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Connecticut College News Vol. 31 No.12

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ONNECTleDT 5e per copy New London, Connecticut, Wednesday, February 20, 1946 , ;;;;1,31-1"0, 12 Arthur Schlesinger To Give NominatingMethodMardi Gras to Highlight Big Lawrence Lecture on Feb. 26 GivenFor Benefit Mid-winter Weekend Feb. 23 Square Dancing, Food Lecture Will Concern Of OfficeSeekers Report Cards Should And Badminton Are in Trends in Democracy Although the eJectlon proce- dure is well on Ihe road 10 com- Be Returned at Once Plans of AA and CCOC In Two Recent Eras pletion, three days remain in Students are reminded that which to take out the following their report slips should be The subject of the second Hen- petitions: Speaker of the House returned to the registrar's of- The annual Connecticut college Wells Lawrence memorial lee- on Thursday, February 21; Vice fiee promptly, as the same Mid-winter weekend, scheduled ~ president of Student government slips are used for the June for February 23 and 24, will be ~re, to be delivered by Arthur M. on Friday, February 22; Presi- grades. highlighted by the Mardi Gras to Schlesinger, author of The Age dent of the Athletic association be held from 8:()()..12:00 p.m. on of Jackson, is the. Pattern. of on Monday, February 25; and saturday night. Music will be Democratic Change In the U~l1ted President of Service league on dIS F supplied by Bob Halprin and his States: Jackson and Franklm D. Monday, February 25. orchestra of Hartford. !loosevelt. Scheduled for 8:00 p. Fri ay s et or In taking out petitions, stu- C.ti PI A variety of entertainment has rn. on Tuesda~ I February 26 ~n dents are asked to recall the Iol- been planned for the weekend. On Palmer auditorlum, the event will ompen lye ays be pr~edeq by a dinner ~nd cof- lowing rules. Only girls to whom B CI '47 '48 Saturday afternoon from 2:00 to the petitlon is issued may obtain 5:00 there will be informal dane- fee in Windham, at WhiCh, Mr. y asses , Schlesinger will be the guest of signatures. A girl may take out The junior and sophomore ing In Grace Smith-East play- only one petition. No girl run- classes will present their competl- room; and, for the more ener- honor. Recognized as an authority on ning for an office may take out a tlve plays on Friday, February 22 getlc, A.A. is sponsoring a square the Jacksonian era of Amenican petition. Bring a snapshot of the h ditori m dance in the gym from 3:00 to nominee to the election room. All at 8 p.m. l~ t e au 1 ~nu. . 5:00 which will include cokes dur- history, Mr. Schlesinger received nominees must be members of The [unlor play wl~I be an or~- ,.ing the pauses. The Snack shop his early education in public the junior class except for the ginal one-act plaY'wntten and di- will be open 'from 2:00 to 5:00 p. schools and at Exeter, from Speaker of the House, who may rected by Pat McNutt. The cast m If the weather is nic~ Buck which-he graduated in 1933. He Arthur SChlesinger, Jr. be a member of the sophomore or includes Sue Studner. ~s 'I'ayna, lodge will be open from 2:00 to spent one year travelling around _____ -'- .,- __ junior class. Gloria Henry as Man: Pat Hen- 4:00 p.m. . the world with his family, and in _ drlx as Jane, and Dons ~e as 1 1938 he graduated summa cum Petitions in Branford Katherine. Corinne Manmng and, Open Houses laude from Harvard, where he Petitions will be issued from Elizabeth Bogart are stage man- Saturday evening is the big was an active member of the staff New Committee on the Student Government room in agers with Nancy Blades cover- dance. Freshmen have been of the Harvard Advocate. Branford basement between 9:00 ing Hghts, Ann Wetheraid and granted 1:30 permission. All west Campus Proposed a.m. and 12:00 noon on the above Priscilla Baird handling scenery, campus houses--Freeman, Jane Fellowship SCholar mentioned days. They must be Jeanne Stiefeland handling props, Addams, Mary Harkness, Wind- The next year was spent at By Stu-Fac Forum returned to that room by noon on and Margot Grace doing make-up. ham, and Knowlton-will be open Cambridge university on a Henry The following proposal, read in the day following that on which The sophomores have chosen for students and. their guests aft- fellowship. In 1939 Mr. Schlesin- they were taken out. If a petition the one-act play Riders to the er the dance until 1 :45. All other ger returned to Harvard as a jun- the last Amalgamation meeting, is brought to the students' atten- is taken out on Friday, it is to be Sea a folktale of'Irish fishermen. houses will remain open so that ior fellow. This privilege is returned by noon on Monday. Th~ play will be directed by Rita students may go in to change awarded to a very few scholars, tion again at this time so that Students nominated are the fu- Singer. Those taking part in the their clothes, but they I?ay n~t who are considered qualified to they will have it clearly in mind when voting for the chairman of ture student leaders. They are play include Pat Sloan as mother, remain in these houses with their pursue their studies without any the girls who will represent the Polly Amrein as son, Janet Scott dates for any other reason. academic requirements or restric- this eommlttee at the coming all- college elections. entire student' body to the .faculty as Kathleen, and Peggy Reynolds The Snack shop will be open tions, and during that time he and the administration. Consider as Nora. Edith Aschaffenburg Is from 11:00 to 1:00, and the Mar- gathered his material and, wrote 1: It is proposed that' a separate their qualifications carefully. stage manager, aided by Joan torn will remain open until 1:30 The Age of Jackson. \ committee be set up to be known Vote between 8 a.m. and 5 p.rn. on Wilmarth who will 'handle props, especially for the students. In 1941 he delivered a series of as the World Student committee. March 1 in the Men's Faculty Francis Norton in charge of cos- Breakfast . Lowell lectures on Jackson and a. The committee shall be made lounge in Fanning. One hundred tumes, Jean Berlin handling seen- B eakfast will be served on his times, and the next year he up of at least two representa· taugtit a course in American In- per cent student participation is ery, and Carol Conant m charge Sunday morning at Buck lodge tives elected from and by U S expected on March 1. lof lights. from 9:00 to 10:30, and the menu tellectual history at Radcliffe col- S A, Service league, Religious will include bacon and eggs, rolls lege. When his Harvard appoint- council, and may Include, at and jam, and milk or coffee. ment expired in 1942, Mr. Schles· least one representative from In the afternoon A.A. is spon· inger joined the OWl and then each foreign language club. soring badminton in the gym the Office of Strategic Services, Dr. Roach Notes Friction b. The chairman of this World from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. for those which work has taken him to Student committee shall be who wish to play. London and Paris. , elected by the entire student In Big Three UNO Relations Tickets for the formal, which Arleles Published body at Spring elections. are $3.60 a couple, are on sale The Assembly adopted the reso· now and may be purchased at the He has pUblished articles I in '1. For the election year, 1946. by Dr. Hannah G, Roach lution of Panama on Spain, urg· door. The proceeds are to go to The Nation and the New England a nominating committee • The first sessions of the UNO ing the United Nations to take in- Quarterly and has contributed composed of the heads of various charities to which the col- General Assembly and Security to account in their future rela- lege contributes e;lch year. Break- . frequently to newspapers' as' a Service league, Religious Council ended last week, the for· tions with Spain, the spirit and member of the American De· council, Student Govt. a~d fast tickets are being sold by mer to reconvene in New YQI'k letter of the San Francisco resolu- those selling dance tickets, at 60 fense, Harvard group. Student Faculty forum WIll city on September 3 and the lat· tion and the potsdam declaration cents a couple. The Lawrence committee, of nominate no more than ter probably in late March or ear- barring Spain from membership which Dr. Marjorie Dilley is three girls to run for chair· ly April. This article is an at- in the UNO. Though the Czecho· chairman, is sponsoring the din- manship of the World Stu- tempt to assess the achievements slovakian plea that the Spanish Elizabethan Poems ner in Windham preceding the dent committee. of these meetings. Republicans be granted affiliation ,lecture. The guests will be Presi- 2. In following years, it is ex· with the UNO was not sustained, Basic Machinery dent Blunt, members of the his- pected that a petition may and though there seems no imme- To Be Read Feb. 25 tory and government depart· be taken out for the chair- The work of the Assembly was diate likelihood of a break with Margaret Healy '46 will lead :nen~, and alumnae who majored man in accordance with Stu- chiefly that of setting up the b~. the Franco regime by the big the second in a series of poetry m hIstOry or government during dent Govt. regulations for sic machinery of the UNO and In powers, some have interpreted reading periods on Monday eve- the years when Dr. Lawrence this it was successful to the ex- the Assembly resolution as en- ning, February 25 from 8:15 to petitions. tent that the Security Council, ~au?ht at the college. The p,resent 3. The chairman shall be an couraging such a break. 