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“Undergrad Auvisury Dearden:
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‘The College
VOL. XLIII, NO. 4
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1957
© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1957
PRICE 20: CENTS
Traditions Slated
For College Poll
The Undergraduate Association
will take a survey next week to
find out the extent of support that
traditions have, Dodie Stimpson,
Undergraduate president, announc-
ed Monday.
The, survey will concern four
major traditions — Parade Night,
Lantern Night, Hell Week, and
Mayday. The questionnaire will ask
if students are in favor of continu-
ing each tradition, of dropping the
tradition, or of continuing it with
changes. If the student favors
altering a tradition, she will be
asked to note what changes she
thinks desirable.
Since they have not participated
in Hell Week or Mayday, freshmen
are being excluded from the survey.
Questionnaires will be placed in
the boxes of upperclassmen by
bers.
Undergrad is taking the survey
both in view of recent discussions
about traditions and because of
the feeling that events which de-
mand student time, energy, and
money should often be reassessed
to determine the degree of their
Bald Primadonna
To Be Presented
As the clock strikes seventeen,
at eight-thirty o’clock sharp, on
November eighth and ninth (simul-
taneously), the Skinner Workshop
curtain will rise on the first act
of a one-act anti-play, The Bald
Primadonna.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin (Dave
Morgan and Mary Lou Cohen) were
invited for dinner, but as they were
late, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Jon
Korper and Jinty Myles) ate with-| 4 “|
out them, Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs.
Martin lose each other and find
each other again, and Mary, the
maid (Helene Valabregue) solves
a mystery. The Martins and the
Smiths then engage in a half-hour
of polite after-dinner conversation
which is interrupted by the arrival
of the Fire Chief (Charlie Knight) |
who proceeds to entertain them
further. ~
I£.vougdon’t understand the plot
from the above, don’t worry. The
author, Eugene Ionesco, didn’t
really intend that there should be
one, Director Harvey Phillips from
Haverford has, however, imparted
a sense of the “meaning” of the
play to the Bryn Mawr-Haverford
Cast, and the dialogue is Very
support.
amusing.
Endless Mycenean
Supply Lists
Deciphered from Linear B Tablets
?
Dri RB “ Carpenter, introducing
his secdnd—lecture on Mycenean
Greek: Content,\ happily informed
his audience tht since they had
been presented with the “Ventris-
loquist key” at the first lecture,
they could‘spend the evening in a
relaxed reading of Linear B.
Unfortunately, the task of read-
ing two Linear B tablets did not
seem so simple to the audience,
even when the phonetic sounds for
the syllables had been supplied,
and. Dr. Carpenter was forced to
confess that certain peculiarities of
Mycenean Greek made it very dif-
transform into good
Homeric or classical Greek.
The first problem with Linear B
is that it is open syllabic, and that
it has no way of expressing a syl-
lable which might, in the spoken
language, end in a consonant. Thus,
extra consonants in the middle and
at the end of words are omitted
and must be supplied by the deciph-
erer if he wishes to extract any
meaning from the tablets. For in-
stance, in the first tablet shown,
the word written po-me must be
altered to pomen before it can be
recognized as the word for shep-
herd. As Dr. Carpenter sadly re-
marked, the system must be con-
sidered as “extremely inefficient,
and phonetically speaking, entirely
inadequate for recording Greek.”
Many Old Difficulties
But scholars are used to such
problems, for ancient Egyptian has
no method of noting vowel sounds.
Linear B, however, is even worse—
the same+sign-is used to-express
‘sounds later carefully different-
iated, such as g, k, and kh; 1 and r.
Often it is possible to tell a word’s
meaning only by intuitive recogni-
tion, since the combination of the
two difficulties (the lack of conson;
ants and the common signs for dif-
ferent sounds) makes innumerable
reading possible. Boy and sheep-
skin, sword and devil are identical.
And modern scholarship can never
. fill in all the gaps left by the
Mycenean scribes, no matter how
many tablets are discovered and
deciphered.
After this introduction, the audi-
ence was able to follow Dr. Car-
penter in his reading of the trans-
literated table KE-RO-WO_ po-me
a-si-ja-ti-ja o-pi ta-ra-ma-o qe-to-
r0-po-pi 0-ro-me-no and understand
that. basically Kerowos the shep-
herd was looking after some quad-
rupeds. “Was it worth the effort?”
asked Dr. Carpenter.
It is sad that all of the nearly
four thousand tablets so far dis-
covered at Pylos, Knossos and. My-
cenae are inventories; although
some -pots found at Thebes and
Tiryns are inscribed with Linear B
characters, they can’t as yet be
well understood. Moreover, there is
little likelihood that any other type
of document has been preserved,
and only the most devoted schélars
can be excited about lists of pigs,
supplies, and chariot equipment,
though sometimes the names
(Nimble, Quick Mouth with vari-
ant reading of Gullet, Winefare
for an ox) are amusing. The inven-
tory is preserved, but the story
is lost; we have the properties, bu
not the play.
But, although these lists may be
disappointing, it is possible to draw
inferences from them. For instance,
there are many lists of men’s
names and wheels belonging to
them,’ but no mention of the carts
which the wheels must have been
attached to or the horses to pull
them. Were wheels a_ separate
item, more important than the
chassis or motive power? At first
Continued on Page 5, Col. 5
Bodde to Lecture
On Confucianism
Professor Derk Bodde will de-
liver the Class of 1902 lecture on
Monday, November 4, at 8:30 p.m.
in Goodhart Hall. The title of
the lecture is “Confucianism and
Modern China.”
Dr. Bodde is_ Professor of
Chinese Studies at the University
of Pennsylvania. Included in the
numerous books he has written are:
Chinese Ideas in the West, Peking
Diary, A Year of Revolution and
Tolstoy and China.
an,
anenen
ry
At
OINOPA PEGEN!
Alumnae To See
Biology Building
Cornerstone Laid
On Saturday afternoon, Novem-
ber 2nd, President McBride will
lay the Cornerstone for the new
Biology Building. The ceremony,
planned as part of the program for
Alumnae Weekend, will take place
at two o’clock immediately follow-
#1/ing’ the Alumnae Luncheon. Mem-
Lantern Night: NEWS photographer Holly Miller's time
exposure shot captures pattern of Bryn Mawr’s tradition Friday.
Britain's Priiip Greeis-C. 5. Scientists.
At Physics Institute; Michels Present
by Rita Rubinstein
Dr.“ Walter C. Michels, chairman
of the Department of Physics, at-
tended the dedication ceremonies of
the American Institute of Physics
in New York on Monday, October
21. This afforded him the opportun-
ity of paying his respects to ninety
other prominent scientists and edu-
cators as well as to Prince Philip
of Great Britain.
The Prince, known to be actively
and sincerely interested in science,
had been invited to observe the
Institute’s dedication when it was
learned that the date of his New
York visit coincided. The cere-
monies had a three-fold signific-
ance: the Institute’s new head-
quarters at 335 West Forty-fifth
Street were to be dedicated; a
Board Room, in memory of Karl
Taylor Compton, one of the orig-
inators of the organization, was to
be dedicated; and the first Karl
Taylor Compton Gold Medal was
to be awarded to Dr. George B.
Pegram, vice-president Emeritus of
Columbia University, for his ex-
Ne
College Choruses,
Pianist in Concert
Friday and Saturday at the Aca-
demy of Music in Philadelphia, the
combined choruses of Bryn Mawr,
Haverford and Swarthmore will
give a concert with the Philadel-
phia Orchestra under the direction
of Eugene Ormandy.
