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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, March 6, 1957



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Clarification Necessary

Nothing concerned with the Bryn Mawr curriculum and
academic structure has more mystery connected with it than
does that shadowy something known as the “comp confer-
ence”. It is a phenomenon familiar only to the seniors, who,

rhen questioned about. it, murmur only. to th® seniors, who
tion for comprehensive exams before rushing off to the lib-
rary to confer for.a.couple of hours pehind closed doors. The
number: of hours spent in comp conferences, the amount of

ducting the sessions vary from department to department
so that the person desirous of information gets conflicting

reports.

Generally speaking, the comp conference is designed to
prepare the student for the three final comprehensive exam-
inations in her major subject, exam requirements being dif-
Preparation usually takes the.
form of assigned reading or other work designed to supple-
ment knowledge already gained from regular courses in the
major field. Methods of conducting the conferences differ—
sometimes one professor is in charge of the conferences for
a semester while in other departments, professors may alter-
nate sessions. Because policy differs with each department,
students are confused about the function and form of comp
conferences. -

We feel that steps should be taken to clarify the part
which the comp conferences play in the student’s senior year.
This clarification is especially urgent for the benefit of the
juniors, but it is also necessary to let students in all classes
know wh: t to expect in their senior year. We are not advo-
cating a policy of unity among the departments in their comp
conference set-up, but rather a policy of clarification of the
aims and methods of each department. We feel that each
department should hold a meeting for the benefit of junior
and prospective majors in which its particular comp con-
ference method is explained, as has been done by some de-
partments in the past. This would enable students to see
the college curriculum in its entirety and eliminate doubts
about what happens in senior comp conferences.

The Age Of Cant

A penetrating analysis of today’s education was pre-
sented by Dr. Robert Hutchins, of the Fund for the Republic,
at an intercollegiate conference on “The Character of the
Present Generation” at Sarah Lawrence March 2.

To Dr. Hutchins, this is an “age of cant”, an “age of pub-
lic relations” in which the problem is to look good, not be

remarks about “cant” in reference to education are partic-
ularly significant io all students who should be aware that the
true purpose of education is at present under a cloud.

The aim of education is not, as Dr. Hutchins pointed out,
to prepare the student to win quiz shows, nor to accommodate
young people until they-go to work, nor to produce the “‘whole

the businessman or football player. The best practical edu-
cation, noted Dr. Hutchins, may be the most theoretical one,
that although the facts of life may change, the theories

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| Goldilocks at the door knocks ...

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I.

Concerning the threefold nature
of reality. Upon a time once three
(1.) bears in a great forest (2.)
Yelept were they Meopold, Lolly
and Lilly ... peculiar how con-
substantial were Lolly and Lilly
to the masculine eye ; . . lived in
a small house (3).

II.
Tramp, tramp, tramp the bears
are marching.' Jingle, tap tap tap

WITHIN .. . three chairs, three
bowls of porridge (oaten, uneat-
en) three beds (4) No bears with-
in... tramp, tramp... far far
their footsteps,, but “who is. the
third that walks along besides
you?” (5)

III.
Snnnnoooorrrrrkkkk. ZZZzzzzz22.
Now into deep slumber the fair
Goldlilocks has fallen, but. rudely
her dreams are broken by:

Tap-ta-tap, father bear’s walking
stick. (6.) He enters bearing
on the stick

his
ovwngenen hat (lighted) :
the hat speaks (7.): “Who has
been sleeping in my bed.” (8.)
“Quis in meo toro dormuit?” Good
night sweet ladies, good night,
good night.

- - Textual Quotations

Medias Res

By Ellie Winsor

ficant number to the ancients.

2. Forest—may or may not be a
symbol according to weight’ given
to influence of D. H. Lawrence’s
Lady Chatterly’s Lover.

3. The Freudian feminine sym-
bolism of house explains the dis-
comfort of Goldlilocks (also’ fem-
inine) as an intruder there in.

4, The repetition of the three acts
as a Wagnerian leit-motif with
certain historical reference to act-
ual fiction. c.f. Merchant of Venice
from Freud’s viewpoint.

