College news, May 1, 1956

_a gift of $300,000 from the estate









VOL. LII-NO. 21

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR,

PA., TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1956

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1956



Announce Recipients Of Scholarships For Coming Year:
Ruth FE. Corn Wins Brooke Halland Hinchman Awards



Louise Breuer Uses

Letters To Describe &

Her 4 Adventurous Years At Bryn Mawr

Louise Breuer, May Queen and
President of the senior class, re-
lived her four years-at-Bryn Mawr
in her speech given at the Maypole
this morning.

Reading from four imaginary
letters written to her parents, Lou-
ise was able to recall some major
impressions and incidents of her
college life.

‘As a freshman, Louise had taken
her “adjustment to college life as

a matter of course, bui-simce it-has.
been explicitly pointed out to me by
any number of people that it is a
very difficult process, I have come
around to their way of thinking. I
have not adjusted.” ‘
From then on, things went stead-
ily downhill. She was not even to
be reconciled by Haverford men:
“Their bearded, mustached appear-
ance and their talk about existen-
tialism and my inner true soul just
do not contrive to make me feel—
well-comfortable . . . I know noth-
ing about existentialism and I not
only don’t understand my inner



College Receives
$300,000 Bequest

Bryn Mawr College has received

of Mrs. Marguerite N. Farley, Miss
McBride has announced.

Mrs. Farley, who lived at the
Mermont Apartments in Bryn
Mawr, died in Palm Springs, Cali-
fornia, on March 18. She named
the college as the residuary bene-
ficiary of her estate and directed
that the income be used for schol-
arships with preference for foreign
students.

Since World War II, Bryn Mawr
has provided both graduate and
undergraduate scholarships for
foreign students, particularly for
those from countries where univer-
sity life was disrupted. Mrs. Far-
ley was interested in this expand-
ed program of scholarship aid.

In the last sixty years at Bryn
Mawr, a few foreign scholarships
have been offered yearly by alum-
nae and friends, Miss McBride
stated, and since the war the im-
portance of such scholarships has
increased. The ‘interest of foreign
students in study in the United
States is far greater than the
scholarship opportunities available
to them and their experience of
study in this country can bé a val-
uable one for international under-
standing. Pa s
~—~Faced- by-~many ~ applications,
Bryn Mawr has made available for-
eign scholarships, Miss McBride
said, as sufficient funds could be
given or set aside‘for them.

“The college has not earlier had
an endowment for foreign scholar-
ships,” Miss McBride said, “and
we are therefore especially grate-
ful for the Farley Fund which will
provide the means for expanded
‘service to foreign students and a

more regular program of scholar-|

ships which we

true soul, but, mother, I never even
knew I had one,”

As_a sophomore, Louise suffered
the numerous discomforts of pa-
per-writing. She did manage to
get one extension: “I went to my
professor and threw myself down
at his feet, explaining that I had

pad of yellow theme paper, and
that all the-Tines had run together;
and_férthermore, I had lost my
Reget.Thesaurus. He was very |
understanding and gave mea whole’
extra 24 hours. However, the re-
sult was rather disappointing as
I didn’t get a very good grade on
it. As a matter of fact, there
wasn’t any grade at all—just a
comment at the end: “Is English
your native tongue?”

Louise began her junior year in-
auspiciously by failing her hygiene
exam and her Spanish oral; how-
ever, she was somewhat consoled
by the fact that “about fifteen
years ago there was another jun-
ior in my predicament.”

After surviving her hall faculty
tea, Louise had her first personal
introduction to Self- Government.
“The board considered the case of
a junior (myself) who returned to
the hall at 3:15. The student said
that she realized this was a viola-
tion of the honor system but she
explained that she had been stuck
in the woods and unable to get to
a telephone to call her wardeneThe
Board, in considering the case, took
full cognizance of the extenuating
circumstances of her particular
predicament. However, it was felt
that the student displayed a decid-
edly careless attitude toward the
importance of a complete aed ac-
curate signout. The Board stres-
ed that her failure to state her ex-
act destination was a serious in-
fraction of the rules. Mother, I
won’t be able to come home this
week-end.”

One more year passed, and at
the end of her senior year Louise
noted that “It doesn’t seem poss-
ible that I am going to graduate
in a month. Rather, it doesn’t seem
possible that I might graduate in
a month. No, as a matter of fact
there isa pretty good chance that
I will not graduate at all.”

Although she is fifteen pounds
heaivier, Louise feels that some
things about Bryn Mawr haven’t
changed at all. “Stevenson was
running for President then, and he
is, still running; The attitude on
campus is objective as always. The
faculty, remains impartial, unprej-
rising from their backgrounds, un-
touched by political propagan
remain unbiased Republicans, ex-
cept of course for the radical lib-
eral wing—bah, social reformers.

“No not much has changed— the
College needed money then, and it
needs even more now ... The boys
we dated our freshman year are
‘still around campus—coming to
fetch their wives and children.”
Louise noted that “A lot of girls
in the class have decided to get



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RUTH ELEANOR CORN

Three important scholarships
have been awarded to Ruth Eleanor
Corn, an English major, class of
1957. She has'received the Maria
L. Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial
Scholarship, given to the junior
with the highest general average;
the Charles S. Hinchman Memorial
Scholarship, for work of special
excellence in the major subject; and
the Sheelah Kilroy Memorial Schol-
arship, awarded for excellence of
work in advanced English courses.

Ruth, who lives in Rhoads Hall,
attended Harpeth Hall Prepara-
tory School, Nashville, Tenn.

Last year’s*winner of the prize
for the highest average in the jun-
ior class was Ros Siman Harrison.
The Hinchman award was given
last year to Betsy Mendell, a math-
ematics major.

Play Within Play
Presented May 1

This year’s May Day play, tra-
ditionally given the evening of May
1 in the Library Cloisters, will be
the play within. a play, from
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.

The cast for this comic version
of Pyramus and Thisbe is as fol-
lows:

Peter Quince, a carpenter, and
the prologue: Sue Fox; Nick Bot-
tom, a weaver, and-Pyramus: Riki
Lann; Francis Flute, a bellows-
Yhender, and Thisbe: Maya Yard-
ney; Robin Starveling, a tailor,
and. Moonshine: Ellie Clymer;

|Snug,—a joiner, and..Lion: Kathy

Kohthas; Tom Snout, a tinker, and.
Wall: Pat Moran; Robin Goodfel-
low: Nancy Dyer.
. Anne Farlow and Betsy Johnson
will play the flutes. The,directors
of the play, Jean Young and Bob-
bie Goldberg, would like to take
this opportunity to thank the Phil-
adelphia Zoo for their courtesy in
providing the lion’s head. ___

The play will be presented at
6:45 in the Cloisters. In case of
rain, it will be postponed until

thiehest_average in the ju
|and for best work in the
| subject.

At the scholarship assembly
this. morning President McBiride
announced the winners of 132
scholarships. 111 undergraduates
have received scholarships and four
recent graduates have won awards
for medica] studies. Sue Thurman,
"56 also recieved one of these
awards.

The total value of the scholar-
ships was $85,000.

Ruth Ellen Corn received thea
two ‘major honorary awards for
ior class

as
Pat Moran received the

Katherine Hepburn award and



Researcher Traces
May Day History

by Rita Rubenstein

The original May Day celebra-
tion began with the Northern Teu-
tonic peoples to whom the first
of the month symbolized the pass-
ing of the intensely cold weather
and the coming of the short spring
and summer of the North. But the
Bryn Mawr fete has a significance
and history all its own.

