College news, February 9, 1955

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VOL: LI, NO. 13

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1955

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Goldman Feels Emphasis On Foreign
Affairs Calls For New Political ‘Tags’

Goodhart, Feb. 7.—The old lib-
eral and, conservative tags in
American politics are no longer
applicable ‘sinee - foreign policy has
become more important than: do-
mestic affairs, said Eric Goldman,
Mailory Whiting Webster Memo-
rial lecturer; in his speech on “The
American as Liberal and Conserv-
ative,”

Since 1947 two groups, the rec-
oncilables and the irreconcilables,
have emerged with divergent views
on foreign affairs. ‘The irreconciia-
bles base their views on the tradi-
‘tional idea, that all people want
peace and democfucy. The law of
history is gradual change toward
middle class democracy in the
world, and history must be put
back on the right track if it gets
off.

The irreconcilables feel that co-
existence is wrong, and want more
military preparation and less U.N.
To them the fact that Asia, which

its special project for years, has.
turned toward communism is a di-
rect snub,

The reconcilables took a longer
time to formulate their views but,
said Mr. Goldman, this is not sur-
‘prising, as they have made a fun-
damental break with the tradition-
al view that “the business. of
America was business,” and that

“of quickly and completely.

They doubt whether our present
foreign problems can ever be com-
pletely solved and fee] that in a
distorted way communism is ex-
pressing a real need for social and
economic changes, in the world.
The reconcilables advocate coexist-
ence and economic aid to combat

Adlai Stevenson, definitely a rec-
oncilable, ‘states the position of
this group in his latest book, Call
to Greatness. To him, nations, like



people, become middle-aged. The

United States has reached that po-
sition in regard to other nations of

the world which are undergoing] #

protound social revolutions.
1c 1s‘impossible to ‘identify either

‘Uk..nese two groups by the old eco-/

nomic; property or racial lines as-
sociated witn politics. East of the

Appalachians and north of the|}

Mason-Dixon line. one finds more
reconcilables, however. Among im-
migrants and in the South and
West one finds more irreconcila-
ules. Uneducated people, immi-
zrancs’wno want to feel American,
ana people of old stock who feel

insecure tend to belong to the lat- =

ver group.

‘this idea of reconcilables and ir-
reconcilables is not unrelated to
the old ideas of liberalism and
conservatism, however. Originally
liberals were those who wanted
more economic and social opportu-
nity for the masses. They followed
the position that environment
makes the man.

On the other hand, conserva-
vives, who were mostly from the
upper classes, felt that liberty was
uescroyed by this.attitude and con-
siuerea birch and character impor-
vant. Kventually the major issue
petween these two groups became
orurred as conservatives were forc-
ed to adopt liberal policies.

Both liberals and conservatives
agreed, however, on foreign ‘policy.
During the Spanish-American War,
and World Wars I and I-they co-
operated completely. It was not
until people began to see that the
law of history was not taking care.
of Russia properly that American
thoughts began to be divided be-
tween the reconcilable and irrecon-
cilable attitudes.

The old conservatives were faced
with an upsurge from the bottom
of American society, and the ir-
reconcilables are faced with a
change in the structure of world
society.



Marshall Views Birthrate Versus

Present Shortages of Time, Space

Goodhart, Feb. 1—Bryn Mawr
has chosen a “middle of the road”
policy in the “pressing and ur-
gent” problem of the size of the
college, said Dean Marshall in

~ speaking before the assembly gp-

ening second semester.

‘This position has resulted in a
survey, made by a faculty commit-
tee, of the physical plant and
teaching facilities of the college.
Several definite facts have emerg-
ed from this ‘survey:

(1) “Nobody has enough of any-
thing,” either time, space, or
money.

(2) The question has arisen as
to whether Bryn Mawr’s best serv-
ice is to maintain its present size
and strive for quality or to in-
crease its size. Dean Marshall not-
ed that most smal] liberal arts col-
leges have chosen the formér solu-
tion. The problem facing the col-
lege at present is that of deter-
mining the actual value of its
small size.

(3) The survey has also seenaled
that “each individual in Bryn
Mawr has a definite opinion as to
what will happen to Dalton!”
_In the country as a whole, Dean|
Marshall stated that by 1970 it is
estimated that there will be more

-~than four million college students,



as compared with the more than
two million of 1954. In considering
the problems of the coming in-
crease in students in institutions of
higher learning, several factors
must be taken into account.

The first of these is that it is
difficult to define precisely the
term “higher education.”. Differ-
ent facets of education will be af-
fected differently.

Another problem is that the edu-
cational system in this country is
almost entirely a free and open-

one. Individual colleges determine}

the important factors of size, en-
trance requirements, and faculty.
Probably the greatest problem
in the whole area is that of deter-.
mining sensible admissions poli-
cies. Admissions pressure will be
greatest on urban colleges and.
state institutions. The urban jun-.

ior colleges may necessarily ac-}

quire greater prestige and play a
more important part in the educa-
tional system. .

If junior colleges and state insti-.
tutions take a larger part of the

burden, they may become more se- |.

or they may be forced to place,
more restrictions on out of state:
students. -



Freshman Show Rehearsal



especially contributed by Miss Lang

The Faculty Show, scheduled
for March 19, is to be called The
Profs in the Pudding, and already
the faculty is beginning to stew
and simmer in.a gentle sort of
way. The first.purpose of the pro-
fessors in this particular pudding
is to please the students, but the
proof of the pudding will be seen
in its contribution to the new
Science Building. So the students
must ipay to be pleased and, it is
hoped, ‘will be pleased to pay.

Ticket prices have been set with
the worthy cause well in mind and

Jambor to Give

Music Programs
Madame Agi Jambor, distin-

guished concert pianist and spe-



-! cialist in the music of Johann Se-
| bastian Bach, will present a Sym-

posium on Bach at Bryn Mawr,
during the week of February 14.
Her programs are in celebration of
‘the expansion of the Music De-
partment.

Mme. Jambor will give a series
of lecture recitals for students in
the Music Department. On Mon-
day, Feb. 14, at 12 o’clock, she will
give a general introduction to the
composer’s music. At 4:30 she will
be present at a tea for music stu-
dents in the Common Room.

A discussion of phrasing, tempo
and dynamics will be presented
Tuesday at 4:15, and the Bach
polyphony will be the subject of
her lecture recital Wednesday at
12 o’clock. |

Mme. Jambor’s final lecture to
music students will be on Key-
board Music. All the lectures for
students of the Music Department
will be presented in the Music
Room. _ ~

The concert Friday evening will
be the culmination of the week’s
lectures. At 8:30 in Goodhart au-
ditorium, Mme. Jambor will pre-
sent the following program:

Italian Concerto: Allegro, An-
dante, Presto.

* Variations in the Italian Style.

Toccata in D Major.

Prelude and Fugue in A Minor.
|. Partita in B Flat Major: _Prae-.
ludium, Courante, Minuet, Alle-
mande, Sarabande, Gigue.

