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VOL. XLIV—NO. 4
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1958
© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1958
PRICE 20 CENTS
Convocation Celebrates Opening Of Biology Building;
Dr.’s W. Fenn, J. E. Smadel Main Speakers At Ceremony
Sriiadel- Bees Inspiration
Of Youth Vital Task
“The most important contribu-
tion to the advancement of sciences
is the inspiration and development
of young people toward careers in
science,” declared Dr. Joseph E.
Smadel in his address, “Medical
Research—1958”, at the Convoca-
tion opening the new Biology
Building last Saturday afternoon.
Dr. Smadel is an Associate Direct-
or of the National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare,
Dr. Smadel said that it was nec-
essary to consider the motivations
of the contributors to such a new
building. The motive of the Quak-
er founders of Bryn Mawr was to
give an equal] opportunity to wom-
en to gain knowledge and to add
to the world store of knowledge,
Dr. Smadel noted. ‘The new type
of contributor, on the other hand,
is, according to Dr. Smadel, mo-
tivated by a desire for good health.
A well educated person today
needs a “familiarity with the sci-
ences,” Dr. Smadel stressed, so
that he can “understand daily de-
velopments.”
While a new building makes the
job of the teacher somewhat easier,
it is not, according to Dr, Smadel,
a guarantee that more young peo-
ple will become interested in the
subject. It is his belief that, in
the final analysis, the burden rests
upon the teacher to, influence the
student to follow in his footsteps.
‘Dr. Smadel said that this process
is somewhat haphazard since all
teachers are not necessarily dy-
namic,
Since in the past Bryn Mawr
College has contributed many biol-
ogists to the world, Dr. Smadel
concluded, in the future, “we look
confidently to Bryn Mawr.”
Colonial Historian
Talks On Franklin,
Political Journals
Under the auspices of the De-
partment of History, Dr. Verner
W. Crane will speak on Benjamin
Franklin and the Political Journal-
ism of the Eighteenth Century, on
‘Monday, October 27. Dr. Crane,
presently Professor Emeritus of
History at the University of
Michigan, will be speaking on the
Mallory Whiting Webster Lecture
Fund, the history department’:
endowed lectureship.
The foremost scholar on Frank-
lin today, Dr. Crane, who took his
Ph.D. at the University: of Penn-
sylvania, has written three books
on American Colonial History:
The Southern Frontier 1670-1732,
Benjamin Franklin — Englishman
and American, and Benjamin
Franklin and a Rising People. He
has also edited Benjamin Frank-
lin’s Letters to the Press, 1758-75.
From 1916 until 1958 he has béen
a professor of history at Michi-
gan, and is well known by Bryn
Mawr faculty members as he once
“worked with Mr. Dudden who now
teaches American history here,
and was a colleague of Miss Rob-
bins when. she was at Michigan|
last term.
The escent be io held in ore
ne Building.
Alumnae, Friends Give
Laboratories,Classrooms
In New Biology Building|
The total amount of $1,029,763.00
which has gone into the Biology
Building to date represents con-
tributions from a number of
sources. These include alumnae
and friends of the college ($525,-.
656.00), the National Institutes of
Health ($314,157.00), business and
industry ($5,850.00), and. founda-
tions, including corporate foun-
dations ($184,100.00). Still to be
raised is $163,740.00.
Many friends and _ supporters
are commemorated with tablets
and named laboratories and class-
tc
rrooms in the Biology Building.
Among them are a tablet in the
entrance hall “In apprecation of
the generous contributions made
by Charles J. Rhoads, Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Gordan, Jr., the
James Foundation, the Kresge
Foundation, and the National In-
Continued on reuse 6, Col. 4
Molotov Mis Missed,
R. Rupen Puzzled
“Former Soviet Prime Miinister-
Vyacheslav Molotov, banished to
Outer Mongolia over a year ago,
has vanished from sight and is ap-
parently no longer in Mongolia.
“That was the news brought back
to the United States by a political
science faculty member, Dr. Robert
A. Rupen, who just returned from
a six-week visit to Russia and Mon-
golia.”
This report of the recent activi-
ties and discoveries of Dr¢ Rupen,
Assistant Professor of Political
Séience at Bryn Mawr until this
year, is from the Greensboro, North
Carolina Daily News.
“Mongolian newsreels of five
months ago show Molotov attending
to his duties as ambassador to
Ulan Bator, the capital city of
Mongolia. He attended Mongolian
national. holiday ceremonies July
11, but he has not been seen since
that time.”
The Daily News quoted Dr.
Rupen as saying, “It is quite clear
he is not in Mongolia now, and
the people don’t seem to know
Continued on Page 6, Col. 1
‘today, Dr.
Biology’s Future Hopes
Stressed by Dr. W. Fenn
“The future was never so bright
for biology .*. in the past it has
lagged behind, but biology will
not be content with a back seat.”
This pronouncement was made by
Dr. Wallace O. Fenn in his speech
at the Biology Convocation last
Saturday afternoon; his topic was
“Prospectives in the Biological
Sciences.” Dr. Fenn is a Profes-
sor at the School of Medicine and
Dentistry of the University of
Rochester and also president of
the American Institute of Biolog-
ical Sciences.
Biology’s Future Bright
Dr. Fenn stressed the fact that
the AIBS has done much to bright-
en the prospects for the future of
biology. This organization, accord-
ing to Dr. Fenn, is publicizing bi-
ology for what it really is—he
pointed out that some people still
see a biologist as a “butterfly
chaser”.
One of the major problems of
the modern biologist is to discover
facts about man; as Dr. Fenn
maintained, ““the real secret of
the universe is man himself.” He
continued, ‘Man must know about
man in particular and matter in
general.”
Salaries Are Problem
A. major problem of the biologist
Fenn revealed, is the
salarjes which the experienced
biologist with even a Ph.D., can
earn. As a result of this situation,
Dr. Fenn said, many students are
attracted to more lucrative fields
such as medicine.
Dr. Fenn pointed out that in
Russia being a student is a well
paid profession and, that while we
are probably ahead of the Russians
in biology, “we cannot maintain
our supremacy” unless we re-eval-
uate our system. He added, “I
doubt that education is better in
Russia “than in the United States,”
but, “in Russia there is more de-
mand.” .
Dr, Fenn concluded that modern
biology offers many challenges
and the new Biology Building is
“Bryn Mawr’s answer to the
spirited challenge.”
Beatniks, 1960, Have Word
Swing Beyond Limited Plot
by Miriam Beames
and Debby Ham 59
Jeopardizing the lives of peripa-
tetic observers, a roaring motor
cycle jarred the Goodhart audi-
ence into recognition of Beatnik
land. And Beatnik land of ’60,
fortunately, proved to. be a. far. cry
from North Beach, where the.Beat
ARE Beat, where they have given
upon life, and life, we gather, has
given up on them. Inside Out was
alive.
The Juniors dared to do what
no previous class has done; they
adopted’ two entirely divergent
themes (those of the Nirvana
Laundry and the Lower Depths
Cafe) and took full advantage of
each one’s peculiar possibilities.
Calendar
Wednesday, October 22:
8:00 — Marriage and Hygiene
res.
Thursday, October 23:
7:30— Common Room, Current
Events. Mr. Felix Gilbert of
the history department will
speak on the Papacy.
Friday, October 24:
Lantern Night in the Library
Cloisters at 7:45. Followed by
step-singing—in case of rain
the ceremony will be held on
Saturday.
Sunday, October 25:
7:30 — Music Room Goodhart,
speaker, Rev. Philip Zabriskie
of National Council of Protes-
tant Episcopal -Churches,
chorus.
Monday, October 27:
8:30 — Lecture Room, Biology
Building. Dr. Verner W. Crane
will give the Mallory Whiting
Webster Lecture on Benjamin
Franklin and. the Political
Journalism of the Eighteenth
Century.
