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BARD EEK :,Jo. 3 lt001C8 GOOD DE SF ITE ~, 1['1 I C ,II fT' IOT\T S .fil~ -' I - -i'i -.1: - 1\~ -General prospects for the class of IS53 are b~tter than expect-ed, even thou:h there are fewer applicutlone for entrance this fall than there were a year a~o for last Sopt€mbsr, the Office of Ad-missions has announced. The reason for trJis crop in aprlic~tions, it 1.,//.:-'S -2xpI8ined, 13 that vete rans are no lon:~ r 8 tt:=mpt in3 to ent2r colle ~G s. Yew students are no VI limit2d almost e-ntir"ely to thE ,::.:roup to be ~raduated fro;n 8:2-C-ondary sC~loo1 this June. -------------------------.~-------AHT-SOC IAL STUDI"S 3 iITS~l(SrD B~("- INS i'~"sXr,"1 FRIDAY :0~Ii}~-IT; MSTIR SCHAPIRO J f .\VL TILL Ie:! AR:: f}U::3~ 8r~~TEH3 The Cultural Crisis of Our Time will-be thethemeof the Art-Soc-ial Studie e "Teekend, }Iay 6 and 7. I-Ieye r. Scha,piro ~.~Fh •. d. I .. Asso-ciate Professor of Fine Arts at Columbia, and tbe Rev. Paul J. Tl111ch, Ph. d., !~-raduatc Profess-or of Philosopbical Theolosy at Union rrheolo:'.sj,cal Sernina:cy, v1i11 add.re 8,3 tlJE' co mmuni ty at 8: 30 P~.M., in the Sym pext Friday. A recep-tion in Albee Social will follow the 3.3. th8rin~:;. Tbe two ~ucsts will take part in .a panel discussion on the con-ference therlc, at 10:15 A.~::., 3aturday. There will be a concert in Bard Hall at 3:00 that afternoon. ·'!XBC BOARD OF DIRECTORS 70 ,R~PQHTrrO _COUNCIL TEl S '~}[~NIl'T~ Council will hear 9 report to-ni,::(ht from the '3oard of Directors of ~X3C concetnin3 th~ re-open-in3 of the station last Monday· nin-h t" ~~e Council'~ a~enda also in-c; 1 UO:-=, S a. f'E: po:r't by tIle BuJ,'~e t CuJJ'Tiittee, 8 Y'8P01't on tb$ finan-c i31 s ta.tu 8 of the ~AEDIAN J :vlr'. ~'=acAllistel' IS plpn2 for a Ninetieth· Anniversary "Sano..uEt next fall, and the election of tbree people to handle our ~:. s ._A. affairs. -1-7his chan~e in the Admissions -- v situation bad been reported from colle=es throu3hout the cou~try. For exa~ple, earlier this year the CollG~e 3ntrance ~xamination 90ard 8ur~eyed 100 colle~2s. ~ix­ty per cent of this =roup report-ed that they have received fewer applications than a year a:o and that they EXpEcted the same'situa-tion to pr§vail throu~hout the year, 15 per cent expected to havG thE sarnG numbEr of applications as last year, 28 were non-co~mittal and only 4 pel' cent anticipated lar~er enrollments. sta tlsLic s on inquiri2,] I prel i !!d-naries and fOY'ITial applications arc pr::::pared each 'heek by thE; Offic:"2 of Adwi8eio~B to provide a compari-sun of prO~rG8S 1,-.li th previous year'2. Fl2:ure G [or tIle 3rc1 week in Ap::cil indic.:atin¢: cbs r'E.lativ6 ztatus of inter2st for the followin3 Sept-e ,.1bs r since !_pril 1948 are as foJ:... 10\-: S : I\'Ic n Apr r 48 faY' spt. '48 Apr r 49 for spt .'49 Inquires ••• 98S ••••••••.•. 584 Prelims •••• 142 ••••••••• 01.69 For~nal s •••• 77 •••••••••••• 52 'Tc!meu_ . Inqulr8£ ••• 1277 •••••••••• 1009 P 1 '-21 i m s • ••• 218 •........... 98 Formals •.. • 132 ••..••••.