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© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1967
Vol. LII, No. 17
BMC Fulbright Recipients’
Prepare to Sail Abroad
.Eight Bryn Mawr students have
been awarded Fulbright Fellow-
ships for graduate study abroad.
The recipients are BethChadwick,
Nina Daniel, Laurie Deutsch, Syl-
via Reisch, Michaela Ruppert,
Laura Steinberg, Peggy Thomas
and Marjorie Westerman.
Beth Chadwick, an English ma-°
jor with a minor in German, will
study in southern Germany at the
University of. Tiibingen. She will
concentrate on modern. ex-
pressionistic drama.
Nina Daniel, who is a Spanish
major, is not yet certain whether
she will accept the fellowship.
If she does accept, Nina will study
Latin American literature at the
Instituto Caro y Cuido in Bogota,
Colombia.
Laurie Deutsch will participate
in a special program in Mexico,
Continuing her studies in political
science, she will spend a few weeks
in Mexico City then travel to the
University of Nuevo Leon in Mon-
terrey. This city has the largest
urban development in Mexico.
Laurie , although enrolled in the
faculty of law, will be studying**
urban planning at the other facul-
ties of the university.
Laura Steinberg is also unsure
about her acceptance of the fel-
lowship. She has the opportunity
to study philosophy and mathe-
matics in Manchester, England,
Peggy Thomas will-take courses
in anthropology and history at the
University of Ayacucho in Peru.
She will be studying cultural change
especially in developing nations
$.D.S. Exposes
with two cultures ( in this case
« Indian and European.) Peggy plans
to work with an Indian group in
her spare time.
Margie Westerman, an English
major, will participate in a two-
year bachelor of philosophy pro-
gram at Oxford in England. She %
plans to study English literature,
particularly that of the 19th cen-
tury.
Sylvia Reisch and Michaela Rup-
pert, both German majors, were
accepted for study in Austria but
did not accept the fellowships.
Sylvia has decided to attend med-
ical school instead.
Chadwick Gets
Danforth Award
Bryn Mawr senior Beth Chad-
wick is one of 120 new Danforth
Fellows thosen from among appli-
cants. throughout the country.
The Danforth Graduate Fellow-
ship Program was established in
1951 to encourage graduates who
seek to become college teachers.
Special attention is given to
three areas in considering can-
didates for fellowships: first, evi-
dence of flexible intellectual ability
and thorough academic achieve-
ment; second, evidence ofpersonal
characteristics’ which are likely
to contribute to effective teaching;
and finally, evidence of concerns
which range beyond self-interest
and narrow perspective.
Beth plans to use her Danforth
to study at Yale University when
she returns from her year ofstudy :
in Germany asa Fulbright scholar.
War Research,
Reviews Spring Nat'l Council
Bryn Mawr and Hayerford’s in-
volvement in the University City
Science Center, a research in-
stitute in Philadelphia whichis now
doing war research intimately con-
nected with Vietnam, was dis-
cussed by the bi-campus chapter
‘of Students for a Democratic So-
ciety at a meeting Tuesday night.
The Science Center is an off-:
campus cénter for laboratories and
facilities where funds from the-
ture of the Science Center, the kind
of relationship Bryn Mawr and
Haverford bear towards it and in
general the role of the university
in this society. The chapter will
form demands about the colleges’
future actions towards the Science
Center, probably asking that the
colleges withdraw.
A meeting to consider campus
policy toward the Science Cen-
ter was called for next Tuesday
photo courtesy Kentucky Kerne!
Kathy Murphey a Glen Nixon were among the Bryn Mawr and
Haverford students present at the $.D.S, National Council.
government and from industry
sponsor research contracts which
are carried out _by faculty from
m. Sharpless.
ed at last Tues-
night at 10
Algo
day’s meeting was. the sDs Na-
tional Council held over spring
--vaeation at the University of Ken-
_ (Continued on page is S
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1968;
ph oto by Ma
Laurie Deutsch, Beth Chadwick.and Marjorie Westerman.
dent-
Yee
Fulbright scholars, from left: Peggy Thomas, Laura Steinberg,
25 Cents
Final Elections
Name Leaders
Completing its final -round
of campus-wide elections, Bryn
Mawr has. chosen five student
officers to Self .Gov and Undergrad
positions,
‘Run-off elections were required
in two Self-Gov contests, Junior
Martha Taft was chosen vice presi-
‘and Freshman Cathy
Hoskins as first sophomore on
the second ballot.
Current SophomoreClass Pres-..
ident Ellen Lansky was front-
runner in the race for sec-
retary to Self Gov.
Two candidates ran unop-
posed for Undergrad positions.
Cap Cease will be the organiza-
tions’ vice president and Leslie
Hain its secretary.
Newly. elected class_ presi-
dents include Ashley Doherty,
sophomore; Joan: Briccetti, jun-
ior; Judy Liskin, senior.
Hall presidents have also
been selected this week.. The
results are Miriam Schultz -in
Rockefeller; Pem Kelly, Rhoads;
Pat Minard, Pembroke East; Cap
Cease, Pembroke West; Mary
a - Berg, Denbigh; Jo-anne Thomas;
Erdman; Marianne Lust, Merion;
Barbara Wester, German House;
and Barbara Petty, Spanish House.
Radnor has not yet elected its new
president.
Films and Speakers Directors Remove Overnight Ban.
Highlight Teach-In Call For Bi-College Discussion
On Urban Crisis
Revolution? The Social Action
Committees and Negro Discussion
Groups of Bryn Mawr and Hav-
erford will sponsor a teach-in
to probe the question of the Ur-
ban crisis from Friday, April 5
through Sunday, April 7.
Two films are slated for Friday
afternoon, from 2 to 4 in the Bio-
logy Lecture Room.. The first
movie, ‘‘The Time Is Now,” star=
ring Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee,
has been shown twice on national
television. The second film, ‘‘With
All Best Wishes and Kindest Re-
gards,’? centers on indigenous
white organizers in South Phila-
delphia.
Saturday’s activities start at
3 p.m. when George Neal of the
New School of African Thought
will speak on ‘‘The Myth of the
Poverty Program”’ in Haverford’s
Sharpless Hall. At 5 the teach-
in moves back to Bryn Mawr when
Nicci Giovanni, author of ‘‘Black
Feeling and Black Talk’’, will
speak on ‘‘A Negro Radical’s His-
tory of the United States,’’
The teach-in on Sunday focuses
on the question of ‘‘ What Can Whites
Do?” Mortin Stavis of the Law
Center of Constitutional Rights at
Newark will talk with represen-
tatives from Philadelphia’s Con-
sumer Education and Protection
Association and Chicago’s JOIN,
a white student organization. The
panel will be held in the Com-
mon Room at Bryn Mawr. As
the closing activity, Bryn Mawr
and Haverford students can gather
to discuss their own views on the
urban. crisis, or evaluate the teach-
in, at a meeting at 8 p.m, in the
Common Room,
brary,
graphic
The Board of Directors of
Bryn Mawr College has voted to
continue the 8 a.m, sign-outs and
to remove temporarily the restric-
tion on overnights to Haver-
ford College,
In a. meeting, Wednesday
night, Mar, 20, Self Gov Execu-
tive Board Members Drewdie
Gilpin, Liz Thacher, Judy Liskin,
Jan Oppenheim, Pinky Stamen
and Lynn Ahwesh met with Miss
McBride, Mrs, Marshall, Miss
McPherson, the Board of Di-
rectors~ and = five -- members
of the Committee on Student Rules,
The purpose of the meeting
was to review the 8 a.m. sign-
out system which has been
used on a trial basis for the
past four months, Each hall presi-
dent submitted a report of
the number and destinations of
8 a.m. sign-outs used in her dorm
during the provisional period,
Hall presidents also evaluated
the efficiency and expediency of
the new -sign-out procedures, In
these evaluations other aspects of
campus life, such as the need for
an all-night study building at BMC,
came to the front,
The Self-Gov Board compiled
a report of the campus-wide use
of the 8 a.m, sign-out and sub-
mitted this to the Board
of Directors, In this compilation
it was revealed that Haverford
and Philadelphia were the two
most frequent destinations for the
8 o’clock sign-outs,
In its general report on the
"8 a.m,.’s the Self-Gov Executive
Board said, ‘‘Although many
sign-outs were to Haverford,
the hall presidents feel that
these were used for purposes the
Directors would find legitimate,
such as work in the Sharpless Li- .
parties, use of photo-
darkrooms and so
forth,’’
The principal question raised
by Self-Gov in its report was one
of financing,
Calling the 8: gm. a
privilege greatly appreciated
by the campus because of the free-
dom its very existence allots
to the student in choosing her time
of return,’’ Self Gov raiséd one
main question concerning the sign-
outs; does the 8 a.m, justify
its present cost,
In their evaluations, the
hall presidents expressed the view
that a cheaper and more convenient
system might be arranged by which
the hall presidents would have keys
which students could sign out upon
leaving and signin upon return, The
point was also brought up that
the obvious low usage on weekday
nights does not seem to justify
the expense of the men in Rock
basement,
In @its statement to the
student body, the Board of Di-
rectors explained that -it was
asked to continue the 8 a.m. ‘with
the understanding that the pro-
cedures be reviewed in ac-
cordance with the suggestions
from some of the hall presidents,”’ .
Although most hall residents
considered that the 8 a,m.’s were
being used for ‘‘legitimate’’ rea-
sons, they expressed the opinion
that the sign- -out did not solve
the problem of overnights to
Haverford, At this point Drewdie
Gilpin presented a written state-
ment composed .by the ~ Self-
Gov Executive Board the campus
feeling about the clause in the
constitution prohibiting overnights
to Haverford.
