College news, February 18, 1959

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VOL. XLIV—NO. 13

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1959

© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1959



Spitzer Lectures

On Courtly Love

How, by our modern standards,
can we classify courtly love?

The relationship between the
troubadour and his lady cannot be
called a love affair, because sensual
pleasure igs not its primary aim; it
bears no resemblance to married
love, for the participants do not
actually share one another’s feel-
ings and interests, and are joined
by no formal ceremony. Is it adul-
terous? How, in that case, can it

_ be reconciled with the Christian

s

tradition of medieval society?

Spitzer Answers

Professor Leo Spitzer, Profes-
sor, Emeritus of Romance Lan-
guages at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, proposed to answer such ques-
tions as these through a study of
troubadour poets from William of
Acquitaine to Petrarch. Speaking
at 8:30, February 12, in the Com-
mon Room, Professor Spitzer illus-
trated his remarks on “Courtly
Love” by reading selections in Pro-
vencal, German, and Italian.

The role of the lover in courtly
love, parallel to his role in the
social and religious order of his
time, is that of vassal and wor-
shipper. His relationship to the lady
is set down like a feudal contract:
he will do all he can to please her;
she in turn will give him her love.

' Love and law are not incompatible,

Professor Spitzer pointed out; since
the feudal law itself was based on
love between lord and vassal, love
could be expressed in terms appro-
priate to the feudal law.

Outgrowth of Christianity

Courtly love also grows out of
the Christian tradition, as a secular
parallel to the love of God. Trouba-
dour mysticism replaces love of
God with love for an.ideal woman,
and this love,like the love of God,
is a purifying influence, lifting the

Spicy ‘Tamale’ Is Praised By Reviewer
For Daring Use Of Suprising Elements

by Eleanor Jane Winsor ’59

Freshman Show did not belie. its
title. Hot Tamale was red pepper-
spiced, and for better or worse it
was a remarkably consistent pro-
duction. This is not to say that
the plot matched the wit, or that
dramatic development equaled dia-
logue, but simply that the end and
middle did not betray the begin-
ning. The show had a many-sided
daring, which without skill might
have proved fatal. Was it confi-
dence or oversight which began
Act I with heavy emphasis on bore-
dom? Nevertheless, the prologue
made its points clearly: the lines
to catch were to be the quick-spok-
en ones, and if some strokes of wit
drew only groans, the next follow-
ed swiftly and brightly enough
to compensate,

Frosh Crush Theories

For the time being, the fresh-
men have pricked the carefully
formed bubble of theory on the
possible and impossible in class-
show composition. Hot Tamale de-
fies our generalities. The author—
one author, we note—chose and
handled her material with confi-
dence.

A suggestion from current events
—this is a fine recipe piece; an
ingenious use of relevant literature
—if you know of a good revolu-
tion, use it!—and then to an un-
abashed blend of all the elements
about which we might have been
cataloguing individual anathema,
the freshmen added a dash of so-
phistication which may suggest
that confidence is all, Topical hu-
mor, romantic intrigue, deep guf-
faws, type characters, very famil-
iar tunes and a confessed, out-
right Bryn Mawr Girl—and yet
it was a rare spectator who re-
mained aloof.



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Freshman shows are about par-





, Principals prepare for “Hot Tamale” finale



ale with the Bryn Mawr mileu
from which they spring, and I
would not like to estimate a date’s
eye-view of either. But Freshman
Show commands the audience of
the year. It draws from afar nu-
merous young men, most of whom
would readily suspect us of shak-
ing martinis in teapots, who are
deeply impressed by the Lantern
Man and deeply suspicious of our
orientation towards Haverford. and
the library. For them Bryn Mawr
jokes are apt to be an extension of
the weekend’ spirit. The more ob-
vious the better, so let them laugh
and so will we, offering an anassa-
kata; and having once seen this
well done, we recommend that the
same formula be tried again—
four years hence.

In the same vein we offer praise
to Rob Colby, who was indeed “a

Continued on Page 5, Col. 2



Big Six Organizations To Start Search for Prexies;
Extensive Voting Procedures Somewhat Explained

ELECTION SCHEDULE
Mon.—Feb. 16: Junior meeting to straw ballot for Presidents of Self-

Gov. and Undergrad.

Tues.—Feb. 17: Hall Rep’s. collect straw ballots by 1:30 and U.G. Execu:

tive Board tabulate.

Wed.—Feb. 18:Junior and Sophomore meeting to straw ballot for
Presidents of A.A., League, Alliance and Interfaith.
Wed.—Feb. 25: Dinners start for SG, UG, AA, ete.

* *

DINNERS CONTINUE

Pa

* *

Mon.—Mar. 9: Election of Self-Gov. President. Freshman meeting to
straw ballot for First Sophomore to SG.

Tues.—Mar. 10: Election of Undergrad President. Junior meeting 5:00
to straw ballot for Vice-President of SG and ‘UG.

Wed.—Mar. 11: Election of AA and League Presidents. Sophomore
meeting to straw ballot for Secretaries of SG and UG.

Thur.—Mar. 12: Election of Alliance and Interfaith Presidents.

* * »

Mon.—Mar. 16: Election of Hall Presidents. All 4 classes in Taylor at

5:00 to meet nominees for V.P.
of UG, and First Soph. to SG.

of SG, V.P. of UG, Sec. of SG, Sec.

Tues.—Mar. 17: Election of Vice President of SG, Secretary of SG, and

First Sophomore to SG.

Wed.—Mar. 18: Election of Vice President of UG and Secretary of UG.
Thurs.—Mar. 19: Junior meeting to elect First Senior to SG and Vice-

President of AA.

Eg

Meon.—Mar. 23: Junior and Sophomore meeting to nominate Vice-
Presidents of League and Alliance. Sophomore (only) meeting to
nominate Secretaries of League, Alliance and AA. Elect.all these
in the halls afterwards. Freshman meeting to elect First and Second

Sophmores to UG.

Tues.—Mar. 24: Sophomore meeting to elect Common Treas
_. possible, First and Second. Juniors-to_SG and UG and
to AA. Freshman meeting to elect First and Second

to UG.

and if

phomores

If you have any questions see Alice Todd, Vice-President of \UG.

Junior |

Before Final Elections

Intricate Steps Used
by Alice Todd

College elections are upon us
again, but before we become en-
tirely submerged, the seemingly
amorphous process will be clarified
briefly. This year, the job of run-
ning elections has been transfer-
red from the Junior Class Presi-
dent to the Vice-president of Un-
dergrad. The Election Committee,
which is responsible for tabulating
all the written ballots, consists of
the Undergrad Executive board.

