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Wednesday, March 19, 1952



THE

COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Gianturco Alleges
e e & i
Da Vinci’s Genius

Elio Gianturco, from the For-
eign Law Section of the Library
ot Congress, spoke to the Philos-
ophy Club Friday night, March 14;
in the Common Room on the phi-
losopny of “Leonardo Da Vinci”.
Mr. Gianturco emphasized the
“unique conjunction of artistic and
scientitic spirit” in Leonardo which
gives him the right to be called
a philosopher.

Leonardo was an engineer by
profession, as well as a great art-
ist. ‘Lhe tremendous versatility of

the man is proved by this fact, |.

since during the Renaissance an
engineer was not so specialized as
today, but needed a knowledge of
all phases of science. The human-
ism of Leonardo, his “universality
of culture, balanced with scientific
discipline’, was the basis for his
genius.

To Leonardo, continued Mr. Gi-
anturco, art was not. purely
esthetic, but involved philosophy,
science, and mathematics. “Your
eyes themselves must be philo-
sophical eyes,” said Leonardo in
one of his many analytical essays.
lt is essential that the artist know
a synthesis of the laws of nature.
To Leonardo, nature was a micro-
cosmos in every part of which he
had an interest.

Leonardo was the first man to
attempt to classify the arts in or-
der of their importance. He con-
sidered painting more important
than music, since to him the es-
sence of painting was simultane-
ousness, while the essence of mu-
sic was time. Use of the memory is
necessary to understand music,
since music is a “continuous birth
and resurrection”, and its entirety
cannot be grasped in a single mo-
ment. Leonardo preferred poetry
less than the aforementioned arts
since, to his mind, poetry dealt
with everything “at second hand”.
To him it could only give “suc-
cessive representation”, and he
preferred simultaneous represen-
tation. Despite his classification
of the arts, Leonardo did stress
the intimate ties among them, said
Mr. Gianturco. The arts have an
“intersolidarity” which can not
be denied.

The scientific method of re-
search was a Leonardo invention,
declared Mr. Gianturco. Leonardo
was the first to emphasize the in-
terdependence of theory and ex-
perience which is the basis for
scientific inquiry today. Leonardo
also stressed the importance of

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Peyre Represents

Cuitural Migration
Especially contributed by
Joan Lee Corb.n, ’53

The. second of whe Benjamin
#.auklin iecuures for lyoz was
given on Lnursuay evening, Marcu
4d, 1N Lhe irvine Auditorium ot ine
Uuiversiy of Pennsylvania. Henri
reyre, nead or the french Vepart-
ment at yale and tormer protes-
sor and Visiting prolessor ac Bryn
Mawr, spoke on “ihe Stuay ou
Literature’ as it relates to the
geneial theme of the series: the
cultural migration trom the Old
World to the New.

M. Peyre opened his talk by
posing questions: what are for-
eigners contributing to American
culture, what are they getting in
return, and how are they helping
the nation assume its role ot
world leadership? He briefly con-
sidered five significant -cultural
migrations: that of the Huguenots
trom France, that which resulted
trom Napoleon’s rise to power, the
migration of Russians after 1917,
that of Italian and Spanish anti-
fascists, and finally that of the
Germans and German Jews under
Hitler’s purge. These _ influxes
played important parts in the es-
tablishment of European culture
in, this country. In most cases,
the scholars were already well
steeped in their own cultural na-
tionalism and pride, but they were
assimilated to a degree dependent
upon their relative adaptability.

Here M, Peyre used himself as
a representative Frenchman com-
ing to this country to teach and
analyzed the comparative features
in teaching here and abroad. To
begin with, tha material facilicies
in this country are far greater
since capable assistance may be
found for any research project,
and the nature of library cata-
loguing and the like do much for
the scholar which he would have
to do alone in a European uni-
versity. In the second place, the
freedom here from traditions,
hierarchy, and solemnity, whatever
the drawbacks, is a healthy thing,
as is the “free enterprise” of the
university. The “sense of history”
we have in this country makes us
look to the future, not to the past,
as in Europe. The results of this
are important in that we have a
pragmatic faith that we can mold
the future whereas to the young
abroad it seems a fearful thing.

M. Peyre finds less prestige here

.as a scholar, due to the financial

basis of social standings, and this
is to him at once disconcerting and
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Squirrels, Numerous Taxis, Hard Work
Impress Scottish Lassie on Fellowship |

by Marcia Joseph, °55

“The Squirrels!” was the answer
given by Miss Lorna Dunbar, the
lovely Scottish lass, when she was
asked about the first thing she
noticed upon her arrival at Bryn
Mawr. “It was a lovely after-
noon,” she added, “and as we en-
tered the gate, I saw about six
or eight squirrels. It was the first
time I had ever seen any up
close.”

