College news, December 13, 1950

VOL. XLVII, NO. 10

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1950

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1950

PRICE 15 CENTS



Legends Read
By Carpenter
In Verse Form

Merlin and Idoneus,
In New Medium,
Live Again

“Two Legends in Verse,” origi-
nal compositions, were presented
by Mr. Rhys Carpenter last Mon-
day night. Before reciting his
poetry, Mr. Carpenter stated that
although the verse was original,
the plots were not. Neither were
they, as Mr. Chew said in his in-
troduction, “in the modern mode—
incoherent, hysterical, unintelligi-
ble.” .

The first legend, entitled “The
Man Who Married a Statue” con-
cerned a youth who wore a large,
secret ring which was supposed to
“work disaster” to win a maid.
Not knowing what to do with the
ring, the boy, looking at some
statues, saw one of a beautiful
nude woman, with her hand out-
stretched. Putting the ring on her
finger, he said, “thee, alone, god-
dess I take in troth.” Upon re-
ceiving the ring, the statue seemed
to tremble, and frightened Idoneus,
the youth, so that he wanted to
take it back. But the ring stuck
fast to her finger. Relating his
experience to a friend, Idoneus
learned that the goddess had a
reputation for deceiving, according
to Homer.

One night while the lad was
sleeping the statue appeared to
him, “unearthly in the live moon-
light.” At first she horrified him,
but her “silver tones” softened him

Continued on Page 2, Col. 4

‘Miracle’ Planned

By French Club

The Bryn Mawr French Club’s
Christmas play for 1950 is to be a
modern interpretation of Rute-
beuf’s Le Miracle de Theophile.
The Skinner Workshop curtain
will: rise on this thirteenth cen-
tury pact with the devil at 8:30,
December 19.

Mr. Morris of the French de-
partment is directing the produc-
tion. The set, by Mr. Fritz Jan-
schka, and costumes, by Cynthia
Sheaffer, are to be simple and styl-
ized. Sherrill Cowgill and Mr. Mor-
ris are planning the choreography
for a chorus that will represent
minor figures in the play and an
objectification of the feelings of
the audience and of the characters.
The chorus will also ‘be witnesses
to the action as in a classic Greek

play.



The Cast
Theophile ........... ‘Marianne Schwob
La Vierge ............ Nora Valabregue
Salatin. ........... donisiiteeal Elaine Marks
BREA TS iii ccscsnasevscds «Danielle Luzzatto
The Bishop .............Miary Kennedy
Pinceguerre .....Marjorie Mullikin
PIGTIO.: sissssessseiseusssiictabend ‘Mary Cluett
TOMAR: -..0cesececssosenes «...mma Morel
Dance osc Sherrill Cowgill
Nancy Burdick
Stage Mgr. ..Carolyn Morgan
RegisSeur ...csccccseee Pat Donoho

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Strauss Explains
Human Element
In Value Decision

“Can the Social Sciences Be
Ethically Neutral?” was the ques-
tion which Dr. Leo Strauss, pro-
fessor of Political Science at the
University of ‘Chicago, discussed
in the Common Room Thursday
evening, December 7. Professor
Strauss stressed the primary im-
portance of a distinction between
facts and values. (Social science
as a science is limited to answer-
ing questions of facts; it can not
solve problems of values.

Max Weber, known for his Es-
say on Protestant Ethics and the
Spirit of Capitalism, is the hero of
present-day social science. He
considers that the prospects of

Western civilization are either
spiritual renewal or mechanized
petrifaction. In the sociology of

ethics and religion, the sociologist
must have a feeling for this; this
seems to imply value judgment.
Value judgment is not merely a
reference to values, but involves
wise choice as well. In social
science the phenomena are consti-
tuted by value judgments; these
combine the advantages of com-
Continued on Page 3, Col. 2

Walker Discusses
Current Problem

Of Pacifist Role

December 6, 1950; Common Room:

The Bryn Mawr Alliance for Po-
litical Affairs presented Charles
Walker who spoke on Is Pacifism
Valid Today?. Mr. Walker stated:
“Pacifism is not only valid, but the
one course open to us if we don’t
want to see World War III.” Pacif-
ism entails the rejection of vio-
lence and the attempt to apply a
constructive program. It starts
with the individual and eventually
asserts enough influence for col-
lective action. Pacifism can be ap-
plied to madmen, the mental and
morally ill, and to race relations
as well as to all other fields of
conflict including war. The theory
is based on the reasoning that an
individual or a nation feels in-
secure under the influence of vio-
lence. This insecurity breeds dis-
content and conflict.

Pacifism can apply to politics.
For example, the fighting in Korea
“meant a terrific stepping up of
power conflict all over the world.”
This is because power interests
were involved. The Truman doc-
trine of containment was extended
to Asia. There is a new impetus
to arm. The United States is com-
mitted psychologically and politic-
ally. According to Mr. Walker
there are two alternatives: either
to lose ground or to engage in
more conflict. The way things are
going now, Korea is probably the
preliminary struggle to World War
III. The United States feels that
Germany and Japan must be re-
armed, a fact which proves the
power struggle, for that is why
enemies change. “Containment is
not the way to peace, but to war.
The security of power for one na-
tion is insecurity for another.”

The Pacifist program includes



Continued on Page 2, Col. 3



“Deirdre of the Sorrows”



Counterpoint Displays Good Articles,
Suffers by Concentration on Words

by Joan McBride, °52

Although the fall issue of
Counterpoint, which was published
Monday, December 11, contains a
few excellent and engrossing arti-
cles, it tends to suffer from a
common defect: namely, that many
of the authors are too intrigued
with the sound of their own words.

Before a discussion of this prob-
lem is undertaken, the outstanding
contributions must be commended.

Joanna Semel’s “The Lighthouse
Keeper” is, perhaps, the best arti.
cle in the magazine. Her portrait
of a broken and yet self-contented
old man is:vivid and gripping. Be-
cause of her extraordinary powers
of observation, the setting, the
characterization, and the emotion-
al influences involved achieve the
reality of personal ‘experience
which is one of the most praise-
worthy accomiplishments of which
a story-teller can boast.

