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Phoenix VOLUME 69, No. 21 Thursday, March 24, 1949 LTC Version of Gay Lord Quex Owes Success to Mature Acting, Ingenious Set, Says Reviewer by Brace Dearlnf I The Little Theatre Club's presentation of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's "The Gay Lord Quex" was pervaded by a color, vivacity, and charm which made for an entirely delightful evening. In retrospect, the play seems a particularly happy choice for the LTC's spring production. Pinero's importance to the student of the drama has rarely been questioned, but it would seem that hii excellence in dramaturgy and hit characteristic "Pineroticlam" (at Shaw hat styled it) appear to much better advantage In his sophisticated comedies than in such doughlly lugubrious tragedies as "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" and "Mid-Channel," by which he is usually represented. Mature Acting The principal roles were played with maturity and style, and the acting even in the smallest parts is well above the level of mere competence. Lois Kelly was superb as the handsome and intrepid Sophie, and her personal triumph in working out of the intricate plot is wholly plausible. Bill Donaldson brought to,the part of the once-gay-butpresently-sober Lord Quex a flexibility and suavity without which the characterization could easily have misfired. In the role of the wonderfully sentimental and dangerously romantic Duchess of Strood, Anne Pearson was a delight to see and to hear. The famous bedroom scene, in the hands of these three, achieved high comedy of extraordinary quality. Portraying the gray-haired, grayfaced, and gray-minded Sir Chichester Frayne, Dave Shearer evoked uproarious laughter in a delighted audience. Beyond much doubt he will have added the word alluring" to campus linqna lupin*, and enriched campus buffoonery with a host of tones and mannerisms. By the angular earnestness of his "Valma," Bill Gifford added several high spots of comedy. The charming Eden sisters, the resplendent Captain Bastllng, the bubbling manicurist's assistants, and sundry young ladies and gentlemen filled the stage with more color, vitality and divertissement than can. ordinarily be hoped for, even in a gay costume drama. And the contrast necessary to lend savor to the whole is ably provided by the serious undertone of the plot, and by the pious and correct Countess Julia, backed by the impeccable servants at Fauncey Court Ingenious Set Although one was almost lmmediaware of the excellent acting, the resounding success of the play Is by no means due to acting alone. An ingeniously designed set served with adequate modifications ta three quite different locales, and yet managed to give the effect of lavishness in each incarnation. The costumes (and I am told that the committee slyly dropped the play's ostensible date a decade or two to allow for more colorful styles) were not only highly decorative but an enhancement of the acting as well, unless I mistake theatrical psychology. / Finally, the sustained and sprightly pace of the production, which is .surely a sine qua non for any so* phisticated comedy, one would take to be one of the many triumphs of Barbara Lange's direction. The highly ingenious curtain call provided an unexpected additional treat which more than repaid the appreciation expressed in prolonged applause. NSA to Aid DP Students, Music Festival, Travel Info, Blood Donations At last Sunday's Student Council meeting Ralph Smith, NSA Campus Committee chairman, presented a report on the present work of the NSA in four local fields: admission of DP students, help for the statewide music festival, information of student travel tours abroad this summer, and possible aid to the Pennsylvania Red Cross In securing blood donations. Ralph also presented several recommendations to the Council on the status of the NSA Campus Committee and the procedure for selecting the delegates to represent this school in regional and national NSA meetings. The Student Council finally adopted this method: that students Interested in attending the NSA meetings will sign up on the bulletin boards as they have In the past. That this list of candidates, and perhaps their views, on certain crucial Issues which will be discussed at the coming meetings, be submitted to the entire student body which will elect the delegates to the regional meeting. The Student Council will then name the alternates and observers to this meeting. The Council will also select the delegates and alternates to the National Student Congress from the list of delegates and alternates to the regional convention. Ken Kurtz asked the Council to state formally what the position of the NSA Campus Committee was to be at Swarthmore, since at different schools the committee has different forms. The Council recognised the campus group as an official committee of the Council -Which was open to anyone who wished to Join and work on the various NSA projects. The Catnnus Committee win name its own chairman.Weatherford Speaks To SCA As Economist Looking at Religion Last Sunday evening In the third meeting of a special series Mr. Willis Weatherford of the Economics Department spoke on his personal views concerning religion before a meeting sponsored by the student Chrltlan Association in Bond Memorial.While admitting the ImposslblUlty of giving adequate answers, Mr. Weatherfords stated that the basic problem of religion Is the relation between man and the ultimata In the universe, or God. The first attribute of God is that he is intelligence, for rational thought is needed to contemplate the universe. That intelligence Is personal or self-conscious and self-directing because many men have been able to experience It as such. God futhermore is motivated by love toward men Just as a father loves his children. And, finally, God Is good and just and It Is on account of this that we feel under an obligation to him and have a concept of sin. Since we come to know God by experience and reason, there Is the danger that our idea of God may be made in our won image, but there may be a "higher principle of lntergratlon"than reason in the universe which we can never fathom. Whether such a God does exist can never be proved nor disproved, but the fact that many men have experienced him and that SN Peps Up With Live Shows, News Frotn Inquirer Network As a result of a recant meeting of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Inquirer Collegiate network, SN's programs schedule Is going to be somewhat drastically revamped. The Commons shows will be the chief sufferer, for starting next Monday It will be cut to 30 minutes, and two news programs from Penn will fill the other half* hour. These are a 15-mlnute program on sports news and 15 minutes of live piano music, like SN's own "In a Major Key," heard Wednesdays at 9:05, alternating with record shows. Other changes will result In SN's getting additional drama shows. These will be heard Mondays at 8, Thursdays at 8:30, and Fridays at 7:30 each week, unless special events force'certain cancellations. United Press News No longer will SN listeners have to turn to other stations to get the latest news. Through the facilities of WRTI at Temple, which has a United Press teletype, up to the minute* news will be fed to all network stations at 3 P. M. for five minutes and at 5:18 for fifteen minutes. Sports fans can get the latest coverage on all sports, local and national, Including full reporting on the baseball news, each day at 5:30. At 7 P. M. starting Monday, March 31, another fifteen-minute sports show with more emphasis on Interviews and local news will be broadcastOne Innovation of this new network Is the 5:15 news show. In addition to the latest national-international news coverage, late in the program a break la taken which enables the local campua station to campus news. At last Philadelphia has an FM station which airs "Twt'tal music and news almost exclusively. SN will relay this station to the campus each, night at 11:00 instead of WFIL. Cutting will be heard at most other times when SN Is not on the air. Students are urged to call SN any time the station is not on the air and request that classical music or any other desired program be fed to the campus. Ten Swarthmoreites Chosen ICG Delegates Aaron Marsh, recently was selected to succeed Ralph.Roy as campus head-of ICG, has announced that ten applicants have' been chosen to attend the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Conference on Government The gathering, which this year takes the form of a model state legislature, will be held in Harrisburg from April 28 to May 1. The successful candidates for places on the Swarthmore delegation and their committee appointments are: Nancy Abbott—Education, Bill Duslnberre—Finance, Andy Frank—Local Government, Ken Government, Aaron Marsh—Rules, Polly Plnsker— Labor, Bill Ravdln—Health and Welfare, Lou Rivlln—Natural Resources, Ralph* Roy—Constitutional Changes, and Danny Singer—Public Utilities. Ralph Roy has been selected as the Swarthmore candidate for the chairmanship of the Committee on Constitution Changes. Harkness, Murray, McGrath Plays Win One-Act Contest the universe is rationally organized argue in favor of it. Free Choice It is important but not basic to say that man Is rational, for knowledge of the good does not always lead to doing it The essence of man implies both that man is essentially good and has a spark of the divine and that he has the capacity for evil and sin. Man had to be made with this freedom in order to have meanlngful fellowship with God. The proper relation between man and God may partly be learned by reason and partly by revelation through Christ's teaching's and his life and death. But faith is also needed, faith to act upon our beliefs, to translate intellectual knowledge Into volition. It is at this point that philosophical ethics is inadequate and religion is needed. A half hour question period followed the talk. Last week Dr. Enders spoke on "A Biologist lookes at religion." Next In this series is Dr. Wright of the Physica Department, who will speak on April 10. Performance Planned For Sometime in April The three finalists In the Book and Key one-act playwritlng contest were selected last week, and out oi eleven entries, the following plays were chosen: "Israel's Hope in the Lord," by Mar .an Harkness; "salute to Laura," by Clare Mcliratn, and "Callpar, the High r'rlest," by Peter Murray, ihe judges were He.nz alttn, representing Book and Key,, Mr. Kiees and ulr. Hicks of the English department, and Poily Angie and Mrs. representing the LTC Though all three plays are serious dramas, they represent a variety oi types: uie lirst, "Israel's Hope in uie ixua," revoives around a uagic incident in the Ghetto of a Polish city just prior to World War 11. *ne seconu, "Salute to Laura," concerns a difficult mother-son relationship, and "Calipar, the High Priest" deals with laeas in a lanuuy-unegory form. The plays will be student directed, in conjunction with the LTC, and will be presented some time in late April, though neither choice of directors nor uaie of production had been settled at press time. As in tast year's contest, the order of prizes will be decided by audience ballot taken at the performance. While the audience will be asked to rate the plays In three categories, best-directed, best-produced, and best-written, the last named category is the one used to determine the order of winners. Book and Key was gratified at the number of entries this year and wishes to express Its appreciation to all who submitted plays. Music, Geology. Ethics Vary Cooper Series Norah Drewett, pianist, and Geza de Kress, violinist, were presented in a concert in Clothier last Sunday by the Cooper Foundation, which has planned a crowded schedule for spring. The following events