if emg a as ir : ea pas) eptictnc ‘VOL. XLIV—NO. 14 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1961 %) Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1961 soe! PRICE 20 CENTS Two Colleges Join In Performance Featuring Excellent Davison Music by Kristine Gilmartin ‘Roberts Hall, Haverford was the scene of the Bryn Mawr-Haverford College Orchestra’s second concert this season, under the direction of William Reese, and assisted this time iby the; Haverford College Glee Club, on February 24. The whole program was good music well played, but the first perform- ance of John Davison’s Triptych made the evening outstanding, Beethoven’s Overture to “The Men of Prometheus” made a pow- erful opening number. The intro- duction, though played somewhat slower than usual perhaps, captur- ed the audience, The main, faster section, in which staying together is both necessary and difficult, the orchestra was very good—an amaz- ingly fine rendition, in fact. The Rumanian Folk Dances by Bartok were terrific. Their strong rhythms were well brought out and the solo work by Nina Green- berg, «clarinet, Barbara Dancis, violin, and Katherine Hoover, pic- Speaker Believes Myth An Attempt For Cosmic Order Jonathan Z. Smith, Haverford College 60, and at present a stu- dent of philosophy at Yale Divin- ity School, gave a lecture sponsor- ed by the Arts Forum, February 24, entitled “The Mystery of the Birth of Athene” or “The Aesthe- tik of Myth.” Beginning with the origin of the word myth, Mr. Smith traced the evolution of attitudes associ- ated ‘with the Greek “mythos.” My- thos was synonomous | with “logos,” —whith means “word” in Greek, and implies truth and rationality. The tendency was to deny the true con-’ tents of myth and to make the word the anttonym rather than the syn- onym of logos. - Mr, Smith, however, continues to see truth in the pattern of the parallel myths of different cul- tures. He conceives of the myths as a “serious attempt to give or- _ der to the cosmos.” (Myth, he said, deals with the enmity or indifference between the realm of the sacred and powerful and that of the profane, the noth- ingness of man’s world. Myth claims that there was once a mer- ger between these two; the func- tion of myth is to reunite them. . “Myth attempts to reintegrate man and the cosmos.” Mr. Smith’s lecture dealt pri- marily twith Hesiod, a Greek poet of pastoral background, who claim- ed divine inspiration for his dis- coveries of the relationships be- tween the gods (Theogony) gods and heroes (Catalogue of Women), and gods and man as well as man and man (Works and Days). Not only did Greek myth have structure, but its’ structure was similar to the Greek philosophy contemporaneous with it. He used both aesthetic principles in the Theogony, that of Heraclitus and that of Plato, to explain the gap between the divine and the human Heraclitus claimed that it is nature of things to be in opposi- tion. Plato claimed in the second colo, was especially noteworthy. ‘Neatly done throughout, the danc- es were if anything even better than in the previous concert, nad are certainly an outstanding part of the orchestra’s repertoire. The fine performance of Bach’s Suite Number One in C Major, in- frequently heard, more than ex- plained its inclusion. The long characteristic baroque overture displayed the fine tone of the whole orchestra, especially the reeds, though outnumbered by their string compatriots. Its slow, majestic passage was very pleasing, Then came a series of dances, frequent- ly in pairs, Im the Courante the harpsichord, played by Professor Frederic Cunningham, created an extremely nice effect. To conclude the suite two Passe- pieds and then a return to the first one were well-employed. The sec- ond Passepied was slower and es- pecially enjoyable in the viola and reed passage, and thus the return to the main theme was a fitting resolution to.a very fine perform- ance in which sensibility and good musicianship were the-keynotes. Rustic Contrast A rustic contrast was Holst’s Brook Green Suite. The Prelude had a neat pizzacato section which was very well done, and in gen- eral, had a nice lilt. The Air was rich and yet somewhat haunting effect. A hearty, country Dance with refreshing, dotted rhythm rounded out this delightful suite. John Davison’s Triptych using three canticles from the Book of Common Prayer was magnificent. The orchestra and the Haverford College Glee Club complemented each other excellently: in doing full to them and to Mr, Reese. , The first, “Blessed art Thou, re) alivnd God of our Fathers,” was rich and powerful with interesting orches- tration. The voices were equally good in the hushed “Blessed” as in the sweeping sections. The “Amen” was sharp and strong. Second Canticle The second canticle was the fa- miliar Nunc Dimittis, “Lord now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace”. The voices echoed each other in rising strains. The mel- ody was solemn and beautiful. The “Amen” this time was softer and gentler. “0 tbe joyful im the Lord, all ye lands” completed the Triptych with overwhelming intensity in synco- pated voice work and a vigorous orchestral accompaniment with noteworthy work 'by the bass viols. The “Amen” was pure triumph. This’ work of Mr. Davison’s is Continued on Page 4, Col. 5 in quality with a sweetly swinging | ' justice to the fine music dedicated. Charpier Accents Epic, Objectivity Of ‘Hidden’ Poet In a brief hour Monday night M. Jacques Charpier, visiting lec- turer in French for Semester II, attempted -to explain “St. John Perse, Le Poéte Caché.”