Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1959-05-01

              AnamAitMiwfiitffj Council Shows Interest In Organization Affairs Editorial Page 2 VOLUME 87 Z572 Yeomen Host 4 Squads In Big Weekend Events Sports Page 3 Rejects Elections Council Drops Plan To Alter ens Board Student Council at itsTuesday supper meeting decided to continue to appoint Mens Board members and to leave the Board in its presentsituation Eflorts will be made however to establish better communication with the new Board and to encourage it to broaden the scope of its ac tivity The proposal to elect Mens Board members had been designed to increase student interest in the Board Dave Bradford pointed out that some men on campus are not aware of the Boards existence or its functions and that few College men know who Mens Boardmembers are He felt the electioncampaign would help inform thestudent body of Mens Boardsproblems by allowing them toparticipate in its selection Opponents of the plan thought that a closer relationship should be attainable with a Board thatCouncil itself had appointed and that the task of working with this Board to expand the scope of its activities would be greatlyfacilitated Several Council membersexpressed a desire to give specialattention to the selection of Mens Board members They felt that through thorough discussion of the applicants among Councilmembers a group which could workeffectively with faculty members of the Board and win their respect could be chosen Many disadvantages in apossible election were pointed out Screening of candidates prior to election would be awkward since a large number of candidates would have to be approvedUnlike the usual committeeappointments when the best five or six are chosen a certain number would have to be designated as not qualified The deciding factor for many Council members was thelimitations which would have to beimposed on the campaign Faculty members of Mens Board haveexpressed opposition to members who might get elected on the basis of fixed points of view in their platform Feeling that a more flexible point of view wasdesirale Council agreed that there could be no official debate onissues In this case most of the publicity and interest which the wmpnign might generate would be lost i i OBERLIN OHIO FRIDAY MAY 1 1959 NUMBER 53 v 1 Ulysses1 Producers Cancel Play A flU I ft IJX II I I I I II I ifc i rail io rina neater IV Smrt tucker Rule I rm r Vienna in m r a v v vit II i fliolo liy Hub mis Anna Bennett moves one artists contribution a little to the left as Debby Gayl supervises and adds an ornamental touch of her own to Iyle Inns parlor in preparation for the Coop Creative Arts Festival FridaySunday Trustees Reconsider Presidents Authority At the March meeting of the Board of Trustees aSpecial Committee on Organization presented a recommendation designed to clarify the roles of the Trustees the President and the General Faculty and delegate increased authority to the President Explanation of the recommendations andactions taken by the Trustees were given at a special meeting of representatives of the General Faculty held last Saturday The Committee defined the role of the President as chief execu tive of the College responsible for its effective administration to the Board of Trustees as its designated representative In order for him to exert more effective and sustained leadership it recommended the delegation of more specific author ity to him At the same time the Committee reaffirmed the tradi tional interest and active partici pation of the Faculty both in the general administration of academ ic affairs and in the maintenance of the highest teaching standards Under the proposed changes the President would give finalapproval to initial appointments andreappointments to the Faculty of the rank of instructor and assistant professor The Board would retain final authority for appointments of ssociate professor and professor and the granting of tenure The President would also be author ized to approve regular faculty salary increases The Committee also recommend ed that the President be relieved See TRlSTEES p 4 Stellman Directs Play For Local High Schoo ck Stellma drwted the Oberlin High School production of Agatha Christies n Little Indians which played Hall Auditorium Thursday and iiuay Since the high school has no amatics adviser it asked Paul ai associate professor of Peech to recommend a student to 1 i US yearly Pay Stellman o had previously requested the Position was appointed College 2 U have hcld his position for the past five years Stellman stated he had complete PerviMon of the production but J students themselves did all the rj on publicity properties Mting and house management hih vaCUlty mwbers from the school served as disciplinary VKOMAN SERIES nwLrLfessor Clyde brook will STm 0n Litate of the Ile at the Veoman Friday teSr pmtoni8ht on Stell ees in reserve but according to man thP iii i and d wuinLa wen most h pressure took care of dlfIculties less n LiUle Indans involves Prod rjhaPays commonly hiehlv mgh schools and tial diir vcame tnis Pten Omr1 