“The College Vol. LI, —_: BRYN MAWR, PA. November 19, 1965 © Trustees of Bryn Mawr College. 1965 25 Cents NDEA ‘Awards 4 Fellowships To Bryn Mawr Grad School The President’s Office has an- nounced the awarding of four National Defense Education Act fellowships to the Bryn Mawr Graduate School, The grants will become effective in the academic year 1966-1967. According to President Mc- Bride, the government chose four fields in which to award the fel- lowships from a list of possibili- ties suggested _by Bryn Mawr. These fields are German, Spanish, mathematics, and philosophy. In the event that the field selec- ted cannot be assigned, the Dean of the Graduate School can re- assign the fellowship to another field, The fellowships are awarded for the first year of graduate school and can be renewed for two more years, subject to a review of the student’s work. If the student wishes to continue her studies be- yond the three years covered by the program, she must look else- where for support. In addition to covering com- pletely the student’s tuition, the fellowships contribute $2000 a year towards living expenses during the first year, $2200 the second year, and $2400 the third year. In the past, the Bryn Mawr Graduate School has hada National Defense Education Act Fellow in only one field, Russian. Luba Hal- lat held this fellowship for three years, during which time she also gave an undergraduate course. She is now in her fourth year and will come up for consideration for a Ph.D, at the conclusion of this year, The number of fellowships was severely limited under the terms of the original Act of 1958, be- cause aid was restricted to only new or greatly expanded fields. Only Russian qualified under these terms. : The act, however, has been amended so that the fields inwhich fellowships can be awarded are in no way limited. Thus Bryn Mawr was able to apply for and receive the new fellowships. The NDEA fellowships are very similar to the NSF fellowships of which there are currently three in the Bryn Mawr Graduate School, one in geology and two in chemis- try. There has been great contro- versy in the past over the NDEA because the student is required to take a loyalty oath before receiv- ing assistance. At present this oath is only a positive oath of allegiance to the United States government, There is no clause disclaiming affiliation with any organization advocating the overthrow of the United States government, Johns and McDowell Investigate Possible Constitutional Revisions Undergrad President Popie Johns and Self Gov President Al- lie McDowell replied to sugges- tions made by. Haverford’s stu- dent council president about re- forms in Bryn Mawr’s student government, The response took place at Monday night’s Undergrad meeting. The first suggestion called fora union of Undergrad. and Self Gov. Popie explained that the Bryn Mawr student government is more in- clusive than the Haverford system. Self Gov deals with student con- duct, and Undergrad handles ex- tra-curricular activities. Popie pointed out that these are both SNCC To Aid Natchez . With “Meal for a Meal’ 585 Bryn Mawrters will give up dinner on Tuesday night, No- vember 23, so that the money or- dinarily spent by the Ad- ministration for the meal can be used to buy food for forcibly un- employed Negroes in Natchez, Mississippi. SNCC has_ organized. this Thanksgiving Fast, in which the Graduate Center at Bryn Mawr will also participate. The fast will also be observed at Haverford, where an estimated 360, or 75% of the student body, have =_— to take part. Natchez, a city of 23,706. -- 12,300 Negro and 11,400 white -- has frequently been a scene of racial violence, especially in the last two years; it is the home of E.L. McDaniel, Grand Dragon of the United Klans of America for Mississippi. During the first week in October over 400 were arrest- ed protesting an injunction against demonstrations of any kind, and many were taken to Parchman State Penitentiary, about 200 miles away. A number of these and others who participated in later dem- onstrations attending the filing of a school desegregation suit for Bennett’s Richard Is Praised; Set, Lights, Music Also Good by Joan L. Klein Lecturer in English It is not often that one can praise without qualification the perfor- mance of so difficult a role as Richard II. Stephen Bennett became Richard II, that intelligent, but painfully self-indulgent and self- lacerating king. Those great scenes where Richard most ex- ploits. his weaknesses to become the prisoner of his own visions were those most sensitively played by Mr. Bennett. For instance, -in the scene at Flint Castle, where Richard forces into reality his own morbid visions of deposition ‘and eventual death, Mr. Bennett was able to suggest all the complexities of the descent as act and symbol, psychological process and poetic evocation. Indeed, it was due in large measure to Mr. Bennett’ that the play was trans- ~ formed from diterature to drama, . Second only to Mr. »Bennett’s .. performance was Mr. Hicks’ fine performance of Henry Boling- ‘broke. Mr. Hicks projected onto the stage the controlled force that Shakespeare must have intended to contrast sharply with the un- controlled weaknesses of Richard. Mr. Hicks was admirably reticent and free from posturing in his con- ception of his role during the greater part of the play. Only dur- ing the last third was there less clearly evident on the stage in the person of Bolingbroke the con- tained and ruthless energy neces- Sary not only to pull down but also to murder a king. Many of the supporting roles were well done. Mr. Sinclair, as Bagot, gracefully provided the notes of decadent luxury which imperiled Richard’s rule. Gartner was,a more convincing and honest gardener than he was a bishop, but it is difficult at any time to sustain the weight of the latter office. Mr, Hillman was a very able Northumberland, though perhaps: his. attempt to. reproduce. “a north-country ‘accent < blurred the intelligibility of some of his (Continued on page 7) Mr.. Adams county have already been fired from domestic, department- store and other jobs, People whose children were in these demonstra- tions or who signed desegrega- tionist petitions were also subject to this kind of retaliation. ‘Most recently a boycott was called early in November against the entire Natchez downtown area. Businessmen threatened to fire all Negroes involved in such a boycott, and many have been fired already: they will be receiving the aid from SNCC, The exact amount of money going to Natchez from Bryn Mawr will " not be known until the menu for Tuesday is planned, Meanwhile or- ganizers of the fast stress that the Inn will remain open, and also that Popeye’s Pizza wagon will. be at Pembroke Arch from _ six p.m. Only dorm meals will be affected. 4. BMC Students Injured Saturday In Auto Accident Four Bryn Mawr students were involved in an automobile accident last Saturday evening. They were on route to a mixer being held that night at Lincoln University. The four girls were .Josetta Williams, fifth year student, Erd- man; Jessica Harris, Pem West; ’68; Jackie Williams, Erdman, ’68 (no relation to Josetta), and Eu- dora Kombo, Denbigh, ’66. The girls described the acci- dent as follows: Around 8 p.m., before the dance, they were pro- geeding along Lancaster Pike at about thrity-five miles per hour when their car was struck on the left side by another car which drove out of an intersection lo- cated a block or two from the Vik- ing Inn, Their car was spun around and hit frontally by a third car. A Lincoln student was driving the car with the Bryn Mawr stu- dents. He suffered internal in- juries. All were hospitalized overnight, examined and treated for shock, cuts and bruises. The girls were then tranfered to the informary, except for Eudora, who is still in Pa) Bryn.Mawr Hospital. Jessica was released from the fhfirmary, and Jackie and Josetta will be out ‘in a few days.’’ large areas and can be more ef- ficiently managed by separate ad- ministrations. She referred to the impressive list of changes in recent months: dress rule, driving rule, smoking in rooms, the bus between Bryn Mawr and Haverford, and meal exchanges for weekdays and week- ends. The present system is ob- viously capable of answering stu- dent needs. Students are also asked to par- ticipate in many administrative matters, including Erdman dec- oration and design and the academ- ic calendar, Popie noted that the Board of Trustees has never vetoed: a request made by Undergrad, Undergrad and Self Gov -are responsible for the students in many respects beyond the reach of the. Haverford structure. Both organizations are respected by the administration andthe faculty, said Popie. A second reform supported by Haverford is the integration of stu- dent and faculty power structures. Popie prefers the present arrange- ment, since students are asserting their freedom through an indepen- dent student government, Social Chairman Ruth Levy Drops Undergrad Duties Ruth «Levy, ’67, announced her resignation as campus social chairman at the Monday night un - dergrad meeting, She explained that the duties of the office have become too demanding and too varied, and she strongly recom- mended a. reorganization and strengthening of the Social Com- mittee, Ruth emphasized her belief that students are interested in attend- “ing social activities, both those on campus and those arranged with other colleges, as she elaborated upon the planning that these func- tions entail. For all-campus parties and mix- ers, there are arrangements for lighting, a band, microphones and refreshments, as well the decorat- ing and clean-up. Off-campus mix- ers require coordination with the other college on setting the date, arranging transportation, and sometimes packing meals. There are also, Ruth continued the constant letters to be written and answered, and phone calls that must be received, She said that one person cannot handle work of this scope, and pointed toa limita- tion of the duties.of campus social chairman, with delegation of some of these to a larger and more re- sponsible Social Committee. At a meeting on Tuesday, the Social Committee, at present com- prised of the hall social chair- men, began tocarry out Ruth’s sug- gestions. It invited the membership of everyone interested in working with it, and set a meeting for Thursday night to elect a new campus social chairman, The duties of the campus chair- man have been reduced, Until the functions of the Social Comittee --members have been clearly de- fined, and other officer's have been elected, ‘Barbara Mann and Mary Little are handling correspondence and telephone calls. Haverford has missed the’point of the Bryn