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VOL. U, "NO, 6
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
3, 1954
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1964
PRICE 20 CENTS
EE Cummings
ReadsSelections
From Own Work’
Morality Play, Prose, and
Poems Comprise
His Program
E, E. Cummings, the man who
Recipe For Murder
Given In ‘Arsenic’
Looking back on the flicks that
absorbed us on those multitudinous
Saturday afternoons, Arsenic and
Old Lace stands out. Probably we
retain a rather distorted memory
| of it, but we now have a chance to
iefresh our memories.
Haverford and Bryn Mawr are
giving us this chance by putting |
on the stage play of Arsenic and | lems:
Old Lace, November 5 and 6 at
Roberts Hall. Here is your oppor-
invented the wheel mine, read ex-|)tunity to relive the pleasures of
cerpts from his prose and poetry |
. to an audience of over 500 Friday
night in the University of Pennsyl- |
vania Museum.
The Philadelphia Fine Arts Cen- |
tery presented Mr. Cummings as a’
poet who “balances himself on a
tight rope 80 feet in the air, stacks |
three chairs on the rope, one atop
the other, props himself on the
third ¢hair and commences to
swing.”
Mr. Cummings, who was visibly
amused by the introduction, im-
mediately proceeded to live up to
it. (His forceful personality added
immeasurably to the meaning and
beauty of everything he’ read.
His voice captivated the audi-
ence. Not a sound interrupted the
mellifluous flow of his words in the
more serious pieces, and laughter
punctuated the humorous exam-
ples of his work.
; Rhythm and Tone
The expréssion of Mr. Cum-
mings’ voice undoubtedly aided in-
terpretation by making the tone
and rhythm of every: line clear.
In. fact-the-rhythm-of his-poetry
made. such an impression on the
audience that many people left the
hall repeating the lines to them-
selves as one would leave the
theatre humming the hit tunes of
a musical production.
For the first part of the pro-
gram Mr. Cummings read selec-
tions from his morality play Santa
Claus. Following intermission, he
Continued on Page 5, Col. 3
your chil@hood.
This may be your first taste of
elderberry wine spiked with arsen-
ic and the tea table covered with | ;
| Giotto’s figure of “Idolatry”, tip-
old lace, or you may already know
che exact location of the Panama
Canal in the cellar. Everyone
needs an insight into the world. of
kindly crime and the people who
led the charge at San Juan Hill. Be-
sides all this, Arsenic and Old Lace
will give you excellent instruction
in body disposal and how to bring
on a fatal case of yellow fever
with arsenic.
There have been minor adversi-
ties in. the production of Arsenic
and Old Lace, like weekend re-
hearsals. But these have been off-
set by the new set of flats that
have been painted for Haverford.
To be sure these flats have to be
made by the hard labor of the com-
bined college stage crews, but it is
better than having to cart Bryn
Mawr flats to Haverford. every
time they want to have a play
there. Bryn Mawr also has been
put on a 20¢ dinner allowance
everytime the stage crew has to
eat at Haverford, since the can-
vas for the flats cost $100 and ex-
penses have to be kept down.
Whether’ you saw the flick of
Arsenic and Old Lace armed with
a box of greasy pop-corn and some
cherry lollipops or played Jona-
than in your high school presenta-
tion of it, it is still funny enough
to see again, preferably Novem-
ber 5 or 6.
Parties Feature Feasting And Festivities
As Bryn Mawrters Celebrate Hallowe’ en
Physicists and biologists, chem-
ists and geologists, psychologists
and mathematicians formed a very
homogeneous mixture Thursday,
Oct. 28, in Applebee Barn. The oc-
casion was: the Science Club Hal-
lowe’eh party.
The first game in which every-
one participated was a type of sci-
entific treasure hunt. The object
was to walk around the room and
jot down the name of any scien-
tific object in sight. Mr. Berry
took the prize with twenty-three
correct answers.
Names Unscrambelled
The group was then divided into
four. sections to..play _charades.
Group three won, with its presen-
tation .of “photosynthesis.” Other
subjects were “funtion,” “force”
and “variable.”
“ The final game was an attempt
- to unscramble men’s names. Here
ngain Mr. Berry proved his skill,
as he was in the section of four
which won. The word which gave | n
the most trouble. was satgelt—Gest-
alt. Evidently there weren’t many
psychologists present. —
Refreshments. were served and.
place, roasting marshmallows =
‘popping corn.
_ Witches and ghosts were the or-
der of the day as Rhoads threw
gpen its doors to students, the fac-
ulty and their children, Wednesday
afternoon, October 27. The occa-
sion was the annual Hallowe’en
party.
The orange and black decorated
room was filled with numerous
games in which everyone -was ac-
tively participating. One could see
her favorite professor engaged in
almost any pursuit from pinning
the hat on the witch or ducking for
apples, to having his fortune told
by the ghastly green-haired Mad-
ame Megaera in the corner.
Refreshments
_ After being treated to cider,
doughnuts, cookies and apples, ev-
eryone settled down to be enter-
tained by the Rhoads seniots with
a skit concerning the plight of
some Hallowe’en ghosts who could-
n’t decide where to haunt this year.
The festivities over, each child
went home clutching a bright yarn
animal and any other bits of para-
ee ee
phernalia he might have collected
the party was concluded with in-
formal singing around the fire-'
during the afternoon.
J. Sloane Explains
LinkOf Art, Religion
Art Lecture Room, Nov. 2, 5 p.m.
“Art and religion are historically
very, very close to each other,”
said Dr. Joseph Sloane in his lec-
ture, Art and Religion, given un-
der the auspices of the Chapel
Committee.
The artist, im painting Christian
subjects, faces two serious prob-
idolatry, which may result
from worshipping the artist’s work
instead of treating it as a repre-
sentation, and the vast difficulty of
representing the unseen and un-
known in Christianity.
The artist’s realization of the
rst problem was illustrated by
ped over, about to fall, and holding
a small statue.
“The Annunciation,” by Jan Van
Eyck, was shown as a solution to
the latter problem. Here one of
the great mysteries of Christianity
is set forth in completely tangible
terms. The angel is dressed in a
rich robe and a shaft of light de-
scends through the cathedral win-
dow to strike the Vi¥gin’s head as
the dove, symbol. of the Holy Spir-
it, glides down with it.
Probably the greatest difficulty
which faces the Christian artist is
the portrayal of Christ. shen
Raphael’s “School of Athens’ e
compasses the complicated idea of
the Trinity, Rembrandt, was ‘un-
able to represent Christ the Man
with any meaning. A 13th century
“Crucifixion,” by Giunto Pisano,
reduces Christ to a formula of un-
realistic, abstract parts, but it suc-
ceeds in carrying out its emotional
Continued on Page 6, Col. 3
CALENDAR
Wednesday, November 3
7:30 p.m. Marriage Lecture.
