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VOL. LI, NO. 9
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1954
Copyright, Trustees o:
Bryn Mawr College, 1964 PRICE 20 CENTS
Dec. Week-end
To Reach Peak
At Winter Prom
Plans Include ‘Oedipus,’
Scavenger Hunt
And Jazz
Seven main features have been
scneauied by the Undergraduate
Association for its all-college
week-end this Friday and Satur-
day, December 3 and 4.
Friday, at 8:30, in Goodhart Au-
dicor1um, Yeats’ Uedipus at Colon-
us will be presented. Admission is
».75 tor stuaents and $1.25 for the
general public.
Using a gambling theme,
Rhoads’ open house, “Monte Car-
lo,” will last from 10 to 1.
‘Saturday’s events will range
from dueling to coffee and dough-
nuts at Denbigh. A fencing meet,
arranged’ by Joyce Cushmore, will
take place at 10 in the gymnasium.
Teams of four are scheduled to
compete in a scavenger hunt Sat-
urday afternoon. Instructions and
lists of objects to be found will be
passed out at 2:30 in front of the
library by Wendy Ewer, Under-
graduate Association president.
rzizes, including clothes, jewelry,
records and gift certificates, will be
awarded at 4 o’clock in Applebee
Barn.
. Following the scavenger hunt,
there will be a jazz concert lasting
until 5:30. The Haverford College
vazzZ Band, which recently played
at Swarthmore week-end, has been
contracted for this event.
‘yne second performance of Oedi-
i¢
Plan For The New Science Building
In the center is the present Park Hall.
us
SCIENCE CENTER—Here is the sketch of the proposed new science center for Bryn Mawr.
On the left is the new Physics and Mathematics Building.
On the right, connecting with Park, is the new Biology Building.
pus at, Colonus at 8:30 in Good-
hart will open Saturday evening.
“Winter Whirl,” the first formal
dance of the college year, will be-
gin at 10 in the gymnasium.
Intermission entertainment is to
be provided by the Amherst Col-
lege Zoombyes and the Bryn Mawr
Octangle.
Two open houses will follow the
dance. The soda fountain and Com-
mon Room~will--be open in Good-
hart, and Denbigh has scheduled
an open house.
Dance committee members are
selling tickets in all halls during
this week. - The Undergraduate
Board has’ also innovated the cus-
tom of providing a series ticket for
the formal dance and two open
houses at a.saving of $1.25.
Ricoeur Traces Background, Theories
Of Main Existentialist Philosophies
Existentialism, man’s protesta-
tion against the over-emphasized
philosophies of ideas and things,
was the subject of Dr. Paul Ri-
coeur’s lecture Monday evening.
Mr. Ricoeur, visiting lecturer at
Haverford from the University of
Strasbourg, outlined the historical
background of existentialism and
discussed its primary theories.
Aithough there were suggestions
of it in the medieval and Christian
philosophies, existentialism did not
come into its own until the time
of Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard, a
19th century Scandinavian philos-
opher, felt that individual exist-
ence could be attained only in the
relationship between the individual
and God,
Opposed to Kierkegaard was
Nietzsche for whom the will, rath-
er than God, was the basis of ex-
istence. The problem raised by
both Kierkegaard and Nietzsche is
more popularly known as the dis-
tinction between the atheistic and
Christian doctrines of existential-
dsm.
From this encounter four types
of existentialism philosophy were
_ developed. The first is a combina-|
tiow of the philosophy of phe-|
nomenology which asserted that
experience extended beyond the
sensuous to include aesthetic and
theoretical experiences, and the
_philosophy of being as _expressed | |
eh Henri Bergson.
The second type is that pro-
pounded by the German philoso-
pher, Martin Heideggar. In his
philosophy, existence as the prob-
lem of being plays the decisive
role.
The third type is that exempli-
fied by Jean-Paul Sartre. This
school excluded from the problem
of existence all other problems
such as being and God.
The philosophy of Jaspers and
Marcel is the fourth and final] out-
growth of the encounter between
Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Their
philosophy of existence is a ration-
al effort to analyze our being and
our relationship to God.
The main theory behind all ex-
istentialist doctrine is the notion of
finitude. However, an analysis of
finitude reveals a paradoxical state.
It considers the individual to be, at
the same time, in the world, by
himself, and with others.
When speaking of ourselves, we
say, “I am finite.” This means I
am a body which moves, suffers,
perceives, expresses, Is spon-
taneous desires and acqwiires hab-
its. Thus, the body is the inter-
mediary between “me” and the out-
er world. The entire meaning of
the world is given to the individual
through his body.
“However, existence must be more
than the body’s passive position in’
space. It must be actuated through
the movement of cnoice. The for-
‘mation of the individual character’
Continued on Page 6, Col. 1
by Helen Sagmaster, ’58
The Bryn Mawr College Thea-
tre-Haverford Drama Club presen-
tation of Oedipus at Colonus will
be an important item on, the
agenda for Undergrad Weekend,
December 3 and 4. Sophocles’ play,
beautifully ‘translated by William
Butler Yeats, is an unusual type of
presentation for this group, and its
production brings up some unusual
problems.
Mood of Tragedy
Mrs. Dolya Goutman, guest di-
rector, has been of great assistance
here. Mrs. Goutman teaches drama
at Baldwin School, where Greek
plays are emphasized in the sopho-
more year.
CALENDAR
Thursday, December 2
8:30 pam.—A program of poet-
ry and music will be given by
Louis MacNeice and Hedli An-
derson. Music Room,
Friday, December 3
8:30 p.m.—College Theatre pre-
sents Oedipus at Colonnus. Good-
hart.
10:00 to 1:00 a.m.—As a change
of pace visit Monte Carlo. Rhodes.
Saturday, December 4
2:30-4:00 p.m. Scavenger Hunt.
8:30 p.m.—Oedipus at Colonnus.
Goodhart.
Afterwards—The Winter Whirl.
Gym.
Sunday, December 5
2:00 -p.m.— Learn about the
Bryn Mawr Summer Camp at the
early Christmas party. Common
Room.
8:00 p.m.—Dr. Howard Thor-
man, Dean of Marsh Chapel, Bos-
ton University, will speak. Music
Room, ;
Monday, December 6
7:15 p.m. The’ Near East is the
topic for Current Events: Mabel
Lang and Machteld eee Com-
mon Room. Ries cx:
8:30 p.m. William rhea Assist-
ant~Keeper of the British Mu-
seum will speak on The. Tribal
Artist in Africa. Goodhart.
Tuesday, December 7
7:30 p.m. Canada and the Far
East will be the subject.of a talk
by John McCardle, Canadian Dip-
Dolya Goutman Directs Joint Production
Of ‘Oedipus At Colonus’ This Weekend
The aim of the production staff
is to get across to the audience the
mood of a Greek tragedy, and at
the same time to utilize the advan-
tages of modern stage effects. In-
stead of a bare arena, which was
used in the earliest performances,
Oedipus isto be-presented-on a
proscenium stage. The setting is
simple and stylized, with only a
few basic props.
Form of Chorus
Originally, the choral parts were
chanted in unison to a musical
background. Although this meth-
od was considered, it was decided
that some of the lines should be
spoken individually, and some by
the whole group.
