Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1958-06-09

              Commencement Issue 10c Commencement Issue 10c blME86 Z572 Sears Discusses Role of US as World Power x t OBERLIN OHTO Mnwriiv mur mm a iaod NUMBER 59 III 0 Graduates Receive Scholarship Awards This morning at 930 the Colleges 121st graduating 3 received their diplomas and began their postgraduate oers A total of 411 undergraduate and graduate degrees e awarded Sixty members of the class of 1958 were honored by the lege for outstanding work while at Oberlin Among these received Phi Beta Kappa keys for high scholastic achieve 1 cctod to Associate membership ho Society of Sigma Xihonysitnee fraternity wereDavWell Ellen Jean Price Rog xarlc Mark Takahashi James jmann Roger Livingston rge Hamiauer Allen Carroll renceSklar Robert Snodgrass e Summerbell David Hatch HjoUI Kaplan own or their scholarship m outstanding musical achievc the following seniors and mate students were elected to Kappa Lambda Frederick kes E Bruce BrooksKathCooper Sigrid Hagen William Robert Kreis Frederick mann Margaret Leupold Lung Liu Jack McCraeken rt Mnlison Linda Ostrander mII Thomson Jacob Voois e Young Gerald HumelFlorKunitomo Mclvin Pontious i garct Snodgrass and Fred tfteen seniors participated in Independent Studies Program year and received honors from r departments The seniors are ne Gini David Powell Ellen At the Theologs recognition mice Wednesday night Nils fcluison and John Ferguson re tived 1 bdFra 30 Helen Owen awards Franklin K Rowe received a 00 Monroe Fellowship Roger Searlc and Mark fcahashi in chemistry Robert 1 ms Victoria Hoover and Rob service in economics Margaret f y in English Stuart Miller in hiih literature Sara Hoskinson wrman Garret Hobart IV and fithan Mallamud ingovernt Frederick Lchmann in his warold Kaplan in zooWv Medical Rhodes Scholar 1 addition tfl rilllltnrrfrI Jrs Bruce Marcus received a ties Scholarship to study at England and thp fnllnw rre granted Fulbrieht Awards i f vork in Eurone RivpHv Rlicc i Cabcllero Barbara Garnptt iai Heiles Marearet LennnlH fc 1 PH Ji m Hlvknll TV Jacob Voois Jodrow VVi graduate study in preparation lege teaching have beenreed by Ellen Busick Joan Far Marilvn n FirUCe Marrnc Ct Silvprtnin T n fand Gary Spackey more Discusses Essentials Pf Deseareaation Controversy By DICK PAGE What the Neero DODulation in the South considers as ential in the despcrrpoatinn rnntrnvprcv U Viavinu the nriv fge of desegregated schools Pulitzer Prize winner Harry S j uaj Ail ail in tci view niku hh iwtv The editor nf tho Arlrnncac floTotfn in Tittlp Tnrlr main fcj Med that Monrnno rA v61UM cuiu wmica will tuiiunuc iu nvc opu Jarate communities for a long time and that this right to sowa scnools would prob y not ho ij u it i f w any great extent Ashmore who is here to receive Honorary degree from the first ee to admit Negroes spoke and authoritatively laying stress on the great social which the South and the Noes as lJoing P P 8 Enormous Redistribution Je South is losing its huge Uro Population according to the V ar 0d editor as there has murmous redistribution of oes since WoriH War r p ae Chicago has over 600000 oes more in that one north 411 mptrftli puutan area than In all Kansas Receive Graduate Undergraduate Deg IV imams Wins Alumni Medal For Service Whiting Williams class of 1899 received the alumni medal for distinguished service to theCollege at the annual meeting of the Alumni Association Saturday He was presented with the awardduring the Alumni Luncheon at noon Saturday A writer and consultant inindustrial relations Williamsreceived his AM from Oberlin in 1911 and an LLD from FennCollege He served as assistant to President Henry Churchill King from 19041913 and was the first person to occupy such a position in the US Mr Wiliams has also served the College in several other capacities including president of the Class of 1899 and first chairman cf the Alumni Fund During hisprofessional career he has served as the Executive Seretary of theCleveland Welfare FederationVicepresident of the Hydraulic Steel Company Lecturer on laborproblems and industrial consultant Publications His publications include such articles as Whats on theWorkers Mind Whats IndustryDoing to Us or Whos Boss Man or Machine and Mainsprings of Men What My Pick Turned up about People In his acceptance speech after receiving the Alumni Medal Mr Williams commented on what he ruling the universal hunger for recognition The educated people of a community are looked up to he noted others desire theirrecognition and expressions ofinterest Because of this the educated person has the opportunity andobligation to be his brotherscreator Mr Williams declared Mr Williams also warned that innHr tend to forget that more than physical needs must be met for individual satisfaction Citing a common tendency to pass oil problems onto the government Williams contended that thegovernment is incapable of fullyfulfilling human needs and thateducated Americans must not make the mistake of expecting this of the government Mt 1 V w In 1 nnorf in Ashmore also described the cur rent decline in rural population and said that a new Negro middle class was developing and moving into the cities to fill vacant places in urban industries The middle class is providing new leadership for what Ashmore called a slum population with all theconnotations of the word slum This middle class is leading theaspirations of the Negroes on a more practical and reasonable level than the rabid emotionalism of lower groups of Negroes Compliance with Order Speaking on more specificproblems in the South and in Little Rock the editor outlined the main issue as compliance with law and 11111 iwy rr Aft rykhksmi art A HARRY S ASHMORE AARON COPLAND PAUL B SEARS I I i i ill n HIM mmmnmm mm Building Plans Require Study Before Release Plans for the proposed