Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1959-05-15

              Herter Shows Leadership ft Geneva Conference Yeomen Top Lords 85 For 7th Lacrosse Win Sports Page 3 tutorial ge blUME 87 Z572 OBERLIN OHIO FRIDAY MAY 15 1959 NUMBER 57 Faculty Ends NoCut Rule by Decisive Vote Kew Ed Policy Members nherit Important Posts The Master of Arts in teaching program the halving of Fntrlish Composition requirement and the three course hree quarter system were among the subjects discussed this bv the Student luiucauonai roncy ommiuee Elected f riday to participate in tne uommittee sactivconccrning practical and the etical problems oi me uuc iucation process uuimf oming year were martid ium on Giere and Linaa J ones in Mural Sciences Lynn tsonneia kv Shirover ana uaviaiulkin Social Sciences and Debby oayi John Lipkin and bteve vaim in mimanmw As Dart of its work the Educa om1 Policy Committee this year tested revision in the Music rd Arts test Riven to Seniors this rirg It also requested distribu te the college catalogs two wks before registration A resolution opposing a loyalty h for government scholarships as drafted by the Committee this I 1 U J ear iney nave usu auempieu iu irescc the impact of the coming ancial crisis on questions of ed ational policy In September the Committee irked with the Library in pro ving extended library services The Committee has also discussed he value of the junior year broad program and has urged the iimination of the 150 fine for e registration Its investigation of the adviser stem last year resulted in all members of the faculty becoming advisers whereas previously the position had been voluntary The Committee meets biweekly with six members of the Faculty including the Dean of the College This group discusses proposals and issues brought up by the students and actions of the FacultyEducational Policy Committee Schauffler Alumnae Return for Reunion Approximately 100 alumnae of Schauffler College a division of the Colleges Graduate School of Theology are expected to return tomorrow for Schauffler Day Schauirier College was founded in 1886 in Cleveland by Dr Henry A Schauffler to train missionary assistants It become theSchauffler Division of ChristianEducation of the Graduate School of Theology in the summer of 1954 Turkeys Strategic Significance Obscures Cultural Contributions Id Xtte The following is another in a scries of articles by foreign itoJciils on campus The author siiiigCNts that students interested in further information about Turkey amtuct him By 1LTER TURAN Turkeys first importance is strategic and it has been introduced to Americans as a country of militaristic import ance It is unfortunate that Turkeys strategic importance has weed its culture to a position of minor significance in the American eye If peace were established today many Amer C5rs would find themselves unar tainted with the cultural aspects Turkey Having been a nart nf Fnctnm and Moslem culture the Turkish juuure was not introduced to the western world at times when the gious differences betweenrelisus groups were most acute Now rehgi0n is not a prime factor international relations Turkey ru ylg to intrduce its 6000 year 1 culture to Europe and America Jurkish composers are becom cif Qtvt knowr in the field of rfica music A Turkishcorner Ilhan Uzmanbas has won nternational music contest in Pnr ii lhree consecutive years opera v the Turkish ed in vd Gogh has beenPresenter nna 1 mvsei was sur the i See a Turkish sPrano in TrJf at a Performance of La C vn n at the San Francisco orci Pf a With the addition of ish f J1 lnstrurents theTurkDromr mUSlc has Progressed also tk18 a Westem critic to say nis sounds like Enesco as he as listening to a folk song 3th Century Literature urkish literature has not been l ilizat nown bv tho TJ7t inn caiciu 11V anEun a y beeause ot the tuage difficulties Turkish cul from fiSSesses literary treasures Ottoml CarIy 13th century The an emperors 24 out of 32 GS To Present Yeomen of Guard As Fall Production In their tenth anniversaryseason the Gilbert and SullivanPlayers will present as their fallproduction The Yeomen of the Guard This operetta acclaimed by College audiences in previous years was chosen by Gilbert and Sullivan themselves as theirfavorite Set in fifteenth century England The Yeomen of the Guard tells the tale of Jack Point a jester who loses his love Elsie as a result of a series of mistaken identities Point is therefore a tragic hero the only one ever created by the operetta team The operetta is unique in the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire for it is the only one which does not end with joyous shout and laughing cheer In this respect as well as in its musical aspects it is closer to grand opera than any of their other productions The Yeoman of the Guard contains some of the finest music ever written by Sullivan Theusual patter songs are retained but in addition there are severalbeautiful trios and quartets which are considered the finest ensembles of any Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The overture in keeping with the olot and music is likewise on a grand scale Positions are now open for stage director music director chorus master set designer technical di rector and costume