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ews Vol. LIX WELLESLEY COLLEGE NE:WS, WELLESLEY, MASS., JANUARY 27, 1966 No. 14 Religious Forum to Investigate Miss Crawford Accepts Post ("("Conscience And Commitnient" Can an absolute moral standard be I think, th'erefore, that the topic is As Wellesley Dean of Students found or established in a secular, very pertinent for Wellesley students technological community? Does a today." lack of commitment, whether the To open the series of talks, de­ Miss Jean V. Crawford, Professor the Eastman Kodak Company. commitment is in the form of a goal, bates and discussions is Herbert W. of Chemistry, will be Dean of Stu­ The new dean has served Welles­ a person, or ethical code, result in Richardson will speak on "Chosen or dents beginning next year, Miss Clapp ley in many capacities which provide al;enation from society? Choosing: The Way We Get Commit­ e.nnounced Monday morning in Chap- excellent background and experience for the position, Miss Clapp said. Be­ Chapel Organization's Religious tt-d" at 4: 15, tomorrow afternoon in :;ides having been Dean of the Class Fcrum, entitled "Conscience and .J~wett Auditorium. Mr. Richardson, the author of many articles and re- rf 1957 for its last three years in col­ le:ge, she has served on the Board Vif!ws, is an assistant professor of of Admission, the Student Records at . Commitee and Senate. A graduate of Balwin Wallace, Mr. In addition, Mis Crawford has been Richardson received his M.A. in Am- Chairman of the Pre-medical Ad­ erican Culture at Western Reserve, visory Committee and the Lecture and his M.A. and Ph D. in Philosophy Folley Committee, as well as the fac­ of Religion at Harvard. He has stu- ulty representative to the Students' died in Paris, Hamburg, and Stras- Aid Society. bour~. and has taught at Pine Manor, In accordance with Wellesley's tra­ Bucknell and . dition of "teaching deans," Miss L. Aryeh Cosman will present his Cniwford will combine some teaching Colllinued on page eleven \/ith her duties as dean.

Miss Jean Crawford Search For President Continues 'Cello Case Case': by Susan Sprau '68 Committee are Mr. Ferry and Mr. of the Alumnae Magazine, as well as One Showing Only This year Wellesley must name a Owen Stralton, protlessor of political through a few letters from persons new president, and who might be science. President Clapp is an ex rEcommending themselves. The Com­ by Robin Reisig '66 chosen is a popular topic of dormi­ officio member of the Board of Trus­ mittee has held bi-weekly meetings Commitment," to be held this week­ tcry conversation. tees but is not a member of the Although "the Case of the Blonde end beginning tomorrow afternoon throughout the fall and winter to con­ Last week News asked Mr. David Searching Committee. with a Cello Case" may sound like will explore these and other problems. sirler the suggested names. It has Ferry, Chairman of the Department Faculty Suggestions ar. imaginary title for a bad Perry Searcbblg for Beliefs also invited some of the candidates of English and member of the Trus­ At the same time the Trustees to visit the campus. Mason novel, at least one real cello­ Edna Hubbard '66, chairman of the tee Searching Committee, to allay fcrmed the Searching Committee, the case carrying blonde has been inter­ Forum, picked the topic because she With respect to the progress being viewed by college authorities. student curiosity by several questions faculty elected a Faculty Committee made by the Committee. Mr. Ferry feels that "the college-age student, ccncerning the selection of the new t'l channel faculty suggestions to the On Thursday, Dec. 6, the Depart­ faced with a world in which all tradi­ concluded, "We're still searching. ment of Buildings and Grounds spoke president. Searching Committee. Members are When the choice will be made· is any­ tional values are being questioned, is Open-Minded Attitude Mrs. William Guernsey, Professor of t'J a girl whose appearance matched searching for something to believe in. body's guess." He said that announce­ that of the 5'6"-5'8'" polo-coated Mr. Ferry explained that the Com­ Physics; Miss Onderdonk, mt:nt of the new 'President will follow mittee is maintaining an open-mind­ professor of philosophy ; and Mrs. blonde whose appearance at McAfee immediately upon the selection, al­ and Stone bell desks this fall pre­ Senate Considers ec.I attitude with respect to the criteria Kathryn Turner, associate professor thou~h the new president will not for a president. Consequently, he <'f history. Mr. Ferry and Mr. Strat­ ceded the disappearanceof students' tc::ke office until July. possessions. Money, Campaigns could not supply a list of character­ l<,n act as liaisons between the Trus­ Mr. Ferry emphasized that the istics which the Committee used to t e~ Searching Committee and Fac­ No Charges hy Barbara Elden '66 Searching Committee is still inter­ They stress, however, that no jadge candidates. Instead, he offered ulty Cornmittee. ested in receiving names of qualified Allotments by the Student Organi­ tr describe the composition of the Mr. Ferry recalled that the Search­ charges were made; that since her zation Fund Committee past and fu­ rcrsons "up to the last day before the cello case was empty there was of Senate in its meeting last night. send their recommendations to Mr. nuthing on which to base or He explained that the Trustee to find out their preferences as to Ferry. · Lora Benjamin '01. SOFC bursar, as.sume guilt; and that any arrest Searching Committee in charge of presidential qualities, as well as to Editor's Note: This article is the reported that SOFC has, in addition selecting President Clapp's successor have them suggest names of possible would have violated her civil rights. to its funds regularly budgeted to first of a series concerned with the They repeated her comment that it includes trustees Mrs. Frank G. Al­ candidates. Mr. Ferry commented coming changeover in the oflice of student organizations, an emergency. len, Mr. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Mr. that although the results of the ques­ is not unusual for musicians to be reserve which may be tapped only college president. Next week, News slopped and questioned about their Eyron K. Elliott, Mr. John R. tionnaire were diverse, they were ex­ will interview President Clapp con­ fo1 major catastropes and a second Quarles, Chairman of the Board of tremelY helpful. cases. reserve from which money may be <'erning her conception of the job of However no attempt was made to Trustees; Mrs. Lewis Rumford II, Bi-Weekly Meetings president. drawn to meet emerging expenses of Mr. Robert G. Stone, Vice-Chairman The Searching Committee received call in girls from McAfee and Stone the organization. of the Board of Trustees; Mrs. Rob­ additional names of qualified persons to identify this girl despite the fact In the past, according to Lora, this ert N. West. Faculty members on the through the notice in the Nov. issue that one theft victim had said she second reserve fund has been unused. Student volunteers are urgently wculd take the responsibility of pro­ This year, she, acting with an advis­ needed to help in secution. ory committee consisting of several Attorney-General Edward Brooke's Alert Bell Girl College Government officers, has cru.'npaign for the United States Julie Kaufman '68, bell girl at freed some of these funds. She re­ Senate. Brooke is expected to be McAfee on Dec. 16th, had phoned the ported that so far $50 has been grant­ the Republican candidate in the sfcurity police shortly after 5 p.m. ed to Forum to pay registration fees race for the seat vacated by Re­ Noticing the girl entering the dorm t:- a model UN conference, $110.50 to publican Senator Leverett Salton­ and walking "calmly" past the bell Chapel for continuence of Wednesday stall. The name of Brooke's oppon­ clesk, Julie had asked her whom she night V.I.P. vespers and $75 for the ent will not be definitely known would like to see. When she replied campus activity calendar. until the Democratic Party Con­ "Molly Spitzer," who lives next door Rosemary Metrailer '66, president vention in June. Volunteers would to Candy Somerall '66, from whom 4 of Forum, presented a proposal which be involved in office work, gather­ pairs of shoes totaling $130 in value would i!liminate the difficulty which ing public support for Brooke, and were stolen this fall , Julie said requested that SOFC policy which for­ contact Donna Daley '67, 235~25. that she would call Molly on the in­ bids organizations to pay registration or sign the list posted at the El tercom system. "She replied 'I'll expenses of delegates to conferences Table. come back later,' " Julie reported. be changed and that Forum be grant­ Julie nevertheless called Molly, ed $300 in addition to its regular bud­ who did not know the girl; the girl, get to cover such expenses. in turn, asked Molly for a ride "home Much discussion ensued. Lora Ben­ tc Toledo," then left. jamin clarified SOFC policy stating "Splendid" Work that organizations were not prohibited SCIENCE After her interview at the Depart­ from requestj.ng such money, only ment of Buildings and Grounds, the that the requests could not be made girl was followed to Harvard Square within the context of the spring bud­ SUPPLEMENT on the 5:55 p.m. bus and M.T.A. by get but must come from the reserve 2 Wellesley students who did not fund designed to cover emerging Page 5 realize that the college had already expense5. spoken with her and who had been Miss Clapp pointed out that there Marin Tallchief, who will lecture in Alumnae Hall on Tuesday eve­ surprised by her "strange" reactions Continued on page eight nin~. Tickets are to be distributed in dormitories tonight. Continued on page eleven Page Two WELLESLEY COLLEGE NE:WS, WELLESLEY, MASS., JANUARY 27, 1966 EDITORIALS Theft and Counter Theft Footnote to ABC

