College news, February 28, 1959

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VOL. XtiV_NO. 14

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY "25, 1959

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1959



BMC, Veen Choruses Uoin,
Present Concert This Saturday

by Alison Baker

The Wesleyan University Choral
Society, under the direction of Mr.
Richard K. Wimslow, is giving a
concert with the Bryn Mawr Chorus
in Goodhart Hall this Saturday
evening.

(Mr. Goodale and Mr. Winslow
will each conduct a part of the
program—a program which prom-
ises to be as interesting as it is di-
verse.

Program Announced

' ‘The two choruses will combine in
‘O sing unto the Lord a new song”,
a verse anthem by Henry Purcell,
and in Mozart’s “Te Deum” in C
major (K. 141). Both of these re-
ligious works have great. resonance
and a sprightly character not often
associated with their subject mat-
ter, particularly in the case of the
Te Deum. Mozart is said to have
composed it at the age of 13, There
will be an accompaniment in both
works, consisting of strings and
continuo.

Octettes To Combine

The Bryn Mawr double. octette
and a Wesleyan group of compar-
able size will join for the Buxte-
hude Cantata “‘Befiel dem Engel
dass er komm” (Order the angel
to come and watch over us, thy
property). In Buxtehude’s compo-
sitions, as in those of his pupil
Bach, there is a harmonic and con-
trapuntal richness typical of the
organ, which instrument they both
played extensively.

Holst’s “Three Hymns from the
Rig Veda”—to the dawn, Vena
(the sun rising through the mist),
and Agni, the god of fire, will be
performed by the women’s chorus.
The Bryn Mawr chorus will also
sing “Vere Languores” by Lotti,
an Italian composer of the Neo-





e
Notice
The Undergraduate Associa-
tion is pleased to announce the
appointment of Rebecca Tingle
61 and Cary Webb Hank ’61,
editors of the Freshman Hand-
book and Margaret Parlin ’61,

politan school, and “Ave Maria”

by Vittoria, a piece which may al-

ready be familiar to some of the
Continued on Page 8, Col. 4

Other Generation
To Be Welcomed

Plans are currently being made
for the fourth Bryn Mawr Parents’
Day to be held on May 2nd. The
program will differ from the last
Parents’ Day in which 178 families,
many of whom had attended the
previous day’s May Day Celebra-
tion, participated, in an increase of
student participation.

Conducted evey other year, Par-
ents’ Day in 1957 featured a faculty
lecture in the morning and after-
noon speeches by Miss McBride and
Mr. Neil McElroy.

This year’s program will begin
with a discussion by Mrs. Marshall
on the Philosophy of the Curricu-
lum, and, continue with student dis-
cussion sessions on creative arts,
sciences, and the humanities meet-
ing simultaneously in different
campus centers.

. These plans, still in the tentative
stage, are under the direction of
a faculty and a student committee
headed by Anne White and com-
posed of three members from each
of the four classes.

Freshmen on the Committee are:

Marianna Pinchot
Sue Zebley
Lifida Davis
Sophomores:
Barbara Baker
Betty Cassady J
Sue McCord al
Juniors:
Marilyn McKinney
Nancy Porter
Seniors
Beth Haney
Gail Beckman
Jan Wineberg
The Faculty Committee:
Mr. Wells
Miss Hoyt
Mrs. McCaffrey
Ex Officio:
Mrs. Paul





business manager.





Miss Biba



Special Issue of Amherst ‘‘Student’’
Tells Russians of Education in U.S.

by E. Anne Eberle ©

Eight months of planning, writ-
ing, red tape, and rewriting culmi-
nated January 29 when Amherst
College sent off 1,00 copies of its
publication, the Student, to English-
speaking students at the University
of Moscow. The issue involved was

not just any old edition which hap-
pened to be lying around the news-
paper office, but a carefully planned
16-page issue designed to “sketch

briefly the rough outlines of higher
_ education in the United States...

(and) to establish a channel of com-
munication between the students of
this country and those of the Soviet
Union.”

Since the paper is to be sent to
English-speaking students at the
University (The Soviet Ministry of
Education has assured the safe de-
livery of the Student), the articles,

American education, are in English





with the exception of one brief edi-
torial in Russian.

Paul Dodyk, chairman of the
Student, and C. Ernest Erbsen are
the instigators of the issue, whose
official. title is “Education in the
United States—A Survey.” It
sweeps through American education
from secondary schools to graduate
students and from educational TV
to junior colleges, pausing on the
way to consider the philosophy and
objectives of our system, with data
secured last summer from colleges
and universities across the nation.

In a letter from V. Smirnov, edi-
tor of the Moscow University, Paul
Dodyk received a-tenuous promise
that the Russians would be willing
to return the gesture in the future.
Who knows, perhaps Amherst has
really opened a “channel of com-
munication” through which Am-
herst Students and Bryn Mawr
Newses will flow freely to show the.



, IN MEMORIAM

-_|‘Metamorphosis’
Of 1902 Lectures
Brings Jubilation

The 1902 Series of Lectures,
which began with Mrs. Hannah
Arendt’s discussion of Politics and
Freedom and Dr. Leo Spitzer’s talk
on Courtly Love, will continue
through April 20 with lectures in
fields ranging from archaeology
through biology, psychiatry and
literature.

Hanfmann To Speak

On March 5, Dr. George Hanfmann,
professor of Fine Arts at Harvard
University, will speak in Goodhart
on New Excavations at Sardis. Dr.
Hanfmann, a visitor in the Classical
Department of the Boston Museum
of Fine Arts and a member of: the

‘Committee of the American School

of Classical Studies in Athens, is
assistant editor of the American
Journal of Archaeology and on the
editorial board of the Art Bulletin.

Dr. Alexander Leighton, Profes-
sor of Psychiatry at Cornell Uni-
versity, will deliver the fourth lec-
ture of the series on March 13 in
the Biology lecture Room. Author
of The Governing of Man and
Human Relations in a Changing

World, Dr. Leighton will speak on

Environmental Influence on Mental
Health. He is a Fellow of the Gug-
genheim Foundation and a recipi-
ent of the Human Relations. Award
of the Society for the Advancement
of Management.

Biological Topic

Genes and the Man will be the
subject of the fifth lecture, to be
delivered March 23 by Dr. Bentley
Glass, author of a book by the same
title and editor of the Quarterly
Review of Biology and Survey of
Biological Processes. Dr. Glass is
a member of the American Genetic
Association, the Society for the
Study of Evolution, and the His-
tory of Science Society.

e. e. cummings, noted poet and
painter, will deliver the last lecture
in the series on April 20. Mr. cum-
mings will speak on what he calls
“non-lecture” poetry, and comment.

History Of Fund

The 1902 Lecture Fund, estab-
lished seven years ago by the Class
of 1902 as a fiftieth reunion gift,
has this year undergone something
of a metamorphosis.

The change, which, according to
Mrs, Paul has “positively delighted
everyone”, consists primarily in
the concentration of a greater num-
ber of speakers into a shorter per-
iod of time. Whereas there were
formerly no more than two or three
lectures provided by the fund per
year, this year’s faculty commit-
tee, under the chairmanship of
Miss Robbins, has scheduled six
lectures for the ten-week period
between February 9 and April 20.





A memorial service for the
late Richard Max Bernheimer
will be held in the Chapel of
the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian
Church, Montgomery Ave.,
Bryn Mawr, Pa., on Wednesday,
March 18 at 5:00 p.m. The Rev.

The Ford Foundation announced
this week a grant of $136,000 to
Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore and
Haverford Colleges for a coopera-

Cancer Research
Topic Of Lecture

In his discussion of “Cancer Re-
search and the Biological Sciences”
last night, Dr. Franklin S. Philips,
speaking under the auspices of the
Science Club, gave his audience
some idea of the scope. of his field.
He emphasized especially the many
factors involved in cancer research
and commented that, although
many people have sought one unify-
ing concept of causation, most evi-
dence seems to lead in the opposite
direction, toward the idea of a num-
ber of factors.

According to Dr. Philips who is
with the Sloan-Kettering Institute
for Cancer Research, cancer is gen-
erally considered to be a rapid, un-
restrained, wild growth. In many
cases, he commented, this rapidity
of growth is not limited to cancer-
ous cells. He cited as rapid, orderly
and normal processes those which
occur in the epithelium (membrane
like lining) of the duodenum (or
first part of the small intestine) of
the rat, and the production of blood
cells. He added, furthermore, that
the terms surrounding a discussion
of cancer are generally “egocen-
tric” ones “charged with emotion.”



Philips discussed the causes, nature
and treatment of cancer. He gave
examples of its progression, some
of the physical and chemical] fac-
tors involved in its origin, and sev-
eral aspects of present research
being done.

Dr. Philips illustrated with slides
the fact that cancers are not always
wildly proliferating undifferentiated
growths but rather progress to that
state from a more orderly one. In
this earlier state, the cancerous
cells are well differentiated and
manifest physiological responses
similar to those of the surrounding
body cells.

In discussing causation, he dealt
with virology, and genetics and
gave particular attention to the
probable modes of action of chemi-

Continued on Page 8, Col. 2

Calendar

Thursday, February 26—

8:30 p.m.—Skinner Workshop. Ger-
man Club Comedies.

8:30 p.m.—Roberts Hall, Haver-
ford. William Pyle Lecture Ser-
ies, on Chromosomes and De-
oxyribonucleic Acid.

Saturday, February 28— :

8:30 p.m.—Goodhart Hall. Choral
Concert by the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Chorus and the Wesleyan
University Choral Society.

Sunday, March 1—

7:30 p.m.—Music Room, Goodhart.

Chapel Service. Address by Hugh’

Wright, Jr., of Western Theo-

logical Seminary, Pittsburgh.

Monday, March 2—

7:30 p.m.—Common Room, Good-

hart Hall. Current Events. Mr.

Baratz of the Economics Dept.

will speak on Socialism.