No one can predict at this point
whether Oedipus will be a success
‘lor a failure, but we can safely say
that, from the production angle, it
will be an extremely interesting
BMC Projects
Science Center
Psychology Department
To Take Over
Dalton
The first large-scale building
- coject on the campus in almost
venty years will see’ the long-
anned completion of Park Hall to
‘ovide a Science Center for the
ollege.
The Science Center will consist
a physics and mathematics
ilding and a biology building,
> latter connecting with Park.
Mr. Sydney Martin, the architect
of Park, designed the two new
buildings along similar modern,
functional lines.
Dalton—61 Years Old
Dalton, which has ‘housed the
physics, mathematics, and biology
departments since 1893, will be re-
modeled to provide room for the
entire psychology department, ad-
ditional classrooms, and a language
laboratory equipped with records
and. tape recorders.
The transfer of the psychology
department to Dalton will in turn
fere space in the library for ex-
tending the cataloguing depart-
ment and for increasing offices for
Continued on Page 6, Col. 1
Freshman Class Officers
President: Eliza Cope
Vice-President: Betsy Nelson
Secretary: Marian Bradley
Song Mistress: Sue Opstad
Self-Gov.
lst Member — Laura Rocke-
feller
2nd Member — Constance
Brown
Undergrad Board Member
Nancy Moore
Parents’ Day Committee
combination of the old and the new.
Barbara Pinney, Ann: Wake
Lattimore Discusses
Saga And Greek Me
The saga of Oedipus was the
subject of a talk by Mr. Richmond
Lattimore, Tuesday, November 30,
in the Common Room. His talk
was in preparation for the coming
presentation of Oedipus at Colon-
us.
The three plays of Sophocles
centering on the character of Oedi-
pus cannot properly. be. called a
trilogy, .as they did not follow
story order in writing and presen-
tation.
Oedipus Rex, written about 429
B.C., opens with Oedipus as king
of Thebes. He believes himself in-
nocent, but when a plague strikes
the city, he learns that he isthe
“unclean man” who has brought
down the wrath of the gods. Ocedi-
pus Rex is the tale of the unravel-
ing of Oedipus’ secret.
Oedipus at Colonus, probably
written about 408 B.C., begins with
the hero’s arrival at the outskirts
of Athens following his exile from
Thebes. He is taken in by the
kindly king of Theseus, and after
cursing his sons, who desire his
lomat, at the IRC meeting. Com-
mon Room.
Sophocles’ Oedipus
thods Of Production
Antigone, believed to be the fifst
written, follows Oedipus at Colon-
us in story order. This tragedy
tells of the attempts of Antigone,
Oedipus’ daughter, to bury. her
brother Polyneices, against the
wishes of the proud Creon, king of
Thebes. She is condemned to be
buried alive, but commits suicide
before this punishment can be car-
ried out. Creon’s pride is broken
by the ensuing suicides of his son
and his wife.
After summarizing the saga of
edipus, Mr.. Lattimore discussed
the Greeks’ methods. of presenting
drama. Plays were given in com-
petition, so playwrights were lim-
ited to three main actors. The
chorus of old men provided people
for the characters to talk to, and
offered a means for the author to
give the backgroun. of his story.
Mr, Lattimore, head of the
Greek department, is best known-
for his translations of the poet
Pindar and of Homer’s Iliad. He is
at present working as co-editor.
.jand translator of a an anthology of ——-
near the city.
Greek drama.
Plans For New
“te
-she is to be able to utilize
Here at Bryn Mawr each student should be
3 to choose an independent p oj
+
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Page Two
ne
THE COLLEGE NEWS
r
Wednesday, December 1, 1954
THE COLLEGE NEWS
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More ‘han Honors
Those chosen by their departments to do honors receive
more for their efforts than just a mention at graduation.
‘4ne honors project itseit requires inaepenuent research
and reading in some neid covered by a Mayor uepartmeni
with advice and ghidance trom one member oi tne itacuity.
Despite the nigh standards of work oftered by tne col-
lege, in. most courses the assignments — consist ot specinc
pages, or books well tested in advance. Less intensive, short-
er papers are the only independent work done by any student
until her senior year.
Scholarship, however, consists of knowing unaided
where to find the information you want and how to indepen-
“dently organize this information into a coherent body of
«nowledge. Those chosen to do this work through honors are
~-described in the catalogué by the departments as students
who are “qualified,” “recommended by the department,” or
show “marked ability.” This means that only a limited nurh-
ber of students selected by their departments have this op-
portunity.
_. We feel that this is not the proper method of belnetion.
‘After three years of Bryn Mawr work each student should be
able to attempt independent work. In fact, she may consider
_indépendent work necessary, if at the time of her graduation
the scholastic knowledge she has
acquired.
Princeton requires a
of our honors-paper, of every student in his senior year.
ect. The guidance and assist-
. es a ou credit, would be
“thesis”, which is the equivalent |
given the option |
Disgruntled Reader Gites
Haverford’s Style
As Model
The editorial on the unfair re-
view of Junior Show set off the
‘expected repercussions at Haver-
ford. In addition to the letter by
the reviewer “whose naturally san-
guine mood had been replaced by
one of irritation” the Haverford
News claimed to be “engaged in
Mawr College News.” On Nov. 24
they published a caustic letter to
che editor which was allegedly
found in «the Bryn Mawr News-
room. The reply follows:
To the Editor:
After reading the most recent
issue of the College News, and
then reading the Nov. 24 issue of
the Haverford News, I have be-
come convinced that there are
many important journalistic mores
-which our newspaper violates.
One of the features of the Hav-
erford News which is the most re-
faxing to the eyes is the beautiful
way in which all the headlines
sount. Rather than having all
ieadlines evenly spaced and count-
24, couldn’t your staff try writing
aeadlines in the more ragged and
individualistic style which Haver-
ford uses?
Another nice thing pen their
headlines is that you can always
tell the staff’s opin:oa of the sub-
ject. For instance, “Hard-Working
Spanish Professor Asensio Headed
‘Language House’,” is a wonderful
example of editorializing.
To be certain that readers know
where the important articles are
located, boxes are inserted giving
the upper left-hand corner of page
one a box reads, “Swarthmore
Game, Page One.” Beneath it in
banner heads one sees. “Haverford
Splits Weeekend Decisions,” and
“Haverford Loses Football Game
. .’ There is absolutely nothing
like guarding against all chances
of not seeing an ‘article.
The lead paragraphs of every
article give evidence of the high
-‘|calibre of reporting on the Haver-
ford News.
“The College will entertain four
Philips Visitors this semester, of
whom two already have departed,
and a third is undecided as to when
he can come.” The headline of this
article announces that: “Niels
Bohr Plans December Yisit.” Mr.
graph of the article.
The article on Robert Frost must
have been written by a true lover
of poetry, as most of the article is
evoted to quoting two of Frost’s
oems. Most readers, naturally, do
ot have the mental capacity to
_2ad them in an anthology, even if
“ley are really interested.
