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VOL. XLIV—NO. 23

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA.,

WEDNESDAY, MAY & 1959

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1959

PRICE 20 CENTS



College Theatre Presents
Serious Shavian Humour

by Lois Potter

Bernard Shaw’s vision of .pre-
World War I England—unhappy,
insane, capable of dying but not
of living—is expressed in Heart-
break House, College Theatre’s
next production, to be given this
Friday and Saturday at 8:30 in
Roberts Hall, Haverford. Like so
many of Shaw’s works, it is both a
very funny play and a very serious
one, seriousness, on the whole,
predominating.

Visitor Gives Title

Heartbreak House is the_ title
which one visitor—herself heart-
broken, though not sad—gives to
the strange, ship-like building un-
der the eccentric rule of mad old
Captain Shotover, who “sold him-
self to the devil in Zanzibar, and
can divine water, spot gold, ex-
plode a cartridge in your pocket
with a glance of his eye, and see
the truth hidden in the heart of

“man.” Most of the characters gath-

ered under his roof are going or
have gone through a process of
disillusionment—the Captain’s two
daughters, femmes fatales of very
the amiable
romantic liar who is married to
one of them; the weak young dil-
ettant ‘in love with the other; a
burglar; a business man; a harm-
less little revolutionist and his
daughter.

Value of People

What value, Shaw asks, have
these people? “There is no sense
in us,” says one character. “We
are useless, dangerous, and ought
to be abolished.” Judgment comes
in the form of an air-raid; the
burglar and business man—the two
practical people—hide in the grav-
el pit and are blown up; the others
turn on all the lights in the house
to make it visible for miles and
listen ecstatically to the sound 6f
the ibombs.: They are spared.
“Courage will not save you,” Cap-
tain Shotover declares, “but it will
show that your souls are. still
alive.” ;

Heartbreak House has been call-
ed an allegory, but Mr. Butman,
who is directing the play for Col-
lege Theatre, rejects this explan-
“There’s no allegorical ac-



Faculty Additions

Faculty appointments for the
1959-60. academic year have been
announced by Acting President
Dorothy N. Marshall. They are,
in the Department of History of
Art, Charles Mitchell of the War-
burg Institute, University of Lon-

don, as Visiting Professor, and

William C. Loerke of Brown. Uni-
versity, as Associate Professor.
Dr. Mitchell will hold the Richard
Bernheimer Chair established this
year at the College by an anony-
mous donor, -

In the Department of Germen,

(Curistopher Schweitzer of Yale}
University, will act.as Associate

Professor, and Hugo Schmidt of
Columbia University, as Assistant
Professor, - Francisco Ayala of the
University of Puerto Rico has been

appointed Professor ‘of ye var

nm the Department of Psycho-

' dogy, Leo J. Postman, Chairman
_of the Department of—Psyechology |

tion. The characters represent
certain things, but no more than
everyone else does.”

In contrast to its other one-set-
ting productions of this year, Col-
lege Theatre will make use of
scene changes in Heartbreak
House. For the first two acts,
inside the house, there will be a
box setting in dark green, red, and
brown; the last act, which takes
place on the terrace outside, will
show the house in the background
with its lighted windows shining
through the night. Vicky Starr,
stage manager for this production,
says that the bombing at the end
of the play may be done with re-
corded sound, “or perhaps with the
‘1812 Overture’, though I think
that’s cheating.” Beethoven mu-
sic may evem be heard in the back-
ground, since the characters com-
pare the sound of the bombers to
Beethoven.



Response to Preliminary Questionnaire Large;
Comments Lay Groundwork for Panel

by Judith Polsky and
Delia Wheelwright

for Arts Council

We were very pleased with the
wonderful response to the ques-
tionnaire sent out on the subject
of “The Bryn Mawr College Com-
munity.” The answers we received
were thoughtful; the interest shown
is encouraging and will be helpful
for the forthcoming panel on “Edu-
cation and the College Community,
sponsored by Arts Council, the
News and the Curriculum Commit-
tee.

Here are the statistics for what
they’re worth, Statistics tend to be
misleading in any event, and espe-
cially in this case where so many
people felt that a yes or no answer
was for them impossible, and who
substituted a comment.

Did you receive adequate guid-



Three Bryn Mawr faculty mem-
bers: and a student have received
Fulbright awards for. study and
teaching abroad in 1959-1960. Dr.
Arthur P. Dudden will go to Cop-
enhagen, Denmark; Dr. Felix
Gilbert will be at Cologne, Ger-
many; Miss Mabel Lang will go
to Athens, Greece; and Gail M.
Beckman, ’69, will go to either
Freiburg or Tubingen, Germany.

Commenting on the coming year
abroad, Dr..Dudden said he would
do general studying on the interest
in Scandinavia in the American re-
sponse to their industrialism, much
of the technology being borrowed
from the U.S.A. More specifically,
he will be completing a book which
he has been working on for some
time, the biography of Joseph Fels,
“the soap-maker; you know, Fels
Naptha” who was a Philadelphian
but who had contacts in Scandi-
navia as a proponent of the single
tax. Dr. Dudden plans to inter-
view people about Fels and do a
lot of writing. He commented that
after nine years of teaching here
he is definitely looking forward to
his year abroad.

