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VOL. XLIX NO. 13
BRYN MAWR, PA.
‘A, __ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1964.
©*Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1964
20 Cents”
ms Three Constitutional Amendments
Accepted By B.M.C. Legislature :
Thrée of the four major con-
siderations for Constitutional re-
visions were passed as amended
’ this week by Legislature, Resolu-
tions will go into effect ifthe Board
of. Trustees passes. them this
Spring.
The first motion discussed was
the proposal that dormitory doors
be left open and men be allowed in
the public rooms until 12:30 onSat-
urday night, at the discretion of the
individual halls. An amendment
was made to the effect that this be
a campus-wide rather than adorm
Members of Legislature vote to amend the amendment to the amendment. decision and was defeated. Next ‘it
Campus To Choose Officers
With New Election Schedule
This week, a new, more highly
organized campus election system
~ begins. Under this systenr, Self
Gov., Undergrad, Big Five Or-
ganizations and individual halls
will have their key officers elected
‘ before spring vacation.
Gail Walker, Vice President of
Undergrad, commented, ‘‘last
year, we had little chance to take
‘over our new offices while the pre-
vious officers were..available to
assist us and explain our duties.
The new system will allow the in-
“coming officers to benefit more
from the presence and experience
of the outgoing officers.’’
“and furthermore’ ... she
added, with a weary senior grin,
‘it will give seniors more time
at the end of the year ... for
comps.’ .
Another new feature of ’64 elec-
tions will be a large, all-in-one
ballot, (perhaps: separate ballots
for each of the organizations,
stapled together) which will save
student time in voting, —_
Names appearing on the ballots
are those of the candidates nom-
~ {nated last week,
Candidates for Self Gov. presi-
dent are Emily Bardack, ’65 and
Alice Schade, ’65, Four candidates
for Undergrad President will be
selected from the eight girls pre-
sently on the primary roster; Mar-
gie Aronson, ’65, Eileen Ferrin,
65, Jeanie Howarth, ’65, Eileen
James, ’65, Pam Murray, ’65,
Betsey Pinckney, °’65, Caroline
Roosevelt, ’65 and Bonnie Shan-
non, ’65.
Nominees for Alliance are Gail
Sanger, ’65 and Sandy Shapiro, ’66;
Arts Council, Ann Bradley, ’66,
Carol Jones, ’65 and Cally Mac-
Nair, ’65; Athletic Association,
Anne Godfrey, ’65, and Lynne -
Thomas, ’65; Interfaith, Cecilia
Andrade, ’65; Dorothy Knox Howe,
766, Linda Turner, ’65 and Carly
Wade, ’66; League, Paula Alex-
ander, ’65, and Nancy Bradeed,
65. . ne
_ These candidates will be. pre-
sented during the dinner and 10:00
pom. - meetings in the halls be-
ginning Monday, February 24, Pre-
sent heads of the organizations
will be present to moderate and
assist in the peaanoguned discus-
According to Gail Walker, who
heads this year’s elections, it is
. vitally important. that everyone
voting for*these officers remem-
_ ber that :she MUST MARK her
ee ballot 1 in preferential order. Gail
ape: SSL TER ae
“remarks it is *‘pitiful’? how many
ballots. are void because they are
either incompletely marked or
bear only a .check mark by one
* candidate’s name.
She also stressed that students
have the right to abstain. Absten-
tion, however, should only be em-
ployed when a student knows none
of the candidates on the slate.
was proposed that the doors be left
_ Open until 12:30 any night, as each
dorm sawfit. This also was soundly
defeated, A third amendment was
. passed, requiring that halls vote at
the beginning of each year on
whether: they wished the doors °
open. Finally the original motion,
as amended, ‘was ert unani-
mously,.
Secondly, it was nanet: that the
curfew for unescorted girls be ex-
tended until 2:00 p.m. It was sug-
gested; for reasons of safety, that
the 12:30 sign-out be retained: if
an unescorted girl signed out until
2:00 but expecting to return before
12:30 were hurt or in danger, no
one would ‘begin to look for her
until 2:30, The amendment and
motion were passed,
The third and most controversial
motion was’ then proposed and long
debated, The original motion, as
prompted by the petition circulated
on campus earlier this year, was
that men be allowed in giris’ rooms
until 10; 30 ) p.m. any night, at the
discretion ~ of eagh hall, It was
moved, and passed by a vote of 47
to 9, that this be a campus-wide
"rather than a hall decision, Ellen
Gross then suggested, and the.sug- .
gestion was passed, that the ques-.
tion of dorm versus campus-wide
decision be open for reconsidera-
tion later, before the final vote,
after debate on hours, Otherwise,
according to ‘‘Roberts’ Rules,’’
this topic could net be discussed
again, |
Next it was proposed that the
privilege of having men in the
rooms after 6:30 p.m. be limited
to Friday and Saturday nights only.
After considerable debate, the mo-
tion was:carried by a ee of 34 to
17.
Meeting again on Wednesday
night, an amendment was first pro-
posed to the effect that men be al-
lowed in the rooms until 10:30 on
Sunday through Thursday nights
Automation Overcomes Bryn Mawr; °
Whirr-Pfoings Originality Applauded
by Eleanor W. Leach,
Instructor of English
The Class of 1967 was not ad
mitted to Bryn Mawr whofly by
computer calculation, Their
daughters may be. Although.most
of them now combat the tennis-
machine in an undeveloped state,
thé mate-selector remains to be
engineered. Someday. they-.may
consider themselves clever to have.
. predicted it. These inventions, and
others, characterized Whirr-
- Pfoing, afreshman show which dis-
pensed with the anxieties of ton-
ventional plot to present a series
of vignettes centered upon the
consequences. of automation in
sports, politics, love and televis ion
variety programs.