Thursday, November 4
Come cheer for our hockey
team. Game with Chestnut Hill
today. .
Friday, November 5
8:30 p.m. “Arsenic and Old
Lace” opens the College Theatre
season at. Roberts Hall, Haver-
ford.
Saturday, November 6
9:00 a.m. Last Orals.
8:30 p.m. “Arsenic and * Old
Lace” at Roberts Hall.
Sunday, November 7
7:30 p.m. Dean Pike, from St.
John: the Divine, ‘will introduce
the theme of the Alliance Con-
ference with a talk on Commun-
ism vs. Judeo-Christian traditions
at chapel in the music room.
Monday, November 8
7:15 p.m. Post-Election Issues
will be discussed by Mr. Dudden
at Current. Events, Common
Room.
8:15 p.m. Self-Gov. Exam in
Taylor.
Tuesday, November_9 ;
5:00 p.m. Demonstration and
| explanation of Catholic Mass: in
the Common Room.
8:30 p.m. Concert and lecture
on the time of Bach sponsored by
the German Dept. in honor of Mr.
Diez, in the Ely Room. .
Wed. and Thurs., Oct. 10 and 11
Alliance Conference on “Com-
munistic Powers in the Cold War.”
Wed. 8:30 p.m. Yugoslavia.
Thurs. 12:30 pm. U.S.S.R
Thurs. 8:30 p.m. China.
all in Goodhart
Wednesday, November 10
After Junch and eo
_ Payday.
Robert Frost Gives
PoetryReading Sat.
“All poetry is the reproduction
of tones of actual speech.” That is
how Robert Frost, Pulitzer Prize
winning poet, describes not only all
poetry, but what “I have been after
consciously and oan cepts
from the first.”
Mr. Frost will read his yeueg
hart auditorium. Sponsored hy the
Friends of the Library this lecture
is free to members of the student
body, faculty, and staff of the col-
lege. To others admission is two
dollars,
A Californian by birth, Mr. Frost
has become known as the voice in
poetry which speaks for New Eng-
land. He now divides his time be-
tween teaching and his Vermont
farm, where he writes.
The poet has been writing sihce
high school days. All his publish-
ed poems “maintain a consistency
of style.’ Among his better known
works from the book, North of
Boston, are “The Death of the Hir-
ed Man,” “Mending Wall” and
“Fire and Ice.”
AA Gives ‘Squares’
Fun, Tho’ Few Men
especially contributed
by Elizabeth Thomas,.’57
On Friday evening the gym was
the scene of much gaiety, as every-
one forsook her Greek philosophers
or what-have-you and was caught
in the swing of the A.A. square
dance,
In the course of the evening we
whirled through dances ranging
from the Texas Star to the Grape-
vine Swing. Even the beginners
soon became adept under the guid-
ance of Peter Gardiner, ably as-
sisted by Ann Shocket, Hank
Dane, Harrison Raper and Steve
Sieverta.
Unfortunately, there was a
slight shortage of men; so that a
number of Bryn Mawrtyrs could
not dance. They were able to
drown their sorrows in cider and
doughnuts, however. These re-
freshments, plus all other arrange-
ments, had been very efficiently ar-
ranged by Marjorie Milbank. -
it
Zernike Relates
Theories Behind
His Innovation
Microscope Aids Study. |
Saturday night, Nov. 13, in Good-| ,
Of Live Specimens
In Biology
“Through the extension of hu-
man senses it (physics) has made
powerful tools available to the oth-
er. sciences,” said Mr. Michels
when he introduced Fritz Zernike
at a lecture sponsored by the Com-
mittee on the Coordination of the
Sciences, on Nov. 1, in Goodhart.
Mr. Zernike was awarded the
Nobel Prize in physics for his de-
velopment of the phase contrast
microscope. ‘With this microscope,
the transparent areas in living or-
ganisms can be studied for the
first time.
Mr. Zernike began by tracing
the basic principles leading to his
invention. In 1801, Young intro-
duced the principle of interference
and this idea, that light waves can
reinforce or eliminate each other,
was tested by Fresnel and Arago.
Waves which have traveled un-
equal distances are likely to be
out of phase (differ in the location
of their maximum and minimum
points). The shadow of a disk has
a circle of light in the middle be-
cause waves which meet there are
in phase and reinforce each other.
In _an—ordinary microseope, the
light comes through a circular op-
ening, and goes through the slide
where some of it is diffracted by
the object. The opening, or iris,
is focused by the objective at a
point closer to the lens than the
image of the object. This system
will show the object against a light
‘background.
By blocking the light at the im-
age point of the iris (as im the, ex-
periment where Mr. Zernike plac-
ed a dot of ink on his low power
objective) the ordinary microscope
can give a light image on a dark
background. Neither method gives
a clear picture of transparent
Continued on Page 6, Col. 5
Alliance Presents Two Day Conference |
On Communist Powers In The Cold War
In view of the fact that most
people consider the Communist
countries as having the same form
of government, that of totalitarian
rules, Alliance is sponsoring a two
day conference on “The Three Ma-
jor Communist Powers in the Cold
War.” ‘The differences between
the forms: of government in the
three outstanding Communist coun-
tries of the world, - Yugoslavia,
Russia, and China, will be discuss-
ed, as well as their similarities.
The conference form of presenta-
tion will give’everyone an oppor-
tunity to discuss the lectures in the
discussion period, and give Bryn
Mawr students an opportunity to
interchange ideas with students of
other colleges. Students and fac-
ulty of all neighboring colleges
have been invited to attend the
conference both days.
On Wednesday evening, Novem-
ber 10, at 8:30 p.m., Dr. Adam
Ulam, Professor of Government at
Harvard University, will speak’ on
“Yugoslavia’s Position in the
World Today.” Dr. Ulam is also
the current director of the Soviet
Regional Studies Program at Har-
vard, and published a book on
Yugoslavia, Tito and the Comin-
form, in 1953,
Dr. Alex Inkeles, Professor of
Sociology at Harvard University,
will speak Thursday, November 11,
at 12:30 p.m., on “Main Features |
of the Soviet Social System’ Dr.
Inkeles served as the Social Sci-
ence Research Analyst in the Divi-
sion of USSR Intelligence, Office of
Strategic Service, from 1942 to
1945, and acted as consultant to
both the State Department and
UNESCO. His most recent book
is Public Opinion in Soviet Russia;
At present, in addition to his work
at Harvard, he is the director of
the research project on the Soviet - ;
social system.
Thursday evening, November 11,
at 8:30 p.m., Dr. George Cressey,
Contineed on Page €, Cult
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Wednesday, November 3, 1954
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be blunt for a moment, Sex .
Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa.,; Post Offi
Under the.. Act .of March 3,
1879
3 Wavertord VS. Jr. Show
It seems that against their better judgment the Haver-
ford News covered Junior Show. Their reluctant reviewer,
although saved from the ordeal ons Friday night because
“Hazel hampered the hams,” was forced on Saturday to wit-
ness “the inevitable Junior Show.”
inevitable Haverford review, of which we, too, are quite tired.
It’s not that we want to find fault with the body of the
review, which for the most part was fair and interesting; in.
a few instances there even appeared to be some signs of ap-
proval on the part of the critic. This should have been avoid-
ed, but with “Odd ’N Even,” perhaps it, too, was inevitable.
We did note with interest this statement: “In these Jun-
ior Shows the girls are naturally enough interested in cap-
turing the attention and sympathies of their. audience and
their procedure in attempting to captivate the male segment
follows a time-honored, if blunt, formula. That is, if I may
. . Whether or not it is so im-
portant in securing the affection of an audience is debatable,
but the girls seem to think so, and that is where the kick
chorus comes in, as it inevitably does.”’
with other qualities,
This puritanical viewpoint doesn’t disturb us, for we
doubt whether any Bryn Mawr gir] objects to being thought
sexy. And it has long been known that sex, when combined
received much acclaim. ;
Principally, we are rather tired of the superior air which
"is present in all Haverford reviews of Bryn Mawr class pro-
ductions. We don’t claim to be professionals—except maybe
in comparison with Haverford Class Night. But any show
_ even at Bryn Mawr, is entitled to a critic, even from Haver-
ford, with an open mind. The next time Haverford sends a.
reviewer, we wish he would come with the intention of look-
ing et instead of looking down.
Have A Seat
ha [Why is it that you can no longer find a seat in the library
: room without a fifteen minute search?
What followed was the
C“~
-|from Wellesley College, and an
Plea Of The Poet:
Someone Help The
Landmark’sChimes
By Paula Dunaway, 8 4 /
), 1 sing a dirge for Taylor tower,
‘or Taylor clock is sick.
‘t chimes, but cannot tell the
/ hour—
You can’t even hear it tick.
To history class ten minutes late,
Making chem on time’s a squeeze.
My teachers grow more and more
irate— .
Won’t somebody fix the ‘clogk—
please? . \
I’m aware of the popular theory
shat landmarks, as such, don’t
have to run,
3ut must confess I’m growing
weary
Jf finding it’s two when the clock
strikes one!
Pe
.t’s old and it’s gray, ieapennstyety
tall,
A dignified landmark in view of
all—
But now once more the stock re-
frain—
Von’t someone fix the clock again?
Note: Taylor clock has begun
cunning on time since this was
aritten.
HALLOWE'EN PRANK—As
Taylor Tower — Two. Views
s
a result of what can only -be
expressed as a stroke of apoplectic genius, Taylor Hall sport-
ed a brilliantly-executed new feature on the morning of All
Saints’ Day. Early: (and later)
risers were treated to a flap-
ping bedsheet, adorned with colors seemingly more appropri-
ate to a nearby college which shall remain nameless.
The an-
nouncement, admonition, warning, or what-have-you, which
~ lacked only a broom to add
M. CAREY RIDES AGAIN.
to the effect, stated proudly:
Lantern Nite Travels
To True
Guegts of the Chapel Committee
learhed last Tuesday afternoon in
Goodhart, that the Bryn. Mawr
Lantern Night tradition ‘has been
transplanted to the Orient at the|
True Light School in Hong Kong.
How Bryn Mawr traditions were }
started in that Far Eastern city
was explained by Miss Lu Hui-
Ching, Ed.D., headmistress of the
high school section of True Light.
She said that two Bryn Mawr
graduates who came to teach at
the schoo] in 1916 introduced Lan-
tern Night ceremonies and the
song, “Come Cheer for Our Col-
lege,” which is now the True Light
school song.
She said that nearly three thou-
sand people gather to watch the
‘True. Light version of Lantern
Night. The Chinese version is quite
different from the Bryn Mawr tra-
dition, and involves marching in
formation and singing several dif-
Light School
ferent songs. .
Miss Lu also showed’ a film of,
school activities and facilities. She
explained that the high school is a.
girls’ school only and that stand-
ards there have been kept high so
that True Light graduates may go
to the finer schools in the United
States for: higher education. The
school also has an elementary di-
vision for both boys and girls.
True Light is a nor-denomina-
tional school run by Chinese Chris-
tians and was founded in Canton,
China, 82 years ago. Because of
the Chinese communist invasion
the school was forced to leave its
original site and reorganize in
Hong-Kong, where 1,280 students
are now enrolled.
Miss: Lu was graduated oth the
original True Light school in Can-
ton, received an A.B. from Yen-|
achers
ENTERTAINMENT
Ardmore
Wed., Nov. 3-Fri., Nov. 5—The
Black Shield of Falworth
Sun., Nov. 7-Wed., Nov. 10—
Naked Alibi; Bounty Hunters
Green Hill
Wed., Nov, 3-Wed., Nov. 10 —
Scotch on the Rocks
Bryn Mawr
Wed., Nov. 3 & Thurs., Nov. 4—
Dragnet
Fri., Nov. 5 & Sat., Nov. 6—
‘Student Prince
Sun., Nov. 7 & Mon., Nov. 8—
Turn the Key Softly; Personal Af-
fair
Tues., Nov. 9 & Wed., Nov. 10—
How to Marry a Millionaire
Soviet Threat Topic
‘Of Chapel Speaker
Communism’s challenge to the
Judeo-Christian tradition will be
discussed by the Very Reverend
James A. Pike at chapel’ this Sun-
day at 7:30 p.m. This topic sup-
plements ‘the theme of the Alliance
conference, “Communism and the
Cold War.”
Dean Pike was educated first for
the law, receiving his J.S.D. (Doc-
tor of the Science of Law) from
Yale Law School. He was a mem-
ber of the Bar of the Supreme
Court of the United States and. of
the U.S. Court of Appeals.
During the war, Pike served as a
naval officer and then as attorney
for the U.S. Maritime Commission.
After the war, he entered the min-
istry.
Demonstration of Mass
A demonstration of the Roman
Catholic Mass will be performed
by twin priests this Tuesday, No-||
vember 9, at 5:00 p.m.-in the Com-
mon Room.
Fathers David and ” Baward
Current Events
Peter Bachrach Predicts
Dems Will Win. —
This Year
COMMON ROOM, Nov. 1—Go-
ing along with “the estimate of
the conservative New York Times”,
Peter Bachrach predicted Demo-
cratic victories in both houses of
Congress in this year’s election.