Drewdie’s statement indicated
that government at Bryn Mawr jis
_ based on a system of rules ,found-
ed on an honor system. and
, (Continued on page 7)
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The Return of Self Gov.
It seems that we have had returned to us our full
self government system. The Board of Directors’
decision to temporarily remove the restriction on the
overnight signout gives us the responsibility ofhandl-
ing and solving problems with signouts and with |
our social honor system,
In her ‘‘viewpoint’’ in the last issue of the NEWS
Lynn Ahwesh stated that because of the prohibition
on overnight signouts to Haverford, ‘‘Self Gov is
removed from the students’ hands, and its claim to
their support is shaky, If the decision about Haver-
ford overnights, with all the principles involved in
it, were freely left to the students, it would be an
expression of confidence in Bryn Mawr students and
in self government that could make Self Gov. mean
something.’’
At last the Board has realized that placing re-
strictions on our set of rules creates conflict within
the student body, for there aré many studénts
who cannot accept a decision by the Board of Di-
rectors in the same way they accept decisions made
by Self Gov and the student body. When Self Gov
is forced to legislate rules which they have not form-
ulated, many of its members become disillusioned
with self government, Many lose confidence in Self
Gov. because they feel that the organization has be-
come merely a tool of' the trustees and administra-
tion,
The Board’s decision, to remove the restriction on
overnight signouts ‘will give many of us more con-
fidence in: Self Gov. ‘We feel and hope that now we
willbe better able to cope with these problems
because we are living under a system which we
ourselves, having the power of self government, have
formulated, NGM
The COLLEGE NEWS éunde a business manager and
advertising manager for next year. Anyone interested
should contact the Editor i in Merion. ;
- Viewpoint
and the class of 1970...
schools have.
Bryn Mawr needs a student union. The dorms
here are small and tend to be like sororities. We
need a-place.where ws.can meet each sther. on many ___.
levels-academically and socially, We need a place
which can provide a center of life for the community.
The most important part of a student union would
be a central dining room, Meals provide abreak in
study and they could be made a form of recreation
for students, who are often too busy to talk to one
’ another during the day.
haps 2 hours of service).
There are'so many things which could be built
The list is almost endless:
1) meeting and committee rooms, not only for
the Big Six and various committees, but for any
discussion groups or informal meetings of oil
‘into a student union.
dents
2) recreation rooms, with ping pong tables, card
tables, etc., which could be used by students and
friends from other schools
3) rooms to listen to music in
4) rooms in which to entertain guests and dates
5) party rooms which could be used by campus
groups or just by students who would like to en-
tertain guests
6) rooms in which to tata (some with music,
some without)
7) rooms in which movies ani slides could be
shown
8) TV rooms:
9) snack bars and coffee houses
10) art studios and hobby rooms .
11) offices for all campus organizations
When dates arrive on campus, they usually
Center of Attention
Maybe Lola Atwood is on the right track when
she says that the solution to our present problems
of apathy, unactivity and lack of community could
..-be solved bythe. reduction of the average work load
at Bryn Mawr. :
My suggestion takes a slightly different tack. It
does not purport to be the solution to our problems,
because I do not feel that there is any one miracle
which can make them disappear. I dofeel however
that there is one very important part of a college
campus which is missing here and which most other
Another great advantage ©
would be a wider choice of hours of meals (per-
_a
Iv
Philadelphia. This is in many cases because
there is NO PLACE TO GO, Dorms observe quiet
_..Many men feel uncomfortable surrounded by crowds
~ “of girls, A student union would be the place to go
to relax, talk, have coffee and meet others.
When a student has no date for a weekend and
does not feel like studying, where can she ‘go?
The only choice is usually to some event OFF
campus, There is simply no place around here
where she can go to feel she is getting away from
~ the dormitory, where she spends so much time
(much of it studying). A student union would be
the place to go.
to the college but can think of no excuse because
together with other students and arrange a party
(even birthday parties could take place in the union),
When students and faculty members would like to
get together, todiscuss problems or just have coffee
together, they could go to the student union,
When a student and her date would like to study to
music and the smokers are crowded, they could go
to the student union.
When students would like to play cards and there
are ng empty smokers, they could go tothe student
union, . :
The student union would be a meeting place, a
place to break up the hours of study, a place to
get away from it all — getting away from °
Bryn Mavr. 7
The construction of a piudeot union is an en-
ormous and expensive project. With all the con-
struction going on on this campus it will not ap-
pear overnight. But perhaps a student union
should take precedence over other future building
projects. The profits from the Arts Council pro-'
gram on March 17 are going to be used to start
a fund for the construction of a union. It would
be nice if the profits from other events could be
_... When.a_ student would like to invite someone out...
used for the fund.
A student union is not the panacea for the
problems ofthe Bryn Mawr community, but having
a center of activity for the social life of the
leave immediately to go to other schools dr to
Alumna Protests
“To the Editor:
I read with interest. the double
spread in the NEWS of Feb, 23 *‘The
Honor System on Trial,’’ I applaud
the fighting spirit and concern for
their community expressed by all
four. writers and also envy their
position in» a community small
enough to be directly affected by
their concerned action.
However, Sally Dimschultz
surely cannot have expected her
reference to the alumna’s senti-
mental interest in student affairs
to gounchallenged. The Bryn Mawr
student spends about 32 months of
her life with the Self-Gov Assoc-
iation, but after that, she lives with
us. The rest of us hav& found that
our actions do affect the commun-
ity around us and “the girl in the
next room.”? When the Bryn Mawr
student leaves college torejoin us,
we alumnae, at the other end of the
generation gap, will be that ‘girl
in the next room.’” I suggest that
when we wish to change our social
mores, as we obviously do at the
present time, the change is brought
about by’ a painful and slow process
of self-examination, persuasion
and mutual accomodation.
It seems ludicrous to suggest
that anyone as intelligent and in-
dependent-thinking as the Bryn
Mawr girl could hope to arouse
the emotion of sentimentality in
an alumna breast. This particular
breast is filled rather with admir-
ation and hope.
It has been suggested that I
should end this letter on a light
note. If I cannot do that, it is
because I still identify myself in
many ways with Sally Dimschultz
eyo try
2 (Mes. band th Oa, Jr.)
Letters to the Editor
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Food For Thought
To the Editor:
Not for fun, but for fellowship,
some of us foreign students got to-
gether on the evening of March 8 to
cook our native food for our fellow
American students. Peruvian, In-
‘dian, Nigerian, Japanese dishes
and even Foreign Students’ Advisor
Miss Turnbull’s contribution were
served buffet style.
Food ‘did provide us all with the
common ground from which we en-
tered into a larger area of under-
Standing - different ways of feeling,
thinking, and of life.
If a program like this is really
conducive to the furthering of the
relationship among the members
of the Byn Mawr community, though ._
in a small way, should one on a
larger. scale be_planned inthenear _
- gincerely, future? What do yon ik ss
'*
povis~ pat 3
sit |e with other Rean < vines
College would contribute much to the well-being
of its members.
Nancy Miller
love looks on an april after-
noon: love brings rain and snow,
piano forte, the ginger man and
zorba, green dresses, concentra-
tion gaps interspersed with anna
karenina, whiskey sours, muggy
skies, sunshine sometimes and
russian tea when it rains, fan-
Friday, Aprit 5, 1968
hours. There are few public rooms ineachdorm. .
there is nothing special going on she could get .
tasy flights to the virgin islands, |
speeding time, cigarette lighters
with green flames, doing nothing
~houriy, a laughing maniac, “tears
and a bit of luck, a party andmay-"—
be a member of the wedding.
sometimes love is blindit’s true
but when love sees it sees all,
seeing love loves amorphously.
(right now i’m a bit hung up on
life and i love you all
applebee)
* * * 4
‘‘In olden days men had the
rack, Now they have the press.’?
Oscar Wilde
* * *
‘¢Journalism: the art of filling
space.??
Rebecca West
New York Herald Tribune
Curriculum Committee
Meeting
Tuesday, April 9th
~ Room G Taylor, 1:30 p.m.
Anyone interesfed in pass-
fail _,faculty ad-
%; ort
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tent end ell
, Friday, April 5, 1968
Page Three =
' Campus belesates Attend
Special guests Lola Atwood and
Nicky Hardenbergh joined faffhity
Mrs. Clarissa Pell, Mrs. Ellen
Reisner and Mrs, Mary Dunn
in attending. the 1968 meeting of
the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Council
Mar, 5, 6, 7, in Detroit, Mich,
An annual event of the BMC
alumnae organization, the conven-
tion aimed at three main targets:
*To bring others an up-todate pic-
and means of developing such pic-
tures more sharply; and, of part-
icular importance, to return from
sojourning, freshly enlightened
about a significant part of the United
States and its Bryn Mawr
alumnae.”
Every third year, the Alumnae
Council convenes at Bryn Mawr,
but in the intervening years, the
Council conducts its meeting in
some other part of the nation.
This year, the District IV city-of -
Break-Through
An unforeseen break-through
in Faculty-Student Social Ex-
change . . . a faculty-student
party . . . Wednesday, April 17
. -. the Gym... 9:30 to mid-
night . . . the party is being
held as a benefit for the mam-
moth metaphysical Student
Union of the future . .. there
will be food ... tickets avail-
able in the halls and Taylor,
April 15-17... . there will ‘be
dancing . . . bring your gang-
ster and vamp attire.”
The party recalls the post-de-
pression 30’s--signifying the post-
depression spirit of Mrs. Mar-
shall, Miss McPherson, Mr, Zim-
merman, Mr. Varimbi, Mrs.
Dudden, Mr. Evans and.Mr, Kep-
pee who, along with a few jazzy
student musicians, have come up
with a Big Band Sound, some old
30 songs, Mae West and a dance
routine.