The idea was conceived by Evan-
geline Walker Andrews, who was
looking for a way to raise funds
for a new students’ building (to-
day’s Goodhart).

The inspiration came one March
afternoon in 1900 when she was

| struck by the beauty of the cam-

pus. “The Bryn Mawr English set-
ting, the rolling hills and well-till-
ed fields; grey stone, ivy-covered
buildings of Elizabethan architec-
ture with spring and May coming
over the hills and youth, almost
500 strong—waiting merely for the
word—why not an Elizabethan May
Day?”

Six weeks later the first such
fete took place. And, to be gure,
the costumed Bryn Mawrters’ pri-
vacy was carefully guarded; pho-
tography and publicity were re-
stricted. A 1929 issue of the Col-
lege News commented:

“Today when we are accustomed
to see women of all ages wearing
street gowns 14 inches or more
from the ground or dancing
rhythmie or ballroom. dancing in
the scantiest of clothing—it is rif-
ficul to realize that as late as-1900
such things were not only not done,
but storms of criticism were arous-
ed because college girls even ven-
tured to wear their sports skirts
an inch above their shoetops .. .”
In_a later part of .the article
..».» it was possible for a Phila-
delphia critic to say that the Eliza-
bethan crowd at Bfyn Mawr ‘was
as leggy as young colts and for
the delightful old farmer who
came all the way from Lancaster
to drive his handsome belted oren
in the pageant to exclaim as the
procession started that he never
again would allow his oxen to see
such a sight’.”

Since then, the May Day cele-
bration has been held annually ac-



the evening of May 2.



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ERAS Hea

President McBride Presents Scholarships
To 111 Undergraduate Students

Miriam Beames and Kate Collins
have retained the General Motors
scholarships awarded to them last
year: ‘

In all, 37 juniors, 39 sophomores,
and 85 freshmen are receiving
awards. The winners ‘come from
22 states, the District of Columbia,
Hawaii and five foreign countries.

‘The following are scholarships
for the year 1956-57:

SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE HELD
IN THE SENIOR YEAR

Maria L. Eastman Brooke Hall Me-
morial Scholarship, awarded to. the
mbor.of..the iunior class with the
highest average, and Charles 8. Hinch-
man Memorial Scholarship, awarded
for work of special excellence in the
major subject, and Sheelah Kilroy Me-
morial Scholarship, awarded for excel-
lence of work in English, for the Ad-
vanced Course, Ruth Eleanor Corn, of
Franklin, Tennessee. Prepared by
Harpeth Hall, Nashville, Tennessee.

Special Trustees’ Scholarship, Mar-
guerite Stein, of Jackson Heights, New
York. Entered on transfer from Lycee
a de New York, New York

y.

Anna M. Powers Memorial Scholar-
ship, Edythe Bruce Hammond, of New
York City. Prepared by the Chapin
School, New York City. - ,

Mary Hamilton Swindler Scholar-
ship, Gloria Sandra Jacower, of New
York City. Prepared by Hunter Col-
lege High School, New York City.

Jeanne Crawford Hislop Memorial
Scholarship, Barbara Flinker, of Rock-
ville Centre, New York . Prepared by

South Side High School, Rockville
Centre, New York.
New Jersey Alumnae Regional

Scholarship and Class of 1903 Scholar-
ship, Barbara Ann Palmer, of Irving-
ton, New Jersey. Prepared by Irving-
ton High School, Irvington, New Jer-



sey.

Mary Anna Longstreth Memorial
Scholarship, Dorothy Grant Innes, of
Toledo, Ohio. Prepared by Sarah Dix
Hamlin School, Cali-
fornia.

Elizabeth 8. Shippen Scholarship in
Language, awarded for excellence of
work in a foreign language, Ina Gwyn
Seward, of Scarsdale, New York. Pre-
pared by Scarsdale High School, Scars-
dale, New York.

San Francisco,

Serena Hand Savage Memorial
Scholarship, Carole Jo Colebob, of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prepared by

Perry High School, Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania.

Washington, D. C., Alumnae Region-
al Scholarship and Thomas H. Powers
Memorial Scholarship, Sally Jean Wise,
of Washington, D. C. Prepared by
Woodrow Wilson High School, Wash-
ington, D. C. .

New England Alumnae Regional
Scholarship and Susan Shober Carey
Award, Christine Ambler Wallace, of
Providence, Rhode Island. Prepared
by Mary C. Wheeler School, Provi-
dence, Rhode Island.

Bryn Mawr Club of Southern Cali-
fornia Scholarship, Sylvia Atherton
Hewitt, of Pasadena, California. Pre-
pared by Westridge School, Pasadena;
California. ; ee at

Elizabeth Wilson). White~Memorial
Scholarship, Leone Iris Edricks, of
Flushing, New_York. Prepares by
punter College High School, New York

Be ae

_-€onstance Lewis and Martha Rock-

well Moorhouse Class of 1904 Memo-
rial Scholarship, Sylvia Shields Allen,
of Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Prepared
by Upper Darby High School, Upper
Darby, Pennsylvania.

Anna Margaret Sloan and Mary
Sloan Scholarship, Reva Scheinbaum,
of Cincinnati. Ohio. Prepared by Wal-
nut Hills High School,

Ohio.

Elizabeth 8. Shippen Scholarship in
Science, awarded for excellence of
work in science, Virginia Cox Arm-
strong, of Hardin, Montana. Prepared
by Dana Hall School, Wellesley, Mas-
sachusetts.

Book Shop Trustees’ Scholarship, R.
Suzanne Levin, of Mt. Pleasant, Penn-
svivania. Prepared by Ramsay High

Cincinnati,

| School, Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania.

George Bates Hovkins Memoria
Scholarship. Mildred Kestenbaum
Klein, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Entered on transfer from Wells Col-
lege, Aurora, New York.

Tuition Exchange Scholarship, Stef-
anie Haines Hetzel, of Haverford.
Pennsvivania. Prepared by Westtown
School. Westtown, Pennsylvania.

Lilia Babbitt Hyde Foundation
Secholarshin. Margarethe Christine
Liedke, of West Englewood. New Jer-
sev, Prepared bv Teaneck High School,
Teaneck, New Jersey.

Awellta Richards Scholarship, Mary-
lyn Elliott Jones, of Scranton. Penn-
avivania. Prepared by Central High
School. Scranton. Pennsylvania.

Katharine Hepburn Scholarship, Pa-
tricia Moran. of Arlington. Virginia.
Prenared by Washineton-Lee High
School, Arlineton, Virginia.



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THE COLLEGE NEWS:

Tuesday, May 1, 1956



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To The Maypole

Spring has finally come, and so inevitably has May Day.
Strawberries for breakfast, maypole dancing and hoop-roll-
ing are a part of the Bryn Mawr tradition, and yet surpris-
ingly they are rejected by many who find Lantern Night
“lovely” and step singing essential. The fact that May Day
is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing—its original
purpose -has-proved- relatively unsuccessful at Bryn Mawr—
is reason for rejoicing rather than for condemnation. May
Day may be more elaborate and organized than goldfish swal-
lowing, more genteel than panty raids, but its motivating
force is undoubtedly the same. Things that would have been
inexcusable in December are delightful i in mys and we salute
an old Bryh Mawr ritual.



