College news, October 2, 1955

VOL. Lil, NO. 1

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR,; PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1955

Bryn Mawr College,

,
Copyright, Trustees of

1955 PRICE 20 CENTS



Bryn Mawr Introduces 164 F resumen to .— Life

New Students Welcomed to

Parade Night Completes
Hectic Week
For °59

Freshman Week is rapidly draw-
ing to a close, but somé of the
most ~pleasant and traditional ex-
periences still lie ahead for the
Class of 59.

The first of these is Miss Mc-
Bride’s tea for all freshmen, Sun-
day afternoon, to be held at the
home of the President. One of the
final official “welcomes,” but one
of the warmest and most gracious,
will be extended to the Class of ’59
by Miss McBride.

The first chapel service of the
year will be held in the evening at
7:30 in the Music Room. The Rev.
Robert James will be the speaker.

At 8 p.m. upperclassmen will be-
gin returning to the halls. This
annual event, which will continue
through Monday, will be marked
by much excitement and confusion,
but with general good feeling. Pre-
viously..desérted rooms will be ex-
plored and settled, and civilization
will grow and flourish along the
corridors,

Also on Sunday eahe, at 9:15 to
be exact, one of the newer Bryn
Mawr traditions will make its first
appearance before the freshmen.

The Soda Fountain, equipped’ with}

hoagies, ice cream, and sticky buns,
will begin another year of offering
food and comfort to the Bryn
Mawr student.

Monday morning, medical and
mental examinations will continue,
and in the afternoon the athletes

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Freshman
Statistics

One hundred and _ sixty-four
freshmen, representing 26 states
and three foreign countries,..have
entered Bryn Maw) as the Class
of 59,

New York state has the largesc
representation in the freshman
class, with 48 students. Pennsy!-
vania is second with 2y.

Five freshmen made the long
trek from California, and Texas
can boast, naturally, of four ‘5y’e.s.

The freshmen class has only five
foreign students: Madeleine Adler
and Sigrid de Vogel of the Neth-
erlands, Margaret Bickley of Ber-
muda, and Janet Myles and Gil-
liam Pearson of England.

There are 12 freshmen “alum-
nae daughters”: Gail Beckman,
Helen Farr, Elizabeth Foshay, Cor-
neélia Hoeffel, . Edith Kunhardt,
Laura Pearson, Ruth Simpson,
Theodora Stillwell, Ann_ Tilson,
Lucy Wales, Carolyn Williams and
Cathya Wing.

A new “dorm” has been added
this\ fall—Rhoads Annex. Rhoads
Annex is actually the home of Mrs.
Longmaid, where 5 freshmen are
-staying. They will. eat all of their
meals at Rhoads, and will join in
ithe social life of that hall.

East House, which served as a
Spanish House last year, has been
turned over completely to the
‘freshmen. \ The 15 freshmen who
are living there will eat some of
their meals at Rockefeller, Pem-
broke and Merion.



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The Ville Provides Shopping Facilities;
Main Line Town Important To B. M. C.

I can recall a sentence from the
“special hints” section of my
freshman handbook. It read, “BMC
students cail tae town of Bryn
Mawr ‘The Ville’.” This is not tech-
nically correct for the term “Ville”
refers only to the business section
of the town, the place where Ber-
muda shorts cannot be worn.

There are three other girls’
schools in the residential part of
town besides this college. More
than one person has driven through
the campus of The Baldwin School
thinking it-ewas Bryn Mawr. Right
outside Rockefeller Arch is anoth-
er girl’s academy, Shipley, and
farther in town on Montgomery

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Avenue is Harcum Junior College.
When walking to the Ville, a dis-

Frosh Are On The Run
With Exams,
‘Meetings

“A senior? I thought you were

a freshman! ... Omigosh, I’ve
missed my voice test ... No, really,
I don’t hate my mother” . .” The

comments heard during the first
few days of Freshman Week were
typical of a new class at Bryn
Mawr. But in spite of the cus-
tomary: confusion, the class of ’59
lived through the period of Sept.
29-Oct. 1. . and even enjoyed it.

The halls opened to the incoming
class at 8 a.m. Thursday, with
the upper classmen (amazingly)
dressed before breakfast. The
freshmen were rushed through in-
troductions, appointments, inter-
views and tests until their heais
were spinning. The tea for fresh-
men and their parents provided a
welcome interlude in the ~ ac-
tivities.

The evening of their first day at
college brought the meeting with
members of the»Self-Governnient
Association, at which president



tance of about three blocks, one|

must pass through a tunnel under
the railroad tracks. There is a
superstition that anyone who. is i
this tunnel while a train is passing
over and holds her top button will
hot 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
westward from Philadelphia form-
ing a section called the “Main
Line.” It is hardly necessary to
leave the town to shop, for one
ean find almost anything in the
Ville.

