College news, December 3, 1965

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December 3, 1965

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Seniors Ponder Grad School, Reading Period, Early Semester

Fewer Than Usual 60% May Go-

Whether over coffee at the
deanery in the morning or in lit-
tered senior smokers at 2:00
a.m,, wherever seniors gather,
the dialogue centers more often
than not on consideration of next
year--to graduate school or to
work, to travel or to wed.

In past years, more Bryn
Mawrters have chosen further
education than the alternatives.
The percentage of those continu-
ing, according to the Dean’s
_ Office, has hovered around 60
for the past few years. This is the
highest percentage of any women’s
college in the United States. Not
only, it seems, do we choose truth,
we also choose graduate school,

But what of the class of 19667
Although plans are now only in
the formulative stage and few are
absolutely certain about what they
are going to do next year, the
COLLEGE NEWS has attempted,
through a questionnaire distributed
to seniors, to ferret out the pre-
vailing mood within the class about
‘graduate school.

The results are incomplete at
best, . since only 65 out of 141
seniors. completed the question-
naire, but on the basis of these
there seems to be a marked ten-
dency away from immediate
continuation of studies, Asked
whether they planned to go on next
year, 32 seniors answered yes, 33
answered no. If one can generalize
from these figures, the 60% figure
may be replaced by slightly less
than 50% next year.

Most of those who are not plan-
ning to continue immediately,

however, do not rule out the pos-
sibility of going on later. Twenty-
five of the 33 said that they would
continue in the future; only 8 said
emphatically that more formal
education was not for them,

History and English majors
dominated in the group which
answered no. A solitary chemist
was the only répresentative in the
sciences who plans not to con-
tinue. Desire to go onimmediately
was strongest
history of art, archaeology,
anthropology, the classical langu-
ages, and the various sciences.

Of those who answered affirma-
tively, 10 plan to train for pro-
fessions other than teaching,
notably either law or architecture.
Seven are working towards a
masters in teaching in various
fields, and 15 planto pursue strict-
ly academic lines,

In the comments they made,
seniors as a group dislike the push
towards graduate school merely
for the sake of possessing
something more than a B.A, Com-
mented one, ‘The mad rush to gra-
duate school, as such, leaves
me very, very cold, The incessant
accumulation of higher degrees
with no direct purpose of pursuing
an active career in one’s field
strikes me. as a waste of time.”

Another saw danger in making
a rational and independent decision
about one’s future from two sides,
She could be influenced by the rush
to graduate school and ‘‘apply to
places where she simply won’t be
_. nappy, -or- fall into.a fairly wide-

spread sarcasm about graduate

schools and not realize that grad
school really is the place for many

in the fields of |

people,’’

Others ranted against use of the
graduate school as an incubator.
Commented:-one: ‘*It has been made
very easy for us to coast along on

intellect alone. Pampered in kin-
dergarten, coddled through junior
high, urged into college, we arrive
at the age of 21 or 22 believing
that life is a simple series of
grades starting at one and lead-
ing to 16. To go on to graduate
school may extend this series to
infinity.’’

But for many the desire to goon
doesn’t reflect fear of entering the
great wide world at all, only the
knowledge that they can do nothing
in their chosen fields with a B.A
making more education a neces-
sity, There are also those who will
continue because they get more
out of a formalized education than
on their own, T.G.

~%,

Highlight New Calendar Proposal

The Curriculum Committee and
the .Undergraduate Association
have proposed a new plan for the
academic calendar next year. Mrs.

.Dorothy N. Marshall, dean of the

college, will present the plan to
the faculty today (Friday).

Paramount consideration in for-
mulating .the new plan was
coordinating the calendar with
Haverford’s. It is also necessary
for any suggested calendar to co-
ordinate with the- University of
Pennsylvania’s Graduate School
because of its.close association
with Bryn Mawr’s.

A major change in the calendar
is a proposed reading period last-

ing six days before the winter
and spring exams. At the same
time, the so-called ‘‘lame duck’?
session of two weeks after Christ-
mas vacation and before exams

Undergrad Siill Facing
Loss of Social Chairman

The Social Committee willfunc-
tion as a cooperative body without
a chairman until new elections are
held in March,

Sandy Magil, elected campus
social chairman at a meeting of
hall chairmen last week following
Ruth Levy’s resignation, has also
declined to serve because of the
office’s numerous _responsibi-
lities, Unless someone else vol-
unteers to be social chairman,
the committee will consist of,
(besides the hall chairmen, who
will handle dorm activities only)
a group of volunteers whom the
administration will call upon to
handle specific events.

Plans already have been made
for the Johns Hopkins University

585 Contributors,
Or 80% of BMC,
Fast for SNCC

Over 80% of the student body
participated in last Tuesday’s fast
for SNCC, according to Jackie
Williams, a SNCC leader, 585
people, at Bryn Mawr including
graduate students joined the fast.