Mawr system, said Popie, since we already have a true student government. Self Gov President Allie Mc- Dowell added that government im- plies a certain amount of sta- bility. Many factors must be main- tained in operation. A government does not need to be in constant turmoil to be active, Stability, ~ Allie emphasized, is just as im- portant as change. Popie and Allie discussed pos- sible methods of instituting a cam- pus-wide re-evaluation of student government, especially since this is a year of constitutional revision. Antioch Exchange Not Taking Place The exchange committee has started .an information campaign concerning the schools with whom we are’ planning exchanges. The exchange with Antioch won’t be taking place this Thanksgiving va- cation as planned, because nobody was_able to go. This was partly due to the fact that arrangements were made too late and people had already made other plans. Also it’s midsemester time and work is piling up. But the main reason is that people just don’t know enough about Antioch to know if they would be interested in going or not, Hopefully in the future we can make plans further in advance, The problem of too much work is per- haps not as big a problem as people think. Students who partici- pate in exchanges ought to be able to find time to study, since the host students will certainly have studying to do too, , _ The exchange committee has de- cided to do something about find- ing out more about the schools we will exchange with, and publiciz- ing it. There.are catalogues of the colleges with whom we are plan- ning exchanges this year on the reserve shelf to the right of the reserve room door. We will also try to get the exchanging schools to send us further. information on student organization and the like to put on reserve too, and on an exchange bulletin board (location to be announced!) We’d like to set up a news article exchange both before the student exchange, to interest students in participat- ing and to give them an idea of what to look for, and afterwards, to publicise what the participating students learned from _ the exchange. At any rate the exchange committee will write for the NEWS a series of articles on the schools we have planned exchanges with, and write a short article on Bryn Mawr to be sent to our exchanging schools if they are interested. (At present we are planning exchanges with Antioch, St. Johns, Howard University, Radcliffe, The-Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, and possibly Swarthmore. We hope the exchange with Anti- och will still come off, as w@ll as the others we’ve planned. Watch the bulletin board in Taylor, and the NEWS, and take a look at the information on reserve in the li- information on reserve in the library. Page Two | COLL EGE NEWS % November 19, 1965 THE COLLEGE NEWS Subscription $3.75 — Mailing price $5.00-—Subscriptions may begin’ af any time, Entered as second class matter at the Bryn Mawr, Pa: Post Office, under fre, Act of March larch 3, A tion for re-entry at the Bryn Mawr, Pa Post barge Fir. Class Postage paid at Bryn Mawr, Pa. FOUNDED IN 1914 Published weckly during the Gollege Year (except during Thanks- prise. Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks). the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Regional Printing Com- pany, pw Bryn Mawr. Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. "The College it may be = wholly or in part without pcr.uuission of the Editor-in-Chief.: EDITORIAL — .. Lynne Lackenbach, ’66 Karen Durbin, 66 a. Laura Darlene Pre er, +4 PRIIRO ISITE. BT GO ons. ssssoscscsssvcosessonsvronsosisecssosorsecososonssosents sucosese-oseoevsesenvecseessoutes Kit Bakke, 68 . Contributing Editors Seicsece Pam Barald, 67, Anne Lovgren, 66, Edna Perkins, 88 Business Managers Nancy Geist, 66, and Janie Taylor, EDITORIAL STAFF Patricia Bauer, ’66, Tatty Gresham. ’66, Lois Magnusson, ’66, Pilar Richardson, v Joan Cavailaro, 67, Karen Kobler, ‘€7, Ruth Marks, ’67, Marilyn Williams, Robin Johnson 68, Mary Little, ‘68, Judy Mazur, "68, Marcia Ringel. ’63, Marion Scoon, '68; Roberta Smith, ’68, Peggy Thomas, 68, Eleano. von Auw, '68. n Shelnutt, 69: Saliy kosenberg, oy been: eeeeee AOeeeeesees seeeeeneseeerensnes seeeeeeees Rebuttal Undergrad President Popie Johns clarified several important points about the Bryn Mawr student government system at last Monday night’s meeting, where she replied to the Haverford criticism published in last week’s COLLEGE NEWS, In reply to Haverford’s suggestion that Self-Gov and Undergrad combine, Popie pointed out that the two organizations cover such dif- ferent fields that separation is necessary, We may add, too, that while the Haverford Student Council handles honor system issues as well as campus organizations and activities, our honor system is not “quite the same sort of structure. The honor system here permeates our daily lives, covering countless matters of dress and behaviour with which Haverford need not concern itself, Also, while Haverford may consider these ‘petty’? matters, they constitute as a whole a major part of a women’s college. :ollege. Popie further noted that many successful changes in these rules have been made in relatively brief period of time, a fact which we feel points to the efficiency of the present system. In addition, she noted that the Board of Trustees has never vetoed a Self-Gov decision, indicating the respect we have won from the administration. Popie also assailed Haverford’s suggestion that we ‘‘integrate student and faculty power structures,’’ pointing out that we are asserting our own freedom in having an independent government. Perhaps it is here that the basic divergence of Bryn Mawr and Haverford’s aims emerges, with the emphasis at Bryn Mawr decidedly stronger on free- dom than on power, For, while Haverford may point to the student- opposed calendar as a result of the lack of integration of faculty- student power structures, we can point to the fact, that owing to averse student reaction at Bryn Mawr, the calendar, with the help of a re- vamped curriculum committee, is being changed, and the student government retains its independence. Finally, our system, however complex it may appear ‘and thus contrary to the rule of simplicity-equals-efficiency, IS proving itself efficient in serving our needs, Of course, there is room for improve- ment, as. there isin any system of government, and perhaps some of that improvement may come out of a consideration of Haverford suggestions; the time for change, however, does not appear to be now. Decision Ruth Levy’s resignation as college social chairman is an admirable display of responsibility, Faced with-a job she could not adequately perform, Ruth gave primary consideration to the function served by her office for the needs of the college. In her letter Ruth describes the demands of a position that obviously exceeds the energies of one person, A social chairman is forced to rely on the good nature and cooperation of others, If assistance fails to materialize, she alone remains to handle the major arrangements and minor details. If Ruth had chosen to keep her job out of obligation to those who elected her, a triple injustice would have resulted. The social program of the college of necessity would have suffered some neglect. Ruth herself would have been burdened with a frustratingly unaccomplish- able task. An inefficient and ineffective system would have been perpetuated. By openly announcing her predicament, Ruth has cleared the way for revision of a situation which would have otherwise remained un- noticed, Discretion is here indeed the better part of valor - when such a step is taken after weeks of effort it can only be the result of serious consideration. We thank Ruth for her interest in the social activities of the campus, for her noble attempt, and for her final decision to remedy an over- looked ill. Misgiving While most of the country is giving thanks this time of year, most Bryn Mawrters we know are giving out with exhaustion, giving in to academic rigors, and giving up the ghost. Around here ‘the season’s known as Thanks-misgiving. Post-midsemester relief is eclipsed, unfortunately, by the rising sun of term papers. Host poc ergo hopter proc, and all those other Greek platitudes. In the spirit of good will which ought to be shrouding the holiday, the COLLEGE NEWS would like to be the first to start the official countdown -- only 29 more days ’til Christmas vacation, That much more time to procrastinate! . _ But back to the more immediate Thanksgiving. Says the Bryn Mawr _, Satalog .of cher students: ‘As ‘she continues. through the four under-_ F : . egin to know too the persor and rewards that are Higrimage. The turkeys drop by the wayside, Se fourth-year Mayflower. — sa dy News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in: the common heritage of scholars,” It’s a long a een eee aS THE GROANING BOARDS OF THANKSGIVINGTIDE «eee ae eet at ae v Resignation To the Editor: On Monday night at thé Under- grad meeting, I resigned as social chairman of the college. I have recommended that the social com- mittee be reorganized and that this new committee be structured as are all other organizations on campus -- with a president (or chairman), vice president, secre- tary, treasurer, and as many other girls-as-are interested in being on ~ the committee -- and that the members of this organization divide up the jobs which are now all performed by the social chair- man, The chairman schedules all dorm and campus-wide social events; speaks with every boy who calls the college asking about so- cial functions; answers all mail from boys requesting information about mixers and other parties; handles all other mail from bands, booking agencies, and _ boys’ schools; arranges for transpor- tation for Bryn Mawr girls going to mixers at other schools; keeps all the financial records of. the social committee; and sends no- tices to the dorms announcing every social activity on campus and off campus to which Bryn Mawr girls are invited, The so- cial chairman also runs every all- campus party, This involves or- dering food, arranging to have a porter serve, arranging for the maintenance men to prepare the floor of a room if the party in- volves dancing and to clean the | applebee | ® a vacation is a funny thing one o’clock and people spring to means of transport here and there leaving papers, books and cares except «that little mountain or two that they. wail they have to do carting tomes and notebooks off in bags of uniform green cloth bursting seams and breaking backs rounding shoulders go these sacks ‘how many of these bags of books ride planes and trains on divers routes to the ends of Se iy or scarsdale, ny