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ONNECTICUT OLLEGE EWSVol. 31 No. 17 7

New London, Connecticut, Wednesday, March 27, 1946 5c per copy

Infirmary Fund Approaches CC Flying Club To Upperclassmen Invited to$100,000 Mark With New Gifts Have CAPOfficial ~rosh-Soph Weekend Lecturesby Nellie Hasson and can begin. There still remains a As G t S k Thr T lk PI dEdIth ManaSevit void in the fund which must be ues pea er ee a s anneAt noon on March 25, the In- lilled by further donations. Presi- .. !NewDates Announced To Aid Students inary fund as a whole, includ- dent Blunt emphasizes again the All students interested 10 fiying 0 F' Art Weekend D .. M'

~m actual and promised dona- neceasfty fo~ ~~ude!1tsto assume are invited to the firat meeting of n. rve S. . etermU:llng. aJorsl~g constituted $99,437.53, with the responslblhty m. forwarding Co n n ec tic u t' 5 newly-organized FIVe Arts we~kend 15 ~ow ThIS year again, during the fi.rstnons, the fund. As the spnng vacation' .. . scheduled .for Fnday evening, week after return from spnng$10475 of the above amount rep- approach th t d flymg club, which Will be held In April 26 through saturday . .. Ish d .' _. es e s u ents are th t' f F ., vacation a distmgu e trto,resenting ccntrfbutions from the asked. to explain t the! e commu ers room 0 anmng afternoon April 27. The Sat- ' . h ed

d S· 0 err parents hall on Wednesday April 3 at 7' highly conversant wit recent _parents of undergra uates. rnce the necessity and benefits of the 1:- • '. ' urday afternoon program . . Ideek's article was written new i fi d I p.rre Mrs. Irving Tier, of Chesh. will take place in the muse- ucattonal experiments and leas,

last ~ th eed for contribu them Ic rmdarY't· an hapPhroa<:hire, Conn., will be the speaker. urn This is a correction of has agreed to visit the college, tostressmg en· or ona IOns w IC will M 11· t t dl Ii . d di d·ff t. fi th make it d . rs. er IS an ou s an mg g- the last dates which were lecture an ISCUSS 1 eren as-nons for the new In rmary, ere s spee y construction pos- ure in aviation She is the only . . t f thei f ld f I lngh . tl sible . printed In News. pec s 0 err e s ° earrun.

has been an ent usias ICresponse . :voman !o. hol~ the rank of ,major Although this week, followingfrom several sources. A generous In the Civil Air Patrol and IS also last year's scheme will be knowngift of $5,000 has been promised College Orchestra a wing staff officer in that organ- MI'ssRamsay Shows as Freshman.Sophomore week.by a friend of the college. In ad- Izatlon. A pioneer In the field, she - - II d . ed t id t

h Ii hI f orlgma y eSlgn 0 al s u-dition seven parents of under- P E II as own er own pane or R I t' f Ma· .. 'ff' h h resents. xce ent many years and has an airport on e a Ion 0 Jor dents 10 learmng about dl erent

graduates, amon~ t te~ ~t:~r- her farm She has flown in the fields of interest and in choosingents of the presl en 0 u, ent Classic I P Word transcontinental air races, To Future Career majors, it also offers a flne oppor-Government and the News edItor, • a rogram and her part in aviation parallels tunity for the ~:ltire college to behave added to. th~ fund. Several by Rita Hursh the history of flying itself. Miss As a part of the program of able to hear these men. They are

t a Freshman-Sophomore week, Missstudent orgamza IOns ~n c mpus The annual concert of the Con. Elise 0. wen, formerly of the W.at. all experts in their fields, and area&.~l ded th h I f I f h h b Alice Ramsay of the personnel of-hav..........s~ respon WI. e p u necticut college orchestra, eiven ,ord ~rport" W 0 .as een act.ve flce, will speak to the freshman known to give both informative

contributIOns. Monday mght, the Thursday night at Holmes hali, In. encou.ragmg flylOg at Connec- t t and thought.provoklng lectures,t II I b t t th and sophomore classes a mee-$100 obtained from the joint choir proved. to be one of the most en. Hcu '. WI a so e presen a e ings to be held on April 10 and 11. Juniors, seniors, and faculty will

concert was presented at the joyable of the smaller COncerts of meetIng. respectively. Both meetings are also be interested in the contentchoir coffee to President Blunt for the season. Credit for the per- Short Business Meeting scheduled for 6:45 in Bill hall. of the lectures, and in the educa-the Infirmary fund. 'News' has al- formance goes first of all to Mrs. On the following day, Thurs· The meetings, two of several tional i~eas presented. , Facu.ttyso contributed. Eleanor Cranz, the conductor. day, April 4, at 5:15 p,m., a short included in freshman.sophomore are. remmded that. a diSCUSSionS ti S business meeting will be held to week, concern the relationship of perIOd for them Will follow eachugges on With such a limited instrumenta·. lecturePresident Blunt and Miss Har- tion, the choice of compositions is elect officers for th~ commg year college to after·college interests, .. ,·sl·tedthe new Hartford hos- and to plan the wrl te-up for the such as jobs, families, and home Social SciencesrIS v naturally small, but Mrs. Cranz 'c' h d k T . I d l·f M· R ·11 1 d·Pitallflst week to confer with its an bo? entattve,y n.am~ 1 e, ISS am say WI a so IS' The first division of the .curri~.director, Dr. Allen, who is advis· chose those, mostly classical in the Aerowtts, the orgamzatlon IS cuss the problem of choosing a ulum to be represe,nted 10 thiSiog the college on interior plans nature, which were varied enough ope~ to all st~qent.s ~ho are at major intelligently. The taJkoswill year's series is that of the socialof the new infirmary_ They pre- to make the program interesting. ~ll1nterested In aVIation, regard· be based on the facts and infor· sciences. President Wilbur K. Jor-viously visited the Wellesley and Under her skillful direction the less of whether or not they ac- mation gleaned from college dan of Radcliffe college will openVassar infirmaries and the Coast hard working members gave a tuaJly fly. alumnae groups, the week with a lecture in theGuard sick bay to obtain helpful well-balanced performance, auditorium at 7 p,m. on Monday,suggestions and ideas. Mozart April 8, President ~ordan ~nowsThe total contributions to the D;ve Arts TY7eekend In cIud es students' needs and mterests well,

