COMMUNITAS Official PH,hlication of the Bard ColIe:;c Communit~.. ======- ._=.------Vol. 1, No.5 ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK Resignations Point Divisional Panels, Case Speech Mark Out EPC Crisis ALBEE SOCIAL, May 11 - After quite a bit of introspective analysis. Bard's Sucessful Student Conference the top blew off EPC's lid. The sen­ ------...• ---.--- . _--_._---_.. ---_ .. _.. timent of EPC Chairman Louise Odes and Science division repre­ Student's' Conference sentative George Waltuch that EPC Case's Address To Students Bard Arts Festival should resign en masse was punctu­ Statistics ated by notification of their resigna­ Schools Represented 32 tions. Dan Klublock who became Stresses Need Of Education Students ...... 52 In New York May 17 President James H. Case Jr. opened the Admission Day proceedings An arts festival featuring work in acting·-chairman in the course of Teachers 7 events, suggested that the fate 01 by speaking on the subject "What Good Is A College Education?" At Parents 22 music, drama, dance and art by Bard students, will be presented by this academic body be brought to the start he warned us that the question was unanswerable. It would be Total Guests 81 the YM-YWHA, Lexington Avenue the attention of the Community and equally impossible to say what values health, love and life itself contain. Students came from the following' at 92nd Street, New York, on Mon­ to let the decision rest with Con­ But if we cannot define the worth of a college education, we can at least E'astern States; Massachusetts, Con­ day. May 17th, at 8:40 P.M. in the vocation. necticut, New Hampshire, New Jer­ Miss Odes, when ·asked her reasons describe it in part. Kaufmann Auditorium. Guest art­ sey, Vermont, and New York. ists on the progmm will be Miss for resigning, stated "For what rea- We must not think of it as merely 50ns would a chairman resign?" a four year interval between high Mildred Dunnock, who played the role of Mrs, Lohman in "Death of a This was taken up by Mr. Waltuch school fi nd a career, ·..lS something Faculty Members; S. Hirsch, Degre, Marker who with Odes' a pproval mentioned to glide through as gracefully as Salesman" and was most ~'ecently seen on Broadway in "In a Summet' t h l~ f DEov, illS' four r e :l ~ Gns, The first pos~ible. Rather. it is a profound being the chairr:1 ;-;.11 has to do 90' : experience for each individual who RecoTd Their Impressions of Division Panels R ouse", and Hurd Hatfield, stage and screen actor who has won of the committee,; work. Sp.l:ondly, ullc~er,;ues it. As we grapple with In order to present as comprehensive a picture possible of the panels pl'o.li ,·;e this season for his perform­ the c'Jmmi.ttee members ha::; been art, poctry, philosophy and history too lax in their '::lttitude towards there e:'.1el' ges for each of us a per­ held by Bard's four divisions during the Student Conference, COMMUN­ ance in "Bullfight". Mr. Hatfield is a Bilrd a]ul1,uns. their committmen ts. Thirdlv. the ac­ sonal moulding. No doubt much is ITAS asked various members of the faculty representing various divisions The festival will open with a complishmen"s of the commi'ttee have owed to wh·J.t has come before in to give their impressions of the panels, what the visiting students re·.lctions been too ncgligible and ullrf~wardjI1g the fleli but every student's syn­ dance based on "The House of Bern­ were to the conferences and what they felt these students were primarily urda Alba" by Federico Garcia -Lorca 'lncl. the h:'t rea;; c:] being that meet­ thesis is unique and inimitable. Our i:1 g'S ',~; jth the facully have proved experiences, in parL. are private and concerned with in exploring the subject, "What Good is a College Edu­ depicting the struggle of five da ugh­ tlCrs ag·J.inst a dominating' mother. lTi atisfaei:cJ'Y l') a degree. remain permanently within us. cation?". Mr. Waltt:eh f elt that a]:'3rt fro;11 But thi:; is only one side of the The choreagraphy is by Judy Zin­ man, who dances the role of The PUL'iy pcr::oo nal motivations. his coin. Clever men are impressed by The discussion of the individual Mother. resig·natiol1. submitteJ earlier today, their difference from their fellows; Gerard DeGre . dimension of the world-Hs-problcm­ wa~ ha~eion the ~a me compliant's. wise men are consciom: of their re­ atical revolve:! D.l'otmd two aspcct', Student work in musk at Bard will be demonstr;lteJ. by three pian­ After the two a~.1Iio unce:nent'i of semblance to them. There is much inof indiviciual aclion. 1. The in­ Div. oj- Social A.