This is the first of a series
° of fund-raising ventures for. a
* Student Union that Undergrad hopes
to sponsor next year. Arts Coun-
cil believes that the campus, vol-
atile as it is, should respond mag-
nificently to this heart-rending cry
for civilized recreation (other than
gym) and relaxation.
Faith Greenfield
~ and administration members Miss -
Katharine. McRyjde, Mrs. Dorothy _
| Marshall, Miss Elizabeth Vermey,
- ture.otthe College; toexplore ways. _.
Colleges Stage
Mock Primary
**TIME”’? magazine is sponsoring
the first national collegiate pres-
idential primary--CHOICE68, The
program is headed by a board of
student directors, who met in
Washington, D,C., earlier this year
to nominate candidates, They chose
Fred Halstead, Mark Hatfield,
Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy,
Martin Luther King, John Lind-
say, Eugene McCarthy, Richard
Nixon, Charles Percy, George
Romney, Ronald Reagan, Nelson
Rockefeller, Harold Stassen and
George Wallace,
Two referendum questions con-
cerning our Vietnam policy and one
dealing with government spending
in the ‘‘urban crisis’? are to be
included on the ballot,
President Johnson met with the
CHOICE 68 Board of Directors
on Feb, 19 to discuss and sub-
sequently to give his approval to
the students’ plans. He said that
when youth make their opinions
mes this seats eee ost,
primary, which will be held at
‘Bryn Mawr on-April-24,--—~-——~--
iit ;
ity ee pie iaats s
a wns student. phot —"?
-4n an American college or univ-
-ersity is eligible” to yote ‘in the
/BMC Alumnae Confab
Detroit played hostess to over 60
delegates for two days, and the
conference then moved on to Ann
Arbor, _ Mich,, on the final day
for a tour of the néw North Cam-
pus of the University of Michigan.
During the first day’s sessions,
a roundtable discussion, moderated
by Mrs. Marshall, presented a
“Case Study,’ an evaluation of the
recent Middle States Association —
case study of the College. Mrs.
Dunn reported on faculty positions,
appointments and opinions; Lola
reported on Undergrad finances
and students lifes and Nicky evalu-
ated self-scheduled exams and cur-
riculum changes.
The question and answer session
after the roundtable covered such
pertinent topics as individualism |
versus community. ‘‘It was inter-
esting to hear the members of the
Alumnae Association talking about
apathy, lack of communication and
absence of community as problems
the organization is facing within
its’ own ranks because these are
the very problems we are con-
fronting at Bryn Mawr,’’ Lola said,
“The parallels are tremendous.’’
Tuesday’s activities concluded
with a dinner in honor of Miss
McBride at which the Honorable
Edmund B, Spaeth Jr., trustee of
Bryn Mawr College and judge of
the’ Court of Common Pleas No.
8, First Judicial District (Phila-
delphia), delivered a talk on the
current urban tension in the United
States. -
Wednesday evening two separate
dinners were held in private homes
in Grosse Point. ‘‘At the dinner
that Lola, ‘Nicky and I attended,
John McKean,’ headmaster of the
Kingswood School, and Bertrand
Sandweiss, principal of Mumford
High School, gave us insight into
the needs and goals of private and
public education,’’ commented
Mrs. Reisner, executive director of
the Executive Board ofthe Alumnae
Association.
On Thursday the delegates left
for Ann Arbor, made a tour of
parts of the University campus and
heard Michigan professors provide
viewpoints on the appropriate con-
ditioning of higher education and of
professional life for women.
At the close of the 1968 Coun-
cil, Miss McBride spoke to a lunch-
eon gathering ofdelegates, alumnae
and guests.
Two to Attend
Naval Academy
Senior Katharine Ford and
Junior’ Barbara Rosenberg have
been selected to participate in the
eighth annual Naval Academy
Foreign Affairs Conference, slated
for April 24-27 in Annapolis, Md.
The subject of this year’s con-
ference is ‘‘Africa and the Middle
East.’’? Katharine will sit in ona
discussion of “‘Africa’s Role in the
World Community,” and Barbara
will attend a session on ‘‘Tribal-
ism, Racism and Black National-
ism in Africa.”
Guest speakers and panelists
will include Under. Secretary of.
State for Political Affairs, Eugene
V. Rostow, Mrs, Eugenia Ander-
son, U.S,. Representative in the
Trusteeship Council at the United
Nations. Vice Admiral Andrew
Jackson, USN, Vice Chairman, U;S,
Delegation to the United. Nations;
and Ambassador Richard Nolte,
U.S, Representative in Egypt in
June 1967.
The Conference is planned to ex-
amine the United States foreign
policy to determine its soundness,
its pertinence under present condi-
tions ‘and its application to the fu-
ture. '
“Student delegates are selected on
the basis of academic achievement
-and their interest in such fieldsas ~
international relations, history and
' politicalscienee,
ak Pt Cee er FS
i ~ vee eee .
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Photo by Mary Yee
Bryn Mawr girl oblivious to destruction of traditional home of College alumnae. Wyndham will be
open for meals and morning coffee on April 15.
Campus Campaign Group
Drives for McCarthy Win
‘tWe will have power over
the “Democratic machine, if
we can get a large-McCarthy re-
turn. We can force the issue
out into the open. We will be
too strong to be ignored. And we
can get our delegates elected.’’
Speaking with confidence, Kathy
Coleman ‘and Ann. Carmel+
lino briefly outlined the many
thrusts of the Bryn Mawr Mc-
Cathy campaign. The campaign
committee. was. first organized
March 14, when faculty and stu-
dent advocators gathered to
coordinate’ campus efforts with
those of the central Mc-
Carthy-for-President Committee
in Philadelphia. Mary Berg is in
charge of the Bryn Mawr organ-
ization,
The McCarthy fund-raising
campaign, relying on healthy ap-
petites and an abundance of
small change, has been enormously
successful. Its trial was on
March 15 at the Erdman mixer,
where home-baked cookies and
cupcakes were offered for sale
in a’ booth designed by Mr.
Janschka. By 11 p,m, all the food
had disappeared, and the newly-
organized McCarthy for President
Committee found itself with $17
Baking then started on a lare
ger scale, The markets expanded
mittee took advantage of book-
shop to peddle cupcakes. In
addition, food is sold in Taylor
between classes.
Five days after expanding
production, the Bryn Mawr or-
ganization. was able to give the
central committee in Phila-
delphia $110. In addition, the
group bought raw materials
and mimeograph paper from its
profits. Since then it has been
totally self-sufficient, and has been
able to send extra money regular-
ly to the Philadelphia office.
Another tentative fund-rais-
ing idea is to sponsor a
dance in Erdman’s dining and liv-
ing rooms, Admission would
be charged, and the band would
agree to play gratis. The com-
mittee is currently in negotia-
tion with two local groups for
the projected plan.
In the publicity sphere, the
Bryn Mawr committee has
organized two letter-writing
campaigns under Margaret War-
ner. The first is directed
to Senator Joseph Clark (D-Pa.)
urging him to support Mc-
Carthy in the April 2% state
primary. A mimeographed form
letter has beeh sent around to
faculty members to this effect,
requesting. signatures. These
are collected and sent to Washing-
ton, .In addition, students have _
written personal letters asking
Senator Clark to clarity his po-
, sition,
The second campaign --is
more public. The committee
wishes to publish frequent letters
to editors, or open letters to
McCarthy, thanking him forenter- .
ing the race.
‘The group’s newest project
is an expose on Robert Kennedy,
whose appeal to youth poses a
terrific threat to McCarthy. When
Senator Kennedy. spoke at the
Palestra April 2 he said that he
would definitely not grant amnesty
to Americans currently in jail
or in Canada.-McCarthy, in con-_.
the record as -
trast, is on
saying that he would pardon exiled
youths and allow them alterna-
tive service, in an attempt
to alleviate the brain drain
of students fleeing the county.
The Bryn Mawr group -wishes
publicize this Kennedy-
McCarthy __ distinction
The committee is asking other
schools to advertise the informa-
tion in their newspapers, and
is offering to help pay for ad-
to
vertisements from _ their ‘'col-
lected funds, .
Yet of all the activities,
the most important is the one
most directly connected with the
primary itself. The greatest
service a student can give is in
the field of canvassing. Although
publicity and money are useful
to a campaign for persuasion,
it is canvassing that actually gets
out the votes,
Activities are not restricted to
the campus. Students attend rallies
wearing buttons and hats and
carrying Bryn Mawr _ banners,
Some Bryn Mawr girls worked in
Wisconsin during Spring va-
cation in the -last important
days before the primary. This
weekend a Bryn Mawr contingent
is planning a trip to Connecticut,
to help with the primary there,
where McCarthy has met: with
serious antagonism.
The campus McCarthy organ-
ization, therefore, is branching
out. This week Political News Re-
porter Dan cCryor of CAU-
TV took films of volunteers
baking and _.selling cookies
for their candidate; the group
welcomed the _ publicity. The
Bryn Mawr organization wants
now to inspire other schools to
join the nationwide McCarthy
movement by its example, and is
trying to start similar groups
in local colleges. °
locally. °
Formal Dance
Heralds Spring
A formal dance with a med-
feval theme followed by a mid-
night supper will highlight Bryn
Mawr’s upcoming Spring Weekend,
April 19-21. The dance is sche-
duled for Saturday, April 20, from
9 p.m. until 2 a.m. in Erdman
Hall.
Two bands will provide con-
tinuous music throughout the even-
ing. One group, the Boston Tea
Party, is a rock band without an
electric guitar, described by the
dance chairman, Pearl Duncan, as
an ‘‘Association-type band.’’ ‘The
secgand group, the Dell Vikings,
who have made several records,
will be performing slow music in
the dining room before and during .
the midnight supper,
Roast beef carved to order and
chicken, salad and sliced apples
comprise the buffet style supper,
which will be topped off with flam -
ing Cherries Jubilee served at the
table by costumed waitresses.
