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College news, October 24, 1956
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1956-10-24
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Weekly
6 pages
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 43, No. 04
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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BMC-News-vol43-no4
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, October 24, 1956
THE COLLEGE NEWS
FOUNDED IN 1914
Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of
Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore,; Pa., and Bryn
iwr College. |
* * The News is fully protected by copyright.” Nothing that appears
in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission of the Editor-
in-Chief. : ay ’
EDITORIAL BOARD Annas
Editor-in-Chief .......- ever erereececrerterrererereers ut asch,
Copy Pa ee aupaeeestosbetts Anna Kisselgoff, ‘58
Managing Editor .........-.:+ssssccrrsseerrnersneees Debby Ham, ‘59
Make-up Editor .......-.-s-:+sseccrsecssssrrestt sess Patty Page, ‘58.
"d : Mehbers-at-Large . . Marcia Case, ‘57; Helen Sagmatser, ‘58; Elinor Winsor, ‘59
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’ EDITORIAL STAFF
- Ann Barthelmes, ‘58; Miriam Beames, ‘59; Lynn Deming,
nolds, ‘59; Rita Rubinstein, ‘59,
BUSINESS STAFF
‘59; Elizabeth Rey-
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Elizabeth: Geox, ‘60; Judy Davis, ‘59; Jane Levy, ’59; Ruth Levin, ‘59; Emily
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Graft Artist oc... cscs eset erecenconrennseerseearenes Ann Morris, ‘57
Business Manager ......-..-0ecs ee eeeenreeerecerees Natalie Starr, i
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Subscription Board: Judith Beck, ‘59; Pat Cain, ‘59; Barbara Christy, ‘59; Kate
Collins, ‘59; Elise Cummings,, ‘59; Sue Flory,’59; Faith Kessel, ‘59; Ruth
Simpson, ‘59; Lucy Wales, ‘59.
Subscription, $3.50. Mailing price,
time. Entered as second class matter at the
Act of March 3, 1879.
G. O. P. “Prospirty”
Last week, the News concerned itself in this space with
the first half of the’Republican war cry of “Peace and Pros-
rity.” Today, the second aspect, an economic one, comes
into consideration.
The Eisenhower Administration lists a high level of busi-
ness activity as one of its prominent: achievements. Yet the
financial nrognerity taken. credit for, does not take into ac-
count the large segment of the American population still in
poverty nor the increasing amount of small business failures.
At the same time, the means to,and underlying principles of
this economic “prosperity” are obscured, as is the contrast
between Republican economic thinking and that of the Dem-
ocrats.
The traditional Republican concept of economic devel-.
opment is formal, impersonal and governed by the assump-
_ tion that unrestrained, rather than regulated, freedom of
action accorded to economic enterprises will bring results
beneficial to all society. These ideas, close to nineteenth cen-
tury conceptions of capitalism, are rather unsuitable (espec-
_ ially when seen in the light of the ’30’s) to a complex econ-
omy characterized by a high concentration of wealth.
The Democratic tradition, on the other hand, calls for
government intervention in economic processes and attempts
to correct them, when the situation necessitates such aid.
During the Depression years, the Democratic Party mobil-
ized the material and spiritual resources of the country, in-
F cluding the authority of the government.
Today, the Eisenhower Administration has displayed
little departure from basic traditional Republican economics.
This fact is not apparent because the GOP has preserved
many of the economic checks and balances developed under
the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations. To destroy them
would be a political impossibility. Yet, by reducing the role
played by the government in economic affairs, the Adminis-
4 tration has created conditions favoring large.corporations,
which have. benefited from the increased neutrality of the
state. Since 1952, big business profits have increased by
61% and small’ business profits declined by 52%. The rate
of small business failures rose by 46%. On the other side of
the counter, the consumer will not benefit from conditions
eB favorable to monopoly and higher profits.
F The fiscal policy of the Eisenhower Administration has
4 been in line with its attitude towards big business. Taxes
were reduced by the Republicans. Yet approximately 90%
of every dollar in the tax cut went to the upper income brac-
xets and corporations. This is not only unjust but bad econ-
; omics. Under expanding production, the long-run interest
z of the country calls for an increase in purchasing power in
4 the hands of those who spend the greatest part of their in-
come as well as of those who save the most.
Another aspect of the government fiscal policy working
for the large corporations and against the small businessman
as well as the taxpayer, is the Administration’s policy of
: “tight” or “hard money”. The results of this policy are the
- difficulties of small firms in obtaining loans and the high in-
terest rates paid for them. Als. pointed out by Walter C.
Louchheim, Jr., a former S.E.C. official, in a letter to the New
York Times, October 19, the Republican claim that the high-
interest policy as a “restraint on inflationary measures by
reducing borrowings from banks and financial institutions”
has not proved true by the fact that bank loans to business
ave increased, and “consumers have continued their heavy
the public or Federal debt which has increased by $1.2 billion
since 1952... The government’s continued borrowing at the
present high interest rates will cost the taxpayer more.
In a related field, the Administration’s management of
yuntry’s natural resources has not been in the interests
tant financial source for the nation’s educational
given away to private interests. = =:
Jemocratic Party promises to ue an economic
a. capita “pe for
The Democrats offer to
$4.00. Subscription may begin at any
Ardmore, Pa., Post Office, under the
nsible for the 3
ro! and large corporations by in- os
a. more abundant credit.