Mr. Bachrach spoke on “The Im-
plications of a Democratic Vic-
tory” at Current Events.
The issue.involved in predicting
the outcome of an election, he ex: .
plained, is weighing economic
against non-economic factors, The
economic view is that “when there
is no threat of war or depression,
you vote by your stomach; if you
are hungry you vote with the
‘outs’; if full, with the ‘ins’.” The
non-economic prediction considers
such factors as a Freudian on
leadership or last-ditch arguments
on television which expose the pop-
ulace to demagogues and person-
alities.
Burden on Democrats
Mr. Bachrach expressed a min-
ority opinion by stating that the
real significance of the campaign
to him was that. “it was meaning-
less from the standpoint of a lack
of real issues”. Possible positive
issues were avoided by both par-
ties in favor of negative attacks
on. dead issues. He added that the
burden was, in this case, on the
Democrats who, as the minority
party, should have forced dynamic
issues forward.
Mr. Bachrach saw the campaign
as an unhealthy indication of an
agreement between the two par-
ties on basic. principles... This. .un-
dermines the foundations of a two-
party system. The system is jus-
tified by the fact that the general
public receives a clear-cut. defini-
tion of important questions,
Seniority Determinant
The effect of a Democratic vic-
tory.on.the..Eisenhower program
would probably be’ negligible. The °
program would continue because. —
committee chairmen determine the
types of legislation introduced
into Congress. Because these chair-
manships’ are determined om the
basis of seniority, Democrats
chairmen are, on the whole, South-
erners, who are more conservative
than the Republicans. A coalition
between the Republicans and the
Southern Democrats, or a presi-
dential veto, would be able to do
away with Democratic legislation:
Mr. Bachrach feels that the Re-
publican “old guard” would be
strengthened by a Democratic vic-
tory. The liberal Eisenhowér fac-
tion would lose prestige for “try-
ing, to out-Democrat the Demo-
crate.” .
Paradoxically, the Eisenhower
forces might also be weakened by
a Republican victory. Eisenhow-
er committed himself as few other
presidents have done im an off-year
election, but Nixon, the real lead-
er of the party, would gain’ power
because the election was fought on
his terms.
Another interesting factor in
appraising the results of the elec-
tion is observing the continued or
retarded emergence of the two-
party system in the South. l-
though six states in the “deep
South” have congressional candi-
dates who are unopposed by Re-
publicans, peripheral areas seem
to be moving toward the two-party
system.
KING ‘ARTHUR (Dadden)
- Follows --
Peter _ Great
mony, for as one goes through the
actions, the other will explain their
significance.
Post-Hlection Iasues
at. :
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Wedlnesday, November 3, 1954. THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three
Notice: Student From Iran Thinks'Exrollment Dilemma’ Mics | eighton Lectures On Rolesy
B. MC Easier Than High School
By Catharine Stimpson, ’58
“mnowing a person trom a for-!
eign country makes the country,
mucn more real, aoesn’t it?” com-
menved someone in the Rockefeller
aining room. “setore Vaneth came,
1 tnought iran was nothing but oil
anda mossadegh.”
Parvanen (which rhymes with
pa knee Vaneh) or Modaber is
spending her first year away from
her home, ‘leheran, Iran, as a
fresnman at Bryn Mawr. in sharp
convurast to most of her contempor-
aries, sne nnds college academical-
4y easier tnan high school, _
‘an iran, we study fifteen sub-
jecus a year,” sala the daughter of
an iranian general. “we have trig-
onometry, algebra, natural history,
rersian luceracure, French or Eng-
lish, geograpny, Araoic, drawing,
hisvory and science.”
Vanhen 1s now svuudying chemistry,
which she likes, mathematics and
kinglish. She plans to attend sum-
mer school in New York, also.
_ Studying to be a doctor, she has
foliowea her brother ,a student at
the University of Virginia medical
school, and a sister at N.Y.U.
Medical School, to America, Vaneh
chose Bryn Mawr on her sister’s
recommendation.
Language is her greatest diffi-
culty. Often she opens her Eng-
lish-Persian dictionary to find the
translation of a Persian word and
sometimes, as when she was list-
ing her high school courses, she
writes in Persian, which is an in-
tricate series of scrolls and lines
from right .to left across the paper,
before answering in English.
Spoken Persian, which uses some,
, Arabic, i is heard in Rockefeller now
as -Vaneh expiains the pronuncia-
tion of “salam” (hello) and “hall
shoma chetar. ast?” (how are
you?).
in her room, Vaneh brought out
an album to show pictures of her
home and a map of Iran to point
out Teheran. ‘
She went on discussing Iran,
“We have a government like Eng-
land’s with a shah and a premier.
unly women cannot be—how do
you say it?—elected. Women are
now trying to get the vote. We
1ike Americans;-they do not bother
us and Point Four has helped us.
sut there are not any English peo-
ple left after the oil trouble”
When questioned about the re-
cent power struggles involving Mo-
wammed Mossadegh, Vaneh com-
mented, “It’s better that we don’t
say anything about him.”
Iran’s educational. system differs
from America’s in that six years
‘of elementary school are followed
by six years of high school. “And
here everyone must go to school,”
Vaneh said. “In Iran there are
many who cannot read or write.
We have many, many poor people.”
Social‘ customs are also much
more rigid, As Vaneh explained,
“We cannot go out with a boy.”
Marriages are arranged by par-
ents in one of two ways. Either
a man requests that his parents
make certain arrangements or the
parents contract the marriage
without consulting their children.
Vaneh’s favorite American land-
mark is New York. “I like all of
America,” she said, “but oh, New
York, I love her.”
AlwyneTellsUrigin'
Of Major In Music
especially contributed
‘by Harriet Barsky, ’57
Mr. Horace Alwyne described
the evolution of the music depart-
‘ment at a Bryn Mawr Club lunch-
eon on October 26 at the Deanery.
An anonymous undergraduate
gave $5,000 to the school to give
the department its start. When
classes began in 1921,one piano
one blackboard, one box of chalk,
and two books were the total
amount of equipment. .This equip-
ment found a home~in the Ely
Room of Wyndham.
There were choir rehearsals, lec-
tures on music as a means of ex-
pression, and an outside course for
teachers. One evening a week there
was an informal musicale which
opened with a Bach chorale as
“prayer”, followed by chamber
music, performances by visiting ar-
tists, and the singing of folk
songs.
Mr. Alwyne taught all the
classes and conducted the choir. In
1924 he was appointed chairman of
the department. He then had to
work on the prejudices of alumnae
who thought anything which gave
pleasure t be too easy.
-The department finally reached
- the catalogue as the “Department
of Theoretical Music” and that
year it was proposed that a major
should be given in music. This was
30 years ago.
