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THE COLLEGE News

Wednesday, November 17, 1954



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Alliance Conference a

—¥

Perhaps in response to campus opinion against “big-

name” speakers who in the past have graced the college with

imposing agpect- and unimposing-content, the Alliance-coun-

tered with an informative conference this past week. The

three speakers who dealt with “Communist Powers in the

- Cold War” seem to have been chosen according to special
qualifications.

We feel that the “conference idea” is excellent; the topic
was a natural choice. The fine integration of the three
speeches was partly due to Ann Mazick’s conscientious at-
tempt to give each speaker advance information on what the
other two had said.

There was a good balance among the three lectures.
Russia, the central Communist power, was discussed from a
social point of view and was in a-sense contrasted with the
values of the West.. China and Yugoslavia, the “derivative”
Communist powers, were treated more conventionally..

A most interesting parallel between ~Yugoslavia and
China could be inferred. Yugoslavia did break with Rus-
sia, Mr. Ulam reminded us; Mr. Cressey noted that our hopes
and efforts should be directed towards driving a similar

wedge between China and Russia.
/- * Mr. Ulam’s speech on “Yugoslavia’ s Position in Today’ 8
i, World” stressed the country’s suspension between East and
; ° West, her hatred of capitalism, and her ignorance of democ-
' racy. The content of his speech was both forthright and fac-
tual and was enhanced by Mr. Ulam’ s biting wit and lively

E figures of speech.

4 Mr. Cressey, who spoke on “Changing China”, felt that
the U.S. will have to recognize the Peking government, not be-
cause we approve of it, but because it seems to be permanent.
a. We felt that the.simplicity of Mr: Cressey’s delivery was |-



our intelligence. However, he did seem a bit preoccupied with
_a desire to reiterate his disapproval of China’s present gov-
ernment. A major criticism is that many of the slides which
accompanied the lecture were repetitious outline maps or
— which were interesting but not particularly per-

‘ Mr. Inkeles’ talk on “Main Features of the Soviet Social
ofthe © was the most thought-provoking and controversial

the Conference. He proposed to give a dual picture of the
from without and from within, and he noted that
——- would be “in some ways congruent and in some

eo _ Be. RE
ee eating bot often very. confusing, since the findings
_. often seemed seemed inconclusive. The two pictures described
ae ran rans novel and often very informative,

y ‘rather “unrelatedly” different.

















informative and not, as some have suggested, an insult to

_“*Fundamental’’
Says Linn

To the Editors of the NEWS:

There are at least two reasons
why Russian Literature in Trans-
lation does not fulfill the Litera-
ture Requirement. These were, ap-
parently, overlooked in the discus-
sion of the curriculum reported in
the NEWS last week.

1) Reading in transiation bl
or buries important matters’ of
style and language. The Litera-
ture Requirement demands some
study of these, and for most stu-
dents this is best done (or can only
be done) in their own language.
‘This limitation applies especially
to poetry.

sics for example, fulfill the re-
quirement on a somewhat different
basis. They deal with fundamental
sources of our literature, of West-
ern culture. So Greek Literature
in Translation is included, and the
Literary History of the Bible. But
Russian Literature cannot stand in
this group.

I am very glad that students
want the opportunity to study Rus-
sian Literature. But, objectively, I
must say that the course does not
fulfill the plan of the Literature
Requirement.

May I add that I am writing for
myself, not for either the Russian
Department or the English, and
writing merely to clarify the plan,
which may not be “standardized”
but certainly is not so inconsistent
as it must sometimes appear.

Bettina Linn
November 15, 1954.



Stapleton States Position
Regarding Opinions
Of Departinent

ioe 15, 1954.
To the Editor of the NEWS:

In last week’s issue of the
NEWS, some _ statements were
made attributing ideas or attitudes
about courses to the Hnglish De-
partment.

I should like to make it clear

no member of the Department has
been interviewed about curriculum
by any ‘representative of the
NEWS. The members of the Un-
dergraduate Curriculum Commit-
tee would not, I am sure, wish to
be. understood as speaking for any-
one but themselves. Therefore, the
statements in question cannot be
taken as an expression of the posi-
tion of the Department of English.
Sincerely yours,
_ Laurence Stapleton.

We wish to explain that our repor-

ter attended the student curriculum
committee meeting and accurately
covered the discussion. Further-
more, the views attributed to the
department have been mentioned
by its repr tive both.on this
occasion and at a meeting of stu-
dents majoring in English—Ed.

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2) Certain courses, in the Clas- |

that to the best of my knowledge,

and a separation of powers.



Letters to the Editor

Russian Literature Not

Alliance Welcomes Any
Suggestions On
Conference

Dear Readers:

For future reference, the Alli-
ance--and other campus organiza-
tions would be interested in know-
ing your reactions to the confer-
ance on “Communist Powers in the
Jold War’, not only in terms of
chis particular program, but the

8| principle of conferences in general.

Would you like to see the plan
developed, repeated another year?
What subjects might provide good
conference themes? Could the idea
be extended to non-political fields
of interest? Would there be enough
interest on campus to sustain a
weekend conference with’ formal
panel_.discussions held Saturday
during the day?

