College news, December 3, 1959

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VOL. XLV—NO. 9

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1959

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1959 ‘

PRICE 20 CENTS



Plan for Reorganization Completed:
Will Go Before Legislature Dec. 9

After nearly two years under discussion and in committee, a plan
for reorganizing the structure of undergraduate activities has reached
the publishable stage. Co-ordinating Council, which constituted itself
a committee on reorganization early in the fall, designed and passed

the plan. (Text on page two).
This plan, which wil come up

' . pefore Legislature on December 9,

is meant to simplify and central-
ize the myriad of loosely connect-
ed activities; to reform the elec-
tion procedures; to minimize re-
quired and fined class meetings;
and to abolish ipso facto member-
ship in a number of campus organ-
izations.

Under this plan, only two au-
tonomous organizations will exist
on campus: Undergrad and Self-
Gov.; the officers of these two or-
ganizations only will be all-campus
elected. All students are ipso facto
members of these two organiza-
tions, and of no others.

The internal organization of
Self+Gov, remains as it is, but
Undergrad has undergone major
revisions, All extracurricular un-
dergraduate activities are now a
part of the structure of this or-
ganization.

At the apex of the structure is
the Executive Board, on which sit
all the presidents of major activi-
ties, the officers of Undergrad, the
President of Self-Gov., Common
Treasurer, Editor of the News,
and rotating hall and class presi-
dents.

This Board will have budgetary
powers-and the sole right to call
a meeting of the Legislature. Act-
ing as the highest student council
in the College, the Board as a
whole supercedes any member or-



More Than Marks
Constitutes ‘‘Ideal’’

There are many qualities beyond
grades which are characteristic of
an “Ideal” student, indicated Dr.
Donald Brown, Associate Profes-
sor of Psychology at Bryn Mawr,
in his lecture, ‘“Non-Intellective
Qualities and the Perception of
the Ideal Student.”

Dr, Brown discussed a study in
which he participated at Vassar
College which may ultimately help
colleges maximize the development
of the individual student..and. be
an aid in predicting how well a
student will perform in college.

College marks are indicators of

future achievement, and there is’

a high degree of correlation be-
tween high school performance
and the results of the College En-
trance Examinations; but these
are by no means the only factors
determining achievement at col-
lege. Dr. Brown, who has been at
Bryn Mawr snice 1951, explained
that motivation, college environ-
ment, the family life of a student,
and other such non-intellective
qualities play a large role in de-
termining such achivement.

In order to determine which stu-
dents will do well at college, it was
necessary to define the specific cri-
teria of the academic goals of a

Liberal Arts College, to define what
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ganization except Self-Gov; a de-
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Lectures in Prospect

PILGRIMS BEFORE BUINYAN—Rosemond Tuve, professor of
English at Connecticut College for Women, will give the first of the
English Department’s. two Seventy-Fifth Anniversary lectures, Thurs-
day, December 4, at 8:30 in Goodhart Hall. Miss Tuve, one-time
scholar and fellow at Bryn Mawr and holder of the European Fellow-



ship to Oxford, first became known for works on medieval literature, }

then for studies of 16th and 27th century poetry; among her books
are Elizabethan and Metaphysical Imagery, A Reading of George Her-
bert, and Images and Themes in Five Poems by Milton, A graduate of
the University of Minnesota, she has taught there, and at Goucher,
Vassar, and Harvard. As part of the department’s anniversary theme,
“Literature and Knowledge”, Miss Tuve has been asked to consider
specific instaces of what the scholar-critic needs to know in under-
standing the literature of the past. Her lecture wil lbe concerned with
the continuity of major themes concerning pilgrims in literature. It
will be illustrated.

ARIOSTO—Professor Allen 'H. Gilbert, Professor of English at Duke
University and Visiting Professor of Italian at the University of Penn-
sylvania, will lecture on the chief poet of the Italian Renaissance whose
major work, Orlando Furoiso, (Mad Roland), he has translated. The
lecture, in English, will be given in the Music Room at 8:30, Decem-
ber 7, Rare editions of the poem and its translations accompanied by
famous illustration of it will be on display in the Library.

LAW AND LAWYERS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:
PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES is the topic of a talk to be given
Tuesday evening, December 8 at 8:30 pam. in Ely Room, Wyndham,
by Richard N. Gardner. Mr. Gardner is an. Associate Professor of
Law at Columbia University Law School and is also on the Graduate
Faculty. Mr. Gardner received his LB. at Yale Law School and his
Ph.D. in Philosophy from Paoli College, Oxford. After the lecture
there will be an informal discussion for al] those students who may
be considering law as a possible career.

EL SI DE LAS NINAS, The Consent of the Girls (i.e. to a pro-
posal of marriage), one of the better known plays of Moratin will be
the subject of a talk by Professor Casalduero of New York University.
The lecture, in Spanish, rwill be held Dec. 8 in the ‘Common Room.

