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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 27, 1954









THE COLLEGE NEWS

FOUNDED IN 1914



Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest
of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and
Bryn Mawr College.



The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appear
in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission of the
Editor-in-Chief. pea ae

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Editor-in-Chief
Harriette Solow, ‘56

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Marcia Case, ‘57, Managing Editor

Molly Epstein, ‘56

EDITORIAL STAFF

Linda Notkin, ‘57
Rosemary Rudstrom, ‘55
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Leah Shanks, ‘56
Catherine Stimson, ‘58
Elizabeth Warren, ‘55

Alliance Representative

Donnie Brown, ‘57
Mimi Collins, ‘57

Lois Glantz, ‘56
Marcia Goldstone, ‘56
Carol Hansen, ‘57
Joyce Mitchell, ‘55

League Representative

Staff Photographers

Ann Harris, ‘56 Amy Heinel, ‘56

Business Manager
Margi Abrams, ‘56

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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office
Under the Act of March 3, 1879















Required and Fined

“Class meeting today, required and fined,” shouts the
Knitting is gathered and the class troups |
How many students would go if the an-

hall announcer.
to Room F Taylor.
nouncement did not contain the words “required and fined”?
If it were only the interested few, so what?

A “captive audience” will not efficiently or even capably
carry out class business. This business consists mainly of
electing officers and preparing songs for college traditions.

Voting to elect a class officer requires knowledge of the
qualifications for the office and a desire to see a competent
person elected. Only if we are prepared to think about the
outcome can we do that well. If people do not care, why
should they come? Their votes are meaningless.

Traditions at school are regarded by the student body as
enjoyable. Why should fining be necessary to force them to
come if that is the case? No one has ever found it necessary
to fine absence from class show rehearsals. Why should they
do so for Lantern Night and May Day?

If not enough people show up when these meetings are
not fined, either the traditions or our attitudes need to be
re-evaluated.

Some say fines give that extra little prod to interested
students who wouldn’t come otherwise. Why should that
prod be necessary? Why should class meetings be a painful
chore?

A change in scheduling might make them less bother-
some. With meetings held from 1:30 to 2:00 half the time
is spent waiting for late comers to arrive, and the other half
letting people leave early. A meeting at 5:00 would get the
business finished more efficiently. This would allow time for
the nomination and election of several officers in one session.

Basically, how we allocate our time in college is up to us.
If class meetings and college traditions are not our choice,

we should not be forced to participate. Those who are in-
terested will attend the meetings and appreciate the improve-

| ,owre the first Democrat I’ve seen

What Hazel Wrought





Approximately twenty trees on Bryn Mawr's campus suf-
fered the fate of the one above when Hazel visited us on Fri-
day, October 22. Thanks to student aid, the cmpus now looks
as it did before her rampage.

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Ringing of Doorbells
HighlightsCampaign

By Marcia Case, ’57

“Good evening, I’m from the
amocratic Party and I have some
erature I want you to look over
d I hope you’ll come out to vote
1 November 2. Good evening I’m
om...I have... I hope.”

‘t’s funny how many people
itch the same television program.
sg funny how many people do
ir ironing in the living room.
's funny how many people get
ink on Wednesday night.
‘Thank .you, but I just moved
‘e and I can’t vote, thank you
ut I’m a Republican, my lord,

a ten years isn’t it pretty cold to-
aught is this your dog?”

I wonder if you can tell a per-
on’s political party by the num-
or of children he has? Is the fact
iat he’s watching Bishop Sheen
n encouraging sign? I wonder if
2’ll be convinced by just reading
nis? I’d like to talk to him about
he issues but I haven’t even read
hese pamphlets myself.

But I sure can’t wait ’til election
ay to see if I’ve done any good!
Iooray for doorbell ringing. Hoo-
cay for duplexes! Hooray for the
great American Party System!

D.Harrin gtonV iews

Community Church

What is the Community Church
of New York? It does not consid-
2r itself within either the Christ-
an or Jewish faiths, as such.

In its own words, it is, rather
than a church dedicated to any
creed or dogma, or ruled by any
hierarchy, a church composed of
“a group of people”... united in|
a democratic fellowship, and dedi-
cated to the belief that “religion
is not primarily a matter of pro-
fessing belief in theological . ..
dogmas, but a matter of under
standing the great relationships
of life, and learning how to live
happily within them.”

“It strives to be a voluntary
democratic group, on the highest
level of spiritual sharing and
achievement.”

Donald Harrington, B.D., the



Could Students Buy
WashingM achines?

A washing machine in every hall
would be the result of a plan sug-
gested by Miss Compton, of the
Bureau of Recommendations.

At Smith, her alma mater, each
hall bought a machine and divided
the cost evenly. It came to $10.00 |
per person. Since the machines |
had no coin slots, the girls signed |
up for washes and one girl was |
elected to collect the money.

The venture worked so well that
graduating seniors received their
$10.00 plus 1% interest. If we}
liked, we could get machines with
coin slots or put the cost on pay
day. :

Does anybody know where we
can get some washing machines
wholesale ?



