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“Vhe College Wews
VOL. XLVIII, NO. 6
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1951
1955 Delights With Varied Bill;
Comedy, Tragedy Grace Stage
Denbigh’s “Aria da Capo”
Contrasting Themes
Lend Variety
To Plays
by Beth Davis, *54
The first night of the Freshman
Hall Plays, Friday, October 26th,
produced a selection of ‘five ex-
cellent one act~plays. Two com-
dies and three serious shows
were the result of hard work on
the part of Pem East, Merion,
Radnor, Pem West, and the Non-
Reses.,
Pem East opened the evening
with a melodrama by A. A. Milne,
The Manin the Bowler ~~ Hat:
Doug Kelley portrayed John, the
‘dull, timid husband, very amusing-
ly while Mimi Gralton put her-
self wholly into the part to seem
his shy adoring wife, Mary. They
were just sitting quietly in their
living room when an unknown
man, in reality the hero, played by
Jessie Sloane, crept mysteriously
‘into their house, Debbie Katz as
the heroine and Sally Kennedy as
the villain followed shortly after
him, many of them entering by
the window. Within a short space
‘of time John and Mary found
their living room the scene of a
crime as the villain and his assist-
ant, Carol Blau, tortured. the
bound hero in order to extort
from him the whereabouts of the
Rajah’s Ruby. The lone man sit-
ting on the stage resolved the
crises by announcing the date of
the next rehearsal for this show
and being the man in the bowler
hat, Melissa Emery.
Merion’s choice, Joe, by Jane
Gransfield, turned out to be a su-
perbly acted tragedy centering
around an idiot boy and his
mother who refuses to surrender
him to the authorities. Rene
Ryan created the figure of a dis-
traught, stubborn mother with
understanding and excellent ex-
pression. Adele Slater carried her
difficult role as the idiot boy very
well; especially good were her
loose actions and chilling laugh.
These two built up a feeling of
desperate intensity that was sus-
pensefully enhanced by Joe’s con-
cern with the gun and the meagre
bread and drink. They were ably
supported by Sue Lucas as Ann
Turn, Lou’s bitter, selfish half-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 3
Denbigh, Rhoads Plays
! Share Honors
For Plaque
by Patricia Murray, ’52
'The Hall Plays of Saturday, Oc-
tober 27 were of high quality and
varied in tone. The freshmen of
Rockefeller made of the “Play
Within a Play” from A Midsummer
Night’s Dream the happiest half
hour of the evening. They succeed-
ed in recreating Shakespeare’s at-
mosphere of mock moonbeams by
the grace, restraint and humor
with which they played. The pro-
duction had a remarkable equality
of tone: the actors, especially Mar-
gie Page, Jane Byron, Barbara
Drysdale and Irene Peirez (Quince,
Pyramus, Thisbe, and Wall) play-
ed well together; Elaine ‘Alter’s
deadpan [Moon and Bush were fine.
This synchronization of gesture
and expression was essential for
the wall scene, which was a de-
light. The actors gave the impres-
sion of being happy to please, and
confident of their power to do so.
They knew their lines and deliver-
ed them distinctly and with a feel-
ing for their loveliness. Barbara
Drysdale, substituting at the last
moment for Eleanor Small, played
with perfect assurance.
The costumes showed subtlety
and resource; those of the hand-
some Theseus (Constance Tang)
and his courtiers (Diane Facken-
thal and Asia Alderson) were suf-
ficiently satiny; ‘Wall’s bricks were
properly impenetrable; Sue Hiss’
costume and makeup united the
best qualities of mouse and lion.
Praise is due to Nancy Fuhrer,
stage manager, for seeing to it
that the actors played close to the
audience so that no word or ges-
ture was missed.
Denbigh played Aria da Capo
with the suavity it demands, and
caught its tone of light and bitter
irony. The Denbigh play exhibit-
ed the same equality of tone as had
Rockefeller’s. Sandy Davis was
exquisite as the creature bored
with the only experience he can
krfow—pleasure. Sidney De Shazo
was a perfectly insubstantial Col-
umbine. Sarah Winstead and Elisa-
beth Klupt rendered the scene of
Continued on Page 5, Col. 2
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1951
PRICE 20 CENTS
Alumnae Program
Includes Eminent
Edueators’ Views
On November 8 and 4, the
Alumnae Association of Bryn
Mawr College will hold an Alum-
nae Weekend at the Deanery. The
topic chosen for discussion is Con-
tinental Comparisons. Seniors are
invited to attend the sessions to
be led by various’ educators
throughout the country. Jane Bell
Yeatman Savage, President of the
Association, writes on the subject:
“Education is a fundamental prob-
lem in every country and this
comparison of other systems with
our own here at Bryn Mawr should
bring out many thought-provoking,
challenging ideas”. Eight speakers
with various national backgrounds
will be present at the discussions.
On Sunday at 10:30, Helen M.
Cam will talk about Education un-
der the Labor Government in Eng-
land. Miss Cam, who was the first
woman appointed full professor at
Harvard, April 1948, is an expert
on English medieval parliament-
ary history. Receiving her early
education at her home in Abing-
ton, England, she obtained her
B. A. at the University of London,
which she attended under a schol-
arship. She was a fellow in his-
tory at Bryn’ Mawr College the
following year, and received her
M.A. at the University of London
after that. From 1925-1948 she
was don at Girton College, Cam-
bridge, and during that time con-
tributed to. periodicals as well as
Continued on Page 5, Col. 1
Blood Donors Need
Five Qualifications
The following are the require-
ments for blood donations. The
Bloodmobile Unit will be on cam-
pus on November 13.
1.) Any healthy adult between
the ages of 18 and 59 may give
blood.
2.) Those ages 18 to 21 must
have written consent from par-
ents or spouse,
8.) Anyone who has malaria or
jaundice within the last two years
is disqualified.
4.) Blood pressure must be 110.
5.) Weight must be 110 or over.
CALENDAR
Wednesday, October 31
7:15 p.m. Marriage lecture.
Thursday, November 1
4:30 p.m. Vocational Commit-
tee tea, Common Room.
Friday, November 2
7:30 p.m. Film Forum, spon-
sored by SDA.
8:30 p.m. Square Dance, gym.
Saturday, November 3
Alumnae Weekend, The Dean-
ery. Freshman hygiene exam,
in the morning.
Sunday, November 4
5:00 p.m. Concert, Gertrude
Ely, Wyndham.
7:15 p.m. Chapel.
Monday, November 5
7:15 p.m. Current Events, Com-
mon Room.
8:30 p.m. Crenshaw lecturer
C. B. Van Niel of Stanford Uni-
versity will speak on “Some
Aspects of Photosynthesis”.
R. Brandt Stresses
Value of Defining
All Ethical Terms
On October 25, Professor
Brandt, a guest speaker of the
Philosophy Club from Swarth-
more, read his paper, “Empirical
Assertion Theories in Ethics”, in
the Common Room of Goodhart
Hall,
His first point was the import-
ance of defining ethical terms in
making ethical discussions useful,
and the second point was that
ethical proposition may be verified
empirically.