Yes, Virginia, there is stealing ~t .Wellesley. Open Door Policy Every student's academic transcript contains a non-academi Although it occurs on a small scale, 1t 1s a peren­ Although few of us may feel the need to pro­ intrusion: her grades in sports classes. nial problem and occurs from both within and tect our belongings from theft within the dormi­ Now that Wellesley ha~ ta~en the dubi~ms s~e~ of .app,~yi~g th, without the college. tory, we cannot help sharing Candy Sor:nerall's "English System" of ·s ubst1~uung ~'pass with di_s?nction, pass feeling of "helplessness" when that need anses. and '"fail" for Jette~ grades m stud~o art and wr,itmg c'?urse~, t1:1u Security Police Her proposed solution of installing locks on seeming to reduce courses demandmg a students full unagmatlo To some the word "secuity" suggests a warm doors (see "Cello Case Case," pp. l and 11 ) and mental endeavor to second-rate courses, the college might in blanket; to some a 1 a.m. cufew; to some a dorm need disrupt the sense of a "close community" stead consider puHing what are truly second-rate courses in an aca where nice people give you books to read and no more than locks on closet doors do: students demic community in their proper place. three hot meals a day; to no one does it suggest are free to use - or ignore - the locks as they As long as Wellesey contains the relics of another a~pect of wish. At present, we do not have the chance to "security police." English system - compulsory sports classes - she i;i1ght lesse choose privacy, and can protect our belongings this emphasis by applying the "English System" of gradmg to them This is partly because we see little of the daily only by continually cramming them into our clos­ Tf this seemed inadequate incentive to force students to attend sport work or results of the security police. Much of it ets. classes. sports grades might at least be doled out on separate, les is thorough but tedious: patrolling the campus, There would be no danger of students sleep­ permanent transcripts. closing buildings, investigating trucks and strang­ ing through fire drills if the doors could be locked ers. Some of their work links them closely to the ~nly from the outside. police protection of the "outside world:" if the If no other method could be found to defer Holiday Dilemma campus patrolman fails to call the Wellesley town the expenses of instalHng such Jocks. dormitories police liourly, they send out a patrol car to check could vote at house meetings whether to increase Planning a college calendar is a tricky and complex business what is wrong; great special investigation is given dorm dues to pay for locks. When dorms are re­ in which the rule "you can't please all the people all the time" pre­ numerous unpublicized thefts. mode1led, as Cazenove will be this summer, locks vails. Certain problems, however, arise which demand unusually Yet even in a community where the "crime on outer doors could be installed instead of closet careful attention. rate" is relatively low, it is disconcerting that at locks. The opening days of classes for 1966-67 pose such a problem. night only one security policeman is on duty. In the dormitories which already have locks on They fall on Thursday, Sept. 15 and Friday, Sept. 16, which in 1966 In cases of crime or accident "emergency," these doors, the keys could be made readily avail­ are the Jewish New Year, Rosh ha-Shanah. 'i'his holiday and Yorn students may find that have to wait until the pa­ able. Kippur, which follows I 0 days later, comprise the High Holy Days trolman returns from a I 0-minute inspection of a Because it is unfeasible the college does not of the Jewish calendar. We realize that, in the past, classes have building. And, as the recent cello case may show, insure loss of articles. News hopes that it will met and must meet on these holidays when they fall within the student complaints are not always efficiently chan­ consider giving students this chance to choose school year, leaving students free to attend services as they wish, nelled. whether and how to protect themselves. just as classes meet on Good Friday, one of the holiest of Christian days. As the dates of both these holidays vary from year to year depending on the lunar calendar, working the schedule around them More Than Motherhood is difficult. The catalogue states that Wellesley is a "Christian, non­ denominational college" but it includes students of many groups, We bear constantly that "Diversity is the key opened a wide range of opportunities for women, all of which must be part of the community Wellesley seeks to estab­ word to describe the lives of Wellesley alumnae," but all those who are capable do not seize the op­ lish. Academic considerations must take first place in such an educa­ as Helene Sargeant '40 wrote recently to the Wel­ portunity. They have other goals. tional community; such factors as the equal length of their terms, lesley Alumnae Magazine (Nov., 1964). With a Most Wellesley students see full-time mother­ proper distribution of work, and expense of returning early should well-balanced background in the liberal arts, it is hood as slightly less than their personal goal. They be the overriding factors in planning the academic year, although no wonder that 59.3% of the 70% of all Welles­ want intelligent husbands yvith intelligent jobs. the schedulers always take the various religious holidays of both ley alumnae who responded to the 1964 survey (86.6% of those who answered .the survey were majority and minority groups into account. Especially with the new went on to further study in all areas of learning, or had been married.) They want "honest, happy, calendar, scheduling is tight. Every effort, however, should have and that 83 % were employed at some time in a normal" children, whom they can endow with cul­ been made to avoid this situation. . multitude of fields. It should be noted, however, ture. They want to do something for others, but We feel that starting school on a holiday which affects 10-15% that the 59.3% includes both those who went on are they doomed to the League of Women Voters? of the students (an important minority) and some of the faculty to graduate studies in the arts and sciences and They would probably say "no." is insensitive and tension-producing, particularly for freshmen, who those who went on with business or professional Edith Hunter '41 wrote in the Wellesley Alum­ will feel much more compunction than upperclassmen about missing training. 19. 3 % were in the arts and sciences. nae Magazine (May, 1965) : "In the Saturday Re­ class to attend religious services, but who may feel most anxious to The faciities of the Placement Office are ex­ View last year I read this item in the education observe the holiday. tensive; the deans and departments are similarly supplement: 'Last fall estab­ In the minds of many, the problem takes on greater significance helpful. However, it is definitely up to the indi­ lished an Institute for Independent Study at which in 1966 because of the collision of two formal occasions. This seems vidual student to formulate her own goals and to highly educated women, diverted from profession­ to be a lack of consideration, compounded by a lack of explanation. use the facilities as she wishes. Varied training is al careers by family responsibilities, might return We hope that the Administrative Board wi ll reconsider the opening likely to lead to diversity in study and work. On to work in their chosen disciplines either full or dates of class when they meet to set the dates for the rest of next the other hand, Wellesley only accepts certain part time.' Note the word 'diverted.' " Like Mrs. year. Would it not be possible to let the Freshmen arrive Thursday, girls, and likewise only certain girls would wish Hunter, it is probable that most Wellesley girls Sept. 8, and have classes begin Monday, Sept. 12. (The problem of to attend Wellesley. And Wellesley affects all stu­ would see professional careers, not marriage re­ lonely first weekend for freshmen could be taken care of by the orien­ dents in certain ways. Graduates may show diver­ sponsibilities, as the diversion. tation program.) This solution seems feasible to us. We agree with sity, but the similarities among them, as a result The compromise, then, is an integration of Miss Clapp that every effort must be made to show the freshmen (and of their common experiences, place this diversity work and family, and this seems to be what so others) that the College is concerned about the problem, is sympa­ within a limited range. many girls aim for, at least theoretically. 39.9% thetic to the desire to attend services, and, as always, encourages How many WeJiesley women have reached of the responding alumnae stopped work at mar­ students to practice actively their own religious beliefs, but hope for real prominence? It was almost depressing to hear riage 22.4% stopped then, but returned later; more flexibility to meet this situation. so many people speaking of Madame Chaing Kai­ 19.7% began work after marriage. Such an inte­ The fact that Sunday is consistently set aside as a day of rest Shek as Wellesley's "great" alumna, as if there gration requires great persistence and organiza­ shows that the College does take religious consideration into account were no other. How many Wellesley graduates are tion, and is not everybody's ideal. in planning the calendar. running for public·office at the national level? How It is indeed unfortunate when someone lucky many are practicing medicine? This is not to im­ enough to get an excellent education fails to use ply that some are not, or that all should be, but it constructively in some way. However, a fam­ rather to point out that these fields are open to ily is one such way for many. The problem of in­ educated women. Women need no longer serve tegrating: goals has an elusive solution, but is as assistants in any field. American society has worthy of thought.

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Applause also justifiable literary form which re­ But the final act shows the Charac­ fuses to categorize and summarize. goes to George Larson, whose be­ ters that the Director is more mount­ Nevertheless, Mr. Bersani reels that Acerhation in Negro Revolt speotacled, ducktoed interpretation mere unconnected surface impres· etank than magician; he and his brought to his own particular half­ Actors are creatures for whom reality sions were not totally successful and, by Susan Foster '68 chological, and social changes. With­ life the Son, center of the contro­ depends on the time of day - as i;articularly in the second part. pre­ iri the network of changes now sweep­ versy. Over sixty years ago W.E.B. Du­ becomes obvious in their debasement sents Mersault as a metaphor-mak· Bois signaled the coming rebellion of ing the American, as well as other, Especially moving was Edwin Mc­ er of "profound poetic consciousness." systems, the Negro is undergoing a of the affair between the Father and Donald, who gave to the part of the the oppressed peoples of the earth, the Stepdaughter. Caught in "one Mr. Bersani's excellent literary V&St number of profound and reper­ Father the incongruity which brings the death of colonialism ,the vision of c!crnal moment" of anguish, the analysis raised the questions of the cuEsive experiences. The newly found­ both manhood and suffering, tragic Pan-. He viewed the eventual Characters possess an ironic reality, meaning of alienation and its appli· ed llarvard Journal of Negro Affairs stature in the midst of awkward mc;vement as part of the trend of the hc·rrible because it never changes. cation to the world outside of The destruction of imperialism and the attempts to explore the various re­ IEchery. Ever vacillating between Stranger, questions which, it is hoped, vcrberatio:tS taking palce in the Ne- Ircnically, they fear the work of an the two sides of his own psyche, he victory of socialism. attthor - who. the Director, could were more fully discussed in the dor· 8'"C' during "the movement" as well is the one to give voice to Piran­ In light of this theory the civil cnly "throw hack our images all dis­ mitory discussion groups. This was r:ghts movement in America cannot as to foster scrutiny of the variety of dello's theme: "The whole drama torted." the first of a series of reading-discus­ be considered as an anomaly but as apprehension and of the differences lies in this thing. Each of us be­ sion groups on the theme of aliena­ part of an evolutionary trend bring­ in understanding and outlook of the Too Perfect? lieves he's a single person . . . we tion to be sponsored by the SEC. in~ with it political, economic, psy- l'le:groes of our genera.lion. Technical production of Pirandello's realize it isn't true when we're New Militancy play was almost flawless; especially cc.ught up by a giant hook, suspend­ The introductory issue contains C<'mpetent was the direction of Nina ed in time for all to see." Mr. Bersani Analyzes Proust, three articles from current or recent ~egro students at Harvard and Rad­ cliffe and three contributions from Probes Confusion Of Art, Life older meo. The first article, "New by Susan Pillsbury '66 Militants," describes the surging mili­ Half-p1·ice to tancy within the university setting - Where does one draw the line be­ "young militants in search of a creed tween "imagination" and reality?" . . . involved in civil rights organiza­ t•ollt>ge st111lents and Can the novelist ever step back and tions both on and off campus . . . as say he has shown the follies of sub­ a respite from the pressures and de­ fae11lty: jectivity without himself being sub­ mands of an integrated society" jective? These are some of the ques­ Groups have proliferated; demon­ tions brought to our attention in Mr. lie 11ews11a11e1· tliat strations have been staged. The im­ t Leo Bersani's complex yet lucid patient and insistent militants have analysis, Marcel Proust: The Fiction reacted against the powerless blacks 11,eu,s11a11e1· 11eople of the life and ol Art. preferring personal security to com­ The essential confusion between mitted leadership and impervious to life and art in Proust's A la Recb­ rt>ad••• lhe needs of the Negro masses. The erche du temps perdu is perhaps rep­ At last count, we had more than 3,800 news­ resented by the name of the nar­ new militants are urgent, insisting rator, Marcel. This is Proust's first that we dispense with gradualism and paper editors on our list of subscribers to The illusory progress for the excision of Christian Science Monitor. Editors from all name, but in A la Recherche the Mr. Leo Eersanl azme exists without a surname, sug­ injustice. In their emotional, sim­ over the world. gesting that the narrator is half­ remains. Marcel claims to realize plistic, self-righteous approach to is­ There is a good reason why these "pros" read Proust, half-fictional. Marcel is a that life must always be viewed sues, h~wever, the author points out, the Monitor: the Monitor is the world's only fictional character capable of mak­ through the barrier of self, yet he tuey fail to transcend the limits of daily international newspaper. Unlike local ing mistakes; neve-theless, the fact describes his previous disillusion­ the personal. Their protest is largely papers, the Monitor focuses exclusively on that in looking over his past he ap­ mmts with a certainty about bow he symbolic, doing no more than con­ frol1ting society with the problems it world news - the important news. pt>ars to make correct judgments was disillusioned. Because of this The Monitor selects the news it considers about it gives him some claim to discrepancy, Mr. Bersani classifies faces. The common attitudes which enslave are left unexamined, a logi­ most significant and reports it, interprets it, being an omniscient author. Proust as an author in transition. He analyzes it - in depth. It takes you further into Mr. Bersani sees Marcel's over­ groups him with James in pioneer­ c.'ll progression and elucidation of new whelming concern as a search for ing the style of consciousness of the methods left unexplored. We must, the news than any local paper can. permanent identity. The narrator's 20fr. century, but in also lreeping instead, redirect Ure energy of the If this is the kind of paper you would like to involuntary memory, which is the traits of the 19th century reali&ts. militants, else nothing will get done be reading, we will send it to you right away at starting poirt for Combray, first book Fiction of Art and of life is inter­ in the flurry of activity which does half the regular price of $24.00 a year. of A la Recherche du temps perdu, esting and illuminating and not only not ameliorate society but only re­ Clip the coupon. Find out why newspaper­ symbolizes his sense of the discon­ to the Proult student but also to the flects its worst features. The value men themselves read the Monitor - and why tinuity within himself. His past life reader of all modern fiction. He will sy~ which promotes racism must they invariably name it as one of the five best seems to be at best only a series of want to read Chapter 4, Part 6 be confromed in its politics, its eco­ papers in the world. images called forth by accidental "Marcel the character and Proust the nomics, its totality. stimuli. What happened in the gaps author" and Chapter 5, "Marcel's Unresolved Personality Conflicts between these images? Vocation," especial, in which Mr. "A Dream Deferred," the second Ultimately Marcel will only be able lkTsani compares Proust to other article in the introductory issue of to complete his past and establish authors and discusses general prob­ tire Harvard Journal of Negro Affairs identity through writing his book. le:ms of literature and life. For ex­ emphasizes the psychological aspect Until be realizes this, be seeks perm­ ample, he sees in Edward Albee's cf the Negro. Erik Erikson in the "Growth and Crises of the Healthy The Christian Science Monitor anency in different aspects of life: and Tennessee Williams' plays an I Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 love, society, A! first he wishes "expensive and solemn public dis­ Personality" presents human growth art. Please ent.er a Monitor subscription foi· the name below. to find both the truth of the real play of psychiatric wish fantasies" "from the point of view of the con­ world and of himself, but finally he on the part of the authors, in which flicts ,inner and outer, which the I am enclosing $ -· . . (U. S. funds) for the period succumbs to the desire to impose the audience participates "behind the ht.althy personality weathers." From che<'ked. O 1 year $12 O 9 months $9 O 6 months $6 the Eriksonian point of view, the himself on everything else. While he stcry." Name is attracted by mysteries he is also This is different from Proust's Negro life cycloe is a series of stages, tortured by their uncertainty. maintenance of distance and "aes­ each one having its strengthening vir­ Street Apt./Rm. # - -·-···· Marcel's book, an analysis of his thetic mediation of personal experi­ tue in conflict with its diametically past, is the ultimate expression of ence." He disavows, however, Flau­ c;pposed weakness. The successful in­ City . - ······-···· . State . Zip . tegration of ego with social, political, hi o; attempt to bring the unknowable bert's theory of objectivity; paradox­ O College student . __ . Year of graduation and economic environments should be into terms. With his metaphors he ically, he admires Flaubert for his O Faculty member P-CN-65 the result of the resolution of these seeks to bring lifu into relation with subjective style - "what Flaubert ------~ himself. was, theoretically, most anxious to ccnflicts. However, because the en- The basle discrepancy, however, avoid." Continued on page eleven , ... Four WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, WELLESLEY, MASS., JANUARY 27, 1966 Brecht's Galileo Scores Triumph