~'tudie ists and a Cjl.lRl'tet. Piano selection:; t.ermin;, tion of service, actim,'-chGir­ that binds us with tho:ie who have dividual as the man in rebellion man Klubock m entioned tw; orders incll'cie ,' -o rk~ by Brahms. Chopin, come before and those who will Last Saturday, May 8th, students against the ~hnrLcornings 01' his so­ of business, imd asked the commit­ follow us. There is a long line of ciety and its values, direction am! Ravel and Prokofieff. The quartet and f·.tculty of the Social Studies will p!o.y the Sonata in G minar. ~c e which "hould be Qil' en most im­ historical development which we (J.re stultification of thc individual. 2, Division provided our guests with a Op. 5, No. 2 by Beethoven. ~) o rtance. After thre'e votes it was part. of, and seen in that perspecth'e living demonstration of the Bard The socially oriented individual decided that the problems currently what is w1iqlle to one is les,; import­ working with others for the achieve­ Following the intermission Miss seminar in action. DlInnock aUfI Mr. Hatfield will speak plauging EPC should be gi\'e~1 an ance than what i.'i CD:nmon to all. ment of common socioal goals, 'l.iring aRain. The other ite"'Il was A lively discussion took place on 1m the arts and fI liberal education. Just as ,\v,= are presented with a It was argued that the individual the di:ocussion of lhe resul ~ s of EPC­ paradox ...: hen we deal with individ­ the theme proposed earlier at lunch­ die! not have to wait for his sociely The Bard Col1eg'c Drama Group will eon by President Case, that is the then present "The Man who Married COAS meetings dealing with the l~,ality, so it is with adjustment. to be transformed in order to under'­ question of education not only as a Senior Project_ Certainly w e must integrate our­ go an internal revolution and begin a Dumb Wife", a play by Anatole vehicle for the transmission of the Acting-chail'n:·J.l1 K I u b 0 c k an­ selves with our communities, be as to lead a Good life (as defined by Fr-::U1ce. cultural heritGge. but as the basis PaintingR, prints and sculpture by nounced after the turbulent session useful as we can and seek to find the norms tn which he is sensitive) t\'8.t tllerl~ ~; ;r nnld bp .-J j~:(':::· , in~:'· ~-,< ~~ " for the development of a phil()so)1hi - 38 p. (' 'O t:llL (lU,; [.last :bard ,;Luueurs in service tn nthpr~ fhp <;('~!'8t n! :1, l,lle pre",e,n, III tmt:; way tUe ill- cally mature critical attitude, in '.v ill be on p.xhibition, community in Albee Soci1.l. Thurs­ self-respect. Yet the world as it is (Continued on Page 3) day at '7 to discllss the future ot to-day is an unhappy spectacle. To other words education for non-con­ formity. EPC. adjust perfectly to it would be to I. A. Rich~rds Give,s The fact that EPC elections arc The consideration of this question Science Panel abandon all hope of changing it. John Bard Lecture in Lit. coming up in the near future, This would constitute a betrayal of was attacked by the members of the by GEORGE WALTUCH brought no action on electing two group first on the social level, and the educational process, which stress­ SOUTH HALL SOCIAL, May 8- by ALEX GROSS new members 1'01' the places left by es above all things growth and de­ then on the individual level. On the Students and faculty of the Science Dr, 1. A. Richards, University Pro­ Odes and Waltuch. velopment. first level, both students and faculty Division met here today with visitors fessor at Harvard, give the John This generation confronts the stark el·aborated on the social and cultural interested in Science on the occasion Bard Lecture in Literature on May issue of universal tragedy. Wendell lags which existed between man's of Bard's Student Conference, The 6 ,at 8:45 P.M. Such is the usual Student Help Seen As political and economic institutions Wilkie had a prophet's insight when discussion was based on the topic journalistic opening which supposed­ Key to New Theat~e he told us that the choice before on the one hand, and his extra­ of the entire confercnce; "What good ly supplies all pertinent information. us was that of one world or none. ordinary technical and natural sci­ is a college education". The dis­ answering the hard-headed question South HalI, May 10-At tonights Education on the college level has entific knowledge on the other. The cussion centered around two ques­ marks of who, what. when, and Council meeting the possibility of an awesome responsibility in shap­ importance of the social studies in tions. is college an important and where. But both Dr. Richards' topic, the conversion of a part of the ing our decision. the anHlysis of the causes and con­ useful aid in getting an education. "'Don Quixote': Irony in Action," abriskie coach house into a theater sequences of these discrepancies was and secondly what type of college and his treatment of it were such was brought strongly to light. pointed out. and curriculum are the most desir­ that one begins to doubt weather It is intended to make as great Literature Panel able toward achieving this end. In this formula. however tried and a use of student