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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 16, 1957



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EDITORIAL BOARD
Anna Kisselgoff, “58

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Copy Editor ........cccccecee cee eeneeteeetemetereneeenee Debby Ham, ‘59
Managing Editor ...........:seseeeeeeeeereeereerrees Rita Rubinstein, ‘59
Make-up Editor ...........cseeecseereeeeereeeeeeeees Eleanor Winsor, ‘59
Member-at-Large .......-:: cece cere ces e reer eee eteeeeeees Patty Page, 58

EDITORIAL STAFF

Miriam Beames, ‘59; Barbara Broome, ‘60; Sue Goodman, ‘60; Betsy Gott, ‘58;
Sue Harris, ‘60; Gretchen Jessup, ‘58; Elizabeth Rennolds, ‘59; Sue Schapiro, ‘60
(music reporter); Dodie Stimpson, ‘58; Jana Varlejs, ‘60; Helene Valabregue, ‘58.

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Finally Defined

Last Thirsday Undergrad Council defined its position
viz. attendance of Lantern Night rehearsals and -meetings.
Ais now. established, these meetings are to be required and
fined... One-free eut-will be allowed during’ the first week, but”
none during the second week of rehearsals. However, a stu-
dent not planning to participate in the tradition may be ex-
empt from all preparatory sessions as long as she informs
her class president, songmistress or hall rep. We applaud
~~ this articulation of policy on a matter heretofore vague and
\misunderstood. ee

In an editorial.last May we asked for “clarification of
the system of ‘required and fined’ song meetings.” We not-
ed that the policy now formally esablished was temporally
tried last year. Namely, it involves excusing those definitely
against participation, while maintaining a strict fines system
We also noted that this instituced
the paradox of fining those whose spirit may flag once or
twice, while leaving those completely indifferent students

alone. Po

Now, as before, we believe that no student is required
to take part in a tradition if she has no desire todo so. We’
are pleased that the Undergraduate Council has now come
out with a clear statement of the student’s obligaiton towards

college traditions.

As we see it, the Council’s statement permits those who
sincerely and actively oppose the idea of all-college tra-
ditions to be excused. It means that students who might be
working toward their college support need not be burdened-
with fines because working hours conflict or because they
connot fit rehearsing time into their full-time schedules. But
this statement is not a go-ahead for mass abstention. In-it
the Council has defined its general policy regarding tradi-
tions, as well as given the particulars on Lantern Night. In
the future the underlying principle will remain the same, but
as each tradition date draws near specifics will be announced.
. Again, it does not legalize absences due to lethargy and in-
eytia. Unquesionably, it is easier to remain behind while

the others tramp out to song meetings during those lazy
hours after lunch and before dinner. Much energy and both-
er can be conserved by simply not participating. We hope,
‘of course, that the true intent of the decision will not be
ignored by using it to excuse personal laziness. or.conformity

to laziness.

~ Unfortunately, a fines system is necessary. Without
this measure of “persuasion” sufficient numbers of those not |

seeongly- opposed to. traditions would net-turn ont;

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by Debby Ham





‘Education is dear, alas. Next

time you trot across campus to
Taylor, Park or Dalton, you might
figure out just how precious the
next 60 minutes were going to be,
and if your computations were.ac-
curate enough, you might break
into a gallop so as not to miss one
of them, Roughly speaking there
are 380 active weeks of college.
That means each week’s instruction
is about $28 per capita ($850 divid-
ed by 30);
Supposing you have 12 hours of
classes; each hour is worth $2.50
(four times as much as two hours
of movies). Of course the more
hours of classes you have the
cheaper each hour is.





Considering this factor think of

the bargain rates you get for en-

rolling in History of Art 101 or
Geology, both of which offer six
full hours. a. week instead of the
usual three. And by the same token
consider the extraordinary value
of a lecture that comes but once
a week,

If you should be late to class or
worse still if your professor should
be late, you lose a nickel a minute.
As for a free cut—well just think
what an unrefundable expense that
is!

Thus the ‘professorial word is
the most valuable asset to campus,
But wait till next year. It will be
worth its—ah—weight in gold.



The classes of.’58 and ’59 will
remember the centennial confer-
ence on Woodrow Wilson, held at
the college on January 5 and 6,
1956, at which Arthur S. Link,
William L, Langer and Eric F.
Goldman delivered a series of lec-
tures entitled “Freedom for Man—

A World Safe for. Mankind.”..Now.
these four lectures are available in
book form, edited and with a fore-
ward by Arthur P. Dudden, Asso-
ciate Professor of History, and
entitled Woodrow Wilson and The
World of Today.

Viewpoint on Wilson

Each essay deals with different
aspects of Wilson’s personality in
relation to events—his philosophy
of leadership and its impact, his
ideals and beliefs undergoing the
test of war, his shift from a policy
of isolation to one of meditation,|
and his hopes and plans for peace
and a new world order, Although
each essay is valuable and complete
in itgelf, the collection forms a uni-
fied whole which provides excellent
Wilsonian material for the histor-
ian. An informal and extremely
readable style characterizes all the
essays, resulting in a volume
which should be of interest to all.

Wilson and Presidency

Arthur §S. Link in his essay on
“Woodrow Wilson: The Philosophy,
Methods and Impact of Leadership”
claims that Wilson’s expansion and
perfection of the powers of the
presidency was one of his most
lasting contributions. He felt that
the ideal leader was a man of
strong moral character, decisive
and able to lead people, and that
the president must be the spokes-
man of the nation in every way.
Through the virtuosity of his ora-

the people and made public opin-
ion a spur to Congress. By taking
la strong lead and accomplishing
many domestic reforms under the
slogan of the New Freedom, he
was able to answer the question of
how to bring a growing economy
under effective social control.

