ews Vol. LDC WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, WELLES'...EY, MASS., FEBRUARY 17, 1966 No. 17 Past Premier Mendes-France Four Run for CG Presidency, Ponders Chanf!inl! Democracy by Rosy Metrailer '66 .....,...... ,,._,...... ______that they can not be considered indi- vidually. Thus comes the age of or­ Explain Views of Office, Goals ganized progress - the Plan. The chief economic aim is progress, and by Susan Pillsbury '66 as this is a collective aim which con­ cerns all those in a democratic so­ Four girls have reached the next­ iety, it can neither be inflexible nor to-last stage on the way to the Wei· be concentrated in the hands of a lesley College Government Presi­ small group. "When balance between dency. Today and tomorrow students the government organs operates no have the oportunity to decide which longer, there is no longer democ- one of the finalists, Debbie Davis. Gage Heath, Shelley Parry or Diane Plerre Mendes-France &: Miss Clapp racy." Ba>e Policy on Democracy Sawyer, will be presiding over Sen­ "It seems kind of paradoxical that The underlying thesis in all M. ate meetings i!l '66-'67. I should have been asked to speak in Mendes-France's remarks is that Next term's Senate President must an American college about democra­ whereas autocratic governments can cy!" cope with one problem which her re­ force a rigid plan on their societies cent predecessors have not had to This was the opening statement of because individuals are given no face. She will be working with the the Honorable Mendes-France, former choice but submission, democracies outgoing administrative president as Premier of France, in his talk last can not do this and remain demo· well as her successor. Tuesday night in Alumnae Hall about cratic because the success of col­ the problems his government now lective progress depends upon volun­ Confident faces in maintaining a truly demo­ tary cooperation among all their citi­ Each candidate is taking this prob­ cratic government in the face of the zens - who are producers and con­ lem into consideration and is confi­ changing economic requirements of sumers alike. Certainly the govern­ dent she has the qualifications to ful­ an industrial society. Perhaps the ment can offer special inducements fill the difficult role. Debbie Davis, predominant impression left on his for cooperation, but their main task Vil Junior in Munger, believes her audience by this distinguished speak­ is to educate and excha'lge informa­ qualifications to be "flexibility, ex­ er, one of the most outspoken critics tion with individuals so that all can perience and initiative." of "the personal government" of understand the benefits of collective Debbie points to her work as CG College liu\•crnmcut Prcs1dc11tial Candidates: n. to r.) To9: Diane Sawyer, President DeGaulle, was his ideal­ action and participate accordingly. Treasurer, Chairman of the Vil Jun­ l>ebby lJav1s. Bottom: Shellev Pcrr.v, Cia~c Heath. ism, his optimism about the direction The main problem in France today, ions and initiator of the present Grey of democracies in the future. he said, is to achieve the participa­ Book changes and poll, as evidence of Connecticut, is a political science Wellesley College system who has an Balance Indispensable tion of all in advancement. The her capability. She feels the job of major who hopes to teach American "intense interest .. is capable of being M. Mendes-France posited two people are losing democracy by sur­ President of Senate is o:ie of "initiator history. This summer she will work C.G. President, and she is out to main theses in his discussion of what rendering all their affairs to one man, rather than mediator." Refusing to in the Washington Internship pro­ prove it. Iler ow:1 political back­ his government and other democra­ to a government which has bt.-come tic herself down to specific "cam­ gram. ground hos bt·Pn dorm-oriented. She cres must do to meet the exigencies one of experts and professionals. The paign promises," Debbie wants to be Gage Heath. McAfee, considers is presently serving as .Junior Class of an economics becoming increas­ main difference between himself and able, if elected, to give priority in herself to be "conversant with the Hep and Secretary-Treasurer for Da- ingly technical and incomprehensible President DeGaulle he summarized CG to student complaints as they issues." As qualification for hold mg vis. to the common man. The first of succinctly: "All I have said up to become important. the office of CG President, Ga).(c Social Worker these is the absolute necesity of now, I think General DeGaulle does Political Interest points to a record of executive experi­ An English major who has worked balance and constant dialogue betwen not think to say! " Debbie, a native of Shrewsbury. ence. Before coming to Wellesley. the in the publishing business in Wash­ the executive and representative or­ Sherborn. Mass., junior was elected i:igton, Shelley has also done social gans of government. The balance be­ head of the New England Student work in her hometown of Summit, tween these two has always been pre­ Hillel Seeks Campus Opinion Government Association 1 for private New .Jersey. She hopes to go into the carious in European countries, he schools in New England and New Peace Cori>s. said, and sometimes power has been York.) Diane Sawyer, an English major concentrated wholly in the executive, On '66 Opening Class Dates Lengthy Service in Severance, describes herself as in one man - as in the 5th Repub­ Her activities at Wellesley include "politically inclined," and hopes to lic of France today. by Susan Sprau '68 Jewish girls will face next fall be­ service as class dorm rep on the Mc­ work in Washingto!l in the future. The role of the state in economic During the past three weeks W!!l­ tween attending the first 2 days of Afee House Council for 3 years, as She believes that the office of C.G. matters has long been a controver­ lesley's Hillel Organization and News classes or religious services. secretary of C.G., for a term as President requires an "enthusiasm sial question, he said, "but the fact have voiced objections to the opening "What I am doing for next Sep­ chairman of this year's Freshman thal translates itself into energy" remains that no governments today of 1966~7 classes on Rosh ha-Shanah. tember is to ask the deans lo see lo Week, and as stage manager for Ju­ and is willing to give this. can stand apart from their countries' The following excerpt from President it that someone speak to the entire nior Show. Gage is majoring in Eng­ Energy Necessarv economic life." In modern France, Clapp's letter to Sarah Smith '67, freshman class at a meeting on their lish and pla!1S to teach elementary According to Diane this enthusias­ as opposed to the United States, such President of Hillel, summarizes o:ie first days here, explaining the prob­ school upon graduation. tic "attitude" of the President's is intercessions have been so numerous suggestion for alleviating the conflict lem. our regret that it exists, the Shelley Parry from Summit, New the most important thing in determin­ propriety of attending to one's relig­ Jersey, feels that any student in the Continued on page seven ious devotions, and the means of get­ Senate Adds~Student Opinion' ting another student to give one notes on what one misses." College Theater Rehearses Technical Difficulties To Regular Portion of Agenda During an interview with News last week, Sarah noted that allowing Jew- Chekhov's c-Three Sisters' Barbara Elderr '66 I In other business Lora Benjamin ish students to miss classes does not A lively discussion in Senate Feb. 9 '67, bursar, reported that a confer- solve the whole problem. Technical Associate Professor W. Warren Wa- and as the Father in Six Characters ended with a decision to add an item ence fund has been established which difficulties remain. Hillel is now ask- gar, of the Department of History, In Sear<'h Of An Author. called "Student Opinion" at the end will pay the registration fees of stu- ing permission to send out religious and freshmen Na'lcy Herron and Loveless Marriage of each agenda. dents who wish to attend conferences preference cards to