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THE COLLEGE NEWS



) Wednesday, October 21, 1953



Age-old Trieste-Istrian Controvers
Brings Bitter Yugoslavian, Attitude

~_ by Anne Mazick, ’55

Now that there is such great
controversy over Trieste, and the
United States spoke so hastily in
Italy’s favor a short time ago, it
seems important to examine the
other side of the situation. Despite
our opposition to Communism, we
have probably done a great deal to
strengthen Tito’s regime lately,
because he needed such an issue to
unite all his unsympathetic citizens
again.

During a visit in Yugoslavia
with the Experiment in Interna-
tional Living last summer, we ob-
served that people were not as
happy with.the Communist regime
as some of us had heard previous-
ly, but regardless of what they
might think of the top Commun-
ists’ relatively - luxurious living
standards, they still admired Tito
and his regime for one important
function. They have formed a unit-
ed Yugoslavia from six small re-
publics, and regardless of the na-
tionality conflicts that are still
quite strong, Yugoslavs realize
that this is the only way they can
hold any influence in the world

community. The Trieste dispute
has probably strengthened this
feeling.

Wheén our group visited Belgrade
early in August, after spending
three weeks with families in Za-
greb, we met Josip Gjergja, state
counselor for foreign affairs, a po-
sition similar to the office of
Under-Secretary of State. Trieste
was the first issue Mr. Gjergja ex-
plained, For many centuries the
territory of Trieste was under the
Austro-Hungarian empire, togeth-
er with Slovenia and Croatia.
After World War I, Italy bargain-
ed for Trieste and President Wil-
son supported Yugoslavia, but’
when America withdrew, Italy
gained the upper hand.

Yugoslavia had to oblige, and
lost Trieste, Istria, and Dalmatia
to Italy. Mussolini worked on the
denationalization of Istria and Dal-
matia for fifteen years, and within
that time, Trieste and Istria chang-
ed ethnically. During World War
II, Yugoslavia liberated Trieste
and Istria but did not gain a right
to Trieste. At the Paris Peace Con-



Professors Speak

Of Life in Greece

“Our Three Years in Greece” is
the topic chosen by Dr. Amey E.
Watson and Dr. Frank D. Watson
who will speak on Sunday, Octo-
ber 25, at the annual fall tea of
the Alumni Association of the De-
partment of Social Economy. The
tea is open to members of the
Alumni Association,

Dr. Amey Watson, first presi-
dent of the Social Economy Alum-
ni Association, was Director of the
School of Social Welfare at the
American College for Girls near
Athens, and Case Supervisor of
the Family Agency in Greece. Dr.
Frank Watson was Director for
Greece of the Congregational
Christian Service Committee.
Prior to that he served for thirty-
five years as Professor of Soci-
ology at Haverford College.

ference in 1946, Trieste was declhr-
ed an international area.

Yugoslavia desired a solution to
the problen’ and offered three pro-
posals. The first was that the area
be . governed in condominium,
changing every three years. There
would be a mixed administration
with the governor from one coun-
try and the vice governor from the
other, then the reverse at the end
of three years. The second plan
was to divide the territory accord-
ing to the ethnic line, and the third
according to ethnic balance.

Italy refused all these proposals
and suggested a “demagogical”

plan, furthermore refusing to solve
any other problems with Yugosla-
via until the Trieste issue was set-
cled. Yugoslavia does not question
the fact that Trieste as a city is
Italian, but she feels that the eth-
nic territory is disputable.

Story of Destruction

Last week a letter arrived from
a friend in Zagreb. On October 9,
she had gone to the American lib-
rary for a book she had ordered
from America, and ,she described
the destruction which she had seen
at the French, American, English,
and Italian consulates. This girl
was twelve years old when World
War II interrupted her youth, It
is not as easy for her as it is for
us to feel free from the dangers of
war. After describing what hap-
pened to the consulates in Zagreb,
she continues:

“This (demonstrations with the
breaking of windows) lasted the
whole day, and even now, at ten
o’clock, I can hear the voices of the
demonstrators. I can’t approve van-
dalism, but my opinion is that this
what happened to Trieste is really
the most unjust thing toward Yug-
oslayia since 1945. Italy fought
with Germany, occupied during the
war Dalmatia, Slovenia, and Istria,
chased and killed partisans—and
now she is getting the zone A with
Trieste, where 75 per cent of the
population are Slovenians! And
more—Pella, the premier of Italy
said: This is only the beginning of
our requirements, It is well known
that Pella wants our whole coast
because she is, ostensibly, Italian.
Always the conquerable appetites!

