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VOL. XLIX, NO. 18

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1953

Copyright, Trustees of

» Bryn Mawr College, 1953

PRICE 20 CENTS



Havelock Poses
Theory of Art,
Ideals of Plato

Horace White Lecturer
Shows Ambiguity
In ‘Republic’

“How could such a supreme art-
ist of the written word as Plato
turn against poetry?” asked Mr.
Eric A. Havelock, Horace White
Memorial Lecturer, Monday eve-
ning at 8:15 in Goodhart.

Mr. Havelock, Professor of Greek
and Latin at Harvard University,
analyzed Plato’s apparent ambigu-
ity concerning poetry in The Re-
public. A confusion in Plato’s
ideas actually existed, Mr. Have-
lock asserted, but it existed rather
in historical fact than in Plato’s
mind, as a crisis in the develop-
ment of Greek culture brought
about by the transition from the
oral to the written word.

The ambiguity of Plato hinges
on his use of two definitions of the
word “mimetic” without separating
them in his own mind. The first
definition regards “mimetic” as
assimilating oneself to character-
ization—in modern language, emo-

tional identification—which he sus-|

pects because he believes it has
pathelogical effects.

However, in the tenth book,
Plato describes “mimetic” as some-
thing different from emotional
identification.. He regards it rather
as liberal representations of ap-
pearances, whether or not emotion-
al identification occurs. All poetry
is regarded as a vehicle for report-
ing the world of opinion. It is an un-
acceptable vehicle because it is not
scientific, abstract, and objective.
Plato finds a scientific, acceptable
vehicle in analytic description and
classification of phenomena.



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Joined Orchestras
Perform ‘Don Juan’
Directed hy Reese

by Maryellen Fullam, ’56

The combined orchestras of Bryn
Mawr, Haverford, and Drexel In-
stitute of Technology presented an
especially good festival concert
Friday evening under the direction
of William Reese.

In comparison to the other ap-
pearances which the orchestra has
made this year (accompanying the
Chorus concerts), Friday evening’s
program was far superior, The
great difference was due in part to
the hard work of both musicians
and director; however, the success
must be attributed mainly to the
added instruments of the Drexel
group which swelled the size of
orchestra, lending the volume and
tone quality which the Bryn Mawr-

Haverford contingent lacked by”

itself.

The program opened with the
overture to the ballet Don Juan by
Gluck, one of the better numbers
done by the orchestra. A group
of gay Rumanian folk songs by
Bela Bartok followed the overture.
The third dance contained a flute
solo performed with a good deal
of sensitivity by David Hogenauer
of Haverford.

An interesting note was added

to the concert-by-a trio for flute,
clarinet, and horn from William
Blake, composed by Harrison
Draper (Haverford, ’55). The
musicians were David Hogenauer,
flute; Louis Thomas, clarinet;
Harrison Draper, horn.
_The featured work, Handel’s
Music for the Royal Fireworks, was
somewhat of a disappointment. Al-
though the piece was well executed
on the whole, the brass section was
weak, despite the able support of
the principal trumpeter, Samuel
Krauss, of the Philadelphia Or-
chestra.

By far the outstanding selection

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LC.G. Conference Discusses Politics,
Practices Planning And Voting Bills

A study in parliamentary pro-
cedure and the various stages of
politics was provided for all mem-
bers of the Intercollegiate Confer-
ence on Goverment on Saturday at
West Chester State Teachers Col-
lege. The event was the regional

a “twin” of the state government.

Early in the morning, after the
representatives of nine schools
had registered, Dr. Charles Swope,
president of State Teachers (Col-

mally, with a speech about the
purposes of ICG and some back-
ground information about the set-
ting.

