College news, September 27, 1961

VOL. XLVII—NO. 1

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1961

%) Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1961

PRICE 20 CENTS



Class of 1965 Sweeps In With Hurricane’s Winds;

Freshmen, 199 Strong, Absorb Interviews, Meetings



Committee Head.
Explains ‘Week’,

e ©
Lists. Innovations
Dear Class of ’65,-

From adventures abroad, relax-
ing at home, sundry dull or inter-
esting jobs, you have come to be-
gin a ‘new experience at Bryn
Mawr. In a way, the four years at
Bryn Mawr can be compared to a
treasure hunt. You, as treasure
hunters, have come together from
varied backgrounds and different
parts of the world united by the
idea that the treasure to be found
at Bryn Mawr is rare and beauti-
ful.

For each of you the goal and
the steps toward attaining that
goal may be different. As in all
treasure hunts, each step is
reached by evaluating and inter-
preting»a set of directions, which,
in the case of Bryn Mawr may be
a course, a professor, a student, an
activity. Each of these steps gives
you a fuller understanding of the
treasure.

For you, the first direction sign
is Freshmen Week. The purpose of
this orientation period is to intro-
duce you to the college and ac-
quaint you with some of the ma-
terials needed in the search.

Saturday there is a picnic on
Batten House green with Haver-
ford’ freshmen to give you a
chance to meet them informally. A

highlight of the week is President

McBride’s tea on Sunday afternoon.

This year there are’ three inno-
vations in the schedule. First, Sun-
day evening there will be inform-
al coffee’ hours at professors’
homes. Another innovation is the
meeting with the English depart-
ment during which faculty mem-
bers will explain the whys and
wherefores of Freshman Comp.
Then, in order to familarize you
with the Paoli Local and indicate
what the city has to offer, guided

tours to Philadelphia have been|

arranged by Non-Resident upper-
classmen.

Freshman Week is only the be-
ginning. The success of the trea-
sure. hunt depends entirely upon
the individual seeker. The mem-
bers of the welcoming committee
are some of the seasoned hunters
who have been traveling a little
longer and perhaps have a deeper
understanding of the riches to dis-
cover. We know that you have the
desire, the skills and the stamina
to undertake a rewarding search.
We give you a sincere and excited
welcome.

Pixie Schieffelin ’62

Chairman, Freshman

Welcoming committee



The staff of the College News
will be in the Roost (Goodhart)
Tuesday at 5 to welcome inter-
-estéd and prospective News
members. There are unimagin-
able opportunities on the editor-
ial, business, ghd circulation-
subscription stalfs_as well as
premiums for cartoonists and
photographers.

Circumstances and situations
of becoming “a personnel” will
be explained. Do come, if only
to meet those who labored in
4 the shadows for this issue.

'/Regna- Studa~ Diebold









Basic Questions Emerge

In Self-Gov. Analysis

by Sue Johnson, President

The Foreword of the 1961-62 Constitution and Reso-
lutions of the Bryn Mawr’ Students’ Association for
Self-Governnient notes that the charter of the Associa-
tion which “places responsibility for the conduct of the
students entirely in their own hands” was granted by
the Trustees of the College in 1892. And, although not
formally stated until 1954, the principles of the aca-
demic honor system have likewise been accepted and
upheld since the founding of the College.

Self-Gov. is thus a venerable system, It is an in-
stitution which does as much.to set the tone of Bryn
Mawr as do Taylor Tower and May Day. In fact,
Self-Gov. threatens to take its place among Bryn Mawr’s
other hoary traditions.. This assertion is not meant to
disparage these activities, for traditions have their place
in any institution. They. are ‘good in part because they
are old ‘and unchanging.

Self-Gov., on the other hand, must constantly strug-
gle to remain receptive to change. It must be good
in spite of the fact that it is old. Each class which
enters Bryn Mawr—and we hope the Class of ’65 is no
exception—brings with it different values and different
needs. Seif-Gov. retains its worth in so far as it is
able to reflect these new values and answer these new
needs.

One might think that a 70 year old organization like
Self-Gov. would have long since answered all its basic
questions, and that little would remain for present offi-
cers and members to do but to maintain the system in
the perfect state in which it has been transmitted to
them. Unfortunatels, this is a commonly accepted mis-
conception of which, many organizations at Bryn Mawr
are guilty, Self-Gov. among, them.

The reformulation and re-answering of basic ques-
tions is one of the principal means by which any organ-
ization remains open to change, the change which allows
an organization not only to survive but to grow. These
are some of the fundamental questions for which Self-
Gov. has yet to find satisfactory answers:

Are Self-Gov. officers elected primarily to lead or

to record and transmit the wishes of their constituency ?
If the former, should Self-Gov. as"an organization take
stands on various issues? If the latter, from where
will leadership-come? If both, how should the officers
proportion their time and energy?

Is the present policy of “non-publicity” a good one?
Should Self-Gov. issues (e. g. specific prowler incidents,

Continued on Page 2, Col. 3



U-G President Welcomes
Our Critical Commitment

by Barbara Paul, President

After returning from the National Student Associ-
ation’s Student Body President Conference in Wiscon-
sin this summer, I am firmly convinced thétt Bryn Mawr
is indeed a unique institution. During the discussions
of student government problems, it was very hard for
me to explain that our latest crisis had been a missing
maypole.. And- yet I hurried to add that we did not
share the problems of many colleges where the students
and their governments were concerned primarily with
“sockhops. and sororities.”

The Undergraduate Association and you as‘a mem-
ber are indeed fortunate to live in an atmosphere where
questions of academic and social freedoms are largely
academic, where the caliber of scholarship is high in
all quarters of the campus, and where the students are
dedicated to that scholarship, What began to concern
me, however, was the effect this had come to have on
student activity. In the absence of pressing issues,
the Bryn Mawr campus has settled down to a pleas-
antly friendly schedule of concentrated scholasticism
but it has lost some of the electricity of conflict. Every-
thing continues to run smoothly with Undergrad oiling
the gears.

Undergrad Functions

Throughout the year you will be aware of some of
Undergrad’s functions, You will become familiar with
the many traditions and will look .on them with amuse-
ment and bemusement. The studious atmosphere will
be unobtrusively dispelled to allow for social functions
both on and off campus. Lectures will conflict and co-
incide on every night of the week until you give up in
despair of decision. The Big Five (League, Alliance,
Interfaith, Art’s Council, Athletic. ASsociation) and the
smaller clubs will meet to work and schedule their pro-
grams for the year. And the Undergraduate Associa-
tion--will—-continue—its—intangible--task—of—coordinating
(which often means diplomacy and always means re-
sponsibility) all the sections of the campus, students
as well as faculty, administration and alumnae. .

As a freshman you are a coveted potential-partici-
pant by all the campus organizations. Ipso facto, you
are a member of Undergrad and I extend the warmest
welcome. Our meetings are open to you and your ideas
and criticisms. You will also be a receiver of a lan-
tern, a maypole dancer, a likely customer for dance tic-
kets, a prodded lecture-goer, and a solicited club mem-
ber.

