Some items in the TriCollege Libraries Digital Collections may be under copyright. Copyright information may be available in the Rights Status field listed in this item record (below). Ultimate responsibility for assessing copyright status and for securing any necessary permission rests exclusively with the user. Please see the Reproductions and Access page for more information.
f{
VOL. XLII, NO. 19
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1957
© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1957
PRICE 20 CENTS
Faculty Appointments, Promotions,
Leaves of Absence
New faculty appointments, leaves
of absence and promotions for next
year have been announced by the
Administration.
In Chemistry, Frank Mallory,
presently candidate for the Ph.D.
at the California Institute of Tech-
nology, has been appointed Assist-
ant Professor. Joseph Varindy,
now Assistant Professor at Lafay-
ette College, will be Lecturer in
Chemistry.
Alexander Cambitoglou, Assist-
ant Professor at the University of
Mississippi, has been appointed
Assistant Professor in Classical
Archaelogy.’ In English, . Samuel
Chew, Professor Emeritus of Eng-
lish Literature and formerly Chair-
man of the English Department at
Bryn Mawr, will be Visiting Pro-
fe3sor. Marilyn J. Denton, candi-
date for the Ph. D. at the Univer-
_ sity of Wisconsin, has been ap-
pointed Instructor in English. |
In_ French, Michel. Guggenheim,
Assistant Professor at Georgetown
University, has been - appointed
Assistant Professor here. M. E.
Bitterman, presently at the Insti-
tute for Advanced Study at Prince-
ton, will be Associate Professor of
Psychology.
Appointments for the year 1957-
58 which have been made previous-
ly are those of: Morton S. Baratz
(Assistamt Professor at Haverford)
as Associate Professor in Econom-
ics, and Madame Agi Jambor as
Lecturer in Music and Miss Sylvia
Kenney as Assistant Professor in
the same department.
Leaves of absence for 1957-58 are
the following: History of Art,
Alexander Soper, Semester II;
Philosophy—Jose Ferrater Mora,
Semester II; Chemistry—Mrs. E.
Berliner, .Semesters I and _ MII;
George Zimmerman, Semesters I
Are Announced
and II; Psychology—Donald Brown,
Semesters I and II; English—War-
ner Berthoff, Semesters I and II.
Mr. Berthoff has received a Ful-
bright award and will teach at the
Universities of Messina and Ca-
tania in Sicily.
Faculty promotions
made in
‘January 1957 are: Joshua Hubbard, | -
Economics, to the Professorship;
Bettina Linn, English, to the Pro-
fessorship; Katherine Lower, Social
Economy, to the Professorship and
appointed Director of the Depart-
ment; Warner Berthoff, English, to
the Associate Professorship; Don-
ald Brown, Psychology, to the
Associate Professorship; Robert
Davidon, Psychology, to the Asso-
ciate Professorship; Raymond
Betts, History, to the Assistant
Professorship; Robert Butman,
English, to the, Assistant Profess-
q
orship.
LegislatureMeeting
To Weigh Changes
There will be a meeting of the
Legislature Wednesday, April 24,
at 7:15 in the Common Room.
Two measures will be brought up
for consideration, both of which
amend the Undergrad Constitution.
The first will provide for a per-
manent Legislature chairman; at
the present time that body has no
recognized head, and its meetings
are chaired by the president of the
organization bringing business be-
fore it.
The second proposal will give
members of the Undergrad Advis-
ory Board voting powers in the
Legislature.
The meeting will be open, al-
though voting members are re-
quired to attend.
Creese Discusses Modern Educational
Systems; Their Evolution And Problems
Dr. James Creese, President of
Drexel Institute of Technology,
spoke on “The Modern Environ-
ment of Education” at the Gradu-
ate Fellowship Assembly, last
Wednesday noon in Goodhart.
‘“Tf education is a business, it is
one of the-strangest in the world.
People pay for the goods and then
refuse to. take them.” But, although
Dr. Creese does not consider edu-
tion a business its advances have
been closely linked with pro-
gress in the busi and scientific
worlds—such upheavals. as the In-
dustrial. Revolution have brought
modern educational systems into
existence,
The problems facing education
(among them the relation of col-
leges and universities to their com-
munities, their autonomy) have
continued the same in all the coun-
' tries of the world and im all ages.
In sixteenth century Britain, there
was particular focus on the con-
flict. between traditionalism and the
new discoveries in the sciences and
other fields. As the exponent of
stability, Coke commanded a wide
audience, but the revolutionary
ideas of Bacon, who envisaged the
“organization of knowledge on a
great scale”—the. improvement of
working methods so that men
might have leisure, have had the
most profound influence on our
society and educational systems.
The Industrial - Revolution, the
outcome of -Bacon’s idea, has
anged the thought of the world,
has created a surplus of time and
wealth, and has freed young people
from work. And, as 4 result of this
revolution has come about one of
the “most startling and exciting
events in history”: the recent cre-
ation of the vast public school sys-
tems. Dr. Creese_labeled the leap-
ing increase seonay school
enrollment “sobering” to col-
lege admimistrators, and stated
that today’s college freshman is
not so well prepared as he was ten
years ago, largely due to the num-
bers now flooding the schools. .
The most striking advance
in technical education has been
seen in Russia (recently visit-
ed by Dr. Creese) during the past
30 years — the Russians have
firmly grasped Bacon’s principle
and established “a very ~close~re-
lationship betwen their educational
institutions and their expert. in-
dustries. The University of Mos-
cow is held up as a goal to all
young people in Russia; it has be-
come, stated Dr. Creese, the “cap-
itol building” of ‘“Russia’s new
technological. age. Dr. Creese did
not suggest that we imitate Rus-
sia’s new system, but wondered if
it might not be stronger than ours.
The solution of these problems
must be found close to home. And
the present challenge to education
can only be dealt with here: how
to relate the “enormous forces” of
democracy and industry so that
they may “strengthen and amplify
each other.” ;
‘Several Essays Into The Startling And Unusual’ Create
Varied And ‘Different’ Arts Night; Sets Rated Outstanding
Arts Night: “Back to Trinidad”
Fulbright Awards
To Sutter, Colebob
Paul Sutter ’57, and Carole
Colebob ’57 have received Fulbright
grants for study in Europe next
year.
The grants, from the United
States government as provided for
by the Fulbright Act, include
transportation to and from the
place of study, and provide for
tuition, books, and maintenance al-
lowance. Of the 12,000 applications
which are made each year, only
1,000 Fulbrights are granted. .
At the University of Vienna,
Paula will study central European
history, centered around the for-
mer Hapsburg monarchy, and the
succession states, such as Austria
and ‘Czechoslovakia. She hopes
eventually to teach in this field.
Paula, a history major, was vice-
president and acting president of
her class as a junior, a member of
the editorial board of the Bryn
Mawr-Haverford Revue, and pres-
ident of Radnor Hall this year.
Carole Colebob’s Fulbright Award
will take her to the University of
London next year to study mathe-
matics.
The Merion senior has been a
math major at Bryn Mawr and
has also worked in mathematics
during the past two summers, at
Westinghouse Research and at the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company.
Carole plans to leave for England
on the first of September.
Guthrie To Speak
Wednesday Night
“The Rational and Irrational in
Greek Thought: Empedocles” ‘is the
title of the Lily Ross- Taylor Lee-|
ture to be given by W. C..K. Guth-
rie at 8:30 p.m.,.Wednesday, April
17, in the Ely Room Wyndham. Mr.
Guthrie is a Fellow of Peterhouse,
Cambridge, the Laurence Professor
of Ancient Philosophy at Cam-
bridge and holds® the position of
Public Orator for the university.
His publications include two
books: eeks_and Their. Gods.
and Orpheus and Greek Religion.
He has been especially interested
in work concerning the cult of
Orphism. Readers of Dodd’s book
on The Greeks and the Irrational.
will, Mrs. Michels suggested, find
the lecture interesting and it should
Program Planned
To Honor Jiminez
Plans for a_ special program
honoring the Spanish poet and re-
cent Nobel Prize winner, Juan
Ramon Jimenez, to be held on
Tuesday evening ,April 23, in the
Common Room, have been announc-
ed by the Spanish Club and Spanish
Department.
