College news, October 31, 1956

VOL. XLII, NO. 5

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1956

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1956



Faculty And Students Discuss Views
On Issues In ‘56 Political Campaign

“Issues in the current political
campaign” was the subject of de-
bate between Republicans and
Democrats Monday evening in an
Alliance-conducted discussion in
the Common Room. Cornelius Ver-
meulée, Dorothy Innes,-and Charles
Mack presented the Republican
point of view. ‘Robert Rupen, Pat
Sugrue and John Bernstein spoke
for the Democrats. Andrew Scott,
Haverford professor of political
science was the moderator.

The professors on each side dis-
cussed the Foreign Policy issues.
Mr..Rupen_ feels the Dulles who
“preaches morality in pious plati-
tudes but is neither adroit or ef-
fective” still seems to be fighting.
Stalin. As compared to Dulles,
Stevenson offers a man like George
Kennan who would inform the
‘American people of the situation
instead of claiming everything is
all right, “Ike knows everything.”

‘We must do more than build
higher and higher walls of secur-
ity, according to Mr. Rupen. Dulles
has no understanding of the new

nationalism and has gone as far as
calling neutralism ‘immoral.

Mr. Vermeule presented the Re-
publican point of view on foreign
policy speaking as “an average
citizen who “thinks in’ his part
time.” To him it appears that we
have had “sound and ‘sane hand-
ling of the international situation.”

Korea was treated with sound
good sense, the Suez crises with
hard words, words of realism. ‘We
needed a policy which did not hand
“everything to everybody.” Our
foreign policy has been “construe-
tive but not obviously so.” It has
been “a sound world-wide policy.”

In terms of Point Four, the Re-
publicans have realized that “one
can’t just pour technology .down
the throats of underdeveloped
countries.”

The Haverford and Bryn Mawr
students discussed domestic issués.
Pat Sugrue talked on civil rights,
Dorothy Innes on farm policies,
John Bernstein discussed facts and
figures~-of-..the.....campaign, and



Continued on Page 5, Col. 1



“Phoenix Too Frequent” Reviewed;

Lacked Smooth Sensitive Delivery



J. Miles, D. Morgan and B.

_Too Frequent.”

by Paula Sutter

As their first offering of the
56-57 season, the Haverford Dra-
ma Club and the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Theatre presented (Christopher
Fry’s A Phoenix Too Frequent in
Roberts Hall, Friday and Saturday
nights.

At best, the entire production
was uneven. Mr. Fry’s metrical
spoof of the needless line buman-
ity draws between Life and Death
requires a smooth and sensative
delivery which none of the three
members of the cast was able to
sustain throughout the play. On
the whole, it' seemed that if the
three actors had had a little more
time to work on their roles, a more
satisfying result could have been
obtained. One was faced with the
rather disturbing situation of all
three looking their parts to perfec-
tion, yet, losing a great deal of

their force the minute they open-

ed their mouths.

Jinty Miles was a fetchingly|
grief-stricken widow, yet vocally,
seemed to have a sketchy idea of
what her lines demanded. At times,
she appeared to be shouting almost
pointlessly. David Morgan, as
Tegeus-Chromis, was poorly de-

’ fined. Playing the role as a coun-

try bumpkin, he seemed to have



Taze in a scene from “Phoenix

made a superficial study of-all the
country bumpkins he had ever seen
on the stage ang glued the motley
together for this particular part.
The result was a wooden interpre-
tation. Except for their love
scenes, which were genuinely
touching, and certain_ individual
lines, both Miss Myles and Mr.
Morgan seemed to read, rather
than feel their parts.

As the serving maid, Doto, Bar-
bara Taze, too, relied upon stock
gestures for her action, but was
redeemed somewhat by her won-
derfully vital face which coheréd
perfectly to her lines. One wishes,
however, that she had made up her
mind during rehearsals as to the
particular accent she should use in
her delivery. She started out in
an approximate Cockney, slithered

into something that sounded more

distinctly southern U. S., and set-
tled on a not-too’ delicate balance
|of the two for the duration of the
evening. .

One of the outstanding features
of the play was Erik Mezger’s set
design which was both tasteful and
functional. .The sparse stairway,
bare grey walls with the simple
starlit entrance at one side fur-
nished an effective underline to the
emotional whirlpool which spun
continually around the stage.



Eisenhower Wins 52%% of Mock Student Poll

Faculty, Grad Students, Staff Favor Stevenson

GOP Majority Drops
In Nationwide
Survey

The latest nationwide Gallup
Poll results show Eisenhower and
Nixon leading with 51% of the
vote, Stevenson and Kefauver fol-
lowing with 41% and 8% remain-
ing undecided.

In the 1952 election Eisenhower
pgqlled 55.4% of the national vote
to Stevenson’s 44.6%.

These. figuresindicate-that—for
the first time since the campaign
began there has been a slight drop
off in support for the Eisenhower-
Nixon ticket nationwide.. On the
other hand, there has been a .two
point gain for the Republican pres-
idential ticket in the South since
Gallup’s last report in late Sap:
tember.

The Republican candidates are
still running behind the vote they
received in the Sduth four years
ago.

Here is the running score of the
vote today by geographical regions
among: those voters who have made
up their minds:

Eastern States

Eisenhower-Nixon ............ 60%

Stevenson-Kefauver ........ 40
East Central States
Eisenhower-Nixon ............ 58%

Stevenson-Kefauver ........ 42

West Central States

Eisenhower-Nixon ............ 538%

Stevenson-Kefauver ......... 47
Far Western States
Eisenhower-Nixon .......:.... 53%

Stevenson-Kefauver a 47
Southern States
Stevenson-Kefauver ........ 55%

_ Eisenhower-Nixon ............ 45

The 1956 election is the eleventh
national election covered by the
Institute. In the previous ten elec-
tions, it has been right nine times,
wrong once—in 1948.

The average error on the divi-
sion of the popular votes in all ten
elections has been 3.3 percentage
points.

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League Sponsors
Musical Evening

' The Maids’ and Porters’ Spirit-
ual Concert, an annual event, spon-
sored by the League, will take
place in Goodhart Auditorium, this
Friday evening, at 8:30. Tickets
are to be purchased at the door.
Admission will be $.50 for the gen-
eral public and $.35 for students.

The Madis’ and Porters’ program
(rehearsed in all available spare
time during the last three weeks)
promises to have! both verve and
variety. Songs presented will in-
clude “Ride’ the Chariot,” “Walk
Together, Children,” “Listen to the
Lambs,” and “There’s a Balm in
Gilead.”

Most of the songs will be ensem-
ble, but there will be solo songs
by Irving Lewis and Al Mackey,
as well as solo parts by Dorothy
Backus, Mabel Chapman, Edythe
Simmons, and Louis White. Whit-
ney Drury is student musical direc-
tor for the.group, and Angie Wish-
nack, accompanist.

ital Ey ams

“in the Alliance election.

Undergraduate Students

529 undergraduates cast their ballots for Eisenhower or Stevenson

The results were:

Eisenhower 521%4% (278

votes); Stevenson 47!4% (251 votes).

