College news, October 19, 1955

VOL. Lil, NO. 3

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1955

Copyright, Trustees
Bryn Mawr College,

of

1955 PRICE 20 CENTS



Bryn Mawr College To Play Host To
World University Service Conference

The Bryn Mawr League and Al-
liance will open this year’s activi-
ties when they play host this Sat-
urday to the Regional Conference
of the World University Service.

With “WUS—A Student Point
Four” as the theme of the confer-
ence, students from colleges in
Delaware, New Jersey and eastern
Pennsylvania will meet from 10 to
5 Saturday for lectures and discus-
sion, They keynote speaker for the
conference will be James Theodore
Harris jr., a former president of
the National Student Association in
the U.S., who has recently returned
from the Middle East after spend-
ing two. years there on a Ford Fel-
lowship.

Although WUS is not alone
“among college organizations in its
aim to further education through-
out the world and to work towards

the fellowship and cooperation of
colleges and universities in differ-
ent countries, it is unusual in that
it operates both on a student and
faculty level. President McBride is
one of the vice-presidents of the
organization, as is President Gil-



bert F. White of Haverford.

Coffee and.donuts will be served
to students when tney register
from 10 to 10:su Saturday moin-
ing. Atter a welcome by Miss Mc-
Sride and by League fresident
Nancy Potts, conterees will have a

tew minutes of intormal introduc-|’

tion with Bryn mawr campus or-
ganizers Meredith ‘treene and
Mary Ellen Fullam. Mr. Harris
will speak on the. status Of stu-
dents in the Middle ast and lead
an informal discussion. saul De-
nise, WUS Regiona: Secretary, will
close the morning session with .a
report on the International WUS
Convention at Helsinki this sum-
mer, .

Committee Discussions

After lunch at the Deanery, con-
ferees will meet in three groups to
discuss such subjects as interna-
tional education and interpreting
WUS on campus. At 4:30 the en-
tire group will reconvene for com-
mittee reports and a closing talk
by Alliance President Sheppie
Glass. &

Bryn Mawr students interested
in attending the conference may
contact Meredith Treene, Denbigh,
or Mary Ellen Fullam, Radnor.



Newly Formed “Friends Of Music”
To Sponsor Noted Concert Artists

By Suzanne Jones

Beginning this year, Bryn Mawr
students and faculty will have the
opportunity of hearing, free of
charge, lectures and concerts by
some of the finest artists in the
musical world. We shall have this
opportunity through the activity of
a new group now being formed,
the Friends of Music of Bryn
Mawr College.

Patterned in many respects after
the Friends of the Library, the
Friends of Music will draw their
membership from alumnae who
have been concerned in musical ac-
tivities on campus and from inter-
ested persons in the Philadelphia
area.

Planning Committee

The group was organized this
summer, at Miss McBride’s re-
quest, by a Planning Committee
whose members are Mr. Alwyne
and Mr. Goodale of the Music De-
partment, Mrs. J. Elbert Butter-
worth, Mrs. David W. Clark, Mrs.
Charles Wood Collier, and Miss
Edna Phillips, who was for many

years first harpist of the Philadel-'

phia Orchestra.

Mrs. Yarnall Jacobs, ’23, is Hon-
orary Chairman of the new organi-
zation, and Mrs. James A. Sutton,
’39, is Ghairman.

The Founding Committee in-
cludes singer Marian Anderson,
Miss Gertrude Ely, Emily Kim-

ough, Miss McBride, Eugene Or-
handy, Marion Edwards Park, and
composer-critic Deems Taylor.

The aim of the Friends of Mu-
sic is “to help develop the re-
sources of the Department of Mu-
sic and to render a musical service
to students of music in both the
community and the College.”

Its activity will be two-fold.
First, it will bring to the campus
distinguished artists who have the
extra qualifications of being able
to present “workshops” similar to
those conducted .by Mme. Jambor

last year on J. S. Bach.»

This year, on Nov. 16, John Bar-
rows, horn player of the New York
Woodwind Quintet, and Vera Brod-
sky, pianist, will conduct a work-
shop on “the mechanics and capa-
bilities of the horn” and “literature
for horn and accompaniment.” On
the following day the entire quin-
tet will present another workshop,
followed by a concert in the eve-
ning at which Miss Brodsky will
also perform.

On April 2 and 8 Boris Goldov-
sky will be on campus to present
two workshops and one of his fa-
mous lecture-recitals. In celebra-
tion of the Mozart Bicentennial,
these three sessions will be devoted
to the works of Mozart.

This type of program was chos-'

en in an effort to provide some-
thing of special value to the music
department’s course of study and
at the same time to attract sup-
porters from the Main Line, where
there are already many ordinary
concert series programs to choose
from.

It is hoped that. advanced stu-
dents in the music department will
have the opportunity of talking
with the artists during their stay

at college. ene
Help Music Department

The other service which the
Friends of Music hopes to offer the
college lies in the augmentation of
music department. facilities. More
books, scores, and records; a new
organ in the
practice pianos; soundproofing for
the practice rooms; and some day
the endowment of another music
professorship are projects for the
future.

For the next year or so, how-
ever, all income will probably be
needed to continue the workshop-
concert program and to repay the
college, which is underwriting the



cost-of this year’s series.



Music Room; new}



Juniors Plan Show That’s Out of This World; —
‘Knock on Rock’ to Provide: Heat for Goodhart





“Knock on Rock” begins to shape up



Bryn Mawr And Haverford Editors
May Merge “Counterpoint”, “Revue”

Counterpoint, the Bryn Mawr lit-
erary magazine, is considering a
merger with the Haverford Revue,
its counterpart on the Haverford
campus. Counterpoint was first
organized in conjunction with Hav-

erford in 1945. Two separate mag-

azines were first published in 1947.

Co-editors Donnie Brown and
Connie Horton, and Steve Sieverts,
editor of the Revue, feel that the
merger is an excellent idea. Each

CALENDAR

Thursday, October 20

5:30 P.M.—Alliance meeting.
Evelyn Jones will speak on the
S.D.A. Everyone welcome.
Friday, October 21

7:30 P.M. — “Lavender Hill
Mob.” Skinner Workshop. Ad-
mission, $.50.

Saturday, October 22

10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M,— W.U.S.
Conference, Goodhart Hall.

_ 8:30 P.M.—Junior show, “Knock
on Rock.” Goodhart Auditorium.

10 P.M.-1 A.M.—Rock dance,
“Rebel Rendezvous.” Admission,
$2.00 per couple.

Sunday, October 23

2:15 P.M.—Song fest.
Smoker.

7:30 P.M.—Chapel service. Ad-
dress by Miss Berjouhie Andreas-
sian, Department of Religion,
Mount Holyoke College. Music
Room, Goodhart.

Monday, October 24

7:15 P.M. « Current Events,
Common Room.

8:30 P.M.—Jean Seznec will
give the third Mary Flexner Lec-
ture on “The Ghost of Tiresias.”
Goodhart Hall.