•• 115 As compared to ttis time- a year ago, it will be noted that appli-C,'3, tions fron; 'domen ~JPVS dropped about Ie per- c~nt and applications from men have dropped about 30 p2l"' ccnt. Itmay Oi;; of interest t~H!t by the openi n,::: of colle ~G 1~8t fall 158 formal applications (Cont. pa~e 4 col. 1) ~DITOBIAL BOARD Joyce Lasky Jud Levin · Barabara Wheatland Elliott Lindslay STAFF Billie Cc:miner Jack Collins John Deimel Zelda Gale Marie Kelbert Nina Ransohoff . Barbara .Schamberg David Schwab Joan Nilliams Editors' Note: Printed below is the second in a series of articles writen by members of the faculty. For a Few To Be Chosen Many Must Come by Gerald De Gre , My genial colleague, in last week's issue of this newspaper, has expressej her tears concern-ing the democratization of higher education. Her onen-ing salvo in defense of lhe idea of restricting the Col1ege~ to a select student elite was - - .. asf-ollow s: - IIThere- 1 sno room in the world of higher education for those who lack curiosity, for those who have no interost •...•••••• in know-ledge." Novv , although I might be prepared to agree that a College such ~s Bard may need to screen its applicational philosophy makes on intellec-tual initiative and social maturity; still I c~nnot co '-' along with th8 8ug~estion that "there i8 no room in the world of hi;7:her education" for those wGo, because of the civl1izat:tonal compulsives of our time, have not the oppor-tunity to develop these rare 0ualities. For if the colleges all refuse to provide these latter with tie opportunities for humanistic enlightenment, then where else can it be found? A competitive economr, which stresses the individualism of "gettins ah';.:;ad ll in terms of bank deposits (with an eyo always on the material illa-tiona which those deposits can b~y), and which is charac-terized as well by an ever increasing bureaucratization in both acquisitive monopo-lies and governmental agencies -2-c~mmpt bo expected to produce in any ap)r~ci~ble fraction of its population that disinteres-ted enchantment 1.:1i th truth, that charity for all things which makes us want to under-stand th8ffi in thoir innermost nature, that humility before the incredible vastness of space and time, in short, that solf-transcendency without which devoted scholarship is impossible. Are r: 8 to be s u rp r i S 2 d t hat the B.Ao degree has tended to be looked upon by many merely as--ca pos-sible passport to ·· a junior executiv8ship? Let us face the facts squarely: the civiliz3tion of our time is the irnpllcable enemy of the culturo ~h~cj our col1e388 were origin311y designed to preserve, enric~, and tr3nsmit to succes-sive gencratio~-:.s of students. But VI ~ J. t r;) 10 ish i gh ere d -ucation to play in the face of this agr8~J'Jive barbarism? Is it to withdraw from the realm of decision and shut its doors to tb.o unv.'i tting victims of a soci~l environment which has allowed --them no chance to devel-op e & II des i rG to lea rn " ? I, for one, cannot subscribe in good conscience to this blanket deni~l of the possible fru.itsof highor_ education to all those who have not succeed-ed by some miracle in overcom-ing their socia_ milieu before coming to coll05e. On tho contrary Ie t, us '3xpose as ma.ny as will listen to tho seods of wisdom in the bops that a few morc may yet come