Infirmary fund, although gradu- Of the orchestral compositions. ~l II W l having t~ugh~ until 19.43 at Har-ally growing, at present amounts the two movements from the Yard umversIty, ScrIpps an?to only one·third of the sum Symphony in D Major by Mozart Student Work in Many Fields Claremont colleges, and the Um·needed before actual construction were performed the best. Al- verslty of ChIcago, where he wa,s

though the most difficult of the Five Arts Weekend, which in der its new dir~ctor, Miss Ruth also general editor of the Univer-works presented, and certainly a sity Press. Dr, Jordan' is an his-two years has already assumed Bloomer.great undertaking for so small a torian, the author of several

an important place in Connecti- The college is particularly for· f fgroup, the orchestra's interpreta· studies 0 the development 0 re-tion and technique were best cut c;ollege tradition, will be pre- tunate in having Francis Taylor, ligious toleration in England, andshown in this work. The girls' sented this year on April 26 and Director of the Metropolitan Mu· of a recent book, Men of Sub-ability to grasp the Mozart feel· 27 under the chairmanship of seum of Art as the guest for this stance, published in 1942.iog in the stately Andante and Miss Dorothy Bethurum. The stu· year. Mr. Taylor will conduct an On the following day, Tuesday,the brisk Finale was noticed here dent committee is made up of informal discussion of Trends in See "Lecture"-Page 6more than in the other composi· Ruth Colcord '47, ,Marjorie Far- Contemporary Art, on Saturday

Th 5t h F t d reI '47, Vir.ginia Pearson' '46, Su-lions. e ep en os er me - morning.1 Old F Ik Q d 'lles also san Rippey '47, Edna Mae Wan-ey, 0 s ua rl , 'h 6 F'nol Eventwas interpreted skillfully by the der '47, and Priscilla Wng t '4. LOoa.

orchestra which entered into the The weekend is designed to The final event of the weekendhumorous character of the Foster provide a unified outlet for cre' will take place Saturday after-melodies. ative work on campus, and to en- noon, April 27, in the Lyman AI·

" courage further original work by Iyn museum. In these delightfulSmall Ensembles ~tudents in the fields of art, surroundings, student art will beBesides the orchestral part of dance, drama, music, and poetry. exhibited and a program of music

the program, there were several It was first undertaken in 1944. and poetry will be given. The de-compositions played by small en· Mrs. Josephine Ray served as act· partment of art will serve tea aft-sembles. The first of these was ing chairman and Miss Bethurum er the program, bringing the 1946Martha Alter's Romance for oboe, as honorary chairman. The event Five Arts weekend to its officialcello and piano, A distinctive included an exhibition of student close. The exhibition of studentmood piece, it was well suited to art, a dance recital, and a pro- art at the museum, however, willhaunting quality of the oboe, the gram of student music and po· be open through Sunday.somberness of the cello, and the etry. It was climaxed by a lee· The offerings of the various de.clear tones of the piano. Each of ture by Virgil Thompson, noted partrnents will be described in de-the participants contributed in music critic, and the first per- tail in subsequent issues of News.making this one of the most ?ut- formance of "The Island of Lo· General plans for the weekendstanding moments of the evemng. Iii," an operetta written by two are complete, and much of theThe oboe and the cello were seniors, student material is in, but stu·played expertly by Shirley C?r. Increase in Creative Activity dents who have not yet submittedthell and Mary Jane Coons. Rita anything are urged to take ad.Hursh played the piano. The, sue· After so auspicious a begin· vantage of this opportunity ascess of the next two selectIOns, ning, it was gratifying to find soon ~ possible, It is y~ur week-Duetto by Haydn and Sonata No. that Five Arts weekend in its sec· end!3 by Loeillet, was due to th~ ~n. ond year showed a J)1arked in-ished performance of the VIOlin- crease in student activity in theists, !jelen Mae Knafel an~ Mari· creative arts, More than 150 stu·on Walker, Helen Crumrme, an· dents took part in the three-pro·other of the soloists, played the gram event under the chairman·flute skillfully in the Muffat ship of Miss Martha Alter. Two

round·table discussions took theGi~~~, all the members of ,the or· place of a lormal lecture, withchestra as well as the solOIStSde- Kenneth Bates in the field of art,serve mention for their fine pe~- and Normand Lockwood in mu·formance: Jeanne Harold, Man· sic.