“I don’t know what will be the
end of this, but I hope the UN will
do something. I hate war, and to-
day, at the glance of the American
library, I became at once awfully
worried, because it reminded me
on the last war, on demolition and
damage.

“T hope this will be only a little

misunderstanding between us and
America and England, and I hope
they( will find a better solution
about) Trieste...”
: And her older sister commented
in her note: “It is a bad situation
we are in, and we don’t know how
it will finish. Now you can prob-
ably understand why we Europ-
eans have another point of view
than you—and why we are so un-
trustful—with such an experience
behind us.”



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Last Nighters

Progressive Players
Present Work
Of Shaw

by Barbara Drysdale, ’55

The Hedgerow Theatre, a small
group which is known for its pro-
gressive theatrical viewpoint, pre-
sented what must have taken a
great deal of courage even to at-
tempt — the entire version of
George Bernard Shaw’s Man and
Superman — Friday night in the
Foyer of the Academy of Music.
It was an auspicious opening for
the repertory theatre’s two and a
half month run in Philadelphia.

In the intimate atmosphere of a
small theatre, the players gave
the five-hour play with a great
deal of polish and ease, despite
the obvious torment of the poor
statue in hell—the dream char.
acter of Roebuck Ramsden — in
clown white and mediaeval cos-
tume under the spotlight’s glare.

Dolores Tanner made the most
of the tiny set; the size was pain-
fully obvious only in the Victorian
drawing room scene when the men,
Jack Tanner in particular, seemed
to dwarf their surroundings. The
simplicity of the sets was in ex-
cellent taste, and Jasper Deeter’s
blocking was masterful.

Without exception, the char-
acterization was most enjoyable.
Ronald Bishop gave a splendidly
Victorian delivery as “plain Roe-
buck Ramsden”, one of the heiress’
guardians. As the hero Jack Tan-
ner, David Metcalf gave a per-
formance almost too good to be
true, overacting just a bit. Most
of the time, however, his enthusi-
asm for the progressive in customs
and morals was quite contagious.

Moral Passion

His startling entrance was par-
ticularly well done, and the duet
with Anne (Audrey Ward) on the
subject of moral passion was de-
lightful. Audrey Ward as “Gran-
ny’s Annie” laid her trap for Jack
just like a cat contemplating a
feckless mouse. Her majesty and
poise as the girl who always did
what everyone else wanted were
very fine.

Robert Chase was quite young
and naive as the poetical Octavius
(Riki-tiki-tavi). His misunder-
standing of Anne’s tactics was
complete and his subsequent heart-
break pathetically funny (“Bear
it like a man, Tavi, even if you
feel it like an ass,” said Jack). His
sister Violet, sweet and persuas-
ive, proved her father-in-law’s ad-
age that “domestic pressure may
be slow, but it’s sure.”

Mendoza of the Sierras, who
found his mission in life “to hold
up motorears, to secure a more
equitable distribution of wealth”,
was superbly played by Michael
Kahn. His rendition of the Devil
in hell was even finer. He inter-
preted Shaw’s definition of hell
beautifully—“nothing is real here,
that is the horror of damnation”
and “ ‘Leave all hope behind, ye
who enter here’ — think what a
relief that is!”

Morgan Smedley as_ Henry
Straker, the new man “who proves
that social prejudice is not limited
to the upper classes,” was quite
amusing. The minor character
players were excellent.

Shaw illustrates his opinion of

Continued on Page 5, Col. 5

Miss Lehr Gives

Miss Marguerite Lehr, profess-
r of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr
College, gave the first in her series
of talks entitled “Invitation to
Mathematics” on the television
University of the Air on Monday,
October 15. To the people who
know her, Miss Lehr’s program
gave not only the pleasure that
comes from hearing her talk about
mathematics at any time, but also
the thrill of knowing that this sub-
ject was coming to life in language
anyone could understand, through
a highly accessible medium.