“Song to Rip Van Winkle” and
“Summer,” by Patricia Richardson
and Naomi Ellenbogen respective-
ly, in their diverse fashions, are

CALENDAR

Wednesday, December 13

Opening of Station WBMC,
everybody’s radio, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 14

League Christmas Party for
the Summer Camp, Common
Room, 4:15 p.m.
Friday, December 15

Maids’ and Porters’ Tea, Com-
mon Room, 4:15 p.m.
Sunday, December 17

Christmas Carol Service by the
Bryn Mawr College Chorus, and
the reading of the Christmas
_story by the Reverend Andrew
Mutch, Goodhart, 8:00 p.m.
Monday, December 18

Current Events, Miss Peterson,
“Tabor and ‘Labor Problems”,
Common Room, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, December 19

Second Alliance Assembly,
Mrs.. Helen Taft Manning, Dr.
Felix Gilbert, Miss Mildred Nor-
throp, “Crisis in Our Foreign
Policy”, Goodhart, 12:30 p. m.

French Club Christmas Play,
Miracle de Theophile, Skinner
Workshop, 8:30 p.m.

Community Music Group, un-
der the direction of Mr. Goodale,
Music Room, 8:15 p.m.
Wednesday, December 20

Wednesday Morning Assembly,
Elizabeth Goldblatt, the West
Point Conference, Goodhart, 8:45
a.m.

Spanish Club Christmas Party,





Common Room, Goodhart.

both fine pieces of work. Trish’s
poem interprets the present-day
bitterness and disillusionment in
a don marquis satire that well
suits its mood. By depicting world-
shaking events and issues through
familiar, current-events terms, she
emphasizes the insignificance of
our scheme of things in the uni-
versal system. “Summer” portrays
a gentle, springlike melancholy
and nostalgia in admirably ex-
pressed images. Naomi maintains
an intriguing rhythm without be-
coming enslaved by it. What is
| especially commendable about each
of the two poems is that neither
of them employs words merely for
their sound. Although all
phrases are carefully chosen, they
are not contrived, and carry with
them explicit meanings.

The inclusion of Pish Ripley’s
“Roger Bacon, Thirteenth Century
Scientist,” a scholarly paper among
more impressionistic material,
seems a wise choice. Her discus-
sion of Bacon’s scientific advances
amid Scholastic dogma is well-
handled, expertly-written, and
filled with originality and pene-
trating thought.

“Faculty Tea,” by Wayne C.
Booth, is an unusual and clever
psychological analysis. Although

Continued on Page 5, Col. 2

Cleverly Staged

‘Deirdre’ Shows
Haring At Best

Synge Drama Exhibits
Excellent Stage
Design

by Jane Augustine, ’52

Deirdre of the Sorrows, given
last Friday and Saturday nights
at Haverford, was outstanding in
the beauty of its technical excel-
lences, but not always in the depth
of its intenpretation. Gary Rob-
erts’ set, a totality of blue-black,
framed magnificently the costum-
ing in red, orange, and turquoise
blue. As a spectacle, Deirdre was
most: impressive, permeated with
the otherworldly atmosphere of
this Irish legend; the complex
lighting admirably supported that
air of unreality. The actors nego-
tiated the complicated set with
ease, and moved quite naturally
into beautiful groupings, but not
infrequently the posing, although
lovely, was affected and meaning-
less. A look of hauteur was oc-
casionally substituted for the
mood of confidence in superiority
which makes arrogance unneces-
sary for a true aristocrat. In her



the

early scenes, Sue Halperin played
Deirdre with simplicity and dig
‘nity. The transition fram a wil-
ful girl into a woman bearing the
| full tragedy of losing love, free
dom, and youth Sue managed only
_with difficulty and not always suc-
‘cessfully. She is to be highly
praised for her intelligent ap-
| proach to a supremely hard role.
If she could have been made to
feel the deep significance of every
_word she spoke in her final.scene,
She would have achieved a tragic
| heroine stature.

| Jack Piotrow made a swash-
| buckling Naisi; his understanding

| of his part and his ability to play
| Continued on Page 6, Col. 1



by Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, °52

For their annual Christmas pres-
entation, the German club per-
formed Jedermann, Tuesday eve-
ning, December 11, in the Skinner
Workshop. Based on a medieval
morality story, this play written
in verse, is about a rich profligate
who is suddenly told that he must
die, and therefore faces this judg-
ment unprepared, his soul filthy
with the sins of his life. How he
is deserted by his friends, and how
he finds redemption by hope and
his good deeds which come to him
personified to help him, is the sub-
ject of the play.

The performance starting out
with a darkened stage and the
singing of the Sanctus, created a
mood of solemnity appropriate to
the content of the play, making
the audience receptive to the ac-
tion which followed. The first ap-
pearance on the stage, that of
Death: and his two angels, was at
once impressive and startling.

Make-up, Lights Redeem ‘Jedermann’
From Poor Staging, Unskilled Acting

dermann, Death, made up to look
hollow: and cadaverous, sent: shiv-~
ers of horror through the audi-
ence. With perfect diction and ex-
cellent stage presence, Thoran
sparked the presentation with life
and vigor, and his_ entrances
throughout. the evening were al-
ways striking, and appreciated by
all who were present.

Jedermann, played by W. An-
ders, unfortunately destroyed the
high pitch in which the play be-
gan. Portraying a forty-year-old
sinner. who is unbearably proud
and then pitiably remorseful, his
performance was inadequate at all
times, and made the play, poten-
tially highly dramatic, almost far-
cical. He seemed to have no con-
ception of how to portray the dif-
ferent emotions required by his
part, and delivered his lines in the
same manner all through the eve-
ning.

Ruth McVey, on the other hand,
gave an admirable performance as
Jedermann’s old mother. She in~



|Pronouncing his sentence on Je-



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Look Ma! I’m Starviny!

This year, throughout the campus, there has been an
increasing amount of complaint about, the menus. It is true
that the rising cost of food and an ovexloaded college budget
have conditioned the ordering of However, the ma-
jority of the complaints have not been directed as much
against the quality of the food, as against the actual plan-
ning of individual menus.

One-color meals are a frequent occurrence. But more
significant are the criticisms of the all-starch meal, or the
all-fruit-and-vegetable meal. For example, one lunch includ-
ed cream soup, roman meal bread, peppers stuffed with noo-
dles, rolls, and cake for dessert. Similarly, another was com-
posed of clear vegetable soup, fruit salad, broccoli, and a des-
sert of jello. In the former case one leaves the table feeling
full and sluggish; the latter, on the other hand, is singularly
unsatisfying.

