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For more information, please contact [email protected]. vf- tbl Hates Student Vol. XC, No. ft «x 3 BATES COLLEGE, LEWISTON, MAINE, APRIL 22, 1964 By Subscription MEZZO - SOPRANO Calendar Committee in CONCERT FRIDAY Opposes Acceleration It is to the advantage of Bates College to consider the possibilities of year-round operations Helen Vanni, Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano, will sing so that the College may inovate rather than follow the lead of others, according to the Faculty at 8:15 this Friday evening, in the Lewiston High School Audi- Committee on the Calendar whose report was presented last week. torium Miss Vanni is the final guest performer in the Bates College Concert-Lecturer Series. Her program will include Chairman of the Committee while the Committee's main feature is acceleration, even both light and classical music. is George R. Healy, Dean of the concern was with the calen- though the plan does put the Faculty. The Committee was dar study, it was compelled to college on a some what ex- Miss Vanni will sing: Air de from II Trionfo di Clelia by appointed by President Char- deliberate on the curriculum panded calendar." A majority Clytemnestra from Iphigenie Christoph von Gluck; Qual les F. Phillips in October 1962 and the Bates Plan. of the Committee, stated the in Aulide and Air de Larissa Farfalletta amante by Alessan- to investigate "the educational The report states that "the report, is opposed to required dro Scarlatti; Wohin mit de feasibility of various calendars Committee did not find it dif- Freud, Du Kenkst mit einem acceleration, and rejects the providing for year-round oper- ficult generally to frame the ten-month plan for this rea- Fadchen, and Die Kleine by ation and possible acceleration principles of its thought con- son. The committee approves Hugo Wolf; Meinem Kinde Ei- of the educational programs." cerning the curriculum, since the principle of year-round nerlei and Wei sollten wir ge- Considered by the Commit- they are the principles which operation, however, and pre- heim sie halten by Richard tee were three systems of ex- guide any liberal arts college." Strauss; the Recitative and sents the tri-mester and quar- panded operations; the tri- These investigations, however, Concert Aria: Ch'io mi scordi ter systems for consideration. mester system, the four-quar- are, at the present time, sec- Other members of the Com- dl te, K. 505 by Mozart; Chan- ter system, and the ten-month ondary to the selection of one mittee are Walter A. Lawrance, sons de Bilitis by Debussy; accelerated calendar. In discus- of the three calendar systems. four light selections by Rorem Professor of Chemistry; James sing these calendars the Com- "For any program to work," and Cumming; and the Aria: V. Miller, Professor of Relig- mittee found that "basic cal- the Committee stated, it must Una voce poco fa from Barber ion; Gerald W. Thumm, Profes- endar re-organization is so in- contain "features so attractive of Seville by Rossini. sor of Government and Chair- volved a problem that to ex- ... that they overcome the re- Miss Vanni is a truly ad- man of the Social Science Di- clude curricular considerations luctance to experiment." aptable performer. Her ability vision; and Brooks Quimby, would be unrealistic." Thus The emphasis in either the to fill any mezzo role in the Professor of Speech, secretary trimester or four-quarter sys- Metropolitan Opera's repertory of the Committee. tem is upon year-round oper- has won her much admiration A partial text of the faculty ation with acceleration a min- and praise. report appears on page 5 of NEW EXHIBIT IN TREAT or consideration, while in the today's STUDENT. ten-month calendar the salient The exhibition by the New Hampshire Art Association, now in the Treat Gallery, con- sists of 51 works by 33 artists, CENSORSHIP DEBATED • Outing Club Prepares For Spring and includes oils, watercolors, and a variety of other media, Bates College met the Uni- examples of rightist groups Spring is here — we hope. Club has recently purchased as well as photographs. versity of Dublin in an inter- pressing for more stringent Following its policy of keep- ten new English bicycles for national debate last Wednes- Founded in 1940, the New censorship of textbooks in the ing abreast with college life, this Spring. The bicycles can day evening in the Bates Hampshire Art Association has