Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1958-05-06

              No Cut Rule Forces Special Regulations Trackmen Down Kent Cincinnati in Rain Editorial Page 2 Sports Page 3 VOLUME 86 Z572 T OBERLIN OHIO TUESDAY MAY 6 1958 NUMBER S3 Prominent Scientist To t alk at Commencement Review Car Forums 1 Spark Active Debate Swenson Claims Rule Limits Freedom Swaim Cites Unique Social Atmosphere J By SUSAN CLARKE In at least one of the three dorms in which a Review Car Rule forum was held last night the attendance was large and actively opinionated Opening with a statement by the pro and con discussion leaders of their contingents arguments the forum at MayCottage began with polite comments and questions and ended with decidedly enthusiastic opinions for and against the pro poses cnange Victor Swenson first cited the reasons why many studentswanted ciis on campus The present car rule lie stated decisively is arestrain on the freedom of thestudents Furthermore the change would only affect seniors who make up about onefourth of the student body of which perhaps 25 per cent would bring cars to Oberln Swrtison stressed the fact that no cars would be allowed within the city limits except in transit to and Irom the proposed parking area If punishments are severe enoujh and cooperation is given by students and faculty hecontinued there is not expected to be an increase of violations The proctir debater ended his case by expresing the belief that cars on campus would not undermineattendance at college functions or seriouMy disturb campus unity Unique Atmosphere Braking the silence thatfollowed Swensons statementsmoderator Mark Furstenberg turned the discussion over to Steve Swaim speaker for the defense of the present car rule Oberlin offers a markedlyintellectual and socially responsible atmosphere Swaim began the uniqueness of which manystudents came here expressly toparticipate in and enjoy He reasoned that lince the College is fairly isolated from outside activities one has the chance to decide for himself his social standardswithout the pressures often created by such things as fraternitiessororities and cars Rather than arestraint on freedom Swaimsuggested the present social life at Oberlin without cars is anopportunity for one to use ingenuity in planning his social activity Why must we always bedoing something or going somewhere to hae fun when Oberlin has many and varied facilities forentertainment As his parting shot Swaim intimated that it wasfairly obvious that more thanonesixteenth of the student body would be affected Defusion of Campus Life At this point the forum was thrown open to discussion and See CAR FORUMS page 4 M useum Exhibit Illustrates RembrandtslLife The Rembrandt exhibition at Allen Art Museum is a veryludd beautifully done andcomprehensive presentation of his life nd work commented Miss Chloe Hamilton Museum Curator The exhibit Who Was Rembrandt consists of illustrationsreproductions of art and documents and explanatory texts of the artists We and work Rembrandts history ispresented not only factually but also in we documentation of hisenvironment as seen in reproductions M Paintings by various artists of toe Interiors and costumes of the Period Sections include thevarious periods of his work morederailed analysis of The Night atchi and Claudius Civilis embrandts selfportraits xray nalysei of some of his works etchings and drawings andcomments about the artist by writers of his time Also Featured Miss Hamilton mentioned some Painting in the north gallery as especially interesting Woman by Large Window a recentlyacWlred Dibenkorn is a late tatinf by one of the mostexcito young American painters It interesting that he changed m abstracts to realisticrepreons reverslng the usual Long Gibson Discuss Change In Car Ruling The maturity of seniors and the desirability of challenge were among the issues discussedyesterday when the Review interviewed City Council President Bill Long and City Councilman HaroldGibson on the proposed car rulerevision Mr Long felt that Collegeseniors are mature and capable of handling problems arising from cars as they handle problems in other areas There are at least 100 present or graduated high school seniors in the town who own cars he pointed out College drivers should prove even more careful and responsible Seeing no harm in theexperiment if the students wish to try it Mr Gibson felt that the College offers no challenge in this areaAlthough all smaller universities tend toward student control he said the challenge is worthwhile The experiment is necessary todecide whether the values of having CARL SANDBURG Poet Carl Sandburg will make one of his rare appearances in this area on Thursday May 8 at Finney Chapel Reports indicate a large request on the part of high schools for tickets to the program which will consist of poems songs and storiesCollege students are advised to purchase their tickets atHaylors as soon as possible cars outweigh the disadvantages according to Mr Gibson Result In Stratification Both men felt that some social stratification would result Mr Gibson