are set for April: Thursday, April 7: lecture, Dr. Robert E. Fellows, of Geological Survey of Interior Dept, "Geology Yardstick of Alaska's Future," Meeting House, 8:15. Friday, April 8: lecture, Erwin Plscator, director of Dramatic Workshop, New York, "The Theatre of Today and Tomorrow." Meeting louse, 8:15. Sunday, April 10: lecture, A C awing, Instructor in Philosophy, Cambridge University, speaking on "Agreement and Disagreement in :thlcs," the verification of ethical statements. Thursday, April 14 concert, Medtener works by various artists. Clothier, 8:15. Thursday, April 21: lecture, Dr. Karel Maracek, president of Vlllanova, on the Soviet Union. Meeting Bouse, 8:15. Debaters Win Two, Drop One; Total Now At 16 Wins, 8 Losses Five contests kept the debate •quad busy last week and the team brought Its season's total to 16 wins and 8 losses. The program last week Included two victories, one defeat, and two non-decision bouts. Dick Heath and Dick Rosecrance continued their fine record on the affirmative of federal aid to education by downing Lincoln University on March 16. The next day Don Pearson and Dick Frost traveled to VUlanova and won easily. Jerry Pollack and Tilly Washburn were edged out by Hamilton College on the 19th. Ralph Roy and George Tomsho debated before 25-30 Lincoln University students In a non-decision match at Lincoln on March 16. Chris Rosenblatt and Vlv Thlmann. did well against VUlanova In another unjudged clash at Swarthmore the 17th. Mr. Whlcher and Mr. YMsaker rendered decisions and critiques for two of the debates at Swarthmore. Hayes Poetry Contest The J. Russell Hayes Poetry Prizes are awarded every year for the beat original poems submitted In English or translations from the ancient or modern languages. The first prize Is approximately twenty-five dollars and the second about fifteen. Manuscript* should be sent to Mrs. Elizabeth Wright of the English Department by April 20. The entries must be in triplicate, and must be signed with a nom de pinnae, accompanied by the correct name of the author in a sealed envelope having the nom de plume written on the outside.
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NSA NOTES The NSA has been voted membership in the American Council on Education, the only student organization to hold such a membership. NSA is also an official member of the American Committee for UNESCO. ♦ ♦ ♦ The national NSA office, speaking for the association, has recently mad* public its views on national legislation before the Congress which affects students. NSA criticized the present DP bin as being discriminatory and unfair. The International Affairs chairman of the NSA will probably present the NSA position to the Congressional committee holding hearings on new DP bills. The NSA's National Executive Committee, which represents the entire organization among the National Student Congresses, also voted to commit NSA to support legislation designed to: 1. Provide educational benefits through federal funds; 2? Provide educational benefits similar to those under the GI Bill for those Inducted under the present draft; 3. Oppose any effort to tax veterans' subsistence and to study the need for Increasing veterans' subsistence allowances; 4. Support the establishment of an Independent Office of Education under an appointed federal education board. ♦ ♦ ♦ In connection with the above Item, NSA recently made one of its strongest statements to date when it came out in favor of federal aid to education. However, the NSA stated that such aid should Include assistance to private colleges for capital outlay but not for operating costs. Other .than this NSA endorsed federal aid to the states for higher education and agreed with the recommendations of the president's Commission on Higher Education. NSA's stand on giving private as well as state schools funds for capital outlay was a dissent from the rest of the Commission's findings. The student group also urged aid for primary and secondary educational well. ♦ ♦ ♦ An NSA subcommisslon on Academic Freedom designed to strengthen civil rights on the campus was recently established at Stanford University. The commission will stud/student-administration attitudes, relations and positions on various civil rights matters .and will propose revisions in the NSA's Student Bill of Rights. ♦ ♦ ♦ The University of Illinois was selected as the site of the annual National Student Congress which will be held from August 24 through September 2. ♦ ♦ ♦ NSA is also starting a study of racial and religious discrimination among sororities and fraternities, as part of the work of the NSA Human Relations program. The program calls for the use of pamphlets and speakers to combat discrimination, as well as inter-racial meetings and the organization of exchange social functions between racial and religious groups. ♦ ♦ ♦ The NSA Newsletter, official publication of the Pennsylvania region of the NSA, is issued from Swarthmore. Ken Kurtz, regional publicity director, has asked student* interested In learning all the "ins and outs" of the NSA to assist him In getting the NL in the malls. The Newsletter, which he hopes to issue every two weeks, goes to all colleges, junior colleges, and various educational groups In the state. He Is looking for additional help in getting out the bulletin. ♦ 4- ♦ Ralph Smith heads the NSA Campus Committee and is in charge of the overall co-ordination of the NSA program here. Questions on the organization should be directed to him. o:oo—Mew* o.o6—Folk Music 0:30—Flying Disc* 20:00—Masterworks: Brahms— Sextet No. 2 Harris—Trio Tuesday, April 8 ' A.M. 7:l6—Yawn Patrol: Ike Battln, Hal Flint P.M. 3:oo—Network Programs 6:oo—Sunset Serenade o:3o—Music to Commons 7:oo—Sports Show 7:l6—Piano Music 7:30—Symphony Hall: Schubert— Symphony No. 6 Beethoven—Symphony No. S B:3o—Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore o:oo—News o:os—Red, Hot and Blue 0:30—Flying Discs with guest DJ 10:00—Masterworks: Grieg—Piano Concerto In A Minor Tschalkowsky—Violin Concerto Wednesday, April 6 A.M. 7:l6—Yawn Patrol: Wood Tate P.M. 3:00—Network Programs o:oo—Sunset Serenade 6:30—Commons Show 7:oo—Sports Show 7:l6—Magic Keys 7:3o—Poetry Show 7:4s—Music B:oo—The Studio, drama B:oo—Winnie the Pooh • B:4S—FDR Story o.oo—News 0:06—In A Major Key 0:30—Flying Discs 10:00—Masterworks: Request Night Thursday, April 7 A.M. 7:l6—Yawn Patrol: Ken Kurtx P.M. B:oo—Network Programs 6:oo—Sunset Serenade 6:3o—Music to Commons 7:oo—Sports News 7:l6—One Night Stand 7:3o—Symphony Hall: Shestakovltch—Symphony No. 1 Ippolltov-Ivanov— Caucasian Sketches B:3o—Radio Guild, drama o:oo—News 0:06—Folk Music o:o3—Flying Discs 10:00—Masterworks: Beethoven— Mass So You Think Yen Read the Ads TVst yourselves on these simple questions and see Just how simple one person can get. Answers on page T-. 1. What is the Lucky Strike girl carrying on her belt? Look twice. 2. What besides the Spanish Armada occurred In 18867 3. Who Is drummer Ray Mc- Kinley's featured vocalistT 4. What "doesn't Just Happen?" .5. Why? * Friday, April 8 A.M. 7:l6—Yawn Patrol: ohuok Andes P.M. , B:oo—Network Programs Note: After n P. M. each night. WSRN win relay to the campus classical music from Philadelphia's new fm station, WFLN Cutting Collection will be relayed at other hours when 8N is not on the an* THE SWARTHMORE PHOENIX Thursday, March 24, 1949 2 WSRN Monday, April 4 A.M. 7:lo—Yawn Patrol: Jim Hackett P.M. 3:oo—Network Program* 6:oo—Sunset Serenade B:Bo—Commons Show 7:oo—Sports Show 7:l6—Piano Rambllns 7:80—UWF 7:4o—Faculty Commentator 8:00—Music B:Bo—Manhattan Moods Answer* on Page Four D**% & 'Wtfc ■M m. m c ■?•/ m \ §3P «f /:D ""-■{ m \ TV & LUCKY Je&O yewu ISUEi. 4&tfrS Luckies' fin* tobacco pick* you up when you're -mild, ripe, light tobacco. No wonder more indepenlow... calms you down whon you're tons*—putt dent tobacco experts—auctioneers, buyers and wareyou on the Lucky level I That's why it's so important housemen—smoke Luckies regularly than the next two to remember that Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco leading brands combined! Get a carton of Luckies today! 1 \ 4.&/M.GT —luc&y SteMse Meant fine 7b6acco So round, to firm, 10 folly packed so free and oasy on tho draw COM., TN* AMERICAN TOOACCO OOMI-ANV
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Liberality Moves Education Ahead In Other Pastures Kissing techniques are varied and interesting; classes include Amazon, clinging vines, hot, cold varieties. The car rolled to a stop. He turned the lights out and cut down the volume on the radio. Outside the wind was making a soft shooing sound as though It were trying to quiet the noises in the grove of trees around him. A big orange moon overhead threw eerie fingers of soft light through the openings in the trees. Imagine yourself in a setting like this. Then think of all the different types of females who might be sitting by your side. How about the kind that carries the "fight" to your cornerT Of course, for politeness sake she waits for you to make the first move. (You know the old rule—let the other man hit you first). Then after you have mad* the first move, the party is all hers. She takes over and is in complete charge of operations from there on out. Taking your face tenderly between her two soft "Jergens" hands, all you have to do is offer no resistance. Your chief duty and only responsibility is to act like putty in a sculptor's hands and say "you too" whenever you can. You might be so unfortunate or fortunate, as the individual prefers, to have one of those who think that the way to a man's heart is through his hair and do they give it a stroking. Maybe you have trained your hair so well during your life that when you go swimming all you have to do Is shake your head a couple of times and it will fall In place. Maybe you are proud of your hair staying In place—until you meet up with one of these. I can't understand why we all like this kind. EXPERTJENTIA DOCET Then there is the kind that Is just the opposite. You park and she says, "Let's go, I don't like to park." But you stay there a few minutes, tell her how sweet she is and how beautiful. When you finish that, she has forgotten all about going and has moved closer and with upturned face is giving you her undivided attention. You finish, for a minute she holds that raptured look on her face. Then you bend your head to kiss her and she turns her head and softly murmurs that she doesn't kiss boys—but she loves you so much that she will make an exception Just for you. Then with the gentleness of a cat rubbing his back against your leg, she tenderly comes into your arms. You kiss her, her arm slowly creeps up your neck and your spine sort of tingles all over. Then she breaks away, and with a soft intake of breath, she lays her head on your shoulder and says, "Oh-h-h John, dar-r-llng!" She's no amateur. Then there are two more opposite*, One is the dish rag type. This parasite is quite common. When you kiss her, she Just hangs there. If you are standing on her doorstep, her heads falls back like a chicken with a limber neck, her arms drop straight toward the ground as though she had a suitcase in each hand. When you touch her lips, she gets the dropsy and her knees sort of fold up and there you are, holding her up. If you are in a car, she sits there with her hands folded In her lap and her head swaying with the roll of the car. OCTOPUBBY The opposite of this type is the cllnglng-vine type. I suppose that every man has "tied up" with one of these. When you finish kissing her, you feel as though you have come out second best in a wrestling match with an octopus. When you kiss one of these, she always manages to get one arm tightly wrapped around your neck and the only way to get loose is to slap the floor with whichever hand you can manage to get free and if the couple In the