Professor Casaldoro has taught in universities and colleges
throughout the United States and Europe. The author of many ana-
lytical works about Cervantes, Perez Galtos, Duque de Rivas, and
Moratin, he has applied a new method to the interpretation of literary
works. His process is the correlation of the works with the civiliza-
tion and culture around the author. It has been very. effective, espec-
ially in regard to the works of Cervantes. “I suspect,” said Mr. Ayala,



by Mr. Christoph E. Schweitzer
Associate Professor of German
The production of Bertolt
Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Cir-
cle by Bryn Mawr College Theatre
and the Haverford College Drama
Club was a delightful success. Main
credit is due to the director, Rob-



ert H. Butman, who is to be con-
gratulated on the selection of the
play, the casting, and on his inter-
pretation. This reviewer has seen
two other Brecht productions in
this country, and his impression
that Brecht in English could be
successful only in combination with



Ted Hauri, as Azdak, administers justice in ‘Chalk Circle’



“T am nota politician, but I have
in four years learned something
about politics in Kenya.” Thus|
Mr. H. Allan Bradley began his |
current events lecture in the Com-

mon Room Monday afternoon, No-
vember 23. Mr. Bradley is with
‘the Friends’ Secondary Schools in
Kenya and is at present making a
tour of their schools in this coun-
try.

In pointing out political events
to look for, Mr. Bradley first gave
a background of happenings up to
now. Kenya is a crown colony,
which-was-—undevelopéd until. the
British took over. It is still prim-
arily an agricultural country. In
a population of six million, 60,000
are Europeans and 250,000 Asians.

There are four main problems
now. One concerns the land. When
the Europeans came they appro-
priated the unused highlands and
the land became segregated. Now
the natives say that. the land was
‘not unused, just temporarily un-
occupied,” and they want it back.
Africans measure wealth com-
pletely in terms of land. Al-
though looking at the map one
would think that there was enough
land for all, people are concen-
trated as thickly as a thousand to
the square mile. Shortly after the
elections on October 8 proposals
were made for a reciprocal ar-
rangement, im which the Africans
would first have to prove them-
selves good farmers.

The second problem is that of a
new constitution. The colony is
ruled by a royally appointed gov-
ernor and a Legislative Council of
83 members, 40 of whom are elect-
ed. There is no universal] suffrage,
but it is possible for an African
to have more than one vote by
filling more tham one voting re-
quirement. A _ newly - appointed
constitutional expert is now pre-
-paring -a—report- on this subject, /
to be given at a convention in Lon-
don, January 18.

Another current question is that



“that he will apply the same method to the interpretation of this play.”

Kenya’s Political System Brightening,
Although Issues Remain, Says Bradley

which are nationally recognized,
the New Kenyans and the Nation-
als. Then there is another Na-
tionalist group, headed by Tom
Mboya, which is not nationally
recognized. This party supports
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Sociologists View
Careers of Future

The purpose of the conference

to give a broad and penetrating
view of the kinds of work that are
being done in this field. The great
range and variety of the activities
involved in social work made a
complete and detailed picture im-
possible, and the conference devot-
ed itself instead to presenting rep-
resentative aspects and examples
of the work and a general idea of
its goals and guiding principles.
To illustrate the ways in which
social work is carried on, a film,
“Summer of Decision”, was shown.
It was concerned with the experi-
ences of a college senior holding a
summer training job with a social
work agency, as part of a program
now operating in ten cities in the
United States,
Opportunity for Students
This program gives college stu-
dents interested in social work
the opportunity to take part in the
work of an agency during the sum-
mer months. In addition to the
valuable training they receive, this
experience helps them to decide
whether or not they will want to
devote their careers to this field.
Mr. Philip Turner, Director of the
Health and Welfare Council on
Careers in Social Work, discussed
the film and the summer program
itself, — .
—To- give an example of an insti-
tution devoted to work in this field,
Mrs. Sally Hollingsworth spoke on
the Southern Home for Children in



of political parties. There are two



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“Careers in Social Work” present-,
-ed-by Léagiie on November 23 was

Director, Harmonic Ensemble Lauded
For Success of Brechtian Fantasy Play

Kurt Weill’s music (The Three-
penny Opera) was proved wrong
by Butman’s production,

A Brecht play depends very much
on a harmonious ensemble. Tech-
nical aspects, such as the chang-
ing of scenes with raised curtain
and the poster device (Om the
Northern Highway, The Next Act
will be Even Shorter, Applause),
form an integral part of the play
as a whole. In accordance with

viewing a play, that the people on
the stage are acting out certain
roles, The feeling of distance be-
tween the actors and the audience
was strengthened by the narrator’s
part in the play, done by Andreas
Lehner whose clear voice was a
pleasure to hear. Equally impor-
tant for the effect of disengage-
ment was the music composed and
played by John H. Davison; one of
the most effective passages was
the sultry theme punctuating the
pleas of the governor’s wife in the
court scene. Whereas the music
and voices of the chorus (Bonnie
Kevles and Moyra Byrne) seemed
too refined for Brecht’s purposes,
the two songs sung by Azdak, the
Judge, (Ted Hauri) lacked a cer-
tain musica] flair characteristic of
the best Brecht-Weill products. It
was a wise decision to use a card-
board baby and child to keep the
audience from becoming overin-
volved in real ones at the expense
of the rest of the play. There were
many other fine. touches of techni-
cal excellency to the credit of the
director and the production staff.