Straw Ballot Nominations

Candidates for every College-
elected office are nominated by
straw ballot. Before the nomin-
ations for each office, there will
be a meeting of the class (es)
whose members are eligible. Here
the outgoing officer will describe
her job and, in the case of the
A.A:, League, Alliance, and Inter-
faith associations, she will present
a list of candidates suggested by
their respective boards. These
lists are merely suggestions.
There will be no recommendations
from the SG and UG boards for
the officers of their organiaztions.
Then every student will be given

mimeographed “class ~~ lists “and|~

straw ballot slips.
Back in her hall, each student



~ Continued on Page 4, Col. ei

Philosophy Club
Presents Lecture

A human being is born an indi-
vidual as is every species of an-
imal or plant; that he eventually
becomes a person and transcends
nature is what distinguishes him
as a man, said Grace de Laguna
in beginning her lecture on “The
Person and the Human Individual”
last night in the Ely Room, Wynd-
ham.

(Man, like other species of ani-
mals, is a social creature; unlike
any other animal, however, his so-
ciety is determined not by inherit-
ed tendencies but by historical
precedents. His ideas alone are
fixed by cultural patterns rather
than natural heredity.

Each man plays many roles; i.e.,
he is at once father, husband, tax-
payer, and voter. Each status
gives rise to an accepted mode of
behavior and in each one he ac-
quires new standards. Each role
requires special talents and gives
specialized development; to be a
person one must play more than
one role and combine them.

The realization of these differ-
ent roles is the source of the per-
sonality; the personality is, thus,
at any stage constituted of the
differential realization of roles,
and the product of its environment.

It is in entering into person-
al relations with others that one
truly becomes a person, A soli-
tary individual may experience
primitive emotions but it is only
from communication that the high-
er emotions arise: fear and rage
are inarticulate, but higher emo-
tions like admiration and contempt
must be shared,

It is communication, also, that
gives the world historical rather
than mere temporal past. With-
out this historical past and the

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Notice

The Science Club announces a
lecture, “Cancer Research and the
Biological Sciences,” to be given
by Dr. Frederick S. Philips on
Tuesday, February 24, 1959, at
8:30 p.m. in the Biology Lecture
Room,

the Sloan-Kettering Institute for
Cancer Research. The lecture jee



be illustrated:

“Dr. Philips “is associated with|

C. Vigee, Panel
Hold Discussion
Of French Poetry

“We are here to pay tribute to
Margaret Gilman, a former pro-
fessor of French at Bryn Mawr,
and to discuss her recently pub-
lished book, The Idea of Poetry in
France. With these words Pro-
fessor Maurin of the French de-
partment opened a .panel discus-
sion on modern poetry Monday
afternoon, Feb. 16 in the Common
Room,

Sitting on the panel were Pro-
fessors Michels,.Nahm and Latti-
more and a visiting poet, Claude
Vigée, one of the three or four
significant younger poets in France
today.

M. Maurin began with some

| words on the book. It traces poet-

ry in France from the beginning
of the 18th century through Bau-
delaire im the 19th. An organic
unity is preserved, as the author
follows the idea of poetry in dif-
ferent historical backgrounds.

M. Vigée used three quotes from
Miss Gilman’s book to demonstrate
the classical theory of poetry and
how this has disintegrated. Le
Chateau, a minor French poet of
the 18th century, describes sym-
bolism as a cliche for a cliche, used
for clarity. A symbol must stand
for something real. Hugo wrote,
“the parts of the forest stand for
the parts of man’s soul.” He uses
the outside world to set the inside,
“la forét interieure.”

Miss Gilman maintains that both
imagination and the seeing of real-
ity through the world of the senses
underwent disintegration after
Baudelaire, His successors try to
go directly to the realm of the
abstract and find the world of
senses an obstacle! Analogy is de-
stroyed as an instrument of ex-
pression. So poetry has gone
through an emergence of analogy
between the world and the mind
and then let this concept decay.

Continued on Page 4, Col. 1

German Comedies
Soon To Be Given

The German Clubs of Bryn
Mawr and Haverford Colleges will
present two German comedies on
Thursday, February 26th. Curtain
time is 8:30 p.m., in Skinner Work-
shop.
The two plays are “Die Kleinen
Verwandten” (The Country Cou-
sin) by Ludwig Thoma, and
“Nachtbeleuchtung” (Night Light-
nmting) by Goez, They are to be
directed by Mr. John Cary of the
Haverford German department.
Gail Beckman, president of the
Bryn Mawr German Club, said that
the comedies should prove success-
ful, and easier to put across than
the more abstract Buchner fantasy
presented last year.

In the cast are:
‘Die Kleinen Verwandten”

Schmitt . . Manfred Heydebreck
Hassler’ . .~+« Ted Hoen:
‘Bonholzer ‘Michael Cohan
Mama . . . Karen Black
Ida Valerie Schoenfeldt
Babette Abby Trafford ~
“Nachtbeleuchtung”
Director . . Theodor Hauri
Dichter (Poet) . . David Baker

Fremdin (A stranger)
Nahma Sandrow
Madchen (A girl)





Schauspielerin _ . Alison Baker —-—---——


“dance, “Valentine Ventures”, which



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Much Too Much Anonymity

Bryn Mawr does not emphasize individualism; it as-
sumes it. Indeed, one of the most attractive lures to the
high school senior who is harried by join-all-possible-activi-
ties: pressures is that here one does not have to spend so
much time proving herself but is rather accorded a “Well,
you’re here; that’s something” respect. After a student has
been informed of the various activities, during Freshman
Week, it isn’t that no one cares what she does, but she is
left to join or not to join; the activity-searcher must be pre-
pared to realize that no one is going to be either impressed
or trritated by her choice of activities.

. Admittedly one glory of the place is that a student can be
‘either a 24-hour scholar or the very busy president of the
Glasshlowing Club in blessed anonymity, and no one will

either damn her or gush over her, because it is assumed ‘that |

the reason she does either is that she loves studying or glass-
blowing. Period. There is, however, an opposite counter-
part to this mutual tolerance, perhaps not unrelated to the
infamous Bryn Mawr Apathy; this is a complete lack of rec-
ognition of what is being accomplished by those who do un-
dertake the responsibilities. The work of the world must
be done here.as much as anywhere else, and though we do
not choose to carry on the activities of the various organiza-
tions with social pomp, there is still room for recognition of

the tremendous amounts of time and energy devoted by offic-
ers and less titled people to the organizations on campus.

This is not to say that we should accord All Glory, Laud
and ‘Honor to someone simply because she has corralled cam-
pus votes, but it does mean that there should be some general
realization of what is being contributed by this same vote-
getter. For instance, the presidency of a residence hall is a
.24-hour job, involving constant managing of Self-gov rules,
general counseling services, and countless meetings; yet how
many. people could name more than three hall presidents, if
that many, or estimate their services?

As elections for the Big Six, class and hall officers, etc.,

approach, and present officials go about finding candidates
for the positions, it becomes increasingly evident that there
are not many people who are willing to sacrifice every spare
moment of an upperclass year to organizational functions,
about which the campus as a whole, the usual benefactor, is
by and large ignorant. It would be unfair to say that those
who refuse nominations for key offices (and there are many)
do so because they see no-glory in them; still, the lack of
general awareness of the projects and functions of the Big
Six must be a discouraging factor.
_ There are no actually anonymious people on this campus,
but there are plenty of known people who are doing a lot of
anonymous work which is of service and interest to the com-
munity. Recognition of the projects of these people and of
their organizations, and a resulting generally more informed
student population might well lead to more willingness (who
knows, perhaps even enthusiasm) to undertake the many
responsibilities which fall to students in our valuable system
of practically complete ‘‘non-intervention” in student clubs
on the part of the faculty and administration.