Academic Freedom

Although the problem does not now directly concern Bryn
Mawr in particular, the question of the investigation of Com-
munism on college campuses is one of great interest to us as

college students. The dismissal of college professors for
present or past membership in the Communist Party, or for
pleading the Fifth Amendment, and the action taken by the
American Association of University Professors in this mat-
ter, have been the subject of controversy for several weeks.
In 1940, the A.A.U.P. (of which about half the faculty
of Bryn Mawr are members) formulated a statement of prin-
ciples of academic freedom and tenure which was adopted by
most universities and learned. societies in this country. How-
ever, college administrations have interpreted these princi-
ples in variou “ways. This lack of uniform interpretation, in
addition to pressures from many sources, has resulted in the
icy of many administrations of dismissing, “on sight” pro-
fessors who are, or have been, Communist Party members, or
who plead the Fifth Amendment.
The A.A.U.P. has stated formally that these are not suf-
It is this principle, mainly,
which the Association has upheld in censuring institutions of
higher earning which they feel are not giving professors fair
treatment in this matter.
At the Association’s annual meeting in St. Lula; April
6 and 7, the Special Committee on Academic Freedom and
’ Tenure in the Quest for National Security reported to the
membership on cases from 18 institutions. The Association
censured several of these, and commended others for fair
treatment of professors accused of Communits Party mem-
bership. In many cases in the past, the A.A.U.P.’s censure
has resulted in a change of policy by-the institution.
-» Jt is impossible for us td go into the details of these

aera years ago, the adn
ed that if a Bryn Mawr professor were eyer accused of being
a Communist, he would receive a hearing by members of the
c. Saey as well as by college officials. This position is in ac-
cordance with the Association's beliefs.
~The A.A.U.P.’s position, stated broadly, is that-each case
\ ee be considered on its own merits, and that every sus-
professor should be given a hearing by his “academic
“The organization is opposed to action influenced by
pressures and by the et of a hysterical faction of
public. To these einetlee, She cere lends its whole-



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‘From The Balcony

Teanguse of The August Moon





By Patty Page
Teahouse of the August Moon
which will be playing at the For-
rest Theatre for three weeks, is as
popular as ever, judging from
Thursday night’s capacity audience.
John Patrick’s comedy, dealing
with the trials and tribulations of
the American Occupation Forces in
Okinawa, has received national and
international acclaim, and justly
so; for the humorous situations
point up the discrepancy between
the American and Okinawan way
of thinking and dramatize the ri-
diculousness of American attempts
to force their way of life on a peo-
ple who possess a culture peculiar-
ly suited to them.

The plot is essentially simple and
provides a loose framework within
which the national characteristics
can develop; and yet it is not-so
much a struggle between East and
West as a gradual and helpless
capitulations of American officious-
ness to Okinawan common sense!
Captain Fisby (Gene Blakely) has
been sent to the village of Tobiki
by his superior, Colonal Purdy
(Howard St. John) to bring democ-
racy to the natives. With the aid
of a native interpreter, Sakini (Eli
Wallach), Capt. Fisby tries to put
“Plan B” into action but he is hin-
dered by the native population. The
Captain’s plans are further com-
plicated by the presence of a
Geisha girl called Lotus Blossom
(Mariko Niki) and the demands of
the villagers for a teahouse rather
than a _pentagon-shaped .school-
house. Being naturally soft-heart-
ed ,the Captain finds resistance im-
possible and, “going native,” he





solves the problem of the teahouge

and the village finances in a typ-
ically American fashion.

Eli Wallach gives an outstanding
performance as Sakini, a native in-
terpreter (by profession) whose
philosophy of realism and fatalism,
combined with rascality, creates
one of the ‘stage’s most engaging
characters. Speaking in broken
English and employing expressive
gestures and facial expressions,
Mr. Wallach is Sakini and not on
does he fall out of character.

As the well-intentioned and soft-
hearted Captain Fisby, Gene Blake-
ly does an excellent job. He is
properly bewildered by the Oki-
nawan logic and readily charmed
and won over by their friendliness.
Howard St. John is good as the
Blustering Colonel Purdy, who is
determined to “democratize these

~people if I have to shoot them all.”

He is not to be won over by their
blandishments. Mariko Niki is love-
ly as Lotus Blossom and fulfills
the requirement of the part, which
is largely ornamental.

The acting is of a consistently
high quality throughout, even down
to the bit characters. In no spots
does the action drag; interest is
sustained by clever dialogue, fast
action and, excellent acting.

The scenery is simple and sug-

gestive rather than elaborate, and
it is more than adequate. Effective
use is made of a bamboo curtain
which is- employed between the
scenes and can be raised and low-
ered in sections. The teahouse set
is the most picturesque—a red pa-
goda-shaped building with sliding
silk screen partitions set against
a dark blue background in which
there glows an August moon.



MOVIES

Midtown—Picnic: William Holden,

Studio—Diabolique

THEATRES—

Last three weeks.

Through May 19.

Shubert—The Ziegfield Follies: Tallulah Bankhead, Oarol

EVENTS IN PHILADELPHIA

Fox—Carousel: Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae

Kim Novak

Randolph—The Swan: Grace Kelly Alec Guinness
_-Prans-Lux—The Rose Tattoo: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster

Viking—Man in the Gray Flannel Suit: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones
Wayne Avenue Playhouse—Charlie Chaplin Festival

Forrest—Teahouse of the August Moon: Eli Wallach, Gene Blakely.

Haney.



Variety In Program
Of Chorus Concert

by Helen Sagmaster

‘The Spring Concert presented
Saturday evening in Goodhart of-
fered a varied program of songs
by the Bryn Mawr Chorus and the
Williams Glee Club. The program

was the type to catch audience in-
terest; the accompaniment by the
orchestra (composed of profession-
al Philadelphia musicians, Bryn
Mawrters and Williams instrumen-
talists) was a definite addition. The
only lack was enthusiasm on the
part of the choruses—which didn’t
equal the good spirits prevalent on
this first day of real spring.

The opening number, Hans Gal’s
“Of a Summer Day” for women’s
voices and strings, combined mod-
ern harmonies with words by poets
from the Renaissance to recent
times. This suite was sung with
more feeling than any other num-
ber. In her solos, Betsy Hilgen-
berg appeared more confident than
she has in the past; she was partic-
ularly good in the “Hurricane” se-
quence, for which her voice was
well suited.

The Williams Glee Club present-
ed a variety of songs, including two
from Mozart’s Cantata, “Eine
Kleine Freimaurer,” and several
folk songs by Bela Bartok and
Aaron Copland. The. interest -of
these’ songs was often marred by
ragged attack and Williams’ appar-
ent lack of spirit. However, they
redeemed themselves somewhat in
“Amo, amas, I love a lass.”

In the Cantata by. Dietrich Bux-
tehude, the Bryn Mawr Chorus
was not enhanced by the presence
of the Williams Glee Club.-The
men paid little attention to their
director, Mr. Robert L. Goodale, and
the whole group lacked the inspir-

[ation necessary to impress a twen-

tieth century audience with a pre-
Bach composition. The bass solo-
ist, Nicholas Wright, had a voice
of good quality, though little
strength. The music itself was
lovely, however, and for those of
the audience who could substitute
their own enthusiasm for what was
lacking in the chorus, the Buxte-
hude was probably a success.



Cornelia Meigs’ History of
Bryn Mawr College is on sale at
the bookstore today. The book
by Miss Meigs, Professor Emer-
itus of English Composition,
costs $5.00. Mrs. Manning, Pro-
fessor of History, has reviewed
the book; her review will appear

in next week’s College News.

