Question in Play

The plot of the play revolves
around the question: Is the true
mother of a baby the one who
bears it but abandons it, or the
one who sacrifices her own welfare
to care for it? By pacing the
child inside a chalk circle out of

which the true mother should-be——~~
Lable—-to-pull the baby, . Brecht’s

judge (like Solomon) decides in
favor of the woman who cannot
stand. to see the child pulled to
pieces, in this case not the blood
mother but: the one who cared for
it- lovingly. In the original play
there is a prologue with political
overtones which was justifiably
cut, along with other minor scenes,
in the production at Roberts Hall.
The translation was on the whole
faithful to the original and idio-
matic, but why wasn’t the trans-
lator’s name mentioned in the pro-
gram? .

Main Roles “Well Cast”

The two main roles were well
cast. Grusha, the willing girl, who
saves the baby, was played with
restraint by Rob Colby. Miss
Colby’s clean acting gave dignity
to the entire performance, and her
final speech (unaccompanied) by
music) in the courtroom was very
effective. She was ably supported
by Don Adams as Simon, her shy
and gentle lover. Azdak’s complex
personality was dynamically por-
trayed by Mr. Hauri...As-Grusha
had been the linking character in
the first part of the play, Azdak
dominated the second half with
self-assurance. These three char-
acters were good in the Brechtian
sense, and their acting was less
detached than that of the corol-
Tary, more negative figures. This
balance was successful. Trudy
Hoffmann im the role of the Gov-
ernor’s wife and Barbara Northrop



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Brecht’s own theory, these devices
do not let us forget that we are














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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, December 3, 1959



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Evidently We’re Reorganized!

The Legislature will convene this Monday in a Common
Room full of smoke and knitting and WHOOSH the College
will be re-organized. Abracadabra a plan will be presented,

_blinked at, somewhat discussed. But while those, who are now

for the first time-considering it in toto, “slept”, since the
spring of 1958 to be exact, the sum of careful wording and
careful thinking and careful discussion with which they are
now dealing has been formed.

No one with horse-sense enough to remain here for a
term or so will affirm that ideas or trends or even constitu-
tions suddenly spring forth full grown. Disagreement and
confusion and finally some kind of agreement again are be-
hind the integrated “plans” we deal with in their complete
form. It is our contention, if trite, that two heads are better
than one and six hundred considerably better than the figur-

_ atiev two, and that somewhere in the: shuffle of ipso-facto

and the myth and/or-reality of real self-government there is

_ room for the six hundred to know what is going on while

plans are still far from complete, and to know in a specific
enough way to be enabled to discuss the problems while they
are still problems and not merely solutions between which
to choose.

We will be the first to admit (and even to applaud) the
fact that many of our most capable people fill the very de-
manding positions of leadership on campus; still, we cannot
help but think that not a few good minds were left over after
elections, and that only advantages could come from making
the specific problems facing the Committees and Boards in
a project such as reorganization available for informal dis-
cussion while they are in process.

Everyone has for some time been vaguely conscious of
that fact that someone somewhere was re-organizing them.
But to ask almost any non-office-holding student what the
main issues of re-organization are, what are the current al-
ternatives suggested, etc. would probably yield next to noth-
ing. We recognize that Self-Gov.’s judicial work, for exam-
ple, is by its nature not available for public speculation; but
how does one get sudden inspiration on the jurisdiction of
Undergrad, the allotment of community funds, the best way

I... Purpose. of this Plan: To establish the relative
pbositions and distinct functions of all college or-
ganizations. a

II. Membership
A. All undergraduates are ipso facto members

of the Self4government Association.
B. All undergraduates are ipso facto members
of the Undergraduate Association.

NOTE ONE: Membership in the Self-government
Association is distinct from membership in the
Undergraduate Association and membership in
the Undergraduate Association is distinct from
membership in the Self-government Association.

NOTE TWO: Undergraduates are no longer ipso
facto members of any other organizations on
campus (e.g. Alliance, A.A., League, Interfaith
and the smaller clubs).

NOTE THREE: Self-government’s jurisdiction shall
not be infringed upon by the Executive Board.

ILI. Ipso Facto Organizations
A. Self -government

1. The purpose of the Bryn Mawr Stu-
dents’ Association for Self-government
is the government of the Undergradu-
ate Student body.

2. There are no recommended changes for
the structure of this Association.

B. Undergraduate Association ,

1. Definition: The Undergraduate Associ-
ation provides for the representation
and reception of undergraduate feeling
and opinion; provides a liaison between
the undergraduate body and the other
areas of the college (e.g. administra-
tion, faculty, alumnae association, grad-
uate school); provides for the ‘adminis-
tration of undergraduate activities on
campus.

a. The structure of the Undergraduate
Association offers the opportunity: to
each undergraduate to enter the activ-
ity of her choice.

b. The Undergraduate Association ad-
ministers class activities, college tradi-
tions (generally organized through the
classes), and all social activities on cam-
pus.

NOTE: Because the Bryn Mawr student through the
Undergraduate Association may participate in
or enjoy the benefits of any club, organization,
or social activity, and because’ as a member of
a class, she may participate in any class activ-
ity or tradition, she is an ipso facto member of
the Undergraduate Association, which mem-
bership she may not relinquish.