First Stop

The Acme Super Market is the
first stop on the tour. There you
can find almost everything, includ-
ing lots of fattening food for teas.
Next door is the Country Book-
store, and beside it is Parvin’s
Drug Store. Below Parvin’s is
Cook’s, the jeweler.

Further down Bryn Mawr ves
nue, past the Post Office and the
Bryn Mawr Trust Company, is
Lancaster Pike, where you find
most of the shops.

Two blocks to the left are the
A&P and The Blue Comet — for
food in the raw” and “at _your
service.”

On the right hand side of the
street are Miss Noirot’s—expensive
clothes and lovely windows for
window shopping —and Jeanett’s
Flowers. Several cleaners are on
this side, as is the famous Ham-
burg Hearth, a three-college hang-

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FRESHMEN
The Business Staff of
The College News
wants and needs
YOU

Experience is not necessary
If interested, contact
Gloria Strohbeck,
Pembroke West

Anne Hebsud coorplained the ideais
land methods of the organization.

in | Following meetings in the halls

with wardens and hall presidents,
members of the class of ’59 were
entertained with games and the
memorable class and college songs.

Meetings and Teas

Friday brought more tests and
appointments, and in the afternoon,
the first meeting of the freshmen
as aclass. The explanation of the
many Bryn Mawr traditions was
followed by the election of the first
temporary song-mistress,

At the curriculum committee tea
in Wyndham, the freshmen at-
tempted to pick up a few pointers
about a possible major. The day
was ended by the rewarding, if ex-
hausting, scavenger hunt and the
traditional picnic supper in Apple-
bee Barn.

Coming in like a lion, Saturday
started off with the French lan-
guage exam in Taylor, and the
freshmen were given their first
glimpse of the gym suits. The ac-
cent on sports continued, after a
brief pause for lunch, with hockey
tryouts. The efforts of the pros-
pective hockey players, as well as
the rest of the class, were reward-
ed at the soda fountain party.

Freshman Mixer

Question of how to sign out and
what to wear came to the fore as
the halls were overrun by the
special Haverford College “wel- —
coming committee.” The dance in
the gym and Radnor’s open house
introduced the class of '59 to ‘the
Haverfordians and the joys of
2:30 permission.

With one day to go, it is agreed
that Freshman Week has been fun, ,
if hectic. We hope the class of /
69 finds the whole year as stim-/
ulating! ’



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Sunday, October 2, 1955



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Welcome

And another welcome, this time from the News. We’re
very glad to have you around—and not merely because you’re
the biggest news to hit the campus since the Class of ’58 ar-
rived, a year ago! —

At Bryn Mawr, it is neither trite nor untrue to say
that you are important. Your ideas, your enthusiasms, your
personality are not lost in the collegiate scramble, perhaps
to fake their first timid appearance in the middle of your
junior year. As a freshman, you can organize a Young Re-
publican Club (nobody ever has!) under the Alliance; you
can make a point in class that will lead the professor into
the most interesting discussion of the semester; you can
(and will) take part ina Freshman Show that can rival any-
thing'on Broadway. In these fields and in many others you

are very important to the Coilege Community. Bryn Mawr
is justifiably proud of its past... to a large extent its fu-
ture depends on you.

But if you are important to Bryn Mawr, you will find
that Bryn Mawr is very important to you. Bryn Mawr offers
you, in a few well trimmed acres, a greater concentration of
interesting people, ideas and opportunities than you. will
probably ever find again in your life. Take advantagé of them!
We cannot say, take one-third academic, one-third extracur-
ricular, and one-third social, stir and swallow for a college
education. Who can separate one from another? A course
you really enjoy can be more “fun” than a dance, a gathering
of friends at tea can teach you more than tomorrow’s psych
assignment.
heart and your mind and look around. Make some friends
that aren’t just like the girls back home.’ ‘l'ake a course that
doesn’t dovetail neatly into your major subject. The right
—and what a very essential and rewarding right—to be an
“individual” doesn’t mean the right to be an unchanging in-
dividual. The girl who koasts at Christmas that “college
hasn’t changed me at all’ ought to sit down and consider
why she came to college in the first place.

We’re not going to end up by saying, “And above all,
have a good time.” How can you help it, when Bryn Mawr
offers you step singing, and such peculiar rooms to decorate,
and Peter Bachrach, and Haverford? .

What’s this? You have to rush io another tea?
fun!