Next on the agenda was the
meeting of various committees,

among them Education, Civil
Rights, Health and Welfare,
Transportation and Commerce,

Agriculture, etc. At these meet-
ings, which lasted about two and
a half hours, the committee mem-
bers brought up any bills they had
planned. After proper amending
the bill was either passed by the
committee or killed. Each com-
mittee was allowed to present

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three bills. Once the committees



were gathered again in the Me-
morial Library (where the gen-
eral session was held), officers for
this year’s conference were elect-
ed. Mike Shaw of Haverford was
chosen chairman, and his slate con-
sisted of Ed Becker of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Parliamen-
tarian; Joe Willard of Drexel and
Bob Porter of State Teachers Col-
lege, Sergeants-at-Arms; Natalie
Fasick of Bryn Mawr, Timer, and
Claire Weigand of Bryn Mawr,
Clerk.

The most important business of
the meeting was transacted when
the committees presented their
bills to the legislature for voting.
Two’ committees — State Govern-
ment and National Resources —
were headed by Bryn Mawr girls,
Dorothy Newbegin and Liz War-
ren. The voting tended to be in
blocks, so that nearly all the
“ayes” came from one side of the
room, all the “nays” from the



year-olds and enforcing a Fair
Employment Practices Commission
in Pennsylvania.

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Historian Relates
Mediaeval Athens
With Archaeology

“T want to deal with the subject
of mediaeval Athens and modern
archaeology ... a debased sub-
ject,” began Kenneth M. Setton of
the University of Pennsylvania,
giving the Classics Club lecture in
the Common Room Thursday eve-
ning.

Quoting the humorist Osbert
Lancaster, who described the
archaeologist’s job in Athens as
tearing down the Turkish quarter
to get at the older ruins, Mr. Set-
ton declared that most of today’s
rubble dates from the Greek revo-
lution. The destroyed buildings
remain in photographs; “little has
been lost and a great deal found.”

Ancient and mediaeval history has
been rewritten from the work still
being so carefully and meticulously
done in Athens. It is modern
archaeology which points out the
connection between Athens and
Christianity.

Pottery, coins, and successive
road levels all help supply part
of the story leading up to the
Turkish period. Coins, stamped
with emperor’ images, serve to
date walls or buildings in which
they are found. Gold and silver
coins are not discovered so often—
perhaps because when a man loses
a valuable coin he doesn’t stop
searching until it is found.

Illustrating the value of archae-

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I.R.C. is proud to announce
that Mrs, Elizabeth Gray Vin-
‘ing will speak here at the Col-
lege on March 24th on the sub-
ject: Japan Today.

Mrs. Vining is the author of
“Windows for the Crown
Prince” in which she depicts her
four years’ experience in Japan
as private tutor to the Crown
Prince, Aki Hito. Mrs. Vining
has asked that the lecture be
open only to members of the
College so we are indeed privi-
leged.

On Tuesday the 24th, she will
be having dinner at Rhoads
Hall and the lecture will be at
8:30 in the Ely Room, Wynd-
ham,







CALENDAR

Thursday, March 19

Sophomores select candidates
for Secretary of the Alliance.

Freshmen select candidates for
First Sophomore member of Un-
dergrad.

College elects Vice-president of
‘Undergrad and Secretary to Self-
Gov.

Friday, March 20

8:30 p. m. Bryn Mawr College
Theatre and Haverford Drama
Club present The Trojan Horse by
Archibald MacLeish and The Boy
with a Cart by Christopher Fry.
Goodhart.

Saturday, March 21

8:30 p. m. Bryn Mawr and Hav-
erford present the above plays,
Goodhart.

11:00-1:00 p. m. Springtime
Capers, informal dance sponsored
by WBMC. Common Room.

Sunday, March 22

7:30 p. m. Chapel Service. Stu-
dent Service. Music Room.

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Miss Sarton, Poet
Accepts Fellowship
For Creative Work

May Sarton, American novelist
and poet, has been awarded wie
Lucy Martin Donnelly leliowsaip
for 1953-1954. It is a tellowsiip
of $3000 given to further creative
writing or research in the human-
ities.

Lucy Martin Donnelly was a
member of the Bryn Mawr faculty
for many years. From 1911 to
1936 she was head of the English
department and encouraged crea-
tive writing and research among
her students. An inspiring and
delightful person, she was well
known in literary circles and be-
loved by all those with whom she
came in contact—both her students
and her colleagues.

