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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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Vol. Lill, No. 8

BRYN MAWR, PA,

Employee Wages To Be Reviewed

Bachrach Calls

In a meeting Wednesday morn-
ing, Miss McBride stated that the
Finance Committee of the Board
of Trustees would be going over the
salary levels of the college em-
ployees earlier in the year than
they would otherwise, because of
the student interest expressed in

~ last week’s NEWS,

However, she repeated the
feeling of Mr, Klug and Miss Wright
“that mattérs of employees salaries
and their living and working con-
ditions were not of student con-
cern, Students, and apparently
anyone not on the Board of Trust-
ees Finance Committee, will have
to take the Finance Committee’s
word that the situation has been
attended to properly.
Miss McBride was not aware of
any employees who had room
and/or board deducted from their
salaries who also had homes off
campus and would prefer to bring
lunch from home, The NEWS has

_ interviewed some employees who

claim this is true, She also
“was not aware that anyone worked

a seven day week, College policy

Harvard Referendum
Polls Vietnam Views
In Eastern Colleges

Bryn Mawr students will have an
opportunity to express their politi-
cal views this month in an all-cam-
pus referendum on the war in
Vietnam.

A non-partisan group at Harvard
has prepared the New England Uni-
versities Referendum on Vietnam,
a detailed ballot which will be pre-
sented to about thirty Eastern col-
leges on November 16-17.

According to Kim Marshall,
project coordinator, the referen-
dum has four major objectives:
to confront people with the issues
of the war in an organized, ob-
jective manner; to discern rational
opinions unobscured by emotion; to
provide a compilation of the numer-
ous referenda, surveys and in-
dividual expressions of feeling;
and, possibly, to suggest a new
type of questionnaire which in-
cludes a detailed breakdown of the
issues and which covers all view-
points, Questions on the ballot will
include such topics as the validity
of U.S. policy in Vietnam, national
and international repercussions of
the war, and the governments pre-

sentation of factual information to .

the public.

Results’ of the referendum will
be sent back to Haryard, where
they will be analyzed by computer.
Hopefully the final results willbe
available by November 22.

At Bryn Mawr the referendum
will be conducted by Alliance, Poll-
ing booths will probably be set up
in Taylor and the Library and will

_ , Mbe.-open as long as possible on the

two’ days. Voting is open to all
students, faculty members, and
personnel; in other words, anyone

~gonnected with the college, Alli

hopes that everyone will m an

- effort to vote, regardless of r

political leanings, so that abroad,
accurate picture of college opinions
can be obtained.



For Changes

is a five-and-a-half day week,

Concerning training programs
to help employees learn skills,
she said that it would be ‘‘un-
economical’’ for the college to be
involved in such work,

In the process of further in-
vestigating the employees’ situa-
tion on campus, the NEWS’ spoke
with Mr. Peter Bachrach, poli-

tical science professor, A
“pace strongly supported”
stddents’ concerns in the matter.

He said, ‘‘It is the students’ bus-
iness to look at all aspects of
community life, and we should not
make them bear responsibilities
to the community without allowing
them the right to probe any in-
consistencies within the com-
munity.’?

He agreed that the wages and
living conditions were quite poor,
and added that he had long been
aware of the de facto segregation.
He stated that it is rather ‘‘im-
pressive and ironical that non-
profit institutions such as Bryn
Mawr College have been notor-
jiously backward in employment
situations when compared to. the
hard-nosed profit organizations.’’

For the moment, Bachrach does
recognize the difficulties in re-
cruiting white domestics and the
financial problems which beset the
college, and he offered these as
explanations for the existing pro-
blems, However, he said, there

e ways which the college can
meet these problems, Bryn Mawr,
as a liberal and concerned col-
lege, must really accept the chal-
lenges of the situation and ser-
iously explore the possibilities
for alleviating it,

One of the most important in-
novations would be to have
a spokesman for the employees,
As Bachrach explained, it is very
difficult for the employer to pro-
test employees’ interests which
are different from the employers’
own, Perhaps a union would pro-
vide this spokesman,

Another possible solution to this
problem would be a very vigorous
promotion from within policy for
all ‘workers, coupled with an in-
training program. The college has
already begun promoting from
within; this policy should be en-

(Continued on page 7)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1967

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1967

25 Cents



photo by Bill Harris

Mrs. Barbara Thacher and Susan Nosco, primarily responsible for the Schoolteaching Symposium,
chat between educational discussions. For more pictures and stories on the symposium see pages

four and five.

Undergrad Favors Dues Hike
Will Take Issue To Campus

Undergrad met Monday night to
discuss the question of a raise in
Undergrad dues. This increase is
considered necessary by Under-
grad because of the increasing
demands of campus organizations
for more financial support.