Betty Baird and Miriam Schulz,
in charge of the meal, are planning
an early evening refreshment of
a medieval drink and tarts.
Decorations chairman, Bonnie
Holcomb, is working ona medieval
atmosphere around the theme
*‘Queen’s Gambit.’’ Both the liv-
ing room and dining room in Erd-
man will have a band and decor-
ations,
Sharon Bogarty, who is in charge
of invitations, says they will be
available next week. The dance is
ladies’ choice and the costis $7.00
per -couple. a
According to Clarissa hows
school social chairman, closing
hours will be extended until 3:30
a.m. and the College Inn will pos-
sibly be open after the dance ends
at 2 a.m.
The formal is only part of the
slate of activities for Spring Week-
end. Included area program spon-
sored by Arts Council and a Rad-
nor Mixer in the Common Room
on Friday night, a Modern Dance
Club concert followed by the dance
on Saturday night and a Sunday
afternoon poetry reading by Rich-
ard Lattimore.
Committee chairmen are work-
ing with Haverford’s social com-
mittee to arrange for lodging for
out-of-town dates invited for the
entire weekend.
Anyone interested in working on
the dance decorations, publicity
or in hostessing for the supper is
asked to contact Pearl Duncan,
Betty Baird or Bonnie Holcomb.
Come to HELEN’S
for gifts and jewelry
Earrings, earrings and earrings, $1.00 up!
La aan shop with a big beatt and small wikia
Pfee Gift Wrapping -
. Bryn Mawr. Theater Arcade
~ Lay-a-Way Plan —
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THECOLLEGENEWS ea :
The following are year-end
_reports of Self Gov, Undergrad
and the Big Six. It was neces-
“sary. ta. .edit.some of these -re-
ports, since they were in-many
cases long and detailed. Be-
cause of this we wish to
apologize for the omission of /
the names of many people who
made major contributions to
the committees. --Ed.
— Self Gov
This year has been an unusually diffi-
cult one for Self Gov. For the first time,
Self Gov has confronted widespread use of
drugs by Bryn Mawr students, the eight
o’clock signout, the absence of any time
restrictions on women in the rooms at
Haverford, We have had more individual
social honor system cases this year than
Self-Gov has had in any year since Icame
to Bryn Mawr. Yet, the questions with
which we began this year havefor the most
part not been answered, but, rather, re-
fined or ‘restated and posed again for our
successors, _
We «still do not have the definitive
answer to the ‘‘drug problem’’ at Bryn
Mawr, although we feel that our amend-
ment to the Constitution concerning drugs,
our subsequent reinterpretation thereof,
and our drug cases, involving a total of
‘seven students, have made an important
contribution towards making clear to the
student body why drugs cannot be used on
the Bryn Mawr campus without posing a
severe legal danger to the entire com-
munity.
We do not know the solution to the
problem of cohabitation posed by the ab-
sence of.hours at Haverford, but, in our
effort to administer the restriction on the
overnight signout to Haverford, we have
discovered, as we describe elsewhere,
the difficulty of maintaining a system
based on honor which contains a restric-
tion which the student body as a whole
opposes.
Rather than a specific issue such as
drugs or overnights, however, the real
difficulty this year has been with an at-
titude which seems to pervade the Bryn
Mawr campus as a whole and which af-
fects many more aspects of our lives
than those directly related to the Self-
Gov system. This attitude, which seems
increasingly widespread, is one of pri-
vatism and individualism, of which the
basic maxim is ‘‘livé and let live.’? In:
many ways, this outlook is a valuable one,
for an individual must have knowledge of
himself before he will ever be of worth
to a group. Moreover, this philosophy
engenders great tolerance of individual
difference.
Yet Bryn Mawr’s individualism is harm-
ful as well, In.-its extreme form itis
inimical to any kind of government. The
growth of anarchistic sentiment, of the
number of students at; Bryn Mawr who
wish to live their lives as they choose
without concern for the community as a
whole, poses a threat to the survival of
any governmental system. The danger of
exaggerated individualism exists even
among those who do themselves obey the
letter of the system, but will not take
any responsibility for the welfare or law-
lessness of their neighbors, for enforce-
ment within the Self-Gov system assumes
that an individual who sees a violation will
speak to the violator.
Although irresponsibility seems wide-
spread, it is not all-pervasive. We have
seen as well manifestations of concern for
Self Gov, such as the great responsibility
with which the 8 a.m. has been used, and
the enthusiasm with which hall discussion
groups have for the most part been |
greeted.
There are other hopeful signs as well:
Bryn Mawr Self Gov cooperates with Hav-
erford Council this year to a greater ex-
tent than ever before. We had liaison
officers from and to council, and we met
jointly with the entire council several
times, This bi-college cooperation prom-
‘an
Friday, April 5,.1968 4
Outgoing Big Six Presidents
tence upon the assumption by each student
of a large measure of responsibility. Dur- —
ing this time of increasing anarchism, it --
must, therefore, by making its actions
well-considered-and-well-known, éncour- —~
age students to participate in their own
government. We hope to have begun this
re-examination with the questions wehave
raised before the student body concerning
the reporting system, the judicial process,
and punishment, The resolution of this and -
innumerable other problems we must leave
to the new board.
The experience of a year of office has
__ taught each member of the Self-Gov Board
a great deal. At the same time, it has
often proven exhausting and dissillusioning
for each of us, as we have recognized
that the issues which seém so impor-
* tant to us are often of little more than
fleeting concern to the rest of the student
body. When we hear Miss McBride talk of
how the students learn from the process
of Self Government, we know well what
she means. The Boards must now work to
make both the benefits and burdens of
Self-Governmental responsibility more
widely. shared by the student body as a
whole, ...Drewdie Gi Ipin
Undergrad
This has been a regime of goodluck and
successes due in part to fate and alsotoa
willing and able board, The major success,
College Bowl, entertained the campus for
over a month and raked in $16,000. Much
more dull, but also financial, was the vir-
tual doubling of Undergrad dues and the
ensuing change in policy towards club
support,
wouldn’t exist, now, with subsidies,.can,
making involvement easier for those who
want to join specialized groups. There will
also be more money for speakers, but
‘this does not imply a more crowded cal-
endar, hopefully only a more interesting
one, Most deserving of all, the Social
Chairmen will have money to spend,
Have fun!
Another vital concern is Haverford,
There has been some cooperation be-
tween the two boards including joint meet-
ings as well as individual conferences,
There were Maypoles for May Day, The
meal exchange slowly, too slowly, extends,
Mutual charging at the respective book-
stores advances but still is not complete,
Next year there will be a Haverford-BMC
committee that will work on mechanics
such as these as well as social events
and cooperation in general, Keeping in
good communication with Haverford is
absolutely essential. It is much more
than simply a matter of cooperation;
it avoids unnecessary axing of backs
with subsequent knife throwing and it also
avoids duplication.
Undergrad, the umbrella, supposedly
coordinates the various organizations and
keeps everyone informed about everything,
This shouldn’t be as difficult as it seems
to be, After all, we have a newspaper,
bulletin boards, hall reps, etc, It’s not
merely a matter of announcers being
better than posters, or vice versa, or
a system of both. The problem is much
deeper, Maybe people don’t. want to
listen to announcements either because
they don’t want to participate in the
particular events we offer, or perhaps
they’d rather not participate at all,
This leads to the ‘“‘Bryn Mawr Com-
munity,’’
Having just spent a vacation on this
campus when it was devoid of students,
I was struck by how pleasant it is here,
Not that we can do away with the students,
but it does seem to me that the physical
layout of Bryn Mawr is conducive to
communal living and not to atomism.
Besides, our administration is great,
The faculty are scholarly and force-feed
us education, and, what with Haverford’s
more dynamic teaching approach, a Bryn
Mawr student has a variety of teaching
resources to call upon, That leaves the
student body ~ responsible for its own
discontent as a community, and the
student body can be manipulated some-
what, I wonder whether we go out of our
Perhaps clubs that otherwise .
‘
. Sibility in one,
My other suggestion is one I’m much
less sure about, in fact I’m a little wary
of presenting it. It has evolved from talks.
with brothers and friends and also from
the Seven Sister Ivy League Conference.
Most of us acknowledge an academic
community. In fact this is what our
social community is based on, Since.
there does seem to be some discontent
about our community in general, I will
venture a suggestion on academics, If
there were too much of a work load
there would be 1) rampant lack of pre-
_paration, 2) consequent dearth of class
participation. and 3) a “great dissatis- ©
faction with the system as being too
-highpowered. - These symptoms do exist.
As it stands now few students prepare
for all their classes. Their choice de-
‘pends on. their own interests and the de-
mands and methods of their teachers.
When a reading list’s length looks ab-'
surd, they may not prepare at all, As we
have already discussed, students often say
thiey can’t participate because they have
too much work. Well, maybe they have.
» Won’t a. student who is interested in a
_ given topic do extra work if suggested
stodente: wheiliave bean: ee:
reading were given? I wonder. Surely
there would be fewer pained consciences,
perhaps more participation in other events
and maybe class discussion, I do think it
is, worth thinking about particularly since
outsiders tend to be appalled at what we
are ‘expected to learn, Nevertheless, I
will grant that a command of facts is nec-
essary for orderly thinking. Surely nei-
ther extreme is the answer,
At this point, the end of my spiel, I
must stop making suggestions and remarks
that imply that Bryn Mawr’s community,
if it does exist, is in very sad shape, As
far as I’m concerned, there is an ipso
facto BMC community and the Undergrad
to be tog soupy) it is an exciting way to
ia ‘
get to appreciate it ola Atwecd
A.A.
