College news, March 5, 1958

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VOL XLIll, NO. 14

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA.,

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1958

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1958

PRICE 20 CENTS



Three-College Orchestra Acclaimed
For Competently Performed Concert

by Anne Farlow

An enthusiastic audience greet-
ed the combined efforts of the
Bryn Mawr-Haverford Orchestra,
part of the Swarthmore College
Orchestra, Dr. Reese, and Mme.
Jambor in Friday night’s concert
in Goodhart. By adding the
Swarthmore members to the usual
Bryn Mawr-Haverford combina-
tion a full-fledged orchestra was
able to present a varied and gen-
erally well executed program.

The first half of the concert
was characterized by music which
was well suited to the orchestra’s
abilities and consequently played
with assurance and spirit. The
opening work was the Concerto
Grosso Op. 6, No. 3, by Corelli.
The concertino was
Marcia Leigh, Thomas Souders,
and Bob Martin. The piano. did
not seem necessary as a support
to these most competent players
and served only to blur the other-
wise sharply defined concertino-
wipieno effects. The ballet suite
“Cephale and Procris” by Grety*
Mottl which followed utilized much
of the variety the orchestra ‘was
able to produce. Complete from
piccolo to percussion, it must have

been difficult for Dr. Reese to-co-

ordinate this piece, but it was well
done.

Nathaniel. Ward from Swarth-
more was the soloist in the Con-
certo for Oboe and Strings by
Cimarosa, The balance between
strings and oboe was excellent.
Although he usually anticipated
the beat which Dr. Reese set, Mr.

Camp Counsellors

Are Badly Needed

by Sandy Grant

For fun with a challenge this
summer, have you thought of
camp counselling?

Counsellors are being recruited
now for Bryn Mawr’s Summer
Camp, located at Stone Harbor,
New Jersey. The camp is run en-
tirely by Bryn Mawr students,
with the professional aid of a
nurse and a cook. We hope to staff
the camp with a director and six
counsellors from the student body
this summer. Some previous camp-
ing experience is preferred but not
essential.

The. director receives a salary
of $100, The other counsellors’ re-
wards, though not monetary, are
abundant and have special signi-
ficance for the future teacher, so-
cial worker, or mother. The camp-
ers are underprivileged little girls
from the slums of Philadelphia.
There is ample evidence from
what the children say and from
the grateful reports of the social
work agencies that recommend
the children to us that the experi-
ence is genuinely fun and worth-
while for the campers.

The camp season this year will
probably run from the fourth week |:
in June until the first week in
August, wit o 2% week ses-
sions each with 15 to 20 campers,
ages 8 to 11. League Board mem-
bers in the East will welcome in
their homes during the interval
between the end of school and the
beginning of the camp season any
counsellors: who live in the Mid-
west or on the West Coast.

If you are interested in a posi-



pidaine see your League hall rep
or Sandy Grant in Rhoads as soon

be

e

played by|-

Ward (proved otherwise a most
capable soloist.

Following the intermission
Mme. Jambor was the soloist in
the Piano Concerto in D minor by
Mozart. The concerto was not as
finished as the rest of the pro-
gram, probably because, of the
lack of experience of most mem-
bers of the orchestra in playing
this type of concerto. Mme. Jam-
bor improvised both: cadenzas, an
unusual practice in the 20th cent-
ury. They were non-virtuoso, and
seemed more in the style of Jam-
bor than of Mozart. Mme. Jambor,
Dr. Reese, and the orchestra were
all applauded long and loudly, ex-
pressing the audience’s apprecia-
tion and enjoyment of the concert.

Conference Gains

Speaker: Goldman

by Alex Van Wessem

The Bryn Mawr sponsored con-
ference, to be held on April 12,
promises to be well worth waiting
for. Delegates from twenty dif-
ferent schools in the area and
faculty members will meet then
to discuss the topic, ‘Can Democ-
racy Survive in America?”

To begin with, there will be re-
gistration in the Commons Room
from 10:15 to 10:45, after which
Miss McBride will make
opening remarks. Then Mr, Ros-
siter will speak, with Mr. Com-
mager concluding the morning
session.

The delegates will visit in vari-
ous halls for lunch. In addition,
a special luncheon is planned for
the speakers, members of the
panel, and those who helped plan
the conference.

From 2:15 until 3:15, the panel
discussion wil be held; the major
themes under discussion will be
education, mass media, and the
American character. The panel,
since it is composed of visiting
professors, Bryn Mawr professors,
and several students (in different
departments), should present a
variety of views. Following this
discussion, Mr. Eric Goldman, of
Princeton University, will speak.
It is very much hoped that Bryn
Mawr will be well represented at
the panel discussion as well as at
the lectures.