Mme. Agi Jambor will be fea-
tured on the program, playing two
Bach concertos. Also included will
be the Bach Cantata No. 50, “Ric-
erare”,, and some Goldberg varia-
tions. :
After working with their respect
ive conductors, the choruses com-
bined for rehearsals under the
direction of William Smith, Assist-
ant Conductor of the Philadelphia
Orchestra, and later Eugene Or-
mandy. “... an exciting exper-
ience!” says Eloise Clymer, Pres-
ident»of the Bryn Mawr Chorus. .
A few tickets can still be obtain-
ed for the Friday performance by
calling or writing the Academy of
Music box office. The concert will
be at 2:00 on Friday, and at 8:30
on Saturday.
tended service to the science and to
the American Institute.
‘Dr. Frederick Seitz, (married to
a former graduate student here)
chairman of the Institute’s govern-
ing board, read the citation; the
Prince presented the medal and
conveyed the “fraternal greetings”
of all scientists in the British
Commonwealth to the-scientists of
America.
Dr. Michels commented that
Prince Philip remained to shake
hands and speak briefly with each
of the ninety scientists present,
thereby extending the 5:30-6:02
time allotment at the Institute by
about 20 minutes, This was. of no
serious consequence since the en-|
croachment affected only a sched-
uled rest period. At 6:22 the Prince
left with his party; his comptroller,
his secretary and the Chief In-
spector of Scotland Yard.
According to Dr. Michels, “The
Prince appeared to be a highly in-
telligent, charming individual who
bers of the College are ,invited to
attend.
Construction has proceeded apace
Py) on the three-story structure, as
}4| Visitors to Park Hall will note,
1] since
the ground-breaking on
August Ist. The building, which
will be the second in Bryn Mawr’s
proposed Science Center, is expect-
ed to be ready for use by August
1958. Martin, Stewart and Noble,
the firm which designed Park- Hall,
are the architects.
-~-“Cornerstones. 1957” is the theme
of Alumnae Weekend, with mem-
bers of the Faculty of the Dept-
ments of History of Art and of
Biology speaking at the Saturday
meetings.
Among the items to be sealed in
a metal box within the cornerstone
are: reprints of some of the works
by early members of the Biology
Department (Edmund B. Wilson,
Thomas H. Morgan, Franz Schra-
der, N. M. Stevens, Jacques Loeb,
and D. H. Tennent); a pair of sand
dollars collected by Mr. Wilson in
1887; the October 23, 1957. issue of
The College News; the summer
1957 Alumnae Bulletin; current
catalogues of the college and the
graduate school; this year’s: Alum-
nae weekend program. All for pos-
terity.
on
The News is pleased to an-
nounce the addition of the fol-
lowing new members to its
editorial staff:
Frederica Koller ’61
Gail Lasdon ’61
Betsy Levering ’61
Lynne Levick ’60
Judy Stulberg ’61
Alex van Wessem ’61
jis taking his job very seriously.”
Janet Wolf ’59
Quarantine at Mount Holyoke
and Princeton, Lehigh closed, fifty
per cent absences at Radnor High
School—in view of these unusual
waves of illness, Bryn Mawr is
very lucky, for so far nowhere near
the twenty per cent constituting an
epidemic has been stricken.
The upper respiratory disease
now making the rounds of the col-
lege is probably Asiatic flu, al-
though the diagnosis will not be
certain until the throat washings
and blood samples return from the
Virus Diagnostic Lab of Philadel-
phia in about two weeks. What-
ever it is, the illness seems very
like most other varieties of flu
with only its sudden onset and
many temperature fluctuations to
distinguish it.
In order to cope with the situa-
tion, the Infirmary (under the. sup-
ervision of Dr. Elizabeth Humeston
assisted by Miss Muriel Farr) has
taken over the first floor of East
House, added five beds to the In-
firmary’s twenty, and called in one
registered nurse and three trained
practical nurses to help out the
‘regular staff. Most of last week
the thirty-eight beds were filled,
and, although at the time of writ-
ing the number of Infirmary pa-
tients was tae will be
‘Upper Respiratory Disease’ Challenges
Bryn Mawr; Strength Is Sub Epidemic
added if the need increases.
The Infirmary staff would like’to
emphasize that they can and will
take care of all cases, and urge
that students enter as soon as they
feel ill; for the flu itself is not
dangerous, but possibly secondary
infection (pneumonia) may be, and
can best be counteracted by early
doses of antibiotics, Also, obvious-
ly, there is danger of contagion if
sick students remain in the halls.
The treatment consists in daily
examination by the doctor, plenti-
ful doses of pills, and a lot of rest
After their temperature has been -
normal for. twenty-four — hours
patients are discharged to a two
day convalescence in their rooms.
Asiatic flu vaccine, given to all
food handlers, the medica] staff
key personnel, and freshmen. before
classes started, is probably respon-
sible for the mildness of Bryn
Mawr’s case of AF. The vaccine
which takes ten to fourteen days
for maximum protection, has since
been made available to all the col-
lege family (students, faculty,
staff), and boosters of a polyvalent
strain to immunize against a pos-
sible second epidemic will be offer-
ed when the present illness sub-,
sides. ;
ronan ORCS
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Wednesday, October 30, 1957
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Go West, Young Woman, Go West
(BUT BE BACK ON TIME)
The College’s policy. in regard to leaving early. and re-
turning late from vacations is simple and clearly defined:
such violations are not tolerated, and no excuses are accepted.
vacation or to sign into her first one afterwards can be con-
fident that her punishment will be a deterred examination,
‘In-genéral, we feel that this policy is Justified ; Bryn Mawr
already has one of the shortest school years in the country,
and taking an extended vacation seems an abuse of this cir-
cumstance.
But, as ever, there is a case in which it seems reasonable
to grant an exception, for round-trip coast-to-coast coach
flights are forty dollars cheaper on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays. This difference in price is
of particular importance to girls from the West Coast,
since a large majority of them are on scholarships. It is un-
fortunate that most. vacations begin on Friday afternoons
and end on Monday mornings, and it is scarcely feasible for
West Coast girls to remain in the Bryn Mawr area until the
following Monday and to return the Thursday before classes
begin.
In the past, the Dean’s Office has taken this financial
problem into consideration and reduced the punishment to
six weeks of cut probation. But even six weeks of cut pro
seems an exceedingly severe penalty for the student who has
little choice but to leave early and return late. The question
is no longer one of breaking a rule, but of financial necessity.
One solution to this problem would be to arrange all
vacations to start and end on the appropriate days; but it
seems much more reasonable to recognize the validity of
this exception and se the penalty.
tion weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore
The student who fails to sign out of her last class before a
boss once you know
there was this big cheese in the
big league philosophy whirl who had
a feeling quote imitation
. is natural to man quote
and somewhere right after this
comes art it is fancy imitation well boss i
have discovered imitation is natural to fleas
too parenthesis not to mention all those
other transmigrated geezers
who keep remembering
their other name besides bill or
george or daffy will is shakespeare byron
‘wordsworth and that what they really ‘
need right now just to keep
their head in so to speak and
a paw qn the pulse of self expression
is a typewriter
which they bum off some
susceptible type together with
other people’s style i wont say whose
is being modest but i ask you is there
any gratitude in this world it seems not
much end parenthesis
take this flea this is a prose
flea and his name is michael a little
long on legs but short
on brains he claims to be a writer but i
am not convinced-yet it is not.that. __. ‘
his stuff is without promise and who
am i to knock the spontaneous uprise of
a wider wastebasket school of art~
C: but he says he types
q his own material no flea i ever saw
q could work a shift key let alone spell -
a _ boss i think hes got a secretary this
is plainly not hoyle acne
what is art without the pain of creation
not much it tay no soul ite mot his :
yale a toh | eter bt ly 0
In Medias Res
by Ellie Winsor
Too often in questions of cur-
rent significance a neglect of the
deep historical viewpoint, pursued
with scholarly detachment, may
not only obscure the main point but
also lead to rash: and unthinking
judgment. Recent discussions of the
fascinating topic of matrimony
have, it seeyns, neglected this vital
facet, and the many eager maidens
who gather their knitting (as it
may) and meet to consider this
question would from all appear-
ances be lamentably slighting this
important aspect, of their problem,
May it” be recalled that almost
anything can be legitimately done
with Classical precedent.