I hope that while I tell you a little
about what the Athletic Association has
been doing during the past year, I cangive
you an idea of how A,A, fits into the
life of the college,
A month ago I received a letter from
the director of a graduate program, He
said, ‘‘Congratulations.,.etc. We hope
that you will be a part of our ‘family’
for 1968-69.” The tone of the letter
made me laugh, but I finally realized
that it was just this kind of feeling of
**family-ness’’ or community that we are
looking for -- and often can’t find -- at
Bryn Mawr,
In terms of athletics, the girls here
probably feel most identified with the teams
that they are on -- basketball, tennis
or what-have-you, A.A, helps by provid-
_ ing food and next year we plan to revamp
the publicity side of A.A. so that we
can SHOW the teams that we are proud
of them, The gym department has been
especially helpful in working with
the teams, They have also. encouraged
girls who are not going out for varsity
teams to sign up for extra gym classes,
ft is encouraging to see the number”
of girls who are exempt from gym but
who come out for various sports anyway.
The athletic association has not forgotten
ITS responsibility to non-team+ members,
For instance, last spring we tried plann-
ing trips to the zoo and to Valley Forge,
and a bird walk early- one Sunday morn-
ing. We-dlso tried regular afternoon
volleyball games, We carried this over
into last fall, especially since the grad-
~presidency-is a great job aré(trying not—
uate students said that they were particu-
larly interested in this,
weather didn’t cooperate much, but we are
hoping to make the games work more
efficiently this spring. During the winter
we had trouble with our ‘‘skating’’ party
since the ice melted every time we were
ready to announce our plans, but we are
hoping that a mixed doubles tennis tour-
nament will work out for this spring, and
we are working on a volleyball game
with the faculty,
_ The. clubs, that are sponsored,
As usual, the
_ ideas and will do a good job,*I hope that
that athletics on campus has to offer is
that it gives. people a chance to meet
in a more natural, friendly type of at-
mosphere, Few people seem to realize
that before -youcan feel any kind of
community, you have to get to know the
people, I don’t think that getting to know .
people means stumbling over them in the —
library, It means talking to them and
doing something with them. This in-
cludes people here at school, people at
Haverford and people on the faculty.
Next year looks good for A.A, Mere-
dith Roberts, our new president, has good
next year Bryn Mawr students will try -
to find one another on the tennis courts
or on the other side of a volleyball
net,
This may sound silly, but I think that
it would do wonders to alleviate the
crisis’? on campus, D c
onna Cross
Alliance
The political year has been a chaotic
one, with increasing public discontent
revolving around Vietnam andthe problem
of the cities, Political interests for many
people are becoming daily sessions of
involvement, a short run reaction to cur-
rent events,
Planning programs and coordinating
organizations in a time in which opinions
range from one extreme to another,
fluctuating daily, is difficult, Student in-
terests have become largely unpre-
dictable in terms of the majority
concept, ‘
The campus activities with respect
to the war remain somewhat of an enigma
to me, The dissenters make themselves
heard, but primarily off the campus,
Open discussion oncampus does notoccur, —
for the: not-so-dissident people do
‘not speak out,
Perhaps this lack of commitment
reflects something good and strong rather
than an ‘unhealthy weakness, Indecision
about issues that are constantly
changing can reflect open- mindedness and
a desire not to make seemingly drastic
mistakes--of having committed oneself
to a ‘‘bad’ cause, This week people
who have never openly spoken politics
before discussed issues,
This was a difficult: year in which to
try to coordinate political affairs, for
it was a time of dissent without a con-
structive outlet, The atmosphere
was essentially ‘‘anti’’? and the “pro-’’
faction quietly settled. Although the
majority was not ‘‘anti’? in the same way,
it was the dissenters who were heard,
and a feeling of frustration was common,
This frustration now has an outlet,
in the elections, All of‘ the “anti’s”
must become ‘‘pro’s,’? and perhaps a
healthy and vital dialogue will return,
Last spring, Alliance sponsored speak- -
ers---on- Marxist social - science, the
city problem, Chilean politics and ghetto
politics,
In the fall, the smaller organizations
under Alliance’s roof branched out in-
dependently, ‘sometimes causing con-
flict, SAC became active in anti-
war and anti-draft movements, and spon-
sored their - own programs along
with Haverford’s group, The October mob-
ilization involved a substantial group
of students, and it was followed up by
the Vietnam Referendum to quantify
opinions,
Alliance attempted to work with
the political science students, by helping
them‘ bring in speakers on Black Power.
Arthur Waskow of the Institute for
Policy Studies spoke on the New Left,
Alliance offered resources for the
Black Arts Festival.
In January a period of despair began,
_ The newly organized small groups, such
Samii Ce tate eee
ssi)
as the Young Democrats and the Young
Republicans, were floundering because
of disagreement on candidates, As a
last hope, I sent around a questionnaire,
to which we received 130 replies--too
many of which said ‘tyes, Pm interested,
but I have no time,’’ These will be very
Y nee
|
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Report On ‘67-68 Terms
' It has to seem soinnocuous (like a costume
of poverty, and finally, Governor Shafer
came for a tea and a brief talk about
- politics,
Alliance tried to ~ 6s students
~ informed of conferences, with some suc-
cess, |
The small groups which Alliance is sup-
posed to coordinate do again exist--
though. independently, Now it is time for
Alliance to coordinate its subcommittees,
Doris Dewton
Arts Council
: An organization is known by the company
Students enthusiastically at-.
tended conferences away from school. °
“it keéps dnd. this “year Arts Council has ~
wooed not only the aesthetical few but the
great unwashed as well, This change in
emphasis was a direct result of the change
of Jeadership last spring. The president
is a limited, if enthusiastic individual, her-
self a member ofthe artistically unrefined
many. ~
Not that vulgarity, albeit youthful vul-
garity, replaced excellence entirely.
True, this year, it was sometimes given
the upper hand, .as in the two Arts Council-
plans-a-party celebrations created ‘by
_Faith Greenfield on Halloween and Sadie
Hawkins Day where music, costumes and
kickapoo joy juice conduced to uninhibited
interaction on the dance floor. Moreover
the Halloween Horror House left nostom-
ach unturned in an effort to involve the
participant in a total emotional andaesth-
etic. experience... Nor can I deny the un-
sophisticated nature of the Freshman-
welcoming ‘‘Thing’’ held out. of doors ‘‘on |
or “about the Wyndham fence.’’ Not all the
paint reached the fence, though any which
did greatly enhanced the appearance of the
construction site it bordered.
Arts Night, which kicked the year off,
set the tone of the council from then on,
(said she in hopes that they too would
_-believe- her. - optimistic generalization), .
The tone was spontaneous and because
it was done in the round, the audience
got involved. Getting the audience in-
volved was what we aimed for ever after-
ward.
Arts Council did sponsor lectures a
a more specific ‘nature: Oscar Wood on
aesthetics, Dick Adams onfilmmaking and
Dr. Alfred Swan on his own music, and
these were variously well attended. But
our two largest efforts, like our bread and
circuses, were publically-oriented. The _
Student Art Show and the Faculty ArtShow
came into being by sheer force of will of
Dorothy Hudig, who organized the student
show with Marion Scheuer and the faculty
show virtually singlehandedly. Moreover
‘these shows were financed almost entirely
by sales of cookie and cakes (as the Hal-
loween Dance had been by the sale of pum-
pkins), a bit of economy made necessary
by the small 67-68 budget. The size of the
68-69 budget should make finances less of
a time- and energy- consuming problem.
_.Arts..Council has been a MIXED delight
this year. There were projects we under-
took that never got off the ground, like the
coffee house idea, because Haverford
claimed to be building a better mousetrap
and there was no sense in pouring our
$80 into the Inn when they had $2400 to put
into Union. But the Grad Center Arts
Center lost momentum because I lost mo-
‘mentum and for this I can only apologize.
(Perhaps it was a left-handed blessing
though, since the Inn now seems much
more convertible than the Grad Center
would have been. The delay may have
given everyone time to reconsider the:
move.)
On the whole this year has apart asI
hoped it would. What so-called apathy
exists on campus---and from where I
stand I prefer to call it inertia--must be.
overcome by chipping away, undercutting
the academic guilt defenses. And I think
Arts Council has done a bit of this chip-
- ping away in 67-68. The life here is
high-charged, the thinking process per-
haps too rational, too rigid to bé sus-
tained day after day. The student here
needs to be untensed and not by attending
still another lecture after a whole day of
lectures. She needs to be made to par-
} absorb. Nowonderna.
sone "ae as ra ; to
__ one wil take of committees when
one is ever given or ever takes an ac-
ae ers in her own education.
But the relaxing process has to start
Be ‘ at... Ht, ~ bees vie intellectual,
op
.. dition, while gaining support.in achiev. .
ing this program, only one of the
‘mittee
“barking ~
. sideration in
party or a fence-painting) that the student
will never know she is getting involved until
she IS: involved=--and by then it :will be too
late to say no. Judy Masur
vibes "he" Seek we a
Curriculum
Following the changing of the guard in
the spring of 1967, the Curriculum Com -
concerned itself with four
major projects: continuing the work of
previous committees in the areas of
self-scheduled exams and calendar
change, preparing the perennial Fresh-
man Orientation Program. and em-
upon~
the form of course evaluation.
Shortly after the turnover, due large-
ly to the efforts of Nicky Harden-
bergh and Christopher Bakke and to
careful and extensive planning and pre-
vious explorations on the part of
earlier committees, self-scheduled ex-
~ams--- became-—--a--- reality, —-at least
for a trial period of two years.
