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“THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, February 20, 1963 ©



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-APleaa-

The redecoration of four,showcases or “smokers” on cam-
pus, made possible by an alumna gift, was much needed and
-@ welcome surprise. it is important to have a pleasant atmos-
phere in which to entertain our guests, and we need public

rooms which we ourselves wil lenjoy using.

The condition to which these-showcases has deteriorated
is deplorable. In some cases, the new furniture for them has
not even been paid for yet, but it is already shabby.

As a place of gathering in the halls, the showcases, wheth-
er newly decorated or not, are bound to get hard wear. They

Joan Deutsch, ‘65.



aye there to be used and they should be used: But-there-is no

excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that has made
‘the showcases look the. way they do.

Anyone can knock an ashtray
anyone can throw a glass of
in a moment of over-ebullience, but the damage caused is cost-
ly to repair. :
It takes only a small amount of effort to keep the show-
cases in good condition, so think before you prop your feet up
on the sofa or knock your cigarette ashes on the rug.
= Physical Fitness -~ ,

Discovery of a 1908 Theodore Roosevelt order that all
Marine Corps:company officers must be able tomarch 50 milés
in 20 hours, double timing the last 700 yards, has caused: an
upheaval-in the White House and national reverberations in
regard to physical fitness. °

‘There are rumors that Press’ Secretary Pierre Salinger is
in the-doghouse with President Kennedy; a Philadelphia group
set out on'a 20 mile march this week. :
News of this matter had typical impact on the Bryn Mawr
campus. There has been a suggestion that Bryn ms ae

but rather

ism, perhaps it is more suitable to make
physical state of Bryn Mawr. ~ ar se

The infirmary was overcrowded when ‘an intestinal dis-
ease flattened a large section .of the campus in recent weeks,

an ‘evaluation of the

_ -Smoker’s hack, post-nasal drip,.“‘sleeping” sickness and other
“minor disorders -rampant-on-campus-are-signs- of a -decadent.—hopethat you can use ‘it; At this
_ physical condition.

- We recommend that the time is-long past due for Bryn

--Mawr to improve its physical condition. We must act before
...4 sit is too late.
“group with a sound goal but no

Members of the hockey team have long been a
support. We must join them
in their Merion Green dogtrots. But we must also go further.
There must_be organization on the hall level, with a pro-
gram of. exercises. before all meals. Running to classes. would
also have an amelioratvie effect. Our efforts must reach out
to the faculty and we would like to take this opportunity to
recommend a regimen of weight-lifting and_ jump-rope for”
Finally, when our physical state has been improved suf-
ficiently, our efforts should culminate in a physical fitness day.
lly Fit should be made, and the
student who wins it should be sent to Washington to offer her
services to the President as the national paragon of physical

~*. +, fitness... Bryn/Mawr must forge again’ into new frontiers, and

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oe ~*~ also,” states Lester Markel in the: ~
-. February 9 Sat

we cannot do it as ninety pound weaklings.



_ Editors Discuss Press Responsibility; ;

Oakes; Davis, Wagner Will Convene

by Jody Green, '64

On Monday night, February 25, the »

editors of three of the finest Amer-

- jean newspapers will gather at-Bryn
Mawr, to discuss “The Responsibil-

9

ity of the Press: GS
John Oakes .of theNew York
Times, Saville Davis of the Christian

- Science Monitor, and Philip Wagner.

of: the Baltimore Sun will speak” in
Goodhart ‘at 8:00. Each man, will

. present-his views in‘a shert*speech
* °°" of-90-minutes or 80, and then defend’
7" it in the subsequent -discussi so ease a
“It is not enough that the présyy

be. free; it must be responsible

iy Review. Is this

a valid judgment? If so, to what

\

extent and in what sense does the»

press have a responsibility? . How
does the fact of the press’s divided
loyalty—to its-readers and. to ‘its
government—affect its trea

ands ae alee

fi

These are questions which we, as

thoughtful members of a democratic .

society whose successful functioning
depends on an enlightened - public,
US

Alliance hopes, therefore, that by.
bringing together «three -excellent
editors some significant conclusions

question.