Miss Lang to Greece

Miss Lang’s location will be sea-
sonal: in the summer she will be
working at the Palace of Nestor,
cleaning and assembling frescoes
of the 13th century B.C., and in
the winter she will be at the Ameri-
can excavations in Athens prepar-
ing for the publication of a book
on ancient weights and measures
dealing with jars inscribed with
contents, dates, capacity, etc., found
in the Agora. She has been working
on .this. for years and plans to
finish it during her year in Greece.

According to Miss Lang, the Ful-
bright people require a very de-
tailed description of one’s project
in the application, at least for peo-
ple on the research level. She says
she doesn’t know if they will expect
any kind of report afterwards or
not—“I never had a Fulbright be-
fore.”

Dr. Gilbert to Cologne
Dr. Gilbert’s award will enable

Three Professors, One Student Receive
Fulbrights for Study Abroad Next Year

‘Music Room of Goodhart at 7:30,
followed by singing in the Com-|.

and research tenable for 1959-60,
while there are about 900 grants
for study, given to those seeking a
higher degree, during the same
time.

Undergraduate to Germany

Bryn Mawr’s representative in
the latter category is Gail Beck-
man, who will study German law
or the history of law, prior to going
to Yale Law School. “They were
very nice about: the whole thing,”
she said of Yale. “They said if there
was a world war over there, I
could come back to Yale this Sep-

tember instead.”
~Gail-is—still-in=the=midst~ ofa
voluminous amount of communica-
tion to see whether she will be at
Freiburg or. Tubingen; once the
grant is accepted, the recipients
must write directly to the country
for which their award is, which
considerably slows the “process.

“They don’t ask for a very de-
tailed description of your project
at the undergraduate level,’ Gail
says, “but they have close to twent)
pages of application forms. They
ask you everything—what do you
want to do with your life, and then
this big blank starting at you—that
kind of staggered me.”

The money from the Fulbright
covers transportation to New York
and over to Europe, a one-week
orientation period, tuition, books,
and a fee for maintenance, which
Gail understands from former Ful-
bright scholars is ample for a room,
food, some theater, and a bit of
travel if one plans it right.

Chapel Features
Music, Readings

On Sunday evening, May 19, the
Inter-faith Association will present
a special interdenominational serv-
ice. Students will lead the worship
and provide the music with the
congregation participating. The
music will be interspersed with
readings,

The service will be held in the



at the: University of California,
Berkeley, is coming as a Visiting
Lecturer for Semester I. \



at the Amerika-Institut of the Uni-
versity of Cologne. His is one of





about 400. Fulbrights for lecturing

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mon Room at 8:15. The singing
will be led by Mr. Robert Goodale,

)Mrs. Jessen has been thirty and

ance for course enrollment prior to
Freshman year—

‘ YES NO
Freshmen ....:.:.:.0..003 80 24
Sophomores ..........:..::: 29 50
GONG icc ian 25 26

MOTION cc ciianaicaana 20 19
Sophomore year—
Sophomores ................ 39 35
WUNIOTS ccc 80 20
BGNIOER ook co feccrsccscersseess 31 6
Junior year— :
PUMIOLe ils 30 10
MONO cr 31 6
Senior year—
BRON icons 81 5



Panel to Feature
Faculty, Students

Education and the College Com-
munity is the topic of a coming
symposium, open to the student
body, which will be held at 8:30
Thursday, May 7 in the Common
Room. The idea originated with
Arts Council, following the appear-

to the editor and articles in the
News.

Repsonses to a questionnaire
sent to the undergraduate body by
Arts Council will form the statisti-
cal basis of the discussion. The
Arts Council, News, and Curricu-
lum Committee are the symposium’s
joint sponsors.

Individual participants are Mr.
Peter Bachrach, Mr. Richmond
Lattimore, Mrs. Marshall, Dee
Wheelwright, and Edith McKeon.

Two Profs Leave
Ranks of Faculty

Two members of the German de-
partment, Mrs. Myra Richards.
Jessen and Mr. Fritz Mezger, will
retire at the end of this semester.

Mr. Mezger thirty-five years at
iMrs, Jéssen originally migrated
to Bryn Mawr from nearby Bald-
win where she ht German and
Latin. She is also active in many
organizations onarei
including the Foreign Policy As-
sociation, the Modern Language
Association of America, and s
eral others both in Germany and
the United States. Mrs. Jessen has
contributed to the Modern Lan-




years the editor of a yearly Ger-
man periodical, Zeitschrift ‘fur





accompanied by Agi Jambor.

ance of several controversial letters |

e college, | -

Would you have liked a faculty
advisor to have aided you

In your choice of
YES NO

courses
DEOSNMON 5. jcicccsisccsts 35 17
Sophomores ................ 61 18
DUO a ae 84 16
UIT aan 17 17
In your choice of

major YES ‘NO
POMIION. .cicsilenn 16 20
Sophomores ................ 85 82
pS SEE 23 23
Seniors 11--: 21

Is there a faculty member with
whom you feel free to discuss per-
sonal and intellectual development?

