The Official Publication of the Fiard College Community 'ol. 2, No.1 Annandale-on-li udson, .Yell' York October 7, 1959 WINTER expanded Orien ta tion COLLEGE INEW FACULTY ENROLLMENT >rogram Is Instituted From] anuary 4 to February 10, MEMaERS It is very fitting that Bard's Orientation Committee honor the 1960, Bard students may elect In the Art, t-.lusic, Drama, and Dance Division, there are five ollege's 100th entering class with as full-scale a program as to attend the recently formed new faculty members, including the head of the drama department, winter college. 'a s carried out this year. September, 1959 marks the first time ~Ir. William Driver. lat the Orientation Committee, working with the Dean's Office THEME OF COURSES Assistant Professor William Driver holds a degree of Master nd the admissions Office, has attempted so extensive a program. The courses offered by the of Arts in Classics and Philosophy from Merton College, Oxford The Committee, under the leadership of David Robison, started winter college will be concerned University, where he was secretary of the Oxford University Dra­ orking at the end of last term. During the summer, committee with "dying traditions and new matics Society. For several years he was both actor and director emb ers contacted entering students via mail, Bell telephone intentions," or the study of the in England in repertory companies such as the ~ottingham Play­ ystem and even house visits. But their biggest job came during changes which have taken place house, the Manchester Library Theatre, and the Old Vic. He was le Orientation days from September 5 until September 14. place between the nineteenth and also active in television and motion pictures in England. Upon twentieth centuries and the ex­ coming to the United States he held the position of Director of the RIE~T ATIOt\ A SUCCESS? more important aspect of making a scholastic adjustment was not tent of their influence on con­ Poets' Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts. _____ Several new students were dealt with enough in the orogram." temporary sociology, psychology, Mordecai Gorelik, described low ship for two years. Most re­ ,ked for their opinions about literature, history, and meta­ by President Case as one of the cenrly he held a Fulbright grant e orientation program, and how ANN HO, freshman, from Tarry­ physics. A few of the courses to outstanding figures of the Am- wh ich enabled him to spend a ey thought it can be improved town, New York. Orientation be offered are The Emergence of erican theatre, has been ap- year painting in France. !xt year, how it differed from week was certainly a success. Modern Europe, Changing Per­ pointed Visiting Lecturer in Mr. Ablow's appointment is as her schools they might have The extra day was needed and spectives in Literary Expression, Drama and will offer a course in a partial replacement for Profes­ tended, and, in general if it helpful, and the informal ac­ Structures of Cultural Metamor­ stage design under the title of sor Stefan Hirsch who has been :IS a succes s. The majority tivities were very good. If maps phosis, Modern Psychology, and nScenic Imagination." This granted a Bard College Faculty It that orientation was a suc­ of the campus had been sent to the Breakdown of Nineteenth t:ourse has been given by Mr. Fellowship for the current year. !SS especially in regard to the entering students sometime Century Rationalism and Radi­ Gorelik in New York to a group Professor Hirsch and Miss Elsa .ning of events. Enough ac­ during the summer, much con­ calism • limited initially to professional Rogo, his wife, has just sailed "ities were planned so that fusion could have been saved. stage designers and later en­ B CREDITS for Franc e wh ere they will spend Also, the period when new stu­ larged to permit professional lrticipants in the program did much of the coming year in paint­ dents broke into five groups for A student enrolling in the directors and producers to enroll. It get bored, but also had enough ing and in completing a book on discussion was not very effective winter college may elect to take Mr. Gorelik was a student of the ne to meet people and just talk. art on which they have been borh because not many questions were only one course, carrying eight late Rovert Edmund Jones and working for some time. Professor Almost all agreed that the pre­ asked and it was extremely dif­ credits, which will meet for three was designer for ap proxima tely Hirsch came to Bard in 1942 and ninary registration conferences ficult to hear. two hour seminars a week. In ad­ fifty Broadway plays including is a senior member of the Di­ ~re helpful. Some people sug­ dition, the winter college will "Men In White," "Golden Boy," (Continued Page 3, Col.3) vision of Art, Music, Drama and 'sted that the pre-registration offer a number of concerts, films, "All My Sons," and "Hatful of Dance. ogram be extended so that one lectures and other activities. Rain." He has also been pro­ n discuss more thoroughly duction designer for many films Mr. Allen Brings has been ap­ TUITION th his advisor wh at courses to Clubs for R.K .0., Republic Studios, pointed Instructor in Music. Mr. loose. For those students expecting 20th Century Fox, and English Bring s is both a profe ssional Below are some views on the Active to enroll, the inclusive fee will and French film companies. He pianist and a composer who has 'ientation program expressed What to join? There isn't any be approximately six-hundred has taught in this country and publicly performed and recorded a few of the new students. problem at Bard concerning mem­ dollars plus a small assessment abroad, is the author of "New some of his own work. He is a bership in clubs. Each club is for community dues. Further in­ Theatres for Old" and of articles graduate of Queens College, re­ )N A VIROM, freshman, from open to all students. The meet­ formation concerning the winter in leading encyclopedias. He ceived his master's degree at lr Rockaway, New York. ings are announced by bold college may be obtained at the has held research fellowships Columbia and obtained a Mosen­ )rientation week impressed me posters on the bulletin board. Dean's Office. Anyone planning