pointed out that bringing an idealistic point of view to a realistic point of view is adifficult task Displays Collection Features Early Photographs Image of America aphotographic study of American life from 1938 through 1900 will be among the Allen Art Museums featured exhibits for the month of May Miss CWoe Hamiltonannounced The collection includes more than 100 photographs facsimile daguerreotypes and stereographs showing early portraits ofPresidents statesmen and politicians exploration of the continent life on the frontier and traditionaloccupations the development of news photography in war and sports and scenic views which serve as early examples of the medium of photography in itsdevelopment as an art form Organized by the Library of Congress from its own resources the exhibition was first shown in conjunction with the International Exposition of Photography in Washington In 1957 It iscurrently being circulated throughout the country by the SmithsonianInstitution Traveling Exhibition Service Also scheduled for May at the Museum are an exhibition ofcontemporary French lithographs and works by the studio art professors Paul Arnold John ClagueMargaret Schauffler and Forbes Whiteside r I U U V s r j Hevuw piolo by Karl Hemple Gary Vitale laughs with Dave Zucker and Lew Perry over one of Much Ados ludicrous lines The play is being presentedtomorrow through Saturday at 8 pm in Hall Auditorium Much Ado Takes Form In Final ODA Rehearsals By DEBBY NASH Strike up piper cries Claudio taking Beatrice by the hand to dance to the green satinattired mandoliners music The stage is bare except for the black uncovered steps and platforms symmetrically placed Bearded barechestedBenedick walks across the stage dressed in a tight pair of levis Prof J Stanton McLaughin yells at the stage manager to adjust the platforms Push them forward Sieg to the right now push them back uh push them forward again until I say stop Ah good A white backdrop is lowered Beatrice in full costume stands on a platform posed elegantlyoblivious to the characterswandering around her A spotlight is aimed Pink purple red andbluish hazes form on the backdrop And then the stage is bare again The cast is assembleddownstairs in the dressing roomwaiting for Professor McLaughlin to give them the customary talkbefore going on stage The play is about to begin On stage again the actors begin pacing around mumbling their lines occasionally bumping into each other and pulling out an a propos line from their repertoire The cry heads up is heard as the side curtains and the scrim are lowered Places everybody Ready for Act I And nothing happens There is a poignant wait Thecurtain comes down halfopen Finally somebody closes it Harry Good youre on stage All right Sieg start anytime you want to now The music begins to play and Edelmann Receives Student Editorship With Mademoiselle Joyce Edelmann 58 hasreceived a Guest Editorship on Mademoiselle magazine She is one of 20 winners among 750undergraduate members ofMademoiselles national College Board at colleges and universities across the country who competed for this years Guest Editorships Mademoiselle will bring the 20 Guest Editors to New York City for four weeks in June to help write and edit the magazinesannual August College issue Each girl will be assigned to the job which best fits her interests and training and will haveopportunities to interview celebrities in her chosen field and to take field trips to various points of Interest in New York City The twenty Guest Editors won their appointments on the basis of three assignments they completed for Mademoiselle during the school year These includedreports on campus trends In fashion the arts classroom studies and extracurricular activities AN i the curtain goes up The stage is no longer just a stage The actr ors are no longer actors Theybegin to speak alive andShakespeares intriguing world of Much Ado About Nothingbegins to throb The play is being presented this Wednesday through Saturday Tickets are obtainable free with activity cards at Hall Auditorium boxoffice every afternoon from 35 pm Prof Politzer Wins Guggenheim Grant For Kafka Study Heinz Politzer associateprofessor of German has received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study the works of Franz Kafka He will conduct his study on a oneyears sabbatical leave during 195859 in Vienna Austria Professor Politzer has recently completed a German translated anthology of modern American short stories entitled Amerika Erzahlt The book contains works by 17 writers including Ernest Hemingway Tennessee Williams Thomas Wolfe Carson McCullers Shirley Jackson Katherine Anne Porter William Faulkner and F Scott Fitzgerald He has also collaborated inediting the works of Kafka hastranslated poems for Germananthologies and contributed to several scholarly journals His poems are included in A Little Treasury of World Poetry Flugel der Zeit and Die Lebendige Stadt an official publication of the City of Vienna Cooper 56 Wins Grant in Economics A College graduate Richard N Cooper 58 has received one of eight Owen