Have

By Leah Shanks 56

Philadelphia, known’ throughout
history as the City of Brotherly
Love, has many attractions to of-
fer its citizens and visitors. If
you know where to look, Philadel-
phia holds rich rewards for the jazz
enthusiast, opera lover, art admir-
er, historian, shop-bound and gour-
met. ‘

The center of Philadelphia’s mu-
sical life is the Academy of Music,
a mammoth wood structure locat-
ed on the corner of Broad and Lo-
cust Streets and easily accessible
to Suburban Station.

Most—-notable-among the events
there are weekly concerts by the
Philadelphia Orchestra. Perform-
ances are given on Monday, Friday
and Saturday evenings, with new
programs scheduled for Saturday
nights. (Special student season
tickets are available.)

Philadelphia also has twe opera
companies, the Civic Grand and the
La Scala of Philadelphia. Each of
these companies gives approxi--
mately eight performances per
season at the Academy.

The Metropolitan Opera Com-
pany of New York comes to Phil-
adelphia about six times through-
out the season. Since these per-
formances are not announced in
the papers until a few days before
their opening, it is wise to watch
the Academy bulletin board for
early announcements. Better seats
are rapidly sold.

Ballet Offered

The Academy also fegtures oth-
er events during.the year: Sadler’s
Wells Ballet, as well as the other



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A meeting to discuss tryouts for the College News will be
held on Thursday, October 6, at 4:00 in the News room. All
interested students are urged to attend. ..For further details, see

article on page four.









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ballet companies; jazz festivals;
chamber music concerts; and fea-
tured soloists, such as Rubenstein,
Heifitz and Milstein,

A schedule of:,events..can be
obtained by writing to the Acad-
emy or by following the Philadel-
phia newspapers.

Adjoining the Academy is the
Hedgerow Theatre, a small but dis-
tinguished local company with a
fine repertoire of plays. .

Since Phliadelphia is one of the
two test-towns for Broadway pro-
duction, theatre-goers have the op-
portunity of seeing the latest hits
before they become “latests.”
Among the theatres which offer
these showings are the Locust,
Shubert, Walnut and Forrest.

If it is an after-theatre snack you
want, try the Harvey House for

j good hamburgers, waffles or gooey

sundaes. Victor’s, which is a ways
off Broad, is famous for its fine
Italian food. Lew Tendler’ 8, also



-}on Broad) at Locust, is known for

its steaks\ and strawberry cheese
cake. :

If quaintness, candle-light and
classical music appeal to you, stop
at Maurice’s for either a sandwich
or a full-course dinner. Kelly’s has
delicious lobster and other seafood,
while the Cafe Espresso offers
sandwiches and coffee with a con-
tinental atmosphere.

Dining Places

When enteriaining parents or
friends for dinner you will want to
show them some of Philadelphia’s
more fashionable eating spots such
as Old Bookb:nder’s, or the War-
wick. If you prefer home-style
cocking, moderate prices and a
quiet atmosphere, Keplinger’s on
City Line will fill your \needs.

For those who love browsing in
second-hand and_retail bookstores,
Leary’s will be a haven. Record
hunters will find bargains as well
as a complete selection of releases
at the Record Mart on Walnut just
a few blocks south of Broad.

Philadelphia also has its share
of modern novelty shops where
modern jewelry, art work, cards
and various novelties are \ found.
Here customers can browse or buy
to their heart’s content.

Philadelphia provides her \ art-
lovers with two museums:. the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, which
has recently acquired the famous
Aronsburg Collection of Modern
art, and the University Museum of
the University of Pennsylvania.

Animal lovers have not been
neglected either. A trip to the
Philadelphia zoo in Fairmount
Park is well worth the time.

Most peopie think of Philadel-
phia as an historical center. The
hub of its historical life is Inde-
pendence Hall. There are also Bet-

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Season’s tickets to the Philadel-
phia Orchestra concerts will be
sold on Tuesday, October 11, from
12 noon to 2 p.m. at the Bryn
Mawr book shep.

The tickets are for the nine re-
maining concerts of the Monday
evening series, and are offered at
a 10 per cent discount to Bryn
Mawr students. Prices range from
$14.58 to $25.92.

Soloists for the 56th season in-
clude Margaret Harshaw, Isaac
Stern, Zino Francescatti, and Ru-
dolph Serkin. Concerts begin at
8:30 p.m. in the Academy of Music.





The Ville Provides Shopping Facilities;
Main Line Town Important To B. M. C.

Continued from Page 1

out, renowned for hamburgers,
milk shakes and grilled sand-
wiches.