We turn first to Homer and find
there an oft-mentioned—scene of
domestic concord in the relations
of Hector and his faithful spouse,
but in scholarly fashion it is wise
to deliberate before making gen-
eral statements. Close examination
of the text will reveal as an at-
tituide much more typical of the
noble ancients, that which is voiced
in the first book by the king Aga-
memnon:
““ |. . and indeed I wish greatly
to have ‘her in.my own house}; since
I like her better than Clytemnestra
to my wife... still I am willing
to give her hack. ” Noting in pass-
ing that Agamemnon finally settled |
tive. Cassandra and was ultimately
murdered by his wife and her lover
we continue for our example to the
contemporaneous affairs of the
shining Olympian Gods, and note
the very statement of Jove himself:
“«. « that time. when I loved
the wife of Ixion / who bore me
Perithoos, equal of the gods in
counsel / when I loved Akrisios’
daughter, sweet-stepping Danae...
when I loved the daughter of far-
renowned Phoinix, Europa / when
I loved Semele, or Alkmene in
Thebes,” but we cite these instances
not as information, but purely for
the learned light they shed.
Before leaving the Greeks it is
wise also to glance at Plato’s Re-
public and quote out of context a
statement attributed to Socrates,
“I do not think that there can be any
dispute about the very great utility
of having wives and children in
common; the possibility is quite
another matter and might be very
much disputed.” (Socrates, you re-
call, had a shrew of a wife.)
Perhaps also one should not
neglect the sterling example of the
fifty daughters of Danaus who
murdered their husbands on their
wedding night, In later times this
excellent precedent was followed by
moor. In our own degenerate ag
it is rather unfortunately more
difficult to accomplish with all suc-
cess and impunity.
Returning, however, to the an-
cients, and this time the Romans,
‘there stands the noble Cato who
when he reached middle age lent
his wife to his friend Hortensisus
in order (allegedly) that their two
families might be closer united.
Marcia in this situation behaved
admirably as should the wife of a
Stoic, and only after she had duly
buried“her-second husband did she
return to her first, begging for
peace in her old age.
As most medieval notables took
refuge: in monasteries, we shall
progress to the Renaissance; and
yet, there is a definite reflection of
this. aforesaid. trend in Hamlet’s
sage advice to Ophelia, “Get thee to
a nunnery, go; farewell. Or, if
thou wilt needs marry, marry a
fool, for wise men know well
enough what monsters you make of
them. To a’nunnery go and quickly,
too.” And a little later the prince
adds, “I say we will have no more
marriages,” we
Although it is surely pertinent
Sir Thomas More’s discourse on
the marriage customs of the Uto-
pians is surely too well known. to
necessitate quotation.~Less known
are the,phrases of the learned Dr.
John Donne, referring not specifi-
ally perhaps to matrimony but
surely to some of the circumstances
thereof. In his Paradoxes and Prob-
lems he states wisely, “that wom-
en are inconstant I with any man
confess, but that inconstancy is a
bad quality, I against any man
will maintain.” The facts here
might be subject to question, but
surely the viewpoint.is admirable.
By this time, perhaps. we have
progressed ‘to Scripture and_to
that opinion expressed in the Song
of Solomon, “Comfort me with
apples, for I am sick of love”...
ah yes, it may well be; but who
mentioned love. We were speaking.
of marriage . . ; knit one, purl two,
cross over cable oo . “Pm making
these socks for my brother.”
Again as our Shakespeare has
said, “The world must be peopled.”
Are there any questions?
Works of the Spanish
A recent contribution to the field
of Spanish literature has been made
by Professor Juan Marichal who has
edited and has had published sev-
eral of the works of the late Pedro
poet of the twentieth century. The
most recent book which Marichal
edited and prepared for publication,
Teatro Completo (The Complete
Plays) of Salinas was published in
Madrid last summer.
This, however, was not the first
of Salinas’ works which Mr. Mar-
ichal has edited, nor will it be the
last. Poesias Completas (The Com-
was published in 1955. Two other
books, Ensayos Sobre La Literatura
Hispanica (Essays About Spanish
Literature), which will include a de-
tailed ‘Study of Salinas as a literary
critic and teacher, and Volverse
Sombra y Otros Poemas, which con-
tains some of-Salinas’ poetry which
has never before been published,
are expected to appear early in
| 1958. In addition, Mr. Marichal is
now in the process of editing a
~{volume which will contain the com-
plete creative works of Pedro
Salinas, an outstanding Spanilsh|
plete Works of Poetry) of Salinas’
Marichal Edits, Prepares For Publication
Poet Pedro Salinas :
He studied at the University of San
Isidro and received his doctor’s
degree in Philosophy from the Uni-
versity of Madrid. In addition to
teaching at universities in Spain,
at the Sorbonne in Paris and at
Cambridge in England, he spent
several years teaching in the Unit-
ed States. He was Visiting Profes-
sor at Wellesley, spent several sum-
mers at the Spanish School of
Middlebury College, and _ also
taught in the summer schools of
the University of California, the
University of Southern California
|and Duke University. In the late
1940’s he was a visiting lecturer
here at Bryn Mawr. From 1940
until his death in 1951, Salinas was
Professor of Spanish Literature at
John Hopkins University,
An‘additional item of interest con-
cerning Salinas is that the Library
of Congress’ is publishing a.special
book of his poem, Sea of San Juan.
Mr. Marichal will edit this work
also and his brother, Carlos Mar-
ichal, of the University of Puerto
Rico, will illustrate it. In addition,
the Library. of Congress will pub-
lish a long playing record of
Salinas reading the poem. This is of
{special note, because Salinas wi
to have
_ his
the renowned Lucia di cep
IL Everyone interested in the series
Letter to the Editor
Wyndhamite Proclaims
Hall’s Reorganization
To the Editor of the News:
In past years Wyndham, bet-
ter known as French House, has
suffered under the stigma of an
iconoclastic reputation. “Rebels”,
“arty”, “individualistic”, have been
some of the terms levelled at us.
This year, however, with the re-
organization (and re-population) of
our hall, we feel that it is time that
these now groundless Epithets were
done away with. The new Wyndham
is ready to stand beside Rockefeller,
Rhoads, Pem East, Pem West, Dén-
bigh, Merion, Radnor, East House,
and the Graduate Center. Lest it
be thought that we are boasting,
let us give you more tangible proof
of our.progyess:
1. We e a Hall President.
2. We also have a Vice-President,
8. Our Fire-Captain has already
organized one drill, early as it is
in the year.
4. We have a fully-organized
Social Chairman (with Committee)
responsible for one successful Open
House already.
5. We have five Permission-
Givers.
This may not seem much, but it’s
a start already. Our tone may. be
one of levity, but we are in earnest.
Though Wyndham | has’ gone
straight, it has not lost its sense _.
of humor.”
We'll be vents you at college
functions!
