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Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 2-17-1960 The aB tes Student - volume 86 number 13 - February 17, 1960 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student Recommended Citation Bates College, "The aB tes Student - volume 86 number 13 - February 17, 1960" (1960). The Bates Student. 1336. http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student/1336 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aB tes Student by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ri *Bates Student Vol. LXXXVI, No. 13 BATES COLLEGE, LEWISTON, MAINE, FEBRUARY 17, 1960 By Subscription Rev. Rowell Discusses Faculty Decides On Monastic Naturalness On Sunday evening in the*" Mayoralty Revisions Chapel, The Rev. William Rowell Mayoralty will be held again this year subject to the recommendations below. These presented a new insight into the were submitted to the Faculty who passed them on February 12 and were received by consideration of the Image of them after research and review Man. Rev. Rowell, a member of by the Student-Council Mayoral- the Society of Saint John the "Expressionists" Present ty Sub-Committee; the Men's Evangelist, the oldest religious Student Council and the Facul- order for men in the Angelican ty-Student Extracurricular Ac- Romantic Poetry Reading tivities Committee (who passed Communion, delivered his presen- Review by SUSAN KEACH '63 these recommendations unani- tation in the form of an exposi- mously). The recommendations At 3:30 on Saturday, on the steps of Hathorn Hall, the Ex- tion on monasticism. are as follows: pressionists of Bates College presented a Valentine's Day Man's role on earth is inter- Non-simultaneous rallies in- program entitled "The Timelessness of Love". The Ex- preted by Rev. Rowell in con- troducing candidates on Thurs- pressionists are, in their own definition, a loosely formed, day evening prior to Ivy Week- formity with the strictest of informal group who unite in an effort to further culture on end; and Friday, courting of the Christian doctrines. Man himself our campus. They conform to no standard college club prac- Women's votes by skits and other must choose between the world means of politicking. Each side tices except the honored tradition of obtaining a blue slip. of nature and the kingdom of will present an original or Their plans for the future include art exhibits and concerts. God, the right choice being the adapted one and one-half hour About forty of the nine hun-* :included famous love poetry show, one to be presented on renunciation of the things of the Rev. William Rowell dred students were interested from Elizabethan to modern Thursday evening, one on Friday world and the dedication to the enough in the group's effort to time was varied and well evening followed by a simultan- search for the kingdom of God. further culture to attend the eous finale by both sides. Voting planned. Poems from different of which the self is the primary reading. A few were perhaps will take place on Saturday with Emphasizes God times and places were read in- source. Poverty is a sign of de- drawn more out of curiosity than cluding "A Red, Red Rose" by the results to be announced at Man must learn to consecrate intellectual interest. pendence on God, and chastity is Robert Burns with Paul Popish the Ivy Dance. the natural, at the same time as- a sign of Christian purity, and Reads Love Poelry doing a fine job with the Scotch Draw Themes From Hat The Student Council Mayoralty serting the supernatural and es- both marriage and celibacy are The poetry readers were Paul accent, 'The Timelessness of tablishing God's immanence and Popish, Bradley Butler and Har- Love" was enjoyed by the au- Committee will decide upon the regarded as vocations to be sanc- extent of women participation in transcedence. Overemphasis of old Smith, and their voices were dience; and if their further pro- tified, exclaimed the monastic. the one and one-half hour shows, the transcendence of God results amplified by Gerald Badger's grams are comparable, they will As pride is the supreme sin, hu- equipment. Their program, which be well worth attending. costs of constructions and themes in the loss of the concept of God J mility is the supreme virtue, and (in conjunction with both sides), which will be drawn out of a as a personal being, and leads to by subduing his will to that of the development of nature as a hat. Rehearsal schedules will be God, man subjects himself to Pianist Renders Excerpts | proportionally the same as those god and a religion. humble obedience. used before. Individual assess- According to Rev. Rowell, the After the first