IV. Structure of the Undergraduate Association
A. Executive Board

Text of Plan for Reorganization

Association
e. President of the Alliance ‘
f. President of the Athletic Associa-
tion
President of the Interfaith Associa-
tion
President of the League
President of the Arts Council
Common Treasurer
Editor of the College News
Rotating Class President
. Rotating Hall President
Chairman of the Curriculum Com-
mittee
NOTE: By a vote of the legislature, the membership
of this body can be changed.
2. Voting Procedure
a. All above named members including
_ the chairman, may vote, except for
the secretary,
ib, Any vote requires a two-thirds plur-
ality.
3. The President of the Undergraduate
Association will chair all meetings of
the Executive Board,

Bo Wo

4. Powers and Purpose of the Executive
Board
a. Purpose: The Executive Board will
coordinate and initiate undergradu-
ate activities at the highest level.
b. Powers
1) Budget

a) The Executive Board has the pow-
er to collect and specify Common
Treasury dues in accordance with
the ‘budgets submitted by the
member organizations to deter-
mine the Common Treasury bud-
eet.

The Executive Board has the pow-

er to grant itself adequate funds

Which will be used to bring an

eminent person or persons to the

campus for a substantial stay.

2) The Executive Board has the sole
power to call a meeting of the legis-
lature. ia

8) Conflicts between the members will
be decided by a 2/8 vote of the Exec-

; utive Board.

5. The Presidents of the Self«government Associa-
tion and the Undergraduate Association shall
represent the college at extra-college functions.
B. Activities Board ;

b)

1. Membership
a. President of the Undergraduate As-
sociation
b. Vice-president of the Undergraduate
Association
. c. Hall representatives to the Associa-
tion

d. Class presidents
e. Class representatives to the Associa-
tion



1. Membership
a. President of the Undergraduate As-
sociation
b. Vice-president of the Undergraduate
Association .
ce. Secretary of the Undergraduate As-
sociation
d. President of the Self-government

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Letter



_-to-echannel-the-various organizations into Boards, if one does

not even know the nature of the questions being considered?
Granted, common knowledge results in some very common
talk, but if this common knowledge were constantly and pur-
posively sustained, the useless remarks would be used up ac

’ the smoker level and not at the Legislature level, (whose

members are only aware of the “plan”.six days ahead of
voting), which is generally the case in the sudden mass di-
gestion of a long-integrated lump of ideas. :

What we are suggesting is 1) a system similar to the
Self-Gov. constitution now printed and universally circulat-
ed, so that students not only understand individual organiza-
tions, but also the somewhat dazzling network of Commit-
tees, Councils, and Boards connecting them; and 2) a report
in person to the halls, through hall meetings or any more
efficient way by members of committees carrying on work
such as re-organization in the name of 600 students who
have “no” idea of what is being done and therefore “no”
ideas of their own to contribute.

‘As You Like It’ At Hedgerow






chewed his
dirty.

by Lois Potter

JHedigerow’s As You Like It is
brisk,unpoetic, but quite delight-
ful, and it gets better and better
as it goes on. Only Touchstone
and Celia save the nervous open-
ing, which sufferes from two un-
convincing scenes of violence, but
once they move to the Forest of

_ Arden everyone relaxes and has
, @ good time.

Though the total effect is less
polished than in The Lady’s Not
‘For Burning (an easier play, after

laugh, a William whose vacuity of
mind amounted almost to. genius;
even Sir Oliver Martext, with all
of two lines, drew laughs for his
costume and high, squeaky. voice.
Most of the less successful charac-
terizations—Silvius, for instance—
seemed the result of inexperience
rather than incompetence.

have strength enough to be the
center of the play, as she should
be: the main trouble was an excess
of unmanly weakness. Ewen Or-
lando looked unconvinced when he



and many charming
mellow old Corin who
words with relish, a
faced Audrey with a nit-wit

first met her in the forest, and for |
one awful moment I half expected
‘him to. recognize her through her



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Rosalind, unfortunately, did not |.

Open Letter to Enid Greenberg::

This evening I read your letter to the editor
in the College News and was impressed by it. As
this is a matter that I too feel very strongly about,
I’ve taken the liberty or writing to you in return.
I myself have never written a “letter to the editor”
so I. admire you for having had the strength of
conviction to do so. Similarly I have never tried to
answer such a letter so please bear with me in my
first attempt.

Let me begin by saying that while you have
presented well your opinion on the walking rule
and the implications which its revision could have
for Self-Gov in general, I feel that you have sadly
underrated the sincerity and intelligence of those
who hold opinions differing from yours, There are
several points to whichI would like to make specific
reference. re

First of all, the straw ballot presented a range
of aternlatives running from the status quo to ab-
soute discretion, or anarchy as you choose to call
it. Even granting that the latter may be somewhat
extreme, I feel that there is little evidence to sup-
port an opinion that three girls is necessarily more
safe than two under the conditions outlined. True
the number has been three for some time, but tra-
dition in itself does not sanctify a rule, and there
are many on this campus who feel that all rules,
be they broken or maintained, must be reviewed and
adjusted from time to time to meet changing condi-
tions and attitudes. ses ae

Proper lgihting is indeed an excellent solution,
but short of flood-lighting the campus, it would be
nearly impossible to guarantee the safety of the
student body, and even then an element of chance
would still remain, Improved lighting must defin-
itey be considered, but that in itselfwill not solve |
our problem. oe guy

“Thus as you have pointed out, the task of deter-
mining the nature of the walking rule rests firmly





Senior Favors Review of Self-Gov.