newscience and conservatory buildings are still undergoing consideration and development PresidentWilliam E Stevenson reported at the Alumni Luncheon Saturday noon They will require further study before specific details ofconstruction and financing can be released he stated The President expects thatdefinite detailed plans can bereleased during the Colleges 125th anniversary celebration inOctober He indicated his hope that the science and conservatory buildings will be ready for dedicationsimultaneously with the Kinghumanities building in 1961 This date would be particularly significant as the 75th anniversary of Charles Martin Halls discovery ot the electrolytic process for refining aluminum Stevenson Appoints CarRule Committee President William E Stevenson has appointed a faculty committee which will continue study of the rejected student carrule proposal and may make recommendations to the faculty for reconsideration or revision of the rule in the fall The Presidents action wasrecommended by the General Faculty after turning down the student proposals in its May 13 meeting Prof Paul Boase is chairman of the new committee othermembers are Profs Alfred CSchlesinger Robert W Tufts Ralph H Turner and Fenner Douglass order not integration versussegregation Achieving integration as the changeover in attitudes and fpplines will take a very long fimo Ashmore believes but achieving desegregation which is what the Courts ruling calls for is a more readily attainable goal This can be brought about largely through Court action Ashmore Indicated his disap nointment however with the De partment of Justice which did not move to prosecute any mob lead ers or agitators in Little kock More decisive leadership here as well as by local authorities in Arkansas and Little Rock would have reduced much of the trouble at Central High School this year he said The editor attributed the new influence of the White Citizens Council in Little Rock for in cfanpp tn the Dosition of Gov Or val Faubus who as chief execu tive of the state openly condoned antisegregation efforts and viol Continued on Page S it n r MISS RUTH INGRAM 1 1 5 Receive Honor Degrees n Graduation Formally presented by distinguished visitors received honorary degrees fromPresident William E Stevenson at the Colleges 125thcommencement ceremonies this morning Harry S Ashmore editor Gazette was awarded a Doctor of Laws degree Cited by President Stevenson as a patriot of the press courageous champion of civil rights and prophet of the new South Mr Ashmore has recently won a Pul itzer prize for his stand against the civil injustice of racial segrega tion Presenting Mr Ashmore for his degree Prof Kenneth Roosedeclared We honor this man today as an author as a journalist and most of all as a man sensitive to moral issues and dedicated to righting social wrongs and fulfill ing social justice Master of Music Honored by PresidentStevenson as a master of the vibrant music of a virile age harmonizer of the eloquent rhythms of adynamic society Aaron Coplandreceived the degree of Doctor of Music Widely acclaimed as acomposer author pianist conductor teacher and unofficial cultural ambassador Mr Copland was guest speaker and conductor at the Conservatorys 1955 Contemporary Music Festival Mr Copland was presented by Prof Walter Aschaffenburg who said His music has enriched the world bringing pleasure tolayman and professional alike With the scope of his expressionranging from austere intellectualcreations to Oscarwinning movie scores he has become the most widely known and respected American composer Life of Service Ruth Ingram 11 has devoted her life to being a builder of the only durable world empire the comonwealth of devoted service to fellowmen announced President Stevenson in his official citation Miss Ingram was awarded thedegree of Doctor of Humane Letters Tracing Miss Ingrams longhistory ot service as a nurse inChina Dean Mary Dolllver stated She made a maximumcontribution to a better world by earning the affection and respect ofcountless students who now occupy ranking places in nursing schools and hospitals throughout Eastern Asia by inculcating in herstudents the highest ideals of nursing which she adopted to use within McMlttEN Ceremonies various faculty members five of the Little Rock Arkansas metropolitan hospitals or in the rudest hut of a mountain village and by making secure in theChinese medical curriculum a place for nursing Thoughtful Philanthropist Industrialist and philanthropist Dale Wilmore McMillen received an honorary Doctor of Lawsdegree in this mornings ceremonies He was presented for his degree by Frank Chapman Van Cleef Col lege Trustee The founder ofCentral Soya Company MrMcMillen will be best rememberedaccording to Mr Van Cleef for his kindly daytoday interest in and thoughtfulness of the individuals about him His philanthropicconcerns have included public parks hospitals church and YMCA buildings and camps for Boy and Girl Scouts Guardian of Nature Paul B Sears a leadingauthority and educator in the field of conservation and for 12 years a professor of botany in the College received an honorary Doctor of Science degree Presenting Dr Sears was Prof Hope Hibbard who observed that he has in ever widening circles made clear that conservation of natural resources is a matter of survival Appointed chairman of the Yale University Conservation Program in 1950 Dr Sears has also been Continued on Page 4 INSIDE TODAYS REVIEW Education Editorial and three columns Page 2 Review of the years events Page 3 Architect Sketch of Student Union Page 4 Interviews with Mr Sears and Mr Copland Page 5 Review and articles on sports Pages 67 125th Anniversary Celebration Page 8 Alumni Seminar Mr Anderson Page 8 D W Deals with mportance By ANN WARREN If one thing is evident at this stage in history it is that the welfare of the