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VOL. Lil, NO. 8

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1955

© Trustees of Bryn’ Mawr College, 1955

PRICE 20 CENTS



Mrs. Oswald B. Lord,

Delegate To UN,

Discusses Far And Near East Problem

Mrs. Oswald B. Lord, member of
the United States Mission to the
United Nations, spoke in the Dean-
ery on Wednesday, November 30.
Her speech, “They know what free-
dom means,” was based on an ex-
tensive trip she and her husband
made through the Far and Near
East, on the behalf of the UN.

Mrs. Lord was chiefly con-
cerned with the progress of the
UN in “Fields that never get the
headlines.” The UN is divided into
various committees which study
such particular problems as edu-
cation, child welfare, health, and)
women’s rights in countries that
can benefit from the moral and:
technical assistance the UN can
give.

Mrs. Lord’s tour started in
Jerusalem and Egypt where there
is great emphasis on a welfare and
education program, particularly
for the younger generation, which
must carry the responsibility for
modernizing their country. The
UN has given as much technical
aid as possible to Jerusalem in the
way of supplies, books, etc.

Afghanistan was the next place
visited. Due partly to the ignor-
ance of the native Afghans who
refuse to give up their antiquated
farming methods, there are great
problems of farming and health.
The ignorance is being partly con-





quered by teaching the children
who in turn bring their knowledge

back to their parents.
Mrs. Lord also visited India, the

Philippines, Burma, and Formosa.
The problems everywhere are sim-
ilar; medical and industrial aid are

needed to combat ignorance preva- |

lent in every under-developed com-

; munity.

The progress the UN has made
in regard to these countries is only
a start, but it is a good one and

significant in that it has “con-
vinced: the world that the UN has
ino ulterior motives” in helping
these countries that can use as-

sistance.



Influenza vaccine will be giv-
en free to the students, faculty,
staff and husbands and/or wives
of same at the College Infirm-

ary.

Monday, Dec. 12, 2:00-4:15
P.M. \
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 8:30-9:30

A.M.; 2:00-4:15 P.M.

Anyone who wishes to have
the vaccine at a different ‘hour
will be charged $1.00.

During the above time there
will be no regular dispensary
service. True emergencies will
be treated on the second floor.









Recently Organized Caucus Club
Listens To Longstreth On Election

By Charlotte Graves

The newly organized Caucus
Club of Haverford held its first
meeting on Sunday evening, De-
cember 4. Pursuing a practical in-
terest_in politics, the club invited
Mr. Thatcher Longstreth, the de-
feated Republican candidate for
Mayor of Philadelphia, to speak in-
formally on the campaign in gen-
eral.

I found Mr. Longstreth to be a
man whose charm would.very read-
ily appeal to the voter. He held
the group’s attention the whole
time he discussed his views and his
analysis of the period from Febru-
ary, when he was asked by the
now defunct Republican Assembly
to run for Mayor, to his present
search for a new job. He quite
candidly told the group much
about the “inside” of a campaign

cities.
“Ins” Ahead

The “ins” have a decided advan-
tage in waging an election cam-
paign, unless they have made many
mistakes and are so flagrantly cor-
rupt that the public is incensed
enough to vote them out of office.
Whether Republicans or Demo-
crats, they can easily utilize their
already existing contacts within
the governmental structure to
strengthen the organization and to
gain a stronger hold on the voting
public.

In setting up his organization,
Mr. Longstreth found that more
than just volunteer work is needed
to run a campaign effectively. Em-
phasizing the time needed to put
an organization into effective ac-
tion, Mr. Longstreth pointed out
the disadvantages he had to fight
in every move of the campaign.
He warned the group about de-



pending on people who are “behind
you 1000%”; it’s impossible to get
work out of them. However, those
in back of a candidate 100% are
more likely to offer assistance.