Regulation —

system. This‘is, however, a student body which can
be expected to exercise its intelligence in electing
the rules unde which it is to live. Whatever rule
is arrived at will represent what the majority of
people feel is the safe and. sane alternative, for
most of them realize full well that safety as well as
personal convenience is at stake.

I am convinced that Self-Gov represents a com-
munity of individuals who have a duty to express
their sincere feelings about the purpose of Self+Gov
rules just as they have the duty of upholding these
same rules for so long as they remain in the consti-
tution. Thus to say that ‘we must assume respon-
sibility for those of our classmates who do not care
about their own safety” is at once to assert a lack
of judgment on their part and worse to assume that
our idea of what constitutes their safety is neces-
sarily better than their own.

Finally let me say that you have grossly mis-
construed the meaning of the Advisory and Execu-
tive Boards’ decision to present this matter to the
campus. First, they need not “fear” their inability
to enforce a rule for in truth it is the campus at
large, and not they, who as individuals accept and
enforce any rule. The “effectiveness” of Self4Gov
can only be judged by the student body's ‘willing-
ness to act according to it and not by the “implied”
discipinary power of a representative board elected
by that same student body.

Hence, a rule which is broken by the student

| body must be considered as one which potentially

is meaningless to them and, therefore, which must
either be given meaning through public campus
discussion or changed to a form which will lave
meaning.

This then sums up what I have to say. As you

worth while debate or merely one more student’s
opinion on the subject. ;



on the student body, as well it should in a Self-Gov













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| choose, consider it _te—be—the—second roundof -a-——


Wednesday, December 3, 1959

THE COLLEGE NEWS —

Page Three



Students View Republican Race, Comment on Contenders

“Ween Granted All

erful effect on the American peo-

But Adversary Still

by Frederica Koller

For the past seven years Rich-
ard M. Nixon has been playing a
role—that of heir apparent; he has
been closer than-any other man to
the nation’s highest office. At the
time of Eisenhower’s heart at-
tack one correspondent wrote that
Nixon was “but a breath away”
from becoming president. Next
year Mr. Nixon will try to do what
only four other men have ever done
—be elected president after serv-
ing as vice-president, (The others
were Truman, Adams, Jefferson
and Van Buren.) The question to
be answered in ’60 is, can Nixon
make this quartet a quintet?

Nixon, as.a Senator and Vice-
President, has had invaluable ex-
perience in government; as a re-
sult he is uniquely qualified to be
the next president. In addition,
he knows and is known by most of
the members of the Republican
and Democratic parties alike.

Few public officials have been
the subject of such a barrage of
criticism by” the opposition; yet
Mr. Nixon has exhibited amazing
recuperative powers, He has come
a long way from his public “con-
fession” in 1951. He has gained
in stature since then; the Nixon of
1959 is a mature leader and per-
haps a more valuable statesman.

Perhaps most beneficial of all
was his South American trip. The
spectre of am American official be-
ing subjected to indignities and
facing a booing crowd had a pow-

ple. Mr. Nixon was accorded a
hero’s welcome upon his return.
Then last summer there was a
return performance of the travel-
ing Nixons; this time the action
took place in Russia. The now
famous Nixon-Khrushchev debates
received world wide attention.
Americans saw in Nixon the emer-
gence of a new leader firm in his

|many minds); he has been doing



convictions, yet anxious for peace.

Advantages,
in View

Foreigners saw Mr. Nixon as a
possible new leader for the West-
ern Bloc.

Eisenhower has been accused of
being lethargic and failing to pro-
vide adequate party legdership.
Nixon, in contrast, is a man of ac-
tion. One writer commented in a
recent article that with Nixon the
country would get action; whether
they liked it or not would be an-
other thing, but there would at
least be action,

As the situation stands at pres-
ent, it seems as if he will be able
to get his party’s nomination with
a minimum of trouble. While Nel-
son Rockefeller may provide some
competition, it is doubtful that he
could ever seriously challenge
Nixon’s position, During his stay
in. Washington, Nixon has_ been
able to build up a following in the
Republican party; Rockefeller is a
newcomer and cannot hope to ac-
complish what took Nixon some
seven years to do. In short, Mr.
Nixon has organizational strength
which is necessary to win the’nom-
ination; this his opponent lacks.
Nixon is not standing still and
watching Rockefeller run (the
Willkie coup is still too fresh in

some campaigning of his own re-
cently. In American politics there
is no such thing as a sure thing;
however, Richard Milhous Nixon
has a definite lead .and,-barring
circumstaces, will probably head
his party’s ticket next year.

It is difficult to determine exact-
ly where Mr. Nixon stands on the
various issues since his position
as vice-president prevents him
from expressing too many views
on the Eisenhower administration.
(Recently he has voiced particular
approval of Eisenhower’s nuclear
test ban.) If he disagrees, he can
at best remain silent.

Nixon has served a seven years’



apprenticeship; during this time

How To Walk On Eggs: Rockefeller Balances
Conservative Platform, Independent Appeals

by Alison Baker

The odds in the Republican nom-
ination campaign certainly appear
at this point to be against Rocke-
feller. ‘He has entered the- race
late against a strongly established
opponent whose experierice in dip-
lomatic and administrative affairs
is apparently far broader than his
own, Nixon, in his capacities as
senator and vice-president, has
accumulated a predominantly fav-
orable record of. dealings in the
world’s trouble spots, and would
therefore seem well fit for pres-
idential negotiations at the sum-
mit. Rockefeller’s record as gov-
ernor of New York, while impress-
ive in its own right, is compara-
tively short, and concerns itself
largely with local problems.