Totals by classes

Eisenhower
1957 61
1958- | 69
1959 69
1960 79

Graduate Students (31 votes cast)
Eisenhower 10

Stevenson
55
59
63
74 ; af

Stevenson 21

Faculty & Staff (library, business office, bookshop & infirmary

86 votes cast)
Eisenhower 37
Maids & Porters (33 votes cast)
Eisenhower 13
Groundsmen (11 votes cast)
Eisenhower 8 :

Stevenson 49

Stevenson 20

Stevenson 3

Administration (all who work in Taylor,-14 votes cast)

Eisenhower 10

Stevenson 4

PRICE 20 CENTS

In their poll the Alliance also asked students to list their party _
affiliations ‘before they’ came to college as compared to the present.

The results were as follows:
Before Bryn Mawr College
Republicans: ............ 42 % (219)

Demvcrats see 28.7-%...{149)
Independents: .......... 27 % (140)
OGRRPE) Gi .acmiuvik 2.3% ( 12)

Present Affiliation

Republicans: ............ 40 % (210)
Democrats: cccesec: 82 % (171)
Independents: .......... 26.2% (138)
CUNUN bes hk cit 1.4% ( 8)



Legislature Plans For Summer Camp
To Continue Activities Another Year

At a meeting on October 25, the;

legislature voted to continue the
Bryn Mawr summer camp for one
more year with three qualifying
provisos.

The first of these calls for a
publicity campaign to be carried
out, informing the student body
about the camp; the second re-
quires that the head of the camp
be appointed early in the year,
with past counselors and directors
of the camp acting as an advisory
board. Information collected by
directors through experience could
then be used to improve the oper-
ation of the camp in future sea-
sons.

These two would help the camp
become a year round functioning
activity as the third proviso states.

The legislature also authorized
a separate drive for funds for the
camp, which was previously sup-
ported through funds obtained
from the League drive. Anita Kap-
lan, the League president, suggest-
ed that at the end of the next sum-
mer, the camp be re-evaluated to
see whether ‘it was really “a con-
structive thing for everyone in-
volved.”

The interracial and interdenom-
inational camp, which is operated
on American Legion-owned prop-
erty at Stone Harbor, New Jersey,
runs for two three-week sessions,
from the end of June to the énd of
July.

The campers are not the “most
desperate” children but are people
from low income brackets who are
in touch with social agencies. The
Friends Neighborhood Guild and
Fellowship .House are the two or-
ganizations which supply campers
for the Bryn Mawr enterprise.

In the past the problem of the
camp, from the point of view of
the Bryn Mawr campus has been
a lack of knowledge about its pur-
pose and operations. The present
administration of the League, and
the legislature vote, has adopted
measures meant to correct this
situation.



According .to the League Pres-

ident,the advantage of the camp,





aside from the service to the camp-
ers, is the unique opportunity it
affords the Bryn Mawr student.
Only in this organization can she
actually see how her money is be-
ing used.

The money required is-approxi-
mately $2,500. If this sum is not
obtafned through the drive the
camp will not operate this summer,
as the lack of contributions will
be partially interpreted as a lack
of campus support for the organ-
ization,

In the voté at the legislature
meeting, which was conducted by
Anita Kaplan, only two members
opposed the finally adopted reso-
lution.

Alliance Planning
Election Eve Vigil

“Alliance” plans for the coming
year are not solidified but they, in-
clude numerous probabilities which
President Charlotte Graves made
known last week. There will be a
Speakers Committee meeting call-
ed this week after which the agen-
da will become more definite.

As of now, the most immediate
and important plan is that, cour-
tesy of William G. Cuff Co. and
Mrs. Cuff, a Bryn Mawr alumna,
a television set will be placed in
the gym election night in order
that students may watch voting
returns. It is likely that coffee
and doughnuts will be served, by
arrangement. with the.
Clearing House. It is suggested
that students come to the gym
about 10 o’clock. They will be
granted a 3:30 a.m. Sign-out. =

Two eminent men will speak in
the near future under “Alliance”
auspices. November 15, Faoud Ar-

san, Consulate General of Egypt,
will deliver an address on the
Egyptian case in the Suez canal
dispute. On December 5, Walter
Gelhorn will lecture on a subject
pertaining to his book, Individual
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Wednesday, October 31, 1956



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For a New America

The 1956 Presidential campaign is drawing to a close,
and on the surface it has been rather unexciting, partly be-
cause the same two candidates who ran against each other
in 1952 are running. in 1956, and partly because everyone
seems to agree that there are “no real issues.”

Mr. Stevenson’s campaign has been criticized as being
mainly negative, and regarding this we would say two ol
” and we
think Stevenson should be praised for daring to criticize in-
telligently an administration that likes to think of itself
as above criticism. Mr. Stevenson has concentrated on the
two greatest. weaknesses. of the Eisenhower administration—|
its lack of leadership in all phases of our government. and
its shortcomings in foreign affairs—despite the fact that
these are not. the issues thought of as having the greatest
vote-getting appeal. Secondly, in his proposals on the H-
bomb, the draft, housing, and education, Stevenson has
offered the only constructive ideas to come out of the cam-
paign. ees
-~# The tone of Stevenson’s 1956 campaign has surely been
as eloquent as in 1952, for it is based on the following belief:
These are troubled times in the world, and our lives de-
pend upon a realistic examination of what does exist, not

what we would like to think exists. We cannot read the
headlines about Egypt, Israel, Hungary and Poland and say |"
that there is peace in the world, and we cannot visit a slum ||
in Harlem or a farm in Minnesota and say that “a smile}
There is little]

is stretched across the face of America.”
doubt that there is complacency and satisfaction among the
majority of Americans, including the President—but there
is serious reason to question the grounds for this complac-
ency.

Governvr Stevenson has done the nation a great ser-
vice, not by “creating” issues, but by bringing to light very
real problems that do exist and that the Eisenhower Ad-
ministration is either incapable of seeing, or chooses to
ignore. We hope that the Ameican people in 1956 will not
ignore the issues of nuclear explosions, military defense,
educational shortages, farm depression. We cannot indefin-
itely postpone facing these problems.

In the Cause of Freedom

Within the last two weeks there have been vast changes
wrought in the international scene through the agency of
the roles and the Hungurians. Although the final outcome
of the revolts against Russian authority is as yet unclear, it
is evident that the Iron Curtain is corroding and that the
Russians are in a very embarrassing position.

Sparked by the example of Poland’s successful defiance
of Moscow, Hungarian students and intellectuals started
agitating for the return of Imre Nagy (a Moscow-trained
‘Communist but a nationalist). as Premier and the removal
from Hungary of Soviet troops. What. started as a peace-
ful demonstration has turned into a blody revolution, with
the use of government-hired Soviet troops and tanks to
subdue the people. ve

Amid the confusion of the scene one important fact
stands out clearly—the revolt against Soviet oppression is
beitg waged by the youth of the Eastern European coun-
tries. The agitations of the Hungarian students, although
begun peaceful, led to the revolution in the name of free-

comme ee

-_ The movement was joined by the young soldiers, who
deserted the Hungarian army to fight with the students
against the Russian troops, and by the young factory
workers. And this is the group which has been subjected
to the heaviest dose of Soviet propaganda—this is the
“glorious Communist youth of tomorrow!” They have shown
the world that there are still individuals realy-to die in the

name of freedom.

