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A Matter Of Time

A few months ago—Those quiz shows are ridiculous;
certainly hope Bryn Mawr doesn’t get mixed up in anything
like that. Everyone (but the speaker and a few other super-
ior souls) thinks that just because you’ve memorized a few
facts your college is better than another.

A few weeks ago—All I can say (and it turns out to be
a substantial amount) is that we’d better make a good show-
ing, if we’re going in for this foolishness in the first place.
Just how is it going to lok if Bryn Mawr gets beaten by some
cheesey university that no-one’s ever heard of?

A few days ago—(Sunday, to be exact)—Wouldn’t it
be funny if we won?

Ever since—I’m glad to know we have some bright peo-
ple her (looking at the non-bright people around her), we
certinly had it all over Cornell. —I knew the heads of those

committees. At least Fulbright; at a guess, that is. In,
Experimental Writing we find something like this (from a
young realist): “So he reached out with a lefter! Pow!
Straight to the sziglomatic arch!”

Now—tThe tide is turning again; to a forward look.
—Dartmouth has a lot to choose from, but I think we have a
good chance. Our Van Dorens (no ominous implications)
aren’t exactly sluggards.

- Behind the water cooler, wedged tightly against a bulle-
tin hoard is-a-girl-with a small voice. “It doesn’t really test





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ly from a decided national trend to the more economical

anything, you know, just all those facts.” One small squeak
of protest, and she is mashed to the wall.
We won, you see!

Provisions For Privacy

Delightful it is in this era of cold and formidable effic-
iency to note that, even with regard to so pragmatic a con-
sideration as the construction of a dormitory, judgments
can still be based on other than purely pragmatic values. In
planning a dormitory with a preponderance of single rooms
Bryn Mawr is adhering to an old tradition but veering sharp-

double; it is at the same time demonstrating its scarcely-
questioned, but by no means universally accepted, assumption
that there are things more important than pure economy,
and that one of these things is the right to privacy.

Thoreau was not the first poet or philosopher to sigh
over civilization’s preclusion of solitude, and McCall’s Maga-
zine has not yet managed to placate sociologists about its
replacement with often unavoidable togetherness. Nonethe-
less, despite recurrent voices of protest, society seems to be
conspiring to eliminate privacy simply by making it more
and more inexpedient. The consequences of this tendency
we shall not touch on, for it is not our purpose here to com-
ment on the relative merits of aloneness; we'd like simply to
note how nice it is that, despite the apparent incompatibility
of dollars and square inches, Bryn Mawr girls who want
them will be able to have rooms of their own.

Penny Pincher Notes
Penny Poems Please

by Alison Baker )

There’s not much left in the world to be had for
a penny, now that even the pemny postcard has re-
ceded into the proverbial. (What a joy, then, to dis-
cover that the last remaining cent bargain is a
}Penny—poems issue forth in the constant stream
of one a day. It is almost impossible to comment
on any series so various, In general, all that can
be said is a word of appreciation of its existence, a
boon to readers and writers alike.

The quality of the poems published under Penny

-;Poems seems to me to vary greatly, as does their

style and interest. As might be expected, the least
ambitious, and usually the least pretentious, are
certainly the most polished, and often the most
effective,

it is partly this variety, even when in quality,
which makes‘ the series interesting. Particularly

.|for a reader who is himself involved in writing

poetry, failure may be as useful and interesting to
recognize as is success,

The poets are identified only as to name and
place of origin. They range from New Haven’s
“The Boy Poet” to Mr. Wallace of the Bryn Mawr
English Department, whose poem, “Bleck Head,
Ireland,” appeared earlier this year.

Altogether, this last refuge of the left-over pen-
ny seems to me well worth taking note of, whether *
as a contributor, a subscriber, or an occasional buyer.