First semester was occupied, then,
mainly by further planning and much
careful consideration of every conceivable
point of the new examination program
to prevent full-scale disaster (or even
the tiniest hitch) in the first trial
January’s exam period ran smoothly,
much to the relief, and to the credit,
of both the Exam Committee and the
administration, whose cooperation was
most extensive,
Calendar change, long the thorn
in the toe, the sword in the side, etc.,
etc., of previous chairmen and their
long-suffering committees HAPPENED--
again largely due to. the planning of pre-
vious committees, A
calendar (the first choice in. the
student poll) has been adopted for the:
next year, including both reading periods
(one..in. EACH semester), and a lengthy.
intercession,
The .Freshman Orientation this year
had a new slant, We attempted to go be-
yond the traditional from-envelope-
to-waste-basket communication with some
form: of concrete orientation, in the form
of small teas to acquaint freshmen and
sophomores with the various major de-
partments and major areas. We
did not, however, evaluate the program--
success or no? I don’t know, Another
project, perhaps, for the new committee,
Our program, as I have mentioned,
was not without the evaluating aspect,
however, Course evaluation, a time-con-
suming process, has been in one
stage or another throughout the year.
At present, we are about to publish the
second booklet, in conjunction with Haver-
ford.
The previously-discussed programs
were, to a certain extent, the committee’s
inheritance, Educational Goals Com-
mittee, too, came under this heading,
a sort of ‘‘old business,” but this year,
with a” Somewhat” different focus, The
Committee turned from evaluation of the
present system to looking beyond the
present, exploring the areas in which
Bryn Mawr students might find them-
selves in years to come, notably
those areas which might include both
career and family.
Looking ahead, yet drawing on the
past (in the form of our alumnae), the
Committee co-sponsored, with the
Alumnae Association in November, a
Symposium on Schoolteaching in an
attempt to acquaint the students with the
possibilities which their futures mie
hold,
Cooperation with alumnae extended be-
yond this brief encounter through
various members of the committee, who
visited and spoke with a number of alumnae
groups, informing them of changes in
curriculum and attitudes here at
Bryn Mawr, interestingly enough, only
to discover that the very same projects
now under consideration, had been con-
sidered or, in some
in effect, when they were students!
Pass - fail, for instance, was once
‘‘the thing’? at Bryn Mawr. Perhaps the
committee will be able to draw on tra-
programs begun during the 1967-68 year,
Other areas of interest, now under con-
a new “adventure in~
satisfactory.
cases, been ~
-~ Although
Curriculum Committee
portunities for ,project courses, and
the possibility, yes, the ADVISIBILITY
of faculty advisors,
We have noted, during the past year,
the value of the past, since whatever
may be termed the ‘‘achievements’’ of -
our committee are largely attributable
to those committees which have pre-
ceded us, At the same time, we
have come to recognize that for what
“we begin, we may not see the end, At
the close of the term of this Committee,
we can be grateful for the work which
went before us, and for the strong efforts
of the entire Committee this year. And
we can be hopeful that the beginnings
‘which we have made tis year will “be-
come ends, if not for us, for those
who will follow. We must finish the work
of others and begin’ the work of
someone else! Of necessity, there is. very
little that may be our own, But for
Curriculum Committee; this seems to
be the only way to accomplishment,
Sue Nosco
Interfaith
The primary objective of the Inter-
faith Association this year has been to
involve a greater number of students in
the activities which we sponsor and to
provide a lecture series which speaks
relevantly to the widest range of inter-—
ests represented on campus. By taking
this approach, we hoped to fulfill most
completely our basic functions as out-
lined by the Committee on Religious Life
of the Board of Directors. Our strategy
has been to encourage and publicize the
activities of the discussion groups, and
to compose a lecture series which deals
with the most vital and controversial
topics in the field of religion today. Real-
izing that the religious perspective today
is frequently focused both on political and
social issues, we have cooperated closely
with Alliance in several of our lectures.
Intensely aware also of the criticism
“peligious institutions incur today of being
overly organized or, in fact, nothing but
_organization, we have tried to minimize
the ‘‘business’’ of Interfaith, and to en-
courage spontaneity and independent effort.
This policy has proved beneficial for the
most part, but has also made some de-
ficiencies apparent in the cohesiveness of
our organization. In reviewing the entire
year, however, we are happy, and ad-
mittedly surprised, to report that we are
a success and that our aims have been |
fulfilled.
Our discussion groups are our pride
and joy, and the locus of the most signi-
ficant activity. An immensely responsible,
creative and energetic leadership has risen
from the ranks and taken charge of each
of the four active groups. Their act-
ivities have brought them in close con-
tact with both the local clergy and con-
gregations of their own faith, as well as
with members.of the faculty. bere. .Two_._
of the groups operate coordinately with —
Haverford. They all either attend their
own service together at their churches,
or have a member of their clergy con-
duct a service at one of their meetings.
Our lecture series was shorter this year,
and not as representative as we would
have wished, but that was caused by organ-
izational difficulties at the beginning.
In addition we showed a film
strip on modern Christian art in
December, and a movie about the Quaker
Action Group’s ship Phoenix in February.
George Lakey of Upland Institute at Crozier
Seminary is scheduled to give a work-
shop on nonviolence this month which we
co-sponsor with Alliance and Haverford
SAC, We are pleased to note that the
Common Room was full at all of our lec-
tures,
In reviewing the seperate and indepen-
dent functions of Interfaith, then, Suki
and I might proudly claim a success.
But in considering what all of this act-
ivity means to Interfaith as a cohesive
association, or to Bryn Mawr as a comm-
unity, we find that the results are quite
minimal. Attempts to foster a truly inter-
faith meeting between discussion groups
met. little response
exists within
each group, two important offices in Inter-
-_ pata and publicity chairman, ¢
sap is a
el hen vitally functis DS 5 ie rr
. individual basis.
‘Swarthmore,
was held.,.....
and independent parts, asa cohesive whole,
with aims and values shared in common,
it does not exist. The contributions it
makes to the Bryn Mawr community can
be measured only in terms of what each
individual draws from it, and not in terms
' Of what we have shared together. I would,
suggest, therefore, that Interfaith next year
give some serious thought to the poss-
ibilities of a better relationship between its
parts. on Sara Edmondson
Suki Zimicki
League
League has continued to function this
year as‘a coordinating organization in
‘the field of social weifare,
We - cooperated with the Bureau
of Recommendations in sponsoring a Peace
Corps representative on campus. We also
supported the annual Fast for Freedom,
contributing the funds to civil rights
and poverty programs.
The Clothing Fund Drive, headed this
year by Veronica Diaz-Nunez, collected
articles for the World Clothing Fund.
League lends financial support to girls
who work individually in the field of
social service.
League’s one speaker this year, the
Very Reverend Monsignor Robert Fox,
will talk on April 30.
The Campus Fund Drive under Astrid
Lipp collected approximately $1750.
The Weekend Work Camps, continued
this ‘year under Cathy Sims, were reported
successful, partly because of the cur-
rent interest in ghetto areas and
partly because participation is on an
Perhaps next year’s
chairman could arrange with the Outing
Club. president to have the group
participate in a Weekend Work Camp.
-The Callowhill Child Center Pro-
ject; under Eleanor Colby, has been
active this year, in spite of dwindling
participation second semester. Volunteers
take care of orphans on Saturday mornings, |
and it is difficult to keep that morning
open regularly.
Employees Committee chairman Peggy
Thomas continued to provide services to
the employees as they requested them.
The committee helped organize Christmas
Caroling, and is now planning the Em-
ployees spring dance. In addition,
Peggy has been kept informed of the
progress of the Employees Grievance
Committee.
The Sleighton Farm _ School for
Delinquent Girls Project, organized with
drew an enthusiastic re-
sponse, though communication between
the two schools was a problem. Chair-
man Jackie Gilberg suggested that
the program be oriented more toward
personal involvement.
The Haverford State Mental Hos-
pital Committee, under the direction
of Karen Ostegren, consists of two
groups; one works individually with
patients, while the ssaand — on a crow
“basis.
The Tutorial Project, in its fifth year,
organized 29 girls tutoring seventh and
eighth grade students from the all-Negro
James Rhoads School. The Sociology De-
partment and Child Study Institute
plan to evaluate the program and make
changes to cut down the large turnover
of tutors and tutees.
In overall evaluation of League certain
problems stand out:
First is in the area of publicity; per-
haps the COLLEGE: NEWS could help
here.
Second is the expansion of the Speaker’s
Program. Besides trying for relatively
well-known speakers, we should include
lesser-known experts on community
problems.
Third is a balancing problem. Vol-
unteer programs should maintain the
interest of ‘the students, but not at the
expense of the welfare of those we wish
to help. Constant reevaluation is neces-
sary here to maintain the right
balance.
League’s strength lies in its ee
committees, which allow for diversified
talents. There is, however, little sense of
an overarching community.
¥et,.... ie eres Sy:
ant. Sandy Slade .
and Seeretary Liz Duke, of the idealistic
and functional value of League.
Cheri Morin
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Page Six
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~ “Friday, April 5, 1968 —
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Seven
~~ Jessica Harris Makes
‘Medea’ A Good Show
» If Euripides’ ‘‘Medea” was as
good in Washington, D.C., as it
was at Bryn Mawr, the alumnae.
should have given and given and
¢ With. or without the def-
inite article, and even when cred-
. ited to ‘‘*Euripide’’ as in the pro- -
gram here, the tragedy got worthy
treatment from the Bryn Mawr
College Theatre and the Haverford
Drama Club,
Its success was of course cred-
itable in large part to Jessica
Harris in the extremely difficult
lead role, Jessica moved beauti-
-- fully .and— spoke._beautifully, and.
the stage seemed pretty barren
when she was not on it, From the
sound of her ‘first tortured
screams, Jessica’s Medea was
a study in taut, inevitable doom,
She was not Medea the arcane or
Medea the vindictive: she was
a Medea of pathos, The only gen-
eral criticism of her performance
might be of its unmodulated tense-
.. hess, whose maintenance is almost
as hard on an audience as on an
actress, Miss Harris presented
one perfect and absorbing mood,
to which she relinquished plast-
icity.