Haverford college received a re-
sponse of over 75%.

SNCC will receive about. 40
cents per meal.

The money will go to Natchez,
Mississippi, where Negroes are
boycotting white stores in an effort
to put into action rights now guar-
anteed under the Civil Rights Act,
including voting and desegregation
of public accommodations,

The boycott has resulted in
mass firing of Negro workers in
the town, reports SNCC. The money
will be sent to the boycotters, who
are in need of food and clothing.

The Fast was carried out by
the fourteen or so Friends of
SNCC at Bryn Mawr (SNCC has
no’ official ‘membership, but is
organized around informal groups,
providing 4 maximum outlet for in-
dividual ideas and projects).

band which will come Saturday,
December 4, for a concert in Good-
hart at 8 p.m. Band ‘members

will have dinner in the halls first’

and later attend a mixer in the
Common Room after the concert.

A mixer with Franklin and Mar-
shall’s Phi Sigma Kappa frater-
nity (featuring the Uncalled-Four
from Sibyl Christopher’s discothe-
que Arthur) will be held on Fri-
day, December 10. Anyone inter-
ested may contact Mary Little in
Pem West for transportasion.

Officers of the Social Commit-
tee now include Sarah Carson,
treasurer, Ann Shelnutt, secre-
tary and manager of publicity;

Mary Little, in charge of phone‘

calls, and Barbara Mann,handling
all committee mail. Sandy Magil
says that a new chairman should
be elected in March with the guar-
antee that she will be ‘‘assisted
by a fairly sizeable committee.’’
Any help or suggestions will be
welcomed by the committee,

Haydn’s CONCERTO IN D
MAJOR FOR VIOLONCELLO AND
ORCHESTRA and three pieces by
J.S. Bach will be the feature works
presented Friday evening as the
Bryn Mawr-Haverford Orchestra
opens its 18th season, The group,
under the direction of William
Reese, will perform in Roberts
Hall, Haverford, at 8:30 p.m.

Cellist Elsa Hilger of the Phila-
delphia Orchestra will perform
the Haydn Concerto.

Miss Hilger joined the Phila-
delphia Orchestra in 1935, be-
coming the first woman instrumen-
talist, aside from harpists, to join
the ranks of any leading symphony
orchestra. In January of this year
she performed the Haydn Concerto

_ before

would be eliminated.

Under the proposed plan, school
would start two weeks earlier
than usual, on September 12, 1966
and run straight to Thanks-
giving vacation. The last day of
classes for the first semester
would end just before Christmas
vacation, Friday, December 16,
1966. School would start again
January 3, 1967, and until January
8 there would be a reading. period.
Exams would beheld. January 9-18.

After a five day intersession,
the second semestér- would start
January 25 and classes end May
5. A week long spring vacation
would come in March. Therewould
be an equally long reading period
exams. Commencement
would be May 22,

Variations on the plan include a,

four--day reading period with the
extra days being added either to

intersession or the exam period.

It was recommended that: if.a
plan with a reading period was
adopted, exceptions by the Dean’s
Office be made for those students
who did not wishto come backfrom
Christmas vacation or would find
it inconvenient.

Representatives from the Cur-
riculum Committee and Under-
grad came _ to the halls on
Wednesday to explain the proposed
and alternate plans tothe students.
They also asked for student opin-
ion and recommendations.

The faculty will make the final
decision on any change. Some have
expressed the opinion that they
would like to have a longer sum-

mer to work on research andother
projects. They discussed the same
problem at a meeting Tuesday,
November 30.





Elsa Hilger

Orchestra Concert Friday Night
To Feature Haydn, Bach Pieces

by Chris Mueller
Haverford, '66

with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

At the age of nine, Miss Hilger
began her musical studies by en-
rolling inthe Vienna Conservatory.
She and her two sisters, also ex-
cellent musicians, performed ex-
tensively throughout Europe. The

Hilger family came to America
in 1920 -and continued the concert
tours until Miss Hilger joined the
Philadelphia Orchestra,

Miss Hilger and her huspand,
Dr. Willem Ezerman, are the par-
ents of Bob Ezerman, who was
recently graduated from Haver-
ford College. CG

In 1964-65, Miss Hilger received
the C, Hartman Kuhn Award, a
tribute paid yearly to a member
of the orchestra: who by musical
enterprise and ability enhances
the reputation and musical stand-

ards of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Haydn wrote the Concerto, in,D
Major for cello in 1784, and it
was first performed by Anton
Kraft, an excellent cellist in the
orchestra Haydn conducted for
12 years.