5. This must be a quotation. c. f.
I. S. Eliot Wasteland also Joyce
Ulysses the invisible sensible pres-
ence is very surrealistic. c.f. Mus-
eum of Modern Art.. c.f. New
York.

6. Very definitely a SYMBOL.
As are Maypoles, swords, etc. etc.

7. This section has been ac-
cused of “shifty p.v.” that is no
central intelligence, —

8. No symbolism here...

In studying the text it is impor-

|tant that no one element be over-

rated or given undue attention.
Still it will be obvious to scholars
that this has exercised a definite
influence on later works where re-
ality is also treated as real. In
Red Riding Hood note the recur-
rent theme of the bed,. which is
hardly a symbol, but rather a sym-



1. Note: three was a very signi-

bol for a symbol.







From The Balcony

Le Misanthrope





by Helene Valabregue

Moliere’s Le Misanthrope has
ben the subject of violent disputes
for nearly three hundred years:
does Moliere identify himself with
Alceste, Philinte, both, or neither?
Is Alceste more tragic than he is
comic? Is the play not too phi-
losophical and devoid of action to
be considered real theatre? ‘The
play’s greatness lies in this very
quality of being “all things to all
men” and in the endless variety
of nuances of interpretation which
it allows.

We were very fortunate to have
the opportunity, Monday night, of
seeing the company of Madeleine
Renaud. and Jean-Louis Barrault
produce Le Misanthrope in Roberts

Hall at Haverford. This was the
company’s last performance in this
country and Monsieur Barrault
prefaced the performance with a
charming and gracious speech ded-
icating it to the “spirit of child-
hood” incarnated by Moliere, a
spirit in which youth is the test-
ing period,and to the friendship
of the United States and France.
Technical and Artistic Aspects
The troup’s adaptation to the
limited space of the Haverford
stage was a feat in itself. The
ayers must have had to do a con-
siderable amount of reblocking, as
the stage was certainly smaller





'. . “The present task of educators is to figure out the pur-
pose of education and interpret it to the public”, aid Dr. Hut-
chins. The aim of a university or college should be that of
veaching its students to lead lives of significance and to fos-
ter independence of thought.
Perhaps all this does not sound new to Bryn Mawr which
seems to believe as strongly as Dr. Hutchins in the value of
pure liberal arts. education... Yet how many of its stu-
dents really view their liberal education, received here, as an



lege as the beginning, rather than the end, of their intellec-
tual careers? How many succumb to the “spirit of cant”,
and lament that a major in philosophy will not be useful in
4n advertising agency? How many are trying to be inde-
pendent in their thoughts, instead of falling back upon con-
formity, more out of laziness than out of fear? Dr. Hutchins
change of attitude towards education on

than what they are used to. ~~ Tie)
stage effects were not complicated,
but gave an air of authenticity to
the setting.

Despite the limited facilities of
the Haverford stage, the perform-
ance was technically as well as
artistically superb. The comic as-
pect of the play was brought out
to an extent I had not. imagined
possible from my readings of it.
The two “petit aiarquis”, in their
almost too - ridiculous costumes,
played the part of extravagant
dandies to perfection, complete.
with affected gestures and lavish
flourishes of their beplumed hats.
One of them, Acaste, also succeed-
ed admirably in conveying a real



: of the general public. Perhaps it is time for the
ecific student to do the same. tk 3



“person, silly perhaps, but under-

neath»the affectation, naive and
very human.

Excellence of Minor Roles

The excellence of the minor roles
in general was an outstanding
feature of the performance. Pierre
Bertin’s rendering of Oronte—
“homme au sonnet”, the pompous,
pretentious “literary man”, full of
self-importance and vain insincer-
ity, was delightfully comic, and
true to character. Philinte, the
“raisonneur”, portrayed by Jean
Desailly, provided a striking con-
trast to Alceste’s outbursts of bile
with his placid good-naturednass,
although those. who consider him
Moliere’s mouthpiece must have
ben disappointed by his lack of
vigour and comparative ineffectu-
ality next to Barrault’s eloquent
rendering of Alceste’s demands for
sincerity.