Joyce Lewis, next door to the
Hearth, features attractive college
clothes. Down toward the end of
the block are Richard Stockton’s,
girt shop, and Rene Marcel, the
“French” hairdresser. The Mexi-
can Shop, in the next block, has
‘unique gifts and room accessories,
although it seefns strange to come
to Pennsylvania and buy Mexican
articles. Next decor is the new
headquarters of the Photo. Center.

Also on this side of the street
are Blackstone’s Record Shop
(next door to the Orange Clean-
ers) and the Country Cousin, for
“collegiate” garb.

Crossing the street,
comes to the Wilson Laundry. Back
towards Bryn Mawr Avenue is
Woolworth’s.



Describing the News Agency is

“feeling” adventurous >.>

the tour



a little difficult—it seems to havel-

all the accoutrements of a drug
store—fountain, papers and maga-
zines—without the drugs. The
News Agency is famous for its
hoagies. Try them when you’re

mune to indigestion.

Edwards’ Groceries and Gane &
Snyder feature various teas and
cheeses which are unobtainable
elsewhere. Mary McCrystal has
notions and yard goods. The Sub-
urban. Hardware and the Sun Ray
Drug Store are also on this block,

Past the court of the Bryn Mawr
movies are the E] Greco Restau-
rant and Dinah Frost’s. The latter
offers a tempting collection of

yarns, as well as a selection of|

greeting cards.

The’ Suburban Shopping Ceater
in Ardmore has branches of Straw-
bridge & Clothier, Peck & Peck,
and Best & Company. Wynnewood
boasts brariches of Bonwit Teller
and John Wanamaker.

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Philadelphia Offers Various Forms of Entertainment
For Interested Student Culture, Shops, Restaurants

sy Ross’s Home and Valley Forge,
which is a must in the spring.

Of department stores, Philadel-
phia has aplenty. The three ma‘n
stores where shoppers can find
anything: from a budget cotton to
a Dior creation ‘are Wanamaker’s,
Blum’s and Bonwit Teller’s. All
three of these stores are easily
reached from Suburban Station.

For more exclusive apparel,
there is Nan Duskin’s and for
shoes, I. Miller’s and Geutings.
There are many other specialty
shops on Walnut Street and near
Rittenhouse Square. The budget
conscious girl, however, is most
likely to be accommodated by the
department stores.

These are but a few of Philadel-
phia’s features. If you are an op-
portunist, take advantage of them.
If you are an explorer there is

..much you can discover on your

own. But whatever you are, you’ll
find Philadelphia worthwhile fun.



Freshmen Hall Plays will be
given this year on Friday, Oc-
tober 14, and Saturday, October
15. The plays will: begin at
8:30 P.M. in the Mrs. Otis Skin-
ner Workshop, on Baldwin Cam-
pus. Freshmen: Hall Plays are
one-act plays, selected and per-
formed by the freshmen of each
hall, assisted by an, upperclass
advisor. Thé plays are judged
by a faculty committee, which
announces the winner on Sat-:
urday night.







“A Show Is Born’’
In Old Cow Barn

Every year. the juniors say_ it.
“This year Junior Show is bigger
and better than ever!” But this
yeur is the best yet.

How could it be otherwise with a
script committee composed of
Paula Sutter, Pat Moran, Nancy
Chase, Rabbit MacVeagh, Caryl

Sharlow, Anita Kaplan, Helene
Rosenbaum and Ginny Gavian.

The committee met recently in
the creative atmosphere of a reno-
vated cow barn in Cold Spring
Harbor, Long Island, to write the
show. Although there was no heat
and no hot water, the committee
survived and produced a script.

The rumor is that the as yet un-
named show has little music, many
lyrics and many laughs. Tryouts
will be held Tuesday night before
and after Parade Night.

The show will be given Sat., Oct.
22. It’s a date to remember. Plan
to see the Class of ’57’s Junior
Show.

MOVIES
BRYN MAWR
Oct 2-3—One Desire.
Oct. 4-6—Snows of Kilimanjaro
and Detective Story.

Oct. 7-8—Man from Laramie.
Oct. 9-10—Sabrina. 4

ARDMORE __
“Oct. 2- 4—Mr. Roberts.
Oct. 5-8—Summertime.
Oct. 9-10—Female on the Beach
and Scarlet Coat. (

SUBURBAN
Oct. 2-4—The Night Holds Ter-
ror and A Life in the Balance.
Oct. 5—The Beachcomber.

GREENHILL
Oct. 2-10—The Intruder.



Betsey Johnson of Rockefeller
Hall was elected the first nnn
porary songmistress of the Class
of ’59 at a Friday meeing.