NOTICE:
Jose Maria Ferrater Mora, pro-
fessor of philosophy, is to repeat
a series of four lectures, given this
summer at Princeton, entitled
“What Happens in Philosophy”.-
These lectures, which enjoyed a
great success at Princeton, are to
be given November 4, 11, 18 and
25 at 8:30 in the Common Room,
under the auspices of the Philo-
sophy Club.
Students Show New Preferences For Language Study;
Bryn Mawr, Big Seven Note Increase In Enrollment
Last fall two occurrences
focused attention on foreign lan-
guages°and language education in
American schools. The first of
these was Sputnik I; thé second
was the incident of the unfortunate
newly appointed ambassador to
Burma, who, far from knowing
the native tongue of that country,
could not. even remember the name
of the Prime Minister.
Effects of Furor Noted
Now, a year later, the effects of
this furor on the study of foreign
languages~at--various. colleges, and
particularly at Bryn Mawr, may
be seen.
Perhaps the most spectacular
development in this field is the
imcreased enrollment. in Russian
i Alison Baker ’62
year than last. The saenatioal in-
crease is from 9 to 41.
Big Seven’s ‘Enrollment Up
Among other Big Seven Col-
leges, Smith’s Russian courses are
attended by 488% more ‘students
than. last ‘year ~ (from 17-100);
Wellesley’s by 475% (8-46); Vas-
sar’s by '275% (16-60); Barnard’s
by 200% (9-29); and Mt: Hol-
~* . “NOTICE
The News is happy to an-
nounce the election of its new
Editorial Staff members:
Yvonne Chan ’62
Marion Coen ’62
Linda Davis ’62
E. Anne Eberle ’61
Sandi Goldberg 62
yoke’s classes are larger by 188%
(15-35).
More Language Interest
Here at Bryn Mawr other lan-
guage courses show a slight in-
crease. German is up more than
the rest, 91 compared (to last
year’s 70. The number of fresh-
men in courses other than Russian | -
has remained about the same. The
large number taking Russian I
this year, however, is in addition
to the totals of other years; there-
fore, more freshmen jare tkaing
language courses this/ year than
normally.
Noticeable among / colleges in
general has. been a h
terest in unusual language. Of the
Big Seven, Barnard /has the wid-
est variety of these courses, in-
Grading: Armenian, Arabic( Chin-
7 >
y |courses... Bryn Mawr has 355%.
~~ Judy Stuart 62 ~
Sanskrit.
ightened in-
In effegt, the class of ’60 had two
excellent shows and one good one.
' The Juniors put themselves in
the anomalous.-position -of plant-
ing an. essentially non-musical
theme into a class show that is
bound by taste as well as tradi-
tion to be sprightly, with the con-
sequence that “Let’s Get Organ-
ized” and the “Wig Song’ seem-
ed superfluous, It is interesting
that the lead was a non-singing
part. Having chosen to present
the Beat Generation with its unique
dialogue potential, they were left
with the problem of avoiding Beat-
nik monotony. This they did by
the startling and delightful intro-
duction of a Mikadoesque laundry,
and with it, the justification for a
chorus song—incidentally, the best
song in the show. But though we
hesitate to be stodgy about what we
freely enjoyed, we must say that
the diverting Chinese motif set
up a competition with the Beat
theme; from Act II on, the show
lacked the original verve of either
mood. Furthermore, the gomplica-
tion of both plots forced the latter
part of the play into abundant ex-
planation. But we say the above
in retrospect; there were many,
many splendid scenes in the sec-
ond half of the play, and we gladly
relegate unity back to Aristotle.
The characters outdid the show.
There were no dull, insipid, or in-
definite personalities among the
lot. The singularity of each role
gave “Inside Out” some of the
attributes of a better variety
show. Six nations (if Texas be
one) and seven accents were boldly
presented; a rasping rock ’n’ roll
singer, a lyric tenor (from Yale),
a guitarist, a lumbagitic drunk,
and a would-be ballerina displayed
their several talents. At every
turn a new and deverting element
amused the audience.
After Act I, the Beat Generation
atmosphere, which had united the
various characters, dissolved; each
one. pursued-his-unyielding course
oblivious to the others or what
might have been the show’s direc-
tion. Although there was a pleth-
ora of characters, and excellent
ones, the plot of the show could
not quite sustain them; on the
other hand, the characters sus-
tained the show.
And, among a cast of many out-
standing characters, there is no
doubt that John Eustace Kallikak,
Daddy-O, the Beautiful Beatnik,
carried the show. If Euny had
been alone on the stage for the en-
tire time, we would have been de-
lighted with a three-hour solilo-
‘quy. As it was, we came away
muttering, “With you I could sub-
limate,” and “Man, you’ve got the
beat”. Her characterization, while
perhaps no stronger than many
others in the cast, had complete
ease—she was spontaneous, not
stereotyped.
Maisie Smithers, the little girl
from Midland, Texas, who came
to the big city and wandered down
the primrosé path to Beatnik land,
was lived down to every “Raw,
quivering nerve-ending” by Lou
McCrea. “Maisie’s (strenuous)
Rock and Roll”, midway through
the show, proved that she had the
talent the “group” had been dis-
paraging; the show would have
benefited from another of Maisie’s
songs, especially when she could
have had the ) opportunity. in Act I
Continued on Pigs 5, Col. 4
T
HE COLLEGE
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Wednesday, October 22, 1958
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On Disdain and A Demonstration
This Saturday, if present plans are successful, a “Youth
March for Integrated Schools” will proceed down Pennsyl-
vania Avenue to the White House.
Such ah occurrence deserves our attention not only be-
cause it involves our contemporaries, not merely because it
touches on one of the two or three epoch-making issues of
our time; but because the method which these students will
employ has been a primary one in democratic procedure, and
is, we believe, repugnant to nine out of ten students here on
campus, and perhaps proportionately elsewhere.
Let us assume that boredom with the segregation-inte-
gration issue is: widespread, that we the majority would be
‘delighted never to see-another Southern governor on another
magazine cover. We also suggest that the word “youth” is
largely without meaning for us, and the term “college-age”
is abhorrent. These hypotheses, if true, are interesting, but
beside the present point. |
It is essentially not the issue, nor association with an
age-group that would stop us from participating in a demon-
stration like this one. We are mentally, and would be phys-
ically, stopped by the fact that it is a demonstration, a pur-
poseful creation of a disturbance. Here is an institution sac-
- yosanct in every country where mobs have triumphantly
carried scrolls of signatures blocks long to the doorstep: of
authority. Here is an instituiton utilized by our sex, whose
members at one time smudged the sidewalks around 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue with their kerosene lamps and not in-
frequently spent a night or a week in jail. Amd here is an in-
stitution from which we shrink instinctively.
We are unable to explain easily the fetish for decorum,
the unwillingness to become actively involved in such mat-
ters that we think prevalent in our generation (if we may be
pardoned the use of this term) and to which members of the
News Board implicitly signing this editorial themselves ad-
mit. If sophistication has replaced zealousness, we are not
sure that this is bad, but we mistrust it.
op It might be argued that in this case resorting to march-
es is to emulate and thus condone the mass protests, both
orderly and disorderly, in the South. Incensed southerners,
it may be said, have found these demonstrations necessary
because reasonable and dignified methods are closed to them
or will not. suit their unreasonable and undignified purposes.
May not the “Forces of Integration” (including collegiate
theorists) sponsor proceedings through the proper channels
—i.e. the Courts, as both the Executive an Legislature have
declined to aid or interfere except in extremity? Here a
most important point must be raised—the very proceedings ‘in
the “proper channels” may constitute a cold and mechanical
tyranny of the majority. Our disdain or reticence must not
fool us: demonstrations may be the only way a minority can
ee
protect itself, and similarly, the majority must use methods
other than those by which it can control.
