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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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sae Wednesday, Novembe?, 10, 1954



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ee Pore ee Harriette Solow, ‘56 ~

Epsey sins ‘67, Copy Ruth Rasch, ‘57, Make-up
, Marcia Case,” ‘57, Managing Editor
‘Molly Epstein, ‘56

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edt: Seon Post-Election - ae
. Now that the time has come to figure out what did hap-
pen instead. or what. will happen in the election, tne analysts
“are Tather contused.~ ‘rhe election results no more enlignten-
ea the experts than the campaign did the people. No more
than anyone else can we see a pattern to tne results of No-
-yember Z,, but several tactors do seem to merit comment.
‘ihe frst of these was-the inetfectiveness ot personal at-
. tacks upon the loyaity and patriotism of candidates. We are
‘Biad that Clitford'Case and Paul Dougias, who were victims
or such attacks, were elected, for we think they are men of
ability and integrity. However, they were not elected be-
cause truth automatically ‘triumphs over talsehood and slan- |
*aer. ‘They: were elected: because the people looked beneath
- “tnese chargés and made their decisions on the basis of issues
“and personal qualincations, _ We.can take heart that mass’

.nysteria and fear are. se as:rampant in this country as some!

would have. us believe. -

What were the ihailastneeabe of the campaign? Some
‘have said that the élection:\was marked by the predominance
or local issues and candidates. Others say that the campaign
-Awas not distinguished by any issues at all, that it was a slan-
BB sense campaign that occasionally raised the questions of
‘Communists in government versus unemployment and de-
pression, We agree that the speeches by party leaders
throughout. the country in most. cases did little to illuminate
the problems facing the nation. We believe thag@to a great
‘extent Mr. Nixon ignored. these problems, Mr, Stevenson
merely attacked them, and Mr, Eisenhower over-simplified
-them. . But here again in most instances the people looked
-beneath the speeches and voted on. the issues pertinent to
-them—the public power in the Northwest, unemployment in
Michigan, and so forth. There were ‘still issues that decided
elections; the fact that they. were not of such national scope
that they resulted .in a definite trend or sweep should not

hide the fact that they existed:
oc the interpretations of ‘this past* election : are on the
- moderate and conservative side, so are the predictions for
_ the future. The votes in. numerous contests were close;
neither the Democrats nor Republicans can be said to have
~~ ‘won a clear-cut victory. The election settled few issues, and
ee ee ter eae. But it did cause a re-
and: serrata ot 2 certain ciated







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Alliance Urges College
Attend Talks On
* Cold War

Dear Readers:

The conference on “Communist
Powers in the Cold War,” which
takes place today and tomorrow,
was planned by the Alliance board
to provide for a more complete
consideration of a question than is
possible in a single lecture. Be-
cause of people’s tendency to gen-
eralize about communism, we feel
it is important now to examine the
conditions of the major communist
powers, Russia, Yugoslavia, and
China, and re-evaluate their posi-
tions in relation to each other and
to the rest of the world.

Since this program has been
planned as a complete unit, it is
hoped that, pgople will plan to at-
tend all of the lectures and take
part in the final discussion relating
the sessions to each other.. The
speakers will be eating in halls
Thursday for lunch and dinner, so
that everyone interested may have
a chance to meet and talk infor-
mally with them. %

Sincerely,
The Alliance Board,

Rabbi Agus To Talk
At Chapel This Sun.

Rabbi Jacob B. Agus plans to
address those present at chapel.
this Sunday as members of his own
congregation. He will take his top-
ic, “The Trial of Abraham,” from
the appropriate text of the Torah
for the week.

Rabbi Agus, who received his
Ph.D. from Harvard in the Depart-
ment of Philosophy, specialized in
the History and Philosophy of Re-
ligion.

One of his books, “Modern Phi-
losophies of Judaism,” a study of
Jewish thought in the past 150
years, was listed among the 100
sest_ books” in English on Judaism.

His latest book, just off the
press, is Guideposts.in Modern Ju-
daism. It outlines the trends of
Jewish thought and his philosophy
of Judaism.

He has written a series in the

Encyclopedia Americana and is. a
member of the board of editors of
“Judaism—a Quarterly.”
' Rabbi Agus has served as rabbi
jin Cambridge, Chicago, Ohio, and
is now with the Beth El Congrega-
tion in Baltimore.

PriestsDemonstrate
Ceremony Of Mass

The Common Room .was the
scene of an explanation and dem-
onstration of the Catholic mass,
Tuesday, November 9. Introduced
by Winifred Winstead, president of
‘the Chpel Committee, Father Ed-
ward Thompson, Chaplain of the

Norristown Mental Hospital, spoke,
while his twin brother, Father Da-
vid Thompson, of the parish of St.

Francis de Sales, demonstrated the.

ceremony.

Father Edward first told some-
thing of.the history of the mass
and the origin of many “en « ns
connected with it. He mn ex-
plained the significance of the im-
plements seen on the altar during
the celebration. |

Father ;David put on the robes
customarily worn by the priest giv-

ing communion and the brothers/
‘went through the ceremony, dem-:

onstrating the Ous parts of the
mass and explaining many terms

‘frequently encountered but not||

generally understood.