by W~ndy Mootum '68 mor inclusive enough to jest with pense to a peak, resolve it, and then Bertholt Brecht's Gallleo, now play­ Cardinals. It is not an accident that tMal}y reverse the outcome as It inf at the Charles Playhouse in Bos­ our first view pf him has him bend­ to refute both the value of the cathar­ ton, is a triwnph both for the Play­ ing over the washstand taking a sis of classical tragedy and of every­ house and for Brechtian theater. It sponge bath. Galileo continually re­ day truisms. The slight rouch of melo­ is a challenging play to stage, and a minds us of bis excessive love for drama he~ makes it doubly effec­ solid accomplishment for the Play­ food and drink. It is this earthy side tive. house troupe, that makes him bow to . the church Only In the crowd scene following This English version of the play is finally. He suffers no illusions about intermission does the caliber of the the work of Charles Laughton, who lite: "As much of the truth gets acting fall. The actors seem lost in collaborated with Brecht in 1947 to through as we push through." tl>eir April Fools costumes, the audi­ translate it from German and then Epic Theater ence muddled by too much noise and played the title role in the New York In the tradition Of Brecht's epic movement. Only by consulting one's Experimental Theater production that theater, the play is a narrative with i:rogram can one make any connec­ same year. The Charles production fourteen distinctly separate scenes tion between this scene and the first is the first professional staging of the taken from Galileo's last 30 years. act. play in New England. Each scene is complete and is intro­ In every other way, however, the Science Versus the Church c:uced by a sentence sununarizing the play is a great success. William Rob­ The play is an episodic narrative adion: "On July 10, 1610, Galileo £-rt' s clever frame-like stage is an highlighting Galileo's achievements: abolishes . heaven." In theory, this appropriately simple setting for the th(' proving of the Copernican theory focuses the attention of the audience rich pageantry of the play. If none-too of the universe and the writing of the 011 the issues of the play instead of subtle, the hwnor is enjoyable. One Dlscorsi, a treatise on mechanics and on the plot. Brecht has devised what is even shown a rather symbolic moving bodies said to be the basis h<• calls the alienation acting tech­ dressing of the Pope from underwear of modern physics. nique, which prevents the audience to Papal splendor, with each new However, the play is not a biog­ from empathizing with the characters layer of vestments accompani-ed by Poet, Farmer, Mentor Berry rnphy; the playwright's interest is in too much. 'Ibis leaves the audience a stiffer doctrinaire attitude on the Galileo, the man, and in his involve­ f"ee to think objectively and intelli­ Pope's part. The play is both pro­ Reads From His Own Poetry mEnt with the Inquisition. Galileo's gently about what it is seeing. Wheth­ vocative and entertaining. It would theory that the sun, not the earth, er in fact the audience feels distanced b~ well worth your while to see by Kay Williams '69 of the fisherman fishing alone." was the center of the universe was from Galileo is open to question, but Brecht at his best in Galileo during Tall Wendell Berry, with a deep­ Ot11ers were tersely philosophical like huetical in the eyes of the church. thtre is no doubt it is made to think itG six week run at the Charles end­ vciced Kentucky accent and a some­ "The Room." "The room is orna­ Inconclusive Results under Michael Murray's sound direc­ ing on Feb. Zl. what bashful manner, on Tuesday in wented by the thought of going out." With the Inquisition in the back­ llor of the Playhouse troupe. the Pope Room, read his carefully Still others - as he explained later ground, Brecht raises some funda­ Good Acting Throughout Colleges Propose typed notes giving the background at the reception held at Phi Sigma mental issues: science against the Tony van Bridge's performance as cl the group of poems he was about Society House - could have been church, fact versus faith, and truth Galileo can only be termed excellent. Increase in Costs to read. taken out of this group of poems versus authority. Though the play ;... Canadian actor coming from nine He spoke of his return lo rus native because their themes were more uni­ i" anti-church, Brecht's answers are seasons at the Stratford by Mart?uerite Orr •66 state and of his relationship to it versal. One of these was "The Cold" not conclusive. He leaves us with Shakespearian Festival, Mr. van Radcliffe. Mount Holyoke, Smith, through birth and marriage. There ccncerning the relationship between ouestions: "Can those in power afford Bridge uses his experience to enrich and Pembroke have recently an­ was no need to mention the intensity a man and a woman. to leave untouched a man who tells Brecht's interpretation of Galileo to nounced increases in either tuition of the emotion he felt when writing His latest poem which was written an heretical truth?" the fullest. He makes the transfor­ 01 room and board fues. What does of his home. "My writing is co-ex­ cnly a month ago and which he re­ If this sounds dreadfully serious. mation from the younger Galileo this indicate for Wellesley? tensive with my living in that place read at the reception, expressed all thC' play is laced with fun and color. bursting with vitality, curiosity, and Cliffies face a $70 increase in room­ and must necessarily be fragmen­ that he had been thinking and writ­ In Brecht's true fashion, Galileo is good humor to the older, half-blind ing, and those in the off-campus tary." in{' about his return. ··nie Return" definitely anti-hero. People who suf­ man dying a "prisoner of the Inqui­ housing· will have to pay board for Variety of Detail and the others may be found in his fer "bored" him. Galileo is a great sition," smoothly and flawlessly. As the first time next year. Mount Holy­ The beauty of its descriptive pas­ book The Broken Crown. luster after life with a sense of hu- the elder Galileo, Mr. van Bridge sur­ oke has raised room and board by sages is created by spontaneous rhy­ passes himself, meeting the delicate ~.;ioo, increasing total foes to $3,050. thm and by the variety of detail he Poems, Songs understatement of the last scenes ~mith will charge $150 more, bring­ observes. His pictures of a tree range Review Blends with the greatest subtlety. mr. the total to $2,950. from the "iron trees in the park" to Lynn Milgrim's fine performance Wellesley Spirals the old scared sycamore with its wet Into Varied, Topical Program r.s Galileo's daughter almost matches Wellesley College last increased its white bark, "native and maker." that of Mr. van Bridge. If she is a inclusive fee from $2,500 to $2,800 in trifle annoying as the too-simple, His symbolism is the more power­ by Terry Pristin '67 such as Matthew Arnold's "Dover 1964~5. What are the prospects of blushing young girl. it is only because ful for its lack of obscurity. His abil­ Beach," but the instinctive nature of another increase in the near future? thC' part demands it. Miss Milgrim ity to combine the naturalistic and A good poem, like the proverbial man to love war rings through Walt Mr. Harry B. Jones, controller of bridges the 30 year gap effectively, S> mbolic may be seen in another picture, often displaces thousands of Whitman's "I See Not Just Strips Wellesley College, declined to com­ becoming a dignified, devout spin­ IJne about the sycamore: "There is words. In the midst of the prevailing of Cloth." The sheer beauty of love ment on the timing of the next rise ster who is completely devoted to her no year in which it flourished which verbiage of protest, members of the is displayed in the ballad "'The First in fees, saying, "That decision is father. Special note should be made did not bring it harm." Caravan Theater have seen fit to ex­ Time I Saw Your Face," while the made entirely by the trustees." He The Return press their feelings through poetry more realistic aspects of sexual frus­ of the success of Miss Milgrim's long, did point out that past experience exhaustive prayer recitation serving He began with two poems written antl song, some original, many well trations are explored in Jules Feif­ !tar shown that the administration as background to the scene of great­ in anticipation of his return home. known, from sources as diverse as the f

