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College news, October 1, 1964
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1964-10-01
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 51, No. 02
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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Onsinel 1, 1964
THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Another Leap Into the Future
Bryn’ Mawr has taken another stride forward. with the slain of
legislation permitting men in the dorms. after-dinner,
The voting results in the individual halls indicate that the majority
of the students support the new rule. A few objections, however, have
been raised. The problem of prowlers, the resulting inconvenience to
girls ifi the evening, and the temptation to take advantage of the: new
restriction -- all may threaten its success.
(A more subtle criticism centers around the possibility that the more
lenient rules will result in a toppling of. Bryn Mawr’s standards, that
prospective students will be lured more by the thought of unlimited
_ privileges than other factors.)
“<“The new rule, however, should be regarded not“as a treat tothe
college’s standard of morality, but more properly asa practical amend-
* ment which, in spirit and in fact, is consistant with. the college’s. already
“existing rules.
Pem West, by passing a 10 p.m. limit on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
night, and a 7:30 limit every other night,seems to have devised the most
sensible. solution. This way, girls have a place to take dates on Sunday
night, a date night, as well as a place to have private and leisurely
coffee after week- ~day dinners. And girls who wish to wander around
the dorm in bathrobe and curlers will still be able to do so after 7330
during the week.
If two things are kept in mind -- first, that'the new rule has been
passed’ purely in the interests of practicality, and, second, that under
the honor system, all students assume individual responsibility for
their actions -- there should be no question of abuse of the new. rule.
Regulations in -other areas of the honor’ system -- smoking, class
attendance -- may have seemed revolutionary, even immoral,- at one
time; now they merely contribute to the flexible and efficient organiza- .
tion of ae college.
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A Choice — Make It!
Initial political enthusiasm on the campus seems to be running high.
More than’ the requested-500 signed up for work in Convention Hall,
and] numerous political ineetings have been. scheduled’ and are getting
good response...
The question now {s == tiow®: many will translate this enthusiasm into
the mundane pavement- -beating and .doorbell-ringirg of campaign work?
Feeling is strong on both sides of the fence in this election, ded i
accompanying activity should be equally so.
- For those of us old enough to vote the prime: duty is to.obtain an
absentee ballot immediately, as Some already have, Use of the absen-
tee ballot -- an intelligent, informed use -- is of special ie ioe
in this election.
A.cammon excuse
it be stuffing envelopes or going tothe polls, seems to be that the choice
facing. voters is oné npveen the lesser of. two evils. This, however,
begs the question. ©
--Whatever...you--may -think- of the presidential candidates, their pro-
grams, including ends. as. well as means, are diverse enough that a
real choice is involved, and there can be ti Justification for abstention: °
or lack of interest.
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ked for fifty volunteers to work , Will -be given to storing of current: -
Through the tee ki “Glan. 2 crucial counties inthe area for . Civil rights and political pamph-
Gill Bunshaft’s report from the NSA..cqnference raises” “several ©
.thought-provoking~ qliestions for everyone on this ‘camps, although ~
the mirror it holds up to our collective faces may be a oe distorted
“around the edges. @
The fact that the majority of people living outside the driving area
don’t seem. to be aware of our existence should come'as no surprise
to any Bryn Mawr student. That lack of fame implies a lack of academic
excellence, however, seems to us an inconsistency. In educational
circles -- which, after all, is where it counts -- Bryn Mawr College
isa respected’ and well- —_ name.
If, as Gill suggests, we are not well-known to potential applicants,
it is chiefly a matter of admissions policy. Spreading information
about Bryn Mawr -‘‘throughout the land’? can -only be.accomplished
efficiently. by the administration, as..we think it-should. It seems a_-
shame that many worthwhile’ girls are unaware of our presence for
want of effective distribution of information.
golden leaves cutting through an, ~
Cause precariously balanced sea-
‘to catch as. much of the present
br lack of political activity this year, whether.
~ o'clock. The purpose of this pro-
applebee- f Our Image Non-Existent
ae Bu. Gill Run shots, 65
ini “NSA Cicrdineter
“]’m from Bryn Mawr College.”
‘Oh? ... Where’s that?”’ _
Other reactions from students at
Mawr? Is that down south? Oh, no,
that’s right. I keep on getting
Sweet Briar, Bryn Mawr and
Briarcliff mixed -up.’’ Or the fol-
lowing. from. a Harvard graduate.
who had been working inthe Phila-
delphia area for a year, ‘‘Bryn
Mawr girls aren’t too academic,
are they!’?? Such reactions gave me
welcome and welcome back!
summer is infinitely far away and
we owls turn, somewhat bleary-
eyed from the newly-lit library
night lights, to the present, fall.
fall is the smell of newly-bought
books. and of red apples tart
against unbearably mellow after-
noon sunlight and almost too deep
blue sky and a stream of suddenly
haps the most important thing I
carried away from theN.S., A. woe
ference.
