Bryn Mawr College - Bryn Mawr Yearbook (Bryn Mawr, PA)

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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY The course in 18th century is a detailed study of the economics, history, and thought trends of the period, given with the cooperation of the Economics, History, English, and Philosophy departments. During the first semester, which deals with the economic and historical back- ground, each student selects a European country and gives oral reports from her research on different problems. In the second semester, trends in political and philosophic thought are discussed, bringing in specifically the influence of writers and philosophers. Th e students and faculty pool their information and discuss the topics. Controversy rose especially high during the study of politicial theory. The enthusiasm of both students and pro- fessors on this year ' s work may lead to further courses following the same patterns for other centuries. MARY CALLAHAN

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Experimental PARK FOCUS THE fever for exploration runs high in the Archeology department. So, for some ' thing new and exciting, and for the satisfaction of six of our in- door Archaeology students, Miss De Laguna conducted a dig near Flagstaff, Arizona, last summer- Excavations at Cinder Park un. covered remains of a civilization of the Sinagua Indian tribe which disappeared about 1300 A. D. This, the oldest civilization of the Sinagua tribe that has been found, was named in honor of President Park. They had to dig under a very hot sun in hard, baked earth. At their first site, they dug six feet below the surface with shovels, then took trowels, whisk brooms, ice picks and paint brushes and culled over the earth m six-inch layers. Artifax were carefully wrapped in layers of newspaper. The valuable finds brought back were pottery, stone axes, corn grinders, shell ornaments and a pipe, but most of their discoveries remain in the Museum of Northern Arizona. CATHERINE HEAD COLEMAN

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PLAYWRITING A small group of boys and girls, serious and silent, sit on the stage of the Theatre Workshop, listening to Mr. John Gassner read one of the students 1 plays. He closes the script and looks sharply at the audience, Now, what was the spine of this play? Let me put it another way, whose play was it? There is a long puzzled pause. I don ' t quite understand, one student answers, but I don ' t think the end is necessary at all. Mr. Gassner turns with a smile, Well, let ' s ask the author ... This class in playwritng is a purely experi- mental group, tearing apart and putting to- gether scripts for the stage and radio, seeing what is valuable and what is waste. All this creative effort culminates at the end of the year in a program of plays presented, with the aid of the Players Club, before the college. ISABEL MARTIN