College news, March 23, 1955

VOL. LI, NO. 19

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1955

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1954

PRICE 20 CENTS



Faculty's Committees Invade ‘Speak Easy’, Swampland,
Examine Tribal Rites, ‘Confidential Bluebook’, Queen Bee



Clark Discusses’
Philly’s Unusual,
WelfareProblem

What Philadelphia’s welfare
problem ‘“‘is and isn’t” was discuss-
ed by Mayor Joseph Clark in a
particularly illuminating talk at
the Deanery last Wednesday.

Mayor Clark, who is not running
for re-election, told ‘his audience
that Philadetphia’s welfare prob.
lem is a unique one, in many cases.
The best example of this is that
Philadelphia, unlike many other
U. S. cities, does not include pub-
lic assistance (relief) in its wel-
fare program.

This is considered a state prob-
lem in Pennsylvania, as are mat-
ters of mental health and employ-
ment compensation, which, in oth-
er cities, are frequently found un-
der local jurisdiction.

Philadelphia spends three million
dollars on prisons and needs one
million more. The city’s three |
penal institutions include a house



of correction, a short term offend-' -

ers’ prison, and the Holmesburg
prison, which is the city’s maxi-
mum security prison, the others
being run by the state.

Solution Sought

Social service workers are des-'

perately needed, especially in the
field of chronic” alcoholism. To
find a solution to this problem,
the mayor and his co-workers
“concocted the Philadelphia Plan
for Research and Rehabilitation
for Prevention in the Alcoholic
Field”.” Last year, $72,000. was
awarded to the Philadelphia Gena-
eral Hospital for an alcoholic
treatment unit.

Competent social workers are
needed in all welfare fields. Mayor
Clark said his term inherited a
“caseload” of 10,000 mentally de-
ficient, neglected or delinquent
children in a department worked
by “10 political hacks”, The Chil-
dren’s Services division now has
45 trained social workers, but this
alone is not enough to give the
children the treatment to which
they are entitled.

There are 130,000 to 150,000 un-
employed in Philadelphia. Their

severe indigence puts forth the

dilemma of 1) should these indi-
gents be allowed to receive free
food while other people have to
pay, or 2) should they be allowed
to starve? Since the latter alter-
native is out of the question, and
since the state will not provide
the money to feed the poor, Phila-
delphia ‘will have to do it.

The question of money also
plays a prominent part in juvenile
delinquency and its desired pre-
vention. The so-called better peo-
ple, such ° as graduates of Bryn
Mawr and Harvard, move out to
the suburbs, while.Philadelphia be-

comes filled ‘with “fine people”):

who, however, aren’t economical-



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Miss Gardiner with Messrs. Dryden and Goodale

Orchestra Concert

Disappoints Critic

By Helen Sagmaster, ’58



ly and educationally equipped for
adaption to urban civilization.
There were 7,000 arrests for ju-'
venile delinquency last year in’
Philadelphia. Mayor Clark said}

the delinquency problem “has been |

studied to death” and cannot be
solved by curfew laws or “district
attorneys pounding the table for
maximum sentences for-kids”.
Philadelphia has organized the

The music issuing from Roberts
, Hall, Haverford, on Sunday night,
March 20, was the product of the
| combined. orchestra from Bryn
,Mawr, Haverford, and nearby

“Youth Services _Commission to towns. The concert, featuring Mrs.
serve as a central co-ordinator for Mary Van Doren as pianist and

the many widespread agencies’ Ann Knudsen as flute soloist, was

that have an interest in juvenile directed by Dr. William Reese.

delinquency. This committee on [hn the first numbers, the orches-
research does not study the gen- tra as a whole was very competent.
eral, but the particular. It deter- Yon Gluck’s Overture to “Alceste”
mines who are the problem child- had a great deal of feeling and
ren in a certain police area, and variety of dynamics, as did the
works upon that particular ‘area.' Suite for Flute and String Orches-

Mayor Clark stressed that this
research has-been, going on, on
only $25,000, and that the Welfare
Department won’t get any more
money until the tax law is chang-
ed. The mayor said quite emphat-
ically, that “We are treating symp-
toms, not basic causes. This is a
problem of economics as well as
sociology. The American people
must realize they have to be taxed
to put the floors under misery.”

