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November 19, 1965



THE COLLEGE NEWS
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EDITORIAL —

.. Lynne Lackenbach, ’66
Karen Durbin, 66

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. Contributing Editors Seicsece Pam Barald, 67, Anne Lovgren, 66, Edna Perkins, 88

Business Managers Nancy Geist, 66, and Janie Taylor,

EDITORIAL STAFF
Patricia Bauer, ’66, Tatty Gresham. ’66, Lois Magnusson, ’66, Pilar Richardson,
v Joan Cavailaro, 67, Karen Kobler, ‘€7, Ruth Marks, ’67, Marilyn Williams,
Robin Johnson 68, Mary Little, ‘68, Judy Mazur, "68, Marcia Ringel. ’63,
Marion Scoon, '68; Roberta Smith, ’68, Peggy Thomas, 68, Eleano. von Auw, '68.
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Rebuttal

Undergrad President Popie Johns clarified several important points
about the Bryn Mawr student government system at last Monday night’s
meeting, where she replied to the Haverford criticism published in last
week’s COLLEGE NEWS,

In reply to Haverford’s suggestion that Self-Gov and Undergrad
combine, Popie pointed out that the two organizations cover such dif-
ferent fields that separation is necessary, We may add, too, that
while the Haverford Student Council handles honor system issues as
well as campus organizations and activities, our honor system is not
“quite the same sort of structure. The honor system here permeates
our daily lives, covering countless matters of dress and behaviour
with which Haverford need not concern itself, Also, while Haverford
may consider these ‘petty’? matters, they constitute as a whole a
major part of a women’s college. :ollege.

Popie further noted that many successful changes in these rules have
been made in relatively brief period of time, a fact which we feel points
to the efficiency of the present system. In addition, she noted that the
Board of Trustees has never vetoed a Self-Gov decision, indicating the
respect we have won from the administration.

Popie also assailed Haverford’s suggestion that we ‘‘integrate
student and faculty power structures,’’ pointing out that we are asserting
our own freedom in having an independent government. Perhaps it is
here that the basic divergence of Bryn Mawr and Haverford’s aims
emerges, with the emphasis at Bryn Mawr decidedly stronger on free-
dom than on power, For, while Haverford may point to the student-
opposed calendar as a result of the lack of integration of faculty-
student power structures, we can point to the fact, that owing to averse
student reaction at Bryn Mawr, the calendar, with the help of a re-
vamped curriculum committee, is being changed, and the student
government retains its independence.

Finally, our system, however complex it may appear ‘and thus
contrary to the rule of simplicity-equals-efficiency, IS proving itself
efficient in serving our needs, Of course, there is room for improve-
ment, as. there isin any system of government, and perhaps some of
that improvement may come out of a consideration of Haverford
suggestions; the time for change, however, does not appear to be now.

Decision

Ruth Levy’s resignation as college social chairman is an admirable
display of responsibility, Faced with-a job she could not adequately
perform, Ruth gave primary consideration to the function served by
her office for the needs of the college.

In her letter Ruth describes the demands of a position that obviously
exceeds the energies of one person, A social chairman is forced to
rely on the good nature and cooperation of others, If assistance fails
to materialize, she alone remains to handle the major arrangements
and minor details.

If Ruth had chosen to keep her job out of obligation to those who
elected her, a triple injustice would have resulted. The social program
of the college of necessity would have suffered some neglect. Ruth
herself would have been burdened with a frustratingly unaccomplish-
able task. An inefficient and ineffective system would have been
perpetuated.

By openly announcing her predicament, Ruth has cleared the way
for revision of a situation which would have otherwise remained un-
noticed, Discretion is here indeed the better part of valor - when such
a step is taken after weeks of effort it can only be the result of serious
consideration.

We thank Ruth for her interest in the social activities of the campus,
for her noble attempt, and for her final decision to remedy an over-
looked ill.

Misgiving

While most of the country is giving thanks this time of year, most
Bryn Mawrters we know are giving out with exhaustion, giving in to
academic rigors, and giving up the ghost. Around here ‘the season’s
known as Thanks-misgiving.

Post-midsemester relief is eclipsed, unfortunately, by the rising sun
of term papers. Host poc ergo hopter proc, and all those other Greek
platitudes.

In the spirit of good will which ought to be shrouding the holiday,
the COLLEGE NEWS would like to be the first to start the official
countdown -- only 29 more days ’til Christmas vacation, That much
more time to procrastinate! .

_ But back to the more immediate Thanksgiving. Says the Bryn Mawr
_, Satalog .of cher students: ‘As ‘she continues. through the four under-_

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Resignation

To the Editor:

On Monday night at thé Under-
grad meeting, I resigned as social
chairman of the college. I have
recommended that the social com-
mittee be reorganized and that
this new committee be structured
as are all other organizations on
campus -- with a president (or
chairman), vice president, secre-
tary, treasurer, and as many other

girls-as-are interested in being on ~

the committee -- and that the
members of this organization
divide up the jobs which are now
all performed by the social chair-
man,

The chairman schedules all
dorm and campus-wide social
events; speaks with every boy who
calls the college asking about so-
cial functions; answers all mail
from boys requesting information
about mixers and other parties;
handles all other mail from bands,
booking agencies, and _ boys’
schools; arranges for transpor-
tation for Bryn Mawr girls going
to mixers at other schools; keeps
all the financial records of. the
social committee; and sends no-
tices to the dorms announcing
every social activity on campus
and off campus to which Bryn
Mawr girls are invited, The so-
cial chairman also runs every all-
campus party, This involves or-
dering food, arranging to have a
porter serve, arranging for the
maintenance men to prepare the
floor of a room if the party in-
volves dancing and to clean the