Ellen Dixon,
Hall Representative,
x Wyndham
MAIN LINE GAME
Count the Dogs in the
Station Wagons
Ps
East Meets West
In Interfaith Talks
The Interfaith Association will
sponsor lectures on Far Eastern
Religions this fall. The object of
these lectures will be to make us
at Bryn Mawr aware of the basic
differences in Eastern and Western
modes of thought, and to show us
how the religious. and cultural
values of the East may or may not
contribute to the spiritual develop-
ment of the West.
The first speaker will be Dr.
Schuyler Cammann, Professor of
Oriental Studies in the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences at the
University of Pennsylvania. He will
accompany his talk on Buddhism
in the Art Lecture Room on Thurs-
day, November 7th at 8:30 p.m.
with lantern slides,
- On Monday, November 25th,
Swami Pavitrananda of the Ved-
anta Society of New York City
will give a talk on Hinduism at
8:30 in the Common Room. Swami
Pavitrananda is himself a Hindu,
but he hag lived many years in
the West and has an _ excellent
understanding of Western as well
as of Eastern philosophy and cul-
ture. :
Dr. Howard Brinton, head of the
Quaker center at Pendle Hill for
many years and a former Professor
of “History of Religions” at Bryn
Mawr, will close the series on
Tuesday, December 8rd at 8:30 in
the Common Room-with a lecture |
on “Eastern and Western Mysti-
cism and Theology.” Dr. Brinton
has lectured on this subject several
times ‘in Japan and has had the
advantage of criticism from Jap-
anese students. Dr. Brinton will
stress Zen-Buddhism in his talk
should Dr. Crammann not have
time to cover it. :
| The Interfaith Association will
offer no talk on Confucianism.
is urged to attend the Class of 1902
lecture on “Confucianism and Mod-
ern China” this Monday, November
‘lath at 8:30 in Goodhart..
a
Wednesday, October 30, 1957
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three
Students At Large Consider Some Aspects Of Tradition
Junior Year Abroad Student Compares
European Traditions With Bryn Mawr’s
by Anne Wake ’58
Jr. Year Abroad, Geneva»
During my first two years at
Bryn Mawr my attitude towards
traditions evolved from freshman
absorption to sophomore superior-
ity. When I left I thought them
interesting customs: or relics of
barbarism _still-observed-by a more
enlightened . age. I found them
amusing and so participated, even
in those which outsiders find ridic-
ulous like May Day. I liked the
ritualism of the larger patterned
traditions like Lantern Night and
the individualism of the smaller.
such as the senior skits. on the
last day of classes. I looked on
them as something unique to Bryn
Mawr. ,
When I arrived in Europe I was
amazed at the mass of tradition
that surrounded me, traditions that
varied from the unity of pattern
of the large harvest festivals to
the individual adoration of the
religious celebrations.
I found that student organizations
—hadtheirritudis “within the uni-
versity, the nation, and all over
Europe. These vary from the na-
tional gathering of the Swiss” Zo-
fang fraternity at the hamlet of
their origin to the Unibal at
Geneva when the students gave a
huge ball in the university with a
dance band and a bar on each floor.
There is far more contact be-
tween the town and the students in
Geneva, for there is no university
dormitory and the students live in
private houses. Students and town-
people mingle in such traditions as
Escalade, the Genevan 4th of
July. This is the celebration of the
free city of Geneva’s greatest mili-
tary triumph, the repulse of a
sneak attack by the army of Savoy
in 1603. On this notable occasion
thirteen Savoyards were killed, the
majority by a soup kettle flung out
the window by “la Mére Royaume”.
Ever since there has been furious
debate over whether it was lentil
or vegetable soup. In honor of the
victory the Genevois hold a three
day carnival with dancing in the
streets in pajamas as the highlight.
When once I had gone through
l’Escalade I looked back to the
sanity and sobriety of May Day
with longing eyes.
Now I feel that European tradi-
tions are better than ours because
they unite the university with the
outer world, both other student
groups and the citizens. Thus they
are a uniting rather than isolating
factor, a bridge rather than an
ivory tower,
‘Although some of our traditions
Jare.ortifieial Ivfeel that they per-
form a vital function within the
structure of Bryn Mawr. They are|
the necessary link between and
within the classes and they give a
feeling of continuity to the whole.
In a weekend oriented community
it would be hard to find this bond
in any other way. They give us a
break from the routine acadamic
life and are a marvelous escape
hatch. I approve of traditions more
after my year away than I did
before, for I see their value to the
college.
Kaiser, S. S., Likes
Second Nap Better
Than May Day Air
by Tulsa Kaiser 58, Slothful Senior
When one undertakes to evaluate
or examine traditions in general or
a tradition in particular, one puts
the greatest emphasis upon the
time element involved — that is,
that it has been going on for many
years, perhaps since the organiza-
tion or institution was founded. This
time element, which as the yars
go by seems to embed the tradi-
tion more strongly”almost in geo-
mtric ratio to the number of years
involved, seems to be the most
important argument in favor of
many traditions, not only on this
campus, but elsewhere. It would
seem, however, that in contrast to
the new Air Force academy most
traditions grow spontaneously,
rather than being forced creations
of the institution. The spontaneity
of the development of traditions
would indicate a certain amount of
enthusiasm at least at the incep-
tion of the events. This enthusiasm
and spontaneity would in the opin-
ion of this writer have to be main-
tained in order to justify the con-
tinuation of the traditions. ©
Many of the traditionalists cite
the beauty of our traditions as
sufficient justification ‘for their
existence. This beauty, in many
eases, Lantern night and May Day
in particular seems to be combined
with many hours of practice and
arrangements, Though admittedly
we cannot, as do choruses in many
movies, burst into spontaneous song
without any practice whatsoever,
and perhaps the greatest spontane-
ity cannot make up for a flat song,
it does seem that two weeks is a
rather long time to practice for
one evening’s entertainment, if it
can be called that for any but
those of our friends at neighboring
colleges.
__ May Day, of all our traditions,
Continued on Page 5, Col. 2
4
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Student Praises
BMC Traditions
by Sue Fox ’58
I heard excelsior being rustled
around in the north-east corridor
of the library the other day. Upon
investigating, I found that some
indigent neatherds from Upper
Darby were preparing a custom-
made winding sheet for Pallas; not
with the fairest intentions, it seem-
ed to me, so I asked temperately
if they would’ get the bells-for-
wethers out of there and give P.
back her window-stick. Their reply
gave me cause for some digestive
moments of ill-will. They had heard>
they said humbly, knocking their
foreheads to their fists, or perhaps
my fists, in any case endeavoring
to display their honest up-bringing,
that the New principles and prac-
tice of Life and Architecture were
on their way to the embraces of
the students. Now they were of the
opinion that the iron maiden had
seen the last of fair weather at the
col., but they hoped to assure the
lady a new lease on life; and what
with a knock here and there to get
her down to kettle size, they were
sure she would appreciate pastures
new, and how had I known that
what they certainly needed were
new bells for their wethers, whose
bleating apparatus’ was apt to stick
in the fog?
I gave them each a biscuit and
a book to read while I thought
What is the general feeling on
campus toward Bryn
traditions? This week, the NEWS
has asked six students with var-
ied backgrounds and opinions to
present their views on this sub-
ject. This page is by no means a
poll, but rather a representative,
forum. Views presented are those
of a transfer student, a foreign
student, a Bryn Mawrter who
spent her.junior year abroad, a
student generally pro-tradition,
one generally anti-tradition, and
One discussing tradition’s accom-
panying features. We invite ALL
readers to send in comments to
the NEWS. Undergrad will con-
duct a poll on the subject this
week,
Monotone Decries
Rehearsal Regimen
For Lantern Nights
by. Anna Kisselgoff ’58, monotone
I cannot sing. .Anyone who has
had the painful experience of sit-
ting next to me at a song meeting
can well-attest to this fact.