L J Five Arts weekend this yearlyn Watson, Marion u~e, oanWilmarth Marjorie Collms, Bar- will begin on Friday evening,bara Hob~on, and ~arriet Tinker. April 26, with the presentation QfLet's hope that durmg next y,ear an original drama and a dance

f th se enJoy program. This will be the firstwe can have more 0 e - formal recital of Dance Group un.able programs,

CCTo Be Scene ofFood Panel Apr. 6Discussions and talks about

present·day food and nutritionproblems will be the principalevents of the cOl)ference of theDivision of Foods and Nutritionof the Connecticut Home Eco-nomics association, which will beheld at Connecticut college onApril 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in room 113, New London hallThe visiting speakers at the

conference will be Helen L, John·son, acting chief nutritionist ofthe State Department of Health,Whose subject will be WhereDoes Connecticut Stand in theEnrichment Program?; Edith.. M.Cushman, in charge of the schoollunch program for Connecticut,Whose SUbject will be A Reviewof the Connecticut High SchoolLunch Program; and Mary L.Greenwood, professor of homeeconomics at the University ofConnecticut, whose subject willbe Some Recent Research inF'oods and Nutrition. .. Other events of the conferenceWill inclUde informal discussions,an exhibit of current food and nu,trition material,. and a movie to:be shawn after lunch.All interested faculty members

and stUdents are invited to attend. Notify Powerhouse ofAny Arbor~tum FiresIf anone sees smoke indi-

cating fire in the arboretum,she should notify the powerhouse immediately, The sig·nal for the volunteers whoare organized for putting outarboretum fires will be theringing of class. bells ingroups of three in the dormi-tories,

Zoo Major MeetingTo Be Fri.~April 5

Freshman Class Meetin~On Wednesday, April 3·The freShmen will hold a classIlleeting in Bill hall at 5:15 on~ednesday. April 3, At that time.Iey plan to nominate and elect~~ss officers for 1947. Miss Kath·~Ine Noyes, dean of freshmen,c ~ be present to explain the pro·,: ure for Freshman.Sophomoreeek, Apnl 8.12.

A meeting for all students ma-joring in zoology will be held onFriday, Aprll 5.Marion Drasher '44 will be one

of the speakers, A zoo major hereat Connecticut, she worked at theJackson Memorial laboratoriesfor cancer research on MountDesert Island, Bar Harbor, Maine.Miss Drasher received her mas·ter's degree in endocrinology atthe University of Wisconsin, andshe now is working in the Has-kins laboratory in New York city.Miss Drasher, who will speak onmouse mammary tumor prob·lems, has said that her work hasbeen an "excellent example ofhow fields of endocrinology, gen-etics, immunology, and bacteriol-ogy can be marshalled to worktogether towards a single objective."The other speaker at the meet·

ing will be Mary Hall '41, who re-ceived her master's degree inphysiology at Yale, She is now inher third year at the Albany Medicall school, and plans to speakabout her work as a medical student. Mary was Phi Beta Kappaand did honors work on the nervous system in her senior year.There will be a chance for the

zoology majors to meet thesespeakers at a coffee at 7:00 in thecommuters' room. The talks willbegin at 7:45 in New London hallroom 113.

CONNECTICVT COLLEGE NEWSWednesday, Ma.ch

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The ews Begins Another Year

An EditorialWith the changing of staffs this' week the

News begins another year of recording the life ofConnecticut college. We who have taken over thisresponsibility realize just how great a respcnsibll-ity it is, and sincerely hope that we will succeed inour ambition to record the events of the ensuingmonths faithfully and accurately.

We feel that we have been well-trained for ourjob, for those who taught us-the members of theoutgoing staff-knew it well; but we know, too,that we have much to learn. Doubtless we willmake mistakes, and probably there will be manyoccasions when we will receive, and deserve, thecriticism of the members of the college commun-ity. We will receive such criticism gratefully, forwe know that from it we can learn how to servethe college better. We hope, too, that such crttt.cism will be made directly to us so that we canmake immediate use of it.

F..ee SpeechDear Editor:The amount which has been contributed to the

Infirmary fund at this moment is a little short of$100,000, less than half of the amount necessary toerect and furnish the new building. The gifts arecoming in constantly but they are not coming infast enough to warrant breaking ground as soonas it was hoped. It seems that for the most partparents of .the students haven't come through.Why? Because the students haven't told themhow ·tp.dly an on-campus infirmary is needed atConnecticut and because they have no idea howfunctional and magnificent the new building willbe. They don't know how many students neglectgoing to the present infirmary when they 'shouldbecause "it's too far to walk." Triey don't knowhow well the new building will be able to handleeverything from the annual crop of epidemics and'contagious diseases to the common cold. Theydon't know that the building will include beds for21, a solarium where more beds can be placed in anemergency, a wing which can be closed off for cantagious diseases, and an out-patient dispensary.Plans have already been made for a new recrp-

ation building and other new buildings but these

Sincerely,Bryna Samuels '46

In reflecting the varied opinions on campusand political matters which we encounter, we willendeavor to be accurate and just; and when westate our own opinions on such matters they willbe opinions carefully weighed and considered. Ourtone will be basically liberal, for we feel that thatis the prevailing tenor of the campus.To our guardian angels-Ginny and Jerry An-

derson-we offer sincere thanks for their help inthe past, and all that we know they will do for usIn the future.

And our thanks go, too, to the members of theoutgoing staff, for all that they taught us, for thepleasure we had in working with them, and for thehigh standards they have set for us. We will missthem.This will be another wonderful year, we know.

We shall enjoy recording it.

cannot be built before the completion of the newinfirmary.

So, on behalf of President Blunt, I would liketo ask the students to speak to their dads aboutthe new infirmary when they go home for springvacation tomorrow. And if they're not going home,would they please write.

CONNECfICUT .UPS

I'll clo 'IT''.