1 Bada the New York Times’ editorial state-
y October 30: “It is now clear that Hun-

gary’s students acted in the highest and bravest traditions,
and that from their ranks fell many who were martyred by
Soviet bullets. It should be a privilege for every lover of
_ freedom to honor their heroism and to mourn their dead.”

perhaps against Communism |





From The Balc ony

By Rita Rubinstein





Dogpatch U.S.A. replete with
Daisy Mae, Abner, Pappy and
Mammy Yokum, et al,. descended
on the Erlanger Theatre in the new
musical, “L’il Abner.” Based on
the well-known comic strip, one of
the show’s strong points in its very
name which informs prospective
patrons as to its general tone and
content. And although the music-
al score, with lyrics by Johnny
Mercer and music by Gene de Paul,

edy of the “My Fair Lady” calibre
cannot be overly enthusiastic about
this new Panama-Frank enterprise.
It should be credited, however, with
good handling of material; gener-
ally it is swift-moving, colorful
and creates an atmosphere one
would imagine tobe inherent to
Dogpatch. ;

In this. ragged, indolent commun-
ity of 77, whacky characters and
customs come alive. L’il Abner is
as big, robust arid muscular as ever
and is well complemented by his
curvaceous ever-lovin’ ever-chasin’
friend Daisy. Mae. Mammy and
Pappy Yokum and all their neigh-
bors are in evidence: that very.
spastic Evil Eye Fleegle, Senator
S. Fogbound, Mayor Dawgmeat,
Earthquake McGoon, Appasionata
Von Climax (a la mode Dagmar)
and a.swarm of dogs, geese and
pigs. _ tne

As regards the plot, Sadie Haw-
kins Day, when all the gals in
town cart legally claim their men,
is imminent. The government,
however, has designated Dogpatch
as a nuclear testing ground be-~
cause “it is" considered absolutely

|is'spirited and tuneful many of us
currently exposed to musical com-



L’il Abner

worthless territory. (This is a
precautionary measure to save
the business and prosperity of Las
Vegas which has been adversely
affected by test detonations.) To
further complicate matters there
is big corporation man General
Bullmoose’s discovery of Mammy’s
miracle Yokumberry tonic; he
schemes to gain ownership of the
panacea, . Dogpatch ‘“hoomans”
take it from there, inimitably re-

‘solving their\problems resulting in.

a frolicsome raucous show.

The music is_ outstandingly
rhythmic and catchy; the songs are
generally on a high plane of lit-
eracy. The numbers afford a plea-
sant respite from the enervating
pace of dramatic action in Dog-
patch. There are: some fine bal-
lads, “Namely You,” and ‘Love in

A Home”; rousing—-novelties,—“If I

Had My Druthers,” and “Jubilation
T. Cornpone”, “Progress is the
Root of All Evil’, “The Country’s
in the Very Best of Hands” and
“Oh Happy Day” are topical sa-
tires, the last of which is sung by
a triuniverate of scientists “who
have no I.Q.’s but are loyal.”

The leads are Edith Adams and
Peter Palmer who are healthy
specimens endowed with pleasant,
voices. There is little room in their
parts for ‘personal creativeness,
but they do play with spirited en-
ergy. The Yokums. are. very. well
brought to life—the jittery, very

evil Evil Eye Fleegle is memorable.
(Charles Wilson might resent
“What’s Good for General Bull
Moose” but everyone else will think

Letter to The Editor

Republicans Opposed
To The “New”
As Fad
To thal Editor:

Since the News board has chos-
en to devote its editorial space for
some three weeks now to the sup-
port of the Democratic party, plat-
form, and candidate, we feel com-
pelled to speak out for the large
segment of the college community
which does not agree with the stand
the News has taken. -Too often
the “liberal” approach is consid-
ered sacrosanct by the supposedly
intelligent college student, but we
feel that programs should not be
unquestionably accepted merely be-
cause they are “bold” or “new”.
Rather we feel that the tradition-
ally Repubilcan approach of cau-
tion and conservatism is to be com-
mended.

The government has already be-
come so important a factor in
every citizen’s life that we must
indeed hesitate before we plunge
blindly into programs which, while
supposedly solving immediate
problems, actually increase govern-

eration of whether there is a point
of no return on the road to social-
ism. :

|. On the domestic scene we refer
to the Democratic farm policy, the
results of which have now assumed
such tremendous proportions that
removal of farm supports is im-
possible, Every consumer finds
himself paying both high prices
for farm products and added tax-
es to keep farm prices high. The
Republican program has been one
of reduced supports, while the
Democrats offer only continued
rigid supports which are a drain
on the economy, an obviously ‘un-

Continued on Page 5, Col. 5

“Lil Abner” is swift-moving fun. | —





Words of a.senior ’58 to a fresh-
man ’61: “The ones with the mil-
dewed robes and warped mortar-
boards are the classes of ’59: and
60 who took part in the historical
occasion when ‘it did rain on Lan-
tern Night.’ Fortunately. the hu-

man memory is adjusted to the
remembrance of the pleasanter
parts of any situation. The thing
to recall is how well a grey drizzle
suits the atmosphere of the cam-
pus and_ cloisters—Oxford, old
girl—and how the lanterns shone
in the rain...”

It seems that finally Bryn Mawr-
tyrs are to have that opportunity
“to gee ourselves as others see us.”
In addition to photographing Lan-
tern Night and preserving for pos-
terity the lanterns in the rain,
Life magazine is searching for a
typical Bryn Mawr girl. As the
most proclaimed virtue here is in-
dividuality, this search poses some
interesting problems.

Definitely no student would be
capable of picking objectively such
a specimen as she would immedi-
ately run into such questions as
whether she, should be collegiate
as the fashion magazines think we
should be or non-ivy as most. of us
are; whether she should major in

Media Res:

the willingness of the typical girl
to admit, once she is discovered,
that she is typical.

The Pennsylvania Railroad with
the return to Standard Time has
come up with a new headache for
Self-Gov. The board would ‘wel-
come joyfully any plan to sponsor
a Paoli local between the hours of
10:58 and 12:05 P.M. A better sug-
gestion which came recently from
an impartial observer is that the
12:30 sign out from Philly be abol-
ished altogether and Self-Gov pro-
vide eligible and handsome escorts
plus 2:00 signouts for all students
who wish to attend movies or the
theatre in the city.

CHAPEL SPEAKER

The Reverend Samuel M. Shoe-
maker will be the speaker at chap-
el this Sunday. Dr. Shoemaker is
the Rector of Calvary Episcopal
Church, in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania. i

Before holding that post Dr.
Shoemaker was Rector of Calvary
Episcopal Church in New York
City.



A letter discussing the H-



016...

Amid lists of oral failures,
Hughes-Wilson campaign slogans,
and announcement of lectures
(“Greek Vases at Bryn Mawr”,

-|for example), the November 1, 1916

edition of Thé College News had
an extensive article about Lantern
Night as it was then and about its
origin.

“The custom of giving lanterns
to the entering class and the lan-
tern symbolism ... can be traced
back to a song by Dr. E. Wash-
burn Hopkins, former Professor of
Greek at Bryn Mawr .., The fate-
ful song was written to the tune
of the ‘Lone Fish Ball’.”

“One line, ‘the only lantern in
Bryn Mawr’, suggested to a mem-
ber of the first class, ’89 the idea
of the lantern as a suitable emblem
for the entering class. In the fall
of 1886. the Class of 1890 received
the first class lanterns ...”

“Lantern giving was originally
only an incident in the impromptu
entertainment which the sopho-
mores gave the freshmen. The
first sophomores put their fresh-
men through a rather unkind oral
quiz and afterwards presented
them with lanterns to light them
along the strange paths of learn-
ing. Later the lantern became the
College emblem and the quiz dwin-
dled to words of advice and finally
to the ‘Good Luck’ of, today.” For
it seems that in 1916 and there-
abouts the sophomore said a simple
“Good Luck” to the freshman when





Greek a8 people think most of us

show. There seems to be a differ-
ence between the theoretically typ-
ical Bryn Mawrtyr and the actual
fact.