‘Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue.



Faculty Reveals Production Plans;
“Profs in the Pudding” for March 19

with an eye to the fact that a
quadrennial event is not an annual
drain on the student pocketbook
and so must make up for lost op-

portunities. The law of supply
and demand was also invoked.
Goodhart will be divided as fol-
lows: half the front section at $10
a seat; the other half at $7.50; two-
thirds of the second section and
the .best balcony seats at $5; the
rest at $3.

Although it is true that some
students cannot afford the most
expensive seats, it is also true that
the faculty cannot afford the time
to produce the show. For the stu-
dents there is an easy solution:
Miss Compton can provide a Va-
riety of interesting and instructive
jobs (from baby-sitting to typing
or both at once) which pay about
sixty cents an hour. The cheapest
seat represents only five hours of
toil; the most expensive can be had
for less than seventeen. Rush now
and get a job!

P| Freshman Show,



Director Moore Announces Results Of Tryouts
For | 38's N autical Presentation, ‘Ankle’s Away’

The results of tryouts for the
Ankles Away,
have been announced by Nancy
Moore, director.

Admiral Palsey will be played
by .Tawn Stokes; Captain Albert

Ross, Betty Vermey; Captain Sally’

Thenics, Mary Griffith; Jenny Sais-
quoi, Betsey Hilgenberg; Bill Ovid,
Ellie Clymer; and Li¥ Terine, Wal-
da Barnett.

Cris Craft will be played by
Margaret Gordon; Iris Totle, Lee
Ellis; Dr. Perry Noid, Martha
Bridge; Mrs. Palsey, Connie
Brown; Mrs. Ross,. Tulsa. Kaiser;
Seymore Spray, Angie LaVigne;
Jed Sum, Sue Opstad; Ensign C.
Gull, Elizabeth Hill; Ensign Gwen
Steady, Bette de Sabato.

Other positions filled last week
were those of assistant director,
Laura Rockefeller; ~ accompanist,
Barbara Mitnick; and prompter,
Patricia Page.

Members of the singing chorus
are: Marie Tyme, played by Sue
Levin; Eileen Overboard, Eliza
Cope; Flo Bouyant, Sandy Grant;
Ivy League, Shelley Eskin; Donna
Hatch, Ellen Brown; Isabelle Ring-
ing, Margaret Goodman; Kitty
Corner, Marjorie Armstrong; and
Rhoda Dendron, Marion Perret.

The part of Cary Bean will be
sung by Anne Rodgers; Sammy
Fore, Sylvia Jacoby; Maldemer
Snerd, Leslie Kandel]; Robin
Bankes, Judy Robertson; Scott
Free, Grace van Hulsteyn; Morris
Minor, Joan Shigekawa; Mark
O’Ronie, Anne Keller; and Tiger,
Susan Fox.

Rhoda Becker, Nancy Dyer, Ma-
rissa Gori, Linda Jett, Lynn Sykes,
Julia Wilkin, Madlyn Wolfe, and
Greta Wyckoff have been chosen: to
dance in the traditional kick
chorus.

Those appearing in the Calis-
thenics Dance are Rhoda Becker,
Julia Wilkin, Marjorie Armstrong,
Anna Kisselgoff, Llynda Hinds,

Continued on Page 6, Col. 4

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By Paula Dunaway, ’58

Freshman Show weekend this
year, planned for February 11-13,
promises to be a huge success. Ac-
tivities and entertainment ‘will be-
gin Friday evening and last till
Sunday, with something to inter-
est everyone. The main event, of
course, will be Freshman Show.

On Friday night, Radnor will
start things off with an open house
from nine to one; there will be in-
formal dancing and general enter-
tainment, with folk-singing by
Maryellen Fullam.

The program for Saturday is
busy and varied. In the afternoon,
there will be folk-singing at 3:30
inthe Common Room by Ralphs

‘Rinzler and Roger Abrams of

Swarthmore. From all reports,
they are two of the best in this

area and should be very entertain-

The Freshman Show, Ankles
Away, will be presented Saturday
night at eight-thirty (tickets will
be on sale from 10: BO-12: xe that

morning). er
After the sls Saini Nall fs tie



Program for Weekend Includes Show,
Dance, Folk Songs and Open Houses



formal Mardi’ Gras dance inthe

gym, from ten till two. Music will
be by the Cardinals, a group of
eight from Wesleyan. This should
be one of the big events of the
weekend.

Following this, two open houses
are planned. Merion will offer cof-
fee and doughnuts, with informal
singing by the Cardinals. The
Common Room will be open from
two to three-thirty for anyone who
wants to sit around a fire. The
Soda Fountain will be open, too,
for late snacks.

Sunday afternoon there is usu-
ally a Freshman Sing in the Com-
mon Room, with repeats by the
cast of Freshman show, and se-
lections from previous shows by
the other classes. ~





Those who plant to try out
for the NEWS, please sign the
list posted on the Newsroom
bulletin board. Tryouts (one
‘news story, one “feature, one
free article) are due on Febru-
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Comprehensives |

Among the editorials-that-never-got-written last. semes-
ter was one which ambitiously resolved to take a “‘vehement,
yet constructive”. stand on the question of comp conferences
and exams. The primary reasons for shelving the topic were
(a) the Board was unable to agree on one point of view, and
(b) no member of the Board had any personal experience

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major at all).

_ Letters to the Editor



|To the Editor of the College News:

I am glad to see that my letter
of December 8 has evoked several
replies, and that in those replies
certain fallacies have been refut-

Jed. It is true that the fallacies

are not present in my letter; but
it is good to have the refutations
available in any case.

There has been a considerable
interest for some time in what re-
jation, if any, there is between
science: and religion. A good sum-
mary, to about 1890, of historical
conflict is given by Andrew Dick-
son White in his History of the
Warfare of Science and Theology

‘| (Appleton, 1897) (with most of

the shooting done by the theolog-
ians), however, White maintained
that theology was not “true relig-
ion’, A more recent statement
stressing conflict or incompatibil-
ity is given by Horace Kaleln in
The Bertrand Russell Case (Vik-
ing Press, 1941),

On the other hand, there are
among both scientists and theolo-
gians many who maintain .that
there is no .conflict and/or that
there should be no conflict. (cf.
Science and Man, R. N. Anshen’
(Ed.), Harcourt - Brace, 1942).