Such a conference takes a great
deal of foresight and planning, as
anyone who is working on a com-
mittee “will readily tell you. But
it cannot provide the necessary
.udience. Although Haverford,
Swarthmore, and Penn State will
be well represented, it is up to
Bryn Mawr to manifest an active
interest in current world problems
by participating in the confer-
e.ice. So please circle April 12 on
your calendars in red, and plan
. our weekend accordingly. If you
have a date, bring him along,

If you wish, in addition, to help
as a hostess, do contact Sue
Shapiro in Radnor, or Carolyn
Franco in Rock, if you have not
.lready signed up.



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Notice |

On Sunday, March 9, there will
be a program of religious music
presented jointly by °-the Bryn
Mawr College Chorus and the Le-
high University Glee Club, with
| bass _ensémble. _. The. __program, |
directed by Robert L. Goodale and
Robert Cutler, will take _——— at

some|,:;. .,
If so, when would papers be due?......0..00.000000. before Christmas;

Juniors Offer Various Responses to Marshall
Plans for Revising Schedule of College Year

Seventy-two members of the junior class recently answered

questions. concerning the college

year and the academic schedule

on @ questionnaire drawn up by Dean Marshall. Several of the
proposals in the poll have been under recent discussion on campus. °
The followng is a list of the tabulated results and the comments
which accompanied them are listed separately.

Junior Class Poll

On the Schedule

Total handed in—72

Do you favor lengthening the college year ?....yes; 59....no + 10,
How much time would you add?....

When would you add the time?.....

Do you favor the idea of a reading period? 0.0.0.0... yes;
What should the purpose of a reading period be?.................... review;

How long should a reading period be?...............cccccceeee 1 week;

indef.; 1
Sie nied 1 week; 23....2 weeks; 39
Nas Sata oe esha beginning of year; 45
end of year; 2

both; 14

55
no; 14
indef.; 2
37
new work; 2
both; 21

60
2 weeks; 7
3 days; 1
4 days; 1
indef.; 1

‘When should a reading period be scheduled?................0.0..... midyear; 2

Do you favor longer vacations’?......

Which would you lengthen?

Do you favor having final exams before Christmas? ........................ no;

finals;

- both; 43

ii ee yes; 31
; 33
; 18
28
38
34
16
13

16

yes;

after Christmas;

Do you favor shortening the examination period; keeping in mind
that this-would mean-that-some people would have two exams in

SOMA ku

eerie ai no;
by 2 days; 5

by more; 1

yes in general; 3

If any of the following measures should become necessary in order
to find additional class time and space, which would you prefer?

8 a.m. classes with breakfast, 7:35-8:15;

Do you favor dropping the monitor system?....).0................... no;

Saturday classes; 4

17
37
44

yes; 23
neutral; 4

a Friday afternoon block;
a double lunch period;



“PU Carry You Off
Saturday At Bryn

by Lois Potter

Skinner Workshop. Roger Hardy
as Sweeney and Mina Hamilton as
Doris are leaning on a very flimsy-
looking table, eyeing one other.

Roger: “I'll carry you off to
a cannibal isle.”

Voice from the back of Skinner:
Be careful not to tear that thing
you’re standing on. It’s a back-
drop.

Roger: “I’ll carry you off to a
cannibal isle.” (Trying out various
evil grins.)

Mina: Am I suppose to be
taking him seriously?

Roger: If I’m not serious, how
do I say, “I'll carry you off to—”

Voice: Oh, you can say that
like that, yes. Start the scene
again,

Roger:
cannibal isle...

Arts Night is progressing. Pro-
gressing so rapidly, in fact, that
several aspects of the program
have been changed from the one
described in the News two weeks
ago, Biggest innovation: Gretchen
Jessup, chairman of Arts Council,

“T’ll carry you off to a

”

ToA Cannibal Isle”
Mawr’s Arts Night

give some of its original composi-
tions their premiere, and possibly
for Diana Dismuke to sing oper-
atic arias.

Another addition to the pro-
gram is Ghida Shabandar, who
will perform two short Manuppri
dances. These are dances of reli-
gious symbolism, and for them
Ghida will wear the traditional
sari, and bells on the ankles.