The freshmen provided spirited
entertainment. The members of the
cast seemed to have confidence in
their show and to enjoy. the per-
forming of it. Audience enjoyment
was consequently inevitable. The
burden of performance didnot rest
upon any one, person. No vocal
abilities were. strained. beyond
limit and no person played a role
capable of embarrassing either
herself or the audience.
Whirr-Pfoing opened with a bold
and spectacular statement of its
theme. Uncouth mechanical noises
and flashing lights proclaimed the
triumph of autorhation, even before
rome and witty chorus declared
its effects. In the first vignette,
‘Love is a Racket,’’ the strengths
and weaknesses of machinery be-
came clear, As abaffled but deter -
mined tennis: player, Katherine
Taylor held the stage with a cap-
tivating solg performance, strug-
gling against the infernal machine
_. + with bodd-and-well-controll
clowning. She met the ever>
increasing foibles of her unpredic-
‘table opponent with a comic
mechanization of her own and con-
‘cluded with a woeful lament for tlie-
loss of human values in tennis:
‘Perhaps this first Vignette, and a
a , Sena anne 8 ron aa
ae
oe
Seadaen Politicians Semeshod in the WHIRR-PFOING
the fourth one, ‘‘Variety is the
Strife of Life, were most out-
standing for the pacing of their
action. In both episodes the theme
of the ‘show provided the chief
source of humor, Both playedupen
the unpredictable aspects of ma-
chines thus creating moments of
unexpected comical disorder. In
the second vignette, ‘‘Big Brudder
‘would Shudder,’’ the relationship
between ‘action and theme was less
clearly...defined.. The .pace..was
notably slower. Although the politi- -
cal caricatures in this scene were
funny, a lack of further exploita-
tions of the machine proved dis-
appointing.. When members of the
cast rose to question the politi-
cians from the audience, action
quickened.
Much of the humor and momen-
tum. of Whirr- -Pfoing stemmed
from the exploitation of clever
devices. The applause meter at the .
‘G.O.P. debate, the oiling of Ed
Sullivan’s Russian Ballet, the re-
appearance of a Roach with Renata
Tibaldi’s miraculous voice-box,
the "spontaneous soft-shoe capers
of a Robot :in vignette four all,
developed weeny but unex-
ry)
pectedly from a comic premise.
More humor of this kind would
have made the show éven stronger.
Its design was such as to have
been capable of any amount of
slap-stick and grotesque, and the
moments in which these elements
were underplayed were perhaps the
least successful. For this reason
‘the third vignette; “All He Needed
“was 4 Little Push,” was ultimately
disappointing. Although the action
_-began promisingly, with its guided
tour and explanation of the mate-
selecting-machine, the scene de-
manded exaggerations of its comic
potential, Two pair of lovers would
have been better.than one. A real
- mistake on the part of the machine
would have produced guffaws. in-
stead of chuckles.
The mock-balcony scene which
followed was likewise under-
developed, Although the stream-
‘lined Shakespeare was amusing, _
some added devices were needed.
Again one is tempted to suggest
that the presence of more charac-
ters might have helped. .
One criterion, of the success of a
freshman show - to me a very
*-- (Continued on ‘page 3)
~ Wessex,
also, This motion carried by a
two-thirds majority, thus rescind-
ing: the previous amendment, It
was then proposed, and passed,
that the latest hour for men in
the rooms be limited to 10:00p.m.
It was then proposed that thé hour
‘be limited to 8:30, but amid
-criticisms that this proposal did
not express the spirit of petition -
and made it sound like a moral
question, it was defeated.
Ellen Gross then proposed that
men be allowed in.the rooms until
-10:00:on-Friday and. Saturday nights
for all dorms on campus, - but
between 6:30, 10:00 Sunday -
Thursday only by majority vote of
the students in that dorm. The
- amendment -and- finally.the motion
were passed by a.large majority..
C.V. Wedgewood
Addresses.B.M.C.
As Shaw Lecturer
by Peggy Wilber
In her introduction to C. V.
Wedgewood’s lecture series, ‘*Why
the English Republic Failed,’’Car- |
oline Robbins, Chairman of the ~
Department of History, stated that
Miss Wedgwood’s period, that of
the Interregnum, had perhaps the
greatest relevance for American
audiences, because of its great
impact on American history.
Although Miss Wedgwood’s first
lecture, ‘Towards. a Republic,
1648-49,” did not contain any di-
rect analogies between American
and English history, it provided a
basic framework for all successive
events in the short-lived Republic.
Miss ‘Wedgwood stressed the
1000-year tradition of hereditary
royal government in England, be-
ginning with the Saxon Kings of
Charles I was dedicated until his
beheading in 1649. Convinced that
his country Must have'a king, al-
though current affairs had shown
this conception was ‘out of da
Charles may have been no more
mistaken than the founders of the
Republic which, Miss Wedgwood
stated, came into being, ‘‘more
by accident than design.’? She
described the English Republic
as the product of: conflict between
king and Parliament going back
for more than 100 years, and
creating a profound change in the
character of English society.
She intimated the Causes of its
failure in the ‘overtaking of these
great ideas by ‘inconsiderate,
. inevitable human events,’’ This
actions then, did not follow an-
orderly pattern, so that by 1646
one could state that England was
already a Republic.”
Miss Wedgwood ‘warned saradinut
viewing Charies as a melancholy
man due to. our foreknowledge of
his end. This shadow of doom,
she .stated, unfairly masks the
more sanguine aspects of Charles,
who was at times ‘4almost a Mr.
Micawber in temperament.’?”
Open Meeting|
At 5315 on Tuesday, February
as, there will be an open meet-
ing .with Miss McBride in the
Common Room to discuss the
plans for expanding the library.