trayal VdSlzcs characterpori Stclman felt that most of rs overcame this poten cUltv thiro u UI frectine leads sinno th CDeLevalearlyUai j Tvaa wriiipn Tn hnua Parts norrifvm 7 ei instead mere in nu r cnarartpr was a rntfo l tharaef numorous feeling as dcier aftnr i Hied n1 ciiotr was both m60101 sternan felt that preta Were UltimateinterWbabl0 the Play the ghter Sch0l audrcnrceeSUltable fr hfih College Hosts Guest Singers At Folk Fest Oberlin balladeers andguitarplayers will swap songs with more than 30 visitors at the third annual Folk Festival May 9 and 10 A folksong concert by FrankHamilton song workshops folk dancing and assorted sings will be the main events according to Festivalchairman Neil Rosenberg The activities will begin at 130 pm Saturday with workshops covering rounds ballads and blues Rosenberg hopes that one will be led by Sandy Paytonauthority on British Isles ballads French folksinging led by the Barenbaums is planned for French House at 5 pm A folk dunce in the CoopBookstore parking lot led by Joanie Blank will follow dinner Frank Hamilton considered byRosenberg as a very fine folk singer as well as both a folk and jazz guitarist will perform at 9 pm with a Peters folk sing following Tickets for the concert are 100 for the dance 25 cents and 110 for a combination Sunday morning fairly early risers will congregate at Goodrich for an 11 am Hootenanny orinformal folk concert Large delegations fromMichigan and Indiana are expected at the Festival which should also draw visitors from EarlhamAntioch and BaldwinWallaceColleges and Miami University Folk Song Club members are nowseeking campus accommodations for all the guests Historian To Discuss Radical Movements Socialist Program Sponsored by College members of the Young Peoples Socialist League Dr Hugh Clelandassistant professor of history at theUniversity of Pittsburgh will speak 830 pm tonight in WilderAuditorium on American Radicalism Its Past and Future Dr Cleland has made aconcentrated study of the history of American Radical movements He is a contributor to Anvil andDissent journals of DemocraticSocialist opinion A member of the American Socialist Party he will be presenting his partys views in his talk Hugh Tucker Vic Solomon and Mark Israel are the members of the Young Peoples Socialist See RADICALISM p 4 hacihties at International Ncivs Wcsl Forms Geneva Strategy Two Ships Threaten Panama Courtesy of WOBC United Press International Sews Servine Concluding their Paris conference in a show of unity the Big 4 Western foreign ministers announced yesterday that they arc determined to ensure the freedom of West Berlin It is reported that they will seek to unite East and West Berlin under fourpower guarantees when they meet with the Soviets it the Mav 11 Geneva Conference If the Soviets do not ac cept the Western proposal for Berlin it is believed that the wwt wi 1 work to maintain lis present rights in the dividedGerman city According to White House press secretary James nageriy resi dent Eisenhower nas received periodic reports on the Pansparley from Secretary of State Chris tian Herter REVOLT IS PANAMA Panama has informed the Or ganization of American suues which has formed a commission iu investigate a Cubanbasedrebellion against the government of President de la Guardia that two 1000ton ships loaded with men and arms has left Cuba toreinforce the small group of invaders airnndv in Panama Cuba how ever has told the OAS that it was impossible that reinforcements for the invasion came from Cuban shores Meanwhile the United States State Department has sent two Navy planes equipped with electronic search andcommunication instruments to help patrol the Panama coast HOUSE UPHOLDS VETO Aftpr the Senate earlier this week voted to override President Eisenhowers veto of the rural electrification bill which would strip Agriculture SecretaryBenson of his power over REA loans the House yesterday sustained his veto by a slim fourvote margin The vote was 280146 to override the veto short of the neededtwothirds majority PresidentEisenhowever can still say he hasnever had a veto overridden easure Measure for Measure one of William Shakesrjeares dark comedies will culminate the 44th season of theOberlin Dramatic Association The play will be produced next Wednesday through Saturday evenings at Hall Auditorium Shakespeares pessimistic plot deals with problems of legal justice and sexual morality The governing Duke of Vienna played by Mike Rudman despairs of enforcing the laws of the city He turns the gov ernment over to a deputy Angelo played by David Zuckcr Angelo is a severely righteous moralist but he has one breach of promise in has past The Duke ostensibly departs but he returns disguised as a friar in order to counteract the injuries done by Angelos rig orous administration Angelos insincerity is brought to light when Janet Bell as the gentlewoman Isabella comes to him to plead for the life ofClaudio her brother who has broken one of the old statutes with his betrothed Juliet David Shulter plays Claudio and Juliet is por trayed by Kann Lessing Farcical Scenes The