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VOL. Li, NO.

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1954

Copyright,

Trustees 0:
Bryn Mawr College, 1064

PRICE 20 CENTS





Fosnocht Talks
On Self-Govt.’s.
Place At B.M.C.

Self-Gov. Pres. Explains
The Reasoning
Behind Rules

Goodhart, Sept. 23.—Ann_Fos-
nocht, President of the Self-Gov-
ernment Association, welcomed the

Class of ’58 tonight, introducing

them to some of the members of
the Executive Board and explain-
ing the origin, functions and gen-
eral setup of Self-Gov., plus sev-
eral examples as to its specific op-
erations. “

“Self-Gov. is “the students’ regu-
lation of their own conduct,” said
Ann. Until this year this “regula-
tion” was officially delegated to the
students in the management. of
their social behavior, but this year
the College has instituted an aca-
demic ‘honor-system as well.

The rules of the social honor
system are very liberal and strive
for the greatest possible individual
freedom. The reasons behind the
rules are very sound: the “no-
smoking-in-rooms” taboo tries to
prevent the outbfeak of fire, the
sign-outs are for the sake of con-
venience—to establish just where
a student may be reached in case
of emergency messages. Proper
chaperonage is a safety measure.

A factor behind many of our so-
cial rules is the belief that while
at school, we are obligated to
mainiain-the good reputation of
the co.lege. Therefore, the Con-
stitution states that intoxication in
particular, and any/ other actions
which might tend to bring discredit
upon the college, are “to be se-
vereiy dealt with.”

The social honor system is open
to individual interpretation in de-

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“The Ville’ Offers
Shopping Facilities

by Barbara Drysdale, °55
Carol Hansen, ’57

I can recall a sentence from: the
“special hints” section of my fresh-
man handbook. It read, “BMC stu-
dents call the town of Bryn Mawr
‘The Ville’.” This is not technically
correct for the term “Ville” refers
only to the business section of the
town, the place where Bermuda
shorts cannot be worn.

here are three other girls’
x eae in the residential part of
n° besides | this college. More
‘han one person has driven through
the campus of The Baldwin School
thinking: it was Bryn Mawr. Right
outside Rockefeller Arch is anoth-
er girl’s academy, Shipley, and far-
ther in town on Montgomery Ave-
nue is Harcum Junior College.

When walking to the Ville, a dis-
tance of about three blocks, one
must pass through a tunnel under
the railroad tracks. There is a
superstition that anyone who is in
this tunnel while a train is passing
over and holds her top button will
not fail her next exam. There are
no statistics proving the reliability
of this action, however.

Bryn Mawr is One of several
suburban towns’ which ° stretch
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~ Firsts For ‘58

. . This is the first time a book
has been published to introduce the
zlass of ’58. It contains photos of



all the members of the class with.

their names and halls. The photo-
graphs sént to the administration
were used but if students would
prefer, members of future classes
may choose to send more attrac-
tive picture of themselves for the
200k.

. This is - the first time that
East hones has been used as a
Freshman dorm. since it was



pought by Bryn Mawr.



Class Of 58 Directory

Following is a list of the Class

~ of ’58, by Hall and Room:

DENBIGH
Ambler, E. ... 21
Bradley, M. 26
Cannon, #. 238
De Beus, M. 68
de Graaff, J. 63
De Nie, G. 87
‘Dunaway, P. 29
Frankel, M. 72
Harrison, A. 88
Hill, E. 13
Kisselgoff, A. 80
» Opstad, S. 15
Orlinger, B. 34
Pinney, B. 86
Potter, D 32
Robertson, J. 23
/Stern, E. 1438:
‘Finsley, A 75
Twiggar, S. 22
Watanabe, Y. 25
eae EAST HOUSE
Barovick, N. %5
Crain, H. Yel
Fleming, A. 45
Furey, A. 4
Gordon, M. V4
Hampton, L. %1
Hicks, C. Z's
‘Skinner, M. Va2
Ke te %2|

gt. 28

MERION
Beane, J. 6
Bograd, N. % 47-51
Brown, S. 219
Cook, J. %41AB
Dillenberg, J. %%47-51
Goodman, M. 7
Jacoby, S. s 3
Lutes, A. %41AB
Meyers, M. 8
Mills, V. “29
Ramsay, C. V219
Rand, B.: 4 - $6
Sargent, J. 5
Schaefer, A. mmm Q
Sniseak, J. “YH
Starks, C. 28 }>
Valabregue, H. 23
Yeganah, S. 80
Dennis, L. 1
Luise, A. 7% 12
PEMBROKE
: East
Armstrong, M. 87
Barksdale, E. ' 69
Brown, E. 58A |
Burgiel, L. ¥219
Constantinople, E. . %1-9
| Farnum, A. sere 44-6
Flint, D. Ha thie aes 8
Guidotti, ‘a 45
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Freshmen Rush To Appointments, Tests, Sales
During Their First Most Hectic College Days



Of course, Interior Decoration is essential





Miss McBride, Upperclassmen Greet ‘58

Introduce Class to
by Downie Brown, ’57

This year at Bryn Mawnywill be
the class of 1958’s year just as
’57 thought last year was theirs.
It will be some time before you will
even be able to recognize faces as
fellow freshmen, You will find the
sophomores take advantage of this
in the days preceding Parade
Night. But the main thought of
the college is to welcome you, the
new crop of freshmen.