- YES NO
WRGGHMEN .).:...:c0c6 14 38
Sophomores .............. 27 ~=—s BB
WE 5 sig ice 25 24
BOHIONS ce Gah 22 * 20

Do you fee] that the faculty’s re-
search commitments exempt them
from responsible involyment with
the student body?

YES NO

Freshmen ........:..:........ 6 40
Sophomores ................. 15 67
ATO ESI te DEES 10 85
MNO, ii csesssessececenscesss 12 28

Do you feel that the classroom
(now) is an active ground for the
exchange of ideas?

YES NO
Bement, 17 32
Sophomores ................ 23 50
Ei rceccevvernerrreverity 20 30
BONTOPe a 8 29

Do you feel that your academic

and dormitory life are an inte-
grated experience?

YES NO

PYOSDMON ooo cise ccoere 30 20

Sophomores ................ 39 = « 87

BUN oi asin 34 13

fied aie enter 2e 18 17

Seniors

Does your academic education
have a vital effect on your thoughts
and feelings as an individual?

YES NO
Breahmen <......666csssuis 84-.. 12
Sophomores ................ 63 17
TN i iosviscicisacscass 50 4
NOR ooo ack 38 3

Do you feel that the distance be-
tween students and faculty is ap-
propriate to a smal] college com-
munity?

YES NO
Freshment .................. 13. 40
Sophomores ................. 27 49
I vos ccshcceissiccces 17 34
POTOEE ois scsscsssrsesacccns 16 20

Is your educational experience at
Mawr what you would like
it to. be?

guage Quarterly and Modern Lan- Freshmen...................... 3 oy
guage Notes, her special field be- Sophomores... ineen 34 =—s 88
ing modern German literature. POE iirc sete: 24 23
(Mr. Mezger, who was born and OE ie ecirtesrccettrecees 25 10
educated in Germany, came to} Did you know before entering
Bryn Mawr from Harvard in 1928.|what education at Bryn Mawr
Mr. Mezger’s un-Bryn Mawr activ- would be like?
ities. havea very international YES ’
trend, as he belongs to the Modern} Freshmen .................... [| =
Language association of America Sophomores ................ 16 67
HPD ieicciiiciecerieT 8 43
and the Societe de Linguistique Seniors ae

Paeeereeeperteeeenseseegi ous

It is impossible to summarize the

comments, since they were so di-



vergleichende Spracht forschung.

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Page Two

THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, May 6, 1959



THE COLLEGE NEWS

FOUNDED IN 1914
Published weekly during the College Year (except during
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Alack, Latin non satis

Come May and end of exams, the student not destined
for summer camp, Saint*Moritz, or Harvard is faced sudden-
ly with a-gaping, sixteen-week hiatus in her formerly well-
ordered life. Gone are the complacencies of the class room,



the security of long reading assignments, the comforts of

impending papers. She is free—free and faced with what
may appear to be an interminable stretch of long, hot, and
unproductive days. :

But ho! The foresighted and perceptive miss will at this
point note a fairly simple mathematical relationship (i. e.,
the length of the summer is directly proportional to her bud-
get and inversely proportional to her funds) and, with even
simpler calculations, arrive at the logical—if startling con-
clusion: a summer job would be the summum bonum and
ens realissimo. She must look for work.

But where? Ay—there’s the difficulty. The New York
Times, perhaps. Maybe the Saturday Review or CBS. Even
a nice little Madison Avenue advertising agency, or — if
there’s nothing else—possibly a publishing house or one of
the museums. After all, she had done well in English Comp,
and who wouldn’t want to hire'a cheerful, tactful, helpful,
efficient, courteous, and liberally-educated Bryn Mawr under-
graduate?

Interviews should be ripping—(Mrs. Pearce had said
she was well-modulated). “Why yes, Sir—I think I would
enjoy assisting the editor . . . 65 dollars a week ?—that would
be fine. Why, no, sir—I don’t think an eight hour day
would be too taxing. June 1st until September 20th with a
week off in the middle? ... . Certainly—I’ll be happy to sign
your contract.”

But Alack and Alas—the world is cruel and summer
employers curiously inimical to Latin majors. The job hunt
may prove a shattering experience to the neophyte, first
emerging from ivy-covered walls and dusty tomes. Imagine
the horror, the sheer ignominy of losing a job to a sister
from the cottaged college across the street merely because
she can type four times as rapidly! “Shorthand sir?—why
no, but two years of Greek and... oh, yes, yes—I see. Com-
puting machines?—oh certainly, oh yes—lI’ve studied the
abacus and... oh? it won’t do... yes, sir, I understand...
perfectly...”

DANSE MACABRE BEFORE FINALS
Scene: the top of Taylor tower.
English major: (leaning over the edge thoughtfully)
It was many and many a year ago
That I last read Edgar Allan Poe,



And gentle Spenser’s buried in the mists |

Of doleful, dreary, dusty reading lists.

But somehow, in the next two weeks, I’m
going to have to read them,

As well as modern poets, just in case that
I should need them.

Moreover, I must criticize, in ten or few-
er pages,

The works of every author since the early
middle ages.

So save your sympathy for me; I’m quite
deserving of it—

The English comp is coming soon, and I
am sure I’ll love it.