. Born Alexis ‘Leger on a small island in the ‘Antilles, the poet entered the diplomatic service in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dur- ing the second World War, he liv- ed in exile in Washington, D.C. and worked in the Library of Con- gress. St. John Perse’s name came to world wide prominence last year when he received the Nobel Prize. Material World Even the mysterious pseudonym is an example of the poet’s desire to hide. In direct contradiction to the famous Romantique movement of the early 19th century, St. John Perse reflects a great solitude and taciturnity, and never speaks of himself. He presents the reader to the material world almost with- out an intermediary. St. John Perse is concerned with the entire objective ‘world, There is little that is emotional in his poetry but, on the contrary, it is often full of enumerations, Work as an Epic There are but few examples of epic im French poetry. Even the attempts of such great writers as Ronsard, Voltaire, and Hugo failed. The entire ‘work of St. John Perse, on the other hand, is in a sense (though not the classical one) an epic. prove its success. Literary Prize The Katherine Fullerton Ge- rould Memorial Prize for ex- cellence in writing, a prize open to all undergraduates, is offered by the Alumnae Association in memory of a member of the English Department, Under- graduates are urged to submit entries in any of the following categories: narrative, informal essay, verse and drama. A con- testant may submit more than one entry. The prize carries a financial award of $50. Entries may be left in the Alumnae Office in the Deanery any time up to 4:30 ipm., April 5. Manuscripts must be typed on one side of the paper and must not be sign- ed. Announcement of the award will be made at May Day. His popularity._.seems—to|— Russell Meiggs With the two commands: to speak more than 65 minutes, and not to talk down ‘to his audience, Russell Meiggs donned a microphone (“I feel like a dog with a muzzle”) and proceeded to tell and show much about “Roman Ostia.” The lecture twas given in Goodhart Thursday evening, February 23. Rather than give a general talk about the port city, he explored the question of whether there was an Ostia at the time of the’ early kings of Rome, as well as survey- ing the Imperial City of the sec- ond century A.D. He suggested that ‘this ‘selective’ method was a euphemism for “strictly incoher- ent.” About earliest Ostia, Livy has a circumstantial account of its found- ing by Ancus Marcius, the fourth of the kings, but this tradition is consigned to the wastebasket by most historians. The fort found in the center of the town, dating from the fourth century, is still the oldest evidente discovered and two-thirds of the site has been ex- cavated. Mr. ‘Meiggs feels the tra- dition is broadly right, and was delighted to discover a passage in Livy talking of men banished to Ostia in the fifth century B.C, Properous Port The city was. fifteen miles from Rome, and especially after the building of harbor became a busy and prosperous port. However, its exact location in ear- ier times is confused-by the mean- dering and changeable course of the Tiber. In fact, it seems that the “wretched river ran right across the road from Rome to Ostia!” 4h. Tt, the Imperial The harbor “works * were envis- ioned by Caesar, who did not have time to make the dream reality. Claudius built them but “like most public works of his, they didn’t work out quite right.” Trajan’s harbor, constructed later, is love- ly. Mr. Meiggs then considered the “mystery of the lighthouse.” Using slides he showed representations of this impressive three - story structure on coins and reliefs. Lit- erary evidence says that it was on an island and ‘Mr. Meiggs inclines to this opinion but some scholars place it at the end of the harbor mole. Reliefs depicting harbor scenes are revealing, Customs officials, rowing {boats used as the modern tug to guide larger ships in the harbor, and kinds of cargo carried can be seen. Ostia, because of its busy har- bor, became a populous, prosper- Continued on Page 4, Col. 2 Self-Government Slate Faith Halfter ’62 Sue Johnson ’62 Ruta Krastins ’62 Abby Wootton ’62 Undergrad Slate Ellen Corcoran ’62 , Barbara Paul ’62 the conflicts would synthesize to yield a third—the resolution of ae velson Virginia Sitz ’62 tension. Slates for Campus Oraanization Blections . Interfaith Slate Starkante Condon ’62 Nancy Culley ’63 Marjorie Hibbard ’63 Carolyn Smith ’62 League Slate Bonnie Brice ’64 Julie Heilman ’63 __Anne Rassiga_’62 Alliance for Political Affairs Slate Marion Coen ’62 Linda Davis ’62_ . Mary Beth Schaub ’63 Athletic Association Slate Liz Reed ’62 British Scholars Present Lectures In 1902 Series J. B. Trapp The position of poet laureate has had its historical ups and downs as Mr. J. B. Trapp’s lecture in the Common Room, February 28 engagingly and vividly showed. In the past English holders of the office ranked only just above the court rat-killer. Petrarch’s laureation revived the ancient custom in 1341, and the speech he made from the Capitol on that occasion ‘was an act of faith in the poet’s calling and has been called “the first manifesto of the rebirth