front seat hears you above the radio, then the guy can pull you loose. If the radio is too loud and you cannot be heard, then pray that someone close by knows artificial respiration. Next Is the "ducker." Immediately following the kiss, she drops her head straight down on your chest. If you are quick enough you can dodge real fast and not get your nose broken by the top of her head. But the one thing that is inevitable is the lipstick she smears on the lapel of your coat or your shirt collar. But then, you can always use the excuse that you were dancing with a girl shorter than you. You might have met up with a talker In your time. If there is anything that will give a man a good case of the screaming meamles, It Is a talker. Shell kiss you if you can stop her talking long enough. But half the time in the middle of the kiss she will think of something she left out and break away and ask you if you remember such and such a dress that so-and-so had on at church Sunday; No, she didn't go—Just heard about it. She simply can't understand why, etc, Another habit some girls carry around with them Is that of stopping all of a sudden, turning on the top light, and applying more lipstick. Then they put it away, smile real prettily, wrinkle their noses, then say, "Now, I look better." TRY SWARTHMORE Then there Is the kind that has never been kissed before. I have never run Into any of these, nor heard about anyone who claimed such distinction. My Grandfather told me about the time his Great Uncle kissed a girl that had never been kissed before but that happened on the Mayflower before it landed. If anyone has heard of It happening since the Plymouth Rock episode, please let it be known. Well, there you are. Any one of these might be by your side. There are probably more types, but being a slow leak personally, I don't get around much. In closing, let me simply say on their behalf, that I think that I shall never set A girl refuse a meal that's free A girl whose hungry eyes not fixed Upon the drink that's being mixed; „ A girl who doesn't like to wear A lot of Junk to match her hair; Girls are loved by guy* Ute me— For who In hell will kiss a tree! From the Exchange File 'lgor' Is In Everything; Offers Improved School by BdleNye Among the young men whisked into the sacred mausoleum of the Bookies, Phil Brickner was honored for his many contributions to college life. Peering out from under his mostly closed eyes after the sleepless night of initiation, he tried to answer our many questions. Phil, a junior, comes from the Bronx and thinks that the proverbial radio and screen caricatures of his fellow citizens are absurd. He graduated from Fieldston High School and followed many other of its students to Swarthmore. He does claim the distinction, however, of being the only one who has come to Swarthmore from Fieldston who has not gone Into honors. Rosy at Swarthmore Phil has his finger in just about every pie at Swarthmore. In fact he feels he cuts his school work a little hit to make time for all the extra-curricular activities which, for the most part, he finds so much more Interesting. The first semester he was at college he was usually over in trotter West, working at SN. Then he switched over to the chorus. He has worked on the Phoenix for the past three years, serving as sports editor for one year. This winter he was elected to the Student Council. To fin up the remaining hours In the day, Phil goes out for a sport every season. After playing two years of J. V. football, he moved up from the Bearcats to the varsity playing in the backfleld. During the season he was a leading ground gainer, although he says that what he gained in seven games would have been covered in one by most players. He swam on the varsity or two years and this winter tried wrestling. He has been a member of the track team for two years but admits he is slightly discouraged. He has never scored in a varsity meet. And then there was the day ie felt particularly good. He en-ered four J. V. events; he failed to place in any one of them. Phil still has found time to try out his business potentialities, takng on various concessions. Freshman year he sold newspapers; sophomore year it was flowers. As an enterpreneur *he does not consider himself a success. The paper was "lousy," and the business of selling typed corsages for dances is a "farce". This year he has a Job with the so department feeding minks! . Friend In Toledo Phil spends busy summers also- One year he worked in a mental hospital. Last year he took physics at Columbia to ease his program iere at Swarthmore: This he considers a stroke of genius. , Several summers ago Phil and a friend hitchhiked to California. On the way out they met a "bum" who was also going to the West He paralleled their route for quite some time. At one point they lent his five dollars which he promised to repay as soon as ho got to his home in Toledo. They have been writing to his home for the past two years and have not yet received an answer. If any of the students here at college would like to oblige, Phil will gladly give the adress and you /an sea what you can da Plans to be Psychiatrist It amazes many of Phil's friends to find that both bis parents are psychiatrists. And ne hopes to follow In their footsteps. After Swarthmore he hopes to go to medical school In New York, "but one cant afford to be too persnlckity." Ha likes much of his work at college but cant wait until he finishes taking chemistry courses. (Due apologies to Doctor Crelghton) Perhaps organic this year will termln'termln' at* his acquaintance with test tube* and Bunsen burners. Phil rooms with a Fine Arts major, Dick Mason, and admits that he has been Influenced by being exposed to the Arts. He "has learned a tremendous amount culturally." They have a large record collection which is used all the time; and although he Is still far behind Dick where music is concerned, Phil can stand to listen to it. As yet he has iot become a rabid Lotte Lehmann fan. Impraettealltles of Collect. There are things about Swarthmore which are distinctly annoying to Phil. For instancs, he wishes that they wouldn't change from Philadelphia to college electricity or "whatever they do" Just before his alarm Is supposed to go off In the morning. And he would like longer week-ends so that he could spend from Thursday to Monday in New York. Oh the nove serious side Phil would hesitate before he would recommend Swarthmore to a prospective student Many of its advantages are counteracted by its disadvantages. He feels that something must be wrong with the standards of many of the departments If so many of the students who are admitted into this school have such difficulties getting through. Perhaps the teachers mark to hard, or perhaps the course is not taught in the right manner. But there is too high a percentage who cannot get through Physics 1A for Instance. He also feels that the teachers do not realize how great a tragedy it is for someone who finds a whole career cut off because of one course. The language requirement to an example of the same thing. There are students here who are excellent, even outstanding. In their field, but who have not been able to graduate because of the deficiency In the language required. Phil to encouraged with the progress which Is being made in this direction; it to "a ray of sunshine." But there is much left to be done along other lines. There is also too much unnecessary strain and stress on the student. Too much competition, too many courses to get enough out of any one, not enough contact with the teacher—these are few of the criticisms. Phil has been disappointed with Swarthmore in yet another way. He came with the impression that the Quakers, and therefore their college, were liberal. During the Civil War they had been abolitionists. To find only one or two Negroes at Swarthmore and to learn that they had been admitted only during the war, was "to say the least kind of surprising:" He found out that the Quakers are "at least aa hypocritical as anyone else." Discrimination He feels that the students are for the most part more liberal, so. the anti-minority spirit must come from above. Phil realizes that one Is greatly influenced by the type of upbringing one has had. He himself has the concept of equality so planted within him that he resigned from Phi Psi when the national fraternity revealed a prejudiced stand. Unfortunately Phil thinks that there are not to many Negroes who are able to full the requirements and that too many of them have been "scared off In the past". He doubts, for instance, if Oberlln, a college which has admitted all races to Its campus since the Civil War, has the difficulties of a school trying to Imitate a new departure. The greatest critlsism Phil has of the college is that everyone, a very Indefinite classification, is confused, blind to new forces, lacking a definite policy or at least concealing it from the students. No one seems concerned with many of the alive Issues. He feels it shouldn't have to be put down on paper, but he thinks it should be brought to the attention of someone. In case anyone would think that he does nothing but complain, Clown Prince Igor insists that he does not think that the food here is is too bad. Phil Brickner In a Characteristic Pose Thursday, March 24, 1949 THI SWARTHMORE PHOENIX 3 ""£* SECRETARIAL COURSES rot Coffopjo Womcß Individual Proorou SUMMM TMM-t WOKS, lIOINNINO JUNI 10 mu tim-pat, ww. ♦—ymmm, »■«. it Administrative positions of challenge and reward Mj"2 beckon the college graduate possessing sure rktimi«ifbi« xr» skills in modem secretarial techniques. -JS*1- PEIRCE SCHOOL •aSSTSu. OP BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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Students Discuss German Problems Before IR Club Herman Roether and Harold Schmitz led a discussion of Germany's problems before the International Relations Club at last Wednesday's meeting. Both students came to this country from Germany in October. The question of possible effects of some control in German industries by former German leaders was raised by Zeke Montgomery. The speakers said that they saw no danger In this. But they pointed out that recovery had been hampered by putting inexperienced men into these positions and added that more native supervision could be beneficial in providing efficiency necessary for the production of badly-needed essentials. Military Governments Another question concerned the attitude of the Germans toward the various military governments. The French, one of the speakers mentioned, were unpopular because of their practice of cutting down German forests and selling them for the profit of the French. As for the Americans and the British, it appeared that those in the British zone preferred the American military government and viceversa. One of the students added that the British control of industry is less rigid than that of the Americans. The speakers felt that there was general dissatisfaction in the Russian zone, although they commented that very little factual knowledge was known. Other points raised included the problems of anti-Semitism guilt feelings among the Germans, and the possibility of the country's ever again becoming Fascist. Cobin Weekend This week-end, the Outers are sponsoring a work-cabin week-end which is to be under the supervision of Anne Matthews and the chaperonage of the Enders. PLAYING the GAME With A, Hawthorne "In the beginning was the card, and the card was trump," murmured J. Arthur Studds as he deftly flipped the Ace of clubs onto the table, and slowly pulled the trick back to him, opening it with a quick intense movement to examine whose king and whose ace he had caught with one of his two voids. "Gad, J. Arthur," cried the opponent on the left, "you certainly have the trump, anyway. Wish you