lumpy sacks of green dot the map all o’er slouching in corners soon forgot thinking ought they what they ought? until some magnet monday calls them back each and-every canvas wack ‘untouched yet Oe ar oa - proud of it Assit escapistly, applebee ‘LETTERS TO THE EDITOR if floor following the dance, meet- ing with the electrician to dis- cuss lighting and microphone facilities if there is to be a band, hiring the band, inviting bovs’ schools to come, supervising the decorating of a room and the ree moval of decorations after the event, The present social committee is comprised of the chairman and the social chairmen from. the dorms, The dorm chairmen have all done good jobs running their dorm mixers, some have willing- ly helped with the campus events, but many are uncooperative in assisting with the campus-wide activities; the gym was decorated twice this year and neither time were all the social chairmen on hand to help nor did the ones who were .not there send sub- stitutes to take their places; last spring three social chairmen (of the 17) showed up to decorate the field house at Haverford for the Fats Domino dance. It. is my: suggestion :that the social committee be revamped to include the officers mentioned, the dorm chairmen who would be held responsible ONLY for dorm ac- tivities, and a’separate group of girls who would work in con- junction with the charman in run- ning all-campus events, This would allow for a much greater division of the labor; and the chairman would be able to spend her time coordinating all the activities rather than having to fulfill all the responsibilities her- self, Ruth Levy, ’67 Friends of SNCC To the Editor: The Bryn Mawr-Haverford Friends of SNCC has been reju- venated, Friends of SNCC is now a very going concern, with its base in Erdman Hall, Meetings are held every Thursday at 5:30 p.m, in the Erdman Rec Room, and are open to all, That is, anybody can come, So do, We have about seven things going on now, which we propose to expound (!!) in the following paragraphs, NOVEMBER IS SNCC MONTH! November is SNCC month and one of the first things we are concretely doing is havinga MEAL FOR A MEAL on Monday Nov. 22 dinner. Due to their boycott of business in the town of Nat- chez, Miss., many Negroes lost their jobs and will not have a Thanksgiving dinner this year (or any food, for that matter), unless we help. This we are doing by skipping Tuesday’s dinner and sending the money we get from the meal to the people down there, through SNCC, We have a radio program called ‘It?s What’s Happenin’ Baby,’’ on WHRC, Some time between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays a voice will break in on the solemn rock ’n roll _. Music with “It’s what’s happenin’, baby!” and. give a short (6-min.,) « report of SNCC news. So while you play your postprandial bridge (poker, skee ball, old maid) game, “SNCC,.. tune in to WHRC, 640 on your ‘radio dial and lend us an ear or two. (See if you can guess who is doing the talking.) Posted in all the dorms should “be a Philly SNCC newsletter, with local SNCC info, and also various people should receive these by mail, Soon subscriptions to the **Voice,’? SNCC’s newsletter from Atlanta, will be available on cam- pus. A new newspaper “The Southern Courier,’? written by Harvard and Yale students taking a. year. off, will also soon appear --it gives unbiased news reports of happenings in the Civil Rights Movement which aren’t reported in the current news media. Books and articles will be on the SAC shelf in the Reserve Room, first shelf to your right as you go in. Beautiful suede leather hats, bags and coin pouches will soon be sold by SNCC oncampus, These: we get from a women’s sewing co-op in the South, an example of businesses set up by the newly - formed Poor People’s Corporation, The Corporation (annual dues, 25¢) gets money’ from donors to help people who have lost their jobs through working in the movement, to start their own businesses, SNCC people on campus will be around to dorms to take orders for these suede articles, which come in many colors, such as brown, black, loden, purple, gold, and white, and are cheaper than ever you would find in a store. We hope to have orders back in time for Christmas gift-giving. So “keep a look out for more on this. Our BIG project for the future is a recreational center in Ard- more for the children who would otherwise be fooling around on the streets, Some of our members worked this summer at a day camp in Ardmore and say there is a great need to continue the work which ended when the summer ended. They know people in the area, parents and their kids, and say this project could really be good if we work and give the time to it, There seems to be a lot of interest in this so if you are interested please come to meet- ings and tell us so, We want you, baby. Now last but not exactly least, we are having Cleve Sellers here to speak on SNCC, its origins, aims, philosophy, etc, etc. He comes on December 2, the first Thursday in December, so keep that date open, Notices and info will be posted soon... you will all want to come, we are fairly sure. ...Sellers, 20 years old, is the program secretary for the South. He quit Howard *U. to join SNCC, He says of the movement, in an article which appeared in EBONY magazine, “ ¢*What we are trying to do is make people important and neces- sary again. We’re trying to get people to see that when you talk about civil rights you have to go deeper than hamburgers, deeper maybe than even the vote. You have to go really deep into the whole theory about relationships. That’s what makes SNCC unique...”’ So save Thursday, December 2nd. Come hear Cleve Sellers on 3 Le ao ~ Erdman Hall, BMC 7: ‘BMC. ame ap of SNCC November 19, 1965 COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Meacham, AFSC Sec’y, Pranksters Enter McGill Conference Held Relates Three Dilemmas Alliance’s lecture this weekwas a sneak preview of a conference it is planning to sponsor next year on the TRIPLE REVOLUTION, This paper, put out in March, 1964 was sent to President Johnson, and received a substantial amount of publicity at that time. Now, ac- cording to Stewart Meacham, the Peace Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, we are in a war situation and interest in more long term problems has died down, Mr. Meacham’s lecture for Alliance was primarily devoted to simply describing the content of the original paper. Basically, it asserts that there are three mutu- - ally reinforcing revolutions taking place in the world today, which are particularly evident here. . Most “space was devoted to the problem of the cybernetics revolution. This problem is caused by the increas- ing use of the computer (a broad term that refers to a high speed calculating .machine.and decision. . maker) linked with the automated self-regulating industrial ma- chine, This combination vastly in- creases our productive power, while decreasing the need for human labor, This_ situation, Meacham took pains to explain, essentially destroys the ‘‘scarcity principle.’’ That is, there is no longer a strong connection between work and income; it is no longer necessary for a man to produce something for the economy to be able to afford to feed him, Thus, in order to handle our increased productivity, we have to greatly expand our definition of ‘free goods,’? which now in- clude things like primary educa- tion and park facilities, to a basic guaranteed income for everyone. It was pointed out that this situ- ation is merely developing--it does not yet actually exist, because the world hasn’t even been able to work out a plan to keep everyone fed, let alone provided with an income. : The other two problems which are probably of more interest to the AFSC were not discussed so fully inthe TRIPLE REVOLUTION, These are the revolutions in arm- aments and human rights, It is well known that we are now pro- ducing weapons for which the present power struggle has no use. They are totally ‘‘obsolete as far as being related to a rational purpose is concerned,’’ said Mr. Meacham. He went on to say that his solution would be an increased use of non-violent social power. He was asked, ‘‘What is the power of non-violence but the threat of violence?’ He had to agree to this, saying that it would be a long time before effective non-violence would not have a threat of violence behind it. He glossed over the human rights revolution, saying that itwas based on the *‘desire of everyone to feel valued’’. and that it was believed that a stable government is im- possible unless everyone has a meaningful voice in its organiza- tion. He admitted however that he was not sure whether sucha stable government could actually exist or not. For further information on the dilemme. these revolutions pose, and on next year’s conference, contact Margaret Levi in Erdman. Bryn Mawr Stands in Minority ‘¢Student Responsibility in the Expression of Freedom’’ was the topic of discussion at an inter- collegiate conference Sunday afternoon at Rosemont College. Bryn Mawr’s_ representatives, Popie Johns, Miss Pat McPher- son, and Miss Margaret Healy, had their opinions reinforced as to both the rarity and the merit of an active student government. The conference began with a panel discussion under the chair- manship of Martin Sullivan, Na- tional President of the National Federation of Catholic College Stu- dents. Other members of the panel were Rev, John A, Driscoll, Vice- President of Academic Affairs, Villanova University, David Mar- shall, professor of philosophy at St. Joseph’s and Rosemont, Joseph Eyer, student leader, Haverford College, and Gerald Powers, stu- dent leader at Siena College, Lou- donville, N.Y. Joe Eyer and Rev. Driscoll spoke extensively on social re- sponsibility in the community, It boiled down to a question of con- science and consciousness. If someone feels something he does is right, he must realize and ac- cept the fesponsibility for his actions, Mr. Eyer related the col- lege community to the rest of the world. He stated that freedom and responsibility must begin on the campus and then spread out, The student must first live in accordance with the most petty dorm rules before going on to involvements in a larger sphere. Mr. Marshall brought in the European system of self govern- ment which is quite different from our own. Much of the difference is due to the fact that there is no catnpus in European univer- "sities, Nor ts ‘there much coun=»» ~ “selling. The student is left for the ~ most part to his own devices with no restrictions, no responsibili- ties. This often results in a stu- _ With Active StudentGovernment dent’s feeling lost at first. Small discussion groups fol- lowed the more