For. this..reason;“my attendance
at song meetings’ is not only some-
what on the useless side but is
also a means of creating dishar-
mony (literally) within an other-
wise unified group. Trying to learn
the melody is hard enough; but no,
the class has to be divided into
first sopranos, altos, second sopra-
nos, mysically inclined students,
not ‘So-musically inclined students,
argyle-knitting hummers, etc.—
all singing different parts-at once!
Yet when I and similarly afflicted
students try to relieve the class
of our disconcerting one-note
chanting by our absence, we are
fined (money) for our good deed.
Since songs are the backbone of
Bryn (Mawr tradition, the life of
the monotone here is hard. Until
this year, Undergfad’s position on
attendance at Lantern Night re-
hearsal was never clearly defined.
In my freshman year, monotones
were graciously excused from at-
tending preliminary rehearsals but
were theh urged to come and
mouth the ‘words in the back: line
during later meetings. The fact
that Lantern Night takes place in
the dark and that a back row of
miming unfortunates may not be
visible at 8:00 p.m. apparently did
Continued on Page 4, Col. 2
Mawr |.
Recalls Traditions
by Eila Hanni ’58, Finland
I have been given the task to
compare and evaluate the tradi-
tions here and in my home coun-
try. I really have to say that I
compare the traditions of Bryn
Mawr :College alone with the stu-
dent traditions of Finland as a
whole and this already shows the
first difference. Here most col-
leges and universities seen-to have
their own traditions, whereas we
back home are a national union of
students, Every student who has
passed the final high school exam-
inations and received the white cap
as a sign of this success belongs
to the same group which is united
by the student cap “festivals” if I
can call them so. Our white stu-
dent cap is rather an informal
symbol whereas the caps
gowns here only serve for formal
events.
We celebrate unofficially certain
\where-we'¢éme from or where we
study or where we used to study.
These traditional days are, above
all the first of May, or Vappu as
we call it, when, with ceremonies,
we start the student cap wearing
season, and the last of October
when we take the caps off for the
winter. Especially May Day is an
event about which all the city
knows. Student caps, balloons and
singing fill the air on the night
before May Day. In Helsinki peo-
plé gather around a statue sur-
rounded by a fountain to expect
the greatest event of the night. At
twelve o’clock midnight it happens.
Two students with a student cap in
hand wade through the ice-cold
water of the fountain to give the
cap to the ever-young symbol of
students, Havis Amanda. And the
city officials take care that nothing
too gay is done in the intoxication
of the first day of summer.
From this experience you can
see how important: May Day is for
Finnish students and for Scandi-
navian students ir’ general. There-
fore I was very happy to learn
about the May Day activities here.
The singing, dancing, and parades
made me imagine that I was on the
rocks of Kaivopuisto early May
Day morning participating in the
summer songs, listening to the
and,
national student days no .matter!.
Hanni, Finnish Exchange Student,
Here and There
welcome speech for summer, and
rejoicing with thousands of other
students. I think Bryn Mawr has
made May Day an event to remem-
ber.
The traditions which I at home
associate with student nations—
students coming from the same
area—I here associate with class
traditions. The student nation an-
niversaries correspond here to
class weekends with their manifold
activities. If student nation activ-
ities make for a closer associa-
tion of students coming from the
same area, so class activities unite
the students of the same class. I
think Junior and Freshman Shows,
Freshman Hall Plays and Arts
Nights are a very good form of
student activities bringing forth
their talents as actresses, dancers,
show directors and stage planners
and at the same time offer public
good entertainment. Every stu-
dent who feels the desire to ex-
has the opportunity to do so in
the broad and flexible framework
of these annual events.
‘Parade Nights and Lantern
Nights, on the other hand, are
more formal events whére students
are given prescribed parts merely
as representatives of the group
carrying caps and gowns, singing
the traditional songs, and, in gen-
eral, obeying the rules of the game.
No doubt the ever-repeated per-
formance of these same ceremonies
will make the participants and the
spectators feel the mystical unity
of the school and the students, but
the present will only be a link in
the chain from past to future, and
will make the little students look
up to the big school and recognize
its importance.
I am somehow more accustomed
to see the student traditions center
around clubs and little informal
meetings where exact organization
does not play such an important
part. I would rather consider cer-
tain clubs like language clubs, col-
lege theatre, soda fountain, radio
station and
clubs as carriers of school tradi-
tions than automatic, nonspontan-
eous group performances, And then
I think of the Diaper Club in my
South Osthrobothnia student na-
tion and smile.
by Naomi Cooks 758
(transfer student)
Most students at the large uni-
versities of the Midwest seem to
have a rather nebulous idea of
what life is like at an Eastern col-
lege—and especially at a “female
college”. Among the many myths
and miseonceptions (most of which
seem to have been originated by
pseudo-sophisticates returning to
good old State U. after two years
at Howcome Junior College), is
the firm and widespread belief that
the Eastern seats of higher learn-
ing are submerged in a primeval
sea of tradition which is .surround-
about this, and without much effort
came to a brief conclusion.
Unlike some institutions of Hila,
B.M. is not in the swim. Most col-
leges began with some sorts of
mud-larking and pageant-flexing
which have since transmuted their
original \impetus of clandestine
foolery and organized irreverence
to a kind of class enthusiasm for
venerable objects. The enthusiasm
fades when Worthwhile Pursuits
heave into the extra-curricular
horizon. Ambitions winds loving
arms around big sports and big
offices, and presumes that there is
Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 '
?
ed by an impenetrable forest of
ancient custom. After spending
two years at the University of
Wisconsin—one of those parvenu,
wild and woolly colleges which is
a quarter-century older than Bryn
Mawr—I decided to find out if the
ivy really was greener on the other
side of the Alleghenies, and trans-
ferred to Bryn Mawr.
Among my first impressions,
stimulated perhaps by the Gothic
architecture and the truly all-en-
veloping ivy, was this feeling of
being surrounded by and absorbed
I was not then precisely sure of
what this tradition stood for. But
after several weeks, I realized that
it was something which concerned
not only large-scale “productions”
like Lantern Night or May Day,
but which embraced even seeming-
ly insignificant, although never-
theless ever-present habits such as
holding a button when passing un-
der the railroad tracks.
Having been cautioned by solic-
itous friends “back on the farm”
to avoid becoming “affected” by
my new environment, I was deter-
mined t6 view all this custom and
tradition with a cynical eye and
restrained emotions. I thought
‘back to my days at Wisconsin with
a feeling of smug certainty that
we in the Big Ten had never in-
dulged in anything so inane and
foolish as maypole dancing or lan-
tern swinging, or wearing of aca-
demic gowns on occasions other
than graduation! It was at this
point—at the height of my scorn
for the imitation-Gothic, the ivy,
and the tea cups of Bryn Mawr—
that I one day found myself clutch-
ing a button as I walked under the
tunnel into the ville. It was then
N. Cooks, Transfer Student, Disparages Habitual Apathy
Here; Sees Significance, Meaning in College’s Traditions
a part of Wisconsin, but was be-
coming very much a part of Bryn
Mawr—and Bryn Mawr’s customs
were becoming very much a part
of me. Suddenly, thinking-of the
once-cherished traditions of Wis-
consin, I saw that they too-looked
quite foolish to me now that I was
an “outsider”. The solemn, secre-
various—--discussion *
a
tive rites of sorority initiations |
seemed like silly mumbo-jumbo;
the beloved custom of drinking
green beer and dancing in the
streets on St. Patrick’s Day ap-
peared senseless; andthe-pageant-
ry of “Senior Swingout”, when the
senior girls walk across the cam-
pus dressed in white ‘and carrying
flowers was . . . well, really quite
dull without maypoles!
