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VOL. XLVI—NO. 11

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY

18, 1961

® Trustees of Bryn Mawr Coll

ege, 1961 PRICE 20 CENTS

 

-_Lynes, Bree And Hutchinsson

To Debate Role of Intellectual

‘What are the responsibilities and opportunities of the intellectual

in America today?

A thorough examination of this question, and

possibly some answers to it, will be presented in am all-day major

on Saturday, ‘April 8.

‘Conference, tobe held by Alliance, Ants Council; Interfaith and League,

Speakers for the Conference, representing three genres of “the
intellectual,” aré-Russel Lynes, Elmer-Hutchinsson, and Germaine Breé.

Mr. Lynes, the “generalist” of
the group, is an editor of Harpers
and a well-known expositor of the
high-brow, low4brow schism in con-
temporary America. Elmer Hut-
chinsson, a scientist, is Director of
the American Institute of Physics,
and Germaine Breé, the final
speaker, is a poet and critic.

The (Conference, entitled The
Role of the Intellectual in Amer-
ican Society, will consist of three
major addresses, a luncheon for
speakers and students, and an
afternoon panel discussion, Prep-
aration for it will begin early next
semester, and committees to han-
dle publicity, hostessing, and pro-
gram editing will be organized at
that time. (Students particularly
interested in working on the Con-
ference preparation should con-
tact Hanna Woods, Betsy Lever-
ing, Kathleen Livezy, or Tina Sou-
retis, presidents of the sponsoring
organizations, or Marion ‘Coen,
general co-ordinator,

Sigma Xi Lecture
Reveals Mallory’s
Fresh Contribution

by Lucy Tyson, 63

At the Sigma Xi lecture, Tues-
day, January 17, Mr. Mallory of
the Bryn Mawr Chemistry Depart-
ment first proved “the impossibility,
then the existence of a new type
of molecular structure”.

Starting with the compound
Cs6H4N20, benzofurazan a combina-
tion of two six— and five—mem-
bered rings, he first explained the
structure of the next in series,
CeH4N202, benzofurazan oxide.
Then he asked whether the series
may be extended to CeH+N203,
benzofurazan dioxide. The prob-
lem is not one of synthesis, but
analysis, sincd such a compound
exists, but had been given another
structure called orthonitrosoben-
zene, composed of one benzene ring
with a nitro and nitroso group at-
tached.

Granted that the aromatic nit-
roso compound exists in a solution,
the next step concerns the ‘struc-
ture of the molecule in solid form.
Mr. Mallory then rephrased the
question and asked whether the
chlorine-substituted ‘benzofurazan
dioxide eristed.

To answer this he again attempt-
ed to synthesize it, starting with
the nitro group-chlorine substitut-
ed amine and its isomer, These he
oxidized to produce the correspond-
ing nitroso compounds. If the
chloro-substituted dioxide existed,
either isomet ‘in solid form should
produce it in an equilibrium reac-
tion. If not, each isomer will pro-
duce its own dimer. For this reac-
tiom two different compounds were

_produced, proving the structure of

the chloro-substituted compound

 

M. Maurin Reads

Significant Works
Of Modern Poets

Among the events in 1960 in the
field of French literature were the
deaths of two poets. In tribute to
these writers, Supervielle and Re-
verdy, M. Mario Maurin, Chairman
of the Bryn Mawr French Depart-
ment, gave a reading and a dis-
cussion of their poetry Monday
evening in the Ely Room.

‘Supervielle enjoyed both liter-
ary and personal success during
his lifetime, but Reverdy was al-
most unknown. He lived more in
silence and in secret. The later
part of his life was spent in par-
tial seclusion near a monastery.
Although the move was not a total
acceptance of the religious life,
it was inspired by a great longing
for faith.

His poetry is marked by an ab-
sence. There is nothing distinct
in it, One can imagine people but
not faces, sounds but not voices.
One feels as if something has hap-
pened and yet cannot say precise-
ly what it is. It is in total nega-
tion, in a grey world that Reverdy
expresses himself,

Although a member of the same
generation, Supervielle had a dif-
ferent ‘childhood from Reverdy’s.

