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Candidates to Talk Today at CG Meeting Vol. Lii WELLESLEY, MASS., FEBRUARY 26, 1959 Mo.:' Experts from World ofArts Give Candidates To Talk Professional Views at Symposium Today at CG Meeting Tod:1v al '1 p.m. the candidates for was the only c;rnclitlaL<· <•n the ballot. !Jy Li111la Baker '62 and their works sound much ;illke. College Government president will \'hen <i~k •it \~hy she had with· The Art Symposium celcb1-aUnt: in lhe concert hall thQ Qlu,ic of be announced at a mass meotlni; ln drawn. Bcby Andl•r,on ~aid that if the completion of the Jewett Arts the western world is i·cduced to a Alum_ The candidates are being nom- ~hi.' had won by default, she would Center began Tuesday evening with basic international repetoire or ap· inatcd by P<"titions which must b<· have been unable to win popular talks by three well-known creative proximately .fifty works. of which turned in to ~fary Mathias '59. cur- :1uppo1i. or rcsp(•Cl for an:i' of lier artisls. Virgil Thomson. composer. perhaps ten were written this cen­ rent pn·sident of CG, or ~Iargcc actions :is president oC CG. music critic and author, .Josef Albers. tury. said Mr. Thomson, and a sup­ Danit•ls '5!l. head of the CG Elections No Choice ls Farce painter and teacher, and L<-e Stras­ plementary repetoire consisting of Commiltei: before the mass meet­ berg, producer, director and head of "compliments to the local compos· ing twi:111 "Il would l>c undemo<'ratic if I the Actor's Studio took part in the ers.µ "There is no player in an were to step into an office simply Thi• m""~ rneeling will give stu­ opening session. orchestra who cannot be replaced dents a d1<lllCt'I lO fJUCStlon all Of the because 1 hadn't cros:.cd olI and "Since 1914. lhe o01cial lradilion wilhin 24 hours and without re candidai<'' tor thr majo1· CG oflices. everyone el~t· had." Betsl pointed in the mus1cnl progress has been bearsal," he clainwd, Shdnklnsi Ballot out. ''The voters must be given a (.hat of constanl change," said Mr. Cult ure Demands Ana rchy By Monda) niglJl all nominet•s for choice or the l'iel'tion is a farce.'' Thompson. "Culture grows like nn organism CG president. had wtth<lra\\'n from "H 1 h<td been elected by a "o-callcd 1n the lwentic-th century music and al a certain point stops grow­ competition. Two or tlw candidate,, vote of confidence." she said. "my has become a "standardized produd jng and becomes useful." This. Betsy Dunn '50 and Pat Wagner '60, program for changes in Senate and produced for a ,.;(andardizcd con· claimed Mr. Thom~on, is what ,;hould had crossed off before ~onclay noon. CG would have been complelcfy hancl­ sumer." Those who control the "in­ han, happened to musk in 1914. 1'l1c third candida1e. Betsy Anderson eulTl'cl. If I had run alone. il would dustry''. managers and puhlisher~. Music is i1ow a "full grown lan­ '60. withdrew from the contest ~!on· have been unfair lo me and unfair believe in ··antiques or the futurt"' guage" bul there Hr" enormous day night after learning that· she LO the voters." and tend to support almost any con­ changes in ideas and 'Cll>1hil1th-~ temporar~- who conforms to the rules which il should be freed to express. of change. For this reason. i\Ir. '"\Ve need a moment of ~marchy in Thomson maintained, all composer" 'Hopefuls' Voil'e Platfornis Lee Strasberg which composer:; forget tradilions, today use vari11nts of Uic same style progreRs and change and expres' b11, Joa11 ,1f<lrx "61 choos1• to think C. G. is doing a their real feelings"', disciplined only Ann Colman '60, Amanda (~fondq rather l•fficicnl j•Jb on c;m1pus," and by spontaneity and sinceritr. hl' con· }'OPP '60 and :\lary Stimpson '60 am is nu~. "rull of grn;1l 1111d knotty 1>rob· ~t·11ait• llea rs ll~qttt_-.st rludecl. lite lhn•e candidates for Chief Jus­ lem,. Facts and Non-Facts tice· of College Go,·errnnent. All thret• Ann 1s n class Cottrt lt1·p and "Th<· origin of nrt lS lhc discrc­ ~upporl re-evaluation of C. G. anrl former!\ I n·~hm;111 R~·1 lu<I ''lwpel Fo1~ I~a •.e Ope-.1 llo11st~ 1->npj1 pency betwecm phy~ical f<tcl and slr<"ss lht• value of th .. ind11 idual IUvn'•i.IUdl ~rot.eCltOft 'j111_, possihilit>- ot kt•<·pin!> <lormi­ of organization acli\·iti<'.!i. N~A mem p,h~ sic etiecl ,'' ..ta, c<l .fu~ef .