were In notrump, we'd have you over a barrel, eh what?" * J. Arthur smiled quietly to himself, as he figured oat the next play. Simple, really; he led the Idng of elubs, and the two of clubs fell. Then he played the queen, then the Jack and so on right down through the four. " He stopped and smiled around. They knew what he was doing, the well known squeeze. The blonde across from him was breathing heavily. They tapped their cards nervously against the table. J. Arthur quietly tossed out the three of clubs and studied his discard. He had the king of diamonds and the king of hearts left. His opponent on the left dropped the four of spades, keeping the ace of diamonds. J. Arthur nonchalently dropped the king of diamonds on the pile, the opponent on the right kept his ace of hearts and dropped the ten of spades. J. Arthur glanced at his opponents, not without humor, chuckled at the lovely blonde girl across from him, who sat puffing quickly on her cigarette, then turned to the man on his left, "Doubled and vulnerable, eh? Well, maybe some other time." He tossed the two of spades on the table. The blonde began laughing weakly with her head thrown over the back of the chair. His opponents rose slowly from their chain, glared at each other, and then at J. Arthur. There waa silent rage in their darkening faooe; their fists were clenched. J. Arthur glanced quietly at them, lit a fresh cigarette- from the one smoldering on the edge of the card table, tipped his chair backward*. "Baby," he said, "let's go get something to eat, I'm hungry." He stood up, she came to him and took his hand. "Not so fast, J. Arthur," came a menacing voice behind him. He turned. "Yes?" he said coolly. "We don't let nobody bluff us all over the place like that, see? I don't care if we did break even on that last rubber, see? We don't like nobody bluffing us, see?" J. Arthur smiled quietly and turned his back to them. 'Tm not blind, gentlemen, you know." He murmured in an undertone, "Move away, baby, they might try something, and I wouldn't want you to get hurt." She walked ahead of him. He heard them coming after him. He sidestepped, tripped one, and brought the edge of his hand down on the neck of the other, who fell to the floor and sat there choking. J. Arthur laughed, and called, "Walt a second, Baby, Til be right with you." *' * • "Hay, Hawthorne, bid, will ya. Yer partner opened two clubs. That's a demand bid. Now bid, fer cryin' out loud, don't Jus* sit there!" A. Hawthorne carefully squeezed the4 cards into a neat order, "Pats," he said gruffly. ... apologies to J. Tmrrber agate . . . 4 THE SWARTHMORE PHOENIX ANSWERS TO AD QUIZ Score yourself: 1-2 correct as: One who fails to take advantages of the opportunities offered him to enrich his life with the real returns of free enterprise.3-4 correct as: One who fails. 5 or better as: One. 1. A package of Lucky Strikes, natchurly. 2. Coca-Cola made its first little burp. 3. Any fool knows that it is Jeanie Friley; thanks to Camels cigarettes. 4. A perfect honeymoon, so says the Farm on the Hill. 5. Because you can always sometimes tell what you least expect the most. M. Weinstein and Son 100 PARK AVENUE SWARTHMORE Cleaning - Dyeing - Tailoring Formal Wear to Hire Swarthmore 1727 Continuous Quality Is Quality You Trust Since 1886 wt« 4 « •Via EMMtK kt|STH| 11»1 CW Coke Ask for it either way... io/A trade-marks'mean the same thing. BOTUED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY PHILADELPHIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY O 194?, Th« Coca-Colo Company All Co-eds Meet at CO-ED 13 Park Avenue SwaHfcmora 97*1 Better Eats Entertainment and Refreshments FRANK'S Near the Plush Mill The NO PARKING Signs Removed A DVENTURt TRAILS 1949 EUROPE I 70-100 DAY ALL-INCLUSIVE Bicycle Motor Trips... From $B5O including: ENGLAND • RANCH • ITALY • GERMANY NORWAY • DENMARK . SWEDBN • AND SCOTLAND 16 Days-$195 • 45 Days - $385 to $585 £«\ (Rail & Motor) \i? tWIaAWa 40 Days-$925 (Steamer, Plana, Rail, Motor) *\ 30 Days - $275 (Schooner) \$ SRwUh tJ&m&UCa 46 Days-$1450 -« (Sttamer, Plana, Rail ft Motor) 73 Days - SIMS \5 fSAetyfobi 30-65 Days-$250 to $545 (Bicycle, Steamer, Motor & Rail) *Am»rJeo'« Fortmoit Organization for Educational Travf For Bookl.t L 13 and Information lit!) YEAR ft«pr«s«iitativ* John Parkor. 333 I. Phll-ElUna StrMt Philadolphla, Pennsylvania Students International Travel Association . namdnai HFAnouARfFRS « santa rarbaha. caiifornia A ■ K, * 4 Cik H-y f. • , v* m. t.w ■ .*.- ■ AINT IT A PITTANCE Germs exist On everything Scientist* Will tell us. Now don't believe All that you hear, I have news Tor you fellahs. There U Sterile dough, For this we know; A teacher's salary Won't permit Even a germ To live on It. •-Michigan State News "He adored her and the feelin was nuptial." Earlbam Post Earlham College, Indiana From this week's mall: Dear Sir, ' Recently I've been troubled wit Insomnia. I've tried numerous rem edies, but without any notlceabl effect. Have you any suggestions KM. An«.-Try a little warm milk b fore retiring. Better yet, schedu a few early morning Buslne classes and catch up. College Theatre Thurs., Fri. and Sat., March 24, 25 and 26 "Words and Music" Story and Music Of Rogers and Hart In Technicolor Judy Garland - Gene Kelly Mickey Rooney Mon., Tues. and Wed., March 28, 29 and 30 "Every Girl Should Be Married" Cary Grant and the New English Star That He Discovered, Betsy Drake DR. LEON M. RUDOLPH (Research Optometrist) Formerly Director of Eye Clinic—U. & Naval Medical Research Laboratory Has opened hto offices for eye examinations and visual training. 1M Sow Aveaiie. Springfield. Pa. Tel. SwartfcMore lilt
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Jack Maxin Pianist, Finishes 5-State Tour; Plans More Concerts Jack Maxin has returned! Those to whom this has no deep significance may need an explanation. Jack, a sophomore here, has been away on leave on a three week concert tour. (He also made a similar trip last year.) The tour covered five states—Texas,, Missouri lowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. In these states various colleges, concert associations, and community groups heard his piano recitals. His recitals consisted of selections from Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, and Stravinsky. He gave one program eleven times. Here, practicing in Trotter absorbs most of his time. But he admits, some interests besides music: "life in general, literature, and movies." He teaches music now and also 'attends other classes." For the future Jack's plans aren't definite. He intends to continue professionally but will remain here until June. He'd like to go to New York to-study further for his career but isn't sure whether It will work out. This spring, Jack has several programs to play. April 7 he will play in Collection and also at the Culturale in April as one-half of Swarthmore's representation (the Welsh Chorus comprises the other half). His special attention is now directed to learning some modern works which he will play in New York April 19, at a concert of modern music at Columbia. Enders With Outers The Outing Club held a cabin work weekend over March 19, chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Enders. After vacation the club plana a meeting on April 17 to set up the Spring program. The following Sunday will feature a bicycle trip under the aegis of Clark Palmer. I.R.C. Plays Host to Model UN Council With Zeke Montgomery acting as moderator, and Bryce Wood, advisor, the Swarthmore International Relations Club last night played host to the second Model Security Council sponsored by the Foreign Police Association, at Commons. Seventeen Colleges in the Philadelphia region, representing various countries on the Security Council attended the conference. Ann Gilbert, speaking delegate and All Al Yasir and Dick Wllmoti non-speaking delegates, representor Swarthmore in discussion of thr question, "What action should be taken in the Indonesia question?" With LaSalle College, Swarthmore set forth the Ukrainian position. At the first Model Security Council held at Bryn Mawr, Feb ruary 23, Swarthmore representeC the United Kingdom in dlscussio! if the question "Shall Spain be ad r.itted to the UNT" Spanishers Entertain Bryn Mawr Delegation Last Sunday evening, the Spanish Club entertained a similar group from Bryn Mawr at a party in Lodge 3, featuring refreshments and dancing to Latin-American records. Because of the enthusiasm shown by the members and guests, Justo Sanchez, president of the Swarthmore club, plans to repeal the invitation soon after vacation. i__ . Chess Club Wins The Chess Club wound up its '4B season in a blaze of indeclslveness by tying Urslnus, 2Vi-2V,, on March 13. Bill Dusinberre won hiD game and Bill McMillan made a smashing comeback to gain Swarthmore's second victory. Bob Norman and Orville McMUlan lost their bouts, and for more than an hour both teams clustered around Bob Sadacca, playing Ursinus* best player In the decisive contest. The game turned out to be a draw and thus the match was a tie. Sadacca's battle finally ground to a halt at 6:2S P. M., just in time for the tired anc hungry chess players to rush Joy ously to Sunday night supper. Thumky, March 24, 1949 THI SWARTHMORE PHOENIX 5 Remember Dog House in Springfield For those good hot dogs, hamburgers, and deluxe milk shakes. Hollyhock Gift Shop 4 Park Ave. ©rating Card* • How«n Gift, for All Occasions landmad* aad Costam* Jawclry Antiques Artlata' supplies Laadlng Library Swarthmore 0998 Terrence Michael McNulty Studio Theatre Square: 613 S. Chester Road Formal and! Candid Wedding Pictures Home Portraitures • Proms Copying, Restoration of Old Portraits, Framing, Photostats, itc. Studio Hourii Tuesday Through Friday 3 to 8 P. M. Saturday 9 to 6/ or by Appointment Phone Swarthmore 1077 AAAAA A A A A | Sweet Shop | CANDY 1 CAKES FLOWERS t Old Bank Building We're Tired of Writing Ads Here at Michael's College Pharmacy Here's Your Chance Submit All Ads, 3x4 Inches, to Our Ad Contest First Prize—slo.oo In Merchandise Second Prize—ss.oo in Merchandise Third Prize—s2.so in Merchandise To Be Judged by Advertising Manager of Abbott's Dairy AIIE ntries Become Property of Michael'sCollegePharmacy HOAGIE HUT in the heart of the Vill Individual deliveries to all dorms and fraternity houses Open at 11:00 A. M.—Try our noon-time special Submarine Sandwiches from a Submarine Shop PHONE 3216 Open Sunday 6:30-9:30 for Your Convenience How much ftW can you cram into a record? Hear musical kidding in "SUNFLOWER" (•• RCA Victor Rilmm) and you'll know! You'll have a lot of fun with Ray McKinley, hia band and his vocalist ' aerving up a platterful of "corn" for I Tour listening and dancing pleasure. Yea! Ray knows about musical pleasure—and smoking pleasure, tool As Say boats it out on his drums"Camels are a great cigarette they're) mild and full-flavoredP WwnMILD con o cigarette be? Smoke Camels for 30 days and you 11 know! In a recent coast-to-coast test of hundreds of men and women who smoked only Camels for 30 days-an average of one to two packs a day-noted throat specialists, after making weekly eiaminationa. reported /A Drmmmtr Ray " McKinl.y utllu it •v*t milk his fiatutid vcmUil, Jtani* FrUtj. ' THE MILDEST CIGARETTE ? fVrftj Camels, of course1, i learned j THE ANSWER WHEN I MADE / 1. THE 30-DAy TEST' D^~"" to^ do days*? rVg / SMOKED CAMELS FOR YEARS. . | I KNOW HOW MILD CAMELS ARE. AND WHAT RICH, FULL FLAVOR J THEY have! 