Rock



Every student is required to
have a chest X-ray taken by
the Pennsylvania State Mobile
Unit. Failure to do so will ne-
cessitate having a $3.00 P.F.X.
plate taken at the Bryn Mawr
Hospital.

The Mobile Unit will be locat-
ed in front of Taylor Hall, Tues.,
Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p. m.
and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m.; and on Wed., Oct. 26,
from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Staff, faculty, and their fam-
-ilies may also have X-rays tak-
en.







magazine would bear half the ex-
penses of publication, and each
editorial board would have the say-
so on material from its own cam-
pus.

“We want to get a magazine
ithat will appeal not only to the
two campuses, but to the public,
or at least to other colleges,” said
Donnie.

The merger will not be made if
campus opinion is against it. Coun-
terpoint urges students to express
their opinions through letters to

the News.

The final deadline for the fall is-
sue of Counterpoint has been set
at Nov. 15. All authoresses begin
writing-now.

| person.

Donnie and Connie or letters to

°57 To Introduce Satan
_And Solve All

Problems
This weekend at Bryn Mawr is
reserved for a trip not only out of,
but under, this world. And just
for luck, knock on rock before you
leave. The atmosphere will be
quite warm, so dress accordingly.
‘You can see exactly. what- each

-|layer of the earth’s substrata looks

like—it’s more exciting than a ge-
ology field trip. And meet Satan
in person—he’s a most charming
The juniors will reveal
things about Vergil that aren’t
printed in the history books. In
fact they even find a way to settle
all of earth’s problems.

The juniors have transcended the
limits of the Goodhart stage, so

you can expect action,from with-

in the audiencé and from high over-
head.

After the show, the tempo will
switch to a slow Southern one.
Rock dance this year will be a
“Rebel Rendezvous.”

Lavender Hill Mob, sponsored by
A.A., will be shown in Skinner
Workshop Friday night at 7:30.
Final event of the weekend will be
a song fest in the Rock smoker at >
2:15 p.m, Sunday.



The College News is very hap-
py to announce the following
new members of the staff:
Editorial Staff

Elizabeth Rennolds, ’59; Rita
Rubinstein, ’59; Debby Ham, ’59.
Copy Staff

Nancy Fogelson, ’59; Mar-:
garet Hall, ’59; Pat Page, ’58.
Subscription Board

Diane Goldberg, ’57











All over Paris, Rome and Vienna,
groups of students gather in coffee
houses to discuss the earliest works
of Bach or the latest quirks of ‘Lil-

lich. Their surroundings are per-
fect for their purposes: the stu-
dents are stimulated, isolated and
together.

The coffee house, almost indis-
pensable in Europe, is being intro-
duced to Bryn Mawr under the
auspices of a most unusual charac-
ter, one Donald Robinson. The
striking six-footer, who sports a
mustache “for purposes of identi-
fication,” plans to open his Coffee
Gallery, 870 Lancaster Pike, late
this month.

It should be spectacular.

Pastries “For Revenue”

The menu will consist of French
pastries, sold during the day “for
revenue”; six varieties of tea, and
innumerable kinds of coffee, pre-
dominantly foreign. Among the
more extraordinary features of the
Coffee Gallery: no one who tries a
new variety of coffee, and doesn’t
like it, needs to pay for it. No one
will be asked to leave, no matter
how long the waiting line is. And
only serious music will be played
on the jukebox.

Robinson has planned his coffee



house especially to attract the stu-



Coffee House In Ville To Open Soon;
Features Over 40 Brands Of Beverages

by Helen Sagmaster

|dents and faculty at Bryn Mawr,

Haverford. and Swarthmore. He
wants Bryn Mawr students to help
him during the peak hours, and will
display craft work from BMC,
with an eye to selling it for the
students.

The Coffee Gallery will open at
10 a.m. every day, and will close
at 1 a. m. weekdays. On weekends,
it will close only when there are no
more customers.

In Many Fields

The former owner of the Cafe
Rodin and the Gilded Cage in
Philadelphia, Robinson has worked
in an unbelievable variety of fields.
During World War II, he wrote for
the Stars and Stripes, a G.I. news-
paper; he has written a food col-
umn for the New York Sun; edited
the music magazines, Jam Session,
Orchestra World, and Swing; he
has worked in the production and
performance ends of radio and tel-
evision, experimented with sleep- -
teaching, written popular songs
and run Gabe Drake for mayor of
New York City.

With this personality ‘as host
(Robinson refuses to call himself
a proprietor or owner), and the
stimulating atmosphere provided
by the students and faculty, the
Coffee Gallery should be an im-
mediate favorite.













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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 19, 1955



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THE COLLEGE NEWS

FOUNDED IN 191:

Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter holidays, dnd during examination weeks) in the
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Editor-in-Chief.

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» BQNTORMIAL STAFF
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sentative); Helen Sagmaster, ‘33; lean Sihamks, ‘56; Joan Havens, ‘56; Judy
Mellow, ‘57 (League Represerhatine);, Suzanne Jones, ‘57 (Music Reporter);
Debby Ham, ‘59; Elizabeth Remmalids,, “S%; Rita Rubinstein, ‘59.
corr STAFF
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Holly Miller, ‘59
Gloria Strohbeck, ‘57
Associate Business Virginia’ Gavian, “57
Business Staff: Annebelle Williams, “56; Christine Wallace, ‘57; Natalie Starr,
‘57; Rosemarie Said, ‘58; Judy Davis, ‘59; Jane Lewis, ‘59.

Manager Lucille Lindner, ‘57

Board: Effie Ambler, ‘58; Rhoda Becker,’ ‘58; Elena Constantin-
ople, °58; Joann Cook, ‘58; Connie Demis, ‘58; Jennie Hagen, ‘57; Polly
Kieinbard, ‘58; Sue Levin, ‘58; Marion Perret, ‘58; Anne Schaefer, ‘58;
Diane Goldberg, ‘57.

Subscription, $3.50. Meiing price, $4.00. Subscriptions may begin at
any time. Entered as second class matter at the — Pa., Post Office,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Voice Of The People

Undergraduate Council is to be heartily commended for
at last seeking a workable and satisfactory solution to the
problem of campus elections. The present unwieldy nomin-
ating committee method, with its numerous class meetings
and not-too-satisfactory reports on candidates, has been a
subject of increaséd controversy for several years. Last year
an attempt was made to decrease the number of reports and
to make them more accurate and informative, but the system
remained essentially the same. Bryn Mawr’s election meth-
od has made election time a dreaded one on campus. More
time is given to complaining about meetings than construct-
ively considering the merits of various candidates.

The most workable system suggested by Undergrad
Council is that of “straw balloting.” Each class is given a
class list and a mimeographed sheet listing the offices to be
filled from that class. The members of the class then select
four candidates for each office. The results are tallied and
either four or eight candidatés are placed on the slate.. This
system would eliminate endless class meetings, and perhaps
do away with the nominating committee entirely. At most,
its function would be to compile final reports on the candi-
dates for each position. Also under consideration is a peti
tion system of nominating. At an NSA conference, Mill
College, a woman’s college of approximately the same size as
Bryn Mawr, which once used the system, reported it wag
awkward.

