Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1958-03-04

              Swimmers Capture Conference Second New Womens Rules Demand Responsibility Editorial Page 2 Page 3 i rNjrsy vryQr yy I OBERLIN OHIO TUESDAY MARCH 4 1958 NUMBER 37 Student Counci Elects Reserve meeKs vam pnal Appointments Student Council gave final approval to Jim Mceks as Social Board Chairman and appointed Roberta Meserve as International Affairs Committee Chairman in addition to fniinril nffiirers Sunrinv ninVit selecting Policy statement wtiu jjilslihuu uy miss Meserve tj Robinson the other candidate for the IAC rhnirmnn JfjflJUUJ ship Both old and new Council members questioned the candidates about functions and potential activities of the com ittpp Forensic Union Plans Program For Semester CRD Opens Student Play CryChildreCry Thursday year Exchince wun rosmj Miss Meserve stated that the hi not lose sieht of cmmHiii o its chief goal f improvingcultural relations between this country asd others not jusi Kussia tn nnderemohasize the Aiiliifc oortance of some type of ex hangc with a Communistcounyr Miss Meserve said that she toped to see a year long exchange with either Russia or Poland In reply to the recent criticism leveled at I AC and Student Coun after limiting the possible areas to Deselected for a Hep program a pull or referendum should be taken next year to help determine the area for the Oberlin Rep but that the results should serve only a a guide to 1AC and not bebindil since she feels that thecommittee is in a better position to judge which area of the world is most valuable for this type ofprogram She also pointed to therelatively late election of the IAC Rep She stilted that there is no excuse for having the elections after Christmas since it not only makes the job of the committee harder but also finds many of thepotential applicants already committed or the summer Varied Program lator in T cl presented his policy statement and received final approval on his nomination as Social BoardChairtan Meeks aid he is interested in testing student support forSocial Board activities especially on e question of big name bands He stated also that throughwider knowledge of student opinion Social Board could present a more varied program Meeks stated that tne participation in and extent of Social Board activities warranted continued subsidy and that he ould recommend continued maintenance of CouncilsConNency fund In other Council business the Continued on Page 4 CRD Chooses Eight Charities for Drive Distributes Pledges After consulting the results of Saturdays student poll the CRD steering committee yesterday chose eight charities to highlight jfleir current drive Thesechariwill be those designated as ut Sponsored Charities the W categoy on the pledge cards nicn are being distributed to students this week World University ServiceObern Refugee Student Committee Atonal Scholarship Service and undI for Negro Students Ameri cl mi Stho1 Hcer Project Committee on World Literacy jj hiana Medical College and d the oiht organizations rated The committee also cied to support by contribu r 18 each tw children ct the Foster parents en v Ukr the Save theChilli Federation Nominal sums Fm Casa Materna and Frau y Bonhoefler CRD arose after World War II as an iy suliri i t0 ccntralize andconJdte the numerous fundrais iLralzations on campus Its ZuTg body consist ot a com annuany th StUdCntS elccted nmS l he committee detcr e Plicy of CRD and snon W a1Clvities such the CRD bike auctions and nrn cor raffus driv auctions and pro During the two to raise funds the COmmiH endum es a studentreferchariue lermine the benefiting cjtnVnZtbTaintorchair tee th CRD steerincommitraiL e pulJ0Scs of CRD are to ties r0y for the chosencharlthe nv i Clucat students about e chanties Ho u j 4u f as being a major social re latti Wsibiii 2aintur ako uuenis Forensic Union members are now preparing to participate in Annual Varsity Tournament of the Northeastern Ohio Debate Conference at Case Institute of Technology on Saturday and in the National Student Congress of Delta Sigma Rho at theUniversity of Michigan April 1012 The question to be discussed at the tournament at Case is Should Ohio Adopt a RighttoWork Law Last year the Union placed second among the 14 participating colleges The question to beresolved at the Congress at theUniversity of Michigan is What Should Be Done To Meet the Challenge of Education Posed by Todays Scientific StruggleForensic Union participates in this Congress in alternating years It has also been Forensiescustom since 1927 to presentdiscussions of recent issues to civic clubs and organizations in Ohio This year the discussions will cover CORRECTION In the Womens Board story last Friday the Reviewomitted the fact that NancySwcaringen is now RecordingSecretary of OAWS such topics as communism in Asia foreign aid the educationproblem righttowork laws in Ohio and the US role in the race for outer space The discussions include Ian Burton a British graduateassistant in the College geology and geography department speaking to the Avon Junior Womens Club on Education in Britain Today on Mar 10 The Lorain County Bar Association is sponsoring twoUnion members tomorrow in adiscussion of the righttowork laws John Young will discuss thefavorable aspects of the laws and Jack Rice will speak against them Should We Continue Foreign Aid was the topic for discussion last night before theCongressional Womens Club in Amherst Sue Kelly presented the argument against and Fred Spiegelbergsupported the continuing of foreign