College News, 1944-06-06, Vol. 30, No. 27

              THE COLLEGE NEWS
VOL. XL, NO. 27
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA.,   TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1944
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Blakely   Wins   1944   European   Fellowship
Park Addresses
Graduating Class
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Integration of Knowledge
Should Not Disregard
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Goodhart, June 6.�"Wisdom,"
said President Emeritus Marion
Edwards Park in her commence-
ment address, "is the integration
of a human being with all that
he acquires, the acquiring never
coming to an end, the integration
leaving no area untouched.
Stressing the need for wisdom
in the readjustment of economic
and political problems, Miss Park
urged the graduates to devote
their knowledge to public as well
as personal ends.
The acquiring of knowledge and
"a mind-work technique," said
Miss Park, have combined for
many of the Seniors into an effec-
tive period of preparation and
reconnoitering. In facing new re-
sponsibilities these aids "are not
of a compelling and exclusive
nature. They don't replace the
kinds of help you have had before;
rather they will direct and
strengthen what you now have, as
an electric current first starts and
then keeps in motion a piece of
good   apparatus."
The change from full childhood
to full maturity, Miss Park said,
is one of the new sources of power
on which one can draw. This
change is accompanied by a con-
sciousness of "increased determina-
tion for a difficult decision, in-
creased capacity to persist in a
slow and tedious process, in-
creased quickness to understand
persons unlike yourself" and the
ability to utilize failure. If this
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Thomas Award
Patricia Paul Brown has
been awarded the M. Carey
Thomas Essay Prize this year
for her comparative study of
Marlowe's Faustus and Mac-
beth. Miss Brown's paper was
previously put on the reserve
of the course for which it was
written, an unprecedented oc-
currence. The M. Carey Thom-
as award, having lapsed in the
past few years, is to be contin-
ued in the coming years, pre-
sented to a Senior who submits
an essay to a committee of
judges in the spring.
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Sense of Democracy,
History Aid Graduate
James Cleland States
Harvard, BM Concert
Combines Enthusiasm
And Perfect Balance
Goodhart, June 4. Naming five
areas of ethical conflict which con-
fronted college graduates from
1920 to 1935, the Reverend James
T. Cleland, Professor of Religion
at Amherst College, said in his
baccalaureate sermon that the war
will not solve these major issues,
but that the college graduate is
qualified to meet them by possess-
ing a sense of history and a feel-
ing of democracy. In conjunction
with these, the spiritual strength
of a religion which unites elements
of both should not be refused.
As the five major ethical issues
which demand attention the Rev-
erend Cleland named first the
struggle between imperialism and
the self-assertion of subjected na-
tions, with India as a prime exam-
ple. There is, secondly, a mount-
ing tension between the white and
the non-white races, exemplified in
the United States by the Negro7
problem and the problem of Chin-
ese and Japanese immigrants. The
remaining three issues include the
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'Indispensable Information Dept" Created
To Amuse Students Who Stand and Wait
By Patricia Platt, '45
A new creative literary vehicle
has sprung to life in the last few
weeks, and in the Library of all
places. If one strolls past the bul-
letin board opposite the English
Department offices a handsome ar-
ray of assorted poetry, cartoons,
and billets doux greet the eye.
Whence came all this? A motto,
placed above the collection con-
tains the clue: "Dedicated to the
Edification, Diversion and Amuse-
ment of those who stand and
wait." Time has shown that they
also "served," because contribu-
tions from both faculty and stud-
ents pour in at such a rate the
board has a weekly turnover (ex-
cept for the Department of Indis-
pensable Information, which is
strictly additive), as well as an
editor who feels her "great re-
sponsibility."
Inspiration came to two spirits,
frustrated by the bleak monotony
of standing outside a professor's
door. This common bond blos-
somed into a common effort of
such a provocative nature that the
faculty became embroiled. The
"Department of Indispensable In-
formation" drew in Mr. Herben,
and a spirited exchange of erudi-
tion, starting with the sublime
and ending in the ridiculous, still
wages. The Department began its
list with "The Nine Worthies" and
ranged down to "Moses, fates and
furies." Mr. Herben felt that
"Dryads, Naids, Hamadryads and
Oreads" were also indispensable.