. At the same time, this high-interest policy is |
dha nce eas ‘il
, which was to have been |
Although the moral pointers and
precepts inculcated by Pristina
Perplexed or The Lady’s Not For
Learning are with us still (espe-
cially with one individual who
seems to have taken the lesson of
the Duke to heart!) the last echoes
of “Pristina” and “All Hail We
Sing” are being replaced by those
of “Sophias” and “Pallas Athena.”
In thé midst of this tuneful at-
mosphere resound the cries of the
embattled supporters of Eisenhow-
er, Stevenson and Pogo. (There is
even a small faction for Peanuts!)
We should like to state that we
are disassociating ourselves from
the editorial policy of the News
and supporting the last-named can-
didate.
As for the state of the Pogo
Dearls Before - - -
By Patty Page
Campaign on campus—it has had
a surprising degree of success.
Somewhat optimistically we order-
ed 600 buttons from national head-
quarters which miraculously disap-
peared in a matter of days and at
present 50 lafge-size buttons are
putting in an appearance on more
enthusiastic supporters!
We are not too sure how this
compares with campaign results at
Haverford whose manager reports
(and we quote) “The campaign is
pushing along with the enthusiasm
of a roused billiard ball.” Not be-
ing an authority on that most in-
teresting game, we have no way of
evaluating the statement but we
would hazard a guess that a “rous-
ed billiard ball” is the “sine qua
non” of enthusiasm!
From The Balcony
By Ruth Rasch
The Sleeping Prince—By Terence Rattigan
“What possesses distinguished
actors to work with enthusiasm on}
plays that could never have distinc-
tion, even if they were well done?”
puzzled Brooks Atkinson in his
theatre column in the New York
Times on October 14. I’m afraid
that Mr. Atkinson will repeat that
question to himself, in disgust and
boredom, when he sees Terence
Rattigan’s “occasional Fairy Tale”
The Sleeping Prince.
Michael Redgrave, star of one
of last year’s finest plays, Tiger at
the Gate (a play in which he gave
a magnificent performance) and
Barbara Bel Geddes, well remem-
bered as a star in Tennessee Wil-
liam’s great play Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof (her performance as thé un-
happy wife, especially in the first
scene of that play, will long be re-
membered) combine their talents
with those of one of the great la-
dies of .the stage, Cathleen Nes-
bitt—and perform in one of the
most mediocre “comedies” to re-
ceive full scale Broadway produc-
tion in a long time.
This play whose “scene through-
out is a’ room in the Carpathian
Legation in London” takes place in
June, 1911. Michael Redgrave plays
the role of the regent of Carpathia
and Barbara Bél Geddes is the
beautiful show girl Mary Morgan,
known on the stage as Elaine Dag-
enham; whom he invites to late
supper at the Legation. The re-
gent, whom Michael Redgrave plays
with monocle, a swagger, and over-
exaggerated, even repulsive ges-
tures, does not believe in love. The
American show girl, played by
Miss Bel Geddes with good taste,
does. She wins. .
‘At the end of ‘the play he is
converted to her way of thinking.
The final scene in which this mag-
nificent conversion occurs seems to
have almost the opposite effect on
the members of the audience.
Cathleen Nesbitt. fits into this
fiasco as the Grand Duchess, wife
of the regent, who married her to
further the alliance between Car-
pathia and Austria. Maybe it is
because she is in no way committed
to believing that love will win out, ” =
and is thus slightly disassociated
from the play, that Cathleen Nes-
bitt is one of few members of the
cast who acts without embarrass-
ment and without embarrassing the
audience. She is humorous, spirit-
ed, and funny. She does not re-
main on the stage long enough to
save the play.
- The major-domo and the first
and second footman are the other
members of the cast who act with-
Their accom-
plishment does not match Miss
Nesbitt’s, for they do not have to
out embarrassment.
say a word.
The play is set against the back-
ground of foreign intrigue in Eu-
rope and trouble in the Balkans.
The actions. of the King of Car-
pathia, played competently by Ron-
ald Welsh, also absorb the audi-
ence’s attention when love is not
forestage.
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:
In the last issue of the News, I
was quoted, in the election poll, as
saying: “The distinction between
the Democratic and Republican
parties is becoming more tenuous
every day.” Since last Thursday,
I have had a decided feeling of re-
jection — at home, by my _ col-
leagues, and even by our dog,
which died several years ago.
The reporter, I admit, quoted me
exactly, but what she wrote was,
of course, the unofficial version. I
reserve the tight to amend, repair,
reverse, or completely to deny any-
thing, or nothing. Really, if the
reporter had been more astute, she
would not. have written what I
said, but something I didn’t say,
and in that way she might have
come closer perhaps to what I
meant to say. I shall consider send-
ing in the official version later.
L. Dryden.
From the October 17th is-
sue of the Bryn Mawr Cor-
LEGE NEws:
“Lewis Wright lectured in Good-
hart all last night on ‘Civilizing
the Frontier.’ Dr. Wright, Direc-
tor of the Folger Shakespere li-
brary in Washington, is an expert
on middle class culture in Eliza-
bethan England.”
Special permission for overnight
signout to Goddhart was granted
by. self-gov for the occasion.
Alliance’s Campus-wide mock
election is scheduled for Mon-
day, October 29. The results of
this vote, by every member of
the college community, will be
published in next week’s News.
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