A highlight of the program will
be the reading of Juan Ramon
Jimenez’s poetry in the original
text which will be followed by Pro-
fessor Mario Maurin’s reading his
own French translations of Jim-
enez’s poems. The third part of
the program will consist of English
translations (by W. S. Merwin) of
the poetry which will be read by
Professor Warner B. Berthoff.
An added feature of the even-
ing will be an open discussion in
English of Jimenez and his poetry
led by Professors Juan Marichal,
Jose Ferrata Mora, Mario Maurin
and Warner B. Berthoff.
1902 Lecture Will
Be On Education
“Education in a Democracy .. .
What is it?” will be Joel H. Hil-
debrand’s topic for the 1902 Lec-
ture to be held Thursday evening,
April 18, in Park. Mr. Hildebrand.
past president of the American
Chemical -Society and past member
of the President’s Commission on
Education, is a Professor Emeritus
at the University of California.
‘Education is a matter of great
concern to him, “Mr. Hildebrand,
a highly respected chemist, is one
adjustment and how-to-get-along
kind of education being dished up
by some of the nation’s schools and
teachers’ colleges,” states Time
Magazine, April 8 issue, in an ar-
ticle giving Mr. Hildebrand’s view
on a recently published guide for
teachers. ‘
Also recently published is a sam-
ple of Mr. Hildebrand’s“owf work
—Science in the Making. The book
explains the scientist’s method in
solving problems, illustrated by
Mr. Hildebrand’s system in extend-
ing the solubility theory. He be-
lieves the “scientific method” is
highly over-rated, that the scien-
appeal to any student of literature,
history or philosophy.
tist achieves success by his own
© | ginning
dition.
Ed. note: Arts Night is re
viewed in 8 sections.
by Eleanor Winsor
Arts Night, “a student program
of drama, dance and music”, was
presented by a somewhat spurious
Arts Council Friday evening, April
12, in the Cornelia Otis Skinner
Workshop. Contrary to the usual
vagueness surrounding the annua]
Arts Night and the obscurity of
its origin, a blaze of publicity be-
several months
taking to the attention of the cam-
pus,
The audience was pleased, there-
S| fore, although not surprised to
receive all they had bargained for
in the way of a varied program,
outstanding Stage effects ard sev-
eral essays into the startling and
unusual,
One of these was certainly the
mock-symposium of “professorial
voices in facetious comment on the
nature and use of art. The device
served not so much its function of
tying Arts Night together as that
of informing the audience that this
Arts. Night was different. For
this prelude also introduced the
two messengers, A. Lank and M.
Smith. Of Gilbert and Sullivan
charm in appearance, they 'pro-
vided useful means of overcoming
Skinner’s technica] handicaps.
The program, being well alrang-
ed, treated us to several excellent
selections, before the first piece of
so-called drama in the shape of a
witty, sophisticated Dorothy Par-
ker skit called “Well Here We
Are.” As the satirized honey-
mooners, L. Levitt and D, Nowlis
provided excellent comic reli ;
their acting fulfilled the potential-
ities of the script; however, one
wonders. why our own literary en-
ergies never turn to this type of
writing instead of to the deep, seri-
ous works which ordinarily appear,
Such a performance of light wit
might have more point if the wit
did not have to be imported: from
a familiar source. -
C. Horton’s play “An Obliging
Love” was familiar to many from
its previous publication in the Re-
vue and therefore was an appro-
priate challenge for Arts Night.
To appreciate the play fully one
must have a real taste for Miss
Horton’s extravagant and often
lovely metaphor, the most original
feature of her work. The ability of
this cast. to transmit appreciably
the quality of the poetry they had
in hand was dubious. The drama-
tic performance was adequate, al-
though not electrifying; it did not
add much. to the understanding of
the play. .
Perhaps the visual triumph of
the evening were the beautiful and
-ofthetartest_critics_of the life-| outstanding sets designed by Ann —
Vanderpool. For a_ production,
whose purpose is a vital contem-
porary and avant garde spirit, it is
fitting that the stage settings
should be in the best modern tra-_
The use: of properties to
vary the main backdrop was re-
sourceful and increased the range
of the numbers. Especially ef-
fective was the violet lighting on
the wheel and the calypso dance,
and the background for Ako Hase- .
be’s solo was as lovely and ‘sim
ple as her dancing. -. oe,
- Credit: goes to the Director, As-
sistant Director, Stage Manager
and staff for an attempt to revi-
talize a fine tradition. :
ingenuity and determination.
‘Continued on Page 4, Column 4
An aie 1 nampa en
Te We
aE: dame
Wednesday, April 17, 1957
THE COLLEGE NEWS
FOUNDED IN 191477.
Published weekly during the College Year (except during
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examina-
an ~ tion weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore
F "Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College.
The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears
in it may be reprinted wholly or in part rapes — of the Editor-in-Chief.
EDITORIAL
Bdlter-ln-Chief .. once ccc ccs cc ence cress ocesceesersees Anna Kisselgoff, ‘58
Copy Bdlter 0... cece tec c tec e ents enc ceneveesecacroes Patty Page, ‘58
Managing Editor ........%..--eseecseeeeercresereeereress Debby Ham, ‘59
Make-up Editor .........60scesseteeeeenserereneerese Eleanor Winsor, ‘59
Member-at-Large .........::-ccrerseseeceseereeseeutes Rita Rubinstein, ‘59
, EDITORIAL. STAFF
Ann Barthelmes, ‘58; Miriam Beames, ‘59; Lynn Deming, ‘59; Betsy Gott, ‘58;
Sue Harris, ‘60; Gretchen Jessup, ‘58; Elizabeth Rennolds, ‘59; Sue Schapiro, ‘60
(music reporter); Dodie Stimpson, ‘58; Jana Varlejs, ‘60; Helene Valabregue, ‘58.
a BUSINESS STAFF
Elizabeth Cox, ‘60; Judy Davis, ‘59; Ruth Levin, ‘59; Emily Meyer, ‘60.
COPY STAFF on
Margaret Hall, ‘59
eC RE REE GB At 8 BM Be B20 Dah tdi aan
Staff Photographer
Staff Artist
Business Manager
Associate Business Manager
Subcription Manager
Subscription Board: Judith Beck, ‘59; Pat Cain, ‘59; :
Collins, ‘59; Elise Cummings, ‘59; Sue’ Flory, ‘59; Faith Kessel, ‘59;
Simpson, ‘59; Lucy Wales, ‘59; Sally Wise, ‘57.
$4.00. Subscription may begin at any time.
under the Act
eeeeeseeesereareegegeserere?
Jane*Lewis, ‘59
Jane Levy, ‘59
a
vee ere ener ae cea Be Me I Ge das Mh Moda de? ih Dh dic abta Ath velba dices
eee eee eees eee Shes tnee esse es
Ruth
Subscription, $3.50. Mailing price, >
Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office,
of March 3, 1879.
Kast House: An Upperclass Dorm
Bryn Mawr is hall oriented, i.e., people tend to depend
on their dormitories for fulfillment of all their various needs
as “social animals.’ This is indubitably advantageous in
Bryn Mawr dorms which integrate all classes. Hence with
class distinctions minimized, community living is emphasized.
We believe that any living unit segregating a small num-
-ber of members of one class is basically contradictory to the
_Bryn Mawr residential.system.and unfair to the individuals
involved. We object.to the use of East House as a freshman
dorm. This ‘is the third year that freshmen have been ac-
commodated in this manner ; we feel that definite steps should
_ be taken now to make this the last year. We are aware of the
conditions that created the need for East House and realize
that the administration has tried to avoid using this college
property as a “freshman house”. :
We do not deny the fact that there are certain advantag-
es to living in a small house among 15 over a large impersonal
dorm among 70. Naturally this is the opportunity to get to
know a-few people really well. ‘But while this may be desir-
able for students who want a change from dormitory life,
there are disadvantages for the freshmen. One is isolated
from one’s class and other classes and the “voice of experi-
ence” in the form of upperclass criticism and advice can be
an invaluable aid to the freshmen.. One is isolated from the
pulse of campus activity, that nebulous “climate of thought
and opinion” that characterizes a college and with which one
should be acquainted as a freshman. And since these years
are notably times to explore new situations and experiences,
why should one be restricted in a living situation?