I finally realized that Wisconsin,
like Bryn Mawr or any other
school, has its customs and-tradi=
tions—all of which seem quite rea- .
sonable as long as one feels him-
self to be a part of the school.
Unfortun , ds Wisconsin grew,
many of the old; campus-wide cus-
toms were abandoned—it is very
difficult to have required-and-fined-
meetings for 13,000 students. Thus,
the sororities, fraternities, and
into a long, long line of tradition.
that I realized that I was no longer
Continued on Page 4, Col. 4 E
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Page Four
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, October 30, 1957
Dr. Pierre Legouis‘
Lecture on Marvell
Is Given Thursday
Dr. Pierre Legouis, of the Uni-
versity of Besancon, gave the Class
of 1902 Lecture Thursday night in
the Ely Room. His topic was “An-
drew Marvell”.
After an introduction by Miss
Robbins, Dr. Legouis began with a
biographical summary of Marvell.
This, he said, would give one a
look at the poet’s character. He
traced Marvell’s life briefly, not-
ing particularly the poet’s different
reactions to social and political
conditions and events of his time.
' “Marvell wasn’t the sort of man
who wants a certain type of gov-
ernment to prevail at all costs,’
he said. “He simply wanted some
changes and reformation in partic-
ular places.” He was more inter-
ested in the good of all, rather
than in the prevalence of a separ-
ate doctrine.
Dr. Legouis is noted for his
books on Marvell, Donne,and Dry-
den. He considers himeslf more of
a biographer than a critic. How-
ever, he did examine Marvell’s
poetry, which he _ divided into
three groups. They were: poems
dealing with love,..noems—onre=
“figion” and poems dealing with na-
ture,
In the love poem group, Dr. Le-
gouis mentioned Marvell’s “Defin-
- ition of Love” as a good indication
of the connection between him
and Donne. “Though others influ-
enced Marvell, the features from
Donne are the most striking.” . He
He spoke of the “mathematical
and_ scientific movement of the
poem”,
Marvell’s poems dealing with re-
ligion show a “puritanism” in the
higher sense, said Dr. Legouis. It
may ‘be what one would call “aes-
theticism” now. He cited exam-
ples of two poems, showing Mar-
vell’s natural, or God-given im-
ages in a “puritan” treatment of
God and the soul.
“The most distinctive part of
Marvell’s poetry is that which
deals with nature.” But it wasn’t
to show scenery, the beauty of na-
ture ... it was from an intellec-
tual standpoint that Marvell re-
garded nature, writing “metaphys-
ical natural poetry”. As an ex-
ample of this aspect, Dr. Legouis
chose “The Garden”, “If we had
to sacrifice all of his poems but
one, it would be this one that we
would keep,” he asserted. “Noth-
ing of the time surpasses it.”
Dr. Legouis concluded by asking
the question, “Should Marvell be
considered a great poet? He may
be attaining this at the present.
time. For greatness is not only
relative to contemporaries, but also
to the attitude and ‘time of the
critic. Marvell has risen in pop-
ularity in the last thirty years,
‘so that now he is not considered
as he was in the ’20’s “one of the
charming poets of the 17th cen-
tury.” "But his’ work is rising
as a summit of English poetry .
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not enter the songmistresses’
minds.
Obviously, the success of most
B.M. traditions depends upon the
quality of the singing which is so
vitally a part of them. Yet some
students frankly do not enjoy sing-
ing; others simply are not in sym-
pathy with the general idea of tra-
dition; still others, whatever their
views on tradition, cannot afford
the time expended on song meet-
ings. These are the girls with
strong feelings “against” tradi-
tion. I am not speaking of the
indifferent crew who can take or
leave traditions (and song meet-
ings) depending on how good their
brig’ hands are after lunch. I
refer to a group, with definite
views on the subject, which has
difficulty in making its voice of-
ficially heard.
Many of these girls take part in
activities time-consuming in them-
selves—such as music - lessons,
major campus extracurricular po-
sitions, regular.paid~jobs, and yes,
even studies. Shouldn’t the girl
who comes to Bryn Mawr be free
to follow the interests of her own
choosing? Or must they be sub-
ordinated to, in this sense, prohib-
itive meeting’ ? Yet, until this
year, song meetings were heavily
fined and Bryn Mawr’s famous “‘so-
cial pressure” was actively exert-
ed.
I remember cases of! would-be
non-participants being told, “‘O.K.,
you don’t have to take part in May
Day, but keep it quiet.” Isn’t
there something wrong when a
student’s freedom of action is to
be kept under cover? Must she
always depend upon the benevol-
ent hall rep? Or is there some
need for thought about our prep-
aration for traditions as well as
about the latter itself?
A point not to be overlooked is
that while some students are op-
posed to the very idea of tradition,
many find nothing wrong with May
Day shows, etc, themselves, but
are appalled by the time. and ex-
pense going into their preparation.
“When you come to Bryn Mawr,
you don’t know what you’re letting
yourself in for, tradition-wise”, I’ve
heard a girl remark. No catalogue
tells of the near-endless song meet-
ings, the fines, the dues contribut-
ed towards financing these events
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Bryn Mawr
(eg$7. 00 per sophomore for
freshman lanterns this year). Some
students simply have no pleasure
in being in the rite eventually to
take place; the number of rehear-
sals drives them away. The only
possible solution perhaps is for
Bryn Mawrters to accelerate in
their song-learning techniques!
As long as both participating and
non-participating factions are kept
happy, fréédom of choice (without
fines) should be the rule. If, how-
ever, Lantern Night exists only
because a group of captives makes
it possible, then perhaps some ser-
ious’ revisions are needed. I am
not advocating abolishing any-
thing! Let us just remember that
the Big May Day of 30 years ago
too came under revision and evolv-
ed into its present less elaborate
form.
The point is that. all traditions
should not be regarded as one. Hell
The North Wind will blow
And we will have snow
| And warm winter coats.
Bought at JOYCE LEWIS
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
€ A . &
Week is not Junior Show. I per-
sonally am one who subscribes to
the theory that Bryn Mawrters en-
joy getting sick, tired and falling
behind in a semester’s work. It’s
fun. The class shows are a good
example of a tradition in which
only thuse “interested | participate,
with the end result being a pleas-
urable one*for the entire college.
This is how a tradition should func-
tion.
1 would like to make a plea for
greater flexibility within our so-
cial pressure—tradition system. It
should be realized that those who
enjoy May Day don’t necessarily
like Lantern Night. Let the stu-
dent be explicit about her opinions
and not, like a certain “monotone”
fear she might inadvertently burst
into song and one day be heard.
There should be more tolerance and
respect for those who don’t wish
to participate in college traditions.
Similarly campus iconoclasts are
just as guilty, if more fashionably
so, in being disdainful of those who
appreciate lantern swinging and
maypole dancing.
- Student Views On Tradition ~
COOKS
Continued from Page 3
other special-interest groups grad-
ually became the centers of the few
traditions which are still carried
on. But these customs belong now
to the groups which have adopted
them;no longer are they really
characteristic of the sprawling,
Impersonal,.JBM-controlled Uni-
versity.
Assen by an outsider riow on
the inside (a kind of imigré who
hasn’t simply come to accept may-
poles and lanterns as an inevitabil-
ity of all college life), a great part
of the special charm and appeal of
Bryn ‘Mawr, and that which makes
it different from any other college,
lies in her traditions. But it would
seem that many Bryn Mawr stu-
dents-feel more like “outsiders”:
they laugh at custom, complain bit-
terly about song meetings, and are
willing to let their charming tradi-
tions die an agonizing death in the
midst of a deafeningly-apathetic
echo of “required and fined”.