Mr. Green Challenges

Professor’s Dichotomy

The researcher “clad in the robes of financial er-
mine... is the Prince Charming of the faculty, the
darling (and at times the spoiled brat) of the ad-
ministration, and the pride of his department.” This
situation must inevitably have a negative effect on
the caliber of courses offered at our - universities.

This comment expresses the position adopted by
“a college professor of many years’ standing” in
an. article entitled “Too Many College Teachers
Don’t Teach” appearing in the New York Times
Magazine Section, February 21, 1960.

The basic premise of this professor; pen-named
John Q. Academis,that “the men in the lab is
overshadowing the man in the classroom” and that

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‘Ode to a Lively Art

by Elizabeth Wayland

(‘Betchen’ Wayland is known to neophyte folk
dancers at Bryn Mawr as the originator of last ©
year’s Folk Dance Club and an assistant instructor
in the gym department class.)

“Folk dancing is such a sweaty sport!” a friend
used to declare, as she hurled herself exhausted into



| a chair at the endof-g—strenuous evening. “Polk
dancing can also, in its present form, be a highly
intellectual recreation, for to remember the intricate
footwork and floor-patterns (not to mention proper
movement of hands, arms, head, and even eyes) for
dozens of dances requires a fair amount of mental
training. And precisely because I enjoy. the chal-
lenge of a great variety of dances, I use the term
“folk dancing” to include square dancing on a par
with any and every other type of folk dance. —

The field is big enough to provide interestingly
new material for many years of work (I started
eleven years ago); however, a few hours of intel-
ligent instruction can provide a newcomer with the
basis for almost every dance of Western tradition.
I say “Western” because I am unqualified to speak
of any areas farther south than Palestine or farther
east than Armenia and the Ukraine,

Many Arts Allied

Beyond the scope of mere dancing lie many allied
arts. For example, I spend much of my free time
in the summer embroidering folk costumes,-in order
to provide'a more authentic air to our parties and
exhibitions. My Yugoslavian (Dalmatian) costume
took two months to make, yet next to the pictures
it looks positively plain!-An even larger headache
than embroidery is the problem of shoes; just
‘try to buy or manufacture tall red boots that fit like
gloves, or “Opanki”—soft Yugoslavian slippers with
turned-up toes!

Lyrics, Chants, Footwork

‘Collecting words to sword songs, learning calls
and chants in Hebrew or Serbo-Croatian, discovering -
variants. in music or dance-steps—all these are a
part of folk-dancing. (Some of the stories behind
the dances are fascinating too. One popular Greek
dance is reputed to be that which women used to
dance” off the edge of a cliff, preferring destruction
to capture, when their men had been killed in war.

Peculiar Instruments

Startlingly peculiar instruments with equally un-
usual sounds also appear: bagpipes from Scotland



“only those interested in research can hope for a
future in the university of today” was, however
challenged by Mr. David Green, English Professor
at Bryn Mawr, commenting on the article and the
problems it raises, Mn the Humanities at Bryn
(Mawr, he noted, such a problem does not exist.
“Teaching is considered more important than re-
search and in selecting future faculty members of
Bryn Mawr their teaching ability is of primary
importance.”

“Research implies a knowledge of the alive part
of the field of study,” continued Mr, Green. “It
cannot truly be divorced from knowledge in a spec-
ific field ... A professor interested in research in
his field will diffuse this interest among his students,
taking them up in the research too.” In. this sense
students resemble “apprentices” working under
their professors, y

Research, he said, enables a professor to keep
constantly aware of developments in his field and
prevents the onset of mental stagnation. This,
‘rather than lowering the quality of a course, lends
vitality to the professor’s lectures.

Though agreeing with the author of the article
that the word “research” has become drained of its
real content, and that much of what is called re-
search is merely a “fad and a pose,” Mr, Green noted
that at Bryn Mawr there is no dichotomy between
research and teaching in the (Humanities.

horns, Austrian hackbretts (something like the
zither, with a hundred: strings). The modern re-
cording industy has done much to spread the avail-
ability of authentic reproductions of the music of
these instruments thereby obviating the necessity
of a live band or orchestra for dancing.

