Vol. XCII, No. 72 ALLEGHENY COLLEGE CAMPUS January 31, 1960
NEURATH FEATURED IN CONCERT
At 8:15 P. M. Sunday, February 2
in Ford Chapel, the -Artist-in-
ReSidence Quartet will present a
concert of chamber music, the
second in a series of three pro-
grams. The concert will be open to
the public; there will be no charge
for admission^ The •Artist-in--
Residence Quartet, a group 0? two
married couples (Ivan and Carmen
Romanenko of Thiel College and
Herbert and Lilly Neurath of
Allegheny College) who organized
a permanent string quartet, has
appeared repeatedly on both col-
lege campuses. Also featured in
the program is Miss Priscilla
Fullerton, pianist and Allegheny
music instructor, who will accom-
pany the quartet in Brahms-
•Quintet for Piano and Strings.
Joseph Haydn s 'String Quartet
in F Major, op. 74, No. 2. Writ-
ten in 1793 when the composer was
preoccupied with orchestral mu-
sic, it displays a certain symphon-
ic quality - a brief introduction to
the first movement, elaborate de-
velopments, rich sonorities, and a
brilliant and rousing final move-
ment. This piece ranks among
Haydn s most famous creations in
the area of the string quartet.
Hugo Wolf s -Italian Serenade,-
a unique and highly original work
unparalleled in music literature, is
one of the very few instrumental
pieces written by the great mas-
ter of the German art song. Pre-
sented in the most delicate shad-
ings and sophisticated musical
techniques, which depict with sub-
tle humor and faint irony the old
story suggested by the title, this
spicy little piece is one of the gems
of any chamber music repertoire.
To conclude the program, the
string quartet, joined by the piano,
will perform Brahms powerfully
dramatic 'Quintet for Piano and
Strings in F minor, op. 34O This
beartiful work, perhaps the great-
est composition ever written for
this instrumental combination,
has a dramatic history of its own.
First conceived for string quartet,
Brahms then rearranged it as a
sonata for two pianos, and finally in
1864 gave it its definitive snstru-
m'?nf.ation. A work of great po'vj'.1
and romantic longing, it never
fails to deeply impress its audi-
ence.
Thompson Predicts "2001"
Allegheny in the year 2001 was
the interesting subject of Dr. Glenn.
W. Ticm.isn s 'Last Lecture-,
which was ^iven Wednesday mor-
ning in Ford Chapel. Dr. Thomp-
son, an associate professor of
psychology, offered both his ow;>
views and those of his students
on what the College will be like
after the next turn of the cen-
tury.
His ideas and those of his stu-
dents, which he obtained by taking
a survey in his Psychology 6 class,
were in agreement on a number
of points. First, both believed
that tha College will increase its
enrollment in the future but only
to a maximum of 3,000 or so stu-
dents. Secondly,they agreed that
course content will change con-
siderably by the time :-he next
century rolls around. Tiere was
also a consensus of opinion that
the student body will be more di-
verse and better qualified to do
academic work; academic life will
continue to become steadily more
competitive.
Students suggested that there
by Paul Gleason
will be a new library, men;/ e-
]«borate new buildings, and no
fraternities or sororoties. They
also expressed the belief that the
faculty will be generally younger
and more liberal. It will be more
highly qualified , with a greater
ratio of Ph.D. s among its mem-
bers than at present.
Dr. Thompson differed with the
students view on the future qual-
ifications of the faculty here.
He feels that an increased need
for Ph. D. s elsewhere in soc-
iety will decrease the proportion
of these people who will be in-
volved in education.
Professor Thompson predicted
such other future occurences as
the decline of the lecture method
of teachine, the greatly increased
use of multi-mr-dia instruction,
iv'reasod specialization on the
College s teaching staff, and >an
enthusiastic return to personalized
education. He suggested two al-
ternatives for student life IHM'S
THOMPSON
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fie (MATING COLLECTION
Thore is a fascinating col-
lection of nine award winning short
films showing on campus this week
(concluding Friday night ao 8;30).
The official title is Program I
of the NEW CINEMA a.id it is
a di-plaj of the. variety of short
film techniques being employed
in world cinema.