The Emotive Theory of Ethics
says that Ethics is merely an ex-
pression of attitudes, and the val-
idation thesis states “Certain cri-
teria of warrant or validity are
recognized” and “ethical language
satisfies these criteria of war-
rant.” “There is no great differ-
ence between an Empirical Asser-
tion Theory and an Emotive The-
ory which includes a_ validation
thesis. This thesis: claims ‘“Eth-
1ical statements made assertions
about the speaker’s attitude”, and
more, “a belief in actual attitudes.
Philosophers o f t e n_ doubt
whether “ethical utterances ex-
press propositions”. Dr. Brandt
stated five important arguments
for this belief, the most important
concerning “the vagueness __ of
ethical terms.”
He then proceeded to define the
meaning of “assertion.” “A per
son who asserts either speaks or
writes or gives symbolic expres-
sion to something, even if only to
himself in internal discourse.”
The asserter must use under-
standable terms, be in normal pos-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 5
Crenshaw Series
Engages Van Niel
C. B. Van Niel, Herstein profes-
sor of Microbiology at Stanford
University will speak November
5 at 8:30 p.m. in Goodhart as the
next lecturer in the Crenshaw
series.
Born in Haarlem, Netherlands,
Mr. Van Niel received his degree
in Chemical Engineering and his
D.S. from the Technical Univer-
sity at Delft. He also received an
honorary doctor of science degree
from Princeton University in
1946.
Dr. Van Niel is a member of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Spience, the Amer-
ican Chemical Society, the Society
of Américan Bacteriologists, the
Netherlands Sdeiety of Microbi-
ology, the California Academy of
Science, the American Society of
Plant Physiology, the National
Academy of Science and the
American Society of Naturalists.
He is the author of The Propionic
Acid Bacteria, and is a contribu-
tor to many scientific journals. Dr.
Van Niel specializes in general mi-
crobiology, biochemistry of micro-
organisms, and photosynthesis.
Dr. Daniels Predicts Adequate
Supplies of Energy’ Resources
Scientist Enumerates
Energy Sources
Now Known
Introducing the 1951-52 lecture
series in commemoration of the
late Bryn Mawr professor, Dr.
James ‘Llewellen' Crenshaw, Miss
McBride explained that the lec-
tures were part of a program of
the Committee on the Coordina-
tion of the Sciences, formerly head-
ed by Dr. Crenshaw, and that the
purpose of them was to discuss a
favorite topic of Dr. Crenshaw’s,
“Sources of Energy”. Dr. Berlin-
er then introduced the first speak-
er for the series, Dr. Farrington
Daniels, professor of physical
chemistry at the University of
Wisconsin, who spoke on a specific
aspect of the broad. topic—the as-
pect, “Man’s Sources of Energy”.
Di. Daniels stated that he had no
fear for future resources as long
as science was allowed to progress.
through free research in a world
with: few wars. Energy, he point-
ed out, is vital to our society, not.
only in the supplying of the three
thousand kilocalories (unit of en-
ergy measure which equals the
amount of energy given off in the
burning of one-half a match), used .
by man per day, but used also in
the supplying of the 150 thousand
kilocalories used by his machines
in a day. However, Dr. Daniels
went on to demonstrate that, by
means of scientific developments.
mankind has at its disposal unlim-
ited sources of energy available
for the machines which make his
life possible‘ one of the great
sources being atomic power. First
harnessed in December of 1942, en-
ergy from the atomic fission of
Uranium 285 was shown to be not
only obtainable, but also useful as
a source of power for machinery.
Continued on Page 5, Col. 4
The NEWS extends its con-
gratulations to the pair of
winners of the Freshman Hall
Play plaque — Denbigh, for
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s
“Aria da Capo”, and Rhoads
for “The Second Shepherd’s
Play”.
Kempand Flannery
Win ‘Othello’ Leads
The principal characters in the
.cast of Othello are as follows:
DeSdeMONnar ccscieccoceseoseeere Elsie Kemp
Emilia ........ ducusaaiaia Helen Dobbs
BIGTCR scscsasmcisessnenise Danny Luzzatto
CNOWNS: - sccdissAccicsnaving Phoebe Harvey
Patsy Price
Ot ONO: isis: jicsvertennsee Frank Flannery
PUMEIN : sccchickssnissonecrtanasetes Albert Stern
TROGOTISO se0\ccasesesans Jackson Pietrow
Brabantio ........... JGeorge Segal, Jr.
Cassio ......... Thos. M. Anderson, Jr.
Assistants to the director, ap-
poiated by Mr. Frederick Thon,
are:
Paula Strawhecker
‘Nancy Pearre
Thomas Anderson
Understudies:
Jane Augustine
Mary Klein
Page Two
THE
COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, October 31, 1951
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Re-channeling of Art
The meeting in the Common Room last Friday, to dis-
cuss channeling art on campus, was the result of rising stu-
dent interest in the fine arts. Dr. Sloane spoke to the group,
suggesting it consider both the creative and the critical as-
pects, which, besides painting, could include discussions of
photography, exhibits, and the film as an art form. In the
‘student discussion that followea suggestions were many and
enthusiastic: organize an “art curront events”; ask outside
speakers; and bring out the hundred or more major art
works, gifts to the College, now stored in Goodhart, Taylor}
and the Library ; and could use the Skinner workshop facili-
ties more freely... There is nothing sacrcsanct or mysterious
about the studio, only an atmosphere of great fun mixed with
a little learning.
_The problem of channeling and correlating the art forms
on campus was more than half solved when the group met;
and the scheduling of future meetings every other Friday at
4:15 indicates that the problem will find solution when the
group’s activities become the outlet for the artistic stimula-
tion now felt. If you are one who feels this need for creativ-
ity, bring your interested enthusiasm, remembering it is for
the artist and the non-artist. Everybody fits into one of
these two categories.
Correlation of Lectures
One of the suggestions made at the Art Tea was that
there be lectures, posted in advance, relevant to both the Eng-
lish and History of Art departments, so that art majors
wishing to hear, for example, the Blake lectures or English
majors wishing to hear Picasso and Rossetti lectures could
benefit. Looking at this proposal from a larger point of view,
one wonders if it might not be possible to extend the theory?
Suggestion has been made to expand the program into
other departments where the subject of lectures either over-
laps or dovetails: 19th century lit majors might hear
philosophy lectures on Nietzsche, and philosophy majors who
wish to know the historical background of a philosophic
school of thought, could listen to one or two pertinent history
lectures. There would be the opportunity to learn the differ-
ent points of view on any one given subject, and less prepar-
ation of outside material by the department would be entail-
ed. Instead, recommending that students sit in on anothe?
department’s lectures for, one might say, any Week X, would
Letters to
Review of Ott Exhibit
Criticized As
Superficial
Dear Editor:
If local artists intend to exhibit
their work at Bryn Mawr College,
they should receive a semi-quali-
fied criticism of their work when-
ever the College News wishes to
recognize them. in reference to
the painting of Lynfield Ott, your
review was a piece of innocuous
sentiment with little bearing on
the paintings exhibited. The ex-
hibit itself, according to Ott, was
not représentative of his work;
and he was therefore taking ad-
vantage of the possible gullibility
of the studerit who might purchase
his “potboilers”. An exhibiting
artist ought to give the public a
representative collection of his
work and not just a few hastily
conceived still-lifes with which he
hopes to earn some money.