Before...



et Dearls





By Patty Page
May Day

“Now is the month of Maying.”
This fact was made painfully clear
at approximately 5:30 this morn-
ing when the festivities began. It
is doubtful just what season or type
of weather the month of May is
supposed to usher in, in view of
the-weather we have been subject-
ed this “spring.” Perhaps we
should institute a committee to in-
vestigate the purpose and signifi-
cance of the first of bon and its
attendant festivities. ,

BMC Zoo Report

The campus has become a com-
bination nursery and zoo! Two
ducks now placidly floating around

‘\on Haverford Pond were once

ducklings placidly floating around
ina Bryn Mawr bathtub—the ob-
jects of the solicitous care of the
whole hall. Seven turtles, veterans
of the Sophomore Carnival Turtle
Races, have found a comfortable
home on the premises. and are

thriving. ek casa



sito fabehannt ae yet another

bathtub, came to a rather unfortu-
nate and sticky end. Two snakes
put in an appearance, but one wan-
dered away and the other took up
residence at Haverford. (Are they
starting a zoo, too?!)

Objectivity? !

An interesting lesson in how to
retain “objectivity” when speaking
on controversial subjects was giv-
en, gratis, to all who attended the
Current Events lecture on April 23.
(Having profited from the speak-
er’s lesson, we shall refrain from

|naming him and designate him as

Dr. D.) Avoiding the use of prop-
er names in the interests of “ob-
jectivity” he referred to the pos-
sible presidential candidates by
letters—A, B, C and D. Solemnly
drawing forth a handful of golf
balls from a large brown paper
bag, the speaker, usually seen tot-
ing a large thick maroon volume
around Taylor, spoke of Candidate
A’s popularity. Placing a mortar-
board with a golden tassel on his
head, he proceeded to discuss the
merits and demerits of Candidate



B and then, switching to a coon-



Morrow Talks On
Plato And Athens

Glenn Morrow, professor at the
University of Pennsylvania and
President of the American Philo-
sophical Association, spoke on
April 23 on Plato and Athens.

He discussed Plato’s attitude to-
wards his native city ,and he ar-
gued the view that Plato did not
esteem his own city, Athens, above
Sparta.

Plato evidently respected Solon,
one of the sixth century (B.C.)
Athenian lawgivers, and attempted
to imitate some of.his institutions
and reforms, especially in the es-

‘in his laws" concerning inheritance
and family. “Plato derived many
of his principles from Solon and
the Athenian Tradition.”

excluded both mathematics and
letters, placing emphasis on phys-
ical fitness.



skin cap he did the same for Can-
didate C, the “spokesman of the
last frontier.” Candidate D’s quali-
fications as the “poor man’s mil-
lionaire” were evaluated amid a



shower of dollar bills.



Plato did not approve of the :
Spartan method of education, which

tablishment of popular courts, and










Tuesday, May 1, 1956

THE COLLEGE NEWS

ere

Page Three



te Ann Barthelmes

” Before deciding to come to Bryn
Mawr, many people probably also
applied to Mount Holyoke. For
their benefit, may I say that Bryn
Mawr is probably quite a different
experience for them than these
same years would be in South Had-
ley, Mass. I have studied at both
colleges, and feel in a position to
comment on and compare them. .
An obvious disparity is size.
Mount Holyoke has nearly 1200 un-
dergraduates. Yet in effect, this
difference amounts ~to nothing.

Faculty-student relationships are

similar, and classes are the same
size. If anything, there is more
college coherence and less dormi-
tory loyalty than here. A compli-
cated and all-enveloping “big sis-
tet” system adds to a general at-
mosphere of. friendliness -and
warmth,

Residence life there is striking-
ly different. Nearly all rooms are
double; many are single rooms
used for two students (a result of
increasing college population).
There is no maid service at all.
Girls wait on table and share dish-
drying and bell duty throughout
the year. There is little mingling
between classes within’ the dorms;
and an awareness of age differ-
ences exists, particularly between
freshmen and-séniors. ©

The housemother ig a very prom-
inent and ubiquitous figure. One
must dress for breakfast, and wear
heels Wednesday nights and Sun-
days at dihner. The latest one can
stay out is 1 a.m. on Saturday
nights, 12:00 Fridays and Sundays,
and_11_p.m. other nights. Fresh-
men may spend only five nights
away from the college first semes-
ter and seven the second. Consid-
ering these and many other regula-
tions, I think Bryn Mawr gives us
greater freedom and a more gen-
uinely adult approach to college
years.

The status of religion is differ-
ent at Holyoke than here. .Many
students do their major work in
the religion department. Grace is
sung before all meals. Church at-
tendance is required six Sunday
mornings per semester and chapel
attendance at 8:05 a.m., three
times every two weeks. There are
Sqnday evening vespers. These
services draw everyone to the
chapel which is, perhaps, the most
beautiful and prominent building
on campus. There is considerable
student antagonism toward the va-
rious forms of religious imposition.
—especially among Jewish girls.
It must be remembered that the
school still carries the strong re-
ligious undercurrent fostered by its
founder mab 2 4k Mary Lyon)
in 1837.

Physical location is an important
point of contrast between BMC and
MHC. Although both colleges have



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Barthelmes Finds Brun Mawrters
‘Differ From Mt. Holyoke Students

lovely large campuses, one might
say that the latter is truly in the
country while the former is sub-
urban in its proximity to.a cultural
city. If desired, concerts, museums,
and theaters are accessible to us
at any time. The town of South
Hadley (a small block of stores
and a P.O.), nearby Amherst,
Northampton, and Springfield offer
nothing substantial in this line, and
it is impossible to travel to Boston
or New York and back in a day.

To. compensate, however, the col-
lege has an excellent lecture and
concert series. Last year, Norman
Thomas, Harold Stassen, Alfred
Kazin, ‘Robert’ Frost, Eugene Isto-
min, Andres Segovia and The
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
were-guests. Despite this, the iso-
lated location is a definite lack for
someone accustomed to the many
delights and quick eters of
a city.

The curriculum of MH is anak
broader and more varied than at
Bryn Mawr; five units are taken
per semester the first two years.
However, Mount Holyoke is less
thorough in its particular courses.
Especially is this notable in “baby”
courses. A more solid and inten-
sive foundation is laid for us here
in our introductory work. There
is, however, an advantage in hav-
ing a wider scope of background
from which to choose the major
subject,

Differences in student attitude
and college atmosphere are evident
in the two institutions. At MH,
collegiateness and conformity pre-
vail over slightly taboo individual-
ity. Bryn Mawr, on the other hand,
concentrates on individuality and
tends to allow it to spill over even
more than it should in what is
sometimes a_ self-conscious form.
At Holyoke, social life and dating
occupy a much more dominant part
of the college life. No one need sit
home on a Saturday night. In
most campus corners “intellectual”
conversation, like individuality, is
taboo and, when it does crop up,
it is usually among a small group
of rebellious “‘pseudoes” or quasi
scientists.

Holyoke is a close-knit, friendly
college, rich in community, enthus-
iasm and spirit. Its students are
vital, youthful and intelligent. Col-
lege life overflows and carries with
it a good solid brand of learning.
The student “emerging from it is
well-rounded. Bryn Mawr, on the
other hand, is primarily a scholars’
institution less interested in well-
roundedness. Its spirit is that of
the individual, the enthusiastic stu-
dent, and the thinker. If, at times,
this is distorted into an unhealthy
egoism, a drowned or mutilated
femininity, and a pompous I.Q., it
is an injustice to the college and
certainly is not advocated.

A. C. Rich To Read
Her Poems At BM

Adrienne Cecile Rich, who is con-
sidered by many to be one of the
best younger poets writing today,
will read selections from her works
on Thursday, May 3 at 5 p.m. in

While Miss Rich was still at
Radcliffe, her first volume, A
Change of World (1951) was chos-
en for publication in the Yale Ser-
ies of Younger Poets. In 1952 she
was awarded a Guggenheim Fel-
lowship for ‘travel and study in
Europe, and in 1955 she published
a second book,. The Diamond Cut-
ters, and Other Poems.

