E COLLEGE NEWS “Vol. Lil, No. 17 BRYN MAWR, PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1967. © Trusteos of rym mawr College, 1966 nh a 25 Cents ‘Leave of Absence Policy Cam Authorized by College There have always been stu- dents: who have interrupted their Bryn Mawr education with a year or two involvement in some other activity, but there has never been a stated ‘leave of absence” policy. With the exception of students in the junior year abroad program and girls who had left for rea- sons of health, the criteria by which a student who had with- drawn from the College was re- Professor Bittel’s Talks Will Cover Hittite Royal City The Mary Flexner Lectures for 1967 are scheduled to begin im- mediately after spring vacation. For six successive Mondays, starting April 3, Professor Kurt ‘The Capital of the Hittites,’ in Goodhart at 8:30 p,m, Professor Bittel is President of the German Archaeological In- stitute and Honorary Professor of Prehistory and Early History of Asia Minor and Classical Arch- aeology at the Free University of Berlin. Before holding his present offices, he was Director of the in Istanbul, ‘Profes -of Prehis- tory and Protohistory at the Uni- versity of Tubingen and Ordinarius at the University of Istanbul. His six lectures will cover the following subjects in order: -The site: exploration and history. The city: historical development and monuments. The royal citadel of the 14th and 13th centuries B.C. The rock-sanctuary of Yazilikaya. The Hittite Empire and Egypt in the light of the excavations and archives of Bogazkoy. _ Hattusha-Bogazkoy in Phrygian and Persian times. admitted or. rejected were not clear. Instead, stories -- valid-or not -- of girls who had -been re- fused readmission because of lack of space have frightened several people who would prefer to take a year off to staying at the Col-+ lege. In the fall of this year, one Student wished to study for a year at another US university. There was no written policy on this, but the student demanded to know the terms on which she would. or would not be permitted to resume her academic career at Bryn Mawr. Therefore, Miss Vermey, the Dean of Admissions, interpreted the ‘‘high level of work”? which was the basis for readmission after a year of in- dependent study as an A-B aver- age. Objections to this standard were made by several students who pointed out the need for a clear, complete, and accessible state- ment of criteria for readmission. They also suggested the institution of a ‘‘leave of absence’ policy. ‘Miss Vermey recognized this’ need and called upon the Curricu- lum Committee to appoint a group of upperclassmen to write such a policy, These three students, Ann Stehney, Margaret Levi, and Helen (Continued on page 7) ~ vl Yale Russian Chorus Performance: 8:30 P.M. Goodhart Hall Workshop: 4:10 P.M. The Music Room Cossack, Liturgical Soldier, and Composed Music ; Sponsored by the Friends of Music pus Completes Major Votes: NEWS Gets Mandate: 433-103 Elections have finally been completed for all campus-wide positions. New officers of Self-Gov are Liz Thatcher, vice president; Judy Liskin, secretary; and Jan Oppenheim, first sophomore. In a close race, Barbara Oppen- heim is. the new Undergrad vice president and Mary Berg the new secretary, They will all officially assume office after spring vacation The final vote on this ballot was the COLLEGE NEWS refer- endum: ‘‘The NEWS cannot continue publishing regularly unless it receives support from Undergrad. Therefore the Under-. grad dues should be raised from the present $11 a year to not more than $14 a year, and this increase should be given to Required Voting Retained In Close Balloting Tuesday Legislature met last Tuesday to vote on the revisions to the Undergrad Constitution. The meeting, which was expected to be much quieter than the one considering the revisions to the Self-Gov Constitution to be held after spring vacation, de- veloped into a full-scale par- liamentary battle over the amendment which would have abolished required voting in campus elections. This amendment involved the small change of ‘‘each undergrad- uate will cast one vote’’ to ‘‘each undergraduate may. cast one vote.’ It was originally -dis- cussed in Undergrad Executive Board, where it passed by a small majority, with the minority opposing the change led by Under- grad President Margaret Edwards. In. Legislature Margaret pro- posed an amendment to the amendment, stating that if the required vote were abolished, that it would be on a provisional basis only, to be reconsidered next March. This passed unanimously. Discussion on _ the original amendment indicated the group was just about evenly divided. Those who opposed the change said that French; Mrs. Toni F. Fratto, Anthropology; Robin Wilson Winners Sixteen Bryn Mawr students are Woodrow Wilson Fellows for the academic year 1967-68. Four students received honorable mention. The Fellows are: Susan L. Bishop, English; Margaret F. Edwards, English; Mary M. Farrell, « Kadison, History; aura Krugman, Eng- lish; Bella T. Lisook, Medieval Studies; Patricia L. Moody, History of Art; Barbara M. O'Neil, English; Ruth E. Rodisch, Psychology; Katherine E. Sborovy, English; Ronnie L. Sharfman, French; Emily F. Singer, French; Jocelyn P. Small, Archaeology; Cynthia A. Walk, German; Wendy R. Wassyng, History of Art. Honorable Mentions are: Martha Jean Beveridge, Classics; Marion W. Brown, Religion; Kath- ‘ryn M. Grossman, French; Lynette M. Palmer, Far Eastern Studies. Photos, by Susan Nosco if approved, it would ‘‘institution- alize irresponsibility’? on the campus. Those in favor of the change cited the irresponsible voting that now exists with stu- dents voting who didn’t know the candidates and couldn’t care less who won. The first vote was by voice, and no majority could be deter- mined. A division of the house was called, and a hand count was taken. This proved unsatisfactory because there were several proxy votes confusing the vote counters. A motion was. made to count by having all the ‘‘nays’” line up on one side of the room all the ‘¢yeas” on the other side. This was voted on, and defeated. The original motion on the amendment was again on the floor, and a roll call vote was used. This time there were no _ complications--except that it was a tie. President Bev (Continued on page 5) i “Left to rhs T. Fratto L. Krugman, B. Lisook. » W. Wilson, R. Kadison. Not shown: the NEWS on the condition that it abandon student subscriptions and give a copy of each NE WS automa- tically to every student.’’ This measure passed by a -vote of 433 to 103 with 9 ab- stentions, substantially more than the required majority. The: staff considers this somewhat of a triumph, because over 100 of the ‘‘yes’ votes came from people who do not now subscribe to the NEWS-there are only about 300 student campus subscriptions now. One ‘no’? vote, in purple crayon, included the post-script ‘‘Improve your paper and your ethics first.’ Another ballot, this time a **yes,’? had appended to it the more constructive ‘‘However, why not a merger with the ‘Haver- ford News’?*’ The financial problems thus seem to be solved for next year. However a smaller problem still exists until the end of this year, There are scheduled six more issues, two of which (the May ' Day and Commencement issues) the College pays for, The NEWS would probably be able to handle the other four if it cuts back to 4-page issues. The staff is also attempting to discover the campus sentiment on another joint issue with Haverford. Final elections, for + dorm and class officers, are to be held this week and next, with every- thing to be. completed before vacation. 5 eae pee: > es : remeron Friday, March 17, 1967 “THE COLLEGE NEWS o Leech siee $3.75 ~ Mailing price $5.00 — Subscriptions may ee any time . Entered as second class matter at the sryn Mawr, Pa, Post Office. und the Act of March 3, 1879. Applicat the E speek Office fied agatha Sot, iene iop-~far re-entry at the Bryn Mawr, Pa. Post : _ Second Class Postage paid at Bryn Mawr, Pa. FOUNDED IN 1914 4... Published weekly\during the ivi + Christmas and. Easter ge weeks in the interest of Bryn. Mawr College at the R.K, Print in The Relings tea: range ra Mawr, ingen Bryn Mawr College. : . Haverford -™Batoff and Warfield ~~ Presents AN EVENING: WITH THE "Wildly funny . . . new, indefinable — The Fuqs_-make ull sorts of popular entertoin- F ment obsolete.” — N. Y. Review of Books