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" Don't ever dare to take your A college as a matter of course— ? DON'T MISS because, like democracy and £ freedom, many people you'll fi CRANE never know anything about * have broken their hearts to BRINTON get it for you." Alice Duer Miller I- TTTT •_. -r _- _ W hitney Art Museum Educa tors Supp ort Brinton to Lecture On WAB1 TV Cour se Donates 27 Paintings 'Doctrine of Progress' In College Ph ysics Crane Brinton, McLean' Professor of Ancient and Modern History Representatives of the Maine state at Harvard, will speak at Colby tonight at 8 o'clock in the Women's \ teachers colleges, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby and the University of Maine, Union. His lecture is entitled "Doctrine of Progress." Professor together with the State Department Brinton is the author of "Shaping- of the Modern Mind," Colby's of Education, met last week and Book of the Year for 1957-58. Born in Winstead, Conn, in February, in a new edu- agreed to cooperate 1898, Brinton attended Springfield Central High School in Massa- They are support- cational venture. chusetts. He received his A.B. de- ing a television course in college gree from Harvard in 1919 and his nationally by the physics televised doctorate in philosophy from Ox- National Broadcasting Company. ford in 1923. He then became a The program is sponsored by the teacher at Harvard University and American Association of Colleges has been there as a professor since for Teacher Education, the Fund 1942. He was chosen chairman of for the Advancement of Education, the Society of Fellows of Harvard and The National Broadcasting Com- in the siame year. pany. In the State of Maine, the Professor Brinton has been editor course will be sponsored by the of the "American Oxonian," and on Maine colleges' and carried over the editorial boards of the "Ameri- WCSH-TV, channel 6 in Portland, can Scholar" and the "Journal of and WABI-TV, channel 5 in Ban- History of Ideas." He has written gor. First semester of the course a number of books including "A De- will begin October 6 and continue cade of Revolution" (1934 ), "The until January ; tlie second semester Lives of Tallyrand" (1936), "The will run until June 5. Telecasts will , "House Edward Hopper United States and Britain" (1945), on Pamet River" by be made from 6 :30 to 7 :00 a.m. and "Ideas and Men" (1950), of five days a week. which "Shaping of the Modern The Whitney Museum of American Art has loaned Colby 27 paint- Primarily designed for high school Mind" is the latter part. Jacques present century. They science teachers, the program is also ings by the foremost American artists of the Barzien says that his books ". open to college science students, will be shown at an exhibit in Miller Library from October 6 through prove among other things, that a liberal arts • students, gifted high the 25. Artists whose work will be gifted teacher and writer can knowledge and enjoyment of it school students, engineers interested displayed are : George Bellows, modulate from the monographic among the people of this country in physics, and adult citizens who Alexander Brook, Charles Burch- study of records to the composition and other countries. Present .day wish to obtain a better understand- field, Arthur B. Carles, Stuart ' Crane Brinton of entertaining biography without American art is extremely diverse ing of recent developments in the Tonight s lecturer, Davis, Charles Demuth, Preston losing, at either end, his scholarship and creativity exists in many forms. world of science. Dickinson, Lyonel Feininger, Wil- or his chosen public." The museum believes that this calls College credit is given for this liam J. Glackens, William Gropper, for a.broad viewpoint recognizing all course which strives to demonstrate Area Chairmen & Mr. Brinton says of himself in George Grosz, Marsden Hartley, vital tendencies from traditional to the essential techniques for teach- "Current Biography" : "Like many Edward Hopper, John Marin, Regin- of my generation I advanced and, therefore, it Avill- al- ing tlie "basic principles of physics. Hear consider myself ald Marsh, A. H. Maurer, George ^ Class Agents 'anti-intellectual' ways be open to the new, the young, The cou rse also provides students not in the wildly L. K. Morris, Georgia O'Keefe, and the experimental. The Whitney with up-to-date information concern- romantic sense of disliking reason, Henry Varnum Poor, Ben Shahn, Museum sees to it that the artist ing recent developments in the field Future Plans but in the skeptical sense of doubt- Charles Sheeler, John Sloane, Jos- s first annual com- is not hampered in his progress by of physics. In Maine registration Colby College' ing from actual experience the ex- eph Stella, Mark Tobey, Franklin C. bined conference of area chairmen lack of sympathy . and support. "It and credits will be handled by the tent to which reason as intellectuals Watkins, and Max Weber. sponsored by the is not our intention to form a University of lWCaine. and class agents, commonly use the term, affects the Two of the current trends in Fund Raising Committee, was held actions of men in societies. 