Dear Editor,The student drive to relieve the food situation

in Europe has proved very successful. By havingsimple meals, students have saved a total of $430to be sent to Europe. Although considerable, thissaving will not go very far. Suggestions for con-tinuing this noble effort after sprtng vacation havealready been offered. Among them are giving updesserts, and having smaller quantities of foods Thursday, March '28containing wheat and fats, the substances most de- Spring recess begins ..sired for shipment abroad. To be successful, any Tuesday, April 2plan of action which is chosen must have student Spring recess endsbacking. Through a united, unselfish effort, a sub- .stantial contribution can be made to world peace IWed!lesday, AprIl 3Freshman Class Meeting

Flying ciuo, Nancy Tier,by building sound minds and bodies. Are you will-ing to give your support? •

Mary Meagher '49

Liberals Protest Domination IOf Atomic Power by the Army

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?What d~YOUThink •by Grace Lurton, Betty Leslie

Do you think Connecticut collegeshould have courses in drama and

possibly a drama major?

Ada Maislen '47: Drama coursesseem necessary for a rounded-out liberal arts curriculum. ButI don't think they should be of-fered unless the student bodygives them good support.

Edith Aschafl'enburg '48: Dramacourses would be appreciatedby more students if the prere-quisites were lowered. Persorl-ally, I would like to see moreoppor-tunity for (learning theropes backstage and studyingtechnique of stage manage-ment.

Betts Johnston '49: Even if only afew students elect dramacourses, they should be in-cluded in the curriculum. If thefield were open to more people,popular interest would grow.Joan Brower '47: People inter-ested in dramatics should havea way for developing their abil-ities.

Barbara Cowgil 149: Dramacourses are an essential part ofa college education. A beautifulauditorium with so many possi-bilities for good dramatic pro-ductions goes to waste whendrama courses are offered onlyto the minority. Drop the num-ber of prerequisite courses andlet's have some wholeheartedparticipation.

Mary Lou Brainard '49:, I thinkthat these courses should beopen to underclassmen. Only bydoing away with some of themany requirements will we beable to take advantage of thisopportunity.

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. 7:00, Commuters Room

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Wednesday, April 10Organ Recital.

......8:00. Gym

... 5:15, Chapel

Thursday, April 4Poetry Reading. 5 :15, Auditorium 202Junior Class Meettng ... 5:15, Bill 106Flying Club. . 5:15. Fannisg 301Freshman Class Meeting _ 6:45, Bill 106Home Economics Club Meeting __. 7:00, New London 411

Friday, April 5Junior Class Meeting.

Saturday, April 6CCOC Square Dance

Sunday, April 7Vespers

Monday, April 8Fr-eshman-Sophomore WeekLecture·on Social Sciences, Pres. Wilbur 1(. Jordan, Radcliffe .....

............................................, _... 7 :00, AuditoriumTuesday, April 9 •Lecture on Natural Sciences, Professor George Wald, Harvard

_."... 4 :20, Auditorium

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army be at odds with the verymen who made the "bomb pos-sible? A heavy percentage of keymen have already begun to desertgovernment service in the field ofatomic study because of the pres-ent secrecy requirements whichhamper freedom of science. Tomention just one example: At therecent Atlantic City conference,N. J. Curtis and J. D. Teresi ofthe Clinton laboratory at OakRidge were prepared to present apaper on the effect of slow neu-trals on living bodies, after hav-ing been gran ted army permis-sion. At the very last minute per-mission to deliver the addresswas revoked. This' is the samesort of suppression of scientificinformation to which we maylook forward if we allow passageof the Vandenberg amendment.The army has no right to reaehout into all related fields of atom-ic energy which, of course, meansevery aspect of science. It hasshown itself decidedly inept in itshandling of the problem of transi-tion from wartime atom bombproduction to peacetime atomicresearch.At this time it is our duty to ex-See "Atomic Ene'l'gy"-Page 4

by Julia CooperToday' we are confronted with

a choice that will determine thefate of history. It is within ourpower-yours and mine-e-tc de-cide between self-destruction andan era of peace and unsurpassedmaterial progress. We mustchoose life and advancement, anddemand the development and ap-plication of atomic energy undercivilian control.This is proposed in the McMa-

hon bill which calls for the estab-lishment of a civilian commissionfree! from military. domination.The bill reflects the view thatatomic energy should be directedtoward peacetime pursuits and beemployed for world good, ratherthan merely for the security ofthe U.S. In the light of presentnotes of international discord it isabsolutely imperative that weadopt and support the McMahonbill in order to assure the worldthat we are sincerely planningand thinking in terms of peace.8Ul RobbedUnfortunately, the bill has been

mercilessly robbed. of its originalpurpose by Senator Vandenberg'samendment which, if passed byCongress, would establish withinthe framework of the commissiona military body; with the broadpower of making recommenda-tions aimed at strengthening na-tional defense. In effect the boardwould be subject to military dom-ination. It would serve to com-promise any attempt to avoid theuse of atomic energy for destruc-tive purposes. This placement of Wednesday, March 27 7:30 p.m.an offiCIal label of secrecy on a I 'U. S. bomp.building program Department of Music. Misswould undoubtedly destroy effec. Martha Alter, Music of the Strat-tive cooperation within the U. N. osphere-Martha ~lter: Througho Space, Through Time, Beyond.

If we survey atomic energy as Thursday, l\-{arch 28, 3:45 p.m.It now stands under military con· YOUR SCHOOLS PRESENT.trol 'we can see the unforgivable BuIkeley High SchooL Membersineffciency and blackout of scien· of the Masque and Gavel Dramat.titic information. Why should the ic club. Sky Fodder, a play.