Nixon. also carries behind him
the considerable prestige of the
Eisenhower administration, whose
program he has pledged himself to
perpetrate. Eisenhower himself,
although careful to refrain from
support of either “candidate, ap-
pears generally to prefer his vice-
president, which is only logical
considering Nixon’s adherence to
present Republican policies. _

Aside from these concrete ad-
vantages to Nixon, (Rockefeller is
forced to combat a mass of pre-
dominantly hostile public opinion.
This pro-Nixon group is composed
largely of political pros..of.the-Re-
publican party, and of Republican
newspapers, most of which have
formed their opinion without any
very clear consideration of what
Rockefeller has to offer.

Due to all these combined forces,
Rockefeller is faced with a very dif-
ficult problem in planning his at-
tack. He must create a line of



he has gained invaluable experi-.
ence and a-more mature insight
into the problems of our times.
He is indeed uniquely qualified to
become president,



Miss Skinner Talks About Acting and Writing

by Frederica Koller

“I hate writing—I love to have
a thing finished,-but-I-think-every-
one who writes writes with ang-
wish,” commenited Cornelia Otis
Skinner in an interview backstage
at the Forrest Theatre where she
is currently appearing in The
Pleasure of His Company. Miss
Skinner was in the process of mak-
ing-uwp for the matinee when I en-
tered her dressing room. “You get
ideas,” she continued, “and then
they do not come out the way you
thought. There is a quicker re-
ward in acting.”

(Miss Skinner’s dressing room
was very small. I was seated on a
couch to her right; she faced her
mirror and chatted with me while
applying her make-up. Her small
black dog was dozing under her
chair and her maid puttered about
arranging things and making cof-
fee.

“After a play has been going
on as long as this one, Cyril and
I are due for a much needed rest.
You have to fight. not to become
mechanical. ‘Comedy is the one
saving grace. If you have a straight
play you can really get stale. It
is a matter of timing—almost like
tight-rope walking—as if I could
do that. You really have to keep
alert,” she concluded.

“My father’s ‘biggest success
‘was Kismet, but he would go blank
in his lines always in the same
scene. I suppose in the light of

-modern psychiatry this could be

explained. In The Pleasure of His
Company my name is- Katharine,

but Cyril has called me Grace,

one iby

Jane, and Myrtle. It is always
when he is absolutely calm. I ask-
ed him if he had ever known anY =

said when he was a boy in Mel-
bourne, Australia, that was the!
jiame of his” "Aolin teacher!”

When asked about her acting
technique Miss Skinner replied,
“My father used to say to me ‘the
moment you cry real tears nobody
cries with you.’ I do not think
that anything can be spontaneous
—it is a question of realism against
art.”

Miss Skinner said that when she,
was at Bryn Mawr College she
“was always ready to recite at the
drop of a hat.” “The only trouble
was,” she added, “that nobody
ever dropped a hat! I had more
courage then than I do now.”

Being the daughter of a famous
actor had its advantages, accord-
ing to Miss Skinner. Her father
helped her to get one of her first
jobs.. Ghe played the part of a
manicurist in a play which starred
Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt.
She manicured Lynn Fontanne’s
hands in one scene, and expected
that the offers would pour in after
this experience. “The only offer
I got,” she explained, “was one
from a man who owned a hair-
dressing establishment across the
street from the theatre—he offer-
ed me a job as a manicurist!”

Suddenly there was a knock on
the dressing room door and Cyril
Ritchard, her co-star, entered. He
exchanged a few words with Miss
Skinner; then a young man enter-
ed. at the door to remind both of
them that they had only a half
hour to curtain time.
L_“}_never—think of myself as
really a writer,” she continued, “T
write such special things—I never
had any instructions in writing

. Mine all began because I mar-



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the name of

to England and I purchased a side

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demy in New York and attempted
to learn to ride and jump side sad-
dle. I started to write a letter to
Emily Kimbrough describing my
experiences; I read the letter
through and sent it to the New
Yorker instead.”

The program credits Samiuel
Taylor with the ‘authorship and
below is the line “with Cornelia
Otis Skinner”; I asked her if this
was her first play. She replied,
“We started out writing it together
and then Sam finished it. The first
scene is mine; I am always very
pleased when one of the lines gets
a laugh—I always feel that I have
done something. I have never
written a play—I do write all my
monologues—but you almost have
to be an architect to write a play.
Construction makes a play and I’m
not too good at that.

“In the short things I write I
usually try to aim for the common
experience—the ones we all have
had—the human dilemma. I am
no good writing om an assignment.
Unless it is something that I am
good at I might just as well write
about nuclear fission.”

“I do not,” she warned, “have
nice writing habits; I am a terrible
example, It is only when I get a
spurt that I write continuously. I
am distracted more than any other
human being. If I see a pencil on
the desk that needs sharpening, I
must go and sharpen it rather than

his own, disassociated with Nixon,
but at the same time avoid attack-
ing the policies and actions of the
Bisenhower administration. It is
this—latter.stipulation. which most
probably has led Rockefeller to be
rather nebulous as to specific rec-
ommendations.