One of the more unfortunate as-
pects of Ott’s paintings is that the
similarity suggests a rather well
done piece by a student in a first
year art course, which with a lack
of imagination has been repeated
fourteen times and more. There is
a lack of compositional force in
the arrangement of the objects,
which is intensified by the use of
the same tone values. Ott’s hand-
ling of glass shows aptness and
imparts a slight sense of plasticity
to the design as a whole. The most
interesting work is the painting of
Shaw, which, according to Ott, is
not a portrait but an interpreta.
tion of personality. The face has
been rendered well, and the ab-
stract colour composition of the
background does set up a definite
mood even though I feel that it
clashes with the réalism of the
head and the personality of the
man.
Lynfield Ott’s work does have a
sense of spontaneity, but is not
necessarily pleasant as your re-
view seems to have indicated. To
be justified, a review of a collec-
tion of paintings should deal with
the subject matter and not with a
feeble attempt at humor on the
part of the writer and the artist.
Sincerely yours,
Elspeth Winton, ’52
Glenn Considers “Joe”
Too Fine To Be
Overlooked
To the Editor:
I should like to protest a flag-
rant oversight in the judgment of
the Freshman Hall plays, namely,
the lack of any mention of the
Merion Hall play, Joe. This play
was certaisly as fine a production
as any seen last Friday or Satur-
day night. Therefore, one can’t
help feeling that :c can only be the
choice of play which caused the
Merion freshmen to be passed over
so completely. In the face of such
excellent acting and such thunder-
ous applause this objection can
Continued on Page 5, Col. 3
the Editor
M. Low Lauds Merion
Talent and Art
In ““Joe”’
To the Editor:
I should like to express my sur-
prise at the fact that no acknowl-
edgement was given by the judges
of the freshman hall plays to Mer-
ion’s ‘excellently produced “Joe”.
It is easy to comprehend their dif-
ficulties in the face of so much as-
sembled talent as appeared in
those two nights, and yet it seems
a pity that so splendid a play
should have been apparently over-
looked.
Perhaps this play suffered in the!
eyes of the judges for not being
one of those plays we have always
been curious to see. It was cer-
tainly a risky and difficult script
and a challenge that a less gifted
group might well have stumbled
on. This fact in itself should be
to the credit of the performers, at
least three of whom were superb.
There was, I felt, a sincerity and
polish in the acting, which is, so
far-as I can remember, unprece-
dented in a freshman play. The
direction was good, simple, and
strongly moving. The staging, al-
though it was not tricky or com-
plicated, was in complete harmony
with the production, and there
was, in addition to the beautiful
lighting at the end, that supreme
blessing of good visibility through-
out the performance. This com-
bined effect of effort and talent
produced a play of great merit in
itself, and one that fulfilled in the
highest degree the standards on
which these freshman plays should
be judged.
Sincerely,
Marjorie Low, 50
Friends ef T. Mulligan
Retell Faux Pas
For Laugh
To the Editor:
We think that the person who
related Trish’s most humorous
faux pas (so far) of the year in
the “Incidentally” column of last
week’s News might get even more
of a laugh out of it if she knew
how the conversation really went,
“Are you a’ mother’?
“No, Ann de Ferron”. (Indiffer-|
ent).
“Well,” (gulp) “I don’t care ei-
ther if it doesn’t make any differ-
ence to you”!
Get it now?
Sincerely,
Ellen ‘Wadsworth, ’52
Helen Loening, ’52
Caroline Price, ’52
Editor’s Note—The News here-
with falls on its face—gracefully,
anyway—and humbly apologizes
for its second most stupid mis-
quote of the year (so far)...
MARRIAGE
Jennifer Dole, ex-’53 to Perry
Wallerstein.
perhaps save professorial organization on trends less directly
connected to the material of the course.
It has been suggested that there be curricula posted,
forms.
with the approximate coverage of lectures, for the week, and
with the meeting times. This is not to say that students
should feel free to cut a scheduled class to hear a partic-
ularly stimulating lecture given at the same time, but it is
a fine opportunity for the correlation and exchange of ideas
and viewpoints that the student can take advantage of; and
the exchange of ideas is a great part of the learning process.
Nothing has been done through official channels about this
suggestion. It is respectfully submitted to the college; if it
is impracticable, it will be sor goreen The News will gladly
print all opinions on it.
Current Events
Miss Robbins Analyzes
Elections Held
In England
Current Events, Common Room,
October 29, 7:15 p.m. Miss Rob-
bins analyzed the significance cf
the British elections, which took
place on. October 25, Although all
of the votes have not been count-
ed, the Conservatives have won the
election by a narrow majority
with 320 seats, which represents
only fortyeight per cent of the
electoral vote. Labour has 293
seats and forty-nine per cent of
the electoral vote, while the Lib-
erals have only five seats and two
‘per cent of the electoral vote.
Miss Robbins doubts that the
split in the labour party between
Bevan and Atlee before the elec-
tion seriously diminished the La-
bour vote. At the party meeting
in Stockpot last month Bevan
was favoured over Atlee. Bevan,
“the Taft of the Labour party,”
want to avoid gontinental involve-
ments, fears embroilment in a
world wide conflict, and endorses
furthering the social welfare pro-
gram. He is anti-American and
an isolationist. If he choses,
Bevan will be capable of leading
vigorous opposition to the Con-
servatives.
It is probable that in most dis-
tricts it was the tranfer of Lib-
eral vote to the Conservatives
that put the latter into power.
Liberal support was due partly to
dissatisfaction, primarily dco-
nomic, with the present govern-
ment and partly to agreement
with the program stated by David
Eccles and Anthony Eden, who
announced that the “main task at
home is to build social and eco-
nomic freedom.” The Eccles
manifesto disclaimed any policy
to bring about an economy of un-
trammelled free enterprise or any
attempt to undo the achievements
of the welfare state. He did, how-
ever, advocate the reintroduction
of the profit motive and personal
incentive, as well as the elimina-
tion of objectionable bureaucracy
in the nationalized industries by
reorganization on a more local
scale and extensive economic re-
On foreign policy, in cor-
trast to Bevan, Churchill came
out for cooperation with the con-
tinent and more vigorous British
participation in foreign affairs.
It remains to be seen if, with a
narrow margin and stiff opposi-
tion, the Conservatives can carry
their program through, The eco-
nomic crisis promises to be the
most trying problem, while the
discomfort of domestic shortages
may cause serious dissatisfaction
with the government, particularly
among the Labour unions.
Dr. Brandt Considers
Theories of Assertion
Continued from Page 1
session of his faculties, but intend
to convey something to his audi-
ence, and must give the appear-
ance that he believes what he
says. He also defined other terms
used in the criticism and under-
standing of ethical discussions.