In 1927, Goodhart opened and
the department moved to the Mu-
sic Room.
Courses were designed not to
compete with the conservatories
which emphasize performing, bu
to produce an enlightened listener.
Keen judgment’ and taste result
from an understanding of the mu-
sic’s historical . and sociological
Lame Honor System
RevisedByRadcliffe
As Bryn Mawr introduces its
new academic ‘honor system word
has been received from Radcliffe,
via an unofficial report, that theirs
has been modified. Radcliffe’s hon-
or system was instituted in 1942.
Only one case of cheating has been
reported since then. The changes
are the result of a general feeling
of unwillingness among the stu-
dents to report other students
when . actual violations have been
witnessed.
On the basis of a, discussion be-
‘tween student leaders and college
officials, a committee was formed
to study the problem. Several rec-| .
commendations were made by the
committee and subsequent changes
in the system have been adopted.
The major change involves
cheating on final exams. Previous-
ly, proctors at Radcliffe finals were
only clock-watchers. They now
have the added responsibility of
reporting any cases of cheating.
The girls may still report others,
but the responsibility of doing so
has been removed. It was felt that
this was a responsibility which the
students did not want.
Radcliffe ssudents formerly were
permitted to leave the room during
exams ‘and to take their examina-
tion papers with them. This is now
forbidden. Talking in the halls and
eating during the exams have also
been prohibited. .
These two changes were insti-
tuted in order to cut down annoy-
ances to the other girls taking the
exam. It is hoped also that the
new rulings will help to “clean up
the general behavior during ex-
ams” which has become “sloppier
every year. ”
‘Threatens Schools. |
By Marcia Goldstone, ’56
One of the greatest problems
proia: eaucavors today is the enor-
| mous_nood of students who will be
attending schools which at present
do not have the capacity for them.
Ine country’s elementary schoois
are already extremely overcrowd-
ed. The secondary schools will’have
vo aliow for them next, and soon
after that, the coileges and univer-
sities.
‘Yhe effects of this great increase
in the population are of even more
sanportance to institutions of high-
cr iearning wihen one considers the
riicreasea percemcage of students
wu0 NOW desire a college education.
mxpansion of the exisung tacil-
.uwes Lor aavanced education is one
vi tue SOQ.uuons, Olered to, this
probiem, ‘Lnis leads us to a con-
saueration 6f Wnat it mignt mean
.O0 pryn Mawr to incrcase the size
vi 10S enrolument.
‘Lhe most aavantageous effect of |
such a move, from the student’s
point of view, would be the propor-
uionate increase in the teaching
statf. This would allow for a great-
er variety of courses to be otfered
and therefore grant the student
more choice in her particular field
of interest. This same increase in
the faculty’s size may correspond-
ingly cause a decrease in its qual-
ity.
The most quickly advanced ar-
gument against increasing the en-
roliment is generally the loss of
the more intimate atmosphere
which is connected with the small
school. Since this is the reason
many students come to Bryn Mawr
it is one which should be carefully
considered. If the enrollment in-
crease were matched by a propor-
tionate increase in the faculty, the
existing. ratio would allow for the
same close faculty-student féla-
tionship afforded by the smaller
school.
We, as students, are not faced
with any decision in this matter,
but it is an interesting problem
for us ‘to consider in the light of
how the difference in the size of
the enrollment and the effects of
such an occurrence might have af-
fected our choice of Bryn Mawr as
an alma mater. -
Papers Contribute
Comedy Plus News
Looking through the multitude
of exchange papers which find
their way into the NEWS room
each week yields some interesting,
controversial, or often just amus-
ing bits of information.
Of special interest at this time
of year is the new program ini-
tiated at Goucher for training in
party politics. Under a.three year |
grant from the Falk Foundation,
the course will consist of field trips
and work,- internships in admini-
strative offices, special lectures,
demonstrations, conferences and
study of campaign materials.
Ladies to arms! There’s some-
thing amiss’ at Villanova Univer-
sity. There they have voted that
the’ nursing students on campus
may not be allowed a seat on the
Student Council unless they form
a sorority. Even if they do so,
they will still only be-given half a.
vote. Tell me, is this democracy?
Need some inspiration for keep-
ing your room neat and attrac-
tive? Colorado Woman’s College
provides it in the form of a room
beautiful contest to be judged once
a month.
The “Was, my face red!” story
ofthe week comes from -Hollin’s
College, Virginia. The upperclass-
men’s privilege of week-nhight dat-
“ling has gotten a few freshmen
Played By 1G In World Today
In observance of U.N. Week,
ILR.C. presented a talk--by Miss
Leighton, of the Political Science
Department, on the International
Court’ of Justice.
In discussing the Court, an affili-
ated agency of the UN, Miss
Leighton covered three main
points: 1) the competence and jur-
.isdiction of the Court, 2) in view
of its jurisdiction, what is the
Court’s effectiveness?, 3) the kind
of contribution the Court makes to
justice,
First, Miss Leighton said, let us
compare the International Court of
Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 15 justices of the World
Court are elected for nine-year
terms by the General Assembly,
while the Supreme Court judges
are appointed. Both courts render
decisions by majority vote. Both
make use of dissenting opinions.
Both courts follow an authorizing
document in regard to cases that
may come before them,
: Jurisdiction
in the Internationai Court’s case,
there is a Statute of the Interna-
tional Court of Justice signed by
over 40 countries. The kinds of
cases that may come before the
international Court are those in-
volving interpretation of treaties,
international igw, and matters
concerning breach of international
obiigation. Only states (national
and local) may be parties be-
fore the Court. A state may take
up its citizen’s case, which is how
private individuals figure in many
international cases.
Miss Leighton then discussed the
‘limitations of courts, in general,
and the particular limitations of
the International Court. There are
certain inherent limitations on ju-
dicial technique for any court of
A Quote from The Swarthmore
Phoenix, Oct:-19; 1954
Swarthmore students are in-
clined to complain that studying
never ends, and as a matter of
fact they are inclined to be
correct,
law. And because a court of law is
a court of law, it should not be
expected to deal with problems of
a political nature. The reason is
that there is no judicial dispute.