The burden of responsibility for making the undergrad-
uate population more aware might fall to small but informa-
tive committees within the organizations, to the News, but
most of all to individuals, who should realize that ipso facto
does not mean “dues-paying patron” but implies a certain |®
participation, if only mental.

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:
We would like to thank the stu-
dents of Bryn Mawr College for our





. Notice

The Alumnae Bulletin is en-
‘gaged’ in a search for student
| manuscripts, fiction, poetry, or
otherwise, for publication in the
Spring Issue. Reprints from old
‘issues of the Revue, English
papers and the like are quite
acceptable.

The Bulletin, we might add,
has a circulation of several thou-
sands, including editors and pub-
student.-work- will

was held on Saturday, February
7th. From the decorations to the
refreshments | to the music, the
dance was ‘a huge success and we
proses aged enjoyed ourselves. Our

_ go particularly to Ann

‘ M
etgygrtetan

Berlin: Dilemma and Challenge .

Interview With Haverford’s Mr. Gerald Freund:

Question: You do not see the
Soviet “threat” to Berlin as isolated
from the problem ¢f the future of
Germany as a whole?

Mr. Freund: Berlin is only a part
of the problem of Germany, and
Germany, of course, is really the
key to the European problem. The
Berlin problem is not really new,
in a sense, but has existed since
1945 and in its present form since
1948. Our head has been in the
noose there since the end of the
airlift—that is, since the temporary
arrangements for a resumption of
Allied road and rail traffic were
‘made at the end of the blockade; it
was entirely up to the Russians if
they wanted to and when they
wanted to pull this noose tight.

Question: It was suggested dur-
ing the Quemoy-Matsu crisis that
any backdown by the United States
would lead to a crisis in Berlin. No
real capitulation occurred, but the
Berlin challenge followed on the
heels of the shelling of Quemoy.
What connection do you find here?

Mr. Freund: I think that the con-
nection between the two crises may
have to do with struggles for
supremacy going on within the
Communist orbit. It seems entirely

possible to me that there are mem-|

bers of the Communist hierarchy
who favor a more aggressive, a
more forward type of foreign pol-
icy, and others who would prefer
now to emphasize the domestic,
that is, the internal, development
within the Soviet Union. The latter
would support the amelioration of
disputes and frictions within the
Communist bloc, while the Quemoy-
Matsu and the Berlin crises could
be due to the influence of the for-
mer group. Those individuals who
have an interest in a more provoca-
tive type of policy may be found
in Peiping; my guess is there are
some on the party central commit-
tee in Moscow, and _ definitely in
East Germany.

Question: I find it interesting
that the Soviet challenge to Berlin
came right after our November
elections. Do you think that the
Russians ‘took these into account
or were influenced by ‘the repudia-
tion, so to speak, of the government
in power and the policies we have
been following?

Mr. Freund: In part, surely, they
would have considered the Ameri-
can election results. I think that
the Soviets are always, always try-
ing to divide the councils of gov-
ernments within any one of the
Western nations, and, even more
important, to divide the Western
nations one from the other. I be-

Editor’s Note: Mr. Gerald Freund
is an assistant professor of. politi-
eal science at Haverford College.
His special field is Germany; he
has published a book, Unholy Alli-
ance, on Russo-German relations,
and is now preparing a manuscript
for the Council on Foreign Rela-
tions dealing with contemporary
American-German affairs. This in-
terview doeg’not, of course, pretend
to be an exhaustive discussion of
the “Berlin crisis,” but rather
touches some aspects of the Berlin-
German-European problem only.
The News is honored to print the
interview as it stands, for we think
that it admirably suggests the
complexity of the problem and in-
corporates a number of the very
stimulating ideas of a scholar who
has done and is doing original work
in this field. ~





MR. GERALD FREUND

lieve that they thought this period
propitious for an attempt; after
all, they had nothing to lose by
throwing out this challenge and
waiting to see what happened—how
the West would react. There has

been a good deal of disagreement
among the Western powers as to
how one should react, and some of
these disagreements are not recon-
ciled even now. The danger of these
disagreements is that the Russians
will get the idea that if they go
ahead and move boldly on Berlin
no resistance will be offered by the
Western powers because of their
division. That would be a crucial
mistake on the part of the Rus-
‘sians; hence the reiterations from
every one of the major capitals:
“We will not give up Berlin,” which
are designed to give the appearance
of solidarity and thus prevent a
Russian blunder.



Question: Would you say that
Berlin was actually the objective
when the crisis was precipitated?

Mr. Freund: I think that Berlin '
was one objective. Apparently an-
other purpose was to use Berlin or
the new issue of Berlin in order.
to gain a high level conference,
which the Russians have been want-
ing for a long time, Perhaps: what
they would try to achieve at such
a_conference would be an agréé=
ment to establish a more rigid par-
tition of Germany, which, of course,
would also involve clearer recogni-
tion by the Western Powers of the.
status quo in the Eastern Euro-
pean countries. Their aim may be. .
not to permit the reunification of
Germany on any terms. other than.
their own. But we can’t be sure,
how much they are willing. to bar-.
gain at this time, and we won’t.
know unless we are willing to talk
and, possibly, negotiate with them..

Question: Then you don’t think
that Russia’s offer of a confedera-
tion has anything behind it? .-

Mr. Freund: I think there’s a
great deal behind it: they want an
opportunity to join the two Ger-
manys in such a way that .East
Germany will play a dominant role,,
That is what they want. But’ per-
haps they would be willing to settle
for less than that. I think:.it can
be demonstrated that many West
Germans aren’t really ‘opposed in.
principle to confederation, despite:
the statements emanating from’
Bonn, but they are opposed to a
confederation of the two states on

‘|@ par, on a one-to-one ratio. The

West Germans know perfectly well
that reunification isn’t going to be
achieved by the stroke of a pen any
more than by the stroke of a sword.
They know very well that it’s going
to have to be a problem. of ; the
two countries joining over a period
of time. You don’t have to call this
process “confederation,” but in one
form or another, reunification today:
would have to be worked: out be-:
tween the two Germanys and the
powers dominating both halves.

You see, Chancellor Adenauer’s
professed position is that the di-
vision of Germany is not a cause of
East-West tensions but is rather
a symptom of those tensions. As
long as you believe that, the only
way to achieve German reunifica-:
tion is to achieve an important
victory for the West in the East-
West struggle, a diminution of ten-
sions involving either some form.
of major defeat for the Communists
or their giving up revolutionary
ambitions. In my estimation, Chan-



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Evaluation of Three Contemporary Ballerinas.