freshmen before Marilyn Lawley will take leading Irina, youngest of the three sisters This new addition will give the pertaining to the specific interests of orientation so that Hillel may esti- roles in the Wellesley College Theatre and jusl twenty when the play begins. student members of Senate a chance a campus organization For Term I mate the num™:r of girls who will I p~oduction of A~ton Chekhov's Thr~e will be acted by Marilyn Lawley. to air some of the problems with of next year $300 will be earmarked need transportation to synagogues. Sisters, performmg February 25-26 m Finally abandoni!lg her dream of a which they are constantly confronted. for the fund; establishment of the Joan Manheimer '68. Hillel Exec- Alumnae Hall. Mr. Paul R. Barstow, return to glamorous Moscow at the In Wednesday night's discussion top- fund came after a request by Rosy utive Board member, said syna- Director of Theatre, will direct the end of the play's cycle of four years, ics ranging from questions concern- Metrailer '66, president of Forum, at gogucs are usually filled to production designed by Mr. Henry Irina consents to a loveless marriage ing the purpose of and need for sign- the last Senate meeting. capacity on Hosh ha-Shanah, just E. Scott III, Design Director or the with the admirable but unattractive outs to complaints about lack of Diane Sawyer '67, junior vice-pres- as churches are well attended on Wellesley College Theatre. Baron Tuzenbach. But the Baron is informal meetings with boys on an ident, reported that the constitutions Easter. Joan added, "I can conceive Mr. Wagar will take the role of the killed in a duel with his rival Captain intellectual level to concer!l for class- of all campus organizations have now of a situation where temples in the high school teacher Kulygin whom Solyony. John Murnane plays the room attitude were mentioned. been revised Senate voted to accent Bo~ton area arc filled and ,,c·ll have one of the ~isters, Masha, married Baron and Christopher Brooks por- A Voicing of Problems the constitutio:i of the American Field to ask permission to stay home to when she was eighteen. "when he C0111i1111ed 011 page sei·e11 ... The "Student Opinion" is meant to Service to establish a club here. attend services and register late." seemed to her to be the most bril- be. at the moment at least, no more The major discussion of Senate Significant Holiday liant of men," Masha, played by 1,075 members of the student than a voici!lg of the problems. Un- once more focused on an evaluation With respect to the events leading Nancy Herron. engages in a poig- body have signed up to fast for like the other matters on the agenda of its own role in the community. up to Miss Claop's Jetter, Sarah com- nant love affair with Colonel Versh­ Operation Exodus M~n .. Feb. 21, no immediate solution will be sought This time the evaluating process was mented. "Our discussions with the ' ini!l, battery commander in the regi· Peggy Howurd of the Civil Rights in most cases and no vote will be • stimulated by the question of whether administration gave us the impres- ment whose presence dominates the Group reported today. This will taken. The purpose of the time is to Student Education Committee should sion that they were not fully aware I life of the provincial capital wh~re attempt to break down the barriers become more closely allied with Sen- of the imnortance and meanim~ of the action of the play is set. Vershm­ mean $537.00 will be sent to Op. between faculty and administration ate. Barbara :\Iunson '66, chairman this holiday." She said ''Miss Clapp in is played by Edwin McDonough eration Exodus to aid the bossing on the one hand and students on the of S.E.C., attempted to answer this and Miss McPherrin were aware that remembered by Wellesley audiences of Negro children from racially other by letting each know the prob· I question with a report of S E .C.'s this holiday was of some importance I for his performances this year as Imbalanced schools. !ems of the other. Co111i1111ccl on pafle ffre 1 Co11ti1111cd 011 page six Shannon in The Night of the Iguana Paga Two WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, WELLESLEY, MASS. FEBRUARY 17, 1966 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shattering the Image Editorial Bulletin Board The human mind has a penchant toward ab­ is that of mass alienation of the student body from straction; it runs frantically after generalizations a stereotype they want nothing to do with and the and labels. Experts in public relations, exploiting destruction of the desire for a community with Genesis of a Coffee House that stereotype as its public image. this inevitable tendency of the public to form an In the beginning a room was created. And they saw that it was image of an institution, are able to develop and To an extent, we ourselves may actually be re­ sponsible for the great big bland zero we project good. play up facets of that institution that will encour­ And they said: Let music abound within these four walls. And to Harvard and Princeton. But on the other hand, age favorable public opinion. Aside from being music was practised therein. And they saw that it was ... music. inevitable, it is necessary that an institution have the days are pretty much gone when, as in high Later they said: let there be furniture bought and sold that the a public image so as to give its customers an idea school, we had to protect the egos of the boys poor may live in second-hand comfort and let music be housed in by hiding our intellectual lights under bushels. of just what it is they are dealing with. The dan­ other rooms. And they saw that this was profitable as well. ger of all this, though, lies in the possibility that Most men worthy of the name respect, nay re­ And they said: Let there be a respite from library toils and a quire, intelligence in women. Rather, the gap be­ the image projected may scarcely relate to the real­ comfortable exile from the traffic of the El Table. And let there be ity of that institution. In such a case, customers tween image and reality at Wellesley can better be reunited the music and furniture which once lived in the room. And are deceived and members of the institution are accounted for by the existence of a second gap - they saw that it was good. forced into hypocritical stances. that between the academic and social spheres A And they did not rest, but did declare: Let there be an alterna­ Similarly, it is inevitable that Wellesley Col­ liberal arts education has failed if it docs not tive to Hojo's and the Well. And let there be a home for those out­ lead a student to question, to experiment, to de­ lege have an image. And an image is necessary side the societies of this community. spair, to aspire, to rejoice, to reject. But when we for the sake of potential students, faculty, and And they decreed: Let there be light until 12 :45 on Friday benefactors who must have a basis for their choice at Wellesley would like to put our educations _to and Saturday nights. And it was good. of colleges. No student at Wellesley could expect use experimenting in realms other than academic, to examine the image that Wellesley projects and we arc only too conscious of the conflict b~twccn find herself, because any image must presumably the academic independence and aggressiveness No '"Indian-Giving' be a composite of the diverse elements making up urged upon us and the passive conformity to out­ the institution. But consider for a moment THE dated social conventions forced upon us by the As a result of persistent inquiry, News has finally ascertained WELLESLEY GIRL. In the Aug. 20, 1965 is­ social regulations. These social regulations at a clear statement of the college's present policy on recording junior sue, Time Magaine says of us, "Their distinguish­ Wellesley are in drastic need of updating. They honors standings. (Sec story on page 6). These standings, an­ ing characteristic, in short, is that they don't stand are based on and arc designed to perpetuate an nounced at convocation, will be typed permanently on the transcript out ... (They are) wholesome girls who make image of Wellesley students that no longer per­ in the space marked "junior honors" as "Wellesley College Scholar normal, well-adjusted housewives and civic-mind­ tains to the reality of those students. When rules standing" or "Durant Scholar standing." While we agree that the "!d citizens." The 1963 Collegiate Guide to Great­ are incomprehensible to the ruled and change ap­ titles of honor themselves should be conferred only at Commence­ er quotes the Merchant of Venice concern- pears impossible, those rules are broken. l_'he sm ment (like cum laude), on the basis of cumulative sophomore-senior g us: "How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this of "improper" lodging in the Boston area 1s now grades, we think it unfair to deny a junior of honors standing per­ nk." And the Princeton guide calls us "active, compounded by the breaking of a _n.