Yet the system of conferences and examinations remains.
an open issue and is one of the most frequently debated ones

opinions and suggestions. The results of this survey appear
on pages 8 and 4. : plist core
The three groups of people represented are: seniors,
who are currently preparing for comprehensives, alumnae’
who have recently graduated under the system, and profess-)
ors, who direct the program. Realizing that comps differ.
widely from department to department, we have attempted
to give adequate representation to different fields: English,’
philosophy, the social sciences, the sciences and the languag-’
es. Ua ‘ ck Ved kw OS Pin eiaiee he re
It is particularly interesting ‘to note that the Political
Science department is experimenting with a ‘General Com-
prehensive this year. Also worthy of mention is the fact
that agreements and differences. do not follow departmental
or “class” lines. Several articles stress the fact that.success
or failure of comp conferences depend on ‘student participa-|
tion. Suggestions range from ‘slight modifications’ to ‘com-
plete adandonment of the whole idea, =. |...
We hope that the campus. as.a.whole will be interested

in this discussion and we’d like very much:to have-comments |

both on the issue itself and on

the-idea’ of such surveys in gen-
eral. gid Ge, RW ke he Sad :

.

. Freshmen, J}eware!

Having spent the first four and a half months taking the
freshmen out of their place, Bryn Mawr upperclassmen now
intend to spend the next few days putting them back into it.
If you freshmen thought that Bryn Mawr was too good to
be true, you were right! Instead of spreading our natural
jealousy and dislike of you over eight months, we must heap
it all into two days, having been forced to conceal it under
friendly college traditions. The fact that you have run off
with the handsomest men and the highest grades: has both-
ered us for some time; but it won’t lie on our conscience after
Hell Week! That you sing better than one class, look better
than another, and have more energy than all of us, will be of
little avail when we band ther with one aim — that of
erwomen, darn it, but freshmen!

We have little sympathy with whatever excuses or case
_you may make for yourselves,. We Know of what you are
guilty—the dreadful crime called scene-stealing. We will al-
low you only one word of comfort—the rumor. that Bryn
Mawr has maintained its present small size because of -cas-

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‘of Grass, have been loaned:

on campus. Because of this, we felt that a survey among |
“those who know” would present an interesting variety of;

'| unnecessary to add that one can




Sometimes it is asserted, as for
example by Dr. Benfey of Haver
ford in a Sigma Xi lecture year
before last, that the relation is one
of complementarity.

The problem is complicated and
is by no means settled, as many
think, by saying that science deals
with the verifiable ‘whereas religion
deals with the unverifiable or that
science deals with what is where-
‘as religion deals with what ought
to be or that their methods are
‘fundamentally different. (Dr. Ben-
fey stresses similiarities in meth-
‘od!). .

... The distribution of religious be-
liefs. among scientists is certain-
ly relevant to this problem of re-
lation, though of course it does
not in itself provide an answer.
Leuba’s 1914 and 1933 statistics
are the best we have; recent though
‘limited data on religious beliefs
of young scientists are given in
the June, 1954, issue of Fortune.

Religious beliefs, which are
grounded in thought, habit, feel-
ings, and intuitions, are functions
of the human organism, and it is
certainly not fantastic to think
that what the organism studies,
thinks about, as well as the habits
of thinking which he develops, may
have an effect upon his religious
beliefs, whether there is any log-
ical connection or not. For exam-
ple, the study of human beings
whether it be through literature,
history, psychology, biology, bio-
physics, or any of several other
fields, may have a profound effect
upon the way one thinks and feels
‘about human beings and their place
in the universe, and therefore have
an effect upon his religious beliefs.
‘The silence which scholars main-
tain concerning religion and other
philosophical matters is to some
extent responsible for the contin-
ued prevalence of what I so blunt-
ly refered to as ignoramuses about
religion and philosophy.

Dr. Michels knows very well that
he is not:one of the ignoramuses
to whom I referred. It should be



edition of Leaves of Grass, and, a

3 li-|recent gift to the library, an amus-



Adams Offers Sources on Views of Scientists,
| Stresses the Individual Conscience in Religion




(and the expression of them) even
though he has ho respect. whatever
for them. In my opinion’ rattle-
snake handling is a most unwor-
thy form of religious ceremony,
but it seems to me that restric-
tions on snake handlers should be
imposed only to the extent neces-
sary to protect other members of
the community from snakes—not
ideas, |

To sum up, I would say that I
believe that religion should. be what
Dr. Michels seems to think it al-
ready is, namely, a matter for one’s
own conscience. Anyone who al-
lows either scientists or theologi-
ans to make his philosophical de-
cisions for him has probably re-
ceived his cerebral cortex by mis-
take. Dr. Michels would do well
to direet his arrows toward the
very powerful forces in our soci-
ety who demonstrate both implic-
itly and explicitly that they em.
phatically do not want religion to
be a matter of individual con-
science, . :

If the law passed by Congress in
June, 1954, (with what I suspect
is an almost matchless lack of in-
tegrity, the vote being unanimous
in one house and with one or two
dissenters in the other), adding
the ‘words “under God” to the
pledge of allegiance to the flag,
were to.be followed by one mak-
ing church attendance compulsory,
it would be exactly what a good
many intellectuals roundly deserve.

‘With regard to the other faculty
letter which appeared, I shall re-
strain myself to the statement that
while I do not wish to disturb Dr.
MacGregor’s dream world, I think
I.made clear, by enumerating sev-
eral names ,that by “Founding
Fathers” I referred to the leading
statesmen at the time of the
American Revolution, and that
“hardly any” is not synonymous
with “none.”

I quote from. Beard’s The Rise

p. 448, “Out of England Deism
was borne to France by Voltaire,

ly all the skeptics who labored at

manity. From various directions
the. doctrine came into America
spreading widely among the intel-
lectual leaders of the American
Revolution and making them doub-
ly dangerous characters in the eyes
of the Anglican Tories. When the
crisis came, Jefferson, Paine, John

Continued on Page 6, Col. 1

Parents’ Day Plan
Prepared for April

“Weezie” Simpson has announc-
ed the tentative plans for Parents’
Day, which will be held this year
on April 16, from 10:30 to 6.

Eight different departmental
meetings are being planned for the
morning, four at a time, with some
extracurricular activities being in-
cluded. A synchronized swimming
exhibition is also. planned for some-
time during the day. i

It is hoped that the afternoon
will be highlighted by the Prince-
ton: Chorus concert with Bryn
Mawr, follewed: by a tea.

The Parents’ Day committee has



|been augmented by three newly-
elected faculty members; Miss’ Mel-|}

link, Mr. Green and Mr. Michels. |

The speaker in chapel next Sun-



|day evening will be the Reverend)
| Joseph P. Bishop

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Current Events

- | Wells: Discusses Ike’s

’ Message To

Congress :

Common Room, February 7, 7:15
p.m, “National security and free
private enterprise—can we have
both at the.same time?” This
question was the focal point for
Dr. Wells’s discussion of the Pres
ident’s recent messages to Con-
gress,

With the population continually
‘increasing, we face the question,
‘Are we increasing job opportuni-
ties enough?”