In his first essay gn Wilson and
foreign policy, entitled “From Iso-
lation to Mediation,” William L.
Langer stresses Wilson’s abhor-

neutrality. He felt that the United
States was the ideal mediator, that
this country should arrange a just

pean powers and form an organ-
ization to prevent war in the
future, These aims were not wel-



ELECTIONS

Wyndham: }
Hall President: - ,

» - Mary Louise Cohen ’59







tory he appealed to the ideals of}:

|rence of war and_his_efforts_to}
maintain a strict and impartial

peace between the warring. Euro- Nc

Off The Bookshelf

by Patty Page

comed by the European countries,
and the German government, by
violating the moral code with its
submarine warfare, forced Wilson
to declare war which necessitated a
change of policy. —

Wilson In War

In “Woodrow Wilson: The Test
of War,” Eric. F..Goldman.presents:
the problems faced by Wilson in
organizing public opinion to sup-
port the war. effort. After rousing
opinion against German militarism
and in support of the Allied cause
“to make the world safe for democ-
racy“ Wilson was unable to realize
his most cherished ideas of a
“Peace without victory” and the
League of Nations. His faith that
the common man would make the
right decision was betrayed and the
American democracy had seemingly
won the war but lost its soul.

- Wilson As Peace Leader

Langer’s second essay on “Peace
and the New World Order” deals
with the conflict between Allied
and U. S. war aims as formulated
by Wilsow in his 14 Points. In going
to the peace conference Wilson
felt that he represented the will
of the American people in spite of
the fact that his plea for a Demo-
cratic Congress had returned a

| Republican majority. In Europe he

was hailed by the people as the
man who had brought about victory
and at the conference he was un-
able to prevent a dictated peace,
much to his dismay. The acceptance
of the League by the European
countries was the only ray of hope,
but it failed to pass Congress and
he was left a broken man. Wilson
set his sights too high and his
convictions and faith blinded him
to the meanness of people and
reality.

Arthur P. Dudden’s foreward
serves as a general background and
introduction to the essays.



Puzzled Who It Is Who Asks
Those Intellectual Questions in
Class? : Pa

Can’t connect the name with
the Face?

Then Order the Picture Book
of ’61, in the Appropriate Box
in Taylor.





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Engagements

Rosamond Lewis ’57 to Eugene
S. Linett.
Connie Demis ’58 to Ens, R.
Philip Knauf.

Judy Robertson ’58 to James
Frederick Cressy.

Jackie Winter ’59 to Al Silber-
'mann.

Marriages.

_ Elizabeth Heekin '57 to Alan
Bryan Harris,







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Dorothy Roscoe ex-’58 to John|
|| Dean Kyle,

Michael, Visiting
Royal ‘We’, Finds
Some New Blood

by Theo Stillwell (coerced)

No typewriter sacred to the
News did Michael tilt at this week.
Instead he came to Us (the plural
is Royal, not Editorial) under com-
pulsion, and used Our pencil., He
did not have much to say about the

literati; he rather chose to take a
new field.

“T felt the need of fresh blood,”
he wrote.

He mentioned the new arrivals
on campus: the Weimaraner puppy,
the large houndish dog, the Irish
setter, the Pembroke pigeon, and
the young black snake in the
Cloister. He regretted the demise
of the Kelpie. Then he seemed to
lose all inspiration and dropped the
pencil. He looked at Us angrily and
waved his cane at Our face.

“How can I think with people
breathing on me? Let me alone
and I will write a bitter critical
column with personal comment,”

“Well,” We said timidly, for We
are terrified of Editors, “That
is not a Good: Thing, but per-
haps you could write how much
the new arrivals have added to the
campus, and how glad we are to
have them, and—well—how glad
they are to be here (but make it
seem spontaneous).” bea
tie shrugged “and tiirned away,
obviously not stimulated by Us.
Then he grinned.

“Next week,” he said, “I will
get ideas from Them.” (That is,
the other Us—the Editorial one.)

He left quickly, taking Our pen-
cil with him (so We have had to
write this one in typewriter). He
had better find Them because Some
of Us (Editorial and Other) are
going to have to stop hedging >
around one of these weeks, and it
had better be Them, not Us.

Coane {Elucidates
Policy on Tradition

The Undergrad Council has es-
tablished the following policy in
reference to Lantern Night Re-
hearsals and meetings.

1. The meetings are to be re-
quired and fined. A fine of fifty
cents will be charged foreach un-
excused absence: If, however, a
student is not planning to partici-
pate in the Lantern Night rites,
she will be exempted froni the song
meetings and practices after tell-
ing her class president, song mis-
tress, or class hall rep.

2. There will be one free cut dur-
ing the first week of rehearsals.
Because of the nature of the re-
hearsals during the second week,
however, no free cuts can be given.
then. :
NOTE: The Council made this
decision last Thursday. Both class
and Big 6 presidents attended the
meetings.

Chapel

Chapel speaker for this Sunday
will be the Reverend Dr. Robert E.
Van Deusen, Dr. Van Deusen re-
ceived his A.B. and D.D. degrees
from Hartwick. College and Theo-
logical Seminary, and also holds an
M.A. in psychology.from.Syracuse
University. He has held pastorates
in New York state and-Florida. At
present, he is Washington Secre-
tary of Public Relations of the
National Lutheran Council, a posi-
tion in which he serves as a sort
of liason between the Lutheran
Church and various agencies and
officials of the government.

His topic for this Sunday is
“Measures of Maturity.”



No class meetings are to be
| called between lunch and -1:30



Eileen Green ex-’59 to Morton}

and dinner and 7:16.