In this closest thing to a one-
character play ever to boast a cast
of fine plus chorus, Richard
Olver made Jason a distinctive
foil for Miss Harris, He deve-
loped from a. pompous, arrogant
adventurer in his first monologue
to a hauntéd victim of his wife,
His tormented line, ‘‘Oh, I hate
you, murderess of children!’’ shot
from the stage with pure horror,
- The chorus seemed totally out
of place, thanks to its turn of-the
century costumes, which em-
phasized beyond endurance its sac-
charine, indecisive’ lines, It
is. easy to believe that a gaggle
of *neo- Victorians: would not know-
' what to do about a neighbor who.
is butchering her sons, but they
should get out of the way, Their
uncertain melodies were supported
Decision...
(Continued from page 1)
once a rule is taken out of the
context-of the honor sy8tem, im-
posed by a _ source outside
the student body, there is a serious
poliution of the honor system,
The Executive and Advisory
Boards of Self Gov unanimously
agreed that the prohibitive over-
nights-to-Haverford clause was
a detriment to the ideal of an
honor system and the processes
of self government.
- ~Judy- Liskin, secretary ——of
the 1967-68 Executive Board, com-
mented, ‘There was so much
opposition on campus to the rule
forbidding overnights to Haver-
ford that we (Self-Gov Boards)
couldn’t see how a viable system
could include it,’’
The: day following the meeting,
the. Board issued a _ statement:
“The Board is much concerned
-with the report from the Self-
Government ‘Association _ that
students have not considered the
understanding that they would not
spend the night in a Haverford
dormitory a workable plan, It is
believed that the quality of life on
the Bryn Mawr compus has suf-
fered and that a new effort
should be made to improve it,
The Board of Directors voted
.e» that the restriction on over-
nights be temporarily removed,”
The Executive Board also
submitted a report clarifying its
actions in the recent drug cases
on campus, Similar mimeographed
explanations will soon be avail-
able to students, The Board
of Directors apparently under-
«stood the philosophy behind
Self Gov’s actions and considered
statement was issued on this sub-
by Deborah Dickstein’s fine voice,
but the group added little but sar-
torial color and distraction,
' Chris Kopff played the Tutor as
a figure of Dickensian humor. This
as a clever touch, and wouldhave
been even more effective if Faith
Greenfield had matched her Nurse
to him. Joe Dickenson as the
Messenger handled his winded re-
citation well, but it ended before
his enthusiasm could quite take
hold, Craig Owens played Aegeus
with convincing indecision and
Richard Miller played Creon as
though he wished tlie part had been
cut, Joshua Kosman and Nath-
aniel’ Gutwirth were appealing en-
ough to make me’sorry when they
were slaughtered, >
The staging of this production
was wonderful, Bert Kritzer’s
set, which looked disconcertingly
naked under house lights, was
stunning under stage lights, The
curving staircase was used most
effectively by the cast, and the
final scéne with Medea, beneath the
emblem of Helius, appearing above
the wretched Jason was superb,
Stagemanagers Kritzer and Char-
lene Sturgess and their crew
deserve several bouquets,
I thought the costume scheme
unfortunate, The chorus hada touch
of the absurd, with floppy hats
and lace shawls, and the rest of
the costumes were historically
random: the children were pure
contemporary; the Tutor was Vic-
torian; Aegeus was_ top-brass
Nazi, Even if they were all ac-
cepted as early twentieth cen-
tury, that very conceit makes
ae
(Continued from page 1)
tucky in Lexington, Kentucky.
One student’s reaction to the
N.C. was. that he was excited by
the number of people who were
politically active in so many dif-
ferent ways, and strengthened
in his own thinking by talking with.
people who were concerned with the
same problems he was. Another
student was impressed and in-
spired by the commitment of the
other SDS’ers she met to long,
hard work. She felt they had no
illusions about demonstrations or
quick, easy answers to this coun-
try’s problems; they were inter-
ested in and willing to build to-
wards basic change in this society
and its people.
Six Bry “Wwawr and Haverford
students attended, along with about
300 other radicals from all over
the country.
The Council began with a report
from three people who had been
to Cuba from the middle of Feb-
ruary to the first part of March,
and Carl Davidson, who was there
earlier as a delegate to the Cul-
tural Congress in Havana.
They all came back favorably
impressed with the Cubans’ prog-
ress and development since the
Revolution. Although the actual
standard of living has not risen
much since Castro took over, many
services such as education and .
health benefits have been extended
far beyond what they had been
under Batista.
Workshops were held on Friday.
These were meetings on speci-
fic topics such as the draft,»elec-
toral politics, press and commun-
ications, high. school organizing
and community organizing. They
gave students and organizers from
different parts of the country, a
them stand out against the class-«-chance to compare experiences,
ical set, while Medea in
lovely Hellenistic drape seemed
suited to it, Thus the supporting
cast was thrown into relief instead
of the main character, The cos-
tume drive was headed by
Diane- Jordan, Janine Harris and
- Judy Wenner,
As for the much-heralded
Black Power overtones, - this
play sounded. pretty much like
‘*Medea’”’ to me, The director
was Rebert Butman, assisted by
Kay Ford, and they may have
shelved the idea, or let Euripedes
take his course, which seems wise,
The chronological shift at-
tempted was pointless, all in
all, What Medea is--rebel and vic-
tim--she is in an all-classical
production as well as one in hob-
ble skirts or hoop skirts
or mini skirts, Why all the fuss?
The chief merits of this production
-were its~acting; set, and lighting, -
and they were theatrical, not con-
e 1, :
Sa Mery Lavra Gibbs
IMMUNIZATION FOR
FOREIGN TRAVEL
Students requiring im-
~munizations from the dis-
pensary for foreign travel
are urged to come as soon
as. possible. Some series
take a month to complete,.
and it is wise to have them
finished before exams be-
gin. If possible, please
come weekdays between 2
and 4 p.m.
tactics and theories in their own
particular area of concern.
Saturday and. Sunday were re- | d
served for plenary sessions. Res-
olutions were passed by the body
on plans for draft resistance, as
well as supporting a grape strike
in California, a European program
urging American soldters to-de- .
‘sert and black struggles against
racism in the United States.
Carl Oglesby, one of the found-
ers of SDS and co-author of ‘‘Con-
tainment and Change,” spoke
to tne group on Saturday. He gave
a brief analysis of the present elec-
toral situation (before Johnson’s
apparent withdrawal from the
Presidential race, however) and
then warned his listeners that un-
less the new left could develop
substantially more than an anti,
war position, it would soon be
dead.
Oglesby predicted that there
would be genocide in the ghettoes
this summer .and pointed to the
massive arming of the city police
forces as evidence.
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scholars and statesmen (such as
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Alumnae Book Sale
Features Rare Finds
Have you been hunting for a
record course in spoken Hindu-
stani? A book on “The Love Life
of Plagts?’ An army manual of
official court martial proceedure?
A copy of Lunus Pauling’s twice
Nobel prize winning handwriting? -
Or perhaps ‘‘How to Choose the
Right College?’’ _They are all at
the Alumnae Book Sale, held this
year on Thursday, April 25 from
9 a.m, to 9 p.m, and on Friday,
April 26, from 10 a.m, to 4 p.m.,
at the Gym. ;
Under the direction of Mrs. Wil-
liam Nelson West, 18 alumnae have
worked throughout the year col- --
lecting donations for the sale. This
year Bryn Mawr alumna Elizabeth
Gray Vining gave a large portion
of her library. At the time of the
sale, there are fifty assistants.
Mrs. West calculated that
altogether the book sale requires
1800 woman. hours, and involves
about 20,000 books, weighing 4
to 5 tons.
Donators put unwanted books into
cartons, and these are delivered
to West House basement. There
the books are sorted into cate-
gories, such as law, languages,
var MII OOF 8 pe08
Cao aes one
FORME PE tere. &
fine bindings, sets, autographed
copies, Bryn Mawr and Quaker-
ania.
The books are priced from 15¢
(for paperbacks) upward, The
pricing presents the problem of
distinguishing between what is rare
and what is just old. , For ex-
ample, what would a collection of
M. Carey Thomas’s nineteeth
century art books in Frerich, al-
ready rejected by the art depart-
ment, sell for? Some books are
easier than others; pulling out
‘‘Drugs and the Mind,’’ one alumna
predicted confidently: ‘‘That?ll
In the last weeks remaining be-
fore the sale, the alumnae are
working in the face of some prob-
lems. Not the least of these is
their West House basement head-
quarters, where they duck pipes
and work to the sound of crash- |
ing blocks from the nursery above _
them. ‘‘Sometimes,’? said one
alumna, looking around atthe piles
of cartons yet to be sorted and
priced, ‘‘I think a fire would help
solve our problems.’’ But the work
pays off: last year the sale brought
in $6900.
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photo by Ellen Hooker
\Laura Hershey arms herself with second-hand goods for thrift
\shop display.
Culinary Quip
Pralines, a respectable South-
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in any tea pantry (in answer to
a request for sucha recipe). Ex-
ercise your stirring arm for a
couple of weeks, then find:
1 cup white sugar
2 cups light brown sugar, packed
3 T white corn syrup <
1/8 t salt
1 1/4 cup milk
2 t maple flavoring
1 1/2 cup pecans
Combine sugars, salt, corn syrup
and milk in a saucepan. Cook
gently while stirring constantly to
236 degrees F or until a little
of the mixture dropped in cold
water forms a soft ball.