Continued on Page 2, Col. 4



MERION HALL

Ann Taylor Allen

Judy Edna_ Altschul
Maria Peter Callas
Pauline Hsiao Chen Chu
Ann Louise Coates
Linnae Coss

Mary Ann _ D’‘Esopo
Charity Ann Downs
Gene Frances Fiaccone
Gretchen Field

Roberta . Hershkowitz
Ronni Barbara Iselin
Jane Norton Page
Marcia Ann Patton
Anne Ridley Trimble
Margaret Newton Wilber
ROCKEFELLER HALL
Karen®Faith Alexander
Kathy Boudin

Ethel Parmele Cardwell





Yvonne Earle Charbier





Elizabeth Earle Cobey



Anne Elizabeth Godfrey
Gertrude McFarland Goheen
Priscilla Eunice Graichen
Eileen Virginia James





Freshmen Residence Directory

Arlene Mary Joy
Prudence Kappes

Leslie Ann Leggett
Nancy Eleanor Liddle
Barbara Nan Lieb
Nancy Lee Milner
Anna Helena Norberg
Jane Marla Robbins
Barbara Maria Schaefer
Bonnie Lou Shannon
Elizabeth Margherita Taylor

PEMBROKE EAST

Carol Lynn Arndt
Alexandra Lee Bereskin
Diane Dee: rier

Mary Elizabeth Emmett Cantwell
Phoebe Clemencia Ellsworth
Judy Irene Fine

yoanna Hayward Frodin
Martha Bedsole Goodloe
Harriet Echols Hanger
Deirdre Butler Harder

Mary Alison Kuhn

Consuelo. Lopez-Morillas
Betsey Gardner Pinckney
Mary Parkinson Proddow
Johanna Rediger

Janet Howell Rodman





Adrienne June Marsh

Elizabeth Bradford Smith



Catherine Maryann McCauliff
Janaki Natarjan
Harriet Pauline Osborn

Harriet Ellen Swern
Barbara Burrall Thacher

DENBIGH HALL







Martha Gail Sameth
Judith Diane_ Schaffel
Judith Borda Schmidgall
Stephanie Wenkert

PEMBROKE WEST

Jessie Madeleine Berry
Nancy Ellen Bradeen
Margaret Allen Clowes
Ellen Amy Ferrin
Barbara Josephine Gaines





Alison Arsht

Fmily Alice Bardeck
Muriel ‘Ann Clarke

Barbara Alice Franco

Ellen Marie Ginzler 2
Catherine Van Cleef Gores
Michele Swing Greene
Claudia Gaynor Kempf
Susan Gene Kroto

Susan Lovise Laufer









Carol Charlotte Jones *

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- | Barbara Huntsbergy- Loeb



Novice Students
Come From Afar,
imbibe Tradition

Newly arrived members of the

class of :1965 have found the past

days of Freshman Week a rush of
interviews, meetings, examinations,

questions’. and. unpacking. They

have weathered the side effects of
a hurricane which greeted: them
the day they’arrived. They have
signed their names hundreds of
times, read reams of mimeograph-
ed sheets and peered’ at name tags
to the point of eyestrain. Now as
they settle into their new existencg
they can pause for a look at their
classmates.

There are 199 of them all told.
They hail from thirty-three states
and three foreign countries. Near-
ly a majority of them (48.5%)
come from the middle Atlantic
states and only .5% from the east
south central area. Five of them
are non-resident. They’ are four-
teen stronger than last year’s
freshman class, and as a result
many of. them have had to take up
residence at the College Inn, Rock-
efeller Annex and the Infirmary. |

In addition to the freshman new-
comers, there are five transfer stu-
dents. One is a foreign student,
two will be non-resident transfers,
and two are gilegt seniors.



Constance Joy Maravell

Martha Wassen Merrick

Toby Leah. Pick

Barbara Alison Ranney

Mary Susan Schoenbaum

Candace J. Simpson

Mary Lee Sivess

Kathryn Nance Terzian

Julia Crouse Tobey

Barbara Frances Wyler

Roberta Yaffe

RADNOR HALL

Gillian Anne Bunshaft

Alice Marian Chary

Patricia Anne Gordon-Mann

Susan Hay

Phyllis Louise Kistler

Pamela Eileen Koehler

Judith Ann Lebowich

Stephanie Elizabeth Lewis

Rebecca Taylor McDowell

Elena Mercedes Mestre

Kirsten Ruth Mueller

Rolly Janet Phillips

Constance Sage Rosenblum

Alice Frisbee Schade i

Karen Lee Sieg

Katherine Robin Silberblatt

Ulrica Mary Stewart

Janet Claire Swift ve

RHOADS NORTH Pag

Carol Park Armstrong

Margaret Louise Atherton

Barbara Carol Baehr

Sibyl .Julid Bernard

Elizabeth Jennifer Bogen

Lillian Isabel Burling

Linda Lin Chang

Joan Eileen Deutsch

Daphne Burma Du Pont

Sally Ainslie Harris

Susan Gale Hull

Elizabeth Kay Knight

Rowena Karen Lichtenstein

Lucy Dena Norman

Sara Louise Orem

Wendy Lilah Raudenbush

Lucy Caroline Roosevelt

Lynette Scott

Barbara Helene, Tolpin

Linda Marion Turner

Susan Beth Weisberg

RHOADS SOUTH

Martha Evans Anderson a

Dorothy Marguerite Easton |

Elizabeth Greene

Nancy Elizabeth McAdams

Diana Russell

Gail Nina Simon

Mary Howard Smith

Maria Herron Taft

COLLEGE INN :

Joan Carol Casper
Continued on Page 2, Col. 1




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Page Two

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Q

Friday, September 22, 1961



F lexibility

. It may be for the freshman or it may be for themselves,
but at this time of the year, after a perspective-gaining sum-
mer, prodded by questions or on impulse to give advice or
provide conversational material, an upperelassman will at-
tempt to describe, define or catalogue—do something defini-

tive about Bryn Mawr. “Bryn

Mawr”: an institution that is

different from Swarthmore, Haverford and Holyoke; that
after a few days is no longer the beneficent great white god-

dess of an institution that it

might have seemed in May or

the may-poled mother machine that the Freshman Week
. Committee often appears to have to make it. In a few weeks
freshmen will have a perfectly clear conception of BMC: in
between plays, teas, meetings, parades and cloister exercises

¢lasses are attended. But in
academic occurrences become
‘to revise their conceptions.

a few more weeks when non-
negligible freshmen will begin
Upperclassmen, to distinguish

them from freshmen, are simply and largely more experi-

enced conception-revisers.
Bryn Mawr is an intense

and diversified complex. One

spends four years bounding forth and rebounding between
studies and the latest traditional, academic, social and poli-

tical events and catastrophes.

These occurrences, disrupting

' surges of concentration, become the absolute center of all
_ mental, physical and emotional attention, involving twenty
‘ar.six hundred people and enduring for unpredictable amounts

- of time.

Despite the smallness of the school and its appar-

ent unity in the super-structured, ipso-factoed organizations,
incidents occur, or more accurately, waves hit the school, de-
’ fying categorizing and efficient treatment and causing furors.
Then suddenly, things are quiet.

All the meetings,

encounters, pamphlets,

speeches,

friendly chats and Newses and then the returning ranks of
upperclasmen still could not settle the Bryn Mawr question.
Bryn Mawr remains a community of nearly 1000 students
and their teachers, its particular atmosphere depending on
its population and the national, international and sometimes,

surprisingly enough, indigeno

us waves that may hit it, re-

quiring if one is so-minded, adjustment and readjustment of

one’s conceptions.