For anyone who is required to
2xad The Crucible in a literature
course, an excellent summary of
~| the plot can be found in this issue
of the Haverford News. Unfortun-
ately the overall effect is spoiled
by the fact that the last paragraph
of the article mentions the quality
of the acting and the set.
In “The Athlete Speaks,” the ‘no-
ble and unappreciated Haverford
sports enthusiast finally is proper-
ty extolled. “Thus by taking a full
load of courses of top-flight cali-
ber, the who must also de-|
vote two or more hours a day plus
immeasurable energy to the sport
of his choice, is performing a near-
Alerculean task. The fact that prac-
vical! y. every Haverford athlete of
excellence peters out in his Senior
~exr bears evidence of the tremen-
“dous burden upon him.”
Foes Reged saya,
. a duel of letters with the Bryn.
them the necessary information. In
Bohr is mentioned in the last para-
‘The unique style of eee and
Letters to the Editor
terson and Donald Stover to better
physical conditions for actors in
Roberts Hall.”
Also: “Helping Ortman_ offen-
‘sively, backs Hal Weaver and Don
ttopkins also carried the ball in
rolling up the ground-gaining total
which was higher than that of the
visitors.”
Under “Brrata” gne can find all
sorts of knick-knack facts in the
same article. “In the November 8
report of the Corporation’s Finan-
cial State, the return of 5.5% om
acquisitions in the Treasure Room
signities book value, not market
value,
“As regards the plans. for. the
uew. dormitory, neitner fireplaces
nor reirigerators are definitely
psannea for each suite.
“aa our reporc-on how the News
1s puolisned,-we’ negleeted to men-
uon che or the most important
sources of intormation.”
raving cited these tew examples
vil 'une superior quality of the Mav-
extora News, 1 wish to say that 1
unink the editors of the bryn Mawr
Cuuiege News would do weil to take
1e>sOns in how to turn out a suc-
cessiul newspaper from _ their
asvute counterparts on the Haver-
10rd campus,
Sincerely yours,
Epsey Cooke
BMC’s Support Sought
For Censuring
McCarthy
November 19, 1954
to the President
ot the Student Council:
A petition has been sent to our
eenator in New York State, Mr.
merbert H. Lehman, urging the
vensure, or if possible, the expul-
3i0N or Senator Joseph McCarthy; i
Uur Scudent Council has endors-
ed tnis action with the belief that
\1) our colleges nave been greatly
Muloived ana aemoralized as a re-
cule OF his vicious attacks on aca-
uem.c treeaom. (2) Tne United
Svaces nas lost considerable pres-
jage*at home and abroad in its po-|
siuion us the leader os democratic
chought because of his unethical
and brutal disregard ot democratic
principles. (3) His behavior in the
present Senatorial debates gives
torceful evidence of hig unfitness
as a United States Senator. ;
We of the Student Council are
writing to inform you of this ac-
tion with the hope that your stu-
dent body will take a similar stand
‘and act immediately in order to be
effective. We hope you will give
this matter serious consideration.
; Yours very truly,
Judith Smith
President, Student Council
Sarah Lawrence College
Sieglinde Schramm
Vice President, Student Council
CHAPEL SPEAKER
Life magazine, im 1953, designat-
ed this Sunday evening’s Chapel
speaker as one of the twelve ‘out-
standing preachers in the United
States. He is Howard Thurman,
Dean of Marsh Chapel and profes-
sor of Spiritual Resources and Dis-
ciplines at Bostom University.
Before coming to his present po-}
sition, Dr. Thurman organized and
developed a unique church which
is an interracial, intercultural and
non-sectarian venture in religious
fellowship.
He has written numerous books,
including” The Greatest ‘of These, |
~ Current Events
Miss McBride Speaks
On Educational
Crisis
Thé trisis in education, Miss. Mc-
Bride said on Monday night at
‘Current Events, exists in part be-
cause of the present college-age
generation, “the thin generation,”
in part because of the nature of
the times, and in part because of
the rising tide of students.
The crisis in education may be
looked n from three angles: the
population figures and estimated
school enrollments, ‘the funds and
means necessary to finance an edu-
cation, and the demand for quali-
fied personnel.
In a study made of the percent-
age increase in various age groups
of population, it was found that
the largest increases were made in
the 0-10-year-old group and in the
over-75-year-old group.
More Funds Needed
_ Thus we may predict a huge ele-
mentary school enrollment in 1959.
The increase in college-age people
was larger than the increase in the
college enrollment group. This is
because many students do not go
on to a higher education.
With the increase in school en-
‘rollments there will have to be an
increase in school funds. Whether
the state and local community can
do the job of fund providing, or
whether federal aid should be used,
is a question of importance.
Both President Eisenhower and
Mrs. Hobby have taken the posi-
tion that the preparation of teach-
ers comes under local affairs, but
that. federal aid should be used in
the construction of new schools.
‘Congress has planned for a series
‘of state congresses where the
school problem would be discusszd,
and also for a 1955 White House
conference,
Quiet Desperation
A U.S. Office of Education sur-
vey has declared a large percent-
age I une present school buildings
unsa.isfactory. ‘the National Edu-
cavion Association has ‘calied this
report “a study in quiet despera-
tion.”
The most striking part of a sur-
vey of main fields of personnel
made by the Commission on Hu-
man Resources is that the supply
of school teachers is insufficient by
60,000 a year. If the current ratio
of teacher to pupils is to be main-
tained, 169,000 new teachers will
be needed per year. Since this de-
mand cannot be met by fully quali-
fied personnel, several steps should
be taken.
“Retreads” |
First, improvement of the condi-
tions for the teacher must be con-
tinued. Her salary must be raised
and she must be*assured of a more
respected place in the community.
| There should be more recruiting of
teachers from liberal arts colleges.
Attorney-general Brownell has
suggested a program for “re-
treads,” women who have had a
liberal arts education and who
would turn to teaching after a pe-
riod of about 15-20 years of family
life.
Miss McBride suggests that per-
haps because of the personnel
shortage, we may increase the use
of educational films.and_education-.
al‘ TV. There has already been a:
are no longer considered simply
supplements to teaching. In fact,
some subjects are presented better
through their use.
“In all fields where the demand -
for personne] is greater than the
supply more attention should be
to| paid to the many qualified people
_| who do not try to get a full edu-
| cation. These potential students
never achieve the education to be- -
. liege eae personnel we
change in attitude, in that films —
‘ning as objecus ..
~
“Wednesday, Sobers, 1954
THE COLLEGE NEWS
ee Three
Pollard Explains ‘
. ‘Thou’ Relation
Goodhart, Mon., Nov. 22, 8:30
p.m.—‘“‘A different way of looking
ac the world” was ottered by Dr.
Willian’ G. Pollard, executive di-
rector of the Oak Ridge Institute
or Nuclear Physics and Episcopal
minister.
‘Present modes of thought” en-
courage a “bifurcation of reality
into the totality of the wold (it)
and the knower of the world (1).”
paid Dr. Pollard, we “treat every-
. happenings as
events.” Wwe employ tue depend-
aule, reliavle vechniques of science
ior verity.ng our experiences.
As a resuit ot this approach,
tnings “in a funaamenta: way re-
main a total stranger to us.” We
aon’t recognize that they “have
tneir own identities in their own
ught.