8:45 in room 202 Palmer audito- )UTIlorand senior majors in thosc Economic and Social Council, and incoming senior. International Court of Justice No action was taken on Argen· rium. See "SchIesinger"-Page 4 4. The. chairman shall be ,a tina, in spite of appeals by the This series, which began on have been set up. The Military February 18 with poetry selec· member of Student Gov 1 Staff Committee of the Security Argentine Committee of Demo· cratic Lawyers and the Nation tions from Middle English, will Schlesinger's Book Will cabinet. Council is also constituted, but run until May 22 and will include 5. It is Suggested that the ~as not yet defined the forces Associates. Be Reviewed on Feb. 21 The solid work of the Assem- nine periods of English poetry. chairman and committee pe- which the states are to put at the The selections to be read by tition for extra-curricular disposal of the Security Council. bly was overshadowed, however, By Dr. Marjorie Dilley by the Security Council debates Mar.garet Healy on February 25 see f1committee"-Page 4 The Age of Jackson by Arthur Though it has been decided on the inflammatory issues of will be taken from the Renais- Schlesinger, Jr. will be reviewed that the members of the Atomic Iran, Greece, Indonesia, and the sance and the Elizabethan peri- by Dr. Marjorie R. Dilley, head of Energy Committee will be the Levant states of Syria and Leba- ods and will include ''The Lie" by the department of government, Free Speech Articles state~ on the Council plUS Can· non. Raleigh, sonnets by Michael ~nThursday afternoon, February :gnatures ada, its actual representatives In the case of Iran, Russia Drayton, and a sonnet from Sir . I, at 4 :20. Miss Dilley will speak Must Have S " have not been appointed. It is ex· failed to have jurisdiction denied Philip Sidney. In the Palmer room of the Ii- Students are reminded that pected to meet next month in to the Security Council, but ob- Other periods to be covered are braIJr. . all contributions to Free Washington or New York. A Sec· tained a partial victory in that the Cavalier and Puritan on 'In her talk, Miss Dilley will Speech must be 'signed by retary General, Trygve Lie of the ·Council urged the two states March 4; The Restoration, the OUtl~neJacksonian demOCljacy as them in order to be printed. Norway, has been chosen, and to negotiate directly, though the Augustans, the Revolt against an Introduction for the lecture If they request it, their temporary headquarters in New Council would retain its right to Classicism on March 11; the Ro- Which Mr. Schlesinger is to pre- hames will be witheld from York City, and permanent ones judge the outcome of the direct mantic Movement on March 18; sent on February 26. ,The pattern the paper and treated with in Fairfield County, Conn. and talks. the Victorians on March 25; the at . democratic J_ change in the strictest confidence. News re- Westchester County, N. Y. have In the case of Greece, the Coun- Pre-Raphaelites on May 8; Mod· Unlt,ed States as illustrated ,by guests that all letters be been selected, the exact location cil did not sustain the Soviet ern Poetry on May 11; and Con- the eras of Jackson and FrankUn Iyped. • of the latter to be settled by the temporary Poetry on May 22. ~ 'AssembJY in September. See "UNO"-Page " ~ Roosevelt wlll be the theme of r. Schlesinger's speech. Wedne.day , February 20 1 , 946 Page Two CONNECTlCVT COLLEGE NEWS CONNECTICUT.UPS A eed Is Fulfilled An Editorial The proposal for a World Student committee The resulting proposal which came from Stu- on this campus has been presented to the student dent-Faculty forum dispels all fears that a similar body, has been passed by cabinet, and is now go- situation wlll arise in the future. Under a chair- ing before the Student Organizations committee man who will be elected at the all-college elections for acceptance. It Is our opinion that a proposal for a committee of such great importance could and will be a member of Cabinet, a committee hardly be cast into a rejection box. U's great need made up of two representatives from USSA, Serv- was obvious by the end of International weekend ice League, and Religious council will coordinate this year when it was found that there had been the plans for Internatlonal weekends, will act as a neither a provision for coordination of that week- continuing committee of this weekend, will coop- end nor a committee to carry through the Czecho- erate with similar committees at other. colleges, sJovakian gift-sending program which had been and will promote the publicity campaign for proposed during that weekend. Perhaps if Lois WSSF_ Johnson and Jean Whitman had not risen to the The committee will fill an important need on occasion, neither of these projects would have tak- this campus and Student-Faculty forum is -to be en place. commended for making this proposal. Free Speech

Dear Editor: which was signed '46. The author of that letter Be on the look-out for the following books-in felt, evidently, that the term "sacrifice" was an un- the field of sciences and engineering, standard fortunate one. Perhaps she is right. Certainly, eat- works published since 1938; in the fields of history, ing soup in place of a meal once a week is no real biography, philosophy and religion, literature and sacrifice for any of us. The point I was attempting fine arts, useful standard editions printed within to make in Amalgamation meeting was not that the last 25 years; especially important are recent we should glorify any such action on our part by editions of standard dictionaries and encyclopedias calling it a sacrifice, but that we should not negate (published since 1915J. it by eating down town. If we vote, as we have These books are needed by the Charles univer- voted, to carry through a plan of this sort, should sityof Prague. We told you of the general state of We leave it up to the college, to someone else to need of Czechoslovakia in the fall during the perform, or should we perform it ourselves? Christmas package drive. Now you don't need It seems-to me that a general migration down- even to buy-s-only to give. • town on the night we have soup would mean turn- The campus book drive we warned you about ing our backs on something we had planned to do. before. vacation will start immediately in the It would mean a lack of positive action. It would dorms and be terminated March 8. be leaving the responsibility up to someone else. Besides the house representatives who func- -If we intend to do something, we might as well do tioned in the Christmas package drive, here are it. There is no point in making the gesture with- CONNECTICUT_CoLLEGE NEWS newly appointed committee heads. Edith Lechner out the action which accompanies it. That is pure Estalllished 1916

will try to get the support of club organizations, hypocrisy. I I did not quite understand the statement that, Published by the students of Connecticut College every Wednesday Sally Lewis and Ellen Amster will be in charge of " _ d t th - I I" b tl throughout the college year from september to June, except dur-ing mId-years general publicity, Cynthia Carey will work with we are going own 0 err eve y ea mg soup. and vacations. Service league in distributing and collecting boxes, To what level are we descending? Is it nutritional, ' Entered as second-class matter Au~st 5, 1919, at the Post Officeat New and Marge Reichgott will contact the house repre- is it economic? I don't think the comment particu- London, Connecticut, under the act of arch 3, 1879. sentatives. larly relevant to the question, since, obviously, we

As supporters of this drive you are all com- are not descending to either of these levels, be- 1II MnD"'. N"'TI"M L V.IIT'.IM ... Member mittee members. Please help us out. cause we aren't starving. N.tiona1 Advertilinl1 Service, Inc. Lois Johnson As for the idea that we will be forced to carry Coli••• P•• u,,", R... _' ..... Associated Collegiate Press Jean Witman through a plan that we do not want, that we will 420 "" .. OI_ON AVII:. Nllw YORK. N. Y_ . Intercollegiate Press Co-heads be forced to stay on campus, that is absurd. No CIlIc:.... O • tOITON • La. AII"~" - IAII '" ...IICI_ one can force us to give or share if we don't want Dear Editor: it. We are the participators in the plan, and there EDITORIAL STAFF I should like, if possible, to answer the letter is no power that can force us to do what we do not Editor-In-Chief: Bryna Samuels '46 which appeared in the last issue of News and See ''Free Speech"-Page 6 • Associate Editor: Jane Rutter '46 Managing Editor: Sally Radovsky '47 Senior Editor~: Betty Retrret '46, Janet McDonough '46 News Editor: Norma Gross '46 Feature Editor: Mary Batt '47 Nation's Food Future Remains DepartD!ent J!:ditors: Art Editor: Jane Cope '47. Spor;s Editor: Na'ncy Blade What do '47. Music Editor: RIta Hush '4& YOU Reporters: Mary Carpenter '46, Roberta Mackey '48, Gloria Reade '48, Helene Sulzer '48, Jean Hemmerly '47, Iris Herbits '48, Gloria AlprIn '46, Norah Mid ? dleton '46, Elizabeth M~Key '47 Rhoda Meltzer '49 Clare Wlllard '49, Jun Bright While Europe Starves Think WillJa!"s '47l Betty Leslle '49).Norma Johnson '49. Grace Lurton '49. Marjon by Mike Kraemer more milk in 1946 ~ probably