To date the case for integration has only been stated
legalistically, by random individuals and by organizations in
policy statements. For the reasons above, we think the legal
mechanisms are dangerous; the smattering of opinion we
think is inadequate. If a demonstration achieves a strong
and non-enforcable statement of a position we hope is right,
it deserves at very — a non-participant support.
A SELECTION FROM by A. A. Milne
King John was not a good man,
And no good friends had he. —
He stayed in every afternoon ...
But no one came to tea.
And, round about December,
The cards upon his shelf
Which wished him lots of Christ-
mas cheer,
And ietans in the coming year,
King John was not a good man—
He had hig little ways. ,
And sometimes no one spoke to
him
For days and days and days.
And men who came across him,
Gave him asuperciliousstare, _
Or passed with noses in the air—
Ane bad King John ‘stood dumbly
=a there
dear,
_But only from himself.
8
Blushing beneath his crown } — Now We Are Six,
Were never from his near and|
by Lois Potter
In spite of extensive research
and many worthy contributions to
the field of human learning, schol-
ars continue to differ as to the ac-
tual origin of Lantern Night, Pro-
fessor Kapno Lampas claims to
have found the source in Greece
and maintains in his illuminating
essay “Lanterns in the Works of
Euripides” that the singing of a
hymn to Athena and of part of
Pericles’ funeral oration was_cus-
tomary in. Athens, before proceed-
ing to the human sacrifices. Other
commentators assign, a date some-
where in the 18th century, and
trace it to Wales, where. young
maidens used to.race after the
Will o’ the Wisp singing words
which, translated into Greek, mean
“Elpis megale, nai megale.”
Now, however, the mystery seems
to be solved. Profesor Edgerton
B. Farthingale of Oxford has just
published volume one of a three-
volume History of Lantern Night,
with an Analysis of Lanterns, Their
Colors, and How to Swing Them.
According to him, the date of the
primitive celebration is more re-
cent than was previously believed;
in fact, it did not precede the
founding of Bryn Mawr College.
We now quote Professor Farthin-
gale:
“In the years before the col-
lege’s electrical system had reach-
ed its present exalted state, noc-
turnal conditions, especially in the
vicinity of the library, were very
nocturnal indeed, that is to say,
black, or, in other words, dark. For
freshmen as yet unfamiliar with
the campus, the situation was dan-
gerous, Almost every morning,
the body of a-freshman had to be
removed from the pool in the Cloi-
“ters, and not infrequéntly a young
lady would be ‘found wandering
“Tale Told By...”
through the basement stacks~ in
a dazed condition, looking for the
exit.
“At last, the sophomore class, im
memory of those students who had
already perished, gathered the
freshmen together in the Cloisters
and presented them with lanterns
by which they might find their way
out again. The freshmen, to thank
them, burst into song, and, since
in those days everyone majored in
Greek, the first words which came
into their heads were “Sophias,
philai, paromen.”
“The presentation of these lan-
terng soon became an annual affair,
and was further enlivened when a
student, after a vision, composed
‘Pallas Athena Thea’. It happen-
ed that a few years after the be-
ginning of the tradition a number
of juniors and seniors who had
been watching the proceedings
with unbecoming hilarity were
eaught by the indignant underclass-
men and, for punishment, made to
perform calisthenics while holding
lanterns. As a result of this en-
forced exercise, they developed un-
usually powerful arm muscles, and
it is from them that the present-
day breed of Lantern-Swingers is
descended. Now, it is true, the
species is more highly developed,
possessing not merely strength,
but a precision enabling each one
to keep exactly two beats behind
the next.”
Professor Farthingale is to be
congratulated for his brilliant so-
lution of a hitherto baffling prob-
lem. To: his words, we can only
add that, considering the fame of
this tradition and the symbolic
value which lanterns have come
to have in Bryn Mawr life, it is
fortunate that those sophomores
‘back in the Dark Ages had never
heard of flashlights.
Play, Art, Photos,
Star In Arts Night
by Betsy Levering
Arts Night is early this year,
Saturday the eighth of November;
and though, says Anne Farlow, its
director, “people haven’t had the
whole year to ferment artistically,
otherwise it is a good time to
have it.”
cil, Arts Night is, in fact, a lively,
wide open and somewhat organized
unveiling of those activities which
the Council fosters: music, the
dance, dramatics, the plastic arts,
this year photography, and occa-
sionally rhetoric.
A prominent place in the coming
program goes to a compacted
three-act (now one-act) play, “The
Uninvited,” whose author is Tim
Sheldon, a Haverford senior. It was
written last year for Mr. Butman’s
playwriting class; Sue Gold wil!
direct the production.
The numerous other attractions
of the evening are still in the try-
out stage; specifically, there will
-be further tryouts on Thursday
night from 8:30-10:00 for those
who couldn’t come last Friday af-
ternoon,
Certain it is; however, that there
will be an art exhibit; certain, that
is, should Gabrielle: Yablonsky in
Pem East receive drawings, paint-
ings, and sculpture. “Art” is this
year liberally defined to include
photographs. These, if of a. size
suitable for exhibition, should go
to Holly Miller in Pem West; for
those who have only snapshots and
small negatives Holly will make
enlargements, for a nominal price.
As Haverford has recently form-
ed its own Arts Council, and as it
has in the past made valuable con-
tributions to the musical and dra-
| matic aspects of Arts ‘Night, it is
as much in evidence as' evér.
Under the aegis of Arts Coun-.
Sloane Discusses
Visualized Deities
Divinity in art is “a critical
problem for the human race” said
Dr. Joseph Sloane in his lecture
Tuesday evening. And by visually
representing divinity man is essen-
tially’ trying to answer the ques-
tion, ‘“‘What does God look like,”
is he visible at all.
Dr. Sloane pointed out that ques-
tion occurs in the sermon on the
mount, “Blessed are the pure in
heart for they shall see God.”, but
one may question the meaning of
the word see. Thomas Aquinas in
reducing all knowledge to a syllo-
gistic system which purported to
contain all possible questions,
asked whether any created intelli-
gence could see God and answered
that the intellect can see the es-
sence of God. St. Thomas was sur-
rounded with the physical evidence
in the paintings of his time of
visions of God, and apparently
supposed that from the likeness in
an image one could form a likeness
Continued on Page 5, Col. 1
}
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:
twas very interested in your
presentation of the integration is-
sue in the South, as discussed by
five students in the issue of two
weeks ago. You are to be com-
mended for bringing students’
views on such an important sub-
ject to the attention of the com-
munity.
I would like to recommend a
book to anyone who is interested
in reading a very magnificent ac-
count of one of the recent cases in
connection with the integration
issue: Anne Burden’s book, “The
Wall Between”. Also, Anne Bur- -
den now is. a field secretary for
the Southern Conference . Educa-
tional Fund and sometimes comes
up North. If there is: interest in
having her speak here, I would be
glad to help arrange it;
Sincerely,
Milnor Alexander
(warden of’ Rock, and- a graduate
student in political science.)
Interfaith
by Helen Ullrich
A former Rhodes Scholar, the
Rev. Philip Zabriskie, will speak
at chapel on Sunday, October 26.
‘His topic will be “Why the
Church?”
Rev. JZabriskie’s educational
background includes a summa cum
laude in history and a magna cum
laude in the humanities from
Princeton. In addition he was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his
junior year. As a Rhodes Scholar,
Rev. Zabriskie studied philosophy
and economics. He earned his
Bachelor, of Divinity degree from
the Virg Sriian Theological Semin-
ary. ‘Rev, Zabriskie has been or-
dained an Episcopal priest.
Studying was not Rev. Zabris-
kie’s only forte. He received his
letter in baseball while at Prince-
ton and was a member of the Ox-
ford football and tennis teams.
At present Rev. Zabriskie is the
Executive Secretary of the Divi-
sion of College Work of the Na-
tional Council of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. His former po-
sition was the assistant chaplain-
ship at Amherst.