Mr.-Clark-favors.the graduated in-

come tax, which is “essential td
raise equitably the money for lo-
cal problems.”

He pointed out that the size of
the tax per person would be so
small it would not even be ‘“felt’’.
This small amount would come
back to the people in even great-
er terms of less crime, more em-
ployment and greater peace and

order.

tra by Georg Philipp Telemann.
Telemann Appreciated

A second Suite by Telemann was
not so much appreciated, partly
because we are not accustomed to
the combination of two horns, two
violins, cello and piano.

Mrs. Van Doren gave a very
smooth interpretation of Johann
Sebastian Bach’s Piano Concerto in
F Minor. From the standpoint of
the orchestra, however, the choice
of a less advanced composition
would have given them a better
chance to prove their ability.

Schubert’s Fifth Symphony in
B Flat Minor was a large under-
taking for the twenty-seven per-
formers. In the opening Allegro
there was less expression and va-
riety than: in the “Alceste” Over
ture, and the small number of the
players was an apparent drawback.







COLLEGE

Self-Gov Vice President
Self-Gov Secretary

1st Sophomore oh Self-Gov ..
Under Grad Vice President
Alliance Vice President
League Vice President



ELECTIONS









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Charlotte Smith

Kemp
Eliza Cope
.. Nonnie Powers
Mary Cahn
Anita Kaplan



Dancers Adams,Dudden.F errater Mora,
Writers Berthoff And Drydens Praised

by Leah Shanks, 56
and Molly Epstein, 56

Mix Adams and Manning. Fold
in the Duddens alternately. Add
a drop of DeLaguna and a bit of
Berthoff. Beat LeBlanc vigorous-
ly. Whip MacGregor and Ferrater
Mora together and combine thor-
oughly with Drydens. Stir well.
Simmer in committee for two
months. Boil in pot for one week.
‘Roll out on Goodhart stage and
serve ‘hot March 19, 1955 to capa-
city crowd. Store leftovers for four
years.

Profs in the Pudding proved to
be both a spicy dish and food for
thought. With an uninhibited and
unrestricting theme, the all-inclu-
sive scope of faculty committees,

the cast entertained an enthusias- |

tic audience for three hours.

The show got underway as Jan- |
itor Dick Wagner swept out Left- |
over Peter Bachrach, who never '
_|made it home from the last fac-

ulty meeting. The remains dis-
persed, Academic Regression and
Faculty Meeting by Joseph Sloane
and Warner Berthoff, continued
with a solemn processional, usher-
ed in by bagpipes.

A variation on the customary
roll-call proved the most memor-
able piece in the sketch, and one
of the outstanding creative accom-
plishments of the show. Lewis
Carroll Berthoff recited his own
composition in the most admirable
oratory style. He intoned:

*Twas broughten and the carpenter
Did lehr and lower far and wide;
All mellinck was the oxtoby

And katharinemcebride!

| student,



Catherine Fales, the perennial
attired in Bermudas,
Princeton scarf and green blazer,
maneuvered sword and shield.

A series of interacts, portraying
the tripartite components—faculty,
students and parents—of the col-
lege community, was considered by
the Committee on Human Re-
nources, Author Arthur Dudden,

“a pioneer -on the frontiers of
knowledge”, was starred as the
discombobulated professor, with
ill-fitting garments, well-ventilat-
ed shoes, a disorganized pile of pa-
pers and an internal intellectual
curiosity for flies. Mr. Dudden ex-
hibited an amazing natural talent
for pantomime and deadpan rou-

‘ tines,

The student, Aggie Wagner, “the
following wave of civilization”,
bore the brunt of tea-party contact
between parents Robert Conner
and Nell Melton and “Buster Kea-
ton” Dudden. A running commen-
tary of the pantomime was sup-
plied by Edward Watson. Marion
Hathaway appeared as the motive
force behind. the inevitable tea-
wagon. :