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Credit North "A word with you in my office, Henley? ?" The Council and Fraternities Most students on this campus have long been aware of the anamoious and" distasteful situation existing in the fact that at this college, one great intention of which is to make a significant contribution to the improvement of American society, there exist organizations with regulations excluding students from membership soiely on the grounds of their racial ancestry or their religious faith. It cannot be denied that the problem here is not nearly so acute as that existing in many large universities where every possible racial or religious group seems to take delight in discriminating and counter-discriminating against every other such group. Nevertheless, such regulations, whatever the scale on which they operate, are contrary to two immediate aims toward which this college must work, and to which the present Student Council is dedicated: first- the abolition of all traces of discrimination which can be reached by official action within the college community, and, second, the broader opening of the college to the outside by the removal to the greatest extent feasible of all overt and effectual limitations on admittance because of heredity, creed, or financial condition. In addition to such over-all aims one must bear in mind the impact of discriminatory rulings anywhere on campus not only on the name of the college, but more important, on the feelings of the students who bear the brunt, sometimes direct and harsh, more frequently circuitous and subtle, of such restrictions. Most of the local fraternity chapters have recognized the nature of this problem and have faced it commendably. The fraternity with the very worst of the discriminatory clauses in its national charter, for instance, has openly disobeyed that provision and has worked constantly for its removal. The obstacles they face, however, are severe and deeply rooted. In years of work this and other chapters have accomplished little. Indeed, on the national level the picture has been one of retrogression rather than progress, for two of the nationals have in the last half-decade adopted new indirct regulations. The Student Council, in the light of all this, has come to the conclusion that it may be possible to mobilize many elements of college life behind a program which is one of general college interest, that of removing discriminatory clauses from the charters of those fraternities which have chapters on this campus. It may be possible not only for this student body to denounce such regulations, but in addition, for Swarthmore to initiate a general campaign throughout the state designed to put on record the student opinion in as many colleges as is practicable, to publicize the problem more widely, and to coordinate the activities of the college as a whole with similar actions now being taken by some fraternity chapters. U should be stated emphatically that this is not a repetition of the annual anti-fraternity campaign. The Council, five members of which are fraternity men, has declared explicitly that it is not seeking to abolish fraternities here, but rather is avoiding such moves by bringing the matter into the open for the fullest possible discussion by all parties concerned. The Council recognizes, furthermore, that the mere act of removal of legal phrases by no means ends discrimination. The sentiments of individuals cannot be reached by "Council action; but we can strike at those flagrant and inevitably influential clauses which stand in the national charters and fov-l&ws. The effort now being undertaken must by its very nature be a protracted one. If reform is ever to be accomp'ished, those of us now at Swarthmore must state our position unequivocally and establish a direction for future work. If this* is done, succeeding Councils will know the task before them, and new pledges to all the fraternities will be fully conscious of their heritage of opposition to discrimination. Though the beginnings are admittedly small, the present Student Council is seeking to establish a course pf reasonable, cooperative, persistent, and effective activity against the tenacious absurdities of racial disrimination wherever they may appear. Letters to the Editor More Dirty Laundry To the Editor: Chuck Stealer's letter concerning laundries in the issue of March 17th is one capable of arousing quite a bit of interest. There are a few phrases in it, however, which would benefit the reading publicinsofar as it is capable of reading—by having them elucidated. Phrase 1: " . . . For years the administration has opposed the adoption of any laundry other than Troy on grounds that I won't go into here ..." Why not go into it? It would seem to most sensible persons that, without any further Justification, such an attitude is not an overly constructive one. Of course, any person even faintly familiar with ways of the Administration would know that there is some perfectly good and honest reason for such an attitude; other persons still fresh from off the ivory tower might suspect that the firm thus favored with a monopoly might present those individuals who preserve that monopoly with some material expression of appreciation; but of course those people who have been here long enough know that this is of course, entirely out of the question at Swarthmore. Still, we owe an explanation to those people who are still ignorant. Secondly, one of the reasons for Justifying a laundry monopoly is given aa ". . . when the laundry was turned over to Ed Clark at the beginning of the year, he was given to understand that he would be the only laundry on campus. Postponing, for the moment, the reasons for and against this action . . . ", etc. Why postpone it? Being an Ec major I, for one, am most curious about this. Why is it that one and all in the Administration are so anxious to have just one laundry? Why Is competition permitted in such matters as dry cleaning, where three different firms compete for the business? It would seem that laundry is just as proper a service as dry cleaning; why no competition? Answer me that, Bassanio. Competition Chuck deplored the regrettable competitive situation because there wasn't enough business to go around, and said that Troy was doing a good job Maybe so. However, when Broadway laundry entered the picture, Troy still found it possible to drop its prices promptly and immediately, and henceforth to deliver the laundry to the rooms; it is further noted that Troy isn't broke yet. My conclusion would be that Troy has relied on its monopoly position to keep the difference between competitive prices and service, and what it could get away with, for itself. Just how benevolent a monopoly this Is, I don't know. Maybe our definitions of benevolent differ slightly. Of philosophical interest is the charge that Broadway started in here in an unethical manner, meaning without the okay of Chuck's employment office. The Philosophy Department will please note that the age-old problem of pinning down the definition of ethics has finally been solved: ethical means any* thing that has the okay of Chuck Stabler. Awaiting further elucidation, RUDY HIRSCH Ninety-six Cents To the Editor: Last week the new, and now defunct, laundry was denounced In a letter to tlte Phoenix. However, this letter omitted two facts. Before the advent of competition, It cost 91.01 to launder five shirts. The same work is done now for $.96. Before competion it was necessary to go to C section basement during rather inconvenient hours to pick ut pthe laundry. Now the laundry la delivered to the room with no bother to the student. Although competition has hurt the operators, It has benefited the students. Some of us appreciate these improvements. BILL DUSINBERRE $6,890.00 To the Editor: I have read with interest a recent communication published in the Phoenix concerning the college Book Store and the apparent profit of $6,890 which it made In the academic year 1947-48. Prom time to time, groups of students have become Interested in the Book Store and its financial condition and apparently there is a good deal of interest this year. I would like to say a few things about It. The College supplies, rent free and at considerable expense, a space for the Book Store. This means not only the active space where the trading takes ' place* but also space for storage and handling of packages. It has cost the College a good deal of money to outfit this store with shelving, show cases, furniture and equipment. If you will examine this property in full and in detail and compare It with stores and commercial enterprises in the Borough of Swarthmore, you will see that this Is rather larger than most and perhaps you can find out something about what the Book Store would have to pay in the form of rent to be on the same basis as a private enterprise in the Borough. Other items which the College supplies free of charge to the Book Store are heat, light, telephone and mall service, bookkeeping, banking, Insurance, repairs, Janitor service and general administration. All of these items are necessary and there could very properly be a charge made against the Book Store for them. I might mention that the bookkeeping takes the full time of one of our office employees and that even as small a fraction as tt of 1% of the administrative and general expense of the College charged to the Book Store would alone b» 81,000. It is perhaps unfortunate that the published records show an apparent profit because this results in misunderstanding. It is much easier to show it this way because we are not in the habit of allocating all of the Items listed above, and perhaps others to such auxiliary enterprises as the Book Store. It would make a great deal more bookkeeping than it is worth to try to show how much, heat, light, repairs and Insurance should be charged to the Book Store, although these services are nonetheless real. . My private opinion is that the Book Store is doing very wel) and is probably not costing the College much money although* it certainly Is not making us any real money. I hope that what I have written will help to dispel some misconceptions. If the students concerned wish to talk it over further, I will be glad to do so at any time. Sincerely yours, CHARLES G. THATCHER Business Manager Thursday, March 24, 1949 cS(\ra%tnJndx& x-uoimued weekly during the school year except during y*«»i and vacation periods by the undergraduate staff at Swarthmore College. Subscriptions as.oo a year through college null; aa.so a year through federal mall. entered as second-class matter at Swarthmore, Pa., under Act of Congress, March 8, 1870. ' Represented for National Advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc., College Publishers Representative, 420 Madison Ave., Mew Tan. N. T.; Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San' Francisco. Editor Bthan Delnard, 'Bl Associate Editor , Dick Smith, '6O Copy Editor 7T. Fred Trescott, 'Bl Sports Editor Dave Keller, 'Bl Feature Editor Tom Kinney, 'BO Senior Editorial Board Jim Schwarta, '81: Dan Singer, 'Bl Junior Editorial Board Gerry Rosen, '6l; Bob Osborn, '81; Flny Krlmsky, 'SO; Hanna Machlup. '81; Dennis Alward. 'B2; Dick Painter, 'B2 Staff Photographers Steve Muoha, '4O; Bob Bailey, '6a Business Board Business Manager Jim Weston, *Bl Circulation Manager Folly Angle, 'BO Business Staff Gerald Schulalnger, 'Bl, and William van Stone, 'Bl 6