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Sunday, October 2, 1955

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



“Taylor Bookshop” Modernized; Moves
To Larger Quarters In Old Psych. Lab

Buying books this fall in the new
and larger bookshop will be a real
pleasure. The bookshop is now lo-
cated behind Merion Hall in what
was previously the undergraduate
psychology lab. é

Gay and cheerful are the only
words to describe the interior of
the bookshop, with its green as-
bestos tile floor and light-colored
walls, and Mrs. Nahm and her staff
are beaming.

“We hope all the textbooks we
need will be here, but we don’t.
have all of the trimmings yet,”
said ‘Mrs. Nahm. She emphaized
the fact.that the popular poetry,
humor and art shelves will be con-

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Current Enrollment
Largest In History

‘The largest number of students
in Bryn .Mawr’s history, 795, will
be enrolled this fall. The previous
high was in 1949-50, when the en-
rollment was 769.

The undergraduate enrollment is
634, broken down to 580 residents,
40 non-residents, 9 junior year
abroad and 5 senior year away.
The graduate school enrollment is
161.

This year there are 12 upper-
class. transfers, which added to the
164 freshmen means that 176 stu-
dents will be starting classes at
‘Bryn Mawr for the first-time on
Tuesday.





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tinued and possibly expanded, but
that they have not been set up due
to lack of time. “We had to con-
centrate on essentials for the open-
ing of college,” said Mrs. Nahm.
No new departments are being
added this year, as Mrs. Nahm felt
that the staff needed time to settle
down in their new quarters and ex+
plore all possibilities. Then the
new ideas will start rolling in.

Every year the bookshop’s busi-
ness and stock grew as the campus
population grew, until the quarters
in Taylor became extremely over-
crowded, Mrs. Nahm said that she
had always felt that the bookshop
should be at street level, all on one
floor level and completely under
one roof.

New Store Room

The new bookshop’ storeroom
was built on the left side of the
building last spring. One end of
the.storeroom will be. used as the
hall book store warehouse.

(Mrs. Carter, the only member of
the bookshop staff who was here
during the summer, supervised the
move, which was just completed
before Freshman Week.

Psychology lab will occupy-new,
greatly improved quarters in East
House garage, and Mrs. Cren?
shaw’s office is in the bookshop’s
former quarters in Taylor base-
ment.



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League Sponsors Talk
By President
Of AMA

The Bryn Mawr League has
scheduled a number of interesting
and varied programs for the first
semester.

Anita Kaplan, vice-president of
the League and head of the Speak-
er’s Committee, has announced
that Dr. Elmer Hess, President of
the American Medical Association,
will speak at Bryn Mawr on Tues-
day evening, Oct. 18. Dr. Hess
will speak on “The Role of the
Doctor in the Contemporary Amer-
ican Healht System.”- A question
and answer period will probably
follow his address.

Mrs. Mary P. Lord, a member of
the United States mission to the
United Nations, and U. S. repre-
sentative-_on-the-—-Commission~—of
Human Rights, will speak at Bryn
Mawr Wed., Nov. 30, at 8:30 p.m.
in the Common.-Room.

Mrs. Lord, who succeeded Mrs,
Eleanor Roosevelt on the Commis-
sion of Human Rights, will speak
on “They Know What Freedom
Means.” Her talk will include in-
formation. gathered on her recent
trip aroundthe world, when she
met and talked with women lead-
ers of many countries.

Symposium Planned

Anita also said that a sympos-
ium on “development of social wel-
fare legislation in the Scandinav-
ian countries” has been planned
for later in the year.

Freshmen in particular have
been invited to the League-Alliance
tea to be held Wed., Oct. 5, at 4:30
p.m. in the Common Room. The
purpose of the tea is to inform
students about: the various activi-
ties and funetions of League and
Alliance.

An important League’ meeting,
open to all freshmen and upper-
classmen, will be held Wed., Oct.
12, at 5 p.m. in the Rumpus Room.
The programs and agenda for the
year will be set up, and Anita
stressed that freshmen and their
ideas are especially welcome.

A- Maids and Porters Committee
meeting will be held Thurs., Oct. 6,



at 5 p.m. in Denbigh showcase. Pat
Moran is committee head.

Freshmen To Vocalize
At First Step Singing
Continued from Page 1

of ’59 will have an opportunity to
shine in the hockey tryouts and a
baseball game.

If the weather permits, the first
step sing of the year will be held
in front of Taylor Hall at 7 ‘p.m.