Kraft had studied composition
with Haydn until Haydn himself
abruptly stopped the lessons, com-
plaining that Kraft concentrated so
much on composition that he neg-
lected his cello.

Scholars once questioned the
authenticity of the D major Concer -
to, and some believed that Kraft
himself composed it. The quality
of Kraft’s compositions, however,
was not comparable to Haydn’s,
and at length Ludwig von Kochel,
the great cataloguer.of Mozart,
affirmed the authenticity of the
work.


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Between the Horns

The results of the grad school questionnaire straggled in, and some
50 per cent of the seniors responding said yes, they were considering
graduate study next year. A substantial majority of the other half, the
career and marriage bound, qualified their choice with some plans for
eventual advanced study.

The bare statistical indication that approximately 80 per centof the
senior class shows interest in graduate study is without doubt remarkable
-~ even for sucha school as Bryn Mawr, Of course, there are relatively
few _graduates-whose_raw ability and training could not qualify them for
some field of graduate study, but perhaps even fewer have fot been
affected by the graduate-school-oriented curriculum, counselling and
peer pressure, :

Obviously, the curriculum of any good academic institution should
direct its students towards intensive and independent major study, which
in turn makes them well prepared and potentially desirable graduate
School candidates; but this is not nearly as compelling an influence
on seniors as the counselling and encouragement given them to study
for advanced degrees. The importance placed on sending capable
Students to graduate schools is certainly helpful and beneficial to those
whose vocations or interests involve advanced study. This sort of coun-
selling can, however, fall short of its purpose for those students, good
students, to whom the question should be ‘‘whether,’’ not ‘‘where’’ to
apply for graduate study. Unfortunately, plans for a career or even
professional studies, which might better suit the temperament and in-
clinations of a particular student, are sometimes dampened in favor
of available fellowship and graduate admissions.

But the final, and perhaps strongest push toward graduate study
comes from the students themselves. It is difficult to evaluate one’s
personal situation when friends and classmates are moving toward
advanced study. The various short programs are an answer to some
whose interests do not lie in formal academics, but whose vocations,
such as teaching, require some additional training. The grad school
rush even affects some of those with definite marriage or career
plans and no leanings toward advanced studies. Many of these feel it
necessary to justify their positions by claiming an interest in future
study.

We are not against advanced study; it is highly desirable for those
whose interests and vocational plans are fulfilled by it. But for many
of us, the decision for or against graduate school deserves serious con-
sideration -- and possibly the foresight to say no.

Cross Your Fingers

It appears that Curriculum Committee and Undergrad have done it at.
last. After the turmoil over last year’s calendar proposal and the various
Suggestions following it, the latest plan to emerge would seem to be
that elusive object, a calendar which pleases students, faculty, and ad-
ministration.

No doubt there will be some objections somewhere, but, generally,
the proposed calendar--to be presented to the faculty today--seems
excellent. Major advantages for students are the reading period
preceding exams, the assured five-day intersession, and the scheduling
of the first semester’s end before Christmas. Allof these are conducive
to a less hectic academic year and would eliminate the bad luck that
plagues a student with papers to write up till the weekend preceding
exams, spread out exam schedules that leave her three days in which to
go nowhere without having to come right back again, and a Christmas
vacation spent worrying about the paper she isn’t writing.

The fact that the academic year would start two weeks earlier is
balanced by the time gained in the spring (when it’s hard to work
anyway). This, too, would appear to satisfy the faculty’s request for a
long summer period in which to do research,

Repeat: the plan: seems excellent. Congratulations to Curriculuin Com-
mittee and Undergrad, and here’s hoping the faculty shares our enthu-
siasm, i

Lecture Notes

If the attendance at recent lectures is any evidence, it must be
that time of year when many Bryn Mawrters go into hibernation to
concentrate on all the long-term work they’ve put off so far.

We’re thinking specifically of Whitney Young’s lecture Monday
night, when a relative handful of people dribbled into Goodhart Audi-
torium to hear the nationally-celebrated Urban League director speak.

Granted that Goodhart Auditorium is an unfortunate choice for a
lecture site. Even if a. fair amount of listeners attend (e.g. a Common

Room crowd), the auditorium might still be less than half full. An - |

audience that appears sparse -- picture 500 ping-pong balls scattered
on the hockey field -- is a dismaying prospect for any speaker.
Better planning makes for better psychological effects on both sides
of the lectern.
Further, we’ve heard assorted complaints that students are wearing
“Slacks and shorts to attend lectures. Such attire is not an’ actual viola-
tion of the dress rule, but neither is it a particularly commendable
way to express individuality or liberality. Practicing simple courtesy
is no curtailment of person or privileges.
Forgive the sermon, but the subject of lectures called for a lecture.