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EDITORIAL STAFEEditor-in-Chief: Sally Radovsky '47 '48

Ass?Clate .Editor: Anne Ferguson '47 Inanaging Editor: Roberta Mackey '48Senior Editor: Ellen Hasson '47 'Fea~re Editor: Rita Bursh '48News Editor: ~ris Herbits '48 Exchange Editor: Gloria Reade

President's. Reporter: Ed!th Manasevit '49 rte-Department ~(litors: Art Editor: Jane Cope '47' Sports Editor: sallY Whhead, '49; MUS1CEditor: Shirley Nichol son-tag. ' • hodaReporters: Helene Sulzer '48 Jean Hemmerly '47 Bettsey McKey '47, R rnaMeltzer '~9, Claire Willard ;49, June Williams '47. Betty Leslie '4?, N8~rolJohns?n 49, Grace Lurton 49, Marjorie Byck '49, Janice Braley 49, aretJaffa 49"Mary Meagher '49 Naomi Gaberman '49 Jan Coakley '49hMarg '48.Farnsworth '49, Barbara GiraUd '47, Julia Cooper '47, Elizabeth Lett _R~SSProof Readers: ~etty Barry '47, Janice Damery '47, Sally carpente~ 48.Art Sta:ff: Jean Abernathy '47, Jean Stannard '47, Joan somerbY 47.

BUSINESS STAFFBusiness lfIanager: Vera Jezek '47 arter

~~siness Sta:ff: Su~ Studner '47, Lucy Keating '48, Kitty Wile '47, Je~n ~utler, ' Mary Bento:n 49 Selma Weiner '49 Ann Shellabarger '49, Conn e49, Norma Gabmnell1 '49, Zelda Stolitzky '47.

Advertising l\1an-agers: Marie Hickey '47 Gertrude Otis '47 e '49,Advertising Staff: Janice Warren '47 Ginny Gi'esen '48 Jennifer Judgn '47,Frances O'Neil '49, L~ura Allen '49 Nancy YeaO'her '47 Marna SeaI1laBetty Barry '47. ,...'

Circulation Managers: Dorothy Dismukes '47 Edith Lechner '4\s '48Clrculatlon'Staff: Jane Sapinsley '47 Patricia Robinson '47 DorothY I~g 1n'49,Jane Gard~-er '48, Jean Gregory '4?: Mary Lou Coleman '4'8, Carol v..'lsOef\'Ilg1<49uthchKatz49, Mary Lou Brainard '49 Minette Goldsmith '49, Georg1aG

arlotte McCorklndale '49. •

Wednesday, March 27, 1946 Page ThreeCONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEWS

Versatile Phi-Betes Work Hard, Play Hard;Knitting, Jazz, 11p.m. Curfews, Sports andConcentrating Powers Add Up to Brilliance

Of Cabbages and Thingsby Bett8ey McKey '47

than the first-and the bones.when you pull the skeleton fromthe corner of the closet, rattlequite loudly. This includes a vari-ety of things, all of which cannotbe enumerated, but the nature ofwhich can be seen by a few exam-ples: "it would have been nice tohave written so-and-so," "Great-aunt Hezekiah might have gottena bang out of a birthday card," "Iwonder what that lecturer said?Well, I'll hear something aboutIt-" or, "I hear bells ringing-must be vespers-maybe I'll- go-Oh! so you're going into Black-wood-let's see, five clubs-"Now a skeleton in a closet is arather useless thing-hauled out,however, it can provide quite abit of activity. You can dust offthe bones-and if the rattle dis-turbs you enough you can throwit out altogether. You can re-trieve Janie Gulch's blouse fromits dingy corner, you can emptythe ashtray and read the book.you can take the shoes down tothe cobbler and f1.ndout that theyare going to look quite well withthe new Easter suit, and you cango, sometime, and find out justwhat the bells 'are ringing for,and if they ring .for exactly thesame' thing every Sunday eve-ning.Spring is a good time for house-

cleaning, and the skeletons in thecloset like to gambol around withthe flrst robin as much as you do.

Spring is a. good time for house-Icleaning; housecleaning is a goodtime to haul the year's accumula-tion of skeletons out of the dim.

Iforgotten recesses of desk andcloset, bureau drawer and brain.These skeletons are generally ortwo kinds: things done and donebadly, and things contemplatedand not done at all.The first type encompasses

such items as the blouse bor-rowed from Janie Gulch Army-Navy weekend and u~ed as a dust-rag ever since, and Hie determina-tion to read as manifested in thebook painfully gleaned from thestacks and now reposing on thedesk under an ashtray, which, tojudge from the height of the pileof cigarette butts, hasn't been dis-turbed for a long time by theeager reaching of a book-seeker'shand. Also among the items In-cluded in this first type of skele-ton is the pair of shoes whichneeds reheeling, but which hasbeen languishing in the box laobelled "Cobbler" ever since theday you returned from Christmasvacation and turned your ankleon the curb.The second type Of skeleton is,

in the case of some people, larger

HARRIET KUHN '46 POLLY GARLAND '46BARBARA RUBENOFF '46

by Norma JohnsonPhi Beta Kappa is the hopeful

dream of many aspiring under-classmen. To Nancy Faulkner,Polly Garland and Juanita Guru-cita, members of the class of '46,this dream has become a reality.Nancy Faulkner discussed her

