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OS v Yeoman Gridders Have Long Way To Go1 Sports Page 3 Hell Week Misfit IrOberlin Heritage Editorial Page 2 VOLUME 85 Z572 OBERLIN OHIO TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1957 NUMBER 3 itfSMk Iff MM m n n Sophomores Consider Hell Week Changes Class Petitions Meeting Tonight Debates Abolishment of Program Petitions circulated by sophomore students interested in abolishing Hell Week have mandated the class president John Graybeal to call a special meeting of the class to discuss changes in the Hell Week program The meeting will be held at 730 tonight in Finney Chapel to consider more construc tive alterations in the Droeram Open Houses SP ark Oct 6 Parents Day Director of Development CRobert Keesey has announced thetentative schedule of events forParents Day Oct 6 The newprogram will offer a chance forparents to observe informally theusual educational and socialactivities at the College Parents will register and receive namebadges in the morning at Wilder Hall where they may also pick up tickets reserved inadvance for the football game in the afternoon The game withBaldwinWallace will start at 2 pm at Dill Field Students and their parents are invited to a Postgame Mixer at 430 pm in Dascomb Hall where they can talkinformally with members of the faculty and administration During the afternoondormitories will be open for parents to visit the living floors and meet their sons and daughters friends Mr Keesey emphasized that the goal of Parents Day is informal APPLICATIONS OPEN Positions are open on theInternational Affairs Committee Interested students including freshmen should contact Martha Bicking at Pyle Inn 49561 and spontaneous contact so no elaborate preparations should be made for the open houses The Presidents Office has sent invitations and reservationapplications for the football game to all parents Although the program is scheduled as a oneday eventparents who wish to spend theweekend will be able to arrangeaccommodations in Elyria Lorain or Cleveland Parents Day is to become an annual event designed toencourage parents of College students to take an interest in the problems of private education and to know more about the College MrKeesey said Although parents take part in College affairs when they visitattend alumni meetings or speak at assemblies or career conferences Mr Keesey pointed out that this would provide the first direct channel of communicationbetween parents and the College No Communists in the Gold Coast African Admires Living Criticizes U S Picture By JERRY RUBIN Dollar meals 102 story buildings antiCommunist pledges free expression of emotion television and peace and quiet these are African Jude Aidoos first impressions of America The standard of living so high here he said The 25 year old sophomore son of a Gold Coast cocoa farmertrader is onscholarship from the CocoaMarketing Board In my country it costs seven shillings or one dollar for all meals a day here thats only one meal But the electrical appliances you ave and the cars All we have is British radios and only the Prime Minister has a Cadillac Jude grinned After seven years in America I will be spoiled I will want to stay here But I am study ing to be a doctor and will be more useful in the Gold Coast Communism First of Judes American sur Prises was when he was asked to sign an antiCommunist pledge We have no problem whatsoever th Communists The people in we Gold Coast have never seen a Communist The Russians havent Promised us any help or made any gestures our way We are not afraid of the Communist threat because there is none in the Gold Coast ana tne possibility of complete abolishment of Hell Week A few days ago the idea of abolishment of the programoccurred to several sophomoreleaders and Student Council member Steve Kaplan suggested that the most effective method for acting either pro or con on this idea was in a sophomore class meeting However Graybeal could not act without 20 per cent of the class signatures on petitions Late last night this goal was reached Noisy Demonstration At approximately the same time that the petitioners secured thenecessary signatures last night a noisy demonstration broke out on the lawn between Burton and Noah Halls Fire sirens were set off in Burton Hall and the lights were turned off in Noah laterupperclassmen circulated in back of Noah Hall urging the freshmen to come out Eyewitnesses reported that the juniors and seniors eager for sophfrosh combat had caused most of the disturbance An ironic note to the incident was the fact that Graybeal talked and mingled with the freshmen without interference During this week the dormitory councils of the two freshmen dormitories the Barrowsfreshmen sitting with the NoahCouncil will discuss the freshmanposition on Hell Week policy and freshman combat action Tf the sophomore class votes no changes in the Hell Week program as it stands now alterations of last years activities include the elimination of theearlywakening for the freshman girls and the retention of the mens pajama run This year the pajama run is modified slightly so that it will be an obstacle course As in the past depantsing will be unofficial If it occurs and any damage toproperty must be paid for by theindividuals involved Friendship Dance Hell Week activities ifunchanged will begin this Sunday and continue through the following