For several years The College News has advocated
changing the election system. We feel it is a good sign that
so much interest is being shown in changing the system this
early in the fall. If constructive work is done, the elections
in the spring of ’56 will not be greeted with groans by the en-
tire student body. Instead we will have a new and more sat-
isfactory system.

“The Good College Teacher”

Except for the perfect woman, perhaps no ideal is more
sought after and more discussed than the perfect teacher.
The latest attempt to define such’a being was made by a for-
mer dean of Dartmouth College in an article entitled, “The
Test of a Good College Teacher,” which eee in this Sun-
day’s New York Times Magazine.

We agree with the basic premise of the article: that “the
most important thing is not) the subject, but the teacher.”
We feel that Bryn Mawr is built upon recognition of the es+
sential value of the professor. The college concentrates on

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_ offering an excellent faculty pe small classes, rather than a

great variety of courses. The method of teaching and learn-
ing is stressed as much as thé actual material that is learned:
But we do disagree with some of the individual qualifi-
cations of a good teacher as listed by the author of the Tim
article. We do not expect our professors to set moral exam-
ples for us; we are interested ji in their philosophies of life, fos
these affect their thinking ie their teaching. But we do not
care whether or not these philosophies*are “constructive or
affirmative,” or whether or not the professor believes that it
is the duty of man to recognize right from wrong and choose
between them.
While we do want a teacher who “has a friendly interest
in and liking for young people,” we want him to be primarily!
interested in his subject, rather than in us. We want him
concentrate on the problems of his field of study, rather than
on the problems of our major requirements. What we d
like is a professor who shows his interest in us by offering a
course that is challenging and’adult, and who makes the not

- unjustified assumption that we have a desire to learn, rather
than = pass | a peeeement





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From The Balcony

by RUTH RASCH











A HATFUL

The stage is at-its finest when it
utilizes effectively the means it
has for direct personal contact be-
tween the actors and the audience,
intertwining the emotion of the one
with the fate of the other. A Hat-
ful of Rain does just that.

It is a fine play which treads the
thin:line between the dramatic and
melodramatic with such skill that
it arouses an emotional response
in the audience, without ever es-
tranging it from We characters by
straining its credulity.

Dope Addiction

The events of the plot are dra-
matic and moving ones. Thé prob-
lems of a dope addict, Johnny
Pope, and the.changes.his-addic-
tion causes in the relationship of
the, people around him, before and
after they are aware of his addic-
tion, is the central framework
around which the play is - built.
The characters are real, both as
created by the playwright and act+
ed by the stars. The central situa-
tion never obliterates the other
problems which existed in their
lives (even before the dope addic-
tion) and instead the author weaves
all these problems together into a
most excellent play.

To this reviewer the outstand-
ing performance is that given by
Anthony Franciosa who plays Polo
Pope, Johnny’s brother. Polo’s
character has many facets; a kind
person, he is both devoted to his
brother and jealous of him. He
alone knows that Johnnie is a
“junkie.”

(Mr. Franciosa plays the part so |;

well that the conflicting ‘problems
he has in trying both to help his
brother and to win his father’s love
are clear. His



love for Celia, |

OF RAIN

Johnny’s wife, shown with re-
straint and tenderness, is an addi-
tional complication. His basic
goodness and his honest attempts
to deal with a situation which he
alone can never solve add a touch
of kindness and of normal human
reactions to the play.

Ben Gazzara’s performance ‘as
Johnny Pope is also excellent. The
role is a difficult one in which Mr.
Gazzara has to play a character
at completely different levels of
emotional control, depending on
his possession of dope. He is ef-
fective both when he is “normal”
and when, as the effects of the
drug wear off, he is completely
without control,

The tragedy of dope addiction,
and the futility of it, is effectively
brought home by Ben Gazzara’s
portrayal of a sensitive person who
realizes what he is and yet can do
nothing alone, by any resolution of
his will, to help himself.

Shelley Winters

Shelly Winters, as Celia, does
not seem at first.to be able to live
up to the part she is to play. It is
only in the second act that. she
finds Celia as a person. After that
she is able to deal effectively with
this woman who knows she is los-
ing her husband to something, she
knows not what. In the first act
her perceptive lines seem to clash
with her listless portrayal. How-
ever, in the final act when Celia
finds the only solution and puts.it
through with resolution, Miss Win-
ters’ acting is superb.

o

The other roles are also well
played. As John Pope sr., Frank
Silvera is properly unfeeling and
self-centered. Henry Silva, Frank

‘Continued on Page 5, Col. 2













Off The Bookshelf

BY HELEN SAGMASTER











BONJOUR TRISTESSE BY FRANCOISE SAGAN

“Having nothing to do,” Fran-
coise Sagan wrote her first book.
Thus the youthful Frenth author-
ess calmly describes the creation
of her sensational novel, Bonjour
Tristesse (translated by Irene
Ash). It is true that the book has
caused more comment in the con-
ventional circles of France than it
has in the United States; it has
also been the subject of heated
controversy in this country.

Written in a swift, matter-of-
fact. style, Bonjour Tristesse deals
with a girl of the authoress’ age,
Cecile. Upon leaving the convent
school, she becomes enchanted with
the amoral, insecure life she leads
with her play-boy father, a widow-
er. After love affairs with many
disreputable women ,he falls in
love with Anne Larsen, a charming
woman of great dignity, and great
kindliness.

Choice Necessary

Cecile realizes that her father’s
marriage to Anne will mean the
end of their hilarious life; how-
ever, the girl has a great admira-
tion—amounting almost to fear—
for the woman, and, although she
will not admit it to herself, for
Anne’s way of life. She feels she
must choose between the two kinds
of existence.

After a long period of indecision,
Cecile schemes with a former mis-
tress of her father to make him
unfaithful to Anne. Upon discov-
ering his desire for another wom-



an, his fiancee makes herself the

victim of an. automobile “accident.”

Although the remorseful Cecile
and her father recover from the
tragedy in due time, and return to
the old Bohemian existence, the
girl continues to be overwhelmed,
at moments, by sadness for the
mental anguish—her doing—which
caused Anne’s death.

Sympathetic Portrayal

The portrait of~ Cecile is out-
standingly successful: Francoise
Sagan seems to be at once inside
and-outside-her character. She de-
scribes the girl’s admiration, at
times passionate, at times resent-
ful, for Anne; her gay affection for
her father and his way of life; and
her bewildered attempt to choose
between the two — all with the
sympathy of one who has recently
been an adolescent herself, yet
with the objectivity and clarity of
a mature talent.