“Each year the Alliance has spon- a

sored a major program to° provide

tion of a topic than is possible with = ——

‘a one-man, one-speech format.

off the arm of a sofa; almost ~~
milk through a valuable screen |

Students Question Student Draises Swarthmore Darley
As AlValuable Educational Project

Merits of Revision,
Contest Procedure

To the Editor:
We propose reconsideration -of the
election reyision as passed in t0-

_ day’s meeting of Legislature. Aside

from. questions of constitutionality

_ that may or may not havesbeen left

Ee Rar

Dear Editor:
The Swarthmore student confer-

-enee-on “Democracy .and Develop-

ment in Latin America” was one of
the most professfinal conferences I
have ever attended, and I have seen
a considerable number of efforts.

unanswered by the procedures. of ‘The question’ I immediately .ask is

‘the meeting, there still remains the
. question that was never discugsed—

the merits of the Election Commit-

~ tee’s: proposal.

The primary issue here is certain-
ly whether or not. the proposal] is
good for the campus, whether or not
the dinner system is something to
be preserved: Whilé there was time
devoted to the issue of constitution-
ality, the time used for discussion of
the merits-of the proposal was one.
minute: -We-do-not feel that-a one-
minute. discussion is a substantial
discussion for a- decision to vote on
such a fundamental issue. We there-
fore appeal to Legislatute to re-
examine the logic of the approved
proposal. Does the innovation really ;
accomplish the objectives expressed
by the Election Committee? -
Sandy Shapiro, ’66
Lynn Scholz, ’66
Lindsay Clemsoh, ’63

Who's Who

Statistics from Who’s Who in
American Women show that among
colieges the Seven Sisters ‘have the
highest number of graduates includ-
ed in that register. Vassar turns out
the most Who’s Who’ers, at a rate
of 1 to every 31 graduates; Bryn
Mawr is second with 1 to every 33; -
Radcliffe, alas, is third with 1 to
every 37. :

yd

‘in Latin’ America.

why have not Bryn Mawr or Haver-
férd or both produced anything com-
parable. ‘

The thought leads. further. - First”

the Swarthmore conference was suc- *
_ ¢essful- because it-was conceived as

a major conference in a neglected
field. The topic was one which is
not resolved; it is, being thought and
rethought, in the United States and
It is a topic

which has not’received adequate at-

‘tion,

tention from policy makers and
citizens and one which needs more

students devoted to its considera-
It is controversial, unsolved -

‘and a serious challenge to any Amer-

ica who cares at all about the future
of Latin America and the relation-
ship of the United States to that
future.

Thé reseurce people gathered to
the .conference.. were..a_ largé_ per-
centage of the entire group of seri-
ous Latin American scholars -in thé
United States and several of the
foremost: Latin American econo-
mists. . These are the people .who
are doing what thinking is being
done in the. field and who are shap-
ing our long-range attitudes toward
Latin America. Swarthmore stu-
dents spent extraordinary amounts

of time and energy securing such:a

collection -of distinguished writers
but their presence gave the confer-
ence participants a unique expo-
sure to significant analytical think-

‘ing. And the sheer number of Latin

American scholars participating pre-_
vented the conference, unlike 60

From Togo, BMC Graduate Sends _

Letter of

To the Editor:
I .am sending this jingle in the

time when the college is: trying: to
match up for the Ford Foundation

grant perhaps it can call attention™

-On avenues of stately teak, kids bicytle to school, = oo
In airy shuttered little huts: “histoire et le calcul.” —

“can be reached’ about: an important an

-an-opportunity-for-deeper investiga- 97 ‘ cae

- Last ‘year the problems of.Latin —

America were considered; the pre-

‘vious year the role of the intellec-

tual was the topic. This year’s topic,

“The Responsibilty of the Press,” is .

of particularly wide interest, and

the speakers are particularly well-





listen! _ i : Ha

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ime Sox)

t of.~~qualified to consider it. So - -.come

to the wonderful preparation Bryn
Mawr gives for a career in inter-
national affairs. services. :

In backing up my husband, who
is a career Foreign Service offi-
cer, I have found my Bryn Mawr

Appreciation, Ode To Life

years irreplacable training. There
are many hundreds of Bryn Mawr

- AB’s; “MiA’s and Ph.D’s working

in this limitless field as officers or-

‘wives of diplomats, vital bureau-

crats ‘and in’ business’and~interna-
tional organizations overseas. Add
the many in teaching, research,
and communication media and you
have a. major contribution to the
nation’s security from’ “a small
women’s college in Pennsylvania.”