“an fleeting moments we fina
ourselves bound in relation with
something.” “We have made a
meeting... something of radically
different character” from objective
experience.
Dr. Pollard cited the case of a
physicist who, on seeing a ring dif-
traction pattern as a student felt
“something of an immediate sense
of conviction ... this was. meant
tor him.”
‘his sudden realization of rela-
tionship is a “meeting.” Such a
meeting “cannot be forced... it
comes by grace ...a rare oppor-
tunity.” For that moment another
being becomes not an “it” but a
“tnou” in the terminology of Mar-
un Buber.
‘Behind all expressions, physiol-
ogy, ali aspects as an object of ex-
perience and understanding stands
a ‘thou’ and in the meeting, each
person stops being an isolated con-
sciousness experiencing the world.
All lines of relationship ‘meet with
Him who is the center of all
peing’.”
Continued on Page 5, Col. 4
: Hedli Anderson and Louis MacNeice
L. MacNeice, Poet, Critic and Dramatist,
To Read His Work Here on December 2
by Paula Dunaway, ’58
Louis MacNeice, who will give a
reading of his poetry here on De-
cember 2, is one of our leading
contemporary American poets. He
has. also written criticisms (Mod-
ern Poetry is a combination of
criticism, his theories on poetry,
and personal philosophy), drama
(Out of the Picture, a play in two
acts, ‘he Dark ‘Tower and other
radio scripts), besides translations
ot the Agamemnon of Aeschylus,
and parts I and II of Goethe’s
faust. :
In reading Mr. MacNeice’s
poetry and criticisms, one quality
ls especially evident—honesty. As
he says in a note in Autumn Jour-
nal, “. . . poetry in my opinion
must be honest before anything
else.”
He is not a pretentious writer;
his poetry is neither obscure nor
full of difficult references, and it
usually means just what it says. In
his foreword to Poems 1925-1940
he warns that his poems will be
tound obscure only by “people who
cry to be too clever.”
World Travelers Marojolyn de Beus,
Giselle De Nie, Born in Netherlands
by Anna Kisselgoff, °58
Although they come from similar
backgrounds, Giselle De Nie and
Marojolyn de Beus are quite differ-
ent from each other.
Both these Freshmen in Denbigh
discovered their“ most prominent].
common feature the very first day
of Freshman Week. . Passing by
Giselle’s room, Marjolyn overheard
Giselle speaking to her «mother,
and enthusiastically popped in with
“Do you speak Dutch?” The affir-
mative answer started the first of
many conversations that these two
girls hold in their native language.
Both girls were born jin the
Netherlands; Marjolyn in The
Hague, and Giselle in Delft. Both
lived in England before coming to
the U.S.,-and both like Bryn Mawr,
After this, the similarity is not
very great.
Marjolyn, whose father is in the
diplomatie-service, has led a rather
well traveled life. She left Holland
when She was about one year old to
go to Brussels, and then to Copen-
hagen, Berlin,. ‘and , London, where
‘she spent six ye
When asked went became of the
English accent she must have had,
Marjolyn told of how she acquired
an American ore from the G.I.’s
who were in England during’ the
war. She had been very much im-
pressed by the American soldiers,
who gave all the children chewing
gum, and thus she started to imi-
tate their accent “much to my
mother’s horror.” By the time she
came to the U.S,, she was “all pre-
pared to sound as — as any| as
native.”
Marjolyn and her family came to
this country in 1945, and according
to her father’s three successive as-
signments, she has lived in “Wash-
ington, New York, Washington.”
At present, her father is Dutch
ambassador to Pakistan.
Pennsylvania is not new to Mar-
years at the Westtown School near
Philadelphia.
in music at Bryn Mawr, and has a
very great interest in this field.
She takes piano lessons here and
voice lessons in New York, and has
spent seven summers at Tangle-
wood, the Berkshire Music Fes-
tival.
Giselle, on the other hand, can-
not exactly pinpoint her major in-
terest, but among her diverse ones
she includes languages, history, so-
cial work, art, and writing.
Like Marjolyn, she learned Eng-
lish in England, where her family
had moved in 1948. In 1950 her
family moved to Walnut Creek,
California, near Berkeley. After.
about half a year, the family,
which includes Giselle’s research
chemist father, her mother whose
field is classical philology, and her
two younger brothers whose field
is mischief, moved to Englewood,
N.J. It was there that she attend-
ed Dwight Murrow High School.
While she was in high school,
Giselle had a very interesting ex-|#
perience. She says it all goes back
to an invitation her family receiv-
ed to attend a reception for Queen
Juliana of the Netherlands.
Wishing to receive some advice
to what would be appropriate to
wear at this zunation, Giselle and | #:
| ferings,
jolyn, for*she spent her high school’
She plans to majar|
@ Christmas gifts to the Philadel
His theories on the poet and his
function are interesting, and fit in
with many of the impressions Mac-
Neice conveys in his own work.
In Modern Poetry he says: “I
consider that the, poet is a blend of
the entertainer and the critic or in-
former; he is not a legislator, ...
nor yet, essentially, a prophet.”
-And from the same book, on the
poet himself: “I would have a poet
able-bodied, fond of ‘talking, a
reader of the newspapers, capable
of pity and laughter, informed in
economics, appreciative of women,
involved in personal relationships,
-actively interested in politics, sus-
ceptible to physical impressions.”
-MacNeice urges that poets write
honestly, in keeping with their
lives and beliefs. He believes that
although poetry may disappear in
a-crisis (war), it will always re-
appear, “as one of the chief em-
bodiments of human dignity,”
when people again have time for it.
Mr. MacNeice has published sev-
eral volumes of poetry, in addition
to the books already mentioned.
Among them are: Holes in the Sky,
The Earth Compels, Ten Burnt Of-
and Poems—1935, early
and late.
He has also written: Subject in
Poetry, and Letters from Iceland
(with W. H. Auden). ;
Mrs. MacNeice, professionally
known as Hedli Anderson, is a
singer of great versatility. She has
done contemporary work and med-
ieval and Victorian ballads, as well,
B.M.C. To Present
Award For Writing
Bryn Mawr College announces
that the Lucy Martin Donnelly
Fellowship will be awarded for the
year 1955-56. The fellowship, in
the amount of $3000, is given for
creative writing or research in the
humanities,
Established in memory of Miss
Donnelly, who was for many years
on the faculty at Bryn Mawr, the
fellowship is open to women who
are citizens of the United States
.or the British Commonwealth and
is awarded on the basis of distinc-
tion in writing. Since its estab-
lishment in 1949, the award has
been won by two American writers
—Elizabeth Bishop, in 1951-52 and
May Sarton, in 1953-54.
Applications must be submitted
before January 15, 1955. Further
information may be obtained from
the Office of the President, Bryn
Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Penn-
sylvania. .