Senior Spends French Summer

As Employee of Business Firm

(The following article, by
Edith Novack, '66, is one of a
series by students who spent
time studying or working in
Europe. Edith worked last sum-
mer for a business firmin Paris.

- ed.)

The first thing I was. told by
my superior this summer was
that I would be unable to meet
some of the executives and em-
ployees of the company because
they were on vacation. This, in-
deed, is the most striking aspect
of any French firm from July
1st until September 15th.

The conge” payé, three or
four weeks’ vacation with pay, is
an established institution in
France, and the French are horri-
fied to hear that it does not exist
in America. Even the lowliest
member of my firm had at least
two weeks off (the length in-
creases with the tenure of em-
ployment) during which he would
be ashamed to be seen within
Paris or its environs.

I was employed for six weeks as
an A.I.E.S.E.C. trainee with the
Compagnie Générale Savoie-
Acheson, the French affiliate -of
Union Carbide International Com-
pany. CISA, as it is known to its
employees, has its business and
research offices in Paris and its
factory (manufacturing graphite
products for inaustrial use) in
Savoie, a province in the south-
east of France, not far from Gen-
eva, But it was all much more
exciting than it sounds; for the
Stage, or traineeship, is a well-
established custom in‘France, and
most economics and business stu-
dents have at least one trainee-
ship during their undergraduate
course.

The idea is for the student to
see how a business functions so



applebee |



ah the inter-vacation hiatus

when papers strike like ap-
pendiciatus

when people change conversations

from lengthy disputations

upon the menu’s culinary delights

to debating how many days and
nights

remain till-heaven help us-then

and then they count again

tis the time of year

for holiday cheer

when days are dear

and tomorrow draws near
faster

and

' faster

the scholar counts her fingers
while the student lingers
and deadlines cross _ the-horizon
ignoring their orison
to the goddess time
temporally,
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that he will know what to expect
when he embarks upon a profes-
sional career. A,I.E.S.E.C., which
is an international organization of
such students, is the agency which
handles the communications among
students and businessmen in 37
countries and which sets up in-
ternational exchanges,

Thus, I was not strictly a CISA
employee, but rather an observer
of the company’s operations. In
‘this capacity I discussed their
duties with whichever of the execu-
tives were not on vacation, went
to lunch in the office cafeteria
with the telephone operator, the
secretaries, and the bookkeepers,
and visited the factory where I
heard a detailed description of
and actually watched every stage
in the fabrication of graphite.

In one sense it was unfortunate
that--I--could- not have had this
traineeship during another sea-
son, The French business does
not ordinarily employ temporary
workers to carry out the duties of
those on vacation. © Their jobs
simply are not done while they
are absent.

Since there are a great many
absentees throughout the summer,
the level of activity in the firm
is rather low. This:is not the
exceptional case. When I asked
how the firm could prosper in
spite of ten weeks of inactivity
I was advised that a comparable
situation exists throughout the
French business community.

The day begins in the French
office at 8,80 and lasts until 5:30.
There are no coffee breaks, but
most CISA employees hadteaevery
afternoon. (The custom had been
‘instituted by a former director

who was English.) The company ‘

has a private canteen which serves
tasty, although standardized
lunches. (Part of the expense is
covered by CISA.)

The typical French company
provides a great many benefits
for its employees; for instance,
several days of paid vacationwhen
one gets married or loses a close

family member, shortened work
days for pregnant women, and
leaves-of-absence for new moth-
ers.

It was difficult to make friends
within the company because the
French consider their jobs’ and
their personal lives completely
separate. There were very few
friendships among either the
executives or the employees which
continued after business hours.

Employment, in France, is con-
sidered necessary to support one-
self and one’s family -- but noth-
ing more, Once office hours end,
the Frenchman, even if he is the
most important of business offi-
cials, turns his attention to what
really counts the pleasures
of life: a good dinner, a well-aged
wine, conversation.

Since I had little social con-
tact with the CISA employees after
business hours, I occasionally par -
ticipated in A.I,E.S.E.C, activities.
These included visits to other
firms, regular Friday night par-
ties,andweekend sightseeing tours,
The international composition of
the A,I,E,S.E.C, trainees -- Eng-
lish, Dutch, Yugoslavs, Germans,
Israelis, Norwegians, Swedes,
Danes, Swiss, and Americans --
and the remarkably well-coor-
dinated efforts of the French stu-
dent staff often - made’ for
fascinating diversion,

Not all A.I.E.S.E.C. trainee-
ships are perfect. Even mine,
which was fairly close to ideal,
had its drawbacks; there were
times when I would have pre-
ferred typing all day to sitting
alone in my office studying docu-
ments about CISA’s labor relations
or investment patterns.