“The Confidential Bluebook”, re-
port of the Committee on Lantern
Night, “really (was) brilliant, in
an incomprehensible way”. Writ-
ten by Laurence Stapleton and
Hugues Leblanc, the sketch appear-
ed to portray the paradox of com-
bining a search for knowledge
with logical positivism. As Dr. R.
E. Peale, exponent of “The Power
of Positive Re-Thinking”, Mr. Le-
blanc put his audience at ease and

Continued on Page 2, Col. 1



Taylor Bookshop And Psychology Lab,
Bureau Of Recommendations To Move

by Jane Havens, °56

If on returning next October you
find that Taylor Bookshop, the
psych lab, and the Bureau of Rec-
ommendations have mysteriously
“disappeared”, don’t despair. Texts
and miscellanea, behaviour experi-
ments and baby-sits will still be
offered, but the setting in each
case will be considerably different.

A change of scene is not the only
reason for the moves of the Book-
shop to the old psych lab, the
psych lab-to-East-House barn, and
Mrs. Crenshaw’s domain to Taylor
basement. The psych lab has long
wanted improvement in its abode
behind Merion, ‘which has led an
extensive and varied existence,
having once anrved as the aotegs
infirmary. me

The move on May 14 to new and
superior quarters just behind East
House will satisfy the needs of
the psych department, and make
it possible for the Bookshop to
make the short move to its reno-
vated and larger headquarters.
Coming up from the depths of Tay-
lor, the Bookshop and its proprie-
tresses. rejoice in anticipation of

increased space and adequate stor-
age room.

Mrs. Nahm reports that there
will “at long last, be elbow room
for everyone, even perhaps in the
rush season at the opening of col-
lege.” More space can now be de-
voted to popular sections such
as those for greeting cards and
paper books, and’ for browsing in
the non-text book department.
Mrs. Carter will preside over a
well-lighted and well-ventilated
storeroom, establishment of which

‘will-enable the.present.storeroom —_

and hall shops to emerge - from
their dark and stuffy hideaways in
Merion’s “catacombs”.

With its transfer from the top
two floors and the log loft of Tay«
lor, the Bureau of Recommenda-
tions will for the first time be con-
solidated on one floor. Space for
a reading room, and more import-
ant still for an interview sanctum,
will be especially appreciated by
the Bureau.





Thank you, Mr. Adams, for
dancing in Faculty Show despite .
a sprained ankle. It was great-
ly appreciated.




Page Two

oP

Wednesday, March 23, 1955



“Pudding” Excels
In Dance, Acting

Continued from Page 1

delivered one of thg, finest perfor-
mances of the evening.

In the search for Miss Positiv-
ism, Mr. Leblanc was accompanied
by Haverford students Jose Ferra-
ter Mora and Wallace McCaffrey
and Bryn Mawrter Isabel Gamble.
Their discoveries included: Annie
Leigh Broughton as Miss Alabama
(Miss Ethics), Mary Woodworth

as Miss Pennsylvania (Miss En-|

lighteniient), Ro8amund Sprague
as Miss Massachusetts (Miss Met-
aphysics), and Florence Bachrach
as Miss Manhattan (Miss Prag-
matism).

Finally, Eleanor Bliss as Tea-
cake, the Baltimore Oriole, both
was and was not Miss Positivism.
The moral of the piece, “be not
such stuff as themes are made of”
‘was presented by Mr. Berthoff,
“Possom”; who symbolically burn-
ed a stack of blue books in a-huge
red lantern.

Taking the audience ‘by storm,
the Committee on Phenomenologic-
al Method displayed varying tal-
ents in the fields of elocution and
modern dance, Despite the innova-
tions of science, Helen Taft Man-
ning, the queen bee, stolidly main-
tained that “I’ll always mate with
whatever drone I encounter.” Mrs.
Manning showed unusual stage
presence and almost convinced us
of the advantages of the “upper
air, it’s the place to pair”.

Joseph K. Adams and Millicent
Dudden highlighted this show with
their modern interpretation of two
tribal dances. The quality of their
performances was undowtbtedly of
professional character.

