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THE Cc OL OLLE G E. NEWS . seoatansenenee

Edjtor-in-Chief °
Nancy Miller "69

Lee Managing Editor Photographic Editor
Robin Brantley °69 Mary Yee ’70

Associate Editors
Sue Auerbach '71, Maggie Crosby ’70
Cathy Hoskins '71, Kathy Murphey '69

Editor Emeritus

Christopher Bakke ‘68

Contributing Editor
Mary Laura Gibbs '70

Editorial and Photographic Staff
g Dora Chizea '69, Beverly Davis '70
Sally Dimschultz 70, Ashley Doherty ‘71
Patty Gerstenblith 71, Julie Kagan °70
Sue Lautin ’70, Marianne Lust °69
Laurel Miller '70, Marian Schever ‘70
Barbara Sindel ’70

Advertising Manager
Adrienne Rossner '69





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Ellen Saftlas '70

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Community Reaction

Much was said last semester. about the lack of
community at Bryn Mawr. There were those who
lamented the disappearance of the existing com-
munity, those who questioned the existence
of a Bryn Mawr community,}and those who denied
the need for or importance’ of such a community.

_It seems an important part of college, however,
to learn from experiences outside as well as inside
the classroom, This exchange of ideas is perhaps the
most important: part of the learning experience,
and the purpose of attending a residential college
seems to be to faciliate this exchange by living
in a community,

A new semester is.a time to begin again, so-
cially as well as academicaily, It is a chance
to examine the values of a community like Bryn
Mawr and to work for its improvement, The COLLEGE
NEWS hopes to aid in this attempt to improve
(Create?) the Bryn Mawr community by being a
center of communication between its members, N.M.

Decrease in Pressure

Those responsible for the drafting and execution
of the self-scheduled exams are to be commended for.
their efficiency in handling the system during its
first trial period. The smoothness with which the
distribution of exams and details of organization were
carried out is proof that the system can. work.

The opportunity to determine one’s’ own exam
scheduje, and the knowledge that. the responsibility
‘of planning a schedule rested on the individual

student relieved many of the past pressures of.

exam period,

If, as was the case this year, in addition to the
‘practical successes, the academic honor system can
be upheld without violation under the new system,
self-scheduled exams will be a success, N.M.



it’s beginning time again. i’ve always felt my year began more perly
at the start of a semester rather than january 1. as a matter’ i
have three beginnings each year (so much nicer to have three chances
instead of one to reshape your whole existence). i start over again every
summer, every.september and every end of january.(my academic time
orientation comes froma long life ina library tower. if you heard taylor
bell knolling the beginning of each academic session for, oh, say about a’
trillion years, wouldn't you be a bit confused as to why people make


































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Friday, February 2, 1968

On Abolishing Sign- Outs

Most students reacted to the ZIGZAG articley

headed ‘Bryn Mawr Students Ignore Honor System’”’
by agreeing that it was a true allegation. True or
not, the article was not terribly useful because
it simply outlined the negative factors of the
situation and suggested no real solution.

The only hint of a solution presented could be
summarized in two words--‘‘end hypocrisy.’ It
was only a hint, and not a very helpful one at that.
However, one concrete possibility was mentioned
which deserves being further explored.

The sign-out system for wamen college students
is an anachronism from the days when women
were protected, pampered and constantly shaded
from the harsh realities of life. Women did not
drive, and they certainly couldn’t vote. They were
treated like sweet but inept children, or better
yet, charmingly mindless toys.

Bryn Mawr girls sign out when they leave the
dorm: they write down where they are going, who
they are going with, how they are going, and
when they will be back. Graduate students don’t
sign out, men have certainly never been subjected

_ to such a process, and a growing number of women.
students at other institutions are no longer re-
quired to document their .comings and going,
(e.g. Radcliffe).

There seem to be two justifications for a
sign-out system. One, a girl’s whereabouts should
be known at-all times in case she should have to
be reached in an emergency. This does not make
much sense though, because it is applied dis-
criminately only to undergraduates, and then only
after 12:30. Don’t boys ever have emergencies?
Don’t grad students? Do emergencies happen only

, after 12:30? Hardly.

The second justification is that. girls are more
likely to be mugged, raped and murdered after
12:30 than before, and that these things are more
likely to happen to girl undergraduates than to

- tion.

anyone else. Having the girl sign out will enable the
, college to have a place to start looking’ if she
* doesn’t return.

This second reason makes sense in theory.

Unfortunately, practice is not so perfect. Last -

semester, a girl called in to sign out overnight to
a, friend’s house. The girl taking the sign-out
mistakenly made it for a 2 a.m. return. When
the girl did not return at 2 nothing was done.
No emergency measures were taken, no polite
were notified, nobody was looking in ditches for
the remains. The sign-out system was no protec-
Besides, the last attack on a female
member of the Bryn Mawr community happened
right on campus, before 12:30, and it wasn’t even
a student.