schools. One case involved a the Outing Club has planned be rented any time the equip- Chapel. Seniors Tom Hall and a membership of over 125 pain- group trying to eliminate no more ski trips and is no ment room is open. Reserva- Norm Bowie argued the affir- ters, sculptors, photographers, texts containing too much dis- longer plowing the Puddle. tions are taken Monday, Wed- mative of the issue Resolved: and printmakers. cussion of economic determin- Rather, with the regular Wed- nesday, and Friday afternoons that censorship usually de- ism. Samuelson's Economics nesday night meetings, its in the Outing Club Offices. A In the exhibit are the three feats its own ends. The Irish text used on this campus is members began looking for- $1.00 deposit is required and works which were awarded the team of John J. Rochford and one of those books. Hall closed ward to Spring. when the bicycle is returned, Grace Bliss Stewart Awards by Michael G Daly took the neg- by citing the example of Amer- $.50 is refunded. the Association. They are ative stand. ican soldiers in Korea whose Saturday the 25th is the day "Fishing Town, Cape Breton," Mr. Bowie began the debate lack of knowledge of their own of a canoe trip to Cobbossee- by John W. Hatch, "Truck with a clever speech, estab- society and government made contee Stream. The big event Winter," by John Laurent, and lishing wit and banter as a them highly susceptible to of the Spring, next to Popham Dee Parfitt's "Ascension." brain-washing techniques. Beach, is the Tuckerman Ra- hallmark of the evening. Bo- vine climb at Mt. Washing- The exhibition will be on dis- wie's arguments were con- Mr. Daly and Mr. Rochford ton, Sunday the 26th. Signups play at Bates College April 16 cerned with the moral basis of began by presenting their own for these events have been to May 9. The Treat Gallery is censorship, and Mr. Hall's definition of censorship and changed to Thursday night. open weekdays, except Wed- dealt with political aspects of questioning that of their op- Cabins and Trails Directorship nesday, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. the question. Both attacked the ponents. Daly asserted that a is planning a work trip to and Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00. practice of censorship on the minimum standard of decency their two cabins for the 25th. grounds that its outcome was is absolutely necessary. In re- This is a good opportunity for the negation of its purpose. futation of Bowie's black mar- the Frosh to get to see the Bowie cited incidents where ket argument he said that the cabins — especially Sabattus. the publicity gained in court sale of books is dependent on More detailed information on PLANETARIAMSHOW cases on the censorship of cer- the same minority that always these activities will be forth- tain books served to raise their buys a given type of book. coming. value on the black market. He Rochford's rebuttal was based As many students have ex- on the assertion that censor- The Equipment Room is do- pressed a desire to see the also asserted that censorship regulations tend to lower the ship does not stifle creativity. ing some Spring Cleaning too. And looking forward to sum- planetarium, Dr. Karl Wood- He refered to the works of Mi- The two directors have a lot mer, the O.C. announces that cock has planned a special quality of reading material a- vallable to a juvenile level. chealangelo and El Greco — of equipment they don't want signups will be taken for showing this Friday evening works created under conditions that can be bought cheaply. summer reservations of equip- at 7 p.m. Open only to Bates How Bad Is Samuelson? of extreme censorship. The Equipment Room, in the ment. This includes all equip- students, this will be one of basement of East Parker, is ment not needed for the the few chances left in the Mr. Hall brought to light the The Irish team is on a tour open Monday, Wednesday, and Freshman Week work trip. school year that the planetar- political aspects of the topic. through the area. After leaving Friday from 4-5 p.m. The Equipment needed for this trip ium will be available for show- He contended that the pres- Bates they have debates chances are fair to good that will have to be returned before ings. The planetarium is on sure groups on the American scheduled at Colby, Harvard, any belongings lost on the ski that week. the fourth floor In the Carne- scene today are defeating Yale, and several other U.