The fellowship was awarded to
Miss Sarton on the basis of her
distinction in creative writing. She
has written several books of poetry
which include Encounter in April,
Inner Landscape, and The Lion
and the Rose. Some of her best-
known novels are The Single
Hound, Bridge of Years, and
Shadow of a Man. Miss Sarton
was born in Belgium, the daughter
of the eminent scientific historian,
George Sarton. Educated in Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, she came to
know Boston well—a fact which is

refiected in much of her work.

After a few years as an apprentice
at Eva LeGalliene’s Civic Reper-
tory Theatre, she began to write
and made creative work her career.

The holder of the fellowship is
expected to reside at Bryn Mawr
for some portion of the academic
year, but will have no academic
duties and may fill no requirements
toward any academic degree. The
award was open to citizens of the

United States and the British
Commonwealth. Established in
1949, it was first awarded to Eliza-
beth Bishop in 1951,



Mr. Saltonstall

Talks on Peace
And World War

Massachusetts Senator
Cites Expense

Of Arms

The problems faced by the new
Administration and the steps it is
taking to overcome the state of
tension in the world today formed
the emphasis of Senator Leverett
Saltonstall’s speech at the Third
Alliance Assembly for 1952-1953,
on Friday, March 18, at 12:30 in
Goodhart.

Senator Saltonstall, Senior
United States Senator from Mass-
achusetts, listed two main causes
for tension in the world today. The
first is men’s inability to get along
with one another, and the second,
the spirit of nationalism which has
arisen in countries such as Africa.

Analyzing the sources of ten-
sion for the American people, the
Senator pointed out that the Ko-
rean War, with its great monetary
and human cost, has contributed
greatly to our anxiety. The war
has increased the feeling of in-
security among young people, for
their future plans must remain un-
certain. Further sources of in-
ternal tension in the United States
have been discrimination and intol-
erance.

To relieve tension, we must take
certain steps. First, we must
realize that the United Nations
was set up to maintain, and not
to obtain_peace..__The_administra-
tion, through Henry Cabot Lodge,
the new representative to the U.N.,
is trying to make the U.N. success-
ful until it is apparent that other
nations are not willing to help

themselves. The United States has
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Senator Saltonstall Answers Query

On Several Current Politics Issues

Senator Leverett Saltonstall an-
swered questions on political issues
in a discussion group held in
Rhoads on Friday. He also ex-

plained some of the committees in|

which he is taking part, their
functions and their goals.

The senator from Massachusetts
gave his opinions on many poli-
tical problems from Communist
China to the St. Lawrence Water-
way. He answered questions con-
cerning the TVA, which he thinks
was very helpful in solving the de-
pression, and the Selective Serv-

‘| ice, which he thinks has a good and

very essential system. In reply to
another question, he remarked that
President Eisenhower’s relations
with his Congress are excellent,
and will probably continue to be
80.
When asked about the long fili-
buster against which he has been
working, he told a story about a
debate on Chapmans Prayer. The
debate had been going on for three
weeks, when finally the senator
who had made the motion stood
up, dressed in a white tie and tails,
and said, “I believe . . . (the mo-
tion) is now understood by every-
body and I withdraw it.”



Senator Saltonstall was then

-asked to explain the function and

problems of some of the commit-
tees to which he belongs. He ex-
plained that the Armed Service
Committee, of which he is the
head, is mainly investigatory; as
he had mentioned in his speech,
the total cost of munitions was
unbelievable. He is on the Ap-
propriations Committee which en-
tails his being a member of five
sub-committees and the head of
one. In this connection, his com-
mittee covers the Atomic Bomb,
the Veterans Administration, the
ICC, and the FCC.

When asked about the chances
of there being a third world war,
Senator Saltonstall said, “That de-
pends on your generation.” He
added that there is little danger
if we “build up our military
strength, build up our industrial
strength, and keep up our moral
courage.”

Senator Saltonstall remarked
that Bryn Mawr’s campus was one
of the nicest he had ever seen in
a college. He also said that some
of the questions asked were among
the most perceptive and intelligent
he had heard!