Cecile’s relationship to Anne is
one of the most interestin points
of the novel, and | one which does
the most to prove the talent of the
writer. For the greater part of
the narrative, Cecile wavers be-
tween two feelings for Anne. -

. She intensely resents this wom-
an, whose marriage to her father
will change Cecile’s life into one
of propriety. But frequently her
resentment dissolves before Anne’s
kindness and her own realization
that Anne’s world is, after all, one
of tact and wisdom as well as un-
exciting decorum.

poupnmeis on Page 5, Col. 1



Current Events

Presidential Aiactioes
Now And Then
Analyzed

“Eisenhower, the Federal Con-
stitution and the Human Consti-
tution” was Mr. Wells’s Current
Events topic on Monday in the
Common Room. He dealt with the
situation which arises when the
president is ill and-we have figur-
atively “no chief executive.”

Mr. Wells bypassed medical
opinion on the presidential illness

‘and issues of the ’56 campaign and

the vice-presidency as. an institu-
tion. He did note his differences
with those who insist that Nixon
is the first vice-president to have
had more than very insignificant
importance, and observed that sev-
en vice-presidents have succeeded
to the presidency on the death of
a president.

Problem Looms

President Tyler established the

precedent of sanctioning the ap-
propriation of actual, not merely
“acting” presidential powers in
case of a presidential death. This
is now embodied in the 22nd
amendment. However, the question
of a president being incapacitated
to the extent that he,cannot func-
tion in his duties still looms on the
constitutional scene.

Machinery for coordinating the
government in such a case has
made considerable progress in re-
cént years, most notably in the es-
tablishment of a National Security
Council. A 1949 amendment allows
the president to appoint a substi-
tute to take his place on the coun-
cil if necessary; Eisenhower has
sometimes delegated this responsi-
bility to Nixon in the past.

However, the problem
from being solved.
there is no certainty as to who is
second in command after the Presi-
dent. It could be Nixon, with his
background of recent experience
and travel, or Sherman Adams,
who as “chief of staff” reflects
Eisenhower’s training as a mili-
tary leader.

Nixon’s Role

Whereas Nixon partisans flatly
deny that he has done anything
cmt the attack to promote his
owniinterests, an opinion mirrored
in the Nation and New Republic
states a movement, to boost Nixon
was underway even before the
President became ill. Mr. Wells
stated that Nixon’s political edu-
cation had gone far enough that
he would be very unlikely to al-
low himself to be caught in such a
trap as this latter faction avers.

Historically speaking, the ques-
tion of what to do in case of presi-
dential illness has frequently been
of importance. Garfield lingered
for eighty days after being shot.
His vice-president, Chester Arthur,
who had been assailed as having
attempted a plot to usurp presi-
dential power, did nothing during
this period, although the Secretary
of State assumed many necessary
duties.

When Woodrow Wilson suffered
a paralytic stroke, he was. for a
lengthy period too ill to meet his
Cabinet. Mrs. Wilson is said to
have acted as a sort of “go/be-
tween,” filtering selected business
to him to be done. Vice-President
Marshall sat calmly in the Senate,
and when Secretary of State Lans-

is far

ing took the initiative of calling

cabinet meetings, he incensed Wil-
son and eventually resigned,
Although ‘specialists
Wilson would not recover until he
could be released from all disturb-
ing problems, they vetoed Mrs.
Wilson’s suggestion that he resign.
They felt this unwise due to the
League issue and other pending
questions. This brings. up the ques-
tion of a possible resignation of a
president if this seems necessary.
The’ nature ‘of Ejisenhower’s
presidency, in which considerable
Continued on Page 5, Col. 4

At present .

insisted


Wednesday, October 19, 1955

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Pem East Takes Honors With Production of ‘Potboilers’
~ Hall Plays Provide Fun, Acting Experience For Freshmen

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Radnor Produces Piece
Of A. A. Milne
Whimsey
By Marcia Case

A. A. Milne’s The Man in the
Bowler Hat was given a very good
performance by Kadnor_on Satur-
day night. The play is the story
of an unexciting and conservative
English man and wife, who sud-
denly find themselves one evening
caught up in a melodrama. Full
of Milne whimsey and peculiar
characters, the play was an excel-
lent choice for a freshman produc-
tion.

The performances were all fine,
particularly that of Janet Wolfe as
John, the husband. She was woan-
derfully comic: restrained, timid,
gently humorous. She was a per-
féct A. A. Milne character, and ‘she
set the tone of the whole play.

Vera Isaacs as his wife .Mary
was contrasted nicely with him,
sentimental, impulsive and kind,
Together, the two’ made a charm-
ing English couple.

The characters in the melodrama
were quite “melodramatic,” but
they’managed to move in and out
of the couple’s life with a certain
amount of restraint and humor.

Isabel Kleigman, as the hero,
proved a favorite with the audi-
ence, and her scenes with the hero-
ine, played nicely by Nancy Roach,
were properly passionate and trag-
ic. Mary Lou Cohen looked very.
much the part of the villain, and
the bad man was portrayed su-
perbly by Sandra Scott.

Whitney Drury looked just right
as the Man. in the Bowler Hat.
Whitney directed the show, and
Nancy Dyer was upperclass. ad-
visor.

Rock Frosh Give
Enjoyable Show

« By Ruth Rasch

A comedy which gave the audi-
ence the inside dope on profes-
sorial extra-curricular activities,
and how to succeed academically at
college, was presented by the
freshmen of Rock on Friday night.
The play was the Ghost of Green
Mansions by Clarice Wendell.

The scene was a deserted man-
sion on the edge of a college town
and it was visited in the play by
both ‘students and faculty. The
former were Eleanor Dawson and
Jimmy Blankenslip, played by Car-
olyn Kern and Laura Pearson. Car-
olyn was very funny as the flirta-
tious Eleaner, and Laura was be-
lievable in the part of her jealous
date.

The professors in the play, who
were indulging in a card game
(forbidden by their wives) on the
other side of the building, were
also well played. The freshmen did
a good job of making themselves
believable men. Betsy Johnson was
Professor Everett; Lynne Kaplan,
Professor William Armstrong;
Penny Eldredge, Professor Hos-

__kins; and Ann Temkin, Professor





Prunbine.

Each of them played the part as-
signed with spirit and humor.

The“thing which finally brought
students. and faculty together, and
frightened them all-was the Ghost
of Green Mansions, whose voice
was that of Jane Sewall.

The play was well directed by
Blair Dissette, and advised by San-
dy Stoeger. The entire production
was amusing and without any ap-
parent slips, despite the short re-
hearsal time. It brought the Fri-
day evening productions to an en-
joyable climax.

‘particularly missnapen- dwari,





‘Birthday of the Infanta’
Is Rhoads Frosh
Production —
By Ruth Rasch

An elaborately staged production
of the Kirthaay of me inianta was
Khoads Hall's contrivuvien to .the
freshman hall piays. ‘inis one act
piece by Oscar wuue was Weil act-
ed and beautituily costumed,

The play itseic 1s the story of
the birthday partcy given tor tie
crown princess 01 Spain and vf one
ot the entertainers presented at
that festivity tor ner enjoyment,
This performer 1s a awart, a

newly captured from the woods.
Acting Good

Sandy Jenkins was a properiy
haughty and tunioving intanta of

‘Spreading The News’
E. House-W yndham

Presentation
By Marcia Case

Spreading the News, a. comedy
showing the growth of a rumor in
a small Irish town, was presented
by East House~ and Wyndham
freshmen. :

In some respects, the play was a
difficult one to perform. It was ‘to
the credit of the freshnten that the
problem of Irish accents was well
handled. The accents were gener-
ally.-realistic--and~understandable,

and they were aghieved without a
great amount of self-consciousness.