I know many of the group won-
dered why a man with no political
experience would venture into poli-
tics. In answering this question,
Mr. Longstreth explained that he
hopes to see the day when no par-
ty will need to pay its workers on
election day; rather, people will
participate in political campaigns
and will take an interest in politics
generally as a civic duty for the
good of the community. Mr. Long-
streth noted that in many of the
low-income areas, patronage is an
important part of the campaign;
until a man has enough for himself
and his family, he will have to be
approached on economic reasons.
Nevertheless, it is necessary that
every citizen be concerned enough
for good government that flagrant
political patronage and the buying
and selling of votes will not be
permitted.

After speaking to the group for
about forty-five minutes, Mr. Long-
-streth was asked a number of
questions, in fact so many that the
group moved to a Haverford stu-
dent’s. rooms, where we all sat

around even more informally dis-/:

cussing the campaign.
Dilworth Next

The Caucus Club hopes to con-
tinue on an. informa] basis, wel-
coming any student who is inter-
ested in politics and its practical
applications. No regular meetings
are scheduled, however Mr. Rich-
ardson Dilworth, will be with the
group on Wednesday, December 14,
to talk about the election in which
he was elected Mayor of —
phia.,







Miss Gé



Kenneth Geist and Jean Young star in Much Ado About Nothing.



Carols will ring through Good-
hart at the annual Christmas Con-
cert on Sunday, December 11, at
8:00. The Bryn Mawr Chorus, the
Haverford Glee Club, and a string
orchestra from the two colleges
will participate.

The Rev. Andrew Mutch, D.D.,
minister emeritus. of the Bryn
Mawr Presbyterian Church, will
give the Christmas sermon.

Among the selections will be a
Bach cantata, Sleeper Wake (Wi-
chet Auf).__This will feature the
sopranos from the Double Octette,
and a group of singers from Hav-
erford.

Mary Lee Culver will sing the
contralto solo in “The Magnificat,”
by Vaughan Williams. The flute
solo in this number will be played
by Eleanor Dickerm&n. Selections
by Haverford, and community
carol singing will be included in
the concert.

CALENDAR

Thursday, December 8

4:00 P.M.—Meeting on British
University Sufhmer School.
Common Room.

8:00 P.M. — Philosophy Club.
Jonathan Bennett, “Some Prob-
lems in Objectivist Ethics.” Ely
Room.

8:30 P.M.—Science Club. Miss
Hoyt will speak on “Animals and
Electricity.” Dalton.

‘Friday, December 9

7:30 P.M. — A.A. Movie, “A
World in His. Arms,” starring
Gregory Peck. Admission $.50.
Skinner Workshop.

Sunday, December 11

8:00 P.M. — Christmas Carol
Service. Goodhart .Hall.
Monday, December 12

7:15 P.M. — Current Events.
Warner Berthoff. “Is Modern
American Literature Misrepre-
senting America?” Common
Room. .

8:30 P.M.—Sigma Xi Lecture.
John R. Pruett, Associate Pro-_
fessor of Physics, will speak.

Tuesday, December 13

The Graduate Center will pre-
sent its annual Christmas pag-
eant, “a St. George play,” at the
halls in the evening.

Wednesday, December 14
Maids and porters caroling.
Thursday, December 15
Christmas Dinner in the halls,



followed by senior caroling.

Annual Christmas Service And Caroling
To Lighten Final Week Before Vacation

At their annual Christmas carol-
ing next Wednesday night, the
| maids and porters plan to inject
lan international note by singing
carols from many different lands.

Among the carols they~plan to
sing are “Here We Come A Was-

King Wenceslas,” “What Child Is
This ?”, “Twelve Days of Christ-
mas,” “Baloo, Lammy,” and “Bring
A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella.”

A smaller group is working on
“Adoramus Te” and “Heavenly
Sounds.”

The carolers will also sing two
Negro spirituals, “Go Tell It On
the Mountain” and “Rise up Shep-
herds and Foller.”

Solos are being sung by Dorothy
Backus, Louise Jones, Catherine
Rosolle, Esther Lesley, Pear] Bai-
ley, Mabel Chapman, Evalin John-
son, Louis White, Aloysius Mackey,
George Brown, and Fred Gaymon,
Jr.

