Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1933-01-13

              ItoI a I It HiOSH RALLY AT sTrnrBS TONIOHT BASKETBALL GAME TOMORROW NIGHT voUme en OBERLIN COLLEGE OBERLIN OHIO FRIDAY JANUARY 13 1933 NUMBER 26 I I W II LV Ull 111 II III III mm SWwssjj II I 111 111 III III 11 II V III i Rhys Carpenter I Gives Series of Martin Lectures presents Discussion of Archaeological Trends By Margaret Helvensten 1 On MHa K11 JanuaIy 9 Pro vmt Rys Carpenter of Bryn Mawr inliepe gav Hi first of theBaldwinUariin Foundations Lectures on The Humanistic Value of Archaeology in die Allen ml museum The subject f ho lectin was The Archaeological Approach Professor Carpenter spoke of the early fuiili me ntal work done byWinkclmami Sehiiotnaiin and others and showed tliat archaeology Is not one of the variations of pick and shovelactivity hut u highly specialized pro J fession requiring lnnniie pains ia practical work and a prodigous amount of scholarly researchProfessor Carpenter showed thatarchaeology not only verifies our records of the past lint also gives us conclusive evidence nf historical eventsotherwise inevitably lost I The responsibility lain on thearI ohatoloM the need for his tedious tiainini is demonstrated for he says the archaeologists necessarily are I hunting the hook of history page by I a bey read it Observation must he painstaking minute andacI curate for the lata form a onceoffered J epporliiiiiiy I In contrasting the scientific and the I humanistic approaches to archaeology I IroirsMir Carpenter said that archae oloty should be read both as history and literature Tile scientific object lve collect inn nf data adds to our body f historical knowledge thehumanI istic sulijMtivo approach makes the Past a part of ourselves in ins lecture Archaeology in rts on January II Professor j larpeiitor discussed the contributions J of archaeology to the knowledge of i tne material arts On cl assical vases which be ex Mained show the best efforts of gifted drafsnin the designs were signed tv the shop or the artist Likewise Hie Jreek sculptures ti copies were signed but because the signatures were placed upon pedestals tat were broken or lost it has been nunctnt to identify those sculptures difficult I identify tluu niiiiiru I The classification of them is basedupI n the principle f evolution that 1 rv11 organic is subject I change I Distinguishing Copies to il A knowledge of the difference be tw the se by the classical sculp ir no like tools to avoid direct Cll of the stone and the use by le rflvist of chisels to cut directly I the stone and of wax to polish over the irreiMilnritiic oti i j I i7iitiuna me aitlieu insist to distinguish between Greek originals and the far more numerous Roman copies A knowledge also of the formation drapery through the various stages f evolution enables the archaeologist to Identify tle Hermes now in the museum at Olympia not as an original of Iraxitiles hut as a Roman copy Tl1 Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Venus de Milo have recently bn related to the Roman period trotessor Carpenter discussed the wuvo in paintings of figures and of dwarfed the scene nes which dwarfed the figures He lustraied with Klin tii injM in dra wing through various countries i ages ii speaking of the future Painting Professor Carpenter mioned that with the coming of Ifesslonism ancient art collapsed Profe lessor Carpenter concluded with contrast of the old archaeological ool whi leh collected fragments and studied types of antiquities with the m arfliaeoiEical Bchool which aims not to accumulate but to understand Ijlst niht Professor Carpenter con txll his series with Archaeology Hllnanism More important nan collecting and classifying is dis vtiiib th meaning of the various triis in art thrnnoh ii i Til Wuu i ii ii in mi v to h PressloniBm in relation man values M the desire of the mentalize or fotirMialize lh t I tiderstand thnn r u jj ii vtiiii UIIUtT eonieR equanimity and sanity Sperry Will Speak Haskell Lecturer Will Be Vesper Speaker This Sunday Dean Wlllard Sperry ofHarvard University who Isdelivering the Haskell lectures during this week and next and who spoke In chapel at noon today will speak nt vespers Sundayafternoon The service which will begin at fourthirty is thesecond of the present Beries and Dean Sporrys subject will be Why I am a Protestant The first talk of the series was given last Sunday by Rabbi Ilrickner of Cleveland whose topic was Why I am a Jew The third talk of this interesting andthoughtprovoking group will be held the next Sunday on the subject of Why I Am a Roman Catholic Frosh Organize Cheering Section Class To Meet Tonight In Sturgis Hall The freshman class will meet in St urges hall at seventhirty tonight to organize a cheering section for the support of Interclass athletics during the balance of