What they fail to see is that
these traditions are at the core of
might say, its pera They
symbolize values and ideals which
are an integral part of: this col-
lege. If the undergraduate body
chooses to stand “outside, looking
in”, mocking the past,—why, that
is its own affair. But once the
iball-and-chain of lantern and ivy
has ‘been cast off, who will supply
the “something of value” in its
place? Perhaps the same apathetic
undergrads will retain the tradi-
tion of griping which is now dis-
placing May Day. In that case,
there might be instituted a special
Griping Day, preferably to be held
some time during the spring, when
the entire student “body would
gather to sing Greek hymns be-
moaning the fact that Bryn Mawr
just isn’t Bryn Mawr any more
without the maypoles!
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FOX:
Continued from Page 3, Col. 2
an inherited distinction between the
reason for their existence and the
reason for activities such as (save
the mark) Lantern-Swinging. The
first class of activities needs no
explanation, it is considered. The
second is damned as the spoor of
eld and primal nonsense, whose
defenders have no better by-word
of defense than “tradition.” What
seems to be forgotten is that the
class of much-desired activities had
no moré reasonable entry into in-
stitutions of H.L, than their poor
cousins, and the proof of this is
that such institutions are by de-
finition devoted to the aggrandize-
ment of learning, not the aggrand-
izement of students, What the stu-
ents do to bless their own souls
had better all be lumped under the
-gum of What our Fathers Did Be-
fore us.
Hence my thoughts led me to
the observation that B.M. is out
of the swim, since it crustily main-
tains an indifference to momentary,
if} renumerative currents in which
bigger fish find happy hunting, and
is- convent-tu* provide “a Tair nieie
and a great hope, monotonous only
TIONS
if one has the stomach to swallow
them at a gulp. To recognize this
once a year is simple enough and
no oddity, and there’s the prime
cause of that tradition. I might go
on but, ‘‘As I sees it,” said the left-
hand neatherd, “you finds a good
hillock to hand and you puts your
own beans in ’im.”
KAISER
Continued from Page 3, Col. 1
has my greatest admiration. I am
annually given to wonder at the
species of girl college student, who,
in the middle of “paper time” can
arise at some unheard of-hour of
the morning to frolic on the grass
in a white skirt, The people who
honestly enjoy this festival are
undoubtedly to be commended and
even to be emulated as they fill
their lungs with fresh clean morn-
ing air, rather than the stale smoky
smelly air of the evening and t
smoker. They may frolic annually’
or semi-annually or not at all. They
may live in fear each year that
vandals from the neighborhood will
come and defile the site of the fes-
tivities, and each year as they feel
the renewal of the spring, I shall]
feel the renewal of a couple of
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October 31-November 2—Will Suc-
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November 3-4—Run of the Arrow
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November 5-6—The Colditz Story.
ARDMORE
October 31-November 2—Man of
1000 Faces and Gun Glory.
November 3-5—The Vampire and
The Monster That Challenged the
World.
November 6—Day of Triumph.
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October 30-November
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October 30—La Strada.
October 31-November 1-2 — Gun
Glory and Secrets of the Reef.
November 3-4—The, Buster Keaton
Story and Man of 1000 Faces.
November 5-6—Wee Geordie.
2 — Wee
ENGAGEMENTS
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Judy ‘Hornstein to Eugene §S.
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doze off. once-again after Taylor
Bell has rung.
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Political Issues At Little RON, Student
Talks, IRC Merger On Alliance Agenda
by Gail Beckman
The Alliance schedule for the
coming weeks is full. On November
5, Maurice Rosenblatt will speak
on “The Political Implications of
the Little Rock Crisis.” The meet-
ing will take place in the Common
Room at 8:30,
It has recently been a policy of
the Alliance to try to tap the stu-
dent, professor, and staff resources
of Bryn Mawr. Two such speakers
are scheduled for the near future.
On Thursday, Oct. 31, Mary Ellen
Smith will discuss “British: Atti-
tudes Toward America.” The pre-
cise time and place will be an-
nounced later. Charlotte (Graves)
Paton, President of the Alliance in
1956-57, will sdon speak on the
Federal Security Loyalty Sys-
tem.” Both topics should be quite
,interesting to many sections of the
student body.
Some comment has been raised
about the value of the proposed
Bryn. Mawr-Haverford-Swarthmore
Union of the IRC. It might, there-
fore, be well to examine more
wt enna +h: tn duan a wehialh hLa-~
Vat
Tawe we nese
NECRG Wate aS Wy iro w~
toured most of the clubs on cam-
pus. There was a time when it
was fashionable or at least con-
sidered correct for Bryn Mawr
College clubs to be self-sufficient—
in the sense of being founded by,
supported by and run entirely for
Bryn Mawr girls. In more recent
years, ‘however, many _ clubs
have found it wise to consoli-
date with similar organizations on
other campuses. (One might ask
if this were a reflection of the
current interest in international-
ism and international cooperation
or an evidence of less student, in-
terest gn extra-curricular activities.
In either case, the trend does
exist). A glance at the long list
of these “mergers” is, therefore
enlightening: WBMC, College
Theatre, Revue, Debate Team,
German Club, and IRC. Temporary
co-ed co-operation is also utilized
for some athletic events or enter-
tainments (Arts Night or the AA
fireplace).
There are undoubtedly some who
still maintain ,that a club on the
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Bryn Mawr campus should be self-
contained. Nevertheless, the opin-
ion of more and more who have
been engaged in the extra-curricu-
lar life on campus is that this co-
operation may be almost the only
solution for clubs wishing to sur-
vive the competition of weekends
away and to have anything more
than a passive membership. Besides
having this inherent desire for
survival, merged clubs — recognize
the intrinsic advantages to be gain-
ed from co-operation. Inter-college
organizations would ‘provide more
opportunities for publicity, student
support, speakers, “spontaneous”
activities, and interchange of ideas,
The main problems are transporta-
tion and co-ordination of schedules
between the colleges. It is evident
though from the numerous still
existent experiments in inter-col-
leigate work that such problems
can be solved.
Another aspect of this situation
is the problem of which colleges
‘in the neighborhood should work
together. Vasally it is Bryn Mawr
am
Wr ea we sont ~
occasionally, joined by Swarthmore
as during the 1957 Democratic
Campaign or as in the present IRC
merger. One glance at the map of
the area, however, will serve to
illustrate that the University of
Pennsylvania, Temple, St. Joseph’s,
Rosemont and numerous other ac-
tive campuses are—if not nedrer—
surely not too much farther away
relatively speaking. If friendly re-
lations can exist between them on
a social level (as in many cases
they do), why aren’t they appar-
ent on a more serious level? This
question of inter-collegiate organ-
izational co-ordination can be con-
densed into two new questions:
1. Why aren’t more of the clubs
already engaged in working with
other colleges?
2. Why doesn’t Bryn Mawr
work with more of the other col-
leges in the area?
CARPENTER
Continued from Page 1
glance this idea seems ridiculous,
but it may be the truth: Homer
implies in the Odyssey that wheels
could have a chassis put on them,
and it may well have been the dis-
covery of the wheel added to a
horse-drawn cart which made the
Mycenean civilization supreme in
Greece.
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Page Six
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, October 30, 1957
‘Are We Headed For A Depression?’
