w Mr. Ferrater Mora . but disintegrates under intellectual _of philosophy. ’ which American thinkers tackle * has not hope or expectation of _ though opposed in principle, are VOL. XLIV-NO. 7 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1958 © Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1958 PRICE 20 CENTS Presents Second In Leeture Series Our planet is philosophically split into three huge empires, Mr. Jose M. Ferrater Mora told the Philosophy club Tuesday night in the second in his series of four lec- tures on “What Happens in Phi- losophy”. Each of these empires, he said, has its hard core and its zone of influence whose borders, although somewhat shaky, are re- markably stable. The first of these.empires of thought centers in France and West Germany but extends all through Western Europe; it em- braces as its major creed Existen- tialism. It is this school that Mr. Ferrater Mora calls the Human- istic, The second realm, called the Scientific, centers in the United States and Great Britain, but ex- erts its influence throughout all English speaking lands, as well as the Scandinavian nations. The third of the philosophies, the Social Philosophy, has as its nucleus the Soviet Union and as its zones of influence all Soviet-controlled na- tions. ; The intellectually weakest of the three philosophies is that expound- ‘ed by the Russians. This Social Philosophy, whose hard kernel is Marxism, boasts a smooth facade investigation. Soviet Marxism is intrinsically too arbitrary to actu- ally be a philosophy and yet, in its fusion of theory and practice, it has achieved a long standing goal ' Metaphysical speculation and Existentialism pervade the Europ- ean scene. What is man, his struc- ture, his destiny, his. sculpture— ‘these are the questions which oc- cupy the minds of Western Europ- ean thinkers. The philosophy of the Anglo- American world forms the most unified pattern of the three, In view of the labels attached to the European and Russian brands of philosophy — the philosophy of man and the philosophy of soci- ety—it would be tempting, Dr. Ferrater Mora said, to call the philosophy of the English-speaking peoples the philosophy of Nature. Nevertheless, symmetry must be sacrificed to accuracy and, accord- ing to’ the scientific manner in problems, theirs must be termed the Scientific philosophy. To the Russians, philosophy is a political undertaking, purposing to provide fuel for socialism and to tear do Western Idealism; European philosophy is a search for personal truth. Both, however, are similar in that they concern the masses of intelligent people; they are “everybody’s business”. In America, on the other hand, phi- losophy is a strictly academic sub- ject and its discussion is limited to university campuses and study groups. The British philosopher reaching the ordinary man—save for “an occasional polite B.B.C. listener”. The rifts between these three “empires” are great and seem-| ingly permanent; nevertheless, between the various groups. The scientific and humanistic schools, Arts Night Choreography [ Praised By B. Bendon by Bonnie Bendon Arts Night began with a nice show of ‘consistency: harlequins for backdrop and Harlequin, hini- self, as performer. A lively pan- tomine, “Marionettes”, got off to an (appropriately) mechanical start, with Carol Duddy as the irrepressible scamp eluding Alice Todd’s martial efforts to restore order. Harriet Wasserman lent a fine- ly flopping contrast to the scene as a relaxed Raggedy Ann, and Isobel Kramen’s shy Japanese Doll was indeed graceful, if some- what unrelated to the “plot”. As the Ballerina Doll,* Garril Goss performed with charming coque- try and displayed a technical skill not. often found in such produc- tions. Her second appearance in “Lea- ther-wing Bat” presented a change of tempo, and provided Cynthia Lovelace with a working partner worthy of her polished choreogra- phy. Cynthia’s enthusiasm was well matched by the spirited back- ground of Dee Wheelwright’s folktunes. The second half of the evening gave Garril a larger opportunity to display the virtuosity hinted at in the opening tableaux. The two divertissments, “Danse Triste” and “Danse. Legere” might have béne- fited by some cutting, or perhaps by a more varied accompaniment. The dancers who took part in this year’s Arts Night are, on the whole, to be congratulated on” their wise choice of simple material, carefully executed. This is, after all, the work that shows up to best advantage on Skinner Stage and best illustrates the purpose of such a program. NOTICE Canon Charles E. Raven, Chaplain to the Queen of Eng- land, will be the Collection speaker in Roberts Hall, Haver- ford College, next Tuesday at 11:10 a.m. Dr. Frankel Opens New Vaux Center Bryn Mawr College will formal- ly mark the opening of a new building for the Graduate Depart- ment of Social Work and Social Re- search on Friday (Nov. 14) with an assembly and open house. Dr. Charles Frankel, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia Univer- sity, will speak on “Professional Education as University Educa- tion” in Goodhart Hall at 4:30, and alumni of the Department will be hosts at an open house follow- ing the lecture. ‘The two-and-one-half story resi- dence at 815 New Gulph Road was purchased in July by the College and has been converted into an ac- ademic building containing class-. rooms, professors’ offices, a library and the new Research Institute established last year by a grant from the Dolfinger-McMahon Foun- dation of Philadelphia. work in the United States, the Bryn Mawr Department was founded in 1915. The present. di- Continued on Page 5, Col. 3 Lady Wishfort, Mirror Star In Farcial Scene From Congreve Play by Lois Potter “The skillful mélange of scenes from Acts III and IV of the The Way of the World, originally planned for last year’s Arts Night, but postponed at the last minute, proved to be well worth waiting for. The clever decor and costumes harmonized with the fantastic Harlequin. motifs..around them, while suggesting a turn of the cen- tury (which century, remained somewhat vague) costume play. The acting also partook of this dual nature, sometimes catching the tone of a period piece, some- times skipping into the timeless realm of the fantastical, some- times purely farcial, but always fun. Trudy Hoffman, as Lady Wish- fort, made the most of her ex-: pressive features as she grimaced, ogled, and languished behind her mirror. Old she certainly was not, much less hideous, and even when she arrived at the height of the ridiculous, rising from a chaise- longue in a “pretty disorder,” there was almost as much pretti- ness as disorder, which is saying a lot. The humor and liveliness of her characterization proceeded from an exaggerated style of act- ing, but she resisted- the tendency to step out of character, or “ham,” for the sake of laughter. Trudy’s gift of comedy is largely visual, as is proved by the fact that, even. when (as happened once or twice) ' she spoke a line so rapidly as to make it altogether unintelligible, her expression and gestures car- ried the audience along and made them laugh anyway. Besides her performance in this role, Trudy also deserves credit for directing the production and for many of its charming and imaginative de- tails. Alice Turner’s Foible and Ron- nie Wolffe’s Peg, on the other hand, will be remembered more for their voices than for their gesticu- lations, although Alice’s red mush- Ronnie’s bottle of cherry brandy certainly made their impression: One tends to remember Peg’s arti- ficial squeek and Foible’s ingrati- ating cacophony, while Lady Wish- fort’s well-bred snarl] is over- shadowed by her extravagant silli- Continued on Page 6, Col. 5 Leech Will Deliver Edward II Lecture Clifford Leech, Professor of English Literature at the Univer- sity of Durham, is to deliver the Ann Elizabeth Sheble Memorial Lecture on “Marlowe’s Edward II: Drama of Power and Suffering” on Monday, Nov. 17, at 8:80 in Goodhart Hall. Professor Leech, author of books on. Webster and Ford, and. of Shakespeare’s Tragedies, a collec- tion of essays, is also general ed- itor of a new series of Elizabethan dramas which in its design and purpose resembles the celebrated plays. A number of Bryn Mawr students have studied under Pro- fessor Leech at the Stratford-on- room hat and feather ‘duster and| Mozart to Folksong, Congreve to Cello, Arts Night Offers Gaiety, Color, Variety Critic Labels Arts Night ‘|; ‘Enhanced By Music’ by Betsy Levering In fairness, in enthusiasm, in a desire to keep picayune exceptions in their proper place, it must be said that Arts Night was both constructed of and enhanced by music in the best of taste and well performed. If the program as a whole was lopsidedly musical, the performances excused this slight fault. : Ellie Childs’ folksongs