Continued on Page 6, Col. 3

Dieckman Reveals
Religion As Factor
In ‘Enlightment’

Mr. Herbert Dieckman, Swift
Professor of French and Spanish
at Harvard University, gave the
first Margaret Gilman Memorial
Lecture Wednesday evening in the
Ely Room. The presentation, spon-
sored by the French Department
through the auspices of Miss Car-
oline Newton, was in memory of
the former head of the Bryn Mawr
French Department, a close friend
of Mr. Dieckman,

Diderot Interpreter

Mr. Dieckman, the foremost in-
tenpreter of Diderot, discussed “Re-
ligious Thought of Enlightenment.”
He introduced his topic by stating
that “the antithesis between re-
ligion and thought in the Enlight-
enment is a very simple concept.”
One must realize, however, how
important is the. tradition from
whch a new period seeks to disen-
gage itself.

Behind the scientism and ration-
alism of the 18th Century writers,
were the metaphysical and relig-
ious interpretations of their pre-
cursors. The discussions of free-
dom versus determinism, nature,
and the immortality of the soul,
etc., were fundamentally based on
the religious thought which these
writers inherited. Nor were these
topics discussed for the previously
decided purpose of rejecting them.

Revision Needed

“The American scholarly view
of the Enlightenment is in need
of revision.” Mr. Dieckman believes
that we should consider three class-
es of precursors: those now in our
geneology; those the writers them-
selves considered important; and
those with whose ideas they were

Continued on Page 6, Col. 5

 

bers of the student body.

 

Student Criticizes

HUAC Procedure

The Civil Rights Committee and
Undergrad last Wednesday eve-
ning presented Bob ‘Walters, a
spokesman of the National Stu-
dent Association, who discussed the
House Un-American Activities
Committee and presented the case
for its abolition.

The Committee, he explained, is
in a unique position; it has all the
powers of a Grand Jury with none
of its restrictions. It differs from
a conventional court, in that the
accused cannot call witnessse in his
own defense, face his accusers, or
even. see the accusations made
against him, Moreover, in contrast
to the secrecy maintained in Grand
Jury Proceedings, public exposure
is a. prime tool of the Committee,
and public scorn its most effective
sanction.

In examining witnesses the Com-
mittee uses tactics which are to-
tallyunfair, says Mr. Walters. By
browbeating and repeating ques-
tions they trick the defendant into
unintended revelations. Since it
has the authority tto make chang-

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Chanel Play Commemorates Killing Of Innocents

by Kristine Gilmartin

A Candlemas Day play, The
Killing of the Children of Israel,
was the Chapel Play this year and
managed most skillfullly its re-

ligious point, good characteriza-
tion, and delightful humoy. Virginia
O’Roak, the director, deserves
praise both for her choice of play
and for the fine performances she
evoked from her cast.

The Music Room in Goodhart,
Sunday evening, January 15, was
the versatile scene for the -play
which ranged from Herod’s palace
to the stable in Bethlehem.

ery that the Wise Men had delud-
ed him, featured the celebrated
massacre of the infants, and con-
cluded with the pries’s Simeon’s
granted request. to. see. the child
born to be king, before his own
death, .

Believable Portrayals

“Jane Perry as King Herod was
excellent. She was this weak,
petty king with every expressive
gesture of palsied hand and every
curl of sneering lip. Her power-
ful characterization made the whole
play more impressive and believ-
alble.

The two knights, Lois Potter

 

He returned to the original dim-
er and analyzed it by infra-red
spectroscopy, taking the “finger-
print of the molecule”. Utilizing
the fact that vibrating parts of a
* Continued on Page 6, Col. 2

 

 

and Natalia Gortchacow were well|
differentiated, and extremely amus-
ing. ‘Their bowing and scraping,
especially when exited, was mar-
velous. Lois’s rapid recounting of

The |
action began with Herod’s discov- |’

vivid, while her partner in crime
slowly and painstakingly pursued
her lines complete with a fantastic
mustache. Lois Potter was also
the priest Simeon and made his
Nunc Dimittis- andthe conclusion
of the play effective by her mas-.
tery of the art of speaking poetry.