The Rev. Zabriskie, Mrs. Paul’s
nephew, will be here:.for supper
Sunday evening. Those interested
in eating with him can sign up on
the Interfaith Bulletin Board.
NOTICE
“Asian strains of influenza are
expected to reappear come Decem-
ber,” says Dr. C. C. Dauer of the
Public Health Service.
Though it will not be as wide-
spread as last year’s pandemic,
vaccination is advised by the Sur-
geon General. Research has shown
that the greatest protection is -
given by two doses—two weeks
apart. Therefore, vaccine will be
offered to resident and non-resi-
dent students, faculty and spouses,
staff and spouses at a cost of $1.00
for the complete immunization.
Students may charge on pay day;
others please come with the exact
amount at the time of the first
dose. —
TIMES: First dose: Thursday,
October 23: 2-4 p.m. Friday,
October 24: 8:30-10 a.m.
Second dose: Thursday, Novem-
ber 6: 2-4 p.m. Friday, No-—
vember 7: 8:30-10 a.m.
Vaccines. will be given only at
the above stated times. There will
be no regular dispensary care dur-
ing the above hours. Persons aller-
gic to égg and chicken should not
receive the vaccine.
- NOTICE
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Wednesday, October 22, 1958
THE
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COLLEGE
NEWS
Page Three
Aide Discusses
Summer’s Work
For Mentally Ill
by Margaret Williams
This summer I had the opportun-
ity to work as-a volunteer.in a
private mental institution, the But-
ler Health Center in Providence,
Rhode Island. There were other
college students also working
there, one of whom had come up
from Pennsylvania to spend the
entire summer, living and working
with the patients.
I had always been a bit appre-
hensive about working in a mental
hospital. Would there be violent
patients who, if-you won in a
game of tennis with them, would
hit you over the head with the
racquet? Would there be a feel-
ing of embarrassment between
the patients and me because they
- were different, and would they feel
ashamed for a normal person to
see them in their condition and
might they thus withdraw even
more? Would I be able to make
Sany contact with them, to make
real friends among them? I want-
ed to find out, and so I became a
volunteer.
No Fear or Embarrassment
In the month during which I was
at Butler nearly every day from
nine to four, my questions were
answered, The patients who play-
ed tennis usually won all the time
and were quite pleasant about it.
I encountered no fear or embar-
rassment because I learned :that
a volunteer must not act afraid or
constrained; she must be as friend-
ly and outgoing as. possible in or-
der that the patients will accept
and like her, Thus she can accom-
plish her work—t6 make the men-
tally ill feel at ease in the presence
of normal people.
My duties were most enjoyable.
I went on picnics with the patients,
swam with them, played tennis,
badminton, ping-pong, and double
solitaire. In the Occupational
Therapy departmént I helped them
with their work, knitting, sewing,
weaving, and cooking. I also took
inventories of supplies and straight-
ened out drawers full of crochet
hooks. We sang, played the piano
and drew pictures together. In fact,
_ I did just about everything from
typing in the office to decorating
a patient’s birthday cake, and
every moment was fun, To ob-
,, Serve ill people in the process of
” getting well is far from aapeu
ing.. -
A patient whe is able to sal
about and do things is benefited,
I think, merely by the sight of a
new face and by a new enthusiasm.
Hither calls his attention to some-
thing besides himself and the sur-
roundings he has become used to
and perhaps tired of. His after-
noon is brightened considerably if
he can play tennis with a young
volunteer.
An old lady appreciates a sym-
pathetic listener; the nurses are
often too busy. Above all, your
work makes the patients feel that
someone cares about them enough
.-- to come and help them without
thanks or pay. The volunteer him-
self is richer and wiser for the ex-
perience.
The Bryn Mawr League is in
contact with two nearby mental
hospitals, Embreeville and Coates-
ville. These institutions would be
glad for students to come over for
a week end or for an evening to get
.up games of chess and various
other amusements. Patients about
to be dismissed need contact with
people outside in order to feel that
they can get along with others
when they leave.
Other patients need actual care,
such as being fed and helped with
things a they cannot do for
themselvés: Whatever needs you
can fill will help these people a
great deal and leave you with the
knowledge that you have done
something truly wo
and effort.
Brun Mawr Students of "20's Considered Themselves
“Apart from... Spectacular Features of... ‘Balluhoo
It is my hypothesis that
throughout the period that fol-
lowed the First World War, Bryn
Mawr preserved its central ideal
intact and therefore. maintained a
eulture often in opposition to the
rest of society. This does not mean
that the Bryn Mawr student was
an atypical member of hér gener-
ation, but only that there was an
almost’ complete dichotomy be-
tween her college life and her
private social life, and that when
she was immersed in her college
activities, she was under the influ-
ence of an all-important and im-
mutable ideal: the primary value
of “things of the mind.” While the
Bryn Mawr girl took an active
part in the intellectual revolt of
the time, she never questioned the
value of her education, and as a
part of a community of dedicated
scholars she found a secure cen-
tral touchstone that enabled her
to keep her perspective and avoid
the confusion and uncertainty so
prevalent in society at large.
Culture Within a Culture
When I say that Bryn Mawr
maintained a “culture within a
culture,” I do not mean that the
college remained static, while the
world changed dround it. I mean,
first of all, that during any period
the members of a small and in-
tensely dedicated community are
apt to be insulated from the “out-
side world,” and their particular
set of values is often in opposi-
tion to those subscribed to by the
“man in the street.” I can only
show the. effect of the 1920’s upon
a college community; the people
I will talk about are intellectuals
and only representative of what
was happening to people of a simi-
lar nature under similar environ-
mental conditions. They were not
immune to the spirit of the times,
but they stood apart from, and
often criticized, those Americans
who fostered and enjoyed the more
spectacular features of thé “Bally-
hoo Years.”
That the girls considered them-
selves to be set apart from the
outside world ‘is indicated by the
several editorials concerned with
the danger of almost completay
withdrawing behind the “gray
walls of Academia and the female-
crowded cloister.” (College News,
1925.) On the other hand, the 1924
Class Book rejoiced in the follow-
ing manner:
Oh, what joy
To see a sanctuary
For our country’s youth,
A habitation sober and demure
For ruminating creatures.
Chateau Universitaire et
Romantique
That people outside the college
thought of Bryn Mawr as some-
thing “different” is illustrated by
M. Chevrillon’s remark that, “A
Bryn Mawr nous pouviens nous
croire dans le chateau universi-
taire et romantique de la Princesse
de Tennyson (College News, 1923);
or by the numerous charges that
the college represented a “hotbed
of radicalism.” One of Mrs. Nahm’s
classmates recently declared that
she would never send her daughter
to Bryn Mawr for the simple rea-
son that she now realized that her
years there were spent in a “closed
universe.”
Idealism Counters Disillusionment
But in speaking of a Bryn
Mawr culture I mean more than
the inevitable and natural isolation
of an intellectual community; for
although the Bryn Mawr girl fur-
nishes a good example of the criti-
eal and “debunking” attitude of
those engaged in the current “Re-
volt of the Highbrows,” I found
one very. important _ difference
which distinguished her’ from
other intellectuals of the time. Ac-
cording to Frederick Lewis Allen,
(Only Yesterday, 1931) the
keynote of the intellectual re-
and Gertrude ghee ge to be
“fix. all-the wires.
| continued gaily, “we are heard all
As everyone knows “there is
nothing new under the sun.” We
of the fifties, a decade yet lack-
ing an epithet are often reminded
of this,especially when we are. the
subject. of unfavorable compari-
son with our predecessors in the
earlier part of the century, both
on and away from this campus.
We are vaguely shadowed by the
past, vaguely reminded that our
spirit is-not what it might be—
and we seldom seem to have much
to answer save that nothing ever |
happens to stir us up.
For purposes of comparison (as
there are alwas those who will
compare) or mere piqued curi-
osity as to the nature of our
predecessors, or better still, for
a sense of the past as a source of
our particular development, and
the character of the atmosphere
we inhabit, THE News publishes
this article as the first in a series.
