First Issue ~ uPublished Weekl Printed . .. uring The VOL. 81, NO. 25 PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER, MASS. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 19,57 PRICE 15 CENTS- Don Cossack Chorus, Dancers Lew Girdler Wins First In Means Essay 'Give Briliant Concert At G. W. Contest; Sterling And Darnton Also Place by BILL WEEDEN by JOCK McBAINE On Friday evening, April 26, The Original Don Cossack Lewis Girdler of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, won first prize in the 90th annual reading Chorus and Dancers came to the stage of G. W. to present the of personal essays for the M1ean's Essay Prize. William Wallace Sterling of Stanford, Ca- third and final concert of this year's Celebrity Series. Con- lifornia, was second and Robert Choate Darnton of New York, third. These three were chos- Berry Picking, was fascinating, inenfo agru ofsxial ducted by Serge Jaroff, the Rxeproductionls GOff - -enro ists, each ofagou whom readofixial his essay program was enthusiastically re- 1'- before the school at an assembly ceived by the large audience. Pfls ensa. h rzs sa Religious Music raiti g ow Al lsedinesday. The priesmeGta The concert consisted of three .- Means of Andover, are of $25, $20, oetions, the first of which was de- Exhibit In Gallery and $15. Mr. Emory Basford, head voed to the singing of religious of the Andover English depart- imusic. Ranging from the robust to From the beginning of last week ment, presided in the absence of the tender, the music was sung until mid-May, the Addison Gallery '- ~ - Mr. Kemper; the judges were Dr. with great variety and contrast. of Art is showing a collection of__ J Alan Gillingham, Mr. Francis Mc- The most memorable in this sec- postcard reproductions of paint - Carthy, and Reverend William tion was Lord Have Mercy Upon ings by artists of various nations.Cofn Us, in which the two words "Gos- The most important part of the G2iRD~m pody, porniluy" were repeated sev- collection is a group of cards re-- - - - -,--- Lew Girdler's "The Hand of enty-five times,- beginning slowly presenting Soviet art, contributed Melpomene" was in a class of its and softly and building up to a by Andover alumnus Mark Rudkin. own. It was the most creative, the tongue- twisting and strongly Mr. Rudkin collected these post-~-,- most imaginative work of the sx charged climax, cards during his recent visit be-- and was delivered flawlessly. The Following a brief intermission, hind the Iron Curtain.- esa dalwihteubcto - the chorus returned to sing The The purpose of the exhibit is to emssy huan masks Ine sj of Origin and History of the Don show the striking contrast bctv.-.e.~ maks huaGir skeestabise te Cossack Chorus, which traced the Soviet art and that of the Free -setn ofhstryaanndn history of the chorus through rev- World. In Russia the artist's- village and the main character, a oution, civil war, flight, intern- search for fresh expression and ---- ~~-- - on o ae e tn h ent, starvation, and epidemic, new meaning is suppressed by th~--'' had a large collection of masks. ad led to the fame which it en- Communist Party. Dictators see F ystoday. Since this, as well as this search for meaning as a dan Fiorom the beginning, it was ob- all the other numbers, was corn- ger to their regme; the people "meat toa thsee ss t the m-r pltely in Russian, it was not par- who observe paintings must not he eat"sto ofi sanyIndan oy. sing ticularly enlightening to most of stirred to question. T "firny stor grea aIdanage, Gidge te audience, and, I felt, tended to artist must only re-create that irpoinytdou theat thoseante il- heoverlong. The next selection, which is already known. pitdotta hs ntevl tat the chorus simulated the ef- ARTIST MUST BSECA-,%ERAS lage who did not wear masks were ft of the "Harnmoshka", while! The artist now is forced to be- First prize winner Lew Girdler. considered unimportant. loists sang the words. The two come a camera; any originality ex- (htbyOhc) He went on to describe in detail k songs whichwere' followedpressed___inhisworks__wouldbe______ (Photo__by__________ theheidifferentmmaskstthattthebbo folk songsin his which works followed would bewea-e con- pa-essed New wore, including one for his elders rilliantly pea-formed and trans- soaed. Soviet modern art is non- jj. woand one for his contemporaries. He (Continued on Paze Threr) (Continued on Paze Six) A a B6 'l o i e T finished the description with the ~~~~1Jc~~~~~~~~~~~ironic statement, "It took real AAlumni CouncrJ! fr-1av4ng Fields And Dormitory strength and moral fibre to wear iscussesAd~~4Anciove~~ ~ow~ '~ ~~rd's ~~a~urda~ i~ileeing Te climax of the essay was iscussesAdinis-s,;onsAndover Ai 01-oocard's