Her work appears frequently in
The New Yorker and other period-
icals.

Senator Fulbright
To Talk At BMC

The Honorable J. William Ful-
bright will speak in Goodhart Hall
on May 7. His lecture, “The Place
of the Senate in our Government,”
is sponsored by the Alliance for
Poltical Affairs.

Senator Fulbright is a graduate
of the University of Arkansas and
holds a degree from Oxford Uni-
versity. At the commencement of
his career, he practiced law in
Washington, D, C. and then serv-
ed as special attorney for the Anti-
Trust Division of the U. S, Depart-
ment of Justice. He lectured in law
at the University of Kansas, and
was president of that university
from 1939-41. He was a member
of the 75th Congress and since
1945 he has been in the Senate,
representing the third district of
Arkansas.

Common Treasury
To Finance League

The College Legislature, at a
meeting on April 25, voted to put
the League operating expenses un-
der Common Treasury, and. also
voted several changes in the col-
lege election system.

It was unanimously voted that
all ‘League “expenses, with the ex-
ception oF summer “camp, be~ae~
rived from Common Treasury. As
the League budget, without sum-
mer camp, is approximately $500,
this would mean a maximum in-
crease of $1.00 per person on Com-
mon Treasury dues, which now
‘stand at $6.50.

Anita Kaplan, League President,
urged that discussion on the value
and operating procedures of sum-
mer camp be reserved for next fall.
The League is able to finance the
camp -this summer, and plans are
already under way for it. The
camp budget is generally $3,000,
part of which comes from soda
fountain profits, but the bulk of
which has come from the League
Activities drive. It is felt by some
that a reevaluation of summer
camp is needed; that if the camp
is to be continued, a new method
of financing it would have to be
devised.

The Legislature also voted that
upperclass hall representatives to
League, Alliance and AA be elect-
ed-in the spring rather than in the
fall. However, upperclass hall reps
to Chapel Commitee will continue
to be elected in the fall.

Some discussion arose as to the
advisability of having freshman
hall reps to the organizations
elected by the freshmen only, in-
stead of by the entire hall. How-
ever, it was voted to continue all-
hall elections. It was also decided
to let the various organizations
determine when the fall hall elec-
tions would be held.

. Changes in the straw-ballot elec-
tion system were discussed. It
was voted that candidates for the
presidency of Self-Gov be given
the opportunity to discuss their
beliefs and plans for Self-Gov,
whether through written state-
ments, mock cases, or discussion
groups,

~ It was decided that the question
of weighted straw ballots would
be discussed in the halls. Other

Wyndham. +--+ >> election “Ghanges that were meén-

tioned for further thought- were
the presentation of all-college
elected candidates, other than
presidential candidates, and open-
ing the presidency of AA to a
sophomore-junior.



The proposed increase in the
size of the College is 10% not
100% as reported in last week’s
College News.





Copies of her books are avail-
able in the Bookshop. -





Visits To Father

by Eve Pollak

Following its policy of introduc-
ing students to many different
forms of worship, Chapel Commit-
tee has this spring. sponsored two
trips to Father Divirie’s Circle
Mission Church in Philadelphia.

We began one of our visits by
attending a devotional service,
which opened with Scripture read-
ings by Mother Divine. After the
Scriptures, various followers arose
and talked on religious topics or
gave testimonials as to the benefits
they had derived from theif belief.
Between each of the statements,
the followers joined in singing
rhythmic songs in praise of Father
Divine. These ‘songs were so
catchy that we Bryn Mawrters, who
had come strictly out of curiosity,
found ourselves’ tapping our feet
and humming or singing along.

At the banquet, Father and
Mother Divine sat at the head of
the table and passed down im-
mense quantities of many varieties
of delicious food. We were all im-
pressed by the grandeur of this
meal and by the efficiency with
which all details of serving and
clearing were carried on. Through-
out the dinner, many followers
stood around the table singing
songs-and giving. tactimaniale_

The visits served a far greater
purpose than mere entertainment.
The worshippers were very willing
to reveal their whole philosophy
of life and religion to us, and many
of us were impressed by a number
of facts which emerged.

The final goal of Father Divine
is to achiéve world peace. The first
of his programmatic aims is to
achieve brotherhood. The policy
includes the peaceful striving for
integration and absolute accept-
ance of all peoples. The move-
ment is international, with both col-
ored and white followers through-
out the world. Secondly, Father
Divine insists upon obedience to
the government, His followers
served faithfully during the war,
and all pay taxes regularly. In fact,
honesty is so stressed, that, over
the years, his followers have paid
back to the government the money
they accepted on relief during the
depression, That they may be able
to pay these debts, he has estab-
lished’schools at which they can
be trained for various occupations.
All who have ever had occasion to



President Appoints
Katherine McBride

President Eisenhower has. ap-
pointed President McBride as one
of 31 members to his Committee on
Education Beyond the High School.
In announcing plans for creating
this committee in his January State
of the Union message, Eisenhower
said he wanted the group “to lay
before us all the problems of edu-
cation beyond the high school in
order to encourage active and sys-
tematic attack” on such problems.
The first meeting of this group
took place on Friday, April 27.

Miss McBride is a member of
the American Council on Educa-
tion, and was. chosen on October

the first woman to become chair-
man since 1925, and the second
woman ever to hold that position.

>



Since there has been such an
extensive program of repairs to
the tennis courts, the Gym De-
partment would like to request
that they be used properly.

The use of the courts is re-
served for students, faculty and
staff only, They have the right
to ask anyone else to leave.

' Tennis shoes must be worn on
the courts, — Th







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Divine’s Church

Are Of Interest To Brun Mawirters

work with or supervise followers
of Father Divine claim them to be
thorough and dependable workers.

Father Divine’s program for sal-
vation includes keeping the body
and soul pure. This requires a life
of abstinence from liquor, cigar-
ettes, and sexual activity. Relig-
ious experience is the substitute for
these more mundane pleasures. His
method for maintaining the respect
of these people is to live the god-
like life which he preaches.

‘Most of his followers appear to
be people from the bottom rung of
the social ladder. To these people
he gives social acceptance and
hope. In him and his program his
followers have found a purpose for
life and a source of happiness. Re-
gardless of the cynicism with which
we may view his claim. that he is
God and regardless of our opinions
on the doctrine of celibacy through-
out life, we cannot help but mar-
vel at the fervor with which the
people believe in him and follow
his teachings. For his followers,
Father Divine hag filled some im-
portant needs which otherwise so-
ciety might have been called upon
to supply. Much of his program
is in line with what the world to-
day is trying to achieve.

These visits have provided us
“wrtn sisignt in iivo™ Ware reves: ara
mechanics of the movement. It is
important that we understand and
appreciate all that he is doing,
though we remain aware of the
fallacies and shortcomings of the
system, as well. The experience
of the visits was an educational and
enlightening one, showing a man-.
ner of life with which we were
quite unfamiliar, but which, since
it exists, it is best to recognize
and understand.

Harvard Publishes
Visual Arts Report

Mr, Sloane has brought to our
attention a book just published by
Harvard, Report of the Committee
On the Visual Arts at Harvard,
which has some interesting figures
on the study of art at the college
level in general. The committee
which made the report is composed
of distinguished ,scholars from
many fields. They sent out ques-
tionnairés to the major men’s and
women’s colleges and universities
throughout the country, receiving
forty-three answers.

Among the statistics gathered,

, there appeared the fact that Bryn

Mawr has a larger number of His-
tory of Art majors per 1000 stu-
dents than any other institution
included“ in the report.