Topic Of Mister Baratz’s Discussion
On October 28, Mr. Morton
Baratz, Bryn Mawr’s new member
of the Economics Department, gave
a talk in the Commons *Room on
the topic: “Are we headed for a
Depression?” After a definition of
a depression and a glance at the
four major factors which play a
role in economic cycles, Mr. Baratz
went on to the long-range effects}ceipts might bring about a sudden
which the present situation could
involve.
A depression, he explained, is a
decrease in the gross national
product, with a corresponding de
cline in employment. The four ele-
ments which affect this are the con-
sumption expenditures (durable and
non-durable), private
situation.
investment | nection, our exports have been con-
(in plants, equipment ,homes, etc.),|Siderably ahead of. our imports
The government expenditures
are, in contrast, relatively high.
Calendar
.|Thursday, October 31
7:30 p.m,, Reverend Robert Mont-
gomery of Princeton will speak.
Art Lecture Room, Library.
Though the present administration| Friday, November 1
has tried to advocate a low budget,
2:00 p.m., Bryn Mawr chorus
it has not succeeded very well—|sings with the Philadelphia Orch-
especially, in the light of Sputnik.
estra.
Academy of Music. Repeat
In the same vein, the state and|performance, Sat. evening.
local governments’ are spending
regularly. Here, a drop in tax re-
change, in contrast to the federal
Lastly, the foreign sales are not
to be overlooked. Just as the sales
abroad affect us favorably, so the
Sattrday, November 2
Alumnae weekend begins.
2:00 p.m., Cornerstone laying of
new Biology Building at Park Hali.
Sunday, November 3
7:30 p.m., Chapel service, Music
Room, Goodhart.
products we import tend to absorb|Monday, November 4
the funds which might have gone
7:15 p.m., Current Events, Com-
into domestic products, In this con-|mon Room.
8:30 p.m., Class of 1902 Lecture.
Mr. Derk Bodde will speak. Good-
Bureau of Recommendations
Job Notices
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
.. MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA...
JOBS IN THE INTERNATIONAL
FIELD
A conference will be held on
Wednesday, November 6th, from
4 to 6 p.m. Please leave your name
at the Bureau of Recommendations
if you would like a ride to town.
Reminder
The Federal Civil Service: Appli-
cations for t November 16th
examination close this Thursday,
hart Hall.
Tuesday, November 5
8:30 p.m., Mr. Maurice Rosen-
blatt will talk on “The Political
Implications of the Little Rock
Crisis.” .Common Room.
October 31st. Cards and booklets
at the Bureau. American citizens
only. Open to Juniors as well as
Seniors and Graduate Students.
The November examination will
be the only one given at the col-
lege this year. Students wishing
to take a later one may go to Phil-
adelphia or to the centers near
where they live.
Odd Jobs now Open: Please see
Mrs. Dudley unless otherwise indi-
cated.
On Campus
Deanery: Student to type menus,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
Come at 10:30 a.m. Takes abput an
hour. $.75 an hour.
Sales Agencies
Wanted: A bridge-playing stud-
ent to sell a new form of duplicate
_|boards. Good commission.
federal government spending, and
the net foreign investment, which
equals the export minus the import.
If one or more of these factors
rise then the national economy will
naturally be affected.
As far as the consumption ex-
penditures are concerned, there has
been a leveling off in the past five
months in some sales, a modest |
~aéeliné’ ‘im “Others. “Car ‘and televi-
sion sales, for instance, have been
diminishing rapidly. Goods are sell-
ing at slashed rates. (“No one buys
retail any more.”) However, as
Mr. Baratz was quick to point out,
these figures are’stated in terms of
current prices; the rise in expend-
iturés in services are a reflection
upon the accompanying rise in
prices.
The investment picture, too, is
somewhat unfavorable. Housing
production, for instance, is con-
siderably below average. Compan-
ies are curbing their investment in
machinery and equipment; this in-
dicates to some extent the drop in
sales. Business failures, with its,
peak in February-March, 1957, are
“high.
The Reverend Robert P. Mont-
gomery will speak tomorrow
night at 7:30 in the art-lecture
room, His topic will be ‘“Re-
ligion and Psychiatry.”
since 1934—a favorable condition.
However, there has been a sharp
Events in Philadelphia
drop in exports recently, because THEATRE
of the inflation abroad.
What are the prospects for the
future? According to Mr. Baratz,
Forrest: “Nude With Violin” opened Monday for two weeks; Noel
Coward makes first Philadelphia stage appearance in his own
comedy, a spoof of modern art.
though we are in for a “recession Walnut: “Farblonjet Honeymoon” opened Monday for one week; Molly
of a certain magnitude,” greater
Picon in American-Yiddish musical comedy.
than the 1958-54 one, it is not asi gonybert: “Rumple” Phillips-Reardon-Schweikert musical with Eddie
serious as the slump in : 1948-49, | | =
atid certainly not equal to the 19297 N AUSIC
Boris Christoff: Bulgarian basso in recital Tuesday, October 29.
catastrophe, This “in-between” re-
_Fav._Gratchon_Wvler_and Stenhen Douglas. final week _
ret cwterias
cession could happen; on the other) phijadelphia Orchestra Student Concert: Maria Tallchief and Andre
hand, a drastic change in govern-
ment policy, or a “little war” could
offset every prediction.
In case a recession does occur
what can be done? It is doubtful
that it would develop into a full-
size depression because of the fed-
eral government support. The gov-
ernment is compelled to take steps
to allay or cure such a relapse, re-
gardless of its policy. The only
problem is that of timing. The
administration cannot move too fast
instead it must wait until the prob-
lem has developed sufficiently to do
something, but not. until it is past
control, Here, in contrast to 1929,
when the laissez faire attitude pre-
vailed, public opinion backs up
guest stars, Ormandy conducting, Wednesday,
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* Egilevsky, dancers,
October 30.
“Norma”: Philadelphia Grand Opera stars Anita Cerquetti, Nell
Rankin, Thelma Votipka, Walter Fredericks, Thursday, October 31
Philadelphia Orchestra: All-Bach program ‘featuring pianist Agi
Jambor, with Three-College Chorus, Ormandy conducting. Friday
afternoon and Saturday evening, November 1 and 2.
MOVIES
Viking: “Time Limit,” prisoner-of-war drama, Richard “Widmark
Richard Basehart.
Green Hill: “Town on Trial,” British police drama, John Mills, Barbara
Bates.
Goldman: “Operation Mad Ball,” comedy of U. S. Army hospital unit
in France, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs.
‘Mastbaum: “Hunch Back of Notre Dame,” remake of Hugo classic,
Anthony Quinn, Gina Lollobrigida.
Studio: “‘Mademoiselle ‘Striptease,’
Brigitte Bardot.
French comedy, Daniel Gelin,
The Wembley sweater agency is
still open.
Off Campus
Shipley School Bells still open.
i, Friday evenings, 7:30 to
10:00.
2. Saturday evenings, 7:30 to
10:00.
$.75 an hour.
Jobs for Next Year: Please see
Mrs. Crenshaw.
First Teaching Position of the
Year: Day School in New York.
Upper School Biology and Chem.”
istry. $3000 for a beginner.
Harvard Medical Center: Chem.
istry and Biology majors as re-
search assistants. Positions open
in June and September. Unusual
need this year. Salaries not stated.
Allied Stores Corporation, New
York. Executive trainees at $300
to $325 a month ,according to sum-
mer experience—or lack of experi-
ence,
“There are Careers for Women
in the Episcopal Church.” This
booklet may be consulted in the
Bureau Reading Room.
government intercession.
Mr. Baratz concluded his talk by
saying that although we are not
in for a major depression, the busi-
ness cycle is by no means elimin-,
ated, and must always be taken
into consideration.
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