» Letters to the Editor

‘though haughty be your outward

jartists we can secure, the best,.in



ErraticTimepieceSource
Of Poetic Concern
In 1904: Too

10 the Kaitor of the College News:

u tempora U mores une poem
on ‘Laylor Lower 1M tne. iasc: issue
oI ‘Ane College News nas remindea
me now iong 1ts clock nas been an
object of arection and contusion to
wryn Mawr students. ‘The follow-
ing poem, trom a collection of
wryn Mawr undergraduate verse
pub.zishea yn 1410 under the title
ot wulci Fistula, illustrates how
che manitestations of the “same
phenomena that are the subject of
miss UVunaway’s poem and which
are probably inherent in every'
clock exposed to the elements, af-
fecced the college fitty years ago.

TAYLOR CLOCK

{with apologies to

Alfred ‘lennyson)
Haugnty clock of ‘laylor Hall,
Ut me you shall not win rénown;
You thought. to make me miss my

train

For pastime as I went to town.
un me you smiled and all beguiled,
1 counted on eight minutes yet,
When at the station I arrived,
‘or twenty-nine [ had to sit.

Haughty clock of Taylor Hall ,

1 know you, proud in your estate;

Yet those who trust you from the
West,

Are _quite invariably late; \

Oh, “your fair hands, your ‘placid
face,

You show that all who look may
see,

But. when we judge you from the
East,

Some minutes early. we shall be.

I know you, clock of Taylor “Hall,
Some meeker pupil you must find;

show,
You’re at the beck of every wind.
Howe’er it be, it seems to me
Tis only noble to be true;
My little Waterbury watch
Is worth some five or six of you.
Lucy Lombardi, 1904
Sincerely yours,
Mary Gardiner

‘Ford Music Friends
To Sponsor Concert

“Presenting in intimate and con-
genial surroundings, by the finest

chamber music, especially works
not frequently heard,” is the pur-
pose of the Haverford College
Friends of Music.

The first program, a recital of
vocal chamber music, will take
place on Nov. 14. John Yard, bari-
tone, will sing, accompanied by Mr.
William Reese, director of the
Bryn Mawr-Haverford Orchestra.
The New School string quartet will
assist in this concert.

Admission Free

All the concerts are given in the
Common Room at Haverford Col-'
lege, Sunday evenings at 8:30
o’clock. Admission is free, but the
Friends of Music want-new mem-
bers to aid them in their work. A
regular membership is $2.50.

The second program, on January
9, will be a concert for piano and
wind ensemble with John Sears at
the piano. On March 6 the pro-
gram will be given by the Tudor
Singers, a madrigal group whose
director is Ifor Jones. On April 24
Agi Jambor, pianist, will play
works by Bach and Beethoven.



Come Aboard!
“Jolly Roger” Wells
discusses
“THE CRISIS IN PAKISTAN”
at.
Current Events



Monday 7:15







Current Events

Prof. Dudden' Discusses
Issues Raised By

Election

Eisenhower is in a much strong-
er position than his Congress, said
Mr.’ Dudden in.his Current Events
talk, “Divided We Stand”, on Mon-
day evening.

The Democratic victory was ob-
tained in a _ thoughtfully voted
election which followed the normal
mid-term trend by less of a mar-
gin than usual. lt was a “drift to
the Democrats, but no more” with
their majority comprised of 29
house seats, 2 senatorial positions
and 6 governorships.

The ‘Committee chairmanships
going to the Democrats and the
Democratic domination»of the com-
mittee are important considera-
tions, for one can predict to a cer-

jtain extent the probable reaction

to the legislation put before them.
Some of the observations made
were:

1. The Armed Services Commit- -
tees will both be headed by Georg-
ians who are friendly to the Serv-
ices.

2. The tax issue will probably
be saved for 1956.

8. Government spending will be
in the hands of Byrd and Cannon
who are both.extremely “tight-fist-
ed”.

4. There willbe increased trust-
busting activity, especially where

| the two giants are Ford and.GM.

5. The Democrats are eager to
use their investigating powers
against their political opponents.
‘McCarthy’s Committee will now be
headed by a mild-mannered Chi-
cagoan named Dawson. The FHA
investigations must continue and
will hurt the Democrats.

Luckier If Lost

The Democrats will be obliged
to act as obstructionists in order
to challenge Ike, as they must do
with the approach of ’56. Mr. Dud-
den feels that they would have
been luckier in the face of the
coming election if they had lost the
Senate this time, because their
margin in that chamber is-so slim
that they will take all~the blame
and get no credit for what happens.

The speaker next presented an
analysis of _the, issues revealed
by the election results. Nixon
dominated the Republican. cam--
paign with the formula from 1952,
“K-1, C-3” (Korea, Communism,
Corruption and Controls). The
value of the last three will endure

until ’56, although the ending of

the Korean situation did not bring
the Republicans the credit it should
have. This will not be an issue.

If the farmers are suffering,
farm prices will be an issue, but
100% parity will not get national |
backing. The Democrats will dis-
prove the charge that they are soft
on Communists. They will do it
more smoothly than McCarthy, but
the answer will be the same.

Suggestion

Public vs. private power will con-
tinue to be an issue. Mr. Dudden
suggests that if the Democrats are
smart they will adopt the popular
role of Conservatism,-as Neuberger
did in Oregon.

The Democratic gain in govern-
orships may not mean much, al-
though it indicates vitality in areas
where they have been weak.

When the significance of the
election for leading personalities
is considered, Eisenhower’s popu-
larity was unhurt and probably en-
hanced by his campaigning. Nix-
on’s status is about the same; had
the Repubileans won, however, it
would have added greatly to his
importance. Stevenson is unquali-
fiably the spokesman for the Dem-
ocratic party. The professor dis-
putes the statement that FDR, Jr.
is .all through, _mainly on the
grounds that Roosevelt is-a magie-
al name at the polls.