\liNr,,. I" ;·, ' .J,. i<'C' ~v1·1,;, w1UJ tile \01 les opeu fvr the <.'nterlainme11t ber.s have attended several iull·r-eol· Ht• cxplamed this concept by varl­ House Councils, acts as Chairman of Ma11dy l'ope says, "Ml inlernst lies in the courts." for "an individual of guests on Saturday night ap­ lege conlercnccs, and have taken ou~ demonstration~. showing thal the Court Committee and Head of the proached reality at the open Senate over part of the CG President's cor­ two fingers held near each other form General CotUt and is an ex officio ncetls a certain amount or protection meeting on Tuesday night. ll'Irs. respondence. Hathaway llousl' tru5- three spaces-thus one plus one member of the Academic Committee in the community." She wants faith Loubc Bradner, housemother of Tow­ tee, Sue Henretty. '60. staled that no equal three-and that identical col on Discipline. in the intentions and intelligence of er Courl, presented amendments to complaints concerning the book­ ors can be made to appear very dif· Ann Colman chose to- ruo for Chief the students to govern individual rul­ ings. tbe proposal as approved by the store's efficiency had been submitted ferent or vice versa. dC'pending on Justice because sl1c believes it to be She "bhl.'s a ~unp!ification of Sen­ Head of House Council. during the year. the background color. an office constructively woi-king with ate and believes that "most financial -Cuder the present form of the pro­ The question of student bursar or In education loo, he continued, the incHvidual and the house councils. business of other organizations should posal, guests would not be admitted identification Cllrds was referred lo we must differentiate between actual An individual's understanding of the he regulated somewhert else," to a Senate committee for further study. facts (those ·that one perceives) and honor system is, she feels, the prime to college houses after t\1'elve o'clock, keep from "gelling bogged down.• and would leave no later than 12:45. The committee will consider authori­ factual facts (those in books). "Orig­ requisite !or a college-wide system. zation of the cards by NSA or by inally education was invented for the A!>kcd why there existed campus She believes that house preside11t.:> A student would sign in when enter· could be integral members of Senate the College itself. Continued 011 Page Seven disinleresl in C. G., Ann replied, "I mg the dormitory to stay rather itself because they are closest to so· than when her guest leaYes. and the cial rulings or <tny group on campus. retention or the privilege by the Individual J ustice dormitory would be contingent upon Eliot Play Gets New Leading Man; Mury Stimpson believes the college the observance of the sign-out rules. now has "a basically sound court sy:r The possible extension of freshman tern." She supports a program ol llrivllcges under the new proposal, educational justice. "I am against the possibility of admitting guests Pro_ducer Barstow Turns to Acting automatic punishment of any sort." as late as 12:30, and the possibility Paul R. Barstow, lecturer in Speech of professional experience elsewhere. Yale ·school o! Drama. She believes that apathy existing on of signing in when guests leave will is and director of the Theatre. will pl<1y He began acting a~ a boy soprano Mr. Barstow worked as aclor·dircc­ campus towards C. C. functions be discussed at open House Council due to students' belief th:i.t acadeutie meetings during the week, The pro­ the part o! Sir Henry Ilarcourl­ in operettas, and did some dramatic lot· for !our summers at the Eastern Reilly in Barn's production of The work in college. Later he was Presi­ Slope Theatre at North Conway, studies arc their contribution to 1.he posal will reappear before Senate for sum of work o! tlle community and Cocktail Party Frida) and Saturday dent of the Princeton Community New Hampshire. He has done TV further action at next week's meet· that they are entitled to a certain nights. The change of role from Players, and acted and ~tudied at the work in New Haven and Boston. ing. amount of leisure time. She was a producer to actor was made neces­ freshman representative and mem­ Evaluations Spot Sen<1te sary by the withdrawal of John Wolf· 'l'hc Gray Book evaluations of last ber of the Sophomore Executive son, Harvard '60. who had been Committee. sil were reported ns thought-pro­ chosen as replacement for Earle W•k.in ~ methods of sustaining interest Egerton. in College regulations. Senate tabled Mr. Barstow prefers to teach and questions raised in the evaluations direct during the winter at Wellesley Can<lidates, Senior concerning Calendar Day rules and and to act and write during the sum­ additional senior privileges, due to mer. In this case he mad-e an excep­ Vice-President the new schedule and lack of con­ tion so that the show.
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