Bryn Mawr’s figure is 25.4,
whereas Harvard has only 2.3.
Among students taking courses in,
but not majoring in, History of
Art, Bryn Mawr boasts a smaller
number than do several other col-
leges such as Vassar and Smith.
This does not include our Archaeol-
ogy Department, however, which
the other schools lack.

In geographic terms, the North-
eastern schgols were found to have
fewer dents in practical art
courses than do the Midwestern

9, 1955, to head that group, She-is|and Southern colleges and universi- —

ties. As to Harvard itself, the com-
mittee found a need for greater
emphasis upon the creative arts,
especially those of the theatre.
They suggested that a new build-
ing be erected (at an estimated
cost of $6,000,000) with a view to
increasing artistic activity at Har-
vard.

Mr. Sloane feels that the report
should be considered good “food
for thought,” although certain of
its conclusions are debatable. As
yet. there is no indication of what
Harvard’s action will be on the sub-



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Scholarships

Continued from Page 1

Tuition Exchange Scholarship, Janet
Brinton Hetzel, of Haverford, Pennsyl-
vania. Prepared by Westtown School,
Westtown, Pennsylvania.

Anna Margaret Sloan and Mary
Sloan Scholarship, Gail Patricia Dis-
ney, of Merion, Pennsylvania. Pre-
pared by Lower Merion High School,
Ardmore, Pennsylvania, —

Lorenz-Showers Scholarship, Ruth
Paula Thomas, of Rockaway Park,
New York. Prepared by Midwood High
School, Brooklyn, New York,

District V Alumnae Kegional Schol-
arship, Charlotte Taylor Graves, o
Marlboro, New Jersey. Prepared by
totale High School, Des Moines,
owa.

Trustees’ Scholarship, MarJeanne
Collins, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
Prepared by Upper Darby High School,
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

Evelyn Hunt Scholarship and Class
of 1920 Scholarship, Carol Rachel Ep-
stein, of New York City. Prepared by
New Lincoln School, New York City.

Philadelphia Board of Edication
Scholarship, Barbara Cohen Rabino-
witz, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Prepared by Philadelphia High School
for Girls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mary McLean and Ellén A. Murter
Memorial Scholarship, Mary Belle
Frady, of Wichita Falls, Texas. Pre-
pared by Wichita Falls High School,
Wichita Falls, Texas.

Florence Morsé Palmer Scholarship,
Alexandra Elisabeth Quandt, of Wash-
ington, D. C, Prepared by Brearley
School, New York City, and Madeira
School, Fairfax, Virginia.

Trustees’ Scholarship, Julia Farkus
Bayer, of Havertown, Pennsylvania,
Prepared by Haverford High School,
Havertown, Pennslyvania.

Special Scholarship, Joyce Marie
Greene, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Prepared by Overbrook High School,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia Board of Education
Scholarship, Estelle Lea Tobin, of Phil-
adelphia, Pennsylvania. Prepared by
Overbrook High School, Philadelphia,

Pennsylv;
Phil ia Board of Education
Scholars Miriam Forman Diamond,

of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pre-
pared by Olney High School, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania.

.. estewn Pennavivania and Southern
New Jersey Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Lucille Vera Lindner, of Col-
lingswood, New Jersey. Prepared by
Collingswood High School, Collings-
wood, New Jersey.

SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE HELD
IN THE JUNIOR YEAR

New York Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Martha Sylvia Bridge, of New
York. City. Prepared by Brooklyn
Friends School, Brooklyn, New York.

James E. Rhoads Memorial Junior
Scholarship, Susan Mary Fox, of Bal-
timore, Maryland. Prepared by East-
ern High School, Baltimore, Maryland.

New York, Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, E or Ann Sorrentino, of
Brooklyn, ew York. Prepared by
Bronx High School of Science, Bronx,
New York.

Jacob Fussell Byrnes and Mary
Byrnes Scholarship, Elinor Newlin
Amram, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Prepared by Lower Merion High
School, Ardmore, Pennsylvani

New York Alumnae Regio Schol-
arship, Katharine Bowie Stoddert, of
Palmyra, Virginia. Prepared by the
Lenox School, New York City.

New York Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Constance Ludington Brown, of
New York City. Prepared by the
Chapin School, New York City.

Seven College National Scholarship,

Helene Elizabeth Valabregue, of
Berkeley, California. Prepared by the
— ead School, Berkeley, Califor-
nia.

New England Alumnae _ Regional
Scholarship, Margaret Ruth Carter, of
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prepared
by the Cambridge School, Weston,
Magesachusetts.

New England Alumnae _ Regional
Scholarship and Special Scholarship,
Elizabeth Grace Vermey, of Middle-
town, Connecticut. Prepared by North-
field School for Girls, East Northfield,
Massachusetts.

Bryn Mawr Club of New Haven
Scholarship and Mary KE. Stevens
Scholarship, Sybille Dorothea von Bu-
low, of Branford-Indian Neck, Con-
necticut. Prepared by Dammsechule,
Heilbronn, Germany.

Kastern Pennsylvania and Southern
New Jersey Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Zoja Paviovskis, of Millville,
New nig Prepared . by Millville
Memorial High School, Millville, New
Jersey.

Anna Hallowell Memorial Scholar-
ship and Jacob Orie and Elizabeth 8.
M. Clarke Memorial Scholarship, Ellen
Russell Lewis, of Pacific Palisades,
California. Prepared by the Bryn
Mawr School, Baltimore, Maryland,

Washington, D. C., Alumnae Region-
al Scholarship and Evelyn Hunt Schol-
arship, Mary Adrian Tinsley, of Ar-

lington, Virginia. Prepared by Wash-
ington-Lee High School, Arlington,
Virginia.

Frances Marion Simpson Schélar-
ship, Anne Keller, of Perkasie, Penn-
sylvania. Prepared by Pennridge High
School, Perkasie, Pennsylvania.

Bryn Mawr Club of Southern Cali-
fornia Scholarship, Marjorie Knight
Axmenenee. of Pasadena, California.
Prepared by John Muir Junior College,
Pasadena, California.

District V Al ae Regional Schol-
arship, Susan ‘Swain Ops _of Way-|

Collegiate School, Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
Sh Huldekoper Scholarship,

Marion Dibert Perret, of Johnstown,
pe any Shape gg Prepared by Johnstown
High ool, Johnstown



can, of Wyoming,
Wyoming High

School, Springfield, New. Je a





Prepared by Winchester High School,
Winchester, Massachusetts. .

Philadelphia Board of Education
Scholarship, Rochelle Marcia Eskin,
of Phi elphia, Penrisylvania. Pre-
pared by Olney High School, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania.

Mary Williams Sherman Memorial
Scholarship, Jeannette Newton Rider,
of Branford, Confiecticut. Prepared by
Branford High School, Branford, Con-
necticut.

Trustees’ Scholarship and Philadel-
phia Board of Education Scholarship,
uita dane Zabarkes, of Philadelphia,
rennsylvania. Prepared by Olney
High School, Philadelphia, Pennsy!-
vania.

Lilia Babbitt
Scholarship,
Roslindale,

Hyde Foundation
Anita Elaine Luise, of
Massachusetts. Prepared

f| by Girls’ Latin School, Boston, Massa-

chusetts,

Philadelphia Board of Education
Scholarship, Barbara Louise Orlinger,
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pre-
pared by Philadelphia High School for
Girls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Undergraduate Association Scholar-
ship, Ock Kyung Pai, of Seoul, Korea.

Prepared by Kyung-gi Girls’ High
School, Seoul, Korea.