~le to _en&age manent record of her distinction and achievement, even if she fails to olesomc, and enthusiastic." in it. Eliminating such anachronistic gu1delmes maintain honors. Something once earned cannot be lost. Therefore, A few of us may stand a little taller after these as the Boston area arrangement would do more we approve the present method, and hope it will be continued. is, but most seem to sense in them a "damn- toward maintaining our image in Boston as honest A system used a few years ago was to write "Honors not main­ 1ith faint praise" and react to them within the women than would the preservation of a rule that tained" for senior year if this were the case, but the college discon­ ~ of emotions from amused embarrassment is broken repeatedly. Likewise, let's revamp an­ tinued this because of the unfair light in which it cast such a stu­ 1dignation. Looking around campus at friends other official policy to bring it into accord with the dent. News also believes the positive record should speak for itself. j classmates, we can see interesting people who unofficial one: students at Wellesley know that the We hope that in the future any student may obtain reports e doing some amazing things; most of us would world has things to offer that Wellesley doesn't, on procedures such as the recording of honors standing without the .ot even pretend to know the meaning of words and that transportation from Wellesley to any­ confusing and contradictory preliminary statements from adminis­ like "normal" and "wholesome"; the exception where is a major undertaking. Cars on campus trative sources, but we found the Recorder very willing to clarify among us aspires solely to being a "well-adjusted would change the entire character of the campus, the problem. housewife and civic-minded citizen." Nell Fisher and so be it. More people would go more places Grim '57 wrote in reply to the Time article, "We to do more things to have more experiences to have Jr. Leaguers, ' muscle-bounds,' Peace Corps share. Vote by Tomorrow women, 'brains,' conformists, and Sally Sweet­ When a single student proposes to engage in hearts, PLUS Dr. Connie Guion, Santha Rama an activity of questionable merit and is to be spe­ Final voting for C.G. President ends tomorrow, Friday, Feb. Rau, Madame Chiang and Margaret Clapp." The cifically designated a representative from Welles­ 18. Although the tight election schedule limited campaigns to less outstanding people we see about us and the ones ley College, as was the case this fall when a stu­ than a week, all four candidates were able to visit every dormitory mentioned by Mrs. Grim may be more truly rep­ dent was asked to cheerlead at a Boston Patriots and communicate to students their stands on campus issues. resentative of Wellesley than the Time, Harvard, game, then the college is within its rights in pro­ The "mass media" on campus offered students additional infor­ and Princeton labels quoted earlier, but the fact tecting its image by refusing her request. But mation on candidates. WBS broadcasted candidates interviews last remains that in these labels we are seeing our­ when many students, whom the admissions board night. And in this issue, News provides its readers with still more selves as others see us. Why is it that girls repre­ has found to possess the "fundamental decency" interviews of the candidates as well as printing several student let­ senting a wide variety of backgrounds and ex­ and "sense of right and wrong" necessary for ad­ ters concerning the election. periences come together only to give off an aura mission, are acting as individuals, the college is Because C.G. officers, through Senate, help formulate all-Col­ of inane anonymities? We can assume that the out­ out of place in designating what their course of lege policy. Senate's responsiveness to student needs was a major standing alumnae and students of Wellesley are action should be. When the image determines campaign issue. News urges all students concerned about this issue, merely administrative errors on the part of the the regulntions and the regulati<¥ls attempt to mold as well as those concerned about other issues not so explicitly dis­ admissions board. Or we can see more grave im­ the student to the image, something is wrong. cussed in the campaign, to participate in the election of C.G. Presi­ plications suggesting that the Wellesley lag is in Rules should relate to the realities of the ruled and dent and other major organiation officers. operation here, too - that there is a yawning gap the image should arise from the best aspects to between the Wellesley image and the reality that this reality. The image should be a viable one that Haste 1Uakes Waste it should be representing. Most students who adapts itself to the students as they reflect the choose to come to Wellesley and who arc found changing times. Revision of the rules, with the ac­ . A letter sent !ast. week to candidates for th~ honors program by the admissions board to possess the necessary companying adaptation of our image, is in order advises these 150 1un1ors that they are to submit plans for "final ingredients of a serious desire to learn for learn­ now - not only for the peace of mind of the stu­ approval by the Curriculum Committee" by March 4. It seems un­ ing's sake and "fundamental decency" should be dents who arc forced into hypocrisy of one sort or reasonable to require a student to decide at this particular time able to find some sort of correspondence between another from the impossibility or being true both whether or not she wishes to participate in the program, especially themselves and Wellesley's image. But it would to themselves and to the rules of Wellesley. but in view of the added complication of 365 (see next week's News). seem that such is rarely the case. The danger in­ also for the sake of the waning sense of commun­ To ask her to commit herself now to a particular topic, befor• she troduced by the gap between image and reality ity at Wellesley. has adequate opportunity to explore possibilities, seems nothing short of absurd. While 1 here's Still 1 i1ne . It wo~ld appe~r that the Curriculum Committee is wasting its time. Topics submitted now can only be, in most cases, rough esti­ Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the cur­ Assignment of 290 advisors varies according n_iatcs or broad OL't lin ~s. Some students may feel pressured or con­ riculum change instituted this year is the oppor­ to department. In some cases certain faculty mem­ fined b} the lack of time to devote attention to the serious task of tunity for every student to carry out an independ­ bers have been delegated to the 290 project. In deciding how they will use as much as four units of work next year. ent project in her area of concentration in Term other departments students arc to consult their If the date could be changed to some time in Term III the Cur­ III of her junior year. It is ironic that within two regular advisors. The ideal, which is being car­ riculum Committee would be provided with a better idea ~f the proj­ weeks all juniors must select programs for next ried out in departments with only a few majors. is ects honor students arc undertaking. Since some students, who were year, and honor students must submit 370 topics to assign students to advisors who are most cap­ not nskcd last week to participate in the program, will be asked in for approval by the Curriculum Committee, while able of aiding them with their particlar topics. the future on the basis of this term's grades, a substitution of dates many students have little idea of the nature and While we understand that students are to work on seems to be in order and furthermore, to be logical. requirements of the much more immediate 290 their own, with only minimal direction, we feel project. that they should be able to freely consult faculty members other than their own advisors when prob­ The desire on the part of the Administration lems arise. We urge fairness so that small and to allow the individual departments maximal au­ large departments will offer roughly similar treat­ ~m~rt.rnwft tonomy in directing 290, and the wish of the de­ ment to interested students. partments themselves to encourage flexibility and Learning independently is a worthwhile and experimentation on the part of the students pro­ CCILU