from the Guggenhiem Foundation thaI Fellowship. He recently being satisfactory. The pro­ The following is a brief run-down to attend the session is urged and the Rockefeller Foundation. completed a tour of duty with am seemed the result of m'uch to act immediately. the U.S. Army in Germany. anning and it managed to intro­ of some of the various clubs on Also appointed to the Drama ce ana loosen up the incoming campus. Six S t 1I d y Department is Mr. Reese Sarda Mr. Harold Herreman, who is udents. Also the introduction The Psychology Club aims to of Hyde Park, New York. Mr. teaching Physics this year, has Sarda is a young writer, actor, come to Bard from Berkeley, dorm life and general school increase the interest of the stu- Ate lin i c licy was we 11 taken care of. dent body in this subject. Stu- stage designer, and stage tech­ California, where he has been en­ lere were perhaps too many dents' papers are read and dis- Six Bard psychology majors nician. He wi 11 be in charge of gaged for the past two years in research on electrical discharges eart-to-heart' talks on the cussed at meetings. Lectures on are participating in a research stagecraft at the College under in gasses. Prior to this research lique' advantages of this 'u- interesting topics, are given by project on aggression at the Rip the supervision of senior mem­ project, he taught physics at 1ue' school. All in all the invited well· known authorities Van Winkle Foundation in Hud­ bers of the department. Georgia Tech for twelve years • .entation week was quite ade­ in the field. Plans are now being son. The six involved are Amy Mrs. Vida G. Deming, Assist­ Mr. Herreman did his under­ ate; the committee should be made for movies and a trip to the Green, Brenda Steinberg, Chickie ant Professor of Drama, part­ graduate work at Stanford Uni­ ·11 thought of." Mokino Institute, a center for the Dachuck, Mitzi Neurenberg, Dick time, is the only former member versity, and received other de­ use of pyschotherapy in drama. Gomel, and Elly Chatzky. HL COFFINO, freshman, from of the Drama Departme nt return­ grees at the University of Cali­ ing this year• • Vernon, New York. Orienta­ The Social Studies Club spon- Every Monday this year, these fornia. .n week should have been sers lectures as well as an an- students will spend four hours II The new drama faculty at orter and more intensive. There Because Mr. Herreman arrived nual International Weekend. At at the Foundation. The first of Bard this year," Mr. Case said, at Bard in late summer, he had re too many intervals in which this event, one chosen theme is these hours will be devoted to "offers exciting possibilities in ~re was nothing to do. Also, an opportunity to attend some of discussed with visiting foreign a seminar discussion lead by Dr. the deve lopmen t of college theatre the Orientation Program for the conferences should defi­ students. This year, for the first Eron of the Foundation. The dis­ a s one of the liberal arts. It also ely be longer, and there could new students. He was impressed, time the club will attempt to cussion will deal with the re­ opens up great possibilities for he said, wi th the program, and ve been fewer lectures. closer connections between the organize students debates. search projects being done and with the two lectures he attended. literature on agression which the work of the College and the New ,RRY HELLER, transfer, from At Literature Club meetings, Having recently left California, a iversity of Florida, Gaines­ students are invited to read their students will have prepared. York professional theatre. Plans school noted for its friendliness, Ie. Orientation should be ex­ for developing both these phases tvIr. Herreman was pleased to find own creative compositions. Cri- The second and third hours are of our work are under active con­ Ided to at least ten days. A ticisms are offered by the lis- devoted to lab. work. The pro­ that the students and faculty at ldent fresh out of a public sideration and announcement of Bard were most amiable. More­ teners. This year the Lit. Club ject in which the Bard students some of the plans is expected ;h school does not readily is planning to devote a weekend are involved in is determining over, Mr. Herreman was aston­ ust tocollege in a shore period before the end of the current ished, he reports, to see students to a spe.Cific field in literaturc" factors which influence aggres­ semester.' , time. Those students who 'I Last year their big event was the sion in the 3rd grade children of crowding into the library on the nk out do so not because of Poetry ~eekend. J Columbia County. The six pSY-1 New appointments in music and Sunday before classes started! idemic reasons alone, but be- I I chology majors will interview in art history were also announced. Mr. Michael Shaw is teaching Jse they can't adapt them- , The Art Club is concerned i parents, children, and teachers Mr. JosephAblowhas been named first and second year German at Ives easily and quickly to the . mainly "'with bringing art majors i Assistant Professor of Art and via questionnaires. Bard this year. He is also con­ llege social and academic life. together so that they may see will offer work in Art History. ducting a class in Introduction takes at least a semester to each other's work and compare The fourth hour consists of He is one of a small group of to Literature. For the past four just fully" but this does not ideas about art. At club meetings, private sessions wi th advisors: men to receive an undergraduate time is set aside for actual paint- each of the six students has years, he has taught French at an that I believe orientation degree from Bennington College I Haverford College. ,uld be a full semester. There ing and drawing. Films are also been assigned an advisor who is under a special program and took )uld be fewer technical lec­ going to be showo on topics of a meneer of the research staff. his master's degree in the De­ German-born Mr. Shaw descri­ value and interest to artists. es and more on how to adjust Information concerning all partment of Fine Arts at Harvard bes his life as singularly un­ the rigorous environment of Other clubs active in campus kinds of fellowships ,and job