“In a time of international crisis
we can keep the economy going,
said Dr. Wells, “but I. :wonder
whether Mr. Eisenhower’s budget
takes sufficient account of -other
| built-in stabilizers.”
| Very shortly there will be a re-
port on the highway commission
| which will suggest a 10 year im-
‘provement plan costing 110 billion
\dollars. “Is this in any way to be
planned and then drawn upon or
not..depending on how much stim-
ulus is needed to keep the economy
going?” :

The last Congress made a very
substantial tax reduction on the
theory that more money would
then be. available for development
by free enterprise,

The present administration be-
jlieves that “the government is in
itoo many kinds of business”, and
‘that it should get out of things
| Which could be handled on the state
| or local’ level or by.free enterprise.
The Dixon-Yates contract illus-
jtrates this sort of thing. Furth-
more, federal business (e. g. the
post-office) should be self-support-
ing, and expenses for the benefit
of a particular region (e. g. dredg-
ing the Delaware River) should be
paid for partly by the people con-
cerned.
| “Mr. Eisenhower is of course
‘against socialized medicine,” said
,Dr. Wells. The president, how-
,ever, proposed a federal reinsur-
ance plan which would work like
the bank guarantee, as the impetus
for extending coverage by the va-
rious groups.

This proposal is not adequate
because it doesn’t give anything
in the way of additional capital.
Dr. Wells suggested a system
which would also make loans to





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at a low rate of interest.

As for national security, two-
thirds of the budget is earmarked
for research on atomic energy,

| stock-piling, ‘equipping our allies

and equipping our own military
forces. .
Mr. Eisenhower -recommended

_|an increase in funds for the Air

Force and a decrease for the Army
and Navy. He also suggested an

| extension of selective service anda

new proposal to strengthen the re-
serve,

Young men between 17% and 19
who volunteered for this plan
would have six months of basic
training and then would be in the
reserve for nine and a half. years.
During this time they would go to
48 drills per year and spend their
summers in camp. Those who
didn’t volunteer would be inducted
via selective service.
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The annual United Service
Fund drive will be held Wednes-
day, February 16. Each student
is asked to contribute $10, as|}.
this is the only charity drive
during the year: The list of or-|[
ganizations which will receive
the money follows:
American Friends’ Service

Committee
National Scholarship Fund

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NEWS Poll on Comprehensives Evokes Varied Replies

L. J. Berry: Biology Department
Pleased With Results of Comps

By C. Joe Berry
Professor of Biology

Biology is an exceedingly broad
tield. While fundamental charac-
teristics shared in common by all
hving sysvems, must be_ learned,
our coulses do not pyramid, per-
haps, to the same degree as: those
in certain other departments. The
manner in which biologists it
prepare tor the Final Examination
in the Major Subject may hardly
be applicable, therefore, to other
sciences or disciplines.

in an effort to insure a breadth
ot training beyond that possible
within the framework of courses,
seniors are given a reading list
that enables them to expand their
grasp of important developments
in the history of biology and to
consolidate and enlarge their un-
derstanding of several areas of
specialization. Informal discussion
sessions in which a member of the
staff participates are held at fort-
nightly intervals throughout the
year. Each session is devoted to a
specific segment of the reading.

For several years the examina-
tions, themselves, have been pre-
set. Questions for the general ex-
amination are given a week or ten
days in advance while those for the
two special fields are’ given a day
and a half-early.. (A. number’ of
our majors substitute for one of
the latter an examination offered
by another department in which at
least two units of work have been
taken, such as chemistry, philoso-

tion places emphasis on ability to
cope with basic problems in biol-
ogy under Conditions comparable
to those for the working scientist.
Facts may be sought from any pri-
mary or secondary source, The
manner in which they are used be-
eomes the chief basis for evalua-
tion.

These examinations tend to di-
minish tension. Perhaps this is
good and or bad. Crises arise
throughout life and if, ‘in college,
students are not confronted ‘with.
“academic crises” then, in ‘my opin-
ion, we as faculty are -negligent.
After three and one-half years of
vnis, however, there seems to be
merit in presenting a -different
realistic situation. by means of
which intellectual achievement
may be evaluated.

The biology department, and I

beiieve the majority of its stu-
dents, have been pleased with both
che procedure and the results. Con-
tinuing effort is made to improve
the reading lists and experience
has helped us avoid some of the
weaknesses of preset examina-
tions. There is still room for im-
provement and, in fact, there is
some question as to whether or not
the special area examinations
should always be preset but in
general the Comprehensive pro-
gram’ fulfills an essential role in



phy, history.) A preset examina-

the departmental program.



C. Rodgers Comments on Shortcomings
Of Comps; Suggests They Start Sooner

By Catherine Rodgers, ’55

The conferences and exams which
comprise the Senior Comprehens-
ives in English assist the English
major in correlating the reading
she has done in individual courses.
This is accomplished not only by
additional reading in areas where
the student has already studied,
but also by preparation for a com-
prehensive that deals with “liter-
ary criticism, literary genres, and
problems of style . . . based upon
the” reading of certain critical
works of fundamental importance.”

Criticisms

The criticism that. has been, with
more or less vehemence, leveled at
this general comprehensive, results
largely froni a feeling that the sub-
ject matter appears repetitious or
ig too separate from the work
In the
conferences where the essays are
discussed, apart from the litera-
ture which they encouraged, they
appear a little irrelevant; on the
exam where the student is sup-
posed to illustrate general princi-
ples: by examples from her field of
concentration, she simply repeats
ideas from one exam to the*vther,
rather than feeling she has gained
a more profound understanding of
either. her field or literature in
general.

_ Weakness In Students

~ These criticisms suggest an un-

willingness on the part of the av-
erage English major to look upon
the critical material or the critics
as having anything in common with
herself and her own experience of
literature. She spends two or three
pi gh sotagllamane ste

to realize what they
peg sg ona the process
is sometimes difficult. Since she
often does not feel justified in en-

_ -wisaging herself as a critic, critical

works are significant only inso-





far as they provide information, |of literature.

Unsure of her own opinions, she
finds other readers’ either dogmatic
or irrelevant. ;
All of this merely indicates that
nobody’s critical powers spring full
grown from the sea; they require
constant cultivation. The ‘work
done in the general comprehensive
might advantageously not be elim-
inated, but started earlier. The
reading and conferences might be
assigned not as a conclusion to two
or three years of courses, but as a
supplement to these. Since most
‘of the time in individual courses
is spent simply in achieving an ac-
quaintance with the writers, the
-work for the comprehensive con-
ference might serve as a reminder
‘of the relationship these writers
‘have with one another and their
readers at’the time that the Eng-
lish major is becoming familiar
with the writing itself.