attempt of man From Three Centuries ments of $2.50 will be limit on '•ial purpose of Christianity is the amount to be spent by each to attain the divine image, God Mrs. Alfred J. Wright, a graduate of the Paris Conserva- the sanctification of the natural ide. assumed the image of man. tory, presented a piano recital last Monday, February 15, in and the supremacy of the spirit- The Student Council Mayoralty continued Rowell. It is the iden- the Bates College Chapel. Mrs. Wright played pieces express- ; Committee will check the re- ual, both of which were com- tity between God and man which ing the styles of three centuries of musical composition. quired list of expenses with the bined in the redemption. Extracurricular Activities Com- alone enables man to live a di- As an example of the Baroque Discusses Chaslisy vine life. The goal of a Christian mittee having a final audit of the style of thematic repetition, the College Offers same. Povetry, chastity, and obedi- is to become like Christ, and a noted musician played Bach's ence are the means prescribed by follower of Jesus is an imitator Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Piize In Law monastisim for overcoming sin, of God. Minor, a piece from the eight- The Henry Walter Oakes Bates Captures eenth century. Next, while por- Prize, proposed by Raymond S. Oakes '09 and his son, Robert First Place In traying the delicate emotion of Oakes '49, has been accepted by Faculty Panel Discusses Chopin's Nocfourne in F Sharp Dean Emeritus Harry W. Rowe M. I. T. Debate Major, the wife of the Bates pro- representing Bates College. The The Bates College Negative Selections By T. S. Eliot fessor demonstrated the influence prize itself consists of $100 which Debate Team went all the way of Romanticism in the nineteenth is to be presented annually to to the final round at the Massa- The Public Affairs Commission of the Christian Associa- century. the senior at Bates who is best chusetts Institute of Technology qualified to continue his or her Style Debate Tournament last tion will present a program on T. S. Eliot on February 23 at Portrays Debussy education through the study of Saturday to defeat Bowdoin Col- 7:30 in the Little Theater. Taking part in the presentation Her last two pieces were from law. lege and secure a first place for will be Professors Lavinia M. Schaeffer, Hwight R- Walsh, the music of the twentieth cen- In addition to the requirements Bates in the tourney. tury composer, Debussy. The of substantial scholarship and in- The members of the Bates and Paul Whitbeck. The formal discussion of the panel will students heard a skillful presen- tention to study law, further team were Marjorie Sanborn. be followed by questions and answers from the audience. tation of the rhythm in Habane- basis of selection will be through John Lawton, Neil Neuman and ra of Evening in Granada. The an elimination speaking contest. Jack Simonds. Miss Sanborn Prof. Whitbeck, having spent tent of the plays. Following this, beautiful Gardens Under The The two finalists will appear in placed fourth highest in individ- last semester studying in Eng- Rain, another example of im- Prof. Walsh will offer an ex- Chapel, April 25. ual Negative speaking and Law- land, will give an introduction planation or interpretation of pressionistic musical painting , Choose Topic ton placed as fourth highest ir. to the program by explaining the plays in light of the readings concluded Mrs. Wright's musical Candidates interested in com- individual Affirmative speaking Eliot from the contemporary presented. program for the morning. peting for the award will meet Bales Wins Trophy point of view. Following this ex- in Room 8, Libbey Forum, Fri- Bates in 1955 was the first and planation and biographical Answers Questions day, February 19. At this time only team, to date, to retire the sketch, Prof. Schaeffer will dis- The program, under the direc- they will agree upon one of the trophy. This year is the first time cuss Eliot's plays. To illustrate tion of Barbara Hoehling, will be Notice following topics as the common Bates has won the new trophy her talk. Prof. Schaeffer plans concluded with an open discus- MINNEAPOLIS subject of the speeches: which was started in 1956. Three to present part of the chorus sion during which the panel will SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1) Why I have chosen a legal wins are needed to retire thi* from her production of Murder answer any questions from the TONIGHT. FEBRUARY 17 career. trophy. in the Cathedral reading excepts audience concerning the mater- 2) The role of the Lawyer in Eight O'clock The five top teams in order of from several of his other dramas.