introduction of Roberta Siegel as Mariana a former be trothed of Angelo together with the intervention of the Duke saves the threatening situation from tragedy Farcical scenes aresuperimposed against the problems and in trigue of the main plot and a wide variety of characters becomeinvolved These include Escalus an ancient Lord who aids Angelo in governing the city played byEdwin Dugger Lucio a fopportrayed by Lewis Perry theProvost Don Dietiker and Mistress Overdone a bawd played byBarbara Joseph Jan Moerel and RobertShephard play two gentlemen and Jerry Cohn appears as a Justice Nancy Priddy portrays Francisca a nun The cast also includes Carl Maier as the friar Thomas James Mosher as Froth a foolishgentleman Sumner Clarren as thesimple constable Elbow and John D McLaughlin as PompeyMistress Overdones servant The executioner Abhorson is played by Ken Gaspar James Ross is cast as Barnadine a dissolute prisoner and Craig Hodgettsappears in the part of a boy The populace and court attendants are played by Betsy Howe Carolyn Bond and Sara Weeks Single Unit Set The production crew forMeasure for Measure has deigned a single unit set which allows great flexibility for Shakespeares fre quentlychanging scenes This new technique provides a somber ar chitectural background against which the lighting defines scenes in various parts oi tne stage An important device is a sixfoot steel platform cantilevered from be See MEASURE p 4 Jazz To Open Big Weekend Much to nobodys dismay Bib Weekend which starts tonight with a picnic and jazz concert at Wilder leaves little room for studying The calendar follows Tonight Bus to Cleveland Picnic and jazz at Wilder Sports Night at War ner Gym 1015 pm Beggars Opera Hall Auditorium Saturday Barbecue at Field House Lacrosse Ohio State Baseball Ohio Wes leyan Track Albion Tennis OhioWesleyan Coed Rec Swim at Crane Pool All day Coop Art Festival at Pyle Inn and Grey Gables Bus to Cleveland Beggars Opera Film Series at Allen Art Auditorium 1 am Eaboe at Hales Gymnasium Sunday All day Coop Art Festival at Pyle Inn and Grey Gables 1100 am Chamber music at Pyle Inn All afternoon Folk sing at Grey Gables 400 pm Chamber music at Warner Concert Hall 730930 pm Record concert at Allen Art Auditorium 630 pm 700 pm 830 pm 1200 pm 130 pm 230 pm 300 pm 300 pm 4530 pm 630 pm 730 pm 730 pm 9 pm Technical Difficulties Complicate Needs Lighting Sound Limit Possible Locations By CAROLINE COWMAN Directors Jerry Covell and Craig Hodgetts yesterday cancelled production of James Joyces Ulysses in Nighttown originally scheduled for presentation shortly after springvacation because it has proved impossible to find suitabletheater facilities this year Covell explained that several factors contributed to the difficulty of the problem Since two members of the Ulysses cast are on social probation the College denied the group use of its facilities Although Covell and Hodgetts investigated the possibility ofpresenting Ulysses in various public places including several churches and church houses none of the available locations within 10 miles had facilities extensive enough for the complex staging and elaborate lighting and sound effects which the play requires Covell stated that afterapproximately three weeks of rehearsals both he and Hodgetts were well satisfied with the quality of the cast He stressed that although Dick Essek To Visit USSR This Summer Dick Esseks a junior in theCollege will travel to the SovietUnion this summer under theauspices of the NationalYMCAYWCA spending time in two large cities and in a sports and culture camp Esseks who has taken three years of Russian at the College hopes to have enough time to make actual friendships and to askquestions which might be vital to a realistic appreciation of theSoviets to get an idea of theircommitment to the state some feeling for their idealism and perhaps some indication of theirintellectual processes whether they are able to compromise in talking with us or whether they are as some reports have it dogmatic in their beliefs He will be one of a group of 11 students and one adult who will leave Montreal June 19 after a week of orientation in New York They will sail to Genoa then trav HISTORY FILM The Department of History is sponsoring a film Rehearsal for Spain the Last Stop 8 pmtonight in the Allen Art Building Auditorium EABOE TICKETS The last chance to buy tickets for the Eaboe formal will be from 10 to 12 in the Snack Bar tomorrow No bids will be sold tomorrow afternoon or evening el directly to Vienna where they will spend five days beforecontinuing to Czechoslovakia for a six day visit Their 45 days in Russia will include a week in Moscow or Leningrad two weeks in some southern city and two andonehalf weeks in a student sports and culture camp Later the group will spend four days in Poland Esseks hopes to give slidelectures and other talks when hereturns to campus in the fall he originally felt some doubt as to the possibility of selecting a cast which would do full justice to Joyces play the final decision to cancel production was notmotivated by any lack of