All interested students are in-
“ited to attend.
a tradition to which _
oo
- the Act of March 3, 1879. . Application for re-entry at the Bryn Mawr, Pa P
Office Ist,1
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Men In The Rooms
The amended motion concerning men in the rooms after 6:30 p.m. as
‘was proposed by Ellen Gross and passed by Legislature this week
represents a well-balanced compromise not only between student
wishes- and possible public -reaction; but between ee en eS enernee
of opinion.on campus,
The required 10:00 p.m. curfew for all dorms on Friday and Saturday
nights appeals to the right of this privilege for the minority in a dorm
_ which might’ otherwise vote against having men in the rooms on week-
ends. And it is'a step toward the ideal of agreement among dorms.
The provision for dorm decision on hours Sunday through Thursday
enables students to fit hours-rules to the individual needs of a particular
dorm and gives each girl, through her hall ‘Meeting, @ direct say in
determining the hours she would prefer.
--Most important, the amended motion as passed makes possible safe-
guards against inconveniencing students who wish privacy, but without
destroying the original. purpose of the petition -- i.e., to provide a
quiet, private place to talk or study with male guests during the week,
Applause: “In Order”
‘Roberts’ Rules-of Order,”? or perhaps ‘‘Madame Chairman’’ Judy
Zinsser triumphed at the past week’s, Legislature meetings, Together,
they kept the entire body ‘‘in order.”’
Perhaps it was both the organization and order of the chair and the
knowledge of parliamentary procedure by the voting members which
avoided the confusion and bad feeling of iast year’s meétings;
Delegates to Legislature received copies of ‘‘Roberts’ Rules’’ before
‘the meeting, and-any uncertainties felt by the delegates were quickly.and
efficiently dispelled by a briefing session on the rules, given at the
beginning of the meeting by the chairman, An official parliamentarian
and a page were also invaluable to the efficiency and effectiveness of
the meeting.
There were no complaints this year by ‘Roberts’ Rules”? were unfair
to the minority group. Majority and minority alike quickly learned to
use the rules to best advantage,
To Chairman Zinsser, ‘Roberts’ Rules,’’ and the entire Legisiative
boty; a round of eemeney is “in order,” ~“»
K Plea for WBMC
Our struggling radio station, WBMC, needs help if it is to survive.
Undergrad agreed last year to give it money, but commuted the gift to a
loan when the increased Undergrad dues were voted down. WBMC cannot
pay back the loan, except by asking for fifty cent donations, and, unless
someone supports it, WBMC will fail.
The failure would be a loss to the whole campus, for reasons of
pleasure as well as principle, Residents of Pembroke, where-a WBMC
transmitter is already installed, can listen to the WHRC programs on
their radios -- there is a schedule distributed. Programs include
twentieth. century, classical, folk and pop music, Bryn Mawr hall an-
nouncements, and informal programs, such as MAKO PRESENTS. |
WBMC is planning to install transmitters in Rhoads and Denbigh, but |
will not be able to if Undergrad does not extend or forget about the loan,
WBMC members have been working for a year without support to
establish the radio station, They have proved their interest. If it
survives, WBMC will becc me self-perpetuating, as the NEWS and the
REVIEW are. Proper equipment wil! insure continued interest. As a
result students will be able to listen to music and lectures otherwise
inaccessible to. them. :
But. WBMC needs help now, Without help the transmitters will -have
to be taken apart and sent back, and a year’s worth of effort will be
wasted, a a
We hope that money will be found given or borrowed for WBMC. ‘After
a year, especially, it deserves enpnert.
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3 applebee :
there is not very much for owls
to do in the middle of winter, so .
lately i have taken to attending
lectures, i perch omep-absqu-> .
rafter, i’ listen, i watch, too, of
course, no owl worthy of the name .
would neglect to watch,
i was listening to.a lecture on
some kind of history -- a record
of the etruscans as left in their
tombs, i believe -- when i sawa
boy in a blue jean jacket smiling at .
a long-haired girl, she smiled. he
wrote something ‘on a serap of
_paper. she read it and laughed,
the lecture’ continued. it seems:
there is an etruscan tomb that now
houses a wine press instead of
scholars and: tourists, the audience
rippled with indignation ...
one bristling woman would write
a letter to the italian ministry in
french ... anda few people might
remember the fact to bolster their
reputations as wean encyclope-
dias.
the long-haired -girl held out
one closed hand, the boy met it and
_ @ peppermint passed between them,
round, and winking with stripes.
the lecture was over, the aud-
ience buzzed and swarmed, the
boy and girl waited until they had
done swarming and glided out into
the night. i flew down from my
“Obsclire perch.”
‘ one corner of the room still
smelled of peppermint.
foun orto mean
Bryn Mawrters
Sample Life
On Other College Campuses
by Laura Krugman
«feven,Brvg Mawrters are.par-
‘ticipating in student exchange pro-
grams with Livingstone and Sarah
Lawrence Colleges this year.
Leslie Coen, Rhonda Copeland,
and Paula Pace left for Living-
stone Friday, February 16. ‘They
will return February 21 or 22.
.-The delegation to Sarah Law-
rence, which includes Joan Caval-
laro, Marion Freedman, Pam
-Murray,-and--Barbara---Thacher,—
will be there from-February 23 to
February 29.
Anticipating her visit, Joan dis-
cussed her interest in the program,
Since representatives from other
Seven Sister colleges will be at
Sarah Lawrence she hopes to have
an opportunity to compare notes on
topics ranging from ‘‘self-govern-
ment to coffee three meals aday.’’
Joan views the visit as a chance
to attend classes at another col-
lege, sample its atmosphere, and
. discuss problems common to all
colleges, such as campus apathy
and student-faculty relations.