The justifications for the sign-out system seem,
then, a trifle thin. The case against the stystem

-can be made even stronger on a Constitutional

level. The recent civil rights legislation and the
latest interpretations of the 14th Amendment to

' the Constitution forbid discrimination on the basis -

of race, creed, color or SEX. Rules which apply
sto women and not to men could easily be con-
strued as contrary to such legislation and
therefore unconstifutional.

It is possible to recognize that having someone
else know where you are is both handy and prudent,
without making mandatory a specific sign-out
process. Although it might be more consistent to
advocate complete abolishment of the system,
it is probably more practical to suggest that
the Self-Gov constitution be amended to require
only a phone number (so the student can be reached
in the emergency and to give the police a place
to start looking). and expected time of return.

This way, the sign-out system could be eased
out gradually, exactly as the stereotype of the
woman-as — -child is being eased out.

Kit Bakke



Letters to

A Note of Ghanks.

To the Editor:

I wish to thank Miss McBride,
the students, the professors, the
Alumni, the Deanery, the Manager
of Halls, the Assistant Manager
of Halls, the employees, the Hot

_ Shoppes on campus, the grounds-

men, and friends, for their dona-
tions to help combat the fire sit-
uation. I really feel that the entire
campus bent over backwards to

a Anna Kearney

Rhoads Hall
Fine Situation

To the Editor:

A short time ago I wrote seeking
help to enable me to return to
the United States. However, as
you may have read in the Nov.,
7 newspaper, I was sentenced to.
two years in prison instead of the
heavy fines which I was told to
expect.

In answer to my request for help
I received a brief note with cash
enclosed but with no name or re-
turn address. Since I received
no fines the cash was not needed.
Therefore , could you provide me
with the name of the kind person
who sent it?

I would like to add that I am
appealing the sentence in hopes of
getting it reduced, or at least to
receive full credit for the time I
have spent in prison so far.

At my trial on Nov. 7, the
Judge only gave me creditfor ‘being
held 60 days when in fact I was
arrested and imprisoned on June
30. With the appeal I hope to
get credit for the entire 4
1/2 months before the trial. _

Thank you for your interest in
my situation.

~ James Cebula









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Consul’s Defense

To the Editor:

A-letter from a Mr. James A.
Cebula which appeared in the Col-
lege News on October 6, 1967,

contains several gross errors in

its representation and interpreta-
tion of relevant provisions of the
Japanese penal code.

We regret not having written
sooner, but Mr. Cebula’s letter
only recently came to the atten-
tion of our office.

First, the statement that ‘‘in
Japan, if you do not have the
necessary funds you must stay
in prison and work the fine off
at the rate of 200 yen per day,’’
is incorrect.

In Japan, the code provides that
persons who are unable to pay
their fines in full shall be de-
tained in a workhouse for not
less than one day nor more than
two years (three years in cases
where two or more fines have
been imposed jointly).

However, the rate at which the
amount of the fine assessed is
converted to the period of deten-
tion at the workhouse is not legally
fixed but is determined at the dis-
cretion of the judge, who takes into
consideration the circumstances
under which the crime was com-
mitted.

Therefore, there is no ground
for the 200 yen per day Mr. Ce-
bula quoted. The rate is higher
in most cases these days.

Secondly, as for the statement

that ‘‘a thousand dollar fine would -

be 360,000 yen, or in terms of
time, five years,’’ the limita-
tions mentioned above would pre-
clude such a term from being
imposed.

Thirdly, regarding the point that
**my fines will be far greater than
that,’ the crimes which Mr. Ce-
bula is alleged to have committed
are the uttering of foreign counter-
feit currency and the violation of

_who commits such crimes is usu-
ally punished with penal servitude.
- sGUniier ‘the code, the. penalty for a

the Editor

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appreciated if you would take .p-
propriate measures to correct ‘he
erroneous impressions which the
College News and other schools
and newspapers may have received
from Mr. Cebula.

Keiichi Tachibana
Deputy Consul General
Consulate General of Japan

Citrus Cult

Confidential to O.J. °70:

I was overwhelmed at your kind
Christmas gift of four orange juice
glasses and the orange pitcher.
I would like to convey my grat-
itude to you personally some day.
I am still eagerly waiting for you
to unveil your identity.. I remain
yours truly,

Faintly Disgusted °68

Poetry Contest
Deadline Set

An April 8 deadline has been
set by the Department of English
for the annual May Day poetry con-
tests.

The two prizes awarded are the
Academy of Poets Prize of $100
for the best group of poems and
the Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize of
$50 for the best single selection.
The judges for both competitions.
will be Richmond Lattimore, Mrs.
Isabel MacCaffrey and Mrs. Katrin
Norton.

Due in the President’s Office ~
by 4 p.m., April 8, all manu-
scripts should be typed and un-
signed, with the author’s name
given on.a separate piece of paper.





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