the year At this time tryouts for freshman cheer leaders will be conducted by Joe Wheeler Oberlin headcheerleader The candidates who willcompete for the positions are Lyle Lee and Lawrence Miller Othersdesiring to try out should notify Clarence Linn freshman cheering sectionmanager New Organization This organization will besomething of an innovation on the campus there having been nothing of itsnature during the past few years in Oberlin stated Joe Wheeler at a freshman class meeting held inFinand I ney chapel yesterday morning This project has many possibilities which can be developed as the season advances and with the proper sup iwirt uill prove an essential means of strengthening the unity of the class of 36 The execution of these plans has been made possible through an ar ranuement with intramural depart it Phil Maver president of the class late yesterday afternoon Meeting in Sturges Although the original plan bad wn tn enndnrt Die netiliieeting in the Kingnosworth room of the Mens building at eight oclock it was found necessary because of conflict with the regulations to change the place and the time The first opportunities for support Ing a freshman team will be the freshmansophomore basket ball game Saturday afternoon at one thirty and at the freshmansophomore swimming meet at threethirty of the same af temoon The Political Map Of Near East Will Be Speakers Topic win he a meeting of the Peace Society in the King1 room of the Mens building at four thirty on the afternoon of Jan 19 Mr Albert W Staub the American iirector ot the Near Kast College Association in New orn wm on The Political Map oi im Kast from Oberlin in After praduatin Uin4 Mr Staub spent three years in i i i unit in China and Japan which included a survey of govern ment schools During the war ne served as Dinxtor of the Atlantic Division of the Red Cross since 1918 as a representative of the Boards of Trustees ot the six 0j leges in Turkey Syria Greece aim n of tmiir own choosing Bulgaria Mr Staub has made three officers of the allcollege band have extensive trips to the Near and Mid rpcenty been elected RobertBowdie East studying educational polit us Js IVSenti Richard Barronsecical and religious conditions retary and Richard Farmer business oranl inntact with such lead The rest of the offices eri as King Feisal Ismet Pasha j Vetiizelos King Boris and many oth ora Mr Staub is well fitted to inter pret the constructive policies of mod Prn Turkey the political hopes of the t is nrA th rfeslre for neace1 I n u iiiiihd among the Balkan peoples POPULOR COLORS ni 1 1 Trra nt liic nH universities In ana wnne are i5 1 IIM IJlliirc f the Inited States Writer Selects Outstanding News Events in Oberlin Life During 1932 Month by Month By Barnett B Lester In the daily routine of Oberlin life many events pass quietly into Time some noticed someunnoticed In the round of campus activity a frivolous event mayinvite a minutes brief chatanother deed perhaps of greater importance may be lost forever in obscurity What value instrinsic ormaterial lies in certain stories irhich give them the finality ofostentation What noils present news values to some stories and not to others1 What stories are the wheat which are the chaff Let us east a philosophic eye on the campus events anddormitory gossip which made news in 1932 January 1932 Vacationgay students return to Oberlin unaware of the tragic death of Warren Henke junior and Albert ISrown senior in a train accident at New YorkSpecial chapel tribute read byPresident Ernest Hatch Wilkins Yearlings of the class of 1 935 go on record as favoring better dating facilities Dr and Mrs Walter Horton of the Graduate School of Theology start their trip around the world Salutations are sent toOherlinin Shansi Students celebrate dormitory board reduction of ji centsweekly Fame comes to Dr Louis E Lord who is elected president of Next Art Exhibit Is From China Loaned To Museum by j Prof Mrs Danton The exhibit beginning Tuesday at the Allen Art Museum is to be a collection of Chinese art objects mainly embroideries loaned byProfessor and Mrs G II Danton This material was collected by themduring a resilience of more than adecade in China It consists ofembroideries mainly modern illustrating both the Northern and the Southern stvlos of work with the wellknown color combinations of both schools There are also several specimens of ko ssu some of them old whichexemplify this style of weaving A pair of Imperial fan orceremonial banners from a set of six are supposed to come from the abortive attempt at the restoration of the monarchy under Yuan Shihkai in 1915 Besides the embroideries a few pictures mainly Sonographic will be on exhibition to illustrate the character of temple painting In the cases will be shown a few bronzes among them two boddhisattvas from Wu Tai Shan in