Molla Sloane '66 at work on 350 project,

Workmen Install .. Grant Recipients Explore Cytochemistry Continued from page five aruonomy for 20 years with just a The National Science Foundation ered homologous. The report of this The microscope which makes use Wllb the Biology Departmenfs celestial globe and a 4-inch Browning .-nd the National Institutes of Health research is now at press. of magnetic coils instead of glass Paryku1a and Miss Geraldine Ga telescope. were founded in 1950 by the federal They have found that in the earli­ lenses, and electron beams instead of A trustee, Mrs. Sarah Whitin, do­ govenunent to advance funds for ap­ est embryo, the muscle fibers are un­ light, enables the knowledgable sci­ nated the original section of the ob­ plied and basic scientific research. differentiated. With the electron mic­ entist to study the ultrastructure of servatory building and the 12-inch Miss Helen Padykula and Miss Ger­ ro~cope, they will study the fibers' tJssues. Sections which are studied telescope, which were dedicated in aldine. Gauthier, of the biolog_v de­ precursor in an effort to understand must be 00 A• in diameter. A milli­ 1900. In 1906 the library, 6-inch tele­ partment, are recipients of a five the differentiation. meter is equivalent to 10 million A". scope, and Observatory House W'llre yrar ~ant from the NIH. The Parathyroid and Placenta The microscope magnifies the object added. The building is of marble Muscle Fibers and Metabolism Miss Padykula, who ha& worked at llifl,000 times, and the photographic \·1ith copper-ribbed roofing; of the ori­ Miss Padykula and Miss Gauthier tht' Harvard Medical S<'hool. i!'l al!'o plate can be magnified still more. All Photos by Karin Rosent ginal handsome decorations inside v.ork together on the cytochemistry examining the cytochemistry and un­ Possible Student Use Mrs. Whitin sa1d, "It won't hurt girls and the ultrastructu~ of muscle fib­ trastrudure of the placenta. Miss Miss Padykula and Miss Gauthier to put their feet on an Indian rug." ers. In microphotographs of the dia­ Gauthier, previously from Brown Uni­ ar<' carrying one half the average Other Equipment phragms of thirty-six mammals, they versity, is working with the structure waching loads in order to devote the Four years ago the present class­ have determined a connection betwen rnd function of the parathyroid. time to research. In third term their room section was built. The ceiling thf animals' metabolic rate and the Marvelous Equipment time will also be spent assisting stu­ is constructed so that a planetarium proportion of red, white, and Inter­ Old map rooms in the basement of dents using the electron microscope dome can be placed over it, as the mediate muscle fibers present. Be­ Sage have hen converted to spotless for independent work. astronomy department hopes to do force the use of the electron micro­ labs, darkrooms, and the room for e\·entually. scope all muscle fibers were consid- the electron microscope. Besides Ure new telescope, the ob­ servatory has four refractors - 12- inch, 6-inch, 4-inch, and one-inch port­ able. Its two portable reflectors are f>-inch and 3-inch. The observatory's other instruments include a spectrohelioscope, for ob­ serving the surface and spectra of the sun; a photometer of "professional quality," for measuring photographic plates; and an engine for measuring the wave lengths of spectra.

Sue Rittenhouse '66 working oo a 370 chemistry research project. Senlol' astronomy major Nancy Remage tries old new telescope. Page Seven ;5LEY, MASS., JANUARY 27, 1966

370 la progress: Sue Steilberg, '66.

Biology Students Pursue Search For Unknown • Susan Steilberg '66, who is doing 370 is studying blood formation in chick She waters one group of barley work, Ilene Cottier 'frl, Mary Beth embryos. Despite work in the 19'l'.l's every day, one every 4 days, one Kirkham '66, and Molla Sloane, '66. and 30's, it has never been clear every week, and one every 111.z weeks. Susan Steilberg is working with which oells in the embryo give rise Smee the plants receive the same Mrs. Harrison in an effort to locate to which types of blood cells. total amount of water, those watered the auditory center in birds. No one Cell Nomenclature more frequently should have more of has yet determined this center in the Ilene first examined the blood of a the salt washed away and should ex­ miCJ'Ollcope - Miss Helen brains of birds - brains which did rooster in order to classify the cells. hibit better growth. Sire is also test­ not develop in the main evolutionary Sne is row examining slides of blood ing the effect of sand and soil as p~ttern. from embryos of varying ages. When potting material. Audiogr ams for Birds ~he- determines the cell types present, Molla Sloane is trying to determine Susan and Mrs. Harrison. a neuro­ she will name them in hopes of elim­ if there is pollen tube synthesis of physiologist who came to Welleslev inating the confusion in the nomen­ proteins. She is working with Mr. from Harvard, have te3ted the optic clature now used for the blood cells Mascarenhas, whose research· con­ lobe and three nucleii in the medulla. of chicks. cerns the growth of pollen tubes. Mol­ Susan uses electrodes placed in the It is well established that barley la collects the pollen of plants, ex­ brain of the bird to record electrical will grow poorly in strong salt con­ t• acts the proteins, and analyres '67 and Mary Eliza McDaniel '68 response to sounds of varying fre­ centrations, but will grow well in them by their optical density. She quency. An evoked potential indi­ weak concentrations Mary Beth Kirk­ is also separating the proteins elec­ cates that the oells of the brain ham, advised by Mr. Mascarenhas, is tically and tracing radioactive amino "recognile" the sounrl. determining the effect that different acids, the precursors of proteins. Ilene Cottier, working with Miss wc.tering schedules will have on salt Padykula of the biology department, concentration and growth.

Alchemy to Organizers ...

Continued from page five l\Iiss Goodfield and Dr. Toulmin both and the chemist at the university emphasized that the English special­ f~ls his intellectual foundations "cut h ed "too early and too completely," from under" by "Alfoiseer" b. He believes that independent The philosophy department and the w<;rk and "fierce thinking" is the Wellesley Film Society are working most important part of graduate together to arrange a reshowing of work" and the most important time these unusual, creative films which to be in residence at a university. cYcite both the scientist and the Although their work has shown layman. that they are trying to fight the Alexandrian Image d~gers of over-specialization. they Miss Goodfield is now at work ed­ miss the "professional discipline" il ing a book of the philosophy of and "tight grip" on a subject that biology and writing a study of the &n over-general education fails to conceptual role of the "organizer" provide. t Mr. Toulmin stressed that in embryology. Dr. Toulmin. whose u·.e discipline is not equated with pervious work includes The Place of hard work in a moralistic sense>. Reason in Ethics and The Uses of l\Iiss Goodfield also mentioned that Argument, is doing a two-volume the English girl going to university study; volume one will analyTJe the iu math or physics has had two or way in which intellectual tradition three years of calculus before enter­ develops, while volume two will deal ing, and even the non-university stu­ ,•,ith philosophic problems debat­ dent has met the subject for one ed since the 17th century. re­ y£oar, while American education cognizing that "concertuat .-v ~ tem-; leaves calculus until the college level. vre caught up in scientific develop­ While they do believe that England mrnt." has "a large pool of untapped ex­ Miss Goodfield is interested in cellence" in the students who do not t!-e "scientific origins of many of our go on to university, they pointed out contemporary philosophical ques­ that language differences between tions," questions which have changed the countries can be confusing. "not because of their internal phil­ "Many things are called colleges and csophical nature but because of sci­ universities here" that have other entific discoveries." She and her hus­ titles in England. Furthermore, a t.andbelieve that forces in modern so­ girl graduating from Chelton Ladies ciety tend to make our culture more College, at age 19, has the equiva­ llke Alexandria, technological and lrnt of an American B.A., although definitely." Surely many students ideological, rather than philoc::oohical th~s "college," in England, does not v,i !J want to meet Miss Goodfield Decie Cottier 'fr7 cbeclul on 350 project. and scientific, like ancient Greece. give a degree. and Dr . Toulmin, whose spirited Asked about the difference between When asked how long they will "wee thinking" is lending a special English and American education, remain in America, they replied " in- spark to the campus. Page Eight WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, WELLESLEY, MASS., JANUARY 27, 1966 Psychology Seeks True Family Fact, Fancy, Or Philosophy---­ Science Fiction Seeks A Place