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Contributions should be given tog
pague Hall Representatives o
-i|much of their native language as
ae
Senor “Maderiaga. Advances Theories
(On Characters In European Literature
Senor Salvatore Maderiaga, who iquies of action.”
spoke in the Deanery ‘on Novem- |
ber 18, took as his subject “Four
European characters amlet, Don
Juan, Faust, and Don Quixote.” He
explained that he had chosen them
as men of “the European. Olym-
pus,” characters aS much alive as
any who have lived in history, and
impervious to time.
benor Maderiaga advanced sev-
era: interesting theories; he be-
1.eves that Hamlet, not. Quixote, is
ue man of action, instead o. the
ue@sliant dreamer he is usually con-
smuered, He also believes that
wuixove, not Hamlet, monologuizes,
and calls Quixote’s sorties “solilo-
Fage To Give Talk
Qn African Artists
The Tribal Artist in Africa is
the tentative title for a ‘lecture by
William Fagg on Monday, Decem-
ber 6, at 8:30 p.m.
Mr. Fagg’s official title is that
of Assistant Keeper of the Depart-
ment of Ethnology at the British
Museum. .This title corresponds to
our “curator” but there seems: to
be an English custom of using
“keeper” for national museums.
Mr. Fagg is an authority on
African Art with West ‘Africa as
his specialty. He is Honorary Sec-
retary of the Royal. Anthropolog-
ical Institute and. honorary editor
of “Man,” the institute’s viii |
publication,
“Forceful and poetic qualities
are the essential marks of African
creative art,” wrote Mr. Fagg in
the catalogue of the recent exhibit
of African art in the Brooklyn My-
seum,
Mr. Fagg believes “African art
is an art not of analysis but of
synthesis; the artist does not begin
trom the natural form of say, the
human body. He begins from a
germinal concept which grows into
a finished work development, so: to
speak, from the inside out and not
‘raga’
from the outside in.”
These two characters symbolize
to Senor. Maderiaga Europt’s per-
manent political problem. They
iepresent the two possible ways in
wnich she may fail to achieve bal-
ance between the individual and
che community, = .
‘ne characters were discussed in
pairs, and dominant: characteristics
in each were pre
or contrasts. Faust and Dan Juan
were placed in the “vertical” world
vI absolute values and spiritual re-
iaticnships, and Hamlet and Qui-
avee in the “horizontal, or social
-world,”’
- ‘Hamlet, on one hand, was the vic-
ulm of social pressure, “the observ-
ed of dali observers”; he expressed ’
his rebeilion in what Senor Made-
rlaga considers one of the key lines
in HafwJet, “a custom more hon-
ored in the breach than in the ob-
servance.” In short, Hamlet repre-
sents man against society.
Intellect vs. Will
Don Quixote is the direct an-
tithesis of Hamlet, in that he lives
in a raretied atmosphere, where so-
ciety is almost non-existent.~ As a
result, since society requires no
sacrifice of him, he creates his own
social pressure and sdtrities him-
self,
. Tracing the characters of Faust
and Don Juan from Marlowe _ to
Goethe, and from Tirso de Molina
to. Zorilla, Senor Maderiaga de-
‘scribed Faust as “intellect without
will,” and Don Juan as “will with-
out intellect.” 2
Following the talk, Senor Made-
answéred ‘the audience’s
questions, sometimes seriously and
sometimes not, but always_ inter-
estingly. When asked about. the
subject of his new book, he replied
that he was writing several books,
and never knew their subjects un-
til he read the publisher’s proofs.
Senor Maderiaga has been exiled
from Spain for seventeen years,
and does not expect to return as _
long as the Franco government re-
mains in power. His first visit to
Bryn Mawr was in 1928. -
DeLaguna Discusses
Recent Ethnological
Survey Among Tlingit Indians of Alaska
Tuesday, November 23, 8:30,
The theory of recent ethnologi
field work as exemplified ‘by her
winter among the Tlingit’ Indians
of Alaska was the topic of Mi
Frederica deLaguna’s lecture under
the auspices of the oye Mawr
chapter of Sigma. Xi.
The purpose of Miss deLaguna’s
trip to: Alaska Was to study the
history of the development, forma-
tion and present partial dissolution
of the northern Tlingits. She chose
Yakatak because there it was ‘pos-
sible to study Indians who had not
come under ethnological survey be-
fore. There were, in addition, ar-
chaeological sites nearby to give}:
additional historical background.
Aboriginal Culture
_ Less than 300 natives live there;|
they are employed by, a fish can-
nery in the summer, and make
sealskin boots for the tourist trade
in~the winter. During three sea-
sons. Miss deLaguna spent with
them, ’49, 52 and ’54, she had 30
to 35 informants, born from 1870
to 1915. These older people were
the most help since she was inter-
ested in their. aboriginal culture
and things of the past.
Although most of the Yakatak
Tlingit speak English, any ethnolo-
gist feels he or she should know ag
possible. The Tlingit tongue, with
its complex verb inflections, is very
alien to us. ee eee oe
‘as one of them.
Chemistry Lecture Room, *Park.—-|:
teal
When interviewing a people, as
Miss deLaguna and her party did,
she found that they soon began to
tell her. a great deal more than
would be told an ethnologist who
took the attitude the Tlingit were
something to be observed coldly in
a laboratory fashion.
Objectivity Important
Although an anthropologist can
be a participant and observer in an
Indian tribe, he should never try to
come too close to them. If he does
he will lose his objectivity, which
is highly necessary if anything is
to be.gained from his work.
' Miss deLaguna found that -
ing down the interviews in short
hand helped a great deal, especial-
ly in gaining a deeper meaning
from what was said when correlat-
ing the notes. In interviews of this
sort the ethnologist must be care-
ful not to. harm..the.informants,
‘ridicule them or give away aiken |
told in confidence. It is therefore
hard in the case of the Tlingits to
publish anything ut them. They
are literate on the whole and eager
to read what has been written
about them.
If they consider that something
harmful has been said, as they did
in the case of some anthropological
reports several generations ago,
the possibility of further field work —
in the area will be harmed or de-
stroyed.
- Miss deLaguna ended her lecture
2| with six tape recordings of Tlingit
sefited by parallels:
Fy
Page Four
THE COLLEGE NEWS
y
Wednesday, December 1, 1954
Varsity Team Totals: 3 Wins, 3 Losses; R. Speaight Reads
Pem East, Non-Res Tie In Hall Hockey |
Strong Rivalry Leads To
Hall Hockey
1-1 Tie
especiaiiy contributed
by Joan Parker, ’37
Alter many aggravating post-
pouemencs aue to bad weather,
“4.4, Tnaily was apie w hold the
nail nockey tournament on Nov. li
anu Nov. 18.
‘bne nnal game of the tourna-
ment, which was held between
vembroke East and Non-Reses,
ended in a 1-1 tie. This was one of
tne hardest fought and best played
games seen at Bryn, Mawr for a
long time. Gwen Johnson was re-
sponsible for the Non-Reses’ goal,
while Gail Gilbert scored for Pem
Kast. Ese
fiom the first announcement of
the hali tournament the Non-Reses,
who have five. members on the first
varsity, and Pem Kast, which has
three nrst varsity and many J.V.