Also valid objections are that there is often not suffici-
ent food to go around, and especially an appalling lack of red
meat. Because of these facts, and because of the incredible
frequency of unbalanced meals, the food does not fulfill its
two primary functions: to give energy and to give susten-
ance.

The same food, phanned so that the menus had some va-
riety, would cost no more, yet would offer the pleasure of
choice, the appeal to sight and to taste, and the benefits to
health, which is the most important aspect of all.

On The Air

Tonight marks the reincarnation of a radio station serv-
ing Bryn Mawr College. WBMC is not a new creation; some
of the upperclassmen may still remember the dying agonies
of the original station two years ago, heralded by spasmodic
broadcasts of recorded music, which grew less and less fre-
quent, and finally ceased to exist. Reception of these broad-
casts was limited to Pem East, as transmission was possible
only on alternating current, and the end was inevitable.

_ The “new” WBMC solved this problem by an arrange-
ment for transmission by telephone line. Installation of these
lines was optional, and since such installation has been ap-
proved by all the halls, campus-wide reception is now poss-
ible. Provision of a station staff and board of directors has
eliminated any risk of the disorganization and lack of respon-
sibility which confronted the original station. The broad-

casting schedules are planned to include two hours of class-

Current Events

On Monday, December 11th, Mr.
Ira Reid, professor of Sociology
at Haverford College, spoke on
South Africa. Mr. Reid outlined
the problems and policies of mod-
ern South Africa. He believes some
change is imminent, but how and
when it will occur is a problem not
for South Africa but for the world.
South Africa has many varied
groups not only in race, but in
language aand religious groups as
well. There are four major popu-
lation groups, in a total population
of about 12 million. The largest
group is the natives of mixed Afri-
can (7 million). Both the Euro-
pean or whites and the colored or

mixtures of African, Asiatic and |

European, have about 2 million,
and the rest are the Asiatic Indian
group. The languages spoken hy
these various groups range from
all manner of Bantu dialects. and
African, to English. Their re-
ligions include all of the main re-
ligions of the West, plus those of
the East, and the native Bantu.

South Africa has many race
laws. There is the Color Bar, which
keeps all persons of color from the
professions, from living in certain
areas and which will not allow any
colored person to enter the Union.
It is illegal to have intermarriage
between the races or to have any
social participation across the the
color line. No person of color may
be in the government, nor are
colored persons ever sent to the
U.N. or other international func-
tions,

South Africa as it stands today
represents a trouble spot in the
world where tension and feeling
runs high. It is a challenge to the
U.N. and the world in general, as
to how to effect a desirable social
change.



There is a conrection to the
The Alliance
Assembly will be held on Tues-

day, December 19, rather than
on Monday.

box on page 3.







Impetus To Arm Leads
To War, Says Walker

Continued from Page 1
five steps: 1) a substantial pro-
gram of reconstruction, realizing

that war grows from insecurity; |

2) world disarmament which is
necessary for reorganization and
increases the amount of money
available to improve living condi-
tions; 3) world organization; 4)
support of democratic groups all
over the world; 5) development of
the science of non-violence. Now
we must have armament to re-
strain Russia, but we must pre-
pare for disarmament. We must
realize that armament is a recipro-
cal process; “armament is actually
a weakening of the enemy.” One
nation must begin to act, and it
appears that it will not be the So-
viet Union.” Action means getting
out of the war policy altogether.
This is no easy business. Only a
revolution could make a small
dent.” The failure of democracy
is that people talk one way and





NEWS Tells Use
Of Son’ in H
on In ymn
Since last week there has been
much discussion concerning the
connotation of the word “Son” in
the May Day Hymn to the Son.
In order to clarify and perhaps
support our view, we present the

original Latin words and their
English translation. -

Te Deum Patrem colimus,
Te laudibus prosequimur,
Qui corpus cibo reficis
Coelesti mentem, gratia.

Te adoramus, O Iesu

Te, fili unigenite,

Te, qui non indignatus es
Subire claustra_ virginis.

Actus ‘in crucem, factus es
Irato Deo victima;

Per Te, Salvator unice,
Vitae spes nobis rediit.

Tibi, aeterne Spiritu
- Cuius afflatu peperit
Infantem Deum Maria,
Aeternum benedicimus.

Triune Deus, hominum
Salutis auctor optime:
Immensum hoc mysterium
Ovante lingua canimus.

We worship Thee, God the
Father, we honor Thee with prais-
es, Thou who has refreshed our
body with food and our mind with
heavenly grace. We adore Thee,
O Jesus, Thou son of single birth,
Thou who art not unworthy to
enter the womb of the virgin.
Driven to the cross, Thou has been
made a victim for a wrathful God;
through Thee, especially, Savior,
the hope of life has returned to us.
Eternal Spirit, by whose breath
Mary bore the Infant God, we
bless Thee everlastingly. Tri-
partite God, excellent originator
of the well-being of men: we cele-
brate this boundless mystery with
rejoicing tongue.

Middle-Size May Day
Promises Greater

Unification

To the Editor:

We want Middle-size May Day!

We would be pleased to invite
men to an all college weekend
planned around May Day. Why
‘would they be any more uncomfort-
able at May Day Rites than animal
hunting? It would be a relief to
have a full weekend to offer. We
believe that men will enjoy all the
activities, especially the Sophomore
Carnival and Arts Night which in
turn will gain from their associa-
tion with May Day. Junior Prom
as a formal dance doesn’t have to
suffer in any way when Sophomore
Carnival is moved, witness the at-

|tendance at the fall Undergrad

dances.

There has been criticism of hav-
ing May Day on Saturday; we are
very much in favor of having it on
a weekend.

1. At little May Day we are just
getting in the mood when the ten
o’clock bell rings fior classes.

2. Classes are completely wasted
on that day ‘because everyone is
exhausted.

3. Considering the amount of

-| work put into little May Day in

dancing, singing, etc., middle-size
May Day would not envolve any
more work except for those who
are interested, and the dancing
would be appreciated by more
people. —

The main point is the college uni-
fication which we feel would re-
sult from the various activities and
which is now lacking at little May
Day.

Sincerely yours,
Jane Walker, ’51
Linnie Lee Waren, ’51
Frieda Wagoner, ’51
Cynthia Mason, ’52
P.S.—Maybe the change from tra-
ditional little May Day would break
the traditional bad weather which



has jinxed us for so long.