Saturday night when thetraditional Bury the Hatchet dance will close the weeks proceedingsRepresentatives from both classes will meet as a symbol of the newsophfrosh friendship In charge of Hell Week are President Graybeal Al Hooper Hell Week chairman for menCarol King chairman for womens Hell Day and Dorothy Langer chairman of sophfrosh relations The dance is under the direction of Judy Wells All the individual African knows Jude continued is what the British tell him But we are afraid of any foreign power that seeks to dominate us he added Before arriving at Oberlin Jude stayed in New York three weeks visited the Empire State Building Our largest building is seven stories I got so dizzy looked agape at all the electricalappliances and was impressed with the general geniality of American folk Everyone was so decent so nice and hospitable too splendid Indifference The only thing which really bothered him was the seemingdisinterest in Africa shown byAmericans Your people should be more interested in others Of all thestudents I have met only three or four really know where the Gold Coast is Echoing sentiments heard last year from Kenyan studentHezikiah Openda Jude suggests Americans should seek to learn more about others Typical of American ignorance anH nnnr taste he thinks was a comment addressed to a friend of his studying architecture inCalifornia You mean you havebuildings in Africa Mnuips dont Bive Americans an accurate picture of Africa he feels Sure he said we nave drumming and dancing but we dont have the fires and wild sav chun in the movies There dgcij Reardon Fills Open Council Seat Group Reprimands HiOHi Head Spencer Irwin Spencer Irwin foreign affairs columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer will speak on Suez at a required assembly noon Thursday in FinneyChapel A specialist on the problems of the Near East he haswritten editorials on international affairs and American foreign policy Democrats Invite DiSalle To Speak Organize Debates At an organizational meeting of the Young Democrats ClubThursday President Peter Robertson announced that an invitation has been sent to Ohio gubernatorial candidate Michael DiSalle to speak on the Oberlin campus Thecampus group is working with the town organization in bringingDiSalle back to the Oberlin campus he spoke here during MockConvention last year At the meeting the group formed a committee under Dick Hamilton to arrange debates with Young Republicans on salientissues of the campaign There will be a meeting Thursday night in the YLounge of Young Democrats interested in debating Another committee led by Larry Mirel will conduct a campaign to make sure all eligible voters at the College take advantage of their ballot Along the same lines a group has been formed to work with the local Democratic club to Continued on Page 4 Standard of Africa is no fetish worship in AfricaBelieve it or not the first time I saw a lion was in an American zoo False Impressions Your movies he said dont give us a fair picture of America either Mothers in the Gold Coast are alarmed to send their sons to the States because they fear the pistols and shooting shown in the movies You must come to America to learn the truth How does an African boy view Americas great problemsegregation That is a sore topic Jude affirms Quite honestly wecondemn the US for it Segregation lowers your prestige As I see the problem there is no easysolution It is the only bad thing about America Public Affection Jude is a little bothered about one other thing too The amount of affection your people show in public the holding hands thekissing its improper A soccer player Aidoo alsoenjoys pingpong photography and dancing But he doesnt enjoy the weather The lowest recordedtemperature in the Gold Coast is 69 degrees And he has yet to see snow But except for the weather Jude feels that Oberlin is a perfect place Everyone is so friendly and nice Everyone says hello I feel much at home like Im in the Gold Coast MM Reichard Reveals Application Date On Fulbright Gifts Applicants for Fulbright gradu ate scholarships offered by foreign countries to promote betterunderstanding of the United States abroad must file completedapplication forms by Nov 1 Ful bright Program adviser Joseph Reichard said yesterdayFortythree graduates of the College have received Fulbright grants since the programs inception in 1949 Fulbright scholars as represent atives of the United States seek to increase mutual understandingbetween the people of this nation and the people of other countries AH Expenses Paid Fulbright grants cover transpor tation living and academicexpenses for one year US educa tional commissions and founda tions abroad arrange the academic placement of scholarship recipients in approved foreign educational institutions US citizenship and a college de gree are qualifications for allapplicants Selection is made by the Institute of InternationalEducation and the governments of the respective countries of application on the basis of the applicantspersonal qualifications academicrecord value of the proposed study or research and suitability forplacement in an institution of higher learning abroad As a general poli cy preference is given toapplicants who have not had prioropportunity for extended foreign study or travel Students may obtaininformation about the Fulbright program application blanks and instruc tions from Proessor Reichard