This sort of thing continued, al-
though it stalled awhile in a con-
troversy over hamadryads. The
faculty (by then plural) showed
spirit by querying, "What about
the Nine Old Men, and Ten Nights
in a Barroom?", to which the as-
tute editors responded: "How
about the Faculty Baseball
Team?"
The Department of Indispens-
able Information got its main in-
centive from Mr. Chew. The word
"smote", written in a paper, pro-
voked turmoil in class. The bul-
letin board (with the aid of
Shakespeare) had the last word,
and, when Mr. Chew referred his
class to it, its prestige swelled. The
editor's one complaint is that Mr.
Sprague takes down what he does
not like.
The feature of the week is a
display of cartoons depicting what
will happen to the faculty when
they get to heaven, after rowing
across the Styx with Father Time
as coxswain. Mr. Sprague is
searching for Kittredge, Mr. Her-
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Specially   Contributed   by
Rosamund  Kent,  '45
Goodhart, June 3. Saturday
evening's combined concert by the
Harvard Glee Club and the Bryn
Mawr College Choir was charac-
terized by a zest and enthusiasm
which shook the foundations of
Goodhart Hall. Harvard's sing-
ers, although outnumbered almost
two to one, had sufficient vocal
power to bring about an almost
perfect balance between the two
sections. The spirit of the group
as a whole justified fully the Uni-
versity's fine musical tradition,
while Bryn Mawr was spurred on
to new heights by such competent
support.
The first half of the programme
got off to a rousing start with
Buxtehude's Zion Hort die Wach-
ter Sin gen, followed by another
baroque duet, Ehhore Mich Wenn
Ich Rufe by Schutz. This second
chorus, being in a subdued minor
key, made a good transition to the
dark beauty of tone achieved by
Harvard in the first of a group of
three motets: Allegri's Miserere.
Mrs. Deveran took over the baton
from Mr. Woodworth at this point
to conduct Bryn Mawr in a spirit-
ed performance of Constantini's
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Faculty Name Plans
For Summer Months
A survey of the faculty's sum-
mer plans, taken while they are
still recovering from stacks of blue
books, reveals that a number will
be doing research while others will
be working on books or teaching.
Mr. Nahm is planning to go
over the proofs of his new book,
Aesthetic Experience and Its Pre-
supposition, while Mr. Weiss is
going to Vermont to prepare his
Foundations of Ethics for publica-
tion and to begin his Foundations
of Politics. He is also going to
look after his eighty-acre farm,
chopping wood and working on his
vegetable  garden.
Miss Oppenheimer will go to the
Marine biological laboratory in
Wood's Hole, Massachusetts, in
August. Mr. Crenshaw and Miss
Lanman are planning to teach the
E. S. M. W. T. course in analytical
chemistry. The course is open to
girls who have had one year of
chemistry and will prepare them
for work in the test laboratory
of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Mr. Watson will be doing geologi-
cal work, and Mr. Berliner is go-
ing to Harvard to do research.
Mrs. Manning is planning to
finish an article on changes in
English commercial policy in the
early nineteenth century and then
she is going to Canada for a vaca-
tion. Mr. Miller will do research
work on the American Revolution
at the William L. Clements library.
Mr. Chew will work at the Hunt-
ingdon Library in San Marino,
California, as a research associate.
Miss Gardiner and Miss Henle
are planning to be at Bryn Mawr
for most of the summer, and Mr.
Broughton will be here compiling
a list of Roman Magistrates. Miss
Nepper is planning to spend the
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Ruth Alice Davis, Chemistry Major,
Named Alternate Choice for Award
MARY   STUART   BLAKELY
Blakely Hope* to Do
Research in Biology;
Columbia Next Step
Mary Stuart Blakely, winner of
the 1944 European Fellowship, is
also the only summa cum laude
in the class of '44. Her average
for four years is 90.12. Stuie was
awarded the Hinchman Memorial
Scholarship in 1943 for the great-
est general ability in her major
subject.