Has anyone ever seen a girl who
answers to the descriptions in the
freshman handbook? By contrast
note a scurrilous article publish-
ed by the University of Pennsylva-
nia last, year; everyone will agree
that there are no “female orangu-



tangs’? on campus! The greatest
problem, however, may prove to be

do, or in Poli-Sci as the statistics |



-bomb~question and written’ by
Bryn Mawr professors of Chem-
istry, Biology and Physics, ap-
peared in the New York Times,
October 28, 1956.

Written as “a non-partisan”
comment on a very important
issue,” it was signed by John R,
Pruett, Rosalie C. Hoyt, Robert
L. Conner, Walter C. Michels,
BE. Joe Berry, Mary S. Gardiner,
George L. Zimmerman, Ernst
Berliner, Jane M. Oppenheimer,
Frances Berliner, and Edith |}
Lanman. rat iS



solemnity of the occasion outlaw-
ed the “Good Luck” in 1917.

The sophomores (class of 1919)
sang “Pallas” and the ceremony
was) held in the cloisters. How-
ever, not until several years later

freshman song

Shrine” . . . sung in English!
It-is surprising how little of the
‘tradition has changed in forty











a nee

years ... or, maybe it isn’t . ..

mental power and exclude consid- ©

was “Sophias” introduced. The _

was ohne
“Over the Way _ e Sacred

presenting __(No doubt...
tea, etc. was proved a much better
tradition later on.) The growing


_-}riela,”

Wednesday, October 31, 1956 -

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Bryn Mawr Professors Teach Liberal
Arts To Bell Telephone’s Executives

Over the past few years several
Bryn Mawr professors have been
teaching and lecturing at the In-
stitute of Humanistic Studies for
Executives at the University of
Pennsylvania. Based on the as-
sumption that today’s corporation
executive is at the helm of a social
institution and that its problems
are those for which no engineer
or business administrator is train-
ed, the Institute is~ designed for
young Bell Telephone executives
who are given a “sabbatical leave”
from the business world.

The ten months’ program, whose
curriculum equals the amount cov-
ered in two years of college, in-
cludes courses in history, philo-
sophy, literature, art, music and
the social sciences.

Intensive reading (over 200
books), lectures, seminars and
discussions combined with cultural
field trips are designed to increase
an awareness of changing econom-
ic conditions and of psychological
and social problems relating to the
management of people. The pro-
gram enables the executives to
study the relation of the corpora-
tion to society and to explore
hitherto’ uninvestigated avenues
of intellectual thought.

Mr. Arthur P. Dudden, Associ-

ate Professor of History, is at
present giving a course in Western
economic history dealing with the
cornerstones of modern economic
thought. as expressed by Adam

Smith, Karl Marx and J. M.
Keynes, After approximately six
weeks of lecture, the men are split
up into three panels and discus-
sions take the place of lectures.
Beginning in March, Mr. Dudden
and two other professors will give
a course in American civilization.

When asked how this compared
with teaching at Bryn Mawr, Mr.
Dudden spoke of the difference in
atmosphere. The 25 men, whose
average age is 38, have engineer-
ing degrees and thus have had
little in the way of liberal arts.
They are basically antagonistic to
the academic world at first, but
after the initial shock of the “cold
bath” wears off they recognize its
value. In return they bring to the
classroom a wealth of practical ex-
perience so that there is a mutual
exchange between the academic
and business worlds.

Mr. Dudden characterized this
experiment—as—“the.most_exciting
and ambitious program of adult
education” today. The intensive
program sends the men home with
a new awareness of their place in
American society.and an increased
understanding of the’ academic
world.

Mr. Joseph C. Sloane, Professor
of History of Art, is giving .part
of a course on art. Other Bryn
Mawr professors who have lectur-
ed at the Institute are Felix Gil-
bert, Alexander, Soper, Rhys Car-
penter, Paul Schrecker, Cornelius



Vermeule, and Jane Oppenheimer:



Student Records

Of Rebuilding Of Stoa Of Attalos

By Ann Vanderpool ~

For those who heard Miss Lang
speak at Current Events about the
Stoa of Attalos, or for those who
went to Greece as I did to work
with my father at the excavations,
there need be no introduction to
what the building is, when it was
built, or why it has been recon-
structed.

However, I will say briefly, that
the Stoa, built in the second cen-
tury B.C. by Attalos/II, King of
Pergamon, was one of the civic
centers of the Athenian Agora,
and housed many shops. Its pres-
ent function is to serve as a mu-
seum for the many antiquities dug
up in the vicinity since 1931.

When I saw the Stoa of Attalos
again this summer, a bright mid-
day sun was shining down on the
row of white columns, and only

the bits of scaffolding which were}.

“left and the many hurried work-
men marred the brilliance of the
marble. It was a magnificent sight:
all. massiveness and grace as it
stood out at the far end of the an-
cient marketplace. All around, the
ruins of the other buildings lay
quiet, while the enthusiastic clat-
ter of the marble-cutters rang out
into the air, promising the-rebirth
of former splendor.

What I was seeing amazed me.
Not so much that the Stoa fitted
admirably into the setting, but that
it had grown so much in the past
ear. I had been watching it since
1953, when the actual reconstruc-
tion began, and now, in the sum-
mer of 1956 it was almost ready
for its second dedication in 2106




“years. Work was going on in full)daring to think” “of ~our-next~job:)

swing. People were bustling back

Her Impressions

and forth, busy and very much pre-
occupied with the preparations. An
air of excitement and anticipation
hung over us.

As the summer wore on, the heat
became unbearable, and the vast
dark storerooms under the Stoa
became a place of refuge during
the siesta hour. But time was run-
ning out, and every, day brought
us closer to the third of Septem-
ber, the day of the Dedication.
‘While the workmen outside were
frantically trying to get ahead, the
archaeologists (and helpers) were
making the museum ready. The
cases were set in place, and the
long hall was shining with reflect-
ed light. The first pot went in,
and then one after another, until
several days before the . opening,
the museum silently told the story
of ancient Athens.

On the eve of the Celebration,
the workmen gave one final great
effort. They stayed up most of the
night polishing and scrubbing, so
that sunrise saw the Stoa glisten-
ing and proud, ready for dedica-
tion. People, throngs_of people,
flocked into the colonnade and took
their seats, awaiting the arrival of
their majesties, the King and Queen
of Greece, and the Benediction of
the Archbishop of Athens. Many
‘distinguished personalities attend-
ed, among whori the names of Dr.
and Mrs. Thompson, Miss Lang,
Miss Mellink and Pamela Thomp-
son, 60, will be familiar to Bryn
Mawr. students. Speeches, followed
by a reception in the upper colon-
nade ended the celebration, and we
all went home, exhausted, hardly

cleaning up.



The World Affairs Council of
Philadelphia will hold an inter-
collegiate conference on “Ca-
reers in the International
Wednesday, November
7,-3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the third
floor gallery of the John Wana-
maker Store (13th and Market).

Those students interested in
attending, should contact Sylvia
Kowitt, Denbigh, or Charlotte
Graves, Rock.