whose office is Room 204 ROTC building College Personnel Abroad Two College professors and sev en recent graduates are currently studying abroad under Fulbright sponsorship Included are Prof Elsworth Carlson lecturing on Far Eastern history at the University of the Philippines Prof Charles Parkhurst conducting research in art history at the University of Utrecht Netherlands Martha Brice studying embryology at the Continued on Page 4 President Gets Honorary LLD President Stevenson received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Princeton University Sunday at ceremonies marking the 200th anniversary of the opening of NaS sau Hall Princetons original building and the nations capital in 1783 Among others who received hon orary degrees were Dag Hammar skiold SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations and RobertMeyner Governor of New Jersey Dr Fordyce B St John Prince ton University Orator presented the candidates to President Harold W Dodds who conferred the de grees President Stevensons citation read President of OberlinCollege he has turned hisadministrative genius to the notableadvantage of that old anddistinguished place By his educational experience as by his personalexample he proves that chancefavors the prepared mind and that no pleasure is superior to that of standing on the vantageground of hardwon truth If 7 Editor Violates Code Of Financial Charter By CAROLYN SWISHER Student Council Sunday night in effect reprimanded HiOHi Editor Mickey Pfister for violating the Financial Charter byspending more than the allotted 300 for the print ing of the Wolfbook Gil Williams moved that Council increase the Wolfbook category of the HiOHi budget to allow for the printing of 1400 Wolfbooks This measure was inevitable since the Wolfbook bill will have to be paid To show his disapproval Steve Kaplan attempted to amend the motion to read with protest but the action was defeated in a straw vote six opposed and four in favor Bob Kummer then proposed a milder amendment which stated that Council in no way condoned Pflsters violation of the Financial Charter This amendment was ap proved and the original motion was passed as amended Rejects 800 Request As a further reprimand Coun cil also turned down Pflstersrequest for 800 for more color pages in the yearbook by a vote of six to four Pfister explained that by chang ing printers he had saved 1800 on printing costs for this yearsHiOHi He therefore felt justified in spending the extra 325 for the printing of the Wolfbook and in requesting additional funds for color pages He further explained that the new printer with which the HiO Hi is dealing was consideringusing a higher quality color press method than the HiOHi wasallotted at no additional price Pfis ter said this was because the com pany may use the yearbook as a display piece of its work He ex pressed doubt as to whether the company would be interested in the HiOHi as a display piece if no more color pages were added and felt that the company would therefore be unwilling to absorb the expense of the high quality method of color printing Council member Jon Cunnyng ham said that he felt Pfister had used his position on Council toforward his position on the HiOHi Kaplan said the immediateproblem pointed to a more basicproblemthat it is very difficult for any Council member to hold an other key position on campuswithout interweaving the two Council discussed this issue at length last year when Pflsters appointment to HiOHi was considered forapproval Financial Charter Serious Kaplan emphasized that Coun cil must take the Financial Char ter seriously or else no one will consider it seriously He added in reference to Pflsters request for more color pages that It is hardly appropriate for Council to grant money to an organization that has so recently broken the Charter Kaplan suggested that Pfister could have sent a letter to Council members this summer questioning the advisability of spending more than the allotted amount on the Patterson Puts Emphasis On Religious Liberals Role By BETH ROBINSON i The majority of individuals are still in bondage to false dogmas superstitions orsystems of thought and action which restrict progress and which should have beendiscredited centuries ago stated Mr Charles Pattersonspeaking to Channing Clubmembers Sunday night in Y Lounge Discussing the ReligiousLiberals Role in Social Action Mr Patterson defined a liberal as a person who has freed himself from all that hems in cramps or enslaves human life Mostpeople he emphasized are liberal only part of the time A true lib eral he said is one who is con sistently so throughout all the basic areas of life Mr Patterson divided the areas of social action of a religious lib eral into three categories political economic and social The religious lerrea to Harvard University this fall Wolfbook Cunnyngham stated that he was disturbed that he had not been notified this summer about the proposed changes since the final expenditure had beendetermined by the HiOHi staff as late as Freshman Week this fall Although several Council members were on campus at that time none were notified Said Pfister Ill admit that I made a slip in public relations Pflsters Position Pfister explained his position about adding color pages saying that punitive action would beunwise in respect to taking advantage of an opportunity that wouldnever be had again He said