of learning.” The cer- emony gave him the right to teach . and guaranteed approval of all his works, past, present and future. The Holy Roman Emperors es- pecially exercised their rights of honoring poets, for the age rever- enced the ancient customs. “The ‘Caesars and the poets are working toward the same goal and need each other’s help,” the poets stressed, ; ‘Mr. Trapp gave some pertinent sidelights on greenery used to wreath the: poets. Petrarch de- manded bay because of its sacred and incorruptibe nature. However, Pope considered the wreath of vine, cabbage and ivy most suitable: the first because vine was part of 4 the English poet laureate’s pay, cabbage to help him sober up, and ivy especially because, like poets, it is “creeping, dirty, and dang- ling.” Maximilian and other German Emperors found in laureation a way to enlist the support of hum- anism for the imperial ‘side, In fact there was ‘a time when “there were aS many crowned poets in Germany as real poets in the rest it the world.” new status and an insignia which has survived. All poets seek im- mortality, but it is.a sad fact that the crowh of laurel has never made a bad poet or a good one. Ideally “true, ‘brave, and solemn” songs are called for from the laureate to triumph over time, oe Dean’s Office Notice (February 28, 1961 Temporary Safety Regulations and Provisions Carol Goldmark as President of the Self-Government Association announced today that because of recent campus disturbances no stu- dent should walk alone on campus after wark, She must at all times be accompanied by another indi- vidual. Acting Dean Lang announced that extra watchmen have been | provided for the benefit of stud- ents who are unaccompanied: one watchman will be at Rock Arch to conduct students, who have been escorted to that point from the station, across campus to their halls; he will make such trips at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30 and 1:30; any other students who need escort, such as residents of Batten House or the Graduate Center who have evening classes in the gymnasium, should go with ‘Rockefeller students to the Arch in order_to join one of the watch- man’s trjps. Another watchman will be at the Library at 10 p.m. to escort students who are unac- companied to their halls. Cornelia Spring ’63 Louise Weingarten ’62 ~ Amy Chapin ’63 °° Barbara Shoemaker ’62 Both the Self-Government Asso- ciation and the admiistration hope, and expect, that the students will cooperate for their own safety. a +——Petrarch’s lauréation gave poetry — Page Two. THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 1, 1961 The Status Quo of Spring | Spring seems to have come to Bryn Mawr a little early Pelt. Ue Rae this year iit atte: -ci ne sum wealifer and, the spans ‘Kre Gries KOUTS ‘has come the annual: problem of unwanted visitors. The actual,occurrences sof the past week ‘and the resultant pre- ventative measures have brought the situation to the atten- tion of the campuS as‘a whole more vividly, than in recent _ years and, therefore, make this a propitious moment for dis- cussing the causes and the solutions available. There is, admittedly, no possible way to prevent free access to the campus ‘andall its vrounds, but it certainly is possible to increase the safety of the student. There is no reason why the day at Bryn Mawr neééd ‘end with the setting of the sun, yet evén the short walk from Rhoads to'Goodlrart is a treacherous journey down an unlit road lined with trees and hedges. ee The lights on the paths throughout the.campus are spac- ed at. too wide intervals and even in their immediate area do not shed enough light. The extension of-the campus to include such residence facilities as the Graduate Center and Batten House necessitates consideration of the areas between these buildings and the center of campus. Additional and improved lighting does present a financial problem, but the College is responsible for the physical safety of its students and their security far outweighs the cost involved. Another responsibility of the College is to inform the students of the existence of the problem and of such places as the Lantern Man’s headquarters in Merion basement. The silent treatment given such occurrences in the past results in a general lack of awareness of the danger and a consequent neglect of precautionary measures. ; The problem of our safety cannot be solved by a tempor- ary addition of police protection or extra Lantern Men or by an emergency Self-Gov rule as impossible to fulfill as the one in effect last week. These may alleviate the problem momen- tarily, but:more long range answers must be found. Now is the time to act to prevent repetition of the same ineffective emer- gency measures next Spring. The incident should not have to precede the solution.. We can do our best to accept the rigorous demands of the Self-Goy rulings, but the responsi- bility for our physical safety lies: also in the hands of the Administration. | We are but transient residents in this community. Even in four years it is difficult for students to know the extenuat- ing circumstances of the environment. The Administration, happily celebrating its 76th year, has had a greater oppor- tunity to become aware of the problem and: have had ample time to find the proper solutions. Te : Youth Peace Corps Proposal Currently in the process of formulation is the Youth Peace