The step sing will serve as a
warm-up for the freshmen and
sophomores, who have been fran-
tically memorizing songs for Pa-
rade Night. |
Parade Night will be held Tues-
day evening, celebrating the end
of the first day ofclasses. Led by
the Firemen’s Band, and flanked
by rows of lantern-bearing upper-
classmen, the freshmen will. march
to the field in back of Rhoads.
There they will find a huge bonfire
and the sophomores—with or with-
out a parody of ’59’s song. The
sophomores form a_ huge circle
around the bonfire, and sing a par-
ody.of the freshman song, if they
have managed to find out what it
is. If not, freshmen charge through
the circle and form one of their
own. :
Parade Night marks the end of
the first day of classes, and the
end of the first of Bryn Mawr’s
“formal” traditions. Freshman
Week is over—new experiences and



| new fun lie before the Class of ’59.

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Aitianse Plans: include
Fall Conference

On Africa |

A two-day conference on Africa
will highlight the fall activities for
the Bryn Mawr Alliance on Politi-
cal Affairs.

Sheppie Glass, president of the
Alliance, said that the Conference,
to be held Oct. 9-10, will include
speakers, discussion groups, and
question and answer periods, She
also hopes to have a panel discus-
sion with African students preced-
ing the conference.

Two speakers on Africa have al-
ready been scheduled. They are
Dr. Horace Mann Bond, president
of Lincoln University, and Miss
Ruth Sloan, head of. the African
Desk in the. State Department.
Sheppie noted that Miss Sloan had
been recommended as “the best in-

formed source on Africa in the

country.”

Sheppie also had a few words
to say.in answer to the perennial
question, “Why doesn’t the Alli-
ance invite Adlai Stevenson to
speak at Bryn Mawr?” — Sheppie
explained, “Adlai Stevenson has
already refused, and I would-ap-

Heads of League, Alliance, AA Reveals Plans
For Speakers, Symposiums, Sports In ’55-56

Tennis Matches Head
Schedule.Of AA
Activities |
The Athletic Association will
continue to offer a program rang-
ing from hockey to foreign films,
according to president Betsy Dug-

dale.

First big enterprise this year is
an invitational women’s doubles
tennis tournament for colleges in
the immediate vicinity.. This will
be played on our courts Oct. 14-16.
Students are encouraged to enter.
See Miss Grant or Miss Schmidt in
the gym.

Clubs Active .

The three A.A. clubs are plan-
ning bigger and better programs
this _year.. Dance Club will give
another special recital and exhibi-
tions at various campus activities.
Outing Club is alr@idy lining up
new and interesting trips. For the
first time this year, Swimming
Club hopes to present a recital.

Throughout the year, A.A. will
sponsor several excellent foreign
films of the Alec Guiness variety,

BR- as well. as the usual array of sports

preciate it if you wouldn’t ask me
about it for the rest of the year!”
A Young Democrats organiza-
tional meeting will be held Oct. 11,
with Charlotte Graves in charge.



events.

The clubs and teams always wel-
come and need new members, They
want to see the Class of ’59 parti-
cipating in all their events,



Chapel Committee

Speakers Include

Pacifist, Rabbi And Various Ministers.

Andre Trocme, France’s most ac-
tive and engaging. pacifict, will
speak jn the Common Room at 5
p.m. Tues., Oct. 11.

M. Trocme has just returned

from a month. in. Algiers, living.

within the Mgslem Quarter in an
effort to practice the principles of
the International Fellowship of
Reconciliation amidst the French-
Arab rioting.

M. Trocme is renowned for his
leadership as pastor and_ school
principal in Nazi-oceupied France,
where he saved hundreds of Jewish
children and outwitted the Gestapo,
always by non-violent means.

In a letter from Algiers he chal-
lenges students at home: “I am
glad to be ready soon to offer our
young pacifists a concrete and per-
haps dangerous way to serve the
cause of peace. Should not a paci-
fist accept the risk to run into dan-
gers?”

His book, The Politics of Re-
pentance, is in the Chapel Commit-
tee Meditation Room. M. Trocme
will be the first in a series of mid-
week speakers presented by the
Chapel Committee. All Tuesday
sessions of the Committee are open
to students and visitors in the hope
that everyone will participate in
the broad aspects of religious life
on campus.



The Chapel Committee has an-
nounced the list of,,Sunday speak-
ers for the month of October.
Chapel services are held every
Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. in the
Music Room. The October speak-
ers are as follows:

Oct. 2—The Rev. Robert James,
Student Christian Movement.

Oct. 9—Rabbi William F. Rosen-
blum, Temple Israel, New York.

Oct. 16—The Rev. Eugene Car-
son Blake, State Clerk of the-Pres-
byterian General Assembly, Phila-
delphia.

Oct. 23—Miss Berjouhie Andre-
assian, Department of Religion,
Mt. Holyoke College.

Oct. 30—The Rev. Georgi Flor-
ovsky, Russian Orthodox, New
York.