On the technical side of the
production, Sue Jones, stage man-
ager, finds few difficulties. Because
of the many different kinds of acts
to be given, there will be very
little scenery, and that will be
mainly of the suggestive variety.
Most. props, even. a vintage tele-
phone for Sweeney Agonistes and
a tobacco plant for the dance club,
are being unearthed after only
comparatively minor girl-induced
earthquakes. But ... “Does any-
one have a Buddha? ”

In case you have forgotten, Arts
Night (under the able direction of
Kathy Kohlhas) will take place

‘Saturday, March 8, at 8:00 in

Skinner Workshop. It’s a good
way to start the evening (in case

announced proudly, “There will be) on-are going” to the Haverford

a piano in Skinner.” The piano will



make it posisble, among other





8 p.m.

things, for the Harmony Class to

Prom afterwards), or. it can be‘ an
equally worthwhile end in itself.

Vote Definitely Favors
A Longer Year

In addition to the specific ans-
wers the juniors were asked to
list their own comments and sug-
gestions. Some of the most fre-
quent were: Night classes; travel
time for vacations; the possibility
of being dismissed at lunch time

cations, and several requests that
students be allowed to change the
examination schedule as it would

be individually convenient, or else
arrange their own exam schedules.

Comments also came from par-
ticular areas of the poll to qualify
the answers given. In response to
the query on reading periods some
students asking for extra time
wished to employ it in special
projects on an individual basis to
be connected with the major sub-
ject. One person even suggested
a six week semi-academic, semi-
employment program, with ‘ jobs
also connected with the major sub-
ject to be furnished by the col-
lege. Other people felt that the
addition of a reading period would
only cater to the procrastinating
side of human nature. Many
thought that new work assigned
would exceed the limits of the
time to be allotted for it.

The scheduling of papers caused
some alarm among those to whom
Christmas vacation is an invalu-
able work period. A few who are
accustomed to use the vacation in
this way, are dissatisfied with the
arrangement and would prefer a
rest; others feel that during
Christmas they can work in a
more relaxed manner, and at their
leisure.

Generally the idea of taking
exams before writing papers met
with disfavor, as people for the
most part feel that writing a
paper is an aid to writing an

quested more freedom in the
scheduling of papers, in order to
coordinate their own schedules, or
expressed a request that the
semester’s reading might be light-
ened when the time comes for
paper writing.

The much discussed question
of monitored classes found a per-
haps surprising conclusion; with
a majority voting that the sys-
tem be retained. Answers either

definite terms, Those favoring
monitored classes had little faith

record was a definite stimulus to
regular attendance.

Others thought that the monitor.
system provided “valuable infor-

also for the student.” The evidence
that she has not cut can also

getting low grades; one person
suggested.

At the half-way point were some
who felt that monitored classes
were important in the freshman
and sophomore years, but unneces-
sary in advanced classes or lab-
oratories.

Still others felt strongly that
since both student and _ professor

come to class, the monitor system,

Was . unnecessary, and attendance |
ought to be the student’s own -
responsibility as much as other



areas of the academic program.

for Thanksgiving and spring va-.

examination, But several people re-.

yes or no were expressed in very.

in self-discipline, and felt the cut.

mation for the dean’s office and

work in her favor, if she has been.

really knew when a person had




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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, March 5, 1958



THE COLLEGE NEWS

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Editor-in-Chief .........-+++ Ne PENAL TARE AAETT CE Eleanor Winsor, ‘59
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Managing Editor ............ssesecee eee eeeeeeeeee reece eees Janet Wolf, ‘59
4, Make-up Editor .........-::esseeeeeeeeeeeseererereces Miriam Beames, ‘59
Member-at-large .......--:.eceec cree eeeeeeeeeneeeees Betsy Levering, ‘61



Gather Ye Rosebuds...

For the second time this year the News is publishing the
tabulated results and summarized comments of a student
poll concerning a so-called controversial area of college life.
For-the second time, the results are not radical, but signifi-
cant. The ultimate defense of tradition in the undergrad
questionnaire surprised some, cheered many, disappointed
others. The junior class poll on the schedule can boast no
such conclusive opinions, but where it it less definite than the
non-academic questionnaire, it also strikes deeper. Its mass
of opinion, seen at first, hand, assumes an order which can
attest its general validity as a representative statement. By

roposing a few answers, it indicates several trends. The

emands for a longer year, more time for papers, and a read-
ing period indeed show that the question of the schedule
an immediate one—and not so much even in its direct effect
on the present population, half of whom are automatically
excluded, as in its implied issues and their associations. In
this region the poll answers hint at other questions perenially |
under. discussion on other contemporary campuses—those- of
the student and the academic tradition.