We will not deny the fact that there are conceivable ad-
vantageous to an off-campus house; but we do say it should
be the perogative of the individual to choose that mode of
living which she prefers. This choice should not be made for
the freshman because she filed application at a somewhat
later date. We feel that living in these off-campus accommo-
dations should be restricted to those who have experienced
conventional college dorm life and who can then make an in-
&
telligent choice. The upperclass system currently being used |
in Wynham is highly preferable to the freshman house al-
ternative for East House.
No Comment
On Wednesday, April 10, the Hygiene exam was given at exactly
8:00 to 9:30 P.M. ;
Opportunities In The State Dept.
A representative from the State Department visited the
Bryn Mawr campus today to speak on career opportunities
in the U. S. foreign service. Although the gentleman’s re-
marks were, in some respects, encouraging, a glance at cur-
rent headlines causes us to have qualms about just what is
happening to our diplomatic corps. :
-We are particularly upset about the appointment by
President Eisenhower of Scott McLeod as ambassador to Ire-
land. McLeod is an avowed McCarthyite, closely associated
_ with, if not heavily responsible for, the lowering of foreign
service morale during his job as security head in the State
~~ Department. It has been the opinion of many for a long
time that McLeod’s handling of security problems warranted
_.....his-discharge.__Reportedly, even Secretary Dulles wished to
_ have McLeod dismissed or nsferred. If McLeod’s-new~ap=
pointment is a means of “kicking him upstairs”, then our
ambassadorial qualifications have reached a new low.
In other recent cases, envoyships have gone to men of
political appointees, and curiously enough, to those
the language of the country to which they
Career-men have been quietly by-passed in an
large number ointments. McLeod is not
even a political in the sense of having contributed
Seco Dee ee tials os “Gpportunitios in: the State
2 our own conclusic :
ie can be the following: to become an ambas-
a , (2) wave a banner at
. in August) and (3)
the States’ desperate but ignored need
; n
of » troubled world.
|—a quality usually lacking in the
side of the situation lies in
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Pearls
By
“Gentlemen:
“Are you tired of Elvis? Are you
appalled by ‘I like Elvis’ publicity,
and the way in which Presley and
his ilk are permeating the fabric
of American life? Of course you
are, because you like music.”
Thus begins an impassioned let-
ter, which is posted on the Music
bulletin board in Goodhart, from
a young man at Yale who seeming-
ly has become tired of it all. Feel-
ing that the purely negative stand
taken iby the wearers of “I Hate
Elvis” buttons lacks the necessary
constructive criticism, he advocates
supporting the cause of Ludwig.
“Now people who prefer music
to noise are reacting to these dark
ages. Fire is being fought with
fire. A group of college students
have begun a nationwide ‘I like
Ludwig’ button campaign, Ludwig
von Beethoven is making a come-
back.”
According to this authority “I
Like Ludwig” buttons are replacing
Elvis and Pogo buttons on Yale
coat lapels as well-as on those of
students and professors at Colum-
bia, New York Univerity, Harvard,
Before - - -
Patty Page
Williams, Amherst, City College of
New York, William and Mary and
other colleges as well as high
schools. ;
This is all very edifying, of
course, and all that—but. The latest
fashion in buttons comes in a
slightly larger size and more mod-
est colors than the blatant yellow
ones which proudly proclaimed the
wearer’s staunch support of Pogo.
The Ludwig buttons are white
printed in black with what looks
like a newsprint photo of a draw-
ing of Beethoven. Beneath is writ-
ten in black “I Like Ludwig.”
The whole movement is based
on intellectual snob appeal and so
what could be more appropriate
than the: ultra-conservative cam-
paign colors of black and white?
However, we are getting a little
tired of the rapid .succession of
campaigns and deluges of buttons.
If this latest campaign is truly an
intellectual revolt against the
cruder elements, why can’t it be
conducted in a more refined man-
ner?! Why must the enemy’s tactics
be employed?!
@
by Martha Bridge
The chamber music concert pre-
sented on Sunday afternoon by a
group of Bryn Mawr and Haverford
students was amateur in the best
sense of the word. The atmosphere
was intimate, at least in contrast
to the echoing vaults. of Goodhart
auditorium, and the music room
somehow gained in attractiveness
in the cold, fading afternoon sun-
light. All this may seem irrele-
vant to the music, but actually it
contributed to the mood in which
the audience heard the perform-
ance, There was a certain ease
and enjoyment in both the playing
and the receiving of this concert
professional setting.
Of course, the relaxed attitude
of the listener was in good meas-
ure due to the fact that the per-
formers ‘were all possessed of a
modicum of technica] facility. There
was no agonizing or patronizing
tolerance required of the audience.
The most uniformly excellent of
the program’s three offerings was
the Haydn trio for two flutes ajid
cello. The cellist, Dorothy Reich-
enberger, gave a distinguished per-
formance—the kind of sure-finger-
ed, round-toned chamber music
playing that is required in an es-.
sentially non-featured part. Betsy
Johnson and Ann Lackritz brought
to the flute parts attractive tones
and considerable agility. If the
tempo was a bit-wobbly at times,
it was compensated for by the gen-
uine charm of the group’s approach
to the music, particularly in the
chattering quality of the Vivace.
Eleanor Childs, accompanied by
Terry Elsom at the piano, sang
three songs for soprano. Miss
BMC-Haverford Chamber Music Concert
Creates Relaxed, Intimate Atmosphere
| Childs has a lovely voice and a
natural feeling for vocal coloring.
She was particularly appealing in
singing Fauré’s Aprés un Réve, In
Haydn’s My Mother Bids Me Bind
My Hair and Ah, Ich Fuhl’s by Mo-
zart, she was hampered by indis-
tinct diction. Miss Child’s faults
are of a technical character, and
with further training she cannot
fail to show her musicianship.
The Bryn Mawr - Haverford
Chamber Orchestra finished the
program with Bach’s Brandenburg
Concerto No. 5 in D, for piano.
flute, and violin.
This reviewer is pleased to re-
port that, with the exception of a
certain lack of unanimity in mat-
ters of intonation, the orchestra,
under the direction of Dr. William
Reese, played with verve and
warmth and a commendable de-
gree of dynamic contrast. In fact,
the orchestra quite outdid the so-
loists, all three of whom, we has-
ten to add, acquitted themselves
admirably. Evelyn White handled
the piano solos with proficiency,
Barbara Booth played the violin
part energetically, and Jennifer
McShane, although somewhat ov-
erpowered by the volume of her
colleagues, soared smoothly and
gracefully in the difficult allegro
passages. On the whole, the ama-
teur quality of the performance
seemed in keeping with the spirit
of the music.
The concert was a really pleas-
ant. experience for a devotee of
chamber music. It was also a fine
example of the positive virtues of
amateur musicianship, in the close-
ness between audience and per-
former which Sunday’s concert
seemed to foster. /
|—bysMartha Bridge and. ° |
Joan Parker
“Who are the leading intellect-
ual, artistic, and esthetical influ-
ences on the p 1 generation of
students ?” os ;
In “an attempt to answer this
question, “The Nation” published
an article in its March: 9th issue
in which professors at 16 American
universities analyzed their stu-
dents’ reading and thinking pat-
terns. No woman’s college was rep-
resented, and the opinions were
presented strictly from the pro-
Leading “Contemporary Influences’? At BMC
Will Be Determined Through Questionnaire
There is definite interest on this
‘campus ta determiling” ie Texaing?
contemporary influences on Bryn
Mawr students. For this purpose a
questionnaire will be circulated to
the college this week. We hope that
every student will cooperate in
answering this questionnaire, for|
, if nt i| a4
if the results are ‘si
they will be only with the help of
everyone—they should be of inter-
est to the entire college, as well
a sto others. We also hope that
the process of answering these
questions ‘will incidentally provide
an opportunity for personal evalu-
fessors’ point of view.
ation.
Letter To The Editor
Anti-Classicist Says
Long Live the Kelpy
Madame,
Regarding the Kelpie (i.e. Kel-
py). Despite a warm respect for
the solid Scott, of whom my great-
uncle Robert used to speak, I feel
that any sweeping discrediting of
the modern symbolizm and the del-
icate valance in internal half-rhyme
shown by
“Jaws dripping with
BLOOD and with GHOUL”
is to be deplored. Is our literary
viewpoint to be Hume-hewn and
thwarted. by the stodgy classicist?