by Margie Fox "68 hope, it does speculate about all the But Repeatedly Finds Rejection '"Most science fiction is trash, ill­ forms technological change may take conreived and badly written."-Philip in the years to come. It is in the by Jane Le1·i11 '67 personality, age and sex of the ex­ well as physical components. And Wylie. sphere of forcing exposure and ad­ Long searching for relatives in the perimenter play significant roles in pi:ychology, because it necessarily "Science fiction is the prophetic justment to the idea of change and academic family, psychology has had influencing the experiments and ob­ exists at the level of everyday exper­ ... the apocalyptic literature of our the actuality of change that most a difficult time finding them. Pri­ ~ervations. ience, cannot divorce itself from the particular and culminating epoch of critics feel its merit lies. marily the dispute has centered The objects of psychological inquiry ft>elings and sentiments of the people crisis . . . it can show us how to Science Fiction Worlds around the question of whether psy­ arc people. The objects of biological it is describing. react, how to adapt. how to endure." Ready to delve into this world of chology is a pure science or a social inquiry are often animals. Biologists Psychology has been moved by -Gerald Heard. change? If so, you might consider science \\ ith neither area enthusias­ r<>t protests from the SPCAs across rnany universities to that wing of the Literary Underground The Worlds of Sdence Fiction •Rob· t1t'ally asserting itself as parent. the country; psychologists have l:.uilding marked "social science". It One would hardly suspect that sci· ert P. Mills, ed., Paperback Library, Perhaps the reason for this con­ enough problems without attracting may be that at this point this is the C;nce fiction, the literary underground Inc. I. A collection of short stories. it fusion is the age of the field. Psy­ the wrath of ""humanitarians" every­ place in the academic house where filled with time-machinec;, robots, and features both introductions by each chology is very diffuse, covering where. Thus. the need for experimen­ i;~chology will be most free to grow Galactic Security agents, could pro­ author which afford a glimpse into many areas ranging from the dy­ t;ition is necessarily one which can- and develop. But it seems likely that voke such divergent opinions. But it the motives behind their stories and namics of interpersonal relationships 11ot ethically or practically be met. p£ychology will eventually find its can and does, and for the sake of any some unexpected contributors such as and group structure to experimenta­ Consequently, tools, methods and \\ ay over to the rooms reserved for language majors reading the Science Howard Fast and Mark Van Doren. tion on the learning of pecking re­ tE:'chniques often lack the polish that the older children, for the sciences. Supplement or science majors with A Century of Science Fiction ( Da­ sponses by pigeons or on the problem comes from practice and revision, The essential movement now in Lterary leanings, we did a little re­ mon Knight, ed., Dell Publishing Co."l o! depth perception in human infants, and science seems a term very re­ i.sychology seems to be a search for ';( arch on the subject. e:ombines commentary on the devel­ ~nd each one of these areas is mote from psychology. integration, systt!matization and sci­ Definitions of science fiction are as opment of science fiction's major younger than the next. Basic Framework t'ntific justification. Developmentally ciivergent as opinions, but probably themes with several stories as ex­ WIUlam James Then there is the conflict existing it is difficult to assert at exactly the most comprehensive is Kingsley amples of each theme. Fifty Short It is difficult to affix an age to within psychology between the desire which stage psychology finds itself. Amis', which describes science fiction Science Fiction Tales :ound what as 'a' prose narrative treating of a and Groff Conklin, ed., Collier Books>, gan as soon as man began to ask tlons and theories of human behavior Erikson calls stal'-" ~- .. e, fighting the situation . . . hypothesized on the though unhampered by any commen­ questions about himself. that is, al­ and the opposing wish to emphasize battle betwf'''" .. entity and role con­ basis of some innovation in science tary, is hampered by its abundance most at the beginning of philosophic individual differences. Few people are fusion. • .• where people have or technology . . . whether human or 'll gadgetry in content and artifice in inquiry. But it is evident that psy­ willing to tolerate the idea that essen­ m" · ., peers and socializing agents, extra-terrestrial in origin." style. chology as a formal science cannot tially they may be just like everyo"'" _,.cbology stands very much alone, Fantasy v. FlctJon Philosophy or Relaxation? claim to go back nearly that far. else, that is, that they may be -· trying to fulfill a role it must define Amis distinguishes true science fic­ Kingsley Amis' New Maps of HeU: In 1890, wrote in ducible to the same psychological as for itself. t.on from fantasy in that the former A Survey of Science Fiction provides a cas­ that psychology could be defined as fo1 fact or presumptive fact." u2l but complete view of the develop­ ti-. science of mental life. When Though science fiction buffs trace ment, current status, and future of James wrote this he was perhaps, as Sitmmer Cheniistry Program its origins all the way back to Plato, science fiction. Finally Modem Sci· Professor George Miller from Har­ Amis feels that Jules Verne and H. G. cnce Fiction: Its Meaning and F uture vard suggests, expressing merely his Wells represent science fiction's real presents a diversified chology a science. James seemed to technology itself, Wells concerning collection of essays and evaluations of view psychology as the child of phil­ The day after academic robes and The chemistry department's Na­ l:imself more with technology's effect &11 aspects of the genre. osophy and physiology and he viewed Commencement Exercises have be­ ti(lnal Science Foundation Grant is or. human life. Just a brief look at any or all of the mind as something to which sci­ come history, a unique experience in the only one of its kind at Wellesley. "Space-Opera" these books will acquaint the reader entific method would ultimately, at study begins in the Chemistry Depart­ It is, so far, the only formal "summer Since Verne and Wells, science fic­ \"ith some of the myths and myth­ least, be applicable. Many years ment. rrogram" offered at the school. As tion has emerged from the realms of makers of the twentieth century and, Miss Jean Crawford, Profesor of though she may not know whether to later, however, it seems that James' The summer program, sponsored fantasy and "space--0pera" - adven­ hope still Calls far short of fulfillment. Chemistry, said, "It is a simply mar­ ture stories transported from the consider science fiction philosophy or by the National Science Foundation, One of the most curious things, at velous teaching and learning experi­ sensationalism, at least she'll find it enables six Wellesley undergraduates i:idewalks of New York to the space­ times advantageous, at times detri­ ence." walks of the Milky Way-and has es­ ~ great study break! to assist faculty members on their mental, about psychology is that it tablished itself primarily in maga­ research projects. Continued from page one Wis meaning on many different lev­ ------.. zines. Amis calculates that only about ..... CABINS NEEDED i:; a problem of other intel,"e;t groups, els. On one level it is comprehensible The undergraduates, all chosen from The ski team, in order to go on :­ between Hanover, N.H. or Spring­ it science? And can it have any real proposal as exact figures on tr.! state eclucation and advertising. e1 ed by thoughts of quizzes to write field, Vt. for skiing at Sucide Six. merit? These are the questions its of the SOFC budget weer not avail­ On the other nand, however, psy- or take, or papers to grade or pre­ Vt. or Mt. Ascutney, Vt. ~eaders, writers, and critics are try­ aole. Mr. Alan Schecter's renuest chologists feel pressed to establish r c:.re. me to answer. For the week-ends or Feb. 26-27 ·that at the next Sena~ meeting a svme sort of framework, some sort and March 12-13 a cabin near the The Idea of Change of theoretical superstructure upon This intensive yet gentle learmng concrete proposal dealing with the North Conway, N.H.-Bridgton, Me. One writer finds much amiss in amount or percentage of money to be which to base their claims. Conse­ process has proven very successful area for skiing at Wildcat Moun­ science fiction's style-plot and idea quently, psychology is simultaneously since it was introduced to the college allocated to cover conference ex­ tain, N.H. and Mt. Cranmore, N.H. ~re developed to the detriment of penses and with the bureaucratic struggling to expand its applications C:ve summers ago; in fact, some of Please call Nadine Netter, TCE, character, consistent and full detail, to meet the demands of an increasing­ the students continue working on their machinery which would make this 235-7085 with any information. and accurate science, and the sur­ money accessible, not only to Forum ly complex and functionally--0riented projects for honors work as seniors. prise ending is too oft.en used as t'eived his bachelor's degree from Monday: fact of their removal often results in may not prompt the student to major uate school usually have little trouble Harvard and his Ph.D. in anatomy Roast Beef, Fr. Fries, the existence of a process of experi- in the subject, it frequently does. as f;nding interesting jobs. The problem from the Cornell Medical School. Lettuce & Tomatoes mcnt which has meaning in itself. But Miss Webster commented, cause a of obtaining summer work is allevi­ Still Hypothesis Coffee, Tea or Milk limiting the psychological variables rirl to say, "I never would have times. ry way along the Bo~ton airways. by Gail Migdal '67 were "primarily a publicity situa- knew as Ba Mortimer '66 and whom Svmeone with too little 1or too Shepard's "Limelight Show," origi­ "There is no valid legislative pur· tion," Mr. Schechter clarified the the world now recognizes as its best much l Latin wit let pass at least n::tting in New York, can be heard ()')Se behind the Klu Klux Klan in- issue somewhat by adding. that "Re­ dressed woman. She has the unique cne new silver mtaglio ring, I re­ Crom 8: 15-9 p.m. from Monday thru vestigation - that• s nonsense! " com- gardless, there is some validity in ability of appearing sophisticatedly ceived by a Pomeroy juniorl which Saturday on station WNAC, 690 AM mented Political Science Professor publicity." Libbitt suggested that this natural. 1ead "nos ministrare, sed ministrari"' and 98.0 FM. Alan Schechter. publicity is one of Cong. Weltner's Her friends here remember her as ir.stead of the usual "non ministrari. The "Limelight Show" is a far cry What was the purpose of the KKK aims - that the HUAC "does good being relaxed and stimulating. And scd ministrare." from the usual songs-and-fill-in-the­ and of the House UnAmerican Activ- by informing people, even in the e'·en though she, like many Welles­ The translation: ·to serve our­ blanks-platter routine; whatever mu­ it'.es Committee's investigation of it? South, of the Klan's activities." leyites, decorated the campus in selves, but to be served." sic Shepard plays is used only to pro- That was the general question asked Another major objective voiced courderoys and turtle necks, she was vide background for his off-the-cuff -·· and, in part, answered ....: in For- against the HUAC was its possible known for her 'CXquisite taste. Who's Got the Bunny? humor. Departing from whatever urn's provocative discussion last violation of the First Amendment - With interests in music and art, ?ne Harvard. student has. found a Paar tradition may be backing him, week. Jed by Mr. Schechter and Lib- the right to freedom of speech, as- Mr. and Mrs. Burden already have unique alternative to Operations c_on- Shepard also features no guest stars. brt Dunlop '66. scmbly, petition, etc. However, Mr. an impressive collection of paintings. t~ct and Match. Peter C. Salerno 68. His show constitutes 45 minutes of Is Trial Legitimate? Schechter answered this problem by Living in New York City with Mr. a WHRB disc-jockey, won a date wi~h adlibbing on whatever subject strikes Libbitt, an intern last summer with pointing out that "as long as it in­ Burden's being a Columbia law :;tu­ a ~laymate .. ~layboy headquarters m hif fancy _ anything from a remem­ Congressman Charles Wellner of vestigates actions," not beliefs or aent, the couple is also active in Ch1cago notified Salerno a couple. of brance of the "time I was Ahab" to Georgia. who first suggested the in- as~ociations, the HUAC's activities current affairs and recently cam­ \\eeks ago that he was grand prize 1 a raucous account of a runaway bull­ wstigations. presented a brief his· are legitimate. paigned energetically for Lindsay's winner in a nation-wide Jazz Poll dozer. tory of the Klan, the decision to in- Right or Refusal election. Contest sponsored by Playboy and I vutigate it. and some of the HUAC's The discussion of the Fifth Amend- open to disc-jockeys throughout the The quality of Shepard"s humor r:ndings. These included evidence of ment right to refuse to incri~nate Mutual Grades country. The disc-jockeys had to pre- varies with his nightly mood. but he crimes committed in the name of the oneself aroused the most emohonal­ "You grade my performance, I diet the results of a poll in which U!'ually manages to pull a fe~\· plums Klan. the harassment techniques it i:;m. As the rule now stands, ~re­ grade yours" may very well become Pl::iyboy's readers were asked to se· from the ~latter. One of his. _mo~e te·nches. and the illegal use of Klan IS<:rving the right to take the F1_fth a tacit understanding between stu- lect the top jazz musicians of the s~1ccess~u.1_1mpromp~~. pro!un~1hes .~s funds l>y the Imperial Wizard him- Amendment on any one que~llon dmts and teachers at a number of 1 "ear. Salerno"s choices most closely h1!: definition of a c1tyb1lly - a !.elf. Robcit Shelton. l<>galizes invoking it on eV"l'.ry smgle e.1stern colleges. Williams, Wesleyan, c.pproximated those of the readers. boy who spends his formative years The question of th~ legit!macy_ of I~uestion - no matter how mnocuous Yale, Cornell, and City College of ISalerno and his Playmate date will in the shadow of the magnificent thi~ type of Congrcss1011al mvestiga- 11 may be. . New York are all considering enact- g'l on 'the Playmate caper," a week- Alexander's and then moves do\~~­ Uon - its potential violation of the Members of the group questioned ing programs which would allow for rnd of night clubs. restaurants and town to the shadow of the magnir.- First and Sixth Amendments and dis- the morality of such a p~ocerl· student evaluation of both courses public appearances. cent subway." trrtion of the Fifth - was the over- v.1th regard to the def~ndant .. .,11ts, and professors. The programs vary- r! l\KK ehs­ The ··woman ·s ill l.ll· hut ;ilso :1n·ustonwd lwr hushand dE'ntly engendered echoes in quarterf lt•i!islatin• purpose• :ind thnt it vio- u1ssmn ehsplaycd one· of the rarer i11h marriage. c::trc•cr and thilrln•n i•nd fanul~ to gt•tling along 11 it huut Lcyond the wildest dreams of Pope Iall>d tlw Sixth Anll'ndnwnt hy pm- phenonwna on tlw Welle•sk•y_campus: P~ul. The Harvard Undergraduate ~eE:ponded to this challenge with great hnd it docs not threaten their posi- ··No une ever wu •• ·• football ~amc with traditional beliefs. These two tbe part of the University to accept individualism. Ition of authority, which is based on while on the defensive. the United n•volutions have hit now instead of credits from other schools on an equal m: body_ presidents, or vale?1ctorianS7 from. the program would never have p!cture of our society to them." an order to disperse the mob, but, de~p1te the fact that their college applied to college at all, had they not alas, found no one to disperse, a:id Monday, Jan. 13 4: 15 6:00 boo.rd scores often rank only in the b£.en sought out by alumni and na- Dr. James feels deeply that W.W. went home. Our source sighed with Tuesday, Feb. 1 - 4:15-9:00 400s. ti<.nal organizations. llI is going on right now-a war of nostalgia for the good old days of Wednesday, Feb. 2-2-7: 15 · Kay William~ '69 n.an's life, of man's rfreedom · to de- that those who did not hear that the for Greybook revisions. Hopefully making sense to you yet? Not a very "You know how we always com- , cide, of the h~I"?ic qua 1t1es n~cessary event was cancelled will show up at students will take advantage of this commendable thing to belong to the pc.re death to the tree losing its to make dec1s10~s and choices. On the event only to find, as a reward first opportunity to reconstruct the actions of a former military police- il'aves so that new ones will grow. the. other hand, 1t stresses freedom I for their efforts, a notice saying that College Government Handbook anew n1an. guess t h a t 1·s wh y I c h ange d j E ut I' m no t a t ree; I' m a Iea r . M y of will to the extent of separation the event was called off because of by giving thoughtful suggestions to JO· bs. I hope you aren •t off en de d or d cath 1s· no t an a bs t rac t d ea th ." Th1·s f,.om one's fellowman; it stresses the weather. It would seem the beter their class dormitory representativec; d1~appoi nted with the recipients. n alizadon of "man's temporality" is complete independence. Sartre's part of prudence to go through with The Vil Juniors will draw up and Since I am the mail clerk, I wit- n key concept of existentialism ac- question in The Flies boils down to the event as planned 10/HHC 1st Bde, lOlst Airborne Div- Drath 1s the most absolute and uni- preying upon one another, challeng- ulty sports night to hold a second Pam Leach '66 Chief Justice · i~ion / APO 96347, San Francisco, versa! limit to existence. ing each other's authenticity." round, should they desire to do so. Diana C hapm~ '66 Chmn. House California / Attn: GI The Existentialist Morale Existentialism and Christianity Sincerely, · ' Presidents Sincerely appreciative, In existentialist literature, the he- Professor Spires told us he was a Anthony D' Amato, College Gov't Association Kenneth W. Shearin roic virtue consists of making a per- Christian and closed with a discus- Dept. of Political Science sonal decision in the face of an ulti- sion of how he resolved some of the GI Thanks College Girl Gets mate situation. The existentialist conflicts between Existentialism and h1::ro assumes tragic proportions be- Christianity. He, first of all, believes Soph Suggestions To The Editor: Look From 'Look' cause his life and his decisions are that God _ unlike man _ is not To the Editor: In De-cember, WBS mailed 1300 meaningless, absurd. and futile. "Ex- temporal, is unchanging, is capable Ellen DuBois '68, has written a records as a Christmas gesture to hy Pegi:y Stone '68 istentialist writers try to show that so much in life is accidental and cf promising and keeping his pro­ letter tO' you which has several mis- the Gls fighting in Vietnam. The The January 11, 1966 issue of Look mise. God himself is an ultimate in conceptions about the faculty lee- r1::cords were mailed to the U.S.O. in magazine, devoted to the American that perhaps to work at all is absurd. tl.e case. A question was raised con­ tures on Sophomore Fathers' Day. Saigon, one of the larger field hos- woman, contains pages of pictures But it takes a decision to work, and to make this decision is the good life cerning how one perceives the exis­ In the first place, these two faculty pi!als, and to the IOlst Airborne Iglorifying childbirth, mother love, tence of God or communicates with speakers are selected by the Dean Division. The following is the fir!'t ~nd high fashion. It also contains an for the existentialist." Him when true communication with This theme appears in The of the College, not by the Dean of lelter of response we have received, article entitled "Is Someone J(jdding man whose existence one can per­ Students. Secondly, as I explained c:nd is quoted in the exact form in Ithe College Girl?" Plague by Camus and The WalJ celve is impossible. when I talked to the Sophomore class. which it was received: Evidently. according to Look, some- I y Sartre. Both plays dramatize how suggestions Crom students are most To the Girls of Wellesley College hody is. Or. rather, the college girl different people react to an ultimate Professor Spires indicated that per­ welcome, but the final decision rests Dear Girls. ir kidding herself. "Miss B.A.", as situation - on the one hand. a c.. ption as well as decision is a per­ with the Dean of the College who is Not knowing where the idea of your represented by this article, is a pleas­ plague and, on the other, a firing sonal thing and referred to Camus' aware of many factors which neces- SEnding records to the GT's in hell's <'nt half-wit. She has rejected gradu­ squad. In both plays life "works 'Philosophy in his second period in ~arily affect her choice. Some soph- playground originated. I am wiring I de school and has failed to catch a c.ul" for the hero but not as a result wh:ch he decided that life did have a c.mores have already come in with to the mass group I hope the ones husband and so she comes to New of anything the hero does. Both plays meaning but one which can only be suggested faculty names. Saturday re~ponsible get the message. We have \ork seeking a glamorous job and emphasize the absurdity of the hero's felt and not known or understood. is the day when the College is host in our possession a portable record glamorous men. She seeks a job life.. "He lucks out, but 'So what?' His other beliefs concerning exis- to the Sophomore fathers and there- player that is constantly turning to \\here she can be "creative". but ~ays Sartre." trntialism and Christianity were be- fcre every effort is made te give the tune of your records. At nights finds that employers are chiefly in­ Existentialist Humanism lief that the good life was one of them the most interesting and repre- many of the fellows who do not have terested in what she d00$ not have: Professor Spires pointed out that complete fiducla or complete trust S

