yay | oe 1. a _...system- _. gram, is planned by Bever VOL. XLVIII—NO. 17 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1963 €) Trustees ef Bryhn Mawr College, 1963 PRICE 20 CENTS Miss Mead Analyzes. ‘Aspects © ~ Of Cross-Ideological Exchange “The human race is well worth saving, no mater what it does. I do not believe that the Old Stone Age was more interesting than the pres- ent age.” With these reassurances, anthropologist Margaret Mead began ‘her Monday ‘evening lecture on “Cross Ideological Communication.” Her lecture was based primarily ‘upon the results of application of anthropology to political af- fairs. ‘This can be done because of the anthropoligeal assumption of Election Results — 1963-1964. Winners ‘Plan New Projects If it is up to the newly-elected candidates, there will be increased interest in all phases of Undergrad., Self-Gov., N.S. A., and “Big Five” activity. Changing the Undergrad. room next to the Roost into an informal oe ‘music room for students, promotion of more student exchanges, continu- ation of the College Inn project, and a college-wide conference were pro- posed by Undergrad. President-elect Dorothy Meadow, ’64, -Assisted by Vice-president Gail Walker, 64, and Secretary Prue, Kappes, ’65, Dorothy hopes to elicit more student sugges- © tions through the. new Executive _ Board organization, __ Ellen Gross, ’64, new Self- Gov. President, will consider the present of -acquainting-- freshmen with Self-Gov.- Upper- ) ¢lassmen, too, should be made more aware of the accessibility, of the Board. Working with her will be Vice-president Nancy. Geiger, .’64, Secretary Sally Harris, First Sophomore Ying. Ying. Tsien, 966, N.S,A. Co- -ordinator. Marj ‘Heller, ’64, is planning a student-faculty discussion ‘of N.D.E.A. for late April. groups of foreign students to the campus and to arouse . greater _ awareness of N.S..A. by. closer liai- gon with the College News and Un- dergrad. Kathy Boudin, *65;- — elected | Alliance President, lists ‘as a’ goal finding lectures and activities to in- terest the politically. apathetic. The continuation and enlargement of the present tutorial project, pos- sibly servicing an’ entire Phifadel- phia School, will be one ‘of League President Sylvia Barrus’ ambitions for next year. 2 Ellie. Beidler, 64, plans a more ‘diversified program. for A.A., — eluding faculty-student games,” junior-senior recreational ‘sport si gram, and a mixed doubles tennis tournament. “Mary Lee Sivess, 65, Interfaith President, “is concerned . with ac- quainting freshmen with the local churches during’ Freshman Week. Bringing young artists to Bryn - . Mawr from the Philadelphia area, as Well as continuing a lecture pro-. Carter, ‘new Arts ‘Council President. : ‘Candidates’ opinions of the new. dinner’ system ranged from “much. improved”~and ne. good” to= Ha waste of time.” The low percen- tage of. the’ student body attending” dinner discussions (Self-Gov., ‘28%, Undergrad., 25%, A.A. 9%, Alli- ance, 16%, Arts Connells 10%, In- terfaith, 10%, League, 11%, and N.S. A., 18%) also indicate the’ ne- cessity ‘of further consideration of. the present system. ~incoming-—+{ "65>; ant She hopes to attract ‘more.. ,the “psychic unity of mankind.” As: suming that differences between va+ rious _people are culturally derived, once these are delineated, we can achieve better international ¢com- muncations, -i. e. better diplomatic relations. . _.For- example, Miss Mead pointed - ‘out the differences between the Brit- ish and American conceptions of partnership.” ~The British view partnership in terms of tennis eth- ics, whereas we consider it. a busi- ness agreement. With this kind of ‘understanding, we are able to. work out political problems among -na- tions more easily and even predict the results in various instances. ~-A sheerly cultural difference that Miss Mead discussed was the varia- tion betweer the Soviet and U. S. ideas of “truth.” , The, Russians are ‘utterly unconfused by the exist- ence of facts”, and concerned rather with truth of intention. We, how- ever, believe that “you can take a picture of ‘truth’ with a camera when you’re not there.” Basically, cultural differences have become em- bodied in political traditions, with resulting _ difficulties and lack of Continued. on Page 4, Col. 1 y “Denn oh essor Applauds Acting, Directing, by Matthew Black " Professor-of English University of Pennsylvania Lovers of Shakespeare .on the stage—who are gratifyingly nu- combined’ dramatic clubs -of Bryn Mawr College and Haverford Col- lege for ‘the ‘opportunity to ‘see and-: hear. some rarely-performed pieces of the old drama conipetently and even brilliantly done. Webster’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi and Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost are examples that come readily to mind. On Sat- urday évening last our-debt was com- pounded .by .a uniformly excellent production of ‘the even more rarely seen Shakespearean comedy, ‘All’s Well, That Ends Well. All’s Well is not easy to do. It belongs to a period near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, after the dramatist’s mood had_ turned from history ‘arid romantic comedy to high tragedy in Julius Caesar, then soared into the enchanting high spirits of.As You Like It, Much Ado, .and Twelfth Night, only to outdo Juli Kasius converses with Senator Lodge at Alumnae council meeting. orn Juli Kasius, ‘63.Representative, Talks To B.M.C. Alumnae Council in. Boston Juli Kasius,, representing the Class of 1968, addressed delegates of the Bryn Mawr: Alumnae Council at their meeting in Boston on March and 8. Katherine D. K. Lower, Professor of Social Work, represented’ the = het and Marcia Vogel, Senior esidentof ‘the -Graduate Center, * the graduate ‘school. George Cabot Lodge, the Cour- cil’s guest. speaker, spoke on-the.im- portance of «education, especially as- related to /our. image in foreign countries. ° should know what we, are talking about when we go abroad. The Alumnae Council is one part. of the Alumnae Association, whose President is Edith Harris West, ’26. It meets yearly, every third year at Bryn» Mawr,;---to—diseuss~-Alumnae- business. ~ Among other’ things, -it ~Taises money for regional scholships; it is now faising money forthe Ford Grant. “I:-was. very impressed: by their work,” said Juli. She added that a greit deal. of the conference was devoted to re- ports from the district councillors, who head the ‘regional alumnae or- ganizati m3, on money-raising prog- ress. i He stressed -that we tugs Instead-of the usual thermometer, there is a jigsaw puzzle, with pieces according to the amount of money given. The puzzle, when colored in by gifts; will spell Bryn Mawr. As of last weekend, the “B” was egjer: ed in. Julitspoke on Self-Gov. from the days of M.- Carey -Thomas: -to ‘the present, as‘a part of the Mareh 8 “program entitled “Phases of the College.” “I--went-through- the old Self-Gov. #les of 1900 to 1920. and tried to incorporate’ what I- found: ‘into a contemporary .outlook.” | Juli found: that the problem‘ of apathy existed eyen in. 1910, but, ‘“as Jong as it i$n’t.a° destructive apathy and the system works, it’s all right.” .+ 4 She reported that the dtuimege were interested” in the conservative” ~movement-on campus, ‘in our attitude to the Peace Corps, in the NSF summer program, and said that. they were fascinated by the Edge. ... _ “The alumnae-did-have traces of Bryn Mawr ‘about them,” Juli gaid. “T turned around, and the place was full of knitters.” ; The Council’s meetings ended with a dinner at which Miss McBride spoke. . . * *< ‘merous’ in the Philadelphia area— — have for years been- indebted to the .- Andreas —Lehner’s - Arthur Colby Sprague . them in the world’s, esteem with the tragic poetry of Hamlet, to which ~The Merry” Wives of Windsor was a sort of farcical .after-piece in the following season. -His muse then entered the debatable ground of “comycall satyre” in Troilus and Cressida and went on to All’s Well, ~ which is“variously described by-crit- ics as a “bitter” comedy, .a “prob- __Jem’” play. (though it states rather than solves'a problem), and.more fe- cently and best as a, hesitant’ and confused approach —to— the great theme of forgiveness which runs with increasing clarity and richness through Measure for Measure and Perciles, to triumph in The Winter’s Tale, and Ihe Tempest, his last un-— aided plays. Problem play in. the . accepted sense or not, then; All’s Well is a problem. for the director, with its - mingling of fairy-tale, realism, and Jonsonian satire, its slow-moving early acts, its occasional weak act- endings, and its tricky distribution * of interest over Shakespeare’ s “love- - liest heroine in his unloveliest com- edy,” her‘rebellious husband-victim, and his slangy, boastful, overdress- ..ed—and__ cruelly deflated—témpter = and companion-in-arms. No_ higher -:praise can be given to the thought- ful and. sensitive direction of Mr. *- Robert. Butman than to say that while giving ‘the piay. uncut and therefore giving full value to the three prineipals, as well as to the dignified and lovable Countess of Rousillon, the versatile clown, La- vache, and the dangerously “show- stealing” Diana, he achieved an. im- pression of unity: ‘and--climax-which - “brought ‘warm and” sustained ‘ap- plause. 