Byck 49, Ealth Manasevit '4lt Janice Braley '49 Carol Jaffa '49 Mary Mea • gtier '49, Naomi Gaberman '49, Jan Coakley '49 Margaret Farnsworth '49, by Janet l\lcDonough For the year 1946 Americans about 800 pounds. Barbara Giraud '47, Sarah Gold '46. ' and Betty Reiffel· will probably have more to eat. There will be ample supplies of Proof Readers: Betty Barry '47, JanIce Damery '47 Marna Seaman '47, Sally Carpenter '48. ' The same year will bring starva- fruits and vegetables, depending, Art Staff: Jean Abernathy '47 Nancy Faulkner '46 Sally Duffield '46, Joan tion to millions in Europe and of course, on the weather, but .. As residents of Jane Addams Somerby '47...' , with a total expected' to equal Asia. Our caloric intake will be house, what Improvements BUSINESS STAFF that of 1945. Larger numbers of would you suggest should be • about 3,360; theirs, 1500_ imported delicacies, such as ba- nuetness Manager: MirIam Imber '46 . included in the new dorm to BUSI.J:te88, Staff: Sue Studner '47, Lorraine Lincoln '46, Vera J-ezek '47, LuCY What We Are Doing nanas and pineapples, are ex- be built on the sameplan? Keating 48, Kitty Wile '47 Jean Carter '49 Mary Benton '49 Selma Weiner pected for this year. '49, Ann Shellabarger '49 Connie Butler '49 Norma Gabianelli "49 zelda stcr A guarantee shipment of 225,- l\Iarna Seaman '47: The living ltzky '47. ' , ' This is the policy the United 000,000 bushels of wheat; the er- Advertising Ma:nagers: Mary E. Cooder '46, Prances Wagner '46 States has chosen to follow by room in this house has been de- A~verti8lng S~: Marie Hickey '47. Joan Weissman '46, Janice Warren :47 feet: a little less whiskey, a little signed and kept as a show Gmny Giesen 48) JennIfer judge '49 Frances O'Neil '49 Laura Allen 49 way of helping out her "desper- Nancy Yeagher '47, Barbara otis '47, Marna Seaman '47, Betty BaITY'47. less beer, and a little darker ate brethren" of the world. Need- room. It would be much nicer as a casual room that people Olrculatlon Manager: Suzanne Levin '46 bread. less to say the citizens, by their Clrcula~lon S~: Jane Saplnsley '47, Patricia Robinson '47, Dorothy Dis- passivity, have given their con- could really enjoy, and certain- mUk~s 4?!.Edith Lechner '47, Dorothy Inglis '48, Jane Gardner '48, Jean Greg A guarantee shipment of 1,600" orv 48, Mary Lou Coleman '48 Carol Wilson '49 Ruth Katz '49 Mary LoU sent. Since this is done, our pol- ly one that they could smoke rkln 000,000 .pounds of meat abroad; in. If such a thing is possible, ~~f~l1~~~'49, Minette Goldsmith' '49, Georgia GerWig '49, Charlotte McCo the effect will be slight due to the icy established, our silence con- senting to it, let us not deride our- smaller rooms would be much decreased demand in the buying nicer, rooms where small infor- requirements for the armed selves as to the extent of our sac- rifice; nor let us, in the years to mal groups could meet without forces. The Agriculture depart- feeling that they are on exhibit. ment reports that each man, come, blame the needy of Europe Calendar woman, and child will consume or Asia for adopting a Hitlerian Betty Barry '47: I think the din- the average of 150 pounds of leader in an attempt to solve ing room is lovely; it is one of Thursday, February 21 their difficulties. the nicest ones on campus. The meat for 1946. Dr. Marjorie DUley, Review of Age of Jackson upstairs is nice too, the room A promised shipment of 375,- ...... - - _ -... 4 :20, Palmer Room 000,000 pounds of fat and vegeta- plans are very good. The rec ble oil. This particular ,shipment Palmer Radio Program room would be a more conven- Friday, February 22 ient shape if it were cut in half, is estimated as having a Httle .. 8:00, Auditorium greater effect on the American WNLC - WDRC but that might not allow room Junior and Sophomore Competitive P£ays . diet than any of the other pro- 1490 kc. 1360 kc, for a ping pong table, and that Saturday, February 23 ducts mentioned because of the Wed., Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. is necessary. How about put· . ting the rec room m- the base- Mid-Winter Week-end universal shortage of the above Department of Music, Senior items. All in all, this shipment ment, then the noise from there Buck Lodge Open __.._..__ - 2 :00-5:00 Recital: Margery Watson will wouldn't bother those upstairs shall constitute only five per cent Informal DancIng _._.__..__: .._.. 2 :00-5:00 Grace Smith PlayrooIll of the amount available for us for play Rondo from the Mozart Son- and a vic could be installed. Al- ata No. 12 in D major; and Noc-' so t.he present rec room could Country Dancing. . 3:00-5:00, GyIIl the year. n turne and Dance Etude by Mar- be-made into smaller infonnal Mld-Wi'!ter Formal-'_8:00:12:00,Knowllon saIo The rest of the situation ap· tha Alter. rooms. pears as follows: Fish, fresh and Sunday, February 24 , frozen, will meet a full consumer Thursday, Feb. 21. 3:45 p.rn. - Marilyn Widdell '47: Somethin Breakfast _..._.. . 9:00-10:30, Buck Lodg~ demand; Poultry and eggs-sup- YOUR SCHOOLS PR,ESENT: s"ould be done about the tel; plies will probably remain at a Dr. Tyrus Hillway, president of .phone booths. Either they Coast Guard Services. _ __.8:00,9:00, Chap "high wartime level" with the ci- New London Junior college, will should be soundproofed more ~espe:-" Dr. Arnold Look, Ellis College. Pa. 7:00, Chapel vilian consuming the average of speak on The Reopening of New effectively, or they should be Vadmmton - - .____ ._ __..___-: 1 :Q0-3:00 about 400 during the year. London Junior college. put on the stairways because Clvillans will be able to get , espers, Ralph Sackman, Christ Church, New York ------. See 11?"_Page 5 7:00, Chapel , Page Three WednesdaY, February 20, 1946 CONNECTlCVT COLLEGE ,NEWS

Variety'Keynotes Selections I Announcing Try-Outs • Will Be Held Feb. 27 Of Annual Competitive Plays Try outs for radio announc- Of Cabbages and Things bY sally Gold Wally Blades doing lights, Jeanne ers will be held on February by Bettsey McKey '47 Grades are out, and headaches Steiffel and Jackie Greenblatt in 27 in 202 Palmer auditorium d anxiety attacks are supposed- charge of props, and Margot at 5 p.m. The contestants will :; a thing of the past.; but for Grace doing make-up, be required to read two by Bettsy McKey this sorry state of affairs is a sim- scripts, one of which will be ple one: participation and consid- four members of our student ~e freshman and senior plays The definition of an amalgama- provided. A copy of this eratton. U you have suggestions bOdY, troubles are just beginning. will not ,be given until March 1. tion reads-l'combination into a script will be posted on Fan- or objections, the place to air The directors of the Competitive At the time of this writing the uniform whole," while the au· ning bulletin board. The sec- them is in amalgamation, for plays. with fixed gaze on the cov- casts have not been chosen. thorities term parliamentary law ond will be an original script they are comparatively worthless eted trophy, are getting their dra- .Estelle Parsons, the freshman as "law according to the usages written in a similar pattern in the smoke-clouded. atmosphere matic offerings ready for presen- dlrect~r, says that her class is of deliberate bodies." While par- to introduce any type of pro-- of the bridge-game bull-session tation. planmng to do a cut version of liamentary procedure can be de- '!'he sophomore class is giving th,e last act of "Our Aown." It gram. fined by any student of govern- after the meeting is over. The amalgamation is simply the bull- the synge one act-er, "Riders to WIll.be done in the costume of the ment, }t is necessary, however, to session-end the classroom discus- the Sea," Friday evening. Latest period (early twentieth century) add a definition of a C'ollege audi- ~ion on a larger scale--and you repor-t from Toni Singer, the di- and the only props used will be Dr. Arnold Look to ence participating in both of the give your ideas expression in the rector, is that rehearsals are com- umbrellas. It was impossible to aforementioned. II such a d~fini- Speak at Vespers latter two. The important differ- Ing along nicely. eliminate all the male roles, so a tion were made it might read ence lies in the fact that amalga- th - W rth hll few small ones have been left in On Protestantism somewhat like this, "Unruly body some mg 0 w e the script. mation provides an outlet of ac- Representing Protestantism in of 750 clamoring and, presum- tion on the ideas set forth there- "We wanted to do something Estelle seems ulte h f thl -" tha q .nope ul the Interfaith month now in prog- ably, deaf females striving to worthW e--some mg serIOUS, t some worthwhile talent will which is not necessarily true of hi! ress will be Dr. Arnold Look, whisper as much and as loudly said Toni. "Eddie Dowling sent us emerge in the tryouts. If previ- the other two. president of Ellis college, New- as possible, and to think as litUe a note of encouragement along 1?us ~xperience is any method of Secondly, one of the most im- town Square (Philadelphia), Pa. as is comfortable about what is with some scripts to read." (Dow. judging, Es~elle should prove to portant and rewarding aspects of " _. ., be a good director. She has done who will speak at vespers Sun- being said." Img IS a close fnend of Tom s work in summer stock and h an amalgamation lies in the con- _ id di ,as day, February 24, at 