Miss Dunbar, a graduate stu-
dent in Psychology, is studying
here on the English Speaking
Union fellowship given to three
men and three women in British
universities to study at Harvard,
Princeton, Yale, Bryn Mawr, Rad-
cliffe, and Smith. Miss Dunbar’s
room and board and tuition are
paid by Bryn Mawr; however,
since she was allowed to bring
only 10 pounds with her, the Phil-
adelphia branch of the ESU gives
her money to pay for other ex-
penses. A resident of Aberdeen,
Scotland, and a graduate of Aber-
deen University there, Lorna Dun-
bar applied for her fellowship a





year ago in January. The ESU
sends notice for the fellowships
to British universities, and Miss
Dunbar was asked to apply. “I
remember that it was a pouring
wet day,’ she told me, “and I
heard a professor’s voice behind
me. He asked me if I’d like to go
to America. ‘Of course! Who
wouldn’t?’ I answered, so I ap-
plied to all three — Bryn Mawr,
Radcliffe, and Smith. I never ex-
pected to' get it!” At the time,
Miss Dunbar knew very little
about Bryn Mawr. “All I knew of
Bryn Mawr,” she said, “was a
James Thurber cartoon about
Bryn Mawr that I had once seen.”
Also, Professor Ferguson of Aber-
deen University had once lectured
here.

Accepted in April, Miss Dun-
bar arrived in America on Wed-
nesday, September 19. It was the
first time that she had ever been
in this country, and as her ship
sailed up the Hudson at 5:00 in
the mo#ning, she could just see the
Statue ef Liberty in the darknes;.
“The silhouette of the skyline of

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Pastors on Panel —
View Christianity |

Lulminating the two day dis-
cussion groups on the topic, “Faith
—xvealluy or welusion?”’, woich be-
ga iu we nalls on ‘Luesday night,
a panel discussion composed of six
muusvers met in the Common
oom on Wednesday afternoon,
march 12, at 4:00 p.m. to answer
questions. The ministers who
composed the panel were Grant
Noble, Leslie Glenn, Guthrie
speers, A. Graham Baldwin, E, A.
ae Bordenave, and Gerald B.
U’Grady.

‘he discussion centered around
the question of a morally good life
as opposed to a life based on faith
in Christ. One of the ministers
pointed out that although! it is
good to live a good life, it is even
better to know Why that life is
good, He said that a life which
is based on a faith in Christ is
better able to be good: because it
is rooted in something bigger than
itself, ;

in answer to the question,
“where do we get our system ot
ethics !”, Reverend O’Grady point-
ed out that it has evolved from
custom. Christ, he said, was sent
because people felt a despair of
themselves and of their ethics. He
came to bring the good life with
a new dynamic spirit. Mr. de
Bordenave added to this that there
has been no change in Christian
doctrines“ since their beginning.
‘There has been only a rephrasing
of the same truths. He said that
Christianity has no ethics but love
ot God and of neighbors.

The question of the importance
of The Apostles’ Creed was dis-
cussed. Dr, Glenn pointed out that
since the Creed is a summary of
the beliefs of the Christian
Church, it is important not only
to believe it, but to know what
each phrase means. Reverend
O’Grady added that neither the
Creed nor The Bible are ends in
themselves. “They are signposts
pointing to God where the real
thing lies. Although one of the
ministers suggested that we some-
times neglect the teachings of

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- WBMC Program
Schedule

‘March 20-26
2:00 WFLN (Classical Music)
8:00 News (New York Times)
8:05 Treasury of Classics

10:00 Popular Music and Feature

Program

News

11:05 Popular Music

12:00 Off the Air

FEATURES OF THE WEEK

Thursday
9:00 Gilbert and Sullivan Inter-

11:00

lude

9:45 Campus News (with Claire
Robinson)

10:00 Intermission Time (South

‘ Pacific)

11:05 “Just For A While” (with
Dick Hardy)

Friday

11:05 Dance Date (from WHRC)

Sunday

8:00 Sacred Music

10:30 Cafe International (Pro-
gram of Foreign Records)

Monday

9:00 Halt The Symphony — win
a carton of Chesterfields

9:45 Faculty Interview:

10:00 Dramatic Show |

Tuesday

10:00 Folk Song Program

10:30 Meet the Mawrtyrs (Listen
to Kay Sherman interview
your friends)

Wednesday

7:30 Battle of the Sexes

10:00 The Variety Show (“Retri-
bution” an original radio
play by Harold Lynch,





Haverford, ’49)

A Progress Report
Offered by Council

‘An estimate is being made by
the college architect of the cost of
installing florescent lights through-
out the reading room; the model
under-*onsideration does not glare
or make noise. However, unless
class gifts or other funds beyond
the library budget were available,
new lights could not be installed
for some time.

Both smoking and typing rooms
have been strongly recommended
to the board of directors by Miss
Agnew, but lack of space and
money still make it impossible to
have them immediately.

The rules for reserving books
are posted on the bulletin board in
the reserve room with all other li-
brary rules. The present weekena
rule reads: “Reserve books may be
borrowed for the weekend at 9:30
p. m. Saturday and are due Mon-
day morning at 9:10 a. m.” The
Library Council is in the process
of revising this and other library
rules in cooperation with the li-
brary staff. If students have sug-

| gestions,-they are asked to put

them in the suggestion box in the
reserve room.