B. M. C. Marks Measure Individual
As Pressure For Grades Now Lifts

by Ellen Rothenberg

One of the most striking tra-
ditions of Bryn Mawr is the gen-
eral attitude of the student body
towards grades. Most freshmen
come from an atmosphere where
a student’s chances of gaining col-
lege entrance are measured by his
comparative standing, and his com-
parative standing is measured ac-
cording to marks. Here, although
grades still gauge a _ student’s
standing in relation to others, the
standing itself has decreased in
importance. High grades are no
longer the order of the day either
for the attainment of an aim after
graduation or for prestige. The
pressure is off.

Instead of centering on the
grades themselves, the pressure
centers on the work. While the
marking system attempts to eval-
uate the amount of effort a stu-
dent puts into a course, the real

evaluation proceeds from the stu-
dent herself.

The aim of the courses is to
give the students as much know-
ledge as possible and to suggest
the means for adding to it. Wheth-
er learning involves following the
way indicated by the instructor
or branching out from or carrying
on beyond it is left to the indi-
vidual. Therefore to a large de-
gree each student decides when
she is satisfied with her work in
each subject. Marks corroborate
a student’s decision, but the stand-
ard proceeds from the individual.

For this reason, freshmen soon
discover that comparison of the
grades of two students.is.compara-
tively rare, and that professors are
more concerned with improving
their students’ understanding of
their subject than with judging an
individuals’ knowledge as if it
were all she could hope to acquire.



Lists
Continued from Page 1, Col. 5

Helen Louise Gray

Marcia R. Houston

Faith Sargent Lewis

Eleanor Elizabeth Miidkiff

Judith Hoyt Rhodes

-—Susannah Ellen Sard
- £lizabeth Van: Rensselaer Stanwood
Lynn ‘Hunter Thomas

Ruth Storrow Vose

Karin-Marie Koutousoff Winkelhorn
JANE BATTEN HOUSE

Margery Aronson

Maresa Fanelli

Ellen Jenny Halpern

Marise Lynne Rogge

Mary Kathleen Roy

Sandra Ruth Waldman

EAST HOUSE

Pauline Sands Abbott

Marion Helen Freedman

Karin Jill Gleiter

Sabina Abbe Karp

Sue-Jane Kerbin

Diana Beth Koin

Eugenie Elizabeth Ladner

Jo Anne Lesser t
Elizabeth Jane Lewis ‘
Marilyn .Meaden_ Miller

Lois Marcia Neiman

Barbara Joanne Ramsay

Susan’ Dorothy Robertson

~4ene--Frances~ Winkler

Gail Eve Sanger

Grace Seiberling

Nancy Ann_ Sours

Susan Thomson Viguers
Margarét Vogel
INFIRMARY

Theresa Frances Alt

Enid Angela Colby
Katherine Calhoun Henley
Nancy Walton Pringle

THE DEANERY

Jane Mitchell Ahern
Catherine Esther de Grazia
Carolyn Rochelle Dranoff
Susan Neill--Lewis

Dorothy Maxine Master
Patricia Ann Murray ©
Carol Isabel Vartanian
GRADUATE CENTER .
Johanna Louise Gwinn
Diane Elizabeth Lane
Caroline McNair

Jane Susan: Rose
Menakka Dharmini-Weerasinghe
ROCKEFELLER ANNEX |
{Ann Elizabeth Campbell
Rio Cecily Howard
Katherine. Wenning
NON-RESIDENT FRESHMEN
Laura Helen Gross

Jean Leslie Howarth
Diane Ethel Schuller

Mona trene Singer
Bernice Zeldin





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Christmas Carols,
Lantern Night, Tea
Receive Reverence

; Bryn, Mawr traditions are as di-
verse as they are entertaining
Ranging the
(Freshmen answer _ tele-
phones) to the lofty (Greek hymns
in the Cloisters) they are observed
with the reverence which their
long history warrants. Fr

Class colors, plays, animals and
shows, College songs and dining
room singing are subject to rules
of tradition. Caps and gowns, lan-
terns, ‘Senior Christmas caroling
and tree planting, hoop rolling,
and step singing are part of Bryn
Mawr life.

The major ceremonies observed

are Parade Night, on the evening
of the first day of classes, Lantern
Night, on the fourth Friday in
October, and May Day.

On Parade Night the Freshmen
parade between Juniors and Sen-
iors from Pembroke Arch to the
Hockey Field. There the Sopho-
mores await them by a _ bonfire
trying to discover and parody the
Freshmen’s secret Parade Night
song.

from
must

Lanterns and Tea

On Lantern Night, the Freshmen

wearing caps and gowns for the
first time, are-officially welcomed
into the Cotes, as they receive
lanterns from the Sophomores in
the Cloisters.
May Day, beginning at five-thir-
ty in the morning for sophomores
and seniors is filled with flowers,
strawberries for breakfast, May-
pole dancing, speeches, and Senior
hoop rolling.

Hell Week, designed for the en-
tertainment of the Freshmen, pro-
vides an interesting mid-February
interlude.

Aside from the Bryn Mawr Tea,.
whose function, merit and results
one must manage to grow or im-
bibe into—discussion on the point
being absurdly unbelievable and
otherwise useless, there is one
other’ tradition, quickly and voci-
ferously partaken of, and rarely
alluded to, except in season, that
being running in the rain in one’s
gym tunic unbelted.

Self-Gov

Continued from Page 1, Col. 3

- | negotiations with the Administration

over the driving rule) be kept quiet
or should they be thoroughly and
specifically discussed? How can an
organization expect its members to
be interested in its activities if they
never know what’s going on until it’s
all said and done?

cers play in their relations with the
Administration? Should they be
communications’ links, collective bar-
gainers, dabblers in power potitics,
‘sieves through which pass only what
is non-controversial, harassed schol-
are with little time or energn left
for the duties and responsibilities
of the positions?

If participation in a self-govern-
ment system is part of the educa-
tional experience of every Bryn
Mawr student, what is being learn-
ed? How to live in a community
which grounds the principles of its
existence in such concepts as aca-
-demic honesty, persona). honor, and
community responsibilty? How to
employ selectively one’s sense of hon-
or? How to “let the other follow
do it”? How to get a head start on
the rat race at age 20?

Freshmen, I can think of no bet-

troduce you to some of the challenges
which each member of Self-Gov has
before her.
We are happy and trond to have your

your participation, and

Gov.
Sincerely, _.



Hel a. Leveri r "64 ioe

~*~ Sue Johnson, President



utilitariagy

Self-Description

Proves News

Diverting, Provoking, Insolvent

. The College News is a non-pro-

fit making organization but we do
have unusual and interesting ex-
periences all the same. Next sum-
mer, if arrangements fr os
ponement of the November’ ap-
pointment come through, a few of
the..hardy News’. personnel will
spend the summer in debtors’ pri-
son.

What the News does however,
aside from consuming vast quant-
ities of raspbery sherbet (the first
choice of staff members for the
past two years though the editor
prefers coffee ice cream) and in-
timidating the Soda Fountain
management for displaying choco-
late cake with slipped-off icing is



to such the Chorus as it emerges
from practice each Tuesday night
being that Lectures are being
held in the Common Room or to
shush lectures if we don’t like
them or can’t attend. Also we tell
off-campus lecture-attenders that
what they’te looking for was held
last week or was cancelled or is
being held in the Bio lecture room
or the Ely Room or that it’s not
worth it anyway. Then after lec-
tures we eat leftover cookies and
coffee if we have not been sated
already by the kindly offerings of
John and Oliver.