But, in general, the experience
was a marvelous one. I learned
more about the French business
system and about the French peo-
ple than I ever could have by
reading about them or even by
touring the country; and I was
in. a job situation which, as a
student on summer vacation, I
could never have duplicated in
the United States.

Self-Gov Evaluates Dress Rule

But Determines No Alterations -

At the joint meeting of the Ex-
ecutive and Advisory. Boards of
Self-Gov in November, it was de-
cided that the dress rule for the
Ville ought to be re-evaluated,
The topic was taken back to the
dorms by the presidents for dis-
cussion.

The element in favor of change
made the discussions lively, but
when the presidents returned to
Advisory Board after Thanks-
giving, only twodorms, Merion and
Denbigh, claimed clear majori-
ties wanting withdrawal of the
rule. It was strongly felt among
the rest of the dorms that what
the rule needed was immediate
clarification.

The general consensus in favor
of continuing the rule reflects
the belief that the rule is an im-
poreeet means of aprarAtning a

ee teen Seem ee

ce ecm ee

satisfactory relationship with the
community. It is especially impor-
tant in a community so concen-
trated with colleges and schools to
show respect for its year-round
residents by maintaining a decent
standard of dress.

Self- Gov has set forth these
clarifications of the dress rule:

1. Skirts must be worn in Bryn

Mawr and on all local public
transportation.

2. Pants may bewornwhenwalk-

‘ing or cycling to Haverford,
and to the Comet at night.

Recently the rule has been fre-
quently violated. This can no longer
be excused on the grounds of a
lack of clarity.

The dress rule, like all other
Self-Gov rules, must be upheld
by the students according to the
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December 3, 1965

COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three





Whitney Young (left) enjoys coffee with Louis Goldstein before
Monday night lecture.

Whitney Young Visits Campus

Discusses Negro, Urban Affairs

Whitney Young, Executive Di-
rector of the National Urban
League, came to Bryn Mawr to
deliver a lecture sponsored by
Alliance Monday night, Nov. 29, He
opened his visit by dining in Erd-
man with his daughter Marcia
and an old friend, Louis Gold-
stein, of the School of Social Work
and Social Research,

The conversation during dinner
ranged from Mr. Young’s amaze-
ment at seeing so many girls
dressed in skirts when it wasn’t
mandatory, to a discussion of the
European view of the American
racial conflicts*and the existence
of politically conservative groups
on campus,

His main topic, however, ‘was
the upcoming Department of Ur-
ban Affairs, recently created by
Congress. Setting up such a depart-

ment and having it actually func-*

tion are ‘two entirely ,. different
problems, said Mr. Young, es-
pecially since there are many
existing programs designed to
handle urban affairs that probably
won’t like suddenly being put under
federal control.

The act of legislation that
created the department is worded
very vaguely, he added, sothe roles
it could play are undefined and
*twide open’? at present. Both Mr.
Young and pr. Goldstein em-
phatically agreed that attention
should be paid to social planning
(in housing development, for ex-
ample) as, well as to physical
planning.

Mr. Goldstein has been to
Brazilia, and he called it the
biggest white elephant civiliza-
tion has ever produced, simply
because Kubachek and his ar-
chitects didn’t know anything about
social planning.

Leading into his lecture, Mr.
Young said that if peace comes,
our government would have to
spend more money on domestic
social urban problems, just to
keep the economy on its present
level and prevent a depression.

Mr. Young’s lecture was as
interesting as his conversation,
Speaking to a painfully small
audience in Goodhart, he began
by ‘saying that he didn’t hold the
small attendance against us.

As his main thesis, Mr. Young
described a working view of inte-
gration, It should be considered
an opportunity for both Negroes
and whites to enrich their lives,
instead of an unfortunate situation
forcing whites to “‘take their castor
oil’? and let the Negro live next
door.

Blue-eyed Anglo-Saxon Protes-
tants shouldn’t need.to be sur-
rounded by other blue-eyed Anglo-
Saxon Protestants in order to feel
secure, he said, emphasizing that
sameness is an ‘unnecessary
crutch, -

Speaking tongue-in-check, Mr,

Young remarked that it takes real

genius to keep so many Negroes

gut of so many positions for so
long. Some of that genius must

now be applied in the opposite
direction. Employers can’t always
ask for superior Negroes (‘*We
don’t have that many secretaries
who can type 150wpm and look
like Lena Horne’’), but because
there are “‘jobs for dumb whites
hire some dumb Negroes too,’’

Mr. Young insisted that we must
now work as hard to put Negroes
into society as some have worked
to exclude them. This extra effort
is only fair and decent, and not
at all a matter of preferential
treatment, he said,

Talking little about the so-called
‘instant Negro’’ of token integra-
tion, Mr. Young again commented
that we didn’t need to he taught
how to integrate, ‘‘I don’t want to
tell you how to get more Negro
kids in Bryn Mawr, I don’t want
to tell you howto get more Negroes
on your faculty,” he paused, “A
Negro on your faculty.’’ He con-
cluded what we already know; ac-
complishing integration is just a
matter of sufficient care.