labor as possible, considering these questions, partici­ tested, can reHlly approach an ade­ with the assistance of a paid super­ by ALEX GROSS Muriel Marker Science Panei pants usually talked about them in quate account. Here the reason may visor. It is also hoped that dona­ DaVid Mirsky opened the Lit Dis­ relation to science but the more be that the realm of his lecture, tions of materials will be forthcom­ cussion group by expressing his We thought that the session was p,:e neral aspects were also well like that of its hero. partook more ing from parents and friends of doubts on the exact meaning of the successful as a whole. Some good brought out. of enchantment than of reality. To Bard. question "What Good is a College points were raised by the visiting A question was raised as to why recrea te in words the effect of his Dean Gillard said that if a com­ Education?" He suggested that a students despite their lack of active there was a need for higher educa­ tone, his wit, his every gesture is munity project could be organized relevant question for the discussion participation. tion in Science_ It was pointed out something this article cannot ac­ in time, it would be possible for at hand might be "What good is the Two parents contributed sugges­ that with the increased specializa­ complish, nor will it try to do so. s tudents to work on the new theater study of Liter-ature?" After a brief tions based on their own personal tion caused by the tremetldous ad­ Prof. Andrews Wanning introduced this summer as H Field Period and silence, Alex Gross ventured that experiences. 'lances in all fields of science, more the evening's speHker as a climber live in dormitories rent free. How­ our interest in works of literature intense work than one did on the of mountains, as a guide who usher­ ever, it is understood that students The discussion centered around the would be expected to supply their might lie in their continual applica­ contribution of science to a liberal undergraduate level was a definite ed his ftedgling mountaineers towards bility to each man's personal and (Continued on Page 3) a crest that continually receded in own food. Paul Kolda, Chairman of arts education as opposed to a Council. urged that anyone interest­ social problems, that their authors specialized or technological training. the distance. At last he would make had designed them as a sort of them see that the path. like that ed in working on the project this syn~hesis, from which both prag­ Art Panel around Dante's Purgatorio, WoJ,S a summer contact David Mirsky or matIC and metaphYSical truths might J. K. Lasser: Former by JAY ROSENBLUM circular one ; but the pursuit of Dr. Miss Larkey. be drawn even today. He hinted The advantages and disadvant

Lette,rs to the Editors rather irresponsible that the Com­ Science Panel Much Water Halts munity is so apathetic when it WXBC Program (Continued from Page 2) comes time to elect their house (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) Community of States. According to presidents. For as we all no it is necessity for scientific work. Also, tioned various members of the Com­ Monday, May 17 some members of the Office of the this group which has the all im­ a grasp of the basic scientific tools munity concerning their attitudes 8 :30 The Chuck and Jerry Show Coordinator it was the first such portant hand in judging who will was of greHt value in the field. It r e the intemperate weather. conference in the country. (pop records with Chuck How­ be on the slate for Council and was mentioned that the practice of John Baruch announced that in­ The conference had far reaching Judicial Board each year. I myself scientific a pprenticeship might give door sports (an old Bard tradition) ard) . effects on the college, Mr. Frauen­ the individual the background he are being reactivated.. One Bard was elected house president once 9:30 U.N. Review (presented by the felder established r elations with the berouse I happened to be the last needs without requiring a college student who asked not to have his Institute for International Educa­ one to walk into the housing meet­ education. In answer to this, it was name mentioned, recited : Hazen Foundation) . tion, a connection which la ter on ---Its r aining, its pouring ing. This. and rightly so, can only sta ted tha t apprenticeship might, 10 :00 Progr essive Wax (Jazz with proved to be of great benefit to Bard lead me to believe that the Com­ perhaps, limit a person's scope and And Bard boys are . ! in securing the Foreign Students munity in general is only passively prevent him from broodening into A less literary fellow, Herbert Dave Banker) . Summer Orientation Courses. Both interested in who they elect as their other fields of interest th a t would Schulman, said, "This ra in is not Tuesday, May 18 he and Miss