We have typewriter and pencil
hunts.

We yell and scream but mostly
laugh.

We seek out Campus Issues...

We attend lectures and hold in-

Undergrad

terviews with all species of people,
We review shows and unusual —
movies (when we get free tickets).

“What role should Self-Gov. offi-|

ter way to welcome you than tv in- |.

We bid you welcome.’

Continued from Page 1, Col. 4

Year of Resolution

The most important task of Un-
dergrad this year, much more than
providing all these services for you,
will be to widen the definition of
what a student is and ought to be.
Students throughout our nation are
coming to realize that the cullege
community is much more than a
place for serious scholars, that a col-
lege education can be a much more
exciting experience than the accumu-
lation of knowledge through diligent
work and long hours, and that a lec-
ture passively received, one that
evokes no reactions, is perhaps not
much more valuable than a mediocre
movie. You as a student bring your
own personal. blend of values and
questions to the campus. Your class-
mates, and the upperclassmen, are
eager to meet you and your thoughts.
It is the hope and request of the Un-
dergraduate Association that you
will commit youseif on and partici-
pate in campus’ issues, provoking the
initial debate and discussion essential
to a community of students.



If we can’t find Issues, we try

to be diverting.

We receive Letters.

We provoke anger, confusion

and opinions that we (some of us
more than others) are incompe-
tent.

We are, despite almost annual

and well-meant attempts at altera-
tions by dutgoing boards, a young
staff—freshmen, sophomores and
a few juniors. Hence, aside from
all the above, the News provides
the best opportunity for freshmen
to
loved, happy and well-fed.

become immediately active,

Previous journalistic experience

is not a requirement though some
acquaintance
English language is. There will be
a meeting on Tuesday, September
26 at 5 PM in the Roost for all
aspiring News members: the edi-
torial,
staffs will welcome freshmen re-
cruits and the News in general
needs cartoonists and photograph-
ers,

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Interfaith Goals Emphasize

Awareness of

by Stephanie Condon, President

Bryn Mawr has only one organi-
zation that concerns itself chiefly
with religion—Interfaith. Inter-
faith faces its greatest challenge
and finds its. greatest strength in
the fact that it is the one organi-
zation responsible for meeting the
religious interests and needs of
the whole campus in a program of
varied activities. For many people,
college is the first opportunity to
encounter people from various re-
ligious backgrounds, interests, and
beliefs. We have a unique oppor-
tunity here to learn from one an-
other in a truly inter-faith pro-
gram. We have realized in plan-
ning a program for this year that
in order to deal with matters of
religion the program must be a
varied and flexible one. In keeping
with our belief in the value of the
contribution which each individual
can make to the total effort of the
organization, every Interfaith ac-
tivity is open to all members of
the campus, students and faculty.

Our program for this year will
include a series of mid-week eve-
ning lectures by outstanding schol-
ars and personalities in the field
of religion, speaking on topics of
_current interest. We are also plan-
ning to co-operate with other cam-
pus organizations to present lec-

Beat Or Cultured,
Arts Council Can

Accommodate All
by Elaine Cottler, President

As the youngest member of the
Bryn Mawr. organizations, Arts
Council is still discovering its own
capablities, and: eager to try al-
most anythng.. Our interests range
from the fine to the lively arts, and
we serve the campus by bringing
speakers and performers to Bryn
Mawr, by providing an outlet for
undergraduate talent and interest,
and by keeping students informed
of the cultural opportunities of the
Main Line and Philadelphia.

If you want to be a spectator,
our Ticket Agency, which has a
bulletin board in Goodhart, will
make it easy for you to attend
concerts and plays in the city, or
to visit the Barnes Collection of
modern art in Lower Merion. If
you want to participate, Arts
Night in the fall, poetry readings



and recitals are open to all stu-

dents.
Perhaps this summary is too
formal, and formality is a trait

for which the Council has never

been noted. All of our meetings
are open, including those of the
Planning Committee, whose mem-
bership consists of the officers
‘and . hall representatives. Our
schedule has been left ‘as flexible
as possible so that substitutions
and additions can be made.

An organization like the Arts
Council always faces the danger
of becoming merely arty; of con-
centrating too heavily on the
esoteric and obscure; or at the
other extreme, relying on tried-and
-true programs of plum-pudding
Culture. While we will be pleased
if you enjoy our movie series, or
Arts Night, or a concert, we want
to hear suggestions, criticism and
ideas from freshmen. If you begin
to feel like sending a torpedo into
that boat Michael rows, and want
to find out something about Miles
Davis or Thelonius Monk instead;
if you’d rather hear Jules Feiffer
than a Beat poet, or Erik Satie
‘instead of Bach, tell your hall rep,
or come. to a meeting—but let us
know.

Arts Council will have a tea
soon, where you can meet the off-
icers and find out about working
on planning, publicity or an Arts
Night..committee. The tea, meet-
ings, and other events will be an-

~ nounced in your hall and on the
Arts Council bulletin board.



All Religions

tures on topics which eombine the
interests of both groups. For ex-
ample, Arts Council and Interfaith
are presenting jointly a series of
three lectures in November on
“Sources of Art in Religion.” In
this way, we will be able to see the
relationship between religion and
academic, social, and _ political
questions. Joint lectures and lec-
tures which relate religion to other
fields aid our understanding of
religion which, although it is an in-
dividual matter for each of us, is
also related to all that we study
or do.

Weekly afternoon meetings for
talks and discussion are held to
deal with more limited or practical
topics, such as preparation for
coming lectures and the discussion
of topics which are of particular
interest to the campus, and which
are of concern to us as students
and young women. These meetings
are held at 5:00 in Cartref in the
reading room. which Interfaith
maintains for study and medita-

Continued on Page 6, Col. 3

|Caveat Emptor—Pay Day

Lurks Around Corner

Among the customs at Bryn
Mawr, the most innocent and the
most deadly is Pay Day. Described
in the Handbook as a convenient

|way to stagger expenses, Pay Day

usually staggers the person who
must pay. For Pay Day creeps up
silently and suddenly jumps out
in the path of every student.

This unspeakable ordeal of or-
deals .occurs six times a year. Alas
—this frequency is the source of
much regret to the ordinary girl
for it means that she must write
home six times per year. The joy
of the parents upon learning that
their daughter is alive and active
(this fact carefully deducted from
the more provoking fact that she
has spent $150. in 4 weeks) is us-
ually great enough to withstand
the shock of the request. However,
to the girl who has been sufficient-
ly kicked out of the nest to handle
her own money, the frequency of
Pay Day is a time of renaissance,
She must pull herself together,
walk briskly to the bank and charm
the clerks and tellers sufficiently
for them to deal gently with her
when her next check comes in.
The good people at the bank learn

Continued on Page 6, Col. 2



Alliance Nurtures
Political Interest,
Stirs Enthusiasm

by Marion Sines President

If the speuhet of the evening has
you in an arm-waving frenzy over
a vital issue, or the girl down the
hall is demanding your support for
some equally pressing cause—the
chances are Alliance is behind

them. The Alliance for Political
Affairs is the organization ultim-

ately responsible for all partisan| !

fury, political wrangling, and civic
crusading manifest on the Bryn
Mawr campus. ,\Although channel-
ing the political energies of some
700 students might seem enough
of a program for any organiza-
tion, the polemic impulse rarely
springs full-blown from satisfied
and studious Bryn Mawr heads,
and so Alliance’s main task re-
mains the nurturing of dormant—
or simply passive—political in-
terest.