Clues to Temperament

One can even learn a great deal about the temper
of a people from its folk-art. ‘Hungarians, for in-
stance, love bright costume and fast music, as do
many Poles. The French are much more sombre
in their taste. Uikrainian dances are noted for the
physical prowess which they require. I remember
watching one group of Yugoslavians perform a slow

| acrobatic dance (from a mountain district where

sure-footedness was a “must”), in which they mov-
ed to the various thumping of an enormous drum.
After the man had balanced for several minutes on
one leg (while twisting the free foot all about) and
then on the other, the drummer set his instrument
down—still beating it on either end—and allowed
the head dancer to climb up onto it. The leader
then proceeded to repeat the entire sequence on top
of the reverberating drum, Finally, crooking his
free foot behind his knee, he very slowly sat down
onto his foot, arose again, and with an extra twirl



of his handkerchief leapt to the floor!



and Brittany, double flutes from Yugoslavia, Alpine ~~~



Potter Reaches Denouement of Drama

Continued from Page 1, Col, 4
not to fiddle with our microphones
during the commercials it produc-
es static), and not to’ keep watch-
ing ourselves in the little tele-
vision set onstage, because if we
do the screen shows our profile
gaping at something on the far
right which is, of course, the little

- television set onstage. :

Questions are fired. We feel

that we've covered all possible

why they lost.

‘trying to pump two circulatory



there—could you slow down?—
The. lighting director thinks you
look great, but he’s blind, so - - -

They test our voices. Bryn
Mawr says things like ‘Death is
better than life” and “To be or
not to be’; Cornell says with ring-
ing sincerity, “You can be ‘sure if
it’s Westinghouse.” Now you know

Ten minutes before we go on
the air. Our hearts seem to be

systems at once—ours and Hoover
Dam’s. We can’t breathe. We
want to climb the walls and es-
cape! The nice thing about stage
lighting is that you can barely see
the studio audience. :

Act III, Midnight. Confetti-






wr|is more appropriate to its back-
| ground, and therefore of less in-

Critic Enjoys ’Willow’s Ingenuousness

by Isa Brannon

We are too sophisticated for
Greenwillow. It is a story of the
simple people who live in Green.
willow and of the reasons for their
heartaches. Greenwillow is a small
American town around the turn of
the century. This makes the play
sound similar, at least in setting,
to Take Me Along or The Music
Man, but here the similarity ends.
Although the settings of these two
musicals are old, the plots have a
modern touch. The former is con-
cerned with an alcoholic and a
young man struggling to grow u

The conflicts in it are very sim-
ple, and can be said to be repre-
sented by the two preachers: Rev-
erend Lapp speaks of hell-fire and
damnation, while Reverend Bird-
song (preaches happiness on earth.
One of the highlights of the show
is the song between these two, as
they are planning sermons on the
coming of winter. In the refrain,
the fonmer sings “repent” and the
latter “rejoice.”

The conflict is further brought
out by Gideon Briggs (Anthony
Perkins) who is afraid to woo the
girl he loves because of the curse
among the confusions of. h-|of the wanderlust which the devil
ical ideas, and the latter concerns|has placed on the eldest sons of
@ con-man who, has invaded a small | the family, and in Thomas Clegg,
town. The story of Greenwillow | who







stage.

The music of Frank Loesser is
what one would expect, fitting, or-
iginal and good. “The Music of
Home” is a lovely melody, and I
can easily see why this music
made Gideon Briggs resist the
temptation to wander.

The lines of the play are funny
in some parts, and full of pathos
in others. Some people: would say
they were corny, but to anyone
caught up im the spirit of Green-
willow, nothing cleverer would
have been fitting.

One mark of the modern world
is that many people still long for
a simple life, at least for the dura-
tion of an evening at the theatre.
For this reason, despite or, per-
haps because of, its lack of soph-

;