plans for the future in a roomthat told more than words couldabout the "eccentricities of a gen-ius." Jazz records are playingconstantly and surrealistic paint-ings occupy a good deal of spacein NanfY's room. One would haveto look pretty hard to find thefurniture, which is covered com-pletely with four years of accum-ulation of college mementoes.For the RecordNancy is an art major and

plans to do summer theater scen-ery on the Cape during the sum- NANCY FAULKNER '46mer months. Come fall, shehopes to be doing layout work fera fashion magazine. During her ly Garland. Polly is a Germancollege career, Nancy was active major. She came here in herin basketball, hockey, directed the sophomore year from Wheaton,class of '46 Competitive plays for and began her college career infour years, was vice president of Emily Abbey. She spent a year inher sophomore class, headed a Washington working for the Warjazz concert, worked on scenery department and came back tofor Wig and Candle, was on the Connecticut for the summer term.reading committee for Wig and While Polly was in Washington,Candle, and was editor of Koine she took a few courses at Georgethis year. Nancy loves jazz-the Washington university. Duringkind that migrated from New Or- her college career, Polly has beenleans 'to Greenwich Village-and in the choir, U.S.S.A., and headedsurrealistic painting. Her ambi- the cooperative drive in New Lon-tion is to go to the Mardi Gras to don this year. Right now, Pollyhear the jazz and celebrate for has a distinct interest in playingthree weeks! Ultimately, she the organ.hopes to "wander around the Polly will become a Mrs. inworld looking for an honest September and will work in Bos-man." ton where her husband will beUnder the heading of "she's I finishing his last year at M.LT.

lively, she's engaged:' comes Pol- See "Johnson"-Page 4,

UNO Is SupportedByRussia, SimmonsDeclares at Convo

The style, ideals, and opinionsof the poetry of Rainer MariaRilke, one of the greater Germanpoets, was discussed by Dr. Rose-mary Park, head of the Germandepartment, at the open house inthe Palmer room of the library onThursday, March 21. This lectureis one of the series of facultytalks on modern literature spon-sored by the library and the book-shop. ~It is obvious in Rilke's verse

that the poet creates distancearound an object, no matter howcommon the object may be, MissPark said. This distance seems toform an obstacle which the poettried to overcome throughout hislife time. That desire ~o overcomedistance is shown by Rilke's in-terest in the mysticism of theRussian peasant, the speaker con-tinued. It is also evident in hispoetry, written during the firstmonths of World War I, in whichhe pictured the whole populationof the world as being under theinfluence of a warlike God, MissPark stated.In his last poems, Rilke was

still trying to find the answer tothe problem "what is the place ofthe human being in the universe,"Miss Park declared. He f1.nallyconcluded that the reality be-neath the surface of everythingin our lives is important realityof human life, and that that real-ity is one of the most difficulttruths to find.Miss Park added to the effec-

tiveness of her lecture by readingexcerpts from the English trans-lation of Rilke's poetry. Sheclosed by reading from Rilke's"Duino Elegies."

Eight students elected to PhiBeta Kappa this semester werehonored on Tuesday in Palmerauditorium at the special convo-cation marking the first Phi BetaKappa day at Connecticut college.These are Nancy Faulkner, Pris-cilla Garland, Juanita Guruceta,Susanne Hannoch, Harriet Kuhn,Barbara Ru ben of f, BarbaraThompson who was graduated inJune, and Constance HopkinsHyslop who was graduated inSeptember. Dr. Rosemary Park,president of the Delta chapter,conducted the initiation ceremonyin Knowlton house immediately'after the lecture.Dr. Simmons, Slavic language

head at Cornell, told the convoca-tion audience that an historical •approach to the present crisiswill show that Russia gives fullsupport to the UNO. It is wrongto accuse a nation whose pastwork in the League is a recordfor the future, he said. Educationabout Russia in the United Statesand Russian education about theUnited States would lead to un-derstanding and the abolition offear.Russia's sensitiveness in policy

is caused, Dr. Simmons said, bythe fear of war. In 1919 she wasthrust into isolation and sur-rounded by aggressive. nations.Her fear of war later material-ized. Russia's present actions inIran were preceded in the UnitedStates by auspicions, talk of war,and defense preparations againstRussia. Russia again fears war,he added.Power politics have again re-

placed international cooperation,Dr. Simmons said. lThe UnitedStates has committed herself tointernational politics. Russia hasprojected her influence into Eur-ope and Asia. This shifts the pow-er to eastern Europe.Capitalist imperialism led by

the United States opposes social-ist imperialism led by Russia, Dr.Simmons declared.' All countriesare playing the game of powerpolitics and are equally guilty,but Russia is played up becauseshe is blunt in her methods andbecause she is a communist coun-try, Dr. Simmons said.