op­ University. He had five years of distinguished, yet at present, be­ 'lege. c'The present orientation life, but not mentioned here are portunities can be obtained from study at the Boston Museum sides teaching at Bard and taking ,tern at Bard is very sads­ Science, Music, Drama and Dance Carole Kapiloff or .. Dick Gomel School, taught at Bennington and violin lessons in Philadelphia, tory in the sense of making clubs and entertainment com- at the Vocational Office in Kap- Middlebury College and was a­ he is working feverishly against )erson feel at home, but thf> mittec. pa House. warded a Paige Traveling Fel- (Continued Page 4, Col. 4) I~------2 October 7, 195 The Bardian The Founding Of E.P.C. and Editor: Naomi Parver Co,••• cil News Associate Editors: Steve Hurowitz, ,St. Stephen~s College Two weeks ago Community Council and the Ralph Levine Educational Policy Committee met to decide News Staff: Herman Ti etjen, The tast gteat achie.ement of Willie to reach manhood. The I whether these two student organizations should Betty Jean Anderson, Budd Greenberg, Ave the Bard family of Colonial A- . son of John Bard died in Feb- , merge. Council and Committee members had Parks, Susan Playfair, Barbara May, Reggie merica was the founding of St. ruary 1868, but by this time St. 1 rea Ii zed, wh i Ie the function s of each body are Sedgewick, AI Skvursky, Daniel Blicksilver, Stephen's College in Annandale. Stephen's was well underway. defined and theoreti cally separate, there are Wally Loza, Joan Spielberg, Tony Roth, Richie John Bard, the founder, was the Mr. Gwnmere comments on the certain aspects of Bard life which, ultimately, Kagle, Carroll Draughn, Nan Feldman, Joel son of William Bard, founder of role of Willie in the founding of demand co-operative action. the New York Life Insurance Co. St. Stephen's: "In no irreverent Lasky. EPC is - as its title suggests - a committee of New York and the grandson of spirit, I see this boy, not as one Business Staff: Jack Blum, Budd Greenbaum set up to watch over the academic situation a1 the eminent scientist Dr. Samuel of the slaughtered innocents but Typi st: Judy Frank Bard. In thei r capacity as 'vigi lantes' dedicatee Bard, a founder of the American as the chosen one, spared to to insuring high standards of instruction ane The Bard College newspaper is a joint under­ Medical Society, internationally fulfill a mor r slow-paced des­ student work at Bard, EPC members di scuss ane taking of the Bard Community. known scientist and personal tiny. Because of Willie Bard, a draw up reco mmendation s on teach i ng procedures, friend of George Washington. courses and study programs offered here, lab ane A Bard Newspaper In 1853, John and his wife library facilities - in short, anything relevant tc Margaret bought Blithwood from Bard's worth as an academic institution. From the fall term of 1956 unti I the fall of Robert Donaldson. John had no The Commi ttee submi ts formal recommendation! 1958, there was no student newspaper at Bard fortune, but his wife, nee John­ College. The Comment, a mimeo-graphed col­ to the faculty; on rare and crucial occasions i son, daughter of a wealthy iron may send a representative to the college President lection of news and commentary articles, was manufacturer, provided the money the last publica tion at Bard that resembled a for his dreams. John Bard was at EPC's most important and traditional activiT} newspaper, before last year. this time deeply involved in the involves the evaluation of new teachers v.flO havt In 1956, after the appearance of three issues religious revival which swept not yet received tenure. Late in the fall semeste The Comment was discontinued. Why? The answer the country. Together with his Committee members are di spatched • one to ead is student apathy. Without the cooperation and interest in education and his classroom - to the semi nars taught by new in deep sense of family responsi­ structors. There, EPC's representative distrib interest of the students, a newspaper at Bard J OHN BARD, E SQ. cannot exi st. Th is i $Sue of The B ardian repre­ bility to found something, John utes the evaluation questionaires {sufficien came around to the idea of start­ (Hoffman Memorial Library) space for "further comment"} wh i ch wi II aid ir sents the work and contri butions of many Bard church was built, a college was students - and this is the way things should be. ing a parish and a parish schoot tabulating evidence. (All results are stricti He built two parishes and parish founded, and the great religious confidential.) In a college as small as ours, there is just no revival of the nineteenth cen­ room for apathy. schools, one in Annandale and COllTl1unity Counci I, on the other hand, deal the oth« in Tivoli, however, to tury wa s strengthened. ,. (Dut. There is one column in The Bardian which Co. J. 40, 1955) with the "life" (-conventially defined) aspect: his parish school in Annandale, of Bard life. "Co unci I" has long been concerne' suffered last year, as it is suffering this year, he added a small "training col­ The second theory, although from a lack of contributions. If you have some­ with social privileges and regulations: witl lege" for boys preparing for the not supported by material fact, responsibility regarding these ana with stud en thing to say, what better way to say it than in clergy. Bard Hall served as the but rather by personal memory, influence on their establishment. Entertainmen the form of a Letter to the Editors, which can schoolroom and possibly the first comes from Mrs. Richard Aldrich Commi ttee, Safety and Orientation committees be printed in The B ardi an. Take a few minutes chapel, while the house formerly of Barrytown, who was a young to wri te out your thoughts on any matter of gen­ occupied by Prof. Artinian was (etc.) are subdivisions of Counci I, in that thei girl when John Bard was alive members are officially chosen by Council, whic eral interest, and submit them to The Bardian. the parsonage. and active. Margaret Bard was "approves" - or selects from among - the C~ greatly concerned about the fu­ We trust that the enthusiasm and eagerness, In 1865 John Bard, a lover of pirants who sign lip on the sheets posted i ture