(Editor's Note: Excerpts from Edna In embracing and affirming every­ llubbard's Chapel Talk of J an. 26, thing, we are at the same time af­ 1!166.) firming nothing absolutely. We ques­ One of my favorite quotes, which I tion traditional values and replace found in a magazine this fall, is by a them with unchanneled idealistic fer­ Dr. Arthur Ross of the University of vor. We join the Peace Corps, California. He says: "Studies already VITSA; we tutor in Roxbury; we pro­ known to us show that a significant ~st the war in Vietnam; we sleep c.nd growing minority of students are with the boy at Harvard we have simply not propelled by what we have known for 2 weeks; ~ experiment to regard as conventional motivation. with the intoxicating effects of LSD; Rc.·lher than aiming to be successful we build roads in Africa, and admin­ men in an achievement oriented so­ ister medical aid to families in the eiety, they want to be moral men in Blue Ridge Mountains. Everything a moral society. They want to lead sems open before us in unlimited, lives less tied to financial return than possibility and challe~. Candidates for the Ed.D. and to social awareness and responsi­ After Rebellion, What? bility." Ph.D. in Education degrees: The question is what we will do Cogs in Economic Machine? with it after leaving the Wellesley­ Scholarships and Fellowships Available I will never forget the horror with Cambridge-Boston activist scene. Will \\ hich I heard my grandfather tell me w~ once again retire passi~ly into Students need not have a Master's degree to apply for a last spring that "you young idealists doctorate. our old traditional value system. will arP just fooling yourselves. The soon­ we- continue to rebel irresponsibly Arees of Speclallution: e:r you realize that you will be nothing without channeling the force? Or will more than cogs in the economic ma­ Educational psycholCJCY and related fields-- we, having questioned and experi­ chine the better." In today's world enced, arrive at our own set of val­ measurement and evalu•tlon, readlnc, counsetlnc. we are being exposed to, and partici­ History •nd Foundations of Education. ves which we can affirm because we p;:,ting in, things which tend to fill us f<:el them to be right? CurTlcuklJn •nd lnsbuctlon. Admlnlstrlltlon. with a feeling of unlimited possibili­ Elementary Education. Secondary Education. ties and cause us categorically to I am reminded of a quooo in the deny such a narrow view of man's Also, an Internship Tucher Tralnlnc Pro&ram for room of a friend in Beebe: "A ship c'estiny. is safe in a harbor. but that is not M.S. In E.d. candidates. what a ship is for." The process of Bishop Robinson is writing a lay­ Add'"' all lnqulriff to the Dean, Graduate School of Education, Unlv-'ly weighing anchor and setting sail is of P1nnarlvanla, l'l11nlohr Hall, atI! Walnut Straet, PhUadelphla, Pa. 1t104. man's book attacking the old tradi­ a necessary one if the ship is to ful­ ti<'nal God "out there," which we fill its function. It must, however, \\ere taught to believe in in Sunday eventually have a destination toward UNIVERSITY of school, and which we drew pictures which it is directed, or it will be con­ er, sitting in his throne in heaven. demned to eternally drifting about Student protesters in California ques­ on the high seas. PENNSYLVANIA tion the administration's policies; young men bum their draft cards AUenated Youth and attack the Selective Service sys­ ~m. The New Morality in sexual Religious Forum, to be held here at life is talked about with growing in­ Wellesley this weekend, will be deal­ ~rest; ~mbroke is issuing birth inr with the problems which I have control pills to its students. The civil tried to enumerate here. Sociologists rights movement, attacking the tradi­ t<'nd to refer to the same phenomen­ tional caste system, has become one or. when referring to today's youth, of the dominant forces on the Ameri­ in the overworked terms "alienation" can scene. Continued on page eleven -

WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, WELLESLEY, MASS., JANUARY 27, 1966 Page Eleven 'Cello Case Case' .. Language corridor Continued from page four Continued from page one Having gone through the proper overnight. One must first be willing anrl "swearing up and down" when channels, it would seem all I had done lo try to speak, willing to make mis­ ttased about her cello case. bore no fruit anyway," Candy said. takes and be corrected. Language corridors provide a good setting for Also, as Mary Clark '69 explained. "My theft was coviered by insur· "! said something about exams and the trial and error of communicating ance but I'm concerned for the peo­ in another language. ~he made no comment so I figured she had nothing to do with the col­ ple to whom this might happen at a Anyone who hostessed for the Sko­ lege because you just don't make a later time. I think it's up to the col­ pje Acedemic Chorus this fall will understand the excitement of finding comment about exams during exam lege, if they won't insure you, then time and get no response." oneself speaking 3nother language . . le protect you, to pursue and prose­ imd being understood. Finally, being The Department of Buildings and cute something like that." with people who share your interests, Grounds called the work of the girls "It's a point of irony that they say yet also being a part of the college in all this "splendid." 'We never have thefts at Wellesley community as a whole makes life on Qq,estion Release College,' yet warn us to lock our a language corridor a very reward· Some students questioned whether jewelry and typewriters in our closets ing experience. As a sign outside the S'lme attempt should have been made before vacation," she added. French Department advertised, it's tc identify the girl by students who Locks on boors? the "best of both worlds." had seen the alleged thief near Can­ Suggesting a security measure to The French Department. is now con­ dy's room and then her case outside r,revent theft in the future, Candy c.iucting interviews lo select the mem· th'.! room for about 8 minutes on Nov spoke to Miss Clapp of the possibility bers of next year's "Centre." Those 10, two days before Candy discovered of locks on the doors of dormitory interested in the German corridor that her shoes were missing. Stu· rooms. should contact Ann Hill in Tower , dents had seen a girl of similar de­ "Harvard, Smith and other schools Court East. Russian enthusia~s scription in Stone shortly before don't consider it a point of honor; sl;ouJd speak with Janet Hoffman in clothing was missing there. they have locks," Candy explained. Shafer; Lynn Talkoff in Munger will On Nov. 17 Candy sent letters to " Personal privacy should be as much hablara Espanol with all interested the security police, the Department of an option as throwing yourself into srnoritas. /\ nu:mb:ir of the Wellesley Ski Team "herring·bones" her way back :>f Buildings and Grounds, Mrs. Ten· tlle mainstream of college life. Wel- ney, Miss Clapp, and Louise Knight 1£sley is a super·friendly college, up the ScvC'rance Hill after a practice slalom run. ·c~ explaining what had occurred \\ hich I think is wonderful, but a Chapel Talk ... Photo by Barbara Elden '66 relating the information she had ac: fre~hman is occasionally over· Other committee members include ~umulated about the girl, and say­ \vtielmed by the Great Bear Hug. Co111i11ued from pa1:e ten Religious Forum .. Jc·un Blettner '66, program chairman, mg that she would be wi11ing to Open Door Policy Continued from page one and Marian Ferguson '67, publicity take the responsibility for pressing "An open mind doesn't necessarily lenge is presented to each of us. chairman. charges personally if the girl were mean an open door." Albert Camus, in his book The Reb­ v:ews in a talk entitled "Conscience apprehended. She told Mrs. Tenney The hazard of a girl sleeping el, says, "If we believe in nothing, if and Commitment" at 7:30 tomorrow A conference on Latin America Clf students who could identify the girl. through a fire could be reduced by nothing has any mea nin ~ and if we evening in Jewett. Mr. Cosman, an No Communication providing doors that lock from the car affirm no values whatsoever, assistant. professor of philosophy at will be held by the United States After the incident on Dec. 16, out.side only. lhen everything is Possible. Evil and Haverford, received his B.A. and National Students' Association and Candy, who had been in an exam the Collegiate Council for the Uni­ Donuts, Money virtue are mere chance or caprice. ~1.A . from Berkeley and his Ph.D. until 6 p.m., called Buildings and "The donuts and the small amount:o Nothing remains which can help us f;om Harvard. He has also studied at ted Nations on Feb. 11-13 in Wash­ Grounds and spoke to the man who of money mi~ing are an argument tc answer the questions of our time. the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. ington, D.C. Lectures, panels, and hat! spoken with the girl. "He said for having locks," Candy added, ex· Al.isurdism has wiped the slate clean. Mr. Richardson and Mr. Cosman discussion groups will provide a he had no record of the report I had plaining her own feelings of "help­ nut it can, by returning upon itself, will debate the issues they have rais­ forum for a thorough examination sent," Candy said, commenting on of U.S. policy. Among the speak­ lessness" lo do anything when she discovered the theft. supplied me within the terms of the will be a faculty panel discussion at Robert Alexander, Theodore Dra­ "If they had help her, I would At any rate, the girl with a cello's per, Sen. William Fulbright, Ar· absurist experience, is rebellion. Re­ HI 45. The panel will include Adele have pressed charges," Candy said. case is not yet closed. bellion is born of the spectacle of ir­ Spitzer, assistant professor of philo­ thur Schlesinger, Herbert Mat­ rationality. confronted with a n unjust sophy; Eleanor McLaughlin, instruct­ thews, Dr. Kalman Silvert, and Harvard Journal .. and incomprehensible condition. But c;r in history; and Fred Denbeaux, Sen. Robert Kennedy. The registration fee for sutdents Continued from POR~ three Negro Goes to Yale," Martel Davis. its blind impulse is to demand order professor of biblical history. Roger h: the midst of chaos, and unity in Johnson, assistant professor of bibli· at NSA member colleges is $12; vironment is not conducive to their a graduate of Yale, derides William special rates for students attend· ego development, Negroes do not Kelley's article, "The the very heart of the ephemeral." It c:il history, will moderate the discus· may be felt that this is not relevant sion. ing the conference have been se­ easily solve these conflicts. Negro." Kelley, he feels, "has writ­ cured at the Shoreham Hotel For For instance, American socrety ten exactly what those white folks h<:re at Wellesley. Few of us have "Why Love Comes Second" is the e'l.er wanted to rebel in the sense that tit.le of Mr. Richardson's concluding more information, call Polly Gam­ makes it difficult for the Negro male want to hear and gotten paid for it." brill, 237-9615. or Rosy Metrailer C;::mus speaks of. talk of the Forum, to be given at 11 t? assume the traditional masculine He says that Negroes are lied lo in McAfee. role of supporting the family. Often e:v€ry day, every time a white per· Need for Affirmation a.m. in Houghton Memorial Chapel. U1" Negro woman must bring home son passes a Negro on the street and But if we change the word "rebel" .:...:_:_~~~~~~~~~~ the food and cook it too. The debilita· says with his eyes, "Here comes a to "doubt" it becomes relevant, or, ting cycle begins when the Negro Negro." Why? With Bob Dylan-like at least, it should. Questioning the husband can't be masculine; because overtones, Davis explains, "Because existence of God, the relevance of he can't be masculine, the Negro wife Americans are a shallow people; all Jesus Christ, old sexual standards one can't be feminine; when she can't be eyes, with no interior dimension." A ha~ been brought up to adhere to, faninine, he can't be masculine. further example of the lie to Negroes I.he war in Vietnam, the civil rights ldentJty Crisis for Child ir that there is no such thing as a question, the advantages of a capital­ The Negro child cannot identify "white writer." ist system, is a healthy process, for, II Junior Year with his father when he senses that The Real Story a:> Camus indicates, true commitment his father is trying to seek approval Davis says he and Kelley both know can be born only through this pro­ • from the white world, yet at the same the hell Kelley went through at Har­ ~ess. But, to continue to be healthy, time be cannot identify with the white vard; "The number of crack-ups and 1t must end in the affirmative of In "°orld. For Negroes the superego be­ drcp-outs among Negroes who attend· something. comes American society. Yet at the ed Ivy League schools was legion." It is not enough lo question, chal­ same time absence of Negroes in il­ Devis recalls the acts of overt preju­ lenge authority, and affirm a future lustrations in reading material at dice which often came as a relief free of traditional restraints. We New York school does not give the Negro child from condescending self-righteous must each find a way of utilizing a way to identify with his work. be!'eficence. Also, he was too popular, this future and directing it toward a Three undergraduate colleges offer students The Negro woman finds that the a means of guilt removal. Yet when new goal which we have substituted from all parts of the country an opportunity standards of beauty of the society arc week~nds came and girls appeared, for the traditional absolute. We all to broaden their educational experience not applicable to her. Is she to con­ r~ was supposed to disappear. Davis t:nderstand what Fitzgerald meant clude that she is unattractive and un­ recalls the first social mixer between when he wrote. "Gatsby believed in I by spending their desirable? The Negro man and wo­ \'ale and Smith, when the Dean urged the green light, the orgiastic future Junior Year in New York man, unsure of their ~pective roles, him to withdraw his name; the clan­ tliat year by year recedes before us. find it difficult to achieve a real soli· nish Ivy League Negro parties, the H eluded us then, but that's no mat­ New York University is an integral part of c!ity in marriage. These are some of ide-ntification with the role of rich, ter, tomorrow we will run faster, the exciting metropolitan community of the examples of unresolved conflicts upper class, Ivy League Negroes, stretch out our arms further." We New York City-the business, cultural, in the Negro personality today. shewn by Kelley's reference to under­ all, at this point in our lives, do be­ Compensation in Protests pr::vileged Negroes as "ditty-bops and lieve in the green light, and in the artistic, and financial center of the nation. The author of "A Dream Deferred" Jungle-bunnies." Says Davis, "The limitless future. The question is will The city's extraordinary resources greatly sees the recent protests as part of the r.regro masses are left floundering in it continue to elude us, or will we be enrich both the academic program and the able to catch hold of it with convic­ r.iegro's identity crisis. Negroes gain darkness and are betrayed by just experience of living at New York University their identity from a "compensation those educated Negroes best qualified tion and make it our own? neurosis" - meaning that they feel tQ represent them," while the Black with the most cosmopolitan student body in tbey are owed something, thus deriv· Aristocrat, rele3sed from the ego sist I.hat the essence of our particular the world. iny a sense of security. But Negroes protective bounds of the pseudo-re· humanity, in the context of all hu­ This program is open to students are still unsure whether their refer· spect he got at an Ivy League school, n:anity, should guide the Negro Pro­ ence point for identity should be black bt:comes cynical when he wakes up to test Movement's relationship w.ith recommended by the deans of the colleges or white. .So often Negroes try to di­ find that all his Ivy League friends power- not vice versa." The last arti­ to which they will return for their degrees. vorce themselves from the rest of the h:ive gone off on their separate ways cle is about W.E.B. DuBois, the most. Courses may be taken in the black world whom they, like the and that he is just another Negro. ccmplex Negro intellectual of this School of Commerce whites, despise. However, because Other Views century, who finally became a Social­ ~egroes are ultimately judged by the The phenomenon of the American ist. Is. it not likely that he decided School of Education standards of white society, their iden­ Negro leader is examined in the that capitalism bred racial prejudice? Washington Square College of Arts tity - ego strength derived from re­ fourth article of the Journal - "Mar· The articles here give a broad and Science solution of the conflict between an tin Luther King at Oslo." The fifth movement - the· psychological, the individual and his environment - is article, "Responses to Blackness: legal, the economic, the diplomatic, W rite for brochure to Director, Junior Year denied. After years of identity diffu· Negro Americans and Africa" ex­ the social. One of the most outstand· in New York sion the Negro finally turns to protest plores the various attempts to render ing features of the articles, aside movements, which actually may pre­ bl2ckness meaningful in American from the insight revealed, is the abi­ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY \E.nt the Negro from gaining autono­ society. The author concludes: "Some lity of Negro commentators to have New York, N.Y. 10003 my since he expects it as his due. encounter with power is inseparable the self-detachment to criticize the The Negro Jn the Ivy League from our encounter with blackness. faults of their own movement, which In the third article, "A View from W£ cannot meaningfully pursue the is perhaps more than white society - -A.•ll:LIJHr Sdut.h fo the Tvv Le:urue:. A latter without the for mer.:.. but I in· can boast. Page Twelve WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, WELLESLEY, MASS., JANUARY 27, 1966