Corps program, one which received widespread pub- licity by President Kennedy previous to his inauguration. The proposal, ‘to be presented to Congress in the near future, is being drawn up by the Colorado State University Research ‘Foundation. Under the Youth Peace Corps program, groups of college graduates would’ be sponsored ‘by the federal gov- ernment to go abroad for a period of two years to those “un- derdeveloped” countries requesting assistance in the form of technical, educational and non-technical or unskilled work. Sponsored as a means to increase world understanding and to promote economic activity in the “underdeveloped” countries, the program, if perfected, would present immeas- urable profit to the United States, the foreign countries involved and the Peace Corps participants. But the proposal as reported in recent newspaper articles and evidenced in ~pri . ys-of exchange groups has many questionable aspects. First, there is the essential nature of the program | —what or whom is it for? To present to the people in “un- derdeveloped countrise” the. smiling American college grad? To help the countries? To foster the “image” and “prestige” of the United States? Second, the foreign countries are to make specific requests for the type of workers they desire. What will the nature of the employment be? How skilled is _ a person with a bachelor’s degree? Or how unskilled is he to be able to agree to digging an irrigation path in Eastern Asia if that is all that is needed in Eastern Asia? Third, there is no provision for people who have not gone to college. Does this mean that the program formulators consider any college graduate better than all those people who have not gone to or been graduated from college? If members of the Youth Peace Corps are to contribute economically and social- ly to their country, might not a person holding a bachelor’s degree have had as much or more practical experience in working and in working with people? ; Fourth, the means for selection of Youth Peace Corps participants must be as near to perfection as possible in order to insure the choice of people with suitable personalities. What methods of selection are to be used? Fifth, mutual understanding is essential to the success of the program; a thorough knowledge of language and customs would contrib- ute to this condition. Will the proposed program include training in these as well as technical areas? . If the Youth Peace Corps is not properly administered in all its facets it could be exceedingly harmful to the United States and the countries it proposes to help, But,-if all its ambiguities can be resolved, the program willbe an excellent opportunity for “college graduates” to serve ‘as junior am- bassadors and will be a means of exhibiting Ar _are doing work with no overt political Purpose. \ 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. +> The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears _ in it may be reprinted wholly Tibbs dad oa nh es aaeee ee CREE Ad ER eM Sek KRN OS Suzy Spain, amas ‘ eee we = * = eee et Kristine Gi TTiGItin, eee Associate Editor ..............+. Viewed cid webs © oie eke Sally Schapiro, ‘64 ee ee eee eee ee +eveess Janice Copen, ‘63 or in part without permission of the Editortn-Chiet. 63. 63 ericans who Letter Question: Choked at BMC? To whom it-may concern: What is the place of grass root discussion in (Legislature as it now stands ? * Undergrad defines Legislature in Article VI of its constitution. It is an entity which may be called for the purpose of constitutional revision, reorganization, and for coordination and expression of campus-wide opinion. In regard to the last purpose, how is this opin- ion to be expressed . . . in man- dates, memorandums, or minutes that accumulate somewhere as cryptic unreadable motes? So Legislature as defined does not have an “inherent worth”, but at least it may be called for a va- riety of reasons. The campus’ consists of two ipso facto associa- tions. It is assumed that all clubs, elites, and rumbles are eventually recognized and represented under the wing of one of these two asso- ciations. Ideally, the legislative power of these two associations should be exercised by the entire campus sitting-as a legislative body ... « two-thirds of whose members shall constitute a quorum. Scheduling Difficult But in the cold light of practical experience it is virtually impossible to. coerce the necessary “warm bodies” into a suitable place at a suitable time, Scheduling is in- nately against the possibility of mass turnouts; with the notable exceptions of classes on the last day, and commencement, If obvi- ous conflicts (like classes) would not be enough to keep the neces- sary quorum of the campus away then, in a pinch . . . even a study date at Haverford could be ration- alized as unavoidable. ‘What happens? No quorum. A dilemma. And Legislature emerg- es as an answer, It is the delega- tion of authority by the entire as- sociation to certain chosen repre- sentatives. These representatives meet and act in the name of the entire campus, ‘What kind of animals are these two Associations who just recent- ly sent their elected representa- Hives-out-into—the-grey,—iced,_unlit evening to face the experience of checking in with the Chair? Undergrad Purpose On the one hand, Undergrad says that its purpose is. to provide for the reception and representation