education of Willie. She did wh ich are partly due to the influence of the new the old English village and a in Hegeman. These organizations are legall not want him to go to Columbia freshman class, wi II not give way to apathy. man conscious of the needs of (according to the terms of the Bard Communit University in New York because Thi s issue of The Bardian is strong evidence the sinking Episcopal Church in Constitution) responsible to Council for the she feared that Willie would be of student cooperation and willingness to work America, thought of enlarging use of community funds, for their choice of a( corrupted by the immoral city. for and to improve the Bard community. his small "training college" into tivities. Council allocates money to the Fir a full college for the training of It is contended that Mrs. Bard suggested that her husband ex­ Department, to the divisional clubs for the POLITICAL ROLE men for the ministry. He wished lecture, di scussion, or work-shop programs, f pand his parish school into a col­ by A vron Soyer to pattern this college after the Entertainment and film committees. If most of life can perhaps. be conceived as, to old English village. lege so their son could reoceive a great extent, a perpetual questioning (not so his formal education in Annan­ Anything, concerning this college, which is I much concerned wi th the que stion "Who am I?" There currently exist two dale. If one considers the fact interest to its students - so long as it is not C as with "Who am I becoming?" and "Who ought theories about exactly what that the Bards were extremely a strictly "academic" nature - is Council'.'1 1 r become?") our time as students seems to be Jrompted John Bard to expand religious and moral and John so gitimate and official concern. his cctraining school It into a col­ loved this son, this theory would almost completely so. We are becoming sociolo­ Where, then, do the functions of these orgal gi lege for men. The first, and one not be so far-fetched. Also one sts or physicians and, in a way, men and women. izations overlap? EPC is officially preoccupit supported by the greatest a­ might add John Bard's desire to We are becoming adequate to life. Later, ready with thecalibre of Bard students as "students' mount of documentary evidence, found something; his interest or not, we will have to be adequate. Counci I, wi th Bard's community life. Since bo was developed by Mr. Gummere, in the Episcopal Church and the This quality of not so much belonging to as are concerned with the kind of person Bard cc our admissions officer and fact that in 1858 his small train­ attract, their spheres of interest have united passing through, an institution, makes the politi­ uacting" college historian. John ing college was already recog­ "admissions' policy" and, perhaps more in cal role of the student with his college ambiguous Bard was cOllscious of the weak­ nized as a diocesan college. At portant, in the desire to insure the type of c and his position rather weak. He is weak,strangely ness of the Episcopal Church; the present, it can only be said enough, through the same factor which makes he was also a strong advocate that additional work is necessary mosphere wh ich wi /I reccommend itself to serio college life potentially a pure and immensely of the religious revival of the before this theory can be formally responsible students. valid experience. This is that he has not come to time. For g~Derations, the Bard proven or disproven. Common pol itical aspiration as well as comm serve society but himself. family had been a victim of a interest was important in suggesting the que He, the student, does not have, as does the high mortality rate among their The Perfect ____ _ tion "Should Counci I and EPC join forces: administration, the task of oraering the college male children. John, and his Several students have felt quite strongly th community. Rather, his task is to secure his own father William were the only male (A Parody) a si ngle orgoni zation, with the whole weight highest possible growth and development, both survivots of large families. by Robert Greger student interest and opinion to back it, would' as a thinker and as a man. When John's son "Willie" fi­ able to exert more influence on the faculty al nally arrived in 1856, (John al­ While working on a roadway, administrative policy-making committees at Bal Thus, although he has not yet experienced all one day, cracking cement, Joe ready had two daughters) he was of the varied potentials of life, he is engaged, Grisby was heckled by a fellow On Monday, ~eptember 21, the merger WI overwhelmed with joy. When wi ch a first fervor perhaps never again to be at­ voted down. An Opposition maintained that joi Willie was one year old in 1857, worker, ccYacallyourselfa man?" tained, in the experience of finding the poten­ sneered his annoyer. "Why I meetings would be cumbersome - not to say i John decided to build the Chapel tials for growth within both himself and the world. could do your job and mine in possible, that there are specific issues (s of th e Holy Innocents, in grati­ as entertainment, or teacher evaluations) i He is also aware, from daily contact, of all that tude to God for the survival of half the time it takes you, and in his college environment which, in his opinion, vAl i ch the traditionally autonomous bodies his only son. In the cornerstone wi th one hand tied behind my either thwarts or permits the attainment of the not share equal responsibility. Nonethele of the chapel lies a piece of back, too!" maturity for which he strives. Thus he feels, a new resolution has been adopted: Counci I a of paper bearing this moving in­ perhaps more deeply than anyone else in the col­ Joe did not reply but kept on EPC will both meet on Monday ni9hts; should lege those elements which either further or hinder scription uTo be erected in Faith, working. issue of mutual concern arise in the discussic and consecrated to the service his deve lopment. And this development, is, after "I'm sorry to pick on you," of either group, the respective chairman ~ of Almighty GOD, by loving all, the final purpose of the college. growled the worker, brandishing draw up an agenda for a joint