Dr. Brandt again proved these
philosophers wrong by applying
the Empirical Assertion Theory,
and concluded that the arguments
it were unsatisfactory.
“If a philosopher asserts that at
least some people so use ethical
terms it can be rightfully said of
them that their ethical utterances
assert empirical propositions.”
against
When the library bell rings
at 9:45 P.M., all students who
are holding reserve books and
who wish to sign them out for
the night must do so, by 9:50,
so student assistants may leave
at 10:00.
‘Wednesday,. October 31, 1951
THE
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COLLEGE
NEWS
Page Three
Art Treasures of Vienna Collections
Coming to Philadelphia Museum Soon
The famous Art Treasures from
the Vienna Collections will be
shown by the Philadelphia Mu-
seum of Art, in collaboration with
the Catherwood Foundation, from
February 2 through March 23,
1952, at the Art Museum, Park-
way at 26th Street, it is announc-
‘ed today by R. Sturgis Ingersoll,
President of the Museum. The
greatest assemblage of Old World
masters ever to cross the Atlantic
is in America on loan from the
Austrian Government. It was
first shown at the National Gal-
lery in Washington and has been
seen in seven other cities in the
United States and Canada. Fol-
lowing its final American show-
ing in Philadelphia, the collection
will return to Europe on its way
back to the Museums in Vienna.
The exhibition includes some
300 priceless masterpieces of
painting , sculpture,
-goldsmith’s work and other deco-
rative arts, and arms and armour.
All these are part of the great
collections amassed .by the Haps
burgs, the Austrian Imperial and
Royal house, during the six cen-
turies of their ascendancy, through
‘tthe Holy Roman Empire, in Eu-
ropean politics. The Hapsburgs,
like the Medici, and equal to them
in the field, were inveterate col-
lectors of works of art. Reigning
or allied by marriage to the lead-
ing sovereigns of Europe, at the
height of their influence they
ruled in Spain, Italy, Germany
and the Low Countries and owned
the greater part of the Americas.
Seniors are reminded that
| they may attend the speeches
| given on Alumnae Weekend,
| November 3 and 4. See Senior
4 Bulletin Board, Taylor, for pro-
} gram. ee
From this eminence the emperors,
kings, archdukes, and princes were
able to command by conquest and
heritage the finest art treasures
of the Europe of their day. Tap-
estries from the looms of Brus-
sels, the creations of the greatest
goldsmiths and other artisans dec-
orated their palaces and churches;
among their court painters were
‘Titian, Velasquez, Rubens. In-
dividual members collected in spe-
cial fields: paintings, bronzes,
armor, antiquities, ivories and
crystals.
The Vienna _ collections
survived domestic and foreign
‘conflicts, invasions and_ revolu-
tions, looting and pillage. The
Thirty Years War, the Napoleonic
campaigns, the two World Wars
have
of the 20th Centry left little mark
and a very large proportion of
the original holdings of the Im-
perial family have come down to
our time. After the dissolution
of the Austro-Hungarian mon-
archy in 1917 these became the
property of the Austrian state.
The exhibition to be presented in
Philadelphia is approximately one-
fifth of the whole Hapsburg Col-
lections and includes many of its
finest works.
(Next week: An article describ-
ing the paintings and sculpture
among the Vienna Treasures.)
Hytier Discusses
Literary Dispute
tapestries,
Monsieur Jean Hytier, Pro-
fessor of French at Columbia Uni-
versity, discussed Une Haine Lit-
teraire: Balzac et Sainte-Beuve
on Thursday, October 25th, in
Wyndham. The hatred which sep-
arated these two men is one of
the most famous in French lit-
erary history. It began in 1834,
at the time of the publication of
Sainte-Beuve’s Volupte, and con-
tinued until the death of Balzac.
In 1834 Sainte-Beuve was very
poor, while Balzac was already
launched in the social and liter-
ary world. Sainte-Beuve was in-
troverted and over-sensitive; Bal-
;zac, on the other hand, was ex-
cessively open and jovial by na-
ture, Though they almost never
met, Sainte-Beuve’s dislike of
Balzac was violent. The quarrel
was carried on more actively by
Sainte-Beuve than by Balzac.
Sainte-Beuve accused Balzac of
immorality: in, his youth Balzac
had carried on what Monsieur
tivities”. Balzac on the contrary
had a great admiration for Sainte-
Beuve’s Volupte. Sainte-Beuve’s
method of criticism was one which
sought to define the connection
between the author and his work.
His hatred of Balzac led him to
make judgments of Balzac’s per-
sonal life. He went so far as to
criticize the cheap literature which
Balzac had hacked out in the days
of his obscurity, and even accused
him of achieving success by “flat-
tering the perversities of women”.
Balzac, he said, flattered women
differently according to their age,
status, etc. Since Balzac places
each of his novels in a specific
region, he accused him of flatter-
ing the inhabitants of each region
in turn. Balzac, at one point in
Continued on Page 4, Col. 3
First of Wyndham Concerts Schedules
Jack Maxin, Pianist, On November 11
Jack Maxin will play in the Ger-
trude Ely Room in Wyndham at
5 p.m. on Sunday, November 11,
1951. It is the first concert of the
1951-52 season,
Jack Maxin is 22 years old and
began piano studies when he was
five. He studied for ten years
with Irma Wolpe, first at the
‘Settlement Music School in Phil-
adelphia ‘and later at Swarthmore
College under a two-year scholar-
ship.
While at Swarthmore he made
two successive mid-west concert
tours under the Lucius Pryor -con-
cert service, playing in Oklahoma,
‘Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa,
and Nebraska. He played with
the Oklahoma City Symphony Or-
chestra.
In 1949 he was awarded a schol-
arship at the Philadelphia Con-
servatory of Music to study with
Edward Steuermann and has
since twice been awarded the D.
Henrik Ezerman scholarship: to)
continue ‘his studies.
He has played in and around
Philadelphia and New York and
at Yale University.
His program is as follows:
I. — Brahms .. . Two Choral
Preludes for organ, transcribed
for piano by Busoni: “A rose
breaks into bloom”, Op, 122, No.
8; “O world, I e’en must leave
thee”, Op. 122, No. 11.
Brahms... Capriccio in F sharp
minor, Op . 76, ‘No. 1.
Chopin . . . Nocturne in B ma-
jor, Op. 62, No. 1.
IIl.— ‘Chopin... Sonata in B
Minor, Op. 58. Allegro maestoso,
Scherzo molto vivace, Largo,
Finale Presto, non tanto.
Intermission.
‘ITI. — Stefan Wolfe ... Zemach
suite (1989), written for the danc-
er Benjamin Zemach. 1. Sono. 2.
Piece of embittered music. 3. Fugue
No. 1. 5. Fugue music. 6. Con fu-
0co.
IV. —- Bartok .. . Etude No. 3.
Music of the night.
Hytier qualified as “obscure ac-|.