new discussion grounds. For the first time they are asking 370 students to Exodus Panel Members Give give reports on their researches. Winter/est '66 Dormitory reading groups, modeled Three Views Of Segregation after the freshmen groups, have also by Jane Canter '68 bee!l started. WINTERFEST '66 starts tomorrow Three different approaches to the though he cited no basis for this opin- No Feasible Link at the War Memorial Auditorium and forum topic "Can a segregated edu­ ion. Barbara noted that the committee runs until Feb. Z7. Termed a "pan­ cation be a good educatio!l?" provid­ Positive Action was strong because "the people orama of the arts" as well as a "cul­ ed an overview of the value of Oper­ "The legal problems connected with there are interested. To open its tural bonanza," it will be a totally ation Exodus as a way .of meeting trying to do something about segre­ membership to election would change new experience for Boston. From the problem of segregated schools. gatio!l" were considered by Mr. Alan the nature of the committee." sympho"ly to folk music, and ballet Winter Weekend festivities begin on Held in Jewett, Saturday, Feb. 12, Schechter. The chief difficulty in en­ She feels that there is no feasible to karate, its combination of per­ the civil rights forums featured Mrs. forcing positive action to end de facto Friday, Feb. 18 with folk-singer way that the activities of S.E.C. can formances, lectures, and exhibitions Jackson, a Roxbury mother and di­ segregation stems from the negative Odetta's concert at 8 p.m. in Alum­ successfully be more closely joined will surely offer something for every­ rector of Operation Exodus, Dr. Wil­ wording of the Fourteenth Amend­ nae Hall. with those of Senate. As she poi!lted one. liam Vogel, a psychology professor ment, he explained. out "There is not a way to legislate The Gala Ballet from New York at Clark College, and Mr. Ala!l Sche­ U!lder this amendment, it is pos­ Senate Adds ... through Senate any of the things City will be among the opening high­ chter, professor in the political sible to prohibit discriminatory ac­ Co11ti1111ed /mm par:e one S.E.C. is involved in." lights of WINTERFEST '66 with science department. tion on the part of the states, but, activities. Re-evaluation Provoking shows at 2:30 and 8:30, Feb. 19. The Need SupPort unless it is "tortured," it does not re­ Link with Students Barbara's closing remark was re- star performers are Jacques D'Am· quire action of a positive sort. Only S.E.C. was established. she ex- sponsible for provoking the discussio!l boise. appearing in Bosto!l for the Before the forum, Mr. Marvin Mil­ if, as Massachusetts has done, a law plained, to provide a link between the which resulted in the establishment first time. and Melissa Hayden. They ler of the Bay State Banner, a news­ is enacted making racial imbalance Curriculum Committee of Academic of the "Student Opinion" part of the will present a repertory of classical paper designed to publicize events illegal, is this legally necessary. Council and the student body. "In- agenda. "S.E.C. is strong," she com­ and dramatic in addition to contem­ occuring within the Negro commun­ Supreme Court Action formally it tries to handle the prob- mented. "because it is constantlv porary American works with a com­ ity, made a brief plea to enlist Wel­ But since a constitutional amend­ lem of what most people call 'the reevaluati!lg its own position. its role pany of ten dancers. The Gala Ballet lesley support in increasi!lg circu­ ment is "politically impossible" and problem of intellectual atmosphere' " Senate could perhaps also benefit was created "to fill the !leed in this lation. He plans a telephone cam­ most states won't pass a law like - apathy. It tries to do this by or- from this." country for a small classical ballet paign in which people would be in­ the Massachusetts one, Mr. Schechter ganizing thought-provoking discussion Paradoxically, this type of evalu­ company." formed of the existence and nature predicted that the Supreme Court will through the faculty lecture series. ation is exactly what Senate has been "Grand Old Style" of the paper. Those interested should decide the amendment entails posi­ through freshman readi!lg groups and trying to accomplish all year. Wed­ Also on Feb. 19 the Loeb Drama contact Wendy Wyse '68 in Cezenove. tive action, eve!l though this signifi­ through lectures on basic questions Inesday night was th~ first tir:ne ~ny Center of Harvard will present Mol­ Kleman RePort Blasted cantly changes the relation between about education. progress was made m the direction iere' s comedy Tartuffe. Other major Describing the influence of segre­ Continued on page se1·e11 This year S.E.C. has added two of resolving some of the problems. Co11ti11111"J <111 pa.r:e eif.1/if gation and prejudice on the Negro as "devastating," Dr. Vogel explained that Negro children in a segregated society lear.i to hate themselves, feeling inferior to the whites. Studies indicate that IQ and achievement levels of Negroes rise when they are placed in integrated schools and that whites become much more tolerant. Dr. Vogel blasted the recomenda­ tions of Massachusetts Board of Edu­ caio!l as expressed in the Kiernan re­ port, "supposedly a blueprint for progress." He termed it an "extrem­ ely conservative document" which wouldn't significantly change segre­ gation patterns even if all the pro­ posals were enacted. Earlier Busing Needed The report doesn't recommend bus­ ing until the third grade, even through i!ltegration of younger child­ ren is very important, be pointed out. Dr. Vogel believes that since the Negro population in Boston constitu­ tes 20* of the total, this shoult be the level aimed for in the schools, instead of the 50% of the Kiernan report. He added that he suspected that classrooms would still be segregated, Student Exchange Involves Four

Marion Ferguson, '()1, and Barb Wolff, 'fj[ of SEC, will represent Wel­ With this one exception, lesley at the Sarah Lawrence Student Exchange week, to be held at Sarah Lawrence from Feb. 20 through Feb. GT&E blankets the world of electronics. 