general panel de- bate. The most startling realiza- tion that resulted from these was that most schools don’t have an actual student government, run entirely by and for the students. Most have councils chaired by the administration. Therefore any issues are presented TO the faculty BY the faculty. This effectively curtails student expression. There is no contact between students and faculty. In many cases the stu- dents do not even know just ‘*who’? the administration is, Learning about situations in other schools enforces upon us the great freedoms and respon- sibilities which we have at Bryn Mawr and which we ‘cannot be allowed to take for granted. A real and active student government is a vital part of colleBe life and a rare privilege which Bryn Mawr- ters enjoy. S.R. wt RP Sealing Yes, it’s the Bryn Mawr-Haverford bus! Of course, it’s not really ours, but this has been bor- Mrs. Livingston's Pem East Office Sometime last weekend prank- sters broke into the Pembroke East basement office of Mrs, Ra- mona Livingston, Instructor in English, Nothing was taken-- no records were rummaged through or dis- turbed -- but a note was left on Mrs. Livingston’s desk and sev- eral student papers on a table outside had also been mutilated. Mrs. Livingston discovered what had happened when she returned to her office about 7:30 Sunday night, and found the door unlocked. In- side she found the window open and a chair pulled up to it. A note was written: on the memo pad on her desk, which she is certain is not in the handwriting of anyone in her classes, Mrs, Livingston also feels that the note could not have been directed against her personally: it addressed her as ‘‘Buddy,’’ and said: ‘fas a member of your class I feel that your lectures lack originality and feeling’? -- Mrs, 'Livingston’s Freshman Com- position is -not-a-lecture course. Mrs, Eleanor Leach, who came down to her office next door early on Saturday, discovered that sim- ilar remarks had been scribbled ‘on some of the papers left outside the office. Locks will be. put. on the lower part of the high office windows which allowed the pranksters to get in. Alliance Sponsors Whitney M. Young Whitney M, Young, Jr., execu- tive director of the National Urban League, will speak under the aus- pices of Alliance Monday Novem- ber 29, in the Common Room, on “Problems of Minority Groups in Urban Areas.’? In WHO SPEAKS FOR THE NEGRO, Robert Penn Warren has characterized Mr. Young as an ‘angry young man.’? Author of TO BE EQUAL, whichwas review - ed in the COLLEGE NEWS last year, Mr. Young received his M.A, in Social Work from the Univer- sity of Minnesota, He has also studied engineering at MIT and received a Rockefeller Foundation grant to attend Harvard for a year. For seven years Mr. Young served as dean of the School of Social Work in Atlanta, Georgia. He then worked with the League in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Oma- ha, Nebraska, While working with the League he has also: served on. several presidential commis- sions including a recent one with Miss McBride, The National Urban League is working in the center of present problems of the socio-economic sphere. There are 72 local leagues throughout the nation supported by local community chest funds ‘ and private contributions, rowed to serve until our own bus arrives over Christmas (?) On Afro-Asian Situation by Lois Magnusson Over one hundred students from American and Canadian universi- ties assembled in Montreal last week for the ninth McGill Con- ference on World Affairs. The subject of this year’s conference was The New Dimensions of War, and Peace: Experiences in the Afro-Asian Theatre. Participating students and pro- fessors were divided into groups of twelve, with each person present- ing’a paper on a specified tcpic as a basis of discussion, Topics included roots’ of instability and political violence in the developing nations; Western, Soviet, and Chinese objectives and strategies in the Third World; and possibili- ties of U.N, peacekeeping action, Lecturers included Americans Lucian Pye, Samuel Huntington, William Griffith, John Kautsky, Rupert Emerson, Charles Mar- shall, and Lincoln Bloomfield and Contest of Poetry Sets Committee's 50th Anniversary The Literary Arts Committee of the Philadelphia Art Alliance is sponsoring a poetry contest tocom- memorate the Art Alliance’s fifth anniversary. Three equal prizes of $100 will be awarded for the best work sub- mitted by poets under 25 years of age who have not published a book of verse. Entrants may submit up to ten pages of their work. Entries must be typewritten and double-spaced. They will be returned only if ac- companied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Entries should be addressed to Poetry Contest, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., Philadelphia, P, 19103 and mailed before February l, 1966. The contest will be judged by poets Daniel Hoffman, professor of English Literature at Swarth- more College; Richmond Latti- more, Paul Shorey Professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College, and Robert Wallace, of the Western Reserve University faculty. Mr. Wallace formerly taught at Bryn Mawr College. Mr, Hoffman is the author of* *“*The City of Satisfactions,’’ and two other books of poems, and of several critical studies, among them **American Poetry and Poet- ics,” Mr. Wallace’s second book of verse, ‘‘Views from a Ferris Wheel,’”’ has just been published. He recently won a poetry contest sponsored by Approach Magazine and is editor of ‘Poems on Poet- ry: The Muse’s Garland,” Contest winners will be announc- ed in April and will be invited to read their work in a program at the Philadelphia Art Alliance Audi- torium April 28, 1966. ek ae Canadians James Minifie and John Wendell Holmes. There was considerable criti- cism of the choice of speakers, perhaps the harshest public com- ment being that of the editor of the McGILL DAILY: ‘‘It is dis- . appofnting...to note the long list of cold war warriors invited .to this massive, one-sided State De- partment teach-in,’’ Obviously the conference was limited not only by a desire to invite well-known speakers but also by the availa- bility of articulate authorities in the field, _ Rather than criticize the con-— ference for inviting only persons with State Department affiliations, perhaps it would be more in order to congratulate State for having tapped the resources of the aca- demic community, There was a certain unfortunate lack of controversy during the of- ficial sessions of the conference, Perhaps it was the formulation of topics which led to the inevitable meaningless generalities. and sweeping statements so often heard in lectures or discussion groups. There was, nevertheless, consid- erable argument outside the con- ference rdom--most often, of course, on the role of the U.S, in Vietnam, The Royal Embassy Hotel, a luxury establishment just two blocks from the McGill Univer- sity Center, served as head- quarters for the conference par- ticipants, and various hotel rooms were the scene of discussion of political and non-political ques- tions into the wee hours, A wine and cheese party and two banquets ~ also provided a more informal © atmosphere in which violent politi- cal disagreement was often for- gotten, The Conference on World Affairs is conducted by the Students’ Society of McGill and subsidized by the University, the Quebec gov- ernment and business community, Partial transportation costs of the participants was paid by the con- ference, and most universities paid full expenses for their representa- tives -- either through the Political Science Department or their stu- dent organization. Many schools sent as many as four representa- tives and a professor-advisor, The McGill Conference provided an extraordinary opportunity to meet with students from many dif- ferent universities, including mili- tary academies, and to exchange ideas officially and unofficially about the Third World and in- numerable other topics. Holding the conference in Canada allowed for a certain perspective on Ameri- ca and its foreign’policy. Montreal itself offered the charm of French Canada and the diversions of a large modern city, Speaking as Bryn Mawr’s only and. semi-self-subsidized repre- sentative to the McGill Conference, I should like to make the follow- ing comments and suggestions: Personally I fell in love with Montreal, I was very favorably im- pressed with McGill University, with the organization of the con- ference, and with the quality of the students and professors who participated, I would urge increased participa- tion in inter-university con- ferences of this sort. There is much to be gained by exposure to the Outside World! I would also urge more generous financial as- sistance from our Departments and student organizations to encourage more Bryn Mawr students to leave our Ivory Tower from time to time. » -. 1 was. surprised and. somewhat. - frightened‘by the impression made by the Bryn Mawr label, and I hope that I lived up to and fur- thered our reputation. COLLEGE NEWS November 19, 1965 o RICHARD IL Photos by Anne Lovgren’ November 19, 1965 COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Clerical Scepticism in Fiction Size of Bryn Mawr, Haverford - Topic of Fifth Flexner Lecture Frank Kermode’s fifth Flexner lecture, ‘Literary Fiction and Reality,’’ consideréd clerical scepticism as a factor in the changing character of literary fictions. - Mr. Kermode called the novel the central form of literary art today because, according to Ortega, it lends. itself to coping with present reality, In writing novels extremists revolt against conventions, thereby creating new laws that in turn must be broken. These new forms always possess some congruence with some paradigm, The history of the novel is the history of forms rejected or modified, because the novel is conscious of the dissidence of inherited forms and our sense of reality. Iris Murdoch was offered by Mr, Kermode as an example of a novelist-theorist whose works do not ‘fulfill her own doctrine. In her search for the proper novel form, Miss Murdoch has rejected the ‘crystalline’: form because it does not allow free characters andthe *‘documentary” form because it lacks any suit- able framework, As a novelist, she finds it diffi- cult to resist what she terms the consolations of form. These consolations are dangerous be- cause they are damaging to her characters, The ideal ~character for Miss Murdoch is both free and ‘‘opaque,’’ exercis- ing the freedom granted by the author. The novel as a literary struc- ture has a_ basic _ conflict, said Mr, Kermode, Although it is delighted with its own characters, it must still respect their