Tne collection began Tuesday
night with only 45 in attendance,
which isn t surprising considering
that if a film doesn-t have skin
(The Fox did.! t make all that mon-
ey because of the beautiful Ca-
nadian scenery) or it hasn t played
the local Bijou, Allegheny students
would rather watch -Mission Im-
possible (which fulfills neither
of the prior qualifications),
of the prior qualifications). For-
tunately the films have been
scheduled so they do not conflict
with the aforementioned program.
The films are directed by such
notables as Francois Truffaut
(Jules and Jim), Roman Polanski
(Rosemary s Baby), and Richard
Lester (A Hard Day s Night). Each
film is outstanding in its own right,
however in such a collection some
films tend to overshadow others.
My purely subjective choices for
the best films of the collection
are -Enter Hamlet , -The Run-
ning, Jumping, and Standing Still
Film , 'Allures-, and
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Jetee .
'Enter Hamlet- is a cartoon
illustration of each word of Ham-
let s soliloquy. Not only does the
film provide a chance for those
who are unfamiliar with this rea-
sonably well-known talk by the
Prince of Denmark to add to their
education, but it provides a new
direction for Shakespearian schol-
arship (attention: Dr. Madtes).
'The Running, Jumping, Standing
Still Film- explores, for all un-
believers, the variety of sight gags
which can be achieved by the silent
camera. Several tof the bits are
inspired and it-s all on a higher
plane than 'Laugh-In (after all,
this is Art). Peter Sellers leads
the madness, directed by Richard
Lester.
•Allures isafilmof form and
color, which becomes almost hyp-
notic. It is reminiscent of portions
of Keir Dullea s trip in 2001, how-
ever it achieves the sense of a
third dimension which Kubrick s
psycheldelia never achieved.
Of the serious films, 'La Jetee
is the showpiece. It is the longest
and the last in the collection. One
could run together a string of ad-
jectives to describe its effect,
but this is a case of a visual ex-
perience rendering verbal com-
munication inadequate. The film
can be approximately typed by cal-
ling it a science fiction story about
love. Since it is French, the tone
and the narration are subdued with
thai: touch of Gallic sadness re-
served for tragic love (the same
affect is used in Truffaut-s T^es
Mistons ). Most remarkably,
there are but five seconds of mo-
tion, the rest of the film being a
sequence of still pictures, a device
used exceedingly wall to give the
film its atmosphere and final im-
pact.
The New Cinema is art and it is
entertaining. A second program
(called appropriately enough, Pro-
gram II) will be shown from Feb-
ruary 3 - 6, consisting of nine more
films of the same quality, including
one by Jean Luc Godard and the
famous documentary on Hugh
Heffner, -The Most .
ACE invites all volunteers at
the Day Care Center and any
other interested people to a re-
ception Sunday, Feb. 2, 2:30, in
Quigley Lounge. Refreshments
will be provided.
ULYSSES" "The Difficult Hour"
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The Best Theater, Edinboro,
Pa., will open its third amual
spring film festival with rare
screenings of 'Ulysses,. T.I .;
film, which will run for four days
starting on Wednesday, February
12, has rarely been seen outsida
tho major cities.
James Joyce s monumental
novel, 'Ulysses,- first copies of
which, in 1922, had to be typed
'underground- in Paris where
they didn t understand the lang-
uage, has been tried in court for
obsenity, persistently banned and
burned, spat upon and misunder-
stood.
Even now, 45 hectic years after
its publication and 34 years after
its exoneration by the Hon. John
M. Woolsey who lifted the Amer-
ican ba_T in 1933, James Joyce's
masterpiece is still sold under the
counter in many countries.
Director Joseph Strick ('The
Balcony , 'The Savage Eye ) is
convinced that Joyce-who opened
Dublin s first movie theater but
lacked the money to keep it going-
had a deep awareness of cine-
matography. S:iys Strick,
'Joyce s literary style of flash-
backs, dream episodes, sound and
visual montages is a form of
cinematic shorthand.'
"Ulysses will be the first of
seven films to be offered during
the upcoming Wednesday night
spring film festival. As in the
past, the United Campus Ministry
of Edinboro will hold informal
discussions of all films at the
'Cup on Meadville Street, in
Edinboro. All films will be shown
at 7 and 9 p.m. Those outside
the Edinboro area may purchase
advance tickets by writing to the
Best Theater.
A solitary candle creating om-
inous obscurity from total dark-
ness... an experience begins.