Language major: Mes examens approchent et je ne suis

pas preparee.

Labora = est, but I’m afraid I’d rather
play. -

Ich habe keine Lust to study for them
night and day,

And yet non voglio flunk, and this is why
I’m turning grey.

Science major: I tried experiments upon my rabbit; he
turned blue.

I mixed — with CHO and all I got was

stew. ;

I cut planaria in half; they all curled up
and died—

And now I want the formula for making

cyanide.

History major: The causes of the Punic Wars are An-

gles, Saxons, Jutes,
Bismarck succeeded Cromwell, founder of
‘SPCA,
The Quantum theory is that men descend
from brainless brutes,
_And have you read Macaulay? Yes, I’m
jumping. - Please make way.
Philosophy major: You gl see the bluebook staring at you,
e,
But how are you to know it’s really there?
I wouldn’t write in it if I were you
Since, after all, it might be only air.
Another reason, frankly, why I’m sitting
here so blankly
Is that I can’t remember Kant, and also I
don’t care. ;
(perched on the edge of the Tower)
Aunt Eliza’s' coming Sunday,
I’ve three papers due on Monday, —
Quizzes fall on my head,
My pet turtle’s dead,

____ Senior comps come too soon,
~ Thad ed at noon,
All is lost, I shall jump—
Lord have mercy on us! —

(they all jump off)

Allin chorus:



by Joanne Field
Literary magazines of some: sort

| or other are characteristic products

of college communities. ‘Where
people are doing a great deal of
concentrated reading and thinking,
often on an abstract or theoretical
level, there is a need as well to
translate intellectual and emotion-
al. stimuli in terms of one’s own
imaginative experience. The col-
lege ‘literary magazine offers a
special channel of communication;
obliquely, it rejects an institution’s'
temper. The changing pressures
of literary production at Bryn
Mawr have been manifested in a
long line of successive publica-
tions: the Lantern, Counterpoint,
and now the Revue that includes
the work of. students both here
and at Haverford.

The Revue, or any literary mag-
azine, is devoted to artistic ex-
pression and for this reason is
unique. A work of art is profound-
ly personal, In a college commun-
ity where large numbers of peo-
people live and work together, con-
versing in the well-worn language
of common experience, an atmos-
phere of uniformity or at the very
least of uniform interests is inev-
itable. The literary magazine sug-
gests another atmosphere, a near-
ly ineffable one, by the inward
forms of thought and feeling:
words made to frame an image or
idea that is the. writer’s own, The
Revue depends upon material that
is original and spontaneous;, its
editors of course cannot decide be-
forehand what the magazine will
say or what overall impression it
will produce. Artistic activity is
organic and inexplicable. An ed-
itor can only arrange, select and
try to pay the printer. But it is
on the writer that the magazine

must finally depend: on the indi-'
vidual consciousness, alone of its
kind.

A magazine of this sort, taken
on its most superficial level, reflects
an enormous range of ideas, sit-
uations and insights, many of
which go far beyond the writers’
own lives and immediate concerns.
But the magazine’s bond to the
life of the community is much
more essential than subject mat-
ter, fortunately transcending the
‘college story’ or the~note of pro-
test; it is im the writer’s sensibil-
ity, his unique and integrated re-
sponse to a common world of
sights and sounds and challenges.

Only in a magazine like the
Revue can the: products of such
inevitable experience be offered to
a large audience; and only when a
channel of this sort is open can
readers and writers share attempts
to shape the resources of lan-
guage towards the forms of their



This years Revue Board. L.to R. Beth Carr, Bonnie Bendon,
Cynthia Lovelace, Joanne Field, Renata Adler, Rob Colby.

The Literary Magazine —- A Vital Campus Voice



own understanding. It is the
writer’s responsibility to explore
his medium in termse of his ob-.
ject, to use all the means at
his disposal to attain the desired
level of communication; it is in
any community’s interest to enjoy
what the has written as a work of
art, and to grant it consideration
and critical appraisal.

The Revue exists in response to
an atmosphere in which people
think, read, grow, where they as-
similate and re-form a thousand
experiences at once, Its editors
welcome comments and new ideas
from everyone, and material from
anyone who writes or who has ever
tried to write, so that the maga-
zime may become a vital voice in
the College, and heard beyond as
well. The Revue will only thrive
and grow if it discovers and main-
tains. dynamic contacts with read-
ers and writers alike; it must be



unpredictable because it is alive.



by Alison Baker

Robert Martin’s sonata recital
of May Day evening proved to be
no exception to the generally high
standard of musical programs of-
fered in the course of this year
by the Bryn Mawr and Haverford
Art Councils, Indeed, the pros-
pect of having Martin and his cello
with us for another two years is

an exciting one, and I hope it will
materialize in more concerts com-
parable to this last one.