ODE TO LIFE AT. HARDSHIP POSTS: r

-How to travel in the bush and enjoy it

Dedicated to Dr. Caroline Robbins in gratitude for her teaching and guidance

ie

Pretend that you’re thirteen again, a-thirst for High Adventure,

Travaux Publique’s poor washboard roads, perhaps you will not censure.
A pillow in*the'small- of-back, another for- your bottom, -—

» For seatcover: a terry towel, wear sandals if ‘you've got’em. ~
~ For picnics bring tomato sauce, forget about the flies,

SI 9?

To counter-act that constant dust, whip out your “Wash-n-dri’s.

Take Vioform ’fore every meal, Ice tea’s the tonic drink, .

Of dysentery’at village feasts, you'll never have to think.

Arrive at noon and sleep ’til dusk, then savour evening’s ‘party, +
Arise ’fore dawn when all is. cool, set out right -hale and. hearty. .
‘Keep careful notes of all that’s strange, don’t shy from taking pictures,
A year from now, most odd will-seem:-electric lighting fixtures.

When troubles come, as come they do, Historical Perspective
Wilk keep you sane, help others too, for nerves the best corrective.

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¥

Oh, joys .of undeveloped lands, no crowds, no television,
No ‘noise from traffic’s *busy- rush} ior mortgaged subdivision: |.

Leila Jackson Poullada 43°
Lomé,, Republic of Togo





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THE ONE HUNDRED ‘SEVENTY-SIX PAGES ~
OF THE YEARBOOK OF 1963 ARE BETTER |
“THAN THOSE OF: ANY OTHER -CLASS’S

. Order yours a Anne Dobbin, Rhoads : =







sia
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~ {looked into a erystal ball = -

many others, from being organized
and shared ignorance.

Finally, the scale of the confer-
ence and the~preparation for it at-
tested to Swarthmore’s determina-
tion to offer a valuable educational
experience. There were sets of back-
ground papers for each sub-topic of

the conference, compiled by the |
-Swarthmore students and sent to ~~~

each delegate before the conference.
Schools, particularly those with
Latin American studies programs,
‘were invited from all over the coun-
try and the: publicity was frequent

_and tempting. Swarthmore obtain-
‘ed grants for the conferéfice to en-~

able them to invite good people, to
publish ‘so profusely and to keep
conference fees low. Add to that a
smooth-running conference schedule

“and “adéquate accommiodations and

one can understand the success.

I suggest the reason Swarthmore
students are able to produce this
kind of job is that the conference
was a project supported wholeheart-
edly by the™Sigarthmore Student
Council, the fagelty and the admin-
istration. The Student Council com-
mitted the energy of the school to
the project and it—was- integrated
into every relevant department.
Faculty and administration gave 4

.great.deal more than their approval.

The students had a place to work
(the student activities building) and
resources of equipment, telephones,
typewriters, mimeograph materials).
But more than this, Swarthmore
had a group of student council mem-
bers committed to the success of the
conference. (This latter phenone-
non is generally. unknown: at Bryn
Mawr for anything more significant

- than Hell-week).
‘I can’t pelieve that Bryn Mawr ~

and Haverrord do not have students
as capable as those at Swarthmore.
I like to think an organized and:
active Student-.Ceuncil- here--could’

elicit-the:same—committed response...

And. I certainly reject the idea that
a student’s role in the educational
community. does “not include a topic
as controversial’ and unresolved as
the political and economic direction
of Latin America. It seems to: me
an example-stands before us which
we can either rise to meet or fail.
The conference was an’ invaluable
educational experience for: .every
student who created it or who par-
ticipated_in it, Let us not continue
to deprive ourselves of such ‘an ex-
perience.

Mary Beth Schaub, ’64

Applebee



about a week age

+ £

and there I saw what soon would

come
along with freshman show. 3

but not a single word i sai@ — --
and not a wing did flutter ~~

-. and now the freshmen also. know.

they ‘not g word must mutter.

for hell week’s-past

and freshman show

- and hither after too.

the freshmen now are very ‘wise.

_ but what is left to do

they do not know a thing about,
-and isn’t that terrific ’
that we can talk about may day

. and never be specific . . .

complacently,
: applebee

tied aie:



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