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Student Criticizes Sensational Emphasis Of Prosecution, Newspapers in Levin Trial Friday, 18 March, 1949 To the Editor: In this week Just past one Colbert C. McClain, playing out this part of his destiny in City Hall in Philadelphia, went up one rung in what will no doubt prove to be a career reassuring to anxious mothers, or at least a wellheadlined career and one that will reassure the feverish editorialists of The PhlladelphU Inquirer. Mr. McClain is what the Inquirer calls a "representative of the Commonwealth." Mr. Mc- Clain represents the Commonwealth by functioning as an Assistant District Attorney. This being so, it is apparent that Mr. McClain is that rare thing, a man who knows his own nature so well he can act qualmlessly upon it—for, as is apparent from the printed samples of his courtroom delivery, he was made for no other career. No other career, except possibly that of editorial writer on the Inquirer or a paper like it, could offer Mr. McClain the same opportunity for perpetual moral indignation, and for perpetual prosecution. And Mr. McClain will undoubtedly go far, and could not have offered his services to America at a better tune—the country has of late become a preserve for prosecutors, if for no one else. The Defense and Mr. McClain Mr. McClain's contribution for . this week was announced by the Bulletin last night and by the Inquirer this morning. Since there was no plea for the Defense to return but guilty, the Defense and Mr. McClain had simply to argue out before a panel of three judges (there was no jury) whether seventeen-year-old Seymour Levin's crime was first degree murder, which is to say permedltated and conscious' (thus enabling the Commonwealth to execute the offender with all due premeditated and conscious and infinitely repeated process of law) or whether It was non-premeditated and simply spontaneous murder, that is to say, of the second degree. The Defense claimed Seymour Levin's action —the stabbing to death of twelveyear-old Ellis Simmons on January Bth of this year—to have been within the bounds of this second degree category. (The Commonwealth's MsrDaLcatlon ot itself Is much eaneWlrthe case of second degree offenders—they are imprisoned from only ten to twenty years.) But, aided and abetted by several recruited psychiatrists who claimed that Seymour Levin was lying when he said he could not remember what It was like to stab Ellis Simmons fifty times, and no doubt helped equally by several speeches he himself made on what he referred to as the "bestiality" of homosexuality (the aforementioned recruits for the Prosecution claimed that Seymour Levin was a "constitutional psychopathic inferior"—a term recently brought Into popularity by the Saturday Evening Peat—of homosexual tendency), Assistant District Attorney McClain proved his pointthat the correct classification was "first degree." Last night's and this morning's headlines announced that the judges had elded to take seventeen-year-old plea for clemency—they had dedenied, the defense lawyer's Seymour Levin's life. Of course, they showed they could be merciful, too, within the bounds of propriety and good taste, and so they called the taking of the boy's life "life imprisonment" instead, but it amounts to about the same thing when you come down to It. In fact, I am not at all sure but what prosecutor McCain was not the more merciful—his demand was for outright execution, whereas the sentence of the judges was not only life imprisonment, but life at hard' labor and in solitary confinement. No Humanitarian Confusion. Mr. McClain is one who can draw up for us lines of conduct which run as straight as the Mosaic Law, which admit no weak humanitarian confusion. He put his principle bluntly enough: "Don't get soft. Let's protect society first, regardless of the results to the individual." And applying it to the boy, he again admitted no confusion—"The defendant is over 14 and the law says that above 14 he is held to the full responsibility of his acts. He knew what he was doing." Mr. McClain's logic is beautifully simple—the law says it is so, and therefore it is so, and this "costitutional psychopathic" minor (so classified under that very law) knew what he was'doing as clearly as any responsible and sane adult (so classified under that law) would know—as clearly,, say, as the responsible and •sane adult leaders of this Union of Commonwealths knew what they were doing when they decreed the deaths of thousands of anonymous Japanese three and a half years ago by ordering two bombs to fall, as clearly as the sane and responsible adult leaders of this Union in this present year know what they are doing when they make public their plans to order more such' bombs to fall, if certain possibilities are ordered to become reality. But then the judges and prosecutor McClain and the laws of this Commonwealth are absolute, and admit no conditions—and the sane and responsible adult leaders are celebrated in quite another way from that in which the society celebrates Seymour Levin (and besides, Seymour Levin killed one definite American instead of thousands of anonymous Japanese, was a "bestial" homosexual and legally a minor, and was not killing for any benefit of the Commonwealth). "Guilty" of Qther Offense* The Levin boy was found guilty not only of murder. The Inquirer, for instance, found him guilty, in addition, of bearing"frightened. eyes, framed by the thick lenses of his glasses," of "bristling" at the "mention of his record as a childhood bully," of "averting his gaze" and of making "a vain effort to still his shaking hands, their nails bitten to the quick," of travel in "the dark places only a twisted mind can know," of "grimacing" and leaving "his left shoelace untied" and "trailing across the floor," of "whimpering" and "cringing at the sight of the crowd" and "scuttling" in the City Hall courtyard while he was being led to the van that was to take him to the Eastern State Penitentiary. More relevant to the final classification and sentence of the judges, however, and apparently almost as much a cause of the verdict as the' murder itself (from the amount of space devoted to it by both prosecutor McClain and the Judges in their final statement) was Seymour Levin's homosexual status—"the perpetration on the child victim of a bestial act of sexual perversion;" "he lured that infant child to his home when he knew no one was present ... it was the dark of the night... he took him there to use him for abnormal sexual purposes;" "a sexual degenerate;" a "personality pattern in its deviation from the. normal;" "committed upon that child an act of perverted sexual lust;" "his unnatural purpose;" "vented his lust upon his victim;" "the perverted act;" "the defendant's unnatural passion;" "the criminally sexual act;" "this weakling;" "a 17-yearold adolescent who possesses an abnormal psychiatric character!" "his serious anti-social behavior tendencies;" "strong sadistic homosexual impulses;" a "sexual deviate;" and so on—and, to boot, "an unhesitating and deliberate but stupid liar." "Deviation from the Normal" From this it is clear that, in addition to the act of murder, the Levin boy's abnormality or "bestiality" (and also, apparently, from the Judges' statement, his failure to qualify as a good liar), was taken Into consideration before handing down the sentence of life Imprisonment That is, Seymour Levin offended doubly —he committed murder and he committed "deviation from the normal," and it was on this second count that both McClain and the judges waxed the more poetic. The "morbid" crowds that came to see the trial were "hushed" by the presence of this "deviate." Perhaps they would be hushed also by the statistics that came out over a year ago claiming that one-third of the male populace Is homosexual at some time or other. Anyway, they came to see not so much a young murderer as a young shocker, a boy who turned out to be one more generator of the fear of present crowds. Seymour Levin had contributed to the total complex of the fear generation—the headlines, the radio voices, the editorialists and the columnists, and the sane and responsible adult leaders. But as Seymour Levin was a definite "responsible individual" and a "weakling" and a "deviate" sitting in a courtroom for all to see, ready and present for the revenge of crowds and so unlike the. more enduring generators of fear, he could be quickly and satlsfyingly destroyed by the Commonwealth. (Seymour Levin, some days short of seventeen years at the time of sentence, who came out of those same fearing crowds, who grew up among them, seeing the same headlines, hearing the same voices, seeing the same movies and newsreelsit was a Marx Brothers movie on the day of the murder; for when Seymour Levin was born, Japan had already invaded Manchuria; when Seymour Levin was four, Japan invaded China and Spain was at war; when Seymour Levin was seven, the Second World War began; when Seymour Levin was thirteen, the bombs fell on Nagasaki and Hiroshima; and since his thirteenth birthday, Seymour Levin's "dark twisted mind" had been twisting as have the rest of our mindsin hopes of living out the next war.) «• We ought to be proud of our prosecutors. The Commonwealth has done us proud this week. —Larry Hansen SIGNS UP FOR COED PKKRY OOMO takes hi* mind off his work to autograph a flrat edition of "Hopper dub Favorites," a new Victor album saluting his famed Chesterfield radio show. 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the Score Card Too Long Last week's game with Albright brought the Garnet to the end of a basketball season that started over three months ago, on December third. While we do not wish to depreciate the team's success—it won 14 of its 21 games and finished second in the Southern Division—we do feel that this year it prolonged things unnecessarily. Of the five other schools in the division, only two scheduled as many games as Swarthmore. P.M.C. played 19 and Delaware, like the Quakers, went through 18 games during the regular season. Ursinus played only 15, Drexel called it quits after 14, and Haverford after only 13. P.M.C., incidentally, is a recent addition to the ranks of small schools with big schedules. Two years ago, before the lure of military life attracted such boys as Bobby Martz and Walt Udovich, the Cadets played only 15 games, losing 14. P.M.C. Is much better equipped than Swarthmore to play a long schedule* but even the Cadets showed in their insipid effort Against Lebanon Valley, a team that played 18 games but was not subjected to the additional strain of an intradivisional tournament ,that they were beginning to weary of the long grind. Swarthmore's players were undoubtedly even more tired than the Cadets when they took the floor last Wednesday nitcht. The Garnet lacks the stimulation of playing before large and enthusiastic crowds. Nor is the routine broken with exciting oross-country trips such as would be theirs at a basketball-happy school of the LaSalle variety. Another disadvantage to the Quakers is that they have a small squad. The first team plays far more than most first teams, even in this league, last year when Sam Gary, Pete Kaiser, and Larry Yearsley provided the Swarthmoreans with three highly dependable substitutes they still petered out at the end of the season. This year, with BUI Spock the only reserve who saw much service during the stretch drive, the situation was even worse. Furthermore, the Quakers are not like a member of this year's all-American squad of whom a schoolmate, answering a question about the star's performance in class, said, "He has to sleep sometime." They have to study sometime If they expect to wear the Garnet and White another year. LATER START Of course, one way to correct the abuses of the present step would be to eliminate the divisional and conference tournaments. We think it would be a good idea to eliminate the former, especially in years like this when the entrants were of such va'rying caliber that little spectator interest was aroused. We do believe, however, that; the Middle Atlantic Conference Tournament is a commendable undertaking. It provides the players with an incentive during the season and it brings together the outstanding teams from the conference's far-flung divisions along with the area's top independent teams of this class. Granting that the conference tournament should be kept as It Is, there in still one way to secure a shorter, more reasonable schedule. Why not start the season later than is now done. This year Swarthmore played six games in the