were, simply, as pleasing as could be. Her diction is excellent, her sing- ing irreproachable; her good vocal training speaks for itself. Ellie’s understanding and delivery of the songs would have been outstand- ing even if her accompaniment had been weak, which it was not. The things she did with her guitar were interesting in themselves— say, the different patterns for each two verses, of “Anava Babanot”. She lacks only ease in handling her guitar, but this is minor. The two folksongs in which Dee Wheelwright joined were happy; her voice and manner contrasted with Ellie’s to general advantage. Dee’s guitar in the Greek song “Jerakeena” was nice, and it was good to have a banjo substitute for the standard—in this sort of pro- gram—guitar, Taking a_ difficult Bach Prelude and, Fugue, David Hemmingway played with technical skill and accuracy but without intelligible emotion or expression. In con- trast, Jane Hess brought a god sense of phrasing to Mendelssohn’s “Rondo Capricciose” Her pianis- simo passages were exceptionally well controlled, and the only poss- ible weakness in this easy and largely trouble-free performance was some lack of depth in the forte passages. Bob‘ Martin’s cello selections were distinguished even in this company, as one expected from past years. He had a control over the music which allowed him to impress on it his ideas and con- ceptions of the pieces with con- sistency and effectiveness. This elicits a truism which among the less advanced is rarely true, that Continued on Page 6, Col. 4 Calendar Friday, November 14: 4:30 p.m. Assembly to mark the opening of a new building for the graduate de- ‘partment of Social Work and Re- search. Dr. Charles Frankel, Pro- fessor of Philosophy, ‘Columbia University will speak on “Profes- sional Education as University Ed- ucation.”. Open house following the lecture; alumnae will be hosts. ‘Sunday, November 16: 7:30, Mu- sic Room. Chapel address by Rabbi David Wice, Congregation Rudolph Shalom, Philadelphia. Chorus. Monday, November 17: 8:30, Goodhart, Clifford Leech, Profes- sor of English at the University of. Durham will give the Ann Eliza- ‘beth $Sheble Lecture on “Marlowe’s. Edward II, Drama of Power and Suffering.” Tuesday, November 18: Mr. Fer- rater Mora will give the third lec- Federal Loan Plan Adopted By BMC Open To Students college students has received the approval of Congress and Presi- dent Eisenhower. Called the Na- tional Defense Education Act of 1958, the program was passed without inclusion of the scholar- ship fund originally considered. The program, the first of its kind in United States history, is for the benefit of students in any college or university wishing to participate in it and willing to supply 10 per cent of the total money from hig individual fund. Institutes may apply for the loans that they expect to need but will be limited in their allotment by state quotas. Having already applied for the loan, Miss McBride expects that the money will be available to ‘Bryn Mawr students by February. Although the opportunity to bor- row will be open to all students, it should prove especially attract- ive to those planning to teach on the elementary or secondary school level, insomuch as for each year of teaching ten per cent of the loan is discounted. Reviewer Praises Concert By ‘Curtis’ ‘ by Alison Baker It seems almost a pity to have to review last Monday night’s con- cert after the event, for I’m afraid many Bryn Mawrtyrs stuck to their studies without realizing the loss this devotion incurred. Two students of the Curtis Institute presented a magnificent program of Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms.: The pianist was Ruth Mecker, and the violinist Jaime Laredo, a fifteen-year-old Bolivian. The mere naming of their first sonata: Beethoven’s Kreutzer, brought gasps of delight from the audience. As it turned out, they were well justified, for even the touchy introductory bars, although a little stiff compared with what followed, were played with great precision and vigor. The rest of the famous sonata was pure de- light, as the players brought out every bit of its verve and variety. So sensitive was their playing that it is only on second thought that technical proficiency becomes a matter for consideration. Mr. Laredo particularly attacked the many virtuoso .passages in the Kreutzer sonata with a mastery beyond a mere rendering of the notes, and notable for expression and careful phrasing. The singing lyricism of the Adagio, while very fine in tone, didn’t seem to evoke quite as much enthusiasm as the variety of moods in the preceeding movement. The violin had a wonderful tenuous richness in piano passages, only one evidence of Mr. Laredo’s ex- pert bowing control and variety. However, lingering attention to melodic line was somewhat de- prived._of-its.own by a slight throb- bing accent at bow changes. The Presto had great vitality, and lively emphasis and — in the recurrent theme, there are- certainpoints of unity} — One of the first schools of-social} Arden—edition~ of -Shakespeare’s| ture in the series, “What Happens in Philosophy.” ‘Wednesday, November 19: Final hygiene lecture, hygiene examina- rector is Mrs. Edward K, Lower. ‘Avon Summer School. tion, and final marriage lecture. - Lg ceptionally difficult, in that it calls for a constant variety of expres- sion, contrasting tempi, dynamics Continued on Page 5, Col. 4 A new federal loan program for: t Debussy’s G minor sonata — woman : 4 i T HE COLLEGE NEWS v Wednesday, November 12, 1958 THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 : Published weekiy during tne College Year (except during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examina- / ____tion_weeks) in the inierest. of Bryn Mawr College at.the Acdmore. - Printing Company, Aramore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. 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One standing apart addresses winged words to he~,fellows, Asking in the name of the honor system that the words of the pale librarian be respected; But harshly she is driven away muttering the name of Napoleon. Another is there who walks silent among them, at the dogr she is halted and answers. “I am the pious medieval major bearing my chronicles Snatched. from -the falling. ruins of. the reserve room.” Meanwhile the battle rages; the pencils are sharpened. The slips pass round, and the hands of the clock move onward. Now up from her den in the far corner of the reading room, Leaving her book rest, and her picture of Wyatt Earp, Comes one fierce souled historian, looking fiércely about her. As in the days of the early Renaissance when learning green flourished in Italy. Seeing the spots on the sun and was puzzled by change in the heavens. So in the days since Europe this maiden surveys the wide reading room. Anxious cares torment her mind, and like a Maenad she paces in fury the aisles. Far off she spies her prey, and at the same moment hears ‘Faint in the distance the bell, touched by the trembling librarian. Frederick the Great, known by Mr. Betts, sought by the green-blazered nad Cummings, ‘59; Sasha Siemel, 62; Jackie Goad, ‘61. , Subscription, $3.50. of .March 3, 1879. Mailing price, $4.00. Entered as second class ma/ter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office, under the Act Doris Dickler, ‘60; Kate Jordan, ‘60; Subscription may begin at any time. ~ by Ellie Of books I sing and the wrath of the majors in history: And the imprecations which nightly fill the reserve room. Fury increasing as the day of comp conference approaches. Great woes sending hither and thither many shoes in the reading room, And sing too, erudite spirit, who lend us your name and your portrait Who may even now sit brooding o’er the great reading room Filling it with thought, for you are known to have been seen Walking By night in the-cloisters: protect me from their wrath, fiercer than Bismarck’s and their approach more dread than that of the Prussian Army. Sing for you know the ways of learned minds, can they hold Such love of Enlightenment? Now saffron evening has dropped her damp mantle And the burned thigh pieces are sent back to the kitchen, And the whole wheat pudding is tasted; libations Are poured, and the coffee cups have been crowned with ashes. Now do they rise and come forth, not marshalled in squadrons, But running, forth out of grim Pembroke; thickly from Denbigh, -~Panting over Rhoads hill, rattling the locked doors in their eagerness. One comes from Radnor far off, but none from Merion. Bending eyes filled with hatred, brandishing reading lists. Deep in her chair behind high-piled books cowers the trembling librar- ian. Cold fear rung in her marrow and all her bones are unstrung; As in the cool autumn afternoon, when on the soft green of the grid- iron, The savage