Rogo solicited speakers house representatives. I will not increase his enjoyment and appre­ n atural. I am afraid . . . Look for from North, Central and South venture (lny statements at this time ciation of life. a sig'n in the North ." Janet Golden­ 8 :30 She Stoops To Conquer by America. Miss R ogo performed a how this matter can be rectified, Mr. Tremblay then remarked that berg stated succintly, "Rain .. . I Olivier Goldsmith (John Mills particularly cute feat by ca lling up but it is a matter which should be it was education itself that was im­ love it." and a BBC O.1s t) . the commanding general of Fort carefully scrutinized by both Coun­ portant, not necessarily a college Recent observations in Dining' Belvoir and "borrowing" Pvt. Lin­ cil and the Community in the very education. He confronted the group Commons lead us to resolve the age­ 10 : 00 The Musical Comedy Hour coln Kirstein for four days with the near future. with the question of why one should old question; Rain does not hurt (with Ruth Rosenheim). agreement that all publicity con­ get his education through a college. the rhubarb! cerning the conference would give In conclusion after carefully check­ It was pointed out that although it One of the senior members of the 10 :00 The Music 102 Assignment credit to Fort Belvoir for it.'> co­ is not necessary to get an education faculty was heard in passing to say (Janet Nicholas and May Ash­ ing the sla te handed down by Nom­ er). opera tion. Kirstein prior to his re­ inating Committee, is very interest­ by going to college, it is highly de­ that Mr, Avery's prayers for "tor­ cent induction had made a tour of ing to note that six out of the four­ siI·able. Reasons given for this were rential rains" had finally been an­ Wednesday, May 19 Latin America for the Museum of teen students listed have never, to that in a college the person finds swered. Modern Art to collect an exhibition my knowledge, taken the trouble to himself in an academic environment For the benefit of the Community, 8 :30 London Studio Recitals (BBC) of that continent's contemporary art. attend a Council meeting within the where he has the opportunity to get COMMUNITAS is revealing the lo­ Phylis Sellich (pianist). When he arrived here he couldn't last year a nd a half. Of course a part of his educ·ation outside of cations of dangerous puddles on 9:00 The WXBG Playhouse - The believe his eyes because Miss Rogo's my memory may be vague on this classes through lectures, concerts, campus. Starting from the Library, exhibition in Orient although not Man Who Could Do No Wrong point but I am awa re of the people etc. and that if one finds he has it is suggested that pedestrians walk (Miles Kreuger). nearly as large as that in the who almost week after week attend chosen the wrong field for study, he around the island as the low-lands Museum was more inclusive of ex­ Council meetings a nd usually re­ has the opportunity to pursue some­ in front of Wardens are inundated. 10 :00 Education Around the World amples from each country, all of member new f,aces in this group. thing else merely by changing majors. The walk between Wardens and the (presented by the Hazen them of respectable quality. Further, it would seem that as there In a system of apprenticeship a Coffee-Shop has been condemned. Foundation) . Mr. F'rauenfelder, as always con­ is only one old Council member on change in interest would probably Detour on the sidewalk, but payat­ Thursday. May 20 cerned with the breaking of ice, and the slate that he because of his ex­ have to be followed by a change of tention to the right-hand side of Miss Rogo as always concerned with perience will undoubtedly be elected jobs and a general uprooting from the walk which tilts into the road 9:00 Music Without Words (with sprightliness and elegance were able Chairman. I find no fault in this the person's previous environment. which, Hccording to late reports, is Dick Mack). to institute also on that occasion or in him as a responsible individ­ At a college one a lso has the op­ pretty wet. the First Official Cocktail Party at portunity to come in contact with The Stone Row walk has been 10:00 Jazz Workshop Dan Butt and B ard . ual, but I do find fault with the fact that he is still a lower class­ other fields and in this way is able okayed by the AAA for foot travel. Dave Banker). The writing of history at a college man. One may remember that such to determine the best course to fol­ but there is a large and r ather deep with its tranSitory administrotions, was the case last year (1952) also. low. Further it was mentioned that hole which is rough on sneakers. faculty and student bodies is diffi­ such a desire for council member­ It is my contention, and I am not at college an individual, in many The Dining Commons area is clear, ship. It is strange