‘ mempers, had been building up a
strong rivalry. ‘This yivalry added
to the tremendous spirit shown in
ail the games.
in the first round of the tourna-
ment, Pembroke East had defeated
Kaanor, Denbigh won over Merion
and Wyndham, Rhoads defeated
Rock, and the Non-Reses outscored
rem West.
in the second round of the tour-
nament the Non-Reses defeated
Rhoads in a well played game,
while Denbigh defaulted to Pem
East, so that Pem East and the
Non-Reses met in the finals.
2 Dutch Freshmen
Like Denbigh, U.S.
Continued from Page 3
her mother, a Ladies Home Jour-
nal reader, went to see the pattern
editor of that magazine in New
York. There, as in the movies, Gi-
seile was “spotted.” The editor,
who was very impressed with Gi-
selle’s charming good looks, asked
her if she would like to do some
modeling. Giselle was very sur-
prised, and not immediately inter-
ested—until the next fall-when she
received a note from the editor
asking her again to model. This
time Giselle accepted, and she ap-
peared in the Journal in an article
about readers who make their own
clothes.
She also modeled clothes for the
next issue and this prompted her
to join a modeling agency. How-
ever, Giselle’s interests are also
very much on the academic side,
and she took care to see that her
modeling activities did not conflict
with her school work. She landed
her biggest modeling job last May,
and if you will look on pp. 280-281
in the August 1954 issue of Made-
moiselle, you will find four pictures
of Giselle De Nie, Bryn Mawr, ’58.
Giselle did not look upon the
modeling she did as preparation
for a career in that field. She says
that perhaps she might like to get
a job abroad, but first she hopes
to be able to do post graduate
study, either here or abroad. Mar-
jolyn also voiced the sentiment,
that, in the long run, she would
. like to return to Europe. She still
feels more European than Ameri-
can, and says that “not wishing to
offend, yet wanting to. be truthful,
I do like the European atmosphere
* and” way”™-of~ life better than the
American.”
Nevertheless, she is glad she has|
lived in the United States, and she
is joined in this by Giselle. :
Don’t get caught
in the Christmas rush
Buy your presents now
Rosemont Beats Varsity
3-1, But Jayvees
Win 10-1 \’
The final game of the Brya
Mawr hockey season proved to be
a disappointing one when Bryn
Mawr lost 3-1 to Rosemont, a team
which they have. always previous-
ly managed to defeat.
Overconfidence, the illness of
two players, and the general fa-
tigue of mid-semester time may
have caused this. Nevertheless,
the team did not play the kind of
game of which they are capable.
The J. V. fared better, trouncing
their opponents by a score of 10-
1. The performance of the second
team was so much better than that
of the first varsity that several of | .
its players were hastily ‘switched
to the first team.
Gwen Johnson, who scored six
goals in the J. V. game, came in
on the varsity forward line, and
Allison Craigin filled in at right
fullback. The only goal, however,
was scored by Gail Gilbert.
Legislature toSelect
U.S.F.Organizations
There will be a Legislature meet-
ing Wednesday, Decemher 8, to se-
lect the organizations to which the
college United Service Fund will
donate money, and to decide what
percentage of the money collected
will be given to each agency. The
; f ; «
agencies under consideration are:
American Friends Service Com-
mittee: A Quaker-supported or-
ganization which gives spiritual,
financial and material aid to the
needy in all parts of the world.
World University Service: A
non-political international organiz-
ation which gives food, clothing,
medical aid, textbooks and housing
for the needy students in foreign
countries.
United Fund of Philadelphia:
The local drive which coordinates
the drives of the Community Chest
and other drives (about 120 all to-
gether),
National Scholarship Service and
Fund for Negro Students: A foun-
dation promoting inter-racial col-
leges which provides counseling
service and supplementary scholar-
ships for Negro students. They are
now expanding their services on
the preparatory school level.
CARE: Cooperative for Ameri-
can Remittances in Europe.
International House in Philadel-
phia: Provides cheaper living quar-
ters for foreign students,
Athens College: Provides schol-
arship aid for Greek youth.
SCI; A civil service organization
running workcamps in southern
Italy, doing so construction
e
work, and pn medical and
educational aid.
Save the Children Federation:
Helps destitute children through-
out the world, by providing for
sponsorship of one child or a
school of 30.
Reserve: This money (usually
10% of the total) is set aside for
emergency aid for’needs that may
arise during the year: This year
the USF gave $100 to the Ameri-
can Friends Service Committee.
From Drama Poets
by Molly Epstein, ’56
Robert Speaight, creator of the
part of Becket in Kliot’s Murder in
the Cathedral, read passages from
Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare and
Eliot in Goodhart on November 17.
Mr. Speaight appeared as Ann
Elizabeth Sheble lecturer, under
the auspices of the English De-
partment,
A characteristic which quickly
distinguished Mr. Speaight as an
actor, rather than a “reader of
poetry”, was his unusual effective-
ness in the passages of drama or
character as contrasted with his
slightly lower level of skill in
reading more formal poetry.
. Skillful Craftsman
It is probably: for this reason
that I was so pleased by the ex-
ent from Shakespeare’s Mer-
ant of Venice. He selected two
speeches of Shylock’s which were
‘extremely familiar, but which
‘somehow never contained within
‘themselves the characterization
| Mr. Speaight extracted from them.
His Shylock was cynical, vengeful
and _ dignified, but, what is more,
he was a Jew. The gestures and
intonations which he employed
were subtle but unmistakable and
it is a tribute to his craftsmanship
that they did not become exagger-
ated.
Mr, Speaight’s classical drama-
tic bent was most satisfied in his
rendition of the final soliloquy in
Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus. The emo-
tional impact of his portrayal was
tremendous. His own commentary
on Marlowe’s creation of the verse
applied to his dramatic interpreta-
tion of it. He began rhetorically
and lost himself in the “spontane-
ous passion of the scene”.
. “Shavian Satire”
The moments in Mr. Speaight’s
reading which I enjoyed most were
those in which he portrayed the
colloquial and the contemporary.
His sense of the rhythms of Eliot’s
Sweeney Agonistes was delightful,
and I think few of us are likely to
forget the choruses...
“Where the Gauguin maids
_ In the banyan shades
Wear palmleaf drapery
Under the bam
Under the boo
Under the bamboo tree.”
The final excerpt, a really out-
standing one, was a part of the
“Knights’ Apologia” at the end of
Murder in the Cathedral, in which
the murderers come forth and at-
tempt to justify their act to the
audience. Mr, Speaight aptly de-
scribed this prose interlude as\a
sort of “Shavian satire”. Eliot’s
use of contemporary British plati-
tudes seemed a fitting break in the
tragic mood, rather than a useless
anachronism.
Shakespeare and Eliot
Mr. Speaight’s more formal
readings included Enobarbus’ de-
scription of Cleopatra’s barge (An-
tony and Cleopatra), the descrip-
tion of the British and French
camps before the Battle of Agin-
court (Henry V), Othello’s entrande
(last scene of Othello) and a cho-
rus from Murder in the Cathedral.
These were, in general, not as well
could show his talent as an actor
rather than a describer or reader
MADCAPS
- From 3.50 to 12.50
from 16.50 :
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Ardmore, Pa.
Only 31 days more’
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Phone, Infirmary
The exchange papers piled high
over Thanksgiving vacation. A
conscientious survey of them has
disclosed some bits of information
worth passing on.