This is the introduction to a
study, made by Carolyn kern ’59
(history department) for a socio-
logical research project. Miss Kern
studied at Bryn Mawr in the
1920’s, the mores and ideas of
the student here in that lively
age, and the place held by the
college in relation to a constantly
changing social atmosphere. Much
of her material is derived from
interviews with students who
were here in the: period, or from
college publications.
found in the word “disillusion-
ment” and in the phrase “the bilge
of idealism.” These people were
concerned with tearing down the
old order, with little thought and
less optimism as to how it could
be rebuilt. The Bryn Mawr girl,
however, never ceased to evince a
seemingly dauntless idealism, an
idealism which bordered on smug-
ness. Three of the people I talked
to remarked that the thing they
most remember is “How incredi-
bly self-confident we were! We
thought we could and would make
the world over.” Lippmann noted
that “What most distinguishes
the generation who have ap-
proached maturity since the de-
bacle of idealism at the end of the
War is not their rebellion against
the religion and moral code of
their parents, but their disillusion-
ment with their own rebellion.”
(In A Preface to Morals, 1929). I
found no evidence that the Bryn
Mawr girl did not have boundless
faith in the efficacy of her rebel-
lion, perhaps because, as mentioned
earliér, her central tenet was
based on something universally
recognized as solid: the possibility
of progress through enlightened
education. —
In attempting to resojve the
question of what enabled the Bryn
Mawrter to preserve her idealism
intact throughout the post-war dis-
illusionment, I believe that I
found the answer in the person
of M. Carey Thomas, president
during the immediate post-war
years. She was a splendid idealist
and a magnetic personality, fully
capable of shaping the young
minds at her disposal. The sheer
force of her own personal idealism
provided a balancing factor to the
“debacle of idealism” experienced
by the “Lost Generation.” Every
morning at chapel she talked to
the girls about the possibility of
remaking the world through social
reform and the new opportunity
and obligation for women to take
part in.this. “Train yourselves for
the highest possible service. Be-
come scholars, teachers ... re-
search “workers, physicians, law-
yers . . stateswomen, wise re-
formers. We need leaders desper-
ately.” (President Thomas, ‘ quoted
in The College News, 1920:) She
liked to quote Anna Howard Shaw
as saying, “Men know best about
some things, but men and women
together know all there is to know
about everything in the world.”
Miss Woodwofth remembers, “You
could always tell a Bryn Mawrter
from an. _outsider—we were so
much more jaunty. and’ self-confi-
dent. Miss Thomas taught us that
we could get anything that we
wanted.” THe Sun Also Rises did
not fall on ready and fertile
ground within M. Carey Thomas’s
domain. Her work at the begin-
ning of the decade gave a peculiar
flavor to the: Bryn - Mawr: of the
1920’s, an idealistic flavor which
distinguished her revolutionary
intellectuals from __ intellectuals
elsewhere.
To Be Continued.
WBMC Presents “Mostly Music,’’
Can Now Be Heard Campus-Wide
by E. Anne Eberle
“Just tell everyone that we’re
certainly back in business and to
LISTEN!” exclaimed Dee Wheel-
wright, Publicity Chairman of
WBMC, the college radio station.
“Reception? Yes, we even have
that this year. You see, the sta-
tion hasn’t made a go of it in the
last few years, well, mostly because
the wires were all corroded out—
rotten,” she continued, “but this
year Undergrad gave us $75 and
Haverford gave us some money—
they have fellows working on
the shows as technicians, too, you
know—so we had enough money to
And now,” she
over the campus, not just in three
rooms of Pem East and Denbigh,
or whatever it was last year.”
The idea of such mass commun-
ication inspired Dee to more com-
ments on. the program, “Yes,
we’re on from 7:00-10:00, Monday
through Thursday evenings. In
the morning? No, no ‘misery
shows’ at the crack of dawn this
year. But we have everything
else. Mostly music programs right
now—in fact, all music—but we're
going to expand our broadcasting
time as we go on, so we'll have
other “kinds. For instance, we
with other things if it works out.
“But all kinds of music—jazz,
mood music, folk songs, show tunes
to study by if they can stand it,
but don’t put that in. And class-
ical—Nahma Sandrow—do you
know her?—she has a fabulous
classical program on Monday
nights, 7:00-8:00; it’s her com-
mentary that really makes it—she
tells about the music in plain,
human language.
“And on Tuesdays from. 8:30-
9:00 Roo Stainton and Alice Tur-
ner have a show called ‘The Rock
and: Roll Queens of Bryn Mawr.’
Oh—and the most wonderful thing
—for the people with pop music
shows, the record shop here in
Bryn Mawr will loan us records
and exchange them all the time for
current ones. Isn’t that great?”
Dee’s enthusiasm was too strong
to. pause for.concurrence, so she
flew on with her gush of informa-
tion. ..“Let’s. see, mostly music, Oh
—and Sue Freiman does the news
—really good—she gets the stuff
out of the New York Times and
writes up her own reports. Actu-
ally, we have about 35 announcers
and as many technicians; most of
them do one show a week.” |
“And don’t forget Dee’s wonder-
ful folk music shows,” “said Roo
Stainton, who had dropped in out
now “A, live one _called|
Exotic Morocco
Locus Of Travels
Of BMC Junior
by R. Rubinstein
It is indeed difficult to organize
kaleidoscopic impressions of a
three-day visit in Morocco—one
conjures up memories of a dizzy-
ing succession of sights, smells,
feelings—impressions that seem to
defy rational, systematic treat-
ment. What comes to mind are
the haunch-squatters, the ‘fati-
mas” (women) in their “djella-
bahs” (veiled garb) the camels,
the straw-mud huts. Or one may
recall one bewildering) moment in
the “medina” (marketplace) when
and haggling shoppers seemed to
suddenly close in on the unsuspect-
ing visitor. The anxious and curi-
ous outsider could “look and dis-
cover and only later question and
attempt to understand.
Nouasseur is one of the five
American Air and Naval Bases
built in Morocco during the past
six years. My brother-in-law is one
of the 7000 men stationed at Nou-
asseur, 20 miles out of Casablanca.
Thus, our excuse for a summer of
travel—a family reunion in Mo-
rocco after he had completed half
of his tour of duty.
From Madrid to Casablanca
None of us in our intimate and
quite forget that drive from
Madrid to Casablanca. Finally,
after a series of delays—some
caused by Franco’s “unfinished’’
highway system, and another, by
a Fiesta, and a session with “los
toros” in Algeciras — we were
crossing the Strait of Gibraltar on
a midnight ferry. The palm-lined
waterfront in Ceuta, Spain’s only
remaining protectorate in Morocco,
was already darkened as we found
our way to the nearest hotel. The
choice was limited in that deserted
city during those early morning
hours; whether all Ceutan plumb-
ing was out of commission or
whether that was a permanent
feature of the Hotel Terminus, we
shall never know.
Six a.m. and we were on the
road again—the donkeys jogging
along to market, , saddled down
with produce, the squatting. and
wizened “Mohammeds” (any adult
male) along the side, the rickety
buses of laborers all contributed
to the panorama. The morning
mist was rising over the brown-
toned countryside as we passed
through -the last Spanish Duana
and entered the independent state
of Morocco. Tetuan, Larache, Al-
cazarquivir—everywhere were the
same fields, farmhands and yes,
camels. In the villages one could
see the omnipresent khaki of the
new Moroccan bureaucracy against
the backdrop of the old—the stalls
of the local barbers, blood-letters
and craftsmen. Then on to Port
Lyautey. The name, in honor of
that famous French Governor
General, has now reverted to the
original, Kenitra, signifying the
thorough-going attempt to remove
all vestiges of imperialism.
Modernity With 12th Century
Rabat, the capital, was next.