that a number cult, Each generation of each of alone in maint.aining this view point cases, gets his first opportunity to be but in front of Ludlow-Willink there t.hese groups likes to simplify things of people should be given a chance that the Chairman of Council should practically entirely responsible for are a series of puddles which h ave to run for office when they are by pretending to itself that nothing be a member of the upper classman, himself. not yet been charted. Gibby Landau of any traditional significance had either too lazy or uninterested to and preferable a Senior for reasons A question came up concerning a is a puddle too. So is Joan Larkey's petition for such office. ever happened before they arrived. I need not go into at this point. person's training once he had de­ M arch. The fact that H few years later a finitely established that he wished A Tiberlike torrent is known to young man dreamed up an Inter­ All this is not t o say that the Peter B. Weston to enter a certain filed. The point rage near the South Hall walk. As nominees could not be fine repre­ nation a l Student Conference which m ade was that a pen.on with a yet no damage has been reported. sentatives of the community on was then called "First" even though "narrow education" is perhaps bet­ May 11 , 1954 There is a pot-hole in front of council. I merely ask that we be­ there were still enough around who ter trained in his chosen field. This Albee. knew better just proves this diffi­ come indignant and bestir ourselves Dear Editors : brought the discussion around to the North Barracks have elect ed Rus­ a gainst such misuse of power, and culty as well as the powerful in­ value of the more specIalized insti­ sell Hergisheimer Admiral-elect in fluen ce of the past. At the meeting of nominations for fine some maens of protesting against tutions, such as engineering schools. the eventuality that the barracks such abuses in the future. But in consideration of all this, Community Council some highly ir­ Someone voiced an objection to this float away. The Barracks front Mr. Editor, I move- and it has been regular proceedings occurred. First, type of education saying that it ept lawn has become a water-shed. Sincerely, ~e c o nded-f or the s'.1 ke of academic Mr. Martin Self, \\Tho by no stretch the student's scope too limited and Dramamine will be supplied to the honesty, historical accuracy and in of the imagination could be termed those courses given outside of this residents upon request, says B . Boyce James A. Gordon recognition of those who conceived '.1 constitutionally proper nominator, fi eld were planned beforehand by R.N. and organize ::! the first conference took part in t he shenanigans. Mr. the school. thereby forcing t he stu­ In the interest of th e public, tha t the n ext one held on this Self, who fancies himself as some dent into a preconceived "ring of notices of puddles will be posted as Radios Te~evisions campus, whether as purely social sort of not elected but appointed outside interests." soon as discovered. Inform(ltion studies as the last ones, or as (by the gr ace of God and himself) One of the visiting high school leading to the charting of a puddle. Typewriters - Phonographs c ~ L t h o Jic as the first one, be num­ president or representative of Kappa students asked that we define what hitherto unknown, will be justly re­ ARMAND SPAJ'~GLET bered the umptieth plus one Inter­ House. was one of those who decided we meant when we said "college". warded. nation al Student Conference 'at Bard. who should or should not be chosen He said that colleges in the United --Fragear Wholesale Prices Prof. Stefan Hirsch to run for Community Council. The States are so VHS tly different that T o the Editors : constitution of Bard College specifi­ it is difficult to talk about them all Being in the unique position of cally st'.1tes that: in general. He mentioned particular­ alw:l Ys having been elected to a ly the differences that exist between com mittee or to Council by Council Article IV, Section A, P art 1- See O u !" large a large and a sm all college. He ED SMITH'S am! not by the community, I feel I The Nominating Committee shall pointed out that in considering what can make the following criticisms consist of the Presidents of the college he wuold like to attend h e Selection First! without reflection on the Commun­ H ouses and two members of the felt th,at if he wen t to a la rge col­ it:{ s perhaps adver se judgment of faculty, one each elected by and lege he would get good facilities but SERVICE myself and my actions in Communi­ from the Faculty Committee on lose any prospect of individual at­ WAlSHlS PAINT ty G overnment here at Bard. P olicy and the Faculty Commit­ tention becoming r a ther a seat num­ I firs t wish to sta te that I am not tee on Student Personnel. ber