ONE NIGHT ONLY! : att 4 7, 8:30 PM. |} ee over asking for a recon- sideration previous measure, because ap- parently a ‘‘yes’’? vote was meant to have been a ‘‘no’”’ vote. After voting to reconsider, another roll call vote was taken, and with the switched vote, the required voting provision in the -constitu- tion was retained. The social committee changes, which basically permit the Fresh- man and Sophomore. classes to run the committee rather than the junior class (because - the underclassmen are presumably more interested in mixers than the upperclassmen) passed after omitting the sentences allowing the two chairmen to also act as voting Undergrad reps from their classes. Instead they will have one vote between them and will represent the social com- mittee. With these changes, the whole Constitution was voted on and passed. n and revote of the . or when there’s only five minutes until lunch and you can’t possibly study, py It is a great conversation start- er and many feel that it is a means of communication, like sign language, The game is addictive, Once you start playing it you just can’t stop. The first night that Marcia Ringel learned it, she stayed up until four in the morning, ‘‘It’s the only thing I’ve understood in two and a half years here,’’ she says, “I love it,’? said Annell Kocher, *‘but it really is addictive, Empty fingers produce nervousness and when people can’t find string they go crazy. Marcia lost her string at the movies the other night and she almost had a fit,’’ According _to Cindy Ayers, **making string figures has filled many boring and lonely hours in my life, It takes me away from the distorted reality in which I live,” She added, “It really turns me on, Admission $1 Inviting all Bryn Mawr Women to a discussion by Clara Bertha Colon,.of New York, on “‘WHAT’S AHEAD for the AME RICAN WOMAN?” Hotel Philadelphia, 314 N. Broad St., Bryn Mawr Room, 5th floor Friday night, March 24 — 8:30 sharp Auspices: Philadelphia Social Science Forum Students 50¢ includes a theatrical flick of the ‘wrist. Many people, however, are bored with the whole thing, They are sick of people running around com- paring strings and methods, and shouting their successes across the hall to one another, Said one outsider, ‘‘I can’t stand it, Every- — one runs around yelling ‘Apache Door? and if you’re not an Apache or a door, what can “you say?’ Despite opposition, Bryn Mawr girls have been added to the book’s list of people wrapped up in the GORDON LIGHTFOOT AND FLAMENCO GUITARIST CHIP BOND COFFEE CABARET LA 5-3375 main Open THU. thru SUN. 874 Lancaster Ave. MADS Bryn Mawr DISCOUNT RECORDS 9 W. Lancaster Ave. Ardmore MI 2-0764 Largest Selection Folk Music : Pop - Classics « Jazz LA 5-0443 LA 56664 Parvin’s Pharmacy James P. Kerchner Pharmacist 30 Bryn Mawr Ave. wvuvev: we 7. Bryn Mowr,. Pa. Who is your ideal date? Thousands use Central Control and its high-speed computer for a live, flesh-and-blood answer to this question. Your ideal date — such a person exists, . 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Tryouts of sorts Hoi Ij pie a be included in the: voice their opinions and Rage Finally, Janet summed up next will be held as soon after Spring airs ty ist Ang persuade the editors year’s Akoue by saying, “In its Vacation as M & R can A aia Janet and Marcia are aiming changes. The final result will be genre it’s going to come close selves organized -- ah that’s 1049 Lancaster Ave. foF more participation among ‘‘nejther democracy nor tyranny,” to Paradise Lost” - “depending likely to be soon, So a word to the members of the senior class. _ and the entire senior class will on how you define Paradise,’” ham is sufficient, no? Be hearing LA 5-9592 There will be meetings held for be gware of the plans and ideas added Marcia. frei ens - you this extra security: ers to absorb faster, For sample box of 10; send 10¢ to Meds, Box 10-5; Milltown: NJ. 08850, Indicate Regular or Super. Friday, March 17, 1967, | not only approved’ the ‘ New Policy... (Continued from page 1) Feldman, met regularly with Miss Vermey, went over the policies of the other six ‘‘Sisters,’’ and then ' camenp with a policy of their own which they then presented to the , Deans. The Deans and