of undergraduate feeling and opinion. Does this mean that elected repre- sentatives are under an obligation to define, or at least be aware, of every gurgle in every smoker? Or are these non office-holding ipso facto currents expected to meet a minimum organization standard before they can be officially heard? On the other hand, Self-Gov states that its purpose shall be the government of the undergraduate student body. If you have, for ex- ample, an opinion on the driving rule in your grubby paw, do you go to Undergrad or Self-Gov? Or do you wait for them to decide the question of proper province and come to you? Not only is every girl an ipso facto.member of each association, but this is a membership which she- may .not relinquish. Presum- ably this hold on the course of a person’s life is not absolute, but a contract rendered ineffectual upon reception of a diploma from the trustees. Obviously every girl should have an interest in this contract. But what she should do and-what she does are often at odds. Undergrad recognized this “inattention” in a stipulation that amendments to The constitution may be proposed by..a two-thirds major- ity of the combined executive-activ-| ities boards. Yet people who at- by J. H. Broderick ‘ If you’re looking forward to.your next party, the February issue of The Bryn Mawr Review will dis- abuse you. Parties figure in four of the five prose pieces, and they are no fun For instance, in “A Cocktail Party” by. Alison Baker, a languid seductress succeeds only in confusing the hero and sending him home. At the garden party in Jane Goldstone’s “Heaven Itself,” a close friend of the debutante trips and drowns himself in a swimming pool “floating with flow- ers.” In “The Birthday,” a play by Toni Seymour,-a mother and Staff Writer Finds Interesting Tidbits About Bryn Mawr Number 46, Libnary isa little- known store of treasure, wherein the demands of both research and curiosity may be satisfied. ‘Called the Bryn Mawriana Room, it hous- es an up-to-date and vastly varied collection of material about the college. Here are books by and about faculty and alumnae, including Susie, the naughty little bat, by Isabel Whittier, Fatigue and Efii- ciency, by Josephine Goldmark, Modern Analytic Geometry, by Charlotte A. Scott, Party Politics in the Age of Caesar, by Lily Ross Taylor, and Fenn McGrew’s Taste of Death. Here are volumes on education in general and on wom- en’s education in particular, Ph.D. dissertations from the Graduate School, college calendars, finding lists and handbooks from past years. Newspapers, literary pub- lications and yearbooks date back to the beginning of the century. Old Self-Gov Rules - The collection of Self-Gov rules does not extend so far back, .but the rule-book for 1929-1930 con- tains several interesting items: Resolved: That bridge may be played in the hall sitting rooms except on Sunday. Resolved: That students may lunch and take tea (not dine) with men unchaperoned at any téa room, boarding house or hotel with- in the twenty-five mile limit. Particularly interesting is the folder which reveals what others have said about Bryn Mamr. For- tune (June 1935) noted the fiftieth anniversary with an article and several photographs. Calling the college the “most intensive cita- del of female intellectuality in the United States,” the magazine men- tions Bryn Mawr’s intellectual at- mosphere, liberal teaching, and en- viable secret which causes the al- umnae to remain excited about the intellectual life of their alma mater. The, pictures.include one of a body mechanics class practic- ing Greek rhythms and-one of a young lady “following the Bryn Mawr custom, if not tradition, of taking spinach with her tea.” “Men vs. Literature Fortune’s article tries to take us back to the days of M. Carey Thomas, too: “You have to imag- ine ,.. excited chatter about Soph- ocles and ‘Wordsworth and Renais- sance frescoes, and long arguments about ... whether after all it might not be rash for any girl to assume that she ‘was a potential intellec- tual giant. Maybe there were oth- er things in life like Men and Homes and Children—never so baldly stated—and maybe a girl could be intended primarily for them.” : cee Those who are interested in dip- ping into Bryn Mawr’s past or in jexamining the literary output of | Continued on Page 3, Col. 1 Ra - the main circulation desk. rher mentors and-daughters~may_| obtain the key for Number 46 at |Broderick Views Review; Finds Talént and ‘Training father prepare a stark celebration ‘for their sixteen-year-old daugh- ter and decide once again to deny her her grandparents’ gift. And even when a couple escape a “gig- gling and pawing” party in E. Anne Eberle’s story “The Porch,” their walk through the rainy city reveals a dimension .of madness and distrust in their relationship. Although these writers glumly agree that parties and their after- math hold faw charms, their works are otherwise quite individual; and the range of styles in these pieces is impressive. Alison Baker adopts an appropriately mannered prose for “A Cocktail Party”, her verbs for one thing are from Madison Avenue; the hero “joggles” his drink “in an arc through the air” trying to roll with a push from be- hind; a girl “sprouts” from a pair of very high heels; Delia’s hair “swung in glossy limpness when she bent”, “the smooth line of her back flexed as she reached down for