There are nevertheless several
distinct points on which he seems
to differ with Nixon, although the,
differences are ones of implication
and emphasis rather than of fact.
In national affairs, Rockefeller has
declared himself for an expanded
Federal program of public welfare.
This doesn’t contradict any of
Nixon’s preposals, but the empha-
sis is different, Nixon stresses the
maintenance of a balanced budget,
and Rockefeller the increased Fed-
eral aid. Actually the ‘measures
adopted by each might be the
same, but it is only on such hints
and shades of difference. that.we
are able to get a clear picture of
contrast between the two candi-
dates.

Rockefeller also proposes a lais-
sez-faire attitude towards organ-
ized labor. Perhaps his most di-
vergent stand, and also his most
recently formulated one, is that
concerning arms and policy in re-
lations with Russia. Rockefeller
has shown great concern for an
adequate defense, and stresses the
necessity-.of.-.keeping--up~in--the
arms race until sure of Soviet .com-
pliance in a disarmament plan.

For political dealings with the
Soviet Union, Rockefeller has ad-
vocated a much tougher policy
than that followed by ‘the present
administration. If the coming
summit conferences prove useless
in loosening the cold war dead-
lock, this stand could greatly im-
prove Rockefeller’s prospects for
the candidacy. He might be all
that could save the Republican par-
ty from discredit.

Rockefeller is probably wise in
tempering his opposition to Nixon
so as not to alienate himself en-
tirely from the party organization.
Conservative Republicans are eag-
er for an excuse to label him a
liberal and a New-Dealer. This

cans is a strong force in Congress.
The same semi-separation from
the Republican administration
Which works as a political disad-
vantage, might become the means
to Rockefeller’s nomination. Rock-
efeller as a candidate could bring
some independent voters over -te+
the Republican camp, a feat which
with Nixon would be impossible.
The Republicans, particularly the
party leaders, prefer Nixon, but
they wil. certainly nominate -Roc-
kefeller if they consider him more

faction ~of conservative Republi-|

likely to win against the Demo-
cratic candidate. The Democratic
convention meets before the Re-
publican, and its results will un-
doubtedly have a great influence
on the Republican choice, On the
whole, the Democrats seem to fear
Rockefeller as an opponent more
than they do Nixon, Therefore, if
the Democrats nominate someone
who looks to be dangerously pop-
ular, the Republicans will probably.
pick Rockefeler because of his wid-
er voter appeal. If, om the other
hand, the Republicans feel confi-
dent of victory, they will choose
Nixon, their preferred candidate.
A ‘continued prosperity will work
towards the good of the Republi-
can party as a whole, but it may
do Rockefeller immediate harm in
the nomination race.

In his recent tour of the West
Coast, Rockefeller has quite as-
tutely ‘countered Nixon’s political
advantages. He asserted that the
governor of New York was in a
position to cope with some of the
country’s most challenging prob-
lems, both domestic and interna-
tional, and said that he would pre-
fer to remain as governor rather
than run for the vice-presidency.

He also dealt with local prob-
lems, and in his emphasis showed

Eisenhower administration-policies:

Generally then, I think Rocke-
feller’s hopes by no means as‘ un-
justified as they would at first ap-
pear. International and domestic
events will have a”great influence

or not with Rockefeller’s stands.
The Democratic choice of candi-
date will also strongly affect Roc-
kefeller’s. chances. The first really
significant indications of the vot-
ing trend will be apparent in pri-
maries in the spring. If Rocke-
feller has gained enough support

these, he is well on his way to suc-
cess.

Although Rockefeller’s stands
would seem rather weak and non-
commital for an attacking posi-
tion, this moderation will, I think,

a large mass of conservative Re-
publicans who hold prominent, po-
sitions in the party.

Rockefeller seems to have more
personal appeal than does Nixon,
and such attractiveness has often
proved to be an important factor
famong voters. Already his fresh
idealism and pleasant looks have
favorably impressed the public.
The gap between him and the fav-
orite is by no means too large to
be narrowed and finally eliminat-
ed.





Continued from Page 1, Col. 5

as the Old Woman, both of whom
wore heavy make-up, portrayed
their roles in good Brechtian style.
Most of the remaining roles were
successfully portrayed as type
characters, especially Aniko (Ali-
son Baker); Fat Prince (Stephen
Klineberg), Corporal (Bernard Le-
derberg), Blockhead (Alan Petras-
ke), Shauwa (Robert Sipe). There
was a total of more than forty
actors on the stage at one time or
another during the evening, and
for the impression of the play as
a whole it was good that even the
minor roles were well done. _
Brecht’s play leaves the specta-
tor not quite at peace. One is
quickly aware that the playwright’s
solution works out only a a fairy-
tale world, that the absolute /jus-





“Writing,” she concluded, “is
painful. I usually write longhand
because I‘ scratch out so much—
then I copy it in longhand a sec-

tice of Azdak belongs to the same
literary tradition of Sancho Panza

as governor of the island not
to reality. A world in whi¢h char-
acters and events are arbitrarily

or is dif-



manipulated by their a

Theatre Production Reviewed

seems to want us to do. Or did
the production’s emphasis of the
comic aspects strengthen the im-
pression of irrelevance? Brecht’s
epic theatre is attracting much at-
tention in the world, and Mr. But-
man’s production has given the
college theatre an example of what
one can do with a Brecht script.

|
‘Reorganization
Continued from Page 1, Col. 1
cision of the Board by a 2/3 vote
is binding on all members.