multitudes clash contesting the pigskin, One clutches the ball to his padded sweatshirt and races alone Hearing swift footsteps behind, the Knowing he soon will lie prostrate with his armor rattling about him, In Medias Res Winsor hot breath of the herd at his back - Kern: Bryn Mawr In The 20’s As.Dr. Wells. pointed out, the Bryn Mawr girl should never be compared with the department store clerk in Des Moines, Iowa, but with girls at comparable east- ern women’s colleges. Using these other colleges as a basis of com- parison, the mythical “average” Bryn Mawr girl was a quite typi- cal representative of the 1920’s in her attitudes toward morality, current literature, marriage and men, and the new fashions. But, asyusual, her views on thsee sub- jects were often in opposition to} those held by a large number of the American people. This differ- ence is explained in the following editorial: “Due to the inheritance that be- longs: to us as students at a col- lege where ‘things of the mind’ are the primary interest, we are apt to place mental superiority above everything else.” (College News, 1924). Such an attitude is more graphically illustrated by the College News’ comment on an ar- ticle in the New York Times crit- ~--jeizing the advent of bare knees on. the Vassar Follies: “Bare knees stage in the Vassar Follies: “Bare ‘assar. The mistake Mawr girl’s “new ideas” about morality is that “true moralfty must come from within, not be im- posed from without.” (College News, 1924). When discussing the question of birth control she ask- ed, “Is morality preserved by fear and ignorance worth anything?” (College News, 1924).. She show- ed a great interest in the Nation’s series entitled “New Morals for Old”, which suggested that mar- rigae was an arbitrary institution established during woman’s phys- ical inferiority to man. It was ex- pedient then and this made it “mor- al”, but with woman’s new econ- omic freedom had come new needs to be met. There was a possibil- ity that we no longer needed mar- riage, which would render its con- tinuing survival “immoral”, A very important editorial answers the question “What Is Morality?” in the following way: “If our moral standards are relative, which in the light of his- tory and anthropology one must admit to be true, then they are open to criticism and change. They. are not ult of divine revela- tion, but of certain psychological, —conditions. | Change any of these factors and the moral standards must change.” (College News, 1924). smokestack seniors, she sees in the distance As in the gentle springtime, when sings the cuckoo And the gentle white-clad maidens rolling their hoops toward the Fly like the wind through the trees and one among them. is foremost And eagerly she presses seeing the four years’ goa] before her; And the glimmering lights tremble Recalling it from the dark days of But 1 warn you in the name of the Bacon I will take him. So came the smooth-haired, jaundice-eyed major in history. “Nine-thirty,” she cries, “it is mine” And the gilded beams of the hall echo “mine” and two go out when she speaks. “You, you one week ahead bending your mind on preparedness You who can answer the devious questions in conference, Baser are you than the mercantilists, slyer than Machievel Limb by limb you deserve to be torn by the Inquisition.” Then speaks the other in echoing words of deep scorn. “Take away your prize, nor do I need it for I know the material, 101 Leviathan, when next I want And may your eyes close before you have read your last word; And may your. tongue fail you when wise words you seek in comp con- ference.” Lighting the close packed tobacco But unheeding the victorious historian bears her bright spoils And three times around the reading room rushes in triumph. Fist to sign the blue card, then to gather her books. Into the shades she departs, and pays her vowed sacrifice in gratitude calls on the shade of Gibbon and praises Ranke, father of history and method. pleased. be turned against me, And the curling smoke rises in the cold air, and the great names are The pale librarian turns the key which shakes in ‘the lock . The lights die at last, sleep falls on mortal limbs. But spirit, back now to walk in the cloister, before the fierce battle Or we must endure the attack of the green-blazered sociology majors. Techniques From The arts ‘exhibit connected with Arts Night need not stand on its own merits alone, for it has the: advantage of Skinner’s white- washed. walls. At intermission the audience can hardly ignore a dis- play with which they have been on close terms for the past half hour. s : The best work in the show was a small oil by Audrey Wollenberg. Miss Wollenberg used clear, un- muddied colors fresh from her tubes. Her composition was sim- ple, but organized with great care on the picture plane. The forms were arranged in accurate perspective. The two best pass- ages in the picture were the dap- pled stone barn and sunny plot in front of it. The barn and plot were executed in broad, flat areas of color, mixed with a great deal of white. The effect wag one of strong sunlight. The lighter, sun- ny areas contrasted with the dark- er areas form an_ interesting rhythm across the picture plane. Miss Wollenberg’s approach - is simple, clear, and unaffected. Another oil, a group of trees, was exhibited by Kate Jordan. Her composition was simple and clear, which was its major appeal. How- ever, Miss Jordan has not master- ed the intricacies of perspective. Her picture was flat. Little or no variation in the color scheme ren- dered the picture uninteresting. Fay DuBose contributed three water colors, entitled “Tenth En- posters”. Miss DuBose’s water colors were sophisticated, two-di- mensional color patterns. They Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 Critic Reviews Arts Night Exhibit Oilto Wood Block themselves, The “Importers” was the least complicdted. Miss Du- Bose employs large areas of color. The viewer is less confused; the kaleidoscope of colors does not swim and blur before the eye. Bonnie Raus contributed two watercolors to the exhibit. One was a delightful picture of chil- dren marching through the rain. Continued on Page 5, Col. 1 Interfaith by Helen Ullrich “Man’s New Frontier’ is the topic for Rabbi Wice’s speech at chapel on Sunday, Nov. 16. Rabbi Wice attended Washington and Lee University where he earn- ed his Bachelor and Masters of Arts. A Phi Beta Kappa key, a teaching fellowship and, a little later, an honorary Doctor of Divin- ity degree show the university’s opinion of this man. A rabbinic career was begun after five years of training at the Hebrew Union College.in Cincin- nati. Rabbi Wice’s congregations have included that of the Temple Israel in Omaha,. Nebraska, ‘and ‘Temple B’nai Jeshurun in Newark. Rabbi Wice is now at Rodeph Sha- lom in Philadelphia. Rabbi Wice has traveled extens- ‘ively. He has atended six world conferences _as the American di- rector for the “World Union for Progressive Judaism.” eee }-Both.“Who’s. Who in World Jew- ry” and “Who’s Who in the East” have listed Rabbi Wice. ae There will be discussion after the Letter to the Editor Miss de Laguna Clarifies To the Editor: Carolyn Kern’s spirited account of “Bryn Mawr in the ’20’s” (Col- lege News, November 5, 1958) prompts me to offer my reminis- Jeences of how the Self-Govern- ment smoking rules were changed. However, I did not, as has been implied, champion retention of the old restrictions when the Self-Gvo- ‘ternment Association met to dis- cuss them the fall of my junior year. Rather, I urged their dras- tic revision. Despite stage fright (it was my first public speech), I attacked the rules as undesirable and unenforceable, and - provoking a “crime wave on campus” because they were being violated on the sly. Later, I served on the com- mittee elected to remodel the whole Self-Government structure. The truly heroic roles in this affair, however, belonged first to President Marion Edwards Park who presented the students’ rec- ommendations to the Board of Di- rectors, and secondly to the Di- rectors who accepted them. For no matter whether they may priv- ately have deplored smoking by young women as an exhibition of bad taste, they publicly champion- ed the moral right of the students to decide such an issue for them- selves. Of course, we had no ink- ling of what this stand would mean, although Miss Park and the Directors must have known. For the President’s announcement that smoking was permitted on campus made front page news from coast to coast, and while the New York Times praised her stand, many oth- er sheets heaped vilification on her and on the College. A west coast college paper, I remember, stigmatized our smoking as. “a gesture of the brothel.” a liberal of the great tradition cher- ishing personal freedom and hum- an