The play was primarily one with
a moral, rather than one of human
relationships. Except for the two



Spain, and her complete selfishness”
was apparent. yvinty Myles, as tne
dwarf who loved tne intanta, was
excellent in both her acting and
dancing. She played this aitticult
role very well. Her talk with the
Chamberlain — Helen Kirnvaum —
was one of the best scenes in the
play.

Helen was very good as the
kindly and wise Chamberlain buth
in this scene and in ner earlier
scene with the Intanta. Von Car-
los was effectively gallant, and the

| duchess effectively naugnuy. ‘hese

two attendants of the princess
were played by Lucy Wales and
Ann Vahderpool.

Don Pedro, the uncle of the ln-
fanta, was well played by Faith
Pleasanton.

The .two pages in the play were
Kathy Kohlas and Jane Lewis.
Kathy, with Mary Masland and
Kathyea Wing were in charge of
costumes; Jill wearson directed
lighting, and Libpy Foshay was
the stage manager.

The director of this production
was May Yardney and Martha
Bridge was the upperclass advisor.
The short rehearsal time did not
hinder this production from being
both a smooth and enjoyable one.

central figures, Mr. and Mrs. Fal-
lon, the characters were simple vil-
lagers, without any definite per-
sonalities. As there were a num-
ber of persons on stage, and with
few distinct characters, the play
sometimes was confusing. But the
two central figures were well
drawn, and it was they who gave
the play both meaning and humor.

“Loyal Wife”



Rita Rubinstein, as Mrs. Fallon,
was excellent. She was a harried
but loyal wife, and her protests
against the idle tongues of the yil-
lagers were both heated and mov-
ing.

Betty Haney as Bartley Fallon,
“the man to whom everything hap-
pens,” was also excellent. She was
timid and good natured, accepting
the inevitable bad luck with a
sense of resignation.

Elizabeth Rennolds was a cheer-
ful Jack Smith, the happy-go-lucky
cause of all the trouble, and Pat
Sample was effective as the curi-
ous Mrs. Tarpey.

The costumes in the play were
particularly good. The play was
directed by Carole Leve and Rita
Rubinstein, with Happy Crain as
upperclass advisor.





Merion’s Freshmen
To Bernard Shaw’s

by Marcia Case

George Bernard Shaw’s Epilogue
to St. Joan was presented by Mer-’
ion freshmen. In the Epilogue
Joan returns to earth to find that
even after her martyrdom, hum-
ans are not prepared to live with
saints.

The play was a very difficult one
to perform after only ten hours of
reharsal, and. the freshmen were
not able to extract. all of its
strength and irony, Nevertheless,
there was some good acting in the
play, and the performance went
very smoothly.

Sue Gold as St. Joan had the
most difficult part, and she per-
formed quite well. She was very
lovely, and caught the combina-
tion of arrogance and humility of.
the Maid of Orleans. She was not
abel to capture Joan’s inner fire,
but then few actresses, even with
much study and practice, have
been able to do that.

Phyllis Strickler as Brother
Martin, Sue Rabbino as the Sol-
dier from Hell, and Nancy Fair-
bank were all excellent.

Good performances were also
turned in by Kathy Rosenberger as
King Charles, Barbara Gardner as

Produce Epilogue
Play, “St. Joan’’

the Gentleman, and Judy Davis as
Jack Dunois.

The costumes for the play were
quite good. On the whole, the play
was well performed and very en-
joyable. If the freshmen did_ not
altogether succeed, it was because
of their ambiitious undertaking,
rather than a lack of skill or ef-
fort. The play was directed by
Adele Smigel, with upperclass ad-
yisor Jean MacIntyre.

Frosh Presentation
‘Yelenka The Wise’

by Marcia Case —

' Denbigh freshmen presented a
Russian folk legend, Yelenda the
/Wise, on Saturday night. The leg-
end tells of a girl who must un-
wittingly destroy her lovers if they
are not able to hide from her sight
once out of three times, Ivan Boy-
ard is able to do so, thus at once
winning her hand in marriage and
proving that even the greatest
wisdom is sometimes blind.

The tale is actually a very
charming one, and the freshmen
used a great deal of imagination
and originality in presenting it.



the Archbishop, Ruth Deitelbaum
as the Executioner, Nancy Cline as

the Inquisitor, Sydney Jamison as

However, unfortunately, a folk tale
is generally received rather critic-_

Continued on Page 4, Col. 5



-|}sented somewhat of a contrast to

“Play Within A Play”

By Marcia Case \

Pem East’s clever production” of
The Potboilers won this year’s
award as the best freshman hall
play.

The Potboilers has a “play with-
in a play” theme. '!nomas Pinnicle
Sud, famous playwright-director,

Pem West Frosh
Shine In Drama

By .Carol Hansen



Because ot Nina foettel and
Cynthia Lovelace, meto Uue snere
by .Wiiliam paroyan, given py
rembroke West, was a mvuSsv suc-
cesstul fresnmau nai Play. ‘ane
acting abilities 01 wuese twu yir'is,
who were the only two Characvers
on stage for three-1ourths 01 tue
show, made possibie the cnouice of
this unique arama.

Nina portrayed a lonely man in
a ‘Texas jail on cnarges vol rape.
With her expressive voice and with
her every action she excellenuly 1n-
terpreted her male part. Aicnough
she had a less dynamic roie, Uyn-
thia acted with feeling the cuarac-
ter of the outcast jail cook wno fell
hopelessly in love with the pris-
oner. :

The rest of the play was of a
somewhat lesser calibre. Neither
Kaitn Kunhardt as the otended
nusbana nor Gail Berthoit as the
wite played their parts witn vigor.
fhe three men who assisted the
husband were portrayed by ‘lheo-
dora Stillwell, Deborah Ham and
Louise Rhinelander. Harry was
done by Ann Farlowe.

‘The set for this play, consisting
of black bars for the jail and a
bench was in good taste, quite in
keeping with the simplicity and
barreness of the players’ situation.
The costumes, too, were kept effec-
tively simple. The young girl par-
ticularly looked her part in a plain
cotton wash dress and old loafers.

Calie.Colburn helped to organize
sets and costumes; Ruth Simpson
was stage manager and Anne
Sprague upperclass advisor.