Senior Caroling

Immediately after Christmas
dinner next Thursday night, the
seniors will begin their traditional
Christmas caroling tour of various
places on campus.

According .to Miggy Schwab,
chairman of the carol sing, there
will be about fifty seniors in the
group, which will sing many of the
old Christmas favorites and tradi-
tional carols.

Beginning at-7:45-with the Trus-
tees’ dinner at the Deanery,. the
seniors will then go to Mrs. Mar-
shall’s house.at 8:00, go along Fac-
ulty Row at 8:20, and reach the
Graduate Center at 8:30.

From the Low Buildings at 8:45,
they will go to Miss McBride’s
house and arrive there at 9:00.
From there, they will make the
rounds of the various halls. They
are scheduled as follows: Rhoads,
9:20; Radnor, 9:30; Merion, 9: 40;
and Denbigh, 9:50.

Then, the group
Broughtons’ house
Inn at 10:20, the
10:25, East House
Wyndham at 10:35.

From there, they are due to ar-
rive at Miss Ely’s house at 10:45,
Rock at 11:15, and Pembroke Arch

will go to the
at 10:00, the

Infirmary at
at 10:30, and

sailing,” “O Tannenbaum,” “Good :

ble Praises Excellent: Performance
Of J oint Colleges’ Shakespearean Production

“Much Ado’’ ee
Congratulated
On Tone

by Isabel Gamble

Assistant Professor of English

Audiences in Goodhart last week-
end saw a Much Ado About Noth-
ing that came closer to profession-
al competence than any other re-
cent student production. It de-
serves praise especially as a satis-

{fying solution to the peculiar dif-

ficulties of the play. Shakespeare’s
habit, even in his comedies, was to
leave no initial statement unques-
tioned. The massively brilliant,
single - minded inventiveness of
Jonson throws into relief the dar-
ine contrasted movements of
Shakespearean comedy. The tone
of the first act is crossed, shadow-
ed, or contradicted as the play pro-
ceeds; some hairy-eared Bottom al-
ways inhabits the midsummer
night and the dream treads on the
edge of nightmare. In Much Ado
the famous crux of Act IV, “Kill
Claudio,” climaxes a shift of mood
as drastic as any in Shakespeare,
and in that shift lies the play’s
challenge to the actors.

Under Mr. Butman’s’ direction
the challenge was met, the alter-
ations from bright to dark and
back again accurately traced in the
rhythm of the production. Most of
the important parts were not only
created ,but sustained and varied.
At the head must be placed the
brilliant Benedick of Kenneth .
Geist, a witty and graceful per-
formance that lingers in the mem-
ory. Its strength lay in the delib-
eratte artificiality which by creat-
ing a surface, implied a depth—an
effect essential to the character. Mr.
Geist’s precise sense of timing sea-
soned his solo appearances and
combined neatly with his compan-
ions to make the ‘deception’ of
Benedick a stylish sequence, full of
gusto. The three plotters worked
well together and showed individual
merit. Harvey Phillips’ Don Ped-
ro, after an _ uncertain start,

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Hathway, Social
Economist, Dies

Dr. Marion Hathway, Director of
the Bryn Mawr Department of So-
cial Economy since 1951, died of a
heart ailment in Bryn Mawr Hos-
pital-on November 18;

Dr. Hathway received her A.B.
degree from Radcliffe College, and
held an M.A. degree and Ph.D.
gree from the University of é A -
cago.

Before coming to Bryn-Mawr-in
1951, Dr. Hathway was a member
of the faculty of the School of So-
cial Work at the University of
Pittsburgh.

At other times in her teaching
career, which began in 1916, Dr.
Hathway was on the faculty of the
University of Washington, and
served as assistant director of the
attendance bureau of the Denver
public schools.

Dr. Hathway was the author of
several publications on social work,
and edited the Social Service Se-
ries for the Houghton- — Com-







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