aid Mb Tj rWt 1 v j 1 Ji A i hatliy Mcphcns DaveHorsey and Ron i nasiain in a scene from RIs Cry Children Cry Thursday Friday and Saturday at 815 pm Consolidated Relief Drive will present Cry Children Cry a new play written anddirected by John Patterson and Sig Schoenbohm Cry Children Cry the story of the effects of a murder upon the citizens of a Renaissance Italian citystate was adapted from the novel A Matter of Conscience by WernerBergengruen Lead roles will be played by Raymond Donell as the Crown Prince Ron Chastain as the chief of the secret police and Debbie Gayl as his mistress Three types of Renaissancemusic will accompany the play Mr Robert Deahl will conduct anAntiphonal Brass Choir in Sinfonia Sacra by Gabrielli A madrigal group led by Donald Jenkins will sing Angus Dei by Palestrina Robert Kreis will direct twoinstrumental canonas written by Isaac and Gervaise and arranged by David Zinman Tickets are now on sale inPeters Hall the Snack Bar theRecord Shop and in the HallAuditorium Box Office from 3 to 6 pm Graybeal President Names Owens Veep Bradford Secretary Y Forum Discusses Move Against Nuclear Weapons Four Men Went to Sea is the topic of Thursdays Y Forum sponsored by the Public Affairs Commission At 730 pm in Y Lounge Professor Knapp YMCA Secretary Harvey Cox Dave Mathiasen and Larry Gilley will discuss thesignificance of four mens action against further United States testing of nuclear weapons The four men are now sailing a 34foot ketch toward the South Pacific atoll of Eniwetok site of the US governments installations for the testing of nuclear weapons The vessel is supposed to reach the Eniwetok area shortly before April 1 the announced date for beginning the tests The men plan to keep their boat within the area Politzer To Keynote Festival at Denison Prof Heinz Politzer of theGerman department will deliver the kevnote address Expressionism in the Arts and in WorldLiterature for Denison Universitys weeklong festival onexpressionism March 914 The festivals program willinclude a piano recital of works by Schoenberg Scriabin andCopland a choir concert of works by the expressionistic composer Hindemith and other exhibits of expressionist artists The program is open to all who are interested Tufts Predicts Slash In Foreign Aid Bill Coneress will adopt a foreign aid program said l rot 0ErnmnlifS rlenartment but it is the law 3 ei nn Congress is going to cut something emphasized that chtiesb bi rr iiiunc i j i r in rna may ml ve their contribution n nt in Viivp votprl lor wav from every aid bin uongieuKn away irum tve 3 wjtntr this vear because ram lor ten yccua v mplaints from unemploymentridden areas at the aid program of many co home President Eisenhowers request for Mutual Security this year is 4 billion 500 million more than the present foreign aidappropriation When asked whetherConii i iiinrt to con cress WOUKl UU uimn tinue foreign outlays with the present domestic uncertaintyProfessor Tufts said that this might be the case He pointed out however that withholding aid is not anintelligent method of handlingeither the Mutual Security program or he depression Decline In Export Trade Spending is one of the keys to the solution of the presentproblem Professor Tufts countered and spending for foreign a d would help to counteract therecession He remarked that foreign countries have been buying reatively fewer things from usrecently and the consequent decline in export trade has beendetrimental to industry Giving foreign aid and foreign loans wouldstimulate purchase of US exports Professor Tufts noted however that congressmen have to faceunemployed workers at home who feel that they could use the money better than foreign nations Another problem which has come before Congress is renewal of the Reciprocal TradeAgreements Act The US has in the past agreed to take part in a lowering of tariUs to stimulate trade with other countries This year the bill faces greater opposition than previously For exampleProfessor Tufts explained The South has always been a free trade area and southernrepresentatives have supported thereduction of tariffs But recently the South has become industrialized He noted that southern textile manufacturers are afraid ofJapanese competition Therefore Professor Tufts asserted the bill will no longer have the automatic vote of the Southern Democrats Ho continued I give the bill about a 5050 chance of coming through without serious changes Continued on Page 4 around Eniwetok despite thegovernments warning that the area is dangerous to all ships aircraft and personnel entering it According to a brochuredescribing the purpose of the voyage written and published by the Committee on Nonviolent Action Against Nuclear Weapons the men are undertaking the voyage in an attempt to halt the monstrous delinquency of our government in continuing actions which threaten the wellbeing of all men The brochure states that our leaders are following policies which will greatly intensify the Buses for the Five College Conference will leave at 730 am Saturday from the front of Dascomb All women going to the Conference have special pers arms race and the Committee wishes to oppose these policies by nonviolence and selfsacrifice The Committee stated the belief that many Americans feel that the nuclear tests and overall prep aration for war are essential to protect the nation But theCommittee itself stresses that thedefense of our nation dependsprimarily on a constructive program for peace and a constructive program for peace cannot becarried on