Marion mentioned her eagerness ~
to -investigate a college whose
philosophy is based on the needs
~~ Of the individual. ~
Bryn Mawr will welcome s hetnte
Bregy.’64 and Jeri MacMillan ’66
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Letters To The Editor
Hall Lung Protests
Whirr-pfoing! ‘‘,.. but the sta-
tion hopes that it can eventually
replace hall annouricers....”’ (THE
COLLEGE NEWS, February 14,
1964, page 3.)
Yeah, well, this automation bu-
siness isn’t so much of a joke.
Now the dulcet tones of cowbell
and spinnaker lungs are to be re-
placed by a bunch of wires &c.
It’s a sad thing, this, that the
twice-daily {éte-a-t@&e between
hall announcer and her ‘‘salon’’
is obsolescent, or would be if
WBMC had its way.
Did it ever occur to the auto-
mizers” that no radio, will ever
have the huge captive -- nay,
even trapped -- audience that the
hall: announcer has? How many
radio stations will demand abso-
lute attention -- or psuedo-atten-
tion, so the others can listen?
How many radios are going to put
up the posties and take down the .
junk that was for about a month ©
‘ago? How many .radios will repeat .
:on request unheard notices? Yea,
- indeed, how many?
Outmoded, inefficient, and un-
necessarily expensive though I may
be, I will protest -- loud and
clear -- at lunch and dinner daily
(and breakfast, if necessary)
against being whirr-pfoinged out of
existence, although, I concede, ra-
dios will not wear pants to Friday
dinner, |
Jane Walton, Hall lung.
_ Fiddling?
To the Editor:
~ During the weekend of ‘The
Second American Revolution’ a
large part of the Bryn Mawr stu-
dent body examined civil rights
issues and the still more difficult
‘related .economic problems that
this nation now faces. Some may
have concluded that the country is
going through an acute crisis; few
would deny that the problems de-
beforehand seems cowardly;
Sophomores, knowing that they
have the largest responsibility,
feel that opposition would seem
laziness; Juniors and Seniors are
no longer directly concerned, Se,
if there is to be a change, every-
body must start* considering the
alternatives. How many silent ones.
are there on campus who would
prefer no Hell Week at all? Might
we preserve the ending but do away
‘with the preceding nonsense? We
ought to examine our values and
decide what we want to devoté our
time and efforts to. Might we now -
be fiddling while Rome burns?
Theresa Alt ’65
(Merion)
Disgusted.
To the Editor:
I’m _ disgusted. with the Bryn —
Mawr chronic complainers who sit
around and gripe like the old_
ladies at the Home; it soon becomes
«-obvious--that- these girls are not.
eager to amend or improve the
problematic situation through any
vigorous effort or constructive
ideas}. they are content to voice
their transient opinions to the knit-
ting or nodding, hair-tightly-bound
group. Picture of apathy? hah. No,
this scene is of ailing, weak, idle,
even lazy ones, at least soit would
seem to me,
Yesterday they verbally chopped .
and shredded .THE REVIEW. I
wonder how many of their querel-.
ous number bothered to contribute
a piece of their handiwork to the
editorial board? »
Today the object of their sarcasm
and disgust is ‘The Elections
Around Here.’’? They wag their old
heads and cluck reprovingly at the
calibre-and quantity of the organ-
izations’ candidates, I wonder how
many of the ladies gave amoments
‘serious thought to nominating an
appropriate person? Fortunately
a few must have, for, for example,
mand attention and work. Less Arts Council received six different
than one week later two whole
classes. are devoting. their spare
time, even neglecting studies, to
preparations for Hell. Week and
for a show. It seems to me that
these amusements are not worth
so. much. effort. Some will insist —
that-.they..are beneficial, -since’
they give people a chance to use
talents and they ‘help to
2 ne OTT “ppeagtuelt
‘$190 (For Semester Ml) . | develop solidarity.” The* same
benefits could be gained from more
useful projects. It is particularly
hard to break the tradition of Hell
Bt For hi omemnd ‘to a
—eaeage sn oe Ea PASO we
rad On
or, personally,
enough to suggest that the old —
names from the. dorms, Several
more were solicited, under pres-
sure, when most of the original
six declined to run, From a grand
total of twenty-three nominations,
two gracious ancepancet.- were
received,
The obscure point is this, ‘col-
loquially ; ‘‘put up, or shut up,’
it seems. fair.
ladies keep their ‘most ~ barbed
criticisms to themselves, unless
bie willing to contribute.
of Sarah Lawrence. Tentative plans
for accommodations place oné gir]
‘in Rock and the other in Pembroke,
During their stay, the visitors will
try to participate in typical campus
life.
Russian Clubbers -
-Leok. For a Niche
_by Edna Perking
The Russians are Seeiia
In. fact, they’re already here
and, like the boll weevil in the
song, they’re looking for a home,
Fifteen Russian students have
indicated that they would like to
start a Russian language house
next year, A possible locationisin —
one wing of Erdman which will be
fairly well isolated from the rest
_ of the building, The new dorm will
have two small dining rooms in .
addition to the large one, so it
might be possible for the Russian
students ,to eat in seclusion. .Other.
possible locations include the'three.
present language houses if inter-
est in one of them declines. One
.wing of Denbigh was also men-
tioned- as- a~- possibility, but--the
idea was dropped because of the
expected reaction of Denbigh re-
sidents,
Russian Club President Sandy
Shapiro says that a Russian house
is especially necessary because
there is little opportunity to go to
‘the Soviet Union or to speak Rus-
sian anywhere else,
Russian Club is also hoping to
start ‘a .Russian table this year.
Since twenty-three people have
said they want to sit at it, there
may have to be morethan one table
to accommodate them, Professors
will be. invited to dinner at the
Russian table,. which may be in
Denbigh.