that Council should not insist on a rule that would forfeit a benefit to the campus June Osborn replied by saying Since Mickey is a Councilmember it is very important that some strong action be taken She also DIRECTORY Secretaries of all organizations listed in the Oberlin CollegeDirectory are requested to check copy Involving theirorganizations in the College Secretarys office before Oct 5 said that many students werealready dissatisfied because money for extra color pages had beenadded to this years activity card In addition to the action taken Council considered censuringPfister and withdrawing funds granted last year for color pages Thesealternatives were rejected Laborite To Discuss Health Insurance The Right Honorable Hilary A Marquand MP will present aLaborites view of the Bfitish Health Insurance program 8 pm next Tuesday in Hall Auditorium A Labor member of Parliament since 1949 Marquand heldpositions in the Labor governmentincluding the Ministry of Pensions and the Ministry of Health He also served as director ofindustrial surveys of South Wales and Acting Principal of the Board of Trade Mr Marquand comes to theCollege under the MullenbachLectureship which was inaugurated in April 1955 by Meyer Kestnbaum Formerly a professor ofeconomics at the University of South Wales Marquand spent a year in this country studying industrial relations and as a visitingprofessor of economics at theUniversity of Wisconsin liberal concerns himself with the problems which arise in each group The religiouspoliticalliberal is interested in suchproblems as housing public health and fair employment practices he said The religiouseconomic liberal is interested in the welfare of small businesses and the religioussocial liberal is concerned with restricted classes and with the defense of the liberties of the defenseless por tions of our populations Mr Patterson who works for the Urban League in Cleveland is primarily interested in integration and tolerance for minority groups He admitted that the process of in tegration would be a gradual one He added however that in a strongly segregated community there are often more liberals pres ent than are apparent Mr Patterson was graduated from Antioch College in 1951 and is now doing graduate work at Western Reserve University Jr Class Candidate Succeeds McKnight Student Council meeting Sunday night in West Lounge of Wilder Hall chose Brad Reardon to succeed Dave McKnight as the twelfth member of Council McKnight trans Reardon a junior ran thirteenth in the Council elections last March He is president of ForensicUnion and a member of the YMYW Religious Forum Committee and the soccer team Last year he was coordinator for the Five College Conference and a member of Sophomore Social Board Arriving at the Council meeting after being informed of hisselection Reardon volunteered to take McKnights position as a member of the nominations committee Tour of Poland Delays Return Of Russia Rep The Colleges 1956 RussiaRepresentative Larry Gottheim is currently on tour with anexperimental theater group of young Polish students This tour will postpone Gottheims arrival on campus until Sept 29 A letter from the College senior dated Warsaw Poland Sept 13 stated that he had gottenacquainted with a group of Polish students who had invited him to make a tour of some regions of Poland in their theatricalcompany Id even have a partspeaking some impossible sentences in Polish stated Gottheim A former Student Councilmember the Russia Representative was elected to represent the College on a summer tour of the USSR His platform informed the students that he would try to cut expenses and at the same time learn more about the Soviet Union by living with assorted Russian families He departed from New York forGermany early in July and spent some time in Moscow Matthew Raimondi Gives Violin Recital Mr Matthew Raimondi a new member of the Conservatory of Music faculty will give a violin recital at 830 pm Friday in Warner Concert Hall Mr Raimondi has been heard here before as a member of the New Music Quartet This year he will play second chair in the Ober lin String Quartet The group plans to give five concerts thisseason A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music Mr Raimondi re ceived his masters decree from Columbia University Friday evenings program will include Bachs Sonata No 2 in A Minor for solo violin SonataConcertante by Leon Kirchner Vier Stucke Op 7 by Anton Webern and Beethovens Sonata in AMajor Op 47 Prof Emil Danen berg will accompany at the piano Pietsch Announces 56 Staff Changes Review editor Mary Pietsch has announced the following staff changes in the positions on the College paper Ellen Rawlingsreplaces former news editors Sue Eubanks now at the University of California and Ellie Busick who is spending her junior year at the University College University of London Stephan Michelsonsucceeds Dave McKnight ascoadvertising manager with JohnSalzburg Fritz Lehmann takes over as circulation manager replacing Jim Claghorn Former associate editor Ann Colt resigned in order to devote more time to academicresponsibilities her work will be performed by present members of theeditorial board
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Title | Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1956-09-25 |
Description | vol. 85, no. 3 |
Subject | Oberlin College--Students--Periodicals |
Date | 1956-09-25 |