Saturday Mee t ~~~~simpleand forceful. The boy, call- During te pastnk~l veekendthe 23cli-lar',lil) Adiisions ast Fria~'- ~!id ;,1Lfore eonefo of theofwisewieldersrsof Duringwekendte past th Acimisins anal 1:u'ovii Lat fio ox 'o f rhti t y tle, 17-member board of trust- the tribe, was unmasked and ruin- ommittee of the Alumni Council met to discuss 11 bc)1 c etfroe flu yearly meetings to discuss and approve ed. Girdler's main idea, that masks entering around the topics of Andover's reputaltion in othcr1 the problems and proposals of the various committe ofteare the product of fear and inse- orunities and the chool case folders of admissions candi- school. The board wvorked on m u]Y flaw in his performance was issions policy. dates, past and present, accepted an informal voting systeon, bei v~ Isr e e tta elethstteuepand The nine-man committee chaa-ged and ejected. After atch enmmit- Peess Be eitta eths tl nexlind ith xamiingheseissus co-teemn ad ven is ownldc - of an itemi before approving it, i e. , Delivery was the high point of sted of chairman Donald H. Mc- sioesta teapic i stew~id actua~e- la'' tL eeigwa otlnoIa9 n Coin~f Spea Bill Sterling's "Channel 7, KGO", laJr. '28, of New Jersey. and acetdteapicnteatI theeting s ntanona' a spoof at the entertainment medi- viepresident of the Alumni decisions of the admissions office v A tingbas is teilxply e Coni; John L. Cooper '31, of wveie given wvith te easons foi oN.Y0 Gath thosewo ten tolvrsimplifya ston; David A. Dudley '28, of their decisions and w,,here possible. fields wvere given the final approv I thswotedoovrimlf arblheadAssciae Diecto ofthe esults of the twelve after the al. One of these will be next to the On Tuesday, April 23 a dinner life. Sterling set his audience at Adissions at M. T. and pre- decision. In the afternoon the -c- running track, and the other beside -was held in New York with sever- ease and established the right Sently up for election as an alum- suIts of the miorning session wore,,( the soccer field behind Mr. Bas- al father n prxmtl 0 odfrhscmoiinwt i niitrustee; Fred I. Kent 2nd '38, of discussed, ideas exchanged, conclu- fo.id's house on Holt Road. The two 'alumni in attendence. The execu- sniooth, relaxed presentation. He Hartfrd; RchardOsbor'37,of sins fomed, nd th Adisosfields wvill be finished over the sumn- tive dinner committee chairman was entertaining and at the same New Haven, Director of Athletics Office was inspected. The main mier. was Benjamnin D. Gilbeat '26. The time, he conveyed the idea that peo- at Yale University. purpose of this phase of the week- Another. important itemn that invocation was offered by Allan V. ple who see life as all good or all Thef fistthework-end'swa-kwas setion fr thecompaIso was given the final go-ahead was, Heely '15, now headmaster at Law- bad are ridiculous. Thefirto th sctinwok- nds wrk wasforthecomarionthe plan for the new dormitory. iceville. The framework of the essay, a weekend consisted of reports given of the standards of the school with Now that it has been authorized, The first feature of the evening sarcastic portrayal of a television bYeach member of the committee those of the alumni, and for the only the architect's final building7 was an exhibit of P. A. student western, is old. This presented in,the subject of Andover's reputa- ,atadpoorpywihwsSeln ihtepolmo nk tion in his local area. Given in the (Continuied on Page Three) plan remains until the bidding be-anadphtgpywic wsSerng ihtepobmofa- gins this summer. The doa-mitoi-y very well received. Next the alumn- ing his essay unique. A good deal fonn of a survey, the main purpose - hudb ed ntefl f1958. ni and fathers were shown a col- of his solution was delivery, which Of these reports was to poll thelctoofseceanplnoftewsjddasnehidf-te Public opinion in the vai-ied comn- RIFLE CLUB OFFICERS The finance commlittee made Ilewto ofrmsketchs eand an ofeth wantstjde. soe hr fh Unities represented by the niem- their repoa-t to the board on the s's. Morgan, Bensley, and Farring-DANO hers of the committee with the in- Elected as ne, t 3eor's Rifle Club investments, stocks. and endow- Iton. DhrdpawnTnB Dan tentionof betters- Ofriccr were Pres-denrt, Scot ments. All investments are reco m- liuon ofbetopanin P, ,,'cC1,Pt ',tev Larnd There were two speeches deliv- ton, was also humorous. However, Snstravels by relativeplnigamsIc need. Up-endeds-eO ano ene byr,yte-ered thieConePd Colony Trust at the dinner, one by Mr. Ben- his humnor was more contrived than Oilthe completion of the reports, and B-osi! Coxi, S-~r'iarv, P-ob Pas oan hn prs-db edict and the other' by Rev. 4Coffin. Sterling's and relied on slang ex- Mr.Ad- ober Sids,per;TrcwrcrC~,rs Drectr o ~jl,,r.