18:80 p.m.—Lecture Room, Biology

Building. T.B.L. Webster will de-
“iver the first of three—Horace

In dealing with his subject, Dr.

BMG H'ford, Swarthmore Share
Grant for Asian Studies Program

tive program in Asian studies. The
project has as. its objective the
increase of knowledge and under-
standing of non-western cultures
for both faculty and students and
the introduction of new persepct-
ives into the undergraduate cur-
ricula of the three colleges.

Scholars To Visit

The grant“will bring two suc-
cessive Asian scholars to the cam-
puses to organize and present
a seminar for faculty members.
Funds will be used to make it
possible for the groups of faculty
to spend one-third or one-half of
the year in this special joint study
of Asia.

The scholars will also teach un-
dergraduate courses and assist in
dnereasing library materials in this
field. Outside specialists will be
invited as speakers to supplement
the project.

Foundation Project

The grant is a part of a $376,000
program sponsored by the Ford
Foundation to test approaches for
developing more effective teaching
about non-western areas. The aid,
formerly given solely on the grad-
uate level, was extended to under-
graduate schools for the first time
this week.

The University of vane In-
diana University and Denison Uni-
versity are also participating in
the project. Unlike former aid to
Yale and the University of Chi-
cago which stressed training for
specialists in the area, these grants
are to expand the existing liberal
arts curricula.

Webster Lectures
On Greek Drama

The first in a series of three lec-
tures on Greek Comedy entitled,
“Greek Comedy: Staging Costumes,
and Origin,” will be presented next
Monday night, March 2, at 8:30
p.m. in the lecture room of the new
Biology Building.

* This lecture, a Horace White
Memorial Lecture, will be given by
T. B. L. Webster, professor of
Greek at the University of London.
Mr. Webster will give the first and
third lectures in this series, while
the second will be given by Miss
A. M. Dale, who is Mrs. Webster.
The other lectures in this series
and their dates are as follows:
March 9, “Old Comedy: Aristopha-
nes’ Acharnians” and, March 16,
“New Comedy: Menander’s Dysko-
los.”





Arts Forum

Arts Forum and Haverford
Arts Council present Thomas
Brockman, leading young Amer-
ican concert pianist who played
very successfully at Carnegie
Hall (Philadelphia). Hehasplay-
ed with leading orchestras
throughout the country, includ-
ing the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The dedication concert for the
Ely Room was played by him.
The concert will be in the Ely





“Dr Rex-S. Clements will offici-



young “Russians what America is
“really” like.

ate.









White Memoria] Lectures on



Greek Comedy.

Room, Wyndham, on Wednes- |
day, March 4, at 7:30 p.m.











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Rethinking of Responsibility -- Now!
When we editorialized last week on the recognition due
to the many people who perform the essential but often ob-
scure duties and chores involved in operating the College,
we hardly realized how immediate and germane was the.
subject. This week we are printing, elsewhere on the page,
a letter from the presidents of Self-Gov. and Undergrad,
which deals not so much with the sense of campus responsi-
bility we were trying to evoke as with the sense of responsi-
bilty which must obtain for the individual if organizations
such as Self-Gov. and Undergrad are to continue under ex-
perienced and interested leadership. The importance of such
a letter, coming as it does at election season—that is, arising
out of the experiences of the past week—is obvious. Nor
does the fact that qualified candidates have been found dis-
pel the force of its question: do we in fact want to continue
to shoulder the jobs of self-government and the organization
of.campus activities? or
Either some serious rethinking must, take place now,
or we allow ourselves to slide by for another year. The prob-
Jem is not new and there is every reason to suppose that it
will reoccur. Perhaps the fault lies in the internal structures
of the organizations themselves ; there certainly seems to be
a general feeling that the top offices are monolithic and sure-
-ly academically destructive of anyone except a genius.. Is
there room in the lower reaches of the organization to train
enough people, to bring a sufficient number into contact with

the workings of the organization? If the difficulty’ resides |

here, then constitutional emendation should be sufficient. If,
on the other hand, we have accepted or concur in the aca-
_ demic bias of the College to the extent that we are unwilling
to spend time on the extra-academic functions of the com-
munity, then perhaps these functions should be turned over
to the Administration—not that the Administration wouldn’t
be alarmed at such a prospect—or perhaps to the ‘hall :war+
dens and officers, or even to informal organizations of inter-
ested students. There is no point in trying to enforce a
community spirit if one does not exist—if we are not inter-
ested in its existence.

On Grants and Gratitude

News was released last Friday .of a Ford Foundation
grant of $136,000, given to Haverford, Bryn Mawr and
Swarthmore for a joint.program in Asian studies. :

The three colleges are the only cooperative venture
in a nation-wide plan, evolved by the Ford Foundation, to
strengthen college curricula in the area of non-western stud-
ies. This promotion of emphasis on the East, the effects of
‘which will extend into both research and teaching, aims to
balance to some extent the traditionally Western orientation
of the American college curriculum. Such an orientation,
the Ford Foundation. has recognized as unrealistic in the
present interdependent state of east and west.

It seems a project with’ almost unlimited possibilities
and a future of constant expansion. Although the subsidized
program will expire after its allotted two-year span, it is
designed to provide a stimulus and the basis of a permanent
and vital contribution to the colleges’ curricula.

Bryn Mawr is fortunate in joining the vanguard of a
movement towards greater awareness of Asian affairs, and
in doing so will derive a purely individual benefit from the
maturing of another side of an already many-sided curricu- | ‘

|tablishment and four o’clock tea

‘|borrowed title only that we are

| game of international power poli-

The Fourth Leader

The above title‘is not. meant to
confuse. When_ this column first.
appeared it was entitled ‘“Bditor-
ial Footnotes”, but:we afterthought
that this rubric sounded at once
prosaic and as if (Saints Preserve
Us!) we were documenting our ed-
itorials. So, instead, we are now
borrowing. a - tradition .from. the.
Times of London. For untold years
the Times has lent its fourth ed-
itorial’ (“leader” is equivalent to
“editorial” in that part of the
world, we are told) to high-toned
yet folksy reminiscence about the
days when gentry had both titles
and pounds, The Sun Never Set on
the British Empire, and The Es-.

held undisputed sway. Our pur-
poses are somewhat different, how-
ever, and we will denote by the

commenting in informal fashion
on matters too delicate or too frag-
mentary for the cumbrous Editor-
ial Column, ;
Intenational: If we singled out
the three countries whose internal
policies and development will most
affect international affairs and the
face of the political earth in. im-
| minent years, those three would be
the United States and Russia, of
course, and Communist China. Of
these, perhaps Communist China
will be the strategic power, if,
avoiding the pitfalls of premature
and. extreme maneuvers in the

tics and in domestic organization,
it becomes the example for the:
many Asian and African countries
which desire revolutionary indus-
trialization.

In this respect, then, we note
with imterest Mao Tse-tung’s re-
versal of his policy on birth con-'
trol. Until last summer, the Chin-
ese Communist government con-
ducted a national campaign to ed-
ucate the populace on the subject
and make low-cost contraceptives
readily available. Early last fall,
so far as we can gather, the pro-
gram was abandoned. Why? We
should very much like to know.
The population of Communist
China is increasing at the rate of
41,000 souls per diem, or doubling
every fifty years; its present 650
million people must live for the
most part just above the subsist-

‘it. In its purer form folk music

| Odetta classified herself in the lat-



Continued on Page 8,. Col. 1°

Folk Music As An Art

by Dee Wheelwright

Asked to write an artigle for
the News on folk music, I find my-
self at quite a loss as to how to
begin. Anyone trying to describe
an art form other than literature
runs into the difficulty of having
to use words to convey something
which; by its nature, eludes de-
scription.

Folk music is an art, as is any
creative process. It should not be
disparaged for being coarse, wild
or bohemian, for it has come to be
these things; not by its own nature,
but ‘by the attitude of the people
who have recently taken to singing

is an important part of a country’s
culture, and is the ancestor of
classical music, It should be tak-
en seriously, and may be taken
seriously in several .ways: as a
musical form (which ranges from
the very simple to the very com-
plex), as a historical document
(inaccurate, but interesting) 017
as a literary work. But it should
not be taken too seriously, for it
must be enjoyed, and when. drag-
ged through a scholarly mire, it
loses much of its luster. Although
it makes an interesting study, it
was meant to be sung, and this is
far more rewarding than the study.

At the Swarthmore folk festival
last year, Odetta made this distine-
tion between a folk singer and a
singer of folk songs: a folk singer |
grows up in a certain folk singing
tradition, whereas the singer of.
folk. songs adopts one or many tra-
ditions (usually the latter) and
adapts them to his background.

