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THE COLLEGE NEWS



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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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The Issue that Can’t Bite Back

Sometime during the next year, you will, indubitably,
_ come tace to face with what is politely Known as an “issue”.
‘rhough actually not tar ditferent trom the familiar sort of
question invoiving points of view and requiring a solution,
tne campus issue involves a degree of urgency peculiar to it-
seit. Aside trom its inevitable relevancy to student life, the
nature of the campus issue would be hard to categorize. lt
may be almost gamesome, like Barnard’s controversy of last
spring regarding the administration’s stand on the Insuita-
puity of bermuda Shorts tor classes; or it may, on tne other
hand, be of more serious nature, as in the current Douglass
College discussion on the culpability of the five student edi-
. tors who tendered a lecture invitation to Premier Khrushchev.
it may be purely local in scope, like Self-Gov and Undergrad’s
query ot last semester on the legality of changing voting pro-
ceedures mid-election, or it may, like the decision concerning
participation in the movement supporting Southern sit-ins, be
relevant to a national controversy.

Unpredictable as is its nature and scope, the campus is-
sue, so called, has at least two distinct characteristics which
set it apart from both high school controversies and politi-
cal and social questions encountered in pre-college days. Cer-
tainly the most important of these is the fact that it must be
faced. Unlike broader social issues which require opinion only
when genuine response or commitment have been evoked, the
campus issue, arising in a limited community and usually per-
taining to policy decisions, virtually demands that everyone
take some sort of stand. Whereas it is possible to avoid form-
ing a point of view on a national or community matter des-
tined to be resolved by a remote policy-making body, it is
difficult to remain uninvolved when the policy under consider-
ation directly affects or reflects your interests.

The second distinguishing feature of the campus issue
is its apparent remoteness from the familiar standards upon
which earlier judgments have been based. Entering college,
and particularly campus life, involves an abrupt derailment
from previously unquestioned premises and prejudices. Ques-
tions are examined from points of view heretofore undream-
ed of; and the examination and discussion given to an issue
by student body and faculty frequently leave it bereft of any
apparent right and wrong. Even the right and left of an issue
tend to lose whatever absolute quality they may have possess-



_.._.ed-on_removal to a new setting, with the result that the poli-

tical values of family and home may also lose their relevence
in judging the campus issue.

To further complicate matters, the campus issue, like
most others, is seldom simple. Barnard’s dilemma of last
spring involved more than fashion; it was, in the main, a
question of whether or not the administration had the right
to dictate student dress, and, by implication, interfere in stu-
dent life. Douglass’ dispute involves more than a resolution
of censure; it embraces thé whole conflict between a loosely-
labeled academic freedom and the self-imposed obligation of
Americans to avoid abetting Soviet propaganda efforts. Tak-
_ing a stand on such-an-issue-means-more-than-deciding upon
- action to meet a particular contingency; it means declaring
adherence to a set of principles. This, considering the twin
conditions of the campus issue—its tendency to demand as-
sertion of a non-ambiguous point of view and the simultaneous
removal of familiar values and prejudices—is far from an

easy task and often entails a lot more concentration than you|*

have heretofore devoted to impersonal and non-academic sub-
jects. On the other hand, the campus issue is capable of com-
plete simplicity, an attribute itself not without its difficulties.
A m concerned only with a proceedure in a particular
campus election is as difficult to attack with objectivity as the
broader issue is with comprehension. It is, however, capable
of eliciting a heated campus reaction and it may demand the
same kind if not the same degree of concentration.
Lest all this sound too gloomy for a welcome editorial,
a Pe remembered that there is a particular beauty unique
__ the campus issue is, in the final analysis, unimportant. What-
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Inn” Induces
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Lively Spirits _
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Culinary Skill
(The following is an open mes-
sage from a College Inn fresh-
man emeritus. It is addressed to
all those who will be abiding this
year at the Inn, East House, the
Graduate Center, the Deanery, or
the Infirmary. Others may read
it too, but only if they agree to
_ accept their own lot and not be-.

