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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, February 27, 1963



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In Charities. Drive
To the Editor: *

Last year the procedure for run-
ning the Campus Fund Drive was
completely revised. Maximum. stu-
dent. participation

in selecting

charities which would receive do-
penne - “ - Reet 1 oo vy oon ~
“nations” was~stressed. In response
“to @omplaints about former cam-

paigns, no specific contribution
was suggested or demanded. We

firmly believe in the value of this

type of campaign and—are-con-
tinuing the policy this year.

It is unfortunate, however, that
the revised procedure cut total
contriputions.-in half. Last. year
less:than a quarter of the student
body made any contributions at

all. :
It .is-almost-unnecessary..to state...

“Last Friday night’s automobile accident has been deeply.” the woithiness- of ~these-organiza~

upsetting to everyone on campus.
any one of us, and we are torcunate at least that tnis js the
first time in bryn Mawr’s history that such ‘an accident has
_happened..Almost.as-upsetting as the accident. is the diStor-
tion of tacts that has taken piace. Kumor has already distort-
ed those tacts which were known as early »as Saturday, and
an is even more incredible 1s that new, ones seem to-pop up
daily ;

~ Who was responsible for the accident, whether the driv-"
ers had been drinking’or speeding—tnese are things wnich we
cannot be certain ot tor some time to come, it 18 tempting to

pens ‘to be floating around the college, but there 1s no excuse
tor embroidering on what may alreaay be spurious, Much less -
tor passing on rumors.“ oe

I'he aistortion of fact which rumors bring about serves
only to add to the tragedy of an accident such as Barbara
Loeb:and Susannah Sara were in; 1t can conceivably do a great
deal of harm to tne people involved.

We can’t heip but be concerned about the-accident which
happened on kriday, we can’t help talking about 1t, but we

can keep the facts straight.
— The Strike -

As the New York newspaper strike enters its twelfth
week with little hope tor a-settiement, we teel 1t-appropriate
to comment on some of the questions it raises,

~~ "hhere. :
situation is deplorable, and we hope it.comes to a speedy and

”

It could have happened to —

no clear-cut answers, this much is evident. The ~

tions, ‘They appreciate any: -con-
tribution.

Literature describing—the work
and aims of the 27 organizations
suggested by the campus has
been distributed in. the. dormitor-
les and ‘layior; Next week there
will be a poll to choose the 10

‘charities to which Bryn Mawr

students can contribute.
We hope.that Bryn Mawr stu-

ful. We thank everyone in ad-
vance.
_ Roberta Goldsamt, ’63
Barbara Tolpin, ’65 —
Co-chairmen, Campus Fund
Drive ;

Haverford College
Plans to Expand
Within A Decade.

The Haverford College Board of
Managers has approved a. plan to*

_ «:---Satustactory-end. However, we-cahnot agree. with Mr. Philip , expand. the. student body of 415. to

‘Wagner, editor of the Baltimore Sun, that iabor unions consti-
tute an evil that must be squashed.

lt is true that many unions have grown powerful beyond
reasonable limits, and that some of these are corrupt. it is
also true that, in some sense, the current New York situation
is a curtailment of the freedom of the press. But. the question
we must ask is, can-we afford to restore this freedom at. the
expense of the equally basic freedoms that labor unions pro-'
tect ? inc *
~~" Whatever the faults of some unions may be, a country
without them is unthinkable. And whatever the complex is-
sues involved in the New York and Cleveland. newspaper

_ strikes are, it is no answer to suggest that the unions’ demands

be ignored entirely and the unions themselves put ‘down. As
precious aS the freedom of the press is, we cannot gain one
freedom. and lose another, which is what would occur if the
unions were deprived of ‘their power. A labor-management
dispute is always a two-way street. = .

‘- Winter Sports — :

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~~-areas formerly used for
. be encouraged to confine

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‘Winter. provides a variety of sports in which Bryn Mawr.
studerits-may take part. Sledding behind Rhoads is. popular.
Some of us took advantage of the Intercession holiday to make
a quick trip to Vermont for skiing. At least one of us is. an
active ice skater. : =

One winter sport with which. we are all familiar and in
which we all have an opportunity to participate is stiding.
This activity is best defined as. motion which makes an exhil-_
arating (?) transition from the voluntary to the involuntary |
realm. Sg Pes

Sliding - not. only provides exercise, but adventure and
peril as well. Can we make it to Park across the snow slopes:
in time for a nine o’clock class? Or, how many three-point
landings can we have on the way back from Taylor? Or, can
we get through a two-foot snow drift in stockings and high
heels? ae : .