ter group, and I, too, belong to
this group, for, although I have
been singing songs since I was
three years old, I was born in New
York City, and my singing back-
ground was heterodox (the first
songs I learned were “I Been
Workin’ on the Railroad”, “Alou-
ette”, and “Fair Harvard, Thy
Sons to thy Jubilee Come”). So I
cannot honestly criticize the sec-
ond group, although my admira-
tion is reserved for the real Mc-
Coy. I think that they are more
fortunate, they who. have grown
up in a specific tradition, than
those singers of folk songs (let’s
call them commercial folk- singers,

not all of them are) who choose
their material arbitrarily from
among the traditions of many
countries. I say fortunate because
I fee] that it is more desirable to
come by something so spontaneous
as folk singing naturally rather
than to borrow it from others.
Then too, natural. singers are, by
and large, _more sincere than com-
mercial folk singers, since they
treat the song they sing as music,
rather than a game or an act. The
danger of being “‘cute” and of act-
ing ‘a-song (putting in dramatic
effects of accompaniment or voice,
grimacing, syncopating, etc.) are
pitfalls ‘which trap most commer-
cial folk singers. Recently, due
mostly to the efforts of Pete See-
ger and the Weavers, a rage for
folk music hag swept the country.
But the rage is not for natural
folk singing, it is for commercial-
ized folk singing. The fad start-
ed because it was a novelty, and
the fans insist on continued nov-
elty. The Weavers and Pete See-
ger, to whom (as I have said) goes
the credit for this occurrence (or
the blame, depending on your point
of view), are famous enough so
that they don’t have to cater to the
public taste in everything they
sing; but the newer groups like
the Kingston Trio feel they must
rely. on staging and effect to carry
their songs, This I am sure they
do in all sincerity; they are bring-
ing folk music: to the millions—
and successfully, too; the whole
country is singing lustily along
with the Trio, “Bow down your
head, Tom (gasp) Doo-hoo-ly”,
little dreaming that they are con-
tributing to the heartless massacre
of what was once a beautiful song.
Folk music, as an art, demands
sincerity and toleration. It is true
that a commerical folk singer has
difficulty in sounding like a natural
one, and in’ most cases it is im-
possible for him; however, it is
unnecessary for him to attempt
this. He is not a natural folk
singer, therefore he must work,
with what he has, and this is valid
only if he does not cater to the
public taste, A folk singer who
cannot, or does not treat every
song he sings as something highly
personal or meaningful or special
in some way, has-no business sing-



for the sake of a name, although

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To the Editor:
The majority of. us who come |
to Bryn Mawr do so for academic

reasons. The admissions policy is
firmly oriented towards making
the ultimate test of entrance the
candidates’ capacity for and inter-
est in academic endeavor, as_ it
must be. Among the faculty there
is a tendency to emphasize high
scholarship above other qualities,
both for the sake of the student
and in -order to preserve Bryn
Mawr’s rating as an intellectual
bulwark.
that the Bryn Mawr student should
evaluate her success here in the
light of her studies rather than of
her other activities and contacts.

We would be the first to say that
academic interests should hold the
central place, but we would ques-
tion the way in which their prior-
ity is exploited. The excuse of
“too much work, too little time”,
has become a stock phrase whose
true meaning is often “I don’t want
to, I don’t care, I’m not interested”.
There are many instances in which.
such an attitude is easily under-
standable. Indeed, the atmosphere:
of Bryn Mawr necessarily fosters |
such an outlook. Science students
spend the majority of every day
in the lab; honors students must

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‘lum. There: is little left for us to do but join the college as

‘thanks to the Ford f oundation, and hope to

iaiduuhaiies ‘os thanks through active —— in the
a once inaugurated, —





scholarship students must mein-
tain a certain average.



‘literally untold amounts of work

It is natural, therefore |

jantness” to these jobs has a dis-

|the pros and cons of ipso facto
“lcannot be done with separ ‘to

the lack of desire or willingness
on the part of the Bryn Mawr stu-
dent to undertake her share of
community responsibility is a fault
which can result in a serious

change in the atmosphere of this
campus, if, indeed, it has not al-
ready done so. (This is not a
blanket criticism of the student
body, for there are many who do

with no thought of pay or praise).
We wish to point out, however, that
those who are willing to undertake
their share of responsibility are
inevitably called upon to do far
more than their share. The fact
that they do it and succeed in do-
ing it should reflect unfavorably
on those who say that they can’t
spare the time to buy the food for
a picnic, to help decorate the gym
for a dance, or, on a larger scale,
‘to run for an office.

Such jobs in themselves are not
always pleasant; the benefits to be
reaped must first..be sown by the
individual involved. But anyone
who applies a standard of “pleas-

torted view of life. The phrase
“ipso facto” has been bandied
about until it is almost meaning-
less, but whereas one can debate



membership in a community. Ty]





We contend, nevertheless, that!

Continued on Page 7, Col. 1

Letters To The Editor
Activ vities Deeden A Few

“tudent Protests
Required Meetings

To the Editor:

An unattractive and entirely un-
called-for aspect of Bryn Mawr
student policies is the policy of “re-
quiring and fining” class meetings.
Most of us will agree that it is a
disagreeable policy, but will main-
tain that “well, nobody would come
if the meetings weren’t fined.” It
seems to me that this statement—
if true—is a most depressing de-
scription of the state of our student
body. Can it really be that nobody
cares enough about what goes on
to attend meetings voluntarily? If
this were the situation the obvious
solution would be to abolish all
class councils and all the traditions
handled by the classes as separate
entities, since no one apparently
cares about them anyway.

That such lack of interest does
exist is difficult to believe. It is true
that there are a few people in each
class who adamantly deny any in-

terest whatsoever in the political _

actions of their class. It is also
true that there are a larger number
of people who would not like an-
archy at Bryn Mawr, but who still
don’t ¢are enough about meetings

to bother to attend. They do not.
seem to realize that the choice is .



tbetween the responsibility of at-

tending class meetings and the ad-

mitting of anarchy, and is not a.

Renmated Poet A Colt








Wednesday, February 25, 1959

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



SPECIAL ELECTION

SUPPLEMENT



Self-Gov.: Davis, Harris Yaukey, And Polsky

Sally Davis

Activities:
Freshman Year:

Class Social Chairman

AA Hall Rep.

Freshman Hall Play

Varsity Swimming, Basketball,

Lacrosse .

Rotating Member to berate

Campus Guide
Sophomore. Year:

Class- Rep, to AA

2nd Sophomore to Undergrad

Varsity Swimming, Basketball,

Lacrosse

J.V. Hockey

Campus Guide
Junior Year:

Secretary of Undergrad

Junior Show

Freshman Week Committee

Varsity: Hockey, Swimming, Bas-

ketball, Lacrosse

Of all. the ipso-facto organiza-
tions on campus it seems to me
that the Student Association for
Self Government is by far the most
important. For its rules are those
by which the two most vital areas
of gtudent life at Bryn Mawr—
the academic and the social—are
governed.

The reason students do not.seem
overly aware of these rules (which
nevertheless extend far into the
realms of our activity) is that they
govern us easily, even unobtrusive-
ly. This of course is due to the
fact that they were formulated
by students who were thoughtful
and far-sighted,

Thus, most of us find the rules
easy to learn and easy to obey.
Herein lies an important function
of the Self-Gov. Executive Advis-
ory Boards.. They must not allow
this comparative contentment with
the rules to cause the students to
forget who makes the rules. Times
change; new situations demand
new rules. The’ formulation of
these. new rules rests primarily
with the students who will benefit
from them. The part of the Exec-
utive and Advisory Boards in these

Continued on Page 6



Sue Harris

Activities:
Freshman year:
Campus Guide
Acted in Freshman Show
‘May Day Play
Permission Giver
Sophomore year:
Campus Guide
“Member of College Theatre
Self-Gov. Constitution Revision
Committee
Ass’t. Director of the Maids and
Porters Show
‘May Day Play
Chapel Play
Permission Giver
Junior year:
(Member of College Theatre
Director of Junior Show
Head of Maids and Porters Com-
mittee.



Self-Government should fulfill
three general but fundamental re-
quirements within the college com-
munity. First, Self-Gov. must
maintain the integrity of the Aca-
demic Honor System and by this
to provide an opportunty in which
each student may be individually
responsible for her work, Second,
Self-Gov. must maintain the repu-
tation of the college without jeop-
ardizing. the principles of the stu-
dent body. Third, and most im-
portant, Self-Gov. must guarantee
an environment in which the indi-
vidual student may develop a nec-
essary self-respect, learn to cher-
ish principles, and judge when and
when not to sacrifice personal in-
terests, for each of these qualities
is essential to reaching maturity.

Each student under the Honor
System is independently respons-
ible for her conduct. Each stu-
dent, moreover, should be concern-
ed with the conduct of the college
as a whole, not to the extent of
being her “brother’s keeper” but
only insofar as she can help to
maintain Self-Gov.’s rules. These
rules, which are reasonable, must
stand as the norm to which it is
hoped the college will conform.

Continued on Page 6

Jean Yaukey

Activities:
Freshman Year:
Tennis Varsity:
Captain, Hockey Varsity
Hall Rep to AA
Chorus
Assistant Director of Freshman
Show
Rotating Rep to Self-Gov.
Sophomore Year:
Tennis Varsity °
Hockey Varsity
Class Rep to AA
Head of Soda Fountain
Chorus
Director of Maids and Porters
Show
Campus Guide
Junior Year:
Hockey Varsity
Campus Guide



The Self Government rules reach
most students in the form of a
discipline of everyday life. Like all
places, Bryn Mawr has rules. How-
ever, the emphasis of this discipline
is that which distinguishes it from
that of many other communities.
Self-Gov., rather than emphasizing
obedience to rules alone, aims at
maintaining a feeling of respect for,
and responsibilty to the rules over
and above obedience to them, These
are the implements necessary to
maintain an honor system. By
emphasizing this aspect of gov-
ernment, Self-Gov. demands unus-
ual maturity of the entire student
body. Each member is expected
to have the insight and ability to
remember that she is part of a
community and not to allow her
actions to disrupt or harm this
community. Similarly this form
of government puts a grave re-
sponsibility on the Self-Gov. Board.
They must inspire and maintain
the mature outlook that-the sys-
tem demands as well as enforce its
rules.

“Another aspect of the Self-Gov.
Board job is to legislate, making
sure that every law has a sound
and rational basis of necessity.

Continued on Page 6



Judy Polsky

Activities:
Freshman Year:

Denbigh Hall Rep. to Alliance

May Day Play

Freshman Hall Play

Chapel Play

Campus Guide (2 years)
Sophomore year:

College Theatre (2 years)

Arts Council

Vice-President of Wyndham (2

years)

Food Committee (2 years)

Editor of Freshman Handbook
Junior Year:

Junior Show

_—_—_—_

WHAT IS SOCIAL PRESSURE?