Carpenter Reads Stories

of the Supernatural;

Has Audience Entranced by Drama and Suspense

Continued from Page 1

when she said, “you may not take
another in my stead.” When Ido-
neus awoke, it was the morning
of his wedding day. With all his
friends gathered around, he drank
a toast to the statue, and said,
“turn on us, goddess, your cold
marble face,” whereupon the statue
fell and shattered to the ground,
with the ring still tight on her
hand. Mr. Carpenter ends the tale
by saying that the statue fell on
Idoneus.

The second legend, “The Beget-
ting and Strange Fate of Merlin,”
is divided into two parts. Because
the devil was summoned to create
an anti-Christ, he singled out a
prosperous man and killed him and

his family. But one daughter}. .

escaped. She came in contact with
a lute player wearing nothing but
red shoes, and he asked her to join
him in paradise. So, although the

| people thought that the demon

act another. Action must begin ta child was no more, a baby was

correspond to talk.

| born, who wore nothing but red



ical, and one of popular music; “live” shows will be provided
for in the future, but the programs will consist primarily of

music. ”

The station is dependent not only on student support,

but on student suggestion as well. Interest and enthusiasm
for this new project have developed in past weeks; if they
should decline under the pressures of routine and of time
limitations, the scope of the radio station must decline cor-
respondingly. Despite the fact that its broadcasting facili-
ties are cramped, WBMC is coming into existence as a posi-
tive entity. It must rely on the college for its continuation
on a positive basis. All those responsible for the station’s
survival should be commended for the interest and effort
they have contributed; they deserve the hearty support of



the college.



shoes, and played the harp. Thus
was Merlin born.

In the second section we find

‘a discussion among the witches,

for they are disturbed that Merlin
is “doomed to die a Christian.” De-
ciding to bring him home among
the demons, Satan asked who
should be sent to retrieve him;
Nimue, the beautiful woman, was
decided upon, and she appeared in
a glorious flash, all enflamed.

While Merlin was walking in the
woods, a shadow crossed his path,
and he looked to discover this beau-
tiful woman, clad only in a golden
girdle.

She then went back to the castle
with him, saying, “no devil can
take a man that God has helped.
- man must destroy himself.”
So she tempted him to show her
his magic tricks, and finally won
him over, offered her body in re-
turn. At last she learned the trea-
sured trick, that of burying a buzz-
ing fly in amber. While Merlin
slept, she worked the same spell
on him, and after shrieking in
“rage, anguish, and despair,” he
was silent. “He lies imprisoned in
his hollow hill,” like the fly in
amber. In conclusion to this story,
Mr. Carpenter asserted that “even
I who made these lines” talked
with Merlin.

The verses were written in iam-
bie pentameter, and contained ele-
ments of the dramatic, and of sus-
pense, brought out in the soft,
pleasant tones of the reader’s voice.
By his choice of words, his clarity,
and his intonations, Mr. Carpenter
captivated the audience, and left
them with trance-like expressions,
silent for the moment, before the
outburst of enthusiastic applause.






THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Wednesday, December 13, 1950

Janschka Depicts ‘Ancient Mariner’;

Mixes Old Style With New Technique

by Jane Augustine, °52

Two weeks ago, when the Ger-
man Club sponsored the reading
of Heinz Politzer’s translations of
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
‘sketches of that same theme were
hung in the glass cases outside the
English Department’s offices on
the second floor north corridor of
the Library. They were done by
Fritz Janschka, visiting Viennese
artist, not as illustrations but as
various approaches to the ideas and
mood of Coleridge’s poem. A few
employ the same technique as some
of the paintings of Mr. Janschka
exhibited last spring at the Carlin
Gallery in Philadelphia. Many oth-
ers use a style which he has de-
veloped more recently—India ink
applied rapidly with a brush, and
left without working over. The
spontaneity of these drawings is
their outstanding virtue, especially
when it is considered with the
structure and balance of the com-
position.

In this collection one finds an
astounding variety of interpreta-
tion. In the quick brush-and-ink
style, one good example is the pic-
‘ture of the albatross stretched out
in formal burial pose with a swatch
of flowers resting on his breast,
and an angelic face weeping tears
on the right side of heaven. In the
same style there are seamonsters
which Coleridge mentioned walk-
ing on the water beside the mar-
iner’s ship. They are stupendously
ugly and altogether enchanting
with their large, leering eyes.
There are a couple of macabre in-
terpretations of the walking dead
and mariners sinking their teeth
into a human arm—a variation on
the passage where the mariner
bites his own arm, bringing blood,
in a mad frenzy at seeing a sail
in the distance. Particularly sensi-
tive pictures are those of the many
albatrosses around the mariner’s
head showing the omnipresence of
the dead bird in his mind, and of
the albatross carrying a cross. An-
other is especially moving; the al-
batross, head to one side, is strung
up on the yardarm. The structure
of the sketch is simple, there is
not much varying of light and dark
line in it, but it captures the under-
tone of pathos about the bird that
one feels in the poem.

In the more familiar fine pen-
line Janschka manner, there are
fascinating illuminations for the
opening letter of each part of the
poem, and an allover design for
the inside of the cover. Its exquis-
ite tiny details are proof of Mr.
Janschka’s craftsmanship, as are
the little pencil sketches like the
woman growing out of strange
seaflowers and the drawing of
the bride with a wreath of blos-
soms on her head. Other interpre-
tations on the light side are some
sea - monsters revamped from
blotches of spilled ink—in fact, the
number of different species of sea-
monsters here dreamed up is both



amusing and astonishing. The
mariner is doomed to talk about
the albatross all the time, so there
is one drawing in which the bird
protrudes from his bearded lips.
It is an astute observation but a
disconcerting one.

Mr. Janschka did only a few
paintings in color, and these are
treated with the complexity of
miniscule detail which was notable
at last spring’s exhibit. One color
scheme of pink, peach, and a streak
of olive green in a picture dom-
inated by Prussian blue is espe-
cially striking. There are several
underwater scenes, one on fairly
solid black, another on purple, a
third less weird, in pale blue water-
color wash. The most intricate and
perfect picture is an undersea
scene showing a brilliant emerald-
green area suffusing into blues and
black, and every inch of it teeming
with imaginative sea flora and
seemingly, hundreds of fish with
hundreds of facial expressions.
The structure of the painting
seems uncomplicated but the super-
abundance of tiny particles and
their peculiar relevance to one an-
other add up to the skilled and
polished, yet highly original artis-
try which is Fritz Janschka’s forte.

