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Wednesday, January 16, 1952

 

Student Sees Sincerity,
Directness, Necessary
Continued from Page 2

criticizing a style in the same
style (which I cannot accept as
the trend on my generation of
critics and creative writers), that
there should be a loss of articu-
lateness or objectivity. If the stu-
dents need to write in a better
way, tell them simply: “Write
about what you understand, and
consider the vatue of the individ-
ual word; consider, too, that sim-
plicity, honesty, directness, and
carefulness have never been con-
sidered sins.” But to criticize
vague writing in brilliant, uncom-
municative, tongue-in-cheek word
inations is destructive. Coun-
point: does not put out a light
of light, “soft”, “foggy”,
r “satisfied”, and as for the abus-
ed “extracurricular muse”, who
is “not a spittoon for unmarket-
able distillations”, might it not be
more powerful for, and less dis-
concerting to the points he should
stress, to say that there is an in-
tellectual laziness current which
fosters inarticulatenéss, and re-
fuses to be thorough?
Sincerely,
Helen Katz, ’53

 

Militarists Frustrate Germany’s Democratic

Progress During Recent

Continued from Page 1

the effect that the king gave the
people limited suffrage and a na-
tional parliament whose lower
house exercised control over the
budget. The move satisfied neither
the liberals nor the army. The
minimal demands of the former
had been that the army be requir-
ed to take an oath to defend the
constitution and be bound by its
provisions. When in 1850 the con-
stitution was revised, it was stat-
ed that the oath would not take
place. The army was lifted above
the law of the land, a position
which it maintained.

A great constitutional crisis-oc-
curred in 1860-1866, Dr. Craig
continued, in which middle class
liberalism staged its last real at-
temps to control the military. It
was completely defeated, and the
army made its 1850 autonomous
position secure.

When in 1870. Austria unified
Germany the army maintained its
Prussian position. After 1871 it
forgot its primary allegiance was
to the state and became an inde-
pendent political factor, especial
ly active in forming foreign pol-
icy. World War I intensified the
divorce of diplomatic and military
relations.

In 1918 the Weimar Republic

 

Century of History

tried to make the army an
“agency of the people”, but was
dependent on it for defense
against the Communists and Na-
tional Socialists. In the long run,
the army again became a_ body
separated from the people. In
1930-33, the critical period of the
Weimar Republic, the army was
a great factor in determining po-
litical policy. The National Social-
ists realized that to dominate the
state they would first have to
gain the army’s backing. In Jan-
uary, 1933, Hitler’s rise to power
was tacitly supported by the mil-
itary. Within five years he had

-completely subordinated the army

to his own control.

For more than a century the
military retained an autonomous
position, “frustrating Germany’s
progress towards democracy.” Its
reactionary position was firmly
against the social and economic
reforms required to make Ger-
many a peaceful, democratic state.

Open Meeting Produces

Suggestions for Saving
Continued from Page 5

teaching at Bryn Mawr attractive
to qualified instructors. There
must be no loss in the integrity of
instruction which students receive.

 

Cleland Analyzes Three

Catagories of Laughter

Continued from Page 1
quality, humor reaches the realm
of wit.

The difficulty arises with the
necessity of relating the situa-
tion to others so that it is still
funny. “Now, that’s the rub,”
he said. Two things are neces-
sary: first, a very good memory,
and second, “a certain grasp of the
principles. of public speaking.”
He needs a keen appreciation of
the human situation, an instinct
for selection of stories suitable to
his audience,

Laughter comes under three
headings, cruel, objective, or sym-
pathetic. Cruel laughter is char-
acterized by sarcasm, which comes
from the Greek sarkazein, mean-
ing “to tear flesh like dogs.”

Objective laughter is aimed not
at. people but ideas, the ideas
which people have of themselves.
This may go in two directions,
either from wit to satire to ridi-
cule to reform, or from amuse-
ment to tolerance, the quiet ac-
ceptance of the incongruities of
life because life is congruous.

Sympathetic

has described it as “the kindly |;
contemplation of the incongru-
ities of life. Laughing sympa-
thetically, a man laughs with, not

laughter contains} resound

love and understanding. Leacock |!

 

Bard’s Eye View

by Sheila Atkinson, ’53,
and Claire Robinson, ’54

Mother dear; to you I write

With fear and trepidation,

Because from you I ask a very

Special dispensation.

When I come home from B.M.C.

Let. me sleep late, I pray you

Don’t say to me, “My child —
you’re thin

I must have Daddy weigh you!”

Don’t scream, “The ercles ’round
your eyes

Are horrible—I’m seething!”

Oh Ma—be glad exams are past,

And I’m still here—and breathing!

 

at, his fellow.

Reverend Cleland closed by
reading a quotation from Niebuhr:
“Humor is a fact, a prelude to
faith, and laughter is the begin-
ning of prayer. Laughter must be
heard in the outer courts of re-
ligion; and the echoes of it should
in the sanctuary; but
there is no laughter in the holy
‘of holies. There laughter is swal-

‘lowed up in prayer and humor is

fulfilled by faith.”

 

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