-. Although an awareness of and concern for the strain of
work-under the present distribution of academic pressures
was.uppermost in nearly all minds, this was not accompanied
by: any. suggestion for changing the. amount of this work.
Despite complaints we are basically satisfied, and in the long
run willing to give whatis demanded. These comments on
pressure, requests that reading assignments be lightened
during the paper-writing season, or the hopes of longer vaca-
tions for work or relaxation do seem to indicate, however,
that many feel that they do not now have time to explore
their special intellectual interests, or pursue bits of knowl-
edge outside the fixed academic program. The present con-
centration of work already absorbs all the interest and energy
that the individual can offer. And thus people may be said
to feel that the changes in the schedule should be academic
changes—in the sense that they are directed toward improv-
ing the efficiency of, and expanding the work program, al-
lowing fresh time, rest and enthusiasm.

This is after all, exactly what ought to be hoped; and
yet we wonder about these unexplored interests. While their
neglect: is not really a result of the work pressure, which all
the time is creating valid interests of its own, it is probably
with it. Special interests are never really excluded,
but they are often not included, and we suspect a great many
people on campus might be, or might like to be concerned
with a great deal more than they presently seem. As a sub-
stitute for actual ideas we are perhaps developing what
may be termed an intellectual conscience about areas in which
we should have ideas. Perhaps this is a key to a problem.
We are, as students concerned each with changes in a small
world of direct influence and concern, but the actual contin-
gency of this world and its changes to other worlds and their
changes must be forcbily brought home to us before we are
willing to give those other worlds our concern. |

On the other hand we can be deeply and intimately bound
in an academic life without this special world or department's
stimulating any active interest, thought or action. This is
liable to be true if we cannot see the relation or relevance of
outside events to our close academic studies. We may resent
what is actually at this time an advantage, the fact that we
are not called upon to apply thought and action to the prob-
lems which concern the average person, and in this we ignore
the opportunity of dedicating ourselves to a particular action,
or calling upon our resources’te develop disciplines which may
sométime be applied to a wider field.

- Finally, however, all pressures should themselves gener-
dte the spirit necessary for meeting them. They may in ad-
dition formulate their own ideal circumstances, by forcing
change and modification of the existing circumstance. This
should be the relation between the intellectual tradition and
the technical problems of the academic schedule. Existing
disciples, such as the succession of papers and examinations
in the semester have been acknowledged as valuable already
by many juniors answering the poll. What was requested
was less a general ruffling up than a smoothing of present
mechanical obstructions, whcih may in the long run prove
intellectual stumbling blocks both in specific and general
areas. More time, the students seem to feel, wuold allow
them to tie loose ends, to grasp the semester’s work a: little
‘more closely and also to relate it to other fields.

___. This relation to other fields is no doubt a hopeful begin-

~~ ning for the wider contemporary concern we have discussed.
_ It is certainly an enriching, not a watering down of the aca-

n; and one evidence now present of this ten-
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Off The Bookshelf

“THE SILENT GENERATION”

by Betsy Levering

Last spring Otto Butz, a Ger-
man - born, Canadian - educated
young man, currently an assistant
professor at Princeton University,
approached twelve Princeton sen-
iors with the proposal that they
each write an essay, for anonymous
publication, dealing generally with
these questions: “What do you
want out of life? What do you
want to contribute to life? Has
your background affected you in
this? ‘What do you think of hap-
piness, success, security, God, edu-
cation, marriage, family, and your
own generation? What, if any,
moral problems have you encoun-
tered or do you expect to have to
face? How do you relate yourself
to America’s -future and the fut-
ture of mankind in general?”

The eleven completed essays re-
sulting are juxtaposed by editor
Otto Butz in a volume entitled
The Unsilent Generation (Rine-
hart, $2.95).

It might be wise to enter a cave-
at to the effect that this collection
of essays is not an essentially lit-
erary effort. As is true in any col-
Iction ‘or. anthology, the writing
is uneven—some of the essays are
over-colloquial, some, at the op-
posite pole, are ponderous, Others,
however, are highly literate, eru-
dite, and occasionally brilliant; the

general level of the writing, indeed, |

is high,

The purpose of the essays, and
of the collection taken as a unit, is
soul-searching. That this is the
purpose of the individual essays is
clear from the questions, Mr.
Butz, in his introduction, says that
he hoped that articulate intro-spec-
tion and self-examination by in-
dividual members of this genera-
tion would to some extent serve
to lay bare the thoughts and val-
ues of the generation as a whole.