the President ave of absence’’ but also saw many possi- ble benefits in: it. The only question concerned the financial feasibility of a January to January or a one semester leave. However, it was decided that the College would try a2 one- semester leave, and, thus, enable a student to leave or return at the beginning of any semester. The policy, completed and’ap- proved, permits a girl to use the period of her leave for any pur- pose, e.g. work, travel, study, leisure. However, the leave must be applied for beforehand. A de- parture in the middle of a semes- ter or a transfer to another col- lege (as opposed to a year of in- dependent study) will be considered a withdrawal, and the student will have to-apply for readmission and take her chances on being ac- cepted a second time. With the ‘leave of absence,” a _ student takes no chances -- she knows that she can return. BMC Swim Team - Takes Ninth Place In Regional Meet The BMC Swimming Team capped its season last Saturday with the Women’s Intercollegiate Swim Meet. Against twenty col- leges in the mid-Atlantic region Bryn Mawr placed ninth, Anne Todd, outstanding freshman swim- mer, finished fourth of forty in the 50 yard freestyle. Other meets of the season have been against Penn, Ursinus, Swarthmore, Chestnut Hill, and West Chester State College.’ The jayvee boasts a record of 2-1-2, while the varsity has scored 0-5. The team reports it has. been a building year. ¥ Varsity team members are Susan Orbeton, captain, Meredith Roberts, co-manager, Carolyn Compton, Cathy Dale, Sassy Ed- mondson, Bonnie Greenfield, El- len Hooker, Susan Lewkowicy, Anne Todd, Jane Wilson and Ida Jonassen, Swimming jayvee have been Mary Berg, co-manager, Mary Ann. Beverly, Kim Blatch- ford, Jo May, Jane Orbeton, Kathy Pottow, Eve Roberts, and Mary Yee, Miss Yeager coaches both teams, APARTMENT FOR SUBLET JUNE 1967 to SEPT 1968 (16 months) FURNISHED Bedroom, study, living- dining room (air condi- tioned), kitchen and bath 6th Floor CHETWYND APARTMENTS (1 mile from campus) "RENT: In return for res- ponsible care of my Sia- mese cat while | am away in New Guinea, | am will- ing to negotiate for mini- mal rent: Jane C. Goodale (Anthro- pology) Library or call LA 5-5981 (evenings). *‘Where the Action is’’ ¢ r L @ \' Her clothes Line Bryn Mawr Mall __.._ (Next to Station) Letters (Continued from page 2) to Haverford would involve 2 change in the nature of the Bryn Mawr community and in the repu- tation of the college. We felt that "J first, a change in the status of our overnight rule should come not as aresult of the Haverford change, but as a result of a decision made by our student body; and second, that Executive Board had an. obligation to make it clear * how it wouldhandle overnightsign- | outs to Haverford until that time. } The Bryn Mawr constitution pro- vided Executive Board with two @ arguments in support of the stand presented in the statement. First, the constitution says a girl ‘‘may sign out overnight to’? and then lists appropriate overnight sign- outs. Haverford College is not among them. Second, the discre- dit clause gives the Executive Board the right to deal with cases of possible discredit to the col- lege and its community even though these cases may not be speci- fically dealt with by the rules, The NEWS was right to a cer- tain extent -- our statement was in a sense an attempt to “‘affirm the past.’”’ However, our purpose § in affirming the past was not con- servative. We felt that changes in the rules must come about inan orderly fashion and only after careful consideration by students; and until this happens, it is ne- cessary that confusion and ambi- guity be avoided -- thus our im- mediate statement and our hope that the new officers will handle any lasting change appropriately. Student responsibility in handling the issue of Haverford signouts is of great importance for the future of the new Haverford rules, of our present overnight signout rules, and for the proposed constitutional revisions. - Bi-college communica- tion and consideration are unavoid- able and of primary importance. If our present and future systems of government are to be realis- tic, practical and honest, we must remember although Haverford