Mr.
Rosenblatt contends that ‘the
southerners’ strongest proponents
of massive resistance take an iso-
lationist position” when voting on
American foreign policy. These
“protectionists” are not necessar-
ily from the South. There are some
Northern congressmen who agree
wtih this same position. :

The solution to the problem will
be borne by the intellectuals of the
present younger generation, ac-
eording to Mr, Rosenblatt, They
will take American: policy out of
the “smug complacency” stage and

into” a definite sfand on important,

domestic and foreign issues.

Current Events

Continued from Page 3

many there is a definite association
of ideologies with the various par-
ties, and that in order to change
parties, everyone, including the
students, must sacrifice his basic
beliefs,

Other participants were Sheila
Dowling (Canada), Marianne Lor-
enz (Italy), and Sayoko Kodera
(Japan).



Chapel

Chapel service for this Seta’

will be in the form of a Quaker
meeting. Several Friends from this
area have been invited to join us.
They are Miss McBride, Dr. and
Mrs. Walter Michels, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Gray’ Vining, Dr. and Mrs.
Henry Joel Cadbury, and Mr. Allen
Terrell.

For those students who are not
familiar with the Quaker meeting,
a brief description follows, The
meeting is to be entered in a spirit
of: worship.. It officially begins
when those on the facing bench
take their places. The meeting is
a period of silence and meditation.
Ideally, there should occur a “cent-
ering” or “gathering” of the meet-
ing when everyone’s meditations
become focused on the same gen-
eral theme. It is not rare in’ meet-
ings of experienced Quakers to
find that when a person stands up
to speak, he answers questions in
the minds of others in the meeting.

This is called “speaking to their
condition”. This may not occur,
however, at one’s first Quaker
meeting, as it requires a certain
sensitivity which is ordinarily de-
veloped only after taking part in
several meetings, In any case, there
is value also in individual medita-

tions. As a signal that the meeting
is over, the Friends on the facing
bench shake hands with the person
sitting next to them,

Letter

Continued from Page 2

ists, and vegetate. Instead, we
should feel free to follow our con-
science, participate if we enjoy
doing so, abstain if we would
rather not do so. Traditions lose
their meaning if those participat-
ing do so out of a sense of duty,
a need to “follow the herd,” rather
than through genuine enthusiasm.
But ye sophomores, -Hell Week

does_ sound like fun!
Alex VanWessem ’61



The Bald Primadonna

Continued from Page 1

rities hadn’t “understood.” They
were promised a bald primadonna;
they weren’t shown a bald prima-
donna. They felt cheated—that’s
what they couldn’t forgive,

There are some people who are
in this way belabored by their
intelligence. They feel it within
themselves like a little Spartan
fox. It is starved, cruel, unappeas-
able; it must always be fed and
they tremble at the idea that one
day it might. expire. That will’ be
the day when they find no answer
to the maniacal question: ‘What
is it about?’ They are good folks
who have a horror of photographs
without captions, of Japanese films
without subtitles, and of eclipses
of the moon that are not visible
in Paris.

In accepting to write this preface
or anti-preface to the first volume
of the plays of Eugene Ionesco, I
realize very well that I have taken
on the responsibility of explaining
the pleasures, not suspicious at all,
but frank ones, not of “intelli-
gence”, but of sensation, not of
“analysis”, but of imagination, that
I experienced at the performance
and then during the reading of each
one of the works of Eugene Ionesco.
I can say very exactly why his
plays please me: It is because his
characters keep looking like us—
like the celebrities, as well as like
me—in profile—beeause it isour

own: profile which he launches.

with such spirit! into these unfor-
seen adventures; whose very ap-
pearance is unforseen, and then

because we recognize these advent-

ures as more real than any that
could actually have happened to us.

It is not a psychological theatre,
it is not a symbolical theatre, it
is not a social theatre, nor poetic,
nor surrealist. It does not have a
ready made epithet—it is a theatre
made to measure, but I see that
I will lose face if I do not give it

a name. For me it is a theatre: of
adventure. IT is cloak-and-dagger
theatre, as illogical as Fantomas,
as improbable as Treasure Island,
and as irrational as The Three
Musketeers. But like them it is
poetical and burlesque, exciting
and entrancing. It is constantly vio-
lating the rules of the game. |

The plays of Eugene Ionesco are
certainly the strangest and the
most spontaneous which have ap-
peared since the war. Seated in the
audience at a performance, face to
face with the author, I can never
guess from which quarter the shots
will come,-nor where they will hit
me, but I realize with joy that I
have opposing me a marksman as
spectacular as Buffalo Bill. I do
not know whether he has used a
“system” to strike me so hard,
so accurately, and. so rapidly. I
don’t think about it and I care
less. The moment of autopsy, so
dear to the celebrities, will come
for him, and it could be then that
the little fox of analysis, at pres-
ent so terribly vexed, will find the
“explanation” and will lick its
chops in its newfound theory. I
am certain that the reading of this
thesis will give as much joy to
Tonesco as his own works now give
to me.’”

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Movies.

BRYN MAWR

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