dignity with deep conviction and moral fortitude. She has never shirked a duty because it was un- pleasant nor, when the call came, been afraid .to stand up and be counted, Behind her and behind ath of us, defenders of our liberties, have always stood the Board of Di- rectors of the College. Sincerely yours, Frederica de Laguna, 1927 Perplexed Reader Protests Cuts In. Lecture Review To the Editor of the College News: Since I was one of the crowd that flooded the Common Room to hear Professor Ferrater Mora lec- ture to the Philosophy Club on with interest the report of the lecture in the College News. This report puzzles and even more dis- turbs me since I have a special concern for the state of philosophy at Bryn Mawr and for its repute abroad. I am puzzled because it~ is only the first. part of the lecture —the witty and erudite sketch of chaotic contemporary state—that is reported at all. The latter, and philosophically significant, part of the lecture is simply ignored. A reader, of the College News who had not heard the lecture might well suppose that Professor Fer- rater Mora was treating his audi- ence to a wityy but devastating exposé of contemporary philosophy Continued on Page 6, Col. 3 Inter-Faith Reading Room Moved From Goodhart To the Editor: As I wandered down the cor- ridor in Goodhart early in my Freshman year, vaguely search- ing for the Common Room I was door near the end of the hall. It said, “Inter-Faith Reading Room.” Being an inquisitive soul I ventur- were interesting designs in and of chapel service. ° + a en C. Kern’s Article on ‘20s... But President Park was and ‘is Tuesday evening, I have just read philosophy of the past and of its © attracted by a small sign on a” led into what turned “out to“be-a———*. v ‘examinations one would suspect ,competition of any form, but this [| Wednesday, November 12, 1958 THE COLLEGE NEW: Page Three Sarah Lawrence Gears Curriculum To Self-appraisal — by Linda Davis In a. recent article in Harper’s magazine, David Boroff discussed exemplary progressive education at “Sarah Lawrence College. He dealt with this relatively new system of learning from both -the social and academic angles. In these progressive institutions of higher education the main em- phasis is on the individual and her thoughts, while in what Mr. Boroff calls “traditional colleges” the center of interest is the cur- riculum and passing grades. The, main objective of progres- sive- teaching is to utilize the past literature and history of the world to comprehend better present con- flicts and problems. All knowledge should be used in some way, ac- cording to this method, and not merely “collected.” Private Conference in Each Course At Sarah Lawrence a_=student/ has a private conference with the professor—the tutor or “don”’—of each course she takes. All courses meet once a week for two hours and are supplemented by outside reading and individual projects. This reading is not required and students may read anything they have a particular leaning toward at some time during the year. Since there are no grades or that the emphasis is taken off is simply not the case. The stu- dents compare the amount of read- ing and actually feel “unhappy” as one student was quoted as say- ing, if her roommate is reading fatter books than she is. There is much pressure for a girl to discover herself and this is manifest in the sometimes threestimes weekly psychoana- lysis that students may have. In the junior year students are ex- pected to “define” themselves which appears to be the main ob- jective—self-appraisal. A girl gets engrossed rather deeply in thoughts about herself and her personality: - Heavy Intellectualism Affects Politics The heavy intellectualism of the students at Sarah Lawrence pre- vents, to a certain extent, the nor- mal social pattern of dating. Girls find that they are often more adept mentally than the boys they date and concentration on the “self” makes it difficult to share feelings and emotions. This may be the reason that only 20% of last years senior class was either engaged or married at graduation. The college does not encourage early marriages; it feels that girls are often merely trying to escape from difficult decisions and that wedlock removes a certain number of the excellent students from, the school. ' Evade Intellectual Conflicts In classes, students do not at- tempt to win any particular point, but more often merely settle for a compromise to evade intellectual conflicts with the faculty. They feel that most of the problems dis- cussed are too complex to have a single answer. The classes are al- most abnormally small, a con- dition which, though effective in allowing closer student-fdculty re- lationships, lacks the stimulation of larger classes and a wider rep- resentation of ideas.” The largest percent of the grad- uating class enters the~field of education. Sarah Lawrence offers no_s y.-“education” - courses, but interested students are ex- pected to study; for example in - philosophy, the principles of edu- cation and in psychology, educa- Dr. Zhivago and Affaire Pasternak chee ofl Provoke Various Faculty Responses Three Discuss Political, Literary Sides of Case by E. Anne Eberle On the subject of. Boris Paster- nak and his recent controversial novel Doctor Zhivago, The Satur- day Review had this to say: “There has been some surprise that out of the charnel house of art erected by Stalin should arise a gift so free and vaulting, a mind that shrugs off, shackles, a poet of hu- manity, a critic not only of the land which he distinguishes by his presence but of the age and civili- zation of which he is a part.” Sev- eral members of the Bryn Mawr faculty helped to clarify, and in some respects refute, this general- ly held opinion of the Russian cel- ebrity’s work. Miss de Graaff of the Russian department, who is among the lucky few who have been able to capture the book long enough to read it, was not so impressed with it as the majority of the critics seem to be, although she has thus far only read it in English and re- serves her final opinion of the book until she has read it in the origin- al Russian. She says it is definite- ly “interesting, but not the great- est xara of our age,” and suggests that a poor translation may be the cause of the stilted effect in the conversations, for instance. Miss de Graaff also found difficulty with the confusion of a fragmen- tary beginning and several other matters of form. “I didn’t like it at first and then I did again,” she says. Against Soviet “teey Trend But Miss de Graaff was not en- tirely critical; she found Paster- nak’s descriptions of nature and of love and moods very beautiful. She thinks that a great part of what has made it such a success is that it takes place in such an interesting time—the Russian Rev- olution—and that it differs from the current run-of-the-mill novels in any country. “But it is interesting,” she said said, “is to see this thing from the Soviet point of. view. This book goes against everything they want. in their literature. The one thing they demand is that it should be —let’s say, ‘uplifting’—it should be positive, help or instruct the people in some way. Do you see?” She pauses to gather examples in her mind. 100% Negative “It is completely negative. The hero~is in all regards weak, and they want a strong hero; he is anti-social, and they would stress social-consciousness; he is anti- _| humanistic, and they want him to be humanistic, “And what he says about the Revolution is 100% negative. Pas- ternak shows no idealism or faith in. the Revolution at all. His Doctor Zhivago is so completely non-political — Pasternak himself, I think, is 100% non-political and rather naive—and he does not con- demn this non-political character. Russians Wouldn’t Understand “You ask if I think the book will be published in Russia? I think not—and I really think the people would not understand it much, It is what I said—it is so completely different from the kind of literature they are used to—and they are not used to psychological finesses in their novels, the Russians. And as I said, they would not be able to look up to’such a hero who is the oppo- —=tionalpsychology-Thisdoes—not|sitefrom..everything they are permit the student to concentrate entirely on one area, -but retains Continued on Page 4, Col. 3 Union, but... “Are there others.like Paster- nak writing in Russia? Of course that is difficult to be specific about, but I would be strongly inclined to say that there are very few people doing the same thing. There are so few left from the pre-Revolu- tion days who have never compro- mised as he has not. He is a great artist; he has written greatpoetry —and very difficult—and some very beautiful autobiographical sketches. This is his first novel I think,” she added; as though she thought