her glass”; and so on. This sheeny prose has its obvious dangers, but Miss Baker usually avoids them, This reader, how- ever, is left not quite sure about her attitude toward the uncomfort- able hero and his languorous an- tagonist, upon whom the story . turns. Through Maid’s Eyes The death which interrupts the party. in “Heaven Itself” recalls Katherine Mansfield’s handling of a somewhat similar situation in her story, “A Garden Party.” But whereas Miss Mansfield’s objective narrator focused our attention on the sensitive heroine’s reactions, (Miss Goldstone chooses the family maid as the narrator of her story. This choice means that Miss Gold- stone must render the maid’s own peculiar speech patterns, a difficult task in whieh she is only partly successful; and itymeans also that the maid’s interest in situation rather than character dominates the story.- Goldstone thus concentrates on an ironic revela- tion of the maid’s views rather than sympathy for the partici- pants. (Within these restrictions Miss Goldstone works efficiently to hold our interest. Miss Seymour’s play might have raised problems —of—“ear”—and- “pace” in the dialogue that Miss Goldstone met-in “Heaven Itself.” But “The Birthday” is not conven- tional in form and seems to follow the example of Albee and Ionesco, who present nearly abstract figures speaking generalized ¢lichés, epi- grams and nonsense. (Miss Sey- mour, to be sure, doesn’t indulge in much verbal nonsense.) If the dialogue of “The Birthday” doesn’t always come off, neither does the dialogue of its models; but Miss Seymour’s dialogue is quite suc- cessful at times, Amd her novél play does make its point about the indecisive selfishness and eternal domination of parents as parents. Miss Unhappy Marriage The protagonists of E. Anne Eberle’s story; “The Porch,” are similarly selfish; but the style 6f this revelation of an unhappy mar- riage is flexible and far from the artificiality Miss Seymour ‘chose. Miss Eberle’s sentence paragraphs and sensitive elaborations recall Virginia Woolf and perhaps John Updike. Although she occasionally lacks the decorum of both those writers, Miss Eberle is a very tal- . ented writer who can render scene after scene with authority and tact; she makes us hear and feel and see. The story of Miss Eberle tells here is very ambitious, and it is presented from the point of view of a warped and sensitive husband, deaf from early child- hood. Through -his recollections and present responses we discover issat on and corruption in his marriage. The Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1961 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Norman Cousins Otte ae As Hope For Future Pek Marnen Cousins, one of those rafe Americans who are trying to suggest an answer to current world dilemmas imstead of complaining about.them, addressed the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, February 24, on the topic “The Future of America.” ‘Mr. Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review of Literature and honorary president of the United World Federalists, sees hope for the world in a more powerful United Nations and a well-informed, free public, “Some- day,” he said, “national society will be subordinate to human s0- ciety.” Mr. ‘Cousins began his talk by warning the American public of belittling the danger of nuclear war. “Even if we had a defense which could intercept nuclear mis- siles miles in the air, the explosion News Notes 1. This issue of the News is what is known as an econ- omy issue. Note lack of pic- tures, droodles, filler, an- nouncements, and other good parts of the News.) 2. Headline in The New York Times, Saturday, Feb. 25: Premature Birth Linked To Smoking Cigarettes. (Fumey wombs!) 8. Submitted reasons for want- “ing to review The Frog Pond: “The article was so entic- ing.” “T- can’t break into print-any other way; I’m a frustrated News staff member—I only get to. review Interfaith things.” “I wanted to see the picture’ on the cover of the book.” “I was attracted by elements strikingly similar to my own lively existence and...” otronger UN eace, Freedom resulting from the interception would create fire storms for hun- dreds of miles ‘on the earth below.” He termed the axiom of stabil- ized deterrents resulting from Vequal weapons=-on...either side in the cold war ‘academic nonsense. The danger of war by miscalcu- lation, he explained, is too great to allow us to feel secure. International Law (Mr. Cousins stated that our only defense is - peace. with freedom and suggested that the world’s fu- ture hope lies in international law and government. He sees the possible realization of this ideal in a United Nations equipped with the power of ag the peace, “The speaker went on to describe .