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THE

COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 31, 1951





THE COLLEGE NEWS

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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



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