The Bocherini sonata (A major)
with which the program opened is
full of colorful lyricism and ornate
embroidery, and very Italian in its
transparent and melodic style.
Martin showed superb technique
in his attack and phrasing, as well





Letters

Student Apathy,

To the Editor:

We ought to ask why there is
little faculty-student relationship.
The state of the intellectual atmos-
phere at Bryn Mawr explains and
in my opinion justifies this distant
relationship. The main fault lies
not in the faculty but in the stu-
dents. The faculty does ask ques-
tions in class but the students are
apathetic, Either they didn’t do
the reading or they haven’t listen-
ed closely enough to the lecture,

Their questions for the most
part are not intelligent. Some-
times they ask questions merely
to ask questions. The faculty-stu-
dent relationship will be closer
and only deserves to be closer for
those students who have some-
thing important and worthwhile to
contribute in a discussion with the
faculty. Why take up the valu-
able time of a professor merely
to know him better. socially?

In the course of a worthywhile
conversation the professor’s per-
sonality will be revealed anyway.
If you have pressing questions to
ask a professor or if you would



.|like to have the professor to tea
‘lhe or she will never turn anyone

away or refuse the invitation. I

I don’t see the big problem. The
‘|reason dormitory and academic

life are not unified is that no one
talks seriously about intellectual



don’t get excited about ideas; noth-
ing stirs them, The characteristic



Continued on Page 4, Col. 5

‘matters im the dorms. People|

NS.A. Role Cited

To the Campus:

For the last two years, I have
been the NSA Co-ordinator here
at Bryn Mawr, a position very
few people know exists. Nor do
they know for what NSA stands.

The National Student. Associa-
tion was formed twelve years ago
to unite American students into a
body which could give direction to
student opinion at home and
abroad. It was the third attempt
at such an organization and has
been very successful.

Two years ago, NSA took a
stand on the apartheid policy in
universities of the government of
the Union of South Africa. As a
single body, hundreds of college
camipuses protested the closing of
schools to colored students. They
succeeded at the lesat, in persuad-
ing the officials to put off action
for a year.

During. the Hungarian revolt,
NSA ‘was instrumental in placing
Hungarian students in American
colleges, ‘

(NSA also answers many campus
needs, Our own election system
was suggested by NSA. As a
member school, we have access to
information on Freshman Orienta-
tion and like subjects, as well as
special programs in the area.

‘Each summer, NSA holds a con-
ferenece in the midwest, at which

itic Enthusiastically Hails Cello Sonata Recital

as in his command of the intricate
ornamentation. However, although
on the whole he retained the rich-
ness and flow of the music, in the
louder passages he tended to culti-
vate intensity at the expense of
tone, and seemed to crush the ex-
pressive qualities of his instru-
ment. Reiko Eto at the piano pro-
wided a very competent and care-
fully phrased continuo accompan-
iment, |

Piano Cello Dialogue

Beethoven’s A major sonata
(Op. 69) opens with a lush dia-.
logue between piano and cello, in
which the two musicians demon-
strated to what perfect accord
they had worked out their inter-
pretation of the music. This sen-
sitive correspondence of phrasing
and character in the music was
typical of the entire performance
and one of the features which most
contributed to its excellence. It
is particularly remarkable in view
of the fact that Miss Eto replaced
Ruth Meckler, the original accom-
panist, on very short notice.

Dynamism Evolves

Both piano and cello brought out
the tremendous dynamism and
contrasting quiet dignity of the
Beethoven sonata, a variety found
within individual movements as well
as in their, uxtaposition. This in-
volved in the cello a great diver-
sity of bowing techniques, a large
and subtly graded range of dy-
namics, and above all the musician-
ship necessary in order to use
technical control to musically ex-
pressive advantage. The dissolu-
tiom at the end of the Scherzo was
particularly precise and delightful.

Next on the program came John
La Montaine’s sonata (Op. 8) in
its first public performance, with
the composer at the piano. Ail-

‘| though it might not stand the test

of repeated hearings, the sonata
makes good use of the cello and



for action are discussed, debated
and passed or rejected. Two years.
Continued on Page 3, Col. 5



time its policies and resolutions |

nerally very enjoyable. Mr.
at the piano compared
to. Miss Eto, but then



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Parents Hear Talk
By Mrs, Marshall

‘Addressing a parental assem-
blage half-filling Goodhart Hall and
comprising ‘‘the most impressive
audience since ‘I’. S. Eliot and e. e
cummings,” Mrs.. Marshall spoke
Saturday morning about “one’s
daughter at Bryn Mawr” —her
campus life and’academic attitudes.

“Her college career,” she said,
“begins ,the spring before she ar-
rives, with admissions. ... We look
for students who we feel will bene-
fit most from a Bryn Mawr educa-
tion . . ., the academic record is
the primary consideration — the
work expected at Bryn Mawr is
difficult and can be almost painful
for the student without motivation.

. The student must-also be one
who. can take responsibility in a
self-governing community.

“it is on the assumption that the
students here are responsible—and
mature—that our system of coun-
seling is based.... We want students
to have freedom—even freedom in
making mistakes! We try to let
them make their own plans and
arrange their. own schedules. ;~..
There are many people ready to
help, but it is the student who must
take the initiative.

“In everything we do we try to
respect the students’ individuality
and privacy. Students are’ never
discussed in conferences and. our
records of individuals’ progresses
are very small—small enough to
have astounded last year’s evaluat-
ing committee.