and Bryn Mawr are not one college, neither are they separate commu- nities. The issues of the Haverford rules changes, the Bryn Mawr overnight signout, the bi-college community and the proposed constitutional re- visions are closely related. We must face the fact that these four issues cannot be clearly separated from each other. In dealing with the key proposals. in particular, we must first decide what kind of community we want Bryn Mawr to be. If we decide we want keys and the right to use them between 2 and 8 a.m., we will certainly have to consider Haverford’s stand on overnight women guests and the entire status of the Bryn Mawr Wy Lil Sigma Ill presents “MY SISTER, MY LOVE" starring JariKulle, Bibi Andersson and Per Oscarsson The snow fence was taken down a spring arrived last week. overnight signout. For example: Should BrynMawr girls. be allowed to sign out to Haverford after 2a.m.? overnight? until 7:55 a.m.? If keys were given out only on request from the hall president or executive board, how would this authority decide whether or not a girl could use the key to stay at Haverford? Should everyone have a keyall the time? If so, does she have the right to phone the warden at 1:30 a.m. to wake the hall president to change her ‘signout to 8 a.m.? Should both freshmen and seniors be able to Stay at Haverford between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m.? Even if Haverford does not allow women guests over- night, will they consider a Bryn Mavr girl who returns from Ha- verford to Bryn Mawr at 7:55 am. to have spent the night at Haverford? These are just a few of the questions that need to be answered before the key proposal can be made workable in face of the Haverford situation. I, both as an individual and as Self-Gov vice-president, am not against individual freedom of choice, nor the principle of con- stitutional revision. I am very much. aware of the problems and frustrations an. individual is often faced with by virtue of her position as a member of a women’s resi- dential college. However, changes in the community that make life more pleasant for theindividual the Russian Embassy. Vacation time is a rendez- ; Ein eenlvan of the iony | vous in the plush Palm ference is m y educational, - ncerts “alaikas are promised too, After Court. 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We. started shooting in early November and finished in early December. Since then I per- sonally ‘have been editing the film and putting on the sound track. The idea to make the film just came to me on Halloween night, in case you were going to ask that. - Q. Oh, I was, of course, But the first question, I know, on everyone’s lips-- A. Is “why?” That’s a stupid question. Does Art need justification? — Q. No, the first question om everyone’s lips is, ‘‘what is it oS this: hour-long film??? - Oh, ‘that, It’s an epic. > ‘An’ epic? A. Sute, Thundering across the: screen, turning back the pages ft history to re-create bloody bat- irill-packed adventures ‘ , More specifically, it’s @rsion of the medieval of certain. lim- had to work idn’t have any lights, $0 we had to work prefore we had to with a lot of out- - Again, we had on the Bryn Mawr couldn’t do the Iliad s: if it’s not Gothic, ell forget it. ae I found I (they are’ all s Hall) were d toward comedy. in’t want to bother -seript. So I had nething with mainly enes, a medieval } funny story line, plied isit, . 4 you go about pic for the screen? playing Siegfried, and she said Bisay Small) and Brunnhilde (Marjorie Westerman) that looks good enough to go on a poster. -. your background as a director si we have it is on one papi of a story be- longing = to a ~ centuries-old oral tradition. Each time thestory — was written down it naturally got changed around a little--incidents got thrown out or rearranged or cleaned up or whatever, characters got omitted or dup- licated or altered or whatever, all according to the tastes and. prejudices of the writers or of / their audiences. My mission, as I saw it, was to figure out and film the original story, as it actually happened (it is all connected with a historical incident, after all)--no distortions, _no am- biguities, but bare facts! In . mangling--excuse