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Transcript | OS v Yeoman Gridders Have Long Way To Go1 Sports Page 3 Hell Week Misfit IrOberlin Heritage Editorial Page 2 VOLUME 85 Z572 OBERLIN OHIO TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1957 NUMBER 3 itfSMk Iff MM m n n Sophomores Consider Hell Week Changes Class Petitions Meeting Tonight Debates Abolishment of Program Petitions circulated by sophomore students interested in abolishing Hell Week have mandated the class president John Graybeal to call a special meeting of the class to discuss changes in the Hell Week program The meeting will be held at 730 tonight in Finney Chapel to consider more construc tive alterations in the Droeram Open Houses SP ark Oct 6 Parents Day Director of Development CRobert Keesey has announced thetentative schedule of events forParents Day Oct 6 The newprogram will offer a chance forparents to observe informally theusual educational and socialactivities at the College Parents will register and receive namebadges in the morning at Wilder Hall where they may also pick up tickets reserved inadvance for the football game in the afternoon The game withBaldwinWallace will start at 2 pm at Dill Field Students and their parents are invited to a Postgame Mixer at 430 pm in Dascomb Hall where they can talkinformally with members of the faculty and administration During the afternoondormitories will be open for parents to visit the living floors and meet their sons and daughters friends Mr Keesey emphasized that the goal of Parents Day is informal APPLICATIONS OPEN Positions are open on theInternational Affairs Committee Interested students including freshmen should contact Martha Bicking at Pyle Inn 49561 and spontaneous contact so no elaborate preparations should be made for the open houses The Presidents Office has sent invitations and reservationapplications for the football game to all parents Although the program is scheduled as a oneday eventparents who wish to spend theweekend will be able to arrangeaccommodations in Elyria Lorain or Cleveland Parents Day is to become an annual event designed toencourage parents of College students to take an interest in the problems of private education and to know more about the College MrKeesey said Although parents take part in College affairs when they visitattend alumni meetings or speak at assemblies or career conferences Mr Keesey pointed out that this would provide the first direct channel of communicationbetween parents and the College No Communists in the Gold Coast African Admires Living Criticizes U S Picture By JERRY RUBIN Dollar meals 102 story buildings antiCommunist pledges free expression of emotion television and peace and quiet these are African Jude Aidoos first impressions of America The standard of living so high here he said The 25 year old sophomore son of a Gold Coast cocoa farmertrader is onscholarship from the CocoaMarketing Board In my country it costs seven shillings or one dollar for all meals a day here thats only one meal But the electrical appliances you ave and the cars All we have is British radios and only the Prime Minister has a Cadillac Jude grinned After seven years in America I will be spoiled I will want to stay here But I am study ing to be a doctor and will be more useful in the Gold Coast Communism First of Judes American sur Prises was when he was asked to sign an antiCommunist pledge We have no problem whatsoever th Communists The people in we Gold Coast have never seen a Communist The Russians havent Promised us any help or made any gestures our way We are not afraid of the Communist threat because there is none in the Gold Coast ana tne possibility of complete abolishment of Hell Week A few days ago the idea of abolishment of the programoccurred to several sophomoreleaders and Student Council member Steve Kaplan suggested that the most effective method for acting either pro or con on this idea was in a sophomore class meeting However Graybeal could not act without 20 per cent of the class signatures on petitions Late last night this goal was reached Noisy Demonstration At approximately the same time that the petitioners secured thenecessary signatures last night a noisy demonstration broke out on the lawn between Burton and Noah Halls Fire sirens were set off in Burton Hall and the lights were turned off in Noah laterupperclassmen circulated in back of Noah Hall urging the freshmen to come out Eyewitnesses reported that the juniors and seniors eager for sophfrosh combat had caused most of the disturbance An ironic note to the incident was the fact that Graybeal talked and mingled with the freshmen without interference During this week the dormitory councils of the two freshmen dormitories the Barrowsfreshmen sitting with the NoahCouncil will discuss the freshmanposition on Hell Week policy and freshman combat action Tf the sophomore class votes no changes in the Hell Week program as it stands now alterations of last years activities include the elimination of theearlywakening for the freshman girls and the retention of the mens pajama run This year the pajama run is modified slightly so that it will be an obstacle course As in the past depantsing will be unofficial If it occurs and any damage toproperty must be paid for by theindividuals involved Friendship Dance Hell Week activities ifunchanged will begin this Sunday and continue through