This is the ultimate fringe of in-
finity. Who will step forward
from the ranks, the files and the
fretwork? Who will defend and/or
upend our radical-changing inde-
pendence in the era of bang and
blab?
Who indeed?
Benita H. Bendon ’59
Beames Lost Faith
In Lost and Found
At present, Lost and Found is
about as defunct as an institution
can get around Bryn Mawr. Al-
though it is open for fifteen min-
utes five days a week (1:45 to
2:00), it is not infrequent that no
one comes, and during the past
week I have had only one customer.
Where this lack of interest comes
from I cannot deterniine, since
Lost and... Found...contains+- many
valuable articles, which I’m certain
their owners must want. Some of
them even have name tapes, but
although I’ve promptly sent notes
to the owners, many of them have
failed to appear. One case bothers _
me especially—I’ve had a heavy
winter coat for several months and
have sent the owner two notes, but
nothing has happened.
Of course, this disregard of
Lost and Found works both ways:
very seldom does any one bring me
a lost item they’ve found, and I
can only é¢ollect from the janitors
in the various buildings. With such
a complete oblivion surrounding it,
Lost and Found cannot be either
efficient or effective, and although
it would seem to be a necessary
institution, I would recommend
that it be abolished unless some
new interest is shown.
In case someone may be in total
ignorance, I will outline how Lost
and Found operates. It is located
in Taylor basement by the Bureau
of Recommendations, and although
it is only open from 1:45 to 2:00,
I’ve placed a list on the door so
that a student may come down at
any time and sign her name and @
description of the lost article. If
it comes in, I send her a note by
campus mail. A fine of five cents
is charged for each claimed item.
Also, a basket is placed outside the
door of Lost and Found, where stu-
dents may deposit anything they’ve
found. “In case of an emergency,
please get in touch with me in
Pem East, and I'll gladly open
Lost and Found for you. -
Sincerely,
Miriam Beames
Campus Head of Lost and Found
The News is pleased to an-
nounce the election of Barbara
B&ome ’60 and Sue Goodman
60 to its editorial staff.
Bibbs
secretarial
fe ti
to “* * wey 4 for oe
Wednesday, « April: 17, 1957
ie
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three -
Dodie Stimpson and Nancy Dyer
by Anna Kisselgoff
Undergrad’s new president, Do-
die Stimpson, sees reonganization
of the old and introduction of the
new as important features in Un-
dergrad’s plans next year.
The new president would like to
see ‘both the Undergrad Council
and Board consider the problem of
reorganization of the Big Six struc-
ture. Along this’ line, Legislature
should also consider the possibility
of electing its own chairman. At
present, Legislature is chaired by
an Undergrad officer-or the person
presenting the case for that meet-
ing.
Dodie believes the Undergrad
Advisory board should be. brought
more closely into the organization.
The election system should be look-
ed into further, so as to make it
less time-consuming. -
Undergrad is presently working
on the problem of moving the col-
lege’s soda fountain to another
locale, with hopes of creating a
real “Student union”. Dodie feels
“Underg, ad ought to see that as
much one as possible to put this
plan Into effect.”
A.A.|s_ To. Sia
Excursions, Variety
by Susan Schapiro
Donia Cochrane ’58 is “very
glad” .to be the next president of
the Athletic Association, and has
“lots of exciting. plans.” One of
them..is. for an Applebee Barn
workday, sometime in the near
future, to spring-clean and to build
an outdoor fireplace for cookouts.
Applebee Barn is also slated to be
the:scene of some folk-singing.
Another idea which Donna hopes
to be able to carry out this spring
is to organize a group of pedal-
pushers interested in bicycle hikes
and picnics at Rhoads farm.
Donna feels that the A.A., an
organization of which everyone is
an ipso facto member, can answer
a variety of needs, and can cater to
special] interests as well as more
conventional athletics. In this con-
nection, she is “open to all sug-
gestions,” and plans to increase
A.A.’s' publicity and expand and
strengthen ‘public. relations. She
mentioned the coming Awards
Night as an ideal opportunity for
students to become acquainted with
the activities and functions of the
A.A. ©
Five Main Plans
Outlined by Grant
ic! hy Betsy Gott
Sandy Grant enthusiastically
commented that her plans for the
League would: be concentrated in
five areas: the League constitution,
Summer Camp,
Fountain House and finances.
‘A committee is working on the
‘revision of the constitution which
is “not up-to-date. Summer Camp’s
future existence will be brought up
before Legislature next fall, and
Sandy is very much in favor of
continuing the camp. She feels that
that
with the Bryn Mawr girls who
serve willingly, without pay, is
invaluable to them, and that the
money forthe camp could be put
to'no better. use, ...
The League will. re-activate”
‘Soda Fountain and try to make
enough of a profit to benefit
Summer Camp Fund. Sandy is: tas
Soda Fountain,
Announce Projects for Next Year
by Gretchen Jessup
Nancy Dyer, the newly-elected
president of SelfsGov, when inter-
viewed, wished particulary to em-
phasize the importance of each stu-
dent having a clear understanding
of Self-Gov and of the way its ex-
ecutive board works; for the stu-
dent to be conscious of the system
only when she has--brokem one of
its rules does sae ‘ke a strong
system.
To nderstand Self-Gov, Nancy
said, One should recognize the spir-
it of respect for both college and
individual__in which — Self-Gov’s
rules are drawn up, as well as the
constitutional do’s and dont’s. If
a student only sees the latter,
practical side, she tends to become
blasé or mechanical toward the
whole.
In this context, the ideal is: for
everyone to see in action how Self-
Gov works, and why. This could
be done in part by posting the min-
utes of as many Executive Board
meetings as possible, and by hav-
ing the Advisory’ Board meetings
open, with time and place of the
meetings announced in the halls.
Nancy also mentioned that the
constitution of Self-Gov is, for the
first time in four years, undergo-
ing a complete review with revi-
sign.. where..necessary.-This; she
feels, is a golden opportunity to.
reevaluate any parts which néed
it. This is a further reason to come
to the Advisory meetings, and to
speak to the Self-Gov reps about
any questions,
Altogether, the Boards “work
hard to make Self-Gov a reason-
able approach to living in a com-
munity”, said Nancy; it is the ipso
facto member who, by her under-
standing and thoughtfulness, sets
its degree of success.
Alliance Will Poll
Students’ Opinion
by Helene Valabrague
Martha Bridge, the new Alliance
President, has many ideas for new
projects. She intends to poll cam-
pus opinion on topics for future
Alliance conferences. By introduc-
ing a new system of having the
topic of each Alliance meeting an-
nounced in advance, anyone who
shows enough interest to come will
get a vote. Also, every other board
meeting will be a student-led dis-
cussion. This is to tap resources on
campus by giving students with
particular interests a chance to talk
about them.
Martha is -also interested in
starting non-partisan politics on
campus to emphasize information
and action on particular issues, and
in following up the idea of the
League of Women Voters in this
area, so that people who don’t
have strong party beliefs will have
a chance to express their views.
G. De Nie Plans
Inter-Faith Program
by Rita Rubinstein
Giselle De Nie ’58, newly-elected
President of the Inter-Faith As-
sociation, feels that there “is a great
deal of latent interest in religion
lon_campus” and that “the Associ- |
ation should continue to keep
abreast of students’ ideas and in-
terests through the hall Spree:
tatives and open meetings.”
Included among Giselle’s "plans
are mid-week “lectures and discus-
sions on such topics as Oriental
e| religions and the significance of
religion on current art, philosophy
terested in getting a working
committee for Fountain House, a
type of boarding house in Phila-
delphia for former mental patients
returning to society. Finally, the
League would ike to see about
‘having more money appropriated
and literature. She also hopes to
a|present speakers with more di-
verse viewpoints to speak on more
controversial topics. Giselle states
that “anyone who is_ interested
and/or has any ideas she would
like- to contribute, should feel wel-
come at ——. meetings.” _
Four Harvard Men
Review Institutions
Of Their University
by Rita Rubinstein
Nearly a year ago four Harvard
students turned from exam crain-
ming to articulating grievarites
against their university, often con-
sidered the finest in the country.