“y
“Young Democrats”
To Be Revitalized
The Young Democrats on the
Bryn Mawr campus have been far
from active this year. In fact the
‘¢club’’ now consists of a presi-
»,dent . and only a few would-be
- members. It may be hard to believe
that ona ‘‘liberal’’ college campus, --
one where the Young Republicans
claim that they cannot finda faculty
sponsor, the Young Democrats
have remained virtually inactive.
Steps are now being taken, how-
ever, to revitalize the club: a
membership drive will soon be
under way, panel discussions about
the upcoming Presidential and
Vice-Presidential nominations are
planned, and tentative plans for
campaign work in the ~ are bron
formulated, -
The Young Democrats hope to
‘Offer “liberals’’ an opportunity/to
exchange ideas and to gain prac-
tical field experience in politics. .
The club also hopes to be able to
plan joint activities with the Young
Republicans, Suggestions will be
appreciated. Anyone interested
should contact Nancy Kuhn, Presi-
dent, in Wyndham.
Lois. sensed "66 |
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~~ Constance Cordts, ‘67, and
Elizabeth Greene, ‘65, will re-
present Bryn Mawr College on
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= THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three
New Independent Bryn, Mawr Rae
Combines "Creative” and Critical Writing
THE, BRYN MAWR REVIEW ts
ie out! '-- a cause indeed for rejoic-
ing’and felicitation, It is a triumph
for its editors over hardship and
apathy,, and a triumph for the
community in its emancipation
- from -last. year’s beastly double- -
”
SE San tae
. Change,
backed union with Haverford. In-
dependence, however, is always a
mixed blessing: in particular, it
invites a hard appraisal of what
the struggle was for,
The first half of the REVIEW is
mostly given over to ‘‘creative
writing,’? a term which will un-
fortunately survive the editor’s
. protests. We are offered a dozen
short poems, some of them very
short, which exhibit a consistent
proficieney-and good taste. They
are without -éxception admirable
“in their fine sense of form and in
sensitive, close observation.
The three haiku-like exercises
of Miss Collins’ seem to me very
accomplished; ‘*Bark...’’ is per-
haps my favorite. Miss Bunker
works’ in something’ of the same
mode, but the image is greatly
extended -- in ‘‘Goldfish in May,’”
with considerable technical ingen-
uity. |
These poems are indeed very
good, but they are too few, too slight
to leave a strong impact. One is
grateful for a:trio or even a pair
by one poet to confirm one’s sense .
of the justice of the vision. Other-
wise, the impression they give may
be, merely that of ‘‘curious young
ladies looking in amused,’’
On the “‘committed’’-side of the
ledger, ‘however, there is a wise
and affectionate sonnet by Miss
Perl and three ambitious poems
by Miss Wardell. The latter are
less finished, perhaps -- the syn-_
tax is is occasionally clumsy --, but
their breadth and thoughtfulness’?
are refreshing. ‘Sisyphus’ and
*sNot Men of Straw’’ are sensitive
tributes to Camus and Eliot. The
‘eentral images in these poems
are not original, but- this, if I
understand them correctly, is
central to their common theme:
the process by which the images
of one generation are re-created
in the ‘mythology’ of the next,
These are poems of some sub-
stance.
The prose in this section, how-
ever, seems to me surprisingly
weak, The undergraduate contri-
-bution is only two short narratives
and one familar eteaye The
Champa Events
Sunday, Feb. 23
3:00 p.m.: Chamber Music Con-
cert, Ely Room Wyndham,
Monday, Feb. 24
8:30 p.em.:; Lecture, Dr. A. L.
Hallowell, noted Anthropologist on
«The Function of Dreams in Ojibwa
* Culture,”? Common Room
Tuesday, Feb, 25
11:10 p.m.; Lecture, George Book-
man, director of public info and
press relations, N, Y. stock ex-
on The N, Y¥. Stock
Exchange and its role in the U.S,
Economy,’’ Stokes Hall, Haver-
‘ford. :
Wednesday, Feb. 26
8 pem.: Lecture, Dr. Jaroslav
Pelikan, Titus Street Professor of .
Ecclesiastical History, Yale Un-
iversity, (part one), on ‘The
‘Medieval synthesis’ Christian As-
similation or Jewish Capitula-
tion,”’ Stokes Hall, Haverford. Part
two on Thursday, Feb.~-27 at 4:30
pm.
Thursday, Feb. 27
8:30 p.m.:; Lecture, C.V, Wedg-
wood, the third-in the Shaw series
of lectures, on “Challenge from the
Left, 1649,” Goodhart ANeSO Ta
Saturday, Feb, 29
8:30 p.m.; Films, conan ‘by
Arts Council, © ‘*Appalachian
Spring’””” ‘and: Bruegel’s . “Seven .
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“stories by Misses -Pérkin@4hia
Fairman are well-formed, and the
editor’s oblique’ manner in ‘*On
Finding Niches’ is quite engaging
and far more successful than her
Antroductory editorial, but is this.
the extent of our ‘‘prosaic creativ-
ity???
The answer seems to be that
most of the energy goes into such
_.stunning .academic_efforts.as.oc-
cupy the second half of this. new
REVIEW. The inclusion of two
choice critical essays is splendid
inovation which more than com-
pensates’ for the loss of Haver-
fordian. soul-searching. Misses
Schapiro and Schulman, however,
set a very high standard which may
be... difficult ....to....maintain,..... Both
papers display a fine command of
the material, primary and second-
ary, a free play of mind, and a
_ secure, vigorous ‘literary style,
which are simply astonishing in
undergraduate writing, anda justi-
fication’ of Bryn Mawr’s pride in
academic accomplishment,
The density.of the argument in
eM: ve ~Sowayo |
“preitits extended:
comment, but one observation may
be in andee. There is a’striking
similarity in the-relativist con-
clusions of these otherwise quite
different studies, Literary Miss _ :
‘Schapiro, comparing Jonson and
Lovelace,. maintains that, while
Jonson’s eraftsmanship- is -often
finer than that of Lovelace, his .
met s are not. ‘tinherently su-
~perior’? to the more "Suggestive =
‘approach of the Cavalier poet,
Historical Miss Schulman disposes
of the notion that Thucydides’ work
provides ‘‘a body of objective truth -
for the use of future generations,”’
but finds value in observing ‘those
very subjective elements which
Thucydides and other ‘scientists’
hope to eliminate from the writing
of history.’? This common lack
of commitment to rigid critical
doctrines, to preconceived notions
of what history or poetry must or
must not be,'is a healthy sign of
‘liberal’? education. Butt is also
a trait by which these scholars
betray their kinship to those ‘‘cur-
~ (Continued on page 4)
in ‘‘Seyen Days In May.’’