Northern New Jersey Alumnae Re-
gional Scholarship and E. Merrick

Dodd and Winifred H. Dodd Scholar-
ship, Lee Claflin Ellis, of Summit, New
Jersey. Prepared by Summit High
School, Summit,. New Jersey.

Seven College National Scholarship,
Judith Clare Meinhardt, of Dallas, Tex-
as. Prepared by Highland Park High
School, Dallas, Texas,

Fanny R. 8. Peabody Scholarship
and George Bates Hopkins Memorial
Scholarship, Elizabeth Ann Hill, of
Aberdeen, Washington. Prepared by
J. M. Weatherwax High School, Aber-
deen, Washington.

New York Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Ottilie Marguerite Pattison, of
Charlottesville, Virginia. Prepared by
Cathedral School of St. Mary, Long Is-
land, New York. een

Bryn Mawr Club of St. Louis Schol-
arship, Nancy Corinne Dyer, of St.
Louis, Missourl. Prepared by Mary C.

“Wheeler School, Providence, Rhode Is-

land. 4

Bryn Mawr Club of Philadelphia
Scholarship, Judith Suzanne Sniscak,
of Lansford, Pennsylvania. Prepared
by Lansford Public High School, Lans-
ford, Pennsylvania.

New England Alumnae _ Regional
Scholarship and Tau Beta Beta, Incor-
porated, Scholarship, Marisa Josephine
Gori, of Wellesley Hills, Massachu-
setts. Prepared by Brookline High
Scunvvi;-Drevnnns, Drassachusetts.

Adeline Werner Vorys Memorial
Scholarship, Madlyn Etta Wolfe, of
Dayton, Ohio. Prepared by Fairview
High School, Dayton, Ohio.

New England Alumnae _ Regional
Scholarship, Mary Stewart Skinner, of
Plymouth, Massachusetts. Prepared by
Duxbury High School, Duxbury, Mas-
sachusetts.

Lidie C. B. Saul Scholarship, Rhoda
Simone Becker, of Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania. Prepared by Philadelphia
High School for Girls, Philadelphia.

Grew Foundation Scholarship, Ayako
Hasebe, of Tokyo, Japan. Prepared
by Keisen Girls’ High School, Toky6d,
Japan. e

Foundation Scholarship, Eloise Fran-
ces Clymer, of Woodstock, Virginia.
Prepared by George School, George
School, Pennsylvania.

SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE HELD
IN THE SOPHOMORE YEAR

District 11 Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Susan Linda Gold, of New York
City. Prepared by Bronx High School
of Science, New York City.

General Motors National Scholar-
ship, Miriam Sinah Beames, of Oak-
land, California. Prepared by Pied-
mont High School, Piedmont, Califor-

nia.
Maria Hopper’ Scholarship, Joan
Evelyn Smith, of Ambler, Pennsyl-

vania. Prepared by Ambler High
School, Ambler, Pennsylvania.

Lillia Babbitt Hyde Foundation
Scholarship and Kegina Katharine
Crandall Scholarship, Joan Marilyn
Caplan, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Prepared by Girls’ Latin School, Bos-
ton, Massachusetts.

Trustees’ Scholarship, Barbara Suz-
anne Gardner, of .Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania. Prepared by Abraham Lin-
coln High School, Philadelphia, .Penn-
sylvania.

Bryn Mawr Club of Princeton, New
Jersey, Scholarship, Theodora Stillwell,
of Princeton, New Jersey. Prepared
by Miss Fine’s School, Princeton, New
Jersey.

Maria Hopper Scholarship, Miriam
Ann Gisolfi, of Bronxville, New York.
Prepared by Roosevelt High, School,
Yonkers, New York.

Leila Houghteling Memorial Scholar-
ship, Ann Wayland, of Pasadena, Cali-
fornia. Prepared by Lycee de Jeunes
Filles, Strasbourg, France, and the
peettideg School, Pasadena, Califor-

a.

James E. Rhoads Memorial Sopho-
more Scholarship, Caroline Campbell
Kern, of Burnet, Texas. Prepared by
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, Austin,
Texas,

Mary Peabody Williamson Scholar-
ship and The Misses Kirk Scholarship,
Janet Ruth be ye of Clifton, New Jer-
rif Prepared by Clifton High School,
Clifton, New Jersey.

New England Alumnae Regional
Scholarship and Jeanette Peabody
Cannon Scholarship, Eleanor Jane
Winsor, of Johnston, Rhode - Island.
Prepared by Classical High School,
Providence, Rhode Island.

Procter and Gamble Scholarship,
Diane Elizabeth Taylor, of Berkeley
Heights, New Jersey. Prepared by
Jonathan Dayton Regional High

Centre, New York. Prepared by South
Side High School, Rockville Centre,
New York.

Priscilla Hunt Scholarship, Elizabeth
Isabelle Carr, of Hartford City, Indi-
ana. Prepared by Hartford City High
School, Hartford City, Indiana.

Lila “M. Wright” Memorial Scholar-
ship, Nancy Lee Olken, of Watertown,
Massachusetts. Prepared by Water-
town High School, Watertown, Massa-
chusetts.

“rustees’ Scholarship, Ruth Lee Dei-
tlebaum, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania. krepared by Olney High School,
thiladelphia, Pennsylvania,

New York Alumnae Régional Schol-
arship, Joanna Lucy. Wolter, of New
York City. Frepared by Washington
al High School,. Tarrytown, New
York.

New England Alumnae_ Regional
Scholarship and Georgie W. Yeatman
Scholarship, Patricia Cecelia Anne
Murphy, of West Newton, Massachu-
setts. Prepared by Newton High
School, Newton> Massachusetts.

District IV Alumnae Regional Schol-

arship, Jo Ann _ Aschenbrenner, of
South Charleston, West Virginia. Pre-
pared by South Charleston High
School, ‘South Charleston, West Vir-
ginia.

Gertrude Howard McCormick Schol-
arship, Eleanor Marie Easton, of An-

dover, Massachusetts. Prepared by
Abbot Academy, Andover, Massachu-
setts.

Seven College National Scholarship,
Gillian Clare Pearson, of Kearney, Ne-
braska. Prepared by Kearney High
School, Kearney, Nebraska,

General Motors National Scholar-
ship, Kate Stewart Collins, of Pasa-
dena, California....Prepared- by “West-
ridge School, Pasadena, California.

District IV Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Janis Maria Wineberg, of Ak-
ron, Ohio. Prepared by Old Trail
School, Akron, Ohio.

Philadelphia Board of Education
Scholarship, Judith Louise Beck, of
Chalfont, Pennaylvania. Prepared by
Abraham Lincoln High $chool, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania. :

District II] Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Blair Spencer Dissette, of Beth-
esda, Maryland. Prepared by Chat-
ham Hall, Chatham, Virginia.

Minnie Murdock Kendrick Memorial
Scholarship, Faith J“ Kessel, of Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania. Prepared by

Philadelphia High - Schdol ‘for’ Girls, |

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Seven College National Scholarship,
Patricia Joan Cain, of Lake Charles,
Louisiana. Prepared by Lake Charles
High School, Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Special Scholarship, Susan ‘ Reed
Rroese. of Stanton, Tennessee. Pre-
pared by Haywood tiigh-—School,

Brownsville, Tennessee.