As ‘the sun went down that eve-
ning, the long shadows of the col-
umns striped the confuSed debris
from the morning’s festivities. The
red glow on the Stoa marked its
completion and the hush that sur-
rounded it seemed almost unnat-
ural. I closed my eyes ahd tried
to imagine that several thousand
years ago, the same sun had set
on the sarhe building bringing to
a close a busy day like this had

Bryn Mawr Seal



The use of the Great Seal of
Bryn Mawr College is’ restricted
to” official college business and no
permission for its reproduction
can be given.

Two emblems have been design-

|ed_for-use.onCollege publications,

stationery and like articles, and
may be reproduced with permis-
sion. Permission fer commercial
reproduction may be secured from
the Manager of the College Book
Shop. ‘Application should be made
directly to the College for. other
uses,

The words Bryn Mawr College
are not to be incorporated into-the
design, though they may ‘be used
in conjunction with it.

The Class Of ‘55
Surveys Members

~ A survey of the activities of the
124 members of the class of 1955
of Bryn Mawr College shows that
61 are in jobs and 33 are doing
graduate study.

Thirty-one per cent of the class
is married; of this group 16 per

cent are working wives or are con-
tinuing their studies in graduate
pschools. jPeaching and _ scientific
work were the two professions that
attracted—most—of-the--graduates..
Of the group entering teaching, all
were in secondary schools, with the
exception of one who was teach-
ing in an eastern university.

Positions held by the A.B.’s who
majored in science included one in
a toxicity laboratory, two in gov-
ernment research laboratories and
three as research assistants in sci-
ence departments of large universi-
ties. Others were employed in in-
dustrial laboratories and medical
schools. Among the other occupa-
tions attracting the 1955 graduate
were magaziné publishing and ad-
vertising, social welfare, depart-
ment store training programs, life
insurance and college administra-
tion. Two were employed by large
city museums, one by a major po-
litical party and another by an air-
line as hostess. Of the graduates,
16 were in secretarial positions and
four were taking further training
in secretarial work.

Those in graduate school includ-
ed five Fulbright Scholars studying
abroad in England, France and
Greece, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow
and a John Hay Whitney Founda-
tion Scholar.

WBMC

WBMC is very happy to wel-
come to its staff the following
members of the Freshman Class:

As Announcers:

Arleen Brenner
Susan Harris
Myra Rosenthal
Pamela Stafford
Elisa Torrey
Ann Wood
Pamela Wylie
Clare Marx

* Helen Peemoeller

Ellen Thorndike

The permanent schedule went
into effect last Sunday erenme at
7:30 p.m,






your AM dial and
friends between 7:30 and mi
every evening except Friday and
Saturday.

At all other times WBMC, at
580, relays to you WFILN-FM, Phil-





been.







adelphia’s fine music station.



Chapel Committee's Poll Results
Given Along With Its Objectives

by Sandy Grant, Eve
Pollak, and Barbara Burrows

Last spring the Chapel Commit-
tee distributed to all students a
questionnaire in which they were
asked to state their opinion of the
Committee’s present efficacy and to
suggest any changes that they
thought. were necessary. or. desir-.
able. The .reply of the campus
brought. to mind a few changes
that would enable the Committee
to serve the campus more _effec-
tively.

One of the more important ques-
tions asked the students to state
what they considered the present
Chapel service to be and what they
thought it should be in the future.
The answers to the first half of
this question are hard to categor-
ize, since personal reactions. were

so varied. The second half of the

question poses less of a problem
despite the fact that the answers
are about evenly divided. 40% of
those answering said they pre-
ferred a worship service, while
33% wanted a lecture-discussion.
The remaining 27% gave answers
varying from “Friends’ Meeting”
to “straight ‘lecture.” At present,
the Committee feels that it is ful-
filling to the best of its ability the
wishes of all these various groups.
The Chapel service is mainly a
worship-lecture service, while the

coffee hour sfterwards nrovides the |

discussion that so many students
feel is necessary.

As to the form the worship serv-
ice should take, the largest group



Movie—
Lust For Life.

by Eleanor Winsor
and Debby Ham

As a reproduction of the life of
Van Gogh, Lust for Life is capable
of fulfilling the expectations of a
diversified audience. Although it
has no pretensions to being an art
film, it is a well constructed biog-
raphy whose major interest is the
work of the artist.

The transfer of paintings to the
sereen has obvious limitations; the
unnatural illumination produced by
the movie camera dilutes Van
Gogh’s texture to transparency,
and the sense of space around the
painting is lacking as the viewer
is plunged into the midst of a col-
orful and cinemascopic exaggera-
tion. Yet these pictures, and no-
tably “Starry Night,” preserve in
the showing the rich and writhing
vitality which is the spirit of Van
Gogh. The recreation of the ac-

‘tual subjects at Arles, while point-

ing up the contrast between pho-
tography and art, offer an explana-
tion and an insight into the art-
ist’s inspiration.

Perhaps the excellent sense of
Van Gogh’s life comes from the
realistic detail of his environment,
the finely subordinated roles of his
contemporary fellow-artists and
the balance between him and the
influential people of his life. Out-
standing is Anthony Quinn in the
role of Paul Gaugin.

The much proclaimed physical
resemblance of Kirk Douglas to
Van Gogh is far more striking than
the actor’s interpretation of the

| artist’s creative philosophy. _And}_

Kirk Douglas’ discussion of God
at the dinner table is less effective
than his Van Goghian appearance
at his easel. The bloodthirsty
have their reward in the picture’s
concession to the general knowl-
edge that Van Gogh cut off his
ear.

As a fair and not overwrought
view of the life of a well-known
figure, as a movie on its own mer-
its and also as a gallery of Van
Gogh paintings, Lust for Life is
well worth attention and acclaim.

| (59. 5%) felt that it should be more
| vii generally conforming to
the faith of the minister. Because
of the large number expressing
this opinion, the Committee ~is
planning to include a few services
of this type in its program for ‘the
year.

However, most of the students
agree that the Chapel Committee’s
purpose is. not to satisfy the re-
ligious ‘needs of the student, but
to aid and encourage her so that
she--may~find-the -way.-to-— satisfy
these needs herself. The Commit-
tee, basically, has three main pur-
poses. First, it keeps in close con-
tact with the ministers of- the lo-
cal churches. The students are in-
troduced to the ministers at the
Chapel Committee tea in the fall,
but the contact does not end with
the last cup of tea. If a student
wishes~to~join-a~particular-church;
to sing in its choir, or merely. to
find some means of transportation
in order to attend the services, the
Chapel Committee will provide any
aid ‘that she might need. Soon
there will be posted in each hall
lists of students who have volun-
teered to help carry out this aim.
These girls go regularly to the

contacted for information on the
service and directions to get to
the church and so forth.

Second..Function

The second function of the Com-
mittee is to provide the students
with a knowledge and understand-
ing of religions other than their
own.
Sunday evening Chapel services,
the Tuesday lectures, and trips to
various churches in the Philadel-
phia area.

The third function of the Chapel
Committee — possibly most impor-
tant though least tangible—is to
present the Bryn Mawrter with op-
portunities to personally expand
into new and deeper dimensions of
religious thinking to keep pace
with her intellectual growth in oth-
er areas. The Committee attempts
to fulfill this function through the
Chapel services themselves and the
discussion periods afterwards.
These discussion periods are espe-
cially valuable for students inter-
ested in clarifying or deepening
their religious thought. In connec-
tion with this, all the suggestions
for speakers have been considered,
and the committee has engaged as
many of them as possible.