K.B.

Flexner Lecture Series Finishes

With Talk on Time and Forms

Frank Kermode completed his
Flexner lecture series, ‘‘The Long
Perspectives - The Theory of Fic-
tion,’? with a talk on ‘*Forms in
Time and Forms in Space’’ No-
vember 22 in Goodhart.

Mr. Kermode opened his lecture
by describing the necessity for-fic-
tions in life. This need is com-
plex, because man knows that none
is a supreme fiction. Sartre calls
this condition ‘‘need’’; Wallace
Stevens terms it ‘*poverty.’’

To illustrate the process by
which notions can become real to
man; Mr. Kermode discussed
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT by
Christopher Burney. The book was
written by a British agent held
prisoner in occupied France, It
concerns the world a man invents
in real poverty and solitude, with-
out the aid of many previous
fictions.

Mr. Kermode defined Burney’s
condition as solitude of plight and
diversity of state, calling the com-
bination of these factors the highest
skill of man,

Burney’s book is te
because it involves the true free-
dom of acceptance, The author
could impose his humanity on the
world and thereby transform
reality. Such an objective and or-
dered world would be impossible
in the real world. N

Solitude became an exercise in
liberty, because Burney was in-
venting fictions of relation to deny
the casuality of life. Everything
was re-invented, even a clock to
re-establish the succession of time
in his cell. The prisoner created
a clock from a shadow because
of his need for fictions of succes-
sion and end.

Man’s scepticism impels him to
discard fictions that are too ex-
planative and fulfilling, said Mr.
Kermode. Burney is satisifed with
the invention of an end con-
venient to himself, He tells himself
that he cannot possibly be in prison
after Christmas; when Christmas
passes, he calculates a new limit.
It is essential to have a boundary
that makes time finite,

“Antisocial Activity Bred
By Our Society” - Wilson

H, H, Wilson, of the Department
of Politics at Princeton, spoke at an
open lecture Tuesday night, which,
however, had no publicity other
than Mr. Bachrachand Mrs. Emer-
son telling their political science
classes to attend. Wilson haswrit-
ten several books and articles (one
with Professor Harvey Glickman

of Haverford) within his specialty

of pressure groups,

Leaving pressure groups some-
what, he spoke of our society as
being a delinquent society and of
our culture as being one which is
deeply embedded with the values
of the commercial world. The
problem. arises when it becomes
clear that the values of the com-
mercial world are those advocating
self-seeking, cheating, tax eva-
sion, payola, padding expense ac~
counts and white collar crime.
These actions are sanctioned by the
operative values (as opposed to the
so-called-offical values, which are
mouthed by organizations such as
the Boy Scouts) of our society,
and these are the values that our
children learn. So, in Wilson’s
view, it’s obvious why children
are delinquent. They are growing
up in an environment which ac-
tually encourages such anti-
social behavior.

We. live in a racket society.
There is no public revulsion to
such institutionalized deceit as is
found in the advertising and pack-
aging industries. All this, Wilson
is positive, contributes to a wide-

spread lack of social responsibility
and degradation Of individual
human dignity.

Since hewas speaking to political
science majors, he concluded by
speculating on what political de-
mocracy means when actions of
organizations such as the CIA and
the FBI (over which democratic
processes: have apparently no jur-
isdiction) become controlling in the
society. This problem is crucial
to all that is human in our way
of life, he emphasized, and what
political science must do is be-
come less concerned with rational-
izing and explaining ‘*what is’’ and
try instead to understand the con-
sequences of present trends in
terms of ‘‘what ought to be.’’ We
can no longer let progress just hap-
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move ourselves in a direction
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In the end, said Mr, Kermode,
fictions fail in the presence of what
James called *‘real distinguishable
things.’’ Meanwhile, however, they
do work. We see that without con-
tradictions and paradox, our fic-
tions would be too complete to con-
sole.

We are conscious of our
cheating, but this only means that
the concord we desire is harder
to achieve. However subtle the pat-
tern created, it must take account
of the world in which we live.

It is harder now to imagine a
strict relation between time of one
life and of the entire world, said
Mr. Kermode, The paradigms of
fictions really belong to a tight
world scheme, but the lengthening
of the scale of history has been up-
setting to the old system.

The sciences now have turned
from spatial to temporal modes.
There is need for the same his-
torical transition from literature
assuming that it is imitating an
order to literature: assuming that
it is creating an order.