'The Difficult Hour , a play-
written by Nobel-prize-winning
author Par Eagerkvist will be pre-
sented Friday and Saturday at 8:15
and 10:00 p.m. A coffee-house with
entertainment and refreshments
will follow the Friday night per-
College Union.
The 30 minute play, presented as
part of the Student Experimental
Theatre calendar is experimental
not only by its affiliation with
S.E.T. The nature of the play is
such that following each perform-
ance a questionnaire will be dis-
tributed among members of the
ajdience.
Information obtained from these
questionnaires is part of an inde-
pendent study project conducted
by David Doolen. -The Difficult
Hour was chosen, David stated,
because it lends itself to the-
atrical variables such as staging
and seating arrangement.
Diane Retteger is directing the
play, with Doug Flick, Randy
Pelton, Sharon Strife, Bonny Irwin,
Fred Isaacs, and John Wolfe as
cast members. Stage manager for
the play is George Shsldon.
... the candle is extinguished...
the performance ends but the ex-
perience goes on...
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BERLIN VS. A.C., SATURDAY
Oii.i'. n College will furnish the
opposition wuen Allegheny retar is
to the basketball campaign tomo r
row waning. The Gators will host
Oberlin in the David Meal Field
Hous.'j at 8 o-clock.
Coach Don Schriefer sAlle=;lu>
10X13 ha/3 ••split even thus far
in six gain.ns.. Most recently they
los! an 32-30 decision to John
Carroll on January 24a
Oberlin s Yeomen have seven
lettermen returning from last
year- s team which won 7 and lost
11. Include! among their victo-
ries last season was a 59-53 win
over Allegheny. Oberlin s record
after ten games this season is
5--and-5. They play at Carnegie
M 'iiion in Pittsburgh the night be-
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in height over the Gators. They
boasi Harold Oliver, a 6-6 let-
terman at center, and Ken Bruant,
a 3-8 freshman also listed as a
center. The Gators tallest play-
er is Dan Dansro,a 6-4 reserve
center and forward.
Leading the Yeoman scorers is
Al Wellington, a 5-11 guard with
a 12.5 average. Guard Walter
Eado;;, also 5-11, is averaging
9.9 a game and Ra.idy Miller,
a 6-2 forward, has an average
o* 8.4 per game. OvtjraV., the team
is shooting 37.2 per cent from
the floor.
Earl Singleton, a 6-3 forward,
leads the Yeomen in rebounds with
73 in 10 games, followed by Ol-
iver with 59, Miller with 52 and
Wellington with 45.
Forward John Howald, 6-3 ju-
nior, leads the Gators in scoring
with a 19.8-per-game average.
Freshman guari Tom Miller is
second with a 13.3 averagH.Junior
guard Mel Cralsiey and center
John Gunselman, a senior, also
are scoring in double figures,
a'/eraging 11.8 and 10.6 respa:"; •
tively,,
Gunselman :.s the leading reboun-
der with 55 in 6 games, followed
52 and Howald with 45.
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THOMPSON
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in the future-l)no social life at
all, with the College acting as a
purely aeadj.n.lc insii'.a-n- ••<•?:
th- erfii'.Lon of a true community
of scholars, which 'would require
the reversal of present trends.
Dx. Thompson spoke also of
a lecture he gave five years ago
as part of the 'Credo Series
of faculty talks, which were sim-
ilar in many ways to the 'Last
Lecture- Series. He described
his personal credo, which con-
tains four main parts. The first
of these is a belief in the or-
derliness of the universe. Dr.
Thompson went on to state that
within the vast unknown wh:ch
faces man today, there may be
some elements which are unknow-
able. Secondly, he expressed the
conviction that the world is known
only in terms of probabilistic
knowledge; certainties are simply
nonexistent. Professor Thompson
stated his view this way,*I doubt.
Therefore I believe.- Third, he be-
lieves that people have in them
the capacity for change. Fourth
he talked of the significant vi'un
of the small things in life; to
him, these are definitely the most
important aspects of living.
Dr. Thompson closed by exten-
ding an invUation fj those preseut
to attend his real -Last Lecture-
at Allegheny on June 5, 2001.
PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES
BAND. CU Dance Concert, Feb-
ruary 13, 1969, 8:30 p.m. in the
David Mead Field House. $2.00
with UP.
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