SO OR i bt be ee be Ot

“To Believe or Not to Believe,
That is the Question.” Rabbi Wil-
liam F. Rosenblum, of Temple Is-
rael, New Yorky will speak on this
topic at Chapel, Sunday, October
9 at 7:30. Dr. Rosenblum is active
in civic affairs and inter-faith wo
through UNESC® and served the
Chaplaincy Commission touring
military camps during World War
II. He appears frequently on net-
work radio and TV programs, and
lectures on college campuses.

¥KKAIAAIAADIAIAD IIIA AID



Soda Fountain Opens Sunday Night;

Offers New Foods, Convenient Hours

The Soda Fountain is all set for
one of its best years ever. The
managers — Nancy Dyer, Ann
Wake, Caty Westervelt, and Mary
Jo Griffith—have come up with
many new ideas which they believe
greatly increase the Soda
Fountain’s appeal to everyone.

A newer, simpler method of
charging food has been devised.
Under this new system, all orders
are given to the manager on duty,
who then gives them to the crew,
No more shouting customers and
loose slips of paper flying about!

In addition to the usual cakes,
cokes, hoagies and sandwiches, the



Soda Fountain will try. to serve

something a little different. Fresh
fruit and eggs are two possibili-
ties. A new modern grill will be
in place within a few days,. and
there will be-new paint onthe floor.

The Soda Fountain will be open
from 1-2 Monday through Friday,
from 4:15-5:15 Monday through
Thursday, and from 9:30-11:00
Sunday through Thursday.

Crews ‘are made up of student
volunteers who are entitled to 40
cents worth of free food every time
they work. Anyone who is inter- .
ested may contact one of the man-
agers or come down any time the
Soda Fountain is open. and sign

up.
Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Sunday, October 2, 1955





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NEWS Furnishes (Student Enrolled (Class Of °59 Arrives Gn Bryn Mawr’s Campus;
Fun. F : | ‘ Freshmen Spread Into New Rhoads Hall Annex
un, Experience [Through Tutoring : ee
: Continued from Page 1 winenam, MM. Te ss 63 MOWAE, OL i Riiiliiitoosccest 118
To all of the ex-newspaper edit-|.. In addition to welcoming fresh- PEMBROKE WEST ak ane a ee er 63 reareen,.G620;: =........... 1%
ark, Coby readers, Hilden wu (Oe Gad Wadler We OS! Copin, Fn 48 Waylund, BELTS 263 ee. 201
reporters and the inexperienced College is also very happy to wel-| Colburn, C. .........0..c008 76 RN a Vanderpool, A. .....-:...... +20
aa come Ann Alderfer of Bryn Mawr} pintenfoss, M. ............... 14 Wishnack, A. 0.0.0... 164 waraney, Ui. G, ..:.....5-.... 110
but enthusiastic freshmen who have to its_ranks. Ann is not actually] aston E. ee 76 WOO, Oe ey sissies 452 ROCKEFELLER
said “I’m interested in working on} :,6ming te.Bryn Mawr... “You Farlow, A. . ae eae 15 RADNOR HALL es Bi oo siisiihecsccscerouss 16
the News,” the News extends an es-| might say that Bryn Mawr iscom-| Plory, 8. ooo. 52 Adler, Meo... 50 Me ect yer Lp 56
pecially hearty welcome! We are|'‘"& to me,” ghe explained. gs FRIAS ORE Uber 4 Beck, J. emer eveiaeeuersrvegsts 4 I Bi ivischecrtecssevass 46
very much interested in you, too,) Ann, .who graduated from Rad-| Hoeffel, CG. ............cccce 4 oes aol Peis taal a Dillenberg, N.\ ............. te
ee hacen oud nines tbek Glee High School this spring, has| Kunhardt, E. .................... 9-13 a clam, Shade ama aS a a Dissette, B. de As
: neta: not attended regular classes since} ~Lovelac,e C. .................... 16-20 Dees, Soo... ete 36 STU 2A ae ice 31
necessary on the paper if it is to} 1949 when she was stricken with| Miller, Fo ......0..0.....000.... 16-20 “| Drury, Be ere AT eee 18
continue to inform, and we hope,|bulbo-spinal polio. This fall she} Newman, L. .........:............ 68 Gaylord, Ne 89 Pa. 29
influerice, the members of a con-|plans to be tutored in two courses Rhinelander, Tae Gh, 15 — V. ae 1 OR ok =. marnaby, KE. ....:...660005 54
‘ ~ommun. | at Bryn Mawr, and she “might add} Simpson,*R. ...0..00.0.0000.. 5 sie ante Mas PRO Be isiccscsecsciecss 14
= ee sa later, depending on how} Stillwell, To. 00. 46 Rotch, As... nee Fe on Johns0", Be acts 71
ae : it works out.” Ann, who plans to|}~ Todd, Ast) .cccccns. 45 Scott, Sones 29 Kaplan, loin erscrcicvve. 65
At present, the News, like the/ia% freshman English and a| White, Bo .......cusus. 9-13 Wolf, J. Ref 8d cc... 33
freshmen, is in an organizational] French course; will be visited reg- RHOADS NORTH Wolter, Jy. En cicceievsecn | 288 a. 36
state. In addition to covering reg-| ularly by Bryn Mawr professors,| Armstrong, J. A. ............ 52 RHOADS ANNEX : ne... Al. B.
ular campus news, the paper plans} Ann expects to venture “bit by| Birnbaum, H. .................. Library| Bertholf, G. ........... 1 PORPROM) Eig. sicesiricceeieiees. 48
to devote a much greater percent-| bit” into her college career, and oatilucn 58 PAOD Fe. i icussi tie 3 Personas, ©. °::....:.......... 37
age of its pages to “critical writ-|she doesn’t have any definite plans|~ Cottrell, S. 2.00.00... 51 ee 1 Sewall, Wha riissseas aes 4
ing” than has been done in the|for other courses or graduation at} Cummings, E. .................. 451 Preesenten; Fi. .......6055: ies 4 Stiefel, og ee oe 53
past. By “critical writing’ is|the present ,although she is very] Finkel, D. oo... 260 I he cea tlesccainins 4 Temkin, ees ie, 39
meant such fields as book, theatre, | much interested in writing. es 451 RHOADS SOUTH Williams, CG. o...ues. 33
movie, and music reviews; political} Ann has driven around the:cam-| Greenberg, L. .................. LAWeeey . BOO Ro occas 204 NON-RES
analyses; discussion of current |Ppus, and hopes to return again to| Jenkins, S. .......0.0..c.04 62 RN Was cieaiiasdias 108 Bendon, B.
campus problems, and so forth.| Witness various college traditions} Levy, Jo... ce 164 RS ME Es asvicisccnn: 108 Friend, E. J.
These topics have all been includ-j and activities. A very charming} Lucas, Joo... cn 60 Pe hiss 109 Kasdin, R. O.
ed in the News many times before,| 4nd enthusiastic person, she is a} MacVeagh, M. .................. 351 PROGR, By oiiiscssisas) 205 Powers, S. A.
of course, but this year we plan| definite asset to the college com-| Masland, M. .................... 263 Pe Fee aesiccsetscsdccucess 101 Smith, J. E.
to make them regular, rather than| munity. GPUTMD, Jo oo cicciscc liste: 157 Konvalinka, J. M. .......... 208 Van Arkel, A. H.