Fredric March as U.S. President confers with the Pentagon
Prospect Of A U.S. Dictator
Considered In ‘
The movie ‘7 Days In May’’
“will “premiere” in™Philadeiphia~in’’
two weeks, It is a powerful movie
about the president. of the United
States a few years hence who Signs
a treaty with Russia in which both
countries agree to er their
nuclear weapons, :
Although the treaty was ratified
by the senate, the head of the joint
-thiefs of* staff in the Pentagon,
Whirr-Pfoing Avoids Topical Humor
(Continued from page 1)
important one - is its ability to
display as much unknown talent as
possible. The cast of Whirr-Pfoing
was not small, but it might have
been larger, Perhaps one more
vignette could have been devised.
The very fact that the show PER
SE was entertaining led one to wish
for a little bit more.
A wish for more performers was
~strengthened by the quality of those
who appeared. The script was
commendable in that it did not call
for stars. But there is always a
~§$how-stealer. and. this time-it-was-—
the singing performance ofthe
four Roaches, Barbara Keith,
Priscilla MacVeagh, Gwen
Prosser and Joan “Zakon; Their
rendition of “‘Breakdown’’ united
the two major. concerns of the
show: automation and contempor-
ary follies. The appeal of the
parody was greatly owing to the
fact that it did not entirely depend
upon outside kndwledge, despite
the current nature of the Subject.
Other caricatures were studied
and effective. In the role of Ed
Sullivan, Susan Brown gave (I am
told) a convincing imitation, but
beyond this, she established and
maintained the comic pacing of
her vignette. The coherence and
vitality of ‘‘Strife of Life’’ were
greatly depéfdent. on her sense of
timing. Excellent support came
from. her announcer, Terry
Newirth, her advertising pitch-
woman, Lucille Yow and her guest
soprano, Cynthia Walk. Miss Walk
seems to have a fine voice but
was willing to sacrifice personal
display to comic effect. Miss Yow
was about as funny as panone could
have been.
In the political aaa: the
four candidates performed with
spirit. The difficulty of their sev-
gral tasks was largely determined
by the availability of their sub-
jects to imitation, Nancy- Owens
(Aurumaqua) owed much to her
prominent, squared ‘eyeglasses.
Even without her forceful rhetoric,
she would have carried her role.
Faith Dreher (Rockeboy) had the
advantage of several laugh-com-
manding lines. Her stylized
mimicry assured their success.
The personality represented by
_Louise.Yelin (Uh-uh) might at this
historical moment be character-
ized by a lack of definition, Miss
_ Kelin brought ***> oy ARRQSS ,
but she. should also have had the
advantage of stronger make-up.
-Wendy Wassyng (M..Chaste Jones) _
‘was -poised. and comical..Her act-:
ing gave shape to a rather vaguely
conceived role. Patience Meigs
played the moderator ina
business-like manner.
In -the third vignette, Romeo
(Kathryn Brecht) and Jaliet (Elana
Klausner) held the attention of the
audience chiefly by capitalizing on
their comical lines. ‘The three
robots, Lucy Horton, Leslie Spain
and Susan Thomas made much of
their parts; but one might wish
that the script had allowed them
a robots’ revolt.
Music and dancing maintained
the same fine balance of respon-
“sidilitiés as characterization and
Script. Neither sought to appro-
priate Whirr-Pfoing for itself; and
neither aimed at over-elevated
artistic effects. Much of our sense
of automation derived from the
rhythms dictated by the dancers,
yet they were never pretentious.
Andrea Stark led her company
with skill and grace. Her subtle
clowning showed her own ability
as well as her discretion in not
taking herself too seriously.
The songs were entertaining and
well-spaced. The song of the
Roaches’ deserves second notice
_ with credit to its composer. Barry
Aurumaqua’s campaign song had
its deserved laughs. More. songs
would certainly have been wel-
come, —
Perhaps the least successful,
as always, was the love-duet, Even
comical love songs hardly seem
worth, the effort. Emily Singer
performed the piano accompani-
ment well.
Imaginative stage ites added .,
tothe fun. The gigantic wheels
and levers in the backdrop pro-
vided an effective setting for the
dances and the finale, and the’
consistent use of this’ setting
helped to give unity and coher-
ence to the show. .The smaller
‘flats were well-planned and
executed and had. not the make-
shift quality that such. additional
sets usually have. The uniform
-costumes of.the dancers compli-
mented.the set.
_.. Designer Pam Barold and Cos-
tume Chair Liz Friedman de-
‘serve credit heir ingenuity
and apparent co-operation. |
Other aspects of the produc-
tion also deserve praise. Light-
ing effects.used in the perfor-
. mance were original and effective -
but one might wish that the _
‘freshmen. had had either. more |.
instrugtion or more: practice in {:
a - a
the. management of the auditor-
ium lights.
Despite the comments of the
~ auctioneers, the posters for Whirr-
Pfoing have seemed especially in-
triguing and well-designed.