'school, ' our chief concern is with The course, established on a two " American painting which will be at Roberts Union on Saturday, the individual artist." On limiting semester basis, will center around Crane Brinton served in both evident to the observors of the ex- 1958. Tho purpose of the scope of the museum to Ameri- aspects- of physics necessary for an September 27, World Wars. He is a member of hibit are the realistic trend as shown the meeting was to , furnish all of can art the emphasis is placed pri- understanding of atomic and nu- Phi Beta Kappa and is the recipient by the works of Bellows, Glackens, the area chairmen and class agents of honorary degrees from marily on 'art' and secondarily on clear physics dixring the first semes- Ripon Marsh, Hopper, and Burchfield , and with complete details ahout Colby's College and Kenyon College. He 'American.' ter. Atomic and nuclear physics will a trend toward major abstract art as lans for the future and at the Maintained by the income from be dealt with exclusively second p , , married Cecelia Roberts in 1946. seen in a painting by Davis. develop with them ' the Continued on Page Ten Continued on Page Ten same time, Pie spends much of his time writing Professor Samuel M. Green of details of the fall program for the but also enjoys gardening and walk- Wesleyan College, professor of art at Fulfillment campaign. ing. Colby from 1944-48 , will lecture Oct. At 10 a.m. Bill Millett welcomed 17 in conjunction with the show. NewAppointme ntsAre tho group, after wliich L. Russell The purpose of the Whitney Blanchard spoke on "The Plan for Museum is to promote the progress tho Future." Following Mr. Blan- Stu G Pro poses of American art, and to spread the To School Staff chard's speech, A, Galen Eustis de- Ma de livered a talk on the lrailding pro- Two Amend ments have been made to the Colby staff this Three nevv appointments gram, Dean Robert E. Strider spoke 2 Ch apel Serv ices year, two in the library and one in the admissions office. Mary on tho educational program, and Students to Vote Jane Weir of San t)iego, California, is Colby's new Readers' Services Edward H. Turner and Bill Millett Student Government approved a Per Week Planned Librarian. She graduated from Bethany College in West Virginia in spoke on the Fulfillment Program. proposal that the three sophomore 1942 and for the next 13 years was associated with the public em- Following a brief recess, a ques- representatives to Men's Judiciary tion period was hold. The Reverend be oloctod from the sophomore class ployment services of the state of California. Miss Weir received her For 1st Semester Hilda Tj. Ives related to the audi- at large at last Monday's meeting. In order to present an enriched Master of Library Science degree would serve as well in the stacks. ence how "An Outsider Looks at A second proposal was passed by series of chapel services during tho last Juno from Drexel Institute of No books can be taken from tho Colby." "The Job Ahead " was out- which an independent man may be week, services during tho first Technology in Philadelphia." Before Treasure Room . Tho collections are lined by Leonard W. Mayo, and elected to Student Government, semester will bo held Tuesdays at entering Drexel she spent one and of more use, although not necessar- Chairma n Blanchard summed up the provided 50% of the men's inde- 12 :05, and Thursdays at 6 :45 p.m, one-half years traveling through the ily of moro interest, 'to a scholar or meeting at noon. pendent body votes in such an elec- instead of four times a wook, as countries of Europe. Sho is fond of a person with a particular interest It was reported at the meeting tion, was done last yoar. Mexico and lias traveled extensively than to the ordinary student. Mr. that the Fulfillment Fund has al- Tho above are considered con- Tho weekday service will consist thoro. Photography is another of Schorta graduated from ' Now York ready reached $1,649,142.45. Alumni stitutional amendments and wore of worship led by faculty members Miss Woir's interests . This is her University in 1952 and received his who are working to roach a quota passed by tho necessary 2/3 ma- and local clergymen , rather than first job as a librarian.