Freshmen’s Winning Production
‘The Potboilers’

‘Theme Of Pon East

ey

otters some theatrical advice tu
Wouldby, an aspiring young play-
wright, by allowing nim: to watcn
a rehearsal of Suu’s newest play.
‘The play turns out to be a collec-
tion of cliches and stock theatrical
characters, while the actors are a
disgruntlea group who do not con-
ceal their dislike Of eitner tne
script or its author,

‘lhe play. was an excellent choice
for a tresnman prouucvlon, lor it
nad Many humvrvus lines, and al-
rorded everyone an_opporvuniiy—to
shine, lt also made it possivle tor ,
the freshmen to use scripts unob-
trusively, as they ntted easily into
the theatrical setting.

The acting in ithe Potboulers was
generally ot a high quality. ‘Ihe

situation anu piayed it to the hilt,
but with few instances or overact-
ing or “hamming.”

Perhaps the star of the show
was Harriet Halpin as Mrs, Pencil,
the leading lady with the inevitabie
toreign accent. Her accent, her ta-
cial expressions and. her genegal
poise were -all excellent, and sne
evoked many laughs from the’ au-
dience in any scene in which she
appeared.

Also Starring ...

Peggy Cowles as Miss lvory
Soap, the ingenue, was also excel-
lent, sutticiently naive when in
character and sufficiently disdain-
ful of her role when out of it.

Kate Collins as Thomas Pinnicle
Sud was properly arrogant in his
relations with the actors, and con-
descending towards his pupil. Fine
performances were also turned in
by Mary Wilson as Wouldby, Pris-
cilla Blaisdell as Mr. Inkwell, Can-
dy Mabon as Mr. Ivory, and Julie
Painter as Mr. Ruler.

The chief criticism of the per-
formance was that it was too long.
Cutting some of the lines would
have resulted in a faster perform-
ance, while not eliminating any of
the humor. Nevertheless, the play
was seldom dull and quite often
very funny. It was well directed
by Nancy Lang and upperclass ad-



visor, Debby Flint?



Non-Reses Present

By Carol Hansen

An original play, Fhe Case on
the Bar Room Floor, was the con-
tribution of the. six non-resident
students to the freshman hall
plays. An adaptation of Stephen
Leacock’s The Great Detective, the
play was meant to be, as the an-
nouncer said, “a classic example of
a blood-curdling, spine-tingling,
hair-raising British melodrama of
the Conan Doyle school.”

Obstacle Overcome

._ The group overcame-the seeming
obstacle of writing their own play
by producing a short, simple farce.
Cleverly written in parts, the play
set a mood which the actors with-
out much effort were able to sus-
tain throughout.

Sally Powers, who played Sher-
lock Ohms and also directed the
playp-Was by far the outstanding
actress. In the only part which re-
quired any degree of skill, she
strutted back and forth and deliv-
ered her lines with calculated pre-
cision. She was assisted by Joyce
Friend, as Dr. Watson, who pre-



Original Play,

‘The Case On The Bar Room Floor’

Sally’s quick movements.

The hero, Ribald Hedgpath play-
ed by Miriam Ditenias, assisted the
delicate heroine, Oh Suzanna, play-
ed by Ann Van Arkel, whenever
she chose to faint. Joan Smith
portrayed the benevolent, but
somewhat drunken Lady Gigalde
de la Haigenhaig, who was willing
to give all for the lovers. Bonita
Bendon was a very able barmaid.

In all, the play which was neith-
er too difficult nor too deep, accom-
plished“ its purpose of giving the
audience a few laughs. The roles
of the minor characters especially
were welbMlirected by Sally Powers

and upperclass advisor, Kit Ma-
sella,



NEXT WEEK

The News presents a forum
on the question of the size of
the College, with students and
faculty participating.







actors all enjoyed the humor of the ~


THE COLLEGE NEWS.

Wednesday, October 19, 1955



‘Page re\r
a

Fritz Janschka, Artist In Residence,
Directs Students’ Artistic Endeavors

By Leah Shanks

- Austrian born Fritz Janschka is
Bryn Mawr’s artist in residence
and chief consultant on all artistic
problems. Amid easels, turpentine,
paint and still life displays, Mr.
Janschka conducts informal classes
in the Mrs. Otis Skinner workshop.
Here he helps interested students
discover and develop their artistic
talents.

‘Among the activities at Skinner
is -a new course on the technique
of stage design. With Mr. Jansch-
ka’s assistance students first make
a sketch of the stage for a specific
play. They then make a three-di-
mensional model out of cardboard.
This method -enables students to
get the real feeling of stage design
and gives them the opportunity for
wide experimentation.

Regular Classes

Mr. Janschka also conducts reg-
ular classes in portrait drawing
and painting. To the beginning
student, Mr. Janschka gives an
idea of what painting entails, its
materials and techniques.

Drawing still lifes and portraits
are essential for any beginner. Al-
though a student is free to render
any expression to his art, Mr.
Janschka at first guides students
along realistic lines. He feels such
techniques are basic for any art
work,

As soon as a student shows a
special] interest in a definite style,
Mr. Janschka attempts to foster
and develop the student’s talent in
that direction.

A problem arises when Mr.
Janschka must determine if the
student’s expression is his real in-
tention or a forced approach. If it
is the former, Mr. Janschka guides
the student in improving his style.
If it is the latter, he helps the stu-
dent in experimenting so that he

Prints On Display
In B. M. C. Library

An exhibition of 18th. century
French prints is being sh6éwn in
the library in conjunction with
Jean Seznec’s lectures on “Diderot
and Antiquity.”

The prints, loaned by the George
Binet Print Collection of Brim-
field, Mass., are excellent exam-
ples of the graphic art of the per-
iod. Included .in. the exhibition
are works of Francois Boucher,



Francois Jganinet, Jean Honore Fra-!-

gonard, Augustin de Saint-Aubin,

Pierre Alix, Jean George Wille and

Pierre Drévét.

Portraits, genre scenes, costume
studies, ‘ historical subjects and
landscapes: show the diversity of
French taste and illustrate the
type of art discussed by Diderot in
his famous Salons.

The exhibition is in. the second
floor corridor of the north wing of
the library, and is open daily from
9 to 5. For the benefit of those at-
tending the lectures, it will also be
open on Monday evenings.

All prints are for sale. The pro-

ses of the exhibition, which will
close Nov. 19.





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Mr. Janschka’s studio is open to
every talent in the creative and ap-
plied arts. Painting and drawing
are not the only media in which
students work... Work--is done in
sculpture, clay and metal. As Mr.
Janschka described it, “some like
to work in space; some like to cre-
ate space.” Many mobiles are pro-
duced at Skinner, as, well as post-
ers, Christmas and greeting cards,
woodeuts and linoleum block
prints.

In his own art, Mr. Janschka fol-

lows the principles of the Surreal- |

ist school. Working with elements
of ‘the, subconscious, such as
dreams and fantasy, Mr. Janschka
terms this. art, “true creation.”

In surrealist paintings there is
no formal control, such as compo-
sition, color and arrangement, but
a freedom of creation.

During the past summer, Mr.
Janschka completed several metal
sculptures. He has recently had
several one man shows in both the
United States and Europe.

Besides Bryn Mawr and Haver-
ford,.where he has taught since
coming to this country from Vien-
na in 1949, Mr. Janschka gives in-
struction at the Allen’s Lane Art
Center and the Fleicher Art Me-
morial.