designer Anyone interested should contact Sieg Schoenbohm at Grey Gables or 52 Union Street Bobbi Blank at Pyle Inn or Dr Hayden Boy ers at Hall Auditorium LUCY STONE FELLOWSHIP Dolores Ali a senior majoring in physics has been awarded the 1959 Lucy Stone Fellowship Award for graduate study at either the University of California or RadclifTe College Eighteen senior 13 1946 the Committee of Deans women were candidates for the clarified its position on thestate500 grant ment in the catalog that any stu being poets have given support to Turkish literature Many of the literary works concern them selves with the problems of the country its people and theirieeiings Recently a number of books in Turkish has been translated to New Yeoman Issue To Appear Tuesday Copies of the Spring issue of the Yeoman will be distributed in the dining halls Tuesday Four prizes have been awarded by the magazine to CarolAnderson short story Woody Hahn poetry Barry Phillips essay and Frank Brunotts special award for an outstanding contribution that didnt fit into any category According to Ellen Diamond Yeoman editor much goodmaterial was received but space didnt permit us to publish all of it We tried to have a varied and interesting magazine MissDiamond commented She urged contributors to save rejected manuscripts rewrite them and submit them next year There will be three issues next year she reminded students Applications for next yearseditor are due this Saturday tomembers of Council NominationsCommittee Cleveland Players To Bring Oedipus Rex Here Monday With Thomas Hill 48 in the title role the CWplanH Play House Players will present an English translation of Sophocles Greek classic Oedipus Rex 8 Dm Mondav in Hall Auditorium Hill actor and director in the Play House first becameinterested in the theater as a College undergraduate He also starred in the plays Cleveland premiere This production of Oedipus was tirst introduced by thecompany last fall in Cleveland and has been presented in several col efics in this area although never before at Oberlin The plays Eng lsh translation was written by Al bert S Cook poet playwright and classic scholar and was pub lished in 1957 in a book entitled Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translations Frederic McConnell director of Number of Grows with By MARTY SHOLLENBERGER The Review wont start printing marriage notices for some time to come but it is true that there are moremarried students in the College and the Conservatory than there have been since the immediate postwar years This year there are 85 of these students enrolled while comparative figures show that in 195057 there were 66 and in 195253 62 The approximate number of married students who will beregistering next year is not now available since applications to the Committee of Deans forpermission to marry are now beingconsidered stated Preston Plewsassistant to the Dean of Men Even if the number of married students remains the same however it would still be dwarfed by the 194748 enrollment of 651married students Exceptions for Veterans According to Mr Plows the special situation of the war years began the change in Collegeinterpretation of its standing policy statement about married students In a letter to The Review Sept French and German but not to English French and German are more widely known among the intellectuals when Englishbecomes better known more books will probably be translated into English enabling the English speaking countries to acquaint themselves with Turkishliterature Chinaware designing is an old Turkish art inherited by the Otto mans from the Seljuks It Is still widely practiced in the Western part of Turkey The designs are put on by hand requiring time and skill This art is wellrepresented on the walls of the Islamic Center in Washington DC Copper and Silver Copper and silver works aspecialty of eastern Turkey is an art that has been brought to Anatolia by the Turks who previouslyinhabited Middle Asia It isremarkable that the designs are hand made without sketching thedesign on the metal initially Carpets of central andsouthwestern Turkey are well known in the United States Weavingcarpets is a winter occupation for many a village girl who does not have much to do during thisseason Embroidery wood carving and scripture copying are some of the less known Turkish artsNevertheless they constitute asignificant part of the Turkish culture especially practiced by the 17million villagers who representthreefourths of the people Turkish culture for a long time almost completely unknown to the West is finally becomingintroduced to Europe and America It is a different culture but it iscertainly significant the Play House since 1921 isfeaturing an unusual use of lighting and unique staging of thetraditional Greek chorus In drama techniques which he evolved at the Play House A professional residentcompany the Play Housesimultaneously operates three theaters from October through May and is in part supported by the Ford Foundations art program The performance iscosponsored by the Department ofClassics and the Oberlin DramaticAssociation Tickets are on sale at Haylors Book Store and Hall Auditorium Married Students Eased Restrictions dent who enters into the mar riage relationship