By Toby Langen
Diana Adams, Melissa Hayden
and Patricia Wilde form a tripartite
complement: each has a stage per-
sonality which is almost completely

different from that of the other

two. Propose any kind of choreogra-
phy imaginable, and one of them
will suit it perféctly. Or by the same
token see each of them in one role
on alternate nights and there will
be three individual and exciting
creations. No one who has seen
Hayden’s Odette feels he is seeing

repeat of Adams’; Wilde’s Fire-
bird is different from Hayden’s in
almost every particular.

For flow of movement. Diana
Adams is unequalled. Her dancing
conveys an impression of fluidity
and. continuity that one can almost
feel. She is most at home in slow,
sustained movement, straight or
twisting. One might call her the
perfect lyric dancer; her excitement
is detached and controlled; her
technique, virtually flawless. Mas-
ter of the crescendo and decres-
cendo in movement, she can sustain
and build a constant emotion co-
herently, never faltering. She lis-





White end her. committee who were
~yesponsible for the lovely decora-
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complement an article by Miss
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fore a ballet comes into full flower
for her. She is especially brilliant
in the thoughtful Pas de Deux of
Agon, and most recently as Odette
in Balanchine’s Swan Lake.

Melissa Hayden may be compared
to a glinting needle or to a tongue
of flame. A brittle and fiery dancer,
she moves quickly and generates an
almost hysterical excitement. Her
control is unshakeable, yet one al-
ways feels she is perched on the
edge of an abyss: her cool smile
comes just after a delicate feat of
balance on point. She makes con-
scious and calculating use of the.
hands and feet, shoulders, head and
face: her forte is the ironic smile,
the flick of the wrist, the unexpect-
ed flounce and side glance. She
does not give an impression of sus-
tained emotion; -rather, she blazes
and is gone. As. Medea, she is blood-
curdling and magnificent; in the
Bransie Gay of Agon, her delicate
treading of a tightrope in move-
ment and music takes one’s breath
away. Her reaction to music en-
ables her to fit her own bits of
invention to a note or silence un-
occupied by the main choreography.



tens to music and dances with it
in a subtle and penetrating way.
Her understanding also is thorough,





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hand variety, delicacy and incisive-
ness of planned effect, little girl




Humor of the eye winking at the

her different roles, which include
serious and tragic drama, exquisite
and farcical humor. |

Patricia Wilde has what must be
the best technique in the world:
not only is it faultless, it is passion-
ately clear. For placement of feet
and legs there has probably never
been her equal. She is an exact.:
dancer, and her exactitude makes
her movement emphatic and seem-
ingly controlled by level-headedness
and common sense. Slow and direct.
movement seems to come most
naturally to her, but the fast and.
intricate movement of feet and legs
demanded by parts of Symphony.
in C she does better than anyone
else. The excitement of her dancing
is not only the cerebral excitement
of distinctness, but also a real
emotional contact between dancer.
and. audience. She.has been called.
earthy, and it fits to a surprising
degree. Possibly because of the
wealth of her emotion, she is un-.
even in performance. One night she
will dance everything perfectly, so
excitingly one can hardly stay in
one’s seat. The next night she. will
have frozen: arms and torso will

is at her best in exacting dances of
pattern like Pas de Dix, and Sym-





land it sometimes takes years be-

and vamp—all these’ she brings to

g

Continued on Page 5, Col. 1




be rigid; balance, precarious. She Rae






\

Wednesday, sii 18; 1959

ee

THE “COLLEGE

&

NEWS

Page: “thede



From Fun On Fatal Friday Evolves
Show Weekend Of Infinite Variety

by Linda Davis

Out came the rabbit feet and
other various amulets like horse-
shoe pendants, to drive away the
evil spirits of that Fatal Friday,
and ‘into the night went the more
adventuresome students to the Rad-
nor Open-House, Prepared for
everything from the Ghost of
Christmas-Past to Poe’s Raven,
Nevermore, the students found
music, song and fun awaiting them.
Every so often came the sound of
someone tripping over a broom-
stick carelessly left in a doorway
by a sadistic. ghoul.

‘Thus, Fatal Friday was a a
ing success and everyone breathed
a long sigh of relief to see the
Cinderella hour of midnight come.
That brought Saturday, a long’
day, indeed, but so full of fun that
it was amazing to see it fly by.
The Freshman Show was the high
point of the day; the crafty fresh-
men managed to outcraft the soph-
omores once again and succeded in
concealing the whereabouts . of
their prairie dog Fidel. He was
much easier to hide than the Aga
Khan, anyway.

To carry out the theme of the
evening the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation sponsored a Rebel Rendez-



Barrault to Star
In Coming Film

“Les Enfants du Paradis,” a
French film with Jean Louis Bar-
rault, directed by Marcel Carne,
will be shown under the auspices of
the Bryn Mawr-Haverford French
Club on Friday, February 20 at
7:30 p.m. in Goodhart. Admission is
$.50 and there will be English sub-
titles.

The film was made in France at
the end of the German occupation
and was released at the time of the
liberation. It suggests the general
atmosphere of a carnival in Paris
in the nineteenth century. It is a
love stéry with an historical back-

ground. Many of the characters did |'

exist.

Jean Louis Barrault plays the
part of a pantomime artist. The
public may know Maria Casares
through her performance. as Chi-
méne in Le Cid, presented in Phil-
adelphia last November by the

‘| presented to the Conference

vous dance in the gymnasium and
everyone retained his good spirits
throughout to the music of the
Purple Knights from Williams Col-.
lege. Strange hints of ‘the Cla-
Cha fever were latent during the
dance, but no one seemed to be up-

set at the prospect or the outcome.
On Sunday afternoon, the Will-
iams band gave a Jazz Concert in

the Common Room in Goodhart

and displayed a varied repertoire,
with progressive jazz arrangements
of some old standard music.

Baratz To Speak -—
For Journal Club

The Journal Club, a joint organ-
ization which includes among its
members faculty from the. History,
Political Science, and the Econom-
ics Departments, is presenting a
lecture by Professor M. S. Baratz,
of the Economics Department, on
Monday, February 23. Professor
Baratz’ topic will be “Political As-
pects of Giant Corporations. . The
lecture, open only to graduate stu-
dents, will be given in the Common
Room in Goodhart.

The main part of Mr. Baratz’
speech will be taken from a paper
of
Pennsylvania Economists at Buck-
nell University in 1957, In the in-
troduction to his paper Mr. Baratz
said that.:the main subject of the
paper was to discover the effect of
the “biggest business firms on the
‘allocation , of resources, the level
and--distribution of real national
income, amd the rate of economic
development.”

Mr. Baratz will sies emphasize
the influence these large .compan-
ies have on the political scene in
reference to power.

4



ee ‘i
Notice
Matters of pith and moment:
— At Lower Merion = adult

“School Night”; two courses in
Russian are offered, Beginners’
and Continuation. The Begin-
ners’ course is taught by Miss
Frances deGraaff; the Continu-
ation course by Elinor Amram,
"58.



