' Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 15, 1961 ~) Congratulations and Thanks The volngeafedliningne <>< —--oarineard and Sue Johnson and Barbara Paul have been summoned to lead Self-Gov and Undergrad respectively for the coming year. Our congrat- ulations and best wi wi e old, on with the new’, we pause to consider the fine, competent work done in the past year by these organizations and commend Carolyn Goldmark and Betsy Frantz for jobs well done. | ncn aus ss | Casting a slight shadow over these pleasant feelings of satisfaction is the unalterable fact that in an election only one person can win, and three, in each case here, must lose. They deserve commendation for their courage and qualifica- tions: Faith Halfter, Ruta Krastina, and Abby Wootton for . Self-Gov and Ellen Corcoran, Judy Samuelson, and Virginia Sitz for Undergrad. We hope that both the winners and the campus will remember that these people are notably qualified to aid in the work that will be done in the new year. Our horoscope predicts that ipso-facto-wise it should be a good one. Round One: Freshman Comp-Ageinst Freshman Comp is a much talked-about, little written- about subject. It is one of those horrifying experiences in life that defy the art of the denfiitive-statement maker. It is an experience that more than ninety-nine percent of the students survive. ‘lhe problem of the course is that of its value. Students survive the course, but do they profit from it? If English 15 were to make each student as verbally proficient as it intended, its value ond piace in the curriculum could not be disputed, but it is widely teit among the students that the course does not. acomplish this aim. Many reasons for this dissatistaction have been put forth in varying de- grees of blind fury, righteous indignation and conscientious consideration. : Every freshman class is comprised of students of. vary- ing backgrounds, capabilities and experiences, due to the in- creasing distinction in the curricula of secondary schools. As products of “specialized” or progressive schools, fresh- men may offer a primarily scientific background, a literary one or a traditional liberal one. Bryn Mawr recognizes ad- vanced placement in languages, history and more recently, science and math, but only in extra-exceptional cases does it acknowledge achivement in English. Hence an appreci- able number of competent students feel that the current Freshman Comp course is conducted on a level below theirs and is “a pure waste of time;” they desire a second semester exemption or an intensification of the program. Second, there is a difference in those faculty members who teach Freshman Comp; this difference is based on their approach to the subject matter and their students. Some of the instructors follow a conventional pattern in exposing the young minds in their command to the subtleties of litera- ture and composition; others try a more imaginative and in- dividual approach, often with results even more doubtful than usual. In the two class hours a week some emphasize the current reading fare by lecturing, discussing or grilling; others repeat once again the principles of. composition while a third group holds forth on amorphous sociologica. Lastly there is the attitude of the student as expressed in the procedure of writing. One quick glance around any dorm on the eve of a deadline is worth six tomes of inflamed debate on the Freshman Comp situation. . Have class, con- ference and past greetings of dawn only led once again to another midnight hair-pulling, Kent-incensed search for the topic sentence whom which all will flow swiftly and superbly to a conclusive conclusion? Under such pain and pressure how will anyone ever learn to write? The disparities in the incoming students’ abilities and in the instructors’ approaches to their course, the problem of what exactly English 15 is and the almost overwhelming dissatisfaction on the part of students with the course in its present form seem to necessitate a serious consideration of the course by the Curriculum Committee or a more effective “demonstration by the sufferers. (Next week — Freshman Comp — Pro) THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examina- tion weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. 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It is unfortun- ate that Mrs. Warfield, an author and pareht, was not present at the lecture ‘given by Dr. Franz- blau, M.D., psychiatrist, PhdD., Doctor of Divinity, author, and parent, For had she been in at- tendance she might have realized that Dr. Franzblau was not con- demning religion’s place in society. Rather he was attempting to show the different roles that psychiatry and religion assume; but, that de- spite the differences, they should supplement each other in guidiig the individual and helping him to attain an enriched, well adjusted, and adaptable life, i.e., a state of emotional maturity. It is also disconcerting to read such unfounded generalities as: “Psychiatry is a knife; religion is a torch,” “The great fact is that religion works and psychiatry does not”.—On what grounds do you base these statements?—on the Crusades, the Thirty Years’ War, the Nazi régime?—or on the ex- periences of the thousands of peo- ple who have had_ gratifying psycho-therapy ? Religion can help to open the “Divine Door’(?), But psychia- try can help us to understand what is behind that door and why we wanted to open it in the first place. Sincerely, Juliet Goodfriend 68 ‘Alice Longobardi ’68 Janice Richman ’62 Ed. notes The NEWS welcomes the idea of controversial topics for lectures and is glad to print varying opinions on them. It is especially important to ex- pose ourselves to viewpoints which seem strange and unten- able to us: because we don’t agree with them. The discus- sion aroused by the Franzblau lecture and Mrs. Warfield’s re- ply is good in that it is discus- sion—an exchange of opinion on a subject of intellectual merit. Gy Ap plebee i have had a good but frustrating week. first, i practiced typing. i subversive, of course) this Was frustrating because i can’t coordinate my beak and claws. i just can’t hit a capital. so from now on you will understand why i use little letters. (and of course, it’s more avant-garde— just because i have been here ‘ for years doesn’t mean that i can’t dig e. e. you know who) besides typing, i also looked into this election thing. spring always calls for a turn-over, worms churn up the ground and then flowers grow. so campaigns stir issues and slowly policies are churned, sor and someone is elected. ‘i, am too wise to carry on my metaphor. athena will snicker in her classical way and say ‘my olive tree doesn’t sprout all new every year... |instead, it twists itself from the wind and changes.’ : she is right. +that is what happens, but ‘here : ‘while changing and adjusting (policies; i mean) |do they. become gnarled? field’s reaction to Dr. Abraham |4nd the Haverford Drama Club | students, anxious to put their years "The Bryn Mawr College Theatre , will present William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18 at 8:30 p.m. in Goodhart..The direct- or, Robert Butman, is assisted by Toni Seymour and Ted Hauri. The play concerns: a group of real, basically nice ladies and gen- tlenmen, who tend to follow their emotions and to fall in and out of love easily, The only excéption, Malvolio, a self-righteous charac- ter, pathetic as well as comic, is played by Peter Garrett, director of Woyzeck. The play centers’ about Feste, the Clown. Andy Miller changes completely from his role as Woyzeck to enact this unusually ‘perceptive personage, who knows the other characters better than they know themselves and understands the causes and re- sults of every happening. [Major comic characters include News Suggests Summer School, Finds Job Evils - The News has unearthed the cause for recent surges in summer school attendance. It has to do, our report contends, with summer employment, procedure for secur- ing such and tthe such that is pro- cured through procedure. Late last spring we observed many eager of college learning to practical test. A.” biology student applied for a job in a fishery (fish hatch- ery). She received an application for federal employment and dili- gently answered their queries: height without shoes, feet and inches? one’s availability informa- tion;. one’s «veteran preference; “Are you a citizen of the United Sittates of America or as a native of American Samoa do you owe al- legiance to the USA?” “Are you now or have’ you ever been a member of any foreign or domestic organization, group, movement, or combination of per- sons which is totalitarian, Fascist, Communist, or subversive, or which has adopted, or shows, a policy of advocating or approving the commission of acts of force vor vi- olence to deny any other persons their rights under the Constitution of the United States, or which seeks to alter the form of gov- ernment of the US by unconstitu- tional means?” (Self-Gov, ipso facto organizations, sounds pretty sneaky.) Eligibility for fishery em- ployment is decided on tthe basis of facts. “Admitted unfavorable information about such matters as arrests or discharges will be con- sidered together with the favor- able information in your record in determining your present fitness for Federal employment.” In- structions for signing application: sign your name in ink, use one given name, initial or initials and surname; if female, prefix Miss or Mrs., and, if married, use your own given name, e.g. Mrs. Mary L. Doe. Having passed the test on the basis of her aesthetically curious fingerprints, Mrs, Mary L. Doe, once Sally Jones, BMC ’62, trotted off to Woods Hole, and put her quickly - accumulating _ biological kowledge to work in a number of fields. ‘So successful was she on veteran preference determination, her summer job status was revolv- ing; shé now has experience in each of the following: kitchen help- er, bread and butter girl, dining room assistant, dormitory janitor, chambermaid, mail boy, apparatus assistant, groundsman, supply de- partment boy and lastly, night- Bryn Mawr-Haverford Thespians ‘Join For Fresh Prodveficir'v: swelfth Night ran-Reynals as Maria, and Linn Allen as Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Ted will be remembered as Azdak in Caucasian Chalk Circle; Cisca was Prince Arthur in: King John; ‘More serious characters are Jane Parry as Olivia, Rob Colby as Vio- la, and Andreas Lehner portray- ing the Duke. Jane returns to the Bryn Mawr stage after a year in College Theatre plays, is under- taking her first major Shakespear- éan role; Andreas is well remem- bered as Antonio in last year’s Merchant of Venice. Set Design Set designer, Dietmar Haack, is being assisted by Nancy Myers. Sue Travis is the stage manager, and Lindsay Clemson is in charge of lighting. The unit. set, built to look both indoors and out, was in- spired by the work of Inigo Jones, designer for the masques at White- hall, The basic color of the set, blue, muted with shades of green and gray, portrays comedy but re- flects the play’s melancholy back- ground of frustrated love and re- cent death. The modified Elizabeth- an costumes, arranged by Sam Fer- ‘per, have been chosen in colors to blend with the scenery. Overall responsibility rests upon Ginny O’Roak, production manager. Music Traditional music is being com- bined with original pieces by John Davison, whose compositions were heard in Caucasian Chalk Circle and in The Merchant of Venice. A recorder group will perform this incidental music. _ Nancy Myers, President of Col- leg Theatre, comments: “Twelfth Night depends upon mutual action. For this play ;we have a cast and crew of unusually diversified ex- perience, who have worked togeth- er to create a unified and, I think, an exceptionally fine production.” Tickets to Twelfth Night will be sold Monday through Friday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.sat Goodhart Box Office. Charges are $1.00 for stu- dents, and. $1.50 for everyone else. Juniors Evaluate College Education ‘Participating in the first annual scholarship day. of the Bethel Afri- can Mesthodist Episcopal Church in Ardmore, juniors Marion Coen and Pixie Schieffelin addressed the congregation March 12 on “The Values of Higher Education.” Speaking extemporaneously, the students discussed practical points on college entrance and opportun- ities for jobs after college, as well as the general merits of a college education. They emphasized the values of meeting people from all over the world and developing pre- viously unsuspected talents and interests. : The scholarship day, sponsored by a group of young people who have raised funds to send members of the congregation to college, fea- tured a number of speakers, read- ings. and musical renditions. The Bryn Mawr students enjoyed the social hour after the program-when they were able to talk with the other speakers, many of whom were from Africa. : ‘Commenting on the program, (Marion and Pixie said, “It was ex- citing to be able to share our views on education with others..who feel the way we do about it. We had the dual satisfaction of being able to stimulate our audience and give them information on a number of practical points, and at the same ee ae —— Linn played the doctor in Woyzeck... Italy; Rob Colby, seen in many > time of having our listeners re- — ae ‘respectfully yours, affirm our own belief in what we * were saying.” .