in a lecture h all. If he went to and STATION necessarily criticising the persons in­ a small college, on the other hand, volved but rather the committee in Secondly, several candidates for he would get this individual atten­ SUPPLY COMPANY general Hnd its all important func­ council were nominated even though tIon and be recognized as a person Barryrown, N. Y. tion in the Community. This being they had not bothered to take the but would h a ve to sacrifice the best Rhinebeck, N ..Y the Nominations Committee. The trouble of affixing their names to facilities. This started a heated de­ slate nominated by this committee the sign-up sheets on the Hegeman bate on the relative merits of large for n ext years Council is perhaps bulletin board. These sheets were and small colleges. For the large unusua l in that first it contains only posted for the purpose of discover­ college side it was pointed out that one person who has been a Council ing those members of the student programs of small seminars exists AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE member in the past. It is further body who desired to be candidates for those students in advanced unwoua l and extremely unfortunate for council. Many eminently quali­ st-anding and apPOintments are avail­ Friday and Saturday tha t certain members of this year's fied m embers of the community who able with instructors for individual Council saw fit not to run again for expressed their desire for office attention. On the small college side RED GARTERS ... in tcchni(:olor office . In my case I can only say through the proper channels of the it was shown that money per capita that it is my last :" emester here at sign up sheets, were bypassed by the spent for facilit ies was as large in GYPSY COLT Bard and I must devote all my ex­ nominating committee in favor of a small college as it was in a l'arge tr8 time to my project. other stUdents who f'.1iled to express college. It was admitted that all Sunday and Monday Having experienced this in the courses tha t are available at a large pa~t, I find it most disttasteful and (Continued on Column 5) college could not possibly be offered TOP BANANA ilt a smaller one but it was also mentioned that the absence of these RIDING SHOT GUN courses leaves room to expand into JOHN FLETCHER Stefan Hirsch . other areas . Photographer, Bard College When asked why they wanted to go to college. our high school visitors Division of Art. Music, Drama and Dance gave a variety of answers. One said SANITONE SERVICE Having arrived after the meeting had already got under way, my that he wanted to pursue his educa­ tion; a girl mentioned that she felt first impression when I entered the Art Library was one of a free and she would gain a closer contact with .A_LEXA~DER'S DRY OLEANINfj easy mood on the discussion. Louise Odes kept the thing going rather well. people; another mentioned that in GREG TUCKER, Campus Representative The visiting students asked very good questions on the whole and our college there was a greater oppor­ tunity for education than anywhere own students answered in an accurate circumspect manner. Some of else that he knew of. One girl them spoke at some length about their own experiences as freshmen here. sta ted very honestly that she want­ It was interesting to realize how much thinking about education ed to go to college in order to find HA.ROJJD'S SNACI( B"-~R there was among these youngsters from outside and some of it well out what it W'.1S she wanted to do. Sandwiches Short Orders - Fountain Service Another young m an stat.ed that he understood. felt he could not pursue his field - The contingent from Bennet Junior College seemed to bring in a without a college education. WINE and BEER slight embarrassment in as much as they began to discuss the relative Near the end of the discussion, Mr. merits of junior and 4 year colleges. No one from Bard gave any fight Tremblay quoted something that Ted Weiss, ab<;entee member of the Lit on this issue. division, had said which provides a As the meeting broke up, everybody seemed to have enjoyed the oc­ seemingly fl.tting answer to the orig­ THE BORDEN CO. oosion and they continued conversation in smaller groups. The plan as inal question about t.he value of a well as the organization seemed intelligent to me, but the discussion colleO'e education. Mr. Weiss had said: "In college one has his only Poughkeepsie, N. Y. leaders should be chosen so that one does not get stuck carrying the ooportunity to put all emphasiS on ball. (Three others apart from Louise hardly said a word.) the thinking and learning process." PAGE 4 COMMUNITAS May 13, 1954