Anonymity has led to what is at
once a fault and a virtue of The
Unsilent Generation—the fusion
of the ideas and personalities of
eleven Princetonians into an im-



pressionistic picture of the rising
young man, and what he thinks.
The pronoun “I” has much to do
with the mechanics of this fusion,
since it is at once the only re-
course of the individual essayist
for identifying himself, and the re-
course of all of them. The lines
become blurred: the reader will
have a hard time remembering
whether it was the future Army
Career Man or the boy from the
exclusive suburb of a Midwestern
city who vehemently attacked
“loosening morality.”’ . But the
positive value of the fusion is that
the book speaks, nd speaks well
and clearly, of, if not for, what is
somehow a glum and amorphous
generation. ; ;

The essays themselves fortunate-
ly varied in their approach. Many
tackle their opinions and values
autobiographically. Again, for-
tunately, the essayists are not all
Protestant exurbanites, so their
backgrounds, religious, economic,
educational and social are various
and interesting. However, no one
spoon-fed from Some Came Run-
ning,, Battle Cry, et al, is going to
find the personal details very lur-
id. Others do less of this grotind-
work: less preface and more phi-
losophizing. .One final senior deals
with his background not at all, but
concentrates, with lucidity and in-
telligence, on his generation. This
essay, the last in the book is a
poignant critiqge on the other ten.

The surprise element in the pro-
fessed philosophies and values of
these seniors is that they are es-
sentially not radical, not shocking.
The essays are on the whole hon-
est and mature, indicative neither
of devotees to great causes, nor of
harum-scarum rebels, but of indi-
viduals who have faced up to the
fact that 99% of the issues are
grey, and not pearly grey at that.

As thought-inspired as these es-
says are, they can scarcely miss
being thought-provoking. The Un-
silent Generation is surely rec-
ommended, though not required,
reading.



Professor Trendall Discourses On Four
Syles of Wall Paintings In Pompeii

“Pompeiian Painting” and the
development of ancient wall paint-
ing were discussed by Professor
A. D. Trendall, Master of Univer-
sity House, Canberra, Monday
night in the Common Room.

In his lecture, Professor Trend-
all stressed Rome’s artistic influ-
ence on Pompeii and its develop-
opment of four styles: incrusta-
tion, illusion, screen, and a com-
bination of illusion and screen.
The first style, a variant of
traditional Hellenistic wall deco-
ration, is not found later than 80
B.C., and is \jspread throughout
the Hellenistic world. Its basic
characteristic is a tripartate rep-
resentation of architectural struc-
ture, with a cornice, dado, and
base. The cornice was often deco-
rated-in stucco relief, later sup-
planted by painted frieze. Large
figured mosaics (such as_ the
Alexander Mosaic) frequently ac-
companied by . the encrustation
style to create a feeling of space.
The use of painted columns..to

the second style. Gradually the

jecting from the wall and casting



give an illusion of depth heralded

were applied against landscape.
Flat surfaces, a reaction against
the impressionism of the second
style, were reintroduced in the
third period, characterized by
slender architectural elements, con-
centration on detail, and soft
coloring. A wall might well be
decorated with screens, columns,
and framed vistas.
_ The fourth style reconciled the
conflict between the complete illu-
sion of the second and the partial
illusion of the third; many of the
best-known examples of Pompeiian
painting (the House of the Vettii
is representative) date from this
period, redecorated after the
earthquake of 62 B.C. The early
Christians adapted this style for
the catacombs until its resurrec-

tion by Constantine.

Despite some difficulty with the
slide operation, the audience was
able to appreciate the beauty of
Professor Trendall’s brilliant
slides, many of which covered un-
published materia].



Notice
_ Students interested’ in living
in a French or Spanish House
“next .year: should consult Miss
Gilman o:









Letters to the Editor

Reader Claims. Remarks
OnNasserPre-Conceived

To the Editor of the College News:

Your editorial of Feb, 12, entitl-
ed “Remarks on the Near East”
was one that no college such as
Bryn Mawr should have in its
weekly paper. It was not written
by an enlightened and unbiased
student, but it is an article that
could have been put together by
a bitter small-town editor from
material gathered from a series of
city editorials. It seems to me in-
credible that a student living in
such troubled times as ours should
not make an effort to understand
the conditions of other countries,
by. using her own mind to_ think
originally (instead of sitting back
and using other people’s well-worn
ideas), and: thereby ameliorating
the present prevailing conditions
of misunderstanding.

The whole editorial was based
on a pre-conceived notion:. Nasser
and his followers are grasping,
cunning, ferocious, and dictatorial.
I personally doubt very much
whether the writer of the article
had thought very deeply on the
validity of this concept., Besides,
are not all these terms relative?
What may seem cunning to one
party might be thought of as
shrewd to another party. No effort
was made by your editorial to
grasp the relativity in the problem
of the Egyptian situation. You
used such well-used phrases as
“ |. . we have a strong suspicion
that Nasser is better at surprise
attack than sustained, battle’ (a
suspicion I am sure you heard
someone’ else exclaim) and
“ ... it looks as if Nasser will be
this year’s coup-of-the-year-man.”
(Time Magazine?)