7 p.m. For certainly it is no very great father who, mCI entally, pro- Irected at both prep school and sideratIon that you give to the At this service the choir will indication of maturity andl~ duced "The Glass Menagerie.") the Little theater of Lynn, Massa- many things brought up for dis- sing "Ave Verum" by Despres, "0 common sense (and presumably II 'Riders', however wasn't among chusetts. cussion. Eliminate the follow-the- Mighty Lord, Our God" by said audience deems itself posses- thhe sctrhiPttsDowllin~, sent. We Helen Jane Wettach is chair- leader "ayes" and "na ye s " - Schutz ....There will be an organ sor of both and of being capable c ose. a curse v~., - man of lighting, Bobby Jones, prompted, more often than not, Ton~ ha~ done directing prevl- head of scenery, Lu Roach, head prelude including "Affertoire" of following parliamentary pro- by the nudge of your neighbor's ously I~ high school and at camp. of props, Pete Van Wagner, head and "Benedictus." cedure and participating in an A part ill a Red Cross benefit per- of costumes, and Dorset Townley amalgamated meeting), when, elbow rather than by your own Graduate of ~lcMaster formance of "Kiss and Tell" gave head of make-up. '' after the "All those in favor-" reaction to the point in question her some acting experience, and Senio C . t C A graduate of McMaster uni- and the consequent hum of ayes (which you probably never heard, she would like to do summer r cmmen ryptic versity. 'Dr. Look did graduate anyway). stock sometime. Nancy Faulkner, director of the or boos of negation, the voices work at tj'le University of Penn· rise in shrill perplexity, "What After all, an hour of attention Pat Sloan, Janet Scott, Polly se,nior play: was ~ot ~spec:!iallyin· and active thought just once a Amreine, and Peggy Reynolds ~llned to ~ISCUSSIt WIth us. This sylvania (M.A'), and at Yale (Ph. were we ayeing or naying about?" Nor is the common song· month won't seriously mar that have the principle roles. In addi- IS old ?USIneS for her, as she has D.). His theological training was and·dance "I make a motion-", sleeping mind of yours-and it tion, there are several walk.ons been dIrec~or every year. From a received at the Southern Baptist "I second it.", "What did I just might even wake it up! who prefer to remain anonymous. few cryptIC remarks of Nancy's .. we were able to deduce that a cut Theological seminary and Crozer second?", anything to boast OnginaJ. Play version of the Greek tragedy of Theological seminary. After servo about. Sharing the spotlight on the Euripedes, "The Trojan Women" ing pastorates in Pennsylvania That is the setting. Add to it Diverse Courses In 22nd, will be the junior class with will be given. and Connecticut, Dr. Look was sOI?e 750 !airS of socks being km tted an some. 300 or so pairs Current Plans For an original play by-you guessed Classical Not Erudite appointed an instructor in Yale of eyes eagerly and periodically her~Pat McNutt. Pat has not Divinity school, and later became thought of a title for her playas "Don't let the cl~ssical aura scanning the dials of uncount- Summer School a professor in the International able wristwatches and it is not yet, but describes it as a charac- scare you," said Nancy. "It's not Y.M.C,A: college in Springfield, A number of special courses ter study of four girls. The girls :eally ays erudite or profound as too difficult to see -why, the week Mass. Since 1931 he has been after such a get-together, the tu- and course groups, among them share an apartment in a locale It sounds. p'fesident of Ellis college. a School of the Arts, will be of· faintly reminiscent of Greenwich "We're having three characters mult arises with self·righteous He is a member of the execu· fered by the 1946 Connecticut col· Village. Each dabbles to ~ great. and a chorus. That's about all I "Railroaded through - that'~ live committee and chairman of what!" But a little intelligent in- lege summer session, it has been er or lesser extent, i~ .the Arts, ca~ tell you. We'll think up some- the five year policy commission a~mounced by Dr. John F. Moore, and the action of the play reo thmg. between now and March 1." terest could change the whole of the Pennsylvania State Y. M. scene, for the things discussed d~rector of the Summer session. votVes around their clash of per. So If you care to see what Nan- Forming the school of tJae arts sonalities. cy has thought up, how umbrel- C. A., president of the Pennsyl- (and these run the gamut of al· vania Association of Children's will be courses in the history, the- Although the play does not las can be used to create dramatic most anything~from marks to institutions, Philadelphia, and a marbles), concern everyone ory an~ technique of music, art, have a name, one of the props, a effects, how morning hatches her memb~r of various associations and wnting. modern painting, does. Pat, for egg, ~nd ho.w a sweet word from slouched in a somnolent state on and councils devoted to social and International affairs and world last year's play needed some sur- ~owlmg WIll transform a blue· the auditorium seats-a,nd that educational work. He is the au- peace will be the central interest realist a~t and'l3eftsy McKee of. leaned co·ed into a dram~tic. ac- means you, knit·one-purl·one on thor of Abba Marcus. of a coordinated group of courses fered to 'whip up a Picasso after tress, cor:ne to Palmer audItorIUm the argyle sock in the fifth row! There will be a question period in economics, government, his· supper." Though the picture was on the mghts,of February 22 an,d The formula for remedying after the service in the ReligiQus tory and social anthropology. no~ used last year, you will see it March.~. It s art, and what s library. These courses will deal with ~lday evening. Its title is "Morn- more, It s free. causes of recent' world conflict mg ~atching an Egg" which may o Mlle. Offers $250 and proposed remedial programs. or may not be· of help in under- standing it. " Leznsdorf Leads Cleveland For Priz~ Story American Civilization The members of the cast are American history, thought, and Sue ~tll(iner, Dodie Lane, Pat ',n zOnA t ble P Mademoiselle magazine has an- culture will be dealt with in the Hendnchs, and Corinne Manning. r, ccep a ropram nounced its annual short story American civilization course • I contest for women undergradu- The stage manager is Elizabeth Grou group. History, art, music and Bogart, with Bettsey McKee and by Rita Hursh tI;act ....from the beauty of the mu- ates. The magazin'e, which has al- philosophy in America are the Ann Weatherald doing scenery, an Wednesday night, February sic. ways been interested in young fie- particular courses in this group. 13, the Connecticut college con- The next part of the program tion writers, is offering a prize of The summer curriculum in- S k - F cert series brought to Palmer consisted of Preludes and Inter- $250 for the winning story which cl.udes also a selection of begin- y es und Drive auditorium Erich Leinsdorf and ludes from Debussy's "Pelleas etO will be pu~lished in the August nmg and advanced courses in the Total I .. the Cleveland orchestra. The con· Melisande." Although these ex- 1946 issue of Mademoiselle. humanities, sciences and social nCreaslng cert was perh~ps less impressive cerpts. proved over long and S~ould i~be impossible to deter- sciences. These courses like The S kes _ . than the prevIOus one presented sometimes disjointed, the beauty mme a SIngle outstanding story, those in the coordinated ~ourse- started ~t FunJd dnv.e, WhICh by the Boston Symphony, due of the music could not be denied, $250 will be paid for each pub- groups, will be taught by memo -g er ama gamatIOn meet- partly to the rather long and un· and the sensitive interpretation tished. bers of the regular college facul- ty and visiting professors from mblaston Bu Tuesda' _ y, _ IS gomg . f u II balanced program, but the musi-b y the musicians made this work All manuscripts entered in the seni~rs ha~mg WIth enthusIasm, clanship of Leinsdorf and the or' the most inspiring of the evening_ contest must be from 1,500 to other colleges and universities. ures dash- e ma:e ImpressIve fig-, chestra made it noteworthy_ For those who like impression- 3,000 words in length_ They must Summer Term soli 't' \Ing a out the campus, ism, and there are many who be clearly marked with the au This year's summer session So ~~~ng students and faculty_ Schwnann don't, the music presents an ex- thor's name and address type: terms are planned. for June 19 to very s~ctheIT methods ha,:e been The Symphony No_ 1 (Spring) quisite picture painted with di- written, double-spaced a~d ad- July 26, and July 29 to September of the dcessfuL On the thIrd day by Schumann opened the concert_ vers coJors_ In these selections, it dressed to: College Fiction Con- 3. Resident students attending goal ha rIve, $380 of the $1000 Here the romantic element is at is a portrait oj the tragic love of test, Mademoiselle, '122 East 42nd for only one of these terms will this ad been collected. To.reach its height for the work is filled Pelleas and Melisande. In con- Street, New York 17, N. Y. Un- take two three-point courses cam g al however, each gIrl on with rich hannonies, abundant trasting hues, the music rises to less accompanied. by a self ad while those attending for both lar_ pus must give at Jeast a dol- melodies, and contrasting ecstasy again and again