Alliance’s nurturing process .is
many-phased. Its Current Events
program, directed by Vice-presi-
dent Linda Davis, is geared to pro-
voke interest in current affairs
through a. weekly speakers pro-
gram featuring faculty experts
or knowledgeable—and controversi-
al—outsiders (e.g. Norman Thom-
as and Murray Kempton this fall).
Discussion Club and International
Relations Club headed by Bannon
Marbut and Helen Levering res-
pectively—takeup where Current
Events leaves off, providing forums
for depth study of current affairs.
A Debate Club also functions un-
der Alliance auspices.

In the area of civic crusading
The Committee for Action on Civil
Rights fights for civil liberties and
racial equality, The Student Peace
Union works for an aroused pub-
lic opinion in regard to arms con-
trol, and The Young Democrats,
The Young Republicans, :and, pos-
sibly for the first time, The Young
Conservatives struggle for campus
support for their respective camps.
All are comprised of a hard core
of wriled-up upper classmen pa-
tiently awaiting the freshman
membership

If you are interested in any of
the: many faces of Alliance, or if
you'd like to start your own pol-
itical wave, listen for announce-
ments of Alliance meetings and
watch the Alliance Bulletin Board
in Taylor.



by Ann Rassiga, President

The Athletic Association’s goal
is to provide an opportunity for
every student>-to~enjoy~ herself--by
participating in an athletic en-
deavor. Thus, the scope of the A.A.
is very broad, and activities range
from square dances and outing’
club trips. to varsity and class
games. om

Varsity teams exist for swim-
ming, ‘hockey, basketball, bad-
minton, tennis, lacrosse, fencing
and archery. The main require-
ment for each of these teams -is
enthusiasm and a willingness to
learn.

A Play Day on October 28 is
one of the fall activities planned.
Vassar, Barnard, Wilson, Goucher,
and Hood colleges have been invit-
ed to participate in the games
which will be held at BMC. Any-
one interested in helping to plan
this event should contact Ellie
Beidler, Chairman. Further an-
nouncements will be sent out for
players in hockey, tennis, volley-
ball and fencing and participants
in the synchronized swimming
workshop.

Other first semester plans in-
clude interclass hockey, basketball
and swimming games, = student-
faculty touch-football, volleyball



/\and the traditional Bryn Mawr-'





Athletic Association Plans Include
Varsity Teams, Clubs And Dances

Haverford hockey games, informal
volleyball games and others which
may be suggested to Liz Reed,
A:A>-vice~president: Moviesand a
square dance are also planned.
Dates for all these will be posted
in the halls:

A. A. representatives open the
gym every Sunday afternoon from
3-5. The pool is open then, and
sports equipment is placed in the
box at the foot of the stairs.

Applebee Barn, located in back
of the tennis ‘courts, and Ithan
Mill Farm are also available to
students for parties and outings.
Rules for the use of these are
posted on the A. A. bulletin board
in. Taylor.

A.A. also sponsors the Outing
Club.. Bicycle trips to Ithan ~Mill
Farm, ski weekends, and hiking
and rock climbing trips: are held.
Last year, a spelunking (cave)
trip. with Princeton Outing Club
was tried with great success. A
meeting of all interested in the
elub will be held soon after classes
begin to elect a new president.

Other activities include the

Dance Club, headed by Leslie Hart-
ley, and the Synchronized Swim-
ming Club, Karen Blu, President.
Both of these clubs have been very
active and successful this past
year. Re



League Program Offers Opportunity

To Explore Currer

by Cornelia Spring, President .

“What we do not understand
seems vicious to us,” said authoress
Germaine Brée when she _ spoke
here last Spring. Operating on the
positive idea behind this state-



Varying Lectures
Inspire, Entertain

Since Bryn Mawr's purpose Js
to educate its daughters, it is not
surprising that it provides more
ways: than one to acquire know-
ledge. Attendance at classes, ful-
fillment of ‘assignments and visits
to Haverford are simply the most
obvious opportunities for learning.
A delightfully painless alternative
is to go to-lectures.

No week passes by without one
or more oratorical offerings which
range from “The Tonic Structure
of Monosodiumhydroxide” and “Ex-
plorations of Roman Drains” to
“Water Imagery in Milton” and
“The \Socio-Economic Historicity
of Lower Moldavia.” The various
(and extremely varied) lectures
are sponsored by a related (more
or less) department.

Unless the topic is very broad
(sée examples above) you can be
sure of getting a comfortable chair
between the two majors of the
sponsor department. Even if much
of the lecture roars over your head,
you can look forward to the re-
freshments afterward. If the lec-
ture is illustrated, it is well to
arrive a little earlier in order to
secure a good seat strategically sit-
uated near the tea table.

Lectures are usually,in the eve-
nings (but also occasionally in the
afternoons. The former type fills
in the time between your after-
dinner bridge game and 10 P.Mg
milk break beautifully. A lecture
is especially handy when you are
trying to put off writing a paper
or doing a problem set, because it
is educational and time spent at
One can never be described as
“wasted.”

Lectures are useful and valu-
able in more serious ways as well.
A talk on Kant may correlate per-
fectly with what your Philosophy
101 class is discussing. A’ lecture
sponsored by the Spanish depart-
ment may interest you in a litera-
ture you had never thought of
studying before.

A dedicated listener could make
a career of attending all the lec-
tures given during the year and
have little time left for anything
else, but it’s diverting as well as
important to make the effort to
attend at least one or two. If you
find the speaker and his subtle
subject have left you far behind,
put on an expression ‘of ‘refined
rapture’ and pity the poor girl
who is writing it up for the News.



t Social Problems

ment, League at Bryn Mawr is
attempting to make today’s social
problems ,and their origins more
understandable. What understand-
ing we can promote, however,
comes only to. those who are in-
terested enough to attend our lec-
tures, to take part in our various
programs, or to talk with those
girls who have taken part.

Because the freshmen are new

blood—with, new ideas and often
great enthusiasm—they are sought
by most organizations on campus,
including League. There are three
ways in which you can cultivate
your interest in League:

1) You can attend the monthly
lectures given by speakers
outstanding in the’ social
science field.

You can attend the meetings
of the League board, either
as a dorm-elected freshman
representative or as an in-
' terested private citizen.

3) You can contact a committee
chairman and tell her that
you would like to help her.

In this third area there is a wide
variety of possible activity. As a
member of the Maids and Porters
Committee, you can help to plan
their dance or concert, or you can.
lead classes in dance, typing,
French or English, for example.
As a Sleighton Farms Committee
member, you can work with delin-
quent young girls: If you choose
the Children’s Reception Center,
you will assist in the day care of
Philadelphia children, many of
whom come from deprived homes.

On a Weekend Work Camp you
will assist a family in fixing up
their slum-area home. As an-- as-
sistant atthe Boys’ Club you will
teach young boys various arts and
crafts. This year you will prob-
ably also have the opportunity of
helping in general and mental hos-
pitals. On campus you can assist
in the promotion of the Clothing
Drive and the Unite@ Fund Drive
or in corresponding with a college-
sponsored foster child.

Once you have taken part in
League’s programs—in any one of
the three possible ways—you can
help us still further by discussing
with others your experiences and
what you have learned through
them.