literature Panel ~. A. Rlchards Gerard DcGre Art Panel (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) (Cominued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) ficient. Did not much of literary Here and There The earliest critics of "Don Quix­ understanding come from enlarging ote" found it little more than an dividual initiates by himself the stUdents simply memorize a picture, ones ideas by contact with other enormous burlesque. Samuel John­ tro.nsformation he hopes will event­ a name, and a date. At Bard an peoples', and in trading the student's son was the first to notice in the shadowy background for the instruc­ ually motivate others. That is, he a ttempt is made to reI a te the art characters of the Don and Sancho with the time in which it was tor's clearer and more pertinent an element of pity, of compassion. may be compassionate in the face one? Cervantes' first intension, Dr. Rich­ of intolerance, he may value as ends created, and to produce in each. Mr. Humphrey suggetsed that the ards pointed out, seemed to be one in themselves all other individuals stUdent a critical f'aculty for the ap­ whole discussion hoad become much of satire. From this it grew and too somber, that the wisdom one in spite of a culture which tends preCiation of art that is not a ster.­ by MARVIN FLICKER set out in a different direction as eotyped one. ,'.ought in literature was real wisdom often as the author's attitude to­ to reduce individuals to the s~atus but was not necessarily something It is certainly a sad state of af­ wards his characters altered. But of objects, etc. Sandra Propp, representing the grave and soul-bcnding. Mrs. Leonie fairs when in a community as small irony was Cervantes' main and ul­ F. Sachs, Instructor at the Walden The primary aim of higher edu­ music department said that the his­ and as closely tied as Bard one must timate perspective as well as his torical, theoretical and practical as­ School, inquired about the study of be certain to lock the door when principle goal, a profound irony cation in the small, liberal arts col­ languages at Bo.rd. Mr. Frauenfeld­ leaving his room. Reports hG.ve been arising from man's difficulty in pects of music were all interrelated er explained that while the essentials lege, it was concluded, is to provide coming in with an unfortunate nowing himself, his society, or any­ the members of a free academic and at Bard, and that opportunities for of grammar were most certainly rapidity of petty thefts of money thing at all. taught, the emphasis lay on allowing social community with standards of working actively, individually, or in from dormitory rooms. Potter and So it is that Sir Walter Raleigh, chamber music groups, while en­ the student to read literary works McVicker have been raided in the Professor of Poetry at Oxford, comparison, judgment and evaluation in the original as soon as possible. last two weeks. The obvious advice could observe that the work's do­ so that persons may define their gaged in theoretical studies, were Ronald Stark of Christopher Colum­ more numerous here than at many is don't leave money in your rooms main is so great that critics can life situations with greater knowl­ bus High School asked for informa­ and leave the door locked. find in it "a warrant for every­ other colleges. tion about the Senior Project: a edge, rationality and understanding, thing." Dr. Richards stressed the Miss Larkey also stressed the in~ tense silence followed while a few Dr. Maurice Tainter, Vice Presi­ word "warrant," Hnd went on to dis­ thus enabling them to act with Bard seniors armed themselves to dent of the Sterling-Winthrop Drug terrelationship of studies at Bard. cuss the illusion-reality theme: Don greater freedom, purpose and aware­ Dr·ama students, for example, are discuss the matter. The project, they Company, has extended (In invitation Quixote believed that a barber's said, should be the synthesis of the to the Science Club to visit the cor­ ness. required to take a dance course, and basin was a knight's helmet. For a knowledge of this art is applied to student's four years at Bard, bring­ poration laboratories at Rensselear, There was 'a hig'h degree of "sem­ ing in other fields and unifying this he was conSidered by many, their acting roles. All students par­ N. Y. Dr. Tainter lectured here at including Sancho, to be mad, but them with on.es chosen topic. The Bard several weeks ago for the inar participation" by all Bardians ticipate in stage craft and costume f'.lculty pointed out that this was was he not justified in his belief? present. It is regretable although design. In this way a well rounded Science Club. Had he not constructed his world not always the case, and that COAS understandable that we could not knowledge of theatre production is Dr. Gerald DeGre will be giving a as he woanted it, and did he not achieved. was now conSidering the idea of a bring our visitors more into the Senior Common Course to replace or course in Sociology at CCNY this often consider