4 vis '+ Miss Jane Robbins’ Helena was perfection. She looked-.and. spoke her complex ‘part with poise and. naturalness. - The beautiful — poetic passages "in which she avowed her love for Bertram and later reproach- ed herself for havinge driven. him into mortal danger were convincing and moving. . Peter Lary was‘a seri- ous rather than-a ‘traditionally ar-— rogant and amorous Bertram, but he read with distinction and octasidnal — fire, and his dignity redeemed the well-nigh impossible final ~ tance. and acceptance of his bride. excellent “voice and control of comic’ posturing re- vealed to those Who had read but never seen the play how the “hu- mor” Parolles could all but domi- nate .the sshow;-.as we, learn that eighteenth—-and nineteenth .century Continued ‘on Page 4, Col..1 — ot ‘ Siar Ti ee - cut revival in 1959. repen- “Uniform Excellence” Of All's Well Tribute Professor Sprague Honored Arthur Colby Sprague,.who' will retire in June, was honored Satur- day by the Bryn Mawr College __Theater-and-the-Haverford—College ~ Drama _Cluo’s performance of ‘All’s - Well, That Ends Well. * The first major production of All’s Well. did not take place-in the United States until the Stratford, Connecti- The play has: never been done -professionally in Philadelphia. __ Mr. Sprague was a member. of the class of 1919 at Harvard College. He took his Master’s degree at Harvard _. in 1922 and his Ph.D. in: 1925. __. He was an Instructor and Assis- _ tant Professor at Harvard from 1925 until 19386, and was Chairman of the Tutorial Board,..Division of Modern Languages. In 1936, he came to Bryn Mawr as an Associate Professor of Eng- lish, in 1950;.and in 1957 was named . Mary. Garrett- Alumnae: Professor of English ‘Literature.- Mr. turer at the Royal University of Malta and at Cambridge University in 1951-1952. ' He is-a member of the Players, New York, and the Philadelphia Shakespeare Society. His books*in- He was appointed Professor . Sprague was. Fulbright- Lec--.' clude’ Shakespeare. and. the “Actors — — and Shakespearean Players and Per- formances.. Following his _retire- ment, Mr.’ Sprague will lecture at British and European universities. President Speaks To Bryn Mawrters About’ Tuition Rise ‘ At~a meeting on .Monday, Miss McBride discussed with students the proposed raise in tuition for: 1963- 1964 from $1250 to $1550. She explained that the raise would be made so that the college could continue to increase professorial -sa- laries.* being made’ in the belief that pro- fessors” salaries should be on a level with other leading professions. in the U. S. Because salaries have been in- creased at a more rapid rate than the college has increased the rate of | incoming funds’ from. tuition ‘and other sources, a deficit will be incur- reg in the budget-for 1963-1964. The deficit will be’ met by taking funds which are now being .used as endow- ment, but* the college cannot con- tinue to do this. The increase has not beer sooner. for two reasons. college has not~ wanted to place a “made . double burden on any one class. (The Tast_increase went into effect three years ago.) Secondly though many economists who hdve studied ,finan- ces. in-higher eduéation feel that stu-° dents. should pay a higher propor- tion of total college- expenses; Bryn Mawr, like “many. private -institu- Li a essen “tions, is. reluctant to lose “prospec- tive students to public. institutions. which. have lower fees. The. college plans to be able to” “Use money from a “Scholarship. cushion” .fund.to help ‘some. scholar- ship ‘students who would not other- wise be able to meet the tuition in-- crease, There will be no increase in room and board’since the college has been able to balance costs in this area.” +t ek See is, SKS cb orn mma eit Tnereasés have been and are ~ First, the... Secale af THE COLLEGE NEWS } ae Wednesday, ‘March 20, 1963 J Thanksgiving, Christmas. and Company, Ardmore, Pa., and . he College News is fully protected by be reprinted wholly or. in part 7 . “i Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor Copy Editor ~*~. ee area te ee ee eee ee ee Make-up Editor °......f-..e0,-es fees Member-at-Large Contributing Edito Co-Business Managers Subscription-Circulation Manager .....-- Campus News Editor ..........++.++- COC CUM seer wecsveegere eer eacececes toeee Judy Bailey, ‘63; Lora McMeekin, ‘65; Diane Schuller, ‘65; Barbara Tolpin, weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing ae ee Pare ee et ee ee THE COLLEGE NEWS : FOUNDED IN 1974 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Easter. holidays, and during | examination Bryn Mawr College. 