The funny thing ‘about League
is that while we are trying so
busily. to help others, we often
find that they have helped us. Less
fortunate lives can put our daily
gripes into perspective. We learn
to recognize both the dif®erences
and the similarities between our
lives and those of others. As a re-
sult League is really a fifty-fifty
proposition, and we think that you
will profit by League as much as
League and those it serves will
profit by you.

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Friday, September 22, 1961



Tank Suits, Chlorine And Physicals —
Await New Arrival at Gymnasium

Among the myrjad bizarre ex-
periences which greet the -suspi-

cious Bryn Mawr freshman, unused

to high tea in bermudas and un-
familiar with the social value of
being maladjusted, there are two
familiar elements which cannot
fail to impress upon her the pain-
ful recognition of man’s eternal
subjection to the laws of gravity:
books and water. In order to fit
these mundane elements into the
ordered patterns of college life,
however, it is deemed advantageous
to provide a few suggestions on
coping with the Bryn. Mawr var-
" jeties. 5

“Breathe - hold! Breathe - hold!”
One more freshman who has never
back-floated before is passing her
swimming test and correctly de-
riving the moral that anything is
possible when buoyed up by a Bryn
Mawr tank suit and by Miss
Grant’s encouragement. Whether
it’s a jaunt or a trial the twenty-
minute swim can be looked for-
ward to as an opportunity to plan
hair-drying: methods before that
imminent deanly appointment.
Don’t forget the driers in the gym
for that wind-blown effect.

A part of the same process is
the Angel-robe Act, a punching
and probing and poking procedure
which leads togaed candidates
through an apparent maze of
rooms and queries. Do you prefer



to study on the sun-porch or in the
laundry chute? At what time of
the day do you feel anti-social ten-
dencies gripping you most strong-
ly? It is wise to allow oneself to
sink into the feeling that a great
and lasting institution is here tak-
ing the measure of an indivdua] in
order to judge how best to give her
a boost along her way. At least
this generous attitude takes one’s
mind off medical technology’s la-
test aluminum thorns.

Ithan Farm

A brisk bicycle ride in the crisp
autumn air, lunch cooked over an
open fire, a pleasant afternoon on
a ibeautiful Pennsylvania farm—
this is a description of an after-
noon spent at the Ithan Mill Farm,
commonly called Rhoads’ Farm.

This farm, located about three
miles from Bryn Mawr College on
the corner of Ithan and Clyde
Roads, is owned by the college and
is available for use by both the

students and faculty. It is easily,

reached by following Roberts Road
or Bryn Mawr Avenue and turning
right onto Ithan Road. The farm
entrance is on Ithan Road

Rules for use, and a map of the
farm are posted on the AA bulletin
board in Taylor. Mrs. Paul should
be consulted by anyone desiring
to use the farm.





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Common Sense,
Cured Colds Aid
In Passing Test

Newspapers should perform pub-
lic services just as Brownies should
do good deeds daily. The News
therefore advises freshmen to wear
sweat pants at every opportunity
and to take the hygiene test. The
latter, a degree requirement, rates
above language orals and swim-
ming tests in causing anguish, foot-
stamping and wall-pounding ac-
cording to an extremely carefully
and scientifically, mind you, con-
ducted survey, made last year
among upperclassmen. Bizarre ma-
nifestations, it was revealed, in-
creased in quantity and quality in
the senior and junior classes, and,
needless to say, as June approach-
ed, conditions in the senior class
worsened.

The hygiene test is a serious and
important requirement. But it is
not to be feared. If one takes the
test with an intention to pass it
and not to wow and shock the in-
firmary with one’s ignorance. of
distortion of facts, common sense
and a clear and agile manipulation
of the facts at one’s command,
facts painlessly culled from
eighteen or so years’ of living, re-
covering from and avoiding colds
and minor illnesses, one should
have no trouble passing the test.

If ane shuns the test or does not
approach it seriously, one will be
faced with increasingly difficult
exams usually requiring weekly at-
tendance of a‘ lecture series or the
reading of a hygiene text—time-
consuming responsibilities which
can be easily avoided if the News’
advice is followed.

‘As for the sweat pants—the hy-
giene results are posted on the In-
firmary door. When? Which door?
No one knows, but sweat pants
will keep one cozy on one’s treks
te,;.around and from the Infirmary.





Come Meet Your

On Smart Fashions






WELCOME. TO 1965...

Ertra-curricular Advisor

You've had a chance to fake a deep breath, and get
settled with your room-mate. Perhaps you've
noticed the look of clothes-assurance (casual, yet very

good-looking) of so many of your new friends.

Likely as not, it’s the result of careful study of the
Peck & Peck look. First assignment for a successful
college-fashion career: come visit us, take notes on such
essentials as cashmeres, bulkies, the new pape

blouses, and go-everywhere costumes.

If the convenience of a charge account would

-be helpful, we'd be pleased to open one for you.

In-any case, we look forward to meeting you.
personally, and to having you come in just for browsing.

PECK & PECK

23 Parking Area, |
- Shopping Center,





From the sociologically fascina-
ting slums to the socially fascina-
ting suburbs, Philadelphia is a city
of a thousand different things for
a thousand different times.

Legitimate theater visits either
coming or going. It is fun to catch
a show before the New York re-
viewers or to snatch the hit you’ve
been dying to see. Engagements



Bureau Unreaths
Work Opportunities

Although almost every Bryn
Mawrter is interested in increasing
the amount of money she has
available for the niceties and ne-
cessities of college life, the difficul-
ties of job hunting in a new com-
munity might seem to preclude
the possibility of allowance pad-
ding.

Actually, this is hardly the case.

Miss Susan L. Blake, and the Bur-
eau of Recommendations are al-
ways happy to help girls looking
for part time or temporary: em-
ployment. The office of the Bureau
is located in the basement of Tay-
lor Hall and can be reached by us-
ing the steps inside the building at
the corner near Denbigh Hall.
. Though there are not very many
permanent part time jobs available
through the Bureau there are many
temporary ones. Showing lantern
slides, waiting tables in Denbigh
and the Deanery, reading for pro-
fessors, addressing envelopes, and
typing papers are among the most
common jobs,, but by far the big-
gest demand for student employees
comes from the family-raising pop-
ulations of nearby communities.

The Bureau receives dozens of

calls each day from parents re-
questing student baby sitters; .the
student may pick her evenings or
week’s employment. any day the
Bureau is open. Hours for picking
up babysitting assignments are
11:00 to 1:00 and 2:00 to 5:00 Mon-
day through Thursday; from 9:00
on Fridays, and on Saturday morn-
ings.
Other temporary positions are
announced on the bulletin board
outside the Bureau, on the black-
board just. at the foot of the stairs,
and on mimeographed lists posted
prominently in each hall.

Although summer may seem far
away the senior year even
farthe
dations also has excellent facili-
ties for placing students in sum-
mer jobs, in camps, hotels, or with
families; and for helping seniors
with post graduation plans.

Club Debates Question —
Of Labor, Government

_Are labor unions running busi-
ness? Is Jimmy Hoffa’s power
legal? This year the National Col-
legiate Debators will be arguing
these ~ and many. other related
questions in the ‘general topic
LABOR and ANTI-TRUST LEG-
ISLATION.

No previous experience is need-
ed to. be a Bryn Mawr Debator—
only an interest in arguing, in

season begins with a novice tour-
nament designed to give a morale
boost to new debators. Miss Jane
Williamson, a graduate student,
will help coach new members in
forensic techniques.