only to dressed, stamped envelope m;nu: Latel t rhythms_ Of the four movements, be forced into subjection by a re- SCrIpts ~annot be returned; and t~rms may take a combination of SI~- and three-point courses, car- runnin y cohe v.:e:'lther. has been the first is extremely impressive lentless fate. MademOIselle will not assume re- rymg a total of from twelve to fil· dent ropehtlOn .wlth the stu· while the Scherzo is delightful The concert closed with the sponsibility for the loss of a sub- f teen points of college credit. Poin~ or the $1000 bond. The with its surprising brisk trio performance of Dvorak's First mitted manuscript. • . For recreational purposes a se- to k er on the clock which used which follows the sedate minuet. Symphony. This was given an in· Stories previously printed in nes of concerts, lectures and beene~fo track of the drive, has It is undoubtedly a field-day for tense interpretation by the or- Quarterly are acceptable, but films of general interest has been al d ~n far ahead of the actu. -the romanticist, and Leinsdorf chestra in keeping with the mood they must not have been pub- arranged; and many of these breez~~at~~ns by New London conducted it with this in mind, of the work_ As In his other com- lished elsewhere_ All entries to be events are extra-curicular supple- prove' we students .expect to emphasizing the ever·contrasting positions, Dvorak has incorpor- eligible must be postmarked not ments to the summer courses. camp t~ore generous than our Dynamics. The result, especially ated much of his native Czech later than April 1 1946 and no Summer sports may be enjoyed since th ". ave 0 urry a e rs m , - a 1 s an r y IDS In tills manuscrIpts will be. returned un- e Itor we'll h t h f th fi t ovement was stl-r mel d-e d h th' ." on the college campus or at near- Februa e drIve ends on Tuesday, ring, but one wondered if this symphony, especially in the til the final decision has been by Ocean Beach park. ry 19. oversentimentality did not de- Scherzo. reached. Wednesday, Febrnary 20, 46 CONNECT1CVT COLLEGE NEWS 19 ment take to the air ~ nesday evenings at 7:3QYS ~l!United States usu- people are not met. Art, he added, coII eges having similar pro" jects or committees in an ef- Cochran '26, alumnae; and De~ from the point of view of Big ally taking the Bri tish side should expand tastes, reveal the Power interests rather than from times, open perceptions, and nar- fort to coordinate activities E. Alverna Burdick'MMiS~ ~~ against the Russian viewpoint. 4 T be . . C. McKee, Dr. F. E. oITlS, that of the Inhabitants; all In· Thus far the Council seems more row the gap betw~en images and .' 0 10 charge of, and Louise Potter Dr Hannah Roach, volved a difference between Brit- concerned to prevent an open real life. Our culture, continued ish and Russian viewpoints; all p~~~ot:t ~ePUbli~it~ cam- and Dr. Bessie Wessel. The l~' split within the Big Three than to Mr. Farrell, does the opposite ..It p g begInnIng of tures are made possible by the m' were a setback for the stand tak· solve the actual issues in contro- standardizes taste, it causes retro- eac~ college year to ac- come from funds contributed bY en by Russia. All were reported versy. gressfon rather than expansion of quaInt students with the the family and friends of Dr. with remarkable fullness by the consciousness, and it offers a ste- World Stu~ent. S~lYice fund, I Lawrence and by students, in' press. It is all to the good that ------reotype conception of life. bitter differences should be -aired YWCAChoral Club Sings a fund v.:hlCh IS mcluded in cluding a sizable amount froIIl in the open, even if they are not Commumty Chest. the blanket tax, which the stu- thereby resolved. Music by Martha Alter d. The World Student commIt- dent body voted last year to de- Syria and Lebanon appealed for Two Plato settings, Country Ground To Be Broken tee shall have a separate bud- vote to that purpose. t.he evacuation of British and Gods and Country Music, by Mar- get under the blanket tax in . . - library now For New Dorm Feb. 21 order to carry out its f . On dIsplay In "the 'pa· French troops, which they con- tha Alter of the Connecticut col- . unc- are some of Dr. Lawrence s Ground will be broken for. tI~. rt·~~m sider an infringement of their lege department of music, were pers and published a IC 1bY sovereignty. In this case, though performed by the Y.W.C.A. Chor- the new dormitory, north of .the collection given the schoO let. Russia championed these states al club, Tuesday evening, Febru- East house, promptly at 12:45 Commuters To Entertain Mrs. Lawrence. Includ.ed are ]1lS in the ensuing debate, differences ary 19 in Bulkeley auditorium. on Thursday, February 21. ters from James Tr.';1s~owAt;..on developed as to how and when The performance was part of a Parents, Faculty at Tea All students are invited to at· and Professor WIlliam of the evacuation should take place. joint concert given by the Y. W. Members of the Commuters' tend. Phelps and the first voIUJ1l~ies. As a result Russia used the veto C. A. Choral club, Grace Leslie, club will be hostesses at a tea on the Lawrence Lecture se the on the last day of the session of director, and the Men's chorus of The exercises will be held, Friday, February 22 from 4:00 to This volume was prepared ~y in' the 'Council against a motion ap- New London, George Schofield, rain or shine, unless the in- 6:00 p.m. in the Commuters' La.wrence committee an ce's proved by the other members director. Miss Helen Crumrine clement weather'is extremely room in Fanning. The tea is an eludes some of Dr. La~re~ure that the Council "takes note of '48 of Cheshire, Connecticut, severe. annual affair to which stUdents' writing and last year's ecident the statements made by the four played the flute obligato In Miss parents and aU faculty members which was delivered by Pres Alter's composition. parties ... , expresses its confl· are invited. Seymour of Yale. PlIpFive wedne8day, February 20, 1946 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEWS "'" Ten Transfer Students Enter Mary Harkness To Be Four Classes at Midsemester February Open House Profiles B~nS~YMcK~Y Mary Harkness will be the by PN McNutt bYBetty Leslte . anne Rita Brenner, in Thames, open house for the month oj As the saying goes, "Ill blows comes from New Rochelle N Y February. The house will be the wind that profits nobody," and studied one semester ~t DUk~ open to students and their teeding ice cream cones to the guests until 1 :15 on Satur- Writers of articles are so sel- Wo~en's college. Art is her ra- dogs. Moreover, at one point in but the ill winds of February days and until 11:45 on other dom written up themselves, that brought welcome newcomers to ~oflte subject and hobby, and fly- the summer, the pair were trying nights. it seemed a good idea to break ceo The ten transfer students are 109 ~ates second-best. Sue is the precedent for a change. on some Eskimo parkas (I refer scattered through the four working for her private license Bettay McKey has been more you to Webster) which were in classes, and come from as near now. the display room, whereupon sev- Millicent Jay Flink, or "Mickey" ~ th or less in the public eye, ever as Lyme, and as far as Hawaii. , ~ru , since freshman year, when, while eral visitors entered. Bettsy and Elaine Frances Kleinschmidt, as Gra?e Smith calls her, is also Truth carrying a table off the stage duro Anch, in an effort to carry the an aspiring artist. She spent the "smitty," who jives in Winthrop, situation off, pretended they al- flrs~ part of the year at William :or 0'-1' All? ing the Freshman play, the spot- previOusly attended Barnard col- light was suddenly tocused on ways dressed that way, and con- Smith college in Geneva, N. Y., Sav .. 'J • lege, commuting from her home said McKey in her blue jean -ducted the guests about the ken- and comes from Deal N J nels with as much aplomb as in Manhasset, L. 1. Sailing on the Mickey sketches, works ~lth ~i1s' glory. Then, of course. she was sOund, and hopes of raising OhWashington redeemed in a more formal ap- could be mustered. in the July and enjoys cartooning, but Irom horses in the west rank high heat. a fleeting look at the rogues gal. by Clare Wlllard pearance as co-author of the play among her interests, but when it later on. Nevertheless, that first So, Bettsy is Bettsy, with or Iery-In her room, it's hard to tell comes to studies, her chemistry Two more days to go, righteous glimpse of the indomitab1,e Bett- without parkas. She likes to whether art or men is her con- classmates! Bright and early Fri· sy, the startled leer she focused write, she particularly likes to major takes first place. She's a suming passion! member of the junior class. day morning we will set out for on the audience, was perhaps the ski. she ts lond 01 Winnie the our classes with the knowledge most fitting of introductions. Pooh. she will listen to Gera hwin Sophomort Majority that that day is the day 01 and Bach with the same enjoy- The sophomore class has taken Alumnae Meet Over TRUTHl YuP. it's George Wash. Kaine Editor ment, she's a "Hearth rug and in the majority of the new-com- ington's birthday. And we all As most members of the cam- slippers" addict too, and in short. ers. Over in Plant, Virginia Ruth Week End at First know thaf the great statesman, pus have no doubt gathered, the she is the indomitable McKey. Bermen is unpacking trunks and our first president, held the truth McKey's main interest to date boxes sent from Carlton college Post-war Sessions above all other virtues or man- has been writing. That is, unless in Northfield, Minnesota, where kind, Everyone remembers from she has been practising a tremen- Cooperatives Were she studied during the last year by Janice Braley her childhood the tale of young dous hoax these three years. Her and a half. Ginny is a New York- The first peace-time meeting of Washington and the cherry tree. worth has been recognized by the Lecture Topic For er, and also a horse-enthusiast. the Alumnae council was held on Well, the tradition of truth over- junior class in electing her to the She hopes to major in sociology Saturday and Sunday, February hangs us, one and all, on Febru- position of Koine editor. Whether Recent USSA Talks or government. 