freedom, At the same time, the novel cannot afford to lose the formal characteristics by which we recognize it as a novel, The patterns employed cannot be too neat, There must be dis- sidences, since reality itself is incomplete. Mr. Kermode termed this problem the dilemma of fic- tion and reality. As a-contrast to Iris Murdoch’s theory, Mr. Kermode described Muriel Spark’s view of reality in novels, Her reality is not a chaos but an ordered reality that novels must consider, Mr, Kermode summarized the difference between the two authors as Miss Spark’s belief that the world is a divine, supreme, and true fiction, Under the pressure of the imagination, the con- tingencies will resolve themselves into arbitrary patterns, When man finds a pattern, he has a right to be consoled by it, because that pattern is authentic. A novelist without such a ‘universal plot’? must arrange concord between his fictions and reality, said Mr. Kermode. He discussed this question as it is illustrated by Sartre’s novel, LA NAUSEE, This novel displays a crisis in the relation of fiction to reality. Sartre’s mood is sometimes appropriate’ to the modern de- mythological apocalypse: there is a crisis, but the world has no beginning or end, In his autobiography, Sartre describes the falsities imposed on him by the fictive power of words. A character he once attempted to portray unsympathe- tically suddenly emerged as a hero. Such gaps will open, said Mr. Kermode, in the most closely knit patterns of words. We use fictions both in our own existential crises and in books, Mr. Kermode said, Novels are not life, but they are similar to it, In life, ways may be barred, but we must act, To help ourselves we pretend that we can act, re- lying on a magical determinism. The: function. of man’s inescap- able freedom is expressed by his ability to see things as they are not. Only by fictions can he see himself as free, Sartre judged Camus’ L’ET- RANGER by its. transfigura- tion of the contingent, but he himself @hose a plot requiring the represeation of uch con- tingency. LA NAUSEE presents contingency as nauseous, unformed matter, while Roquentin has the male, form-giving role. He must experience contigency without human fictions to assist him, Resisting the aim of the book, the novel form imposes itself on the material and joins in what Sartre calls the “‘bad faith’’ of the concord - producing author, This conflict results from Sartre’s attempt to include chaotic con- tingency in a form that is itself a destroyer of contingency. Sartre’s doctrine must be falsified when. it appears in a novel, A man may have no relevant past and live in a world of chaos in which he is only potential, Every novel, however, must be a completed act. It carries with it the potency of a humanly imagined creation, It has a beginning and end, but the world does not. Sartre defines the future as a fluid medium in which he tries to -actualize ‘his potential, The (Continued on page 8) Most Impresses Frank Kermode What appears to strike Frank Kermode most about Bryn Mawr and Haverford is their large size, Mr, Kermode made this rather startling observation last Tuesday in a COLLEGE NEWS interview in the Deanery. Clarifying his point, Mr. Ker- mode explained that the size of the two campuses, particularly large in proportion to the number of students, surprised him, He added speculatively, by way of il- lustration, that all the colleges of Cambridge could be placed on Hav- erford’s campus. with room to spare, Asked to compare Bryn Mawr students academically with British university girls, he said he thought they were ‘tabout the same -- all bright.’’ He was flatteringly reticent when pressed for an opinion of Bryn Mawr’s academic quality, saying, **Well, everyone knows you’re good -- shall I just reiterate?’’ Mr. Kermode then’ briefly discussed the position of women in the British university system. As an examiner at Cambridge, Mr. Kermode has observed that girls taking ‘‘firsts’’ are generally su- perior to their male counterparts. He pointed out that competition SCM’s Campus Leader Arrives and Organizes For the first time in several years the Student Christian Move- ment here has a permanent lead- . er, Michael Porteus, an Episcopal minister from England, is filling the post on the Bryn Mawr, Hav- erford, andSwarthmore campuses, Before coming to the Main Line, Mr. Porteus was secretary of SCM at Oxford University, which he also attended, and asssociate Episcopal Chaplain at the University of Chi- cago for three years, English himself and married to a German, Mr. Porteus is dis- tinctly qualified to discuss the in- ternational aspects of SCM, The organization began as a general movement for young people, in con- junction with the YMCA. Gradually, the two organizations went their separate ways. SCM filled the gap left by the YMCA onthe campus, especially in America. Abroad it is more of a na- tional federation, whereas here the organization is local, determined by the college. In the United States SCM works in cooperation with local churches, This is not the case in many African and Asian countries, where it is frequently the only representative of the church on campus. Temple Professor To Lecture Here On Zen Buddhism Speaking on Zen Buddhism will be Bernard L, Phillips, profes- sor of religion and-chairman of the department at Temple Uni- versity, on Wednesday, December 1, at 7:30 in the Common Room, Mr. Phillips has been invited by the Interfaith Association. Mr. Phillips has specialized in oriental religion and philosophy and has studied in both India and Japan, He has recently brought out a book presenting views and essays of Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, the well known interpreter of Zen Buddhism for the West, with whom he has worked and studied. Mr. Phillips received his Ph.D, in Philosophy from Yale Univer- sity and has also served as chair=: - man of the department of re- ligion at the University of Dela- ware, SCM promotes discussion, de- bate, and action. It often spon- sors conferences and lectures ona wide range of topics, This local chapter has sponsored two lec- tures this. year: Professor Ken nedy on ‘*Moral Issues in U.S, China Policy’? and Mr. Goss-Mayr on *fThe Revolutionary Force of the Gospel’? and ‘‘Latin America at: the Crossroads,”’ There are tentative plans for a group visit to East Harlem parish to observe and work with the prob- lems there. SCM is not at all restricted in its functions, It can- do anything and everything which might be relevant and ig which students show an interest. Mr. Porteus finds working with students stimulating. There are always new issues at hand, He enjoys his present post in par- ticular, because he finds the at- mosphere at Bryn Mawr and. Hav- erford closer to Oxford and Cam- bridge than that at the University of Chicago. He feels the freedom and responsibility at Bryn Mawr and Haverford are an important part of university life and a step toward maturity. Mr. Porteus’ attempt to collect the Christian community which already exists on the campus and then to help its members to see themselves as the Church. He believes it is time **to stop seeing the Church as an organization, but to see it as a peo- ple.”? It is not just a building but should be an active body, serving the needs of the community. , In the academic world, as inany other community, Mr. Porteus points to the necessity for people to reflect on what they are doing. Perhaps one of the best ways to stimulate._ such reflection is through informal meetings and dis- cussions, This.could provide a stepping stone in the difficult task which each individual faces, finding his role in society. “SMC does not want to be a rigid organization but rather an integral part of campus life, catering to the students, For this reason, Mr, Porteus prefers a loose schedule in which issues are met as they arise. He welcomes the ideas and interests “of any ‘Student and is anxious to. know. ~ the... stu- dents’ needs, so that he may serve them, S.R. approach is an F aN i Flexner Lecturer Frank Kermode relaxes with his wife, right, and twins, center, after they dined with Rhoads Hall residents. among girls is tougher from the beginning, “since relatively “few places are available to them. For those who do win places, he added, vast scholarship aid from the state is readily obtained, Asked if he is a frequent visitor to the United States, Mr. Kermode recalled that he had spent 1943 in Seattle, and that from 1963 to 1964, he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Con- necticut. While at Wesleyan, he delivered the Vanderbilt Lecture at Smith College. During his stay at Bryn Mawr, Mr. Kermode has paid visits to other areas and institutions, He was one of thee speakers at a recent conference on ‘The Future of Humanities’? at a centennial in Lexington, Ky. He also spoke at Rutgers. Before leaving for England, Mr. Kermonde and his family will Spend Thanksgiving holidays at Smith Bachrach Discusses Protests College and then visit Seattle to look up old acquaintances, Asked if he would consider a long-term position in the U.S,, Mr. Kermode replied that he and his wife had decided that for the sake. of the children they would settle permanently in England. The Ker- mode youngsters, nine-year-old twins Mark and Deborah, are on their third visit to the U.S, They are presently enrolled at the Hav- erford Friends School, and ac- cording to their father, are by now completely at home in Ameri- can schools. Upon returning home, Mr. Ker- mode will occupy the Winterstoke Chair at the University of Bristol, where he will head the English department, Since no sabbatical leave sys- tem exists in British universities, this may be Mr. Kermode’s last visit to the United States for a long time to come, K.D., LK. In Democracy’s Framework Peter Bachrach, chairman of the political science depart- ment, presented his views on pro- test within the democratic frame- work at atalk Thursday, Nov, 12, for the Alliance for Political Af- fairs. one Mr. Bachrach feels strongly that the liberal and anti-war emphasis of today should be placed on a radical domestic program such as the War on Poverty. Americans, especially students, should face up to what Democracy means and live by it. Mr. Bachrach’s explanation for his position rests on a fear that hysteria and adverse reaction to anti-war protestations will leave the President no other recourse in the Viet. Nam War, as the United States gradually gains a stronger position, except more military reaction and perhaps bombing with atomic weapons, Aside from using a few vague terms used such as freedom (what freedoms?),Mr. Bachrach clearly expressed his concern for the obedience to law. He also managed