5 copyright. Nothing that appears in it may wtihout permission of the Editor-in-Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD Sa Teen *-... Brooks’ R&bards, ‘64 grt cere eebgperrereeie Pauline Dubkin, ‘63 tea cise acl eka 2 POPES ot Charlene Sutin, ‘64 OTP EV ERE: neo Ellen Rothenberg, ‘64 AIPA NT RET "Constance Rosenblum, ‘65 Sheila. Bunker, ‘64; Patricia’ Dranow, »'64 Cynthia Brown, ‘64; Judy Zinsser, ‘64 wets cg as cee blade Chang, °65 eeeeee pepecreseeee Anne Lovgref, ‘66~ . EDITORIAL. STAFF : : 63; Mary H. Warfield, ‘64; Sue Jane Kerbin, ‘65; Elizabeth Greene; ‘65; Gail: Sanger, Diana Koin, ‘65; Christy Bednar, ‘66; Nancy Geist, ‘66; ‘65;, Eugenie Ladner, ‘65; Vicky Grafstrom, ‘66; Lynne Lackenbach, ‘66; Edna Perkins, ‘66; Liesa Stamm, ‘66; Ann Bradley, ‘66; Joan Cavallaro, Gretchen Blair, ‘66. : ; Entered as second class matter of March 3, 1879. ‘66; Sandra Shapiro. ‘66; Karen Durbin, ‘66; _at the J idicmenines: Post Office, under the Act - Elections - In the recent campus elect of Self-Gov., Undergrad, and .the required....We question the wisdom and the democratic char- ———geter-of such-compulsery~-votin rf As ipso facto organizations, N. S.A. must. reflect the i campus community. Ss The greater the number of voters, ions, voting for the presidents N.S. A. representative was ' Self-Gov., Undergrad., and and the better are the chances of choosing leaders who accurately rep- resent the-views ofthe electorate. sia cone However, just as no one should be denied the right to vote, no one should be forced to exercise this right. Students should at least be made more aware they can abstain from voting. that in the present system The vote of an uninformed or disinterested student can be detrimental: to the election of Many sttidents did not attend the most capable candidate. all the dinners and/or do not _ know the candidates and their platforms well enough to distin- ‘you-if you sign.. 7 “these possibilitiés now, ~~ We will all eventually be affected. as ___ Signing a petition'such as this is one of the ways in which we can be of some help. The old. cli ae ao oan P. 6 = ~ ‘ eth 4 { a Ss a4 2 Te aE ‘hart as late as 9:00 p.m. on n The most’ difficult part of any dramatic effort is to bring. . of disbelief”. which involves the 5 our’ suspension, - guish among them. In. our preferential voting place votes can be-erucial in for the first place are counted, candidate receives half, plus one, system, the second and third- determining election results. Votes and if on the first count no of the votes,, the second-place votes of the:candidates with the smallest number of first-place votes are redistributed. The process continues until one can- didate receives the required number of Votes. Since some students may have a strong preference for a first-choice candidate only, their second and third choices may be more or less arbitrary. We cess can be reorganized so that believe that the counting pro- second and third choices would not have to be given. This could-be one step toward.a-_more a democratic voting procedure on campus. - Petitions - : . [Ed. Note: Signed editorials do not necessarily represent the opinion of the entire editor What’ is probably the mos come up cn ca us again with ial board.] t vital issue of our times has the circulating of a SANE (Committee For A Sane Nuclear Policy) petition to be sent to the President of the United States-and-the two Pennsylvania Senators. - The petition: states the well-known fact that “The United’ States and the Soviet Union each possess sufficient nuclear weapons to destroy any possible enemy nation,” and calls for support of governmental efforts to approve a treaty to end nuclear “testing. ~ Just that. for peace marches, Yet we have tion.. Some will not sign for f will follow them unto the tenth ly absurd. But even if there No extreme unilateral disarmament, no call nothing that is going to definitely blacklist ea» that their signature there generation. This is undoubted- were a shadow of truth in it, oa Translatés “Panis sentiments of the entire. heard all these objections raised to the peti- | wouldn’t it be worth the risk if that signature ‘might help towards relieving the unbearable tension that the possibility of nuclear warfare has created The petition does NOT advocate in the world? ; a complete and-immed- iate stoppage of all testing without adequate precautions. this is what many have taken it to mean, reasons for not signing on this We as college: students can us and have based thir erroneous opinion. : temporarily ignore some, ‘of the disastrous side-effects of eontinuing nuclear testing, such as the ever-growing radiation and the possibility is as true-as it ever-was. We of accidental war. ; ‘we will not.be able to. danger to unborn generations » But if we can ignore -hope..s the basis of half-truths gleayed from some darkly anonymous source. ” 2 2 = All's Well - ~ Albof us who ‘saw’ the performances of Air Ends Well, given this weekend in honor of Mr. .Sprague;~were — job done by Mr. Butman apd the impressed with the excellent P.B.Bi : es ¢ ~ E.R. fommtwes os ‘Bryn Mawr and Haverford:drama groups. No’ play, however, can fight a rude auience, about the “willing suspension tator in the play. Let's comer: and-people both were still arriving at Good- Friday and Saturday nights. ¢ hope that in the future, ‘late- s will think to sit in the back or that the ushers will make sure they do,\so the rest of us won't be interrupted in - ~ Sarees ee . a Ei Fay eas ca acta Wirt Picts £. 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