Wordsworth employed a
matter-of-factness in dealing with
the problem of decreation of old
forms of speaking, said Mr, Ker-
mode. The poet began to make the
quasi-spatial mode as inappro-
priate in literature as. it was in
science,

Wordsworth finds hiding places
of power that supply what is re-
quired to defeat time. and deliver
man from its meaninglessness, In
‘‘Resolution and Independence,’’ he
succeeds for a moment in trans-
cending world time.

According to Mr. Kermode the
most important factor of the poem
is the image of the old man,
described by-Wordsworth as ‘‘ such
a figure in sucha _ place,’? The
task for Wordsworth is the
explanation of the power of the

image. The old world is still rep-
resented, but it is transfigured by
the poet’s temporal sense of the
past.

De Quincey, continued Mr.
Kermode, finds the triumph of time
by charging a particular moment
with great feeling and meaning.
His visionary life is _relived. only.
on a background of horror. In de
Quincey’s view, our accepted ways
of seeing the world have no con-
cord with the world and only rarely
with. the desires of our minds.

Mr. Kermode maintained that
the art of the timeless prison must
be poetry. Formal criticism is
More closely gsociated with
poetry, but nov e always bound
to ‘*need to reproduce manifest
irreversibility of time,’? in the
words of Sartre. A novel meets
the problem of beginnings and
ends in a form paradigmatically
imitating the world; ends are ends
only when they frankly transfigure
the events:in which they have been
imminent,

The problem of the artist, said
Mr. Kermode, is the consulting
and ignoring of continuity, When he
consults, he sets the word against
the word and creates a need* for
new concords. When he ignores, he
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Parents Plan Nigerian Marriages

(This is one of a series
of articles by Dora Chizea,
69 on her native country of
Nigeria. -- ed.)

Here it is; a question you have
been pondering over, Yes, ‘*How
do they get married?’’ Behind this
question might be, “‘Is it fun to
marry a Nigerian?’’ To the latter
question I say, ‘*Sure, much fun
and you could try it.’? This is
no advertisement, anyway!

Our periods of courtship are
traditionally expected to be secret.
A girl is not expected to introduce
her boyfriend to her parents unless
she feels very strongly she wants
to marry him. The point is that
you are not expected to be seen
with one boy today and another
boy tomorrow. In some cases, par-
ticularly recently, the boy and girl
come to an agreement andthenthe
boy tells his parents and then ar-
ranges the marriage.

Usually, however, the parents
are the people who decide’ mar-
riages. When a boy thinks he would
like to get married, he tells his
parents, Then his parents start
looking for a wife for him. They
base their choice on the reputa-
tion of the girl and the social and
economic status of her family.

On the other side, the girl’s par-
ents and relatives try to find
out about the reputation, social and
economic background of the boy.
They also try to investigate and
see if the boy’s family ever had
a history of inherited diseases.
If, for instance, the boy has had

two or more relatives who were
mad at one time or another, then
the girl’s family is not likely to
give their daughter’s hand in mar-
riage to the boy. (Ha! Ha! Ha! You
probably will feel mad if you
think your boyfriend is the only
good creature that ever lived. I
can almost spy you damning their
‘‘wretched old customs’’ for your
boy. Ha! Ha!) Samy

Howbéit, after the two families
have completed their investiga-

‘tions, the boy’s family then goes

formally: with the boy to the girl’s
home for an **engagement.’’ They
take along with them kegs of. palm
wine, other drinks, and kola nuts,
They say their prayers (re-
member, Pagans calling on the
Spirits of their Ancestors to bless
them), break the kola nuts and
pronounce ‘‘the engagement.’? We
don’t use diamond rings. I admit
the biggest diamonds come from
Africa!

After this formal engagement,
it becomes right for the boy to
take out the girl openly. The rea-
son for this method, I hope you
can see easily. Your parents have
to take all the troubles of securing
your future for you. If a girl is
seen ‘going publicly with one boy
and then seen going publicly with
another boy, she will ‘fail’ the test
on ‘‘Reputation.’? Besides, respect
for the elders requires that you
do only those things acceptable to
the elders. If you go out openly

with a boy before the approval of
the elders, then you are not well-

Schiller’s ‘Maria Stuart’

Shown by German Dept.

The German Department showed
a film of Friedrich von Schil-
ler’s tragedy--MARIA—-STUART
Tuesday evening in the biology
lecture room, and it proved an
interesting supplement to the
drama studied in the 101 course.

Portrayed by members of the
Wienerburgtheater, the characters
of Maria Stuart and Elizabeth Tu-
dor retained their intensely con-
flicting natures in spite of some
unfortunate albeit inevitable cut-
ting of the original play into a
two-hour movie.

