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College news, October 7, 1953
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1953-10-07
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 40, No. 02
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Page Six Wednesday, October 7, 1953. . *
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Museum Shows Primitive Pre-Columbian Sculpture
by Barbara Drysdale, °55
The native art of the Americas
—before Columbus—is now on dis-
play in the Philadelphia Museum.
The exhibit consists of sculpture
garnered from all over Central
America where pre-Columbian cul-
tures flourished—such as the Az-
tecs, Mayas, Toltecs, Mixtecs, Za-
potecs, and many other peoples.
It is an exciting collection of
primitive art. The realistic bru-
tality of the early artist, his frank-
ness and his delightful (or at times
macabre) sense of humor are all
depicted for the observer to enjoy.
The vicissitudes of the sculptor’s
nature, as portrayed in his art, are
here just as he left them hundreds
of years ago.
Of particular interest are the
“schance glimpses into the life of the
péople—the ceramic acrobat, the
ballplayer and the great stone ring
through which he threw his ball (a
sideways version of basketball) il-
lustrate some of their amusements.
Their gods are represented here
too, in the statue of the Aztec
Quetzalcoatl (possibly identifiable
with their. god of the winds) and
the numerous motifs of the plum-
ed serpent.
Many Educators Arrive
To Teach At Bryn Mawr
Continued from Page 1
Phoebe
School.
The Mary Flexner Lectureship
will be held this year by Denys L.
Page, Regius Professor of Greek
at Cambridge University, Eng-
land. Professor Page will deliver
a series of lectures at the College
next February and March.
The following instructors have
been added to the faculty. Robert
H. Asendorf, B.A. University of
Pennsylvania 1947, Assistant In-
structor in Physics, University of
Pennsylvania, Demonstrator in
Physics. Marjorie Beckett, M.A.
Bryn Mawr College, Demonstrator
in Chemistry. Joan K. Buchman,
B.A. Vassar, Assistant in History
of Art. Mabel M. Chen, M.A.
Bryn Mawr College, Assistant in
the Department of Chemistry, Na-
tional Taiwan University, China,
Demonstrator in Chemistry.
Robert D. Cross, of Swarthmore
University, Instructor in History.
Barbara Meyers, M.A. Yale,
Teacher at Dana Hall, Instructor in
English. Elizabeth Fetter, Lecturer
in English. Marion T. Forrester,
Reader in Economics. Mrs. Rob-
ert Goodale, Instructor in Spanish.
Robert E. Graham, M.A. Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Instructor in
English. Hanna Holborn, B.A.
Bryn Mawr College, Instructor in
History. Frances Morofsky, M.A.
Sarah Lawrence, Art Teacher in
Bronxville, New York, Assistant
in History of Art.
Virginia Pennypacker, B.A. Bryn
Mawr College, Assistant first
grade teacher at Episcopal Acad-
emy, Assistant in English. Bev-
erly L. Robbins, M.A. University
of Pennsylvania, Instructor in
Philosophy at University of Penn-
sylvania, Instructor in Philosophy.
Ruth W. Robinson, Ph.D. Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Instructor in
English at Vassar, Instructor in
Anna Thorne Nursery
English. Margaret Rudd, A.B.
Bryn Mawr College, Instructor in
English.
Elenore Schewe, M.A. Bryn
Mawr College, Research Assistant
to Dr. Berry, Demonstrator in Bi-
ology. Adeline B. Scovill, B.A.
William Smith College, Demon-
strator in Psychology. Susy Pou-
louse Tharakan, M.Sc. Lucknow,
Demonstrator in Physics.
Among the animals of aesthetic
interest to the pre-Columbians
were the frog, the crocodile, the
dog, the jaguar, and the snake. One
snake is coiled in a tall cylinder,
lying in wait for the unwary. The
work of one artist is represented
by an eagle standing beautifully, if
horribly, upon a man’s skull.
The pre-Columbians’ portrayal
of the human figure is strangely
unrealistic, and they adapted the
figure to many uses on such objects
as jars and urns. There is a fas-
cinating bas-relief of a Mayan war-
rior, in limestone.
An Aztec calendar stone,» com-
plete with gylphs is included in
|the collection; according to the
words of a museum official you
would have to toss a coin to deter-
mine the date represented on it.
A huge Aztec sacrificial basin is
a fascinating part of the exhibit,
with its gruesome holes high in the
sides where the blood of the victim
could flow out.
The artists used varied materials,
including basalt, alabaster, volcan-
ic stone, granite, elay and terra
cotta, and what they did with these
materials makes their art unique.
The selections, from the Louise
and Walter Arensberg Collection,
will be featured at the museum
from October 8 to December 5.
England Grants Twelve
Marshall Scholarships
n Appreciation Of European Recovery Program
Continued from Page 3
the capacity to play an active part
at the university of their choice.
Under the terms of the awards,
each of fowr regional committees
in the United States—East, South,
Middle West, and Pacific — will
select three candidates every year,
with three in reserve. These names
will be forwarded for approval to
the Advisory Council in Washing-
ton, which consists of six distin-
guished Americans who will assist
the British Ambassador, Chairman
of the Council, in reviewing and]
approving the candidates.
The closing date for applica-
tions for 1954-55 scholarships is
November 1, 1953. For further in-
formation, prospective candidates
should write to. British: Informa-
tion Services (Marshall Scholar-.
ships), 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New
York 20, N. Y.
On Monday, October 12, Cur-: |}
rent Events will feature Pro-.
fessor Roger Wells of the Poli-.
tical Science Department. Mr.
Wells’ topic will be “Korea in’ |
the United Nations”. The Alli--
ance extends its weekly invita-
tion to everyone on campus to |.
come to the Common Room next
Monday at 7:15 to hear his time-
ly talk.
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