The phrase “social pressure” is,
I believe, the most crucial point
in self-government. Social pres-
sure can be most loosely termed
an “atmosphere” or “tendency”.
Officially it is termed a “redirection
of attitudes and actions which are
contrary to belief in and practices
of self-government”. The latter in-
terpretation has incurred what I
consider to be a false conception
of self-government; i.e., a body of
exteriorly imposed rules and ex-
terior enforcement of them. — I
should like to reconsider the con-
cept of social pressure, emphasiz-
ing responsibility and not press-



SELF-GOV. CANDIDATES: Judy Polsky, Sally Davis, Jean
Yaukey, Sue Harris.

ure: an individual sense of respon-
sibility—to. one’s self and to the
college as a community,

In accepting the honor system
I accept full responsibility to live
under a body of rules which have
been formulated by students and
which are the necessary regulative
principles for living in this com-
munity. By my pledge to individ-
ual responsibility I also become
aware of social responsibility.

‘What is the expression of this
responsibility? I cannot believe
that it is my.duty as a member of
self-government to supervise the
actions of other individuals, nor to
report them for their actions, nor
to confront them as a representa-
tive of the college body, The title
of self-government, the liberality
of our system and its rules, are
justified only by the principles of
individual honor—social and aca-
demic. .Actions must follow from
these principles. My responsibil-
ity to myself is in actions accord-
ing to my principles and those I
have accepted from the™ college
community.

Responsibility to others can be
placed only on an individual basis.
It can be no doctrine, carry no
formulated obligations. If I feel
I “must” talk to another girl about
her actions or beliefs this is deriv-
ed from my personal convictions

Continued on Page 6





Undergrad Slate: Buse, Emerson, And Tench

Weecha Buse

Activities:
Freshman Year:
Permission giver (all 3 years)
Campus guide (all 8 years)
Varsity hockey, lacrosse (all 3
years)
JV basketball (all 3 years)
Hall rep, to AA
Rotating member to AA
Lights committee, Freshman
Show
Sophomore Year:
Hall rep. to AA
Manager, lacrosse team
Business manager of Maids oi
Porters
Junior Year:
Captain Hockey Team
AA President
Lights committee, Junior Show



The activities of Undergrad and,
therefore, the duties of its president
are many, and cover the whole
campus. Not only are they con-
cerned with the student body, but

- also the faculty and administration. |

However, the most pressing prob-
lems and that which I would first
deal with, were I elected president

of Undergrad, concerns mainly the

students. For several years there

has been concern. over the structure.

of the big six. Not only has it often
been considered unwieldly and cum-
bersome, but it seems to present a
block to any growth and develop-

ment of campus organizations as a}
whole. Under the present pte |

place for Arts Council. Even now
it is doubtful whether its present
status is the most satisfactory one
which can be achieved. Certain of

a












Notice

Candidates for the presidency
of Undergrad were presented
with these questions: Upon tak-
ing office as President of Under-
grad what is the first thing you
would do? How and why would
you do it?







the “Big Six” seem bigger than the
rest. This has recently been very
clearly manifest in the difficulty
which Self-Gov and Undergrad
have had in finding candidates to
run for president next year, where-
as the other organizations have en-
countered no such problems. Do

people consider these two an over-
whelming responsibility? Or per-
haps they are more concerned with

time and therefore are difficult for
one person to handle. These are
only a few of the many problems

| which seem to be posed by the pres-

ent arrangement.

A study Has been made during
the past two years and several re-
ports have been heard. However,
there has been no final written
report on the findings and decisions
of the committee—and no progress
has been made in reaching a solu-
tion agreeable to all. These mat-
ters, however, must be solved, This

Continued on Page 6



the fact that they take up too much|

Betsy Emerson

Activities:
Freshman Year:
Temp. Class Chairman
Rotating Freshman Rep. to Self-
Gov.
Chorus (2 years)
Freshman Hall Rep. to Interfaith
Freshman Show
Campus Guide (3 years)
Lacrosse Varsity (3 years)
Sophomore Year:
Song Mistress
1st Sophomore to Undergrad
Interfaith
Permission Giver (2 years)
Maids and Porters Show
Junior Year:
Junior Show



Several years ago, it was strong-
ly felt that the organization of
student activities on campus was
becoming more and more unwieldy.
Ther were six loosely coordinated
groups, equal in position but’ not
in practice. A committee called
the Re-evaluation Committee was
set up for the purpose of studying
the actual importance of these or-
ganizations and recommending the
changes necessary to pull them
together into a more workable sys-
tem. The committee has not yet
made its final report, but. tentative
suggestions have been made, These

_| suggestions point toward a main

governing or coordinating body,
with the other organizations in
various differing relationships to
it,

I am very interested in the pro-

_ | posed. _centralization, and__would_



CANDIDATES FOR UNDERGRAD: Marcy Tench, , Weecha
Buse, Betsy Emerson.

like to see it carried through. A

. central organization coordinating

all the others would make possible
the recognition of the importance

Continued on Page 6



Marcy Tench

Activities:
Freshman Year:
Lights’ director of Freshman
Show
Hockey
Sophomore Year:
Hockey Squad

Sophomore Class Social Chairman
Junior Year:

First Junior to Undergrad

Freshman Week Committee’

Permission Giver

Junior Show



The Undergraduate Association
represents an association designed
to coordinate all college activities;
this includes those of the students
and the faculty. There are class
representatives and hall represen-
tatives elected to Undergrad, but
I feel that they are a part of a
small minority who know what the
Undergfiduate Association is all
about.

If I were elected President, my
very first efforts would be directed
towards informing all members of
this’ college what the matters con-
cerning the association are. This
could be done by having full reports
posted on the board in Taylor urg-
ing students to attend our meet-
ings, and having hall reps discuss
important matters within their
halls. Undergrad has a great many
powers, and I believe these will be
more effectively instituted if the
students are informed of various
ideas and are able to express their
opinions.

should also Serve as a link between
the students and faculty. I would
very much like to see many more
student-faculty activities. It is not



Continued on Page 6

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THE COLLEGE-NEW-S

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‘Alliance: Aikens. Franzblau, Strong, ‘And Woods.

Eunice Strong

Activities:
Freshman Year:
Young Republicans
Chorus
Sophomore Year:
Chorus me
Chairman of Sophomore Carnival
Class Social Chairman
Junior Year:
Campus Rep. The Experiment in
International Living
Junior Show



The question which I suppose is

, most important is: What is the
main objective of Alliance? Alli-
ance serves most: importantly a
twofold purpose. The first pur-
pose is that it brings from the
world outside of Bryn Mawr speak-
ers and information which inform
those of us here on the political
situations in the world today. In
other words Alliance brings to
this academic “Ivory Tower” some
practicality to which we may ap-
ply our more scholastic principles.

The. second purpose. of the Alli-
ance is the fact that it represents
in its various . aspects — politica
thought and action on the Bryn
Mawr campus, By co-ordination
of its various clubs, it channels
such thoughts and actions to their
most useful end within the campus
itself. It allows those interested
in this work to become better ac-
quainted with it.:

This is how I envision the Alli-
ance. I should like to see the Al-
liance remain strong with more
activities on the part of the clubs
in the Alliance. I think that it
can continue in its strength by
means of the College co-ordinating
council, and by reminding students
that Alliance Board meetings are
open to everyone on the campus.
I feel that speakers should be
brought in as they have been in
the past, and I would like to see
a conference held on some aspect
of the international scene such as
African Nationalism. Finally, iI
think a great source of strength
can come from co-ordination on
the part of Alliance with other
organizations of the same kind in
other colleges. Here would lie a
vast pool of ideas which would
enhance ‘Alliance in reference to
the political scene here and “on the
outside”’,

Activities:

Freshman Year: —
Director, Freshman Hall. Play
Hall Rep. to Alliance -

Head of Young Democrats

Sophomore Year: :
Head of Young Democrats



In today’s. world responsibiilty
for choosing candidates and work-
ing for good government rests upon
a segment of.the population into
which. all of us at Bryn .Mawr fall
—the female segment. Alliance was
created and is working towards the
goal of giving information, stimu-
lating. thought, and originating
ideas which will aid us as future

voter. Its: tools are varied, from the
small committee through Current
Events lectures and occasional for-
ums. But there has been a lack of
integration within Alliance of these
individual groups.

For example, the political groups
go out and solicit workers during
the election year and then, when it
is all over, these people return to
the dorms, when they could be par-
ticipating in the Discussion Group’s
analysis of partisan affairs, oy they
could be helping the Debate Club
in a more formalized situation, de-
bating questions argued informally
for many hours.

The Executive Board, also, can
be used more efficiently as a well-



CANDIDATES FOR ALLIANCE: Eunice Drone, Melinda’ Ai-
kens, Hanna’Woods. Not shown: Jane Franzblau. ©

Jane Franzblau

spring of new Aitasencniiniael
projects. An example -of. this is

|“Alliance Recommends”—a list of

articles in current periodicals which |
would.be of general interest or per-
tain to a particular lecture topic.

ance “student mailbox” where any-
one ‘could suggest topics for lec-
tures, discussion or debate. __

-It appears to me’ that ‘apathy
reaches its height in the minds of
lazy leaders and its lowest in the
reactions of interested students.
Through further integration’ and
efficiency, Alliance can become the
product of its parts rather bens
merely the sum.



The following is the basis of
the Big Six Candidates’. Dinner
Schedule for the week from
Yhursday, Feb. 26- Thursday,
.March 5. For the consecutive
jays after February 26 the pat-
tern of halls remains the. same
rnd the organizations rotate cir-
-cularly, so Alliance. will be at
the head of the Jist. on Monday,
ete.

“HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26:

RHOADS 6.... UNDERGRADUA
F Radnor o.oo ccan. Interfaith
Rhoads ............ Undergraduate
Rock ...... Athletic Association
Pembroke ...................... League
Denbigh .....: : Self-Government
Merion. .....0°°.25.72. Alliance







We would also like to see an Alli-

special projects.