“Students at Bryn Mawr have
been ready to accept responsibility
_ —not only for themselves, but for
the student college community. The
faculty has authority only over
matters academic—there is no ad-
ministration censorship or veto over
any campus activities or roganiza-
tions. The Self-Government Associ-
ation reviews infractions of rules
and decides upon discipline—there
is no instance in the college’s 75
years that the administration has
not accepted its recommendation.

“It is the academic side of Bryn
Mawr that is, however, the most
important. It is based,’”’ Mrs. Mar-
shall said, “on the belief that a
sound education must provide a
general liberal arts background
combined with training in depth
in a major field of interest where
a student can reach an advanced

Humanities Profs
Look Toward East

~The Humanities and Social Sci-
ences faculty discussion had a
capacity audience of interested par-
ents on Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Ferrater Mora moderated the panel
made up of Miss Mellink, YT.

Kennedy.

In introducing the first speaker,
Mr. Ferrater Mora emphasized that
“there can be no. understanding of
the present without an understand-
ing of the past.” Mr. Broughton of
the Latin department then discussed
a new point of view toward the
study of the history of classical
Greece and Rome. “Can old knowl-
edge be useful—as new wine in old
bottles?” Mr. Broughton went on
to say that a better metaphor would
be new bottles for a fine old wine.
Two reasons.for the value of an-
cient history today are new discov-
eries and new perspectives. The
Hittite tablets of the Near East,
the Mycean tablets that establish
a civilization back to 1400 B.C., and
the Dead Sea Scrolls are examples
of discoveries that have changed
interpretations of the ancient world.
The impartiality of the searcher
opens new doors of interpretation
and application of ancient history.

“Archaeologists are producing
embarrassing discoveries,” began
Miss Mellink. Their discoveries
make life difficult not only for the
historian but for students of art,
architecture, and philology. Archae-
ology has usually been limited to
so-called classical studies of the
civiliations of Greece and. Rome.
Only recently has the ancient world
been proven strongly indebted to
the Near East, and near eastern
archaeology offers a still new and
unexplored field.

According to Mr. Harper, a true
cultural anthropologist customarily
works with a primitive society be-
cause of its simplicity and uniform-
ity of culture. His technique is
usually participant observation. The
reasons for the anthropological
method of going from the less to
the more complex is the principle
that “knowledge should be about
all men.” An anthropologist’s ques-
tion is “what can we study in. this
mass of culture?” Certain general-



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Continued on Page 4, Col. 3



‘Spanish Editor Lectures on Homeland,

“tested: against- the: fact that she

Talks About Temperament, Government

“T dare to tell the truth about
Franco-Spain.” This is how Andrés
Revész introduced the substance of
his lecture to the Spanish Club on
Thursday night. Spain, he main-
tained, is not a totalitarian, but an
authoritarian state.

Every revolution or counter-
revolution considers itself the sole
depository of the truth. Every
Spaniard considers himself the only
defender of the truth. Hence, his
temperament ig anarchical and
must be controlled, which is why
a democratic system in the true
sense of the word would not work
in Spain. Democracy is an idea, not
a governmental system. A free gov-
ernment or press does not matter
to the Spaniard if he can have per-
sonal freedom.

’ The personality of the Spaniard
is passionate and romantic. He
hates and loves intensely because
he cannot understand .arbitration.
To him honor is more important
than wealth. He has to be “Caesar
or no one.” “If a Spaniard is Catho-
lic he is more so than the Pope. If
he is a Communist, he considers the
Russians merely bourgeois.” -

The Spanish are a very austere
people. They do not need even what
we consider the necessities of life.
For this reason Mr. Revész says}.

an invaluable contribution to any
future war. However, they do not
want war. This is why they accept
Franco: as an alternative to civil

L.

war. Even those who most oppose
Franco are afraid of the ‘future
without his prestige, which is hold-
ing the country together. By law,
a man must be 30 before he can
be king of Spain. This gives Franco
9 years before Don Carlos is of
age. It is hoped that by this time
Don Carlos will be better known
to the people, since the Spanish
are afraid of a unknown without
Franco.

Poll Results

Continued from Page 1, Col. 5
versified, and there is not room here
to give a general idea of the many
interesting responses we received.
This is a random sampling of the
comments:

“The failure in the exchange of |
ideas in the classroom is the fault
of the students. I wonder what it
takes to stimulate minds to enough
interest to formulate ideas.” . ...
“It is not the professor’s job to
see that we’re happy.” - “I feel
that class discussion has peripheral
value.” ... “My complaint is that
the research emphasis overshadows
the teaching.” ... “I think that
too much emphasis is put on ‘work-
ing’ and not enough on ‘thinking’.”

. “Education here is unfortu-

feeding.”
We would like to thank everyone
for their interest and for their con-

Panels Discuss Humanities, Arts, Sciences

Science Faculty

"J e . .
Presents Views
Members of the Bryn Mawr Chem-
istry, Physics and Biology Depart-
ments, at the Séfence Panel: and

Discussion on Parents Day, stressed
the fact that it is their aim to show

Broughton, Mr. .Hgrper and Mr. }the-stadents, for a brief period of

time, how it feels to be a scientist.
They also agreed that a major is

important because it allows the
student to delve deeply into one
field, stimulating her interest suffi-
ciently so that she may desire to
do the same in other fields. Mr.
Berliner acted as Moderator.