Among other changes incorpor-
ated in the plan are the strict lim-

and fined class meetings, and the
creaion of an Executive Board
fund, which will be used to bring
distinguished visitors to the cam-
pus for a significant stay as guests.

that he was independent of the

on the outcome, as they correlate ,

by that time to capture a few of—

pay-off inthe tong-run-by-wooing ~~







ond time and finally type it. Writ-
tec at profess



ficult to take seriously, /as Brecht

of.. —-






Page: Four

THE- COLLEGE. NEWS

Wednesday, Decomber 3, 1959



Continued from Page 2, Col. 2 —

disguise, and end the comedy then
and there. (Interestingly enough,
the production implies that Oliver
does catch on right away). In her
scenes with phoebe, she is much
better, but for the most part she
lacked -the necessary gallantry;
Celia, with a far less rewarding



Bradley: On Kenya
Continued from Page 1, Col, 4.

the release of Mau-Mau leaders
jailed during the uprising in 1962.
Whether the party will be recog-
nized, or whether the government
will continue to let Mboya be a
martyr to his cause, is the ques-
tion now.

The last question concerns Er-
nest Vaisey, who has had a great
deal of influence as finance minis-
ter, and now is retired and free
to join a political party. He will
probably join the first group of
Nationals, which would give them
a good deal of prestige.

The situation seemed dark, Mr.
Bradley said, at the beginning of
this year, but now with the politi-
cal parties, a new governor, a new
head of the Colonial Office, and a
Constitutional Convention in the
offing, the Aifricans can hardly still
be called “stooges of the Europ-
eans.”



part, got much more fun out of it.

Orlando was played, for a
change, as a character part, not as
a jeune premier; the result is at-
tractive. Touchstone, one of the
best things in the play, got laughs
enough to prove that Shakespeare’s
fools are still funny. Most thor-
oughly Shakespearean of all was
Jacques, whom you will remember
as Thomas in the Fry play. He
alone, perhaps, knew what to do
with the poetry, and his ‘ages of
man’ speech came out like an aria,
demanding (and getting) applause.

A further attraction was the
music, played by Swarthmore’s
Promusica Antiqua, which almost
made up for the omission of two
songs.

Since As You Like It will be at
the Hedgerow until December 12,
enthusiasts will have a chance to
get transportation to future per-
formances through Arts Council.
It is highly recommended for those
who can take their Shakespeare
straight, and do not demand a cast
of Oliviers and Gielguds.



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Conference On Social Work

Continued from Page 1, Col. 4

“Philadelphia, where she is a case
worker.

This establishment is not a per-
manent home but rather is concern-
ed with short-term therapy for
children between the ages of six
and eighteen coming from disturb-
ed families. There is a minimum
of institutionalization, and the
treatment given to the children is
directed to returning them to their
homes abler to cope with the prob-
lems they will meet. In cases
where this is impossibie, the chil-
dren are sent on to a more perman-
ent institution. :

These children have had what



Mr. Turner called “some.very basic

damage to their ability. to trust

people.” In Southern Home they
are kept involved with the com-
munity, attending a regular school,
although they reside at the home.
There is an “environmental ap-
proach to therapy” which is given
according to the principle that it
should be. available when needed.
A discussion of various prob-
lems connected with social work
followed, in which Mr, J. Emmons,
Chairman of the Health and Wel-
fare Council Committee on Careers
in Social Work, and Mrs. Kather-
ine Lower, Director of the Depart-
ment of Social Work and Social
Research, also took part.

Brown Lecture

Continued from Page 1, Col. 2

a Liberal Arts education strives
for, This definition was obtained
by asking Vassar College profes-
sors to select those students from
the Class of 1957 they considered
superior. Dr. Brown. explained
that the criteria of “superior”
were not defined. These superior
students, ostensibly, would pos-
sess the qualities a Liberal Arts
education is supposed to instill in
students.

Himself a graduate of Harvard
and the University of California,
Dr. Brown said that those nomin-
ated by the professors were chos-
en not only because of their “cog-
nitive intelligence” and “directed
intellectual curiosity”, but also be-
cause of “general — likeability”
(pleasantness, modesty, cleanli-
ness, etc.) and “the growth they
exhibited during college.”

Commenting on these results,
Dr. Brown said, “The faculty ad-
mires high level ability, but pre-
fers to have it housed in a pleas-
ant student”.

Tests taken by these “ideal” stu-

_.|dents indicate that they are civic

minded, respect the dignity of the
individual, have a strong sense of
morality, and deny the convention-
al woman’s,role in society,

Dr. Brown discussed the inade-
quacy of intellectual indicators,
by pointing out the different types
of students who can achieve good
grades (the plodder as opposed to
the gifted and brilliant thinker)
as well as the different factors
motivating the striving for good
grades. He also pointed out that
a college desires to develop cur-
iosity and independence on the part
of the student in addition to high
grades.

In closing, .Dr. Brown reempha-
sized the value of considering non
intellective qualities present in a
student, but held that high school
achievement is still the best known
predictor of college performance.





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