SUSAN HANNOCH '46

by Babs GfraudThe idea that a Phi Bete mustbe of the "long haired professor,"bespectacled, and buried five feetdeep in books, variety of personis entirely erroneous-as isproved by four of the newlyelected members 'Of that illustri-ous society.One glance at Harriet Kuhn,better known as Kuhnn, willserve to shake off the old stereo-typed picture. She's one of thosegirls who does not have to workat night-thus leaving time topursue her hobbies, which includeknitting, listening/ to music. (Gershwin preferred), and aboveall, seeing all the movies in town.This latter activity being indulgedin at least three times a week.This, together with a pursuit ofmovie magazines, makes Kuhnnyquite an authority on the latestfrom Hollywood. Besides an in-terest in Spanish, in which she ismajoring, Kuhnny has partici-pated in the choir, Student-Facul-ty forum, Connecticut College ra-dio, and dramatics. If you're look-ing for the formula to success,Kuhnny's your example. MaybeIt can be attributed to her non-~ef?etable diet, or her passion forunrtating, or her good sense of

See "Glraudv-r-Pug'e 6

Wig and Candle Reaps HonorsWith Ibsen's ~ADoll's House'

by Anne FergusonIn Wig and Candle's spring pre-

sentation, Isben's A Doll's House,rJeg Healy played with great sub-tlety and grace the leading role ofNorma Helmer, the delightfullyirresponsible do l lw ife whochanges throughout the play and.finally emerges as ora, the freewoman. She interpreted the com-plexities of Nora's somewhat en-igmatic character with delicacy;and Joan Jacobson as Mrs. Lin-den was effective as the stern andembittered foil to Nora's carefreejoie de vivre.The part of Nils Krogstad, the"villain," was read by SheldonRoss due to the illness of Mr.Bouvier. He is to be commendedon his reassuringly calm and coolperformance. Robert Hogg as Dr.Rank gave a sympathetic andforceful interpretation of the oldfriend of the Helmers. His han-dling of the scene in which hetakes leave of Nora and Torvald

See uFerguson"-Page 4

by Dr. Catherine OakesFor some time now our college

community has had reason to feelsatisfaction and pleasure in thequickening spirit of Wig and Can-dle. Early in March one of o.urcompetitive plays stressed an In-terest in creating for the collegetheater; the others em'phasl~edthe desirability of working withdramatic literature that trulychallenges the finest efforts ofthe actors. Each of these laudableimpulses calls for our encourage-ment; as playgoers, ~ we want tosee the best in creative effort onthe part of both writers an? ac-tors we must make our WIsheskno~ and our approval fe!t. Toa number of the audIence .It w~gratifying to reI?ark again thisreawakening of mterest a~d am-bition in Wig and Candle s pro-duction of A Doll's House, brHenrik Ibsen, in the Palmer audl-torium on March 22 ,:n~ 23 ..Although perhaps It IS difficult

See IIOakes"-Page 5

Square Dance, BreakfastAnd Outing Planned ForBig Weekend Apr. 6-7

c.c.a.c. is planning a grandOUting for the April 6 weekend.The details are not absolutely cer-tain as yet, but there is a goodchance that everything will workOll.t. It will be an Outing club af-Ialr for the girls and their dates.To start off there wil be 'an"outing" to L~ntern Hill or toR?cky Neck State Park. Truckswl1l take everyone out and back.That night, in the gym, there willbe an old-fashioned square dance.The next morning, c.c.a.c. isP1anning a breakfast in BucklOdge for the girls and their dates.

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Bach Music To Be GivenIn Recital on April 10The twenty-ninth recital of

Bach organ music will be pre-sented by Mr. Quimby on April 10at 5 :15. The program, includingsome special Easter music, willbe: Fantasia in C minor; ChoralPreludes for Holy Week-Christe,du La.mm Gottes, Christus, deruns selig macht, 0 Lamm Gottes,unsch uldig; Fugue in G minor;Chorale Preludes for Holy Week-Wo sollich fliehen hin, Aus derTiefe schrie ich zu dir, Wir glau-ben all an einen Gott, Schopfer;Chorale Prelude on the Magnifi-cat; and Fugue in C minor.

P"8eSix CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 27, 1946

"'"Caught Pres. Blunt To Speak

On Thursday April 11President Katharine Blunt

will not speak on her regularchapel day, Monday, April 8.She wilk speak instead onThursday, April 11, at theregular chapel time when thenew officers of Student Gov-ernment will be installed.

on Campus

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(Continued from Pace Tbree)

With profuse apologies to Dee-~ Moore '48 we'd like to printan announcement which shouldhave been printed a long timeago. The important event-Dee-dee's engagement to Edward E.Davis. After long months of wait-ing while Budd, a j.g. in the Mer-chant Marine, went traveling --------------about the seven seas, Deedee of-flcially became a fiance on Janu-ary 19. Since Budd is now goingto Brown, their plans .are indefin-ite, or, at any rate, as Deedee saysthey're "not for public consump-tion,"

After a lively discussion in thedrama class on the obscure mean-ings of some playwrights, MissOakes remembered a rather In-teresting remark made by one ofher English 34 students. The be-fuddled Paradise Lost reader hadasked, "Miss Oakes, just what didGod mean in this passage?"

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Another engagement. this timea brand new one-a-Jean Compton'46 has just announced her en-gagement to Carroll Boyce. Jeanand Carroll met at a fraternityparty at M.LT., and now that thegroom-to-be has graduated, theirplans have been made. The fu-ture, far from indefinite, beginswith the wedding on July 19.