It is through the effective com-
bination of these three activities
that the Chapel Committee serves
the student_by helping her to
broaden her basic undé@rstanding of
her own religious feelings and
those of other faiths.

Haverford Speakers

The following is a list of Hav-
erford College Collection speakers
for November and December. Col-
lection is held in Roberts Hall at
11:10 a.m. Seating for visitors is
provided on the side séction on the
south side 6f the main floor.

November 6: Dr. John Baillie,
Dean of the Faculty of Divinity,
Edinburgh.

November 13: Wright Morris,
Novelist.

November 20: Victor Riesel, La-
bor Columnist for the New York
Mirror.

November 27: Branch Rickey,
former General Manager of the
Pittsburgh Pirates; before his as-
sociation with the -Pirates, Mr.
Rickey was connected with the
Brooklyn Dodgers and the Saint
Louis Cardinals.

December 4: Dr. Robert Gardin-
er, Permanent Secretary for Hous-
ing in the Gold Coast Government.

December 13: A Christmas pro-



gram at 8 p.m.

various local churches, and may be .

This is done through the ~


Page Four

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 31, 1956



Debate On “Vitalism Vs. Mechanism’

Features Mr. Berry

The Philosophy Club opened its
program for the year by present-
ing Mr. Berry and Mr. Conner,
both of the Biology Department,
in a debate on ‘‘Vitalism vs. Mech-
anism,” The discussion drew a
large group of philosophy and sci-
ence students to the Common Room
last Thursday evening.

Mr. Conner presented the case
for vitalism. Admitting that it
was a difficult term to define with
precision, he explained vitalism by
emphasizing those properties which
are—peculiar_to—living things, such
as irritability, motility, metabo-
lism, growth, reproduction,’ and
modifiability. The vitalist, said Mr.
Conner, insists upon viewing the
organism as a whole, as unified by
some principle inherent in_ its
structure. 2

Historically, the vitalist has usu-
ally been an anatomist or a nat-
uralist;~ the concentration;—in~re-
cent years, upon function rather
than form, has been the result of
the mechanist approach to living
systems. Mr. Conner mentioned
only three modern vitalists —
Driesch, Haldane, and Russell —
who continue to emphasize that an
organism, unlike a machine, can-
not be analyzed in terms of phys-
ical and .chemical processes with-
out destroying its vital integrity.

Mr. Berry proceeded to také the
floor on. behalf of mechanism,
which he defined as “the basic as-
“sumption that all processes can be

traced functionally to chemical and
physical organization.” The mech-
anist approach is that of analysis
of the organism, recognizing that
No observation of the intact sys-

Versus Mr. Conner

tem in toto is either possible or
fruitful.

Mr. Berry conceded that the
mechanist conception leaves as yet
unexplained such phenomena as
consciousness or mind, free will,
and other non-determined behav-
iour. He made clear, however, that
the mechanist does not accept the
assumption that, just because we
cannot at present explain these liv-
ing processes in physical or chem-
ical terms, that we shall never be
able to do so. Rather he is confi-
dent, on the basis of what. has al-
ready been traced to “mechanical”
causes, that in the future most
vital functions will be so clarified.
Mr. Berry pointed out that the use
of drugs in treating mental dis-
eases points the way to the discov-
ery of the chemical basis to the
most “mysterious” of organic dis-
orders.

A-diseussion period following the
talks re-opened some of the cen-
tral issues. Professor Ferrater
Mora raised the question of wheth-
er the terms “mechanist” and “vi-
talist” refer strictly to methodol-
ogy or to conceptions of reality.
Mr. Nahm pointed out the lack of
fixity in response to environment
which is characteristic of living
creatures, thereby touching upon
the problem of freedom. Several
students thought it possible to
maintain both a moderate vitalist
concept of life and a mechanist-ap-
proach to the study of life. The
discussion ended on this note when
Mr. Conner. remarked that “the
main value of the vitalist in biol-
ogy is to remind the mechanist con-
stantly that he is dealing with an
entire organism.”



Trusteeship Given
To Amos Peaslee

The election of Amos Jenkins
Peaslee, Deputy Special Assistant
to the President of the United
States, to the Board of Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College was announced
by Miss Katharine E. McBride. Mr.
‘Peaslee will also become a mem-
ber of the Board of Directors of
the College.

Mr. Peaslee, an international j
lawyer, served as U.S. Ambassador
to Australia from 1953 to 1956. In
1919 he represented the United
States at the Liabach Conference
and was attached to the Commis-
sion. to Negotiate Peace in Paris
during the same year. In World
War II, he held the rank of Com-
mander in the U.S. Coast Guard
and in 1947 was elected National
Commander of the U.S. Coast
Guard League. ”

A member of the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting of the Society of
Friends, Mr. Peaslee is honorary
president of the trustees of the
Friends Central School of Philadel-
phia and a former president of the
Alumni Association of Swarthmore
College. He is a resident of Clarks-
boro, New Jersey.



=

Hockey
By Lucy Wales

The cheers at the beginning of
the Beaver hockey game Thursday
came from the encouragement of
Bryn Mawr’s captain, Steffie Het-
zel: “Remember, we’re undefeat-
ed!” Yet the Beaver team demon-
strated a considerable amount of
agility and ability, which included
numerous shots at the goal. Joyce
Cushmore, Bryn Mawr goalie, play-
ed well in stopping many very dif-
ficult shots. But Beaver did score.
Both Joan Parker and Nancy
Hoffman were able to carry the
ball as far as the Beaver striking
circle. Each scored a well fought
goal. They deserve particular com-
mendation, as does the whole team
for finding the loops in the Beaver
line. The final score was 10-2, in
Beayer’s favor.

Practice Teaching
Open To Students

The Principles of Teaching in
the Secondary Schools, the new
education course announced by
Miss McBride at opening assembly,
offers to Bryn Mawr students for
the first time an opportunity to
fulfill in toto the requirements for
teacher certification before gradu-
ation. An answer to demands,
from state boards of education and
to advice from alumnae who are

now teachers, this course includes
as its laboratory two full days per
week of practice teaching on the
secondary level.

Mr. John Free, a Visiting lec-
turer from the University of Penn-
sylvania, is teaching the course,
and the first two student teachers
are Betty Brackett and Nancy
Schwartz who have elected educa-
tion courses to supplement majors
in English. Both girls are work-
ing in the’ ‘Lower Mérion public
schools; Betty in the senior high
under the guidance of Miss Mary
Finnerty, and Nancy in the junior
high under the supervision of Miss
Agnes Raycroft. So that they may
fully understand the working of a
school they are acting as full staff
members and attending faculty
meetings in addition to having
frequent conferences with their
master teachers, who are regular-
ly on*hand for advice and sugges-
tions as to the development.of-ef-
fective teaching methods.

The completion of this course,
which covers one semester, will ful-
fill the Pennsylvania state require-
ment of 180 hours in the schools.
Other reqirements in child devel-
opment and the study of the school
asa social institution can be met
by courses which Bryn Mawr has
normally offered. A prerequisite
for this course is Psychology 101,
but Mrs. Cox would prefer that
teaching candidates take several
education courses before their sen-



ior year,

MOVIES
Arcadia: The Opposite Sex.

play, “The Women.”
toon musical.
Stanley: War and Peace.

Ferrer, and Henry Fonda.
Studio: Lust for Life.

minute silent sequence.
THEATER

Winters and Pat Hingle.