A suggestion from the Smith
College Sophian: “We often wish
that people would be more discreet
when they answer the phone.’ The
girl who answered the phone on
the third floor of one house the
other day screamed down the hall,
‘It’s for you, Joanie—a male!’
Joanie ran to the telephone, picked
up the receiver, and murmured a
throaty ‘Hello?’ A voice at the
history professor’.”
8 Ways to Education
A writer for The Wesleyan Ar-
gus, Middletown, Conn., suggests:
“Finally, a. four-course schedule
would permit a student to follow
field with greater freedom than at
present when his time-for indepen-
ited by the demands of other class-
es.” Should we tell him?
From The Wilson Billboard, Wil-
son College, Chambersburg, Pa.:
This is a “list of eight facts on...
finer points of acquiring an educa-
tion...
1, Always gulp your juice at
dinner in order to have your table
served first.
2. Weekends are short.
8. A long coat worn over paja-
mas will get you into Barney’s
and no one will suspect.
4. Seniors are busy people.
5. Three heaping teaspoons of
sugar in coffee enables you to float
gently poured cream, creating a
beverage tasting like hot coffee ice
cream.
6. Writtens are inevitable.
7, There are more quiet hours
than noisy hours.
other end of the wire replied, ‘Don’t |
get your hopes up. This is your)
his intellectual curiosity in a given |
dent investigation is narrowly lim-!
Techniques Among
Bits Gleaned From Exchange Papers
8. -The more organizations you
join, the more correspondence will
‘dust your P,O. box.’
An interesting definition comes
|from the same paper. ~ “Sickman-
i Ship is the art of retiring graceful-
‘ly to the infirmary and, once estab-
lished in a clean white bed, of mak-
ing one’s stay there as comfort-
able as possible. Sickmanship also
involves the extremely difficult
skill of being able*to leave the in-
firmary at the exact moment’ that
‘one desires to do so, with no nasty
Scenes of unnerving opposition.”
ENTERTAINMENT
Ardmore
Hobson’s Choice: Wed. thru Sat.,
Dee. 1 thru-4, :
Rogue Cop and Thunder Pass:
Sun. thru Wed., Dec. 5 thru 8.
Suburban
Woman’s World: Wed. thru
‘Wed, Dec. 1 thru 8.
Greenhill
Runaway Bus: Wed. thru Wed.;
Dec. 1 thru 8.
Bryn Mawr
King Richard and the Crusaders:
Wed., Dec. 1.
Magnificent Obsession:
thru Sat., Dec. 2 thru 4.
Three Coins in the Fountain and -
Susan Slept Here: Sun. thru Tues., “
Dec. 5 thru 7.
Gone with the Wind: Wed. and
Thurs., Dec. 8 and 9.
Walnut
Lunatics and Lovers—8:30, Dec.
1-6,
Anastasia—8:30, Dec. 6-8.
Erlanger
House of Flowers—8:30.
Shubert
Silk Stockings—8:30.
Forrest
South Pacific—8:20.
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Page Five
A. S. Besicovitch Lectures On Relation! Davis Wields Torch;
Between Logic And Mathematical Proof
contributed: by
gewick, 56 -
especia
Norma
Dr. A. S. Besicovitch,, an out-
~standing contemporary mathema-
tician, spoke in Dalton on “Some
Thoughts on Mathematics” in a
lecture sponsored by the Science
Club on Nov. 30. Dr. Besicovitch,
who was also at Bryn Mawr in
1948, is at present working at the
Institute for Advanced Study in
Princeton. J
Concentrating on the relations
between mathematics and logic,
Dr. Besicovitch pointed out that
logical thinking can be said to be
a development of mathematics.
Mathematics introduces new con-
cepts which~can ‘only be under-
stood with the aid of logic, which
was invented by the human mind
as an organized method ofab-
stract thinking, and which is used
in distinguishing between correct
and false proof.
The main difficulty in solving
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many problems lies in the state-
ment of the problem. Once the
logical nature of the problem itself
can be understood the solution fol-
lows immediately. Thus in trying
to establish the existence of the
limit of an infinite sequence . of
numbers, mathematicians erred in
looking for the existence of a num-
ber which was accepted, but not
yet denfied. In the case of the tri-
section of an angle, the nature of
the problem was misunderstood in
that men were trying to find a
method for trisection, rather than
questioning the existence of such
a method. When the problem it-
self was fully understood it was
pproved that it is impossible to
trisect a given angle geometrical-
ly.
Also cited’ as examples of the
difficulties arising from the way in
which a problem is set up were
the Euclidean Axiom of Parallel
Lines and the Cantor Problem.
It is thought that logic itself is
mot a method for discovery, but
rather a way of distinguishing be-
tween right thinking and wrong
thinking. Logic is considered to
be a set of laws governing thought,
yet there is no way of knowing if
these laws are absolute.
Wambi Stays Home
Gwen Davis, long a familiar fig-
ure ni Bryn Mawr dramatic and
musical circles, is currently the
featured singer at the Mars Club
in Paris.
Gwen, a 64 graduate, has not
yet included /the well-remembered
“Wambi” in her repertoire.
has, however, written several new
songs, one of which is in “tourist
| French”,
Gwen has tentative plans for ap-
pearing in several other countries
on the continent.
WBMC PROGRAM
8:00-9:00 p.m.
December 1, Wednesday
Beethoven: Emperor Concer-
te; Tchaikowsky: Capriccio Ital-
ien.
December 2, Thursday
Beethoven: First and Ninth
Symphonies; Debussy: La Mer;
Debussy: Three Images for Or-
chestra.
December 6, Monday
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata;
Mozart: Sonata No. 12; Debus-
sy: Selections played by Ruben-
stein.
December 7, Tuesday
Macbeth (concluded).
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Notes:Nature of Reality’
«Continued from Page 3
and fate with freedom and destiny
as the attitudes of two groups of
people. The first lives only in the
objective world, the. “world of in-
stitutions”. These view will as
ingenuity,-the.ability to use things,
able means to achieve their ends.
To these people, the intervention
of fate is a shocking blow.
A member of the second group,
“the truly great man... has no
special means . .. which he fetches
up for his purposes”, The free
man knows destiny awaits him.
This man is aware of the “funda-
mental realities of existence”.
Football At B.M.C.?
It Occurred In 1914
If the Bryn Mawr girl of today
is known for her athletic prowess,
her reputation can be traced to the
former students -at this college.
Forty years ago, on December 7,
1914, the Odd and. Even classes
met in a football game, from which
the Odds emerged, tattered, but
victorious by a score of 6-0.
Said the umpire: “The tackling
was fearless.... Both teams were
better on the defensive than -on the
offensive.”
The players were supported by
cheerleaders and a few enterpris-
ing Bryn Mawrters who sold red
roses, violets, arm bands, and’ pea-
nuts on the sidelines.