The Freshman Class is pleas-
ed to announce the election of
Nancy Fairbank as Temporary

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Doubles As Writer

By Joan Havens ©

Miss Muriel Farr, who functions
at Bryn Mawr as dispenser ot pills,
sympathy, advice on what to wear
in the rain to keep from catching
pneumonia, and general expert
care, has been leading, a double
life. In addition to holding down
squirming patients while adminis-
tering throat sprays, besieging the
Haverford Pharmacy with orders
for her. hypochondriacs, and ~ her
other duties as head nurse at the
infirmary, she finds time to wield
a mean pen,

Contest Winner

Her latest achievement in the

literary field was winning first

spring by The Pennsylvania Nurse,
a magazine put out monthly by the
Pennsylvania Nurses Association

Curiously enough, Miss Farr’s
winning unforgettable patients
were not Bryn Mawr students.
They were two little girls, ill with
diphtheria,. whom she attended in
an ambulance shortly after finish-
ing nurses’ training. Miss Farr,
who has been at Bryn Mawr for
seven years, came to the U. S.
from her native England to take
her training.

A little sleuthing disclosed the
fact that Miss Farr was also the
winner of a first prize at the Phila-
delphia Writers Conference in
June. She won in the juvenile writ-
ing field, as she had done in 1952
and 1953. This year’s story, about
Clara Barton, had the medical
background frequently evident in
her writing. She is equally adept
with fantasy; “The Curious Gi-
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Council For Financial Aid To Education
Studies Problem Of Woman's College

Through the Oouncil for Finan-
cial Aid to Kducation, women’s col-
leges in the Uniteu States are be-
ginning a first study of their spe-
cial financial problems... ‘lhe pro-
ceedings of a preliminary contfer-
ence held at Barnard College in
New York last May on problems
faced by women’s coileges in gain-
ing support from business corpora-
tions has just been published by
the Council.

In announcing. its publication,
Miss Katharine E. McBuide, Presi-
dent of Bryn Mawr and chairman
of an advisory committee on wom-
en’s colleges appointed by the
Council, said that the report should
give colleges, corporations and in-
terested individuals a tirst view of
the magnitude of the problems.

The 188 women’s colleges in the
United States have certain similar
problems in gaining .new support
from business corporations, Miss
McBride said, but most corpora-
tions have not been giving them
the consideration which they have
been giving to liberal arts colleges
generally. How these problems can
be attacked is considered in the
report by Wilson Compton, Presi-
dent of the Council, and Alfred P.
Sloan jr., Chairman of the Board
of the General Motors Corporation
and a Director of the Council.

Miss McBride pointed especially
to the section of the report con-
taining a detailed analysis of finan-
cial information about women’s
colleges based on the returns of a
pat si study of 753 Ameri-
can colleges by Dr. John. A. Pol-
lard, Director of Research for the
Council.

Returns from 28 independent,
non-denominational women’s col-
leges showed that this. group had
not been able to increase salaries
at the rate at which increasés were
in 184 independent liberal
arts colleges. Yet the women’s col-
leges must try to meet salary lev-

els in other colleges and universi-|

ties in order to attract and retain



able teachers suited to the ‘educa-
tional programs they have under-
taken to carry on in the service of
the nation.

A minimum of $138,832,000 in
additional capital funds over the
next 10 years was .estimated by
these 28 colleges to be needed to
provide for essential increases in
faculty salaries, additional endow-
ment for scholarships 4nd other
purposes, and necessary “buildings
and equipment to meet anticipated
enrollment demands.

The question of further aid for
the women’s colleges -will be con-
sidered by the Advisory Committee
in the next few months, Miss Mc-
Bride said. Other members of the
committee, which was appointed in
August, are Miss Rosemary Park,
Connecticut College, New. London,
Conn.; William F. Quillian jr.,
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College,
Lynchburg, Va.; Sister Mary Ti-
mothea, Rosary College, River
Forest, Ill.; and Lynn T. White jr.,
Mills College, Oakland, Calif.

Yelenka The Wise

Frosh Presentation

Continued from Page 3
ally by a college audience, and this
one was no exception. The Den-
bighites ‘are to be commended fo-
the excellent stage presence that
they showed at all times.

There were no real characteriza-
tions in the play, but racher typic-
al folk tale heroes. Eleanor Childs
made a lovely and proud Yelenka,
and Mimi Gisolfi was attractive
and self-assured as the victorious
Ivan.

The dancing and singing were
well conceived, and doubtless would
have been more successful on a
larger stage. The costumes were
particularly good.

Lyn Kuper was director, and
Dina Bikerman the upperclass ad- _
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THE CQLLEGE NEWS
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Page Five



F. Sagan’s Heroine Greets kwocal

Bohemian Life: “Bonjour Tristesse”

Continued from Page 2
In consequence of her changing

teelings, Cecile alternately ( sub-
mits to Anne’s advice, nd
schemes against her. The gitl’s

uecision to carry out ‘her plot
against Anne is, interestingly, not
solely the result of her resentment,
but a test of her ingenuity in han-
dling other people.

‘nat part of the narrative which
deals with the plot against Anne
is the peak of the novel, from the
‘psychological and literary view-
points.

Weaker Characters

‘Towards the characters of the
father and Anne, the authoress
clearly feels less intensely, and less
internally. Although the existence
of such a man and woman is plaus-
ible (arfd indeed, makes the whole
Situation plausible), Mlle. Sagan
does not seem to know them so
well as she does. Ceciles Seen as
they are through the young girl’s
eyes, her father and Anne are vital
only when in direct contact with
her. In her presence, they take on
a concrete, immediate quality
which they lose when they are, as
it were, in the next room.

Cecile and Cyril

The major flaw in the book, it
seems to me, is the introduction of
Cecile’s love affair with Cyril, a
young man of the neighborhood.
Cyril’s existence is necessary to
the plot, but the affair, which gets
under way while Cecile is trying
to decide for. or against Anne,
seems to be dragged in by force.
It is a logical occurrence, quite in
keeping with Cecile’s character,



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but it doesn’t seem fair of the au-
thoress to weigh her heroine down,
at this/ point, with yet another
drain on het emotions.

As frequently happens, Bonjour
Tristesse loses something in trans-
lation: a few puns are unintelligi-
ble, tHe style in English is less
smooth than in French. But the
most successful aspects of the nov-
el—the portrayal of Cecile and the
swiftness of narrative style—are
not spoiled, *

Problem Of Dope
Addicts Explored

Continued from Page 2
Richards and Harry Guardino, as

the dope peddlers are also excel-:

lent; basically frightening to the
audience, they still portrayed the
tragedy in their own lives.

In some spots the melodramatic
aspects of their parts seem to be
a little overdone—perhaps because
the author intended to relieve the
tension in the play.