she had wandered = far from the subject. Writers’ Union Has No Control And what about this Writers’ Union from which Pasternak has recently been evicted? “Well,” ex- plained Miss de Graaff, “it is a sort of trade union for writers— it protects them, they have public readings of new works, but they have, I believe, no control over the publishing; that works about the}. same as in this country, through publishing houses. “Communist influence? Well, yes of course all organizations in ,Rus- sia have Communists scattered all through them. All the members do not like the policy they follow always—they personally may re- gret that the Soviet Union wants to expel. Pasternak from the Sensitive, Intelligent, Non-Political “I met him once,” she added with a smile. ‘He seemed like a very peaceful, extremely sensitive, intelligent man—but 100% non- political. He is old now—what, 67 or something? He says he wants a year of quiet—he has this great love for the Russian. country- side—he lives in this little place in the country outside Moscow. No, I think after this fuss he won’t be happy, but he has always lived outside the life around him any- way.” Herlihy Describes As Unique Problem Mr. Herlihy of the history de- partment hastened to say that he hadn’t had a chance to read the book yet, and all he really knew about it was what he had gathered from the great amount of public- ity it has had lately. Comment- ing on the fact that the Soviet Union has interpreted the award- ing of the Nobel Prize for Litera- ture to Pasternak as a political maneuvre, he said it was ‘a unique problem, as this is the first time the prize for literature has been given to a Russian. He said that the Russians’ great objection is that they say Paster- nak’s attitude and opinions are not typical, “not what a true Russian would say.” Besides this, the gov- ernment is opposed to Russians having international ties of any kind, which “would lead them be- yond their own borders.” Denouncement Without Reading Mr. Herlihy added that the Young Communists’ demand made recently asking to have Paster- nak rejected from citizenship was party-directed, although the ~ act had the appearance of Freedom. Thus, since the book has not been released for publication in Russia (and. Mr. Herlihy, like Miss. de Graaff, does not think it will be), the denouncement which was sup- posed to represent spontaneous dis-|-- approval of the people was an- nounced without the people even having read the book! Mr. Herlihy felt that there are undoubtedly many other writers like Pasternak, suggested by the taught heroes are made of. I do not think they would pay much atten- tion to it at all. temporary Toosantha of poltey” fm-|ine-us—just.what.the. results of! mediately, following the de-Stalin- up has undoubtedly covered them again.) Mr. Kennedy. of the political science department couldn’t re- membér a similar situation prev- ious to the present one produced by awarding the Nobel Prize to Pasternak. He offered in contrast Russian scientists have been ac- cepted, which made Soviet science recognized all over the world, but that literature involves values— “all ideology must conform to the Party—they don’t recognize any such thing as literary acomplish- ment in itself.” He said that the Party controls all fields of art— even music, Soviets Won’t Evict Pasternak Mr. Kennedy, like Mr. Herlihy, had not had an opportunity to read the book, but commenting on the political aspect, he remarked that the Young Communists are a traditional means of control of totalitarianism, that similar organ- izations have been a part of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and China, even under the Nationalists. These semi-official organizations control public opinion and consumption. The refusal of the Nobel prize it- self was similar to a case in Nazi Germany when the Nobel Prize for Literature was also refused under government pressure. Mr. Kennedy feels that .in spite of current rumblings the Soviets would not want Pasternak out of the country any more than he wants to leave. “Once he was out of the country he might be embit- tered. might expose the system . better to keep him home. Like a game of hearts—better to keep the queen of hearts in your own hand, if you want a corny illus- tration.” # Mere Ripple According to Mr. Kennedy there is a question of whether the Pas- ternak business really bothers the Russians much at all, despite the fuss. “I can believe this is all a mere ripple,” he said, “for any country that can handle the Hun- garian and Rumanian uprisings so efficiently—this is no real concern.” But he did speculate that if the Russians were completely assured “they would have been smart to ignore it and say, ‘All right, he writes that way,’ and make. it clear that it was Pasternak who didn’t conform and that no one else thinks that way.” Mr. Kennedy was confident that the Communists’ objections to Pas- ternak were fabricated and that the awarders of the prize are faithful in choosing the winners strictly according to merit, al- though from another point of view,]| Pasternak’s writing may not be all that good; but the dominant feel- ing is that it is good. “I’m confident that there are others whose writing and: point of view we were not allowed to see,” he added. “The temporary period of liberal policy in China a while back. brought out comparable points of view. But unfortunately this sort of thing renews our feel- ing that it’s the diabolic nature of their. system that-they can make a man recant, not through phys- ical threats but intellectualy con- vincing him. I personally feel that they can change. people’s. funda- mental points of view, which is the frightening aspect of the system.” -Frightening or not, it-seems that Boris Pasternak has managed to be the exception to the rule and has maintained his idealism in spite of political haggling. The current “fuss” over him is show- such non-conformity means in the the fact that similar awards to}. A. A. Announces In Point System Last spring the A.A. Executive Board, .after lmuch “debate, made certain changes in its constitution, mostly affecting the allotting of points which lead to awards given at Awards Night each spring for participation in athletics during the year. The main changes were effected because members felt that there were not enough upperclassmen participating in. varsity sports and that freshmen and spohomores took advantage of. the fact that they could pass their sports re- quirements by being on a varsity . sport, which was fine, except that the upperclassmen did not have. a similar inspiration, The chang- ed system, therefore, allots the present number of points to up- perclassmen on varsity teams, but freshmen and sophomores receive 100 points less. The Executive Board also felt that 200 points, the number for- merly awarded for a sports week- end and 100 points for a sports day were too. large, considering they were roughly equivalent to half of what a varsity or J.V. player might get for a whole sea- son’s regular practice and game attendance, Each of these awards was therefore halved. The Board also voted to give class representatives 200 points for the juniors and sophomores and 100 points to the rotating freshman members, since hall rep- resentatives earn points for sim- ilar or less demanding jobs. The total number of points re- quired to earn the various awards was not changed, however, since it was felt that a great number of people were receiving the awards and that they were losing their value. The present points. system is as follows: VARSITY SPORTS First Varsity (Freshman or Sophomore) ....... Usisassssterivsiied 400 First Varsity (Junior or BO idan 500 First Varsity Substitute .......... 375 Jr. Varsity (Freshman or - Sophomore) sissssissiccssssiccorecseseserss 300 Jr. Varsity (Junior or Senior) 400 Jr, Varsity Substitute .............. 275 TE TO iiivicsssinidcstivecrtion 200 Varsity Captain ....ccccccossosccoreess 250 Varelty Manager ........c.ccicccsssecs 250 Assistant Manager .............000 » 150 Timers and Scorers (if they of- ficiate at a majority of games) 200: or; per game .................. 25 SPORT DAYS Non-team participant in sports day or conference .........ccsccce00e 50 Non-team participant in sports weekend or conference ........ 