Anderson Voices
Parallel Between
Past and Present
by Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, ’52
Maxwell Anderson whose play,
Barefoot in Athens, is currently
appearing in Philadelphia, spoke
at the Art Alliance in Philadelphia,
Thursday, October 25. The first
speaker in a series of lectures
open to the public given at this
time. Mr. Anderson read the pre-
face to his latest work, and then
opened the session to questions.
“Being neither critic nor speaker’,
Mr. Anderson refused to discuss
his play, and stated that “a writer
was 1n no position to talk about his
work anyhow”, He _ gave the
sources of Barefoot in Athens and
then answered a barrage of ques-
tions ranging from “Why doesn’t
your play have more action?”, to
“Do you believe that Socrates
should have been convicted?”’.
Mr. Anderson avoided any eval-
uation of his latest effort, beyond
saying that he himself wasn’t sat-
isfied with it, and spoke of the ma-
terial upon which he based the
play. The exact words of Socrates
were never written down, but in-
terpreted by each man who wrote
about him. The main biographers
of Socrates were Plato and Xeno-
thon, the former the great philos-
opher, and the latter a historian
who passed into oblivion. Of Plato,
Mr. Anderson said, “I doubt his
honesty”, since “he (Plato) put his
own ideas into Socrates’ mouth”.
In the later Dialogues and in the
Republic which Mr. Anderson con-
siders a propaganda doctrine, Pla-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 1
SPORTS
by Emmy Cadwalader, 53
The First, Second, and Third
Hockey Varsities emerged victori-
ous from their matches.with the
University of Pennsylvania last
week. Penn usually has good
teams, but Bryn Mawr proved
themselves the superior players
and all three teams played ex-
tremely well. There was more
teamwork evident, and much bet-
ter hockey all around than before
this season, though Miss Apple-
bee, who arrived in time to see
the last half of the matches, was
heard to mutter her usual com-
ment of “RUN”.
The line-up was again different
from the week before, and the
teams were as follows:
FIRST
R.W.—G. Gilbert
R.I.—L. Kimball
C.—D. Hanna
L.I.—P. Tilson
L.W.—S. Merritt
R.H.—A, L. Perkins
C.H.—P. Albert
L.H.—D. McCormick
R.F.—A. Wagoner
L.F.—B. Townsend
G.—P. Mulligan
SECOND
R.W.—M. Muir
R.I.—J. Thompson
C.—E. Cadwalader
L.I.—J. Jones
L.W.—M. Reiglé
R.H.—A. Eristoff
C.H.—S. Kennedy
L.H.—B. McClenahan
R.F.—B. Merrick
L.F.—B. Davis
G.—J. Williams
THIRD
R.W.—J. Wilmerdine
R.1I—M. G. Warren
C.—L, Simpson
L.I—J. Davis
L.W.—G. Vare
R.H.—M, Mackall
C.H.—M. Kennedy
L.H.—D. Kelly
R.F.—E. “McGinnity ~
~ Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 —
In Haverford Public Affairs Lecture,
Hans Kohn Denies U.N. Incompetency
On Wednesday, October 24, the
newly-formed Public Affairs As-
sociation at Haverford sponsored
a lecture by Professor Hans Kohn,
who spoke on “A U.N. Balance
Sheet, 1946-1951”. Six years ago,
Mr. Kohn began, everyone looked
hopefully toward the United. Na-
tions; today, that hope has pretty
generally reverted to scepticism.
“Is the U.N. worthwhile? Are
we not on the eve of another
war?”; these are the questions
most men are asking themselves
at present. |
Mr. Kohn strongly decried those
who say that war is just around
the corner and that the U.N. has
done little to prevent it. “There
can be no panacea for peace”, he
Dean of Dancers
Defines Her Art
by Ann McGregor, ’54
Last Wednesday night Miss
Ruth St. Denis gave a lecture-
recital under the sponsorship of
the Philadelphia Art Alliance.
Miss St. Denis, dean of modern
dancers and still completely fas-
cinating at the age of 72, spoke
at length on her career, her dance
interpretations, her hopes for the:
future of the dance in America
and her philosophy concerning the
dance as an emotional and basic
expression. Having been, at one
point in her life, invited to India
as a “temptress of Buddha”, she
found herself, if not a temptress,
at least tempted by Buddha and
the rich dance background and
forms that surround all Indian
religion. Since “vibration (or
rhythm) is the basic property of
everything” and the dance is bas-
ically rhythm, it. is the obvious | *
means for expressing human feel-
ing and emotion. From this point,
logically, the next step is to state
that the dance is a condition of
the soul and of art rather than
merely a series of physical con-
tortions. .The dance should be
beautiful and emotional rather
than a combination of “African
drum beats and Irish whiskey.”
Miss St. Denis not only disap-
proves of this “cabaret wriggl-
ing”. but also of the Physical Edu-
cation Department’s form of mod-
ern dance: “Rather thick-ankled
young ladies with—(a gesture in-
dicating hornrims)—doing board-
pounding exercises.” The dance
belongs instead, believes Miss St.
Denis, to the departments of art
declared. The success or failure
of the U.N. must be judged by
the number of wars it has pre-
vented. In the last six years, he
claimed there have been “five
major occasions when world war
was possible—even probable.”
In 1946, the Soviet Union had
set up a pro-communist regime in
the north-west province of Iran
and threatened to engulf all Iran,
The U.N. “induced” the Kremlin
to forego their expansion in Iran.
In 1946-1947, there was danger of
war in the Balkans—the “trouble
spot of Europe since the end of
the eighteenth century”. The
U.N., by supporting the govern-
ment of Greece, defeated Stalin’s
plans. Mr. Kohn added that the
Balkans are “more peaceful today
than they have been for decades”;
that is not to say that they are
happy, but “the Balkans have not
been happy for centuries.’ In the
summer of 1948, Stalin threaten-
ed Yugoslavia, calling Tito’s gov-
ernment the “festering wound in
the body of decency of central
Europe”. Today, Yugoslavia is a
member of the Security Council
and Mr. Kohn stated that he
thought the danger there was
past. West Berlin presented the
fourth crisis, but there, too, war
was not the result.
Most recent, was the outbreak
of hostilities in Korea on June 25,
1950. “The fate of the world
hung in balance”, but when the
U.N. again resisted the forces of
aggression and took a firm stand,
| we reached a turning point in
| world history. If the League of
| Nations had followed a similar
course with regard to Ethiopia,
perhaps the last war would never.
The stacks of the Library
will henceforth be closed from
6 until 7 every night.
have occurred. Despite certain
“incantations” common to all So-
viet speeches, Malik has acknowl-
edged defeat in Korea by his ex-
pressed desire to restore the 38th
parallel. The task of the U.N.
is “to prevent aggression—or if
aggression takes place—to drive
the aggressors back to where
they started.”