Here lies one of the most basic
problems of today’s world. Few
people are willing to put aside
their preconceived notions and
prejudices and make an effort to
understand another country’s char-
acter and necessities. Nasser is
often seen in the U. S. as a “sec-
ond Hitler” mainly because, taken
out_of context and placed into an
American frame of mind, the two
men seem to resemble one another.
But with a little thought and
effort one can find no basis of
comparison when one places the
two men into their respective
background and countries. The his-
tory and culture of Germany up
to the 19380’s is so far removed
and different to those of Egypt
that it is nearly impossible to
find a common ground on which to
base this so-called similarity. To
the American mind, democracy is
taken for granted as an essential
part of life, and anything less is
abhorrent and is a dictatorship. To
the Arab mind, however, democ-
racy has little or no meaning and
importance. It does not count at
all in the Arab’s system of values.
Consequently, it does not appear
fair when Americans speak of
Nasser’s “dictatorship” as a point
against him: They think too much
in their own terms, and make little
effort to understand the bewild-
ered Egyptians who have recently
been given a freedom which they
have not had for centuries, and
which they are not yet sure how
to use most correctly and advan-

Continued on Page 4, Col. 3

Latin Student Sends

Glad Thanks to News
Dear Editor:

I_-wish to-thank “you very much
for your Latin editorial. Before I
came here, eyerybody ‘had told me
Bryn Mawr was very classical, so
when I came I enrolled in Latin.
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THE ‘COLLEGE NEWS:

Page Three



Allport, Harvard Psychologist, Speaks
On Problem of Uniqueness, Uniformity

The fourth in the series of lec-
tures on the subject “Goals and
Philosophy of Higher Education”,
sponsored by the William J. Cooper
-Foundation, was held last Sunday
night at the Friends Meeting
Héuse, Swarthmore College. The
speaker, Gordon Allport, Professor
of Psychology at Harvard Univer-
sity, chose as his topic “Unique-
ness and Uniformity, The Dilemma
of the Educator and the Psycholo-
gist”’,

Dr. Allport began his lecture by
making a distinction between edu-
cation and higher education. His
differentiation was between prim-
ary.and secondary and college ed-
ucation. After stating that the
goal of higher education is the
transmission of culture, Dr. All-
. port said that the function of high-
er education is to inspect and crit-
icize, to improve and increase cul-
ture.

When it was discovered that
people who went to college had
more self-assurance and prestige
than those who did not do so, more
people went to college. Colleges
then in some instances ceased to
serve their higher purpose of in-
tellectual development and began
to teach more subjects of a “prac-
tical” nature. In that case, higher
education is the. placed in jeopardy.

The aim of the college today is
to foster self development, Dr, All-
port continued. Their emphasis
is no longer on culture, but on,the
individual student. The striving
should not be for mass education
but for that of single individuals.

In discussing methods of educa-
tion Dr. Allport asserted the poor
results of the practice of teaching
by compulsion. The main disadvan-
tage is that it closes the mind to
new ideas. The only possible
achievement is at best inert knowl-
edge. The main needs of students

in higher education, according. to
Dr. Allport, are precision, disci-
pline and efficiency.

One of the most important aims



of education is nourishing the
“growing edge” all along the edu-
cational career of the student.

In answering his own proposed
question regarding the méans by
which the college may lead stu-
dents into the creative elite, Dr.
Allport went into the means of
“sorting” out students. Since child-
ren differ, however, and are more
complex than adults in regard to
intelligence, interests and -other
factors, there are many unfavor-
able consequences to _ classified
“sorting.” Dr. Allport believes that
education stops short of doing its
job if the self of the individual is
not brought into view.

The unmotivated, the student
who is sent to college, the gifted
student and the authoritarian stu-
dent are four classifications of stu-
dents discussed by Dr. Allport in
regard to the “sorting” plan.

‘Dr. Allport concluded his lecture
by stating that no college should
try to be all things to all appli-
cants and that the goal should. be
a general education and the ap-
preciation of ideas.

Basketball

Last Wednesday, February 26th,
Bryn Mawr met Chestnut Hill for
two games on our home court. The
varsity got off to an early lead
and stayed ahead all the way for
a victory of 85-25. Barbara Reid
was the high-scorer with a total
of sixteen points, Her foul shot
percentage was remarkable as she
scored. fourteen times out of
fifteen attempts. It is a real plea-
sure to record such an average as
Bryn Mawr has often lost as many
as fifteen or twenty points on foul
shots missed. The junior varsity
game ended in a 24-24 tie. Bryn
Mawr had led all the way with
Debbie Smith the high-scorer of
eleven points. In the closing sec-
onds of the game a Chestnut Hill
forward proved the importance of
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Report on Summer Jobs Continues; Employment.
Runs Gamut From Art To Touring Foreign Students

Ed. note. This is the second in
a series which has expanded to
three articles concerning the op-
portunities for summer employ-
ment.

by Miriam. Beames

Marty Fuller.’58 spent a month
of her summer as a chaperone for
a bus load of foreign exchange
students under the American Field
Service...Although she found the
trip exhausting, Marty had a mar-
velous time touring the South with
with her thirty-five charges, whom
she considers “terrific individuals,”
much more mature than American
high schoo] seniors.