Remove from heat, cool to luke-
warm (110 degrees F) and stir in
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are firm, wrap them in waxed
paper.
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"THE COLLEGE NEWS
Friday, Apeit 5, 1968
Writers Should Edit
“Review” Soateliidieas
' . Having an unfettered organ to
publish all his work-is every writ-
er’s dream. The Bryn Mawr-Hav-
erford REVIEW is such an organ,
and apparently it goes to every-
~ ¢ -—body’s head. Almost every entry.
in the latest edition has at least
a grain in it that is worth keeping.
A paragraph, a sentence, even a
phrase or single image stands out
in practically every one as the
nugget around which the entire
composition was made. Unfortu-
nately the material surrounding the
nuggets is mostly awful. Unfortu-
nate, because the solid ideas des-
erve better settings than they get.
If the editors of the REVIEW
really want,, as they claim, ‘‘crit-
icism of specific pieces,”’ they will
not find it in this article. Some
of the work in this issue will un-
doubtedly one day be revealed as
_the work of a computer, and I
Tefuse~-to-fall for-the gag. Gen=
erally, though, poetry should be
more than esoteric vacuities
splattered pointlessly on a page.
Taking a good image, sandwiching
it in vagueness and punctuating
the whole at random does not make
free verse, or any other kind of
verse. It certainly makes the good
‘image stand out, but some people
will never fight through the vague-
ness to find it. It is damning to
a poem if typographical errors:
can go undetected in it, or if
they are detected but make no
difference,
Good prose is not measured by
the ounce, and rambling prose is
as self-defeating as fragmented
poetry, or worse, No one will
appreciate real insight ‘in the sec-
§ ond paragraph if strates is det-
‘ erred by the first.
oe Literary vagaries suchas cola
' the REVIEW can be caused by
i won
Please return pass-fail
questionnaires to Pat
O'Connell in Erdman.
two things: giving a piece of
writing too little thought or giving
it too much. Careless, writing is
common in the best places, e.g.
Whitman or Hemingway. - True,
-one image is hardly enough to rate
as a REVIEW entry, but every:
negligent phrase dashed off to fill
space betrays the thing that sol-
icited it. Duliness muffles sig-
nificance,
Over-carefulness is common
too, @. g. Cooper or Roethke,
and leads to that old devil pom-
posity. Anyone who sees a sponta-
neous image beside a concocted one’
can tell them apart, atleast be-~
low a very high level of literary
mastery. The natural phrase might
as well be in all capitals, only
thank goodness they are not in this |
issue, because the last thing the
REVIEW needs is more typo--
graphical gimmicks. Aphrase that
flows from head to pen to paper
has a freshness and honesty that.
a too-studied phrase lacks. This
is not to suggest that every phrase -
must come by immaculate con-
ception, or that a fast author is
by definition a good author. Far
from it, But occasionally a ser-
ious writer should stand back and
see if his verbage rings true.
Parts of the ‘‘REVIEW’’ are
hearteningly good, and there’s that
saving grace in almost everything.
It needs to be strained, but this
sieving should be done not somuch
by the editors as the the con-
tributors, You can begrudge the
REVIEW a lot of. words, but
hardly a single whole item. The
issue published last fall was on the
whole of higher quality, which leads
to the unsurprising conclusion that
people produce better material if
they have their summer’s backlog
to draw on; the spring quota may
represent some things done against
the deadline.
The REVIEW has an eager staff,
including Ruth -Gais, Jobn
Stuart, Joe Rivers and Priscilla
Robbins, busily spicing ‘it up with
entertaining marginalia. Surely
it would be worth contributing just
to hear them all ‘‘gurgle softly.??
Mary Laura Gibbs
— Romantic Art Exhibit
Reflects Scope of Era
For those whose knowledge of
18th and 19th century English
painting formerly had been limited
to the works of Turner, Constable
and Blake, the current show at
the Philadelphia Museum of Art
will be particularly worthwhile.
_Presented in conjunction with the
Detroit Institute of Arts, where
it was shown earlier this year,
**Romantic Art in Britain’? is a
collection of 235 paintings and
drawings by 83 artists produced
from 1760 to 1860,
As indicated by Robert Rosen-
blum in his essay tracing the in-
fluence of English art on work
produced on the continent during
this period, ‘‘Britain’s contribu-
tion to establishing the conditions
of modern art was fully as vital
as that of any other country.”’ The
diversity of works included in the
‘show by less-familiar artists such
‘as John Brett, Johann Zoffany,
George Stubbs and James Ward is
important in evaluating the in-
fluence of the English landscape,
animal painters and portraitists on
European art, particularly the
French school, of the 19th century.
The show is not intended as a
showplace for the works of artists
commonly recognized as leaders
of the period. For example, Sir
hk
The scope of the exhibition in-
dicates the diversity of art pro-
duced in England during this
‘period, ranging from the Neo-
Classicism of Gavin Hamilton,
to. the work of the Pre-
Raphaelites.” Reynold’s _ alle-
gorical approach to por-
traiture, for example, which is best
demonstrated in ‘‘Lady Sarah Bun-
berry Sacrificing to the Graces,’?
is sharply contrasted with the more
psychological effect achieved by |
' Joseph Wright in “*Miss Sarah
Clayton of Liverpool.” Similarly,
in exhibiting examples of group
portraiture by Copley, Sir Henry
Raeburn arid Sir Thomas Law-
rence in the same gallery, one
can’ more readily appreciate the _
differences in their approaches
to the same subject matter.
Aside from the psychological re-
assurance of realizing that
Janson’s large colored plates
really do exist, the show includes
some marvelous narrative scenes
such as ‘*‘Derby Day’? by William
Frith, and the particularly sen-
sitive drawing ‘Portrait of Emily,
Lady Tennyson” by George Fred- .
erick Watts.
The catalogue, containing pic-
tures and descriptions of each work
in the exhibition, as well as longer
essays discussing different as-
pects of British Romantic paint-
dng, is a valuable reference work. .
‘The exhibition continues until April.
Cynthia Benjamin _]
21.
11:00 p.m. Dance
ALL WE EKEND
Theatre of the Living Arts
‘‘The Rehearsal?’
Main Point
Penny Nichols
The 2nd Fret
Elizabeth, baroque rock group
“The Trauma ~ :
“The: Steve Miller Band with The Man-
drake. Memorial i
Arcadia
‘Guess .Who’s Coming To Dinner?’
Ardmore
‘‘Far From The Madding Crowd”
Bala
‘Closely Watched Trains”
Boyd
--‘§Doctor Dootittie”. eras
Bryn Mawr
‘*Bedazzled’’
Cinema 19 .
‘¢In Cold Blood”’
Eric
_ “The Graduate’
Midtown
‘‘Half A Sixpence’
Randolph
‘‘Gone. With the Wind’?
Regency
“How To Save A Marriage and Ruin
Your Life’?
Stanley
“«Camelot’’ *
Stanton
‘‘Samson and Delilah’?
Theatre 1812
- ‘Around The World in Eighty Days’’
Trans-Lux
‘Doctor Zhivago’?
World
‘*Bedazzled??
Yorktown
‘*‘Closely Watched Trains’’.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
Junior’ Weekend at Haverford,
Date tickets $5.
_ 8:30 p.m, Artist Series, Charles Lloyd
Jazz Quartett at Roberts, Stu-
dent date tickets $2.50. Others
$3.
with San Francisco
Weather Report in Haverford
Gym,
SATURDAY, APRIL 6:
Junior Weekend at Haverford
Guide To The Perplexed——~ :
12:00 noon Picnic on Lower Field at Hav-
erford. Free.
3:00 p.m. Haverford faculty wives topre-
2 sent a fashion show to benefit
Serendipity Day Camp on. the
Stokes Terrace.
~ Admission by-donation,. ~~ =
8:30 p.m. **Blow-Up” arid a few sur-
prises in Roberts.
8:30 p.m. The Bryn Mawr College Chor-
us and the Princeton University
Choir will give a concert fea-
turing music for chorus and
brass in Goodhart. Mixer with
the Federal Duck after the con-
cert,
ssa p.m. vest with surprise entertain-
nt at Founders.
SUNDAY, APRIL 7 %
‘11;00 a.m. Jewish Discussion euviinta the
Common Room,
4:00 p.m. Haverford Professor Wallace
- MacCaffrey will lecture on
‘¢Robert, Earl of Leicester and
Elizabethan Politics.” Stokes
Auditorium, :
8:30 p.m. Russian poetry reading in
Stokes with Mr. Kline reading
Brodsky, a contemporary poet,
«and Miss de Graaff reading
Esenin, Readings in Russian
and English. Translations are
the readers’ own.
MONDAY, APRIL 8
George Lackey speaking at 815.
- New Gulph Road. Sponsored by
Alliance and Interfaith.
TUESDAY, APRIL 9
7:15 and 9:15 p.m. BMC Movie Series.
‘The Green Man.’ Biology
Lecture Room. Persons with-
out tickets 50¢.
et,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
Ts ~ Pel Scottish and folk dancing in
Gym,
Concert in Roberts. Bach’s
**Passion According to Saint
‘ Matthew.”? One hundred and
fifty voices of four musical or-
ganizations conducted by Wil-
liam Reese, Admission $2.
THURSDAY, APRIL 11.
8:30 p.m. 1902 Lecture in Common
Room,
Arthur Rubinstein at the Acad-
emy of Music. $6.50, $5.50,
$4.50, $3.
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On May 4th
To an Audience of 500
or More
With the Usual Fanfare
and Ridiculous
Display of Talent
Arts Night
Rides Again
by Mon., Apr. 29
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