It wasn’t long before a special is-
sue of i. e.: The Cambridge Review,
Harvard 1956 was sold out; much}:
of life and activity around the
“Yard” and “Square” had come
under ‘the surveillance of this
group. After much arm. pulling
and persuading -we have managed
to borrow a copy of the contro-
versial item; we reprint from it
below.
“Introduction: This is not an
objective study in the regular sense
of the word. We are involved very
personally with what we say. We
care as much as we dare about
what we discuss. That is why .this
little book will talk at length about
certain parts of Harvard life and
will disregard others. To write it
we did no research .
Undefined Undergrads
“The Undergraduate: The Har-
vard undergraduates’ most strik-
ing characteristic is their inability
to define any clear attitudes toward
each other. This is a baffling situ-
ation.” You have a ‘community that
cannot in any philosophic sense,
be ‘called happy, which suffers ter-
ribly from doubts about almost
everything it does, and yet in which
no one speaks out. The existing
situation is never described or dis-
cussed. Undergraduates rarely
speak to each other. They confuse
directness with confession and
shoulder-weeping ... One key to
this monstrous inhibition lies in the
actual claims of the university.
Harvard cultivates vanity of the
worst kind: the exhibitionist grat-
ification of prestige. Harvard does
not cultivate a respect for the in-
tellect: veritas is at best a minor
interest ...
“The General Education Pro-
gram: Generally speaking, the aim
of the General Education courses
is to acquaint the freshmen with
what ideas are and how they work.
These courses are supposed to be
synthetic. Periods are not to be
taught, and information per se is
not supposed to be the goal. The
greatest of writers are thrown to-
gether regardless of their place in
history. Plato is in the close eom-
pany of Nietzsche and Freud; The
Divine Comedy shows the same
imagery as Moby Dick . . . the
courses are encyclopedic, though
they are meant to be synthetic.
Too Many Students
“The reason for this is partly the
great number of students and part-
ly poor section-men, but principal-
ly the fault lies with the profes-
sors. They know vaguely what
ought to be done, but will not try
to find out exactly how to do it.
What Gen Ed ends up doing is giv-
ing people a glancing knowledge
of most of the important books
they could possibly read, and for
the most part they never return to
these books again during their Har-
vard careers ... Gen Ed may ‘im-
prove’ those who will never have
any intrinsic interests. It helps
the stupid and damages the quick
land alert ...
“Lectures:
ten’ to lectures profitably. This is
a psychological fact. Listening,
attention must wander. One can
only record the lecture and read
it later. ‘In the middle ages this
was necessary because there were
few books. Harvard has six million
books. If certain professors wish
to play-act, let them devote all
their time to the Harvard theatre
fund...
“Exams: The hunting season
which devastates every spring and
chops up January.
“We now feel, as we write this
*
People cannot —tis-}+——
H. Al
by Sue Harris
Mr. Horace Alwyne presented the
last of his annual pianoforte re-
citals in Goodhart Hall, Tuesday
night, April 9th. The program in-
cluded the difficult Sonata in B
Minor by Liszt, a Bach-Busoni
Chaconne (from 4th Violin Sonata)
and a varied selection of shorter
pieces by Balakireff, Rachmaninoff,
Brahms, York Bowen, Strauss-
Geiseking, and Debussy.
The atmosphere in Goodhart was
one of relaxed intimacy; the hall
was full of students, faculty and
personal friends of Mr. Alwyne,
olleae Theatre
Revises System
In hope’ of improving production
efficiency and making it easier to
co-operate with Haverford’s sys-
tem, College Theatre has revised
its constitution. In the past, there
has been confusion in joint pro-
ductions, since Bryn Mawyr’s offi-
cers did not correspond to Haver-
ford’s and it was difficult to define
each person’s responsibility.
Under the new plan, worked out
by Adrian Tinsley, Pat Moran,
Leigh Gelser, and E. B. White,
each Bryn Mawr officer will have
a counterpart at Haverford and
thus the two should be able to co-
ordinate smoothly.
It is also hoped that the changes
will divide the work more evenly
among the ‘various officers and
clarify each one’s responsibility.
The new system provides for only
four elected officers (president,
vice-president, production manager,
and treasurer) in place of the
former minimum of six. These four
will make up the Reading Com-
mittee, with meetings open to all
club members. There will be no
elected stage manager; instead, the
technical end of all productions will
be handled by the production man-
ager, Sue Myers, who will appoint
five assistants, each responsible for
one phase of the production—
building the set, lighting, costumes,
props, and make-up. These people
will all be responsible to the pro-
duction manager, who will manage
the stage during the final perform-
ance.
President’s Duties
The president of College Theatre,
Adrian Tinsley, will be in charge
of all front-of-curtain business;
she will appoint publicity and busi-
ness managers, and will also act as
a liason between the club and the
director, while the assistant direct-
or will be appointed jointly by
Robert Butman, director, and the
president of College Theatre. Her
duties will be simply those of sec-
retary and general helper to the
director.
This new system, developed dur-
ing the productions of Measure for
Measure and Cocktail Party,. is
still in the experimental stage;
She Stoops to Conquer is the first
trial of its efficiency. If it proves
successful, a similar system of
elected production. manager with
appointed assistants might be
worked out for class shows.
East House Mixer
Draws Many Men
Men from four surrounding col-
leges attended the East House
mixer last Friday night.
Held under the chairmanship of
Margaret Simpson, hall president,
the mixer lasted from nine to one.
It was interrupted briefly by the
appearance of five members of an-
other hall, clad in straw hats, but
they were promptly removed, and
the dance continued without fur-
_' ther disturbance.
sane
wyne’s Recital Given April 9;
His Style, Expression Are Praised
certainly a tribute to his talent and
achievement.
For those who had more than a
passing knowledge of Mr. Alwyne’s
selections, and especially for those
students of his History of Music
course ‘who were present at the
recital, Mr. Alwyne’s playing was
an unusual treat. His style, at all
times well-suited to the piece at
hand, was technically good. But
the most impressive aspect of his
playing was’ his sensitive expres-
sion, for he handled ballades, ber-
ceuses, and preludes with pre-
cision and:delicacy of tone and with
complete understanding.
During the intermission, several
of his students were discussing the
recital. One turned to the other
and said, “You know tonight Mr.
Alwyne has changed not only my
whole conception of his music
course, but my whole conception
of music, as well.” Amusing as
this revelation sounded that night,
nevertheless Mr. Alwyn exempli-
fied as few other have the most
important element. in any study of
music: a love for niusic.
A non-student of his, overhearing
the discussion, remarked, “If there
+were~only’a way to tell him how
much this concert meant to me,
and to thank him.”
These expressions of appreciation
and gratitude are a small part of
the thanks which Mr. Alwyne de-
serves.
Grants for Study
Here and Abroad
Revealed Recently
The award of fellowships and
scholarships for graduate work in
1957-58 at Bryn Mawr. was_an-
nounced by Dean Bliss at the Grad-
uate Fellowship Assembly last
Wednesday. Ten women scholars
from foreign countries were given
grants for a year’s study at Bryn
Mawr. In the group are two stu-
dents. from Japan, one from Egypt,
and another from Buenos Aires.
Five scholarships were awarded to
foreign students from a fund set
up in 1956 by a bequest from the
late Mrs. Marguerite N. Farley of
Philadelphia.
Of the entire number of awards,
the following is a list of awards
granted to those associated . with,
Bryn Mawr at present or in the
past.
Prize Fellowships
Two Prize Fellowships ($1850
each) were awarded. The Fanny
Bullock Workman Travelling Fel-
lowship was received by. Martha
Elaine Williams for study at Basel,
Switzerland in Philosophy. The
Anna Ottendorfer Memorial Re-
search Fellowship in German Lan-
guage and Literature has been
awarded to Laura Hourtienne for
study at Gottingen or Munich.
Fellowships have been awarded
to Jeanette Stoops, Sally Ann
Yeates, Dorita Norton, Betty Tem-
oyan, Mary Wittmayer, Ann Fox,
Bettie Forte,; Beatrice Yamasaki,
Evalyn Aligwekwe, Ellen Spector
Platt, Marjorie Benson.
Resident Graduate Scholarships
have been awarded to. Katherine
MacMullan, Catherine Rodgers.
-Ursula_Heibges, Mary Elizabeth
Medland, Mary Caroline Reinero
(Fellow by Courtesy).