simultaneously with aprogram for military preparedness The Committee by sponsoring the voyage to Eniwetok hopes to crystallize public opinion in the United States against furthertesting of nuclear weapons In a letter to PresidentEisenhower on Jan 8 1958 the crew of the boat now heading for the Eniwetok area declared that the halting of further testing of atomic war devices is now theprincipal undertaking of our lives and their action is undertaken in the Gandhian spirit of a nonviolent attempt to eflect needed change by speaking to the best in all men City Acquires New Air Route Control Center Rill Long chairman of the city council announced last Thursday that Oberlin definitely has been designated by the CivilAeronautics Administration in Washington as the location of the proposed new CAA Air Route TrafficControl Center According to Long it will be a minimum of two years andprobably longer before the new center will be operating The center which will control all aircraft in a large part of Ohio will be housed in a new building on E Lorain Street It will bring anincrease of 300 to 400 families and an employer paying an annual payroll approaching 18 million Negotiations have beenunderway since early in January when the CAA first told Long that it was eager to relocate its TrafficControl Center now housed at the Cadillac Tank Plant adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins Airport This is part of the CAAdecentralization program to get theirinstallations away from primary target areas for potential enemy bombs and missiles A subsequent conferencebetween CAA and Oberlin officials and investigation by both groups led to the conclusions thatOberlin would be a desirable place for CAA employees to live and that it could provide adequate physical facilities for the center itself Because of the increase inpopulation the city officials have found it necessary to investigate the possibility of increasing taxes as well as receiving federal aid to help the schools keep up topresent standards The Center could be built by the federal government in which case it would be exempt fromlocal property taxes or it could be built by private investors and leased to the CAA No decision will be made on this until after final approval of the planEstimated cost of the buildingexclusive of equipment is one million dollars After the building is erectedextensive installation of complex electronic equipment will benecessary before the Center can be used MIDEAST ELECTIONS Polls for the election of Middle East Representatives will be open from 9 am12 noon in Peters Hall the Conservatory andWestervelt Hall All dining halls will have open polls at noon hour and Dascomb and the Quadrangle will have ballots available during the breakfast hour on FridayActivity cards are needed for voting By PAUL POTTER Sunday night at 930 pm retiring president BobKummer turned the gavel over to the unanimously acclaimed President of the 195859 Student Council John Graybeal The ceremony was brief and simple and was followed shortly by unanimous approval of Jim Owens as vice president Dave Bradford as secretary and Sally McConnell as treasurer The actual formality of installing the officers was anti climactic for the Council mem bers After two long closed meet ODA Presents Chekovs Own Interpretation Tickets for Oberlin Dramatic Associations production of The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov are now available at Hall Auditorium box office from 35 pm The play is being presented March 1922 and tickets are free with activity cards 90 centsotherwise Chekov interpreted his play as being essentially a comedy asdefined by Aristotle an imitation of characters of a lower type who are not bad in themselves but whose faults possess something of the ludicrous in them The theme of the play is the passing of the old order of the nobility and the rising order of the bourgeoisie Mme Ranevskaya who owns the cherry orchard and is forced to sell it to pay debts isaccording to Chekov a woman who has thrown her life away on trifles Her adopted daughter Varya is an earnest devout girl who is very much in love with Lopahkin who finally buys the orchard Lopahkin is considered by Chekhov to be the central part in the play He is a merchant and a decent person in every sense who conducts himself withdecorum like a cultivated man Two other elements arerepresented in the play by Gaev Mme Ranevskayas brother a typical patrician whom Chekov describes as having elegance and suavity and Peter Trophimov a perpetual student and an idealist who isunable to recognize reality The play will have four setsdesigne by Sterling Boyd a graduate student in the fine artsdepartment The play will also havespecial music effects YOUNG DEMOCRATS Young Democrats this Sunday elected four new officers They are Joe Levin president FredHiestand vicepresident and two new board members Dave Hersey and Duffy Hall Dick Esseks wasreelected to the board ing election caucuses in the last week lasting as late as 1 am the drama and emotion thataccompanied the actual selection ofofficers and committee members was if not forgotten at least well concealed in the mechanicalprocedure of public confirmation At one point the relativemonotony of the procedure wasbroken when freshman Ted Reynolds almost succeeded in nominating the wrong people for theFinancial Committee Immediately following election of officers members wereunanimously acclaimed for the four main committees which willfunction under the new bylawssystem The committees areGovernment Dave Bradford