i Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, January 16, 1952 Counterpoint Judgment Lacks in Real Appraisal Continued from Page 2 Since I have no fault to find with what the critic himself calls his “doctrinal - quibbling”’, and since I agree with him that Miss Wei’s translations are “the best verse in the issue’, I turn to his paragraph on “The Star”. Here Mr. Berthoff leaps to a conclusion for' which I am unable to see any basis. He says “... the end (is) unwisely entrusted to two small! boys...” Nowhere in the Coun- terpoint text is the age of these’ boys stated; but it.is implied by: the words they speak — words which the reviewer, groundlessly assuming the boys to be “small”, says are “unwisely entrusted” to them. Here again I fear that Mr. Berthoff is criticizing what Miss Forbes did not write. The paragraph on “Lightly Turns” opens with a_ sentence which led me to hope at last the review was becoming construc- tive. It reads “‘Lightly Turned’ sets aside the most difficult tech- nical problem and is consequently the best piece so far”, But the critic—who_ incidentally appears to be uncertain of the title of the piece he is reviewing — does not continue. He does not tell us what he considers the “most difficult technical problem” to be, so that we too may set it aside as Miss Holbeck has done; nor does he explain how she succeeded in do- ing so. All in all, I feel that Mr. Bert- hoff’s review of the Winter Coun- terpoint ended where it should have begun; for I think a review- er is shirking his job whose only idea of constructive and clarifying criticism is the statement that “ .,. unless Counterpoint’s editors understand the kind of difference, we may as well abandon hope whenever again we enter here”. Evidently they do not; and I do not think that Mr. Berthoff’s re- view will help them. Sincerely, Elizabeth George Foulke, ’52 Bachrach Asserts Positive Progressive Program Will Form Greater Civil Continued from Page 3 tion free speech certainly have not adopted the McCarthy-Soviet posi- tion, but are simply rejecting a fundamental tenet of liberalism under present conditions. -Mr. Bachrach’s point is that on the basis of the forementioned prin- ciples, all unorthodox thoughts be- come suspect as reflected in gov- ernment purges and loyalty oaths. In consideration of the second point, man’s irrationality, Mr. Bachrach questions whether the average man gives any considera- tion to complex policies and is- sues of the day. He also suggests vhat man’s rationalization may re- flect his class interest; but social scientists say that individuals are poor judges of their own interest, and, for example, join a political party “to relieve their own dis- orders by irrelevant palliatives.” But whether man can settle his problems intelligently or not, what use is there in seeking truth by discussion if one charge by a pro- fessional informer can ruina man? If the men who talk in the market place decide to favor policies un- favorable to the government and they are accused of irrationality, | - it is then unconstitutional to re- strict free speech if the people wish it. Mr. Bachrach’s point was that there should not be both free speech in the market and uncon- stitutional declarations of free speech restrictions simultaneously. 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