THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 30, 1957 THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN. 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except. during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examina- “’ Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The. College News is fully protected by copyright. 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Go West, Young Woman, Go West (BUT BE BACK ON TIME) The College’s policy. in regard to leaving early. and re- turning late from vacations is simple and clearly defined: such violations are not tolerated, and no excuses are accepted. vacation or to sign into her first one afterwards can be con- fident that her punishment will be a deterred examination, ‘In-genéral, we feel that this policy is Justified ; Bryn Mawr already has one of the shortest school years in the country, and taking an extended vacation seems an abuse of this cir- cumstance. But, as ever, there is a case in which it seems reasonable to grant an exception, for round-trip coast-to-coast coach flights are forty dollars cheaper on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This difference in price is of particular importance to girls from the West Coast, since a large majority of them are on scholarships. It is un- fortunate that most. vacations begin on Friday afternoons and end on Monday mornings, and it is scarcely feasible for West Coast girls to remain in the Bryn Mawr area until the following Monday and to return the Thursday before classes begin. In the past, the Dean’s Office has taken this financial problem into consideration and reduced the punishment to six weeks of cut probation. But even six weeks of cut pro seems an exceedingly severe penalty for the student who has little choice but to leave early and return late. The question is no longer one of breaking a rule, but of financial necessity. One solution to this problem would be to arrange all vacations to start and end on the appropriate days; but it seems much more reasonable to recognize the validity of this exception and se the penalty. tion weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore The student who fails to sign out of her last class before a boss once you know there was this big cheese in the big league philosophy whirl who had a feeling quote imitation . is natural to man quote and somewhere right after this comes art it is fancy imitation well boss i have discovered imitation is natural to fleas too parenthesis not to mention all those other transmigrated geezers who keep remembering their other name besides bill or george or daffy will is shakespeare byron ‘wordsworth and that what they really ‘ need right now just to keep their head in so to speak and a paw qn the pulse of self expression is a typewriter which they bum off some susceptible type together with other people’s style i wont say whose is being modest but i ask you is there any gratitude in this world it seems not much end parenthesis take this flea this is a prose flea and his name is michael a little long on legs but short on brains he claims to be a writer but i am not convinced-yet it is not.that. __. ‘ his stuff is without promise and who am i to knock the spontaneous uprise of a wider wastebasket school of art~ C: but he says he types q his own material no flea i ever saw q could work a shift key let alone spell - a _ boss i think hes got a secretary this is plainly not hoyle acne what is art without the pain of creation not much it tay no soul ite mot his : yale a toh | eter bt ly 0 In Medias Res by Ellie Winsor Too often in questions of cur- rent significance a neglect of the deep historical viewpoint, pursued with scholarly detachment, may not only obscure the main point but also lead to rash: and unthinking judgment. Recent discussions of the fascinating topic of matrimony have, it seeyns, neglected this vital facet, and the many eager maidens who gather their knitting (as it may) and meet to consider this question would from all appear- ances be lamentably slighting this important aspect, of their problem, May it” be recalled that almost anything can be legitimately done with Classical precedent. We turn first to Homer and find there an oft-mentioned—scene of domestic concord in the relations of Hector and his faithful spouse, but in scholarly fashion it is wise to deliberate before making gen- eral statements. Close examination of the text will reveal as an at- tituide much more typical of the noble ancients, that which is voiced in the first book by the king Aga- memnon: ““ |. . and indeed I wish greatly to have ‘her in.my own house}; since I like her better than Clytemnestra to my wife... still I am willing to give her hack. ” Noting in pass- ing that Agamemnon finally settled | tive. Cassandra and was ultimately murdered by his wife and her lover we continue for our example to the contemporaneous affairs of the shining Olympian Gods, and note the very statement of Jove himself: “«. « that time. when I loved the wife of Ixion / who bore me Perithoos, equal of the gods in counsel / when I loved Akrisios’ daughter, sweet-stepping Danae... when I loved the daughter of far- renowned Phoinix, Europa / when I loved Semele, or Alkmene in Thebes,” but we cite these instances not as information, but purely for the learned light they shed. Before leaving the Greeks it is wise also to glance at Plato’s Re- public and quote out of context a statement attributed to Socrates, “I do not think that there can be any dispute about the very great utility of having wives and children in common; the possibility is quite another matter and might be very much disputed.” (Socrates, you re- call, had a shrew of a wife.) Perhaps also one should not neglect the sterling example of the fifty daughters of Danaus who murdered their husbands on their wedding night, In later times this excellent precedent was followed by moor. In our own degenerate ag it is rather unfortunately more difficult to accomplish with all suc- cess and impunity. Returning, however, to the an- cients, and this time the Romans, ‘there stands the noble Cato who when he reached middle age lent his wife to his friend Hortensisus in order (allegedly) that their two families might be closer united. Marcia in this situation behaved admirably as should the wife of a Stoic, and only after she had duly buried“her-second husband did she return to her first, begging for peace in her old age. As most medieval notables took refuge: in monasteries, we shall progress to the Renaissance; and yet, there is a definite reflection of this. aforesaid. trend in Hamlet’s sage advice to Ophelia, “Get thee to a nunnery, go; farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. To a’nunnery go and quickly, too.” And a little later the prince adds, “I say we will have no more marriages,” we Although it is surely pertinent Sir Thomas More’s discourse on the marriage customs of the Uto- pians is surely too well known. to necessitate quotation.