The struggle between the two
women, contending for the throne
of England in the midst of political
and religious intrigues, was cap-
tured in costumes as well as in
acting. That the film was in black
and white was no handicap; rather,
the interchange of black and white
costumes on Maria and Elizabeth
served to indicate whose tragedy
was most severe at what time.

That is,-until the third act,
»sMaria, clad in black, was con-
fined at Fotheringhay and rela-
tively powerless, while Elizabeth,
reasonably self-contained and still
a respected queen, wears white.

But from the moment the two
incompatible personalities meet
“in the emotional and climactic
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goes the glorious death of a mar-
tyr, wearing white,-while-Eliza-
beth suffers the desertion of her
every adviser. Impressively ef-
fecting her solitude with lights
and staging, the film ends with

the queen forsaken -- andinblack. ,

Costuming, however, was poorly
used to characterize Leicester,
the half opportunistic, half sincere
supporter of once Elizabeth, once
Maria. Dressed gaudily in con-
trast to the other advisers, he
also has an earring in. his left
ear. As one member of the Ger-
man department commented, the
film’s Leicester was too much
Errol Flynn,

On the whole, the film con-

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sights for students of the play.

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Here, friends, I may tell you,
you have an edge over me. You can
go out with the boys here and have
no elders to look at you and com-
plain. That’s big fun, isnjt it?

Well, after a date for the mar-
riage ceremony has been fixed, a
number . of events take place. I
must add, that I can say very little
about this. Once again, different
groups go about these events in
different ways. I have merely dis-
cussed here the __ traditional
marriages. Of course, many peo-
ple marry in the churches or in the
court.

The basic thing in common with
all the groups is the safe-guarding
of their children’s future. Mar-
riages are really between two in-
dividuals but the families and re-
latives must give their sanction.
This is necessary for the sta-
bility of the ‘ ‘extended family’
system typical of our society.

A serious disturbance in a family
is not just the business of the
husband and his wife but of the
rest of the ‘extended family,’ par-
ticularly those who approved the
marriage.

Another thing we do is allow
polygamy. Essentially, the same
processes take place. For all the
women who wish to be married
but do not have enough men for a
one-to-one ration, the polygamous
tradition can be very useful. Have
you ever thought of how it would
feel to legitimately share the same
husband with another woman? Well,
I think this is another ‘fun’ that
will provide you with a variety
you do not have in monogamy. What
of that? Isn’t it worthwhile?

I intend to finish my series with
just one mofe article. Meanwhile,
I recommend that youtake a closer
view at the Nigerian boys who hang
around my hall, and take a good
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‘Salt of the Earth’ Producer,
McCarthy Victim, Talks Here

‘‘Actions take their tincture
from the times,
And as times change, so virtues
turn to crimes,’’
Daniel Defoe, ‘*‘Hymn to

the Piltory”’ ©

Mr. Herbert Biberman, produc-
er of SALT OF THE EARTH,
pointed out the truth of this state-
ment in alecture Wednesday after -
noon in the Common Room, How-
ever, in his case, his crimes
have become virtues.

Mr. Biberman was one of the
ten Hollywood producers blacklist-
ed during the McCarthy era. His
film, which has not been shown for
11 years, reopened five weeks ago
in New York and is now playing
at the Bryn Mawr Theater.

The case in which Mr. Biber-
man became involved 11 yearsago
questions the individual’s rights
and freedoms, Mr. Biberman be-
lieves that a person or a company
is responsible for his ownactions.
It is up to the individual, not the
government, to decide .what.is
right. For this reason he was one
of 350 persons forced out of work
because they would: not allow

the House Un-American Activities
Committee - to investigate them,

The SALT OF THE EARTH had
to be taken underground to be
filmed. The movie and the per-
sons involved existed under var-
ious pseudonyms, and certain
scenes were actually shot under
gunfire. Hard as it may be to
believe, people took such drastic
measures to prevent this indepen-

dent film from being made.

Mr. Biberman’s ‘subversive’’
film is a real life story about
some Mexican-American miners

who went on strike on account of |

discrimination. The women of the
community become the ultimate
heroines, for it is through their
actions that conditions improve.
The movie confronts the viewer
with social action taking place
before his eyes. It concerns dis-
crimination on a myriad of dif-
ferent levels. It was labeled com-
munistic, because the persons in-
volved, in refusing to sell their
souls, had been labeled com-
munists.

Eleven years ago the agents of
the McCarthy era accused SALT
OF THE EARTH of being a dis-
service to the United States for
exposing the poverty and pre-
judices which exist here. Today
this is the domestic program of
the Johnson administration.

Mr. Biberman calls the film a
beautiful film about beautiful peo-
ple, people who still had hope
and faith, who bajieved they had
no place to go except forward.
Whether one goes as a “‘damner
or a beacon of light,’’ Mr. Biber-
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