meeting on 1 parent s, as a thank offering for following Monday. by Mary B ish My point is not that students should control the life of Willie Bard." Although his tool, "knowing what a dirty coward you are and not wanting the school. I only say that their duty and ability the first chapel burned almost to scare you, but we're here to ( A vron Soyer, from Column 1) to speak on college policy seems to be well upon completion in 1858, John I get a job done!" sense as does a citizen. Yet, at the same till grounded in their position. It appears false to im­ and Margaret Bard built a finer I feel that it is right and for the benefit of a ply, as Mr. Gummere did last year in a letter structure, the one we presently Joe remained silent and con­ college that the suggestion of its students, as written to Steve Weiss, David Robison, and my­ know, from the standing stone tinued his activity. policy be con sidered wi thout condescension a self, that students have no college political walls, The second chapel was CCWhat are you trying to do, without any negative a priori judgement. rights, only privileges._ We have two responsibili­ begun in May 1859 and completed ties: the first of these is to attain the highest sabotage the work? I'll bet you're American college undergraduates are dependel eight months later. Still beleiving one of those subversives, a dirty possible intellectual and personal maturity; the that service to God would sus­ the college acts "In loco parentis;" this mes i Cpinky'," added the man. second, to speak out against anything which we tain the life of his son, John that the constitutional rights of U.S. citize feel hinders the fulfillment of this purpose either transforme d his "training col­ Seemingly oblivious Joe paid may often not apply to college undergraduat, in ourselves or others. lege" into a college. In April no heed. The hair-raising dilemma of a college adminis: John Bard's Htraining col· tion, therefore, is that its students are fully ' We may not have political rights in the same 1860, C "Ya fairy, can't you answer lege" was chartered by the state veloped in brain, but in responsibility and or has the c: at got your tongue?" perience are drastically undeveloped. What c (continued column 4) as St. Stephen's College. How­ ever, God chose not to permit (Continued to Page 4, Col 4.) we do about this? I ctob er 7, 1959 3 ~tlldell ts -1.. 1111 .. h Witl. Prill.·.. ss This summer three students from Bard College received an invitation to attend "1\ Luncheon in Droodles Honor of Her Royal Highness Beatrix, Princess of the Netherland s " at the Governor Clinton by Robert L. Greger Hotel in Kingston. They were informed that Senior College student; had been invited from the surrounding area in order co meet the Princess, who is a Senior at the L'niversity of Leyden. '" Originally created by Roger Price - Now under new manage­ Having perhaps, only daydreamed perfect English in a subdued, I place over a traditional American ment! of audiences with royalty in well-modulated voice. She wa s ;re aI, similar to our Thanks- fairyland castles surrounded by clothed in an attractive , if a bit giving. The Princess said she Rog er Price, the brilliant but , . d . ( I the pomp and majesty of an old too matronly, gray cotton dress. had never tasted pumpkin pie unappreClate genlUs 0 , twent- I world, this slip of ordinary paper She wore a flattering felt hat before. She liked it. ieth century humor, invented, or I somewhat confounded them. How- with a floral design, and a match­ at least copyrighted, wh ich in Finally, the hour was over. The the eye s of your banker are the ever, all three, Amy Green, Avron ing belt. Princess went to Hyde Park Sayer and Antonia Ratensky, ac­ same thing, a method of ab­ The Princess spoke primarily where she wa s to meet Khrush­ stracteJ humor and d :; rracted cepted the Hudson Valley Coun­ to those immediately surrounding chev, an d the students all went cil's invitation with pleasure. audiences called ' 'D, oodles". her. The topics of conversation back to their respective colleges. l\lany people may wonder what a L'ron returning to Bard, the she chose to discuss revealed a droodle is. This quesrior. has Ivy-League Dunce Cap students discovered to their a­ wide interest in international as Maslansky puzzled philosophers through mazement that they had been se­ well as national affairs. An ex­ through countless minutes! No In these perilous time s of Cold curity-checked. The aura of im­ tremely well-educated girl, she Plans Films one has yet solved it; I suggest War, cold pill, and animosity portance wh ich surrounded this said that she thought a European The film club of Bard College, that it would be an excellent and advertising, the education occasion was enhanced even more education was superior to an headed by Michael t-.lasla nsky, topic for anyone planning to ap­ of ch i Idren take s on a paramount by this tidbit of information. American one. In detail, she will be sh ow i ng a motion picture ply for a Fulbright Scholarship. importance, even the education described the rigo!'ous training a each Saturday evening during the On Septernb er 18th, decked in I'm sure that this proposed in­ of our dumb ones. It may be hard European student undergoes be­ coming semester. vestigation would insure their for any patriotic red -blooded all the finery they thought suit­ fore his University training. The able to the affair, they arrived at Michael has been in charge of acc eptanc e and subsequent American to admit that America students are always taught two H the hotel promptly at 11:30. A the club for a year. He applied "European Vacation • J ask is capable of breeding stupid languages, she said, which is nothing in return from the person progeny but observe our Congres­ rather flimsy red carpet was considered unusual in this for the post after being surfeited rolled from the edge of the curb­ by a steady diet of arty foreign who uses my idea, but it would smen. I'm sure their arguments country. She mentioned that she be nice if he sent me an oc­ will convince you •.. of the stone up through the lobby of the also speaks both French and movies, "I mean, like they showed hotel. A young man in the hotel one American film