Start Earlier

The senior year, when seniors
are striving to review the reading
they have done in past years, does
not seem the time to initiate such
proceedings. If the individual stu-
dent has tried to realize herself as
a critic, has tried to appreciate the
general problems of style as she
worked in her courses, the mater-
ial covered in the general compre-
hensive appears repetitious; if she
has not, it is an intrusion. In study-
ing for the exam. it_.is..probable.
that. she will not try to relate
it to her own experiences of litera-
ture, but simply memorize state-
ments to be scribbled into blue
books along with such analogies
as the pressure of the occasion
may compel her to make. It seems
pointless to provide another occa-
‘sion for adventitious: assemblages
of facts in a comprehensive whose
arrangement suggests that it be
designed to éncourage instead a
more informed and mature judg-
ment in the reading and criticism



Editor’s Note: The, NEWS has
devoted two pages of this week’s
sssue to the discussion by three
jacuity members, two recent
‘graduates of Bryn Mawr, and
-)Our seniors, of the principie,
aim’, and ejfectiveness of com-

prebensives. Lhe nine were se-
ected as representing a variety
vy sources, out with no consid-
eration as to what thew views
might actualy be.



‘Robbins Disappointed i in Comp Plan;
>uggests Changes in Senior Program

by Caroline Robbins

rrotessor of History
4 supported the changes in the
4You's which incroduced, first, hon-
urs, anu then tne hnai examinavion
dur ail seniors, with entauslasm,
4ue good svudenc who profited by
a year’s work on a long paper, was
carea Ior. All students had a



H. Leblanc: Systematic Philosophy
Conferences Kail to Achieve Goals

By Hugues Leblanc

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Years ago our philosophy majors
talked me into holding comp con-
ferences at the Inn over sticky
buns and a-cup of tea. . After: two
or three of these gatherings one
puzzled student asked the very
question you are raising today:
“Do comprehensives serve any pur-
pose?” 1 pondered her question,
tound, I believe, some answer to
it, and ordered the. group back to
our philosophy seminar room.

I weleome the opportunity you
extend me of airing my views on
comprehensivés. Mindful, however,
of my own business, I shall restrict
myself to the comprehensive in
systematic philosophy and let my
colieagues have their say on the
rest of the problem. |

Unified Inquiry

As I see it, our comprehensive
in systematic philosophy has a
double aim. Our majors, during
their sophomore and junior years,
take separate courses in logic, eth-
ics, metaphysics, aesthetics, and
so on. They are reminded at the
beginning of each course of the or-
ganic unity of philosophy, but soon
asked to concentrate exclusively on
the business at hand. Upon reach-
ing their senior year, however,
they should have a.chance, we feel,
to piece together what they learn-
ed in their second and third year
courses. We accordingly select one

topic, say universals, causation, or).

freedom, which pertains to several
branches of philosophy, and use it
as the theme of our comp confer-
ences, hoping that students, while

they learn the variations of that|’

theme in ancient and modern
times, will come not only to view,

but also. to feel, philosophy as a
unified «inquiry into nature and
man, e

We have, however, a second aim
wnen giving those conferences. We
wish to test each May whether our
majors after two or three years of
anstruction. in the field have devel-
oped a “knack” tor philosophy. We
could do so, L suppose, in a num-
ber ot ‘ways; we believe, however,
that the examination which winds
up the comp conferences in. sys-
tematic philosophy is ‘still the best
one. We accordingly ask our ma-
jors at the beginning of the con-
terences to make the topic pro-
posed, be it universals or causation
or any other, ‘their ‘philosophy
problem of the year, to reformu-
jate it in their. own terms, study it
through readings and discussions
of their own, and tentatively solve
it.in their own way. We challenge
them, in other words, to philosoph-
ic maturity and offer them both
the comp conferences and the final
examination as a means of achiev-
ing it. »

Such is our goal. Do we reach
it? That, indeed, is another ques-
tion. Several factors have a part
bo play in the success of such con-
ferences. First comes the topic
around which” the majors are ex-
pected to synthesize whatever bits
of philosophy we have passed onto
them and through whose study
‘they are expected to make the
grade as undergraduate philoso-
phers. There exist such topics, but
they are few in number and our
comp conferences may have be-
‘come somewhat monotonous (at
least for me).

Next comes the instructor who
‘must sell the topic to each one of



Continued on Page 5, Col. 3



Warren Allies French and Philosophy,

Would Prefer Writing Senior Thesis

By Liz Warren, ’55
‘Comprehensive Conference” is
a very impressive term which

_| eludes definition and seems almost

cheerfully ambiguous. The actual
comprehensive conferences them;
selves are almost as difficult to de-
scribe, for there is no real simi-
larity among those in which I have
participated. Designed for the pur
pose of “Preparation for the final
examination in the major subject, oa
‘the comp conference is tailor-made
to suit the particular needs and
wishes of the groups of seniors
who are taking it.”

Personal Experience

Rather than try to discuss conip
conferences, and their purpose, re-
sult, etc., in general, I’ll veer over
to my experience with them. I’m
a French major, minoring in phi-
losophy; thus I have comp confer-
ences in ‘two departments. All of
my comp groups are small (some-
times I’m the only one), since.I’m
the only senior ¢ombining. eigh-

.teenth century ‘French jiterature

with philosophy of religion! . .

In my comp conferences, the
professor ‘with whom I am study-
ling assigns a reading list,’ about.









discuss any points which I did not
understand, or found particularly
interesting. Thus the comp confer-
ence is real “individual work,” the
student ostensibly meeting with
her professor to discuss the salient
points of the reading which she
has done. Alas, this is not as idyl-
lic as it. sounds, for the senior may
show up at comp conference with-
out burning issues to debate, or
even without ideas; she may have
misunderstood the material, . but
thinks she understands it, ete. In
such cases, comp conferences will
deterioriate into halting remarks,
and awkward (pauses, on the part
of both the professor and the stu-
dent. The professor obviously can-
not know what. the student wants
to know, or doesn’t understand, and
therefore is at a loss as well.

In a comp conference, the sen-
iors and their professor have .a
mutual responsibility to one an-
other and to themselves. The. pro-
fessor should plan to give some
factual material to his
group, «2 ‘the students should

have thought, and be able to dis-
cuss the work in question.

Even with an ideal comp confer-
ence, in which the members and



cnance to turm a conerene, imve-
gracea concepc OL tnew college
‘Work IN (part, Or ail o£ tue” major
allu wullead Neias, ime unic of reaa-
ing tame auued to tnelr inaepena-
cuce anu roused a sense Of respon-
subllity. Lne seneme ol examuna-
Wwols Supplied a Locus OL inverest
tur une UWo last years. Botn teacn-
vt aaa stugent, 1 supposed, would
prOiie Duvn Py More Calelul plan-
uy LO INeey a TiMal tesc ana by a
fe-eXAMiINalion OL pasc courses,
aulurihng, 1 nad imagined, wouid
culsist largely ot oluce hours When
propiems troubhng stugents cuuld
be considered,"

Thus, 1 imagined, the magulii-
cent American system OL iiperai
arts eaucation. witn its ellen OL
aiscipline and sudjecu al couege
level, Would be Comuined Wliu SOc
of the intensity anu depin 0. spe-
cial training Which Piesmeu
Kiuot’s tree elective (1 had vlieu
been told) had banisned trom un-
aergraauate lite. Students were
apt to dip too casualiy into the
bag of courses ottered rather as
one might turn the pages of an
encyclopedia to proviae against
any ignorance by small doses of
fact, 1 had thought that the new
system would soon tempt the stu-
dent to as severe a self-discipline
of matching dnd appropriate
coursés in her work as her costume
revealed of restraint and taste on
her weekend excursions or on prom
nights.

