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College news, December 1, 1967
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 54, No. 10
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Vol. Lill, No. 10
BRYN MAWR, PA.
© Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1967
25 Cents
Avignon, Madrid Programs
Offer Expanded Curricula
Again this year, Bryn Mawr
College in miniature will move to
Europe for the summer study pro-
grams, Centro de Estudios His-
panicos en Madrid, June 22-Aug.
13, and Institut d’Etudes Fran-
caises d’Avignon, June 14 - July
27.
, Under the auspices of Bryn Mawr
College, both programs are in-
tensely academic and designed for
selected undergraduate and grad-
uate students-with serious inter-
est in the language, literature
and civilization of the réspective
countries.
The faculties of both the Centro
and the Institut include professors
from colleges and universities of
the United States and Europe who
are acquainted with lecture - dis-
cussion techniques and the stand-
ards of American higher education.
The Centro, directed by Phyllis
Turnbull, assistant professor of
Spanish and adviser, to foreign
students, will offer courses in
Spanish stylistics, literature, eco-
nomics, art, philosophy and re-
search methods.
One of the most important fea-
tures of the Centro is the direct
‘contact the students experience
* with major personalities in fields
such as art, music, literature, eco-
nomics and.jaw, both on campus
and during visits to spots of out-
standing cultural significance such
as the Prado, the Museum ofMod-
ern Art and Toledo. ‘s
A major innovation in the 1968
curriculum will be a course offer-
ing a six-week series featuring two
novelists, two poets and two dra-
matists who will discuss the tech-
niques, construction, inspiration
and reasoning involved in their own
works. Students will select two
of the authors and write a term
paper with the aid of the authors
New Left Critic
Speaks to BMC
Arthur Waskow, journalist,
«ritic and spokesman for the New
Left, will spend Thursday, Dec-
ember 7, at Bryn Mawr in an
effort to acquaint. the students
with the policies of the New Left
and the attempts to form a co-
hesive organization out of this
political movement. Mr.. Waskow
will. speak both to a Senior Po-
litical Science CompC onference in
the afternoon and at an open
meeting at 7:30 in the living room
in Erdman, under the auspices of
Alliance.
Mr. Waskow has written many
books, including FROM RACE
RIOT TO SIT-IN; he has contri-
buted to the LIBERAL PAPERS,
a collection of essays on the new
politics; and has published a series
of articles for THE NEW YORKER,
He is a fellow for the Institute of
Policy Studies and was one of
the first New Leftists to become
involved in the effort to create
a viable leftist movement to work
with the Black Power movement.
The National C onference for New
Politics, with which Mr. ‘Waskow
is affiliated, is attempting to de- —
velop a national co-ordinating
organization for the anti-war and
civil rights-Black Power move-
ments. The purpose of the New
Left, according to New Politics
(Continued on page 4)
themselves. “
Directed by Michel Guggenheim,
chairman of the French depart-
ment, the Institut will offer gen-
eral and advanced ‘courses in
French language, literature, his-
tory and sociology. The curricu-
lum is designed to provide definite
‘progress in fluency, comprehen-
sion and writing and to establish
an understanding of modern
France and an appreciation of
French culture. -
New courses for the 1968 Institut
include ‘*Problemes de Struc-
ture Sociale Francaise,’’ ‘‘Le Sur-
realisme’’ and ‘‘La Nouvelle Cri-
tique.’?’
In both programs students will
live with families to provide the
best basis for developing language
fluency and an understanding ofthe
country’s life and customs.
Admission is open to any college
student with high academic stand-
ing and the equivalent of three
years of college Spanish or French.
The co-ed programs are designed
as serious intellectual exper-
iences, not summer vacations.
Additional information can be
obtained by contacting the director
of the respective program. Appli-
cations must be submitted by
March 1, 1968.
Frosh Choose Eros
As Class President
The class of ’71 became full-
fledged members of the college
community on November 20, when
they elected officers for the re-
remainder of the academic year.
Freshman president is Jean Eros,
succeeding herself as temporary
president. Laura Hershey was
voted vice-president, and Deborah
Swirsky, secretary.
Setting a precedent for future
freshman elections, the office-
seekers met their electorate in
a round of after-dinner dis-
cussions. The girls were not
permitted to campaign in any way;
there were no speeches of qualif-
ication nor any ‘traditional plat-
forms. The purpose of the visits
was simply to acquaint the class
with their candidates.