Mr. Kohn stated that, in his
opinion, the U.N. has for the pres-
ent checked Soviet expansion in
Europe and contained Soviet
power in Asia. He averred that
“in spite of the immense tension
in the world today, we are further
from war than we were in the
thirties when no such tension was
evident.’ The U.N. is working
Continued on Page 4, Col. 5
Continued on Page 5, Col. 4
League Holds Maids & Porters Tea;
Plans Courses and Events for Year
“he League held its annual tea
for the maids and porters on Wed-
nesday, October 23 in the Common
Room. Judy Leopold, head of the
maids and porters committee, act-
ed as hostess and led the discus-
sion about the subjects to be
taught in the classes, which will
be conducted by students two or
three times a week. The courses
requested were much the same
ones that have been held in past
years: English, including the fun-
damentals of English grammar;
music, both piano and chorus; pol-
itics, which would cover history
and current events; Spanish and
French, typing, knitting, and, for
sports, tennis and badminton.
It was suggested that two or
three classes be held the same
night, because no one would want
to go to all of them. Conflicts
would be avoided because of the
schedule of work which provides
for a full week of work followed
by a week of vacation. In this
way, no one could come to the
classes every week, so that they
would have to be on a bi-weekly
basis.
Once or twice a season, there
will be a folk dance night with in-
struction in various square dances
and folk dances. This will not be
a regular weekly session. It was
also requested that the Maids’ and
Porters’ Dance, which is usually
during Lent, be held earlier this
year, before the beginning of
Lent, as there are so many whe
are not willing to come to a dance
at that time.
The Maids’ and Porters’ Coun-
cil is to be revived as soon as poss-
ible. This council consists of two
employees from each hall, prefer-
ably a maid and a porter, who
meet once a month to discuss im-
provements which they feel are
necessary. These representatives
are chosen by their fellows in each
hall. This year, the. council will
Continued on Page 4, Col. 4
on
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Page Four
THE
COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, October 31, 1951
U. of Pennsylvania Hockey Players Succumb
To Skillful Stickwork of Three BMC Teams
Continued from Page 3
L.F.—D. Waltin
G.—B. Borneman
Subs: E. Kemp, B, Bradley, T.
Osma.
The First Team game was very
exciting to watch, and the spec-
tators were almost as exhausted
as the players—from cheering. It
was a fast-moving game, and the
ball went from one end of the
field to the other, and was not in
any gne circle predominately. The
defense played an exceptionally
good match, not only when the
Bryn Mawr goal was being at-
tacked, but backed up the forward
line in the Penn circle. There was
a great deal of interaction be-
tween the defense and the for-
wards, which made for much. bet-
ter hockey. The rushing in the
circle was also greatly improved
since last week, but there is still
room for more. The two Bryn
Mawr goals were scored by D.
Hanna and L. Kimball, making
the final score 2-1 in Bryn Mawr’s
favor.
The Second Team game started
out with Penn in the lead by two
goals, although the Bryn Mawr
team had many corners and were
in the Penn circle numerous
times. Then Bryn Mawr seemed
to wake up, and with three goals
made by J. Thompson and another
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by E. Cadwalader, they swept on
to victory. After the first few
minutes there were many good
passes, and the defense played
their usual strong game. The
rushing in the circle was a revela-
tion, and there were a number of
near-?goals that either just miss-
ed or hit the goal posts.
The Third team played one of
the best games that a Bryn Mawr
third team has played for a long
time. There were quite a num-
ber of excellent centering passes
from the wings, and a great deal
of hard fighting in the circle.
Bryn Mawr started right off with
a goal by J. Davis, followed by
another made by G. Vare. Then
three more were scored later in
the game by M.. G. Warren, two
of which were scored from cor-
ners, Corner goals are something
that Bryn Mawr should work on,
because a great many were miss-
ed in all three games. All in all,
though, Bryn Mawr should be
proud of the performance put on
by her hockey players this last
week,
Hytier Exposes Hatred
Of Balzac, Sainte-Beuve
Continued from Page 3
the course of Sainte-Beuve’s at-
tacks, declared, “He is running his
pen through my heart!” In the
end, Balzac decided to write a
novel using the theme of Sainte-
Beuve’s Volupte, a book which had
made a_ strong impression on
him. ‘Sainte-'Beuve’s opinion of
this work showed that he did
not completely understand the dif-
ference between the methods. of
the biographer and the novelist.
In a review which Balzac edited
himself he at length replied to
the attacks of Sainte-Beuve. He
exclaimed, “When you read him,
boredom
like a bat: it prefers the dark”
Even after the death of Balzac,
Sainte-Beuve could not listen to
praise of him from others.
Monsieur Hytier concluded by
remarking that Sainte-Beuve’s
hatred of Balzac prevented him
from appreciating an author
whom he was otherwise particu-
larly fitted to understand.
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For Maids and Porters
Continued from Page 3
be larger than it has been, because
there will be two representatives
from both Pem East and West,
and Rhoads North and South. The
maids and porters also requested
that one student in each hall be
appointed to represent them at
various college functions.
The maids and porters are es-
pecially invited to attend the reg-
ular Sunday evening chapel serv-
ices, and also to the informal de-
votional services held by the Cha-
pel Committee every Sunday af-
ternoon at 4:00 in the Common
room. They are urged, too, to give
any suggestions they may have
‘|for general campus improvements
to Judy Leopold or their student
representatives.
Dancer Ruth St. Denis
Objects to “‘Wriggling”’
Continued from Page 3
and culture.
At the conclusion of her lec-
ture, the stage curtains opened
on a blue-lit stage and Miss St.
Denis in her famed impression of
a Hindu woman burning prayer
incense. The audience was en-
thralled by the serpentine beauty
and grace of Miss St. Denis’
hands as they traced the path of
the rising smoke. Her second ap-
pearance was in a madonna-like
drapery as she danced to six-
teenth century religious music.
The final piece was a native In-
dian dance done with bells and a
brightly colored sari. The audi-
ence, termed by Miss St. Denis
one of the most receptive she had
danced for, called for encores. but
received only one from the tired
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THE COLLEGE
NEWS
Page Five
Cam, Dulles to Compare
Problems of Education
Continued from Page 1
publishing several books on her
field.
Eleanor~L. Dulles, Diplomat Ec-
onomist of the State Department,
will discuss Germany and Austria.
An A.B. and M.A. from Bryn
Mawr College, 1917, and 1920, and
Ph. D. from Radcliffe, Miss Dulles
taught Labor Organization and
Management at Bryn Mawr in
1928-30, and 1982-34. She served
on the Old Age Pension Commit-
tee of the Massachusetts State
Legislature, and was a member of
the Social Security Committee in
1936. ‘She is the author of many
books on economics and was a
member of the President’s Com-
mittee on Employment in London,
1931. She is an economic, political,
and statistical assistant on the fin-
ancial and economic aspects of So-
cial Security measures.
Helen Hill Miller, who will be
the moderator at the Round Table
discussion on Sunday afternoon, is
a Washington correspondent for
Newsweek. (Miss Miller received
her B. A. from Bryn Mawr in 1920,
and Ph.D. from Chicago in 1921.
‘She was an agricultural writer for
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture from 1934 to 1940, and execu-
tive director of the National Pol-
icy Committee in 1940.