the following Saturday night when thetraditional Bury the Hatchet dance will close the weeks proceedingsRepresentatives from both classes will meet as a symbol of the newsophfrosh friendship In charge of Hell Week are President Graybeal Al Hooper Hell Week chairman for menCarol King chairman for womens Hell Day and Dorothy Langer chairman of sophfrosh relations The dance is under the direction of Judy Wells All the individual African knows Jude continued is what the British tell him But we are afraid of any foreign power that seeks to dominate us he added Before arriving at Oberlin Jude stayed in New York three weeks visited the Empire State Building Our largest building is seven stories I got so dizzy looked agape at all the electricalappliances and was impressed with the general geniality of American folk Everyone was so decent so nice and hospitable too splendid Indifference The only thing which really bothered him was the seemingdisinterest in Africa shown byAmericans Your people should be more interested in others Of all thestudents I have met only three or four really know where the Gold Coast is Echoing sentiments heard last year from Kenyan studentHezikiah Openda Jude suggests Americans should seek to learn more about others Typical of American ignorance anH nnnr taste he thinks was a comment addressed to a friend of his studying architecture inCalifornia You mean you havebuildings in Africa Mnuips dont Bive Americans an accurate picture of Africa he feels Sure he said we nave drumming and dancing but we dont have the fires and wild sav chun in the movies There dgcij Reardon Fills Open Council Seat Group Reprimands HiOHi Head Spencer Irwin Spencer Irwin foreign affairs columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer will speak on Suez at a required assembly noon Thursday in FinneyChapel A specialist on the problems of the Near East he haswritten editorials on international affairs and American foreign policy Democrats Invite DiSalle To Speak Organize Debates At an organizational meeting of the Young Democrats ClubThursday President Peter Robertson announced that an invitation has been sent to Ohio gubernatorial candidate Michael DiSalle to speak on the Oberlin campus Thecampus group is working with the town organization in bringingDiSalle back to the Oberlin campus he spoke here during MockConvention last year At the meeting the group formed a committee under Dick Hamilton to arrange debates with Young Republicans on salientissues of the campaign There will be a meeting Thursday night in the YLounge of Young Democrats interested in debating Another committee led by Larry Mirel will conduct a campaign to make sure all eligible voters at the College take advantage of their ballot Along the same lines a group has been formed to work with the local Democratic club to Continued on Page 4 Standard of Africa is no fetish worship in AfricaBelieve it or not the first time I saw a lion was in an American zoo False Impressions Your movies he said dont give us a fair picture of America either Mothers in the Gold Coast are alarmed to send their sons to the States because they fear the pistols and shooting shown in the movies You must come to America to learn the truth How does an African boy view Americas great problemsegregation That is a sore topic Jude affirms Quite honestly wecondemn the US for it Segregation lowers your prestige As I see the problem there is no easysolution It is the only bad thing about America Public Affection Jude is a little bothered about one other thing too The amount of affection your people show in public the holding hands thekissing its improper A soccer player Aidoo alsoenjoys pingpong photography and dancing But he doesnt enjoy the weather The lowest recordedtemperature in the Gold Coast is 69 degrees And he has yet to see snow But except for the weather Jude feels that Oberlin is a perfect place Everyone is so friendly and nice Everyone says hello I feel much at home like Im in the Gold Coast MM Reichard Reveals Application Date On Fulbright Gifts Applicants for Fulbright gradu ate scholarships offered by foreign countries to promote betterunderstanding of the United States abroad must file completedapplication forms by Nov 1 Ful bright Program adviser Joseph Reichard said yesterdayFortythree graduates of the College have received Fulbright grants since the programs inception in 1949 Fulbright scholars as represent atives of the United States seek to increase mutual understandingbetween the people of this nation and the people of other countries AH Expenses Paid Fulbright grants cover transpor tation living and academicexpenses for one year US educa tional commissions and founda tions abroad arrange the academic placement of scholarship recipients in approved foreign educational institutions US citizenship and a college de gree are qualifications for allapplicants Selection is made by the Institute of InternationalEducation and the governments of the respective countries of application on the basis of the applicantspersonal qualifications academicrecord value of the proposed study or research and suitability forplacement in an institution of higher learning abroad As a general poli cy preference is given toapplicants who have not had prioropportunity for extended foreign study or travel Students may obtaininformation about the Fulbright program application blanks and instruc tions