THE BARDIAN Special Centennial Issue The Official Publication of the Bard College Com1nun'ity VOL.2, No.3 ANNANDALE·ON·HUDSON, N. Y. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1960 Prof. De,Cre Returns Committees Consider New Pres. Candidates James Case Named Since the resignation of James From South A \merica H. Case, Jr., Bard's former Last June Dr. Gerard DeGre, Director Of E-SU Professor of Sociology, took a presid.ent, a committee of trus­ leave of absence from Bard and tees and a faculty advisory James Herbert Case, Jr., formerly President of Bard Col­ went to Santiago, Chile to de­ committee have had several lege, has been named Director General of the English-Speaking liver a series of Fulbright Lec­ meetings to consider candidates Union of the United States. Mr. Case will leave for England tures at the University of Chile. for the presidency. in September under their auspices. The exchange was arranged On the trustee committee are Bard President for Decade by the United Nations sub­ Mr. Richard Revere, Mrs. Chan­ Ran Blake Plays At committee called FLACSO (La­ ler A. Chapman, Mr. Henry Mr. Case was president of tin-American Faculty on the Scott, Mr. Leslie Lang, Mrs. Bard from 1950 until his Social Sciences) and the Chi­ Martin Belefant. The faculty Notre Dame Festival lean government which secured advisory committee is composed Ran Blake was the only piano resignation in 1960. He was his position at the University of Mr. Charles Tremblay, chair­ soloist at a Jazz festival featur­ President of Washington and of Chile, in Santiago, as a vis­ man, Mr. Andrews Wanning, ing more than thirty college Jefferson College in Washing­ iting Fulbright lectur,er. Mr. Theodore Weiss, Mr. Frank comboes and big bands held at ton, Pa., before taking his post Most of the students whom Riessman, Mr. C. Theodore Sot­ Notre Dame University, South here at Bard. Mr. Case is a Dr. DeGre taught were post­ tery, Mr. Fred Crane, and Mrs. Bend, Indiana last weekend, graauate students doing ad­ D. Bourne-. March 18-19. graduate of Princeton Univer­ vanced research in sociology. The candidates being consid­ Applicants for the competi­ sity and holds an M. A. in His lecture topic was "The So­ ered will be recommended to tion were selected on the basis philosophy from Ohio State ciology of Knowledge." Also, the entire board of trustees for of tape recordings submitted University. in October of last year, Dr. Professor Gerard OeGre formal consideration at the end from unversities and colleges The English-Speaking Union DeGre went to Buenos Aires pho to by Hurowit!Z of March. all over the country. Awards of the United States is an or· for about a week, to deliver rangr:!d from bookings at Chi­ ::;everal lectures at the Univer­ cago's Blue Note, to new in­ ganization which promotes ami­ sity there. struments. Ran, however, be- able relations among all Eng­ While in South America he Expanded Care·er Day collected some Easter Island cause he was the only soloist, lish speaking countries through artifacts which are now on was not eligible to compete for the exchange of ideas and cul­ most of the prizes. display in Hoffman Memorial Planned For This Year tural materials. Library. This was not part Ran .expressed surprise at the selection of his tape, and was Headquarters in New York of the program, but a hobby for Bard College will hold its second annual career day on slightly apprehensive about the Dr. DeGre, instigated by a March 31, 1960. Bardians will meet informally wth representa­ reception he would receive. His Mr. Case succeeds Dr. Archi­ non-professional, personal in­ tives of various professions during lunch and dinner in the style is highly individualized bald C. Coolidge who resigned terest in Easter Island. dining commons. and personal. "I have roots in from his post as Director­ In Santiago the DeGre's saw Among notable representa­ folk music, blues, gospel sing­ the work of a comparatively un­ tives attending the conferences "I hope for the same results ing, and Bela Bartok," he said. General of the Union after known artist named Fernando will be David Faulkner, tele­ as last year, that people will He is sometimes uncertain of holding the office for seven Tortorola, and because they vision actor, to speak on the be able to get information whether his music is really years. Mr. Case assumed his both liked it, arranged an ex­ Theater; Elsa Heister, former about the vocations that inter­ Jazz, based on the music of our post at E-SU Headquarters in hibition for him in New York Director of Bard Alumni As­ est them." (Continued on Page 6) this spring. The exact dates of sociation, on Publishing; Mr. New York on March 7. the exhibition have not yet been Lawrence Gilmour, Principal Mr. Case resigned last term announoed. of Rhinebeck Central School, after he had been given a on Teaehlng Bnd Education; Community Rllmo Stlltion Resumes vote of "no confidence" by Legal Fight With Clll'ol MQYQr member of the the faculty. Although Mr. Case , N~w York City Department of OpertltiDns Alter Temporary Lapse had the :support ol the Board Dorm Contractors Welfare. on Social Work; and of Trustees, the parents, nnd David Schwab, New York Law­ WXBC, the radio voice of the be aired in their entirety with- the students, he stated that he Is Still Unsettled yer, on Law. With the excep­ Bard College campus, is re- out interruption. The station co."