withoutprevious permission from the Commit tee severs his relation with the College This permission accord ing to the Committee had been granted before the war only in exceptional cases and would continue to be so But veterans would be consid Convention Committee Plans Orientation of Incoming Frosh By using some 250 pictures from Stofans Studio indisplays of the last convention this years planners hope to aid in orienting incoming students A letter written by Mark Furs tenberg and Alice Goldstein will be sent in June to incomingstudents to give them their first taste of the big event The letter will FRIDAY EVENING SERIES Mr Simon Barenbaum of the French department will discuss the modern French theater 730 pm tomorrow In the YW lounge explain the history of MockConvention and the positions open to freshmen A followup letter may be sent in August During Orientation Week a film and a talk by Conventionchairman Jim Meeks and a talent night talk will further publicityConvention planners also hope to work through the Review the dorm counselors program and the BigLittle Sister Program Transfer students will beoriented through the BigSisterProgram a special program will be arranged for the returningSalzburgers Mock Convention will have a booth during Activities Night and will conduct afreshman seminar the second week in October 73 Foreign Leaders To Visit Examine Small College Life An Assistant Professor ofPedagogical Seminar from Yugoslavia a secondary school teacher from Lebanon a case worker withpolitical refugees from Italy a Finnish pastor and Director ofNeighborhood House a German Judge of the Superior Court and a French farmer will be among the 73 for niim vouth leaders who will be guests of Cosmo Club Tuesday Students will encounter them in dining halls classes on side walks and in the snacK par io further orient them into the ways of American campus life John Donaldson will speak on student activities and Wade Smith will talk on the work of the Y oncampus at a meeting 430 to 530 in Wilder Lounge At this meeting all interested students will be given an opportunity to question the foreign students The group and its hosts will also attend a tea at 4 pm and a box supper in rec hall at 530 which will be followed by a concert by the Folk Song Club and informal folk dancing The latter two are open to thestudent body HILL as OEDIPUS ered exceptional cases due to the war experience if they gavestatement of their special reasons in an application if they were 21 or over and if they had goodscholastic standing The veterans were responsible for their own financial support lor getting their own housing and for applying to the See MARRIAGE p 4 to the 1960 Mock Convention Theolog Seminar Adding to the campus trendtoward summer programs the Grad uate School of Theology will con duct a threeweek seminar in CO operation with the Weekday Re ligious Education Department of the Ohio Council of Churches June 28 to July 17 The seven courses are planned for ministers and urban churches weekday teachers of religiondirectors of religious education the ological students and other church workers International News Herter Asks Army Reduction GermanPoliticalReuiiilication Courtety of WOBC Unitad Prtu Secretary of State Christian Herter made a proposal at the Geneva Foreign Ministers greatly cut US and Russian pean move and at the same time insure European security and the reunification of Germany Soviet Foreign Minister AndreiGromyko made no immediate reply to the plan earlier in the week he had indicated thafc Russia would reject any proposal that would link political action on Germany with European security Outside of Geneva theCommunists received the American proposal very coldly The East German news agency viciouslyattacked it while Radio Moscow in a program monitored inLondon called the package plan on Germany an attempt to make the work of the ministers moredifficult HOUSING EDUCATION Two committees of the House of Representatives approved bills yesterday that would allow the federal government to wield more influence in the area of housing and education problems The House Rules Committeeapproved and sent to the floor a Democratic proposal to spend more than two and a half billion dollars on a federal housingprogram Meanwhile the HouseEducation Committee approved a Democraticsponsored bill for 400 million dollars in schoolconstruction aid The bill would provide federal funds for both schoolconstruction and teacher salaries Asks for Discouragement Of Early Bus Departure By ED MOSCOVITCH The Faculty voted to eliminate the nocut rule at its Tuesday afternoon meeting This action was immediately amended by a motion asking that steps be taken to discourage the promotion and sale of tickets for party buses leavingbefore the beginning of the vacations It was also pointed out that each faculty member should as part of his responsibility try to obtain the best possible student attendance at classes Miss Eileen Thornton College Librarian observed that the action came as an answer to the demand for as much student responsibility as could be reasonably expected Students cannot be responsible she added unless given a chance to demonstrate theirresponsibility Student Council Letter The final vote which Robert