Théatre National Populaire.









Courtly Love Traditions Remain

Continued from Page 1, Col. 1
lover above fleshly desires until he
can say of his earthly love what St.
Bernard said of his mystic com-
munion with heaven: “I love be-
cause I love; I love in order to
love.”

In this worship of the ideal, the
individua] personality of the woman
plays no part. All the ladies of
whom the troubadours sang look
alike—“obviously, there could be
only one acme of perfection.”

This “acme of perfection” leads
to the great paradox of courtly
love. For the lady’s perfection
naturally includes chastity. “Since
she is woman, she must allure;
since she is the perfect woman, she
must reject this love.” The lover is
thus a composite ‘of suffering and
joy, both desiring and dreading the
consummation of his desire. The
platonic nature of the ideal love
makes anything but a static situ-
ation impossible, and hence trouba-
dour poetry is almost always lyri-
cal rather than narrative, except
when, as in the stories of Lancelot
and Tristram, it deals with love in
its less idealized form.

*¥¢ the Provencal troubadour felt
that his lady failed to measure up
to his ideal, he was free to move on
and seek it elsewhere. The idea of
fidelity to a “single “woman came)
later, and was Italy’s contribution
to the development of courtly love.

woman rather than the paveoustiel
abstraction, and in its emphasis on
devotion which survives even the
death of the beloved, this new
“monotheistic love” resembles the

modern coneeption of marriage.
Dante’s Beatrice and Petrarch’s
Laura are different expressions of.
the new idéal. Whereas the older
poet deifies Beatrice until she loses
status as an earthly woman, Pet-

jrarch paganizes his Laura, repre-

senting her as the incarnation of
man’s desires. Even after her‘death,
Laura is physically recognizable to
the poet in hig dreams, and her
beauty is not merely the reflection
of spiritual perfection, but an in-
tegral part of Petrarch’s conception
of her. “Here,” says Professor
Spitzer, “we are on modern
ground.”

In the nineteenth century the
idea of the love marriage began to
supplant the older tradition of
sourtly love, and Ibsen’s Doll’s
‘House exploded once -and-for-all
the egoism posing as worship which

“little Lark” seriously. But courtly
love traditions are still very much
with us. It is to the troubadours
that we owe the creation of a
society where men and women can
freely meet, and* the attitude to-|
wards women which grew ‘out of
their poetry is still in a great,



In ‘its concern for the individual

measure our own.

dispensed man froms taking his|

Spetiker Relates
Mundane Trends
In French Novel

M:: Morot-Sir, Cultural Advisor
of the French emhassy'in Washing-
ton, D.C., spoke on the “Contempo-
rary French Novel” on February
10, ‘in'the Common Room of Haver-
ford’s French House. The confer-.
ence was sponsored by the French
Clubs of Haverford and Bryn Mawr.

M. Morot-Sir’s talk was an at-
tempt to reveal the spirit of the
French novel as it permits the
reader to understand the France of
today. After briefly commenting on
the influences of Steinbeck, Spil-
lane, Hemingway, Dostoevski, and.
Kafka, M. Morot-Sir outlined. the
trends of the second and third of
the three modern generations of

" |novelists.

Second Geiiseiittiin

The second generation, composed
of such writers as Malraux, St.
Exupery, Beauvoir and Sartre, is
mainly concerned with the total
humanism of man. One theme com-
mon to the writers of this genera-
tion is the idea 'of adventure, which
shows, in a historical ‘way, the soci-
ety of man and the conflict between
society and the individual. Other
frequently treated themes are the
orient vs. the occident, liberty vs.
dictatorship, and the pessimism in-
herent -in human life due to the
constant possibility of defeat and
failure.

In the works of Malraux and St.
Exupery there is a vivid expression
of the need for fraternity and com-
munication between men. An opti-
mistic conclusion is generally
reached in the works ‘of these
authors because there is. an ulti-
mate victory of the individual over
scientific, mechanical society. ©

Appearance of New Theme ©

The authors who wrote at the
end of this second generation do
not have this optimistic conclusion,
however. Sartre and Beauvoir still
do interest themselves in the des-
tiny of man, but the sentiment of
failure is even stronger in their
books. A-new theme which appears
as the result of the deepening pessi-
mism is the need for lucidity, the
need not to fool oneself.

The third generation, termed
“Les Jeunes” by M. Morot-Sir, has
not yet fully evolved and the im-
portant writers and themes are
still difficult to analyze. M. Morot-
Sir did point out a few prominent
trends. The pessimism seems to be
deepening to the point of accept-

Continued on Page 4, Col. 3

by Anne Farlow
and Moira MacVeagh

ren Fountain will operate again,
this time as.a self-supporting stu-
dent-run organization whose sole
aim will be to provide efficient serv-
ice and good food to hungry Bryn
Mawrtyrs. Starting with the new
equipment. which the college last
year undertook to subsidize, Soda
Fountain will at last be able to pro-
vide the Roost with the facilities

originally planned for it.
&

“Two To Manage

This Soda Fountain will be run
by: two managers who will receive
a fixed salary of about $75 a year.
One of these managers will be re-
sponsible. for the hiring of wait-
resses, which will be done through
the Bureau of Recommendations,
appearing on the Job Sheets as a
regular campus job, paying between

manager will be responsible for the
equipment. and for the ‘weekly
ordering of food through the col-
lege dietician. Soda Fountain will
be open every day of the week for
such regular hours as 12-2 and
5:30-11:30.

The practice times and other de-
tails will be worked out by the two
managers who will together be re-
sponsible for the organization and
the finances. It. seems necessary for
the Undergrad Association to un-
dertake the initial responsibility for
the Soda Fountain, but this will be
a purely temporary arangement,

Long-Standing Need

Although this is not the ideal
time of year to re-open, it is felt
that the importance of getting un-
derway outweighs the disadvan-
tages. There has been and does
exist a long-standing need for a
Soda Fountain on the BMC campus.
The College Inn is often crowded
and is not open late at night. In
addition, it provides no facilities
other than those directly involved
with eating. The Roost on the other
hand was originally designed with
the idea of a Soda Fountain as part
of the unit, also allowing for the
installation of coke, coffee, and
cigarette machines,

“To Open in Spring

By the time the new equipment
is installed, the managers will have
the organizational arrangements in
order, so that the Soda Fountain



60 and 75 cents an hour. The other’

Soda Fountain To Reopen in April:
Waitressing Jobs to be Available

can.open directly after Spring Va-

cation or sooner. In order to keep
to this schedule, however, it is’
essential to begin at once. All those

interested in working on the Soda

Fountain are invited to tea Thurs-

day, February 19, ; at 5:00, in Ann

Farlow’ room (Pem West No. 82).

Do come!

Yale's Dr. Hartt
To Talk Sunday

by Helen Ullrich ;

The Reverend Julian Hartt, chair-
man of the department of religion
at Yale University, will be the
chapel speaker this Sunday, His
topic is “Which of the New Worlds,
Will be Ours?”