A biology major and vice-presi-
dent of the Senior class, she plans
to enter the College of Physicians
and Surgeons at Columbia Uni-
versity this fall. She hopes to do
research in biology upon gradua-
tion, but if the war is not over she
will complete her internship and
practice. Stuie has no definite
specialized field as she feels that
she "does not know enough to
specialize." Each new thing "cap-
tivates her interest," but she hopes
that while at P. & S. she will set-
tle down. Her only avowed prefer-
ence for research work is that
it' should be in the country rather
than in  a city.
A native of Binghamton, N. Y.,
Stuie   attended   the   central   high
school there.    Since she  has been
at Bryn Mawr she has varied her
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Blakely Won Hinchman
Award in 1942; 90.12
Average in Biology
New Ruling Concerns
Show Stage Manager
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The Varsity Players Club has
announced its decision that next
year and thereafter the stage
manager for the Freshman Show
shall be elected from Freshmen
members of the Varsity Players
Club and the Stage Guild. At least
eight Freshmen shall have been
elected into the clubs on the basis
of stage work done on the fall pro-
duction of tile Varsity Players
Club.
The decision was reached through
consultation among Mrs. Brough-
ton, the Chairman of the Fresh-
man Week Committee, the
presidents of the Varsity Players
Club and the Stage Guild, and the
President of the Undergraduate
Association. The reasons for this
decision include the irreplacibility,
due to wartime conditions, of much
of the materials and equipment
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Goodhart, June 6: Mary Stuart
Blakely was announced as the win-
ner of the European Fellowship at
the commencement exercises of the
class of 1944, when Miss McBride
presented A. B. degrees to JNSSen-
iors. 23 of the Seniors graduated
with distinction in their major
subjects. One received the degree
summa cum laude; 10, magna cum
laude, and 32, cum laude.
Maintaining a 90.12 average for
four years, Mary Stuart was the
class's only summa cum laude. A
biology major, she was awarded
the Hinchman Memorial Scholar-
ship in her Junior year.
Ruth Alice Davis, a cnemistry
major, was named as alternate
choice for the fellowship, with an
average of 88.13.
Biology
Virginia Dudley Armstrong, Penn-
sylvania.   Magna cum laude.
Mary Stuart Blakely, New York,
summa cum  laude.
Mary Armstrong Eustis, Washing-
ton, D. C.
Patricia Saint Lawrence, New
York.   Cum laude.
Penelope Holbrook Smith, New
Jersey.    Cum laude.
Chemistry
Mary Suzanne Chadwiok, New
York.
Ruth Alice Davis, Maryland.
Magna cum laude with distinction.
Lila Labowitz Satenstein, Penn-
sylvania.    Cum   laude.
Jane Phyllis Smith, Massachusetts.
Gladys Perin Whitridge, Mary-
land.    Cum laude.
Classical Archaeology
Barbara Ann Coe, Ohio.
Marian Fay Estabrook, Massachu-
setts. Cum laude with distinc-
tion.
Margaret Beekman Spencer, New
York City.    With distinction.
Economics
Virginia Graham Dorr, California.
Magna cum laude with distinction.
Frances Elizabeth Johnson, New
Jersey.
Anne Custis Peter, Washington,
D. C.
Frances Reiner, Ohio.
Jessie K. Stone, Pennsylvania.
Magna cum laude with distinc-
tion.
Honors F i r m a d g e Thompson,
Washington, D. C.
Politics
Sarah Livingston Davis, Colorado.
Barbara Denise Gumbel, Washing-
Ton, D. C.
Lorna Janet Morley, Pennsylvania.
Marion Louise Neustadt, Califor-
nia.    Cum laude with distinction.
Betty Szold, New York.
Rosalind Wright, Illinois. In ab-
sentia.
English
Jean Agnes Blum, Pennsylvania.
Patricia Paul Brown, Pennsyl-
vania.    Cam  laude.
Carolyn CBannon Culp, Indiana.
Cum laude, in absentia.
Harriet Hildreth Dunn, Washing-
ton, D. C. Cum laude, with dis-
tinction.
Mary     Anne     Donnally     Eckert,
Washington, D. C.    Cum laude.
Beth Garrison, Illinois.
Virginia    Pauline   Grace.    Magna
cum laude, with distinction.
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