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Reappears At BMC
By Donnie Brown, ’57
Nine o’clock or the Monday
mvrning aiver Thanksgiving vaca-
tiun is a time or intense physical
aiscomiort., Generally . speaking,
vhe- ony thing’ that could drag you
co class was @ great tear of deter-
.ea exams,
So you arlive, suitcase in hand,
from the Y:11 local, and after sev-
¢ral mémorapie looks from the pro-
sessor quiet your labored preath-
ing.’ Ur you could be one ot the
gais who has overslept and sneak
sNto class, pajamas under a raccoon
coat.
Our Jaundiced Eyes
No matter how attractive, kindly
or humorous he is, a professor can
never. look his best to jaundiced
eyes at this hour. There are has-
tily typed papers to hand in, or you
receive very hastily written ex-
ams with saddening grades. Every-
one has a suppressed feeling from
that memorable Americanism, a
turkey dinner, if she went home.
‘hose who stayed at the Biltmore
did not suffer from a lack of food,
either. At any rate there is a
slightly loaded feeling prevalent
among all those who rose to sign
the .dean’s slip.
Monday afternoon after the
shock of classes and labs had worn
off, the general feeling of “three .
weeks to study and write papers”
arose. But then Monday evening
brought a few telephone calls from
Haverford, an. invitation to Tri-
angle and the problem of getting
good tickets for Oedipus. Added
to this hasty slipping into the old
habits of study is the knowledge
that.with a little careful planning,
Christmas can be a prolongation of
all that transpired over Thanksgiv-
ing vacation. :
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
rca TIN
. Wednesday, eer 1,1 954
New CenterPlanned|James Speaks On ‘Knowledge Of God,
pat Modern - Refutes Belief 'I hat Man Is Cp
There are two views that man vice.
Continued from Page 1 may hold in regard to his relation-| “Knowledge 6f Gad abueeehen
p.vfessors, 1¢ will also mean that) ship to the universe, said the Rev-| we are known to God amd He re-
ine library wilt no longer be re-| erend Robert James, in his talk veals Himself to us”, said Mr.
quired to store books in cellars. “The Knowledge of God” on Tues- ‘ ;
ne cost of the new Science Uen-|day in the Common Room. -dnsemuee povemnen is a central
ter Will be $1,6u0,0U0, breaking] sing Dr: Poll¥rd’s speech at word in religion. -What we know
Gown Into 9U,VUU. tor the biology 3.M.C. as a taking-off point, Mr. is what God told us”.
H. Smith Predicts Amazing Phenomenon
Weather Turns Yankees into Southerners |
by Epsey Cooke, "57
Those who are fans of H. Allen
Smith may or may not have read
his latest masterpiece, The Rebel
Yell. . As I have a personal inter-
est in the matter, I immediately sat
down to read what a Yankee would
into his lungs, and then he uttered
the Rebel yell. The lapels on my
jackte- flapped and fluttered, a pic-
ture standing on the piano fell
over, and I felt certain that the
big tube in Mr. Street’s television
set was gone.”
Mr. Smith has a very “generous”
puuaing and »7v0,v0u forthe phys-
ics aNd Mathematics building.
mrs. Clarissa Wardwell Pell, Ex-
ecutive Wirector ot the Resources
Committee, told the College News
vnat sne nopes to get a large
amount of this trom individual and
,oundation gitts, without having to
vesorc to a tund-raising drive. ‘The
Kesources Committee plans to ex-
amine the financial situation after
tnis winter in order to determine
now soon work on the builaings
may be begun.
ahe two new wings of the Sci-
ence Center are now nameless, but
coud pe named separately. Park
Hal, built in 1938, was named for
Bryn Mawr’s third president, Mar-
ion Kawards Park.
Mr. Ricoeur Discusses
Existentialist History
Continued from Page 1
depends solely upon his choice of
action.
The notion of finitude also limits
one’s existence. If we recognize
the existence of other individuals,
we cannot completely recognize
our own existence. Yet, at the
same time the existentialists con-
tend that there is no universal con-
sciousness.
Dr. Ricoeur suggests that this
paradoxical state can be reconciled
by introducing the idea of tran-
scendence. Thus, by making exist-
entialism a transcendental philoso-
phy, man can recognize his own
existence and at the same time be
conscious of those existences sur-
rounding him.
Parents’ Committee
Selects New Head
Bryn Mawr, Pa., November 25.—
Bryn Mawr College announces the
appointment of Lewis N. Lukens,
Jr., of Philadelphia, as chairman |
of the Parents Committee, an ad- |
visory group of thirty members on
the annual giving program. He
succeeds Mrs. Douglas Delancy, of
Princeton, New Jersey.
Mr. Lukens, a partner in the in-
surance brokerage firm of Lukens,
Savage & Washburn, is a former.
president of the National Alumni
Association of Princeton Univer-
sity. ,
Mr. Lukens is also a trustee of
the Episcopal Theological School in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, of the
James considered the first view,
in which there is an “I-It” rela-
tionship. From this viewpoint
there are literally no limits to the
capacity of Man in his relation to
the universe.
However, perhaps a better rela-
tionship is that of “I-Thou”. Here,
for instance, an observer discov-
ers that. he himself is being ob-
served. Thus the observer’s (Man’s)
omnipotence is being challenged
by another observer. The observ-
er may be. either God or another
person,
We have been born into the cul-
ture of the Western world, com-
mitted to the “I-It” concept. We
think “I am first.” Mr. James feels
that the trouble withthe world
today is the “enslavement to this
faith”. Mam cannot live as if he
were omnipotent because perhaps
he isn’t. One of the main troubles
of omnipotence is that you can’t
ask anyone for guidance and ad-
Judeo-Christian history is based
upos the thesis of God giving |
knowledge to us by crossing the
abyss that separates us from Hin, |
and His coming to us in historical '
and understandable terms. For the
Christian religions this has taken’
place in the coming of Christ. For’
religions such as the Jewish, Mos-'
lem, and Bahai, this takes elace in|
a series of encounters. “Knowledge.
of God is gained by His coming to|
do. things”: God makes Himself
known.
attitude toward the South, how-
have to say on the subject.
Matter of Weather
ever. “I would like to see a friend-
lier feeling between the South and
: z ‘ the North, but we’ll never have it
Since the climate soon will force|i¢ they continue their intolerant
Northerners to become Southern-|sniping at us. By what right do
ers, Mr. Smith felt that he should) they set themselves up as a super-
investigate this amazing sound. ior race? Just because they are
_After traveling over much of the so powercul: ts Washington, just
because they have all the cotton
South and interviewing many au-/4nq all that tobacco and all that
thorities on the subject, he discov-|pellagra and all that grits and all
ered that there are several versions | that rubbery talk...” j
of the Rebel yell. To hear him tell Now I ask you, how can any
In the “I-If” concept of the uni-}it, it is a wonder that he was able Southerner appreciate a remark
verse, the beginning of a knowl-
edge of God: starts when one feels
a lack of religious conviction, and|
attempts to shake the universe in
order to discover what God is. This
is omnipotence.
However, when one says that
what he does not know about God’
is what God has not chosen to re-|
veal to him, that is already an af-
firmation of God’s existence.
like that?
hope Mr. Smith never finds out
| the Mason-Dixon line alive after| what the Rebel yell is really like.
some of his experiences. I for one shall never tell him.
| to reach the comparative safety of
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When James Street was asked to
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