Williams director of PublicRelations termed decisive cameafter a presentation by Student Council President Judd Kessler Kessler answered questions and commented on a letter which Council had distributed to the Faculty Monday afternoon urging repeal of the old rule While stating the results of a Social Research Committeesurvey showing that class cuttingbefore and after vacations hadincreased during the trial period the letter insisted that this was not the point It maintained that each student should be able todecide for himself duringprevacation as well as normal periods whether or not attending each class would be worthwhile In any case the letter continued students should be heldresponsible for all work in a course Thus missed material is abuiltin punishment for cutters Early Party Buses The proposal to limit early party buses was made by Kessler who had previously obtained the consent of Bill Long Oberlin Greyhound agent AlthoughKessler admitted that suggesting this was a sacrifice of principle on his part he felt it would eliminate the frequent faculty objections to that long line of buses in front of Peters Hall the afternoon before classes end Two years ago the originalnocut rule providing for a penalty of one additional hour of gradu ation requirements for eachprevacation class a student missed was suspended for a oneyear trial period Last year this period was extended for a second year Tues day the rule was permanently abolished International News Service meeting yesterday that would armed forces in a central Euro Faculty Urges Trustees Reconsider Proposed Plan The General Faculty has strongly requested thepostponement of final Trustee action on a proposal to increase the authority of the President At a special meeting lastWednesday the Faculty voted 1027 to ask the Board of Trustees for fur ther consultation between faculty representatives and the Board Wednesdays meeting was called by members of the GeneralFaculty Council to request additional discussion with the Trustees on the proposal President Stevenson has indicated that he believes the Trustees will give the Facultyrequest for consultation asympathetic hearing Previous Trustee action had consisted of expressed approval of HONOR VIOLATIONS Two Conservatory freshmen were recently found guilty of violating the Honor System on an assignment As penalties two and three hours respectively wereadded to their graduationrequirement A sophomore was recently found guilty of violating the HonorSystem As a penalty three hours were added to the individuals graduation requirement Students Vote For Charities CRDs Board Casting their ballots under an experimental election system which included polls in the Li brary and at the breakfast lines students chose eight members of next years Consolidated Relief Drive Steering Committee Named in yesterdays elections were Dick Baker Bob Cassels Nancy Erb Jan Holmes Howard Hush Molly Radcliffe Wendy Sheldon and Barbara Smith Indicated by the campus as its preferences for the charities to be supported by CRD were the areas of refugee relief first choice and medical aid and research thesecond preference Students alsorecommended that gifts of 500 out of an expected 4000 be made to both large and smallorganizations but with emphasis on the smaller groups for which CRD would be a major financialcontributor Preference was also shown for charities abroad Members of the ElectionsCommittee felt that while only 422 students voted for committee members the new election system was basically good and that with more publicity the new system could reach a greater number of students Ben Lewis Begins Eight Month Trip With Jordan Visit Within the next eight months Ben W Lewis professor ofeconomics will travel to the Near East as a consultant back to the States as a university lecturer and to Europe for a semesterssabbatical Tomorrow Professor Lewis and his wife will set out for Amman Jordan where he will serve for two months as a consultant to that governments EconomicDevelopment Board Professor Lewis did similar work for Colombia in 1943 and Venezuela in 1953 In midJuly he will return to the United States to lecture as a visiting professor of economics at the University of Colorado for four weeks and for three weeks in the University of MichigansUtility Executive Program in which he has participated since 1951 Visits and consultations with See LEWIS p 4 the proposal on March 12 andinstructions to the committee onlegal questions and bylaws toprepare appropriate amendments to the College charter and bylaws for enactment at the Junemeeting of the Board The plan is designed to give the President more freedom so that he can work moreeffectively According to the proposed changes the President would no longer serve as chairman of the Board of Trustees and he would have the final authority toapprove initial appointments to the faculty and reappointments of the rank of instructor and assistant professor and certain ingradesalary increases In addition the President would be able to effect the transfer of certain budgeted funds within approved categories The General Faculty Council seeks to consult with the Board of Trustees on the merits of the proposed changes particularly on those involving facultyappointments