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

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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

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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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MODEL LEAGUE Geo-Politics JANE ANN MAIER The International Relations Club has pre- viously spent its time attending Model League Assemblies. This year, however, the Model League came to Bryn Mawr. Two hundred delegates arrived in a typical spring blizzard. Pembroke was occupied by a male aimy of some 125 future diplomats- — bud- ding poets, too, they left behind an extraordinary collection of tributes. Discussion dealt with complex, post-war problems: World Trade, Famine, Disease, Dis- placed Populations and Restoration of Order. National feeling ran high — so high that once Turkey and Ireland withdrew, either from a sincere national conviction or an equally sincere desire for lunch.