Mr. Michels explained the prob-
lems of teaching science in general,
and physics in particular, at Bryn
Mawr. Its extensive graduate pro-
gram in comparison to its size
means that its faculty of eighty
members is involved directly with
all levels of graduate and under-
graduate work, as well as with

individual. research. projects. This, |

combined with the fact that Bryn
Mawr is.a liberal arts school, forces
the faculty to be non-specialist and
encourages them to take more con-
sideration of the relationship be-
tween undergraduates _ gradu-
ates.

In science, this relationship be-
tween advanced and basic: work is
more difficult to agree upon than it.
is in other fields. Here the faculty
are working on the frontiers while
their teaching is, of necessity, in-
volved with already established ma-
terial. It is impossible to bring the
students up to the frontier as they
do not have the background; at the
same time, however, the teacher
must guard against the temptation
of staying completely within the
realm of established fact and thus
giving the student a false impres-
sion, At present, the Physics Depart-
ment’s 101 course contains a great
deal of classical mechanics as well as
examination of present-day events
in light of these classical theories.

Biology, stated Mr. Berry, is a
wide field;“‘ There are many ‘ologys’
in Biology.” The problem of organ-
izing the curriculum is therefore
probably more acute for it than for
any other science because there is
so much more that can be included.

There was then some discussion
among the panel members’ regard-
ing the new method of teaching the
101 course. Miss Oppenheimer pro-

does not have the time to get to
know the students and:their prob-
lems. Mr. Conner agreed with her,
but pointed out that -the student
did get the opportunity to see the
subject from different points of
view, as a result of having several
different instructors throughout the
year.

Members of the student body and
their parents also had an opportun-
ity to speak. Their major ‘concern
was survey courses. One of ithe stu-
dents felt that the present ‘101 sci-
ence courses are sometimes too
technical and difficult for a non-
science student and that there
should be seperate division of these:
courses, one for science students,
the other for non-science students.

One of the parents, then ad-
vocated survey courses for a
slightly differen treason. He felt that
a student majoring in one field|
usually has the time to take only
the one required course in a field
outside her major. Without-survey
courses, therefore, the student gains
only a very specialized knowledge
of that subject. —

J
Notice
Prof. Gerald Freund of Haver-
ford College’s Political Science
Department will dicuss “Morality
and Foreign Policy” this Sunday
afternoon, May 7th, at a meeting

nately comparable to-intraveinous | sponsored by the Student Christian| and~ Miss. -Bto- were continuously |

Movement. The meeting, open to
all. interested, will begin at 4:00





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violinistic of rapid runs, Martin

Music, Writing, Art,
Topics of Discussion

Speaking to a Parents’ Day -au-
dience that filled the music room
to capacity, Miss Linn as moder-
ator opened the discussion on the
creative arts. by presenting the
speakers: Mrs. Goodale, Mme.
Jambor, Mr. Wallace, Mr, Fowle,
and Mr. Janschka,

The first to speak, Mr. Goodale
pointed out that three distinct tal-
ents are needed in the field of mu-
sic—that of the composer, the mu-
sicologist, and the performer. After
explaining that the students are
now only capable of imitative com-
positions but that by continuing
in their study they would attain
their own style of musical expres-
sion, he introduced Angie Wish-
neck, who played a Theme and
Variations by Edith McKeon and
a Fugue by Pat Roberts.

The work of the musicologist, the
transcription of pre-seventeenth
century works into modern nota-
tions, was illustrated by the pres-
entation of Walter Fry’s “Ave
Regina’.

Mme. Jambor then directed two
short chamber music classes as an
example of the training of a per-
former, whose job it is, to quote
Mr. Goodale, “to bring to life a
musical score which by itself is
meaningless to most people.” °

The next speaker, Mr. Wallace,
combined some general remarks
on créative writing with an:explan-
ation of the specific value of a
college writing course. As far as
the problems to be solved, writing
at college is no different from: writ-
ing anywhere else. “All writing
is self-discovery,” and the task of
every author or poet is “to turn
his or her experience into a unique
vision of life.”

A course in writing provides the
student with the time and the dis-
cipline. mecessary to create and’a
critical audience which enables her
to evaluate her work.

Hach reading three of her own
poems, Joanne Field, Cynthia
Lovelace, and Benita Bendon of-
fered an example of Bryn Mawr’s
creative talent.

Mr. Fowle stressed the value of
establishing a close relation be-
tween the study of the artist and.
that of the art historian. The

Continued on Page 4, Col, 2

| Weekend Attracts

Interested Parents

Although Parents’ on officially
began on Saturday morning, most
parents arrived before then to see
the May Day celebrations. Early
in the morning came registration,
from which parents proceeded -to
the gym to see the sychronized
swimming class do their water-
ballet again. In spite of the early
hour and competition from the
coffee in the Common Room, the
exhibition was very well attended.

(Mrs. Marshall’s speech at 11:30
brought all the. parents together
for the first time. Her address,
“Your Daughter at Bryn Mawr,”
was of great interest not only to
the parents but also to the daugh-
ters themselves,

Perhaps the most amazing fea-
ture of Parents’ Day was that
there was enough food for. every-
one at lunch and most families
found places to eat together. The
meal was done in an informal buf-
fet style; somehow miraculously
without the usual confusion found
in large crowds.