here in two t:asional postcard from Pads. importance of education, I mean. German, but not as fluently as As the people's representatives uniform rushed over to them and years, man," Dr. Maslansky The object is not to understand she does English. She said that have assured us we must deal asked them please to avoid step­ protested. Not hostile to foreign "Droodles" and their profound her first years of English were with the material we posses, no ping on the carpet. Picking their movies, but believing the Am­ import, however, but to enjoy somewhat hampered by her grand­ rna tter how poor in quality. I way carefully into the hotel, erican product to be underesti­ them. I have included one for mother's insistence upon con­ think our statesmen are a perfect they found the lobby packed with mated, he selected such films as demonstration, and there is a ver sing in it, even though she example of this principle ••• the people, excitement and confusion. Citizen Kane, The Magnificent rumor going around, spread by me, spoke it badly; evidently her use, that is, not the materials. Nobody knew who anybody was, Ambersons, On The Waterfront, that I accept outside "Droodles" Grandmother had refused to To get to my point, however, and much less where anybody was to and Viva Zapata for showing and will print them in this column speak German after the war. At I'm not alluding to the cranial go. The three stood rather lost, last year, as well as the imports with their author's names. As the University, she majors in configurations neccessary to the realizing that the only concrete Vitalloni, V getsu, and Alexander for the inevitable question of both Law and Sociology, and proper fit of a dunce cap, Am­ thing that had been told them was Nevsky. renumeration, I give none. Send she mentioned that her studies erican educators must conceo~ to a void the carpet. Finally they LAST YEAR'S FAVORITES them in, if for no other reason are di fficult yet necessary to trate on teaching the moron, on spied a line queing up at the far Of last years selections, stu­ than to annoy your friends. In her. Her extra curricular activi­ education of the imbecile. Their end of the room at the entrance "Droodling" only the reader ties there include art work on the dents liked best ~larlon Brando's new policy must be one of "en­ to wh at appeared to be the films, James Dean's "pays" - ruefully! school newspaper. Rebel With­ lightened stupidity". They must dining room. So, they, too, lined out A Cause and Miracle In Milan. up. A policeman checked their She briefly touched upon the not ignore the idiot •.• we need names, and they entered the in­ housing problem in the Nether­ Michael believes that a good PARTIAL VIEW politicians! mOVie can accomplish much the ner s anctuary. At the center of lands today. She said that the To conserve the feeble-minded the room was a large dining table returning Indonesians create a same thing as a good novel. He by Richie Kagel declared that a good movie can resources of the country we must at wh ich were seated other col­ similar housing situation to that integrate the unintelligent and lege students from New Paltz, the Puerto Ricans create in New contain important theme sand Bard, as a small school, has ideas, as well as social and always maintained that its dim­ make stupidity fashionable. This the U.S. Military Academy, and York City. They are and believe "Droodle" is my humble attempt poetic texture. He added that inutive enrollment encourages a Vassar. Three empty place mats themselves to be Dutch. The to contribute to this movement. for three Bard student s were in Dutch sympathize with them, films could be an important arc­ great deal of familiarity among student s and between students evidence. The Princess was particularly since they have left form in the 20th Century, but Knowi ng the men tal leve I of seated among them. All introduced Indonesia and their families to that this goal has not been nearly aod faculty. This has always my readers, I ask their support been considered an unquestion­ themselves to her, and the lunch­ come to Holland. Yet as a result realized. and co-operation in a Crusade able good. In connection with eon was, finally, underway. of this influx in the population, Michael, who previously worke:! {or Folly! Our motto will be, many young couples cannot find this, the "small seminar" flour­ "America First, Smart or Stupid!" The Princess seemed charm­ as a committee of one, exc:eeded ishes as the academic equivalent a home until two or three years hi s budget last year by $400, but Give me your help friends ingly self composed. She was a after their marriage. of the close social life. In too send in those "Droodles". pleasant round faced girl of this year he will be aided by a many ways this is true. about twenty-one who spoke All of this conversation took select group of six other students. Talk of conformists, non-con­ midst, threatening to befuddle THIS TERM'S FILMS formists, conformist-non-con­ our seminars and confute our Students can expect to see formi scs, etc., is superflous. our catalog. SEW ARE tt this semester, A Face In The Bard is an isolated community. Crowd, Confessions Of Felix The student, upon arrival, is Krull, Touch Of Evil, Smiles Of called upon to change his view A Summer Night, and Decision of himself. He must now coo­ Before Dawn. sider himself largely in relation to the campus. A large majority (Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2) of che students (somehow this seems most markedly true of the DIANA TESCHMACHER, trans­ incoming class) are accustomed fer, from Carnegie Tech. Orien­ to standing out. As mere spec­ tation week was much better than ulation, this may be part of the I had expected. The lectures reason many students become were very good ways to intro­ jaded; one's most prized ec­ duce new students to what Bard centricities are liable to be ig­ is. However, though it would be nored --- everybody writes letters Subscribe Now a difficult thing to achieve, in­ on toilet paper at least once in stead of being left to their own his life. ORlt. ,\ ],.-lTIO_\ RECEPTIO.