me-- - adapting the plot for the film consulted the Scandinavian sagas . for other versions of the story, of course, but I also turned to some modern works which seemed to me to. reflect. the atmosphere of the old story and to suggest ideas for its treatment in ‘the film. I refer to modern works like ‘The Hobbit,’’ certain ‘‘Zorro’’ screen- plays, ‘‘Worlds in Collision’ and so-on. However, as I said before, we are retaining the medie- val setting of the Nibelun- genlied, even though our story ‘is much older. Q. So the production--costumes, armor and all--is meant to be authentically medieval. A. Well, the effect we aimed for could best be described as seedy medieval. The characters - in this film aren’t exactly thir- teenth-century jet setters. Q. Speaking of characters, tell me about your cast. A. We have a cast of ten. Q. How did you ever get Penny Small to play Siegfried? A. Oh, that was easy. Once while we were filming, some- one asked her why she was ty photo by Robin 3 abi on that she was going through an identity crisis. So I guess you can take her word for it. The rest of the cast had a more dif- ficult ‘time of it; their parts were, I think,” real challenges. Liz Hanna is playing the entire population of a small country. This includes a royal family whose blood is thinner than water. Margie Westerman doubles as Brunnhilde and Attila the Hun. Andra Oakes has a role which calls for an unusual kind of singing. Priscilla Robbins Plays a dwarf. Sue Scarpelli plays God. Pam Bar- ald turns into a dragon before your very eyes. We hired one professional--I. will have to admit--a Valkyrie who is listed in the ‘credits as-Ann Platt. We _ also have three genuinely weird see. ‘Let's talk about and — Most of the “‘Nibelungenlied’’ and cinematographer. A. Well, I have only made two short films before this movie. Both are pretty representative of my style: View Out My Window,’? a sort of abstract thing, and ‘‘ The Carving of the Halloween Pumpkin, 1966’’--a documentary which also featured Penny Small, who carved the pumpkin, Q. Was the BMC -Haverford Film Group involved in this at all? A. Oh, now, I don’t want to drag them into this. I take full responsibility for my acts. They helped me. out a little. on some points, but that was all in good faith. They couldn’t have stopped me if they had tried. Now about my techniques--none of that close-up _ stuff. That came in later. I-- Q. How about sound? Is this--pardon the expression-- a talkie? A. Well, even the silent films of old had musical accom- paniment, and this film has absojutely stunning sound ‘track, It was composed especially for. us by two promising young composers. you’ve probably never | heard of--our own Joan Briccetti (you must remember her work on the score of Freshman Show) and Dick Wagner, a German (ever hear of ‘Rienzi?’ Well, no matter). Anyway, our sound track really runs the old gamut. Real old-time stuff alternating with avant-garde effects. We even have some atonal singing. Q. That sounds very effective. A. It is. London and Victor have already released albums of portions of the sound track. No kidding. And Deutsche Gram- mophon is coming out with its own version. HOMEWARD ANGEL? TAKE-AN EASTER SUIT GAY COLORS SPORTY LINES SPRING TEXTURES PEASANT GARB 1602 Spruce St. Philadelphia 868 Lanc. Ave. Bryn Mawr Das. Nibelongestiod™ ‘Thunders Across the Screen With Siegfried, Brunnhilde and Robin Johnson cast assembles: the three Norns, Wotan and Brunnhilde, Fafnir and Alberich, Kriemhild, Hagen and Gunther, and in the center, Siegfried. Q. Well, all I have left to ask is when this film will be shown. A. Well, the premiere will, of course, be open to Rockefeller Hall and invited guests (all the stars will be there, and bigcritics like Crowther--you must re- member her--so it should be a pretty big deal). Otherwise I Page Bight © photo by Robin Johnson have no plans as to releasing it. If the public wants to see it, all they have to do is ask and. I’ll show it. I’d like to remind the public to bring glasses if they do see it. It has dialogue titles, and some of them are a little hard to read. But-- heh heh--that’s show biz, as we say. a our own models.. 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