Neutral Social Science
Outlined by Dr. Strauss

Continued from Page 1

mon sense with a denial of com-
mon sense. The political scientist
must explain the actions of states-
men and generals in relation to
their causes, exploring ‘the ques-
tions of whether such actions are
due to a rational consideration of
means and ends or to extraneous
emotional circumstances.

In comparing Weber and John
Calvin, Mr. Strauss stated that
the effect of Weber’s most famous
historical essay, On Protestant
Ethics and the Spirit of Capital-
ism, was in no way intended by
Calvin, who would have been
shocked (by it. The crucial link
was rejected by Calvin, emerging
naturally among the general run
of Calvinists.

This is the most important ob-
stacle to Weber’s central thesis of
an ethically neutral social science;
he should have said that a cor-
ruption of Calvinism led to the
emergence of capitalism. Vulgar
emergence of capitalism. Web-
er says that ultimate or decisive
value conflicts can not be settled
by human reason, but it is hard to
determine whether the proof of
this theory has been demonstrat-
ed or merely postulated. Weber
devoted only thirty pages to the
bases of this position.

The essential and inescapable
conflict derives from the fact that
peace or universal happiness is a

Continued on Page 6, Col. 3



First Young Musicians Concert

Characterized by Professional Skill

by Frances Shirley, 53

The first Young Musicians Con-
cert of the Bryn Mawr Music Club
was held in the Ely Music Room
on Sunday. Toshiya Eto, violin-
ist, and Marion Zarzeczna, pianist,
‘were the soloists. Though both
performers were students at the
Curtis Institute, tne quality of

“their playing was almost always
professional.

The first lection ‘was ‘the
Brahms Sonata for violin and
piano, Op. 100. The performance
was characterized by fine rhythms,
good tone, and an excellent bal-
ance between the piano and violin.
Mr. Eto’s tone was big and his at-
tacks were sure. The piano was
‘clear, and kept the work moving.





Very little could be said against
this masterful performance, and it
started the concert at a high pitch.

‘Miss Zarzeczna returned to play
Schumann’s Abegg Variations and
Pour le piano by Debussy. Here
she proved herself master of
all phases of piano technique.
Every mote of the rapid display
passages’ were clear and sure. Her
trills were even, and in the De-
bussy especially she had a chance
to change rapidly from thundering
chords to dreamy moods. There
was always life, however, and the
slowest passages were never duil.

The final part of the program
was devoted to three short violin
pieces; two were arrangements of

Continued on Page 4, Col. 2

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LAST NIGHTERS

Guinness’ ‘Last Holiday’
Supernatural
In Effect

by Jane Augustine, ’52

Last Holiday is an English film-
ing of a story by J. B. Priestley
which describes the behavior of a
man who thinks he will die of an
obscure disease in a month or so.
The plot has been done before: an
American movie called Dark Vic-
tory dealt with the same theme
several years ago.

This movie, however, is so sensi-
tive in its revelation of the idea
on two levels—one mundane, the
other bordering on cosmfc—that
it is anything but ed. The
supernatural overtones curiously
heighten the pathetic humanity in
the situation and the characters.
Outstanding among the movies’ ex-
cellences is Alec Guinness in the
role of George Byrd, the doomed
man. When he learns of his com-
ing demise, Byrd, who is a farm-
implement salesman and a lonely
bachelor, quits his job, takes all
his savings, and goes far away to
a resort hotel. His decision to live
out the rest of his days in style
is the touch of a sorcerer’s wand:
it is as if he is given not only this
new world but a new and strangely
influential soul to exploit until he
dies. The gods, always arbitrary,
are suddenly for him instead of
against. When he jokingly re-
quests rain to terminate a dull
game of croquet, the sky darkens
and a downpour ensues. It is of
course only coincidence. .. .

Then there is almost a ghost
which haunts him; an old blind
violinist playing a melody in the
streets of his home town, to whom
he gives a coin, turns and winks
at him horribly. By tradition the
bard is blind, but not here; the



The Bryn Mawr Alliance for
Political Affairs will present
the second in its series of as-
semblies. Since ther have been
so many events of international
importance during the last
few weeks, the Alliance will
present a panel discussion by
Mrs. Helen Taft Manning and
Dr. Felix Gilbert, of the His-
tory department, and Miss Mil-
dred Northrup, of the Econom-
ics department, on “Crisis in
Our Foreign Policy.” The as-
sembly will be held on Monday,
December 18, at 12:30 p. m. in

Goodhart Hall, and everyone is
urged to attend.







effect is macabre, and becomes
more so when the handsome, sensi-
tive-faced violinist in the resort’s
tea-orchestra winks in the same
way. Thus by tradition the gods,
disguised as mortals, watched over
their special favorite humans. The
violinists’ melody runs _ through-
out the movie.

Another supernatural touch is
seen in a brief episode in which
Byrd, stunned with the news of
his illness, unthinkingly catches a
ball that a girl is tossing up in
the air. He tosses it back as if
it were the ball of the yarn of life
thrown back to the three Fates.
When he gets to the resort he is
a mystery man, but a sort of bene-
ficient deity in his own right. He
gives a young wife money to help
her shiftless husband; he advises
an inventor on farm tool improve-
ments, but always and to all he
says, “Live while you can, for you
don’t know how long you have.
Do what you want to do, while
there’s time; make yourself into
what you want to be, while there’s
time. .. .”

In the short time he has left,
Byrd finds his good luck is phe-
nomenal—he wins at croquet, at
horses, at poker, and also main-
tains the small pretense set up for

Bridge Shark, Finessing Honors, Quiz

by Betty-Jeanne Yorshis, ’52

Bridge is a cozy game. Four
people sit down at a table with a
deck, or if they’re really serious
players, two decks, and prepare
for a session of enjoyment and re-
laxation. However, there can be
pitfalls when a certain type of
player is present. Take Hesitatin’
Hannah, for instance. The bid is
five diamonds and it’s a rubber
game. The opposition captured the
first trick and leads a small spade
to the ace on the board, so that
she can finesse the diamonds in
her hand. It’s Hesitatin’ Hannah’s
turn to play. She stops, takes a
puff of her cigarette, looks at her
hand, at the board, and then at
her hand again. The opposition
squirms. Is Hannah void in spades?
Is she going to trump and set this
crucial game? Finally Hannah
plays the three of spades. She
wasn’t void,—she just couldn’t de-
cide between the two or the three.
God!