Disappointed

In the event, however, I have
been disappointed. Tutoring has
never eventuated. Bibliographies
have become reading lists. The ex-
|periencé of choosing your own
books and making your own mis-
takes—the most valuable training
for independent work after college,
has never been risked. The News
once commented on the fact that
Miss Robbins (pleasantly they
were kind enough to add) appar-
ently expected the seniors to ask
their own questions instead of be-
Jng directed by her! The senior
conferences as they are now may
not develop independence, but I
would emphasize here they have
resulted in some experiments in
teaching and learning. I should not
‘want to see the exams abolished.
Even as they stand, they serve to
point up advanced work and they
do ensure that study is not regard-



ed as valid merely from semester
to semester, course to course. Some
experience of a larger discipline is
possible,

Further Changes

I should - like some further
changes. I’d lessen the require-
ments by one language and the so-
cial science unit. I should like
honors, under perhaps a different
name, made possible for more stu-
dents who profit by that kind of
work but whose averages do not
stack up to the present. standard.
On the other hand I recognize that
long papers for*most students are
best related to a course and that
on the whole too many papers and
those far too long to be well writ-
_ten and composed are written by
the arts students.

I should like to see all students
left to themselves entirely for a
stated part of their final require-
ment, and tested on the results of
these studies by a partf the final
examination. I should like to. see
some further planning for at least
a part of the student body in re-
lated courses. What I mean would

be the undergraduate equivalent
of those area or period studies
(like the Renaissance) so popular
now among scholars, where many







| —~Continued “on Page 4, Col. 5


Page Four

THE COLLEGE. NEWS

Wednesday, February 9, 1955



Discussion Conferences Seem. Best .

Despite Chronic Drawbacks: Storch

By Marcia Storch, °55

Since few students would deny
the value of the help given by the
faculty in preparation for compre-
hensive examinations, it appears
that the central question is what
type of conferences are most, suit-
able. The following remarks are
the attempt of one student, and
one student only, partially to an-
swer that question, for although I.
have asked and thankfully received
the opinions of many of my class-

“mates, the presented view is mine,

' The statement of what can and
what cannot be correlated within a
given field is most efficiently pre-
sented by nieans of lectures. Al-
though nothing can insure that the
student will comprehend and learn
her subject to the best of her abil-
ity, the above methods appears t8
be one of the most unsuccessful in
this realm. On the other hand,
group discussion, a more favorable
means, is very difficult to achieve.
There is an absence of conversa-
tion about acadengic subjects at
Bryn Mawr; the reasons are many

and doubtless vary with the indi-|

vidual; One of the prime factors
is laziness—it is much easier to
read a book or scribble notes at a
lecture than to try to formulate
one’s own notions concerning the
_ subject. Anothtr reason, to make
a broad generalization, is that
women, perhaps in great measure
by dint of biological and social
functioning are more easily con-
trolled by the opinions of their
contemporaries than are men.
Several departments (e.g., Biol-



ogy, Physics, one conterence ot the
Vept..0. t’AUOSOphy and one of tne

vept. ot Kngiisa—tnere may be]:

others) have overcome these and
vier aimeuities by assigning a
parvicular area ot study for each
conterence ana requiring that at
che meeting the. students put ques-
vions to the professor. ‘The topics
mentioned are then discussed by
vue entire group. When there are
no more inquiries or should there
be none, the conference is dismissed.
ut course, this does not assure the
asking of provocative and fruitful
questions; the students may = re-
main disinterested, but, if nothing
else, the thought. of filing .compre-
hensives usually‘produces some at-
tempt to derive benefit from. the
conferences. In some fields this
method may be unsuitable. There
are times, if important material
has ‘not beéh covered in the read-
in in past courses, these lec-
tures |are necessary. Where there
are mpre than ten majors in at-
tendance, most students feel that,
irrespective of the manner in

‘which the conferences are conduct-

ed,
back.

A word about tea or coffee with
the conferences. The students of
departments which maintain this
custom are in favor of the proce-
dure, but many professors dislike
it on the basis of noise and incon-
venience. The fact remains that
eating with someone has long been
a sign of good fellowship. It re-
moves some emphasis from the
self to the teacup and, therefore,
may loosen a frightened tongue.

e size of the group is a draw-



Von Hebel and Merrick:Contend That
Conferences, Not Comps, Are Helpful

By Beatrice Merrick, ’54
Gloria Von Hebel, ’54

Every spring, ‘seniors groan and
moan and undergraduates nod
their heads in sympathy as the
prospect of comprehensive exam-
inations looms ever closer. And
not infrequently is heard the fer-
vent wish that they be done away
with entirely.

‘Many opinions are put forth in
an attempt to justify the existence
of comps. One rather popular no-
tion is that it provides the profes-
sor with a means of grading his
‘students. Frankly, in a college the
size of Bryn Mawr, we don’t think

that the professors feel the need
of comps in order to grade us ac-
curately.

In our opinion the main purpose
of comprehensive conferences is to
aid us in integrating all of the
rather isolated pieces of informa-
ion to which we’ve been exposed.
Too-often our courses tend to be-
come encapsulated and their rela-
tionship to @ach other is only
vaguely realized, if at all.

We do feel most emphatically
that the. comprehensive exams
themselves are not essential and
that their real purpose is some-
times a little difficult to understand
for, in our opinion, the benefits are
derived from the conferences, not
the exams. -—

It is not easy to give a fair eval-
uation of the comprehensive con-
ferences as they are conducted, be-
cause they vary so among the de-
partments and even within the de-
partments from year to year.

One complaint voiced very fre-
quently is that too often the con-
_ ference becomes a place where im-
portant information neglected in
previous courses is hastily impart-
ed.. Granted, this is important but
often takes up too much of the

front” one in a particular area of
study and endeavor.

Many students feel that it would
be good to ask them from time to
time what problems are bothering
them, instead of having a complete
course of study made out for the
year of conferences. Too often, the
conferences become an opportunity
for one or two students to monop-
olize the time of the professor to
put forth their opinions and argu:'
ments, whether or not it-is impor-
tant to the others. -However, : this:
is a.situation that only the stu-
dents can remedy.