gin decrying the director of halls
for discriminatory . practices)

by Suzy Spain

The Inn was fun in the long run.
For some reason I remember the
good things about it, the bad are
all blended into one long attempt
bo get to sleep. I think everyone
should have the opportunity to live
in Inn-like places. In the dorms
there are only other students.who
are all really pretty much alike
when compared to a choice like we

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{Inn-people had: delightful faculty

members like Cambitiglou, Agnew,
Markley, Mitchell, the Ayalas, Miss
Lieb and Miss Lancaster. Where
in the dorms can you get all that
and the ten of us who lived there?
Also, we had, if we so desired, the
run of every dorm for meals, social
activities and plain visiting.
The Inn, between breaks for
study and the attempts to sleep,
was a big, happy shortie-pajamaed
madhouse in a continuous search
for food and more madness. The
food part seemed to be indigenous
to the whole Inn, for, when we all
let go of our inhibitions, shed our
clothes to study in\comfort and left
doors ajar for ventilation, Mr. Mit-
chell always seemed to have an
unge to bake a cake and came trot-
ting down the hall for “a wee cup
of sugar” which is a cup all the
same when we only had cubes...
(from the Inn and the Beau and
Belle, naturally).
Walls Scaled

Once we heard “things” on the
fire escapes. It was only the slight-
ly bubbly-headed guests of one of
our academic Inn-mates, the rock-
ing-chair-rocking, harp-music-lis-
tening resident archaeologist, who
were scaling the outside walls to
avoid our notoriously curious eyes
in the halls.
The great thing about the Inn
and such places.is that they are
small, unguarded and uncared for.
The Inn kitchen is a fascinating,
forbidden and foreboding place
(visiting of which necessitates
missing a few of its elegant Main
Line meals.) There’s great mud to
squash between one’s toes halfway
between the Inn and East House.

Comfy Haven

' Miss Markley is great. Every-
body should get to know her. She
runs a. comfy little haven free of
all reminders of academic commit-
ments. But we had many evenings
of study with her all the same:
that of analyzing American cultur-
al development, via TV; and its
culinary development, via Sara Lee
cakes, pies, cookies. She did all our
rationalizing for us and convinced
us better than we could ourselves
that we needn’t study all the time.

Last year ‘Mr. Wachinger lived
with us; he was a young German
professor who is now at Harvard
. » where he is more likely not
going to collide with frauleins in
shorties or in soggy towels as they
emerge from a bathroom opposite
his room as he did every time he
opened his door last year.

Without being overly sentimen-

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Procedure and

President Outlines

Self-Gov’s Role

by Carolyn Goldmark
President Self-Government

On behalf of the Self-Govern-
ment Association I would like to
express the warmest welcome to
you all. We are glad to have you
with us and are sure that before
long the strangeness that you now
feel will bé\a thing of the past.

Self Government at Bryn Mawr
covers all corners of the college
campus and all phases of campus
life:--The Association was estab-
lished in 1892 to place the responsi-
bility for the conduct of the stu-
dents entirely in their own hands.
It was felt that girls of college age
were mature enough to live in a
community without outside super-
vision. Over the years a sense'of
honor and integrity have made this
possible. .

Individual Responsibility

Self Government, thus based on
an honor system, demands the ut-
most where individual respect and
responsibility are concerned. Each
student is expected to govern her
affairs, both academic and social,
according to the mores of the col-
lege community. Moreover, under
such a system each student has the
opportunity and the privilege to
decide upon the composition of
these same community guide posts.
The rules and regulations laid down
iby Self Government have stood the
test of time in caring for the needs
of all individuals. Should these at
any time become obsolete, it is the
student body that changes them.

The guide posts of the commun-
ity have been written down in the
Self Government Constitution
which you received this summer.
Regulations concerning social and
academic life are listed in this lit-
tle blue book. These rules are to
help you become asccustomed to
the college way of life, and to in-
sure that the college will function
as a academic and social unit. Now
that you are one of us you owe it
to yourself and to the entire stu-
dent body to learn these rules thor-
oughly.