The Committee on Human Be-
havior presented a Freudian inter-
pretation of the traditional bull-



THE COLLEGE NEWS

a

Political Talents Of Bryn

Mawrters

Shine Forth At Convention Of ICG

The political talents. of Bryn sistant clerk and Anna Kisselgoff

Mawrters shone forth Saturday,
March 19, at Villanova, the scene
of the convention of the Intercol-
legiate Conference on Government.
A model state legislature this year,
the convention had only 142 dele-
gates from an expected 210, and
Bryn Mawr supplied 21 of these,
second only to Swarthmore’s 22.
Helene Muss presented ‘a bill to
the Health and Welfare Committee
to permit the voluntary steriliza-
iton of the mentally deficient, and

lwas Bryn Mawr’s_ Sergeant-of-
arms. Several other girls prepar-
ed bills for the afternoon session,
and nearly all our delegation took
active part in the discussion.

The convention lasted until after
five o’clock, and left almost every-
“one exhausted, but the consensus
was that, since one gets out of
ICG what one puts into it, the
convention was well worth the
wearying aspects of debate. Al-
ready some of the delegates have
asked to go to the state convention





Witch-Doctors Adams and DeLaguna



sallefina. The pirouetting Baller- |
snas were Alice Lattimore, Irene |
Jlayton, Marguerite Lehr and
Soledad Marichal... Their laurel-
wreathed partners were Joe Berry, |
“rnst Berliner, Horace Alwyne and
Richmond Lattimore. Leaping out
of the fountain was le petit prince,
Joseph Sloane, decked out in a Lit-
tle Lord Fauntleroy costume.

The high spot of the evening
from the point of view of concep-
tion, dialogue, costuming and en-
semble performance was the Com-
mittee on the Preservation of Wild
Life or “E-college-e” by Clarissa
and Lincoln Dryden. The Drydens’
script mixed complete originality
with the flavor of Walt Kelly’s
Okeefenokee.

The most appropriate casting of
the evening saw Carol Biba as a
fetching -and convincing Pogo.
Robert Goodale capably handled
the role and elaborate costume of
Albert the Alligator (merely a
“de-generate dinosaucer”) who
speculatively considered the prob-



jems of an increase in potential

fight. Fritz Janschka’s staging | college population. Possessor of a
and sets were excellent, and per- |““magpie-come-loudly degree,” Miss
formances by Donald Brown, Hope ‘Gamble, as Dr. Howland Owl en-
Goodale, and Richard Bernheimer tereqg singing “Rowdy omlette lig-
brought to life the roles of Freud, ature” and added her wit and in-
the Matador and El Toro. tellect to the scene.

“Be Prepared” was the motto of yr. Dryden, as Churchy

la

the BMC wardens as the Vigilan-
tes or the Committee on Institu-
tional Hazards. Dwarfed by a huge
drum, Nancy Tatum beat out the
step while the wardens lamented
the tribulations of their position.
The first act closed with the
Committee on Parents Night: or
“Speak Easy! You May Never Be
Called on Again”. Proceeding on
the assumption that, “actions speak
louder than words”, Mr. Leblanc as

Big Louie sported a large cigar,|.

pink polka-dotted tie and oversized
jacket. Saying nothing and ob-
serving all, Mr. Leblanc divided his
attention among the kick chorus,
“Hot Fingers” Ann Shocket, and
“High Types” Virginia Leblanc
and Florence Bachrach. Finally
captivating his undivided atten-
tion was “Millie the Moll” Dudden
in her excellent interpretation of
“Slaughter on Tenth Avenue”.
Easily the greatest surprise of
the evening was Mr. Ferrater
Mora’s Charleston, which began at
approximately normal speed and
rapidly increased in tempo to a
phenomenal pace. In flapper cos-
tumes, the “traditional” kick chor-
‘us was more than traditional in
ability, surpassing all of the leg
_art exhibited in most class shows.
Characteristic songs of the 1920°%s
were provided by quartet Joe Ber-
ry, John Oxtoby, Robert Conner,
and Warner Berthoff. Also appear-





Femme, consulting his ‘audible
bird-book,” Mary Gardiner as a
sleuthing Hound Dog and Mildred
Northrop as Mrs. Caterpillar, cat-
terwauling the tad-napping of her
Conshohocken (and “the patter of
those eighteen little feet”), all
gave delightful performances.