at times to touch on the interest- ing point, too often forgotten, that pro-war and anti-war factions have the same legal courses to action. Recurring throughout the even- ing came the question of where to draw the line in demonstrations, in civil disobedience andin de- liberate breaking of the law. Mr. Bachrach offered suggestions ac- for ding to Supreme Court decisions, but he had to make allowance for the person who is ‘morally repulsed by some law or _ policy and feels compelled to break’ the law of the will of the majority. The problem arises of at | whether someone is acting be- cause he is morally repulsed or because it is an expedient poli- tical tactic. Mr. Bachrach was emphatic in his opinion that stu- dents today were breaking too many laws (and here again a cer- tain vagueness crept in) just for political reasons. Mr. Bachrach’s whole position was one of liberalism and anti- war policy based on a firm con- viction that changes in un- welcome policies can be made within the law and through the democratic process. He offered a challenge to find new, imagin- ative ways to accomplish this, because as one student pointed out, most students cannot vote. He refrained from offereing an- swers to his challenge, however. Most of the suggestions put forth seemed to be based on an ideal situation, in which the opposition keeps firmly within the law. This is not always the case, as harass- ed civil rights workers have dis- covered. Thus Mr. Bachrach did not /deal with the question of whether one has the right to go outside the law if the opposition does. Unfortunately, the questions at the end were generally poor and on occasion lengthy monologues. Some were definitely discussion questions designed for a small group. As the audience shifted and squirmed on the crowded floor of the Common Room, one waited for some brilliant opposition on either the right or left, but no logical, clearcut ideas ever ‘emerged A.S. Page Six My Cultural Heritage COLLEGE NEWS mee ene one er ae November 19, 1965 Nigerian Hospitality Is Generous "(This is one of a series of-articles by Dora Chizea, | "69 on her native country of Nigeria. -- eds) Friends, may I confess that this is a hard nut to crack, I hardly know what customs and traditions to talk about. I have no idea of the limits of diversity but believe it, there are many, More than the languages! Anyway, you expected that; as each lin- guistic group has a whole chain of ‘‘what our fathers used to do.” But again, there are a few which are common to all and these are. really the basic ones. (So I think, at least.), One thing you must do as a Nigerian is to respect the elders. Greeting is something you cannot be excused for not doing. The younger person always greets first. In some areas, you will curtsy or kneel down if you are a girl, and prostrate if you are a boy. Then the elderly person returns your greetings with a nod of his. head or an outstretched arm of blessing or will say some kind things to you, Occasionally, we.» have some youngsters who feel they cannot take the trouble. I once had cause to witness a boy, who did not want to dirty his trousers, barely bow his head in greeting an elder, Can you guess what happened? Well, the old -gentleman, thus dis- regarded, cried out, ‘*Go call your mother-you out-cast, Tell her to tell you. when the elders were Ud NITELY 9.11 wer 8:30, | Nov. 24th thru 28th MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT John Pilla cleaned off the face’of the earth. Bring me better words,son, for respect begets respect. Shame on youl’? Well, don’t ask me what followed, If two people are going to a place, usually the younger person. helps to carry what the elder person is carrying if it is not too heavy. I’m afraid you don’t like this because it looks like the younger ones have the worst of everything. It is not exactly that terrible. Don’t forget, however, that everyone is getting older. (Women I know are not inclined to- wards swallowing this bitter pill of truth, But what else can be done‘ 2) Also. it is our tradition to have: what you can call multi-families, Somewhere in the past we have a common father, The children grow up and marry. The men are in the same place (not necessarily the same house, but could be) with their fathers. Suppose ___—i the ‘common’ father had three sons, then from them will come three or more wives and children, These second sets of children grow up and marry and remain in their ‘father’s section,’ while the women float away! This goes on and on, It means that it is easy to find a family with three to four hundred people. I may discuss this later but, meanwhile, I just want to tell you that every member of this family has a responsibility towards the other members, If you are successful, you are expected to use your wealth to help others in this family, You «have as much obligation to send any member ofthis family to school as you have to send your own direct children, The point is *‘they are OUR children, -not MY children,” There are some people, however, who depart from this way of doing things and usually they are termed stingy and not liked, If a child misbehaves not only a member of his family, but any other older person in his community can rebuke him. (I know you will not give anything How to get to Britain next summer —a travel guide for students E 4 You'd like to go to Britain, but your parents blanch at the cost? Here’s a way to convince them it needn’t be all that much. 1. Mail the coupon. It will bring you 8 free booklets on Britain. One of them has tips on group travel and inex- pensive ways of crossing the Atlantic. 2. Decide how long you want to stay, then use the book- lets to work out living costs. Examples: bed and breakfast in college halls of residence cost between $2 and $4.50; in Youth Hostels—under $1. You can get a good lunch. in a pub, or dinner in a restaurant; for around $1. 3. Add costs for getting about. The booklets report on bargains like 900 miles of rail travel for $30, buses that go everywhere for 2¢ a mile. 4. Put plays and festivals on your schedule. You can af- ford to. London theatre seats start at 42¢. Tickets for the Shakespeare season (at Stratford-upon-Avon from April to November) start at 70¢. 5. See your travel agent for information on student tours. Then present your budget to your parents at some well- chosen moment. (Hint: Christmas is coming.) r-———CLIP COUPON FOR FREE STUDENT'S TRAVEL KIT-——-— British Travel Association 680 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10019 a Name (Please print clearly) Kaalhage Address City State Zip ! ! ! ! | l ! | cuore Bee of =. | j ie ee eee eee pe es ae ee ee 1 Se . } to have half a dozen people repri- mand you for the same offence. But I can assure you, you will feel much better, and you will take your time before acting the next time.) The business of bringing up a child is everybody’s respon- sibility, not just Mr. and Mrs, X for their children al Another thing all the traditions have in common is receiving strangers, Strangers. and travel- ers, if they knock at any door in_ ‘good faith’ will receive all the hospitality the humble home can provide, Water to drink, food to eat, clothes to put on, and floor to sleep on if there are no beds! A stranger can stay in any home indefinitely as long as the family has things to offer. It is regarded as a bad omen to send strangers away unless their behavior is un- acceptable for the safety of the host family. We do this because we say ‘Who knows where my child will wander. into??? Children. play around and walk long distances having fun, When they feel hungry they go into any house and if the family is having its food they join the chorus. Cities are not like this, Everybody takes care of his own personal belongings and property inthe cities. Howbeit, city life is not my cultural heritage. Far be it - Amen!-(I’m not sure if you will like this either, but I feel it’s good for you and me, We can go wandering through the villages and hope to have a nice lunch without any pennfes on us!) i Our greatest traditions and customs are found inour festivals, It is impossible for me to go into this now but be sure they are great occasions, We dance and eat like we want to die. One thing you cannot miss observing is little children with shiny heads - they have scraped their hair and even oiled them to make them shine - and their protuding stomachs from over-eating! I have a pic- ture of myself in ‘‘that dignified state,”” I don’t mind showing you; but if you laugh at my shiny head, I will show you no more pictures, Agreed? Well come and see me, but remember-no smiles, Ha! Ha! UJ Thanksgiving Day Cards Richard Stockton 851 Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr | Gifts-Social Stationery - Cards The Other Side To the Editor: The college-age students ofthe United States have been badly crit- icized in recent months for their attitude toward the Viet Nam is- sue, This criticism has resulted from the unfortunate wide-spread publicity given to the small, noisy minority of students who have been opposing the American Getense of Viet Nam, Consequently, Young Repub- licans, Young Democrats, and In- dependents have come together to form. the new bi-partisan National Student Committee for the Defense of Viet Nam. This new student committee has no association with any extra-party political organiza- tion of either the right or the left, Our sole purpose is to mobilize college students in a concerted program of responsible action in support of American resistance to Chamber Music Concert Planned For This Sunday The annual Bryn Mawr-Haver- ford Orchestra concert will be given at 8:30 p.m. in Roberts Hall, Haverford, on Friday, De- cember 3rd, Mr. Reese will con- duct the combined orchestras in a varied program, The works-tobe played include Haydn’s ‘*Concerto for Cello and Orchestra,’’ and the Overture to ‘‘Iphigenia in Aulis,” by C, W. von Gluck, ' Three works of J. S. Bach will be presented: the ‘Sinfonia from Cantata no, 42,’ the “Sinfonia from Cantata no, 18,” and the Ricercar for six voices from the the ‘*Musical Offering,’”? The pro- gram will conclude with a Shakes- peare suite, ‘‘Richard III,’’ by Sir William Walton, and ‘*Toc- cata,’’ by G, Frescobaldi. _ Miss Elsa Higler, violoncellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, will be the featured soloist. The Student-Faculty Chamber Music Group of Haverford College will give a concert this Sunday evening, November 21. Robert Goss, baritone, and the Haverford College Brass Ensemble will be featured in a program including selections from Bach, Coperario, Schubert, Poulenc, and Davison, Mr. William Reese will conduct. The concert is scheduled for 8 p.m in the Common