“Hanna Woods

Activities: .
Pe ‘Year::

Freshman Hall Play

Hall Rep. to Alliance

Alliance: Publicity Assistant
Sophomére Year:

Alliance Treasurer

Chairman of Young Republicans



The main purpose.of-the Alli-
ance should be to stimulate student
interest in current political ..prob-
lems and issues and to foster. par-
ticipation in political activity
through discussions,.. conferences
(here-and-at—other colleges): and

sponsored by
to different

The several clubs
the Alliance cater
spheres of political interest. Al-
though the Alliance is itself non-
partisan, it is in the clubs that
specific party loyalty can be. exer-
cised.. In addition to Young Dem-
ocrats.’ and Young. Republicans,

jspecial interests: in international

relations. or debate, for example,
may find outlet in clubs... The Al-
liance is flexible and when a new
field of political interest. develops
among the members; the organiza-
tion.is~glad to help create a new
club to sponsor that interest.

Linking the college with ‘the na-
tional and :the world community,
the Alliance: brings speakers on a
variety. of pertinent . subjects to
the campus, with question periods

as integral: parts of the program:

Yearly, there is an inter-college |.
conference, sometimes. sponsored
in conjunction with other under-
graduate organizations, with
speakers and panels exploring the
aspects of some currently vital na-
tional .or; international problems.
These meetings and. those elsewhere

to which the Alliance sends rep-

resentatives are very important

|for the interchange of ideas, with

new ones gained from both. the
speakers and the students from

‘other campuses,

The Alliance, like most organi-
zations, depends on the interest
and support of its members—in
this case, the whole student body—
for its existence and vitality. Be-

‘cause of its very. nature, the Alli-

ance welcomes. diverse interests’
and ideas; with them. the. meetings

‘can be unusually fascinating and

exciting discussions, the speakers
informative and challenging. The
Alliance offers so much for the-in-

Wednesday, February 25,-1959

me 2... q -® a. . Pe
Melinda Aikiris
Activities:
Freshman Year:
Freshman Hall Plays:
Freshman Show:
Permission Giver.

Hall rep. to Alliance Soe
Sophomore Year: Saeaigh le Adhd
Head of Alliance Pablicity” -
Co-chairman of Young Democrats

College News Business Staff



Alliance is potentially thie strong-
est and most influential link be-
tween the students of Bryn Mawr
and the rapid and ever more com-
plex developments of the world to-
day. Through this potential, Alli-
anee is capable of giving numerous
advantages and diverse outlets to
those with enthusiastic interest | in
political affairs. In addition, Alli-
ance has a deep responsibility. to
every Bryn Mawrtyr, that is to give
them the opportunity of being fully
aware of political affairs in gen-
eral. Speakers, discussions and
most recently the Alliance confer-
ence are the media for ——

' Ithe students.

The response of Bryn Mawrters
to the happenings in politics atid
the developments in political affairs
cannot be expected’ to be of” the
same degree of enthusiasm. From
the acceptance of this fact, Alliance
is’ able to operate and ‘setve in a
realistic manner.-'Topies of: diséas-
sion and talks must continue to-fol-
low the lines of individual interest
and not through set academic: top-.
ics. They must be flexible enough
to change: with current. develop-
ments in order to follow these in-
dividual interests. By encouraging
and welcoming anyone and every-
one to .come to. Alliance board
meetings (the meetings of the offi-
cers. and hall reps), the organiza-
tion, Alliance, can have, so to speak,
its ear to the ground, receptive and
in need of the thoughts and inter-
ests of Bryn Mawrtyrs. Active par-
ticipation as compared to “ipso
facto” membership needs to be en-
couraged for I am: sure that many.
with interest, and without position,
do not realize raids need for
them.
Alliance must exercise its poten-
tial and strengthen its contact with
the “outside world” if it is to serve



dividual ‘and. the college ‘if the stu-



dent will partake and participate.

adequately the student body of
Bryn Mawr.



Helen Cohen

Activities:
Freshman Year:
Rotating Rep. to Self-Gov.
Campus Guide —
J.V. Hockey
J.V. Basketball
Sophomore Year:
Riding Club

Campus Guide Committee Chair- :

man
Hall Rep. to A.A.

J.V. Hockey (part time—injured)



The Athletic Association. should,.
- in my. opinion, play.a very impor-
tant part in campus life. Practic- |:
ally everyone needs ‘some. sort. of |
outlet for excess energies and the
A.A, should: provide an entertain-
ing and positive means of _—
up that excess,

I am strongly in favor of the
continuation of Varsity sports and
I think that the newly reorganized
point system will encourage upper-
classmen to participate to a larger
extent. ‘There is some interest on

, campus for a new Varsity volley-
ball squad and if it is feasible, I

would like to see that team organ- |,

ized next year.

’ While Varsity sports are very
important to the A.A., they should
not be the only organized activi-
ties of that organization. The A.A.
should broaden its scope enough so

that it provides opportunities for

activity of which the whole cam-
2 Having the

Barbara: Reid.

‘Activities:

‘Freshman Year:

| Varsity Basketball
‘J.V. Tennis

| WBMC Engineer
‘Sophomore Year: ©
| AA Hall Rep *
College Theatre
V Basketball
WBMC Engineer



ings of AA as a ‘hall ‘representa-
providing an opportunity for rec-

is ‘a perfectly sound one. There
lare various ‘types | of | ‘activities ||.

‘terest everyone. ' However, and
now comes the annual complaint,
there isn’t ‘an overwhelming
amount of enthusiasm for these
activities. I still haven’t found
out why more people don’t take
advantage of a chance to just have
fun.

In any case, more participation
is definitely necesary (naturally),
and consequently the program of
AA would become even better,
which in turn would encourage
more interest. Granted that it’s a
vicious cycle, the best place to be-
gin is to build the interest. Be-
sides the usual publicity, which
might be increased, the human fac-



Gitiddieds date oh Binay char:
noons is a vital A.A. activity since



it gives the Bryn Mawrter ‘a |ly

Continued on Page 6

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After having a part i in the work- |
‘tive, its main purpose’ as I see ‘it |'

reation for everyone on campus— 1a

‘offered ‘and it seems reasonable |.
ithat there would be some sport, |’
whether active or inactive, to in-|.

tor is a giPhgrye is, ‘those |’
1 free, caaneler ee

Edith Trubek

Activities: |
Freshman Year:
Hockey Team ©
Hall A.A. Rep. :
Freshman Show
Sophomore Year: -
_ Hockey Team
. Hall A.A. Rep.
Interhal] -athletic conn petitions
: Arts Night stage crew
Co-chairman: sda ak Stu d en t
Waitresses ~

Permission ‘Giver

Junior Year: -

Hockey Team

A.A. Secretary

Class Hall Rep.

Co-chairman Denbigh Student
Waitresses

: Junior Show (props)
Permission Giver



The time has come for A.A. to re-
evaluate many parts of its pro-
gram. Do we want to keep the
Outing Club as a club or should its
functions be put directly under the
supervision of the Council Board?
Should tennis be added to the inter-
hall (class) tournaments—perhaps
in place of one of the present tour-
naments? What about a golf team?
At present there is growing inter-
est on campus in guitar playing;
reviving the folk singing club may
be:good at this time.
Much: has-been-done this year to| to
improve our program, notably the| the



seals

Sophomore Carnival: ipubletty d



|



vic 2p ea ain * to im-

‘CANDIDATES FOR A.A.:
Edith Trubek.

peated)—the Riding. Club, and the
ping-pong tourament which is be-
ing planned. However, there is need
for further bringing up-to-date.
And the only way: to effect an up-
to-date program is to strengthen
reporting by the hall and class reps.
Advancement has been made in this
direction also this past year, but
the reps.:must be made even more
aware of their important role in
keeping the Council.and Board in-
formed of current ‘interests on
campus. It is also up to individuals
land groups to tell-their reps. what:



- Athletic Association: (Cohen, Reid, And Trubek



Barbara Reid, Helen Cohen,

I have been stressing the non-
varsity function of A.A. only be-
cause I think that it is the less
well known of the two functions.
(i.e., the varsity and non-varsity .
functions of A.A.) Both are im-
portant; one appeals only. to com-
petition-minded athletes; the other
is designed to reach a much broader

section of the college. At all times

we must strive to keep a balance
between the two. The exact com-.
ponents of each must alter as inter-
ests change; A.A, must be a fluid

organization .ready:and-willing to.
change itself to meet the needs of

eI: stated

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Wednesday; February.25;.:1959 -

THE COLLEGE:NEW'S

Page Five



pant i.
Julie O'Neil
Activities: .
Freshman Year
~ (Campus Guide (3 years)
Rotating Member to Self-Gov. ~
Permission Giver. (2 years)
Freshman Hall Plays? ; s
Chorus ©
Sophomore Year:
. Class Vice-President
‘Hall Rep to Undergrad
Hall Rep to Interfaith
‘Freshman Week Committee
Junior Year:
Junior Show ¢
Secretary. to League



Since the creation of the League,
candidates for the Presidency have
been. asked to defime its purpose.
Over these many years this organ-’
ization has expanded its facilities
and adjusted its interests to meet
contemporary needs—yet still’ ba-
sically remaining the campus chan-
nel for voluntary social service | bo.
the community, As seen from ‘the
office of the President, the League
—hbecause “of necessarily diverse
activity—functions through many
people and many ideas. All of
‘these interests must have full ac-
cess to discussion and implementa-
tion. General enthusiasm and sup-
port will be the final tests as to
their survival. I realize that in
such an organization it is difficult
and. ‘perhaps unwise to prepare and
present a conclusive format of
plans for League. 1959- 1960. -Rath-
er, a better approach, would be con-
stant receptivity to new possibili-
ties in activities and opportunities
as the year takes shape. An ex-
ample of such a coming develop-
ment is the Sleighton Farms proj-
ect—a chance to share with and

:| greater: continuity. . and « coordina: | #
tion; 2) specific and broadened’ ac- | Fe
| tivity” for 4 publicity chairman—

lives, through no basic fault of
their own, have become sadly dis-
organized. ae :
_ My stand, therefore, includes: 1)
definite. weekly meetings — for

providing .a ‘weekly newspaper . ‘eol-
umn, effective dispersal of infor-
mation through Taylor bulletin
board and a possible League “‘lib-
rary’; 3) an increase in the par-
ticipation of the hall reps by act-
ing as’a permanent committee un-
der the publicity chairman . in co-
operation with the activity groups;
4) ‘inquiry into the positive and
negative’ appeal in the ‘speakers’
program—perhaps re-initiating the

a regular ‘Social
Problems’ evening, cooperation
with the other organizations in
fields of similar interest; 5) great-
er support for active participation
in outside conferences and func-
tions; and 6). possibilities of fin-
ancial assistance for students going
on volunteer projects. rs

sored talks,



Elsie Giardina.

