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College news, April 24, 1963
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1963-04-24
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Weekly
6 pages
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 49, No. 20
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
ednesday, April 24, 1963
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New Amendments
- ‘bhree proposea Constitutional amendments are quiety |
Making ie rounds-ol- the State Legisiatures.
Neither tne
generai pubic, which seems hardly aware of their existence,
nor the ‘egisialures appear to be troubled by the tact that the
passage OI these amendments would have aimost-revolution- ~
ary elects on our American system ot government. é
_ All these amendments are designed to replace federal
supremacy with state supremacy in-tne’areas. tney deal with.
the first would torbid tne’ United States Supreme Court to”
hear cases involving re-zoning of voting districts, ‘ne 1ndl-
vidual's voling rignts are among those explicitly safeguarded
by the Constitution. ‘Lhe Supreme Court has. taken .tne roe
QI guafdian ot those rights. against the encroachment OI state
power. Ji this tunction.1s limited, the balance between state
‘and tederal power will be upset > tie state will 1mettect be made
judge ‘in its own Cause, since it’ will be able not omy to enact
laws but to determine their constitutionality. :
. ‘Dhe next amendment would create a court made up ot
justices from state supreme courts to review decisions oI the
United States Supreme Court. ‘l'o set up another Judicial body
with the same tunction as the present Supreme,Court is a
redundancy. it seems clear that the framers of t.
ment had other ends in mind. ‘heir purpose is to place repre-
- ‘sentatives. ot state interests over those whose end 1s the inter-
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pretation of laws. Whereas the previous amendment would
weaken the Supreme Court’s power, this one would completely
~ ¢hange the way mm which justice is determined. in ‘the present
Supreme Court the determination of justice is a contest among
diltering ideas of right; 1n the proposed court the contest would
be among groups working tor partisan ends.
The third proposed amendment would allow states to
amend the Constitution without the concurrence of Congress.
in the Constitution-as it-now.stands,the-passing of amend-
ments is a joint ettort of federal“and state government. .‘Lhis
amendment would derange the system of checks.and- balances
by giving the component governments power: over the whole.
We.are disturbed by these proposed amendments, not be- :
cause of their revolutionary character, but ‘because we feel
‘that the assumptions on which they are based are faulty. They
seem to imply that staté power isan end in itself. We believe
this to be a misinterpretation of the purposes of American gov- ~~
ernment: !'the United States is a collection.of individual peo-
ple, not individual sovereignties. The system of checks and —
balances was, designed for individuals, and any disturbance of
this balance would be contrary:to the spirit of the Constitu-
tion. tat :
‘WBMC |
It is unfortunate that so valuable an instrument as a col-
lege radio station should ‘die.’ A radio station can, and
should, exert almost as great an’influence on the student body
as does a newspaper. it can provide practical experience in
all aspects of broadcasting: announcing, engineering, technical
work and business. And, if handled with enthusiasm, it can _
__provide-good listening for the entire college.
We propose that WBMC be reorganized, and the News is
’ willing to sponsor this reorganization; to-draw together people
who are interested in various aspects of radio work, to investi-_
__gate the- possibilities of.improvements. of the.present set-up
and to publicize activities of the station.
WBMC was for many years an important part. of Bryn
Mawr. The equipment and facilities, the large record collec-
tion and the. small, but significant bank balance remain, and’
_ are an adequate basis for reactivation of the station. ‘Technical
assistance wotild probably be available from Haverford, since
it was given freely all. the years WBMC functioned.
Even the problem of limited range can be solved
ing area to the whole campus was formulated, requiring only
a $75 loan. While the same sum would no lomger be sufficient,
this figure indicates the improvement would be financially
feasible. : oh
One-of the great problems of WBMC, the lack of publicity,
can easily be solved through an active liaison with the News,
which can publish broadcasting schedules for WBMC.
“Tt has been suggested that WBMC could be used in place
of hall announcements, with perhaps a certain time each day
devoted to campus-wide notices. The money now paid to the
hall announcers could be re-channeled to WBMCE to help pay
for wider coverage.. The station could be used to supplement
the dinner system during elections and perhaps eventually to
transmit leetures, concerts, etc. to the entire campus. :
The College News feels that a the work required to
reactivate the station and to make it a Significant part of Bryn
Mawr, it is a worthwhile task. Anyone whois interested in
learning about broadcasting or participating in the reactiva-
tion of WBMC should contact The College News.
THE. COLLEGE
NEWS
= FOUNDED INS Sta
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination
Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College.
The College News is fully.protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may
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be-reprinted wholly orin part. wtihout permission of the Editor-in-Chief.
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Mombbor-at-large 5... ce ee ee ens eee es Constance Rosenblum, ‘65
Contributing Editors .... .. focus ea hee ’ Sheila. Bunker, ‘64; Patricia Dranow, ‘64°
Runes Mange = ::: Terri Rodgers; ‘64;-Margaret Ausley, ‘64
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Campus. News Editor .....2. 0: ig bess stv eevee ss vo euks Anne Lovgren, "66 “*
: + .. BUSINESS, STAFF
é June *Boey, ‘66; Eve Hitchman, ‘66.