Essentially, the purpose \of com-.

prehensive conferences is good and|-

we have no argument with it, but.
the most important thing’ isthe

real interest of the students, for||

their conferences will become what
they. make of them,



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_|Kemp Maintains
Value of Comps
By Elsie Kemp, ’54

Speaking from the limited ex-
perience. of one set of exams in
one department, I think the com-
prehensive work is an important
part of college work seen as a
whole,

Preparation for comprehensives,
1ike an honor thesis, is related to
study on: the graduate level; the
student has»the responsibility for
organizing a whole unit of work,
and for the most part she can, fol-
low the“lines of her special inter-
ests within -her major subject. It
is again up to the students wheth-
er the comprehensive conferences
are to be of value. If most of the
group choosés to be prepared, then
che discussions can be stimulating
and take on the character of sem-
mars; o keeping up with the dis-
cussion‘Schedule is helpful in divid-
ing the preparation for the exams
into manageable units.

In many schools the work of the
senior year is designed as a transi-
tion to the different character of
college studies. The student feels
that she is both finishing her work
at the school level and acquiring
the methods of continuing at’ the
college level if she chooses. In the
senior year at Bryn Mawr, com-
prehensives are the.line over which
a student crosses out: of the under-
graduate world. - And only after
the line has been crossed can the
four years of work behind it be
seen as a meaningful whole.

By Ilse Shapiro, ’55

The Political Science Depart-
ment, upon the recommendation of
last year’s seniors majoring in po-
litical science, has reorganized the
comprehensive system. The pri-
mary change is the innovation of a
general comprehensive. All poli-
tics majors are required to take
this comprehensive, and the con-
ferences are given in the first se-
mester, acquainting the student
with the general scope of the com-
prehensive material. No one spe-
cialized course of study is pursued,
although many specialized books
and articles are read concerning
such things as the problems of un-
derdeveloped countries, the rela-
tionship of ethics to politics, and
the relationship of politics to the
natural sciences. These and other
topics are then discussed in con-
ference.

Politics Requirements

Besides the requirement of the
general comprehensive, all politics
majors must take at least one oth-
er comp in political science. This
may be in the field of Theory, In-
ternational. Law and Organization,
American Government, Compara=
tive Government, or Theory and
Practice of Democracy. Many: ma-
jors take all three comps in vary-
ing combinations of the above, al-
though American history, econom-
ics, philosophy and other fields are
often substituted for a third comp
in political science.

The general comprehensive con-
ference is the only conference in





Warren Allies French and Philosophy,
Would Prefer Writing Senior Thesis

Continued from Page 3

their advisor are both cooperating
to make the work a success, I do
not. think that the system is a real-
ly good one. While an examina-
tion in ‘the major subject, with the
comprehensive conferences to pre-
pare one to-take_ it, is valuable, in
that it correlates and systematizes
one’s knowledge, I think that the
time which is spent in doing prep-
aration for this final examination
might be more advantageously
used otherwise. The preparation
of a senior thesis, on one partic-
ular phase of the major work
would, I think, give the student an
opportunity to explore one facet of
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original thinking. The “senior the-
sis” system has been in effect at
several colleges, notably Princeton,
and seems to have been a real suc-
cess.

In the case that every student
might not be interested in a senior
thesis, she should~ be given the
choice of either a senior thesis or
a final comprehensive examination.
All in all, however, I think that
the senior thesis would be much
more “comprehensive” and com-
prehensible, both for students and
professors than our system of final
examinations.





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General Comprehensive: I. Shapiro

the department that is offered in
the first’semester. ‘The conferences
were held once a week for an hour
and Dr. Wells offered to continue
them in the second semester when-
ever the group wishes to discuss
political problems. The conferences
for the other comprehensives are
given in the’second semester.

Presents Salient-Points

It is impossible to evaluate the
general comprehensive conferences
without having taken the general
comp and it is equally impossible
to evaluate the comprehensive con-_
ferences in the other fields when
they have not yet been given, and
when our courses of study in po-
litical science have not been-com-
pleted. It is important to realize,
however, that the conferences are
not designed to be a cram session,
outlining the final examination,
and should not be judged accord-
ingly. It seems to me that the
value lies in presenting the salient
points with which all majors
should, be familiar. With this as a
touchstone, the student should then
delve more deeply into these par-
ticular problems and then correlate
them with the more specialized
knowledge she has attained
through her courses of study.

Robbins Supports
More Experimenfs

Continued from Page 3

disciplines meet and pool their in-
formation and philosophies. I am
against more courses. Against any
one pattern of teaching. Against
too much variety and too little
depth. I am against any attempt
to adapt one discipline to another
and entirely for using one with the
other. I am for almost anything
which would allow the students to
make mistakes and rectify them—
to read the wrong books occasion-
ally—I don’t like any system which
ensures a safe standard of direct-
ed mediocrity. And I mean this to
refer to faculty and students alike.
For heaven’s sake, let’s leave room
for experiment and enterpr’se at
all levels.

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Wednesday, February 9, 1955

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ee THE COLLEGE NEWS

‘Page Five



Drexel:Defeats B. M. C. in Basketball;
Swimming Team Wins Practice Meet

By Joan Parker, "57

On Thursday, February 3, the
Bryn Mawr basketball teams play-
_ed their first-games of the season
against Drexel, and ‘suffered their
first - defeats. --The: gamés were
played at’ Drexel, which has a
smaller court than the Bryn Mawr
teams are accustomed to. . This
factor, plus a lack of teamwork,
partially explain the varsity loss,
54-31, and the J.V. loss, 30-29.

Drexel definitely outplayed Bryn
Mawr’s varsity, despite some nice
shooting and ball handling on the

part of freshman Mary Neely, who |¢

is the newly elected team captain,
and who was high scorer in the
game with 16 points. Sally Ken-
nedy. scored 8 points, ‘while Joan
‘Parker was responsible for the re-
maining 7.

The varsity defense ‘was out-
‘maneuvered by the Drexel for

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wards, who executed some baht:
ful plays. Kitty Stoddard perhaps
did the best job of defense, though
Patty Ferguson, Lois LaBelle, and
Jane White each did her share.
The J.V. contest was a closer,
more évenly’ fought one, as the
score indicates. Maddie de Ropp
managed a number of nice lay-ups

was high scorer.

The Bryn Mawr swimming
teams, triumphed over the Suburb-
an teams in a practice meet here
on Feb. 3. The Varsity final score
yas Bryn Mawr 33, Suburban 24.
the J.V. score was 14-7 in favor of
Bryn Mawr. a“

For the varsity Ruth Youngdahl
won the free style with a 29.5, Ann
Dykes wo nthe back stroke with a
84.5, and Janet Hetzel was high
seorer in the diving.



VARSITY SCHEDULE
February 14, Swimming,
Drexel, Home, 4:30—2 teams.