\: Fu c ultj, parents, neu students and devices, there should be better at Half Price * Orientation Committee talk on front [au " , Photo by liurou'itz. activities to get freshmen really At time s the atmo sphere be­ acquainted. comes" swampy". The required You can read th is worl d -famous leve I of profundity become s d oi ly newspaper for the next six LYNN V AN ESEL TINE, transfer, deeper, personal concerns be­ months fo r $5, just half the from Northwestern. Orientation come group aifaires, One's circle regular subscript ion rote_ Com munity Garage was extremely good, and the of friends gets smaller and more Get t op news coverage, Enj oy length was perfect. At North­ spec ial fea tures, Clip for refer­ uniform; above all the struggle e nce work, we stern, Orientation was ten , to assert one's intelligence day s long, and nothing was plan- I Se nd you r o rde r today, Enc lose Your (best if through "creativity") c hec k or m oney order. Use cou­ ned except rushing. Students goes on. In the intense atmosphere pon bclow_ who weren't rushed had nothing of the small school everything PLYMOUTH to do. Here everyone could par­ The Chr is t ian Science Monitor P·CN DODGE gets pushed together. The social One N orway St " Boston 15, Mass, tici pate and the informal ac­ and academic spheres blurr into Se nd your newspaper for the t ime DEALER tivities almost unconsciously each other. This is our real pro­ checked , encouraged you to participate. test. The seminar too often be­ Ll 6 mont hs ~S 0 1 yeor ~ IO o Col leQe Student 0 Faculty Member There were enough activities so come s an arena for the demon­ as to prevent loose ends, but stration of intellectual super­ Na me there was also time to meet iority, hence social fitness. people, in your own dorm and on Social pressures carry into and A dd~css 65 East Market Street the campus. The lectures were di srupt classes. Marks attain a - - Cit-y---- Zone Stote especially good. Registration a prominent position in the social 'This specia l offer availabl e ONLY to college I was miraculously easy and the Rhinebeck~ world. In short, the "status students, faculty members, and col lege libraries, N. Y. conferences were extremely L-______--I I helpful and of a suitable length. seeker" we all despise is in our 4 October 7, 195~ that the field of admissions is a R.·,-. Shuf.·r language. This past year, he Mr Gummere Notes confused, vague, and mystifying ~ •• ,,- ~'hnIJI ill spent another summer in France: field. "The kids offer the most returning to New York and Bard Admissions Philosophy unrealistic reasons for choosing .\ .. d T.· .1.· II .11 r just a mere cat's whisker ahead s college. The reasons that mo­ of the start of fall classes! The entering ,class at Bard this seme seer was the largest in the tivate the secondary schools in the school's hlstory. On the assumption that some iiisi£:ht into advising a college are al so rather Dr. Stephen W. Rousseas, As· the mechanics of admissions might be of interest to the students inscrutable," ~Ir, Gummere would I sociate Professor of Economics an interview was secured with .\Ir. Richard ~l. Gummere, Jr. ' like to stud,' further the second­ took his undergraduate work and FIVE CRITERIO~ ary school' advising programs. his rna ster' s and doctor's de­ only seminars, 'II. ith frequent The most important concern counselling, the upper and lower He also reflected that inter­ grees at Columbia University of Mr. Gummere, Director of college, the moderation. a senior terviewi ng, \\n ile still useful 'II.n ere he al so served a s in struc· Admi ssion sand .\Irs. Fred A.. project, eutorial work in the for other reasons, is coming to tor and lecturer. He has been a Crane, Assistant Direccor, is major. community government as be discredited as a screening I Fulbright Lecturer at the Uni· the double barreled question of a serious goaL the winter field device in admissions. "~Iy per­ versity of Salonika, Greece. whether a student can and trill period, and the arts equal in sonal confidence over the last Assistant Professor of Economic at the University or ~lichigar: study. The academic supersedes standing with other conventional ten years has been progressively and visiting Lecturer at Yale all other considerations. Five academic disciplines." reduced in regard to being able University. ~ criterion are traditionalh' used to predict through interview." , '\Ir. Gumme re '\I.'as asked if he However, looking chipper and The Reverend Frederick Q. in judging candidates. In order would ever reject a student on Two new appointments in thf of importance they are grades, energetic, Mr. Gummere seemed Shafer return s to Bard as chap­ Sociology department have beer ' the basis of personality if he to like interviewing as much as sc h 001 recommendatIOn, teacher h h h h I b ' of the College and professor of made this semester. Professo references and 13 ard interview t oug t t e sc 00 was eing the student s invariably enjoy philosophy and religion after an Irving L. Horowitz is replacinj " I over-burdoned by one type. He being interviewed by him, C a 11 ege I3 oar d exam, an d t h e In-, I' absence of ten years. Professor Gerard DeGre, whc ' , b h d I rephed chat persona lty never f ormaoon gIven y t e stu em ' •• ' "It brings out how different was granted a leave of absence h' r' Th f effects selectlOn. People thmk Mr, Shafer attended Bard as a on 1S apr l~at10n. ese ~c - that we may push aside a stu- everyone is," he smiled. student and graduated in 1937. to accept appointment as lecture tors are revIewed by a votIng d 'f h b' in Sociolog), in Santiago, C1ilc ' f 1 ent 1 e appears to e too m- He then took his degree as Bach­ b oar d a f f1ve acu tv members. d' 'd I' 'b h ' under the lnternation EducatiOI \1 G ~I 'c lVI ua IStlC ut t at Isn't so ,., elor of Sacred Theology at Gen­ ,r, ummere or ,rs. rane may H dd d "1 h' k h '1' ALUMNI NEWS eral Seminary and engaged in Exchange Program of the Ful make a recommendation bue they e a e" t 1~ t e on y additional graduate work at Co.l­ bright Act. Dr. Horowitz receive, do not have a final vote. Once overburdenIng ,,:e might have is There wi 11 be an art exhibit at umbia Un iversity. He was ap­ a B.B.S. from the College of th, on campus, a student is expected by middle -class stu­ the Barbizon Plaza in New York sub~rba~ pointed Chaplain of the College City of New York, an M.A. fror co work hard. It is because of dents. I d hke to see more rural, City on November 23 to 30 spon­ sored by alumni, trustees and and Rector of the Parish of Columbia and completed all re of this capacity that they were ha?d mOl re lowedr-class, and more quirements for the Ph.D. fror. chosen Ig h -c ass stu ents too. In other parents of Bard. Paintings con­ Saint John the Evangelist in . 