District V Alumnae Regional Schol-
arship, Sandra Karolyn Erickson, of
Hibbing, Minnesota. Prepared by Hib-
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Past May Days

Continued from Page 1

cording to tradition; all revered and
time-honored ceremonies have been
observed. Seniors have been awak-
ened at dawn by sophomores, have
given May baskets to the College
Presidents and Deans, have sung
the Latin hymn from Rock Tower.
The senior class presidents have
been crowned Queens of the May
to enthusiastic cheers from the
college below, and the college has
ben fortified with breakfast before
Maypolling in the green. Awards
and scholarshps have been an-
nounced annually.

Occasionally there were slight
modifications. In 1918 “The omis-
sion of senior breakfast in Rocke-
feller marked a departure from
tradition.” Generally, little devia-
tion from the general activity and
spirit has occurred.

A News observation in 1925:
“Though perhaps the most Eliza-
bethan tendency of the undergrad-
uates today is a certain frankness
and vividness of speech, May Day
celebrations were in good English
‘tradition. Vigorous dancing about
May Poles, rolling of hoops and a
great many songs about the spring,
the “lude cukoo” and rising early
in the morning changed the mod-
ern efficiency of the working day
campus to a _ delightful Anglo-
Saxon rowdiness. Too often is
this missing from our blighted in-
tellectual youth.”





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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



Students’ Concert

Held In Wyndham

by Ann Barthelmes

The last of the chamber music
concerts, which have been held
Sunday afternoons throughout the
year, took place April 29 in the
Gertrude Ely room of Wyndham.
The concert afforded another op-
portunity’ to hear some of the
young Haverford and Bryn Mawr
artists. Laura Pearson an Betsey
Johnson appeared for the first
time.

The program opened with a Han-
del concerto for double violin and
cello. Barbara Booth and Laura
Pearson played the violin and
Wendy Palm the cello. Jan Aschen-
brender provided piano accompani-
ment. The last movement. of the
- concerto revealed close intuitive
communication among the instru-
ments, less outstanding in the prev-
ious two.

Betsey Johnson and Bill Fallard
performed a duet for clarinet and
flute, each demonstrating ~ great
depth of musical feeilng. Bob
‘Benjamin and Anne Sprague play-
ed the Allefiro from Betthoven’s
“Spring Sonata,” the major theme
of which clearly describes the title
of the work. a :

A group of three songs was sung
by Charles Faccet. They were all
unusual and Mr. Faccet interpret-
ed well the uniqueness of each.

To close the program, Eleanor
Digkerman palyed the Boccherini
flute concerto with Laura Pearson,
Barbara Booth, Ben Benjamin and
Arnold Mazie (a violinist import-
ed for the occasion from Philadel-
phia) providing the orchestration.

Tennis Tournament

Demonstrating a good driving
forehand, Mary Hudcovich of Penn
State defeated Carol LeCato, a
freshman at Ursinus, 6-1, 6-4, to
win the Middle Atlantic Intercol-
legiate Tennis Tournament held
here April 27-29.

_ Both players showed good serves
and played steadily in a relatively
unexciting match.

Margaret Bickley, Bryn Mawr’s
only contestant to reach the semi-
finals, was overcome in her third
match Saturday by Miss LeCato.

Other Bryn Mawr entrants were
Dorothy Bird, Fair Alice Bullock,
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Four Southern Students Discuss
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Mary Morris Gibbs from. Vir-
ginia, Epsey Cooke from Missis-
sippi, Anne Furey from North Car-
olina, and Pat F6x from Texas,
presented the attitude of their
home states in the Alliance Discus-
sion Group’s panel on “The South-
ern View of the Changing South”
last Tuesday at 8:30. Anne Hob-

son and Joan Shigekawa were mod-
erators.

Each panel member presented an
analysis of the views towards de-
segregation held in her state. The
views expressed were not necessar-
ily those of the speaker. Most of
the panelists quoted information
from the special Segregation re-
port published by the New York
‘fimes~several weeks ago.

The Times report had classified
the southern states into those in-
tegrating, those opposing, and
those delaying integration. Vir-
ginia was listed in the opposing
category, mainly because of its
traditions and its political machine.
Mary Morris said she was inclined
to think the political machine, led
by Senator ibe Byrd, was a
prime cause of the delay in inte-
gration. At. present, Virginia pon-
siders the Supreme Court decision
on desegregation an encroachment
upon state rights, and has taken
up the old interposition doctrine

which was tried with Jefférson and
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on
Calhoun. :

The Gray Commission, originally
set up.to find a way to keep Vir-
ginia within the law while main-
taining segregated, recommended
gerrymandering of school districts
and the payment of tuition grants
to white children to allow them to
attend private schools. There was



a.referendum on whether to call a!

constitutional convention to make
a constitutional change providing
the tuition grants. This resulted
in a 2-1 vote in favor of the call-
ing.

Mary Morris said Virginia was
divided on the question of integra-
tion. She remarked that her coun-
ty would integrate easily, while
the South Side section opposes the
move greatly. Mary Morris noted
that there have been no riots in her
state.

Epsey Cooke seemed to agree
with the Times that Mississippi
would be the last to integrate. The
state has passed many laws
against integration, as well as a
constitutional amendment dissolv-
ing the public school system. The
legislature is definitely anti-mte-
gration and is representative of
general ‘state-wide feeling.

Epsey noted that Mississippi’s

bitterness is not directed towards
special Negroes, but towards the
Supreme Court decision, towards
the NAACP, whieh is considered a

'employing delaying. tactics.

Communist-front organization, and
towards the North. Many Citizens’
Council have been set up, and un-
fortunately produce bad effects be-
cause “the hotheads dominate.”
Epsey sees no immediate end to
segregation in Mississippi as it is
impossible for anyone to be elected
without running on a pro-segrega-
tion platform.

Anne Furey remarked that while
North Carolina had passed no leg-
islation against integration, it had
passed none for it. The state does
not desire desegregation and is

‘feels the state wishes to retain the



public school system but might
vote in favor of tuition grants.
There have been few incidents in
North Carolina, although certain
groups such as the “Patriots of
North Carolina,” maintaining that
Negroes are an inferior ‘race, have
been set up to “maintain the purity
and culture of the white race,” in
the words of -its~ anthropologist-
leader. On the other hand, there
has been some desegregation at the
University of North Carolina:

Integregation is “working” in
Pat Fox’s home town of Amarillo,
mainly because her section consid-
ers itself part of the Southwest,
while East Texas is more closely
linked with the deep south. The
basic feeling in this fringe area is
that desegregation will come even-
tually, but .that it must come step
by step, and that none of the steps
should be skipped. There is resent-
ment towards the North and what
the state feels is the “forcing” by
the Supreme. Court.

Anne



Students Salute
“Fireman” Giersh

Today Herman C. Geirsh, leader
of the fireman’s band is celebrat-
ing his 50th consecutive year of
leading the band, playing at the
head of the procession to the may-
pole.

In honor of the occasion, the un-
dergraduate association of the Col-
lege is giving a gift to Mr. Giersh.

Several of the songs that Mr.
Giersh has played over the years
were arranged for the band by his
son, Dr. Herman Geish Jr., who is |
director of instrumental music at

the Bala-Cynwyd Junior High
School.
AT THE MOVIES

BRYN MAWR
May 1—The Three Musketeers.
May 2-5—Guys and Dolls.
May 6-7—Backlash and Slightly
Scarlet.
May 8-9— The Benny Goodman
Story.

ARDMORE
May 1— Swamp Woman _ and
Blonde Bait.
May 2-9—The Man With the
Golden Arm.

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May 1—Hot Blood and Fury at
Gunsight Pass.

May 2-4—The Prisoner.

May 6—(Closed for special cele-
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May 7-9—Bad Day at Block Rock
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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Tuesday, May 1, 1956



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Guntram Weissenberg. MARRIAGES

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