Honor Expected

The Academic Honor System
makes each student responsible for
her own honor as well as for the
integrity of others. All work is to
be done on an individual and hon-
orable basis. One is expected to
complete one’s work without re-
sorting to any form of cheating
which would thus weaken the stan-
dard and. degrade the value of the
Bryn Mawr College degree. The
Social Honor System similarly ex-
pects individual honor and integ-
rity. For an act of cheating in the
social honor system is just as harm-
ful as it is in the Academic Honor
System. This is your college and
it is a college of which to be proud.
Your duty is to keep this reputa-
tion, at its best.

There are three separate struc-
tural constituents of Self Govern-
ment. Each is equally important.
One centers in the halls. Each hall
has a Hail President who sits on
the Advisory Board of Self Govern-
ment. This Board meets weekly
to consider infractions against the
Honor system, and to discuss cam-
pus problems. In each hall there is
also a Vice-President who is not
only a deputy of Self Government
but also the Hall President’s right
hand man. Permissioi Givers,
chosen by the Hall President, are
students who have demonstrated a
sound knowledge of Self Govern-



_}ment rules, a feeling for the eam-

‘pus, integrity, and who are capable
are indispensable. They will sign





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Saturday, October 1, 1960.

Organization Leaders Explain

Plans of Year
Undergrad Head
Revegqls Plans

by Betsy Frantz, ’61,
President Undergraduate
Association
I am happy ‘to have this oppor-
tunity to expound on some of the
projects planned by the Undergrad-
uate Association for the coming
academic » year. We anticipate

another busy and fruitful year for
the Association and hope to have
the support of each of you, as an _
ipso facto member.

Throughout our work we shall
be concerned with the implementa-
tion of the reorganization of-under-
graduate activities and associa-
tions which was enacted last year.
We shall be the first group to
carry through a full year’s program
within the framework of the new
structure, so we shall be watchful
for omissions or necessary revi-
sions.

A major project for Undergrad
this fall will be an evaluation of
the election system on the Bryn
Mawr campus. In particular we
shall be considering methods of
nomination other than the straw
balloting which we currently em-
ploy. Should an alternate means
be deemed advisable we shail ask
the Legislature tto consider such
a change.

The Activities Board of the As-
sociation is planning to increase
the social activities of the campus.
We hope to initiate informa] open
houses in Goodhart on Friday
evenings.

Last year the reorganization
plan authorized the Executive
Board to use Common Treasury
funds to bring an eminent guest
to the campus for several days. In
the spring the oard _ invited
Robert Frost who spent two days
at Bryn Mawr, during which time
he read some of his poetry and
met informally with groups of
students. We shall be continuing
this program this year, and hope
to be able to sponsor several such
speakers.

In all of our work this year, we
shall welcome freshman _partici-
pation. You will be electing tem-
porary class representatives to
Undergrad, who will help to keep —
you informed of the activities of
the Association. We hope that
you wil] always feel free to offer
suggestions to them or to your
hall reps to Undergrad. We furth-
er encourage you to attend the
open meetings of the Boards, that
you may become well acquainted
with the work of the Association.



adept at understanding and apply-
ing the Self Government rules. Use
the Permission Givers, ask them
questions—they can be of great aid.
Finally in each hall, and of no less
importance, are the students—you!

‘You too must learn the rules and

regulations, understand them, use
them and believe in them, for they
are Bryn Mawr. ~*

There is a second unit—the Ex-
ecutive Board (which also meets
weekly). This is comprised of col-
lege elected officers, the President
(myself), the ‘Vice-President (B. J.
Baker, ’61), the Secretary (Sue
Johnson, ’62), and seven class of-
ficers—your class will be electing
two rotating members later this
fall... This Board resolves problems,
formulates policies and decides on
the nature of penalties. The Exec-
utive Board reserves the right to
recommend expulsion should the in-
fraction make it necessary.

ernment Association is the Aca-
demic Honor Board. This Board
meets only when infractions have
been. - It is comprised
of