A Hatful of Rain is the type of
play difficult to resolve success-
fully without stepping into the in-
credible with a happy ending, or
the maudlin with a tragic one.
Michael Gazzo, the author of this
play did neither; this reviewer
feels that the end struck the prop-
er note of lack of resolution, or no
verdict—yet. It is an appropriate
end to a. play which grapples with
resolution with the situation it
presents. Throughout it succeeds
not only in dealing with one speci-
fic sociological problem, but also
deals deftly with the universal
problem of human relationships.

CHAPEL SPEAKER

Chapel speaker for Sunday, Oct.
23, will be Miss Berjouhie Andre-
assian of Lebanon, from the De-
partment of Religion, Mount Holy-
oke College. Miss Andreassian was

born in Syria, educated in Beirut,
Lebanon, and Colgate-Rochester
Divinity, Columbia University and
Union Theological-Seminary, where
her field was Philosophy of. Relig-
ion and Ethics.

Her father was the “Rey. To-
massian” in Franz Werfel’s histor-
ical novel Forty Days of Musa
Dagh, descriping tne rebellion of
seven smalb--Armenian villages
against Turkish oppression and ex-
ile.

Miss Andreassian is especially
familiar with the college tempera-
ment and feels that the importance
of her job with students of all
faiths is “to teach them to care.”
The topic for her address will be
“What Happens to You When You
Worship.”



Presidential Absence Is Anal

yzed

By Wells In Current Events Talk

Continued from Page 2
power has been delegated, was
noted by Mr. Wells. But he ob-
served that there are unavoidable
decisions, espegially in the foreign
policy field, which must. be ‘those
of the president.

Although something may be said
for “hanging on” to the office to
reassure the outside world, the
question of whether or not govern-
ment can thus be run smoothly is
the important one. Since Eisen-
hower may well be facing the end
of his only term in office, if he is
not a candidate again, whether he
can continue to hold the reins of



his party is another aspect. of the
situation.

When one is faced with serious
presidential disability, provision
for putting some person in control
of. government should be made.
One suggestion for determining
this disability and sanctioning the
appropriation of presidential pow-
ers to the vice-president would in-
volve an Inability Committee. This
would include the vice-president,
and after a report on proven dis-
ability from physicians, would vote
on whether the _ vice-president

would succeed for the remainder of
the current term.





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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 19, 1955



Hockey Team Ties
Opener With Penn

By Joan Parker

~The Bryn Mawr varsity hockey
team tied Penn 1-1 in both teams’
opening game of the _ season,
Thurs., Oct. 18. The game was
played at Bryn Mawr and was an
exceedingly fast and well-played
one. Diana Scott Openlander was
responsible for Bryn Mawr’s goal
in the first few minutes of play,
while Penn didn’t. score until the
very end of the game. Acting cap-
tain, Sara Stifler, and center half,
Steffie Hetzel, did a magnificent job
of holding off the Penn forward
line.

Such a good showing in our first
game was felt by all to be extreme-
ly encouraging and the team
Should be able to look forward to
a good season. The varsity has
five more games between now and
Nov.' 17. This schedule includes
such ‘sehools as Beaver,. Temple
and Swarthmore. The junior var-
sity, which didn’t make out as well
against Penn, lost 4-0. It also has
five more games scheduled.

Rules Of Football
To Be Explained

Bryn Mawr girls who sat through
two hours of rain last Saturday at
Princeton’s Palmer Stadium and
still didn’t understand what was
going on—take heart! The Athletic
Association has a solution to your
sad plight.

It’s-Red Munger

George “Red” Munger, Director
of Athletics and formerly head
football coach at the University of
Pennsylvania, is coming to Bryn

Mawr to explain the basic rules of |

football. He is bringing with him
a football official and a blackboard,
and with their assistance he hopes
to answer the questions about the
game that you are too embarrass-
ed to ask your date.

Mary Neely, ’58, whose father
is head football coach at Rice Uni-
versity, talked to Mr. Munger and
persuaded him to come to Bryn
Mawr. He will speak here Wed.,
Noy. 2, at 8:30 p. m.

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Debate Club’s topic for the r

will be concerned with the propos-|

al of a Guaranteed Annual Wage,
chairmen Ellie Silverman and
Mary Cahn have announced.

Mary feels that the Guaranteed
Annual Wage is more of a human
problem than primarily an ecton-
omic one. The subject is a very
controversial one at this time. The
Ford Motor Co. was the first cor-
poration to adopt the plan, and

during the summer other members

of the automobile industry have
followed suit.

The -club, which held its” first
meeting of the year last Wednes-
day, is open to all interested stu-
dents whether or not they have
had any. experience in debating.
The first sessions -of the club will
be devoted to learning the funda-
mentals of debating.

Plans are under consideration to

debate with Muhlenburg College,
in Allentown, Pa.; and Hamilton
College; in Clinton, N.’Y.
Monday night members fo the
Bryn Mawr Debate Club attended
a meeting of the Haverford Debate
Club, at which the technique of
debating was discussed.

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year by Ellie and Mary, and was
coached by Mr. Bachrach, who will
coach the club again this year.
Last year’s topic was the question
of whether Red China should be
admitted to the U.N.

S. Hewitt Selected
Co-director of Drive

Sylvia Hewitt is one of the co-
chairmen of. this year’s United
Service Fund Drive. The other
co-chairman has not. yet been se-
lected.

The United Service Fund is the
only student drive for off-campus
charity, and is held every fall.

The College: Legislature deter-
mines the organizations to which
the fund will contribute, and what
percentage of the money raised
will go to each. Last year the
organizations included the Friends
Service Committee, CARE, the
United Negro College Fund, the
Negro Scholarship Fund, World

University Service and Athens Col-
lege, Athens, Greece.



Collection Features

«
J. R. Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer, famous
nuclear physicist now at the Insti-
tute of Advanced Study at Prince-
ton, will speak at Haverford Col-
lection Nov. 1,

Haverford College Collections
are held every Tuesday in Roberts
Hall at 11:10 a.m.

Russell Kirk, author of The Con-
servative Mind, will speak at Col-
lection Nov. 8.

Other Collection speakers this
semester include James Reston,
Chief of the New York Times’
Washington Bureau, Nov. 165;
Sporge Skouras, President of Unit-
ed Artists, whith. originated the
Todd A.O. process~ used in “the
film Oklahoma, Noy. 22; and Leon-
ard Bernstein, contemporary Amer-
ican composer, in December.



AT THE MOVIES

BRYN MAWR
Oct. 19—Shane and Arrowhead.
Oct. 20-22—Summertime.
Oct. 23-24—The Searlet Coat and
Female on the Beach.
Oct. 25—Romeo and Juliet.

ARDMORE

Oct. 19-22—Pete Kelly’s Blues.

Oct. 23-25—The Night of the
Hunter and She Wore a Yellow
Ribbon.

SUBURBAN

O&. 19-22 — Love is a Many
Splendored Thing.
Oct. 23-25—Footsteps in the Fog

ANTHONY WAYNE

Oct. 19—The Night of the Hunt-
er.
Oct. 20-22—Pete Kelly’s Blues.





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