After lunch, in Goodhart all the
classes performed excerpts from
their shows. It was especially fun
for students to see “Live!” from
the class of ’59’s Freshman show,
“The Apian Way.” All the num-
bers were introduced by a member
of the class who presented a short
but comprehensive plot summary.
The songs were well received, al-
though most people felt that they
were not nearly as well done. as
originally.

The panels discussing “Discov-
ery, Rediscovery and the Expan-
sion of Knowledge” took up the
middle of the afternoon, and the
President’s Tea on Merion Green
followed, giving parents a chance
to meet and compare views. The
(Morris Dancers performed again,
the Octangle sang, and there was
an informal step-sing. -

Credit for the success of Par-
ents’ Day should go to Nancy
Porter who was in change of the
registrations, to Marty Stevens
who took care of entertainment,

and above all to Ann White, who
managed the whole thing.





Critic: On Cello Recital

Continued from Page 2, Col. 5
the advantages of having the com-
poser’s own interpretation were
obviously great,

Soliloquiy Provides Opportunity |

In the Soliloquy movement Mar-
tin was provided with a glorious
opportunity for surging tone and
free expression; an opportunity,
jone might add, of which he took
full advantage.

The Franck sonata, which fol-
lowed, marked, to my mind, the
height of the program in view of
performance. In it Martin show-
ed greater tone control than in
anything previous, and its style,
less dynamic. and athletically

seemed particularly congenial to
both performers. A

The sonata was originally writ-
ten for violin, but even im the most

managed to make the cello an at-
tractive substitute,

Cello ‘Attractive. Substitute’

The opening Allegro starts
stormily with rollmg piano chords,
into which the cello entered de-
cisively but without disrupting
the flow. Indeed, both Mr. Martin

invloved in the music, even when
their.own parts were silent, and
the joints of entrance were smooth,



turbing the general movement and
direction of the music.

The encore which followed was
Bach’s Arioso—but there is a limit
to the vocabulary. of pertinent
praise.

NSA Letter

Continued from Page 2, Col. 4
ago, Judy Minkin, Marty Faust
and I went to Ann Arbor.and prof-
ited a great deal by the. experi-
ence. ' >

The job of the Co-ordinator is
to be a go-between from the Na-
tional office to the campus, This
has been difficult in former years
but the office is now under the Um
dergrad Council and so keeps more
in touch. —

After holding the. position for
two years, I would like very, much
to turn it over to someone who
recognizes .its potential. The job
is not di » requiring mostly
the opening and distribution of
mail. There are several local and
regional meetings but it is quite
satisfactory to send a substitute.
I will be delighted to answer any
questions about this opportunity,
and would like to hear soon from
all those interested. We must vote
for the
this Thursday. Please contact me
in Pembroke East, or Marey Tench
in Rhoads.



contributing to rather than dis-

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19th century extolled a strict ad-
herence to rules and techniques
that produced a sterile, academic

art. In reaction the 20th century
has adopted the attitude that. “cre-
ativity springs from nothing,” and
that: rules and restrictions stifle
the artistic spirit—hence “pro-
gressive” schools and a lack of
discipline inthe home.

At last there are signs that we
are regaining our balance, Mr.
Fowle declared. There is a grow-
ing realization that techniques+-
and. discipline give form and as-
surance to creativity; that the
study of art history provides ad-
vantages, not obstacles to the art-
ist; and that it is a mistake to
think that anything is gained by
“protecting in a vacuum the cre-
ative talent.”

Mr, Jarschka concluded the
discussion by explaining the value
of’ the art laboratory in transform-
ing understanding into skill, and
by: inviting everyone to have a
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izations can be made about the
“great and little traditions.” Under
great traditions are considered the
works of scholars, mystics, philoso-
phers and the theory of culture.
The little traditions concern the
people, their attention to the eco-
nomic and social problems of their
society. Mr. Harper concluded by
saying that “the concentration of
diversity induces a search for
unity.”

“T am a pleader of East Asian
studies in general,” began Mr,
Kennedy. We are entering the field
dangerously late as we are now
engaged in a costly struggle with
a bitter adversary. An-old Chinese
proverb. says, ‘Know your enemy
and win a thousand battles.’ ” More-

over, Imperial China has the oldest
uninterrupted culture in the world,
which with its size makes it a very
important country to study. We
must concentrate more emphasis
on the study of.the East because
our knowledge of China will be
vital in the immediate future.



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level of understanding. Work in a
major,” she continued, “is of great- |
er concern to Bryn Mawr students
than to those of virtually any other
women’s college.

“Some exemplary features of
Bryn Mawr are unique to it. Most
professors teach from a beginning

to the Ph.D. level—they are ‘hard-
teaching’ and*give much individual
work. The graduate school of al-
most 200 students gives impetus to
research and attracts ‘the kind of
faculty we want.’

“Nevertheless, despite all that we
are proud of at Bryn Mawr, we are
not yet terribly satisfied. We still
grapple with the problems of re-
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