Elsa Giardina, League Hall Rep.
from Rhoads, is a candidate for the
presidency of League. Because of
illness she has been unable to sub-
mit a statement for publication,
but her statement and list of activi-
ties will be distributed during the



learn from teenage girls whose

idea of informal committee-spon- |,



Betty Cassady
Activities:
Freshman year:
Freshman Hall Rep. to paren
Rotating Class Rep. to Self-Gov.
Chorus
Campus Guide (2 years)
Sophomore year:
League—Chairman of a
Drive |
Sophomore Class Secretary.
Freshman Week Committee
Parents Day Committee
Undergrad. Social Committee



The League is the social service
organization on campus, © Basical-
ly, it offers a positive outlet to the



hall visits.



students interested .in volunteer '

League: Adler, Cassady, O’Neil, And Giardina



LEAGUE CANDIDATES: ine Adler, Julie O’Neil, Betty
Cassady. Not shown: Elsa Giardina.

social work and encourages the
participation of those with specific
interests in its varied program of
activities. With its purpose being
one of service to the community at
large, the League has had to re-
main flexible, adjusting its work
projects to meet the changing
needs of society. Just this winter
the League set up a program with
Sleighton Farms, a reformatory
school for girls from the Philadel-
phia area. New activities are wel-
comed through which the League
can continue to expand its services.

This year the League has con-
tinued to sponsor projects with the
Embreeville State Mental Hospital,
the Girl Scouts, Maids and Porters,

Continued on Page 6

Lynda Adler

Activities:
Freshman Year: _
Freshman Hall Play
Freshman Show —
‘ Chorus
’ Weekend. Workcamps
Sophomore. Year: .
_Chorus’ .
Weekend Workcamps
Costumes for “Dark Is Light
Light Enough” ~
Summer - Counselor at Grand
Street Settlement Welfare
Camp
Junior Year:
Junior Show
Hall Rep. to League
League- Chairman of Sleighton
Farm Group
Weekend Workcamps



The purpose of League, in sum-
mary, is to organize and publicize
the social service work which is
available to interested students.
This at present includes such activ-
ities as Embreeville, Girl Scouts,
etc. These activities benefit the or-
ganizations involved. They also
benefit the student, in that (1) they
bring her into contact with areas
of the world whigh are not part of
her everyday “ivory tower” life,
and (2) they give her a sense of
companionship and warmth which
comes through working with people.

Although ‘a number of students
do participate in League activities,
it seems to me that there are many
more who are sincerely interested,
and who sign lists in September,
but do not follow their interest
through. League activities are so
separate from campus life that they
seem time-consuming, and are for-
gotten easily. Since they can be



Continued on Page 6



-Anterfaith Announces List of Candidates: Downey, Livzey, Lucas, Swan, Ullrich



INTERFAITH CANDIDATES: Suzanne Swan, Helen Ullrich,
Sule Downey, —, Livezy, Catharine Lucas. |

"Catharine Lucas

Activities:
Freshman Year:
Song Mistress.

“Hall Rep. to Undergrad
Hall Soeial Chairman
Chorus
Freshman Show
Arts Night

Sophomore Year:
Chorus and Double Octett
League Project Chairman
Director Maids and Porters Car-
olling -
‘Campus Guide



Interfaith as the sole religious
organization on campus has one
clear-cut: and unchanging purpose:
to help students find the channels
through which their religious needs
can be met, The one clear-cut un-
changing problem is defining the
function by which it best fulfills
this purpose. As student bodies
change, so do religious attitudes
and Interfaith will need to adopt
new functions to meet these chang-
ing needs. It is my impression
that we are > in-one of those times



upeyt ‘to fulfil its. long-standing

“

Continued on. ‘Page 6



'| bility.

Suzanne Swan

Activities: )
Junior Year (Transfer: Student):
Junior Show (Cast)
Junior Hall Rep for Rhoads



As a-transfer student at Bryn
Mawr; I think it is a: privilege. to
be nominated to run for the Presi-
dent of the Interfaith Association.
To me this is an office of great .re-
sponsibility and I would consider
it an honor to accept this responsi-
I hope that my lack of ex-
perience at Bryn Mawr would be
compensated for by my deep in-
terest and by the fresh approach.
someone new on campus like my-
self would have.

The Interfaith Association is PA
young organization with great po-.
tential for development. To me it
is an important organization for
I believe that the spiritual needs
of a student body are as important
as those educational and social. The
basic responsibility of the Inter-
faith Association then is to provide
for those needs in such a way as

to serve each student in his own
ei gg sonnet i: —
can best be done by pres

Continued on Page 6



Helen Ullrich

Activities:
Freshman year:
Freshman Hall Plays
Freshman Show
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Choir
Sophomore year:
Interfaith Board
Maids’ and Porters’ Show
Junior year:
Junior Show
Secretary of Interfaith



In my opinion, the role of the

i |Interfaith Association is the sat-

isfaction of the religious needs of
every ‘girl on campus. Since these
needs vary, the Association should
have a program broad enough to

.|reach the spirit and to challenge |.

the mind in religious matters. The
program that Interfaith has offer-

: led: this year has adequately « ful-
.|filled this basic purpose, +
lis true of all human organizations, |,

the purpose can be more: ene
. ly fulfilled.

One ‘of the most important
achievements of Interfaith has
been the recognition of the off-
campus religious groups. These
organizations can provide a valu-
able opportunity for all to gain an
understanding of basic. Protestant
Christianity (S.C.M.); Catholicism
(Catholic Discussion Group), Qua-
kerism (Young Friends), and Ju-
daism.. .I . feel . that -Interfaith
should ‘work ‘more closely with
these groups. Perhaps having a
representative from each group on
the Interfaith Board would result
in programs correlated with Inter-
,|faith for the benefit of all.

“Chapel provides the opportunity
for the satisfaction of the spirit.
The mid-week program is dedicat-
ed to challenging the mind. I-feel
that the mid-week program could
be more fully developed. A series
of lectures on a unified tepic might,
provide a depth of understanding
in one field. One suggestion for
this is a series of lectures by
Protestant ministers on the differ-
ences and similarities. between the.

Yet, as].

Susan ny

Activities:
Freshman Year;
Freshman Hall Plays
Stage Crew Freshman Show
Freshman Hall Rep. to Inter-
faith
Parents’ Day Committee.
Member College Theatre (three
_- years)
Permission Giver
Sophomore Year:
Permission Giver ©
Freshman Week Committee
Stage Manager Maids’ and Por-
ters’
In. charge of programs for Inter-
faith
Treasurer
Movement.
Campus Guide.
Junior Year:
Permission Giver
Freshman Week Committee
Chairman of Library Council
Vice-President Interfaith
President Student Christian
. Movement
Campus Guide

Student Christian



The Interfaith. Association’s role
om campus is to help meet, the need
of the students, Obviously it can-
not meet these needs entirely, nor
should it try to do so. But it can
and should provide on the campus
opportunities both for worship and
for learning about religion. As
the name implies, Inmterfaith’s pro-
gram ought to include speakers
and discussions about a-variety of
religious faiths.

It does this chiefly through the
two main facets. of its activity:
chapel and the mid-week programs.
The chapel services should, in my
opinion, provide an opportunity for
worship as well for hearing speak-
ers who represent different faiths.
I believe that it is good for all of
us to participate in various forms
of worship as well as to hear
speeches about religion. The mid-
week programs are mainly for in-
formation and so are purely lec-
tures. Such topics as minority re-
ligions and the effect..of religion}





sg th sae

Kathleen Livezy

Activities:
Freshman Year:
Freshman Hall Rep. to Alliance
Panel Committee for All-College
Conference
Temporary Hall President (East
House)
Permission Giver
Student Christian Movement
(Freshman Show)
Campus Guide
Sophomore Year:
Student Christian Movement.
Campus Guide



The Interfaith Association can be
a means through which students
can share an interest in religion,
an interest in the search for and
response to a Power outside of the
self—God. It can be a méans where-
by students of different faiths can
communicate, by worship and dis-
cussion, that which has been mean-
ingful to them. In this Association
there exists the unique opportunity
and the imperative necessity to
pierce into the nature of religious

-}experience as it does and has ex-

isted in the various religious tradi-
tions. Each individual here has the
opportunity to express what has
been real to her as it has touched
her life.

This common concern could lead
into questions of the nature of Man,
his place in society today and the
reverberation of this situation on
religion, ethics as related to re-
ligion, or not related to religion,
and many other profoundly re-
ligious ag well as philosophical or
sociological questions.

Practically, these queries might
result in more mid-week4Addresses,
such as the one given by/Dr. Sloane
this year on Religion anf Art which
was sponsored by Interfaith in con-
junction with Arts Council. One
good chance for mid-week discus-
sion would be holding lectures fol-
lowing the Interfaith Board meet-
ings for open attendance and dis-
cussion. Or they might lead to an
All-day religious conference with
an outside speaker available for ad-



on various occupations—law, medi-



numerous deominations, Followed
Continued: on Page 6 =,

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}College Conference last year, “Can
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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, February 25, 1959



Suzanne Swan

Continued from Page 5, Col. 2

religion in all forms and from all
angles—philosophical, psychologic-
al, spiritual. To do this adequate-
ly I thimk it is necesary to obtain
the most outstanding leaders in each
field for the Sunday evening chapel
services. This to me is very im-
portant for we are in an area to
have access to such leaders, and
the “voice of Authority,” so to
speak, is many times necessary for

a clear understanding and presen-
tation of a subject.