100 CLASS AND HALL TEAMS (Unaltered) HALL REPRESENTATIVES 200 CLASS REPRESENTATIVES Junior and Sophomore Rotating Freshman eeeeeeereree Seeeeeeseeceoocces Opera To Offer Student Prices Dr. Chevalier L. Jackson, presi- dent of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Co. will again make stu- dent tickets available throughout the season. Student tickets may be purchas- ed-at half price at the office of the company, 1422 Chestnut St., room 811, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets that are available at half price are amphitheatre and family circle sec- tions in the Academy of Music. Students must show proof such bursar’s cards of their student’s ization. Since then the tightening Communist world. oa <<) Saannns — Page Four T HE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, November 5, 1958 Kern: Bryn Mawr in the 20's. Continued From Page 2, Col. 2 She considered herself to be frankly facing situations winked at for some time and fearlessly searching for what was best for man and for society at large at that particular time. Everyone that I talked to felt that, in spite of much “talk”, a loosening of morals on the part of the Bryn Mawr girl did not occur to any great extent during the Twenties. None of them considered them- selves to have “drunk”, and most didn’t even taste liquor until their senior year or after their gradu- ation. Undoubtedly there were Bryn ‘Mawr girls who had been born with “flapper” tendencies and who acted like flappers whenever they got the chance, but most of the girls were what Mrs. Manning calls “the more serious type.” Transition From Iced Tea . Difficult I would imagine that the trans- ition between consuming “dainty sandwiches and iced drinks” at Peter Pan Tea House to downing contraband liquor in a local speak- easy was a difficult one. Further- more, the News saw fit to warn the college public that “Intellectu- ality is a state of mind to be as carefully guarded against as friv- olity . . . Beer and skittles are not incompatible with higher life.” But the fact that tremendous differ- ences in personality must always be taken into account was accen- tuated for me by two answers to the question, “What did you think of This Side of Paradise?” One person immediately exclaimed “You can’t imagine how we responded to that book. That’s just the way we were!’’; while the other one insisted, “Nonsense! Nothing like that went on, It’s all so over- done.” Mrs. Manning believes that in all cases, the girls consid- ered an active social life as some- thing still in the future, something that would develop after they grad- uated, and that they were forced to wait until then to put into ef- fect any really wild schemés they might possibly have had. As al- ways, the “outside” culture form- ed the arena where all ideas would be put into action. Flaming Youth and Dorian Gray As far as I could tell, the Bryn Mawr girl read all the curent lit- erature with great interest. How- ever, unlike many of her contem- poraries, the preserved an amaz- ing balance of interests. A News reporter roaming through the halls found Lost Girl side by side with _ Emma, Flaming Youth sharing tle same bookshelf with Dorian Gray; and she commented on the master- ful juxtaposition of Plato, Jurgen, and Correlli. (College News, 1924). An analysis of the periodicals read by fifty-one Bryn Marwters listed the top favorites in the following order: Atlantic Monthly, Life, Sat- urday Evening Post, Vogue, Van- ity Fair, Harper’s, National Geo- graphic, Scribners, Literary Di- gest, Punch, and Time. (College News, 1926). Only two girls ad- mitted reading movie magazine: none to reading confession maga zines. Furthermore, the College News observed that “The Amer- ican Public seems to be surpris- ingly cool _in its. attitude towards periodicals of an intellectual rad- ical nature,” and goes on to ad- vocate a “keen, visioned, unparti- san,,press that would challenge and not coddle our minds.” Bureau of Recommendations Job Notices BABY-SITTERS ' ‘Only about half of the question- naires have been returned so far. If you, are interested in a change of rates, please return your blank to Debby Ham in Pembroke West or to Miss Farjeon in the Bureau of Recommendations before Wed- nesday of this week. MADEMOISELLE TEA Thursday, November 20th, at 4:30 The Deanery Miss Hoppin from Mademoiselle will be here to talk about the Col- lege Board Contest, the Fiction Contest, the Art Contest. Every- one interested is cordially invited. In order that we may have some idea about numbers, it would be helpful if you would notify the Bureau of Recommendations if you would like to go to the tea. REMINDER: November 17th is the last day to apply for the December examin- ations of the New York State Civil Commission. Application blanks and booklets at the Bureau of Recommendations. Odd Jobs now Open: Please see Miss Farjeon. Office position in doctor’s office, Suburban Building, ‘Ardmore—Fri- day afternoons from 1:45 to 4:00 or later. General assistance in the office, plus some typing. $1.50 an hour. Jobs for Next Year: Please see Mrs. Grenshaw. The National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland—about half-way between Baltimore and Washington—(a part of the in- telligence system of the Federal Government). Seniors and gradu- ate students of any major for re- seerch positions; language majors for linguistic programs. U. S. Citizens only. Beginning salaries, $4040 and 4980. The agency will be recruiting at the college later in the year but will interview only students who have taken and passed the Professional Qualifications Test which will be given here on Sat- urday, December 6th (the only time it will be offered this year). No fee is required. Applications must be made by November 30th. Further information and_ blanks available at the Bureau of Recom- mendations. . Geologists for the U. S. Geolo- gical Survey. Beginning salaries of $4490 for AB’s, $5430 for grad- uate students. Applications close December 2nd. American citizens only. Further information and ap- plication cards at the Bureau. Further Training: The Katherine Gibbs School announces two National Scholar- ships open to college seniors. Further information at the Bureau. é Events In Philadelphia Shubert: Whoop-Up. Feuer-Marti-Charlap-Gimble musical with Susan Johnson, Paul Ford, Romo Vincent, Sylvia Syms, opened Monday, THEATRE: November 10. Forrest: Cue for Passion, Elmer Rice drama, with John Kerr and Diana Wynyard, opened Tuesday, November 11. MUSIC: Academy: Richard Tucker yMetropolitan Opera tenor in recital, for All . Star Concert Series, Thursday, November 13, 1958. Philadelphia @rchestra, Ormandy conducting; Robert Casadesus, pianist, er afternon and Sataniny evening. and 15.) (November 14 Benny Siibindn: King of Dwing ina iis concert Friday evening, November 14. MOVIEES: Goldman: The Old Man and the Sea Fox: Appointment With a Shadow | _|with a store” Ferrater Mora Lecture The definitions of the word philosophy are almost as diverse and contradictory as the schools of thought. In short, “What is con- temporary philosophy?” is a futile question; and one faces more than ever not philosophy but philoso- phers, each of whom believes that his philosophy is his own affair and that “what you are doing is not philosophy.” Philosophers Deplore The reaction of philosophers to the present situation, as Mr. Fer- rater Mora described it, is first to deplore it and then to adhere to one of four positions: the dog- matic, which concludes that only one doctrine is acceptable; the eclectic, which accepts all as con- taining something of truth or sig- nificance; the skeptical, which re- jects all and declares that no ac- ceptable system can be found; the dialectical, which accepts all in some ways and advocates a synthe- sis. ; Drastic Remedies Needed Mr. Ferrater Mora himself, how- ever, does not deplore the situation at all. On the contrary, he is “de- lighted,” for he feels that at last a stage has been reached for which only drastic remedies will effect a cure. Philosophy must be re- defined so that definite pronounce- ments are possible about what is acceptable and what is inaccept- able. The fault of most present schools ig in believing that perma- nent philosophical objects . exist. There are none, said Mr. Ferrater Mora, there are no objects with which other fields of study do not deal. Philosophy, however, perme- ates all objects; its unique posses- sion is its point of view, one of unification —not synthesis, but analysis, typical of all human en- deavour, Thus, the real and proper province of philosophy is the criti- cal, questioning examination of everything, of all knowledge, of the language in which anything is accepted, from the general view- point of unification—for example, Whitehead’s attempts against the bifurcation of nature. Reconcilia- tion of the existing schools is not necessary, since, in Mr. Ferrater Mora’s opinion, the “standing edi- fices” are already “in ruins.” - Freedom From Fantasy Philosophy, he __ believes, - can make statements about man which science neither can nor will, but it cannot make them in terms con- trary to the statements of these sciences, by which it has been taken over. Therefore, philosophy must watch its methods, must be rigorous and free from “idle talk and sheer fantasy,” for “If you ean become a real philosopher