25. Two representatives from each of GT&E makes no effort to compete stereo phonographs, automatic to other electronic manufacturers six colleges will participate in the with nature's awesome forces. But supervision and control, and ad­ and the communications industry. program, livi'lg in the dorms and at­ we do the next best thing. We take vanced military systems. tending classes in an effort, as Sarah You might say that, because of Lawrence puts it, "to compare edu­ the reason for lightning and har­ GT&E member companies, such electronics, GT&E's possibilities cational systems and to discuss their ness it to everyday tasks. as Automatic Electric, Lenkurt are endless.That's the way it looks merits." In that way, we've helped to Electric and Sylvania, either man­ from where we sit. Central Themes make the lowly electron mighty. Though the week is relatively un­ ufacture the complete equipment If you're interested in getting a structured, the program will try to And our own capabilities more ex­ or the electronic components from complete picture of GT&E as it is center around the themes of the rale tensive. which they're built. And at the today, ask your Placement Direc­ of the student in formulati!lg college In fact, we've made electronics same time serve as major suppliers policies, academic freedom, and stu­ tor for a copy of the booklet that dent-teacher relationships. an important force in our business. tells the story. Or write General Barb Wolff looks forward to the And branched in to virtually all Telephone&Electronics, 7.30Third week as "a change to get beyond the directions electronics would take Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017. confinement of Wellesley, and a us .. . communications, radio, TV, chance to get the feel of a school :-Vhich, though still a girls' school, 1s among the most radical." Special Value Chairma!l of the Committee, Barb Munson, '66, commented that al­ though many colleges invite Wellesley to participate in similar conferences, she feels that not all of them would be worthwhile. The Sarah Lawrence program strikes her as especially valuable because "Sarah Lawrence is a very diferent kind of a school, with emphasis <>!l independence and individuality, and I think it would be exciting to see just how well that emphasis works." Although Wellesley has no exchange program, two Sarah Lawrence stu­ dents will be visiting the campus, one G~E staying in Tower Court, one L"l Porn· eroy, while Barb and Marion are at GENERALTELEPHONE&ELECTRON~S their school. Tentative plans include 130 IHIRO Al/t NY 10011 • GI &E SUBSIDIARIES CrnfJll irlrohoot Owau"'I Cos ., 33 $tatrs • Cl&E ubo111orot$ • Cl&E ln1er.. uo11al • C.ntt1l lrlrphonr O•ettory Co • A.ito,,,.toc (lrcttoc • trnlun llrcttoc. s.,...,.. Elrcuoc discussio!ls at Room F to allow those interested to speak with all four ex­ change students. , ... Sil WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, WELLESLEY, MASS. FEBRUARY 17, 1966 Arwuilh's Piece de Resistance Rising Draft Call Doubles Pressure on Students . . . . Continued from page Three ~ each class to the Selective Sen- down al his local board can reappeal their class usually. 1 ice, and do not want to become in- to the appeal board of his state. If its Draft Call Doubled I valved in the classifying process. As decision is not U.'lanimous against The problem of course derives from a solution this is unsatisfactory both him, he has an automatic appeal "to President Johnson's doubling of the Ibecause colleges wa!lt to keep their the President" through the National draft call last summer. Local boards students and because standards Selective Service Appeal Board in are fi.'lding it harder and harder in among colleges vary too much. That Washington. If the state appeal some areas to fill their quotas though leaves the aptitude tests similar to board does vote unanimously against one service has lowered its mental those used for the Korean War. him, he can go to the state director standards and another is accepting though General Hershey admits they and ask him to appeal his case. If high school drop outs. Volunteering 1re weighted in favor of the maths the slate director refuses, he can go has fallen off substantially. Almost and sciences for easier correcling. to the national headquarters with his all draft boards are being forced to This puts students specializing i!l edu­ appeal where his file will be again take 19-year-olds, though they prefer cation or agriculture for example at reviewed, though Gen. Hershey in­ older boys, The pressure on the l,· a terrific disadvantage. sists he has no power to order local 642,000 deferred stude!lts is clear. The Appeal.; Procedure boards to act. The colleges generally support their The student is probably most mis- General Hershey's advice for stu­ students however. They are reluctant informed about the appeals proced­ dents to study is sound. Perhaps with to release lists of the bottom quarter ure. A student whose appeal is turned better knowledge of the classifyi!lg and appeals processes, students will leocadia one of Anouilh'! (Time R.wtember.J in Englislt J, pieces be better able to work without such roses, will be presented in the Jewett Rehearsal Room thi!. Saturday, Book Classification Changes tension. In the meantime, one can Feb. 19, at I :00 p.m. Directed by Copper Coggins '66, the cast in­ only hope for some more specific cludes (I. to r.) Ginny Hammond! '69 as Amanda, Kay King '66 as Operation Match has done it -1 Melvil Dewey not only developed the national sta1dards for the local the Innkeeper, and Louise Cole '66 as the Prince. computerized love, that is. Welles- famous system which bears his name boards, thereby ruling out some of ley College's library is about to do it but also supervised its initiation in the arbitrariness of draft deferment. Famed Singer Performs German Works also. Somehow, it makes automation our very own library. All this lends just Lhe slightest bit sad. significance to the little numbers i!l by Louisa Cook, Guest Reporter of Wolfe's "Geb, Geliebter, geh jetzt" Our library is about to shift from the left-hand corners of the cards. Honors to Change Draped in green brocade and sta1d- was thrilling. the Dewey sytem of classification to The problem is that these numbers ing with elegant poise, Mildred Mil- Miss Miller is totally at home with that of the Library of Co!lgress. This have rapidly become less and less Date, Not Criteria ler of the Metropolitan was the German; she grew up with the lan­ opens possibilities for complete com- little. And so they are all about to In answer to widely-felt uncertai.'lty epitome of artistic professionalism at guage and thus has an advantage puter card processing. True, it's more be changed. There is possible conso­ about changes wrought in honors re­ last Sunday's Jewett Concert. over most America!! singers. Her dic­ economical and more efficient, and it lation for romantics in all this, how­ quirements by the rescheduling of Known especially for her male roles tion was always clear but never ex­ will take some years to complete the ever. The !lew sysl:em is being initi­ Honors Convocation to April 21, News in light opera, the famed mezzo-1 aggerated. lransition. Still, there is something ated for reasons of strong economi­ discovered that the only difference is S?Prano chose to si.ng a program e!l- Now in her fifteenth season at the extremely uplifting about knowing cal advantage. Perhaps some of this one of time, not of quality points. ~1rely of German lieder. Accompan- Metropolitan and currently singing in that the classification system i!l our advantage might be shared with the 1ed masterfully by John Wustman, their production of Verdi's Falstaff, library now is involved with an old students in an extension of library As in the past, only current stand­ ings will be announced, this year she sang selected songs by Mozart, Miss Miller is devoting more a!ld and romantic love story. hours? Then, computerization of love based on the quality points from Wolf. and Strauss, and the song cycle more of her talents to lieder recitals Possible Consolation woulrl not be for naught . ..Liederkreis" by Schumann. The same program she sang here wili The very first librarian Welleslev Terms I and II as well as from the student's previous years. The honors Unusual Talent be repeated at Town Hall in New College ever had was Miss Annie Are you tired of hibernating in ~ Miss . Mil~er has an U!lusual talent York on April 12. If you are in Godfrey whose special reason for re­ the library? Are you looking for CO!lferred remain contingent on main­ for pro1echon. Although the text of New York over spring vacation, do signi!lg her position after two years stimulati~g conversation'? Or are t tenance of the average in the third every song was German, she man- attend! was one Melvil Dewey. This same you seethmg to express your opin- ' term. Miss Onderdonk, Dean of the aged to convey to her English-speak- ions on world, natio!lal, or college College, explained that a poor record ing audience the meaning of every issues? Then cme to News try­ in Term III need not prevent a senior phrase through skilled use of posture, out Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 4:30 in from graduating with honors, si!lce gesture, and facial expression. She