~Less known are the,phrases of the learned Dr. John Donne, referring not specifi- ally perhaps to matrimony but surely to some of the circumstances thereof. In his Paradoxes and Prob- lems he states wisely, “that wom- en are inconstant I with any man confess, but that inconstancy is a bad quality, I against any man will maintain.” The facts here might be subject to question, but surely the viewpoint.is admirable. By this time, perhaps. we have progressed ‘to Scripture and_to that opinion expressed in the Song of Solomon, “Comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love”... ah yes, it may well be; but who mentioned love. We were speaking. of marriage . . ; knit one, purl two, cross over cable oo . “Pm making these socks for my brother.” Again as our Shakespeare has said, “The world must be peopled.” Are there any questions? Works of the Spanish A recent contribution to the field of Spanish literature has been made by Professor Juan Marichal who has edited and has had published sev- eral of the works of the late Pedro poet of the twentieth century. The most recent book which Marichal edited and prepared for publication, Teatro Completo (The Complete Plays) of Salinas was published in Madrid last summer. This, however, was not the first of Salinas’ works which Mr. Mar- ichal has edited, nor will it be the last. Poesias Completas (The Com- was published in 1955. Two other books, Ensayos Sobre La Literatura Hispanica (Essays About Spanish Literature), which will include a de- tailed ‘Study of Salinas as a literary critic and teacher, and Volverse Sombra y Otros Poemas, which con- tains some of-Salinas’ poetry which has never before been published, are expected to appear early in | 1958. In addition, Mr. Marichal is now in the process of editing a ~{volume which will contain the com- plete creative works of Pedro Salinas, an outstanding Spanilsh| plete Works of Poetry) of Salinas’ Marichal Edits, Prepares For Publication Poet Pedro Salinas : He studied at the University of San Isidro and received his doctor’s degree in Philosophy from the Uni- versity of Madrid. In addition to teaching at universities in Spain, at the Sorbonne in Paris and at Cambridge in England, he spent several years teaching in the Unit- ed States. He was Visiting Profes- sor at Wellesley, spent several sum- mers at the Spanish School of Middlebury College, and _ also taught in the summer schools of the University of California, the University of Southern California |and Duke University. In the late 1940’s he was a visiting lecturer here at Bryn Mawr. From 1940 until his death in 1951, Salinas was Professor of Spanish Literature at John Hopkins University, An‘additional item of interest con- cerning Salinas is that the Library of Congress’ is publishing a.special book of his poem, Sea of San Juan. Mr. Marichal will edit this work also and his brother, Carlos Mar- ichal, of the University of Puerto Rico, will illustrate it. In addition, the Library. of Congress will pub- lish a long playing record of Salinas reading the poem. This is of {special note, because Salinas wi to have _ his the renowned Lucia di cep IL Everyone interested in the series Letter to the Editor Wyndhamite Proclaims Hall’s Reorganization To the Editor of the News: In past years Wyndham, bet- ter known as French House, has suffered under the stigma of an iconoclastic reputation. “Rebels”, “arty”, “individualistic”, have been some of the terms levelled at us. This year, however, with the re- organization (and re-population) of our hall, we feel that it is time that these now groundless Epithets were done away with. The new Wyndham is ready to stand beside Rockefeller, Rhoads, Pem East, Pem West, Dén- bigh, Merion, Radnor, East House, and the Graduate Center. Lest it be thought that we are boasting, let us give you more tangible proof of our.progyess: 1. We e a Hall President. 2. We also have a Vice-President, 8. Our Fire-Captain has already organized one drill, early as it is in the year. 4. We have a fully-organized Social Chairman (with Committee) responsible for one successful Open House already. 5. We have five Permission- Givers. This may not seem much, but it’s a start already. Our tone may. be one of levity, but we are in earnest. Though Wyndham | has’ gone straight, it has not lost its sense _. of humor.” We'll be vents you at college functions! Ellen Dixon, Hall Representative, x Wyndham MAIN LINE GAME Count the Dogs in the Station Wagons Ps East Meets West In Interfaith Talks The Interfaith Association will sponsor lectures on Far Eastern Religions this fall. The object of these lectures will be to make us at Bryn Mawr aware of the basic differences in Eastern and Western modes of thought, and to show us how the religious. and cultural values of the East may or may not contribute to the spiritual develop- ment of the West. The first speaker will be Dr. Schuyler Cammann, Professor of Oriental Studies in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He will accompany his talk on Buddhism in the Art Lecture Room on Thurs- day, November 7th at 8:30 p.m. with lantern slides, - On Monday, November 25th, Swami Pavitrananda of the Ved- anta Society of New York City will give a talk on Hinduism at 8:30 in the Common Room. Swami Pavitrananda is himself a Hindu, but he hag lived many years in the West and has an _ excellent understanding of Western as well as of Eastern philosophy and cul- ture. : Dr. Howard Brinton, head of the Quaker center at Pendle Hill for many years and a former Professor of “History of Religions” at Bryn Mawr, will close the series on Tuesday, December 8rd at 8:30 in the Common Room-with a lecture | on “Eastern and Western Mysti- cism and Theology.” Dr. Brinton has lectured on this subject several times ‘in Japan and has had the advantage of criticism from Jap- anese students. Dr. Brinton will stress Zen-Buddhism in his talk should Dr. Crammann not have time to cover it. : | The Interfaith Association will offer no talk on Confucianism. is urged to attend the Class of 1902 lecture on “Confucianism and Mod- ern China” this Monday, November ‘lath at 8:30 in Goodhart..