Sancho mad in re­ summer. turn? Here is the deepest irony, discussion. The questions raised by many of snpplement the project. the high school students present This led a student to ask about for one can accept neither Sancho Sincere thanks O.re in order to nor the Don as being definitively seemed to follow these lines: "Are the Common Course itself: Mr. Hecht Messrs. Cohen and Eisenberg, owners mad. students working towards a profes­ replied that since he was not teach­ of the Red Hook movie theatre, the In Melville's copy of "Don Quix­ Then I asked: "does a firm sional goal at Bard?"; "Since you ing it this semester and since the Lyceum. These gentlemen are bring­ are a small school do your students course was still in evolutIon, he did ote," the following annotation was ing "Top Hat", starring Ginger found next to a passage in which perswasion that a thing is so, have enough of a scope?"; and not feel that he could evaluate it. Rogers and Fred Astaire, on the Sancho talks of the Dan's insanity: mO.ke it so?" "What about the lack of contacts 'at A number of the visiting students second of June, to this theater. The Bard, contacts that would be easier ,,('emed to fInd the Common Course "a god-like mind without a God." He replied: "All poets believe proceeds from this picture will go Here, in these few words, may be to make at a professional school." very intriguing, and several Bard­ to the Fund Drive. Tickets will be that it does, and in ages of iam expressed their regret that they discovered the most piercing irony on advanced sale here on campus. imagination this firm perswasion In answer to the first question, had never taken it. of all. Dr. Richards concluded by reading a few appropriate lines from faculty members cited examples of A summing-up period followed, in This Saturday Bard will be visited removed mountains ; but many students now graduated who G,re which it was-agreed that the aim of by over three hundred Masons. The Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven are not capable of a firm per­ and Hell": working professionally in their chosen a college education should certainly meeting will be held in the gym­ swasion of anything." fields, and that the emphasis here bp a svnthe,:is. though no one seem­ nasium, and the members are ex­ at Bard is to help students find and ed too ~iUre ~s to what was to be pected to come in full regalia, com­ All of which is so much re-exposi­ adjust themselves to a field of study <:vnthesize'l or how one was to go plete with ceremonial bagpipes. tion, and in no way lives up to the wilh professional objectives in mind. :1i~')vt it. In tl'IP informal discussion Muriel Marker, Bard's popular VILLAGE Welsch vitality which capitalized As to the small size of Bard's stu­ th:1t followed, Me Goodlatte of Put­ Biology Instructress, has received an dent. body, Miss Odes pointed out and punctuated Dr. Richards' pres­ lley sflirl he fO'md that most stu­ excellent fellowship at the University that the advant-age of a small school clIOats todav were alarmingly illiter­ of Michigan. Miss Marker's work, RESTAURANT entation. His epigrammatic skill, his like Bard is thal; one really gets to nte. BHt Bardians, he had discover­ which will be in Ecology (relation charm, his warmth, all of these know both students and teachers, eel, were ama:zing;ly articulate, from of living things to their environ­ qualities will elude those who did while at larger institutions one can which he concluded that they might Near the Movies ment). will commence next semester. not hear his lecture or attend the go to "microphone" lectures every­ also, as a corollary, be reasonably day of the week and never get to When John Fletcher was asked jovial after-lecture discussion in Al­ litE'rflte. why he terminated his Fletcher Finer know the person sitting two seats Foods service to the Community, he bee. Not since the visit of another from you. As to contacts, it was remarked "When a man gives some­ Welschman, the late Dylan Thomas, brought out that the cont'acts rr.ade thing up, he has his eye on some­ have the walls of Bard Hall echoed by students working during the field period were often more lasting than Poughkeepsie Paper Co., Inc. thing else." with such eloquence. The Bard community owes a great those made at profeSSional schools. deal to one of its members. A gift The question of just why we go to and services of the utmost import­ college was raised, and many high • ance has been bestowed. The 'Her­ THE SLATER SYSTEM school students hitherto silent voiced geshiemer Special' is now part of rather emphatic opinions. A discus­ 6 North Cherry St. the Bard legend, one part bacon, sion followed and the general con­ one part cheese, three parts onion sensus seemed to be that we go to Poughkeepsie, N. 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