'WOrds a wider socioeconomic tributed by over 70 artists, some Barrytown, in 1944. In the fol­ Brandeis University. \\HY DO STUDENTS sampling." of whom are Bard Alumni, will lowing year he added the duties A member of the AmericaJ of Instructor of Religion at the CHOOSE BARD Mr. Gummere was asked why 'be exhibited and sold to build a Philosophical Association an, new Art Studio. Some of the con­ College to the other posts and the Royal Institute of Philosoph ~Ir, Gummere ramified on the students leave Bard. "Most of tributors are Milton A very, Alex­ remained until June, 1949. Dur­ (England), he has been a teach reasons why students come to the reasons I've gotten have had ing this period he received a ing fellow at Brandeis, visitinl Bard. Specking slowly and suc­ to do with small size, or what ander Calder, Gladys Rockmore Davis, Gerrit Hondius, Nathaniel promotion to Associate Professor. professor at the University 0 cinctly, "Buzz" Gummere said they consider the unduly indi­ Kay, Lev'landau, Prestopino, the Buenos Aires, and has won ; that Bard's attraction is in being vidualistic philosophy, spirit 3 Soyers (Issac, Moses and Ra­ number of professional award: a small co-ed, academically re­ and practice on the part of stU­ (Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 3.) phael), William Zarach, and many and scholarships. He has con spe cted college near New York. dents." finished his tormentor. tributed numerous scholarl' He added that Bard also has the others. unrefutable reputation of being Was there an emerging Bard ."' ... "'."' .. With lightning-fast action of papers to American, French a good college from which to type, the reporter wondered. The following positions are held his quick, steel-trap mind, Joe Germa n, and Spanish journal by former Bardians: and is the author of "The Ide: enter a graduate school. His tlNo, I don't see an emerging stunned his opponent with an un­ of War and Peace in Contempor final reason was given only after type. I have been challanged on believably swift blow from his Dr. Richard M. Packard is now ary Philosophy" and other book seriously considering its dis- that but not refuted. The only president of Laysalle Junior sledge hammer. cretion. "i\Iany students come," thing I've seen emerging has College in Newton, Mass. Mr. Yes, there you have it, friends, Dr. Ira L. Reiss, also an as ~Ir. Gummere reflected, "because been in the last year some move­ Packard's father was a professor THE PERFECT SQUASH! sistant Professor of Sociology they simply were not able to get !rent toward a sustained com­ of physics at Bard. is a graduate cum laude frot into an Ivy League or Holy Seven munity initiative. You see this ."'''''''.'''.'''.''' (Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 5) Syracuse University. Dr. Reis school. They would have gone in organization like the Orien­ Sheila Shulman will be going to received M.A. and Ph.D. degree like a shot but because of over- tation Committee. Before it was the University of Minnesota for a deadline on his doctoal dis­ from the Pennsylvania State Uni sertation on contemporary German crowding and other reasons they every man for himself. But this her Master of Arts degree this versity and has done furthe literature. He will receive his couldn't rna ke it. Only a min- concept of community feeling Fall. She has been working for graduate work at Columbia. H doctorate at Yale. He served in the America-Italy Society in NYC. has been an instructor in Soc: oriey, I'd say a sizable minority, has been ,a part of Bard for 25 the American Army during World ."''''''''''.'''''''''''' ology at Bowdoin College an come because of the Bard Plan." years. It Just now seems to be War II, and has spent much of emerging and if it continues I Sue Stephenson is Visiting As­ Assistant Professor in Soci his life in Europe. TIlE BARD PLAN think that may prove significant." sistant Professor in Health and ology and Anthropology at th Physical Education at Louisiana Though teaching German, he tiThe Bard Plan calls for a A MYSTIFYING FIELD ~ollege of William and Mary. H large faculty in proportion to State University. is fascinated by France, the IS the author of ftPre-Marit~ the student body, who conduct Finally, Mr. Gummere confided ."'''''''.''' "'''''''''' French people and the French Sexual Standards". Rhoda Levine ('53) is now at the St. Louis Opera Company. She has choreographed the off Broad­ way production of 'Fashion'. SMITH'S "''''''''''''''''.'''.''' C. J. STOCKENBERG Fred Hechinger, trustee of Bard, has been appointed Education Editor of the New York Times • SERVICE STATION ."' ... "'."' .. Tony Tuttle has been acting in Elmer Hogan Proprietor T.V. films and has published a story called (Night of the Birth­ day'. Expertly Serving Bardians •••••••••• Pete Weston ('55) is studying for his Ph.D. at Washington Uni­ versity in the field of Audiology. In Automot ive Problems Pete, while at Bard, designed and built tbe whole electrical system Red Hook, N. Y. for the theater and station WXBC, "' .... '" "'''' .. Esso Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I Muy B~menau Lyonose ('57), recently a mother, received her }.laster of "'."'Fine ...... Arts . this year. ESGAGEillEI\1S Barbara Littman of Pittsburgh, [0 ADOLF'S Tim Bournstein, a graduate of Bard and the t:niversity of Chicago. Tim received his Law Degree from Harvard and Oxford ANNANDALE HOTEL t:niversities. A Fall wedding is HAROLD'S SNACK BAR planned. "''''''''''''' "'''' ... Social Relaxation Among Bardians David and Anna Sacks, Proprietors Sandra .\Iiguel is engaged to ~Ir. Theo DeBriun. "' .. "''''''' "'''''''''' Carole Freiburg ('59) is engaged Good Food - Beer & Liquor eo ~Iarvin Leichtung. ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON "''''*''''''''''''''''''. OPEN NIGHTLY