I think that it would be worth-
while for Interfaith to set up a
series of Sunday evening chapels
designed to systematically give
the student at Bryn Mawr a chance
to attend a great variety of serv-
ices and hear the religious ideas of
many faiths. This I think could be
correlated ‘with the mid-week ac-
tivities and it would be very worth-
while, I also think that the dis-
cussion groups held after each
service shouid be given more em-
phasis for they many times can be
the most interesting part of the
program.

In short I would like to see each
student at Bryn Mawr provided
wtih the opportunity to develop his
ideas of religion and religious
thought, and the opportunity to
worship each in his own way.

Betty Cassady

Continued from Page 5, Col. 4

the Clothing Drive, and Weekend
Workcamps. Participation in the
workcamp weekends, both in the
slum areas of Philadelphia and at
Embreeville, has grown consider-
ably with a project scheduled near-
ly every weekend. (The League is
co-sponsoring such ‘a weekend with
Haverford this spring). The time
is approaching for decision con-
cerning the League’s Summer
Camp for underprivileged children
from the Philadelphia area. Last
summer the camp was not held be-
cause of a lack of interested stu-
dent counselors. But this spring,
if enthusiasm is shown for such
a project, the camp can resume
its six weeks summer session.
Besides serving the community,
‘the League offers valuable oppor-
tunities to students for. service
from which they learn about social
problems as Well as gain reward-
ing experience from direct contact
with these problems. It’s my hope
that the League will continue to
attract an ever-enlarging group of
interested students who will stim-
ulate new projects and thus add
new value to the services of the

League,

Marcy Tench

Continued from Page 3, Col. 5

till senior year or late junior year
that we are able to know the fac-
ulty outside of the classroom. We
live in a small enough community
so this situation could be amelior-
ated.

_ I find the students even separated
along hall lines. This is natural to
some extent, but I believe it goes
too far. This year, as First Junior
to Undergrad, Social Chairman of
the College, I found many fields in
which hall activities could be co-
ordinated. AA does it through ath-
letic activities. I would like to see
Undergrad coordinate hall and so-
cial activities.

Aside from the general under-

graduate activities, next year pre-

sents a special challenge to the
Undergraduate Association. Next
year is the 75th Anniversary of the
College, and it is up to the associ-
ation to decide what shall be done
in celebration. I believe the plan-
ning and suggestions should be
- gathered this spring from the stu-
dent body and faculty.
: se atait be ts then, my male objec-



Barbara Reid
Continued from Page 4, Col. 2

iastic enough to spread their own,
interest among their friends, drag
them along to a folk dance, for
instance. Also, hall representatives
can play a large part in building
interest. Although one could say
I’m prejudiced toward the active
sports and would very much like
to see more spectators at basket-
ball games, for example, the same
interest is needed in every , other
activity.

In addition to being a purpose
of AA, the providing of recreation
is also the link between AA and
the campus as a:-whole. AA works
with the gym department, very
well I think, in making available
many facilities for relaxation and
fun. In turn, the students should
do their part in supporting these
activities.

Lynda Adler

Continued from Page 5, Col. 5

valuable experiences it is unfortu-
nate that they are so often missed
by students who would appreciate
them.

In my opinion, the main duty of
the League president is to fulfill
the purpose of League—in other
words to make certain that students
are conscious of the activities, and
to stimulate participation. I might
suggest the following ways of do-
ing this:

(1) Less drain on time—Possibly,
certain League activities could be
included in the college program.
For example, Haverford has a sys-
tem which allows students to go on
a certain number of Quaker Week-
end Workcamps in place of sports
requirements. Another way to use
less time in League activities would
be to have more of them during the
week. This year we have originated
two new ones of this sort: Sleighton
Farm (recreation work. at a school
for delinquent girls), and the Chil-
dren’s Reception Center (work with
homeless children who are waiting
to be placed in foster homes).

(2) A more active role for the com-
mittee chairmen—Chairmen could
meet during the year with the
people who sign their lists, and
make specific plans. (This would
apply mainly to weekday activities.)
(3) More publicity — Publicity
through the College News, and
through Hall Reps. More posters
wish sign-up lists ~—_ specific
dates.

There are undoubtedly a number
of other methods besides these, and
it is the job of the League president
and board to discuss methods, and
to follow the discussion through in
concrete terms.

Betsy Emerson

Continued from Page 3, Col. 4

of more autonomous, though still
subordinated to this coordinating
group. A tighter system could
also mean a more simplified elec-
tion system where it would be
possible for more of the voting to
be done within the individual or-
ganization or within the class from
which the officer is to come, This
would eliminate much of the guess-
work that is in the present sys-
tem. ’

The reorganization would be a
very difficult thing to carry through
and would need the support and
backing of the Big Six presidents
and at least the interest of every-
one. The report of the Re-evalu-
ation Committee would have to be
worked over by the Big Six pres-
idents and their boards to draw up
a plan suitable to the majority.
This plan would have to be taken
to the administration.

The undertaking will certainly
not be an easy one to carry out,
and few major changes may result
from it, but the need for





exists, and the report. of



thee

Kathleen Livezy

Continued from Page 5, Col. 5

Democracy Survive in America?”
and the proposed Labor Conference
to be sponsored by Alliance have
and are setting successful prece-
dents in this field. Such an Inter-
faith Conference could provide a
tangible situation for bringing to-
gether the various existing re-
ligious groups (i.e. Young Friends,
Catholic Discussion Group, Student
Christian Movement, Jewish stu-
dents) for enlightening and stimu-
lating religious contact through the
coordinating body of the Interfaith
Association.

There seems to be a possibility to
make the Chapel service more
“inter-faith.” This is a topic which
has required and will require much
thought, but one might lie in
a combination of a continuance of
the new meditation service and a
more uniquely sectarian and de-
nominational emphasis given to the
remaining services. Interfaith does
have this opportunity to inform
students about other religious tra-
ditions. The demonstration of the
Seder Supper, the explanation of
the Mass, and the lecture series last
year on Oriental religions seem to
have been valuable and interesting
contributions,

It is not within the scope of the

Interfaith Association to answer
the total religious needs of

students on campus. Rather,
through “inter-faith” discussion,
reading and worship, this organiza-
tion can enrich individual life and
extend the area and meaning of
“religious” for students.

B
Sally Davis -
Continued from Page 3, Col. 1

situations is rather to examine
these new proposals in the light
of the traditional policy of the as-
sociation,

Some of us are surprised to
learn that the academic honor sys-
tem was only formally started in
1954, ‘There are some areas (the
orals, for instance) which are yet
undefined with regard to the ‘honor’
system. These questions must be
clarified if the system is to work
completely and efficiently.

Naturally, infringements against,
the social honor system—and few-
er against the academic honor sys-
tem—do occur. In the social honor
system, the Hall President deals
with minor offenses, while the more
serious cases are dealt with by the
members of the Executive Board,
A board consisting of both faculty
and students deals with imfringe-
ments against the academic honor
system. All cases must be given];
painstaking and conscientious con-
sideration.

I think great effort must be
spent in publicizing and clarifying
the rules of both honor systems.
Many of the infringements which
occur among the members of the
junior and senior classes are due
to the fact that they have either
forgotten thé rules since _ their
freshman year, or have not become
acquainted with the changes intro-
duced. The honor system obvious-
ly cannot work if the students do
not know all its rules.

Judy Pol Polsky

Continued HM Page 3, Col. 5

and judgments about her. It can-
not imply or force an obligation
on her. Our relation is one to one;
I am not representing the school
nor other students.

An honor system can be truly
such only when working according
to the principle of individual re-
sponsibility.

Weecha Buse
Continued from Page 3, Col. 3
question has remained unattended
too long. I feel debate should be re-
opened on this subject—the report



ginning.







| the effective running of’ the era ares

~|herself, it is upon her sense of

Susan Downey
Continued from Page 5, Col. 4
cine, (business—are good _ topics
for midweek programs. Or may-
be we could have a hymn-sing

some night.

Another way in which the Inter-
faith Association helps to meet
the religious needs of the students
is through its reading and medita-
tion room, which will soon move to
Cartref and be provided with more
books. One of the great lacks in
this busy college is a quiet place
for meditation and religious read-
ing. The Interfaith Association
privides a. chance for meditation
both in its meditational services
and. Friends’ Meetings and by
providing a quiet room to which
all students may go for prayers
and meditation.

Discussion about religious topics
is another thing which I think In-
terfaith should try to foster. Poss-
ibly we could devote some of our
board meetings to open discussion
of such topics as the role of re-
ligion at Bryn Mawr.

One of the greatest weaknesses
in Interfaith’s program—a weak-
ness which keeps it from being
truly an interfaith association—
has been the lack of Catholic
speakers. I would hope to be able
to have more speakers and dis-
cussions about Catholicism a part
of the mid-week program.

In order to provide opportunities
to learn about other religions, too,
Interfaith should sponsor more trips
to nearby religious growps—the
Swedenborgians, for instance.

Thus I believe that the Inter-
faith Association should try to
provoke thinking about religion
and to provide the student oppor-
tunities to gain a greater under-
standing of other religions, as well
as to deepen her own thoughts
and feelings about religion.

Jean Yaukey

Continued from Page 3, Col. 3
Next year’s board will be faced
more with adjustment and clarifi-
cation of rules than actual legisla-
tion since this year’s board revis-
ed the constitution. However, the
board must always be certain that
the rules for which they demand
respect are sound.
‘I do want to point out here that
my experience on. the board con-
sists of a freshman temporary
term. Despite this lack of exper-
ience, it is, I must admit, with eag-
erness as well as occasional terror
that I accept the nomination, feel-
ing that Self-Gov. represents an
aspect of this college’s life which
involves especial integrity and com-
mon sense, and to be its president
is one of the most exciting chal-
lenges on the Bryn Mawr scene.
The integrity of the girl who leads
this organization must equal that
of the organization itself. I there-
fore consider the nomination an
honour, and the student body’s job
of electing the president, a solemn
responsibility.