_Anyone who is interested in
sharing the marvelous experience
of seeing a topic begun, developed,
and matured into a debate should
come to the organization meeting
in Rhoads Showcase on Wednes-
day, September 27, at 5 p.m. and/
or contact Ginny Copen or Mary
‘Lou: Leavitt in Rhoads. North. —



, the Bureau of Recommen-|_

traveling, in meeting people. The)



New Life, Historic Sites
Give Philadelphia Charm

are usually only about two weeks
but the College News as. well as
the Philadelphia papers carry ad-
vance notices.

Market Street and Chestnut
Street from City Hall up (the area
around® Suburban Station) is the
local Broadway. The movie houses
show everything from Elvis Pres-
ley to Ingmar Bergman. The World
Theater serves coffee in the lobby
and shows foreign films exclusive-
ly. The Trans-Lux around the cor-
ner usually features a first: run
hit while the Goldman specializes
in spectaculars.

The Academy of Music is a short
walk down Broad Street. Its grand
stage accomodates not only Euv-
gene Ormandy and the Philadelphia
Orchestra but many guest greats
in the music field as well as tour-
ing companies—opera, dance and
drama. The Bryn Mawr Arts \Coun-
cil procures tickets,for outstand-
ing events and usually announces
the goings-on at the Academy on
their bulletin board at Taylor.

The lighter-hours of the day are
the better ones for travelling the
other side of City Hall. Just
through the arches from Suburban
Station is the shopping district
starting with John Wanamaker’s —
right on the corner of 15th down
to Gimbels on 9th Street. A ten
eent Loop bus travels this area
and is a considerable saving over
the normal 22 cent bus or subway
fare.

For ‘those who have never geen
the famous City of Brotherly Love
before, the Liberty Bell and the
Signers’ Desk in Independence Hall
are patriotic-sites to see. For art
lovers, the Philadelphia Museum,
located near 30th Street, but most
easily reached by bus from Sub-
urban Station, has many fine col-
lections and the Rodin Museum
next door houses the “real”. Think-
er. For small town people, an ex-
ploratory jaunt through the under-
ground city of Suburban Station,
or just a few moments on a busy
street corner watching the Phila-
delphians may be interesting.

From Rittenhouse Square to So-
ciety Hill; from Bookbinders to the
Artists’ Cave, Philadelphia is only
20 minutes and 80 cents (round
trip, same day) away— and well

worth it.

Musical Groups Provide
Pleasure for Participants
Relief From ‘Academics’

by Ginger McShane

‘Herein is Discussed the
Organization Created upon our
Campus for the purpose of
Tasting the Pleasure of Sing- -
ing of Madrigals and Playing

of Chamber Music:”

If your taste in music runs to
small groups, there are two on
campus which may interest you.
On the vocal side there is the
Madrigal group, devoted. chiefly to
what its name suggests, although
the careful listener can occasional-
ly detect a catch or round by any-
one up to Beethoven. The chamber
music class, on the other hand,
plays music of any period, the
choice being subject only to the
tastes and instrumental abilities
of the members of the class. Both

rmeet™oncé a week for about an

hour, and both give occasional
concerts (Madrigals notably on
May Day) although their chief ob-
jective is simply the enjoyment of
singing or playing. The ranks of
these groups are supplemented by
Haverford students.

The Madrigal group ‘is suatees
organized and student run; the
Chamber Music group goes under
the official appelation of the
Chamber Music Class and is under
the able and enjoyable tutelage of
Mme. Jambor of the Music Depart-
ment.






Friday, September 22, 1961

¢

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five



Sciences Vie For Students

. Dogfish And Baby Chick
‘Await Anxious Biologist
by Ellen Rothenberg

Coming to the doorway of the
first year Biology laboratory, sub-
freshman visitors are likely to en-
counter the sight of some fifty-
odd students each engaged in vin-
dictively dissecting a dogfish. A
suggestion of formaldahyde in the
air and the sound of avidly scratch-
ing ‘pencils accompany this under-
taking. The students’ evident plea-
sure in uncovering the innermost
secrets of a vertebrate’s existence
stems from no sadistic delight in
spying but from concentration.
Their aim is not to write a “Con-
fessions of an Aging Squalus acan-
thias” but to increase their un-
derstanding of the living world.

Dissection in particular and lab
work in /general are only part of
the course of study pursued by
first year biologists. The course
does the double job of preparing
the scientific-minded for further
inquiry into their field and of fur-
nishing others with a general un-
derstanding of this branch of sci-
ence. Under members of the Bio-
logy Department, students attend
lectures, participate in lab work
and engage in outside reading.

The general biology course deals
with: morphology, emphasizing the
specialization of form with regard
to function. Large portions of the
work center around the study of

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the vertebrate body and the study
of embryology.

» There are many interesting fea-
tures to the work in first year bio-
logy. Having completed a dissec-
tion of a lobster (Homarus ameri-
canus), the student will be able to
provide a running commentary dur-
ing her next seafood dinner,° en-
lightening her party as to exactly
what it is they are eating.

The mathematically-minded will
find opportunities for improving
their arithmetic skills. One exper-
iment, whch deals with gauging
the rates of photosynthesis in
green plants, involves counting the
number of bubbles given off each
minute by a plant placed in a so-
lution...

Anyone believing that General
Biology lacks color will find herself
very much surprised, for the study
of embryology is conducted in tech-
nicolor. A variety of different hues
ranging from magenta to canary
yellow come into play in the. re-
presentation of émbryonic layers.
This area of the course also pro-
vides potential home economists
with insight into the problem of
cracking raw eggs.

Shattered Test Tubes Fill
BMC Chetnists’ Day

by Alice, Longobardi
If you should drop into a First
one after-
noon next week, you would be met
by an indescribable odor, by fran-





tic voices, by intense concentration,
and by the crunch of breaking test
tubes. Al], these things are part of
the lab work in Chemistry 101. But
Chemistry has another side; the

three hours of lecture each week
are somewhat more sedate than
the’“four hours of lab. With the
two, a healthy balance between
discipline and self-expression is
reached. Fa

Chemistry, both in lecture hall
and lab, poses a variety of chal-
lenges to the receptive student. Af-
ter all, where else can one learn
everything from the crystalline
structure of diamonds to the best
way to predict if your lab coat will
fall apart in the washing machine ?
With a bit of effort,: perseverence,
and faith, the challenge of Chemis-
try, 101 can be met successfully.
You must make an effort to reach
Park Hall on the morning after
that blizzard; persevere in mem-
orizing and understanding Avoga-
dro’s Number; and have faith that
the unknown salt you analyzed is
what you ‘think it is and couldn’t
possibly be what the lab instruc-
tors have written on their faded
index cards’... .

Finding unknowns is one of the
most exciting aspects of First Year
Chemistry. It does not consist, as it
may sound, of crawling around on
hands and knees or of peering un-
der lab cabinets. Looking for un-
knowns is an intellectual form of
cops and robbers usually known as



qualitative analysis. While the
means of discovering tend more
toward hydrogen sulfide than,
fingerprints, the satisfaction of ap-|
prehending an unknown is as great
as that felt by any Dick Tracy or
J. E. Hoover.