Non-Resident Graduate Scholar
ships have been awarded to Ther-
esa Howard Carter, Margaret Kei-
ner, Flora Rose Levin, Barbara
Eiseman, Virginia Gavian.
A Partial Tuition Award was
Gomez. Audrey Field was grant-
ed a Marguerite M. Farley For-
eign Graduate ‘Scholarship.
Kirsten Ohm, presently a grad-
ed a NATO award.
granted to Martha Alicia Escotto
uate student at Bryn Mawr receiv .
Page Four
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, April 17, 1957
Library Purchases
Variety of Records!
The Record Library would like
to anounce the acquisition of the
following records:
Ariosti: Lezione VE minor
Bach: Magnificat in D
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Piano Concerto No. 2, Sym-
phony No. 7
Berlioz: Roman Carnival One
ture
Borodin: Dances of the Polovet-
zki Maidens from “Prince
Igor,” On the Steppes of Cent-
ral Asia
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2,
Variations on Theme by Haydn
Brahms-Dvorak: Hungarian
Dances
Britten: Four Interludes from
“Peter Grimes”, Young Per-
gon’s Guide to the Orchestra
Corelli: Sonata in D minor
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Fauré: Requiem
Francaix: Quintet
Glinka: Russian and Ludmilla
Overture
Gregorian chant:
Christmas cycle
Haydn: Toy Symphony
Herold: Zampa Overture
Hindemith: Concert Music for
Brass and Strings, Mathis der
Mahler, Nobilissima Visione
Easter and
Harvard
Continued from Page 3
issue, the clearest discouragement.
For if ‘Harvard has done nothing
about examinations, has not seen
that they simply do not work, it
will never do anything.
“Exams simply do not work.
Most of the work for them is done
in the week that precedes them.
[t is often done entirely the night
before, among the less impatient
of us out of hate and despair and
sudden resolve to be realistic
(really to be unrealistic; not even
the logical positivists could make
a case for the inhuman being re-
alistic). The stuff is poured out.
The next day, it is forgotten, Exams
give the idea that there is an end
to learning because there must be
an end to pain...
“Conclusion: We mean what we
have said; we are serious about it
all... .our problem has been, not to
convince you of the necessity of
change, but rather to place the
status quo before you, in its sim-
plest terms, so that you will agree
at least to the need for change. At
present the average student and
professor, whatever his privately
expressed doubts, will stubbornly
maintain in public that the-present,
A. Times Editorial
Applauds Dudden
On Saturday, April 13 the New
York Times printed an editorial
entitled “Ships As Monuments” in
reference to a letter written by Mr.
Arthur Dudden of the History De-
partment. We reprint excerpts:
“A Professor of History at Bryn
Mawr, Arthur P. Dudden, made an
eloquent and closely seasoned plea
in a recent letter to the Times
against the scrapping of the cruiser
Olympia, the flagship of Admiral
Dewey at the Battle of Manila
Bay. He pointed out that he could
make effective use of the Olympia
in the teaching of American his-
tory. It was a monument: to an
epochal change no less than a
restored battlefield or a historical
museum. A visit to the ship in
Philadelphia, could make history
really come alive: In our judgment,
he is right. We join heartily as we
have in the past, in the protesting
against the plan to scrap the
Olympia. It is too significant a
part of our national life.
“Exactly the same arguments
apply with equal force to. the case
of the carrier Enterprise ... Like
the Olympia,, big E symbolizes
something in American history.
Continued from Page 1
by Anna Kisselgoff
In terms of minutes, dancin
comprised only a minor part of t
Arts Night Program this year.
Yet the two numbers presented
were as different as the old hack-
neyed night and day. Both were
well performed within their limits.
Ako Hasebe’s Japanese dances
were, in the full sense of the word,
charming. Miss MHasebe’s first
number was her own interpreta-
tion of a Japanese song entitled
“Moonlight on an Ancient Castle”.
Although the interpretation was
announced as a “modern dance”
Miss Hasebe’s movements were
visibly influenced by the tradition-
al steps of the type of folk dance
she performed later, rather than
by the Martha Graham convolu-
tions we usually label as “modern”
and “dance.” Fortunately, — this
comparatively and almost static
quality of Miss Hasebe’s interpre-
tation was appropriate in its Jap-
anese flavor and, also aided her in
the difficult but successful feat of
singing her own accompaniment,
Miss Hasebe’s second number
was a Japanese folk dance, making
mime common to all traditional
use of a certain amount of panto-|.
Arts Night: Dance
ly simple, but Miss Hasebe’s con-
{sistent control over tempo and her
gracefulness in general provided
an unusual treat for the audience.
The next dance number, “Back to
Trinidad”, choreographed by Leora
Luders and danced by Mrs, Latti-
more, Mrs. Dudden, Cynthia Love-
lace, Leora Luders and Marissa
Gori, was as far from Japan as the
fluorescent effects in which it was
performed were from the pink
light of Miss Hasebe’s dance.
“Back to Trinidad” was the-
atricalized calypso; the stage ef-
fects. with their faceless figures
were striking and very clever, Ad-
herence to the basic calypso step
could have almost caused the
charge of lack of variety to be lev-
elled at the number were it not for
the choreographer’s own cleverness
in “active blocking”’.
“Trinidad” was gay, rhythmic
and imaginative. The dancers were
very competent; their — ah — en-
ergy was astounding.
Continued on Page 6, Column 1
John Jenkins Scott,
Jane D. White’
Lewis,
Margaret Gordon .’58 to Charles
Willard Hart, Jr.
Jean Young ’56 to Earl Harrison
Jr.
57 to Richard
Honegger: Symphony No. 5 {situation is wonderful, that we only| “If it be d that the appeal'dances. Yet Ako’s “washing” and| Marilyn Hanback "BT to Walter
Ives: Symphony No. 2 need to keep on a from|to save thes¢ ships is merely a|“Planting” were done in so grace-| Kemp. #
Moussorgsky: Night on Bald Mt-| vnere we are... matter of ‘sentiment’ it should be|ful a way that they blended com-! . Ann.._Robinson 155 +o... William
Pictures at an Exhibition ~ “In, general things on “not! replied that ‘sentiment’ of this sort| pletely with her other arm move-|Echtermeyer.
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachts
musik, A Musical Joke
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Poulenc: Sextet
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on
Theme by Paganini
changed much since Henry Adams
wrote about them; in his opinion
the education was not serious, but
in truth hardly any Boston student
-‘|took it seriously, arid none of them
seemed sure that President Walker
himself, President Felton after
is a good thing indeed .
“We shall have lost a Hert of our |.
national treasure unless ue are
faithfully preserved.”
The newly-elected members of
the Undergrad Advisory Board are:
ments, The steps were deceptive-
ENGAGEMENTS |
Betsy Levy ’57 to Sidney Zilber.
Annabelle Williams ’56 to Fred
W. Catterall III.
Cynthia Dunbar to John Snyder.
Lynn Badler ex ’56.to Milton Faith.
MARRIAGES
Lynne Sherrerd ’57 to Philip W.
White.
Barbara Orlinger ’58 to Edgar
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariadne)nin took it more seriously than| Denbigh—Sue Breese Cornelia Drake Hoeffel ’59 to|Einhorn
Suite — the students, For them all, the! Merion—Naomi Bograd ;
Scarlatti, A.: Su le Sponde del) 456 offered chiefly advantages| Non-Res—To be elected
Tebro wo. 9 vulgarly called social, rather than| Pem EBast—Kate Collins Z Z Dr 04
Schubert: Symphony No. mental .”. . Pem West—Topsy Pell \ a G
‘Trout’ — viet?| The briefest statement of our Pie Pinckney :
Shakespeare: “Romeo and Julie view is that the University must} Radnor—Debbie Zimskind —
Sibelius: Finlandia
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Music of the Troudadours, Trou-
veres and Minnesingers
Russian folk music (Don Cos-
* ¥| IQ
-gacks) “The University must learn: the|* +
Spanish Guitar Music (Anido) | University must realize that it is)¥ Here comes the Easter ¥| | (
the student. If need be, it must|* x1 IN
Alumnae Organize neglect bricks for intelligence, ef- x Bunny hopping down x
ficiency for love, tidiness for|*% i
Piccadilly Branch beauty. The University must choose | ¥ L ' th . x
life, though American Society, even x ancaster Wi a car x .