16 and 17, and councilors repre- ary 22. their choice was a good one has Cooperatives were the subject Pauline Dodson Summers, or sentlng nearly every class from Susie, the "typical CC girl, rises not yet been actually proved, but of several talks at a USSA meet- Polly, is also settling down in 1919 to 1945 attended the meet- on Friday morning with a resolu- judging from the furious activity ing held in Fanning 301 at 5:00 on Plant. She had a preview of CC ing. This was the second meet- tion in her heart to tell "the truth, that has begun already on the February 13. A guest speaker, life earlier this year, when she at- ing of the council, the first hav- the whole truth, and nothing but yearbook, there are no fires to be Mrs. Isser Gruskin, who does tended the summer session to ing been held in June, 1942. the truth," She trips gayly(?) built under Bettsy. Nevertheless, work for the New London cooper- work in her Spanish major. Polly .The meeting began Saturday down to breakfast and arranges 'though writing is the main inter- ative, and four members of" the terms herself an "Army brat," With lunch for the .councilors in her grapefruit before her. The est, there have been art projects club explained various phases of and says, "Home is where I hang Knowlton dining room. The aft- knife pierces the tender grape- in exhibits signed by McKey, the movement. my hat." She has jaunted around ernoon sessions began at two o'- fruit, and-splash!-juice in the there is an occasional poster un- Marguerite Butler '46 corn- the States with her family, lived clock with a general meeting for eye of our heroine's pet peeve, der the same name, and certain pared cooperatives and corpora- in Hawaii, and now has settled all councilors. Mrs. Mary Higley "Well, you could say you're sor- scenery designs have been ru- tions in her talk, explaining the for West Point, N. Y. Mills, executive secretary of the ry" (quote the victim). "I'm not," mored to be of her creation. general principles of this form of Mt. Holyoke Aluhmae association blithely answers our staunch up. It would be difficult, however, Day Student organization. Polly Garland '46 spoke on The Alumnae' Associa- holder of the truth. Hail Susie's in a profile of B. or E. if you discussed the development of co- Nancy Ann Williams '48, is a tion Today, which was followed first enemy! want, McKey, to exclude A. operatives in America, and day student commuting from by a discussion. Weatherald who figures in a good pointed out the fact that because Lyme, Connecticut. That Eight O'Clock many of Bettsy's experiences. Story of Oommutefs' Room of the wealth of the country, this Nancy Joanne Brown, another Arriving at her eight o'clock Scenery designing is only one as- development has been slow. Con- '48-er, comes from Mt. Joy, Pa. At three, Mrs. Charlotte Beck class, Susie yawns as Dr, "X" pect of the exploits of these two. with Crane, president of the trasting the opposltioa met here She attended Penn Hall Junior calls the roll and prepares for One summer they worked in the with the enthusiasm shown for college in Harrisburg before com- Westchester chapter of the asso- business. Soon Susie is distracted, kennels in Wonalancet, New ciation, spoke to the chapter rep- cooperatives in Sweden, Betty ing to CC. Joanne lives in Black- however, by the girl to her right. Hampshire, where, according to Finn '46 explained that all phases stone, and is majoring in history. resentatives on her chapter's "I got the cutest birthday card report, they performed all sorts story in the Commuters' room in of production, distribution, 'and From Cedar Crest from my ooy friend yesterday. of odd jobs, oneof which entailed consumption are organized on a Fanning hall. At the same time, Isn't it adorable?" she enthuses. _ Elizabeth Joyce Chaplain is line in the Faculty Club room, the cooperative basis there. of the four new sophomores in Principles and Techniques of Susie looks at the card. "I think Betty Taylor, in a criticism of Winthrop. Betty's home is' in Alumnae Work were explained it's rather stupid, personally," she ? cooperatives, said that the weak- replies. Brrrr ... it's quite chilly ness of the movement in the Brookside, N. J., and she has by Mrs. Henrietta Owens Rogers, Radcliffe college is offering Hawaiian Transfer say, director of the Personnel bu· erate with Washington? the roof to facilitate sun bath· graduate fellowships for a man- reau, and Miss Harriet Kuhn, rep- Margaret Hatsune Yamasaki is ing. Then it would help to have agement training program which the fourth new arrival in Win· resenting the student body, were After an afternoon of deep provides .a basic training for thought on the value of truth, Su a separate telephone on each throp. "Muggins" (a nickname of the speakers. young women intending to work sie descends to dinner. At the fioor. And I'm sure everyone unknown but long-standing ori· Discussion would appreciate softer mat- in personnel departments, as well gin) spent her first year in col· table to her right sits the girl of as in other branches of adminis- On Sunday at ten o'clock there the grapefruit episode. At the tresses. lege at the University of Hawaii, was a meeting of all councilors in tration. in Honolulu, and the past semes· table to her left sits the girl of Ann Shletds '47: I don't see why The program includes about the Faculty Club room in Fan- the sweater episode. And, need· ter at the University of Wiscon· the downstairs hall couldn't be seven months of class instruction ning, and questions, discussion, less to say, at Susie's table sits sin She hopes to do social work smaller so that the rec room given by the faculty of the Gradu· reccommendations, and various the girl of the birthday card epi· could be enlarged to make it a in Honolulu, her home, and so is other matters were brought for- ate School of Business Adminis- centering her work around soci- sode! Susie is beaten. The din- more practical shape. Also they tration, Harvard university, and ward. ner is accompanied by the cool, should be more careful about ology. The Council is a young organ- others_ In addition to the instruc- knife.like atmosphere of open the plumbing. In the showers tion, there is carefully selected lacIn the freshma~ class, two neW ization and its success or failure hostility. Slowly Susie realizes es present tliemselves. Suz· here the hot and cold water full time apprentice work in busi· depends largely upon the interest the resulting pit of her pendulum. pipes are so close together the of its members. Its purpose is ed- ness, government, and other or· "Where have I slipped up, showers can't be adjusted, ganizations for a period of about ucational. The council is com· George Washington?" she ques- hence can't be used. ' posed of representatives of three months. Dr. Richardson Becomes tions silently. "You must learn to classes, and chapters, and of Jo Perry '47: Generally I like the A limited number of fellowships distinguish between truth and Dean of-Sophomores for Alumnae Fund committee mem- house the way it is. It would be of $500 and $300 each for the year rudeness," sighs the great voice. bers and fund agents, who are in- nice, though, to have more 1946-1947 are being offered. The Remainder of Semester And Susie knows. She smiles suites and connecting singles. vited to return to the campus for program will start on July 29, Dr. Dorothy Richardson, asso· at her three newly-made enemies DOOy Lane '47: I'd like to see 1946 and end about June 6, 1947. the purpose of learni!1g of devel- and knows she'll redeem herself. ciat~ professor of zoology at Con: opments in Connecticut college smaller rooms downstairs. Lit- Enrollment is open to a limited neetlcut college since 1943, will After ali, with the famous George tle date rooms like the ones number of college graduates, and and Alumnae association affairs, Washington smilin' down at her replace Miss Dorothy Mateer as and also for the purpose of re- they have in Harkness. And the tuition is $450. For a cata· dean of sophomores at the end of like that, they'll know her inten· definitely a living room that logue and further information, porting on their own alumnae ac~ tions were (he best. As the pie is this week. Miss Mateer an- tivities. Each alumna who at- you can smoke in. students should apply to T. North nounced that she was resigning served, old Mr. Washington Sl't- Whitehead, Director, Manage· tends the Council is expected to ties back in his chandelier seat, Lynn Rouel '47: Make the game at a meeting of the sophomore participate actively in the discus· room wider and not so long; it ment Training Program, Rad- class on Monday. She is complet- and the chandelier swings con- cMe College, Cambrtdge 38, Mas- sion, and to report the meetings tentedly to and fro. Long llve the is awfully awkward and im· ing conferences on grades and to the group which she repre- practical the way it 18. sachusetts. other first semester duties before spirit of George Washington! Miss Richardson takes over. sents, Wednesday, February 20, 19~ 1:.1: CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEWS D. C.