Then there’s the player who
hisses. She isn’t to be confused
with one who hums, or another
who just plain whistles. This one
hisses tunelessly, to the horror of
the rest at the table. The game
goes something like this.

Observer



You’re cold. You’ve come from

the Library, and under your arm
is a bound, ponderous copy of
somebody’s wisdom that must be
culled this evening, and returned
at nine a. m. Just for the mo-
ment you stand by the Library
steps. Taylor is before you; a
drowsing academic matriarch,
weary after a hard day of scarlet
and green and yellow stockinged
legs ‘battering her steps, and
wooly yarn-bright cap tassels tic:
kingly her bulletin-boarded, gilass-





Continued on Page 4, Col. 3

ed-in ribs. But she is quiet and
resting now, and a tang of snow
in the air urges you, adventurous
one, campus-ward. You discover,
suddenly, personality. To your
right is the sweep of. the Pems,
with a long arm stretched toward
the drowsing Taylor. The Pems
are happy, for there is a sociabil-
ity in numbers, and they are stone
sisters, gay and garrulous, with
the resiponsibility of keeping up
appearances, facing the public as
they do. Their windows pour out
squares of saffron light—great
blocks of taffy warmth against a
winter tarth.

You think of Denbigh, spreading
graceful jet and silver skirts, her
platinum windows gleaming. There
is a swirl about her, with crescent
balconies and rounded turrets, a
shimmering filigree overall. Sud-
denly, without warning, a faint,
rollicking chorus of Dixie pours
out at you, and Denbigh, graceful

Continued on Page 5, Col. 1

West,



Makes Six Spades and Three Enemies

“Two dia
South, “Ss-

“One spade.” North,
monds.” East, “Pass.”
SSS, sssss, ah, ssss, well, two
heartssss,” and so it goes, until
the rest at the table wish they had
a normal person for their fourth
and not a pseudo-snake charmer
But they’re stuck with her, at least
until the bell rings for her next
class,

Once the bidding is over and the
game has started, there are a lot
of persons whose playing comes
under the category of People-Most-
Unpleasant-To-Play-Bridge - With.
There’s the Suffer-in-Silence, for
instance. Spades are trump and
North, who is playing the hand
leads a small diamond from the
board to her hand. West sitting on
North’s left is last to play, and
she who has bid diamonds, has the
ace in her hand, East, void in dia-
monds is second hand, and must
play. West knows East is void in
diamonds, but does she sit back
quietly and wait to see what her
partner will do? NO. She does
one of three things. One, she drops
her cards on the table, slumps back
in her chair, closes her eyes, and
looks as if she were going to die,
or two, she clenches her hands and
takes short intakes of breath, or
three, she raises her eyes and darts
supplicating looks at her partner.
All of this means plainly that she
has the means to take the trick,
but North wishes she would either
go out for Drama Guild, or cut the
histrionics and play straight
bridge.

Which brings us to the Table-
Talker, the scourge of the bridge
table. She finds many ways to in-
dicate to her partner what she has
in her hand, without recourse to
bidding. For instance, she deals,
looks at her hand, then slams it on
the table, says “Pass,” picks up
magazine and proceeds to leaf
through it. This shows her part-
ner and anyone within hailing dis-
tance, that she has nothing in her
hand higher than a ten, so her
partner subdues her two bid, and
settles for part score. The more
active Talker scorns such methods.
Taking command of the game from
the start, she looks at her hand,
says, “One club,’ and then stops
to inquire sweetly, “Do you all play
the club convention? It means a
strong hand, not necessarily a bid-
dable suit in clubs,” thereupon let-
ting everyone in on what she has
in her hand. She uses this device
with cue-bidding, Blackwood, and
other conventions, always stopping
in the middle of the game, never
bothering to ascertain her part-
ner’s knowledge of bidding before
the playing begins.

When the talker really hits her
stride, there is no stopping her.
She bids a club, her partner says
two spades. She starts, looks at
her partner, and says, “You only
have to bid one you know.” Or her

Continued on Page 4, Col. 1



Collection of Manuscripts Represents
Combined Labor of Medieval Artisans

by Helen Katz, ’53

Now om view in the Rare Book
Room is a collection of 14th and
15th century manuscripts illus-
trating the transition between
hand-written books and printed
ones. Most of the pages in the
exhibit are from the Marjorie
Walter Goodhart Medieval Library
Collection; there are also several
lent by members of the faculty.
The illustrated manuscripts are
breviaries, maps, Bibles, and
pages of music.

These manuscripts ‘were the
combined work of the seribe, the
miniaturist, and the rubricator.
Once the page was planned by the
scribe, it was sent to the rubricat-
or, who printed the words on the

.| page, and then sent it to the min-





iaturist, who put in the lange let-
ters and decorated the rest of the
page. The incunabula of rubicat-
ed manuscripts is difficult to dis-
tinguish from a hand-scribed man-
uscript, because the type was a
copy of the scribe’s printing, and
only by examination of the differ-
ences of the same letter can one
tell an entirely hand-done book.

Of the more interesting pieces
in the room, are a frontispiece of
one large letter done in “celtic in-
terlace”, in which all the circles
and designs appear connected; and
several gold, red, and black hand
manuscripts under glass in the
center table. The entire collection
is to be shown in succession, and
more manuscripts will be exchanged
for these in several weeks.










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Page Four

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, December 13, 1950



Finesser Mixes Bridge, Chess, and Bio Quizzes;
Kibitzers, and Characters Grace Smoker Games

Continued from Page 3

partner bids, she hesitates, and

then says, “How much point count

do you need to bid?” indicating
that she hasn’t a powerhouse, and
that her partner should go slowly.

Or if her partner continually bids

over her’ passes, she says “Pass,

pass, pass,” in increasingly agon-
ized tones, showing that she has
nothing in her hand. And on and
on into the night, becoming bolder
and bolder as the game goes on.