D Young Fellowships for 195859 Cooper was thehighest scoring candidate among the fellowship candidates this year Since his graduation Cooper has been at the London School ofEconomics and will use his grant to continue his study in economics The Fellowships are provided by the General Electric Educational and Charitable Fund forpredoctoral study in the arts and sciences graduate law and business Council Plans Poll To Study New Car Rule A solid majority of studentsappears to be in favor of the new car rule change Judd Kesslerchairman of NonAcademic Affairs Committee revealed to Student Council Sunday night Kessler based his statement on theevaluations of the nearly fifty forums held in dormitories last week Council is now drafting and will distribute to every member of the student body a quesstionnaire which will cover various aspects of the new car rule Theinformation received on thesequestionnaires will be compiled thisweekend and presented to the General Faculty next Tuesday Councils major problem now is to find a suitable method ofenforcing the proposed car rule since a majority of studentsindicated that they would not report violations Some Council members stated that a definite method of enforcing the new rule must be established Faculty Desires Plan These members felt that thefaculty would be more likely toapprove of the proposed car rule change if they could see detailed concrete workable plans whereby violators will be discovered and punished Kessler in evaluating thedormitory discussions stated that a great number of studentsregarded the car rule change simply as an experiment which woulddetermine the value of cars here These students felt that astudentfaculty committee should be set up at the end of two years toevaluate the entire program Council President JohnGraybeal pointed out however that the attitude of many students is that the car rule change is afootinthedoor and that once cars are brought to Oberlin the faculty will not ban them again Approves Budgets In other business Councilapproved WOBCs 195859 budget after cutting 200 which thestation planned to use for remote broadcasts of every away football basketball baseball and lacrosse game during the year Council suggested that WOBC with the Social Research Committeeconduct a poll to see if enoughpeople would listen to thesebroadcasts to warrant the additionalexpenditure Council approved Yeomans5859 budget after discussion of the value of advertising in a literary magazine new methods ofdistributing the Yeoman andjustification for giving each member of the faculty a free copy of the publication Council also tentativelyapproved the report of theRecreational Areas Committee andcommitted itself to giving 800 a year to aid in renting the Goldthorp cabin which the Committee has succeeded in leasing for student use Council Attendance Absent from the meeting Dave Bradford Opera Prom Sports Highlight Weekend By JOAN DASCOMB This was Big WeekendSaturday night half the campuspuddlejumped to Hales gymnasium to dance to Tommy DorseysOrchestra Many not venturing out to the Junior Prom attended a folk musicians concert at Grey Gables Friday evenings pleasureseekers were divided half attending the opera Carmen which had been sold out for a week and the other half dancing to George Wests swinging combo in the Barrows lobby A number of house andsection parties were attended by Oberlin men and their dates Everyone on campus even those with studying to do tried to be three places at once Saturdayafternoon to watch at least one victory as the lacrosse tennis and track teams triumphed over their opponents By Sunday the thought of piled up studying kept many Oberlinites away from the volleyball contest with the faculty symphony bands lighthearted pops concert and Sears Receives Honor Award Paul B Sears a leading authority and educator in the field of conservation will deliver this years commencement address on June 9 In addition to Dr Sears who will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree honorary awardrecipients include a newspaper editor musician missionary nurse and philanthropist Dr Sears was a professor of botany at the College in 1938 In 1950 he was chairman of the Yale University Conservation Yeoman editor Cites Winners Of Contests Landmarks of Oberlinsliterary renaissance will make their appearance this month in the spring issue of the Yeoman The magazine will contain over 60 pages of poems short stories drawings and photographs The Board and staff chose Sophie Healy as winner of the art contest for a group of herdrawings Other contributors to the art division include Sue JaneMitchell and Dave Forrest BillSchermans photographs will be a new feature of the magazine Poetry contributions came from members of all four classes Two poems in French by JosianeChabez and Miyako Matsukis poems translated from Japanese byherself and E Bruce Brooks will be among those printed Brooks Craig Hodgetts Harry Rolnick Ellen Diamond Phil Shaver and Nancy Moore also contributed poems which will be published Robert Hahn won the essaycontest with his work on TaoismSeveral