Dr. Hartt’s educational back-
ground includes a B.A. from Da-
kota Wesleyan University, a B.D.
from Garrett Biblical Institute,
an M.A. from Northwestern, and
a Ph.D. from Yale,

Dr. Hartt, an ordained Metho-
dist gninister, is an authority in
the field of Christian theology. He
has written numerous articles and
is the co-author of Humanism
versus Theism and the author of
Towards a Theology of Evangel-
ism, That he is a man of wide in-
terests is shown by an interest in
politics (he ran for the state legis-
lature in 1954), education (he is a.
fellow of the National Council on
Religion in Higher Education) and
ontology of art.

All thos¢ who wish to have sup-
per with Dr. Hartt may do so by
signing a list: on the Interfaith
bulletin board.



Interfaith

Twin Roman Catholic priests,
the Reverend David B. Thomp-
son of Notre Dame High School
in Easton, Pa. and the Reverend
Edward J. Thompson of . St.
Francis de Sales Rectory.. in.
Philadelphia, will perform and.
explain the mass and its signifi-
cance on Tuesday, February 24
at 5:00 in the Common Room.
This will be held under the aus-
pices of the Interfaith seuiheit



tion.









by Marion Coen, ’62

Although the blue-covered Col-
lege Handbook, summer bible of
neophyte Bryn Mawrters, devotes
four pages and more than 1200
words to description ‘of College
traditions, it disposes 6f the activ-
ities of the entire three days pre-
ceding Freshman Show in one
rather terse sentence. The incom-
ing freshman, however, is far too
naive to become suspicious, and it
is not until fully six months after
she has first perused the booklet
that: she realizes the full impli-
cations of this unwonted brevity.

That she will be subject ‘to “har-
vying” by sophomores in her hall|*®
during the. second week of Febru-
ary is all that the Freshman: can
‘glean from the handbook. That
she may, during this week, be. re-
duced to anything from a worm to
a convict ‘is entirely beyond; her
z Themes Tuwiieated
This year’s “Hell Week had,

Freshmen groveling to supercili-
Ge sea ee ert

cubhtel? to phason contempla-
tion of their inadequacies. and nen-

a4

i



on’ prayer rugs, while Merion’s
Freshmen were bookworms, hor-
ribly gauche and desperately in
need of the constant advice and
correction of their sophomore Mas-
ters, the Social Butterflies.

Pembroke ‘Navy’

Freshmen of Pembroke East
were regimented as sailors and
those of Rhoads as soldiers. In
addition to the customary unmiti-
gated obsequiousness to their su-
perior officers, Pem swabs were
responsible for telephone duty,
extemporaneous oratory, bailing
out their “sinking” ship with
spoonfuls of water, and night voy-
ages to reconnoitre in the choppy
waters around the Bryn Mawr
campus.’

The Rhoads recruits were dis-
patched upon a variety of rather
trying campaigns; typical assign-
ments were the cleaning of the
Paoli Local, lecturing in gym tu-
rnic and heels on historical studies
at BMC to a local DAR, and shin-
ing shoes of male escorts of the
sophomore hierarchy for two
hours in the Smoker.

“The Handbook Never Told Us!’ Declares Freshman,
Commenting on Horrors of Unadvertised Hell Week

this ideal state was responsible for
daily artistic creation, usually of
a subject concordant with the
whims of her sophomore master
and always contingent upon the ten-
ets of the daily changing party
line,

The Radnor plebescite became
a mob of notorious convicts and
the sophs their wardens. This in-
famous crew which numbered in
its rangs degenerates from Oedi-
pus Rex to Lizzie Borden did ten-
fold penance for their renowned
sins before Saturday’s reprieval.

‘Rock’ Rebels

In Rockefeller where persecu-
tion was relatively mild, freshmen
brok into open revolt against their
too-lenient Masters. During the
night the insurgents tied together
the doors of sophomores’ rooms,
sprayed their corridors with a pun-
gent blend of perfumes, and had the
sleeping masters buzzed by the
switchboard.

The effect that a pre-college
description of these somewhat less
than convivial happenings might
have had upon the enrollment of _



—Pem West Freshmen played | the
roles of mémbers of an Elegant
Oligoply of Artists. Each painter,



roses and long hours of devotion



the freshman class is obvious and
easily explains the otherwise sur-



seulptor, writer, and musician of

wcrc Gore

prising laconicism of the College
Handbook.


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T

HE COLLEGE

oN EW § ‘

Weameaiey: February 18, 1959



Berlin Crisis As

” Caaitiaued from Page 2, Col. 5

cellor Adenauer holds this position
because it is convenient for him at
the present time to do so; but he

knows perfectly well, realist that
he is, that the Russian system is
not likely to collapse and that
sooner or later, if any progress is
going to be made on this problem
at all, it can only be done through
negotiation.

‘Question: It has been suggested
that the Berlin_crisis is especially
significant in that it is the first
time the Soviets have presented the
West» with a challenge that gave
them no «choice except between
capitulation and nuclear war.

Mr. Freund: I would state this in
a somewhat different way. The
Berlin situation was one, as the
Soviets well knew, in which our
only reaction to a challenge of the
kind that Mr. Khrushchey made
would be either to engage in a re-
treat or to state in the first in-
stance that we would fight. I
would submit that there is no better
proof of a bankruptcy of a foreign
poliey than, as in this instarlce, if
you can only react to an action on
the part of a foreign power by
replying, “If you do we will fight”;
if, that is, you have no other way
out, Now, indeed, I believe we have
no other way out. If we are really
threatened with being forced out
of Berlin we cannot tolerate that,
situation, and we certainly cannot
back down to the extent which the
Soviet Union and East Germans
have demanded. Since November a
more compromising tone seems to
have been adopted by the Soviet
government, but it is important to
note that an ultimatum was de-
livered, although Mr. Khrushchev
has tried to make it appear that
it wasn’t an ultimatum. But the
May 27 deadline is still in opera-
tion; the ultimatum remains un-
changed.

Our initial reply. to the ulti-
matum was “Noy’ But the present

Seen hy Freund.

for both sides. it we agree te deal
with the East Germans as “agents”
of the Russians, the East Germans
may at any time halt our trucks
for inspection, and we would be
right back in the current dilemma.

Since last November there have
been attempts among the Western
powers to find conciliatory alterna-
tives for negotiating the German
problem as a whole, including Ber-

lin, but no significant changes have
been announced. While the term
“disengagement” has not been spe-
cifically used in recent proposals to
overcome the Berlin deadlock, it
seems to me that no constructive
talks with the Russians can take
place unless the Western powers
are willing to consider a reciprocal
withdrawal of foreign troops from
Central Europe and the establish-
ment of a united, militarily neutral
Germany, possibly in the context of
a belt of neutral states in Central
Europe. For the U.S., such an ar-
rangement would require a with-
drawal of troops from Germany
while we would have to extend
security guarantees even further
eastward. We would have to enforce
our guarantees with nuclear wea-
pons, but we are in a position of
having to do that now without
benefit of the political advantages
to be gained from a successful dis-
engagement.