Ever 'Greater' Spy Thrillers EVENTS FOR WINTER WEEK­ Captivate This Year's Fancy END-FEB, 18-19·20 FRIDAY: Odetta Concert: 8:00 P.M. by Barbara Elden '66 tion which propels itself along without CAMPUS reliance on gimmicks. Dorm Parties: Dorms open until Hall, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Saturday, Jan. 29, 3 p.m. Fifty Each year seems to bring one tyrpe 1:00 Friday, Jan. 28 - Religious Forum ot picture into vogue and the spy Follows Boak SATURDAY: cents. thriller has certainly captivated this The film is adopted from the recent Ice Skating Lecture by Dr. Herbert Richardson, Special Exhibits by John Singleton year's fancy. Within this larger clas­ best-seller of the same name and it Movies on "Chosen or Choosing: The Way Copley, and by Joan Miro. Museum sification there are, however, two di­ is on this basis that the film earns aft: We Get Committed." Pendleton. of Fine Arts, Boston. Through J.<'eb· ruary. visions which seem about as far apart its first praise. The movie is refresh· Frenc:h Play 4:15 p.m. as possible and films from both of ing in that it follows, almost without Tea or r? l in all dorms these areas are current box office fa­ exception, the book. In places whole Perhaps, interdorm snowball Religious Forum Lecture by Dr. L. THEATRE vorites. conversations seem to be recounted fights. snow sculptures, sled­ Aryeh Kosman, on "Conscience or Brandeis University - King Lear. verbatim from the original. ding Commitment." Pendleton. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4-16. All seats two dollars. When the "biggest and best Bond Richard Burton, looking slightly dis­ yet" hits the screen, one really won­ night: Saturday, Jan. 29 - Religious Forum Charles Playhouse Berthol sipated and slightly more disillus­ Dinner r waited-on l Brecht's Galileo. ders what it is going to hold. Bond ic.ned, plays superbly the spy who Debate by Dr. Richardson and Dr. pictures are by definition - big in After dinner coffee Schubert - Harve Presnell in Rog­ c:>me in. Throughout the movie he Dance r alternating bands-great Kosman on their Friday lectures. fantasy. So how one can be bigger ers and Hammerstein's Carousel. remains removed, both from the ac­ new Rock and Roll discovery, Jewett. 9 a.m. than big might be a valid question Theatre Co. of Boston, Inc. - Berl­ tion and the audience. And through The Bogus Charms> Religious Forum Panel Response by and one might view the resulting at· olt Brecht's Private Lile of the this distance creates an excellent Dorms open until l : 00 faculty members: Mr. Denbeaux, tempt with scepticism. Master Race. Through Jan. 30. characterization of Lemas, as a man Free one o'clocks Mrs. McLaughlin, Mr. Schwaber, Bigger Than Big who talres his occupation no more SUNDAY: and Miss Spitzer. Jewett. 10:45 MOVIES ~eriously and with no more dedication Campus singing groups in dorms a.m. But the producers of the latest Bond Brattle-Jan. ?:7-29 To Have and than a factory worker. Room F Schedule will be an­ saga were not to be thwarted in their Sunday, Jan. 30 - Chapel Service Have Not, with Lauren Bacall. nounced later. attempt at bigness. First they in­ Lack 0£ Frivolity with speaker, Dr. Richardson, on and Humphrey Bogart. creased the budget and then capital­ The action concerns a spy who al­ "Why Love Comes Second." 11 a.m. Jan. 30-Feb. 1, The Titan. The story ized on the gadgets in their latest lows himself to be bought by the Com­ After Dinner Music. McAfEe. 2 p.m. of Michl!langelo. success, Tbunderball. With about a munists and focuses in London, Hol­ Colle~e Girl ... 1uesday, Feb. 1 - Maria Tallchief Feb. 2-5, Oedipus Rex. quarter of the action taking place un· land and behind the Iron Curtain. The demonstration lecture. Alumnae der water, there was plenty of room movie was filmed in black and white Hall. 8 p.m. Admision by ticket. Cinema I - House of Telemark, with for exploitation of fancy equipment. Continued from pa.r:e te11 which seems to accentuate the lack nine months, driven by boredom and Sarah Smith '67 will speak on Jew· Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris II - My It will be a long time before an­ c,f frivolity. The action climaxes thr manhunt. ish Mysticism at Hillel Discussion C:11ema Fair Lady, with Re~ and Audrey. other movie comes up with as many rarelv and when it does it is on a The article ends on a hopeful note. Group, 200 Billings. 4:15 p.m. ipsychological rather than physical Thursday, Feb. 3 - Required meet· gimmicks. From the electric "spine· Although the college girl may lose out Community Playhouse - Heaven's stretching machine" 'more familiarly level. ing of Class of '68. Pendleton. 4: 15 Above. called the rack> of the first scene to The movie's characterization of to high school graduates where jobs p.m. Lemas places its emphasis in a slight- are concerned, she has more of a Harvard Square - The Cincinnati the wonderful coup of the last scene, MUSIC c\'ery change seemed to provide the 1'1 different place than the book with chance of trapping a college man for Kid, with Steve McQueen as a e~cuse for the employment of a new thf' result that the ending, which car­ a husband. In these trying days of Saturday, Jan. 29 - Piano Concert poker-faced poker-player and ried real force in the book may be gadget - Bond jet-propelling himself winter, when m::.my people may be by Sylvia Chambless Patrick. Gard­ with Ann-Margaret and Tuesday t1pward out of trouble and downward seen more · as melodrama in the ner Museum. 3 p.m. Free. Weld as Ann-Margaret and Tues· br.ginning to wonder if its worth all into watery depths and into trouble movie version. But overall the film Sunday, Jan. 30 - Baritone, Richard day Weld. and even villians Largo and Specter is highly successful, engrossing and this terrible weather just to get a Allen. Gardner Museum. 3 p.m. F'me Arts - Casablanca, with Bogie. had more than their share of trick de· believable in its action. B.A., it was thoughtful of Look maga· Free. vices. zine to try to provide us with an Program of Corelli music. King's Result Good Cli Hie Ranks High rnswer. Chapel, Paupon Pllotoe plua Pboto. Far But the result is good. Tbunderball 1uesday, Feb. 1 - Piano Concert by Applicationa, Uc:ai--. -.. Allan Morgan. Gardner Museum. i~ clever and humorous and does p~- 1 On 'Crimson' Staff CW&om PbOCo Pramee vide good escape from the more seri- Review Blends ... Free. ous side of life. The action is quick Thursday, Feb. 3 - Piano Concert by IUIERTS and engrossing, even if a little too One of the nation's foremost insti­ Conrinued from page fo11r Heioi and Alfred Kanwischer. Gard­ IJ CAtltnl SU... fantastic and the fights a little too tl!tions of higher learning £or males ner Museum. 8:45 p.m. Free. graphic. And just to watch Sean Con­ made a historic advance toward mer theater project, it was extended nery act out but not succumb to his eve;ntual equality of the sexes last into the winter because of a sustain· ART Si;nday by electing Linda McVeigh James Bond image lone gets the iur interest among the performers. Exhibition of Photographs by n'anaging editor of the Harvard feeling that he is laughing at Bond Nl'ws' Karin Rosenthal. Room F. Crimson. The current leaders of the Caravan more than we are> is a treat. Through Jan. 30. Linda Mcveigh 'fi7, an American Theater are Stan and Barbara Edel­ In another currently popular spy History of the American Film. You lhslory and Literature major at Rad­ son. Mr. Edelson is also the director ii lilWllillm thrmer, there is none of the phan­ Can't Take It With You. Lecture ORIENTAL & SOUTH SEAS CUISINE chfre College is the first girl to hold and ;producer of Pause and Begin tasmogoria which characterizes Thun­ LUAUS every day derball. The Spy Who Came In From this post. Feature Editor is lhe only Again. the Cold is built on solid suspense ac- other position on the Crimson's E x­ The program has been presented at UPSTAIRS• VISIT THE ecutive Board ever held by a female. the International Students' Associa­ CommunilJ PlaJltolll WAIKIKI LOUM4E Chosen on Merit tion in Cambridge and the Seventh Welluley Hill• CEder M!Otf ? FEATURING THE MOST UNUSUAL Chamber Music, Circle in Boston. Future bookings in­ DISCOTHEQUE Along with new President Robert Ev.ntno• at 7:41 Samuelson and Assistant Man· clude Club 47 t Palmer St.. Cam­ IN TOWN ·s7 Sun. Contlnuoue 8eg1nnln1 t: 11 l:.u:~/!:;:l.l/Jr.°• 146 IOYUTON SUUT I.,... Poetry At Room F bridge\ Feb. 6 at 9: 15 p.m., the ager Richard Blumenthal '67, Miss tOSTON • 41,·Hl.5 Odyssey Coffeehouse 13 Hancock St., ---...,...- l\kVcigh was chosen on merit alone. 11 A.M JO 2 A M 0All '1' A poetry, drama. and chamber mu­ Boston\ Feb. 3, 20, and 'l:7 at 3:00 7 Days Ending Tues. Feb. 1 W.' series is coming to Wellesley via <•S manifested in a twelve week com­ petition during which she fulfilled p.m., and the Cambridge YWCA 17 Steve McQueen. Ann-Margaret it-: Entertainment Express. "Room Tumple St.> Mar. 7 at 8:00 p.m. and Edward G. Robinson in r." home of expresso. expression.. each Executive Board position for rne week. "THE CINCINNATI KID" and expressiveness. "Make love, not war." is their dic­ Richard Chamberlain & Yvette :JO'!!!!. S!.:.AS Sunday, January 30, at 4:30 p.m., On the Crimson sinc.:e spring of tum, but these idealists are by no iclsl year. l\liss McVeigh has re­ Mimieux in & ISWI> marks the arrival of Room F's new­ means starry-eyed. Aware of the iron­ "JOY IN THE MORNING" A~~ SPKIAlTIES pRIHKS • est "Special." Martha Craven '68. ceived notoriety as a result of her ies and contradictions - "it's easier sports copy. her article on the Beach Moni Buegeleisen '68, and Karen said than done" - they arrive at no Wed. & Thurs. Feb. 2 and 3 f"a~ Boys 1 fellow studentst? \ at her high 11 AM I• i AM l¥ffll' Dey Benensohn '69 open the series with a pat conclusions but assume that the 21 Henl..,. Ave. school in Hawthorne. California l, and Vivien Leigh and Lee Marvin in rE:-ading of Robert Frost's "Mask of problems themselves are worth the "SHIP OF FOOLS" ...'" • 42~210 Reason." - in a pretty pale pink issue by the posing. As indeed they are. Crimson - as a result of her recent 5 Days beginning Fri. Feb. 4 Outlet for Talent election. Extra Shows Sat. at 10-12:45-3:30 Jane Riffin '68, who describes her Possessing industry and a sense of GET DISCOUNT CAR.D Walt Disney's "That Darn Cat" association with Room F as "co­ humor. Miss McVeigh has been de­ on Patent Medicines • Vitamins - Coming! Feb. 16-17 "OTHELLO" chainnan of a group in charge of scribed by co-worker Michael Garan Cosmetics • Toiletries • Etc. at miscellaneous things," states the '6R as a "very talented girl, the best CARROLL'S (Sal-Mac:, Inc:.) reasoning behind Room F 's latest one. and therefore deserving to be '72 Washington Street entertainment addition. " We want to editor." opposite Village Church establish the series as a permanent Call CE '·2489 for Free Delivery TWIN a~ · - · ~- ·-l&D ACRES of source of entertainment offet·ed at Hours Mon.·Sat. 8 a.m.·6 p.m. ~~~ Wellesley on Sunday afternoons." · MARK STEVENS FRAMINGHAM Shopp.,.•wo..w .1a1~1~~Pib CU11 s-1020 112-4400 . Jane considers the series an ex­ famous-name 1boe1 pansion of Room F's avowed pur· Feminine Footwear Fashions .pcse "of providing an outlet for tal­ AHradlnly Low-Priced ADVANCED DEGREES IN MA· ented students on campus." Sally 564" Washlagtoa st., Wellesley Sq. TERIAl.S SCIENCE: Graduate re­ Giddings '68, head of the committee CE ~360S search asslstantshlps available for planning Sunday afternoon entertain­ AcroSI from Ole physicists, chemists. engineers In nJ£nt, invites student suggestions. • Wellesley National Bank outstanding research group. Ex· ()pea Friday alfht 'tu I P.M. ceUent field for women students "Hoots" Continue Interested In a science career. Sally further adds, "In addition to Stipend - $2640/ 1% months Chall The Wellesley National Bank the new series, Room F will con· time) plus remission of au tuition tinue its folk music concerts on Tues­ Theatre company or Boston and fees. Post doctoral positions, Four Convenient Offices day nights and 'Hoots' on Fridays. fellowships