The people described can be
found along with a kibitzer at al-
most any bridge table. What hap-
pens when they all sit down at
once, would be too horrible to con-
template. Let us leave them, and
analyze a game, as it might some-
times be played. South dealt and
holds,

South: Spades J, 8; Hearts Q, J, 7,
2; Clubs K, 7, 2; Diam. A, J, 10,
2;

West: Spades 7, 5; Hearts K, 9, 5;
Clubs J, 9, 8, 4, 2; Diam. 9, 7, 3;

North: Spades A, Q, 9, 4, 2; Hearts
A, 10, 8, 5; Clubs A; Diam. 7, 6,

: 4;

East: Spades K, 10, 6, 2; Hearts 4,

_ 8; Clubs Q, 10, 6, 3; Diam. K, Q,
8;
The bidding went as follows:

South West North East
1 Diam. pass 2Spades_ pass
oN. Ts pass 3Spades_ pass
4Spades pass 6Spades_ pass
pass pass

East led the king of trump, just
having come in from a hard day,

and being in doubt as to whether |

she was playing bridge or poker.
She kept a straight face in case
it was the latter, and didn’t lead
away from her honor, in case it
was bridge. South ducked, and
West played low, North winning
the trick with the ace in her hand.
Now North stopped to consider her
hand. Clearly the game depended
on finesses. She could finesse the
jack and queen of diamonds, the
ten of trump, the queen of hearts,
and the Bio quiz the next morning.
Saving the last as a final possi-
bility, she led the queen of trumps,
wiping the trump off the board,
always a good policy. Then she led
a small diamond to the board, East
playing the eight, not wanting to
separate the king, queen of dia-
monds which were touching hon-
ors, the board taking the trick with
the ten, West playing the three.
Fearing that there might be a bad
split in diamonds because of her

“trumped.



long suit in hearts, North now led

a club to the closed hand. West
played the nine, forcing North’s
singleton ace. North led another
diamond, East covering it with
the queen, the board’s ace taking
the trick. The king of clubs was
then led from the board, North
discarding her losing diamond on
the trick. The queen of hearts was
then played, putting West’s king
in check. She protected this by
taking Black’s rook with her bish-
op, becoming the Chess Champion
of the Western Hemisphere,—
North played his ace and then led
the nine of trump, East covering
with her ten. East then led the
queen of clubs which North
Then North extracted
the remaining trump, and played
out her hearts, taking the rest of
the tricks, East going to bed with
the king of diamonds.

Thus North made six spades, and
was disqualified from all future
games for her reneging of October
10th of the previous year.

The next hand that was dealt,
East passed, South, “Two spades,”
West passed, North, “Four Hearts
your lead — — —”

Piano, Violin Featured
In Music Club Concert

Continued from Page 3

piano pieces, and the third was an
Impromptu by the nineteenth cen-

tury Swedish composer Tor Aulin.

The Impromptu was the least suc-
cessful, for it was full of display
passages in the higher registers,
and often the violin seemed stri-
dent. The Sarasate transcription
of Chopin’s familiar Nocturne,
Op. 9, No. 2, and the Saint-Saens-
Ysaye Caprice, however, were
marked by better tone and good
technique. Miss Zarzeczna sup-
plied exemplary pianistic support
in the three selections, as well as
in the encore, Aulin’s Because,
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Lends Sorcery to Film
Continued from Page 3

him by his money—that of a cul-
tured gentleman of wealth and
leisure. When pressed, he never
lies—he always gays that this posh
hotel is not where he really be-
longs, but the air about him is
such that no one quite believes him
He is offered excellent jobs and
promising investments, but ironic
ally cannot accept either. He has
no time in which to make of him.
self what he wants to be. H t
even time to tell the widowéd
housekeeper, Mrs. Poole, how much
he loves her. Then he receives the
piece of news which changes his
entire outlook. It seems to him
in that moment that there will be
time enough, but he is not aware
of the cosmic plan. ...

The movie is harrowing but mag-
nificent, as is much art of true
worth. The performance by every
actor is superb. Little details are
handled with utmost finesse: when
the doctor speaks to Byrd, his face
is for a moment cadaverous; and
one nouveau-riche at the resort
munches on chocolates in a repul-
sively realistic fashion—and there
are hundreds of other such small
touches. Sets and’ photography are
unobtrusive, to the credit of the
director. The otherworldly atmos-
phere is solely attributable to the
underplaying, the repression of
passion, and the subtle suggestions
dropped here and there.

In short, Last Holiday is a rare
movie experience, and should not
be missed.



lin,

Between the second and third
parts of the recital Miss Robbins
spoke briefly of the Club’s plans
for the rest of the year. There
will be a cello-piano recital with
Miss Zarzeczna on February 18,
and two chamber music groups, on
March 11 and April 8. A concert
of German 17th- and 18th-century
music, played by The Gotham
Brass Ensemble from New York,
will be presented in the Deanery
on January 21.





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Notable Effects Color’

Mediocre Performances
Continued from Page 1
terpreted her part *with under-
standing and capability, extending
the possibilities of the role to the
fullest. ‘Several other perform-
ances were also creditable. Dr.
Pound as the poor neighbor who
begs money from Jedermann was
appropriately humble, and a few
of the guests at Jedermann’s feast
were also adequate, C. Balant and
T. McNutt being foremost among
these. C. Kappes as Mammon was
delightful to watch. She was suit-
ably haughty and disdainful to-
wards Jedermann, and bounded
about the stage in a lively man-
ner which was particularly charm-
ing. The two friends of Jeder-
mann, Faith played by F. Gestner
and Good Deeds played by Joy
Joslyn, who alone stand by him
also did well by their parts, and

gave meaning to the play.
Although the scenery was of the
barest type possible, it was suffic-
ient to create the illusion of the
different scenes; one in front of
Jedermann’s house, the other in
the banquet hall, and the third in
the cathedral. Some of the action
took place in front of the curtain,
giving the stage crew time to shift
the scenes, and allowing the pace
to be swift throughout. The spec-
ial effects—lighting and voices off
stage, were well done and animat:
ed the performance. Jedermann is
a difficult play to perform, and the
concerted efforts of the two Ger-
man clubs were not enough. That
it was a brave attempt however,
is not to be overlooked. It can only
be suggested that they try to per-
form a play more suitable to their
talents and succeed in full, instead
of only in part as they did in Je-
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Troilus and Cressid
psychotically were bless-Id;
Dante and Beatrice

considered not analysis;
Napoleon and Josephine

found no symbols in a dream;
Isis and Osiris—

not neurotically desirous;
Essex and Elizabeth

never drew frustrated breath;
Olberon and Titania

had no megalomania;

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Mother Taylor Dozes
Under the Gentle Snow

Continued from Page 3

and airy, grins. Merion is a grand
duchess, upstanding and dignified
in the moonlight. Her court is the
green stretching before her. ‘The
icy darkness and the cold starlight
would lend an austerity to this
royal lady, but rosy warmth flows
from doorpanes, mellow crowns of
gold ... and there is a touch of
glamour that comes fom the draw-
bridge before her door!