Dorm representatives to Under-
grad reported on the meetings held
in each dorm to discuss the dues
raise. In hall meetings approxi-
mately 530 students voted, 451 in
favor of a raise in dues and 72
against,

Many of those opposed to the in-
crease felt that it was unfair to
force students to contribute (by
paying Undergrad dues) to organi-
zations from Which they derive
little personal efit or in which
they do not participate. They felt
that only those who participate in
certain campus groups should be
charged dues and that students
should’ be charged admission to
campus events, such as lectures

Women, Resist! Area Group
To Give Support to Resistors

The possibility of forming a
Philadelphia area women’s re-
sistance group was discussed by
representatives from various
women’s groups at.a meeting at
the Women’s Strike for Peace
office Wednesday, November 1.

The group, if formed, would

give unified rt to draft
resistors and be independent
projects to fight the draft. «

There were many ideas ex-
pressed for future action that
women in the area could undertake.
A schedule for sending groups of

_ girls to leaflet at. the induction
center on weekday mornings was
set up. Several girls were in-
terested in participating in civil
disobedience at the induction
center on December 4th. Every-

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one seemed to agree on the im-
portance of girls demonstrating
their involvement rather than their
detachment from the draft and
the war. by ‘‘being there’ when :
men are confronted with the army.

Talking to other women -- pri-
marily mothers -- about the draft
was another project considered.
A ‘twoman to woman’ leaflet
could be written up to be passed
out at supermarkets, PTA meet-
ings and women’s groups.

Letter writing to draft resistors
in prison was discussed, Pledges
girls. could make to go to jail
witha resistor w ere also sug-
gested. The Women’s Strike for
Peace representative called for

(Continued on page 7)

and a raise in the price of the
movie series.

Other students were willing to
accept the dues raise only if the
very small (and, they felt, highly
selective) groups did not benefit
from the increase.

Radnor, both Pembrokes, and
Denbigh were strongly in favor of
an increase while Rhoads seemed to



For details of the voting
and budgets, and an opinion on
the dues raise see the article
by Lola Atwood on page 5.



have the greatest opposition, Parti-
cipation in Erdman was rated as
very low.

The possibility and problems in-
volved in the idea of sending stu-
dents a bill for Undergrad dues
over the summer instead of in-
cluding them:..on Payday were also
discussed, but no decision was
reached.

Although Undergrad was almost
unanimously in favor of the in-
crease in student dues, and is not
required to bring’ the issue to a
campus vote, the question will be
referred to an all-campus vote
before Thanksgiving.

The problem of hall announcers
was alsq discussed at Monday’s
meeting. Beginning Monday, No-
vember 13, there will be no more
announcements read in Bryn Mawr
dining rooms.

Instead, hall announcers will pick
up their announcements between 12
and 1 p.m. and post them on dorm
bulletin boards. The boards will be
arranged in. columns by days and
organizations. In order to keep the
boards neat, all cards must be
uniform (3x5). Pembroke and
Rhoads will need two cards each.

The announcers will receive ten
dollars a semester (starting next
semester). This new system will
save Undergrad some money.



Telegram received by Miss’
McBride last Tuesday:
“CONGRATULATIONS TO
YOUR TEAM ON A FINE
VICTORY.GLAD WE DON’T
HAVE TO PLAY YOU IN
FOOTBALL. BEST PER-
SONAL REGARDS. FATHER
TED HESBURGH.”’

Father Hesburgh is the pres-
dent of Notre Dame.

BMOC Weekend
Opens Today
With Hootenanny

Tonight from 8 until 12:30, a
songfest in Applebee Barn will
launch an intercollegiate weekend
sponsored by the Bryn Mawr Out-
ing Club.

In addition to hundreds of har-
monizing vocal chords, the song-
fest will also need guitars, zithers,







‘tiddles, bagpipes, jug band stand-

ards and any available portable
pianos.

Tomorrow morning around 9,
rides will leave Pem Arch forall-
day treks into the out-of-doors.
Caving, canoeing and rock climb-
ing are tentatively planned. Ar-
rangements will be announced at
the songfest tonight, and any ad-
ditional suggestions will be wel-
comed. ihn ee

Saturday night a square dance
is. scheduled in’ the gym from 8
until 12. A 75¢ admission fee will
be charged, and refreshments will
be served. After the dance, a sec-
ond songfest will echo through the
gym from midnight until 2.

For Sunday, the BMOC has slated
a second series of trips, including
rock climbing with a group from
Lafayette College. No experience
is requisite for any of the week-
end excursions.

Students from Princeton, te=-"
high, MIC, Penn, Temple, Lafay-
ette, Hood, Wilson and brother
Haverford will attend the week-
end events.