WaltJohnson and Jim Owens as chairman College Affairs John Graybeal Bob Kennedy and Judd Kessler as chairman Nominations and Elections Sara Whitney Kathy Cook and Gary Johnson aschairman Financial Neil Good Ted Reynolds and Sally McConnell as chairman Members elected to otherCouncil committees are KennedyStudent Union Committee Johnson Athletic Advisory Committee and Kessler Dance Band Committee In the presidents reportKummer stated that he felt that the only justified criticism in aReview editorial of last November was the one which notedCouncils failure to act as a lobbying organization on behalf of thestudent body He suggested that Council might work on considering the car rule supporting the proposedexamination schedule change increasing priority for Student Union and changing the College calendar when it would be partciularlyadvantageous for the students Jim Owens said thatCouncilbacked proposals would probably carry more conviction and student agreement on an issue than if the same proposal were submitted through a Council committee However Kummer and Owens both agreed that certain issues may be more effectivelypresented through committees Kummer also cautionedCouncil against carelessness A great deal of perceptiveness is necessary to catch the little mistakes that Continued on Page 4 Prexys Wife Visits Egyptian University Mrs William E Stevenson will be attending a meeting of the Fund for the Republic in New York City through tomorrow On Sunday she will fly to Egypt for the Board of the American University in Cairo The Board which is in its thirtyeighth year is meeting for the first time in Egypt While there MrsStevenson will talk with EgyptsPresident Nasser She will stop over in Rome to visit friends beforereturning home on March 8 Mizener Defends Viewpoint Maturity of Scott Fitzgerald By MATTHEW VON BAEYER At the time that Prof Arthur Mizener of Cornell University was spending eight hours a day in the Princeton UniversityLibrary in a room especially set aside for him to do research on a biography of F Scott Fitzgerald he could depend upon beinginterrupted by a faint knocking every few days As he told this interviewer that faint knocking on his door wasinvariably that of an undergraduate who would ask something like Are you the fellow whos doing the biography of ScottFitzald After Mizener had answered yes the undergraduate would proceed to present a spiritedeulogy of Fitzgeralds workconcluding that he liked Fitzgeraldbecause he saw himself in that novelists characters Hairbrained Enthusiasts He sometimes even claimed that he identified with Fitzgeraldhimself These are the people who are unwittingly doing so muchdamage to Fitzgerald as a writer Mizener remarked In fact these are the very people whomMizener referred to as the dangerous harebrained enthusiasts in his afternoon lecture at Hall In a short critical article essay on Fitzgerald in his book An End to Innocence Leslie Fielder has claimed that Fitzgerald did not know how to handle point of view properly For example in the un finished The Last Tycoon we find Cecilia saying at one point in story This is Cecilia taking up the narrative in person and at another point she picks up the narrators role by saying This is Cecilia taking up the story In answering this criticism Professor Mizener cited the fact that back in the sixteenth century William Shakspeare usedprecisely that same narrative technique as for example in Henry IV Part I According to ProfessorMizener Henry James would of course have insisted that such a direct manner of introducing a point of view is out of place in a novel For Professor Mizener however the real question is whether the method of telling your audience outright who is speaking isnecessarily less sophisticated than quietly assuming a point of view or feeding it in so to speak The difficulty or perhaps evenimpossibility of settling this question suggests to Mizener thatFitzgerald was not using an inferior way out in his narrativetechnique Both kinds are legitimate Professor Mizener maintained Portrait of a Real Man He felt that the maturity which made itself abundantly manifest in Fitzgeralds work after 1936 was also present to a large degree in Tender is the Night published in 1934 What Professor Mizener calls the perception of social significance in little things makes itself strongly felt in the tragic death of Abe North a dissipated musician Like nearly all ofFitzgeralds characters North was not a filledin abstraction but rather the portrait of a real man Ring Lardner The implications of the artists future are made clear enough in Abes sad end The Absurdity of Life That Fitzgerald had a keen awareness of the absurdity of life becomes evident in thesituation in Tender is the Night when Dick Diver standing in first world war trenches remarks See that little stream we could walk to it in two minutes It took the British a month to walk to it a whole empire walking very slowlydying in front and pushing forward behind And another empirewalked very slowly backward a few inches a day leaving the dead like a million bloody rugs Fitzgerald called attention to the tragic queerness of society not only in fictionalized portraits of his society but in his essays as well One need only recall the fine piece called Echo of the Jazz Age in which he so acutelydelineates the symptoms of decay and generation of the twenties By 1927 a widespread neurosis began to be evident faintlysignalled like a nervous beating of the feet by the popularity of crossword puzzles Professor Mizener concluded