A timely warning to members ot
the audience before curtain would
have avoided the disturbing inrush
of spectators in darkness. The
freshmen did well to hold their
curtain until the greater part of the
late-comers had been seated.
A few final words on matters
of tradition are not addressed to
-the--freshmen—but- to’ those: per=~
sons who will advise future fresh=
men shows. Not more than five
years ago, the Bryn Mawrter at-
tending a class performance: had
many an-opportunity to bendcoyly,
or tenderly, towards her date and
whisper, ‘‘That joke was about
Freshman Comp,” or ‘*That one is
about the Maypoles.’’ Now, topical
humor seems to have disappeared,
and the ingenuity of Bryn Mawr
triumphs in its demise. Is it possi-
_ ble that the. traditional.songs of
dedication and acknowledgement
are a last vestige of topical humor?
- How do you explain these to your
date? . :
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feels that the missiles must be
kept. With-the best interests ofthe:
American people in mind, he makes
plans. to take over.the government
and nullify the treaty.
The movie clearly indicates that
rule by the people for the people
must follow the Constitution, not
a dictator’s ideals, It also points,
out that no single part of the ruling
budy, such as the Pentagon, should
have .a.stronger voice mae. that of
the people; * :*~ ” x
The subject matter is forceful;
the production fast moving and
skillfully put together.
The cast includes many actors
at the peak oftheir acting abilities,
Burt Lancaster plays. the part of
the power-conscious general; Kirk
Douglas portrays the man beneath
him who ferrets out the first
‘ indications of the plot against the
president, ~
Frederic March is a singularly
competent president who combines
careful planning in the country’s
best interests and a feeling for
the true meaning of the Consti-
tution,
The cast also includes Ava Garde
ner in a most un-Hollywood inter-
tress. Edmond O’Brien plays the =
role of a brilliant and humorous
senator . from. Georgia, who come
bines a deep concern forthe plot
against the president anda sense
of humor which lightens the —e
tone of the movie.
The movie also- shows the \life
within the Pentagon in an unfavor-
able, if accurate, light. The scenes
that take place there emphasize thé
endless mass of red tape and petty
efficiency of the nation’s military
‘brass, completely divorced from
the people,
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an ee : THE COLLEGE NEWS : Friday, February 21, 1964 .
Election Schedule Trees and Irony — College Theater to Present
_ Friday, February 21° sessions rig ot ae i ee : ; ss tes sibs : “s oa
Undergrad. at‘Rockefeller. »
Rockefeller,
Tuesday, February 25 :
‘Rockefeller.
Rockefeller.
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at Rockefeller,
Rockefeller,
Thursday, February 27
and Self Gov. begin: in-halls.
Friday, February 28
Sunday, March 1
Monday, March 2
Tuesday, March 3
6:00 pem.
Wednesday, March 4
Thursday, March 5
7:00 p.m.
1:00 'p.m.s: Results of U:.dergrad, primary announced.
Monday, February 24 (First day of candidates’ discussions in the halls)
6:30 pm. Alliance at Denbigh; Arts Council at Merion; Athletic
Association at Pembroke; Self Gov. at Radnor; League at Rhoads;
10:00. p.m, Interfaith at Denbigh,
at Pembroke; A.A, at ‘Radnor; Self Gov. at Rhoads; League at
6:30 pm. Undergrad, at Denbigh; Interfaith at Merion; Alliance
at-Pembroke; Arts Council at Radcor; A.A, at Rhoads; Self Gov. at |”
10:00 p.m. League at Denbigh; Undergrad. at Merion; Interfaith at
Pembroke; Alliance at Radner; Arts Council at Rhoads; A,A, at
6:30 pm. Self Gov. at-Denbigh; League-at Merion; Undergrad, at
Pembroke; Interfaith at Radnor; Alliance at Rhoads;-Arts Council
_» 10:00 psm. A,A, at Denbigh; Self Gov. at Merion; League at Pem-
broke; Undergrad. at Radnor; Interfaith ‘at Rhoads; Alliance at
Arts Council at Denbigh; A,A, at Merion; Self Gov. at Pembroke;
League at Radnor; Undergrad, at Rhoads; Interfaith at Reckefeller.
Nominations for Vice Presidents and Secretaries of Undergrad.
8:00. p.m... Vice presidential and. secretarial nominations end.
6:00 p.m. ° Presidential elections begin. ee pens
8:00 p.m. Presidential elections end.
~~ 1;00-psm. Resiilts of Presidential elections. announced. at lunch,
Vice presidential and secretarial primaries begin,
8:00 p.m. Vice Presidential and Secretarial primaries end.
Results of Vice presidential and secretarial primaries announced,
Meeting in the Common Room to meet the Undergrad,
Vice Presidential Candidates (NSA Coordinator),
a
Alliance at Merion, Arts Council
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The Arts Council Program. for
this spring will explore the visual
arts, with emphasis on the cinema.
It has already scheduled ‘ive
movies for two programs.
~~, ~"Bhe-F ebruary 26 program in~ e
Common-Room-will-ineludeaco r
film of Martha Graham’s comp: iy
dancing her folk ballet ‘‘Appal-
~achian Spring’’ to Adron Copland’s
music. ‘‘The Seven Deadly Sins;’’
an historical study of the concept,
illustrated by the'works of Flemish
artist Pieter Breughel, is the
second feature,
In conjunction with the -all-
college mixer March7,threeshort -
flicks will-be.shown in Goodhart.
“The .Day of .the Painter,’’ an
award-winning spoof -on -non-
objective art, ‘‘The Vision of
William ‘Blake,’’ using the poet’s
art works to illustrate his ideas
on imagination, and Mr. Magoo
Starring in .‘‘Captains Coura-
geous,’’ will be the pre-dance en-
tertainment. |
' ART AND MUSIC, TOO...