Grazia Avitabile, professor of
Italian and French at ‘Wheaton
College, will speak on Learning
under Italian Skies. Miss Avita-
bile, brought up in Rome, receiv-
ed her A.B. and M.A. at Smith
and her Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr in
1942. She was with the Office of
Strategic Services in Rome in
1944-45. She taught one year at
Mt. Holyoke and one year at Mid-
dlebury.
Jane Bell Yeatman Savage,
President of the Alumnae Associ-
ation, 1951-54, will open the Week-
end. Active in community affairs,
she was Director of the Garden
Clubs of America from 1947 to
1950, served on the Board of Man-
agers of the Bathseda School for
Girls from 1941 to 1949, and be-
came alumnae president in 149.
She also served on the Budgér
Committee of the Philadelphia
Community Chest’ in 1950.. Her
Bryn Mawr activities include Re-
gional Chairman of the B.M. Col-
lege Fund in 1946, and Chairman
of: the Deanery Executive Com-
mittee, 1950-51.
“ Mile. Germaine Bree, Professor
of French at Bryn Mawr, will
‘The Potboilers’”’ and ‘Second Shepherd’s Play”
Sustain High Quality of Freshman Productions
Continued from Page 1
Corydon and Thyrsis with finish.
They were able to adapt their very
pleasing voices to the expression
of a growing distrust and greed
punctuated by vague recollections
of former love and happiness. The
scene, 'which ends in murder, is
difficult to play with tact: it must
be sufficiently felt to be convine-
ing, but must stay within the
light framework of Aria da Capo.
Anne Mazick as Cothurnus had the
right tone of fatefulness. Aria da
Capo, like Rock’s play, was a very
suitable choice for the circum-
stances. The costumes and the set
with its backdrop of black dia-
monds, were as effective in creat-
ing the strange atmosphere of this
play as the light voices of the act-
ors.
With The Potboilers, East House
kept the audience almost perpetu-
ally in stitches. Jackie O’Neil did
an energetic job as the conceited
and dogmatic playwright; Kathy
Horween, as the young playwright,
was wide-eyed and deeply im-
pressed. The other actors in The
Potboilers portrayed players of
stock parts employed in the suc-
cessful playwright’s unfinished
play. The East House actors dis-
played considerable skill in their
double roles. Paula Donnelly as
Mr. Inkwell was always waxy and
dapper: in the play he was villain-
ous, and out of it, harassed. Miss
Ivory (Jane McCullough) was na-
sally plaintive. In the play she
was the figure of offended virtue;
out of it, she could take care of
herself. Joan Wolfe, as Mrs. Pen-
cil, whose “Yes, I am_ beck”
‘brought down the house, was al-
ways sultry; her origin was White
Russia or the East Side, as the oc-
casion demanded. Mary Kellogg
and Marcia Joseph were excellent
as the uniformly dignified Mr.
Ruler and Mr. Ivory.
The production of the Second
Shepherd’s Play by Rhoads was
the most serious undertaking of
the evening, and in many ways the
most satisfying. To interpret this
14th century miracle play the act-
or must ré-enter.a world where men
of Amsterdam, Miss Mellink. re-
ceived her Ph.D. at the Univer-
sity of Utrecht in 1943. In 1945-
46, ‘she was the, Assistant of
Archaeology at the U. of Amster-
dam, served as Assistant to. the
American Excavation Expedition
were closer to earth and closer to
religion than they are now. The
Rhoads actors, by an almost com-
plete mastery of the difficult lan-
guage of the play, and by the sim-
plicity with which they acted, were
able to make clear what this world
was, though they did not entirely
succeed in recreating it. Jane Mil-
ler, Adrienne Schreiber, and Anite
Robinson, as the shepherds, did
not fit quite themselves into the
life of those people who slept in
the cold and the wet; and whose
religious imagination could trans-
form a nativity scene into a vision.
Their performance, and those of
Nancy Tepper, the Angel, and
Judy Haywood, Mary, commanded
the respect, but not the feeling of
the audience.
The actors were most successful
in the comedy of the sheep in the
cradle. Chris Fischer as the good
wife played with great gusto and
good humor. Mak declared himself
the father of the stolen sheep with
a fine, shameless pride. The light-
ing and staging of the Play was
excellent. Each change of light-
ing made a change of scene; the
players almost never left the stage,
so that there were no long Pauses.
The Rhoads actors deserve the
highest praise for their choice of
play, for the effort they expended
on it, and for the clarity and un-
derstanding with. which they in-
terpreted it.
Glenn Decries Slighting
Of Freshman Play ‘Joe’
Continued from Page 2
hardly be valid. The choice of a
Freshman play should only be la-
belled poor when it is beyond the
scope of the actors, and Joe was
patently not so in this case.
If, on the other hand, the judges
made no objection to the play per
se it would appear that the fault
lay in the fact that the perform-
ance was on Friday and not Satur-
day night. In this case, the prac-
tically universal campus belief in
the-better chances of a Saturday
night show is unfortunately cor-
roborated, and some new system of
awarding the plaque should be
evolved. I suggest that the judges
choose the best play of each night
and choose between them, seeing
them both again side by side if
necessary.
Sincerely,
Maggie Glenn, ’53
Dr. Farrington Daniels Postulates Direct Use
Of Solar Energy in Opening Crenshaw Lecture
Continued from Page 1
This energy is released only when
the uranium is in a specified quan-
tity or “critical mass” and a
mechanism was evolved whereby
such a mass was held constant in
a package surrounded by a reflect-
or and a moderator.
By means of a controlling rod,
the combination of the two parts
and the consequent release of en-
ergy can be controlled by man—
furthermore it can be harnessed by
man in small quantities to supply
power to his machines. Not only
is this possible now, but it is also
practical; for, although uranium
costs $20 a pound, the amount of
energy obtained from such ‘small
quantities is much greater than
that obtained from the relatively
cheaper fuels such as coal and oil.
Furthermore, uranium is not as
Scarce as it would appear to be, as
there are several sources which
have not yet been tapped, and al-
though not exhaustible, these
sources will last for a considerable
UN Has Prevented War,
Now Diminishing Fear
Continued from Page 3
“wonderfully well in a distracted
world” and this is due mainly to
the growth in maturity of the
American people, Mr. Kohn cited
the Marshall Plan (the first time
in history that any nation has
deliberately planned to spend bil-
lions over a period of years to
create better conditions abroad)
and the North Atlantic Treaty
as examples of American advance
toward outgrowing nationalism.
Reminding us that he does not
think the U.N. perfect in any
way, Mr. Kohn pointed out the
danger that the U.N. be consider-
ed an American instrument in her
fight against communism. The
U.N. should and must be a meet-
ing ground of different civiliza-
tions and ideals. He feels that
communist China along with
Franco Spain should have a
place in the U.N. The other
danger we face is that of a fear-
dominated world. The U.N. must
work toward a “slow. diminution
of fear’. Finally Mr. Kohn re-
affirmed the principles on which
the U.N. was started six years
ago—and pleaded that we proceed
against aggression with a_ policy
which is firm. but “full of re-
straint and ethical wisdom.” |
length of time.