confidence in the casts ability Covell and Hodgetts announced their decision to produceUlysses which they hailed as anexciting experimental and original drama with a plot combininggutty power and sensitivity in February Carol Anderson Nickie Fischer David Forrest R S Hann and Harry Rolnick were to play leading roles COUNCIL AGENDA 700 NominationsElections Committee Report Student Union Committee appointment 730 HiOHi Editorappointment 830 Finance Committee Report Review budget 945 HiOHi salaries 1045 Government Committee Report 1130 College Affairs Committee Report Africans Link Imperialistic Evils With Growth of Christianity Kentons Orchestra To Perform May 12 Stan Kenton for five consecutive years winner of Down Beat Magazines popularity poll as leader of the nationsnumber one jazz orchestra will appear with his new 17piece group at 830 pm May 12 in Finney Chapel Jim Meeks speaking for Social Board and Jazz Club which arecosponsoring the bands appearance announced Kentons acceptance J v Ed Note This is tie last in a series of four articles written hy African students With the decision to send the IAC rep to Africa this area his become of special concern ami interest In cooperation with Cosmo Club this series will continue with articles by foreign students front the Far East By VICTOR LAWOYIN The history of Christianity in Africa south of the Sahara could be traced back to the birth of colonialism on thecontinent The seeds of the religion were sown by the earlyexplorers who were motivated partly by the biblical injunction Go ye to all the world and preach my gospel and partly by the materialistic urge to look for a land to colonize to rule and perhaps one can say to exploit From the period of itsintroduction into the continent until the present day Christianity has grown hand in hand withcolonialism The story of the introduction and development of Christianity in Africa is quite a long one to be treated in this medium but itsuffices to say that its acceptance into some of the tribal groups was not without difficulties and obstacles In some areas it was not and is still not accepted at all since its ideologies and practices areopposed to the customs andtraditions of the people involved In several places where it isaccepted absorbed and nurtured into the fabrics of the society it has grown by leaps and bounds and theevidences of this could be seen in the ways and outlooks of thepeople Cousin of Imperialism However in the presence of the recent quickly spreading spirit of nationalism all over the continent one cannot but be suspicious of the future prospect of the religion in that part of the world More than ever before some radical elements among the natives begin toidentify Christianity as a forerunner of colonialism a cousin toimperialism and its accompanying horrors of exploitation The natives indignant reaction towards imperialism is almost in equal measure directed towards Christianity In the recent riotings in some cities church buildings were torn down parishes were picked on and the placards of the parading rioters carried theignominious words missionaries go home In South Africa the churches have been constantly challenged to declare their stand on the apartheid policy If the church of God fails to recognize the dignity of man thussubscribing a postive attitude to thepolicy the natives say thenChristianity is a failure Surging Feelings The effect of these surgingfeelings and reactions is great on the church membership Some people who once belonged to churches are gradually lapsing into their old tribal religion Islam is spreading fast and claiming many more disciples A few of the educated elements who do not want to be identified with either the native religion or Mohammedanismremain as free thinkers All these sudden changesreactions and multiplicity ofconSee EVILS p i This will be the bands second appearance at the College Its concert here in 1956 provided one of the most successful andexciting jazz events in recent years Kenton organized his first band in 1941 but encountered difficulty when the public was slow toaccept his then new progressive jazz However Look Magazine predicted in 1946 that the Kenton Band would become Down Beat band of the year Thatprediction became true the following year The Kenton orchestra has passed through a number of significant stylistic periods Beginning as an advancedsounding danceorchestra it continued to assimilate many elements from modernclassical music until in 1950 Kenton toured with a 40piece concertorchestra utilizing a full stringsection In more recent years Kenton has returned to a strong jazzinfluence and the emphasis of his present band is on freewheeling driving swing Many important jazz figures first rose to fame with this bandincluding trumpeters Shorty Rogers and Maynard Ferguson drummer Shelly Manne and saxophonist Bill Perkins Among thosesoloists featured with the present band are saxophonist Bill Perkins and Lennie Niehaus Tickets are on sale at 125 for students 175 general admission at Haylors Book Store and the Record Shop They will also be sold at the door