in a few ways, you can become a pseudo-philosopher in an_ infinite number of ways.” Sarah Lawrence Continued from Page 3, Col. 1 the same emphasis on discovering oneself and intellectual stimula- tion. Sarah Lawrence can produce a well-educated woman, conscious of the many facets of life and com- pletely sure of her own abilities, but there is a great chance that a student will only scratch the sur- face of each course and emerge of knowledge com- prised of obscure“-facts. and ideas. There can be no precise judgment on the merits of progressive edu- on,-but, as with “Men are nothing but crippled chromosomes,” according to Mr. Ashley Montagu, who spoke recent- ly at Wesleyan Univerity. Accord- ing to The Wesleyan Argus, Mr. Montagu was “greeted with a cho- rus of loud hisses” from his pre- dominately male audience as “he gave forth with unmitigated her- esy upon his favorite subject ‘The Natural Superiority of Women’.” “Asserting that women are con- stitutionally superior ‘to men, Montagu contrasted the health of the ‘g’, or female gene, with the male*gené. Furthermore, accord- ing to Mr. Montagu, “Women are better able to make use of their emotions.” Men, in contrast to this, internalize their feelings, thus causing ulcers, asthma and insanity.” (The Argus went on to insinuate that perhaps men’s in- sanity was caused because women externalize their emotions). “In the realm of the intellect, Montagu intoned, ‘Wives often find their husbands resemble more the cracked up image than the image they were cracked up to be.’ Wives i S. Howard ex ‘61 @,0 © -. Criticizes B.M.C. An article of interest to the Bryn Mawr campus appeared re- cently in The Swarthmore Phoenix. Written by Susan Howard, for- merly of the class of 1961 here, it contained several of her. views on Bryn Mawr and the reasons she transferred to Swarthmore from Bryn Mawr. “The most obvious difference es tween the colleges is that Bryn Mawr is not co-ed. Although this fact in itself is obvious, it partly accounts for many of the more subtle differences between these colleges, The lack of community feeling and activity (and I don’t mean “School Spirit”) is due at least in part to this fact. Only those of us who didn’t care for Princeton ‘men’ were around on the week-ends; consequently there was nothing going on from Friday noon to Monday morning. “During the week we occasional- ly did have an interesting speaker, a good movie, or a_ discussion group. However, most of the peo- ple didn’t seem to be interested in having any campus activities, as was indicated by the limited at- tendance at these functions and by the lack of active organizations on campus. The clubs were very. ineffectual; only those who were in them knew what they were do- ing. “There is, of course, an advan- tage to this situation. It creates the opportunity for one to be an organizer. The clubs were so dis- organized and purposeless that if one joined, she was immediately granted the opportunity of at- tempting to organize the club and give it a purpose. — “Another characteristic is that people at Bryn Mawr never read newspapers. Consequently the stu- dents didn’t know what was hap- pening. what people believed, or what values were important to them, All you ever heard about was how poor a professor was, how depresed somebody was, or how wonderful (or awful) last week- end’s date was. Of course, many Swarthmore students may not know what is happening in the world or what their values are, but at least they pretend to know what they are talking about... This Jeads_to much discussion.” ENGAGEMEN Mollly Epstein to-Richard ee MARRIAGES ” it Nas its advantages ‘and dis- advantages, Sheila R. Atkinson to Richard emaciated condition of the ‘y’, or} Eric Fisher, Men Are “Crippled Chromosomes” Reports Montagu In Wesleyan Talk are generally more intelligent than their husbands!” “*Deteriorated babies,’ is Mon- tague’s description of the intel- lectual genius of the male.” He also commented that the differ- ence between male and female hu- mans is strikingly like that be- tween the apes and Homo Sapiens.” Lynes Letter Coatinaed from Page 2, Col. 5 tended-_by___fascinating volumes concerning all kinds of religious subjects. Early this year I was taken, not at all by accident. to a charm- ing room in Cartriff (the house directly behind Mrs. Broughton’s) with a large window-seat and fireplace. This is the new home of the Inter-Faith Association and of the books which I am now at- tempting to tend. This room ig the culmination of the long hope of the Association for, a quiet place on campus for reading and meditation, a pleas- ant refuge from the constant pressures of college life. We are extremely grateful to those who made it possible to realize this, hope. - Thanks to the help of the Re- jigious Life Committee, the lib- rary which we will soon be mov- ing is an expanding one. We are in the process of deciding which ‘books we would like to add and all suggestions will be very welcome. This combined reading and med- itation room is naturally an excit- ing project for the Inter-Faith Association but its real vlaue lies in its use by the student body. We sincerely hope you will all take advantage of it. Elizabeth R. Lynes Inter-Faith Librarian Movies | Ardmore: Tuesday through Sat- urday, Walt Disney’s White Wil- derness and Missouri Traveler with Brandon de Wilde. Sunday through Tuesday, Dun- kirk with John Mills and Fort Massacre with Joel MacCrea, Suburban: Wednesday through Saturday, Marjorie Morningstar with Natalie Wood and Gene Kelly. Anthony Wayne: Wednesday through ‘Saturday; Walt Disney’s White Wilderness, and At War With The Army with Dean. Martin and Jerry Lewis. Sunday through Tuesday, Dun- | kirk with John Mills and Raw Wind in Eden. Greenhill: Through the week, “Dangerous Exile with Louis Jour- dan and Belinda Lee, Bryn Mawr: Tuesday and Wed- nesday, Young Lions with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin. Thrusday through Saturday, Me and the Colonel with Danny Kay and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunt- er with Jayne Mansfield. Wednesday, November 12, 1958 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Young Mormon Elders Scrutinize Ideal, Practice What You Preach by Susan Downey Every young man in the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter D ‘Saints, commonly called the mon Church, goes. out for two years as.a missionary for his} faith. He does this voluntarily and} pays all his own expenses. Two of these elders, Elder Thom and Elder Hibbert of Norristown, spoke unders the auspices of the Inter- faith Association on Tuesday, No- vember 11, at 5:00 p.m. In spite of their being named elders, they were not. the least bit elderly— both were in their 20’s. Thq most distinguishing belief of the Mormon Church, according to Elder Hibbert, is its belief in direct revelation by God to man in modern times. This revelation came to Joseph Smith in Upper New York State in 1820, when God told him to join none of the existing impure churches, but to found his own church based on New Testa- ment Christianity. The sect was continually persecuted and _ so forged to move West—first to Mis- souri, and ther to Illinois. When Joseph Smith was martyred, Brig- ham Young led the long trek west which ended when he saw the spot where Salt Lake City stands today and proclaimed “This is the place.” From this unpromising beginning, the Mormons have become a pros- perous and ever-growing denomi- nation. The bases for the Mormon be- liefs are the Bible and the Book of ‘Mormon. God appeared to Jo- seph Smith and told him that he would find and be able to translate some golden tablets, which were the Book of Mormon. These tablets contained a record of the ancient peoples of America—a people who ‘came from the Old World and who built cement roads and temples like Babylonian ziggurats. These tablets were revealed before arch- aeology had discovered such things in South America. The Book of Mormon and the Bible have equal weight in the church; they are the revelations of God to different peoples. The Mormons claim to be the only true church of Christ, which must exist on earth in this puri- fied form before the kingdom of [God can come on earth. . All pre- a reformers—Luther, Calvin, Wesley-—were imperfect and. in- complete, for the time was not yet ripe for a true prophet to appear. ‘Like other Christians, the Mor- mons believe that salvation comes through Christ. They think that a believer can be baptized by proxy for a dead: person, and that this dead person can be saved if he will accept this baptism. Marriage for eternity is also ‘a sacrament. These rites can be performed only in the temples, of which there are only thirteen in the world. The temples are open every day but Sunday for such rites. One of the most widespread mis- conceptions