three weeks before Christmas and then vacationed for three more weeks before resuming operations. We wonder why it was considered advisable to schedule these half-dosen games, one-third of the total played during the regular season, so early in the year. Indeed, the first two were played when the boys who had been out for some fall sport, as four of the original first five were, had had only a few days of practice. This fact probably accounts for the loss to Philadelphia Textile, no high grade team, and the poor showings against Penn and Lafayette during the week following the Textile game. It seems to us that these weeks before Christmas could be more advantageously spent in practice. Experience could be obtained by scrimmaging some of the better Philadelphia teams which would probably be only too glad to work against a lesser team before they began then* holiday programs with touring squads from other parts of the country. Then, after Christmas the Garnet would be physically and mentally ready to open the season. It might not be a good idea to postpone the opener until after the holidays, but at least it could be moved back a week or two from the present date. To the argument that the players lose their edge if they practice too long before swinging into action, there are two replies. Most large schools begin practice early In the fall, with no apparent ill effects. This year Drexel began formal practice over a month before Swarthmore did. The Dragons scrimmaged several Philadelphia teams during their practice period and finally began their season on January 5 when they walloped Philadelphia Pharmacy, 84-45. If such a program did not prove disastrous to Drexel, why should it be bad for the Quakers who wouldn't work so long anyway? In the second place, as already Indicated, many Garnet cagsrs can't come out for early practice because of fall sports commitments. Why not devote the early period mostly to the junior varsity, which now gets little attention, far less than It needs? We feel that only by playing a shorter schedule will the Garnet be successful in tournament play which demands that teams go all out In several games in a short period of time. Not until then will the Quakers be able to avoid the pitfall of playing good ball one night, poor the next. This dangerous inconsistency cost the Garnet the Albright game and P.M.C. fha Lebanon Valley game. It nearly cost Swarthmore the Haverford game the night after their showing against P.M.C, which, sterling as it was, suffered from a lack of accuracy at the free throw line that was never seen during mid-season. REHXY SCORES Now to take a look at a brighter side of the basketball picture. At the beginning of the week Jim Reilly appeared to have cinched the Frank Palumbo Trophy, annually given by the patron of sport whose name it bears to the highest scoring player in the district. The 19 points Jim scored against Albright brought his total to 490 in 21 games for an average of 23.33 per game. Jim finished the season 7 points ahead of St. JoVs Paul Senesky who scored 483 in 23 games. The only contender with any games left at the beginning of the week was Paul Arizin, of Vlllanova. Paul, however, appeared out of the running. In 23 Intercollegiate games played previously he had 417 points and there seemed little chance that he would catch Jim in the N.C.A.A. Tourna- PHOENIX SPORTS Spring Sports Beginning Few Returnees For Court Team A decline in tennis among the Philadelphia area colleges appears to be the fate of Swarthmore. Five varsity or near varsity men have left since last year and although there has been a numerical replacement, the quality doesn't look to De as high. Any team that loses .he likes of Morris Bodenger, the left-handed placement artist, and Howie Frankel, who last year was undefeated in singles competition, is bound to suffer. Also gone are Ned Brown, Bill Osier and Bob Rossheim, who provided good play last year. I Only two of last year's regulars .•cmain, namely Captain Dick Kirschner and Buck Shane. Kirschner is a veteran of college competition, having played for Columbia as well as for Swarthmore. He is gifted with excellent stroking j equipment and can play equally well in fore court and back court. Buck Shane is. looking forward to his third year of varsity play, havng been pushed up from four te two on the ladder as a result of , the exodus last spring. Recently in ( a practice match at the Field House j liuek played as well or better than ] ite ever had, taking Harry Hoffman, of the Rifle Club, In straight aets. Buck was hitting the ball on ' the rise, making his way up to the J net and scoring well when there. \ Continued improvement from him s will aid the Garnet cause immeas- ,■ urably. Howie Fussell, a returnee from ' the J. V. team of two years ago, C was at that time not far away from a varsity post. Howie's principal j weapons are well angled spinning . shots, a type of stroke which is very valuable in singles competition.Other Spots Open , Behind Kirschner, Shane and I Fussell any trio out of a fairly \ large group might be playing. As s it stands now the posts belong to i Dan Singer at four, Gerry Gould at five and Herb Dordick at six. , .linger is, the recent conqueror o ] Dordick whom he outsteadied in i three sets. Gould took a three-set- j ter from Lew Rivlin to give him r possession of the number five spot. | Gerry drives well off his forehand, ; has some trouble on the backhand i side and has a pretty powerful first i service when It's going well as it j was against Rivlin. The streamlined i Herb Dordick is hitting the ball bet-1 ter this year than last year when | ( his propensity to err reached the i height of its development. Now . married and settled down, Herb ' should once again start combing ] his opponents with his powerful j strokes. Right behind the first six are I Lew Rivlin, Bob Taylor and Slim Lehman. Like most of the six or ! seven players behind him on the ladder, Lew strokes the ball well, , but suffers from lack of steadiness. His side-spinning drives are very difficult for opponents to handle when he Is playing well. i' Bob Taylor, the fireplug fresh-' man from Penn Charter, hits as . severe a stroke as anyone on the ; team and with increased steadinesscould climb well up on the ladder. Bill (Slim) Lehman has spent several years around the middle reaches of the tennis ladder and! Baseball Team Puts Accent on Youth As Rebuilding Begins Unlike any of the other Swarthmore teams now working out, the baseballers need have no fear of failing to equal their 1948 record. Last year the squad played 10 games during the regular season and finished up with 10 losses. Finally, during Commencement week, the team managed to upset strong Penn Athletic Club outfit, but so many graduates and other ringers were used that the victory was not counted as a regualr game. This year Coach Bob Dunn has been using a small varsity in the few outdoor drills held to date. Like many of his major deague counterparts in similar situations, he has put the accent on youth. At present eight freshman are working along with one man up from the Junior varsity and five members *bl the squad that compiled such an unbeatable record last year. The pitching staff, which was a weak spot on even the 1948 team, has been strengthened considerably by freshman Dick Hall and Roger Pott. Hall, who has received several professional offers, Is said to be more accomplished at baseball than at anything else and Is expected to be the Garnet's number one moundsman. He has plenty on the ball, and possesses a curve which should be the sensation of the league. The only veteran of last year's corps still around is Dick Esrey, a fast ball pitcher. Rounding out the group is Don Cooper who spent last year with the nightflghters, and may be kept on the varsity as a reliefer.The Boater . The catching looks none too strong at present, although Dunnie has two willing boys working behind the plate. Bob Asplundh looks like the first stringer, and Bob Meyers Is in line for the second spot. Both are somewhat inexperienced, but they may come along. At first base, where the absence of hard hitting Lefty Higgins, last year with the Nlghtflgters, and Chuck Hankins has received a great deal of attention, but it Is believed he will hold down the position only when • Pott is pitching. Rosier made quite a name for himself In I New Jersey scholastic circlet last Captain Ed Mahler scoops up easy grounder as baseball team opens outdoor drills. Lacrosse Team Faces Hard Task Hurt by graduation which took some of the better players, and heavy scholastic loads which are keeping others out of competition, the lacrosse team faces a tough lob if it is to duplicate the record of the 1948 squad which won seven of its ten games and was named Pennsylvania co-champion along with Penn State . Gone is the starting midneld which sent Jim Bowditch and Walter Cosinuke to the North-South game at the end of the season and was rounded out by able Jim Kirkhoff .The defense has also been heavily hit, losing letterwinners John Henchel, Dick Hurd, and Tom Vilushis. It will be hard to find replacements for these operatives, but Coach Ave Blake, who has. • reputation for being able to make something out of nothing may be able to pull an effective team out of his hat. Ave has no trouble with his front line where all three of last year's starting attackmen are returning. The group is headed by Captain Stafford (Rush) Metz, a Junior starting his third year of varsity The other two are high scoring John Piper, a veteran of threnrevious collegiate campaigns, an 1 John Hanke, who is the best feeder on the team. This trio is being pressed by P M Taylor, who was a regular at Dv' ? •wo years ago but-had to spend last season on the Jayvee because if the transfer rule, and by Moray Wetherald, who played his first lacrosse a year ago when he acquired a great deal of experience In a short time by playing on the freshman, layvee, and varsity teams. Because of the number of capable attackmen ,it seems likely that at least one will be shifted to the midneld. Goal In Good Hands At present three members of last vear's midflelds are back for another crack at the position. Herb **rost, a converted attackman, Bud Ludemann and Al Enders all won otters last season. Big Haines Dickinson, whose injured knee kept him at defense In 1948, has now been adjudged sufficiently recovered to be shifted to midneld, where ha seems certain to be entrusted with 'he vital center slot Bolstering these veterans are four newcomers to the varsity. George Myrlck is a Baltimore product making his first appearance on Palmer Field this year. Charley Randall and Tyner Brown are up from the junior varsity, and Bob Carrick is the cream of the current freshman crop. Bob Bissel, a starter last year, Bruce Douglas, and Chris Pederson are the only varsity defensemen returning, but Ave has three others working out at the position. Burt Levering, a letter-winning •midfielder last year, has been shifted to the defense where his stickhandling ability should prove a strengthening factor. Bob Piatt, a big aggressive boy with several vears junior varsity experience behind him, provides the team with a fifth defenseman, and Clayt Miller, who spent last year a§ a goalie, has switched to the defense. The goal appears to be In good hands with Sophomore Ed Stabler returning, to the net-minding job he held a year ago. Ed is a good goalie, being fast, agile and a capable stickhandler. Should anything happen to him, reserves can be found in Hanke, who shared the ball-stopping duties with Stabler durine the early oart of last season. Miller, and Robb Taylor, who is now working out In the junior varsity goal. 8 Thursday, March 24, 1949 (Continued on Page Nine) (Continued on Page Nine) J (Continued on Page Nine)