Monaco.
Forrest: The Pajama Game.
Larry Douglas and Betty O'Neill.

urday evening; recital,

Mastbaum: The Solid Gold Cadillac.
Douglas in the film version of a Broadway hit.
Tolstoy’s epic with Audrey Hepburn, Mel

Events in Philadelphia

June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray,
‘ Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller in a musical based on Clare Boothe’s

Goldman: Fantasia. Revival of the Disney-Stokowski-Taylor 1940 car-

With Judy Holliday and Paul

Based on Irving Stone’s life story of Van, Gogh.
Kirk Douglas plays the artist.
Trans-Lux: Rififi. A robbery thriller that includes the famous. thirty

Walnut: Girls of Summer. A new play by N. Richard Nash, with Shelley

Erlanger: Li’l Abner (reviewed this issue).
Shubert: Happy Hunting. Howard Lindsay-Russel Crouse musical, with
Ethel Merman and Fernando Lamas that spoofs the wedding in

Richard Adler-Jerry Ross musical, with

Academy of Music: Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conduct-

ing, Philippe Entremont, piano soloist, Friday afternoon and Sat-
Imgard Seefried, soprano and Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, Thursday night.



Hot



mann Chooses

Dr. Hans Hofmann, Assistant
Professor of Theology, Princeton
Theological Seminary, introduced
his subject at Chapel as: “That
dubious phenomenon we call relig-
ion.”

Dr. Hofmann asked his audience
“Wihat kind of a faith do... you
have? Is it that small ‘baby-faith’
given you by your childhood, a
faith that shrinks and becomes in-
sufficient each day? Do you have
the Sunday-evening-chapel-service
religion ? (The kind that disap-
pears on Monday?) Do you lust
for rules, lean on the Ten Com-
mandments? ~Just what sort of
faith have you?”

He continued, “There is today



Please bring lost articles
which you find to the Lost and
Found and place them in the

basket outside the door.





Guiomar Novaes
Will Give Recital

Guiomar Novaes, internationally
acclaimed Brazilian pianist, will
give a recital in the Radnor High
School auditorium, Radnor, onthe |
evening of Friday, November 2, at’
8:30 p.m. Madame Novaes, who
studied under Isador Phillipps at
the Paris Conservatory, made her
New York debut in 1915 at the
age of twenty.

The program planned for Friday
is unpublished. Admission is free
although there will be a collection
during one of the intermissions.





The freshmen are cordially in-
vited to a mixer to be held at
Haverford on the Lloyd parking

Saturday evening, Nov. 3. Sign
up on the list posted in Taylor.

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“Religion” As His
Subject For Chapel Sunday Night

much too much talk about religion.
God needs people who live from
day to day, not just discussion, not

how many people get a ‘kick’ out.

of Billy Graham. People who prac-
tice their religious faith are what
we need.”

Mr.-Ferrater’Mora; Professor of

Philosophy, directed the discussion
held afterwards in the Common
Room. Approximately half the
group from the service attended.
Several questions were directed
to Dr. Hofmann. “You speak of
prosperity and Christianity,” said
Mr. Ferrater Mora. “Do you mean
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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



Foreign Policy And

Domestic Issues

Discussed In Recent Alliance Debate

Continued from Page 1

Charles Mack social and economic
issues.

‘According to Pat, the Republican
and Democratic civil rights planks
are- very similar this year. The
Republican platform, however, was
much stronger in 1952, coming out
unequivocably for ending lynching,
the poll tax, and for the adoption
of REPC. Since then Eisenhower
has expressed his personal opposi-
tion to FEPC and also said in re-
lation*to the Supreme Court de-
segregation decision “I think it
makes no difference whether I en-
dorse it or not, it is the law of the
land.”

In reference to the “part time
president” the Democrats. claim
Eisenhower is, Pat said that Eis-
enhower was out of Washington in
many times of crises such as the
shipping of tanks to Saudi Arabia.

‘Misenhower’s promise to delgate
even more responsibility in the fu-
ture does not reassure Pat as to
Eisenhower’s performance in the
presidency.

Dorothy Innes feels that in farm
policy the Republicans approached

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the solution to the problems of.

overproduciton, surplus and low
farm income.

Working in the best interests of
the country the Republicans have

introduced a soil bank plan which



will keep acreage out of produc-
tion and aid conservation,

The Presidential veto of the
‘Democratic Farm bill was inter-
preted by Dorothy as opposition
to the proposal which increased
government surplus and govern-
ment control. The Republicans
aim to raise prices in the market,
but not by artificial means which
imply higher taxes.

John Bernstein, in answer to
Dorothy, gave figures to show the
bad state of agriculture under the
Republicans. Farm prices have
dropped 25%. since 1952 while the
farmers’ costs have risen:3%. At
the same time Eisenhower talks of
giving the farmer a fair share of
national income. Q

KisenhoWer’s water commission,
which includes people like Charles
E. Wilson and Ezra Taft Benson,
reported that the farmers were
badly off but that the commission
don’t know enough to make any
recommendations.

According to the Republican
Haverford. student Charlie Mack,
“the. American people are better
off today than ever before in his-
tory.” Labor and business are tak-
ing home more than ever before;

the Gross National Product is over
400 billion and the economy is ob-
viously stable.

Democrats claim to be the

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The Faculty Committe for the
1957 United Community Fund
Campaign are D. Wykcoff
(chairman) R. Connor and D.
Green. The College Committee
members are Carole Biba and
Dorothy Gray. Contributions
will be ‘collected on © campus
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“friends of labor’ yet under the
Eisenhower administration labor
is “better off than before.”

The debate was followed by a
discussion with, questions on the
Bricker Amendment, the Eisen-
hower cabinet and the H-Bomb
tests being answered by both sides.



Letter to the Editor

Continued from Page 2

desirable situation.

All too often the Democrats pro-
pose widespread social welfare
programs or aid to particular ec-
onomic minority groups without
considering that while these pro-



A. Dudden Seconds
Dryden Compiaint

fo the Editor
The College News

The undersigned read the letter
from L. Dryden ‘in last’ week’s
College News with great relish.
The only fate worse than being
inisquoted by a reporter is to be
quoted accurately and within con-
text. An erroneous quotation gen-
erally backfires against reporter
and publication. An accurate re-
counting of one’s words lays bare
the awful truth behind intellectual
and emotional limitations hitherto
mercifully obscured; especially at
election time.

So my hat is off to L: Dryden—
if that was really her name.

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grams have individual appeal, the
tremendous expense of them can-
not be borne by the economy.
When we turn to the foreign sit-
uation, we see’a world in violent
change, largely’due to the unleash-
ing of the explosive forces of rev-
olutionary nationalism. Today sure-
ly, it is not unwise to pursue pre-

viously adopted policies rather
than to add the further complica-
tions of “new outlooks and new
ideas” merely in the ‘interest of
novelty. We do not see that Dem-
ocratic candidates have demon-
strated their peculiar perspicacity
in the realm’ of foreign affairs,
either as administrators in. power
or advisors out of power. No
Democrat seems willing to advance
specific policies; we feel that crit-
icism of the conduct of foreign
policy is meaningless when no fea-
sible alternatice is proposed.