“Two assets to sliding are that. it can be spontaneous .and
_that it: doesn’t require.any special equipment. Any time of
night or day is suitable; you. can do it in slacks, gym tunic,
or cocktail dress. The only-necessary ingredients are a little
snow and a little ice EIS ame

There do seem to be certain areas on campus where the
sliding is best: thé road which runs past Taylor, ‘the path-to-
Park, and the steps on“the path to Radnor, to name a few.
‘While: sliding- seems -to be individual like golf,’ rather than

competitive like tennis, it is a spectator sport, and it seems

‘to us that the areas on campus at whicli sliding is now con-*”
_eentrated do not provide optimal conditions for spectating.
We would like to recommend therefore that sliding activi-

at a place such as Senior row, and
iding be sanded so that sliders will
: their sliding at a designated central
ocation where both sliders. and spectators will be able to

ties be centralized, perha

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; ; cee: Geass

is changing”-and that Haverford

seven*hundred over, a ten-year per-

iod. President Hugh Borton an-
nounced this decision. to the college
February 5. a

Haverford will ‘realize the first

“step in its ten-year plan with thé

completion’ of a two. and a half. mil-
lion dollar math, chemistry, and
physics building next September.
A second, projected, building is a
128-man dorm to the south of Leeds.
President Borton plans to have two
undergraduate -living areas of. 350
students each, one around.the Foun-
ders-Barclay-Lloyd area, which al-
ready houses nearly 350 boys, and

one around the Leeds area, which ,
_.now-houses’. seventy-two..students.

' The faculty will not increase at
the same’fifty per cent rate. Ac-
cording to President Borton, many
of the advanced classes now have too
few etudents,-)* en
‘. Haverford ‘will finance its expan-
sion with a long-range drive for
thirteen million dollars. It hopes
to get this money from corporations
and foundations as well as from
alumni.

~ Although the Board of Managefs ~~

approved expansion almost unani-
mously, there are many students
afid somé faculty who do not favor..
the plan. These feel that. Haverford
will sacrifice its ideals and individ-
uality. by.increasing its size. Pror
fessor Theodore Hetzel of Engineer-
ing, for example, “Moving forward’
has nothing to do with the number
of. ‘students’ here.”

On the other hand, Histozy Pro-

“fessor Wallace ~MacCaffrey says

“The rest 6f the educational ‘world
to

ry e :

simply too small in comparison

its tri-college affiliates, Bryn Mawr .
~ and ‘Swarthmore. , -- aeitanmegiat

When asked what direction an ex- +
-. panded Haverford might take, Norm

Perlstine, editor of the Haverford

_ News stated, “Ttis.my private opiriion

that we’ll win a. few more football.
games. Also the expansion may.
challenge the Admissions department |

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to find a different type of student.” —

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Fund Reisers Urge. -Library-Werker Considers:
_ Maximum Support

Proposal For Later ‘Hours

To the Editor:

_, A librarian should, I believe, speak
in answer to the recent student re-
quest. for expanded library hours.

I think this is a matter of self

discipline, of firm realization that
one has chosen four years of college
“and in-go-domg- has-committed-ex.2
self to: a nattern of life for those
years. If a student is unwilling to
give up a .iew personal preferences
in recognition of the need to -work
under the facilities. and rulings—of
this institution, she had better choose
another college than Bryn Mawr.

Although the requested service is
often available elsewhere, at Bryn
Mawr many problems peculiar to
this library seem to work toward a
denial of such- service~here. Points

Which have “been tentioned, “light”

“and heat, as unimportant, stafting

which is, are all to me less valid °

than. one.very.-major~consideration:
the vulnerability of the building and

. its handful of occupantg to problems

of extremely’ unpleasant nature
-when news becomes general that the
building is open late at night. The
two reading rooms have no telephone
available, they aré widely separated
by long open corridors with many

8 : rooms where someone : could. lurk.-
seize upon any scrap of mtormation, vermed or not, that nap-. dents will. do what they can to [yjess a watchman or watchmen

make this year’s campaign sugcess- *

clear. the building when it partially
closes and then stand guard on. what-
ever door or doors are ‘to be_open, IT
think it would be the height of folly

~ to leave the. building in charge of

two undergraduates. As a member
of the library staff,-I go on record
that I would be most unwilling to
assume the responsibility for a par-
tially-open Bryn Mawr library build-
ing unless backed by a constantly
operating watchman.