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floor following the dance, meet-
ing with the electrician to dis-
cuss lighting and microphone
facilities if there is to be a band,
hiring the band, inviting bovs’
schools to come, supervising the
decorating of a room and the ree
moval of decorations after the
event,

The present social committee
is comprised of the chairman and
the social chairmen from. the
dorms, The dorm chairmen have
all done good jobs running their
dorm mixers, some have willing-
ly helped with the campus events,
but many are uncooperative in
assisting with the campus-wide
activities; the gym was decorated
twice this year and neither time
were all the social chairmen on
hand to help nor did the ones
who were .not there send sub-
stitutes to take their places; last
spring three social chairmen (of
the 17) showed up to decorate the
field house at Haverford for the
Fats Domino dance.

It. is my: suggestion :that the
social committee be revamped to
include the officers mentioned, the
dorm chairmen who would be held
responsible ONLY for dorm ac-
tivities, and a’separate group of
girls who would work in con-
junction with the charman in run-
ning all-campus events,

This would allow for a much
greater division of the labor; and
the chairman would be able to
spend her time coordinating all the
activities rather than having to
fulfill all the responsibilities her-
self,

Ruth Levy, ’67

Friends of SNCC

To the Editor:

The Bryn Mawr-Haverford
Friends of SNCC has been reju-
venated, Friends of SNCC is now
a very going concern, with its
base in Erdman Hall, Meetings
are held every Thursday at 5:30
p.m, in the Erdman Rec Room, and
are open to all, That is, anybody
can come, So do, We have about
seven things going on now, which
we propose to expound (!!) in the
following paragraphs,

NOVEMBER IS SNCC MONTH!
November is SNCC month and
one of the first things we are
concretely doing is havinga MEAL
FOR A MEAL on Monday Nov.
22 dinner. Due to their boycott
of business in the town of Nat-
chez, Miss., many Negroes lost
their jobs and will not have a
Thanksgiving dinner this year (or
any food, for that matter), unless

we help. This we are doing by

skipping Tuesday’s dinner and
sending the money we get from the
meal to the people down there,
through SNCC,

We have a radio program called
‘It?s What’s Happenin’ Baby,’’ on
WHRC, Some time between the
hours of 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
on Tuesdays a voice will break
in on the solemn rock ’n roll

_. Music with “It’s what’s happenin’,
baby!” and. give a short (6-min.,) «

report of SNCC news. So while
you play your postprandial bridge
(poker, skee ball, old maid) game,

“SNCC,..

tune in to WHRC, 640 on your

‘radio dial and lend us an ear or

two. (See if you can guess who
is doing the talking.)
Posted in all the dorms should

“be a Philly SNCC newsletter, with

local SNCC info, and also various
people should receive these by
mail, Soon subscriptions to the
**Voice,’? SNCC’s newsletter from
Atlanta, will be available on cam-
pus. A new newspaper “The
Southern Courier,’? written by
Harvard and Yale students taking
a. year. off, will also soon appear
--it gives unbiased news reports
of happenings in the Civil Rights
Movement which aren’t reported
in the current news media. Books
and articles will be on the SAC
shelf in the Reserve Room, first
shelf to your right as you go in.

Beautiful suede leather hats,
bags and coin pouches will soon

be sold by SNCC oncampus, These:

we get from a women’s sewing
co-op in the South, an example
of businesses set up by the newly

- formed Poor People’s Corporation,

The Corporation (annual dues, 25¢)
gets money’ from donors to help
people who have lost their jobs
through working in the movement,
to start their own businesses,
SNCC people on campus will be
around to dorms to take orders
for these suede articles, which
come in many colors, such as
brown, black, loden, purple, gold,
and white, and are cheaper than
ever you would find in a store.
We hope to have orders back in
time for Christmas gift-giving. So

“keep a look out for more on this.

Our BIG project for the future
is a recreational center in Ard-

more for the children who would
otherwise be fooling around on the
streets, Some of our members
worked this summer at a day
camp in Ardmore and say there is
a great need to continue the work
which ended when the summer
ended. They know people in the
area, parents and their kids, and
say this project could really be
good if we work and give the time
to it, There seems to be a lot
of interest in this so if you are
interested please come to meet-
ings and tell us so, We want you,
baby.

Now last but not exactly least,
we are having Cleve Sellers here
to speak on SNCC, its origins,
aims, philosophy, etc, etc. He
comes on December 2, the first
Thursday in December, so keep
that date open, Notices and info
will be posted soon... you will all
want to come, we are fairly sure.
...Sellers, 20 years old, is the
program secretary for the South.
He quit Howard *U. to join SNCC,
He says of the movement, in an
article which appeared in EBONY
magazine,

“ ¢*What we are trying to do is
make people important and neces-
sary again. We’re trying to get
people to see that when you talk
about civil rights you have to go
deeper than hamburgers, deeper
maybe than even the vote. You
have to go really deep into the
whole theory about relationships.
That’s what makes SNCC unique...”’

So save Thursday, December

2nd. Come hear Cleve Sellers on

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