Helen Cohen
Continued from Page 4, Col. 1

chance to get some exercise with-
out forcing her to commit herself
beforehand. After all, you don’t
have to be | to enjoy the
A.A!

e
Sue Harris
Continued from Page 3, Col. 2

But, as with any case in which the
individual is concerned, the area
between keeping a rule and break-
ing it is a delicate one; the individ-
ual’s motives must be taken into
consideration, for Self-Gov, is as
interested in the girl herself as in

ization as a whole.

To live “honorably” connotes
a sense of pride, a self-respect,
which is relevant to one’s conduct.
It is upon this sense of honor in|
and in that each student governs





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Helen Ullrich

Continued from Page 5, Col. 3

by a lecture on the pros and cons
of the Ecumenical Movement, this
series could prove provocative for
all. Another suggestion for a ser-
ies would be one on Judaism in
the present day world.

Interfaith is a growing organi-
zation. If elected, I pledge myself:
to working with the board in an
effort to provide the student body
with stimuli in the religious life
on campus.

Catharine Lucas

Continued from Page 5, Col. 1

duties such as chapel, Interfaith
is the potential correlater of newly
defined religious interests on
campus. If students are finding
such groups as S.C.M., Young
Friends, the new Jewish study
group, and the group of Catholic
students which meets for discus-
sion every Sunday offering more
than the local churches or Inter-
faith’s own chapel service, it be-
comes Interfaith’s duty to help
these groups in formulating a
program sympathetic with the Ad-
ministration’s fear of devicive in-
fluences in a college so small. The
most long-standing contribution of
Interfaith to campus life is Sunday
Evening Chapel services. I feei
Interfaith has failed to offer stu-
dents the real advantages of inter-
faith worship, No matter how
general the topic, a speaker’s ap-
proach is influenced by his back-
ground. Within a tradition of
“speakers at chapel,” a program
of predominantly Protestant speak-
ers, means that for the bulk of
chapel services there is no mean-
ingful worship for the large group
of Jewish and Catholic students
on campus. I would like to see
Interfaith explore the realms of

other worship media, such as dia-
logue sermons (the speakers con-

tributing to the same point with
different approaches). student dra-
matizations, or films, incorporated
into a.worship service; and th
handling of such topics as religio

music, or a service demanding more
student participation, There is
room for new creative expansion
and greater intellectual stimula-
tion within the framework of a
chapel service where the emphasis
remains on providing an opportiun-
ity for worship. In this short
space I have not been able to list
fully many ideas ‘which have oc-
curred to me since my nomination.
I believe, however, that with a
branching-out in chapel services,
and the growth of the organization
as a clearing-house for other re-
ligious activities than its own, next
year could be a vital one for Inter-
faith. I would be honored to ac-
cept the responsibilty involved in
leading these activities. Besides
all the energies and enthusiasm at
my command, I would like to

‘pledge my most serious thought

to gaining for myself and for the
campus a more vibrant concept of
Interfaith, its nature and poten-
tiality.



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‘Wednesday, February 25,1959

THE COLLEGE NEWS.

Page Seven



Burden Of Activities

Continued from Page 2; Col. 3
coming to Bryn Mawr we have
agreed to live with others and
have accepted certain rules, just
as every community must in order
to exist. (Co-operation is not a
passive condition; it requires giv-
ing ag well as taking.

We know that there are many
students and faculty members on
this campus who will take issue
with us when we say that scholar-
ship must not be the sole end of a
Bryn Mawr education, If it is, we
should abolish Self-Government
and the other niceties of commun-
ity life. There would be no work
for the students if we gave up all
forms of self-government, if we
let the Administration replace the
Honor System, enforce the rules,
plan lectures, and arrange our so-
cial activities. All the more time
for us to study — all the more
time to play bridge, have teas,
complain about the food...



It is time that the Bryn Mawr
campus realized another very im-
portant factor. Those students
who are accepting the offices of

class representatives to the vari-
ous executive boards are, in es-
sence, being trained for further
responsibilities. .Since these stu-
dents are preventing other individ-
uals from receiving this necessary
training, itis logical_to—suppose
that these students would feel some
definite moral obligation to accept
further responsibility in these or-
ganizations. But, evidently, when
these students reach the ultimate
step, when they are asked to as-
sume final responsibility, there are
multitudes of cold feet and a stock
phrase, “I really have too much
‘oO 00; .

What are we going to do? Shall
we give Undergrad and Self-Gov
back to the Administrtion? Shall
we. then honestly be prepared to



accept from the president of Bryn

Russian Linguists
Sought As Guides

Students with a fluent knowledge
of Russian and a good understand-
ing of national. and international
affairs may apply for positions as
guides at the American National
Exhibition to be held at Moscow
this summer. Both undergraduates
and graduates are eligible, but must
be free from June 10 to September
15,1959.

Transportation will be provided.
Student guides will receive $16 per
day, from which they must pay



Mawr College a degree presented
with the following words: “...I
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Bachelor of Arts, and admit you
to all its rights, dignities and priv-
ileges, and equally to all its re-
sponsibilities . . . ’?

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pological Department plans to pre-
sent several anthropological films
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ing to Miss De Laguna, chairman
of the department.

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about the Eskimos, based on Fla-
herty’s book of the same name.

“The Hunters,” a documentary
study of the bushmen of South
Africa, will be shown in April. This

film was taken by a Harvard under-.

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Mr. Hugh K, (Jim) Wright, the
former advisor to the S.C.M., will
speak at chapel this Sunday. His
topic will be “Whom shall we
Fear?” : ey

Mr. Wright graduated from Con-
necticut. Wesleyan as an: Eriglish
major. Hé attended Union Semi-
nary for two years, directed the
Bryn Mawr-Haverford S.C.M. for
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Biblical studies with an emphasis
on the Old Testament, reformed
theology, theological. motifs in con-
temporary ‘literature and drama,
and sports rank high among Mr.
Wright’s special interests. —

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whether he will be dining at the
college. If he does a list will be

-posted on the bulletin board which

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Page Eight

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, February 25, 1959



The Fourth Leader

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ence level, It is incredible that
China can begin to solve the many
problems of reorganization and in-
dustrialization until it has come to
terms with this paramount, and
snowballing, problem. Yet the birth

control program has been shelved.
Can it be that Mao has more dras-
tic, perhaps violent, measures in
mind?

National: The furor over Amer-,

jean Education has not abated; if
anything, it has intensified. In
1909 Woodrow Wilson told a Har-
vard audience that American uni-
versities should have a Purpose,
which should be the training of the
young for the nation’s service. We
are aware that this theme is now
yery much in vogue, and it is there-
fore not surprising that the Wood-
row Wilson Foundation has asked
nime prominent educators and writ-
ers to participate in a reexamina-
tion of Wilson’s precept and a
discussion of its current implica-
tions.

The list is impressive; it in-
cludes’ McGeorge Bundy, dean at
Harvard University; Robert F.
Goheen, president of Princeton
University; Jacques Barzun, dean
of the faculties of Columbia Uni-
versity; Sir Isaiah Berlin of Ox-
ford University; John Hersey, au-
thor, and others. To date, the
only paper made public is one by
Archibald MacLeish, poet, Harvard
professor, former Libraian of Con-
gess. His paper appears, perhaps
in an abridged or revised form, in
the January 3i1st issue of the Sat-
urday Review under the title
“What is a True University?”

In general, Mr. MacLeish pleads
for a broad conception of what
constitutes “service of the nation”,
and warns against specialization
and emulation of the Soviet Union.
His essay is well worth the read-
ing of it, and the papers to come
should prove stimulating.

E. F. L.





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cal carcinogens. He discussed the
manner in which the drug thioura-
cil may indirectly induce thyroid
tumors in the rat by upsetting the
normal balance of hormonal secre-
tion. He also advanced theories of
the causal mechanism of mammary
tumors and certain leukemias in
mice.

In dealing. with present trends in
the search for therapeutic agents,
he stressed the use of antimetabo-
lites. These. are substances- which
gain access to vital chemical re-
actions of thecell by virtue of

Chess

The chess team played its first
match of the year last Friday night.
The team lost to Ogontz Center,
Penn State, with a score of 1% to
their 2%. Playing for the Bryn
Mawr team were Wendel Palm,
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participate in these’ reactions.. But,

because of subtle structural differ-
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analogues and thus block the chem-
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growth and maintenance. The use-

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in treating cancer-is conditioned by
the extent to which they interfere
with the vital activities of normal
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NOTICE

Mr. Horace Alwyne, Professor
Emeritus of Music, will perform
Liszt’s. “Hungarian Fantasia”
with the Bucks County Sym-
phony on February 28. The con-
cert, conducted by Mr. Vernon
Hammond, will take place in
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Chorus Concert

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Bryn Mawr audience,

_ Jean Sanders is coming with the
Wesleyan‘Chorus to sing the solo
alto part in Brahms’ Alto Rhap-
sody (Op..53), and also in Schu-
bert’s “Standchen” (Op. 135), both
of which are written for male cho-
rus and alto solo. Later, in April,
the Bryn Mawr Chorus will per-
form this Schubert serenade in its
other arrangement for ‘women’s
chorus and alto,

The concert is to take place at
8:30 this Saturday, February 28.
There is no charge for admittance,
and all are urged to come, bringing
as many friends as possible.



Meeting Protest

Continued from Page 2, Col. 5
choice between attendance and the
payment of a fine. It does not seem



|to me too idealistic to believe that

these non-botherers would attend
meetings voluntarily if they were
to start seriously considering this
choice between meetings or anarchy.
For those who really don’t care
what sort of student government
exists, and for those who do choose
anarchy, the “required. and . fined”
clause is an unjustified criticism of
opinions to which they, as indi-
viduals, have a perfect right. In
order to preserve—as far as feas-
ibly possible—an atmosphere of
freedom of thought and of freedom
to act upon seriously considered
ideas, “required and fined” meet-
ings must be abolished.
Sincerely yours,
Patricia Holland





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