Dr. Daniels then mentioned sev-
eral other sources of energy which
mankind has discovered and used,
sources such as wind power and
water power, the greatest and
most limitless source being that of
the sun, which, Dr. Daniels stated,
is the source which mankind will
eventually have to fall back on. At
(present, man is using only a min-
imum of the available solar energy,
—in the use of the fossil fuels,
coal, oil, gas, etc., deposited from
the sun—and _ scientists have
shown in several experiments that
the light and heat energy of the
sun can be harnessed on earth di-
rectly and used to run machines
on the principle that energy can be
produced by means of a drop in
temperature, according to the for-
mula: T2/T1/T2. As early as 1882,
a sun disc was constructed in Paris,
which was capable, by means of fo-
cused lignt, of running a printing
press; in 1926 in Florida, scientists
were able to run a 1-5 horsepower
power mower by means of reflect-
ed light. Dr. Daniels suggested
the possibility that solar energy
could be used to expand and con-
dense gas which would, in turn,
set a piston in motion. Also, he
demonstrated that the energy
could be used in a chemical con-
centration cell to run a battery.
However successful these exper-
iments might have been, none of
them proved practical, due to the
expense of the large amounts of
materials needed. Nevertheless,
Dr. Daniels explained that practi-
cal usage of the sun’s energy had
been: developed in the heating of
houses. In a Dover, Massachu-
setts, experiment, a house was
constructed which was kept com-
fortably warm by the sun’s energy
—the sun entering through large
windows in the roof and its heat
was stored in the sodium sulphate
underneath the roof until needed
to warm the house.
The ultimate source of man’s en-
ergy is photosynthesis, the pro-
cess of metabolism of energy foods
in plants; this process has been
the subject of several experiments,
and will be the topic of next Mon.
day’s lecture.
-
WALTER COOK
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E COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, October 31, 1951
Maxwell Anderson, In Speech At Art Alliance,
Refuses To Discuss Play, ““Barefoot In Athens”
Continued from Page 3
to evolved a “communist” phil-
osophy, advocating the forceful
and authoritatian rule of the phil-
osopher-king. AT no longer regard
Plato with veneration, except as
an artist”, stated Mr. Anderson,
“and am astonished that the West-
ern democracies have read Plato
without refuting him”.
Mr. Anderson: spoke of his char-
acterization of Xantippe, Socrates’
wife. In an epistle found in the
works of Xenophon, she appears in
a sympathetic light, and the play-
wright took his cue from this.
“Xantippe was not a shrew”, said
Mr. Anderson, “or at least not
more than any other woman.”
Entering into the question per-
iod, Mr. ‘Anderson paralleled the
United States and Russia to the
Athens and Sparta in the days of
Socrates. When asked why the
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people of Athens accused Socrates,
Mr. Anderson pointed out that the
philosopher was a dividing influ-
ence in the already disintegrating
Athens. ‘He was an agnostic, and
that means he was a dangerous
man”. To the question, were the}
Athenians wrong in condemning
Socrates, Mr. Anderson said yes.
“The good life is always lived free- |
ly”, he replied, “and it is better to
live than to be an egg”. By ham-
pering ‘Socrates, the Athenians
hampered all worthwhile contribu-
Radnor Creates Mythical “Mr. Misery’’, Pem West Emotes in Irish Brogue;
Passions, Deaths, and Eccentrics Run Rampant in the Non-Reses’ Comedy
Continued from Page 1
sister, Ed Turn, played by Audrey
Appel, Marilyn Axnone as Mrs.
Brice and Andy Josselyn as the
doctor, The whole play was of
such calibre as to hold its audi-
ence completely under its spell;
the last final climax of Lou strug-
gling to make Joe pronounce the
word “Ma” was. exceptionally
good.
' Radnor’s The Dream Mer-
chant, adapted by Joanna Semel,
tions to society.
Following this reasoning, a
question was posed, “Are you
against the prosecution of Com-
munists in this country’? “No”,
said Mr. Anderson, “Communism |
is not an idea, it is an alien notion '
of our enemy”’.
As such, he con-
tinued, “It is not a bad thing to
get rid of Communists in the gov-|
ernment, in business, and in our
colleges”’.
(Mr. Anderson ended his remarks
by expressing the hope that his}
ideas |
brought forth in the discussion, |
play would clarify the
outstanding for the positive opin- |
ions voiced by a leading American
playwright.
came third in the program. This
‘fanciful piece told the story of
Sylvia, a lonely small-town girl,
‘played by Jan Warren, in a big
city, who starts” selling her
dreams to a Mr. Revecum. Luck-
ily she meets an_ alcoholic old
clown, O’Reilly (Rita Baer), sell-
ing his dreams for drink. Sylvia’s
‘life turns upside down as a result
of this strange transaction and it
is only after she has left her
| petty friend Estelle (Jane Mor-
ris) and lives by herself that she
realizes that she is losing her
soul. Finally she decides to go
home and leaves O’Reilly her last
$10 for a drink. Rita Baer and
Jan Warren both played their
lrather difficult parts with a great
deal of ease and good. interpreta-
tion. Cynnie Delafield’s. voice as
Mr. Revecum’s “nurse”, Miss Mo-
zart, was convincingly harsh and;
cold.
Pem West’s. ‘production of
Riders -to the Sea, by E. M.
Synga, brought the second - note
of tragedy to the evening. It -was
.the story of an old: mother, Jan
Wilmerding, who, during the
course of the play loses the last
two of her six sons to death by
the sea. She and her two daugh-
ters, Julie Williams as. Nora, and
Dianne Druding as Cathleen, all
handled the Irish dialogue very
well. Nancy Houghton played
Bartley ,the last son to die; Ellen
Kristensen, Eamen; Anne Hay-
wood and Diana Whitehill mourn-
ers; and Marjory Fair another
neighbor. The scenes between the
two girls, Nora and Cathleen,
were especially well done and were
among the best in the play.
The last performance was
‘George Bernard Shaw’s Passion,
Poison, and Petrification, put on
by the Non-Reses. Every mem-
ber of the cast contributed to
make each minute amusing. Jessica
Dragonette- and Ann Nicholson
were immeasureably funny play-
ing opposite each other as Mag-
nesia ‘and Fitz, a couple just re-
discovering their love after years
of marriage. The
Adolphus, Joan Roach, gets poi-
third. man,
soned by Fitz and spends agon-
izing minutes in his: death throes.
Phyllis, thé maid who is afraid
of men, played by Beth Rudol-
phy, Lydia Wachsler, as the irate
landlady, Sylvia Shields as the
policeman (the uniform was au-
thentic!) and Ann McMichael as
the vague doctor all added to the
hilarity. Finally all were struck
dead except the happily reunited
couple and their maid who faced
the early morning prospect of
sweeping away the bodies quite
calmly.
The Vocational Committee is
sponsoring a tea on ‘Thursday,
November 1, at 4:30, in the
Common Room. : Miss Jenny K.
Dunn will discuss the practical
value of a college education,
choosing a career, and the
handling of an interview, and
there will be opportunity for
student questioning.. Everyone
is welcome.
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