to exper-ience the exciteme~t of intell-ectual discovery, tho forvor of neWly-found politic31 con-sciousneSs, the serenity of contemplation, and the sclf-discipline of rese~rch. To perform this task, higher education must 3CCept the chal-lenge of a hostile environment as it has done time and time again in the past. As long as it remains firm and conscious of its own g0318 it nead not fe~r, 3nd certainly C3nnot permit itself to exclude those who temporarily at le~8t may be given refuge from a barbar-ous world for the mission of the Unlversitv still remains that of Civilizing it. NOT~S OY A PAL~TT~ lY ran~ly ~:Gv!man __ Push, Pull, CLic~, Click! ____ __ Last week's introductory article on the proble~s of American Art ITlentj_oDGd four forces in our life that have served to imprl son or rnalre furritlves of our native artists: l)~mechanization, 2)purltanism, 3 )m:.::,ss e scapis:n or ro::nanticls:n, II ) 11 Y pn 0 sis 't Y c en v'c n t ion, the H r -=- -benrsed l"'e sponsE". This artlcle will attempt to clarify the term "mechanization", what presicc fJteri-llzing effE·ct it has had on the artist~csid2 of Am2ricarrl~f~~ ~he mab~lne has taken from man the power he felt in ~is hands. To create a chair, for example, ,,.18 no lon;~e r S8,W, sh2_pe snd carve as the colonials did, but buy it r '3edY- :_J8.C,= ant: stereotYPEd at a stOle or throu :--h a. :'ear2 ~_obuck catalo:::~ue. The Obj2-CtS that sur'-round us are not of our own m&kin~: eVen when "modern!! married cOlJplss bave built their ovJnfurnl tUI'c J they have,TIo stly U8S0 ste rcotyped po. ttB rns or e :Yiploye d proc::: sss-d materials. ~ .. r~-; havE let our hands b E amputated. ~.Te seldom S3nSe the my 2 t E ry in d iff e re n t to x t u. re s, in +be fl L-;-l',;~" r'11d Qtl-'~nl'1·t'l of a mr:l+-v . _~~; v t:; c.,., ' '_' v ... ',:..;:; 1 CA' v erial as did our frontier 8,DCcetors who used to ~ra3PJ push or press~ but seldom to form. ~ecauee the mach-ine can pr-()("1uc2 ,;10re'- r'2-piolY , (how VJc- lOVe spu c., fer i ts 0W~ sake) c r'8 8, t ion Das CI,O v\' Cc CU~Je f OY'dO S t an en::~lnEsri:l~ or fLat':-:'Ematlcal affair, if there is any creation ;l"t all. --·ha t vIe l.lsve fool i s::>ly bu il tis an aestbetic do ~ma. r8tionalizin~ this amputation. In naintin=, and (;8p~cia.lly in sculpture, y..l~ :have be come obsessed with material for :nn. te rj.81 's sake, v:i tb triG D 0801 ute () r mat te r. ~~G hi-:t 'i,rs t.-;L~ rs by af ... firmed the failurE of our han~3 to srasp and reform Detter. Many have assumed, with a blind, mystical faith that is riv~l?d only by our fa.i th in ,the m8c ':! ~XI2 i t2/:1f, that matter v\lil1 I1su':=2:e st'l artistic form. that color E;,no teztur,s speak foY' themselves. Tois amputation of our hands thus results in a deadoninG of cur \trill and of aU1--' personal ideal vision, a situation D,f'fsctin3 artist and worker 8.1 ikE'. Once ehildrenwe re made 8,y..Tare of the mystery of fire and li~ht -3-D~. Ft~L~R DI3CUSS~3 ROL-~ OF TRUS~':~'3 Commentins on the visit of the trustees in a recent inter-view, Dr. Fuller outli~ed what he thinks the. role of the board of the trustees should bs. The board, h2 said, should (a) determin6 the educational policy