A court of law should not be
asked to determine the living
standards of an underdeveloped
area, or whether Red Chitia should
pe seated in the U.N. No court
should have this power, and the
anternational Court is not an ex-
ception to this. In the same way,
che Supreme Court could not de-
clade on the Civil War issues,
Limitations
Any court should not risk mak-
ing- decisions that are tagrantly
coutrary to the common pracuices
of a community. As an examypue,
aiiss- Leignion poinved ouc tne
sengthn of ume 1¢ nas vaken tne Su-
preme ULourc to nave enuougn conu-
uence in the outcome to make 108
secent segregation decision,
As for the International Court’s
special limitations, 1t has unstable
political institutions to supporc it,
and no organ in the U.N. | to .en-
torce its decisions. Entorcement
ot a decision is left up to the con-
science of the individuai srace.
ln spite of its handicaps, the In-
ternattonal Court ot Justice has
accomplisned a great deal. Many
are not aware ot this because tne
Court usuaily deals With every-day. «55:
tecnnical points, and not the ban-
ner heaaline type of case,
As examples of the cases that
have come before the Court, Miss
Leighton cited a Norwegian-ling-
lish nshing boundary aispute, tne
Anglo-iranian oil case, a dispute
between Kingland and France over
some channei islands, and awards
for the Compensation case, and tne
Keparations tor injuries case, in
which the Court decided that the
U.N. could recover damages for
the death of Count Bernadotte, the
U.N. mediator killed in Palestine,
In summing up, Miss Leighton
said that 1) the Internacional
Court of Justice can’t. be expected
to do more than any other court,
that 2) “it’s business is to keep in
business,” and 3) the Court per-
forms a law-making function.
By Rosemary Rudstrom, ’55
Now is the time for Bryn Mawr
i College to realize*the call to a new
tradition. We evidently have not
| recognized the close connection~of
,May Day with another festival
just past.
Naturally that festival is Hal-
lowe’en. From olden times the two
events have been connected. Per-
haps you will recognize this if you
hear the actual name of the eve
before May Day, Walpurgis Night!
All through. Europe the two
nights have been considered as the
times on which witches go raging
through the streets on black tabby
cats or besoms.
I believe that Bryn Mawr should
introduce the custom of the cele-
bration of Hallowe’en into the col-
lege roll of traditions.
In case this should come about,
I should like to give a few pointers
on how .properly to celebrate this
Ccaetlae date. The obvious idea
is to follow ancient customs.
, The custom of greatest antiq-
ing witches by means of huge bon-
fires, on which black cats, foxes,
or even human beings are burn-
uity and importance is that of slay-|
Student Challenges College To See
Relation Of May Day To Hallowe’en
clouds, as some witches remain
aloft.
,In order that the witches may
not have an easy des » one
should place a chair or ms sim-
ilar obstacle on the, ground, on
which the witch will break a leg
or two. Sharp pieces of glass, old
sword hilts, or broken May Day
wine bottles will also do quite well.
If one is not satisfied with the
practical aspects of the event, one
may turn to the spiritual.
the most important exercises on
Hallowe’en is that of divination.
This can easily be practiced by
placing small white stones in the
bonfire. Jf one of the stones is
missing in the morning, the per-
sen who placed it in its original
position will die within the year. ~
It. would be quite a delightful
idea -té@entinue Hallowe’en in the
tradition of May Day. I have no
| doubta that a circle of figures, ap-
propriately clad in‘ academic
gowns, dancing around bonfire at
about midnight on Hallowe’en,
— be almost as charming as
aaa as a break in the end of the
year monotony.
If one is still doubtful about the
authenticity of Hallowe’en, one
One of -
~The changed honor system will
HACK 0 ond:
By unanimous vote of the fac-
ulty in 1953, the department be-
came a major. - . :
be put into effect this January. So
far, the students seem to welcome
the new _—
down, As one gal hollered out of
the front window at some dates,
“Oh, .you lucky sophomores,” the
screen fell out and so did she!
ed,
| If, however, one does not get
all the witches by this process,
| shotgumsshould be fired into the
may consider that to the ancients
this, custom was of such impor- ~
tapes. that thelx New Tone diind
from this occasion.
the team’s two goals.
Page Four
THE- COLLEGE. NEWS
‘Wednesday, Novediber 31954 ©
rs
Bryn
especially contributed
by Joan Parker, ’57
‘In the third game of the season
on Tuesday, Oct. 26, the Bryn.
Mawr varsity lost to undefeated
Temple, 5-2, The junior varsity
was more successful with a 8-1 vic-
tory over their opponents.
The varsity game was an exceed-
ingly fast one and far more evenly
matched than the score would indi-
éate. At the end of an exhausting
first half, ‘the game was tied, 1-1,
but in the second half Temple
forced Bryn Mawr to play taeeHty
a defensive game.
The defense did a magnificentt
job, especially the two fullbacks,
Sara. Stiffer and Marty Fuller
When the offense gained contro] of
the ball, they did not always play
it to the best advantage. Janet
Hetzel, the left inner, played well,
however, and was responsible for
In the opinion of both Miss Price
and Miss Yeager, the whole team
deserves a lot of credit, both for
their excellent spirit and the fast,
cleanly fought game. The backs
were commended for their excel-
lent work in defending the goal,
especially. since they were weak-
ened by the absence of Steffie
Hetzel.
With this victory over Temple
the J.V. has a record of one win
and one loss. Pat Hill, playing
center forward, made two of the
goals, and Margie Milbank, the
right inner, was responsible for the
other one. The team showed defi-
nite improvement in both team-
work ‘and spirit over last week’s
game.
The Bryn Mawr team feels that
Committee Provides
Political Conscience
“The Committee of Seventy was
formed fifty years ago in Philadel-
phia by a group of people dissatis-
fied with the existing municipal
government,” said Keene Butcher,
the director of the Committee of
Seventy. Mr, Butcher spoke Thurs-
day afternoon at the Alliance
meeting, on “Problems in Voting.”
Mr. Butcher described the Com-
mittee of Seventy as an organiza-
tion devoted to good government,
with no political affiliations. In-
stead, the Committee finds itself |,
always -in the unenviable position
of criticizing the party in office.
Now, for example, the Democratic
party in Philadelphia is under
censure, due to a recent incident in
which Mayor Clark gave a number
of politica] leaflets to the patrol-
men on the police force to distrib-
ute during working hours. The
Committee of Seventy feels that
this is not ethical. .
Not only is the Committee of
Seventy a “cleanup” organization,
but it is-also an tional insti-
tution, sending out representatives
to talk to any interested group.
The Committee has been divided
- into several sub-committees. These
are: the civil service committee, “
which is allied with the personnel
department in-the city and dis-
which tries gece a oa
Maur Seraity-
To Undefeated Temple In Fast Game
Hockey. Loses 5-2
there is no reason why it should
not be victorious for the rest of the
season. If the team plays as well
against Chestnut Hill, Swarthmore
and Rosemontas it did against
Beaver and Temple, it should do
extremely well.
The additional support by the
stuident body for last week’s game
was greatly appreciated.