Ignoring its majestic, modern
white facade, one realized that its
Kasbah Oudaya and Hassan Tower
dates back to the XII century
when it was’founded by the Almo-
had Caliphs. Our destination, the
great port of Casablanca, is
equally a European, as it is a
Moroccan city. Similarly, one is
struck by the modernity of its
architecture, the skyscrapers, the
deluxe hotels, the “El Mansour”
and the “Marhaba.” There are the
elegantly dressed Europeans, the
white stucco villas, the broad ave-
nues so lushly lined with flowers
and palms. In the residential dis-
tricts like that of Ain Diab one
diseased children, nursing mothers, —
cramped travelling party will ever™
could easily forget one’s geograph- .
ical location if not for the occa-
sional appearance of a_ veiled
‘Delia’s Gone’ from 8:00-8:30 on
-broadcast Junior Show live.on Fri-|.
day night, and we hope to do that
fatima, pearing perhaps a child
Page Four
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THE; COLLEGE
¢
NEWS
Wednesday, October 22, 1958
Academy Of Science Fellowships
Offered To Seniors And Graduates
The National Academy of Sci- |
ences-National Research Council
will again assist the National
Science Foundation with its eighth
regular predoctoral and postdoc-
toral fellowship programs which
have just beef! announced by the
Foundation. The NSF plans to
award approximately 1,000 gradu-
ate and 200 postdoctoral fellow-
ships in these two programs for
scientific study during the 1959-
1960--academic_ year.
The evaluation of each candi-|,
date’s aplpication is made by the
Academy-Research Council . selec-
tion panels and boards, The Na-
tional Science Foundation — will
make the final selection of Fellows
and will announce the awards on
March 15, 1959.
On Basis of Ability
These fellowships are open only
to citizens of the United States
and are awarded solely on the ba-
sis of ability. The National Science
Foundation has announced that
“ | fellowships will be awarded
in the mathematical, physical, med-
ical, biological, and engineering
sciences, including anthropology,
psychology (excluding clinical psy-
chology), and from the following
social sciences, where they con-
form to accepted standards of
scientific inquiry by fulfilling the
requirements of the basic scien-
tific method as to objectivity, ver-
ifiability and generality: geogra-
phy, mathematical economics, dem-
. ography, information and commun-
ication theory, experimental and
quantitative sociology and the his-
tory and philosophy of science.
Also included are interdisciplinary
fields which are comprised of
overlapping fields among. two or
more sciences”,
All Graduates Eligible
Graduate fellowships are avail-
able to those who are working to-
ward the masters’ or doctoral de-
. grees in the first, intermediate or
terminal year of graduate study.
College seniors who expect to re-
ceive a baccalaureate degree dur-
ing the 1958-1959 academic year
are also eligible to apply. Post-
doctoral fellowships are available
to individuals who, as of the be-
ginning of their fellowships ten-
ure, have a Ph.D. in one of the
fields listed above or who have
had research training and experi-!
ence equivalent to that represented
by such a degree. In addition,
holders of the M.D., D.D.S., or
D.V.M. degree, who wish to obtain
WBMC
Continued from Page 3, Col 4
Mondays, and a recorded disc-joc-
key type on from 8:30-9:00 Wed-
nesday. They’re terrific.” And
‘Roo disappeared again.
“Yes, Roo’s in on it too,” said
Dee rather irrelevantly, but not in
the least phased by the sudden
visit. “B. J. Baker is really the
Chairman of WBMC. And Marita
Viglione is the Program Director—
she gets people to do the shows
and things like that. And Annette
Kieffer is the Head Engineer. She’s
magnificent too! Most important
“person.” P
Dee stopped to look around the
smoker full of demi-tasse-clutch-
ing bridge-players as though look-
ing for a clue to another avalanche
of information. “Sure we want
“people — who doesn’t? Marita,
who’s in Merion, would love to see
anyone with talent of any kind
who’s ted in doing live
interés
shows. And ideas—heavens, we
|many, Russia,
further training for a career in
research, are eligible provided they
can present an acceptable plan of
study and research. “Awards are
not made to individuals to pursue
a course of study designed to pre-
pare them further for careers in
medical practice and comparable
fields; however, applications will
be accepted from those who intend
to obtain further training in one
of the medical sciences directed
toward a career in research.
Examination by E.T.S. Required
All applicants for graduate (pre-
doctoral) awards will be required
to take an examination designed
to test scientific aptitude and
achievement. This examination,
administered by the Educational
Testing Service, will be given on
January 19, 1959 as designated
centers through the United States
and certain foreign countries.
The annual, stipends for gradu-
ate Fellows are as follows: $1800
for the first year; $2000 for the
intermediate year; and $2200 for
the terminal year. . The annual
stipend for postdoctoral ‘Fellows
is $4500. Dependency allowances
will be mdae to married Fellows.
Tuition, laboratory fees and lim-
ited travel allowances will also be
provided.
Further information and appli-
cational materials may be obtained
from the Fellowship Office, Na-
tional Academy of Sciences-Na-
tional Research Council, 2101 Con-
stitution Avenue, N.W., Washing-
ton 25, D.C, The deadline for the
receipt of applications for regular
postdoctoral fellowships is Decem-
ber 22, 1958 and for graduate fel-
lowships, January 5, 1959.
Students Invited
To Folk Dancing
by Yvonne Chan
All those who have a sincere in-
terest in folk-dancing are welcome
to join Betchen Wayland’s group
of folk-dancers every Thursday
at 8:30 p.m. in the gym. Betchen,
a Pembroke West freshman from
Pasadena, California, has always
been very active in the folk-danc-
ing group in her home town.
Betchen stresses that this is not:
a square-dance group; _ instead,
round dances, circle dances, couple
dances, and line dances will be
practiced. Her collection of rec-
ords, plus the gym’s, will provide’
interesting folk tunes from many
of the European countries—Ger-
and the Balkan
States, whose varied dances inter-
est a large number of people.
‘Pros and Beginners Welcome
Last Thursday Betchen taught
some of the girls the steps to
many of the folk-dances. The girls
learned enough, she says, to help
teach the novices next week. Be-
ginners as well as “old pros” are
welcome, as the mixture of both
will prove interesting.
Haverford to Join Group
One of the girls has found out
that a number of the Haverford
boys’ are interested in the folk-
dance group, Permission has been
obtained for them to join the group
next week. _«
Betchén hopes this group will
create an increased interest in the
field of folk-dancing.
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Bull Whip Not for Whipping Bulls
Asserts Expert On Lethal Weapon
by Marian Coen
Pistol shots have been heard on
che Bryn Mawr campus. Surpris-
ingly enough, however, they issue
not from the gun of a budding An-
nie Oakley, but from a bullwhip,
the rather unusual mainstay of
Mexican cowboys, brought to Bryn
Bureau of
Recommendations
BABY-SITTERS
Do you wish baby-sitting rates
raised—and by how much—or are
you satisfied with them as they
are? Please come to the meeting
on Wednesday, October 22, at 1:30
n Room E of Taylor Hall, prepar-
ed to discuss rates and to give the
Bureau of Recommendations your
opinions.
* 2. *
Odd Jobs Now Open—please see
Miss Farjeno unless otherwise in-
dicated,
Campus Sales Agencies
The Philadelphia Inquirer: lib-
eral commissions.
Biotherm, a new French cosmetic
preparation. Mrs. Knowlton, a
Bryn Mawr alumna, will be in the
Bureau of Recommendations Fri-
day, October 24, at 12 o’clock, to
see any students who are interest-
ed in becoming the campus agent.
Mail Order House for gifts of
20 to 25% commis-
sion. Further information at the
Bureau.
Steady Baby-Sits
Bryn Mawr: Friday mornings
from 10 to 12:30. Two children,
2 years and 6 months.
Bryn Mawr: Tuesday afternoons
—not every week but often. 12
or 1 to about 4:30. Three girls,
1, 4, and 1.