Looking up invitation in Web-
ster, Miss Lehr found first “to in-
vite is to ask... . to engage in some
(presumably attractive) proceed-
ing” and commented: “That was
my intention, but he a
says ‘a drawing one on, a@ilure-
ment, enticement’. It could have
been made to order because draw
you on is what I hope to do; the
allurement and enticement will
come from mathematics itself.”

For people who cannot read mu-
sic, a musical score is only a col-
lection of symbols; for others it
comes alive with familiar sound



and rhythm. Similarly back of any
mathematical formula, be it, simple
addition or something drawn from
Einstein, runs “the live activity,
mathematics, and no definition can
hope to catch the live thing”. The
essence of mathematics, like that
of poetry, defies definition. Miss

Ballet Cast’s Skill
Enthralls Audience

by Maryellen Fullam, ’56



With customary perfection, the
Sadler’s Wells Ballet thrilled Phil-
adelphia audiences last week, dur-
ing its annual appearance at the
Academy of Music. From its large
repertoire, the company selected
for presentation “Sylvia”, “Swan
Lake”, and a triple bill of “Les Pa-
tineurs”, “The Shadow”, and the
third act of “The Sleeping Beau-

ty”, danced by the inimitable com-
pany twice on Thursday.

Despite the limitations imposed
py the small stage at the Academy,
and the minimum amount of scen-
ery, the Ballet was most impress-
ive. The two classics, “Sylvia”
and “Swan Lake’, were superb,
due largely to the incredible danc-
ing of Margot Fonteyn.

“Les Patineurs”’, the first num-
ber on the program of three, was a
light sketch depicting a skating
scene. The precision with which
it was executed was the main fea-
ture of the dance, since it lacked
interpretive significance.

“The Shadow”, a ballet in one
scene, was the better of the two
short offerings, by dint of its plot
and its effective scenery and light-
ing. The story of the two young
lovers and the shadow of fear was
sensitively interpreted by Philip
Chatfield and Svetlana Beriosova.

The third act of “The Sleeping
Beauty” was highlighted by the
color and pageantry of the court
and the delightful antics of the
fairy tale characters.

Lecture On I. V.

Called “Invitation to Mathematics”

by Jacqueline Braun, "54

Lehr let Housman speak for her in
this connection, “I can no more
define poetry than a terrier can de-
fine a rat—show me a piece and
I’ll tell you whether it’s poetry by
whether the small hairs rise on the
back of my neck”,

Mathematics sets up good rules
for getting quick answers and ac-
cumulates reasons for trusting
these rules. The basis of mathe-
matical activity is inquiry, “so our
choice of examples will be based
on questions put—questions about
number, space, pattern, logic. Most
smallwchildren do things and ask
about things which in some way
touch the mathematical side of ex-
perience. Miss Lehr intends to use
children’s casual remarks in her
talks to surprise her audience into
“that attitude of observant activ-
ity from which questions spring.”

Disposed to Learn

In Webster’s definition of math-

ikos—disposed to learn” and only
second “mathematika, — things
learned.” Miss Lehr started rais-
ing a few questions to make her
audience disposed to learn. “If
you: see a scallop-shaped shadow
would you know that it could come
from a spiral? How much can we
tell about shapeS from shadows? If
you see a route on a map do you
know where the pilot has gone out
of his way? Can a factory making
flash bulbs make some control of
quality when any test of bulbs de-
stroys them? When the United
Nations team of economic advisors
started for eastern countries why
did they take dice as part of their
equipment?” oe

Miss Lehr’s\talks will all be
concerned with questions raised:
How many? How high? How far
away? How often? How likely?
What shape, pattern, path? “Each
talk was chosen because it illus-
trates some _ basic~ mathematical
notion which has paid off in in-
creasing our understanding and
enjoyment of the world we live in.
Each talk will begin with some
naive observation or familiar sit-
uation and show the intention of
some piece of mathematics which
is current and powerful. Do not
be misled if questions at first seem
childishly naive, obvious, almost
trivial. Benjamin Franklin flew a
kite—a childish pursuit, but by let-
ting it run free he learned some-
thing far from childish .. . If in
these talks kites are once air-borne,
don’t pull them down too soon.
There’s electric charge in those
clouds! Besides, it’s fun to feel a
kite pull, and if we’re lucky, that’s
what you'll feel!”

Her students have seen the
sparks fly and felt the kite pull,
and if anyone can make a television
audience discover mathematics in
this way, Miss Lehr is the person
to do it.








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