• and for the last three ye ::::: in the Department of St ars Graduate Spanish Majors Are where she has worked in Mr s~te, Free Speech tinius' office, and in the last· sh et. Uf (Continued f.rom Pa«fl Ttl;o) fie .of the department she h . Employed in Various Fields· been grven.t h' e Job of translat" ' as 1ng Majors in the department o.f work at Radcliffe and Middlebut:.Y documents from Spanish to E want to do ourselves. might spend on dinner. we would lish. ng. of course simply add that-pre- Spanish and Portuguese follow college. a.I!'dobtained hherhM.A In· I am sorry it the idea seemed '1945 at MIddlebury; seasbe en to be "pushed" at the student sumably to the World Student v~ much the p~ttern set by ,the doing interesting wor~ as secre- body. What seemed to some to be Friendship Fund. alms of Connecticut college as a tary to a Latin American group didactic was the fault of enthusl- The idea is that: i1 thousands Regal Fur Shop liberal arts college with a slant in Boston. and lately she has asm, and it the presentation was of people are in daily misery; and Remodeling, Relining, Repairin facilities are ready to transport on vocational courses. In gener- been teaching Spanish at the New coats made to your meas g bad. the idea should not be mis- . Be Country Day school and understood because of it. what we can scrape along with- al and as It was to be expected aver ment~Iea.n1ng and Glazt~:e· I have heard support as well out, to these people; then most • I ' Milton academy, Boston. 33 Main Street th~ majo~s courses after grad- 3. The third group has been as opposition to the letter written thoughtful persons have an ex- STORAGE Phone 6749 by '46. Until we have a reason- treme sense of guilt about enjoy- uat~on fall Into one of these cate- working ever since gradua.tion, ably unlJled feeling on the sub- ing plenty of food while others gories: and late reports seem to Indicate ject we cannot begin, since there- die for lack of necessities. 1. Those who married soon art- that some wiJJ join group two: is no point in starting something Although luckily the News does er graduation and ever since have Jean Bemis '40 is ~ow secretary The Style Shop . Registrar's office' Flor- wh1ch would degenerate from its not have a wide circuIa tlon in the been busy building a home for In our ' original purpose into a battle be- very large number of countries · . ence Crockett (Mrs. John G. 128 State Street tween two factions. I hope I've where the death rate from mal- their husbands and children. Such Whitbeck) '42 has been working succeeded in explaining the pur- nutrition is high, and where an has been the experience of the on and off at the Administ~tion Featuring ..• pose of the plan a little more American college senior's plea following students: Caroline of Testamentary Trusts, Guaran- clearly. It is really very simple. for maintaining the well-known Stewart (Mrs. Robert H. Eaton) ty Trust company of New York. Campus Casuals People are starving in Europe. U. S. standard of living might be '36; Constance Hillery (Mrs. Diversified Jobs in our sportswear dept. Here is a way in which we can, misunderstood, I should like to Charles E. Murcctt) '41; Olive Eleanor Horsey '43 is secretary. add for the record that large num- EXCLUSIVE ~TH US each and every one of us. share a Mauthe ~Mrs. J?hn Stone) '42; to the chief claim agent of the very small part of what we have. bers of students from all classes and ~ylvla. Martm (Mrs. Verner Pennsylvania railroad, Wayne, , SHAGGY However, we have to actually do have in my presence expressed Ramsmg) 42. Pa .• and prior to this, she was a SHETLAND SWEATERS the thing and not just say we're themselves as completely op- going to do it. If individuals want posed to the poin t of view in the l\larried Members cryptographer for the War de- • to do more, it is certainly possi- letter signed '46, and that I have 2. Those who worked for a partment; Frances Pendleton '41 ble. Nevertheless, in this plan, ceased to count the number of year or more, and eventually is an accountant for the General :" """ " , " " ,,,.. we can all do something, and I faculty members who have indi- married: Amy McNutt (Mrs. W. Electric company.rr'Br id g e po r t, ~ ~"_ hope we will. cated amazement, shock, discour- D. McNeel) '36, has had a varied Connecticut; Betty Hassell '44 is '~ Telephone 2-2619 Pat McNutt '47 agement, pity, alarm, or various experience from travel in South a junior accountant .for Price ~ Red Rose other forms of realization that America to translator for the Waterhouse & company of New ~ 'One World' is a long way off. government in Texas: Hannah York city, and her business ca- ~ Restaurant To the Editor: I do not believe that the letter Anderson (Mrs. w. R. 'Griswold) reer has been re.ferred to in the ~ James Wong, Mgr. One obvious poInt seems to referred to voices the attitudes of '39, has taught English and other November issue of Mademoiselle: ~ have been unnoticed by the writ- any considerable group on this subjects, except Spanish, in high Mary Kent Hewitt '44 taught ; Chinese and American er of the letter objecting to the campus. school; Barbara Jones (Mrs. Spanish for a year in a girls' pri- ~ Cooking proposed plan .for giving up one Yours sincerely, Ward T. Alling Jr.) '44. is still a vate preparatory school in New- ~ dinner a week. Faculty Member laboratory technician at the Law. .port, Rhode Island, but gave up ; The EatingPlace 01 Plans like these are evolved so renee and Memorial hospital in the position to join her father, ~ Pleasa;nt Memory that we can give where there is New London. Admiral Hewitt, in London, where ~ acute need even though we have Dear Editor: Frances Stout (Mrs. Robert Kenny has seen a great deal of ; 14 Main St., New London used up all our extra funds. It is The letter submitted to the Chick) '44 has done graduate It~e turmoil of modern European ~."".."".."'''''''' ..."...".."...... ".'''".'''" .."..".,,.: taken...for granted that 1.fwe also Free Speech column of the last is- ---"'---___ lfe; when last .heard from, she have an extra $2.00 which we sue of News is deserving of ex- seemed to be on her way to Cali· amination and questioning since motion was carried by an over· fornia for very well known rea- For Drug Store Needs it dealt with a project. in which whelming majority. sons. all of us on campus are involved, Let's follow it through with Helen Bruckheimer '40 has Elizabeth Arden Victoria Shoppe' and since it presented an argu- good spirit! \ worked for a power house near Lentheric -- Yardley's ment which was both calloused • Yours truly, Buffalo, New York, .for the Pan The Modern COrlelry Dorothy Grey - Max Factor and illogical. '46 American union in Washington, Cosmetics 243 Stale Street The writer did not object either New London, Conn. to helping in the alleviation of To the Student Body: The the food situation in Europe, or An outsider who might have Vassarette Girdles - Formllt to the inclusion of a soup meal on Nichols & Harris Co. F1exees - Holywood Bras - campus each week. Yet she was read the letter by a member of 119 State St. Vanity Fair Lingerie - seam- "disgusted" at the' idea behind a the class of '46 in Free Speech of Olympia Tea Room prufe Slips - Kaymore Robes plan by which some measure of News, Jan. 23, would have ample reason to ask just how many of Phone 3857 Tommies' Pajamas - Joan relief could be given some Euro- Kenley Blouses - Suits pean children. This is puzzling! the other students here felt so -;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;::!:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ Sktrts - Sweaters There is sympathy with the de- smugly selfish about the' pro- t sire to assist in this work, yet an posed aid' to Europe's starving. antagonism to the same idea Many of us here wonder and de- which is behind the soup-night plore the state of affairs if that is Recent Connecticut College Graduates proposal. Why? Because the term so. To my mind there exists a Varsity "sacrifice" has been associated Train for a career in aptib~de with the with the project. wrong notion of the worth of sac- Flowers There are many of us who have rifice. There is a jo.y in sharing no objection to the term sacrifice. until it hurts a little. Are we to consider this small sharing of our JOHNSON O'CONNOR RESEARCH from The word means simply giving food in that sense, or do we pre- up son\ething for a purpose, and FOUNDATION fer merely to drop a few 'crumbs' Fisher's when the purpose is to help a of our many benefits? 11 ~. 