It seemed... peculiar .to. me that
‘sO many students had never heard,
of one of the suppos@@ly best wo-
men’s colleges in the country. It
- would have been easy to dismiss
_these reactions as those-of idiots
absent-minded morning’ glance at
the world ...
i wonder if other people ... i
suppose they do... try, think that
they should try to be’ poetic in
sak padi she sane ee” from bright, honest, interesting
: * Students. Bryn Mawr would have
liked to see them on its own cam-
pus. Their ignorance was partly
but not totally due tothe smallness
of. Bryn’ Mawr,.to .the.lack..of.
communication within the greater
student community, to the lack of
association with a well-known
men’s school and to the absence
of a football team. However, there
had to ‘be other reasons as well
and I came’ up with the following
possibilities; .
son which may, any morning, topple
into blackening frost.
but the paths are still warm,
dusty, and leaves trace gentle,
fine-lined patterns: in the air, and
couples. and girls and dreams drift
over the browning grass, trying
as they can before the future,
the winter, batters them to
huddling inside gothic walls, and
all...at. once..the-.present: is. past
and the huddlers grope furiously
at the newly-bought books of fall
as if they were the only key to all
time ..
but it is still fall and i fly out
to catch it before, like summer,
it rolls infinitely far away.
applebee
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1. If excellence. is a notable
quality which- is génerally
acknowledged, maybe Bryn .
Mawr isn’t as excellent as
we'd thought.
2. Perhaps we’ve become com-
President of Social Action
Schedules Campaign Work
The Social Action Club announced °
alts plans for the Johnson presi-
dential campaign at its first open
meeting Monday night.
-. The club feels that the Gold-
water-Johnson campaign this fall
presents a clear choice in favor
of Johnson, and locating pressure
points for Johnson will be the
“Major focus until after the Nov-
ember election.
Club. co-chairman Ginny Kerr
outlined two specific projects. She _
day four speakers, including Pro-
Penn professor, and a state sena-
tor of the Philadelphia area, spoke
issues as nuclear weapons, Soviet
relations with Red China, and gov- .
érnment spending. :
The Bryn Mawr-Haverford radio.
Station,. WHRC., will broadcast.the.
ten o’clock. Specific notices will
also be posted in Taylor Hall,
Space in the library reserve room
lets,. including. journals-issued by
two, hours on Satufda, ernoon,t
_ - . ._ the Mississippi free Brees. ees
from two to four o’clock. Trans-
portation will be provided, leaving»
from Merion parking lot at two
\
" ject will be the pinpointing of weak
spots in the voting population,
those who might be inclined to vote
Republican in the national election.
The Sogial Action Club will co-
_ ordinate such groups as Republi-
cans for Johnson, ‘Citizens for
Johnson, and Young Democrats
for Johnsgn. Included in the plans
for campaigning are door-to-door
canvassing, telephoning, manning
Concerning. our possible complacency, it appears that it is a valid
complaint only on the individual, level. Some of us do get complacent
some of the time and perhaps unconsciously assume Bryn Mawr is the
best around, no need to compare with other institutions. As an attitude
of the undergraduate body and even Bryn. Mawr College PER SE, how-
_ ever, the frequent fvle changes. and continued development of academic
facilities*indicate otherwise.
In. the same’ way, isolation may exist here on a personal level, but
there is no dearth of-students fora civil rights conference, the school
--exchange program, the tutorial project and-many of the-other activities -
_.which-take-us.off the Bryn Mawr campus. and require hard-work as well. ——_Bryn—Mawr-— (ae mis ~offer——
Gill’s report has real value in that it makes us take a second look
at ourselves, in a different perspective. It also serves as a reminder
that such programs as exchange visits with other schools and inter-
. college ‘conferences. should be continued come eneenes, a — in
_ which NSA can be ae effective.
_headquarters, passing out cam-
-... Merion committéemen. Wednes-
paign literature, selling campaign
material, -and. doing office work.
A major ambition ,of the club will
‘be ‘the discussion, thorough door-
to-door canvassing, with lower
income groups in the Philadel-
phia area, This. project will be
supported by the Student Demo-
cratic Society and the Indepen-
“dent Citizens Committee, to which
their services,
Another program is a series.
‘ of lectures, sponsored by Lower | coy from Pas Emory Univer-
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