In any event, two things are
clear. Germany is the pivot of the
European problem. Second, the
question is not whether Germany
will be reunified but how, when, and
by whom. As time passes and
power relationships in Europe
change, the U.S. may have less and
less of a voice in deciding how and
when Germany is reunified.
Question: What’s going to hap-
pen next?

Mr. Freund: Nobody knows; and
not even the State Department:
seems to know what we are going
to do next — that’s part of the



situation in Berlin is unsatisfactory

tragedy. E.F. L.



Vigee, Panel Discussion

Continued from Page 1, Col. 5

The. “inn forests” are ignored,
but what does this finally lead to?
Silence!

‘Vigée commented that in France
language is used in place of these
images drawn from outside the
poet’s mind. French poetry today
could be summarized as words
divested of meaning, a linguistic
shadow world.
—Nahm commented on the curious
parallel between poetry and phi-
losophy, when the latter goes from
objectivity to objectivity. The no-
tiow of imitation undergoes _his-
torical development from repre-
sentation to symbolism.

M. Vigée agreed with this point
of view as he remarked on Baude-
laire’s withdrawal into subjectiv-
ity. But still, when image is gone
there is no subject. In the 20th
century the Surrealists divorced
themselves from the outer world
and yet had to use language which
constantly refers to objects. What
to do with objects?

ed Letterists in France attempted
to do away with words, to find this
primal speech, the logos or power
of utterances. Their poems con-
sisted of combinations of—uncon-
nected letters, which obviously re-
sulted in absurd failure, utterances
of nothing.

“Why”, asked Dr. Nahm, must
there be either a world or none,
objectively or subjectively? I want

_L both.” -—-

“This,” Vigée replied, “is what
poets are searching for, a middle
world of soul and reality. To pre-
pare himself for this task, the poet
must first have the desire to get
out of this problem. He must
see himself in a historical frame-
work. He must use language to
unite the two “forests” of the soul
and the world, Language must be
cleared up. Words carry too much
history and their connotations are
not pure enough, So these are the
general feelings of poets in France
tody as they seek to reconcile
nemesis with creativity, the world
of reality with the realm of the



In the 19th century a group call-

soul.”

DeLaguna Lecture

tradition and culture it embodies,
the human individual could not be-
come a person,

The most important factor in
the individual’s becoming a person,
however, is the development of
elif-consciousness. From aware-

mess of one’s self a sa person
comes self-control and self-direc-
tion and ultimately rationality and
morality.

From this same self-awareness
there arises also a_ strengthened
community . The self that becomes
the object of, one’s surveillance is
the reflection of the self that is the
object for others; thus, the. know-

ent upon the knowing of other
selves. This recognition of others
as selves, not merely objects but
subjects, is essential for relation-
ships among men.

Toplay any role one needs na
image of oneself in that role;
however, one needs also an ideal
of oneself. This ideal, influenced
‘by a man’s temperament btu gen-
erally commensurate with his po-
tential and idea of himself, makes
possible self direction.

Nevertheless, although man has
this idea and ideal of himself his
understanding of himself is not
complete, and, in unexpected situ-
ations, his emotional responses
may shock or surprise him.

It is, thus, the combination of
his capactiy for higher emotions,
his awareness of historic past and
future, ability to communicate
concepts, and consciousness of
self that gives the human individ-
ual the ability to transcend nature
and makes him a person.

Morot-Sir Lecture

Continued from Page 3, Col. 3

ance of banality. There has been a
definite movement towards the
mundane. The anxiety about the
need for individuality is vanishing.
‘M. Morot-Sir also sees a growing
concern with technique and a need
to create something new.

The result of concern with the
mundane is the creation of a new
hero who is really an _anti-hero.
The most modern protagonists seem
tobelabandoning'self analysis, which
characteristic made Mme. de La
Fayette’s Princesse de Cleves the
first modern heroine. The new
writers, Nathalie Sarraute, Fran-
coise Sagan and Marcel Mouloudji,
seem~to be trying to limit their
novels to descriptions of the facts.
The need for reality prevails with
mathematical precision. The events
alone must portray the characters.
Adjectives do not exist in these’
‘books. Human nature is to be found
only in observation of objects.



J

BEAU & BELLE
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Late Snacks
Open Seven Days
Next door to Bryn Mawr P,O.







Continued from Page 1, Col. 4. |

ing of oneself is mutually depend-’

Contnued from in 1, Col. 3

will mark, her slip with the names
of four to eight (invalid if less
or more) people whom she would
like to see run for the office in

does not matter.

- These ballots will be collected
by ‘the Class Hall Rep’s.,: who
must bring them to the Vice-Pres-
ident of Undergrad by 1:30 of the
day following the class meeting.
The Election Committee will tabu-
late the ballots and the Presidents
of the different organizations will
notify: the respective nominees.
The slate for each office should con-
sist of 4 candidates.

Presentation of Candidates

The College News will put out
a special election issue, It will con-
tain a list of the candidates for
‘Presidents of the Big 6 organiza-
tions, lists of their activities, their
statements, and pictures of the
candidates. _

Candidates for the presidency of
the Big 6 plus the outgoing presi-
dents will eat-supper in each hall
and stay for coffee and discussion
afterwards. The Hall President
and the outgoing officer will be re-
sponsible for introducing the can-
didates each night.

Other college-elected officers will
‘be presented in class meetings and
the outgoing officer ‘will describe
the office and introduce the —
dates. Typed lists of these candi-
dates and their activities will be
posted over the ballot box in each
hall.

Preferential Order Voting

Candidates for every College-
elected office are elected by pref-
erential-order secret ballot. This
takes place in the halls. Each stu-
demt must list the complete slate
in order of her preference and
place her folded ballot in the box
provided. If at this time a student
honestly feels that she still knows
none of the candidates, she may
write “abstain” on her ballot.

At 1:30 on the date scheduled
for the election of each office, the
Hall Presidents will bring the bal-
lots to the VP of UG. The Elec-
tion Committee: will tabulate the
ballots by counting, the number of
times each candidate has been list-
ed first. In the case of a tie among
the first choices, the candidate
with the lowest number of first-
place vetes will be crossed off the
ballots which she heads and the
second choice on those ballots will
be counted instead. (This amounts
to-exaetly the same thing as hold=
ing a re-vote among the top re-
maining candidates, yet avoids the
time and nuisance of a whole re-

question—the order of the names.

Intricate Steps to Election

election). If there is still a tie, the
next lowest candidate is crossed.
off (whether she was an ‘original
first choice or the second choice on
a ballot originally headed by the
lawest-vote candidate) and the
next choice on these ballots is
counted instead,

The following officers take over
their new jobs at the beginning
of the Spring Term and are elected.
as indicated:

College-elected

Straw ballot nominations ‘and
written final vote:
1) Self-Gov: President, Vice-Pres.,

Secretary, First Sophomore .
‘Member.
2) Undergrad: President, Vice-
‘Pres., Secretary.