62nd Street, New York 21, N. Y. hungry child I think most o.f us Prompt Delivery would gladly give something up. The system is working in a small house. as a part of the FELLOlVSIUP BASIs. $86.00 A MONTH The letter reflected mistl'nder. IMS __ weekly routine. The "cost" is not standing about restrictions on soup-night. According to the pro- "counted" but each time a bare Phones 5800 and 5960 table bearing one dish per person -~======~ posal voted upon, this matter is is seen, there is added realization that some humans face the same 2 todent. be leftIf she up desires to the individual to go out stu- for ~======~ situation every day. every meal, , the meal, no one will force her to and on a much lower scale. stay. It is conceivable. however. This may be only a small exam- Otto Aimetti that she may prefer to stay on ple. but can some of us recall the Lodie.' and Gentlemen'. campus and give the project the words about "he who humbleth support which it deserves. Tailor himself"? The letter stated that the pro- Specializing in posal was "pushed at us" at amal- Muriel Hanley '47 Ladies' Tailor·made DreSses gamation meeting. Coats and Suits The situation of Europe's child- Made to Order :en, the need for food, and a l'ro- . ~ Fur Remodeling a Speelalty Ject to help, in which each stu- Make ". Over Kresge's 25c Store dent may participate. were pre- 86 Stale Street sented at the meeting. There was a discussion period. Noone made Kaplan Luggage Shop a. PhoDe 7891 ~oDtJielLike Irin,edtPetuiaia; a motion to delay the voting. The Invisible filmrids you of that frayed Your look Fast. Cnnfains no costor oil Gilt Headquarters or other irritant. Better make this. Only 25¢ National Bank of Commerce UNCOlORED LIP POMADE Established 1852 hand y, poc k et-size tube your co",", 1$ TAX fREE. Agents for Mark Cross New London, ConneCticut • Gloves .OM .W,," .. , ··~·iAde Ask for • Handbags AVOID SORE Special Check Book for College Students • Small Leather Goods CHAPPED LIPS WITH ••• 80 ,~" See our variety of laundry t rp ,.,~..THE ORIGINAL Member Federal Deposil In~urance Corp. cases for mailing UP POMADE ROGER & GALLET •

Wednesday, Febrnary 20, 1946 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE• NEWS p.... MVea decrease, the report states. Jobs are also turning from war work. Student Skill Praised After Fallen Angels President's Report Apprentice jobs under the Auer- bach major and in science labs as Announces College excellent experience receive spe- Second Recital This Season Of Ski Trails cial comment in the report. bYShirley Nicholson Judy KUhn '49, a promising The second student recital of newcomer to the music depart- Return To CC Status and Plans ment, followed with the Prelude the season, given at Holmes hall The 1945 Annual Report of the Ennis Shop and Fugue in E major by Bach. by EdIth Manasevlt President on the college has been on February 14, proved to be one The prelude was perhaps a little Post-exam time found the hear- published this week. One will be 230 State Street of the most delightful heard in colorless, but the intricate techni- tiest amongst us North Conway- sent to parents of students and (0 cal requirements of the three- the past two years. The individu- bound for the adventuresome life each dormitory. The report in- HaIll Made to Order voiced fugue were fully met by al performances were consistent- cludes academic activities of the Miss Kuhn. of a skier. Our athletes boarded year and the financial standing of ly gQod, and the program in- The program continued with the train, beginning the flrst the college. Of special interest to 1'79% el uded several really polished pre- 'H" two enjoyable vocal selections It phase of their trip with rollicking students is the report of desirable The Union Bank & Trmt Was a Lover and His Lass' by sentations. boasts and prophecies of skiing new buildings. These include a Co. of New London, Conn. The musical evening was Morley and Beau Soir by Debus- skill. Upon their arrival at North recreational building, a class- sy, presented by Nancy Noyes Trust and Commercial Deplll. opened by Marian Stern '48 with Conway, they found station wag- room and lab building, and a mu- '47. Miss Noyes' voice was espe- ons which transported them to sic building on campus. These 153 YEABS OF SERVICJC her rendition of the Allegro from cially suited to the flowing loveli- needs were reported by a Facul- the piano sonata in E fiat major ness of the Debussy. their respective "residences." The ty-Tr'ustee Committee on Land by Haydn. Miss Stern's playing c.c,a.c., under the fine manage- and Building Policy. Miss Stan- Pleasant Interlude showed admirable clarity and ment of "Bogey" Bogart, so- wood's report on the Physical Ed- ease, although the listener felt The audience experienced a journed at Strach's lodge. but ucation department shows the in- YELLOW CAB that a little of the sparkle de- pleasant interlude in the Mo- Eastern Slope Inn and Cranmoor adequacies of the gym facilities ment Musical No. 6 in A flat by PHONE 4321 manded by Haydn was lacking. Inn proved quite popular among and emphasizes the need of a new Schubert, played by Jeanne Har- C.C. guests, too. recreational building . . The performer'~ composure, how- old '47. Miss Harold's quiet touch ever was an enviable asset, es- created a soothing mood that one First Attempts Increase in Scholarships peci~llY to those who nave per- almost hated to dispel, even by The next day found the sun Scholarship aid has greatly In- sonally experienced the disas- the applause that the performer shining on white slopes and "the creased in ten years, Miss Blunt Hughie Devlin's trous effects of a case of "nerves." so justly merjted. Janet Scott '48 girls enthusiastically answered states. These are made possible inspired feeling in quite a differ- the call of the outdoors. First at- by gifts and larger approprla- Ringside Restaurant ent vein with the glowing color tempts 'ended in "downfall," but tlons in the bUd~et. Now $50,142.- 169 Bank Street she gave to the Madere of Ravel's if bones were tender, jspir its re- 50 is awarded to 131 students. Ten Sonatine. The impressionistic tex- mained undampened. Of the trio years ago 88 awards made up the NOW SERVING A ture of the Ravel was treated including Lucky Siller '49, Jane $18,450 scholarship grants. The Charcoal Broiled with sensitive understanding by Broman '49, and Dutch Van Syc- President's Report says more C. C. Girl's Miss Scott. kle '49, it was the latter who funds without geographical Ilmi- • Steaks Best Friend Alabieff's Russian Nightingale claimed the title of veteran skier. tations are now needed by the col- • Chops was next presented by Lamie Thus it was that when Lucky, lege. Two new loan funds have • Chicken Turner '48. The high sweet tones who had best intentions of swoop- been set up this year, They are IJOBSTER AND SEA FOOD N -Q of this very difficult song were ing forward, found herself the the New England Society in ew OF ALL KINDS beautifully delivered by Miss 'I'ur- victim of swift backward action, York City Fund for students of I~;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;;;:~ Starr Bros. ner whose remarkable range was cries of "Dutch!" were heard ech- New England origin and the Jos- ::: shown to advantage in her selec- oing down the slopes. Pat Kreut- eph Alprin Loan Fund, given by -..,.."",,,,,,,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...... ,,,,..,,,,,...... ,: Drug Store tion. zer '46 and Joan Armstrong '49 Morris Alprin, father of Gloria :: : were two more "fallen angels." Alprin '46 and named as a memo- Two piano compositions were the ensuing feature of the eve- Lessons began with incompar- rial to his father, to aid a memo Marvel Shop ning. Mary Margaret Topping '46 able vigor under the central guid- ber of the junior class. played the famous Nocturne in B ance of North Conway's famous Summer work of students is re- 129 State Street teacher, Hans Sneider. The ported by Miss Ramsay of the Meet at flat minor by Chopin. Miss Top- ping exhibited a marked improve- would-be skiers were quick to Personnel bureau. The war has 1 ment in stage presence with a re- learn a most practical bit of ski- greatly increased student employ- • Silk Underwear sulting smoothness of Interpreta- ing knowledge-the art of pick- merit, she says, the peak year be-- tion. The Largo and Allegro from ing one's self up. "Herring-bone" ing in 1942-43 when- 75% of the Kayser Hose For Real Italian Spaghetti movements and the like soon be- students earned $77,521. Last • the Beethoven Sonata in D minor Neglig~es and Ravioli Op. 31 No.2, were given by Mary came regular routine, and the summer, 62% of the students more skillful joined the ranks of worked, earning $51,539. The rtg- • BffiTHDAY CAKES Jane Coons '48. Miss Coons, as al- ways, performed with the fln- the snowplow classes. idit of the job market caused this 1...... "...... "..."...."" ...."."' ..."..,,,,,...... ; ON REQUEST ished technique and spontaneous Snow-Plowing ---,.;;;,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;ii;;;;;;;;;;;ii;;\ expression that makes her work Mimi Flagg '46 enjoyed ·the I 52 Truman Street a pleasure to hear. reputation as the most promising Phone 5805 I Children's Songs pupil of the snow-plow class, for her attempts were really some- t Bette Davis '47 then sang two (.II.~.,.(....~~ -".:======-=-=-=.4: charming songs To the Children thing to see. (No comment can do by Rachmaninoff and Snowflakes this justice!) The fun reached its by Gretchaninoff. The audience climax with a trip in the skl-mc- BERKELEY , was immediately struck by the bile to the summit of Cranmoor lovely and unusual poise of Miss mountain. • College women witb'

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