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Flower Show HailsSpring With TrueSkill and Beautyby Jan Coakley'Mother Nature's hand, ably

humor-but most likely, it's the guided by the botany students,possesion of the right amount of triumphantly brought forth lastthat enviable commodity-a well- weekend the thirteenth annualdeveloped brain. Connecticut college flower show,

which was indeed a fitting tributeThen there's Bib Rubenoff, an- to spring.other Spanish major, who corn- The show was a skillful combi-pletely disproves all the old the- nation of both the practical andaries about the "all work and no beautiful sides of gardening. Oneplay" Phi Bete. According to of the most interesting exhibits

was the freshman one dealingfriends, Bib has that wonderful with methods for controlling thepower of concentration which al- erosion of our most valuable re-lows her to do the maximum in

;============:;:; I the minimum of time. In extra. source, soil. The students hadmade skillful and realistic mod-

curicular activities, she has been els, of the before and after type,Interested in competitive plays, illustrating soil erosion. The for-Spanish club, community chest. mer clearly demonstrated thatand the jazz concert of last year. hills and fields ploughed in a reg-The latter shows her especial en-thusiasm for jazz-as does her ular way facilitate gullying and

erosion, while the latter showedlarge collection of records of this that scientific methods such as

~~~i:~~i~~d ~i~ra~reeq~en~:~;pst~~ ~~~~~~ f;~u:~~~fivea~~un~~~;;music in the original. If you'rewondering what goes to make a tiona against erosion a~d gully-Phi Bete, from a look at Bib we'd in~he" landscape design for asay-a subtle sense of humor, a

farmhouse was undoubtedly thevivacious personality, and origin- most engaging exhibit of theallty,

show. The farmhouse. a replicaSue Had Busy Schedule of Miss Botsford's farm .in Ver-To prove that it can be done, mont, was complete in every de-

our next illustrious student, Sue tail, even to a miniature model ofHannoch, has been taking six Miss Botsford working in hersubjects for the last two years strawberry patch. The farm-and was still elected to Phi Bete. house, delightful in itself, was -en-Besides this accelerated schedule, hanced by excellent landscapingSue has been active in many cam- and the model included a mail-pus affairs. As secretary of the box, tiny chairs, a well, stoneU.S.S.A., last year, co-chairman walls and other ingeniously con-this year, and contributer to the str'ucted details.News, she has had a busy extra- Attractive Miniaturescurricular as well as academicschedule. Even a glance at her Miniature flower arrangementsroom shows her main interests were placed attractively in thef various rooms of the show andor it is piled high with newspa- they rightfully deserved all thepers. Sue's an Ec major who

"Ohs" and "Ahs" that were show-hopes to get a job with the gov- ered upon them by visitors.ernment or V.N.O. when she

One huge window was over-graduates this June. Along with _this "interest in current events she flowing with plants such as Bos-still finds time to knit, read, and ton fern, begonia, fuschia, alys-play tennis. sum and philodrendron, and thereAll these activities would seem was also an interesting variety of

to add up to a 24 hour per day evergreen and deciduous shrubsschedule-but not for Sue. She's exhibited.in bed by 11 :00 week nights and The research lab had one exhib-week ends she's seldom here to it dedicated to showing that twokeep the record straight. Maybe of the effects of light on plantsher formula of "work hard and are to inhibit excessive growth inplay hard" is the key-it certain- length and to produce chloro-ly has been successful for' Sue. phyll. Research is being carriedHer roommate, Pat Goldman, out to determine the effectivenesswhen questioned as to living with of different colors (wave lengths)a Phi Bete, replied, "It's frustrat- of light in bringing about each ofing-but nice." these effects. This exhibit demon-

strated typical experiments.Barbara was Class Songleader In the greenhouse a profusionA fourth Phi Beter, Barbara of vividly colored flowers met the

Thomson, who was an accelerated eye. The exhibits there included46er from New London is another polyploid plants, growing plantsone of those fortunate people in sand culture, making newwho could get work done in half' plants from old, annual flower, ~=;;;;=====;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;=~~=========;;;;;;;;;;;;1

• SkillfuJ Repairing the time that it would take most gardens, ideas for a terrace gar- rpeople. Barbara was the class den, and "knee" gardens.

• Expert Remodeling songleader-and a very efficient Throughout the show the ex-86 STATE STREET _ one she was. She was also- noted hibits were marked clearly by

One FIigh{Up Phone 2-4907 ~ for her amazing ability to finish simple, but very in I or-ma t iv ea test in half the time allotted. signs which were a boon for the

13:;;";;";'";'';''';''';'';''';'';''';''';'';''';'';''';'';''';'';''';''';"';";''';'';''';;'13::::===;;;;;;;;=;;;;=;;;;=====,Ivisitors. Each room of the showf was delightful, the pungent es-

sence of spring pervading every-where. P~t Smith '46, chairmanof the flower show, and her com-mittee indeed worked diligentlyfo bring this magnificent displayto the -Campus.

April 9, at 4:20 p.m.. Dr. GeorgeWald of the biology departmentof Harvard university will speakfor the natural sciences. Profes-sor Wald has much interest in theborder-hne fields of biochemistryand biophysics, and has done re-search 'on some of the fundamen-tal problems of vision. He has al-so been a member of the"HarvardCommittee on General Education,which recently put out the muchdiscussed book, Education for aFree Society. .The last of the three visiting

lecturers, President Howard F.Lowry of the College of Woosterin Ohio, concludes the series oftalks on Friday, April 12 at 7 p.m. His past experience parallelsthat of President Jordan but in adifferent field - nineteenth cen-tury literature. Before becomingpresident of Wooster, Dr. Lowrytaught at Yale, Wooster, andPrinceton, and also was generaleditor of the Oxford UniversityPress. He is co-author of the Ox-ford Anthology of English .Po-etry, and has done a number ofstudies on Matthew Arnold. Hehas always been vitally concernedwith students' problems and witha search for the best methods ofeducation.ConferencesFreshmen and sophomores will

be notified of the hours for groupmajor conferences, and opportun-ity will be given them to sign upfor one or "more of these times.Later in the term, freshmen willhave individual appointmentswith the major adviser of theirchosen department, and sopho-mores" will also have the oppor-tunity of making a change in thechoice of major, if that is desired.It is hoped that this week will

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