Obscurity of Birthday Party 41 Green. the quality of Terms II and Ill will was most charming in Mozart's "Die Candidates for the reporting be average together, but that a girl Zauberer" and Wolfe's "Mogen alle staff will be required to submit must "end strong as well as begin bozen Zungen," each appropriately Confuses Boston Audiences both a feature and a news article strong." rendered with girlish coquetry. on specified dates within two Transcript by Susie Linder '67 increasingly nervous, irritable as the weeks after the meeting. Articles Final honors are conferred at Com­ Miss Miller's voice is labeled insinuations of Goldberg and McCa!ln "mezw" because of its dark, reson­ If the success of a play is meas­ will be judged O!l the basis of style mencement. The honors received dur­ ured by the degree to which it con­ become increasingly ominous. The and interest. ing junior year are written O!l the ant quality. Occasio!laly this richness play climaxes in a game of blind was lost through lack of control and forms to the author's definition of Photographers transcript immediately after convoca­ 0 what a play should be and by the man's buff at Stanley's birthday cele­ her voice sounded a bit raspy and News welcomes members of any tion and remain during senior year; excellence of production, then "The bration which becomes a'l orgy of ~at. However the resonant quality class to attend the try-out meeting. they do appear on the transcripts Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter horror. Juniors are especially encouraged. sent to graduate schools. They be­ improved as the singer warmed up. Outstanding Cast succeeds. If you are unable to come Tues., come permanent, however, only if a Miss Miller had difficulty with pitch Yet, the audience remains -0utside Pinteresque Obscurity call Terry Pristin '67 in Bates. girl maintai!ls honors when she grad­ particularly during soft sustained pas­ the lurid torchlight drama. The fault sages of the Schumann cycle. Such Al the Theater Company of Boston Would· be photographers are uates. If a junior of Durant Scholar in the Hotel Touraine through Feb. seems to lie in the play itself rather lyric gems as "Mond!lact" and "Weh­ urged to contact Karin Rosenthal standing receives only Wellesley Col­ 27, the play, a flood of rapid dialogue, than in the acting, which is out­ '67 i!l Stone. If you ha~ had lege Scholar standing in se!lior year, mut" are better material for a light­ standing. Director David Wheeler's er, more focused voice. both mea!lingless, and significant, any experience at all, you are eli­ record of both honors in their respec­ sensitive a!ld dramatic interpretation Impassioned Delivery leaves the audience confused by the gible for the photography staff. t ve years appears on her transcript. is to his credit, for Pinter gives no Pinteresque obscurity. One feels lost Prospective advertising managers If, however, a junior of Wellesley Miss Miller's velvety chest tones guidelines for the realization of the were very effective in the dramatic among fragmentary clues, sketchy should call Harriet Older '66 in College Scholar standing does not ideas which seem to be as unrelated characters of this extremely enig­ lieder of Wolfe and Strauss where the Beebe. receive honors standing the following as the strange combination of char­ matic play. demand for volume seemed to solidify year no record of her junior honors acters. Mark Epstein's and Josephine appears on the final transcript. her voice. Her impassioned delivery Lane's fine performances as Petey Such is Pinter's intent, for he de­ Mrs. Sigmund Abeles, resident Miss Rhome, the Recorder, empha­ fies the critic to attach a precise a!ld Meg demonstrate how good act­ artist at Wellesley, will speak on ~ized that the more frequent case is Doughnut Deficits ing can give true individuality to mea!ling to his works. In an essay, "Is There A Jewish Art?", Tues­ that of a girl receivi.'lg or raising her "Writing for the Theater," he ex­ familiar characters. One is so con­ Disappoint A~ents day, Feb. 24, 4: 15 p.m. in Jewett. honors standing in senior year, presses a love for words, but a feel­ vinced by Meg's reality that one rather th.an losing or lowering it. by Marguerite O" '66 ing of nausea for "dead terminology, can ignore Miss Lane's uneven at­ Doughnuts have holes, as do the ideas endlessly repeated." tempts to capture the proper acce!lt. bank accounts of the girls who are The Unspoken Word Paul Benedict as Stanley, though Hillel Seeks Opinions .. . Co111i11ued from paRe one selling them. Most "doughnut girls" Pinter's idea is never even spoken, perhaps at first a little too conscious Mr. Ernest Lacheman, professor of report average weekly losses of $2.50. yet he achieves his meaning as he of his own acting, proceeds to create to us, but reminded us that sacrifices biblical history, pointed out that Jew­ One girl's total loss for Term I was blended through a "torrent of lan­ a character who one can love despite of some interest group must be made ish faculty members as well as stu­ $47. guage in which what we hear is an his obnoxious qualities. Larry Brygg­ in every policy decisio!l." dents will be torn between holding The girls suffering these losses re­ indication of what we don't hear." mann 1McCan!l l appreciates the thin To indicate the significance of the classes and attendi!lg services on act with disappointment and disgust. This is the feeling one gets as one line between comedy and overacting, holiday, Sarah explained "Rosh ha­ Sept. 15-16. He feels that the conflict Sharon Smith '68 noted, "Even the watches Stanley Webber crack under as he snoops around the stage wilh Shanah is a solemn holy day. It is will be felt most severely by Jewish girls in my own dormitory, the ones the strain of deliberately incompre­ his idiosyncratic walk and nervous the Jewish New Year and begins the instructors without tenure who might who know me, are stealing mo!ley. hensible accusatio!ls hurled by a pair habits, while Fra'lk Cassidy t Gold· £eason of penitence which is to be a be apprehensive of jeopardizing their It gives me a terrible feeling to think of sinister men, strangers to him and bergi displays a marvelous command time of spiritual re-evaluatio!l and positions by not holding classes. about it." She reported that girls are yet somehow most intimately con­ which allows his malicious nature to which is climaxed 10 days later by not only taking doughnuts without m~cted with him. permeate his outward propriety and the Day of Atonement." She added Mr. Lacheman, who does have ten­ paying for them, but also taking mo­ The men, Goldberg and McCann. suavity. "This year there will be religious ure, stated "I am !lot going to have ney from the change box. exert a stra!lge power over Stanley Belle of the Ball services on the night of Sept. 14, and classes on Rosh ha-Shanah out of Consistent Losses causing him to lose all control of It is in the silences of the third the morning, afternoon and evening respect for the Jewish girls. I am One doughnut girl said, "They must himself and succumb to an over­ act. however, that the play becomes of Sept. 15. l!l orthodox and conserv­ not Jewish but I sympathize with the do it to be cool, because no one here whelmi!lg unexplained guilt. Pinter really moving. As the hectic and alive syagogues these services will be Jewish girls." He pointed out the needs money badly enough to steal." intends that we never know what frightening birthday party scene repeated on Sept. 16. The reform impracticality of holding classes When asked whether she thought the this guilt is, or why the stra"lgers gives way to the calm of the next movement observes only the first when there would be so many stu­ stealing was intentional, she replied, seek to destroy Stanley. morni!lg. an atmosphere of sadness day." dent absences that he would have to "My losses are too co!lSislie)'lt to be Orgy of Horror and oppression hangs over Meg. Dates Public repeat the class anyway. A sense of injustice matches the though she does not understand the The 1966.fil opening dates of the result of carelessness." Hillel's Executive Board plans to sense of absurdity. Stanley, despite significance of the past events. classes, decided last spring. were A "goodies" girl with $50 worth of circulate among faculty a!ld students his self-