from Proessor Reichard whose office is Room 204 ROTC building College Personnel Abroad Two College professors and sev en recent graduates are currently studying abroad under Fulbright sponsorship Included are Prof Elsworth Carlson lecturing on Far Eastern history at the University of the Philippines Prof Charles Parkhurst conducting research in art history at the University of Utrecht Netherlands Martha Brice studying embryology at the Continued on Page 4 President Gets Honorary LLD President Stevenson received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Princeton University Sunday at ceremonies marking the 200th anniversary of the opening of NaS sau Hall Princetons original building and the nations capital in 1783 Among others who received hon orary degrees were Dag Hammar skiold SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations and RobertMeyner Governor of New Jersey Dr Fordyce B St John Prince ton University Orator presented the candidates to President Harold W Dodds who conferred the de grees President Stevensons citation read President of OberlinCollege he has turned hisadministrative genius to the notableadvantage of that old anddistinguished place By his educational experience as by his personalexample he proves that chancefavors the prepared mind and that no pleasure is superior to that of standing on the vantageground of hardwon truth If 7 Editor Violates Code Of Financial Charter By CAROLYN SWISHER Student Council Sunday night in effect reprimanded HiOHi Editor Mickey Pfister for violating the Financial Charter byspending more than the allotted 300 for the print ing of the Wolfbook Gil Williams moved that Council increase the Wolfbook category of the HiOHi budget to allow for the printing of 1400 Wolfbooks This measure was inevitable since the Wolfbook bill will have to be paid To show his disapproval Steve Kaplan attempted to amend the motion to read with protest but the action was defeated in a straw vote six opposed and four in favor Bob Kummer then proposed a milder amendment which stated that Council in no way condoned Pflsters violation of the Financial Charter This amendment was ap proved and the original motion was passed as amended Rejects 800 Request As a further reprimand Coun cil also turned down Pflstersrequest for 800 for more color pages in the yearbook by a vote of six to four Pfister explained that by chang ing printers he had saved 1800 on printing costs for this yearsHiOHi He therefore felt justified in spending the extra 325 for the printing of the Wolfbook and in requesting additional funds for color pages He further explained that the new printer with which the HiO Hi is dealing was consideringusing a higher quality color press method than the HiOHi wasallotted at no additional price Pfis ter said this was because the com pany may use the yearbook as a display piece of its work He ex pressed doubt as to whether the company would be interested in the HiOHi as a display piece if no more color pages were added and felt that the company would therefore be unwilling to absorb the expense of the high quality method of color printing Council member Jon Cunnyng ham said that he felt Pfister had used his position on Council toforward his position on the HiOHi Kaplan said the immediateproblem pointed to a more basicproblemthat it is very difficult for any Council member to hold an other key position on campuswithout interweaving the two Council discussed this issue at length last year when Pflsters appointment to HiOHi was considered forapproval Financial Charter Serious Kaplan emphasized that Coun cil must take the Financial Char ter seriously or else no one will consider it seriously He added in reference to Pflsters request for more color pages that It is hardly appropriate for Council to grant money to an organization that has so recently broken the Charter Kaplan suggested that Pfister could have sent a letter to Council members this summer questioning the advisability of spending more than the allotted amount on the Patterson Puts Emphasis On Religious Liberals Role By BETH ROBINSON i The majority of individuals are still in bondage to false dogmas superstitions orsystems of thought and action which restrict progress and which should have beendiscredited centuries ago stated Mr Charles Pattersonspeaking to Channing Clubmembers Sunday night in Y Lounge Discussing the ReligiousLiberals Role in Social Action Mr Patterson defined a liberal as a person who has freed himself from all that hems in cramps or enslaves human life Mostpeople he emphasized are liberal only part of the time A true lib eral he said is one who is con sistently so throughout all the basic areas of life Mr Patterson divided the areas of social action of a religious lib eral into three categories political economic and social The religious lerrea to Harvard University this fall Wolfbook Cunnyngham stated that he was disturbed that he had not been notified this summer about the proposed changes since the final expenditure had beendetermined by the HiOHi staff as late as Freshman Week this fall Although several Council members were on campus at that time none were notified Said Pfister Ill admit that I made a slip in public relations Pflsters Position Pfister explained his position about adding color pages saying that punitive action would beunwise in respect to taking advantage of an opportunity that wouldnever