___ EDITORIAL STAFF
=. Jody Balley, “63; Lora MeMeckin: “63; Diaita Trent, "4; Mary “H. Warfield, “6d; Sue ~~
Jane Kerbin, ‘65;-Diane Schuller, ‘65; Barbara Tolpin; “65; Elizabeth Greene, ‘65;
Gail Senger, ‘65; Eugenie Ladner, ‘65; Diana ‘Koin, ‘65; Christy Bednar, ‘66; Nancy
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—amiend- —
Thank You
Applebee
by Lynne Lackenbach
». WBMC, for many’ years the ra-
dio station of Bryn Mawr College,
is in danger of final and ignomin-
ious death.
The facilities of the station and
an inactive bank account of ap-
_ proximately $33 may be liquid&ted
and the funds placed in-the Com-
mon’ Treasury... Liquidation was
suggested by-Genie Ladner,-Under-
grad. .Common ‘Treasurer, when
“she discovered the assets listed in
a © “Undergrad. accounts.
aince people are the way Her reason is that. the station
they are, has not broadcast since 1959 and
and owls surpass them all no one has at any time since then
- by far, expressed interest .in -reactivating
ait.
The station occupies two rooms
in the: basement of Pem East, a
fully equipped ‘business office’ and
it still is strange that
owls should be,
constrained to dwell within « -
a tree. Eee Tia a sound .proof broadcasting studio.
one’s home should be his All the ‘technical equipment is still
—=egetie truen— _theré; withthe, exception of a mi-
, hone which has been borrow-
hat i crophe¢ '
Sah w ares — ed by Haverford’s WHRC.
_, Assets also include a large ‘rec-:
They must make castles
from a tree.
but then, of course, their.
rent is free.
hundreds, of: classical and semi-
classical, opera, folk,-and popular
(from truly vintage to c 1960)
— music.
sagaciously, When in’ operation, WBMC
your own tree- | bradcast at 580 kilocycles over a
dweller closed carrier circuit similar to
tates To The Gtr
enough of it. We know of parents,
. who left the table hungry. —
To the Editor:: “We propose that, as in other col-
On behalf ofthe Committee for Jefes, parents be charged a rea-
Parents’ Day, I. wish to express 4 sonable fee-so that’ the college will
heartfelt appreciation: for the not have financial worries in plan-.
many students and members of the
ord “collection, numbering in the |
“WBMC, the Bryn Mawr Radio Station,
~-Faces Liquidation, in Spite of Solvency
‘Haverford’s.. Originally programs
were aired from 8:00 p.m. until. 12
midnight,. Sunday through Thurs-
day. At all other times programs.
were relayed from WHRC
WFLN-FM_ (Philadelphia).
Bryn. Mawr programs included
classical, popular, and folk music,
campus and world news, and spe-
cial feature programs such as in-
or
terviews and occasional panel dis- rae
cussions.
-National” and local . advertisers
made the enterprise entirely self-
supporting, even in the last year
of its existence. Although exces-.
sive profits/ were seldom realized,
each year’s account books — were
closéd, out with a balance (from
about $30 to $250 in the last few
years).
In addition to
WBMC always
its own work,
worked closely
duction and technical Work, and
the two stations exchanged pro-
grams via the Twin College Net-
work, ici
The station first began to floun-
der, apparently, in-1957-58. By thé
‘spring of .1959 it was sadly in”
need of ‘boosting.
In March of that year, Ginny O-
Roak, an announcer and engineer -
with the station, wrote a letter to the
News depiloring the situation.
and an increasing sense of futility”
as the factors contributing to a sta-
tion with “no voice whatsoever ‘ins
college affairs.” :
She concluded by saying, “WBMC_
appears to be caught in a whirlpool
of its. own making: disinterest has
produced a lack of quality, which
has regenerated disinterest.”
Part of the problem. of waning
interest was the result of technical
She’ |
cited ;“a steadily declining interest -
~ in the ‘expansion of the station...
urday. Ushers and actresses, dan-
cers, singers, and stagehands, cof-
fee-pourers and” sign-painters, re-
ny abers _ ning this part of the program.
faculty and staff who gave so
generously of themselyés last Sat-
Parents’ Day Dinner should be an-
‘ticipated. with as much pleasure as
. is Christmas Dinner. .
Susan Gabar, ’63
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““gistration, clerks and meal-servers;
without
. great expense. In 1959, a plan for extension of the broadcast-
_ life, then we feel that the dinner ~ erally can be taken out.