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Professor Whitman Exa1nines Attacks M Homeric Standards of Criticism T. Abeles Discusses Exhibition Barbara Elden '66 I lear!l a thing about drawing." The that it has great possibilities he would by Pat Worsley '68 in the Homeric text. "It seems to "What I have to say has been said ~ only wa"! drawing can be learned !s like to explore. He said he was in­ "Last night I dreamed I fell asleep me," he said, "these people are say­ here," commented Sigmund Abeles, I by lookmg. He commented that m terested in the possibilities for de- on the lectern . . . " Harvard profes­ ing, 'Homer could write, but he could pointing to the walls around him, at high schol he served a real appren­ picting motion but be also would like sor of Greek and Latin Cedric H. not read.' " Otherwise Homer would lhe beginning of a'l informal gallery ticcship lo a local artist for two to examine suspended motion. He Whitman began his lecture on Hom­ have corrected his mistakes. talk o!l his exhibit now being shown years, spending his afterno!ls there mentioned that in 8 1/2 some parts eric criticism Thursday night, Feb. Mr. Whitman cocked his head, in the Jewett Gallery. cleaning brushes and helping. were so beautiful that one would like 10, in the Pope Room. pausi!lg to visualize a scribbling Ho­ Although he did let his works speak Commen•ing on artists who have in- lo have them frozen so they could be ". . . Teaching my class," he con­ mer "hastily throwing down a lyre mostly for themselves, Mr. Abeles flue!lced him, Mr. Abeles said tha' P-xamined more closely. tinued, "and when I woke up, some and seizing a pen.·· talked with students and visitors for Kathe Kolwitz "was my grandmother Two Directions students were staring out windows, Bards Changed? an hour Mo!lday afternoon, revealing more than any living person." Of Mr. Abeles sees two directions in and some boys were kissing the girls. Mr. Whitman asserted that the ori· much about his own development the contemporary artists Bergman his present art. The first is a very "But," he promised his audie!lce, ginal Homeric text was oral, and ridi­ and his work in general. and Felini are the most important to subjective direction where a central "hopefully tonight's lecture won't be culed Kirk's conclusion of a " partly "In five years I went to six schools. ~im. '."-lthoug~ he has ~ever workoo idea. often a very literal idea. is dealt so dull as to permit you to sleep." oral transmission." Mr. Whitma!l earned two degrees and felt I didn't l!l their medium, the film, he feels with. "I am not afraid of illustrat­ Undisputedly 'Un·soporific' shrugged his shoulders. "Actually, I ing," he said. Thereupon, Professor Whitman, don't even know what a partly oral The second directio!l is a much author of Abelard 1a work Wellesley transrnislila means." more objective one. This one is more assistent professor of Greek and La· Kirk's further insights included recent and is a going back to learn­ tin Mary R. Lefkowitz in her intro­ textual revision wrought by "oral ing. The works in this direction en­ duction described as "modern poetry bards who transmitted and cha'lged" tail worki!lg with a model, looking to us classics stude!lts" l, launched an the tradition. and recording objectively what he undisputedly "un-soporific" attack on 52 Duel secs. "I am hoping that through re­ Jeffrey Kirk's analysis of Homeric To dispute Kirk's theory of textual seeing I will be able lo do things out standards of criticism. revisions, Mr. Whitman referred to of my head better," Mr. Abeles con­ Mrs Lefkowitz had earlier inform­ existent anomalies, citing a passage tinued. ed th~ audience of the "ambiguous from Homer in which one of the Commenting further on the subjec­ stance" advanced by Mr. Kirk at a Greeks points to the Trojan troops, tive direction, Mr. Abeles said that national Latin confere!lce last year explainbg their presence. "After be­ the idea may be the i!litial spring­ and Mr. Whitman's intentions to "ex­ ing besieged by these people for 9 board but the technical execution, plain exactly what those standards of years you figure they would have the vocabulary of line, was what criticism were." recognized them by now," Mr. Whit­ finally determined the nature of the Singers Uke Caveman man observed drily. picture. Mr. Whitma'l began by defining the Mr. Whitman also mentioned "ir­ "Today artists have more freedom "biggest single question before us to­ rational duels," which occur in the than ever before. The thing to be day" as the "date of the first original text. In the Odyssey a duel is describ­ is anything that is good.'' "Consist­ text of Homer's poems." He added ed "with no less than 52 you.'lg men ency seems to define today's art.·· that the oral theory has only made as the subject." Mr. Al>cles feels. A!l artist can do this issue more complicated, since 'Our Ignorance?' anything that he can do consistently. scholars "now not only have to con­ According to Mr. Whitman ''no He also feels that the "story of the sider when but why." manuscript variants in any of these starving artist is fortunately over." Describing the oral singers as be­ duel passages exist," which fact He mentioned, however. that the com­ ing "like Rudyard Kipli!lg's caveman seems to preclude the theory of mul· pulsion to work frequently goes in -they couldn't write, wouldn't write, tiple authorship. young artists; they do !lot know what to do. and didn't want to," Mr. Whitman Mr. Whitman believed the text to Sara Stoker '68 eontempeates Slpmuna Abeles's "Self-Portrait as a Day stated that the Homeric singers shar­ have been written around 725-700 Dreamer''. E d P l ed this same "indifference to writ- B.C., while Homer was still livi!lg. ------=-=~---=----;:::;------• xo us ane ... ing." No Degeneration Co11ti1111C'cl {mm par:e ffrC' Toss Lyre, Grip Pen Mr. Whitman could find no evidence Ethiopian Music Enraptures citizens and government. He cautioned agai.'lst the often-ex­ that oral tradition had been "dege!l· Dissatisfaction-Exodus pressed reaction of "But of course erated or infiltrated and sapped" of Aided by a number of rustic instru­ can jazz. In trying to decide how to demon­ Homer's poems must have been writ­ its energy. The decline in oral tradi- ments a'!d authentic field tapes, Mr. The lecturer emphasized that Afri· strate their dissatisfaction. the par­ ten. How else could they be so per­ lion was "quantitative, not qualita- Halim El-Dabh acquainted his audi· c::m folk music cannot be judged fair­ ents rejected sit-ins and boycotts be­ fectly structured?" Mr. Whitman dis­ live." It's not known whe!l oral tra- ence with the unique charm of Ethi· ly according to Western sta!ldards of cause they had tried them before and missed this assumption as false with dition died out, but there is "no rea- opion folk music. art. Ethiopians create their own "ac· found they inco!lvenienced no one but a reminder of the anomalies existent couslical reality" with their voices ~.'