Opinions and suggestions are
welcome from students, faculty,
and administration. Either: give
your suggestions to your Alliance
Board representatives or share
them with the college through the
News.

Sincerely,
Anne Mazick

e

Schrecker Connects
Kant,’89Revolution

Mr. Paul Schrecker, renowned
historian of philosophy, traced
Kant’s justification of the French

Revolution in his lecture, Kant and

the French Revolition, delivered
Monday evening.

Mr. Schrecker observea that
without suspecting it and without
understanding it, the French acted
in agreement with Kant’s concep-
tion that mankind moves by de-
grees toward the highest good—
perpetual peace. In terms of such
progress, the French republic may
be said to have sprung from pure
sources of justice.

When the revolution occurred on
the other side of the Rhine, Kant
hailed it as a step toward eternal
peace. Even the reign of terror
failed to alter his judgment.

Attacking the adversaries of the
French Revolution as “shunning
the light”, Kant believed that lib-
erty and equality were man’s nat-
ural, innate, inalienable rights.
Fraternity, the third principle of
the revolution, was for Kant an
obligation rather than a right.

In practice, Kant wanted nations
to adopt a government in which
there was a republican constitution
This
was the policy of both the Constit-
uent Assembly and the National
Assembly.

Even if the revolution is taken’

out of its emotional context and
viewed according to actual events,
its justification cannot be denied.

For example, when Louis XVI
delegated power to the Constituent
Assembly, he put sovereignty in
the hands of the people. This less-
ens any illegality attributed to the
revoluatién.

Although the event consisted of
the deeds and misdeeds of men,
what mattered was the sympathy
evoked
“Sympathy”, noted Mr. Schrecker,
‘is the moral disposition of man-
kind and can never be grafted on
egoism. Thus, the progress achiey-
ed in this revolution of an intelli-
gent nation pertained not just to
that nation but to all mankind”.

_NOTICE

“An Open Letter to the Bryn
Mawr College News,” an ‘answer to
our editorial, “Haverford vs. Jun-
ior Show,” was printed in the Hav-
erford News. Unfortunately, the
letter was too long to be printed in
this issue, but it has been posted
on the sie Room bulletin board.



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Current Events

Critical Conditions Beset
Pakistan Today, —
Says Wells

“Even under the most stable
conditions it-is-not easy to-launch
a new state.” And the people in
Pakistan are working under some
of the most difficult. circumstances,
explained Dr. Wells at Current
Events Monday night when he
talked on “The Crisis in Pakistan.”

A New York Times editorial
says, “These are the growing pains
of a democracy,” while Time mag-
azine takes the presumptuous view
that, “Bloodlessly Pakistan has
changed from a stable pro-Western
democracy to a more stable pro-
Western dictatorship.”

Actually the question boils down
to whether, a common religion is
strong enough to unite two coun-
cries separated by one thousand
miles of hostile territory and hav-
ing diverse economic positions. An-
other major problem is that al-
though there are forty-two million
people in East Pakistan as-com-
pared with thirty-four million in
West Pakistan, the central govern-
ment is in the western sector and
largely controlled by it.

, People Discontented

There has been much economic
discontent and envy of one section
by the other. In East Bengal
where most of the raw jute,.so im-
portant to the country, is grown,
the standard of living is extraordi-
narily low. The people feel that
they have gotten the short end of

‘developmental projects and that

they are not getting their share of
imports.

This economic strife can be
translated into political terms.
When-the first election in many
years was held in East Pakistan,
last March, the old Moslem League
was defeated disgracefully. The
so-called “popular front” party,
partially controlled by communists
and promising anything the people
wished to hear, won two-thirds of
the legislature.

The new government leader be-
gan talking about “removal of the
official barriers” between East Ben-
gal and West Bengal, the part
owned by India.. He was immedi-
ately called a traitor. Riots broke
out.

Executive Rule

The governor general of Pakis-
tan, Ghulam Mohammed, who is a
representative of. the British
crown, sent'troops to East Pakis-
tan, deposed the cabinet, and put
aside the legislature because*“they
had lost the confidence of the peo-
ple.” East Pakistan was put un-
der executive rule.

‘When this happened Prime Min-
ister Mohammed Ali cut short a
trip in the western world and hur-
ried back to his homeland. Since
then there has been a continual
dismissing of governments on the
provincial level for maladministra-
tion.

West Pakistan, the more indiis-
trialized sector, has strong mili-
tary forces which support the gov-
ernment. But this government,
which was elected indirectly in the
first place, has been in power for a
long time.

_ All
States’ policy toward Pakistan,
Are we wise. in getting involved in
military aid to this country which
might easily turn out to be a mili-
tary dictatorship ?

Correction

The NEWS wishes to apologize
to Mr. Dudden for a misprint in
the-account of his Current Events
lecture covered in last week’s il
sue,
His comments. on Nedbivssa
should read: “If the Democrats are
smart they will adopt the popular
role of Conservation (and not Con-
servatism) as Neuberger did in
Oregon.”

this~ affects the United