short stories will also appear in this issue includingcontributions by Ellie Rawlings andWilliam Mcllrath Drucker Cites Chekov In an effort to show that good writing results from workingtoward perfection Miss Drucker in her editorial cites the trials and frustrations of Chekov drawing her information from hiscorrespondence We have found it extremely difficult to choose material for this magazine Speaking for the Board staff and myself we areimpressed by the quantity and high quality of the entriescommented Miss Drucker Aside from applying esthetic criteria the staff and board which scrutinized all entries considered the fact that some of thecontributors would not be on campus next semester Limitations on spacenecessitated rejection of someotherwise acceptable material Students whose works wererejected will receive theirmanuscripts next week with attached criticisms Miss Drucker hopes that the criticism will be taken seriously and that students will resubmit their works during the next semester Forum Board Applications The deadline for Forum Boardapplications has been extended until Thursday Those interested inapplying should contact HenryAlker 47973 or Pyle the Coop arts festival The Other Half What about the other half the half that couldnt fit into Hales Many groups took off for the Apollo Others tried to study but ended up in bull sessions with the gang A few stayed in their rooms trying to read occasionallyventuring out to pass the time with another nongoer It was fairly quiet in the dorms as if no one were there but the windows were all lit up and one knew that there was activity inside PROFESSOR TURNER Prof W Arthur Turner of the English department was elected president of the English section of the Ohio College Association at its meeting on April 16 The program for the meeting planned by Professor Turner this years vicepresident included a talk on Teaching Lyric Poetry by Prof Andrew Bongiorno of the English department ExBotany Prof Program He has also been presi dent of the American Association for the Advancement of Science He has written several articles on American education in relation to scientific development His best known book Deserts On the March was first published in 1935 Rev Jesse E Thomas pastor of the University Methodist Church in University City Missouri and father of a graduating Collegestudent will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on June 8 Integrationist and Musician Harry S Ashmore editor of the Little Rock Arkansas Gazette who yesterday received a Pulitzer Prize will be awarded a Doctor of Laws degree for his stand against civil injustices Because ofAshmores protest against the actions of Gov Orval Faubus concerning the Central High Schoolintegration problem the Governor called Ashmore the worst of all culprits an ardent integrationist Aaron Copland music composer and writer will be granted the title of honorary Doctor of Music Mr Copland was the guestspeaker and conductor at theConservatorys 1955 Contemporary Music Festival Some of his well known works are Billy the Kid and the Appalachian Spring Suite Nurse and Philanthropist Receiving a Doctorate ofHumane Letters will be Miss Ruth Ingram 11 a recently retired nurse who trained nurses inPeking China In the US Pacific Island mandates she organized a See DEGREES page 4 Students To Elect Ed Policy Members New Class Officers Class officer and Ed Policycommittee elections will be heldtomorrow Polls will be open atDascomb and the quadrangle from 79 am at the Conservatory Peters and Westervelt from 912 am and in all dining halls during the noon hour Activity cards are needed in order to vote OnlyCollege students are eligible to vote in the Ed Policy committee elections Candidates for sophomore class offices are President Art Lester Walter Gobel Jack KlevenSecretaryTreasurerNancy Erb Jerry Olson Judy Pehle WomensSocial Chairman BarbaraWhitman Jan Bernier Paula Pearson Mens Social Chairman Dick Goodman Jolly Stern Junior candidates are President Dave Fitzgerald Shelley Miller SecretaryTreasurer DonColeman John Donaldson DanMiller Mens Social Chairman Dick Bearse Senior Candidates arePresident Jack Stellman Lee Roth Ed Schwartz Dick Steiner Jim Owens SecretaryTreasurer Frank Howard Ted Bollinger Womens Social Chairman Jo Heath Ed Policy Candidates Three candidates from each of the three fields will be elected for the Ed Policy CommitteeCandidates from the natural sciences are Ralph Blumenthal BenGreenebaum Craig Hane Bob H Jones See ELECTIONS page 4 European Students To Visit Campus A group of 61 WesternEuropean youth leaders will visit the campus this Thursday Sponsored by the Cosmo Club these college students and professional youth leaders will tour classes labs and museums The tour will conclude with a talk on extracurricular activities and supper in the Snack Bar According to Cosmo ClubPresident Jude Aidoo this group is in the United States for four months under the auspices of theCleveland Youth Leaders Committee Their trip to this campus is a part of a ten week period ofinvestigation of American youth inaction Aidoo explained