~ think it degenerated in qua- Mr. El-Dabh's scholarly research themselves. Instead they took ad­ and instruments; specific pitch is less vantage of the "open enrollment"' law Three Sisters ... Mr. Whitman barbed his attack. in this hitherto unexplored field was important in their music than range and transported over 400 children to "There's no need to develop a quali· supported by a Rockefeller grant and timbre a'!d the quality of sound fourlren S(•hools with vaca!ll scats. Continued from page one titavie degeneratio!l theory to account which allowed him to spend the years which is produced. Mr. El-Dabh drew Results of this "Exodus" have for passages we don't like." 1962-64 recording and transcribing an interesting analogy between non· been quite satisfactory; the parents trays Solyony; both actors have ap­ 'Dictation' Triumphs music all over Ethiopia. O!l native Western and electronic music which peared frequently with the Wellesley feel their children are learning more, Continuing his logic, Mr. Whitman instruments which he acquired by both break down pitch relatio!ls. that their marks are more objective College Theatre. acknowledged the impossibility of a trading with village people - two Exposure lo Idiom Olga, the eldest of the three sis­ and that the teachers are spending verbatim oral tradition. However, he simple stringed instruments and sev­ Mr. El-Dabh, a composer as well more time with each child. The pro­ ters, teacher and finally headmistress rejected the idea that the rhapsodists, era! drums - he illustrated the vari­ as a musicologist, admits that his ex­ at the girls' high school, comforts the gram is being supplemented by tu­ singers who recited Homeric poetry, ous techniques of producing music posure to the folk idiom has strongly torial efforts a!ld youth groups, Mrs. others while finding no satisfaction interpolated their own material. "No which are peculiar to restricted areas influenced his own style of compo­ or excillement in her own life of devo­ Jackson explained. oral singer ever memorizes a text in the country. These instrument. sition. tion to duty. Martha Craven '68, last a!ld no memorizer of text ever some as rudime!ltary as one string seen on the Wellesley stage as Lady creates lines of his own." stretched over a sheep-skin sound Never let it be said there is no Bountiful in The Beaux' Stratagem, "they do!l't care.'' Gage believes. opportunity for political activism What happened? Mr. Whitman ad- box which is bowed with horse-hair, however, that "representation will plays Masha. vocated a theory of dictation, which have astonishingly various sounds on the Wellesley campus. Shatter Brother's Contribution change without changing the set-up" that apalhy with a devastating attributes the creation of a written when played by a skilled musician. if the recent trend towards informal Audrey Prozorov, the brother of the text to the popularity achieved by the Varied Styles political cartoo!l. Entries due Feb. three sisl'ers, whose decli!le from aca­ discussions of issues at Senate is en­ 21 at the News office. rhapsodists' productions. The wonderfully clear field tapes demic ambitions to contentment with couraged. She supports having a short Mr. Whitman summarized his case. illustrated many styles of native a minor civil service post contributes period of time set aside every three Since "there were no rhapsodic inter- music; vocal-instrumental ensembles. the desolation of their lives, is or four Senate meeti!lgs in which to polalions, !lO degenerate oral tradi- vocal polypho!ly, dramatic song, and played by Paul Donlon, another Wel­ ~ ludents and faculty "air every­ lion, and no 'base' singers, . . . the love song. Some of the instrumental lesley College Theatre veteran. Car­ thing." texts we now have are fundamentally music had rhythmic and improvisa­ ma Morrill '67, will take the part of Diane Sawyer also believes more quite close to the original." tory qualities reminiscent of Ameri- Audrey's unfaithful wife, Natasha. ------"frankness" is needed in the Senate. She, with the help of her lover, the She, loo, wants Senate to come in clo­ never see!l Protopopov, drives the CG Presidency ... ser contact with students and is will­ sisters from their home and gains ing to visit dormitories weekly to pro­ Continued from pat:e 0 11e mote this. By fitting at least one is­ control of their property. provide a good opportunity for com­ ing the success of Senate. The Louis­ sue of important concern to students Others in the cast are Richard munication between students and Ad· ville, Kentucky junior, has served in i!lto the Senate agenda each time, Glover as the old doctor, Chebuty­ de!lt of C.G. She is known by many tween class-officers and students. kin, Wayne Scott as Ferapont. the ~ t the meetings. for her work as Junior Show Chair­ Weekly Reports Specific Issues doorman, a'ld Keeton Turner as a man. Debbie Davis believes "approach­ In their interviews, Debbie Davis young lieutenant; each has played Besides facing a new administra­ ability" is vital and totally 1>0ssible several roles for the Wellesley Col­ did not desire to make campaign pro­ tive president, the successful C.G. in ~ch a small college as Wellesley. mises and Diane Sawyer emphasized lege Theatre. Gina Burnes '69 takes candidate will have to deal with old She offers a two-poi!lt plan for ar­ primarily her "activist" attitude. the part of Anfisa, the Prozorov's problems. A prime example: How ranging closer contact between C.G. old nurse. Gage Heath and Shelley Parry, on the can the Wellesley College student and the "representatives who are other hand, offered specific campaign Set Designs body become more interested in Sen- most representative" of student opi­ issues. Gage stro!lgly wants to see Are You Mr. Scott has designed three set- ate? Each candidate has a!l opinion nion. First, she encourages more or­ calendar days abolished. "If a thing tings in the style of the turn of the on this issue. ganization amo!lg the Sophomore is done away with in principle it Running Ce!ltury: part of the drawing room Stress Classes Senate Reps and greater use of lheir should be done away with in fact," and the dining room of the Prozorov Shelley Parry proposes a "tighten- weekly meetings with the dorms. She she states. She also wants to see more With Me, bouse; Olga's bedroom; and the gar- ing" of the existing C.G. structure in would like to see members of the Sen­ academic matters dealt with in Sen· den of the Prozorov house. order to get all student opinion into ate, including the President, visit ate, believing other issues could be Jesus'! In Three Sisters Chekhov paints a the right channels for action. She fa. these dorm meetings. dealt with more briefly. meticulously detailed picture of the vors greater utilizatio!l of the class­ Secondly, Debbie wishes to promote Shelley Parry wants the "rules sys­ Prayers by MALCOLM BOYD gradual defeat-of refinement and sen- officer structure for this purpose. the institution of weekly reports at tem to be harmo!lious with the hon­ The book of uncommon prayer sitivity by coarser elements in the She envisions a two-way bucket bri­ Se!late by the Chairmen of House ors system" particularly in the case - by the Episcopal priest who is family a!ld society he depicts. The gade of opinion, from Senate to So­ Presidents' Council. Vil Juniors, of Boston area overnight permissions "chaplain-at-large to U.S. col· three sisters suffer painful losses. phomore Senate Reps to Class Reps S.E.C. . and Sophomore Senate Reps. and outside permissions. lege students."- Time But at the play's close they face the to student opinion in the dorms and "Air Everything" Run-around Monday 3rd LARGE PRINTING uncertain future with courage, resolu- back to the Sophomore Senate Reps Gage Heath sees the Jack of inter­ Run-arounds, to be held Monday, tion and a hope that the future will who would take what they heard to Only $3.95 at your est in Senate as the result of fear or February 21 , will a'lnounce to Wel­ college bookstore be brighter, if not for them then for ISenate. apathy. Students don't bring issues to lesley students which of these varied those who come after them. Shelley also feels excha!lge dinners Senate because they are "afraid," or candidates they have chosen. - Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. - WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, WELLESLEY, MASS. FEBRUARY 17, 1966

During the current C.G. elec­ tio:is News wishes to be of as Art Club Series Will Include much aid as possible in acquaint­ ing the student body with the ex­ perience, views, and proposals of German and American Films the various candidates for office. CAMPUS MUSIC We encourage everyone to avail Following its program of "Surreal­ record, Olympia was intended as Friday, Feb. 18 - Concert by Odet­ Friday, Feb. 18 and Monday, Feb. themselves of the oportunity to in­ ism," the Art Club will present 2 propaganda by the Germans. ta Alumnae Hall, 8 pm., admission 21 - Don Giovanni presented by the troduce new faces or further eluci­ films, Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. The River, produced by the Farm under the in Pendleton - Leni Riefenstahl's Security Administration in 1937 pre­ $2 date a candidate's opinions by artistic direction of Sarah Caldwell Olympia