The trip was planned so that
the buses spent two nights and
one day in each community, with
a chairman (usually a member
of Rotary, or a school teacher, but
at the University of Virginia the
head of the Foreign Relations De-
partment) to plan the day’s acti-
vities and final\ accommodations
wtih families at every stop. The
students saw monuments’ at
Gettysburg, visited the Cumber-
land Caverns, toured a steel mill
in Birmingham (where they had a
police escort with sirens), watched
a donkey baseball game, held con-
ferences, including ‘a discussion on
segregation, and ended up in
Washington, where Marty took the
French students to the French em-
bassy and met the President on
the White House lawn.

Apart from keeping track of
their students, the chaperones help
introduce the “American Field
Service’s exchange program to
new communities with speeches
by the students or exhibitions of
ther native dances; they also
handle the trip’s budget. Although
there is no salary, the chaperones’
expenses are fully paid.

A chaperon must be twenty-one,
have had some experience with
people, and know about the Amer-
ican Field Service program in
general. In Marty’s case, the trip
provided an excellent follow-up to
her previous summer’s experience
as a worker in a boys’ club in a
London slum.

Advertising Art :
Although she had already found
a job through her father, Cathy
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ed by visiting those in Charlotte,
N, Cy, (where she lives), and tak-
ing with her a folio of her work.
The results were encouraging:
her only experience had been
teaching sketching in a camp, but
one agency was willing to hire her.
Cathy feels that many agencies
will take young people if they are
artistic and willing to work for
several summers; the field is open,
and there is demand for new talent,
willing to work up from appren-
ticeship.

Starting at the bottom of the
ladder, Cathy worked a forty-hour
week at a dollar an hour, earning
about $470 in almost three months.
Her first work was “drawing
straight lines with a ruler”, keep-
ing files, and other miscellaneous
office jobs, but gradually she learn-
ed to use the tools of the trade
(inking pens, slide rules), was al-
lowed to ink in letters and then
work up ad lay-outs from a rough
sketch. By the end of the summer
she could occasionally produce the
final art and retouch photographs.
Though much of the work was ted-
ious, Cathy found the variety of
tasks interesting, and the atmos-
phere most congenial.

Money Via Sweaters

For the sheer excitement of
earning MONEY fast, Dede Shef-
field ’58 beat everybody else by
making $495 plus a sweater in
four days. It all started when she
visited a sweater showing at
Aiken, S. C., and found that the
maker wanted an agent to sell
them in Fisher’s Island and South-
ampton during the summer. Dede
wrote, landed the job, and soon
received trunks containing “two
hundred sweaters (cashmeres
hand decorated with antique lace,
Victorian piano covers, and other
oddments gathered all over the
world). The sweaters were to sell
at $150, of which Dede retained a
$45 commission; all the details of
advertising, finding a room, and
exhibiting the merchandise were
left up to her. As a result of poor
publicity, she only sold thirteen
sweaters, but intends to resume her
job next summer with greater suc-
cess.

Chem Technicians

As Chemistry majors, Margaret
Hall and Ginger Fonda (both ’59)
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with the Emerson Drug Company.
Both wérked for thirteen weeks
and earned between $700 and $800.

(Margaret, who worked in a large,
un-air-conditioned lab analyzing
metal samples for the percentage
of one element, found her eight
hour day (with only a half hour
for lunch) grueling, and considers
that it would be grim no matter
how much the student likes chem-
istry. But there were two positive
results of the summer: she decided
definitely to teach rather than be-
come a chemist, and she earned
an above-average salary.

Ginger, on the other hand, en-
joyed testing Fizzies for their as-
corbic acid and carbon dioxide
content and considered the exper-
ience valuable to a chem major.
The main difference between her
job and Margaret’s was that she
worked in a small, friendly lab
with ultra-modern equipment, had
time to learn about the other lab
workers’ experiments, and under-
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Alliance.
by Gail Beckman

Some girls talking to the Alli-
ance candidates the other night
commented that they had not
heard enough about the confer-
ences at other colleges. These are
some of those to which we have
been invited, Each Sunday night
at 8:15 in March, a lecture on
the Goals of Higher Education is
given at Swarthmore.