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Photo by Mary Yee
The School of Social Work is considering lending a social room to undergraduate students for use
by campus organizations. The room, which will ease the problem of scheduling events in the
Common Room, is located in the garage connected to the Social Work School.
Resistance Week Hits Philadelphia;
Confrontation of Draft,War to Occur
There has been peace work
carried on this fall by various
groups, based in neighborhoods
and on campuses in the Phila-
‘delphia area. Resistance to
’ the wor and the draft will be
spotlighted and unified ona
city-wide basis next week,
which has been designated
Resistance Week all over the
country. ‘
On Monday, December 4th, young
men from Philadelphia will return’
their draft cards at 8 p.m, in the
Germantown Community Presby-
terian Church at Greene and Tul-
pehocken Streets, The evening will
take the form of a Quaker meet-
ing, with those turning in their
cards and those present speaking
when they feel moved, Bryn Mawr
will mail its support statement
for draft resistance to the U.S,
Attorney General at this time,
Wednesday, December 6th, at
6:30 a.m, tifere will be a dem-
onstration at the induction center
at 401 North Broad Street. Some
demonstrators may commit civil
disobedience; others will stand
by in support.
Action on the Main Line will
ae
rane
Mitchell Wangh waits for his cue as Little
hearsals in Skinner Workshop.
nhoto by Mary ¥
Theatre begins rer
clerk,
complement the Philadelphia dem-
onstrations, A witness in front
of the Bryn Mawr Draft Board
on Tuesday, December Sth is
planned by the Bryn Mawr and
Haverford Social Action Commit-
tees, Leafletting at nearby
churches on Sunday, December
10th will also-occur.
The upcoming week will be a
coming together of the widely dif-
ferent groups -- high school and
college students, professors, cler-
gy, Graft counsellors and draft
resistors, and women for peace
among others -- who oppose the
draft and the war which the draft
supplies today.
But Resistance Week is meant
to be more than just a statement
of opposition, The turning in of
draft cards and the possible acts
of civil disobedience at the in-
duction center are illegal acts of
resistance, They show a break
with the Selective Service System
and the U,S, government’s policy
in Vietnam, and a turning towards
alternatives to that system and
that policy,
The confrontation of the draft
and the, war which make up Re-
sistance Week will not accom-
plish a change in the. attitudes
and actions of the United States,
But for those who participate in
or support acts of resistance, a
seriousness in and a commitment
to the peace movement may be
generated, And in communicating
the decision to resist unjust pol-
icies and institutions to those who
do not support the war, but who
have been told that they have no
choice but to fight it, the con-
frontation may build a confidence
in others to resist.
A spirit of commitment and of
resistance was awakened in dem-
onstrators at the Pentagon Octo-
ber 21, Resistance Week is at-
tempting to pass this spirit to-the
people in the demonstrators’ com-
munities, It should move these
people to question the particular
(Continued on page 4)
Greenfield, Goldberg To Star
In Two One-Act Productions
Casts have been chosen’for next
week’s Little Theatre productions
of ‘Riders to the Sea’’ and
*¢Apollo of Bellac.”
Appearing in Synge’s ‘‘Riders
to the Sea’? are Faith Greenfield
as Maurya, Leslie Moore as Nora,
and Jane Monnig as Cathleen.
Director Lynne Meadow said that
this play about an Irish. family
which loses all its sons to the sea,
will not be done in the traditional
sense. Other art forms will be
incorporated. Lynne declined to
name these forms because she
hopes for a surprise effect.
The cast for Giraudoux’s
**apollo of Bellac’’ includes Ronnie
Goldberg as Agnes, Felicia Folk
as Therese, Ellen Dolnasky as the
secretary, AlServetnick as Apollo,
Richard Miller as the president,
Mitchel} Wangh as the vice pres-
ident, Jim Mullolly .as. the
are Bruce Lincoln and Dean Alter.
Owens : will -direct the
comedy. Although he is a fresh-
man he has had much experience.
He spent a summer at Carn-
Appearing in small roles |
egie Tech directing plays and
he has worked with the Pittsburgh
Playhouse.
Craig said the thesis of the
Giraudoux comedy is “the way
to get ahead in the world for
women is to tell men they are
handsome because all men are
vain. But the Apollo in the play
proves that one does not have to
be physically handsome to be the
spirit of beauty.”
Both of the plays run about
45 minutes. Lynne pointed out
that since one is a tragedy and
one a comedy, there should be
something for everyone to enjoy.
Performances will be given Dec.
8 and 9 at 8:30 in Skinner. Ad-
mission is $.50.
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Taylor, 2nd floor
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