‘Natalie Nerval, stiff and haughty
as Arsinoe, the prude, caught the
spirit of this frustrated, petty old
maid. Her make-up was particu-
larly good, and the scene between
her and Celimene in its superb
contrast of the rancorous old maid
and the flippant, witty young co-
quette, was one of the most artis-
tically refined and elegant scenes
I have ever seen on stage, The
only disappointing minor character
was Eliante, who, despite her
charming delivery of the speech
on lovers’ pblindnesses to their
adored one’s faults, was on the
whole insipid and colorless to a
greater degree than the role re-

Letter To The Editor



Open Letter to Bryn Mawr College

In the world today there are few
remaining frontiers to female
equality. One of the last is the
mental sport of CHESS—the old-
est game extant in its original
form, the most ingenious and com-
plex game invented by the human
mind,

The Pennsylvania State Chess
Federation is interested in the
formation of a Chess Club at Bryn
Mawr. (To the best of my knowl-
edge. this will be the first at a
women’s college.)- The PSCF will
support you in the organization of
a club and its program and furnish
aid in the acquirement of chess
sets and books. Also, the men in
the Haverford College Chess Club
have volunteered to teach begin-
ners this fascinating game.

The, Philadelphia Metropolitan
Intercollegiate Chess League this
year includes teams from Haver-
ford and St. Joseph’s Colleges and
from the Universities of Pennsyl-
vania, Temple and Ogontz Center
of Penn State. The winner ‘in’ this
feague will receive the Girard K.
Rosenblum Trophy and will com-
pete with other regional winners
for the Pennsylvania Intercolleg-
iate Chess Championship. The de-
fending champion is the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.

Looking forward to the entry of
a Bryn Mawr College Chess Team,
I remain, or

Yours in the interest of chess,

Morde Treblow,
V. Pres., PSCF College Program

Those interested in creating a
Bryn Mawr Chess club, please sign
up on lists posted on the hall
bulletin boards.

Schubert’s Mass
Sung March 3rd

Franz Schubert’s “Mass in E
Flat” was sung in Goodhart audi-
torium on Sunday evening, March
3, by the Bryn Mawr College
Chorus and the Lehigh University
Glee Club, conducted by Robert L.
Goodale, director of the Bryn
Mawr Chorus, and accompanied on
the ‘piano by Lehigh’s director,
Robert Cutler.

The Reverend Lowell Lentz of
the Student Christian Movement
gave the Invocation, Prayer, and
Benediction of the service, which
took the place of the regular Sun-
day evening Chapel service.

Next Sunday, March 10, the
Bryn Mawr College Chorus will
travel to Lehigh University at
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to repeat
the performance, this time with an
orchestra.

=

One just can’t resist a chuckle
at some of the ads in the old
copies of The College News. Like
these, for instance, from the March
7, 1917 issue:

“For the Athletic Girl . . . some-
thing Spalding, Correct . Gym-
nasium and Outdoor Sports Ap-



Madeleine Renaud }

‘Madeleine Renaud was an en-
chanting Celimene. Her manner,
voice and gestures conveyed com-
pletely the wily charm of a bril-
liant, witty, utterly feminine
young woman, capable of turning
every situation to her advantage
by a look, a seemingly innocent ex-
planation, a gay laugh, and even
of retiring gracefully after her
hypocrisy and false flattery are
exposed.

__. Jean-Louis. Barrault’s.. portrayal
of Alceste brought out all the rid-
icule of the “bilious lover” and tHe
tempestuous emotional nature of
the idealist who cannot bear to



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athletic pastime.”

Or this one: “Sport Hats...
Colorings and design of such
originality that they are..irresis-
tible.. (Then a picture with . . .)
Pauvre petit pantin! Quel malheur
vous ne pouvez pas porter wun..
chapeau de chez Ferlé Heller.”

The Bum Blouse Shop, no, par-
don, it’s the Blum Blouse Shop, “is

assortment of Georgette Crepe
Blouses.”

Here’s a neat idea. . . if pos-
sible: (but it’s kind of hard to
imagine). “Send your films by mail
and pictures will be returned with-



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