L. Gordon “Lectures
On Back Stage Arts

especially contributed
by Carol Bradley, °57

Last Saturday morning in Good-
hart auditorium, the first of a se-
ries of stagecraft classes sponsored
by College Theatre was held. Thir-
teen eager, expectant faces, be-
longing to thirteen aspiring stage-
craft. specialists, and two blasé
faces belonging to two College
Theatre members, were turned
alertly toward Liz Gordon, produc-
tion manager of College Theatre.

Liz started by telling a little
about the various jobs involved in
backstage work, such as lights, cos-
tumes and make-up, which are not
directly involved with the making
of the set. She then conducted: the
class on a tour of the stage itself,
together with the backstage facili-
ties, ie., the. light cage, the flat
loft, the prop room, the light board,
and the Green Room, of jittery
memory.

ENTERTAINMENT
MOVIES
Bryn Mawr
Wed., Thurs., Oct. 27 and 28—
Vanishing Prairie
Fri. to Tues., Oct. 29 to Nov. 1—
The Caine Mutiny
Tues, to Thurs., Nov. 1 to 3—
How to Marry a Millionaire



speaker this coming Sunday in
Chapel, is the minister of this
church, and will speak from this
view-point. Rev. Harrington has
been active in the World Federal-
ists and in many civic and welfare
groups, both in Chicago and New

ork. He attended Antioch Col-
lege, and graduated from the Uni-
verstiy of Chicago.

He was elected minister of the
Community Church of New York
in 1949, after serving as Junior
Colleague there for several years.

A pamphlet further describing
the nature of the Community
Church is posted on the Chapel
Committee bulletin board in Tay-
lor, for the information of all those



ments.

interested.

Ardmore
Wed. to Sat., Oct. 27 to
|Gone With the Wind

Sat. to Wed., Oct. 30 to Nov. 3—
Crossed Swords

Anthony Wayne

| Wed. to Sat., Oct. 27 to
| The Egyptian

Sun. to Tues., Oct. 31 to Nov. 2—
Gone With the Wind

30—

30—

Wed., Nov. 3—On the Waterfront
Green Hill
Wed., Oct. 27—Twice Upon a
Time



Thurs., Oct. 28—Scotch on the
Rocks
THEATRES
Arena—Ice Capades
| Forrest—South Pacific

Current Events

Miss Taylor Discusses
Current Italian
Situation

Common Room, Monday, October

25 ... Miss Lily Ross Taylor, pro-

fessor of Latin at Bryn Mawr and
for the past two years head of the
the American
discussed the

classical school at
Academy in
current political and economic sit-
Miss Taylor has

Rome,

uation in Italy.
had ample opportunity to see and
mingle with Italians in her work
at the Academy.

She found that when she travel-
ed through the country by bus, she
had far greater and more intimate
contacts with the people than she
does now since she has a car. Miss
Taylor considers the newspapers,
although partly controlled, and the
radio, other very helpful sources of
information about Italy. Also, she
finds that excavating ruins with
native labor is one of the best
ways of getting into a country.

Wages Rises

Although she can see no partic-

ular reason for it, Miss Taylor
finds the general conditions in
Italy improving. However, the

standard of living is still poor and
will continue to be considerably
lower than that to which we are
accustomed.

Unemployment has lessened, but
there is much part time employ-
ment. Wages have gone up in pro-
portion to living standards, but
this holds true only for the labor-
The white-collar
workers are on starvation wages.

ing classes.

Still there are from 5,000 to
10,000 more cars registered in
Rome every year. The average

workman, however, contents him-
self with a motorcycle. While tel-
evision has been in Italy only a
year, the one set Miss Taylor look-
ed at was in her cook’s home.

Though general conditions in
Italy has improved, the political

situation has not. The government
is a shell, rife with bribery and
the scandal of the Montesi case.

Yugoslavian Trade

The Trieste settlement with
Yugoslavia took the _ spotlight

away from corruption in govern-
ment and seems to have saved it
for a little while longer. The main
topic of discussion in the treaty
was not the division of territory,
but the probability of a great deal
of future trade with Yugoslavia.
The huge Communist opposition
party in Italy suffered a setback
over the Trieste treaty. They an-
nounced that Italy had been sold
out on Zone B of the Trieste terri-
tory, expecting Russia’s sanction
of this policy; Russia claimed she
thought the settlement
lent thing.

The taxes are exorbitant, with
a great many indirect ones. They
definitely discriminate against the
lower classes. Though bribery and
corruption are everyday occur-
rences, Miss Taylor says that she
was never cheated in any of her
business transactions,

Miss Taylor found the Italians
well-informed generally but not
mainly interested in politics. Their
newspapers,

an excel-

however, carry an
amazing amount of American news
and observations on American life.
Although their

is highly

knowledge of us
distorted, occasionally
there are some very astute obser-
vations on Americanism.

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