~idered facu.lty support a tion of Mr. Gilmour all are suming operations this term also plans to record and broad- mlm.mum reqUIrement for a After a lengthy legal fight Bard Alumni. between the Rockland Con­ under the direction of a new cast student recitals, among preSIdent. The Tr~stees. re­ struction Company and the In addition, there will be staff. Plans for the r,e-estab­ these the presentation of senior Ig.retfully accepted ~lS reSIgna- representatives from the fields lishment of the station, which tIOn and elected hIm to the College, the common room and (Continued on Page 6) Board of Trustees. the faculty apartment of the of Art, Architecture, Writing, suspended operations the middle New Dorm were completed. the Foreign Service, Medicine, of last term, were initiated dur­ For the first time since the Psychology, Music, Physical ing the winter session by stu­ and Occupational Therapy, dents who wer,e taking courses completion of South Hall in 1936, the Bard Campus has Public Relations, Secretarial on campus. been graced by a new dormi­ Training and the Armed The object of operating the tory building. The college, Forces. radio station is service to the still embroiled in a legal fight The day is being made pos- community. Thus, the staff with the contractors, is repre­ sible through the combined ef- hopes to be of assistance to the sented by Brown, Brill, and forts of Dean Dorothy Dulles faculty, clubs and the student Gangle, a New York law firm, Bourne, Miss Carol Kapiloff, body as a whole. Immediate who, under the guidance of Student Director of the Voca- plans call for the broadcasting Mr. William Asip and Mr. Cal tional Office, and Mr. David of listening assignments for Avery, are compiling lists of Banker, Director of the Bard those taking music courses. claims and counter claims. College Alumni Office. Mrs. Hourly news programs will There is yet some hope for Kate Wolff, assistant to the be featured on WXBC. The an out-of-court settlement. Dean, stated that "informed. news staff is hoping to secure discussions, not speeches" will the services of two teletype The Social Studies Division take place. Mrs. Bourne and agencies in the near future. Ac­ will present the well-known Miss Kapiloff hope that the cording to Lee Hammond, news historian, Richard Hofstadter day will help to promote the director of WXBC, the teletype from Columbia as its John importance of the Vocational service would enable the sta­ Bard Lecturer speaking on Office and inform Bardians tion to air important develop­ "Anti-Intellectualism In Amer- about career opportunities. ments in the news field within Members of the Bard community crowd the gym at the i~an Politics." This lecture, on Last year career day was in- minutes after they break. Feb. 24 student protest meeting against the change in social Tuesday, April 5, at 8:30 P.M. stituted in the hopes of en- In the field of music, pre­ regulations. At the meeting, moderated by Ricky Friedman, in Bard Hall, will be the first lightening the students about entations will range from the House Presidents and a majority of the members of Council John Bard Lecture this year. the possibilities in numerous classics to American folk music. and EPC resigned. _iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii_.iiiiiii_________ iiiProfessions. Mrs. Wolff said, Such works as symphonies willi photo by Hurowitz PAGE TWO THE BARD IAN ~RCH 22, 1960 Social Regulations Life At Winter College By Dan BUcksHver We can understand the frustration of the House Presidents and the members of About sixty students, girls outnumbering EPC and Council who wished to resign. boys by a ratio of 2 to 1, ,tayed on the Bard They had sacrificed many hours to the prob­ campus during the seven-week Winter College lem of social regulations and the latest de­ session. The boys lived in Albee and Wardens; the girls occupied South Hall. Dining Commons cision was a complete reversal of all they operated cafetria style, and to, supplement this had worked for. fare, the Coffee Shop remained open on a lim-: We have long recognized the social prob­ ited schedule.