of the 8c 11001, (b) pass on the hirin3 or dismissal of fnculty oanbers, (c) look aftEr tl1e financin= of tr16 Gcbcol, c::nd (d) assume the responsibilitv of takinz care of sch~ol proper~y since it holds t~~titl~ t~er2~_ of~ , Dr. Fuller feels tl!at in tbe post two years the trustees have taken a new interest in Bard and tbat t~E plan to on campus oncs a ter~ will belp sustain t 1~ i sin t ~ re 8 t . ----------------------,. --~---'-- ~FFS3_=~:TA~I\S 017' I\!O:-J~L PRIZE' ·'TINT rr\TG :)J .1Y ~RS TO 3F.~Xr?' • ,. ~L: ~-= 3 D.:\~r :>r::::T I ~\T'1 :.:1"'. :2ors~ l·:o~ -Jl ~ nkoff, Director of t~!(? ColIc ~c Fi'o3I'am of the Anerican Friends Servics Corn~ittee, will bE suest speak-er at the ~ed~Gsday eveninS meetin3 of the st. 8teph3n's Society, 8:30, ih AlbEe Social. He willspaak 'on th6 exper-iences of the 1riends in pOEt-war ~uropeJ a~d d~8crlb2 some of tf18 S tUGE'l1 t pro Je c ts 1:;.: in::; undertaken thEr6. ~- ~r. YLo :Jl~nlloff is a sracua te of 3yracuse Univ~rsity and was a Fel~ow at the Institute of International ~ducation in H~3 i d ,= 1 D';: 1'.1: and 18 t2 T' a F2110w i~=nslisG literatura at Jobns Hopkins Uni versi ty • He ., ' rc ~ turned last June from two years servic:= at t:1S Fri - ',"!cs Int6r-national Csnt~r i~ ~olland. The Aoc rican Fr~ ds 32rvic6 Co~~ittes to:ether with its ~n~liDh counterpart ~as award2d the rebel PeaCe PrizG in 1547 for extensive b~mahitarian ef-forts ov"::r a period of many yec.rs. by bein~::. t ,J.u;2:ht to banGlE firs. Today we C:in only t ,~-ach our cn i 10-1~6n wi tIl tra::; lc conv,:ntionali ty, tb a t toe r e n te 1 i 3 h t : ":-:y - de a r son, you 826 the 8wi tch on the i''](311, r:rasp it, press it, pueh it." ~he Old Bach210r wa.s ConSreve's first play, wrltten in 1693 ~l'!h2n the playwrite was twenty-three. Comin~ late in Restoration drame, fiv e years after the glorious I>3 vol 'J t 1 0 n had r 3 m 0 -J S d th e c a va-lier court that supported this type of dra:na, the; play manifests its late position throu3h an un-der-ton2 of nostal,sia for the 'lay life so recently vanished. The quality of nostalsia s e rVES to separate all of Con-sreve 's plays f~on'those of the --e·o rlY··-Ee sto-ra-tloYJ,'" -tl]'outli---the~ ­major concorn in each case is tbe 8am2. TrJG ::=-,2stClration play-writes pro~uced, above all, wit-ty ele~ant, . s rac c ful 6ra~a, eomstim?s satirical, Cir~ct2d a~ainst tbe bou~=sois - s 2 1~om tra ~~ ic. "ii tIj Con~r6 V0-, Ot10 hs s wit and 3race ta~6n to its 2X-trem2,to th2 point w~Ers plot complications no lon~e r seem important under the covering of wit. The success of Con: reve's pl a ys aT6 bas ;:' d on triG fa c t that h S ItJ 0 rk!2 d ItJ i t 1.1 t n a full y J e v 21-OP'3U trac3 i tiO tl, and Gid not. bave to uotlL: f· c3(;f'-::·Cl(; in~ ths so-called ~L:ti lijo l.·bli t y of ~~Lts pla.ys from th0 thrusts of puri-tan thinke rs. Eis form and l 1'70T~ C=·~ T:-~-- · C=r-~'T I .: FIV~ =-IUNLT:::D -·=-LLA~.S VJae rai8~d ~1, :_-J i2 v~cE,k by thE.; ,:::;ollJIIiUnity Chest. I ITbe ~oai is ~l,OOO. Let's f ,7. U, sh it" k)V'3r~- th~ · top" b,::·for'E' Sundav ... ·J.ay 8. I I ~. !rr.' :-{~ )~~·lC~}FT Cjl\7 ,~"'-::':.'.',"'r~R. ~QUAL TE3 I i~:~7D' f'l T":T~ t:!.