Attention “all Bryn Mawr facul-|the more refined American society, }* x| |
ty, distinguished alumnae, and re-|chooses prestige, The University|% from DINAH FROST get %
cent graduates’—Bryn Mawr has|will die, if it does not believe in x x
organized internationally. Yes, the the beautiful, if it does not trust | * yours now! x
that life is ‘work’ and reward], *
call is out to every qualifying Bryn) one, z x| |
Mawrter who plans to be in the Baek i RHI
vicinity of Piccadilly: A Bryn
Mawr Club of London, long in the
offing, has been formally organ-
ized with Mrs. Webster Plass '17
and Mrs. Stanley Harper ’40,
chairman and secretary respect-
ively.
Naturally the new club needs
response to function; all prospect-
ive travelers are urged to obtain
further information from Miss
Florence Hitchcock, Alumnae
Executive Secretary, at the Dean-
ery.
Cy thinks he’s really quite a prancer— (not shown) Our Dacron and cotton batiste
Alliance Mail Box ab pea! gt addipow es ey (( shirt made on our button-down collar model with
The students of the University He doesn’t dance on his own toes! ») single cuffs. White or blue, $8.50
of Alaska are agitating for Alas-
kan statehood, and would appreci-
ate it if any interested students
here would write their Congress-
men and urge immediate action on
more seriously try to encourage
freedom: on the one hand this
means letting the students do what
they like, within certain bounds
of courtesy...
Rhoads—Betsy Gott, Julie O’Neal
Rockefeller—Carolyn Kern
%
Sb bbb bt bt bb bb
IT’S FOR REAL!
TOE DANCER Cy*
At campus hops, Cy guards the wall.
Why, he doesn’t know at all.
MORAL: Stay on your toes! Take your
pleasure BIG with Chesterfield King!
by Chester Field
PPS
Our good-looking new
cuffs. White or blue,
Our Sea Island cotton
*Du Pont’s fiber
so distinctively Brooks Brothers
in styling, quality and workmanship
OUR OWN MAKE SHIRTS FOR GIRLS
Three favorite styles for Summer include:
and cotton batiste that requires no pressing after
laundering. Y2" full length pleats and double:
collar and double cuffs. Blue, tan or grey, $12.50 |
Big length—big flavor . . . and the
dress shirt of Dacron*
$11.50
shirt with button-down.
Students at Oberlin urge stu-
dents. hereto support President
Ejisenhower’s recommendation that
‘the finger-printing clause in ‘tHe
smoothest natural tobacco filter. *
Chesterfield King gives you more
of what you’re smoking for.
LOTBING
McCarran Immigration Act be re-| | Uke your pleasure BIG?
moved. This is important to us as Chesterfield King mishings, LOTHING hoes
students, because the clause pre- has Everything! Address = Orders to 346 Madison Ave., New York 17, N.Y.
vents many foreign students from
a coming here on exchange as many
y nations consider finger printing a
BOSTON * CHICAGO * LOS ANGELES * SAN FRANCISCO
Hendrickson, Florida State
Peat eee cane
-eriminality. In cain, etd Bos
‘ ss cd
Wednesday, April 17, 1957 :
TME COLLEGE NEWS
HX
-”
Page Five
The- deadline for ntetpencna | toa sien of the Rates Bata or
to the Revue is Friday, April 19.|put them in Patty Ferguson’s box,
Will contributors please give their | . in Panthecka’ Mast.
short stories, poems, plays,
ete.,
“COKE” I$ A REGISTERED TRADE-MARK. copymant 1957 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY,
Sociology
‘ Spin’a platter. .
have some chatter...
and sip that real great taste of Coke.
Sure, you can have a party without
Coca-Cola—but
who wants to!
SIGN OF GOOD TASTE
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
THE PHILADELPHIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
“Coke” is a registered trade mark.
*THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
Dance, Carnival
Spark Weekend
by Liz Rennolds °59
’59 expects to “go in and. win”
as far as their weekend is concern-
ed this year. They have risen up
in revolt against the. grand oM
tradition of “Sophomore Carnival”,
“We're not exactly sure what it
will be,”. says Bette Haney, class
president, “but we’re going to have
something bigger and better than
ever!” Ideas are forming and
pouring in, .. it is’said, as to how
one of the main events of the year
can be revitalized into a real suc-
cess.
Paint Your Wagon has been
chosen for the Maids and Porters
‘}8how which will be given on Friday
and Saturday nights, April 26 and
27, in Goodhart. Rehearsals have
been underway since before Spring
Vacation. Whitney Drury, Music
Director, says that there will be an
orchestra again this year. It will
certainly add to the musical de-
light of the show.
“We have lovely sets... if they
ever get built,” says Penny Eld-
redge,. Stage Manager. This seems
a likely possibility since girls have
Inevitable Demise
The topic of Mr. Betts’ speech
at Current Events Monday night
was “The End of an Empire—
French North Africa.” It is obvious
that the days of Colonial Imperial-
ism are over, and few people
seriously believe that France can
keep her sovereignty in Algeria.
But France has been im Algeria
since 1830, and those Algerians who
are now demanding independence
been working every afternoon for
the last few weeks,
Blair Dissette is director of the
how; Lyn Kuper is her assistant:
and Angie Wishnack is accompan-
ist.
After the performance Saturday
night the traditional Junior Prom
will take placevin the gym. Rumor
has it that the theme will be along
the lines of a “Garden of Eden”
springtime effect. Lester Lanin’s
orchestra will play and the Octan-
gle will sing. The Prom will be
followed by an open house in Pem-
broke.
The weekend will begin with an
open house in Wyndham on Friday
night.
#
&
LIBERAL ARTS MAJORS
with or without
College Mathematics
Our six-week training program will prepare you for
an interesting position on
one of our research teams.
The work involves assisting engineers by doing cal-
culations, plotting curves,
and helping to prepare re-
ports, This position requires initiative, an interest in
working with numbers, and the willingness and abil-
ity to learn new things. Excellent salary levels and
attractive advancement opportunities.
A visit to our department prior to your graduation
may open up a whole new field to you.
For application and appointment, write to:
Miss Judith L. Moulton
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
400 Main Street
East Hartford
8, Connecticut
|R. Betts, Current Events Speaker Sees
of France’s Empire
have been trained in French schools
ideals of French
démocracy, which are so ill applied
in their bureaucratically-run coun-
try.
As most of the population of
Algeria are illiterate and politically
indifferent, an elite minority is
pushing jndependence. The French
use this as an argument against
independence, ‘but one which is less
cogent than the fact that Algeria
is completely assimilated to France
politically. Indeed the complete
privileges of Algerians have creat-
ed a minority problem in France
similar to that of roerts Ricans in
New~ York:
The French government is trying
to form a consistent policy with
regard to Algeria, but thanks to
the famous French individualism,
there are wide divergences of opin-
ion, and constant vacillation bet-
ween programs of conciliation and
use of violence. It is certain that
the present situation is untenable.
The advent of French industry
has created a very serious ur-
ban proletariat problem, and be-
cause there is no adequate native
bureaucracy, Mr. Betts forsees
chaos similar to that in Indonesia.
Also, as “nationalism is an ana-
chronism today,” Freneh North
learning the
| Africa is bound.to bex ed into a
D
‘ siding wwith..sither. Russia. --sr~ tis - +>
sL~
United States. The situation is one
of “political devolution,” not only
in the sense of a handing over of
power, but also in the biological
sense of the word—degeneration.
n Ardmore
CHARCOAL BROILED
SNACKS ‘N’ STEAKS
Lancaster Ave,
Below Cricket Ave.
Open Late Ample Parking
JEANNETT’S
BRYN MAWR
FLOWER SHOP, INC.
Wm. J. Bates, Jr. Manager
823 Lancaster Ave Bryn Mawr
LAwrence 5-0570
a nee ene
US.
AIR FORCE
IF YOU YEARN FOR
WORLD-WIDE TRAVEL... .
and are capable of executive
Air Force has a
job for you
WAF, P.O. Box 2200, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Please send me more information on my opportunities for a DIRECT COMMISSION
as a WAF officer in the U. S. Air Force.