Villanova: Monday afternoons, 1
to 5. Three chlidren, 5, 4, and 2.
Jobs for Next Year:. Please see
Mrs. Crenshaw.
The U. S., Civil Service Commis-
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Mawr by Pembroke East’s Carol
Waller,
The explosive snapping of the
whip, explained Carol, who learn-
ed the art of flinging it from an
enthusiast in Illionis, is caused by
its being drawn out of a loop form-
ed in the air faster than the speed
of sound. It is, thus, the cracking
of the air, and not actually the
whip, that produces the noise. For
this reason, Carol maintains, sling-
ing the bullwhip is not.so much a
question of strength as of tech-
nique.
Handmade In West
The whip itself, hand-made
somewhere in the West, is a raw-
hide braid with tapering lash
mounted on a cylindrical swivel
hondle, The 12-foot plait narrows
down to a single leather strip, a
piece of rope, and, finally, a nylon
“cracker”’—the last employed to
protect. the leather and amplify
the sound.
The art of the bullwhip, origin-
ated and still used by Mexican
cowboys to control herds, has
reached a high point of develop-
ment, and many a Hollywood hero
has employed it to flick a cigarette
from the lips of a desperado. Even
Mexican cowboys, gauche by com-
parison with their cinema counter-
parts, have used it to knock a fly
off the ear of a sleeping bull.
Goal Is Target-Whipping
Carol, whose goal is this type
of target-whipping, is fascinated
by the potentials of the instru-
ment but regards it strictly as a
hobby. She is completely willing
to teach the necessary techniques
to anynoe interested, and, already,
has ‘acquired a number of enthus-
iastic disciples, .Each time she
practices on Pembroke green the
circle of interested spectators
grows larger. Who knows?—one
day bullwhips may rival even hula-
hoops on the Bryn Mawr campus.
Morocco Report
Continued from-Page 3, Col. 5
or work basket. But just cross one
of the city’s central thoroughfares,
leave the French speaking popu-
lace and enter the tortuous me-
dina. One is transported back
through the centuries; knowing
the Arabs’ dread fear of the “evil
eye” one leaves the camera behind.
In this narrow and confined area,
hundreds continue to exist and mul-
tiply. Disease, filth, and poverty
rear their frightful heads ‘in all
directions; fly-covered slabs. of.
meat dangle from the stalls, while
the omnipresent blind beggar ag-
gressively’ thrusts forward his
hand, and the laden donkey tram-
ples the open wares, Yet in the
midst of this remarkable street
scene something pleasant assail§
the nose; it is no doubt the mint
tea that is being brewed in some
corner alleyway.
Eleanor Roosevelt Initiates
Reforms
The initiative taken by Eleanor
Roosevelt, after a tour of Morocco,
resulted in action—‘La Nouvelle
Medina” a “housing project” of
sorts was recently completed. And
there are other such evidences of
progress. Basically Morocco must
bolster her economic position by
increasing exports of her main
“resource,” her marvelous rugs
and copper and brass wares. Po-
litically, there are indications of
the paths she will follow. For one
thing, it is questionable how much
longer any American military will
be on Moroccan soil, for the origi-
nal agreement was made with the
French prior to the Moroccan in-
dependence in 1954. Now in 1958
the government of Mohammed V
is telling the Americans, “go
home.” Only last month our am-
bassador, in Rabat, agreed in
principle to a withdrawal, while
just two weeks ago, Morocco, with
Tunis, her sister state, joined ‘the
Arab League. From Suez to Gib-
raltar the world of Islam is stir-
ring—just how much of a “Suez
Line” Morocco will follows is still
unknown,
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THE
COLLEGE
NEWS
Page Five
Continued from Page 2, Col. 4
of God.
Dr. Sloane illustrated the at-
tempt to visualize God with ref-
erence to several cultures: the
quasi-human Egyptian hippotomus
goddess with her animal snout jux-
taposed with the coiffure charac-
teristic of divinity is opposed to
the anthromorphic representation
of Ammon the Sun God. The Indi-
and god Shiva, with four arms in a
ring of fire is a physical manifes-
tation’*of a god who is all power-
ful. Nirvana the Japanese god has
an infinity of hands symbolic of
infinite mercy, and his fat asexual
/tace with an air of deep meditation
contrasts _ with the Greek Zeus,
~ represented as a physically magni-
ficent man.
All these are efforts to objectify
the power beyond man, but the
Christian God presents the most
difficult problem of all. The God
of Genesis and the prophets is
all powerful and vindictive; the
God of Michelangelo, as the cre-
ator of Eve is less a being of
wrath, and more of an omnipotent
patriarch.
. Another problem is the Christian
God is essentially three, father,
son and holy ghost. The artist has
recourse to the scriptures for the
appearance of the first two mem-
bers of the trinity, as in Genesis,
“God made nian in his own image.”
Jesus is the word made flesh in
human form. The holy. ghost is
another problem; John refers to
the holy spirit as “like a dove,”
it is also represented as a dozen
tongues of fire, or a blaze of light.
If God is in human form, how-
ever, how is he to be distinguished
from other men? In early Chris-
tian art the mysteries of divinity
were so sacrosanct as to be repre-
sented only symbolically. The pea-
cock as immortality, the vine as
Christ, the alpha and omega as
symbols of beginning ‘and end
were components of an elobrate
symbolic statement of the nature
of Christian divinity. This ap-
proach merely circumvents — the
question of representation and dif-
ferentiation. Physical size and the
cross nimbus (instead of plain
halo) had helped distinguish pagan
gods,
The physical iiaeniabidie of
the Christian God is a powerful
force in framing a conception of
the spiritual character. Immense
physical energy is equated with
creative capacity, and a god rush-
ing through space can mold the
sun and moon-in-the-twinkling of
an eye.
In painting Jesus, Rembrandt
again faced the problem of differ-
entiation, especially in the scene in-
volving the money changers in the
temple which concerned specially
human characteristics. An angry
Christ who enters the temple with
a strong expression of disgust is
like a man, and Rembrandt as one
of history’s greatest character ex-
perts. is able to grasp the dis-
tinctly human characteristics. But
Christ alone is perfect, and Rem-
brandt has only the experience of
human imperfection. Rembrandt
fails ignominiously; Christ be-
comes a neuter figure with a silly
look.
The. representation of God is
hampered by the belief of many
theologians that men confuse the
essence with the image. This ques-
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tion arose violently during the
Reformation, and Calvanist icono-
clasm was at least partially re-
sponsible for the absence of Prot-
estant religious art.
In conclusion Dr. Sloane said
that in the past two centuries of
religious art has fallen on evil
days. The Christ of the long,
greasy hair, uprolled weeping eyes
and effeminate mouth is one to
repel the Sunday School.
Another criticism of modern re-
ligious painting is the persorial
subjective aspect of it, ‘when
artists are occupied with the pro-
jection of themselves into their
subject matter. Difficulties aside,
the question, “wha does God look
like” has captivated artists of all
ages and civilizations. .
The News regrets the absence
of a picture of “Inside Out,”
and sympathises with its pho-
tographer, Holly Miller, of the
broken collar bone.—Ed.
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and expansive waist-line, (Cyril
Mahoney (Trudy Hoffman) ‘was
the melodramatic bartender for all
time. Though his was a _ stock
part, Mahoney managed to make
its very triteness entertaining,
and the audience was genuinely
sympathetic toward his love for
Maisie, His song, “Last Chance”,
was sung simply, and its pathos
was sunprisingly real. :
Labored hours spent in search
of terms for Chung were fruitless.
All we can say to Chung is many
yellow butterflies, and to Ginny
Norton hearty acclaim. She won
us completely.