Radnor is clean cut. She has a
crispness about her; an unclutter-
ed freshness. Tonight Radnor is
a lady of shadows, strange, be-
cause of her usual trim look. Pur-
ple shadows wrap her _ round,
smoky blue mist is her cloak.
There is a frosty powdering of
snow upon her tilted roof, sugary

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it may not be an accurate picture
of the faculty at an institution of
higher learning (surely none of
them would confuse names so per-
sistently or display such intense
dilettantism), it is a skillful por-
trayal of people endeavoring to
show off their superficial know-
ledge; and the conclusion is singu-
larly subtle and surprising.

Annie Lawrie Fabens’ “The Ap-
ple Cart” fails to capture the at-
tention of the reader until the
ending, at which point it may be
too late. That may be because it
is kept on the same plane during }
the opening paragraphs; however,
it is a capable character study of
Miller and an unusual analysis of

and gleaming. Radnor is a gentle| what may be a commonplace situ-
lady. ation. “The Decline and Fall of
Rhoads has chic - - - it is ele- Summer,” an excerpt from a full-

length novel by Sally Herming-
haus, just misses revealing Ruth’s
personality. She seems like a little
automaton strolling through the
rain, and the situation is not un-
usual enough to redeem it.

There is an entire group of

gant. There is a worldliness about
her stone and mortar, a sparkle
and a glitter, yet here, too, is
freshness and enthusiasm.

Rock’s ‘windows shine richly.
There is a solid center here, per-
haps beause of the omnipresent
arch. Rock must have a sense of
humor—her. stone shoulders are
hunched and bunched with laugh-
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jolly glow. In all of this, there is
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poems which lend support to the
contention that many of the
phrases are contrived only for vis-
ual and auditory effect and that
many words are employed for their
own sakes and not for that of the
meaning: “Poem,” “September
Bonfire,” and “The Day .or
Change,” by Lucy Thurnbull;
“Canal” by Ellen Bell (although
this is a novel idea, it fails to
convey a vivid impression) ; “Night
Song,” by Jane Augustine; and
Tom Bold’s “Autumn.” The first
stanza of Jiggs Kunkel’s poem ex-
cels in its vituperative quality, but
the other two degenerate into the
same wordiness.

Jane Augustine’s’ “Poem” is a
bit too enveloped in obscurity to
be effective, but once the symbol-



‘The Lighthouse Keeper,’ ‘Song to Ri p Van Winkle,’ and ‘Summer’ Relieve
Over-use of Excessive Wordiness, Prevalent in Autumn Counter point

ism is clarified, it exhibits remark-
ably good execution. “And the
Flames Above Them Roar,” by
J. N. Smith, suffers from this
same defect. Its analogy and situ.
ation are a little too exaggerated
even for an allegory.

“Quiet, Clean Memory,” by Rob-
ert Arthur, is inexcusably gro-
tesque; and Nick Norton’s “Sand,”
though intended as a satire, does
not seem valid. In order for a
satire to be sound, its object must
be recognizable. This one is not.

The autumn issue of Counter-
point shows promise in several
superlative articles. It is to be
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several members of the college
chorus bundle themselves under
layers of knee socks, red flannels,
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Wednesday, December 13, 1950



Set Design and Lighting

of ‘Deirdre’ Stand Out;

Lee Haring Gives Best Performance of Career

Continued from Page 1

it were limited, but he took his di-
rection well. The love scenes with
Deirdre were remarkably unin-
spired. Barbara Pennypacker lift-
ed the part of the old woman La-
varcham to the level of an apoca-
lyptical figure attempting to fore-
stall the prophecied downfall of
Deirdre. Every lime she spoke
magnified the lyric beauty of
_Synge’s poetry. Perhaps she laps-
ed into singsong once in a while,
perhaps she did not create the
proper illusion of age, but never-
theless her effect on the audience
was profound. Conchubar was ex-
celletnly handled by Jiggs Kunkel,
but he seemed to be forced into an
overly aged interpretation.

Robin Nevitt had a hard part
because Synge himself left Fergus
poorly defined, so possibly Robin
can be excused for a rather stiff
performance. Jon Guttmecher and
Bob Freeman, for the most part,
seemed to have no idea what they
were trying to do, or why. Sally
Herminghaus handled well a small
but not easy part.

Only one actor fully compre-
hended what he was saying and
doing every minute he was on the



stage, and that was Lee Haring as
Owen. He enunciated perfectly,
even through a heel of bread, and
spoke poetry in the same breath
with crude conversation. He did
not allow himself to fall imto a
two-dimensional stylization of his
role, yet he seemed no less mys+
teriously bandied about by Fate
than the others. ‘This play is in-
terpretable on ‘both human and
superhuman levels; Lee always
kept that fact in mind.

The chief fault with Deirdre
was its lack of depth; it was
smoothiy staged, which is to Mar-
gie Low’s credit. The audience
was pleased with the aesthetic ef-
fect, but it experienced little of
the emotional impact of high tra-
gedy well done. ‘The characters’
interrelationships, the importance
of Fate, the dread of losing youth,
and other ideas behind the play
were passed over too lightly for
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fantastic goal. The conflict would
not be supreme if guilt were not
a necessary corollary, atheistic an-
guish being combined with the
anguish of revealed religion. Ulti-
mate values are simply in conflict
with each other; social policy is
concerned with justice, and is not
decided by rational ethics.

For Webér, only science or phil-
osoplhy could lead to truth; he
raised the question of whether
iknowledge of truth was good.
Philosophy is on its’ way to free-
dom from delusion; the knowable
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causes or ideas; we are fated to
believe in science as Weber under-
stood it. The conflict between
values can’t be resolved by human
reason. Scientists and _ philoso-
phers are unable to give an ac-
count of thmselves; this is the

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