-~;,"" -'T":'OT;0.T V'I :,. ' J.-J -,. '., J. II -' .J.'.''; ' .,.. ,-' .' .... - : -- • I ~II------~--_-----------------------------I (cotit. from pa36 1 col. 2) from men D,nd 201 fro ,il \.'u . J~n had b'::;en fire C. I; t~y:; P :-.1- tt e: I'l.l 0 f tbe pa.st YE:6I"'S is r,~, p.;;at0cl, t l};; Colle?:-G can SZl-Kxt cL e.uustantia1 number of additional appli~ations to be submitt~6 Ls tw~En now and the midd16 of tl1i2 SUmrIl2I'. On~ of t'oe: 8 i':c· ni fic 2(l.t a.S C' 6 c t S oft 1 ~ 1 i S Y ,=- 8 , r· 's DC:li :13 S 10 C.i. S 81 t U (i -tion is that nos t of t he candi-date s who bav::- a.I'pliea tbus far, ssle cted Bard as first choice and a vcr·y 2.ubstantial -C.LUrIi081' ay·e be ins r· ,.:; CO :-iJilk.f1cJE:: U by the ir prin-cipo.ls or pruf' ::; s801'S as clearly qual ifie d for coll(:; (,.S! • -Ir.:.-app2a~no\'}t:Jat the G Yl t (:;. l'- · ihS class next fall will be ~­l'ClJUG lCC, a1~;oe.t. equ&ll jl divi6ed :.:.,;:;, t vj'2Erl crkn 8·~~fG TNOlli~n. 'I:~) is is only slis:~:tly 1,::; e s than the sn-taring group of 116 last fall. -4-styla had b66n already full) justifi .s d. Congreve wrote for only sev-en y~ars, aft2r wbich he re-tire d fro:il th ,= Ii terar'y world to baCOill€ a country 3entl~rnan. Thirty years later wt2n Vol-taire visited ~n~land and wish-ed to s~e the country's ~ost famous playwrite, he found a country sQuir2 who scorned bit-terly the cont~mporary ~n:lis ~ stas e. For at th6 turn of the c i2ntury, mora.l co_'tJc~rn_E? __ b;;:; _.9_?.Jn~< . _ -p-reao-nfinate · i ~n- - ·Sn21isc drama .. As t~8 bourgeois class consol-idatcd its social aud political 1-10l cJ t dra \1l8 tu rne d Civlay froiD \h! i t to b5come an Expressive tool of tbz ~llitant morality of the middl~ clase. Retreat, t:b~r~'­fore, vas Con3ravs's only solu-tion. Did You Fnovl? ~TC' := :~ CI-:OFI:::LD IS ::3UILD::E O? '~-==C ]~~L ~: 10t=L Afts]:' ,jxa~{ji ning t:bE wodEl -\A(:\lc(! suoG.8nly app·22r·2d oppo-site the mail bOX28 in 2e~2~an last we2~ '"3a"cd stud ~ nts nOh' have a tr ' 1'2 S lll,:li6 ns ianal con c ,:; pt ion "o""f"-tJJt"·_·propo-s ,.!o '1 ec. hali',-----rrbb pGY'son \\'bo built thE model, » C1.;:'U8 of the y'ec hall publicity campai3n, is Joe SchoIield, an industrial desiGn major and future architect. Schofield bcsan thE modsl at bOCil8 c1urinr.:; the sprin~ va.ca.tion and fiQisL-1ed tllG job last ~,TednE s-day ni~h t. G~ wo rked frow plans ar'a\'! n by ;:~r. ~: :ichard LischE~ r, 1-. r'o j6 c t arc ~} it,:::; ct. 'Th-:3 GlOC21 is bu i1 t on th<:;;~ scale of ~H equals 11. 'I~)2 cost of m2.t3r-ial, SC~jofi:.:lG. esti:Ji8.tes, I'Jas !:..,ro')t -"Ie GO . ......... \ tp • • ChOOEinC th6 buildinG materi&~ l '8qulr'cc1 consici6 rable in:..::.::: nui ty. T'i le roof is illu stra tion board; Th2 ~indows are acetate; the bricks arE printed shEets of pa-per which Schofi~ld bou~ht in a ~odsl railro~d SbOP4 The ~ra2s is green sweepins compound, and thOSe tush~s, if you haven't look-ed closely, arE bits of spon36. HI almost mao= somE trees out of v;beatiGs painted GreeD," he sa.id. ~vhat holds the model tOC:'ether? "1\1' lIs i 1 d';:; .. ,II ~ a ,p TIS, 8 ue, an ~oa. 

Bard Week, Vol. 1, No. 3 (May 2, 1949)

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