Opening next week in the Roost
is a show of works by Bernard
Cooke, a young Negro a ‘ist from
West Chester, Pennsylv ia. Arts
Council will hold a c 2 hour
- for Cooke, atwhich the « ist will
talk about his work and perhaps
demonstrate his ability as a jazz
pianist.©
The father-son guitar trio the
Harvard Glee Club
_ Radditfe Choral Society
,.March «
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- But Music, Drama Are In Plans
10.. in .-Goodhart... The
Friends of Music have planned
the program with the students in
mind. The group does classical
and semi-popular Spanish and
Flamenco music. pensar
Haverford Jazzman Walt Robin-
son and. his ‘group will present
“‘The Beauty of Intuition,’’ inGood-
hart March 13. Personnel in the
combo--are Walton bass, Eric
Henderson on drums, and° Mike
Michaels on piano. Lynne Moody,
a Bryn Mawr Freshman,-will sing
with the group. ce
«+ e AND ALSO DRAMA
Next. Friday, February 28,
Swarthmore College is holding a
symposium on the theater, with
many guest speakers representing
‘ various aspects of the drama and
its production, Bryn Mawr will
take four delegates, and anyone
is eligible to attend.. People who
are interested-in -going-should-see-—
Arts Council. PreSident Cally
MacNair in Rhoads. _
An independent student drama
group ‘from ~- Swarthmore
entered in, the Yale Drama School
competition last year, sometime
this spring.. a
A Williams College group is also
tentatively planning to present a
theater-of-the-absurd _ play \. in
Skinner Workshop, if a suitable
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Trees, the elements and under-
stated irony, rather than a con-
sistent theory of poetry, are the
dominant. notes the poems of
Howard Nemerovs. Mr. Nemerov
readhere February 17... 0
Mr. Nemerov’s theory of poetry
does, however, appear. .in -his
poetry.. His intention in **To a
Mountain. Stream’’ for instance,
thing.’’ In ¢¢*Brainstorm’’. he paints
the changing of perception into
thought, “This change is ‘poetry.
“Clearly,”? says Mr. Nemerov,
“the only difficult thing about writ-
ing a poem is the ending, how to
get out of it.’
The endings of his poems are
anti-climactic, almost anti-end-
ings, gathering their forde from ~
understatement, as in ‘To Clio,
Muse of History,’ where the statue
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retains its power in spite of the -
fraud that surrounds it.-In-+*Make
Howard Nemerov
Big Money at Home! Write Poems
in Spare Time!?’’
searches ,to make his tree of
inspiration the axle of the universe.
The poem ends, ‘the wooden house
was silent,’? and sets up echos of
trees, wood and paper which unify: ©
the poem.
Looking over his poetry, Mr.
Nemerov comments. with mild
irony,
more difficult so that I could in-
terpret it.’? This comment could
be misleading to the listener, who
might immediately assume that
Mr. Nemerov’s poetry needs little
interpretation. As those who have
read and re-read his poetry know,
this is definitely not the case.
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Strindberg’s ‘The Father’
College. Theater. last. Tuesday:
night selected the cast for its
March production of ‘‘The Fath-
er,’’ by Strindberg. The father will .
be played by Terry Van Brunt,
Laura, his wife, by Tezi Currie,
and the daughter by Cally McNair.
___The remaining parts are announced _
as follows; the nurse, Margaret
Edwards, the pastor, Steve Ben- .
nett, the doctor, Rich Gartner,
the orderly, Bill Beardsley, and
Norjd, Ken Bernstein,
The play is the ‘story of a man
Z
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Review of Review
(Continued from page 3)
ious young women looking in’’
(**The Antique Shop’’) who dom-
inate the ‘‘creative’’ section of the
REVIEW. .
Finally, a word of congratulation
to Miss Adams and her. staff on
the attractive format. The draw-
ings and the printing of- the poems.
are most agreeable.
But a word or two of caution;
At. least one astigmatic reader
-finds the wide page most unpleas-
ant for prose. And oughtn’t there
-be a. consistent policy-for foot-
notes? for the biographical identi-
fication of contributors? for the
separation of ‘‘creative’’ and
‘critical’? material? Oneis grate-
ful for the glimpses into the anthro-
pological-military character of
‘Miss de Laguna and the scientific
humanity of Mr. Berry, but do these
contributions suit the tone of the
surrounding poems and _ stories? .
‘And. does the policy of segregation
of *‘critical’’* papers accord -with
the editor’s announced definition
of ‘creativity?’ If, indeed, the
pickings of undergraduate creative’
writing continue as lean as they are
here, would it not be wise to let
the critical -material carry the -
burden? Whatever the answers,
we are all indebted to those who
brought this splendid REVIEW be-
fore us _and’-gave Bryn Mawr. a’
chance..to stand on its own and
see what it looked like.
R, B. Burlin
Assistant Professor of English
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being’ undermined by his: wife in
a strugglé for control of ‘their
daughter, Laura, the wife, finally
succeeds in turning everyone a-
gainst her husband and driving him’
insane.
Director - Robert Butman des-
.cribed the play..as being ‘‘much
stronger. in. structure. and attack
than ‘Who’s. Afraid -of Virginia.
Woolf?’,’? and not simply thestory
of a domineering female. He noted
-its—originin-the—-story--of-Agam-
emnon and Clytaemnestra, Mr,
Butman remarked further that the
play has ‘‘both the power and sim-
plicity of Greek tragedy’’ and yet
shows equally an Ibsenesque in-
fluence, =
The coming production is looked
upon ‘as a challenge by both its
,cast and director, The various
“parts call for strong character and
emotional force. Because the
weight of the play will rest on ©
character development rather than
on_external qualities, Mr. Butman
plans to use sparse, surrealistic
sets,
The play will bé in’ production
for the next four week§ and will
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College news, February 21, 1964
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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