about the Mormons concerns their practice of poly- gamy. The permission of polygamy was revealed by God only as a temporary measure to “raise up righteous seed unto the land” and was outlawed in 1890. Actually, only three percent of the Mormons ever practiced it, for to do so a man must get permission from the head of the church and ‘have his other wife’s permission. The church has no paid ministers —all work is done voluntarily. They have Sunday School on Sun- day morning and church services at night. Communion is taken every Sunday. These services take place in churches, of which there are many throughout the world. No Mormon ever goes hungry. The church has welfare farms, the produce from which is given to needy families. Mormons who are out of jobs can work on these farms to support themselves. They take no help'from other charitable organizations, though they do give generously to charity themselves. Discussion, during which may of the preceding points were brought up, followed the lecture. Copies of the Book of Mormon and the’ Articles of Faith of the Mormon Church, as well as an illustrated Saga of Mormonism are in the Interfaith Reading Room in Goodhart. Critic Reviews Arts Night Exhibit Techniques From Oil Te Wood Block Continued from Page 2, Col. 4 The picture remonds one of Bem- mellman’s illustrations for chil- dren’s books. Her second water color was ‘a still life. Miss Raus used clear, vibrant red in the flow- ers, Unfortunately, however, her muddied and unnecessary back- ground deserves only to detract from the vibrancy of the crimson. Miss Raus has a fine sense of pat- tern. The circular flower pot is echoed by the leaves, the blossoms, and the grain of the wood in the table. Susan Jones also contributed a water color, which exhibited, if nothing else, a balanced composi- tion and competent handling of the medium. Judy Stulberg introduced graph- ics into the exhibtion—a wood cut and a print. Miss Stulberg ex- hibits good technical mastery; however, there is little variation in subject matter... Both works utilize the same pose, that of a seated girl. In both works, Miss Stulberg emphasizes the vertical direction, Miss Stulberg’s forte lies in her ability to arrange black and white areas in an interesting pattern on the picture plane. Gaby Yablonsky contributed two academic. studies ,one of a nude, the other of a sculptured head. Embroidered Linens Trousseaux. ~~ Bath” Ensembles Monograms - Irish Damasks _ WILSON BROS. | ~~ MAGASIN de LINGE = 825 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pa. LAwrence 5-5802 : Handkerchiefs . | Miss Yablonsky executed the stud- ies in sepia chalk. The studies were done from sculpture in the round, and Miss Yablonsky has ob- tained a sculptured effect in her drawings by contract of light and dark areas and clarity of outline. The two most provocative works were contributed by Theodora Stillwell. Miss Stillwell’s draw- ings were in pen and ink: “The Laocoon” and “St. George and the Dragon”. Both works are done with a minimum of detail. Miss Stillwell’s figures stand out clear- ly against a bare background. would. seem superfluous. Miss Stillwell, it might be said, knows when to stop. They need no explanation; titles| | Hockey The Bryn Mawr heckey teams played their last games of the year yesterday afternoon against Rose- mont on the home field. The j.v.’s were edged out 1-0, while the var- sity went down 2-0. In both games Bryn Mawr made several or many real threats to the Rosemont goal, but each time the team somehow lacked that extra bit of drive that ‘would have made the point. This final game brought the var- sity’s total win-loss score to three ties and two defeats, which ac- cording to Miss Schmidt, hockey coach, is better than it has been for years. Each of the ties was by a 1-1 score; “One point was just the most we could get for one day,” commented Miss Schmidt matter- of-factly. On the whole, though, she was not displeased with this season, and was especially pleased with some individual players who had contributed a great deal dur- ing the practices and games this fall. She indicated that consider- ing the fact that huge-scale sports of any kind, perhaps especially hockey, were not feasible at Bryn Mawr, the hockey teams had done very well for themselves against formidable opposition. Ferrator Mora Continued from Page 1, Col. 1 | united by their. common hostility toward traditional rationalism. The humanist and Marxist: are linked by their distrust of existen- tialism, nd the Scientist and Marx- ist are united by common contempt for humanism. Thus the three philosophies are closer than might be expected, albeit their only ties are common hostilities. What makes the fusion between the three so difficult, Dr. Ferrater Mora explained, is the facility with which one philosopher can make another look foolish.. Just’a little contriving and Plato could be made to appear a sophist, he said. Nevertheless, he feels the union of the three cleaved empires is possible and looks with hope to the Scientific philosophy of the Anglo- Ameéricans for the leadership vital to this endeavor. Has your hair been cut since the last time you were home? Better have it trimmed now— Vanity Shoppe LA 5-1208 Have a WORLD of FUN! 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The piano part has Brahms’ rich rolling harmonies, and the form of the sonata. as a whole is concentrated and intense. Its four | Review Of Curtis Concert NOTICE Chest X-Ray Unit will be on campus Wednesday, November 19th, 1958 from 8:30 a. m. to 11 a. m. only. All sophomores are required to have an X-Ray. All employees must be X-Ray- ed. Optional for all other stu- dents—faculty and staff. BEAU & BELLE Breakfast Lunch Dinner Late Snacks Open Seven Days Next door to Bryn Mawr P.O. Jeanett’s Bryn Mawr Flower Shop 823 Lancaster Avenue We Wire Flowers LAwrence 5-0570 Your Olympia Dealer SUBURBAN . TYPEWRITER 39 E. Lancaster Ave. Ardmore, Pa. MI 2-1378 Typewriters Rented—Sold Repaired movements are very diverse in character, showing that very dif- ferent approaches can evoke the same pathos and intensity. The second movement involves sublime melodie singing for the violin, into which Mr. Laredo put great feel- ing and expression. However, the climax of the Sonata was the pres- to Finale. 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Yours sincerely, Grace A. de Laguna. Ed Note: The continuation of Mr. Mora’s November 4 lecture, which WINTER SPORTS? Be graceful lovely and warm in Skating Skirts and Tights Joyce: Lewis Bryn Mawr HAMBURG HEARTH Now Open Until Delivery Service Between 8 & 10:30 p.m. Daily Except Sunday LA 5-2314 Continued from Page 1, Col. 4™ one was hearing a person playing a piece, rather than a reading of the music. Diana Dismuke and Jim Kato- witz carried off an aria from Don Giovanni without temerity, and to their credit the audience as well felt no uneasihess. Diana’s voice sounds especially well in the forte passages; Jim’s proficiency is well known, The compositions for recorders, guitar and tom-tom by David Ro- senbaum were simple and in quiet accord with the Two Dances, The harmonies were traditional, as he intended, and well woven. Some snatches are memorable. A blessing appreciated by those -|who recall Skinner’s barroom pi- anos in other years, was the per- forming piano from the Ely Room. The improvement makes us Continued from Page 1, Col. 3 ness of gesture. The two maids were not only foils for their mis- tress, but amusing creations in their own right. This short scene did not give, and probably was not meant to give, any idea of what Congreve’s play is like, any more than a par- lor recitation of “To be or. not to be” can téll anyone what to expect . from a performance of Hamlet. But, considered apart from the play, as a scene complete in itself, its virtues are many. In an other- wise all-musical program, it. gave the audience the chance to hear the spoken word well spoken, it gave three fine comediennes an opportunity to show off their tal- ents, and its special brand of humor lent variety yet fitted in well with the light-hearted atmos- had been cut for lack of space is : COMPARED To HOW ITS BREWED ; rife hope that the luggmg becomes an|phere characteristic of this year’s TODAY. redonl prbiveetacet® on prited On Paes 4 of this desue. annual affair. Arts Night. CANS A O : to have back wih us TAM. | First Prize Winner—Hair Styling Competition— Fri. and Sat. Evenings i Philadelphia, 1941. . | Also a For’Consultation Call 853 Lancaster Ave. After leaving us and going with the Air Force for the duration, plus a few years in Northampton, Massa- chusetts and Stone Harbor, New Jersey, we are glad MR. ANDRE Famous Hair Stylist Grand Prize Winner—Hair Styling Competition— ~ Philadelphia, 1940. 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