So my. advise to you-is-to give up
a few outside activities, send your
‘gentlemen friends away ‘for: the
afternoon (they. might better. study
during the day. also) and invite them
back in the evening when you have
- finished: -your- work, and use- the-li-

brary on a well-planned schedule. -

At any time the seating space gives
out completely and the book stock
is so inadequate that long lines are
necessary, you may rest. assured

that the library staff will do every-~

thing in its power to create better

facilities. But empty ‘seats, desk re-~

serves sitting waiting. to be read,
patronage by only a few relative to
the college population have yet. to

speak foy need of increased open .

hours. A minority of students, in
my opinion, has not the right to de-
mand special consideration from an
institution for its own’ particular
preferences.

-Ancidentally, why do-you net ask

Applehee



-i’d.put away my winter plumes :
and mused with joy on fumes ,

when -all at once, the. snow:

agus returned
and i was_stuek-in frightful. _
my winter feathers all had gone
to. stuff a new chair pillow ~

and ‘mournful as a willow. ~
Cee. er epee §
oh, do not sit here, little lass .
upon this jowvely pillowed chair .
for one once parted with his past
is ofice again united there.
_ love, OSPR
<2 ar SES 5

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of blooms.

“decidedly does.”

and i was left naked ag the dawn |

' bargains. ose std NR

us for similar service at 7-o’clock in
the morning, a safer and more help-
ful time?

Jane - Walker

Head Cataloguer

Editor of MONITOR”

~-Surveys-Problems —

Of News Industry
: by Pauline Dubkin ,

The Christian Science Monitor is
one of the finest newspapers in the
country: responsible, thorough, un-
sensational, slantéd towards giving
intelligent analyses and background
material of the news it publishes.
Mr. Saville Davis, the Monitor’s
chief editorial writer, isa quietly:
dynamic ~man-- who- reflects these
qualities of his paper.

He impresses one as being vitally
concerned with the press in Amer-
ica.. When questioned about the -

‘problem that is uppermost in every-

one’s mind, the New York «newspa-
per strike, he answered carefully and, -
thotightfully. ; -

PUBLIC INTEREST, INVOLVED |

“This is a_ strike involving the
public interest,” he said, “and we.
must take a somewhat different at-
titude towards’ it than we take to-
wards other strikes. The situation
compels you to take’a position that
goes against your grain. In this
matter of strikes, one must decide
when they are generally against the
public interest, and take a stand ac-
cordingly.”

One. ofthe most serious problems
confronting the newspaper industry
is the growing number of newspaper ~
monopolies. Mr. Davis sees one pos-
itive factor in this situaition: in

cities waere a monopoly | exists,

newspapers are -no longer in - cut-
throat competition with each other,

and can afford to.be more respon-"..~_.

sible, less sensational.
LOSS HIGHER woes

But the loss is higher than the
gain in situations where monopolies
exist. According to Mr. Davis, un-
der these circumstances newspapers
lose much of their individuality, and

the quality of their reporting ‘is

weakened, ot :
It is strong, investigative report-

_ing that is needed most at this time,
“he, feels.—

“The- chief--oecupational _
disease of reporters. is to become.
cynical.” They must retain a basic
sense. of. thé constructive, must
ceaselessly dig for facts without. be-
coming disillusioned when they are

’ not*forthcoming.

Mr. Davis himself is this kind of
reporter. He cited a case that oc-
curred during the McCarthy era, —
when an unsubstantiated accusation. ,
was made for which -no facts were
immediately available. Before he
let the Monitor publish the accusa-
tion, he teft his desk and went to
work on the case.

_..For virtually_thnee days.and three

nights he dug exhaustively for’ the
facts, and finally got them. Although
reporting this thorough cannot often
be indulged in:in today’s newspaper,

‘where the emphasis is on.speed and

the “scoop,” it is the spirit of such
constant digging - and questioning
that is sorely needed, Mr.. Davis
contends, .

It_is, however; a hopeful sign that
a man with these high standards
feels that the sensé of professional-
ism and responsibility among jour-
nalists is growing, which- Mr. Davis‘

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*-RECORD SALE

The Bryn Mawr College book: | -
shop will sponsor a record sale
on- Thursday morning,’ February
28, beginning at 9:00 a.m. sharp. -
All records will be sold for $1.98,
except a few stunning expensive







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