United States is inseparably bound to that of all mankind declared Dr Paul B Sears in his address at the Colleges 125th Commencement ceremony this morning Stressing the importance of this country as a primary world power Dr Sears emphasized that it is our proper duty to live for our country in order to keep it worthy of this position Living for ones country involves a positive realization of the brotherhood of all man and an awareness of the obligations of public service The true test ofdevotion to ones country comes stated Sears not during theservices of war but during the hum drum days of peace when one is not polarized by mass enthusiasm and must bear the cost of his own rations and accoutrementdetermine his own objectives and think out his personal tactics andstrategy Double Population Concerned primarily with the problems involved in valuable peacetime service to onescountry Dr Sears began by sketching the history of our planet and its increasing populationpressures The arrival of theIndustrial Revolution with its manyattendant scientific advances caused an unprecedented doubling of the world population within the space of one century Whether modern statesmen know it or not assert ed Sears this is the root of the most serious troubles facing them A Vital Half Century The last 60 years pointed out Dr Sears have been ameaninglessly brief period of time on the geological time scale but vitally significant when measured by the fearful rate at which events have been moving In addition tometeoric population increases and scientific advances they havewitnessed the two greatest wars in human history and the largest consumption of all times of the earths mineral resources US Creates Vortex Centering on the problems faced by the US in this fastpaced half Planning Committee Considers Class Size By BRUCE McEWEN No less of a problem to the College than to other small schools the question of expanding facilities and increasingenrollment faces a small faculty group known as the College Planning Committee Created in May 1957 the Committee has according to Chairman Prof John Kurtz asked questions and gathered information during the past year in an effort to aid the College in finding financial stability in the face of everincreasing costs ofoperation The question of increasing size is only one aspect of this prob lem Professor Kurtz explained Several proposals which the committee made were approved by the General Faculty during the year he said To cope withschedule conflicts a schedulecommittee has been created hecontinued This body he explained has power to arrange the hours at which classes will meetPreviously he said the individualdepartments had taken care of thismatter and conflicts frequentlyresulted when a student made out his schedule Largeness and Efficiency Noting the pressure on theCollege to enlarge its student body Professor Kurtz said that a study made by the Committee during the year Indicated that if both thefaculty and student body areenlarged nothing is gained inefficiency The only way to profit by an increase in size is for thestudent body to be enlarged while the faculty is held constantInevitably he said this leads to larger classes Since it is the beginning courses in any subject which are affected most seriously it is desirable that each department find out how it can best teach these coursesProfessor Kurtz continued He noted that the entire staff of a depart rees Problems of Peace century Dr Sears remarked that it is now using about twothirds of the worlds mineral resources and is thus creating a vortex into which are being drawn rawmaterials from every continent We are thus he statedexemplifying the ancient law that centers of power once established must expand their influence to survive New Approach The US is however attempting this expansion of influence in a new way Dr Sears emphasized We are relying upon friendship and peaceful commerce rather than conquest But in so doing Continued on p 4 col 5 Alumni Fund Sets Mark with 75000 For 5758 Gifts A new record was established this year as the Alumni Fund collected over 75000 from about 4500 alumni As an annualsolicitation among alumni for thecurrent obligations of the College the Fund helps supply scholarships faculty salaries and books Last year 58000 was raised The previous record was set in 1953 when 63000 was donated This years campaign closes on June 30 Another alumni fund has just been started by the Class of 1958 which voted to make its class gift in the form of an endowment The fourth class in a row to establish such a fund the 58 alumni will continue contributions each year The fund begun by the class of 57 has already collected 1000 ment from instructor to fullprofessor is frequently responsible for the beginning courses This he said is to our advantagecontrasting this situation with the state of affairs in a largeuniversity in which beginning courses are frequently taught by graduateassistants or new instructors Increase Class Size Recently Profesor Kurtz said the General Faculty approved a proposal that each departmentexperiment as best it can withincreasing class size in the hope of showing that large classes may be taught effectively The question of class size he noted is a controversial one Large classes are frequently condemned as ineffective He pointed out however that a large class with an experienced and effective teacher is certainly better than small classes with less effective teachers As an experiment he continued the German department will teach a beginning German course next year which will be twice as large as the normal beginning language class of twenty Among other topics which the Committee has considered andintends to take up next yearProfessor Kurtz said is the question whether the college would profit from year round operationperhaps in three equal terms or four quarters 1