Certain desks in the geading
room are reserved for the conven-
jence of seniors needing to use
many books in the library at once.
These desks are not the private
property of seniors, but it is only
common courtesy on the part of
others not to use these desks, es-
pecially those with many books on
them, unless there are no other
vacant seats. Seniors are remind-
ed to.,keep their reserve desks
neat!

Emmy Cadwalader is chairman
of .a new student committee io
keep the history of art and arch-
eology reserves in order.

CONTEST

“Halt the Symphony” will be
conducted in a new way. All those
who want to get a chance to iden-
tify the symphony played on Mon-
days at 9:00, and win a carton of
'Chesterfields, pay heed! Put your
name and the hall where you will
be at the time of the program on
an empty pack of Chesterfields, and
leave it in the box provided for the
empty packs in Pem East Smok-
er. Names will be picked at ran-
dom from the box, and that per-
son will be called, and asked to
identify the Symphony. You may
be the one to win! Get your entry
in now.

Lecturer Explains
Carbon Processes

The most recent Science Club
lecturer was Dr. George Zimmer-
man, of the Bryn Mawr Chemistry
Department. His March 13 lec-
ture treated Radio Carbon Dating.
Dr. Zimmerman, who worked at
Chicago with Dr. Libby, Dr. Ar-
nold, and Dr. Anderson on their
experiments with Cl4, explained
carbon dating as the determina-
tion of the amount of time which
has elapsed from a certain time in
the past until the present. Certain
substances, (about twenty are
known) are radio-active, that is,
they give off highly charged par-
ticles, thus decreasing their vol-
ume continuously. There are dif-
ferent ways of observing this ir:
reversible process, one being to
watch the particles come off the
radio-active substance. Lf the num-
ber of particles and the rate of
emitting the particles is counted
and a relationship set up, a law of
decay can be formulated. These
radio-active substances have a
“half-life” which signifies the
amount of time required for one-
half of the substance to disinte-
grate, and no matter what is done
to the substance it will continue its
disintegration at its usual rate. If
all this happens now, then it prob-
ably happened in the past also, and
therefore this law of decay can be
used to measure time.

Carbon is present in plants, an-
imals, ocean, and the air. The car-



bon atom’s nucleus is made up of
six positively charged particles
'(protons) and six particles with
no electrical charge (neutrons).
This is the structure of C12, the
stable carbon atom. However, if
two extra neutrons are added to
the original number, the resulting
atom (C14), although behaving in
almost the same way, is unstable
and is radio-active. When C14 dis-
integrates, N14 (nitrogen) and one
electron are given off, and this
process is the background of de-
cay.

Dr. Libby states that the forma-
tion of C14 in nature is by cosmic
radiation which produces neutrons.
Neutrons are reduced to a slight
extent in the air, and when united
with nitrogen, C14 is formed. The
Cl4 js oxidized inte CO2 and thus
a cycle begins where C is used in
plants and animals and the ocean
and given back into the atmos-
phere. Thus Cl‘ is continuously

produced and continuously disinte-



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_by Judy Thompson, ’54

Mrs. Marshall, in an interview
concerning Frederico Garcia Lor-
ca, author of The Shoemaker’s
Prodigious Wife, to be presented
in Goodhart on March 21 and 22
by the Bryn Mawr College Thea-
tre, described what she had actu-
ally seen of Lorca and his band of
traveling actors. Lorca, whom she
described as extremely talented as
a poet, musician, playwright, di-
rector, actor, and painter, had, at
the time she was taking her Jun-
ior Year in Spain, a traveling com-
pany called La Barraca, made up
mostly of amateur University act-
ors, who traveled around the coun-
tryside giving classical and mod-
ern plays.

The company, she said, was or-
ganized on the basis of two main
purposes, the first to give simple
but poetic and valuable interpre-
tations of classical and modern

‘Spanish theatre, and the second to

make the medium of the theatre
more meaningful, on the theory



that theatre was not part of the

Dorothy Marshall Describes Contact
With G. Lorca and Traveling Actors

was, rather, a popular medium
which had been neglected. The
group, with these two purposes in
mind, gathered in trucks and bus-
ses and arived at small villages to
give their performances.

Their response was overwhelm-
ing, and they were always met
with great excitement. Mrs. Mar-
shall described the first time that
she saw one of these performances
when she was at the summer ses-
sion of Saintander University,
held in the palace of the last king
of Spain. The performance was
put on in an outdoor court of the
palace and proved very well acted
and extremely impressive.

The scenery consisted of port-
able impressionistic scenery, de-
signed and painted by Lorca him-
self. The whole performance de-
pended on Lorca whose own dom-
inating personality seemed to
sweep the other actors along with
it. Mrs. Marshall was able to see
them again the following winter
when sha was at the University of

Madrid Where she lived near some
of the stars of La Barraca, and



literary life of any country, but



went to some of their rehearsals.