|the present defects of the United Nations, He criticized the veto in the Security Council, the fact that the UN has no regular police force and the fact that decisions to the foreign policy of individual nations, UN Role “T see the U'N as the custodian of human destiny,” he said, “but it cannot play its part unless we give to it. We must be willing to debate our problems on its floor. If we advocate a great idea we are secure. We need not always have perfect agreements on issues, but ‘we must have great debates.” Later, when asked how college students can help to further the importance ofthe UN and world law, Mr. Cousins urged students to participate in and form chapters of the. World Federalists move- ment. He also hoped that students would debate the world issues at hand in an effort to learn as much as possible about the problems they will face the nation’s new generation. Open Letter Continued from Page 2, Chl. 3 tend ‘weekly meetings more than once have a tendency to become inbred in their opinions. For a substantive issue such as election revision the beneficial values of throwing-it-open.to potential broad discussion afforded by Legislature seem apparent. - Where were the flowers in dis- guise when the coffee was being passed out, compliments of Self- Gov and the Senior class? They had come and gone long before; i. e, the grass roots had come and gone on the committee that formu- lated ‘the.agenda. Aside from class -hall-reps, itrwas a repetitious cross- section of weekly goers to respect- ive boards that came to vote. Where in the minutes are the opinions of those seven people who ‘consistently voted “no” on the agenda? Legislature as it now stands is a specialized body, which could be good; but the core of its current specialization lies in a repetition of representation. There is no ef- fective: degree of diversity. If there MARCO BIANCO ‘s Jewelers GiFts -OF DISTINCTION 814 ‘Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr, Pa. “RELIGIOUS ITEMS, TOO JEANETT'S Bryn Mawr Flower Shop 823 Lancaster Avenue We Wire Flowers were, then the minutes could have shown more thought out and di- verse feelings of substantive is- sues. : Somewhere in the dim past, each one of us elected to attend Bryn Mawr College. Because she is a member of the college, every girl} is-ipso.facto a member of two As- time you read the coristitution of either Association? Really, why not think about what it means. to be ipso facto a grass root? After all, green can be a. fine color and roots can do great things . Bf 4 you care to recognize them. Lucy Cresap ‘Ord ‘Beebe Feb. 21, 1961 wi{family has we cars eae one boat made by the UN are subordinate | sociations. So whén-was-the_last | Natidital: Census B ‘eau iz States U.S. Pré “preditetion’ | : For Smoke, Guitar Picks iNew York, Feb. 27—The Nation- al Census Bureau revealed today that the average American family has five children,‘ three dogs, one cat and one bird. The average means of mee distance trate: TV is the most popular form of enter- tainment in the American home, with movies a very close second. Out of 200 million families in the United States, 190 million have Blue Cross or Blue Shield, and 180 million belong to a country club. 60% of the parents in American homes drink and smoke and 40% chew snuff. The main occupation of the fathers in the American home is advertising. However, one-fourth of the fathers are em- ployed by guitar pick-making companies. (With this interesting information about the American home, the Census bureau seemed optimistic for a pleasant future. Concert Program The Bryn Mawr ‘College Cho- rus, the double octet and instru- mentalists will perform the fol- lowing works Saturday, March 4 at 8:30 in Goodhart: I Alle Psallite .... 13c. motet Magnificat Dufay Ave Verum Corpus Josquin Surge Propera .. Monteverdi In These Delightful Pleasant Groves Purcell II Symphonie, op. 21 Webern for chamber orchestra | I1..Five Village Scenes :... Bartok for soprano and women’s voices and piano. Elizabeth | Suderburg and Jane Hess featured with the smail cho- rus (double octet) IV Four Choruses .... Stravinsky Bryn Mawr College Chorus V MM. ess M. Haydn. for Strings, Horns, continuo soloists, and chorus Bryn Mawr College Chorus on BEAU and BELLE »: . Breakfast — Lunch — ‘Dinner. Late Snacks = * * Excellent Banquet Facilities” Open Seven Days Next Door To Bryn Mawr P.O. Choose The Photos YOU Want of : FRESHMAN Show N.OW On TAYLOR Bulletin Board! FRESHMENT—|}— ~te-and Aroune: bel olntige SCREEN AND THEATRE }Franchot Tone will open in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya at the Wayne Ave- nue Playhouse tonight.. A Russian film (subtitled), Ballad of a Soldier, is playing at the World. (‘Simple vocab, we hear.) The Happiest Girl in the World, a : musical set to tunes by Offenbach, opened recently at the Shubert to last for four weeks. ‘Dore Schary’s The Devil’s Advocate closes at the Forrest. after . this week, M USIC “AND BALLET ~ aaa seca = nore a re aarenpaaisaee The American Ballet Theatre will be at the Piatt of Music Thurs- day, March 23, for one evening only. The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present. Milhaud, Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2, and Franck’s Symphony in D minor at Academy of Music on Thursday, March 9. Van Cliburn will play at the Academy of Music, Thursday, .March.2. The Don Cossack Chorus amd Dancers, conducted: by Serge Jaroff, ‘will perform at Town Hall, Sunday, (March 65. Odetta will make a concert appearance at Town Hall on March 8. The Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra will be at the Academy of Music, Thursday, March 16. Birgit Nilsson, dramatic soprano, will appear at te Academy: of ‘Music, Tuesday, March 7. LECTURES ee cummings will read his poetry in a program presented by theYM/ YWHA Arts Council Sunday, March 12, at.8:30. Tickets are.avail- able through the YM/Y WHA Box Office, Broad and Pine, Phila... Campus Events Thursday, ‘March 2—Open Curriculum Committee Meeting, - Roost, .8:30 Saturday, March 4—Choral Concert, Bryn Mawr Cherss, Goodhart, 8:30 Sunday, March 5—Chamber Music Recital, Music Room: 3:00. 