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meat which in t quite the same thing m playing Fbrdham, Lehigh, the *!?* aub nor wlUow Qr°ve Naval Air Station. The point* Arixer scored against this last opponent and against Fort Dbc were not counted toward the trophy. Jtafc toe tout player from a "minor college," ae the PMladel- Bf*" hf» to to win district searing honors since George Montgomery, of Haverford, did It daring the war. Be It also probably 2L* ** *£ Ptajrw* *° »*» tote partieular honor In quite some wZSa kI"'8 m*r* ,h 0t' *• ta •" •u-«C««» baeketeer who «J* •« £* * f?* trom he*TeD» •D» «"»»»«y wery collet* ooaofc •■ the country. His brilliant performance against Army !^nh*£0,Td*8Pftoto, fouled out two of the three men who tried ££2 "El!?* w,th •bMM,on I*" *»»• teller, huskler Zmi^^Z?£!£**!?"? who sneer* he U only » big Ash in » ■snaa pond and would be out of place agatoet major nnnipeiHlen- has plenty of power on all strokes. Rounding out the present J. V. portion of the ladder are Jim Lande, Tom Saunders and Dick Hoffman. The latter pair has seen plenty of J. V. action in past years and Saunders particularly is capable of moving up into contention for a varsity post Lande is a freshman from Great Neck, Long Island, and has strokes which though -not beautiful to watch are very effective in match play. year as a first baseman, and he will probably be Dunnie's regular at the post. Captain Ed Mahler Is set at second. He is a strong hitter and a good fielder, so the center sack should be in good hands. At short, Dunnle has an extremely hot prospect in Dave Deacon who played with a fast Marine Corps team and is regarded as the best looking shortstop seen on the local field in some time. Newcomer George Place will handle third. The Quakers possess a veteran outfield with Bill Spock, Wally Francis, and Joe Gaskill back from last year. Esrey can also play the outfield where his hitting ability can be used more regularly than if he is used only as a pitcher. Esrey and Spock, Incidentally, are each able to play shortstop where one will be available should anything happen to Deacon. Freshman Hal Winkler completes the roster of outfielders. Lions Down Quakers By 57-46 Count; Reilly Nears Palumbo Trophy Swarthmore bowed out of the Middle Atlantic Basketball Play-offs and closed the 1948-49 cage season with a 57-46 lots to the Lions of Albright College of Reading. The Garnet played a hot-and-cold game, C leading for the first few minutes but never being quite able to head the Lions after the Reading bays took over at 11-10 near the end of the first quarter. Swarthmore was never able to pull up to close the gap after that point. Mid-way through the final period, Jim Reilly paced the locals to within four points of the Albright squad at 44- 40, but then Swarthmore faltered, and in the closing minutes the Lions spurted to win, 57-46. The final score belles the fact that the game waa usually within six or eight points of a tie throughout most of .the second half. Some Consolation Swarthmore's chief fault in the Albright game, and a fault they have demonstrated consistently all year, was their failure to get the ball down court soon enough to drive Into the basket before the opposing team's defense was established. Albright had a fairly capable defense, particularly in the persons of six feet six inch Oscar Kriebel, the Lion center, and guard Hal Guliden. Lacking the fast break, Swarthmore'a shots on the foreign court couldn't click often enough to award the victory to the Garnet. The Garnet salvaged some consolation in the fact that later in the week, the Albright squad won the championship of the entire Middle Atlantic Conference by downing Gettysburg In the finals. Jim Reilly was also sent on his way to a good chance of winning the Frank Palumbo Trophy, awarded annually to the player In the metropolitan Philadelphia area who scores the highest number of points. Reillys 19 points in the Albright engagement brought his total to 490. Girls'Swim Team Crushes Ursinus Twenty one dual meets ago, in 1947, Ursinus College's women's swimming team, then the Intercollegiate champions, came over to Swarthmore and by a one point margin handed the Quakerettes tneir only defeat in the last tnree years. Last Friday the 1949 version of the Ursinus team made the hour's journey, but with considerably less success: they went home on the short end of a 41-16 count, taking no firsts and only two seconds. It was hardly a workout for the host team as few of them swam in more than one event. Several of the JVs in the lineup defeated at least one member of the Ursinus varsity apiece, thus giving strength to the opinion that Swarthmore's JV is a better team than a considerable number of the varsities which have been slaughtered in the course of the current season. Captain Selma Eble, swimming her last home meet, responded by winning the 40-yard freestyle in 23.8 seconds. This was the first time this season that Pat Ellis, Ursinus' freestyler who placed second, had been defeated in a dual meet Bea Crookston, who swims a different stroke every meet, tried the breaststroke and took but 31.9 seconds to win. Gee Gee Fbch completed Swarthmore's sweep of the event. The backstroke was also a Swarthmore monopoly with Jeri Ball and Sue Carver taking the first two places. Jill Morrell easily walked off with diving honors, and Barbara Thompson was third, placing behind Pattlson of Ursinus. The medley team of Pennfleld, Sherry Joyce and Laura McClellan won their specialty in 37 seconds, and the freestyle relay of Sue Carver, Diane Duke, Hansl Vandenberg and Se'ma Eble ended the meet on a note of rictory. Mazie Merrill (left) rests while Captain Selma Eble gets ready for a trial heat. ♦♦ ♦ I Garnettes Vanquish Bryn Mawr by 53-28 The Garnettes finished their basketball season on a happy note by defeating Bryn Mawr, 53-28, last Friday. Correction—Pat Meyer beat Bryn Mawr, with 29 points to their 28, with Myra Pfau and Lucy Handwerk scoring 1 3and 11 points respectively. The whole game was beautiful to watch, with all three forwards and all three guards on the ball and really clicking. Pat stood her ground in the center and just popped them in as they were fed to her from Myra and Lucy. The guards were always there at the right moment, with Jean Sartorious on her toes, Sally Evarts getting the rebounds, and Connie Verrel intercepting passes with her usual speed. The whole game was characterized by few spectacular shots, but general good playing with fast passing and many interceptions. The Garnettes ended their season with a record of four wins and three losses. The season will not be unofficially over until the faculty game, Tuesday, April 5. Spring Schedules TENNIS April 6—Moravian, horn*. April o—Army, away. April 13—Navy, away. April 16—La Salle, home. April 30—Lafayette, away. April 38—Drexel, away. April 37—Muhlenberg, away. April 30—West Chester, home. May 4—Ursinue, away. May 7—Lehigh, horn*. May 11—Delaware, away. May 14—Haverford, home. May 18—Pennsylvania, away. May 31—Temple, home. Coach: Xdwln J. Faulkner. Captain: Richard Klrschner. GOLF April a—Franklin and Marshall, away. April B—Army,8—Army, away. April 13—La Sail*, home. April 16—Lehigh, home. April 33—Lafayette, away . April 38—Pennsylvania, home. May 4—Urslnus, away. May fl—Drexel, home. May 11—Delaware, home. May 18—Haverford, away. Coach: Samuel Bckerd Captain: David Armlngton BASEBALL April 6—P. M. 0.. away. AprU 9—Army, away. AprU 18—Moravian, home. AprU 14—Perm State, home. April 16—Pennsylvania, home. AprU 23—John* Hopklna .away. AprU 87—La BaUe, away. AprU 03—Uralnua, home. May 4—Delaware, away. May 7—Muhlenberg, borne. May 11—Drexel, home. May 34—Haverford, away. -' May 18—Franklin and Marshall. away. May 21—Lehigh, home. Coach: Robert H. Dunn. Captain: Edward Mahler LACROSSE April o—Johns Hopklna, away. AprU 13—Washington College, home. AprU 10—Lehigh, home. AprU 33—Stevens Institute, home. AprU 27—Drexel, away. AprU 30—Pennsylvania, home. May 7—Loyola, away. May 11—West Cheater, away. May 14—Delaware, home. May 31—Navy, away. Coach: Avery F. Blake. Captain: Stafford Mats. TRACK AprU 9—La Salle, away. AprU 10—Lehigh and Temple, home. AprU 33—Lafayette, away. AprU 30—Open. AprU 30—Penn Relays, away. May B—Delaware, home. May 7—Haverford, home. May 10—Drexel and Uralnua, CollegevUle.May 34—Middle Atlantloa, Gettysburg.May 31—Neighborhood Meet, home. Coach: Albert Barron. Captain: Heine Valtln. THI SWARTHMORE PHOINIX Thursday, March 24, 1949 NiM Tennis . • . (Continued from Page Eight) Scortjcard . . . Baseball . . . (Continued from Page Eight) (Continued from Page Eight) SWARTHHORJE BeWy. t «' »• P. Pott, t Weston, t Spook, t HSUTO awtt, g .... f Totals AX. Davis, t Oudln, t t Buoff. t ...... Krlebei, e .. Wltman, g .... Anlian, g , Bieber, g Halftlme: Alb BRIGHT O. P. rjpht. 39-10. 10 46 P. 11 12 8 ia 7 0 0 7 Basketball Summary « '•••rT- f*«to T.r. Eul&S* » »» "2 41 490 Dick Hall ... 21 m in m Bonr Pott ... Dick bray ... Donald Cooper Back Garrett . JIM Weston ... Arthur Lewis .. Wafly Francis . BUI Spook .... Others ..81 66 40 64 178 ..81 48 33 46 180 .. 18 IS 7 4 31 .. 81 10 10 43 30 ..18 7 1 8 18 ..18 8 3 10 .18 ..13 3 8 8 8 .. 7 8 8 8 8 Tmm Totals .... 448 898 soi im Opponents' Totals 451 1M 4081101 sdƒdfsd LITTLE THINGS about the STARS BY LILLEY «H .*** sS fm 72 m \1 * tti PIKVT NATIONAL |DXeDV Sfb«*f 4 lain dbu UAUa.I vP%ktWDrTDi« LAST ISO YIAM/ •KCKON RAPIO .WITM AD H«ll QOtXXffK CCHCCK VOVtt. «TATTION I GIRLS! ENTER THE NATIONAL "MISS COED" CONTEST Swarthmore's winner goes to national fudging. Winner to appoar on Chesterfield Suppor Club. Got four Glamour Ncturmg Taken Ovor Vacation
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Welsh Chorus Plans For April Collection The Welsh Chorus, under the supervision of Walter White, will sing in Collection April 21. The group of fourteen men, Kinging Welsh hymns and folk songs, will appear at the NSA Culturale April 22 DISS. Parry Jones instructs the men in Welsh pronunciation, which they are learning by rote. Future«plans include Russian music plus SN cuttings. There is a possibility that the Chorus will sing over television. Outers Go All Out After a very successful squaredance on Saturday night, nineteen , members of the Outing Club sallied forth last Sunday morning on a quest for traces of the old railroad which ran through the Licper estate, and came back triumphant. They not only found traces of the bed and some old, old ties, but also a sign put up by a historical society, which made the outing a worthy expedition. The Ousters' next venture was on .WSGA week-end, when they sponsored the girl-asks-boy-andtakes initiative hayride. 10 THE SWARTHMORE PHOENIX Thursday, March 24, 1949 Classics Club The Classics Club gave a dinner last Wednesday night at the Neuk to precede a talk on paleography given by Miss Cobbs. This topic involved the problems which arise in the reading of old manuscripts as a result of the various abbreviations used by the medieval scribes. Miss North and Mr. and Mrs. Shero were also present to hear Miss Cobbs. ; HARVARD SUMMER SCHOOL OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND EDUCATION 1 949 Eight - week Courses: July s—August 27 Six-weak Courses: July s—August 13 Coeducational - Graduate and Undergraduate Courses Veterans may enroll under G.I. Bill Dormitory Accommodations and Cafeteria Service Address: Department G, 9 Wodswortti House Harvard University Cambridge 38, Massachusetts Ui W MS Chesterfield "There is nothing like a MILD, cool smoke-that's why I smoke Chesterfields." I/*S~ STARRING IN "FAMILY HONEYMOON" A UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION %o^l/ 3C D fVv m '' Wwpt1 m I WEtICA ''re* GO*tD0Nx -—'c'ocrre//e// Make YOURS the MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS SMOKE CHESTERFIELDS THAN ANY OTHER CIGARETTE BY LATEST NATIONAL SURVEY CoOTi||kt 1M», Uoorrr t Mw Taucco Dp