Your first week is one concen-
trated welcome, from the Fresh-
man Committee, the faculty and
administration, all the men that
wander over from. Haverford and
finally the returning upperclass-
men. The idea is to make you feel
a little less like freshmen, sudden-
ly demoted from the pinnacle of
finally being a senior in high
school, and more like one-fourth of
undergraduate Bryn Mawr.

You are going to get a continued
welcome until the culmination of
your first year here, the Freshman
Show. By then you may not know
everyone in your class. But’ you'll
know .them well enough after
weeks of working= together on the
Show, not to cut them dead walk-
ing across campus.

After this Show you won’t need
to be welcomed anymore. You'll
have become a full ‘fledged member
of Bryn Mawr and your poster
will also hang in your hall’s smok-
er. It will be an amazingly short
time before you start deciding who

CALENDAR

Sunday, September 26

4:30 p. m. Tea with Miss Mc-
Bride in the Deanery.

7:30 p. m. Chapel.

'8:00 p. m. Halls are open to
upperclassmen.
Monday, September : 27

9:00-10:15 a. m. Reading speed
and comprehension tests for
Freshmen. ‘*

Physical examinations s che d-
uled during the morning.

1:30 p. m, Dr. Humeston will
speak to Freshmen. .

7:00 p. m. Step singing.
first time the whole college meets
together for the year.
Tuesday, September 28

8:45. a, m. First Assembly of
the year at Goodhart.
9: :30 1 a. m. ep pt Later





Tradition of Tea

will be on ’59’s Freshman Commit-
tee next year.

A large part of your welcome
consists of teas. They will run the
gamut from an elegant oné, with
Miss McBride complete with :com-
pany manners to one at the Inn
or Community Kitchen with your
Lantern girl. Aside from being
another way of welcoming you
—these-teas ‘will “indoctrinate you
to the Bryn Mawr custom of tea
or at least eating a large quantity
of food every afternoon (and, per-
haps, evening).

AND HAVERFORD TOO

In tones calculated to soothe and
réassure, professors, casually dan-
gling Phi Beta Kappa keys or
wearing horn rimmed glasses, will
tell you that of course one comes to
college for more diversified pur-
suits than scholastic standing
alone. And you will find them
quite right.

There is a_rather special wel-
come committee of Haverford men
who peer in the smoker. windows.
Carrying things even to the realm

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Committee Hurls Rules
AndgName-Game’
At °58

Thursday morning, September
23, ushered in a day of more vis-
ible activity than’ Bryn Mawr will
see before Mayday. Bryn Mawrtyrs
in the halls were up and dressed
for breakfast—a rare phenomenon
—as they waited to greet the in-
coming Freshmen. e

Earlybirds sped straight for
their medical exams beginning at
8:30 a.m. but later arrivals had
plenty of time to be checked as the

Later
in the morning there were library
tours and voice tests, the former
to guide in future academic pur-
suits and the latter to provide the
basis for future step singing.

Mass campus guides for Fresh-
men and their parents were a fea-
ture new to Freshman week. Build-
ings and even tennis courts have
a way of seeming quite different
from what you saw on the map or
remembered after your interview,

Half past four—time for guess
what? Freshmen were initiated
into this tradition with hall tea

hall president, warden, and the
girls you see across the _ table.
After supper the newest ipso fac-
tos met Ann Fosnocht, who told
the freshmen what their status in
Self Gov. means. Back at the halls,
meetings to discuss regulations
were followed by hall. parties. “
Friday was also a busy day.
There were fittings for caps and
gowns throughout the morning as
well as German, Spanish, and Ital-
ian placement tests. Those who
found the time to visit the furni-
ture sale early were rewarded with
a wide selection to choose from but
since one man’s meat is another’s
poison there were still some bar-
gains available on other days.
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Now that the new Freshmen are
coming to know Bryn Mawr and
we are coming to know them, we
thought that they might be inter-
ested in the admissions procedure
and how the students here are se-
lected.

Mrs. Broughton; Dean of Fresh-
men and Director of Admissions,
says the Admissions .Committee,
consisting of five faculty members,
the president and the deans, works
through college publications, the
alumnae groups and through vis-
itors from the college (the presi-
dent, faculty.members, and deans)
to encourage a wide geographical

‘ spread among the applicants.

There are roughly 30 alumnae
-clubs throughout the country most
of which have become more active
in the last fiye or six years in

The| keeping in touch with schools in

their areas. One of the best con-
tacts which they offer applicants
to the college is at teas, where stu-
dents now in college meet large
numbers of interested students



Mrs. Broughton Tells of Admissions
Procdurar And How the College Selects

































no particular preference is given
to * geographical distribution. The
final choice is made after individ-
ual consideration is given to each
girl’s record. This includes the
four year school record, the prin-
cipal’s and teachers’ recommenda-
tions, college board aptitude and
achievement test results and the
evidence the girl herself submits
as to her interest and activities in
and out of school. The Admissions
Committee selects those who seem
best qualified to make the most of
the opportunities at Bryn Mawr.

Because the candidates are no
longer required to state their
choice of college and because of
the increasingly large number of
scholarship applications, Bryn
Mawr, like other colleges, has to
gamble on the probable number of °
acceptances and has to set up,
therefore, an additional] list of stu-
dents which the college would be
glad to have if the space becomes
available. In addition to this wait-
ing list, a few. places are always
reserved for transfer students to