Janet Friedman as Watkin,
Herod’s messenger with knightly
aspirations created a nice balance
of boastful self-confidence and ut-
ter fear of women. She was soundly:
worsted. by the two women, Gin-
ger McShane and Joan Paddock,
who made their scene memorable
with the aid of Tracey Taylor as

 

orders and forensic gestures were

 

Ellen Gross, Ginger McShane, Joan Paddock, Helen Levering, Na-
talia Gortchacow, Jane Parry, Lois Potter, and Janet Friedman.

Mary and Joseph, played by
Helen Levering and Ellen Gross,
were pleasant and dignified, though
they had perhaps a bit more trou-
ble with the “I you pray’s” than
some. of the others... Holley Tay-
lor was an effective, though un-
seen, Angel who warned Joseph to
flee from Herod’s wrath into
Egypt.

The Killing of the Children of
Israel, for all its brevity and sim-

Hplicity—of plot, was not an easy

Election Revision Council
Submits Plan to Students

Since October the committee to revise the election system has béen
meeting weekly under the chairmanship of Mag Parlin, Vice-President
of Undergrad. These meetings have been open to any interested-mem-

The committee’s proposals will constitute the agenda of a Legis-
lature meeting on Thursday, February 9. There will be a required
session for Legislature-members on the previous Monday, February 6,
at 7:15 in the Common Room, to acquaint them with the agenda and
with basic parliamentary procedure.

The agenda will concern the election procedure for the all-college
elected offices of Self-Gov and Undergrad, the two organizations of
which everyone is an ipso facto member. Election systems of 34 other
colleges and information provided by the National Student Association

were considered in .ithe develop-
ment of the committee’s report.
An effort was made to find in these
materials ideas pertinent to Bryn
Mawr’s special situation, with par-
ticular reference to the dual na-
ture of. our governmental struc-
ture.

The major change suggested by
the committee’s report concerns
nominations for the two ipso facto
Presidencies. In the proposed
system straw-balloting is replaced
by a procedure under which any
student may submit suggestions
to a committee consisting of the
Vice-President of Undergrad, the
First Senior to Self-Gov, and the
four Class Presidents. After check-
ing with the candidates to ascer-
tain their willingness to run, this
committee draws up a list of all
the suggested names. At this
point candidates suggested for
more than one office make a choice
in order to avoid overlapping of
slates.

The next step is a college-wide
primary, the results.of which com-
prise. the final slates. The election
of the officers from—these slates
remains similar in procedure to
the present preferential system,
which, the committee feels, is fair-
est to the individual voter since, if
her first choice is eliminated, she
has a continuing voice in the elec-
tion.

To publicize and stimulate in-
terest inthe elections, the commit-
tee suggests that an all-college
meeting be held before the nomin-
ations are opened, This would al-
low the two ipso facto. presidents

_|to acquaint the student body with

the responsibilities of their offices.
In addition, hall dinners with the
Continued on Page 5, Col. 5

Foundation Grants
To Promote Study,
Scientific Training

Bryn Mawr has received news

|from the General Electric Founda-

tion and the Dupont Corporation
of grants which will be awarded
the school for the academic year
1961-1962.

The~ General Electric grant of
$2,500 to the physics department
is given to provide funds for re-
search projects, equipment, pro-
fessional publications, and other
associated needs. Bryn Mawr is
one of twenty liberal arts colleges
receiving such a grant.

The Dupont grant for advancing
teaching is given to more than
one hundred colleges and universi-
ties. These schools were selected
on the basis of-their strength in.
chemical education, The amount of

 

play to do. Both cast and direct-
or should be complimented on their
mutual success in creating vivid
scenes and characters with a min-

 

the child.

imum of words and props.

nated for chemistry teaching and
$1,500 for other subjects which
contribute to the education of

 

| scientists and engineers.

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the grant is $4,000; $2,500 desig: ~