O Division added international fla-
vor, as personalities from around
the world gave renditions of “I’ve
Been. Working on the Railroad” in
their native tongues. Particularly
outstanding were American Ed-
ward Watson and Russian Frances
deGraaff, and Geddes MacGregor,
whose kilts and Highland Fling
(accompanied by bagpipes) were
long-to-be-remembered.

The gym department and infir-
mary personnel presented the
Committee on Basic Figures or Old
Crocks and How to Refinish Them.
The medical examination high-
lighted Elizabeth Humeston in an
angel-robe, while the class in body
mechanics revealed many familiar
faces and figures.

In a typically anthropological
vein, the Committee on Regional
Scholarships displayed primitive
and not-so-primitive customs.
Frederica deLaguna as the sorcer-
ess and Mr. Adams as the Medi-

‘cine-man brewed a questionable

potion, beat out native rhythms
and brilliantly executed authentic-
looking dances. The usual battle of
the sexes was included as Lubras
Frances Berliner, Virginia Leblanc,
Miriam Davidon and Catherine
Fales captivated Warriors Eugene
Schneider, David Green, Robert
Davidon and Eugene Norwood,
with two inevitable results — pa-
pooses and henpecking. At first,
Miss Fales seemed to suffer the

fate of the proverbial wall-flower, |

but Mr. Schneider finally succumb-
ed to her charms after a blow on
the head with a daffodil.

The final solution to the finan-

to set up a state Eugenist’s Com-
mission. Though th:s bill was
crushed in the committee due to
the joint co-operation of Villanova
and semont, the measure was
presented again as a_ substitute
motion in: the afternoon legisla-
ture session. While it was again’
defeated, it received a good airing.

Judy Meinhardt served as an as-

| at Harrisburg, April 21-23.



On Thursday, April 7 at 12:30
p.m. Edwin O. Reischauer, Pro-
fessor of Far Eastern Languag-
es at Harvard, will speak in
Goodhart on “Japan’s Role in
Asia.” Classes will be moved up
one-half hour.









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The Committee on Orals: B and Continued on Page 4, Col. 4

In Praise Of Pudding





Goodhart was filled last Saturday night with expectant

students who had come to see that once-in-four-years per-'

formance, Faculty Show. They were more than rewarded. '
It was with a sense of great delight that they saw their profs
perform in the pudding just as naturally as they perform five
days a week in the class rooms. One expression was on every-
one’s lips: “Don’t we have a wonderful faculty?”

The professors, laboratory demonstrators, professors’
wives and husbands, wardens, college administrators, librari-
ans and infirmary personnel combined their “non-academic”
resources to give a very ingenious production. But this was
not the only way in which they aided the students. A sub-
stantial contribution will be made to the fund for the new
science building, and to this end the profs did not miss a
trick.

The NEWS board joins; with the entire student body in
thanking the faculty for giving them a wonderful perform-
ance which will long stand out among their college exper-
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SPORTS RESULTS |

Fencing: Varsity lost to Tyler,
5-4; J. V. won, 7-2.

Badminton: Varsity and J. V.
lost to Swarthmore, 5-0, 5-0.

Swimming: Varsity and J. V.

Controversial Bishop Bromley Oxnam
Calls For ‘“Hewn Stones’’ Of 6 Ideals

Music Room— March 20— The that only good will, which springs
ethical ideals of Jesus are valid! from love, is strong enough to

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and through them civilization can
be salvaged, declared G. Bromley
Oxnam, Metliedist bishop and
famed opponent of McCarthyism,
in his chapel sermon, “Are the
Ethical Ideals of Jesus Valid?”