Line-ups
Varsity ’ Jr. Varsity
L. W.—D. Scott S. Stein
L. I. '—J.° Hetzel J. Cholerton
P. Hill
M. Milbank
Oo. F. —G. Johnson
&.1. —D. Hanna
2. W.—G. Gilbert
u. H. —E. Thomas
J. H.—J. Parker
i. H.—G,. Disney
u. F.—M, Fuller
2. F.—S. Stifler
G. —J. Cushmore
J. Robertson
N. Farnum
E. Cope
H. Rhinelander
A. Craigin
J. Smith
WBMC PROGRAM
WBMC Treasury of Classics,
eight to nine p.m,
Nov. 3, Wed., 8-9:
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nacht-
musik
Haydn: Symphony No. 92
(Oxford)
Liszt: Concerto for Piano,
No, 1
Nov. 4, Thurs., 8-9:
Puccini: La Boheme
* * *
Nov. 7, Sun., 8-9:
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Greig: Concerto in A Minor,
No. 1
Nov. 8, Mon., 8-9:
Beethoven: Emperor Con-
certo
Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne
Nov. 9, Tues., 8-9:
Horowitz: Selections from
_ the 25th Anniversary of his
American Debut.
K. Gilbert.
By Donnie Brown, °57
.We finally tore ourselves away
from. Greenhill and Alec Guiness,
the other day to go and see how!
the other half of the flick. world
lives. The movie we picked for our
initiation was A Star Is Born, with
Judy Garland of the soft ~brown
cow eyes. Her cohort was James
Mason, looking like a veritable
movie magazine, cover. ~
Between gropings /in the pop
teorn “box we watched the plot
evolve as it has been ever since
the second flick was made. The
first, you know, was scenes of
waves rushing at people and not
much else; in those days it-ran a
close second to Cinerama. At any
rate, Mason, idol and celluloid lov-
er of millions, meets a singer, Judy
Garland, with a voice like a dark
alley on a foggy night. The pro-
verbial screen test follows, the gal
reeks talent, and rises in the world
like a refugee from the Fourth
of July. In between this and some
good throat clutching songs, Judy
or Esther Blodgett marries Nor-
man Maine or Mason.
Naturally this is not going to
work out since, while he is infatu-
ated with her, Mason is also infat-
| uated with liquor, which is bad for
the tribulation-stricken wife. At
about this point the see-sawing of
stardom comes; the blues singer
rises and Norman falls, which is
again bad for the soul. So each of
them prepares to make a sacrifice,
Esther with her career and Nor-
man with his life so she can go on.
He beats her to the draw and com-
mits suicide, leaving a dewy-eyed
star behind him, in rebirth.
We’ve had rather a dislike of
Judy Garland ever since The Wiz-
ard of Oz, but she did well enough
in A. Star Is Born to almost con-.
quer that.
“There are many advantages in
growing older,”
Loewenherg “including freedom to
indulge ‘in reminiscences.”
Indulging in the latter, he retold
his experiences and acquaintances
with the men responsible for the
“Golden Age of Philosophy” at
Harvard. _
Speaking before the Haverford
Philosophy Club, October 27, Mr..
Loewenberg recalled his associa-
tions with such men as’ William
James, George Herbert Palmer,
Josiah Royce, George Santayana
Hugo Munsterberg, and Ralph
Perry. During his eléven years
from 1904-1915 as undergraduate,
graduate, and part-time instructor
at Harvard, Mr, Loewenberg, now
visiting Phillips lecturer at Haver-
ford, witnessed the height of this
golden age.
Opposition Welcomed
Among these men, Mr. Loewen-
berg’s’ closest and most intimate
attachment was with Josiah Royce.
“Royce,” he commented, “not only
proclaimed the truth, but also re-
tained a genial indulgence for opin-
ions opposed to his own. He wel-
comed vigorous opposition, for
whatehe valued in his students was
not docility, but power.”
Mr. Loewenberg took a course
taught by William James two
years before the great pragmati-
cist died. He remembered him as a
rather hesitant and somewhat dry
lecturer.
“However, his written style was
the fruit of self-conscious effort.
Embodied in his person and doc-
trine was a spirit of intellectual
freedom and adventure.... He
brought to his philosophy a divers-
ified background—that of an artist,
a psychologist and a philosopher.”
! Mr. Loewenberg found it difficult to
observed Jacob.
BrownUnimpressed ‘Golden Age Of Philosophy’ Provides
By ‘AStar Is Born’ (Topic For Speech By J. Loewenberg
talk of George. Santayana in gen-
eral terms. He described Santay-
ana as aloof, subtle, detached. “He
pretended, although how far‘I can- |
not sa}, to dislike teaching. But
no one was more conscientious in
answering questions, more pains-
taking in lecture, or more inter-
ested in his students.”
Youngest of Group
In speaking of Hugo Munster-_
berg, Mr.- Loewenberg noted that
he was not content to be just a
psychologist or. philosopher. He
wanted to béa missionary—an_am-
bassador' of German culture to the
United States. “Therefore, he
wrote books in German idealizing
the United States and vice versa.
World War I was a personal trag-
edy for him,”
The youngest of the group ‘was
Ralph Perry, a pioneer in the
school of new realism.
-In discussing the questions rais-
ed by Perry’s school, Mr. Loewen-
berg recalled a philosopher’s din-
ner at which T. S. Eliot, then a
Harvard student, delivered a
speech. “When he began his
speech,” laughed Mr: Loewenberg,
“Eliot made the mistake of prom-
ising three specific points. He elab-
orated upon the first beautifully,
the second also. However; when he
came to the third, he found to his
horror that he couldn’t remember
it. Embarrassed and perplexed,
Eliot sat down.”
Recalling a course given by
George Herbert Palmer, Mr. Loew-
enberg remarked that it was an
education in itself. His lectures
also were “models of classical im-
ages.”
A professor of philosophy at the
University of California, Mr. Loew-
enberg is giving two courses at
Haverford this semester.
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read two prose passages, one from
the Enormous Room, and the other
an account of his impressions as he
approached Istanbul on a_ boat
after spending some time in a con-
centration camp called Russia.
He also read a number of poems
‘including “a salesman is an it that
stinks Excuse,” “my father moved
through dooms of love,” and “sweet
spontaneous earth.”
Mr. Cummings’ reading was the
first in a series of fifteen programs
being presented by the Philadel-
ghia Fine Arts Center this year.
Future programs will include
orose-poetry readings by W. C.
Williams, MacNeice, Ransom, Mac-
Leiesh, Auden, Spender. and Mc-
Cullers; a dance program by Pearl
Primus; a talk on photography by
Arnold Newman; a .folk-song re-
cital by Dyer-Bennet; and (tenta-
tively) talks by Calder, Gabo,
Ernst, and Lipchitz.
Prasidents, Deans And Faculty Members
Discuss Problems At Vassar Conference
To diseuss, to cooperate, and to
plan were the aims of the Seven
College Conference held two weeks
ago at Vassar. Miss McBride, Mrs.