be had again He said that Council should not insist on a rule that would forfeit a benefit to the campus June Osborn replied by saying Since Mickey is a Councilmember it is very important that some strong action be taken She also DIRECTORY Secretaries of all organizations listed in the Oberlin CollegeDirectory are requested to check copy Involving theirorganizations in the College Secretarys office before Oct 5 said that many students werealready dissatisfied because money for extra color pages had beenadded to this years activity card In addition to the action taken Council considered censuringPfister and withdrawing funds granted last year for color pages Thesealternatives were rejected Laborite To Discuss Health Insurance The Right Honorable Hilary A Marquand MP will present aLaborites view of the Bfitish Health Insurance program 8 pm next Tuesday in Hall Auditorium A Labor member of Parliament since 1949 Marquand heldpositions in the Labor governmentincluding the Ministry of Pensions and the Ministry of Health He also served as director ofindustrial surveys of South Wales and Acting Principal of the Board of Trade Mr Marquand comes to theCollege under the MullenbachLectureship which was inaugurated in April 1955 by Meyer Kestnbaum Formerly a professor ofeconomics at the University of South Wales Marquand spent a year in this country studying industrial relations and as a visitingprofessor of economics at theUniversity of Wisconsin liberal concerns himself with the problems which arise in each group The religiouspoliticalliberal is interested in suchproblems as housing public health and fair employment practices he said The religiouseconomic liberal is interested in the welfare of small businesses and the religioussocial liberal is concerned with restricted classes and with the defense of the liberties of the defenseless por tions of our populations Mr Patterson who works for the Urban League in Cleveland is primarily interested in integration and tolerance for minority groups He admitted that the process of in tegration would be a gradual one He added however that in a strongly segregated community there are often more liberals pres ent than are apparent Mr Patterson was graduated from Antioch College in 1951 and is now doing graduate work at Western Reserve University Jr Class Candidate Succeeds McKnight Student Council meeting Sunday night in West Lounge of Wilder Hall chose Brad Reardon to succeed Dave McKnight as the twelfth member of Council McKnight trans Reardon a junior ran thirteenth in the Council elections last March He is president of ForensicUnion and a member of the YMYW Religious Forum Committee and the soccer team Last year he was coordinator for the Five College Conference and a member of Sophomore Social Board Arriving at the Council meeting after being informed of hisselection Reardon volunteered to take McKnights position as a member of the nominations committee Tour of Poland Delays Return Of Russia Rep The Colleges 1956 RussiaRepresentative Larry Gottheim is currently on tour with anexperimental theater group of young Polish students This tour will postpone Gottheims arrival on campus until Sept 29 A letter from the College senior dated Warsaw Poland Sept 13 stated that he had gottenacquainted with a group of Polish students who had invited him to make a tour of some regions of Poland in their theatricalcompany Id even have a partspeaking some impossible sentences in Polish stated Gottheim A former Student Councilmember the Russia Representative was elected to represent the College on a summer tour of the USSR His platform informed the students that he would try to cut expenses and at the same time learn more about the Soviet Union by living with assorted Russian families He departed from New York forGermany early in July and spent some time in Moscow Matthew Raimondi Gives Violin Recital Mr Matthew Raimondi a new member of the Conservatory of Music faculty will give a violin recital at 830 pm Friday in Warner Concert Hall Mr Raimondi has been heard here before as a member of the New Music Quartet This year he will play second chair in the Ober lin String Quartet The group plans to give five concerts thisseason A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music Mr Raimondi re ceived his masters decree from Columbia University Friday evenings program will include Bachs Sonata No 2 in A Minor for solo violin SonataConcertante by Leon Kirchner Vier Stucke Op 7 by Anton Webern and Beethovens Sonata in AMajor Op 47 Prof Emil Danen berg will accompany at the piano Pietsch Announces 56 Staff Changes Review editor Mary Pietsch has announced the following staff changes in the positions on the College paper Ellen Rawlingsreplaces former news editors Sue Eubanks now at the University of California and Ellie Busick who is spending her junior year at the University College University of London Stephan Michelsonsucceeds Dave McKnight ascoadvertising manager with JohnSalzburg Fritz Lehmann takes over as circulation manager replacing Jim Claghorn Former associate editor Ann Colt resigned in order to devote more time to academicresponsibilities her work will be performed by present members of theeditorial board |
Date | 1956-09-25 |
Format | .jp2 |
Source | Oberlin College |
title sorting | Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1956-09-25 |
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