3) A.A.: President.

4) (League: President.
5) Alliance: President.
6) Interfaith: President.

Class Elected

Nominations from floor and writ-
ten final vote:

1) A.A.: Secretary.

2) League: Vice-Pres., Secretary.

$) Alliance: Vice-Pres., Secretary.
Nominations from floor and vote
by show of hands:

1) Self-Gov.: First Senior, First
Junior, Second Junior, Second |
Sophomore.

2) Undergrad: Common Treasurer,
First Junior, Second Junior,
First Sophomore, Second Soph-
omore,

3) A.A.: Vice-Pres., First Junior,
First Sophomore, Second oe
omore.

(4) Curriculum Committee

Hall-elected

Procedure varies according to
hall: ;
1) Self-Gov.: Advisory Board

(Hall Presidents).
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4) League: Hall Rep’s.
5) Alliance: Hall Rep’s.
6) Interfaith: Hall Rep’s.

Organization-elected

Procedure varies according to
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1) Interfaith: Vice-Pres., Secre-
tary.

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Ballerinas

Continued from Page 2, Col. 5
phony in C, and in farces like the
first part of Bourée Fantasque in
which she caricatures classic ballet
movements. We would like to see
a choreographer try her in a-dra-
matic role, %. a :

With three such great ballerinas
as Adams, Hayden and Wilde the
New York City Ballet hag dancers
capable of dancing almostianything
the ballet: choreographer’s imagi-
nation can conceive. And just as the
dancers serve the repertoire,’ so
a repertoire of great works serves
the dancers: great balletic works
force those dancing in them to grow
in. mastery and understanding of
their work. In its brilliant present
the New York City Ballet thus has
the firm "foundation of a great
future, 4



ENGAGEMENTS
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Ottilie Pattison ’58 to Robert
Holyoke Ketchum.
Helen-Louise Simpson ’56 to Al-
lan A. Hunter, Jr.

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To Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor
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Tracy.

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Continued from Page 1, Col. 2

rare girl”. She brought to her
role full measure of good humor,
and all the poise any Bryn Mawr
junior could desire.
typical than typical is to tread a
fine line making a hard job look
easy, and Mary Jane was very
matter-of-fact in giving a famil-

iar ring as -she responded to

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ways keep them in the sugar
Bowl”,

The unlikely quartet of adven-
turers left us a moment of hesita-
tion in the prologue, as did the
episode itself, since we all knew
we'd be better off in Tamale.. As
a group the four a
co-ordinate their lives as well as
they did individiial combinations,
and this was also true of their
movements inthe songs, After the
initial awkwardness of the capture
scene, however, all were better off
in Tamale: Sheri Ortner’s blatant
portrayal of the comedienne gain-
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exotic setting. Sonny Valley had
a role to which little, ineluding
Ellen Coreoran’s efforts could add
too much, but he too profited from
transportation. Henry Fredericks,
naturally reserved, was genuinely
likable, and quite convincing when
he warmed to his part—or once he
had removed his jacket. Alison
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high point of the show, and her
reading of the novel (“They turn-
ed on you”) was delightful:

Each member of the quartet
seemed aware at least of.‘the ‘dan-

gers in overacting, and they were
usually willing to make the sac-'

rifice of individuality necessary
to bring over their lines. Bubbles
left us wondering how she arrived,
but we were always glad of her
presence.

(Marion Coen’s Zorro was, like
Tamale, something new and de-
lightful. Perhaps it was the out-
right lack of reality with which
her role was conceived: “You go to
Bryn-Mawr; I thought -so”—or
“Biology is liké charity, it should
begin at home.” She wore her
bravado easily, and her movements
emphasized. the sneer which she
often put into her accent, °

If all these stellar qualities were
not enough to save the audience
from its strain during: the roman-
tic soliloquy, pray it be proof that
such tender situations are some-
what superfluous. Even when the
intent is less than solemn, the act-
ors seldom have the precision in
attitude and action which can set
their words apart as clear cut
spoofing. We hesitate between
laughter and embarrassment and
reluctantly yield to the latter.

The division of character inter-
est in this show was skillful, Six
outright leads, with good support,
gave several freshmen. a. chance
for distinction. Among the minor
characters the Roberto-Pancho-
Jose trio were entertaining both
in their “Triple Threat” number
and in the opening: scene in which
they discussed the blowing up of
the bridge. Desi had\ a certain
charm, and the lines of \he consul
are immortal. Another commend-
able feature was-the—humor' with



Review: Show ‘Unified Production,’ Has ' Constant Action’

which all the Tamalian characters
approached the accent, making no
pretension to any sober reality.

For a Freshman Show evening,
the running together of the first
two acts brings wWeleame swiftness.
In this case the division followed
the structure of the plot; Acts I
and II contained interest- because
they contained variety. Act. III
allowed for curtain calls. ‘This
plot fooled no one, nor did the mys-
terious cry af “marijuana” which
brought down the second act cur-
tain. Too often there was hesita-
tion in the succession of these lit-
tle surprises, and the excitement. of
new developments was not ‘con-
tagious. To put it baldly, the plot
bore little relationship to the action
eof the show.

The cha-cha ballet was one ex-
ception, as here a plot-developing
situation presented an opportunity
for one of the most delightful en-
semble scenes.

By Act III the audience seemed
to have decided that it was having
a good time and was able to find
the finale inoffensive without re-
alizing that it was unintentionally,
but unsuccessfully, funny.

After much annual debate on
the question of kicks, at last a kick
chorus dares to refrain. We don’t
feel that this should happen too
‘often, but here it was far more ap-
propriate than the conventional
interruption might havebeen; The
choreography seemed well: planried,
but confused in’execution ‘and. still
somewhat*saved by castinets,’ We
have saved mention of Vera*(Bar-
bara Weinstein) until now because

her dancing was by far the most
impressive aspect of her perform-
ance, and her solos surpassed the
chorus’ performance, and her move-
ments in the drinking song were
imaginative.

. The effectiveness of the Tamal-
ean village chorus was largely ow-
ing to the brillance of their cos-
tumes as they emphatically repeat-
ed the red and orange touches in
the backdrop. This show was a vis-
ual treat simply because of the
taste with which costumes and set
were co-ordinated. Both were sim-
ple and imaginative. The greys of
the New Yorkers first set: them
apart-and the second act changes
emphasized the. manner. in which
Mary Jane and Henry had adapted
to the setting whereas Bubbles had
not. Zorro’s costume and make-
up, Desi’s, Roberto’s, and Jose’s,
were also particularly effective.

The incidental use of music was
also pleasing—far more so than
the songs, for the ones we might
go away humming were the ones
we know already.

The bare accomplishment of a
freshman show, which always
seems like the year’s miracle, is
praise enough for any director,
but above this we think Isobel
Kramen had particular ability in
conceiving the show as a unified
production and in maintaining as
its. outstnding quality a high lev-
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