Also in the neighborhood is
Penn’s conference featuring Sen-
ators Clark and Case on March
14 and 15. One of the most stim-
ulating conferences scheduled is
the ICG’s Conference on Govern-
ment in which students themselves
get experience in parliamentary
procedure and bill preparation; it
ig on April 17-19 in Harrisburg.
Finally, if you can spare the time
to go to Dartmouth, you can at-
tend their conference on science
and government from April 15-16.
For further details about these,
consult Martha Bridge in Rhoads.

Engagements

Jeannette Paul ’60 to Herbert
Kean.

Sandra Stoeger to John William
Sullivan.

Elizabeth ‘Cox
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THE COLLEG@eN EWS

Wednesday, March 5, 1958.-



Events in Philadelphia

Plays: >

Long Day’s Journey into Night—Eugene O’Neill‘s drama, with Fay

Bainter and Anew McMaster ,opened at Locust Monday, 8 p.m.

No Time for Sergeants—Ira Levin’s comedy, with Myron McCormick
and James Holden, continues at Forrest, Monday evening.

Say, Darling—Abe Burrows, Richard and Marian Bissell play with mu-
sic by Betty Comden, Adolph Greeen and Jule Styne, co-starring
David Wayne, Vivian Blaine and Johnny Desmond, opened at Shu-

bert Tuesday, 8 p.m...
Musieal Events:

Eileen Farrell—Soprano in recital, presented by Philadelphia All Star
Concert Series, at Academy, Thursday evening.

Philadelphia Orchestra—Fritz Reiner conducting concerts, at Academy,

Friday afternoon, Saturday evening and next Monday evening,

March 10.
New Films:

I Accuse!—The Dreyfus Affair again, starrimg Jose Ferrer, Goldman,

Wednesday.

Maria Schell, Lee J. Cobb, William ‘Shatner, Richard

asehart,

The Brothers Karamazov—Dostoievsky’s classic, with ripest

Albert Salmi,

Claire Bloom. Trans-Lux, Wednesday.

Assault—Finnish drama, and Samurai—Japanese revival, Spruce, Wed-

nesday.



Lowe: Red China Is Not Truly Chinese
And Should Not Be Admitted To U.N.

Last Thursday night the Alli-
ance presented Mr. C. H. Lowe of
the Chinese Embassy. His topic,
which after a ‘brief speech took
the form of a discussion, was

“Should Red China Be Admitted
to the U.N.”

Although Mr. Lowe began with
the statement that he was not go-
ing to answer the question, no
doubt was left in the hearer’s mind
that neither Mr. Lowe nor the
‘Chinese Embassy was in favor of
the admittance of Red China to the
U.N.

The crux of Mr. Lowe’s argu-
ment was based on the following
three points: 1) The nationalist
Chinese government is the only
legitimate government the Chinese
mainland has had since 1911.. He
also refuted the claim that the Red
Chinese represented 500 million
people; 98% are not Communists

and the remaining 1214 million be-
came members because of coercion.
2) Mr. Lowe stated that the basic
philosophy behind the Red regime
is contrary to Chinese beliefs.

The third point discussed by
Mr, Lowe dealt with the possible
economic motives the free-world
nations might have for wishing the
admittance of Red (China. He stat-
‘ed that it wouldn’t be possible to
do business with Red China for
profit on the United States terms
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of their independence, they need
a firm guiding hand. If a democ-
racy similar to that of the U. S.
were set up in Egypt today there
would be chaos, Few people know
how hard Nasser is trying to give
the Egyptians a feeling of res-
ponsibility and participation. From
the point of view of the average
Egyptian, the so-called Fascist
dictator is nothing but a strong
and well-defined leader,

I do not wish to make this a
political letter, so I will not go
into Arabs’ long-desired quest for
unity as opposed to your idea of
the Syria-Egyptian merger being
a “coup.” What I want to say is
that if we students of the liberal
arts colleges in the U. S. can make
an effort to see beyond ourselves
and be tolerent of foreign ideals, we
would be taking a positive step
towards future peace. Contrary
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editorial, it seems to me that noth-
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stage of world politics than for
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Last Saturday, the gym at
Vassar. Female College was the
setting for a Playday that includ-
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and assorted bathing-suited males.

In basketball, Bryn Mawr defeat.

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minute halves against Vassar we
lost, 21-27,

Our volleyball team, which was
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played basketball, was twice
victorious. Despite the fact that
some members had never played
volleyball before, the Bryn Mawr
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Vassar, 16-5,

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