Room, Founders Hall. GANE & SNYDER 834 Lancaster Avenue THANKSGIVING TURKEYS FRANCE- ITALY-. vanced, GREEK TOUR For information and applications write: JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD or Italian is required. SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE SUMMER SCHOOLS IN: From June 17 to July.28 in Paris at the Cité Universitaire, a center for students from all parts of the world. This year we are offering an advanced literature course conducted entirely in French and an intensified !anuguage program at.all. levels, Other courses taught in English and centered on Modern France -- literature, art, and philosophy. Board, room, tuition, and two excursionSs sesesseeee ~$700 From June 17 to July 28 in Florence at the Torre diBellos- guardo, a 16th Century Villa. Courses taught in English and centered on the Italian Renaissance -- art, literature, music, philosophy and history, Art history is taught.at two levels, In-' tensive work in Italian -- beginning, intermediate and ad- Board, room, tuition, and two excursionSe ose 09/00 A. two-week tour of Greece and the Greek Islands is also of- fered following the Sarah Lawrence Summer Schools — from July 30 to August 14, A Sarah Lawrence Faculty member ac- " companies the group. The itinerary has been planned to in- clude the most important historical and archeological sites, SUMMER SESSIONS SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK (10708) Sarah Lawrence College also accepts students entering their junior year from other colleges for its JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD program in Paris, Geneva and Rome, Instruction is given in ~~ the language of the country; therefore, a knowledge of French JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD SAHAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE » BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK [LETTERS TO THE EDITOR| Communist aggression in South- east Asia, We areurging college campuses, especially during the period from November 22 to December 10, to engage in a series of rallies sup- porting American policy in Viet Nam. If you feel that it is possible for your university to hold such a rally during this period, please let us know the date for the rally and any information you might have as to its nature. Secondly, we plan to distribute educational materials to college campuses explaining this country’s position in Viet Nam. Please let us know if-we can be of assistance to you in this area, Finally, we urge students on your campuses to send Christmas cards to our soldiers in Viet Nam. You can address these cards jn care of the World Affairs Forum, Brig- ham Young University, Provo, Utah. The cards must reach Brig- ham Young by December 1, if our soldiers are to receive them on Christmas Day. We welcome. your cooperation and assistance in this bi-partisan, national program to show the American people that the new stu- dent radicals do not speak for our generation in their irresponsible opposition to our country’s policy in Vietnam, The National Student Committee for the Defense of Viet Nam (For names and addresses of students in charge of this com- mittee and a copy of the peti- tion they wish to circulate, con- tact Lynne. Lackenbach i in Rhoads -- ed.) Reasonable To the Editor: This college is following an ir- rational and outrageously ridicu- lous policy towards overnight guests in the halls, There was a girl in Merion this past weekend who had flown in from Chicago to look at Bryn Mawr, among other colleges. I found an empty room for her. She had asleeping bag. The college is charging her $1.50 a night. Miss Howe’s office told me that “this is just the way things work,”’ that *‘the fee USED to be $2 per per night,’? and that ‘‘the charge has nothing to do with the sheets -- its for the use of the room.’ These are the kind of irrelevant arguments that are all too often used around here to explain the customs of Bryn Mawr. I suggest that we students stop accepting such senseless reasoning from our administration. Annoyed GRADUATE STUDIES THE UNIVERSITY OF Chicago Graduate Library School will of- fer a number of scholarships and fellowships for graduate study dur- ing 1966-67 leading to the M.A. or Ph.D.; degree in Library Science. Application deadline is February 1, 1966. Awards will be announced April: 1, 1966, : Half time research assistantships will also be offered for faculty sup- ervised work in the following areas: Theories of indexing, classifi- cation, information retrieval. Design studies of future library catalogs. Computer applications to index- ing and cataloging. Automatic — translation guages. Indexing and dissemination of biomedical literature. Sociological studies of reading. Operational analysis of librar- ies. The program of 1% years leading to the M.A, degree is somewhat longer and more demanding than in most schools of librarianship. Emphasis within the curriculum is placed on the planning of future libraries and information systems. College. graduates, subject specialty, who have good academic records and a serious ine terest in librarianship or informa- tion science are encouraged to ap- ply. Entrance exominations are re- quired. — *e =e Write to: Office of the Dean Graduate Library School The University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (60637) of lan- regardless of |. é November 19, 1965 ae COLLEGE NEWS Page Seven C ollege Theatre’s ‘Performances Lay Basis for Future Successes (Continued from page 1) speeches, Mr, Strang, as Aumerle, became a proper courtier, and he sustained his role easily until it forced him to regress into the part of an erring son, Other supporting roles were perhaps more uneven in quality either because few stu- dents have time to perfect even minor roles or because some roles, in student productions, are uncongenial by their very nature. (I should say-here that I attended Friday’s performance, and thus what roughnesses appeared then may have been smoothed away by Saturday’s performance.) Mr. Bush, Miss Edwards, and Miss Meadow were probably as capable in their roles of York, Duchess of Gloucester ,and Duchess of York as young people can be. But itis very difficult, Ithink, for obviously young actors to portray either the debility or the dignity demanded by the great age and the great posi- tion of these characters. Thus Gaunt’s tremendous speech, in which, dying, he lays open before Richard the enormity of his trans- gressions against England, became shrill and so relatively uneffective. Even York and his duchess, whose characters were better sustained throughout, did not fully embody the terrible conflicts between law and human love,. between duty to office and duty to family, that Shakespeare’s lines suggest. On the other hand, Miss Currie, though graceful, could not have made of her role as queen more than the rather pale andformal charac- ter Shakespeare created. The staging was certainly most effective. The props were kept to a minimum, which allowed the ac- tors necessary freedom of move- ment, The lighting was very skill- fully ‘and unobtrusively modulated in order best to focus onthe action itself, (But. surely somewhere in the reaches of Bryn Mawr and Hav- [In And Around Philadelphia MUSIC The Philadelphia Orchestra will present Mozart’s Overture to ‘*Don Giovanni’? and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Friday, November 19 at 2 p.m. and Saturday, November 20 at 8:30 p.m., Leopold Stokowski con- ducting. Jeanne-Marie Darre will be featured at the piano for a concert including Debussy’s 8:30, November 27, ‘‘Nuages’’ and ‘Fetes’ at 2p.m., November 26 and Mantovani and His Orchestra will appear at Villanova University, Saturday, November 20 at 8:45 and in the Philadelphia: Forum Series at the Academy of Music on Wednesday, November 24 at 8:30. Pianist Rosalyn Tureck will give a concert Friday, November 19 at 8:30 in the Roberts Hall Auditorium. She is the third attraction of the Haverford College Art Series. , Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington’s orchestra head ajazz concert at the Academy of Music Sunday, November 21. The Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company will present the Donizetti opera, ‘*Lucia di Lammermoor,’’? Tuesday, November 23, at 8:15 with Anna Moffo in the leading'role. Tchaikovsky’s **The Sleeping Beauty’? will be danced for the first time in its full length hy the Pennsylvania Ballet Company Friday, November 26 at §:30 and Saturday, November 27 at 2:30. Melissa Hay- den will be prima ballerina, with Robert Rodham and Alexei Yudenich alternating the roles of the Prince and Blue Bird. THEATER Chekhov’s ‘¢Uncle Vanya’’ runs through December 19 at the Theatre of the Living Arts. The National Shakespeare Company will present ‘‘Macbeth’’ November 19 and ‘‘As You Like It’? November 20 in the Symposium on the Living Art of the University of Pennsylvania. Goldsmith’s ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer’’ will be performed at Chelten- ham Playhouse November 27, 28, December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, and 18 at 8:40, Ionesco’s ‘*The Lesson’’ and Beckett’s “Act Without Words” continue at the Hedgerow Theatre through December 4, Lauren Bacall opens in a comedy, ‘‘Cactus Flower,’ for a two week run beginning November 22 at the Forrest. Durward Kirby stars in ‘*Thee and Me,’’ acomedy opening November 15 for a two week stand at the Locust. Yes, secretaries do become executives Many of them do...and it’s a matter of record that becoming a secretary is the best way to - get started in any field. Secretaries are needed everywhere—the better the job, the more skills and education are required. Gibbs Special Course for College Women lasts 8¥%2 months and includes complete technical train- ing and essential business subjects. Free lifetime placement service. +. You, an executive? ; It could happen. Write College Dean ', for GIBBS GIRLS AT WORK. 