Taking as his text this passage
from Isaiah,
“The bricks are fallen, but
we shall build with hewn
stone;
The sycamores are cut down,
but we shall put cedars
in their place”,
Bishop Oxnam compared the post-
war world with the*fallen bricks
and sycamores. But, he stated, six
ethical ideals implicit in the teach-
ings of Christ can be man’s hewn
stone and cedars to become the
_ foundation of a new society.

The first ideal is that man is the
goal of social living, that men are
more important than things. Bish-
op Oxnam cited the three great ty-
rants—Hitler, Mussolini and Sta-
lin—who obliterated the worth of
the individual. On the other hand,
democracy is but the Christian doc-
trine of the worth of the individ-
ual seen in political reality.

“Jesus also believed in the soli-
darity of the human family,” said
Bishop Oxnam in naming the sec-
ond ideal. Wars and even such
institutions as the church have vi-
olated this ideal, but man essen-
tially wants “community, not com-
modities.”’

The third ethical ideal of Christ
which the world must adopt is the
supremacy of the common good.

Equal rights for all and the ne-
cessity of learning how to cooper-
ate are the fourth and fifth ethical
ideals.

The last Christian ethic is that

bind the ‘human race together.

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THE COLLEGE NEWS



Wednesday, March 23, 1955



‘Linear B’ Solution

Music Room, Monday, March 21:

For a long er tablets contain-
ing writing in Linear B were con-
sidered an “unintelligible clue to
a great mystery.” Emmett L.
Bennett, Jr., Assistant Professor
of Classics at Yale, discussed the
solution of this problem by Michael
Ventris.

The tablets ‘presented a great
challenge because there was no
key, like the Rosetta stone, to)
provide a comparison between the
unknown language and an identi-
cal mesage in a known one.

After the tablets have been
cleaned and put together, tables
are made showing each symbol
and its fvariations. The number
of symbols (88 are now recogniz-
ed) indicated that each represent-
ed a syllable.

The words were then arranged
in an arbitrary alphabetical order
and compared syllable by syllable.
The order had to be arbitrary be- |
cause the’ relation of the symbols
to sounds was unknown. Not all
words were compared but only
those which seemed to have sim-
ilar meanings because they appear-
éd in the same position on several
tablets.or in groups containing the
same words.

If two words were, identical ex-
cept for the last symbol the differ-
ence was deduced to represent a
change in the vowel of the last
syllable. Similarly, words which
differed by two symbols at the
end differed by the same vowel in
two syllables as PA RA in one and
PO RO in another.

The second most common sym-
bol was deduced to be a vowel be-
cause it appeared often at the be-
ginning of words and rarely at the
end or middle. It was assigned
the value alpha and substituted in|
what were expected to be place
names because of their positions
on the tablets. |

The sounds for other symbols|
were derived by substituting place
names in the locality of words be-
ginning with alpha and having a
corresponding number of syllables.

Values obtained this way can be
considered valid if they can be sub-
stituted on a new tablet and still
make sense and if they correlate
as descriptions when writing and
pictures appear on the same tab-
let.









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Goldman to Talk on Scholarship

The speaker at the Graduate

Fellowship Assembly on Tuesday, |
April 5, will be Dr. Hetty Gold-.

man, of the Institute for Advanced
Study at Princeton. Her topic will
be “By-Products of Scholarship.”
Announcement of the graduate
fellowships for the coming year
will be «made at the assembly,
which will begin at twelve o’clock.



The Fanny Bullock Workman Fel-
lowship, providing for a year of
study abroad, will also be awarded.

Dr. Goldman, whose field is arch-
eology, was the first woman to be
appointed to the School for Ad-
vanced Study. She graduated from
Bryn Mawr, did further work at
Columbia, and received her Ph.D.

















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from Radcliffe in 1916.

She has directed excavations for
the Fogg Art Museum and Har-
vard in Asia Minor, served as vis-
itng lecturer at Johns Hopkins and
Hunter, and been a member of the
editorial board of the American
Journal of Afcheology.



by Mr. Sloané’as Reginald A.-Sur-
plus in Faculty Meeting and Fi-
nale. Inevitably, it seemed, the an-
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forms. In traditional style, it all
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Committee, whose’time and energy
was essential to the success of the
show.



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