irregular, features . °

The News feels that the increas-
ed scope of the paper will make it
possible for more persons with
more varied backgrounds to work
on the paper. The freshman who
would not be interested in report-
ing the number of new books in
the library might be interested in
reviewing one of those books, for
example.

This year “tryouts” for the pa-
per will be revised somewhat to
allow students with specific inter-
ests to try out for different depart-
ments of the paper. The girl who
is interested in news reporting
will turn in several news articles
on events on the caxipus. The girl
who would be interested in Work-
ing with theatre and movie re-

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views, would turn in a review of
a Philadelphia play, or of a new!
and important movie.
who is interested in political writ-
ing would turn in an article dis-
cussing a current national prob-
lem. The freshman who would like
to write in several fields could
turn in several different articles.

Several weeks are allowed for
students to write their tryouts,
which are then judged by the edi-
torial board. When the board

The student |



elects a student to the editorial
staff, she then takes part in staff
elections and is eligible herself for
the policy-making editorial board
after one semester. ;

A meeting to discuss tryouts
and announce the tryout dates will
be held on Thursday, October 6, at
4:00 in the News ‘room. Any inter-
ested freshman, with or without
previous experience, is invited and
urged to.come to the meeting.

Students interested in proofread-
ing and headline writing rather
than news writing, are also invit-
ed to the meeting.

L. Breuer Heads
Freshman Week.

“A miniature of college life” is
the way in which Louise Breuer de-
scribes Freshman Week. The Den-
bigh senior is head of this year’s
Freshman Week Committee, a job
which she feels is “the most re-
warding on. campus.”
_ “Freshman Week is an oppor-
tunity for new students to become
acquainted with the people, the
collegé, and the surroundings,” re-
marked Louise, and it is a prepar-
ation for normal college life. = -
_ Louise headed a Freshman Week
Committee of 68 students, and she
in turn was responsible to Sarah





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Stifler, the President of the Under-
graduate Association.

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