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Flack, B, Gemmill, A, Southern, K, Tay- lor, and C, Yow all of ’67; and L, Atwood, S, Boy, D, Brown, Beth Chadwick (manager), J, Farney, L. Thacher, and P. Winter from the class of ’68, Freshmen team members, in- Possibility of Federal Money To Aid SDS Newark Project Bryn Mawr members of Students for Democratic Society, or SDS, have realized the need for aid to a project originally set up under the auspices of SDS, The students have planned to raise monthly pledges to support a staff member who would visit the college to keep SDS members informed of the ac- tivities at the Newark Community Union Project, or NCUP. Funds are needed to help NCUP to sup- port the families of full-time staff and to convince the federal Office of Economic Opportunity of the program’s viability. The OEO has shown some interest in giving NCUP a direct subsidy, but is dubious about the effectiveness of community organization, The program was begun in spring of 1964, when a handful of stu- dents rented an apartment in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Newark, Their purpose was totalk with as many people as they could reach, in order to work on the > issues which caused the residents most concern, as well as to make the residents feel that such dis- cussion and such groups were worthwhile. Soon groups began to get togeth- er to work on solving particular problems. Some were blocks con- cerned with conditions in a neigh- HEDGEROW THEATER LO 6-2482 lonesco’s “‘THE LESSON” Beckett's “ACT WITHOUT WORDS |” Thurs. thru Sat. Nove 11 to Dec. 4 Student Prices $1.55, $2.00, $2.30 How are your finances? At college, you’re on your own. You're taking care of your own business affairs. And the business- like way to do it is with a Checking Account of your own. 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More recently, NCUP has been involved in the Newark War on Poverty, in an attempt for greater involvément with the community itself, NCUP was also elected a member of the local board of the War on Pov- erty. They are also forming a third party, the United Freedom Party, which is planning to run candidates in spring elections, clude A, Alden, M, Byerley, D. Dewton, M, Ewing, A, Kocher, J. McKee, P, Sholars, E, Stefan- ski, M, Taft, P. Taylor, and J, Thomas, Tryouts were held on Wed- nesdays, November, 3 and 10, At present the team is subdivided into three small teams -- yellow, orange and blue which compete among themselves for practice, Practice games with Shipley and Baldwin will be scheduled before Christmas, When the season starts in Jan- uary, the basketball squad will face Swarthmore, Rosemont, Bea- ver, Drexel, University of Penn- sylvania and Gwynedd Mercy. Miss Gail Strathdee, coach, is quite op- timistic about this season. Swimming Tryouts for the Varsity Swim Team were held Wednesdav. No- vember 10, in the gym. The team captain is Candy Vultaggio and acting manager is Lessie Klein, The 26 girls working out this quarter include the following freshmen; B, Baird, M. Berg, B Biena, K, Blatchford, L, Curtz, “S. Edmondson, T, Frost, F, La- Barre, A, McChristian;J, Omenn, H. Prinz, R, Rawson, M, Roberts, S. Sonnberger. Upperclass team members are G. Clark, D. Cross, B, Folda, P. MacVeagh, A, McDowell, S, Nosco, S, Orbeton, D, Seavey, P. Thomas, and W, Wallace. Swim coach, Miss Janet Yeager says that this season’s outlook is the most promising she has ever seen, Af. EE CL re 47 Af. Af, Oa ue __ «A CA 9, mee a Oa OUR CLASSICS FOR WOMEN . all of them exclusively Brooks Brothers S OUR OWN MAKE SHIRTS of long stapte : cotton oxford, with button-down collar. \ White, $9; yarn-dyed'blue, pink, yellow, peach, green or stone, $9.50 SCOTTISH SWEATERS, Aand-jramed on our models. 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As A well-planned novel, LA NAUSEE has its share of contrivances. A novel must tell lies, and Sartre is always aware of the variance with reality. To Sartre, man is always free, His decision now is not relevant | Campus Events] FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19 The French Club will present a movie of Stendhal’s LE ROUGE ET LE NOIR at 8:00 p.m. in Goodhart, ($.60 donation). Follow- ing the movie there will be Open House in Wyndham, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Frank Kermode will give the sixth and concluding lecture in the Mary Flexner series on “Forms in Time and Forms in Space” at 8:30 p.m. in Goodhart, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Thanksgiving Holiday. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Alliance will sponsor Whitney Young, Executive Director of the ‘National Urban League, speaking on minority problems inurbaniza- tion at 7:30 p.m. ‘in Goodhart. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 An Interfaith Series lecture will be given by Bernard Phillips, Pro- fessor of Religion at Temple Uni- versity, on ‘*Zen Buddhism’ at 7:15 p.m. in the Common Room of Goodhart, : Nicholas Rescher, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, will give a Class of 1902 Lecture on ‘*The Impact of Arabic Philosophy on the West?’ at 8:30 p.m. in the Physics Lec- ture Room of the science center, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 Under the direction of Wil- liam H. Reese with’ Elsa Hilger, soloist, the Bryn Mawr-Haver- ford Orchestra will give a concert including Haydn’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in Roberts Hall. at Haverford at 8:30 p.m. Ch Fe NITELY 9,11 FRI&SAT 8:30, 10,12 Tonight thru Monday PAT SKY Kris Crawford } Fred Braun Leather Shoes “ Hand Cut Hand Lasted Hand Dyed PEASANT GARB 868 LANCASTER AVE. BRYN MAWR to his next decision, For the novelist, however, every decision ° determines the next decision - a progression in Sartre’s bad faith, Created forms console, and we collaborate with them as we do with language, Reading or writing a novel is an acceptance of them, Mr. Kermode defined the task of a novelas overcoming contingency, Sartre believes that the final aim of art is the reclamation: of vhe. world by presenting it as it is but also as. if it had its source in human freedom, The representation of: con- tingency, explained Mr. Kermode, produces horror at what must. be humanized, The form of the novel assuages this horror. Sartre’s book, then, is not itself formless, although its hero is surrounded by formlessness, Con- tingency must be present to be related to the human-task of im- aginative self-realization. In LA NAUSEE the transfiguration must be performed by a fiction that is not fraudulent-in this case the song **Some of These Days,”’ A novel without organized dura- tion- would be so random that we could not communicate with it, LA NAUSKE recognizes the conflict of contingency. and human duration, It discovers a new concord of the human mind and things as they are. This treatment of fiction as simultaneously destructive and in- dispensable is characteristic of modern fiction, It produces continual research into form, which is the permanent feature of the genre of the novel. Mr, Kermode ended his lecture with a discussion of the pressures that require the revision of the novel, These pressures areacom- bination of human _ anguish and the writer’s ‘*bad faith’’ stemming from a cowardly but necessary adherence to par- adigms, As a result of this research, fictions are used to explore fiction. i BRYN MA a 1 Smart Eating Place KENNY’S WHERE EVERYONE ON THE MAIN LINE MEETS 24N. Bryn Mawr Avenue - LA 5-9083 : Open Mon.-Thurs. ’til 9 Fri.eSat. *til 11 November 19, 1965 Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” Opens by Marcia Ringel. The Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, opened its second season last night with an outstand- ing production of Anton Chekhov’s *‘Uncle Vanya’’ in a new transla- tion by Alex Szogyi. As director and artistic direc- tor, Andre Gregory has super- vised a consistently attractive enterprise which is professionally executed in every respect. ‘‘The elements so mixed’’ meet the chal- lenges of Chekhov’s complex drama, thus creating admirable theater. Neil Peter Jampolis’’ handsome interiors of a Russian country ‘home of half a century ago utilize the theater’s broad, uncurtained, open-thrust stage to fine advan- tage. The balance of great wooden furnishings and a far panel of painted trees suggests the basic motif of the play, the continual unnecessary destruction of the forest--that is, of one’s self- discipline and of the order of one’s life. Having retired from teaching, Profassor Serebryakov is aging ungracefully with his young second wife at his country estate. Sonya, his daughter by a first marriage, and (her uncle) Vanya, his first wife’s brother, had maintained the estate for ten years, sending the professor all profits to further his work without interruption. Now suddenly at leisure, the family and friends have time to recognize old tensions within themselves and among each other. ~MADS DISCQUNT RECORDS 9 W. Lancaster Ave. Ardmore MI! 2-0764 Largest Selection Folk Music Pop + Classics - Jazz LA 5-6664 PARVIN’S PHARMACY James P. Kerchner Phafmacist 30 Bryn Mawr Ave. Bryn Mawes, Pa. LA 5-0443 Primarily, then, ‘*Uncle Vanya’’ is a character play. One of the most impressive qualities about the production is the singularity of each performance, due un- doubtedly both to the extensive experience of the actors and the excellence of their direction. Be- cause Chekhov’s characters are so fully human, so individually flawed, nuances of gesture and of facial and vocal expression assume para- mount importance. As Yelena, the professor’s twenty-seven-year-old wife, Lois Smith gives aperformance of more depth than her Andromache in last season’s ‘‘Tiger at the Gates.’’ Jerome Dempsey as pock-marked ‘‘Waffles,’’ a poor landlord, firmly remains weak, never forsaking his character. Sylvia Gassell as the mother of the professor’s first wife and Miriam Phillips as Marina, an old nurse, are suitably . indignant at the changes wrought upon the family by the professor’s arrival. However, it is David Hurst as Vanya, Ron Leibman as Astrov, a neighboring doctor, and Flora El- kins as Sonya, painfully in love with the doctor, who present the ng Arts finest performances of the pro- duction. Although the play is long-- three hours, here--these three performances kept it from flag- ging; in fact, the final scene is perhaps the most moving of all. Mr. Hurst is. particularly in- triguing as a displaced intellectual who says he. feels ‘‘power over the elements somehow’’ when he walks through a forest he has planted himself, **Uncle Vanya’? will run through December 19. After that date the Southwark Company, which iswhat this repertory group calls itself, will continue its international pro- gram with Anouilh, Strindberg, Saul Bellow, and, next, Sheridan’s ‘The Critic.’”’ If last night was any indication of the company’s ability, this theater season should be a triumphant one for the Theatre of the Living Arts. ’ Dierdre O'Callaghan | 2 SHOWS 8 & 10 TUES. thru SUN. SUPPER MinvaNT OS Extra Sat. Show 11:30 874 Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. UA 5.3375 me aah SHE: | can picture my mother right now—all alone, by the telephone . . . wondering where | am... . and how | am... and if | am going to call her. HE: Why don’t you? SHE: And ruin the picture? y Uf r Yes—and ruin the picture. Parents—especially mothers—worry. Often for no reason. 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