4"! Sunday, March 5—lInterfaith Speaker, Dr.. Henry Pitney Van Dusen, Goodhart, 8:00 tts Monday, March 6—Horace White Memorial Lecture: Speakers. 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Un- like Miss Seymour and Miss Eb- erle, Miss Lewenthal gives her story a conventional form in the manner of early Steinbeck; and she gives life and spirit to her tell- ing by her sense of a specific place and situation. Poems Specific The poems in this issue gener- ally share with “Goose” a direct rendering of a specific en'viron- ment, and they are less gloomy than the stories. “Crows” and Continued from Page 1, Col. 4 ous place. Its theater and the gardens behind attest to this, though most of the statues in them have “lost their noses.” Around the colonnade were the Offices of the merchant companies whose activity made the city what it was. Mosaics representng ele- phants, men_measuring_corn,_and. lwild beasts signify the ivory and corn dealers, and the wild animal seller. To house the increased popula- tion most of the old-fashioned houses, one-story, square, and spa- cious were torn down. Surprising- ly modern apartment buildings with as many as five stories were put up. Shops took up the ground floor because they paid higher rents. These buildings were plan- ned from the ‘inside out, but they are very lovely from the outside: the brick of the period is especial- ly fine, of a beautiful color and texture. The most imposing architectural sight in Ostia was the temple to Meiggs Seteativ~'.:'/iews ‘Roman.! old gods. Augustus’s shrine was smaller. Though Imperial Rome was invaded by many eastern cults —worship of Cybele, (Mithras, etc. —which had great appeal, yet Mr. Meiggs feels the old religion did not lose out as completely as some people think. The fact that. the largest temple in Ostia, a cosmo- }politan, port city, was to the tra-| ditional gods strongly suggests they held their power. An unusual, free-standing group sculpture of (Mithras was found in the Baths of Ostia, It was made by a Greek but in Italy, however indications are that the fathers of | Ostia bought it second-hand. Mr. Meiggs concluded his illustrated lecture with his favorite piece from Ostia, a mosaic of Neptune from the Baths. A large, crowd- ed composition, full of vigor, this pictures the god driving his horses surrounded by swimming monsters. It is typical of Ostia’s great per- iod of prosperity. For an Excellent ‘Mr. Henry Pitney Van Dusen, guest of Interfaith, will speak in the Common Room, March 5, at and Faith.” A Presbyterian minister and a ‘Princeton graduate, Mr. Van Du- sen is ‘President and a Professor of Christian Theology at the Union He is ‘the author of World Christ- ianity, Yesterday, Today, and To- morrow, published iby the Student Christian (Movement . Press, and God in Education, as well as sev- eral other works. 8 o'clock. His subject is “Truth | Theological Seminary in New York.” —— PEDERI ERE ESTEE TTY STRIFE EP TEESE ~ a eNO. Continued from Page 1, ‘Col. 2 ‘as exciting and impressive a piece . of music as I have heard in a long time. Familiar, and well-beloved words gained new meaning and power in this Triptych. Orchestra and Glee (Club as ‘well as audience were privileged to be part of this superlative first performance. von ee SSS Handkerchiefs Embroidered Linens: Trousseaux Bath Ensembles Monograms Irish Damasks WILSON BROS. MAGASIN DE LINGE 825 Lancaster Avenue LAwrence 5-5802 Bryn Mawr, Pa TAGE GOLDEN VOYAGE A unique experience for - the discriminating student PORTUGAL + SPAIN + FRANCE ITALY = HOLLAND + ENGLAND +» SWITZERLAND CAPRI - AUSTRIA Travel by swift, smooth DC-8 Jet or cross Southern Atlantic by luxurious liner ¢ Experienced English-speaking guides « Many extras including plays, concerts, operas and other entertain- “Landscape with, Hagar and the| Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva—the Angel” by Jane Taylor are excep- tions; they are literary in origin and attempt to encompass a “dark- CHOICE — of Knee’ Socks See: LEILA FOSTER e 4 with emphasis on the senior TES er image” of horror ‘and despair. Rob Colby’s poems are, by con- trast, more exuberant and person- al; but ther genuine lyric gift is oceasionally vitiated by arbitrary and vague diction. Unlike her “Conscientious Worker and Task- master,” she enjoys “the footloose rhyme of dreams.” In painting a landscape in “Three P.M. in Tus- ewany” she personifies what she describes and melts the landscape in daring impressions, Elizabeth Hughes’ “Tides of \Mist,” on the other hand, exploits traditional sea imagery in describing fog; her sus- tained conceit keeps both impres- sion and scene distinct, Susan Kenny is likewise happiest when she renders objects in her detach- ed way; when she includes her own TT asa Oman s : A 3 a s. reactions in “UioUur Spent iit 4 Mu- seum of Natural History” the re- sult is less satisfactory, Her wry and spare “Off-Season at Bona- venture,” despite a bad first line in the third stanza and despite the limitations of its genre, is the most successful poem in.the issue. .All of the poems and stories in this issue of The Bryn Mawr Re- view are commendable, in fact, for their simple and sophisticated sense of where they’re going. 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