Mara was defiinitely outside the
spirit of the play. In contrast to
the rest of the cast, her character
had no warmth—her. function was
between that of a commentator
and a member of the action. She
was perplexing for this’ reason:
she did not belong to Beatnik land,
nor was her detachment elucidat-
ing. And when Mara (Cynthia
Holley Taylor) abruptly became
involved with Youngblood J. Press,
the audience’s confusion was com-
plete, We are at loss to penetrate
the junior mind over these affairs
of the heart. In a show so gay,
this intrusion of morality nonplus-
sed us.
Fay DuBose as Yoyo had the
hard job of fulfilling an amorous
role opposite Mara. Moreover the
difficulty of her task was increas-
ed by its non-character quality; a
standard collegiate man was de-
manded, and Fay managed to be
one. Her song was lovely, de-
spite the incongruity with which
class shows are always faced in
presenting a romantically interest-
ing male,
Ma Smithers (Barbara North-
SHOW REVIEW CONTINUED
_,rop) was the only one of the cast
who could tell the Beatniks “what
was what”. Her fantastic accent
did not overwhelm the force of her
character; her strident maternity
saved the show from threatening
disintegration,
Morris was the most Beat char-
acter in the show. His language
Continued from Page 6, Col. 1
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That Certain Smile and Gunman’s
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Suburban — Tues. - Sat., Vtrtigo
and Teacher’s Pet; Sun. The Fiend
Who Walked the West and Cattle
Empire; Mon.- Tues. Dr. | Albert
Schweitzer.
Anthony Wayne — Wed. - Tues.
The Big Country with Gregory
Peck.
Notice
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THE
COLLEGE
NEWS
Wednesday, October 22, 1958
Continued from Page 5, Col. 5
and manner were straight-forward,
and his characterization was strip-
ped of the dramatic exaggeration
of Daddy-O. As the plainest and
truest species of Beatnik, Qarolyn
Morant gave the show the author-
ity it would otherwise have lacked.
As another member of Daddy-
O’s clique, Rinaldo (Anne Steb-
bins), the disgruntled poet, could
lament and bop with equal facil-
ity. His misery was surpassed
only by the. i delight in
watching him chase yellow butter-
flies. (Wally (Nancy DuBois),
through no fault of her own, was
not a particularly likeable char-
acter. It is extremely difficult to
make the artistic weakling humor-
ous; the Junfors tried, and Nancy
Notice
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anti-social, all Bryn Mawrters
are entitled to a 25% discount
on all photographic work at
Bradford Bachrach, 1611 Wal-
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RI 6-0551; by simply announc-
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NEWS OF MOLOTOV
Continued from Page 1, Col. 2
where he is,”
The article states that Dr.
Rupen spent 16 days in Mongolia,
where he went at the invitation of
the Outer Mongolian government.
The supposed reason for inviting
him to this land which few west-
erners have visited in recent years
was to “correct what the Mongols
believed was some misinformation
Dr. Rupen had published about
certain aspects of Mongolia.”
“Rupen is considered a foremost
authority on Outer Mongolia, the
Daily News said.
MORE “INSIDE OUT”
did as much with the part as poss-
ible, but except as she contributed
to group effect, she was not ap-
pealing.
Crawley (Judy Polsky), Daddy-
O’s most faithful supporter, slid
through the Lower Depths Cafe
with nonchalance unequalled by
any other of Daddy-O’s satellites.
She was also one of the funniest
elements of the show,
Outstanding among the minor
characters were Bella (Beebe
Cooper) with her indescribable
walk, Sharlene (Ronnie AVolffe)
who whiffled blithely on her tippy-
toes through Nirvana and the Low-
er Depths Cafe, the Bus Spieler
(Ann- Hill) with her more-real-
than-life patter, and her group of
gape - jawed, wide-eyed tourist
amas (Sandy Korff, Toni Thomp-
son, Barbara Broome). And men-
tion must be made of Sascha, Ar-
lette, and Rudolf (Joan Strell, Star
Kilstein, and Julie O’Neill). who
brought to the show a foreign, en-
livening brand of Beatnikism.
Inside Out provided even less ex-
cuse than usual in a class show
for a kick chorus. But tradition
will have them, and ’60 provided
one with a longer and better-work-
ed-out routine than most, thereby
increasing the- enjoyment of all
who like them. One reviewer likes
kick choruses; the other does not.
The show’s script, doubtless
with careful intent, did not de-
mand elaborate scenery or cos-
Notice
The Alumnae Association cor-
dially invites you to a Piano
Recital which Mme. Jambor is
giving as part of the Alumnae
Weekend program on Saturday
evening, November 1.
For tickets please call at the
Office of Public Information,
second floor, Taylor.
tuming; what was required, how-
ever, was well and artistically sup-
plied. The ‘blue jeans and sweat
shirts of the chorus males provid-
ed a good backdrop for the major
characters, whlie in Act II the
(Chinese laundry girls’ brilliant ki-
monos were a bright contrast to
the rather dull decor of Act 1.
The Lower Depths Cafe was real-
istically barren, with only a few
abstracts and the “Books in Rear”
sign ,and no undue effort was need-
ed to transform it into the laun-
dry with its imaginative clothes-
line.
With an intractable script and
a huge cast, Sue and her spirited
juniors gave us-an evening of fine
entertainment, Inside Out may
have been unorthodox, but it was,
in its unique way, a success. ..
NOTICE
The new edition of the Alumnae
Register has been published. A
complete listing with addresses of
all alumnae and former students
includes present undergraduate
classes through 1958 and graduate
students enrolled for the year
1957-58.
Copies may be obtained in the
Book Shop or at the 75th Anniver-
sary office in Taylor Hall. Price,
$3.25. Please make checks payable
to Bryn Mawr College.
BIOLOGY
Continued from Page 1, Col. 2
stitutes of Health”; the Esther
Williams Apthorp Memorial Lab-
oratory for Advanced Undergradu-
ate Students in Biology, given by
the Class of 1907;
The Professor’s Office, given by
the Class of 1918 in honor of Dr.
Mary S. Gardiner, and the Pro-
fessor’s Laboratory, given by the
same class in honor of Dr. Vir-
ginia Kneeland Frantz; the Pro-
fessor’s Laboratory given by the
BUILDING
oratory given by the Class of
1905; the Laboratory for Studies
in the Growth and Development of
Organisms, by the Class of 1906;
the Biology Museum, by the Class
of 1908; the Research Laboratory,
by the Class of 1931; and the
Assistant’s Room for first year
teaching and laboratory, equipped
by the Class of 1898 in memory of
Dr. Martha Tracy with a gift
made originally for Dalton Hall.
Class of 1921 in honor of Dr. Elea-
nor A. Bliss; the Physiology Lab-
oratory, in memory of Emily R.
Cross, made ‘possible by her own
bequest and the gifts of her fam-
ily and friends;
The Microbiology Laboratory
given by Mr. and Mrs. John D.
Gordan, Jr. in memory of Joseph-
ine Walker, M.D.; the classroom ‘in |,
memory of Lucretia- Mott, given
Notice .
The Sophomore Class is
pleased to announce the-~-elec-
tion of the following officers:
President—Debby Smith
Vice - President — Barbara J.
Baker 3
Secretary—Betty Cassady
Song-Mistress— Dee Wheel-
wright
by her great granddaughters Mar-
jorie Strauss Knauth, Anna Lord
Strauss, and Katharine Strauss
Mali; the Advanced Research Lab-
oratory given in memory of
Martha Rockwell Moorhouse by
the June Rockwell Levy Founda-
NOTICE
The Deanery is glad to welcome
Seniors and Graduate Students to
full
morning coffee hour, party facili-
privileges. Delicious meals,
tion; the Laboratory in Physical
Chemistry given by the U. S. Steel
Foundation; the Research Labora-
tory given by Marion Edwards
ties. Other undergraduates admit-
ted only as guests of parents or
alumnae. Closing hour 10 p.m.
Overnight lodging for dates.
Park in memory of Arthur H.
Thomas, Samuel Emlen, and Fran-
cis J. Stokes;
The Comparative Biology Lab-
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