- Published weekly “during. the College Year (except during hour’ was unfavorably portrayed. ‘more, the -service is’ delightful. In’
weeks) in the interest’ of Bryn Mawr. College atthe: Ardmore Printing |
meal served, it could have been al--
_ meal; we did not. think there was. 4
pel ene 2 ha, PN ee eT ee oes
Connie Schaar, 63
speakers and. administrators, book-
sellers.and exhibitors — these ana
others deserve to be mentioned. To the Editor:
Sincere appreciation is intended The College Inn opened for the
-however forall those who. helped first time asa student~ union last
the College to entertain its visi- Fyiday. The evening was' very suc-
tors on ‘Parents’ Day. cessful with more than a hundred
_ Personally I wish to.express my. people present in various forms.
gratitude and admiration for Pro- ~ Much still remains > be done with
‘fessors’ Conner ~and'~ King, who'~the Inn’s decor but the new coat of
‘with Sue Gumpert, Marj Heller, paint and new curtains represent a.
Student Union
-and Betty Ames helped our com- decided improvement. The service,
- mittee to function effectively. Miss ;
‘ although slow at the busiest hours,.
Biba and Mrs. Paul were towers- was pleasant and will be even more
of strength-at all times. Finally my - speedy in the future with an in-
public thanks go ‘to Dorothy Mea- .. creased number of -waitresses.
dow for performing. so beautiful- Hopefully, a television set- will Be
ly as announcer, after I’ twisted purchased this week and one BMC
her arm. : ; father has offered the Inn a window,
Sincerely, -.” ‘fan which also will be installed as
Arthur P. Dudden 4 4 ’g00n as: possible.
: tis - We. must impress upon students
Food Objections ae “othe necessity of supportlng this new
es : » enterprise. The first few weeks are
To the Editor: - | +, experimental and the success in this -
“But Mother, the food: isn’t al-.° period may determine to. a great
ways this bad.” This was the re-.- extent the future plans and success
action of many to what is an im=. of any student union at Bryn Mawr.
portant part of any day at Bryn The Inn is a pleasant place to
Mawr, especially Parents" Day.~ « play bridge or watch T.V. or sing or
If Parents’ Day is supposed to’ just talk and eat. The food is serv-
be a cross-section of ‘Bryn Mawr ‘ed in: paper containers which gen-
Further-
Every other activity on, that day”: other words the _Inn_has. great po-
is ~wpecifically - planned with the: tential, ‘
parents in mind. The careful plan- ~ The realization of this potential
ning and organization that went rests solely with the students. The
“into arranging the -lectures, for.
example, should also have gone it is a very substantial start in the
Firs}, the service was poorly or--,increased efficiency during the day,
ganized. Whefi a large group-of.. a more polished interior and larger
péople. must. file through a hall,’ facilities are still future plans, but.—
—gome—definite— traffie--pattern—must—we -simply--must-make-what-we have-.
be designed. Given the type of work well.
Hence, we. announce, that the first
~ inadequacies, but. these cannot ‘ex-
plain -all of it.
three halls of. the seven on campus
were wired to recevé broadcasts, but
even in those halls and in the College
News there was a noticeable lack of
publicity... Program schedules were
generally unavailable’ to most of the
students. ee
To resolve at least: one phase of
the problem, $75 was lent to WBMC
y~ Undergrad. for the purpose -of
constructinga college-wide transmit-
ter. Although such a transmitter °
was. devised with the help of sev-
eral Haverford students, it was nev-_
er built. No one today knows why.
Whatever became of the money
and the plans for expansion, WBMC
struggled along for, most of the next
-year, and then seemingly “faded
out.”. It dges not appear to have
reinstated broadcasts in the Fall of
1959, but because it~ apparently
“died” wthout anyone having no-
ticed, this 1s not definite.
Collected Articles
From Old NEWSes
Yield Quaint Data.
Browsing through—-old--Collega=—.—
Newses, we’ find-the following~ vi--
tal.-suggestions to students “of the
past: — : :
““Ancestor statistics. for Radnor
and Rockefeller... . include people
of every rank and occupation from
Alfred the Great’ to the drummer
boy who woke’ up Washington in
‘time to cross the Delaware, So far
John* ‘and’ PriscillaAlden have’
any other famous people.”
“Flowers, ‘fruit, and candy sent
to patients in the Infirmary. should
come directly from the store.”
q :. €. #
“Complaint ‘of a. dangerous radi-
ion will. be cal. club ‘within Bryn: Mawr’s wallet
plates. ee open every Wednesday, Friday, and
Second, we -object to: the meal. Saturday from: 8-12:30,.service_stop-
itself. For a-special. day, there ping at 12:00. All are welcome and
should be a special meal. We @p encouraged to come and fill their
‘not see why. it had to: be a cold tummies or their heads.
*t c -
/ ~ ‘ ”
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ee WE gata lange tae ket ge tie ie eeg tinc apatetae
nen aI | eae z : 5 nn ins ? E 5 4 eta
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seh Spor ie SR rain e acoea tN e R Rahn NS gs tlle Aer LET
has been made. ina -letter written
to the.collegé by the National Se-
curity. League. _When. the - matter
was investigated, the nocuous or- -
At. the time, ‘only :
-~
with -WHRC._ of. Haverford.on_pr2- wan,
ganiation was discovered to ‘be the - 3
manbne
« -§
~ inte: planning. the meal. ------+-- -right-directionr~-kewering-of-prices, ~-™more—descendents _in_ college; than.
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Soviet of 1919.”
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