- responsibility...the U.S.
challenging and rewarding:
There are few other jobs open to you as a woman of executive ability
that offer the opportunity for responsibility, job equality, worldwide
travel and adventure, than as an officer in the U.S, Air Force. Now, for
‘the first time in years, the Air Force offers direct commissions to those
who can qualify. If you make the grade, you will embark on a career
that fits in ideally with your talents. You'll have a chance to serve
yourself while you serve your country well. Investigate your chances
for a direct commission inthe U.S. Air Force today.
3 MAIL THE COUPON NOW FOR FULL INFORMATION ON
YOUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR A DIRECT COMMISSION. .
PPUTITITITITI TKI
WAF-93-CN
|
,
}
2
NAME.
- ADDRESS.
CITY. - ; ZONE. STATE.
COLLEGE —DEGREE________MAJOR SUBJECT.
_—— =
Page Six
THE COLLEGE NEWS
¢3
Wednesday, April 17, 1957
Madrigals, Diano Solo, String Quartet, - Original Composition Highlight Arts Night
Continued from Page 4
by Anne Sprague
The musical contributions to this
year’s Arts Night were, on the
whole, of a very high calibre. Early
on the program were four mad-
rigals, divided between two groups
of singers. Leslie Kandell directed
a group of women’s voices; the
other, a mixed group, was directed
by Charlie Fassett, Both were ex-
cellent. Leslie’s group sang an Eng-
lish madrigal by Thomas Morley,
My Bonnie Lass, She Smileth, and
Revecy Venir du Printans, a 16th
century French madrigal by Claude
Le Jeune. Sung with evident plea-
sure and--carefyl attention to
musical details, these two~ select-
ions were thoroughly enjoyable.
Noteworthy was the voice balance:
each part was distinct but the
whole was very well integrated.
Charhie’s group was consider-
ably smaller, but nevertheless,
eonveyed an impression of full-
ness usually reserved for a greater
number of voices. The dynamics
were particularly good, especially
in diLasso’s Ich Waiss Mir Ein
meidlein. The range of the last
selection, O Chi Manza Mia, also
by diLasso, was somewhat low for
the alto, but the group sang al-
ways with feeling, and the result
was very successful.
Later in the program were two
more madrigals, Flora, Wilt Thou
‘Torment -andFire .and Light-
ning from Heaven, by Thomas
Morley. Sung by Ellie Childs and
Charlie Fassett, each was delight-
ful. The voices were well suited,
both to each other and to the style
of the music, and although “Fire
and Lightning, especially is very
difficult, Ellie and Charlie seemed
to have mastered the technical
problems, and were able to con-
centrate on the purely musical as-
pects.
One of the high points of the
evening was the Bach B Minor
Suite for flute and strings, played
by Betsy Johnson, flute; Barbara
Booth and Mrs. Cunningham, vio-
lins; Bob Benjamin, viola; and
Dorothy Reichenberger, cello. Ori-
ginally..scored for flute solo and
small string orchestra, the suite
as played here suffered somewhat
from its performance by solo flute
and string quartet. This scoring
tends to make each part equally im-
portant resulting in some occa-
sional confusion. In spite of this,
the suite was always interesting.|.
The musicians were obviously
very competent, especially Betsy
and Dorothy, who, with usually
perfect intonation, delineated the
solo and continuo parts as clearly
as was possible under the circum-
stances. Outstanding in this respect
(and closest to the original scoring)
‘was the “Double” section of the
Polonaise.
Betsy occasionally tended to
quicken the pace as the, going got
difficult, but special credit must go
to her for her performance of the
fiendishly difficult last movement.
Here she kept a steady tempo, and
with her usual clear tone, led the
others to a Véry successful concli~}-
sion of the famous suite.
Closing the first half of the pro-
gram, were four piéces by Debussy
and Chopin, played by Terry Elsom.
Outstanding was. the first: De-
bussy’s La Terrasse dés Audi-
ences de Clair de Lune. Terry’s
talents are very much at home in
Debussy’s impressionism, and she
is able to exploit the wide resources
of the piano to an extraordinary
degree. The pedals, for instance, so
often carelessly used even by fam-
ous pianists, were used by Terry
with detailed care, now blending
the notes into a hazy pastel mass,
now allowing a single note or
phrase to stand out with the clar-
ity of a drop of water... Unfortun-
ately, in later numbers, perform-
ance pressures restricted Terry
from the facility of expression that
was so evident in the Debussy, but
did not diguise the obvious talents
of this gifted pianist.
Original music by Haverford’s
“THE HEARTH”
NOW OPEN FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT
Daily 11 A.M. to 8:30 P.M.
Sunday Noon ‘to 8:30 P.M.
LUNCHES FROM 60c
DINNERS FROM $1.30
Try our popular home-made cake
and delicious coffee for an afternoon
or evening snack
Cakes. to Take Home.......... $2.40 |
-HAMBURG HEARTH
Bryn Mawr LAwrence 5-2314
Bob Benjamin, provided an effect-
ive framework for the program as
a whole. A short trio of his served
as overture, and later in the even-
ing, Charlie Fassett conducted a
small orchestra in accompaniment
to a song Bob had written on a text
by Connie’ Horton. The music was
simple but very lovely, and Ellie
Childs sang it with sincerity and
sensitivity. Unluckily, due to Bob’s
lack of experience in vocal writing
and not enough rehearsal time,
Connie’s words were mostly lost.
Most successful was Bob’s in-
cidental mf@sic to Connie’s play,
“An Obliging Love,” which closed
the program. Bob has the remark-
able ability of being able-to_create
in a few measures a strong sense
First Jobs and Summer Jobs
University Personnel Agency
541 Madison Ave.
New York 22, N.Y.
PLaza 3-1244
(Mrs. Wolcott Andrews)
Brighten Up Your New
Spring Outfits
With
Jewelry From
WALTER COOK
of atmosphere, and in conjunction
with Connie’s play, which on first
acquaintance seemed lost (to this
reviewer, anyway) in a myriad of
metaphors, his music lent: both
body and a measure of reality.
Well performed by Bob’s orchestra,
the music was beautifully integrat-
ed with both the words and the ac-
tions of the play.
Through the program, with
remarkably rare exceptions, the
musicians conveyed their own
confidence to the audience, with the
result that Arts Night was, music-
ally, at least, a pleasanter display
of Bryn Mawr-Haverford talents
than we have seen in a long time.
This, coupled with some high points-
of achievement, made this year’s
Arts Night the success it was.
Ce ere
Looking For An
EASTER CARD?
Don’t Miss The Large
Selection
At
RICHARD STOCKTON
-Bryn Mawr-
ees es ee
man
Look Casual And Be
tn nomfortable.
In. Bermuda Shorts
And T-Shirts From
JOYCE LEWIS
Compliments of
HAVERFORD
PHARMACY
Haverford, Pa.
Cpa
_ tGncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Sunday Dinner
SPECIAL PARTIES AND
Telephone
LAwrence 5-0386
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE INN
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
oe eee ewe eee
eevee see eeee
oeeeeee
eeeeereeeeeeee
CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY
. 9:00-11:00 A.M.
peaekes 12:00- 2:00 P.M.
3:30- 5:00 P.M.
5:30- 7:30 P.M.
12:00- 7:30 P.M.
BANQUETS ARRANGED
Lombaert St. and Morris Ave.
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
WINSTON
TASTES GOOD!
It’s fun to share a good thing! That’s why you
so many Winstons being passed around these
: Try ’em. You’ll like their rich, full flavor,
_ too. And you'll like the way the Winston filter,
nds with Winston |
LIKE A
| CIGARETTE €
SHOULD!
is in a class by itself for flavor!
snowy-white and pure, lets that rich flavor come
through. Smoke America’s best-selling, best-
tasting filter cigarette! Find out for yourself:
. Winston tastes good — like a cigarette should!
R. J, REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., WINSTON-SALEM, N. ¢
snow-white filter in the cork-smooth tip!
4
College news, April 17, 1957
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
Bryn Mawr College (creator)
1957-04-17
serial
Weekly
6 pages
digitized microfilm
North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 43, No. 19
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
https://tripod.brynmawr.edu/permalink/01TRI_INST/26mktb/alma991001620579...
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation.
BMC-News-vol43-no19