February 15, Badminton,
Rosemont, Home, 4:00—2 teams,
February 17, Basketball,

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| Systematic Philosophy ‘Comprehensives
Fail To Achieve Goals, Says Leblanc

Continued from Page 3

the majors, build around it a one-
year long conversation on the
whole of philosophy, and assist in
the making of half a dozen, if not
a dozen, philosophic minds. The
assignment is taxing, to say the
least; it is so much easier to talk
about Socrates in Philosophy 101
than, to convincingly don his garb
every Thursday afternoon.
Finally come the students who
must adopt the problem as their
own, ransack .the library to learn
of its past solutions, rethink it on
their own, and be ready to discuss
it during the conferences. This
last point is the most crucial one.
Comp conferences cannot be suc-
cessful .unless students actively
participate in them through their
questions, answers, and comments.
I have known excellent groups of
majors who simply could not be
brought’ to discuss the topic pro-
posed \and hence got little out of
the conferences. (One of our ma-
jors, years ago, tiptoed in and out
of the department without whis-
pering a word and yet left behind
her a record long unmatched.)
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the whole less gifted, were eager
vo talk and thus carried the’ con-
ferences to a most fruitful end.

The odds against comp confer-
ences being a success: are high,
perhaps perilously high. We are
accordingly ready, my colleagues
and I, to look around for other
ways of reaching our goal. One
extra course, may I add, would not
do; a course, however given, al-
ways remains a course of instruc-
tion. Honors work for all majors
would not do either; the faculty
simply cannot supervise 150 or 200
dissertations a year.

I_hope that the News_ poll ‘will
help to clarify the whole compre-
hensives issues. Our aims are
above question, but our methods
need not be. No one could wel-
come students’ discussion of the
latter more eagerly than a comp
conference giver.

CALENDAR

Wednesday, Feb. 9

9:00 — Legislature
Hell Week Begins.
Saturday, Feb. 12

Freshmen work off demerits
from Hell Week.
Sunday, Feb. 13

7:15—The Reverend Joseph B.
Bishop will speak at Chapel.
Monday, Feb. 14

7:15—Mr, Girard: will talk on
“Pierre Mendes-France” at Cur-
rent Events in the Common
Room,

Meeting.

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A large. crowd gathered in the
gym Saturday night for the an-
nual dance for the Maids and Port-
ers and their friends. :
. Peggy King was chairman for
the affair, the theme of which was

“Starbound.” Decorations consist-
ed of live birch trees brought in
froth New Jersey and painted in
various colors.’ Exotic crepe paper
b.rds rested. in the trees.

Music for the formal dance was
provided by John Whittaker and
nis Mello-Tones. The band had
two very good vocalists and a
quartet which performed during
intermission.

Guests at the dance included
Miss Howe, Miss Bacheller, sev-
eral of thehall managers and
members of the faculty and their
wives... Among the student hos-
tesses were Peggy King, Sally
Kennedy, Carlene-Chittenden, Mar-
ianne Clark, Polly Lothman and
Katy Rodgers.

S. D. A. Book Drive
Ends In Two Days

There are only two days left to
help the Bryn Mawr Students for
Democratic Action achieve the
goal of 100% student participation
in their book drive. The drive is
for the purpose of collecting lit-
erary and text books for the stu-
dents of the Vietnam University
of Saigon,

These students, in fleeing the
Communists, were forced to leave
behind their library at Hanoi. Un-
der the terms of the Geneva Truce
Convention, their books may not
be moved from Hanoi to Saigon.
The students have no money to buy
more books, and even if they had
the problem that there are no
books available for sale in the area
would remain.

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Leuba’s Statistics Subeodin to. Problem:

Of Science-Religion
3 Continued from Page 2

Adams, Washington, Franklin
Madison, and many lesser lights
were to be reckoned among either
the Unitarian or the Deists. It
was not. Cotton Mather’s God to
whom the authors of the Declara-
_ tion of Independence appealed; it
_.was to ‘Nature’s God’.” This state-
ment is hardly either surprising or
controversial to historians.
_ Further, the historian, Thomas
Cuming Hall, in The Religious
Background of American Culture
(Little, Brown, 1930) states, “In
looking over the list of those who
were in any way prominent in forc-
ing on the war (the American Rev-
olution) there are very few who
took any active part, as far as can
be known, in the work of any of
the various denominations that
were represented, and save Joh
Witherspoon of Princeton, thert
was no clergyman among the sign}
ers of the Declaration of Indepent
dence.”

Further, Deism and freethinking
were not limited to the upper: and | ;
highly educated classes. “By the
latter 1790’s copies of Paine’s Age

_of Reason were to be found in
practically: every. community in
America, rural as well as urban.
It was discussed everywhere, in
_ taverns, in stage coaches, and cop-

jiously in the contemporary, press].
and was a popular subject. for .dis-|.

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The NEWS wishes to apologize
to. Nancy Coyne, ’57 -for. omit-
ting-her name at’the end-of her
letter, which appeared in the is-
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Conflict: Dr. Adams

. To use an: oft-quoted statement

‘by Lyman Beecher describing: Yale

College in the seventeen nineties,
‘That _was-the day of the infidelity

taire, Rousseau, D’Ajembert .

In far away Atheas, ~ tiorgta,
where the new University of Geor-
gia was just getting started, relig-
ious conditions among the students
were similar to those at. D@
mouth, Harvard, Yale, and Prince-

ton.” . Religion in the Development

of American Culture, 1765-1840, by
William Warren Sweet. (Scrib-
ner’s, 1952, pp. 92-98).

absurd claim that the traditional
religions have not played an im-
portant part in American history;
I am simply pointing out that we
have also had a tradition’ of free-
thinking and heresy (much great-
er, even, than indicated above), a

tradition which the current champ-
ions of various kinds of orthodoxy
(religious and otherwise) and their
have

jnumerous fellow-travelers
apparently succeeded in obscuring.
, Sincerely,
- Joe K, Adams

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Sun, Feb. 13-Tues., Feb. 15 —
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Sun., Feb. 13-Tues., Feb. 15—
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Green Hill
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: Wednesday, February 9,
|Results Of Tryouts

For Dancers Listed

Continued from Page 1

Madlyn - Wolfe,
Sara White.

The Sailors in the Storm Dance
will be performed by Donna Coch-
Susan Band,
Happy Crain,.Mary Neely, and
Anna Kisselgoff. The Storm Char-
acters will be Leora Luders, Sara
White, and Lynn Sykes. »

Linda Jett as Miss Shapeu, Anne
Schaeffer as the first off-stage
voice-and Lt. Ballast, and Judy
Sniscak as the second voice, will be
the cast members who are heard,

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though not seen,

MARRIAGES |

Gwendolyn Groves to John Alan
Robinson.

Cynthia Delafield to Felix de-
Narvaez.

Mary Israel to Harry Finestone.

Sarah Lewis to Stephen / Paul
Casper.

Agnes ner ye Kelley to Mal-
colm Hall.

ENGAGEMENTS

Francoise de Lustrac to Robert
Piroue. ;

Sally Scheffer Ankeny to Peter
W. Anson,

Miriam Anne Faust to Stephen
D. Green III.

Patricia Onderkonk to Thomas
N. Troxell, Jr.

Marilyn Hanback to Lieut.
Thomas Stanley Jones III.
“Elizabeth Klupt to Walter
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