Eisenhower’s worldwide fpopu-
larity is an asset which should not
be tinderestimated at this time of
grave tension. For the United
States itself to reject this respect-
ed representative of America would
seem to add further uncertainty to
a situation which calls for contin-
uity of such trusted leadership,

: Dorothy Innes, ’57

Carole Colebob, ’57

USF Contributions

|To Be Determined

Last: year Bryn Mawr students
gave over $3,000 to the United
Service Fund. This sum was di-
vided among the following agen-
cies: American. Friends Service
Committee; World University
Service; National Scholarship and
Service Fund for Negro Students;
Save the Children Federation;
Unitéd Negro College Fund; Inter-
national House of Philadelphia;
and the United Philadelphia Fund.
In November, the USF drive for
the 1956-57 year willfbe conducted.
By having one big drive on cam-
pus, Bryn Mawr is protected from
numerous individual drives’ by
charitable institutions. With the
USF drive students have the op-
portunity to contribute to worth-
while institutions and organiza-
tions.

At an open legislature meeting,
November 19, representatives from
the various institutions will speak
to the college and tell of the.work
of their own charities. Then a leg-
islature vote will decide the list of
organizations to which Bryn Mawr
will contribute this year.

In the past, the legislature has
also decided the percentage of the
total collected amount to be given
to each group, but this year, it is
possible for each student to desig-
nate exactly how much she would
like to give to each institution.



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Page: Six

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THE COLLEGE NEWS



Wednesday, October 31, 1956



Buschbeck Views
15th'Century Style

Ernest Buschbeck, Director of
the Vienna Collection, spoke in the
music room Monday night on Mon-
umental Style of the late 15th Cen-
tury.

Italian masters such as Leonar-
do, Verrocio and Massacio are more
commonly mentioned in connection
with 15th century art than North-
ern masters. This is explained by
a more complete flow of informa-
tion through Italian Historiogra-
phy ‘and archives than through
those of the north. Also, the ideas
of the Italian artist are closer to
19th and 20th century concepts.
The significance and greatness of
art from other parts of Europe
must not be discounted because of
its less widespread emphasis, said
Mr. Buschbeck.

15th century Europe between
Flanders and Paris witnessed a
blossoming of painting caused
chiefly: by Van Eyck and Roger
Van der Weygen. Van Eyck’s great

and revolutionary contribution to].

his field was his astute observa-
tion and imitation of visible detail.
‘The relation of individual parts
among each other within a pciture
was to him of paramount impor-
tance. In short, Van Eyck repre-
sents “a return to former Gothic
monumentality and clarity.”

Van der Weyden is a key figure
here too. In the “Deposition of

have an expressive value afd an)
emotional quality caused by the
curved undulating outlines. Lack
of strength in Christ’s body is
shown by long, swinging lines.
There is in most of his works
clearness of composition and of
spatial relations, careful delinea-
aion and simplicity of representa-
tion. ‘

After discussing other painters
of the Flanders school such as
Pouts, Mr. Buschbeck continued his
lecture by showing its influence on

the whole of Europe. The range
of influence ran in a geographical
triangle, from Portugal to Italy
and from Italy up through Poland
and Russia.



Pogo, American Marsupial Candidate

Will Spring A ‘No

MOOSEJAIW, Australia — (By
Special Pouch) — The Wallaby
Word in a semi-copyrighted story
today claimed that Pogo, the
American Marsupial candidate for
President, will spring an upset
surprise decision hitherto kept
dark from even those sources
close to the headwaters when he
reviews the Echidna Troops at a
Gala Event held in honor of Harry
Gala, unknown Kangaroo soldier,
just behind the Patagonian Swim
Team’s locker rooms immediately
after the opening of the Olympic
Previews,



i

AUSTRALIAN LISTENING
POST ORGANIZED

. aeapencn

Just what this decision is has
been kept.a secret from normally
well-informed observers and not a
few experts.. Press representatives
for the Possum Hopeful have said
tersely, “We do not know.” Terse-
ly, a reporter for the Wallaby
Word, has copyrighted a Story to-
day which says in effect that “No
comment” is the byword. It is be-
lieved that the affair may blow
over, or may possibly blow up into
a major campaign issue. In any
event, by sheer reiteration, poli-
ticians here have made*of “No
comment” a key, or major, phrase.

Some disturbance among the
Bandicoot Band members was no-
ticed today as the group (Basil









Comment’ Decision

Baxter’s Bugle Bunch) performed
at a ceremony intended to welcome
the Welcoming Committee select-
ed to welcome Pogo to Australia
when he gets here in search of
votes already conceded by the two
majority parties. It is believed
that the Tuba section inferred that
the Welcoming’ Committee was
welcome to leave any time it so de-
sired, A strong movement in the
Trombones combined to pour wa-
ter into six tubas and wpon seven
tuba players. A more harmonious
note (“A” flat) was struck by the
bass dium player, and it is hoped
by party hopefuls that this will be
the last dissention in party ranks.
A piccolo-man, who was accused
of blowing spitballs at the chair-
man through his instrument, re-
signed and left in a 1988 Huff.
(Copyright 1956 Walt ° Kelly)

ALLIANCE

Continued from Page 1
Freedom and Government
straints.

Before Christmas it is likely that
Saville Davis will speak on the
Point Four Program and Mrs. John
Lee, national president of the
League of Women Voters, will talk
on political action.

Invitations are being extended
to James Restow, David Reisman
and Hodding Carter, editor of the
Delta Democratic Times of Green-
ville, Mississippi. Should he speak,
Mr. Carter will point out the south-
ern viewpoint in the segregation
problem.

Other phases of the Alliance are
in motion, too. The International
Relations Club had its first meet-

ing Sunday night and the Debate
Club has begun its season with a
debate planned for this week
against Haverford College.

At the end of February there
will be a two-day conference spon-
sored by the Alliance on “Nation-
alism in the Middle East.”

Re-

Hopeful Signs Of New Musical Life
At B.M.C. Heard In Concert Sunday

By Eleanor Winsor

The first of the Sunday after-
noon Chamber Music Concerts in
the Ely Room of Wyndham intro-
duced several freshmen whose tal-
ents promise well for the coming
year. The theme of the concert,
Early American Music offered an
opportunity for an interesting va-
riety of selections

Miss Juanita Barrett who opened
the program with two piano pieces
from the eighteenth century and
later played the overture to “The
Mountaineers in Switzerland” dis-
played fine techncial skill and play-
ed with a light grace well suited
to the mature of her selections.

Unfortunately the vocal selec-
tions of the next soloist, Miss Di-
ana Dismuke, a sophomore, were

not so happily assigned. Miss Dis-
muke’s soprano voice is an excep-
tional one; neither of her two re-
ligious songs gave her the oppor-
tunity she deserved and the string
quintet which accompanied her
waged a successful contest for vol-
ume predominance.

A welcome surprise were the
Mozart horn duos performed by

Monica MacGaffrey and Jane Hig-
genbottom; with a little-more time

and ,practice together the two

should develop’ what is ‘already aj

fine potential.
Less successful was the string
quintet. With the exception of





Wendy Palm’s viola and Bob Ben-
amin’s first violin the work of the
group left much to be desired in
the way of harmony and individual
tone, but on the whole the concert
was pleasant and well worth the
attention of a larger audience than
that which appeared.

HAMLET

Hamlet will appear on Goodhart
stage the night of November 6th.
Giveri by a. subsidiary of the Strat-
ford (Ontario )Shakesperean Com-
pany; the performers have taken
small roles_in productions of the
parent outfit. Baldwin and Ship-
ley schools are sponsoring the
presentation. “Consequently, tick-
ets available to Bryn Mawr stu-
dents are limited mostly to those
in College Theatre. However, there
are twenty-five seats reserved for
which anyone may apply to Pat
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