Marshall and Miss Oppenheimer
represented Bryn Mawr at the con-
ference where the presidents,
deans, and a faculty representative
from each of the seven member
schools (Bryn Mawr, _ Radcliffe,
Wellesley, Smith, Vassar, Mt. Hol-
yoke, and Barnard) were present.
The conference was instituted on
an annual basis so that groups
from these seven colleges, which
are in many ways much alike,
would have.an opportunity to dis-
cuss their mutual problems, to tell
what they, individually, did about
them, and to work out solutions.
Typical problems are those of
the scholarship programs, lan-
guage requirements, teaching ‘staff,
and changes in curricula, The lat-
ter was given particular attention
for many members wonder if their
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their needs. The discussion was
also. much concerned with the role
of experimentation in running col-
leges,
By far the most serious topic
and the one given most attention .
was -that of rapidly increasing en-
rollments. By 1970 the number of
students in college will have in-
creased one hundred per cent! Does
any of this responsibility fall on
the small college, or does a college
like Bryn Mawr contribute most
by remaining small?
3 Groups Formed. -
This problem is far too complex
for a general policy to be devel-
oped in a short time. Bryn Mawr
itself already has three |committees
studying the question of: size. Be-
sides an alumnae group and a di-
rectors’ group, a faculty commit-
tee headed by Mrs. Marshall, with
Mr. Lattimore, Mr. Berliner and
Mr. Sloane, has been formed.
The conference will. be held at
Mt. Holyoke next year and at Bryn
Mawr in 1956.
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Wednesday, November 3, 1954:
M. Lehr Speaks At Goucher College;
Says Math, Poetry
-“The Gambling Scholar” was the
topic of a talk given by Mar-
guerite Lehr at. Goucher College on
Sunday, October 24, In -an-infor-
mal speech sponsored by Phi Beta
Kappa, Beta Chapter of Maryland,
Miss Lehr presented many provo-
cative ideas:to the honor students
of -her ‘alma mater.
.Now an associate professor of
mathematics at Bryn Mawr, Miss
Lehr was taught long ago that
“poetry and mathematics go hand
dan hand.” Anyone who has ever
seen her charming apartment or
listened to her speak knows that
she has made this belief an inte-
gral part of her life.
“The following, Miss Lehr’s own
outline by quotations; proves as
stimulating as the lecture itself.
‘“My heart -overfloweth--with a
Have Strong Ties)
good matter”; the matter itself I
shall let great men present, in
their single, quite sufficient sen-
tences, .
A first part on mind in the mak-
ing, the razor’s edge; and “let us
now praise famous men,” stating
risks we are committed to take.
“A second part on ©. S. Lewis’s
verbal precision, and on B. Beren-
son’s “I at times wonder whether
the most suggestive translation: of
‘In initio erat verbum’ would not
be ‘In .the beginning was the
guess.”. Dare to guess, and dare to
admit what is guess:
A third part on Pascal’s .. . ni
‘mathematicien, ni predicateur,
mais honnete homme. As a person
today, you must. bet on the side of
the mind.
In conclusion, because many. peo-
ple, and most young people feel
Bach’s Sons Theme
Of Stechow Recital
Piano Compositions by the Sons
of Bach. will be the subject of a
lecture-recital by Wolfgang Ste-
chow, ‘Professor of Fine Arts at
Qberlin. College: The compositions
will be dealt with in relation to
' literary terms ‘and visual arts in
the 18th century.
The concert is the second of
the Max Diez lecture series. It
will be presented on Tuesday, Nov.
9, at 8:30, in the Ely Room of
Wyndham.
Professor Stechow is distin-
guished both as a musicologist and
musician... He studied at the uni-
versities of Freiburg, Gottingen
and Berlin and received his Ph.D.
from the University of Gottingen,
with which he was associated from
1923 to 1936.
This year Mr. Stechow will be at
the Princeton Institute for Ad-
vanced Study during the first se-
mester. Before coming to Oberlin
he was at the University of Wis-
consin. He has been visiting pro-
fessor at The Hague, Florence and
Rome, and has taught summer ses-
sions at Harvard and N.Y.U.
In 1945-46 Professor Stechow
was vice-president of the College
Art Association of America. From
1950 to 1952 he was the editor of
The Art Bulletin. —
In .the. field of practical music,
_ Mr. Stechow has given concerts on
the piano and was conductor of the
student orchestra of Gottingen
from 1924 to 1938.
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that precision and poetry are anti-
pathetic, and consider precision in- |
‘herently inimical to artistry:
Marianne Moore’s sentence in the
Bryn Mawr Bulletin, “I am an ex-
tremist with regard to exact state-
ment,” as a prelude to her poem,
The Mind is an Enchanting Thing.
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J. Sloane. Explains
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Link Of Art,Religion
Continued from Page 1
message successfully.
Dr. Sloane presented the lack of
good religious art in the modern
era with an example of Malraux’s
art Griticism. The French art critic
points out that we now put relig-
ious art ina museum and regard it |
only as art, not as a spiritual rep-|
resentation.
The only meritorious ern re- |
ligious artist is Roualt, who has
combined devout religious belief
with extraordinary talent to pro-
duce “The Mocking of Christ.”
Picasso, who is generally pro-
claimed the greatest of 20th cen-
tury artists, is highly successful. in
expressing the horrors of man’s in-
humanity to man, as in “Guernica,”
a mural depicting the destruction
of a small: Spanish town by the)
Germans, merely to test saturation |
bombing. Picasso is, however, in-
capable of rendering a “Crucifix-
ion” of any spiritual worth.
The lack of good modern relig-
ious art has caused one Catholic
clergyman to say “It is better to
turn to geniuses without faith than
to believers with talent.” Only
when the resources of religion are
fully understood and exploited, as
by an artist of devout convictions
such as Roualt, does modern relig-
ious art achieve any success.
Cold War Problem Topic
Of Parley On Red Power
Continued from Page 1
Professor of Geography and Geol-
ogy at Syracuse University, will
talk on “Changing China.” Dr.
Cressey has spent some™ time in
China, both under the new and old
regimes. From 1928 to 1923, he
was an associate professor at the
University of Shanghai; -in 1943-
46, he was in China again, first
under the State Department-and
then attached to Stanford Univer-
sity. Dr. Cressey received the
Davidson medal in 1952 from the
American Geographical Society.
His last book, the Basis of Soviet
Society, was published in 19465.
After the last speaker, Dr. Cres-
sey, there will be a discussion pe-
riod in the Common room.
F. Zernike Explains
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| This retardation acts to increase
| the contrast between parts of the
slide which have different indices
| of refraction but are equally trans-
parent. A delay of one-fourth of
the wave length gives the greates
contrast.
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