Unknowns are tracked down in
the second semester. During the
first semester, you are concerned
with learning to turn off the bun-
sen~burner without* burning your
arm as you reach over it; learning
how and for what purpose M. Du-
long is related to M. Petit; and cut-
ting down on the number of test
tubes broken per week. After these
are mastered, one can proceed to
the glorious but unpronouncable
realm of stoichiometry. Stoichio-
metry is a-marvelous excuse for
the innumerable problem _ sets
which flow eternally from the
Chemistry Department mimeo-
graph machines. The most diffi-
cult thing about problem sets
is getting yourself to sit down and
do them. The second most difficult
thing is decimal places, which tend
to slide around and become lost.
The struggle with lost decimal
places reaches its peak during the
study of solubility products and
ionization constants. But by. that
time you should have mastered the
technique of counting on your fing-
ers, and the going becomes easier.

After a few days on campus, if
you should see a group of men in
little white coats. running toward
you, don’t be alarmed. They are
only the chemists, wanting to wel-
come you to Bryn Mawr. Who
knows? You may even decide to
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Geologists Help Unearth

Fate of Continent, Seas
by Sheila Bunker

Geology is the study of the. earth’s
formation—its history and character.
It is a diverse study encompassing
all natural phenomena from tectonicg
to globigerina ooze. Its scope is
virtually unlimited; while contemplat-
ing the universe, it delves beneath
the Mohorovicic line seeking the
planet Earth’s core.

The geologist’s toools are few: a
hammer, a_ bag,
equipment, maps, patience, endur-
ance, imagination. With these pre-
requisites he can set forth into the
field ready to distinguish an anticline
from a syncline,.or a laccolith from
a batholith.

The geologist’s moments of chal-
lenge are many: when his map-
weary- eyes can no longer separate
one contour line from another, when
schist persists in looking like phyl-
lite, when an erosion cycle only in
the prime of life appears to have died
from old age. But then the rewards
are just recompense; being able to
observe a well-formed wind gap out
in the field, meeting amygdaloidal
basalt with epidote in its amygdules,
learning that the Eastern Seaboard is
sinking (or that the oceans are ris-
ing, all of which comes to the same
conclusion) and being among the first
to warn one’s friends, caressing hand-
fuls of trilobites, getting at the facts
of what really. went on in the torrid
Triassic. Such are the occasions that
fill the geologist with incentive.

Incentive to what? you might ask.
The incentive to settle questions not
yet answered by the combined forces
of paleontology, stratigraphy, geo-
morphology, ‘and seismology:. Can
there be a peneplain? Where are
the remains of primitive man? Is evo-
lution taking place today? What
would happen if the isostatic bal-
ance became unbalanced?

And then, often, there are provoc-
ative, though personal, mysteries to
untangle: what is syzygy, anyway?

Physics Students Asserts

Experiment Successful

by Vivien Brodkin

Experiment:

Object: To discover what is this
thing called Physics 101.

- Apparatus: Books, - professors,

instructors, laboratory.

Helpful qualities: Curiosity, pa-
tience, sense of humor. Questions
(answers, too):

1.) What does the course of study
include? Physics 101, Introduc-
tion to Modern Physics, pre-
sents an intensive study of prin-
ciples basic to physics and re-
lated sciences. The course be-
gins with a study of linear mo-
tions, covers motions in space,
properties of matter, wave mo-
tion, radiation and ends with a

adn atomic theory.

2.) How much mathematics is re-
quired? A good high school
background in algebra and geo-
métfy is needed. It is helpful,
BUT NOT NECESSARY, to
know some analytical geometry
and caléulus, or to take the
first year course in mathema-
matics. The professor will be.
glad to help if you should have
any problems with the math
‘and the textbook contains a
helpful appendix explaining ba-
sic trigonometry, mathematical
terms and symbols.

3.) What are the labs like? The
first few weeks in the labora-
tory are spent learning to use
-basic equipment. Students then
form groups of two or three
and work on problems which
they may pose and for which

of attack. Instructors are al-
ways ready to explain concepts
which are presenting problems
and to supply or build extra
equipment § which
This independent
work is one of the most in-
teresting and valuable parts of
the Physics 101 course.

|4) Is a slide rule necessary? A

~ slide rule is not an absolute
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Page Six

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Friday, September 22, 1961



Brun Mawr Upperclassmen Require
Tea and Respect But

Though Bryn Mawr Upperclass-
men in no way resemble each other,
they form a distinct species. One
eannot describe them; one must ob-
serve them at large in their natural
habitat. They do not’ mind obser-
vation; in fact, they seem to en-
joy it. The creature that wears
orange and black striped tights,
tunics to excess, shorts in Febru-
ary, and bare feet in blizzards
could not wish to avoid observa-
tion.

One cannot believe them insen-
sitive, however. They are, on the

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consuming . thirst,
they are most often seen in the
vicinity of -coffee/tea pools. Of
keen ear, they are tuned to dinner
bells, telephone bells and car
brakes. Of good eye, they see all.
Of strong voice, they are seldom
not heard when in distress. :
The habits of Upperclassmen
are curious. Though fond of books,
they have been known to wail at
the prospect of reading. Though





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fond of knitting, they spend more
time playing bridge. Though ro-
bust in spirit, .they scorn exer-
cise. Though chiefly ~ nocturnal,

they do appear in daylight. They
often sing at night; they cook and

eat at night; they have been known|

to run through the halls and the
rain, at night. Of mercurial tem-
a they are generally docile
and can be tamed.

In early morning, they are often
deaf and dumb. They always re-
cover by lunchtime, however, and
are fond of making speeches.

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their lesson well. They know that]:

one of the college girl’s favorite
colors is red—and they type the
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Ah—this lovely custom of Pay
Day is certainly a convenient way
to learn economy. You don’t have
to carry a cent with you. All you
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‘Interfaith

Continued from Page 3, Col. 2

ish Study Group, and the Student
Christian Movement also have pro-
grams. of study throughout the
year. ‘We are planning to meet for
a discussion with a group of
Princeton students at Princeton
in December as a part of our study
and discussion program.

The Sunday night chapel service
will continue to be a_ half-hour
meeting for silent worship at 7:15
in the Music Room. This type of
worship service provides the op-
portunity for us to worship to-
gether regardless of our own par-
ticular faiths or religious tradi-
tions,

Another very important aspect
of our work is the co-operation and
communication which we maintain
with the local churches and syna-
gogues, so that they may know of
we in turn may know what, services
our interests and needs, and that
and programs are available. Lists
of the names and addresses of the
nearest places of worship are post-
ed on the bulletin boards in the
halls with the names of the upper-
classmen who will escort you to
them this Saturday and Sunday.
There will be a tea for you to meet
with the clergy from these
churches and synagogues early in
October. x
Only an outline of our program
is possible at this time. We hope

that our plans appeal to your in-

terests and that you will help us
to carry out and to plan a series
of activities which will be of in-
terest to you.

tion. The Young Friends, the Jew-|.

Physics
Continued from Page 5, Col. 5

necessity, but is a convenience
and a ‘time saver. Problems
which ‘would require pages of
lengthy computations can be

solved: in a short time with the
aid of a slide rule. Slide rules
are not difficult to operate: a
few minutes practice now will
Save you countless minutes in
the future.

5.) Who should take Physics 101?
If you have ever wondered how
a satellite stays in orbit, why
a feather and a cannon ball
fall equal distances in equal
times, how the speed of light is
measured—take the course! If
you are not an aspiring nuclear
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Conclusion:

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