Shansi and a bowl from the early sixteenth century The pottery shown will include afewtomb objects dug up in Honan and dating from the eleventh century some early Ching porcelain and a Tang eighth century specimen of oariy artiHi glaze A few especially line earvou ivories aim oiner uiue its will also be of interest The collection will be on view for two weeks College Band JTLieClS Student Conductor Kenneth Dustman senior in the Conservatory was chosen studentconductor of the allcollege band intryouts held Monday night January 9 Seven men competed for the position Louis Snipes Robert Bowlus Richard Farmer Will Tufts KennethDustman John Church and Frank Reiter Each jed the band for five minutes whin are appointive have not yet bwn SENIOR RECITALS Three students in the Oberlin Con oprvatorv of Music gave their senior recitals this week On Tuesday Miss Miriam E Welchman presented a song recital Mr Cassius Gould gave Uta cAnlnf mPntl rpfltfll 111 WPftnOR dav and Mr Clifford Cook presented e jhis senior violin recital on Thursday the American ArcheologicalInstitute The Perfect Alibisponsored by the DramaticAssociation clicks 0 men are initiated Nationwide ColumbiaBroadcasting system hooks up 141Oberlin musicians for third annual radio hour Joseph Lhevinne scores in recital Ted Shawns picturesque dancers come to town followed by the Nations liberal edilor Oswald Garrison Villard Plans are formulated for 17thnational mock convention afterElliot V Grabill is appointedchairman February 1932 Miss Marie Levering and John L Conrad appointed to theConservatory faculty EmilKasper who had fallen into theConservatory elevator shaftsuccumbs after an operation at Cleveland Clinic Dr T Z Koo of the Chinese National Council speaks onShansi Agitation begins inReviews Vox Pop for Republican Democratic Socialist Communist nonpartisan conventions Congratulations Betty James and Richard Irwin newrepresentatives to China Yeomen upset Case in overtime period 38 to 36 Students vote GOO to 235 for a Democratic mock convention Oberlins first since 1804 Y W C A conducts Russian tour to Cleveland Continued on page 4 Olympian Plans Centennial Issue Special Edition Will Appear in June The June issue of the Olympian is going to be a centennial issuerepresenting one hundred years of the literary development of Oberlinannounced Wade Smith editor of the magazine yesterday According to tentative plans the issue will contain contributions from presentundergraduates and representative stories essays and poetry from previous Oberlin literary magazines We expect to use a series ofdrawings of Oberlin scenes secured with the cooperation of Miss Coons of the art department and we areconsidering the possibility of holding the prize winner of the short story and essay contest ior puoncauon innitsame issue The short story and essay contest i is open to all undergraduate students j in the college and the conservatory j Stories and essays may be on any sub ject but should not exceed 2200 j words in length The contest closes j at noon on February the thirteenth The winner will be announced in the March issue Prizes of five dollars each are being given for the best short story the best essay and the best story or essay from a writer whose works have not previously appeared in the Olympian The judges are Professor A R Jelliffe of the English department who has been faculty adviser to the Olympian since its inception Mrs Oscar Jaszi who is well known on the campus for her interest in artistic and literary work and Mr Maynard Mack formerly editor of the Yale Lit and a contributing editor of the Harkness Hoot Contributions should be handed to the editors ATTEND CONFERENCE Peg Vining Harriet Wright and Jessie Harden of the Y W C Aindustrial group will attend aconference of the NortheasternInterscholastic Industrial associatrjj at Warren Ohio Saturday and Sunday Jan 13 and 14 The delegates will take part in a mock legislative trial which will close the conference PEACE GROUPS TO MEET The Peace Society group studying Mexico and Central America will meet Monday at 700 in the Womens building Professor David R Moore of the History department will speak to the group To Present Concert JOSEPH SZIGETI Sperry Talks on Religion History Compares Christianity Other Beliefs At no point does Christianitydiffer more from other great world re I ligions than in the attitude toward time and history said Dean Willard Sperry in introducing the first of the Haskell lectures on Religion and History Wednesday afternoon Speaking on Christianity as aHistorical Religion the topic ofWednesdays lecture Dean Sperry continued by pointing out that Christianity Tudaism and Mohammedanism are the only great religions that consider time real and history necessary All other world religions consider time and history illusions explainingevident changes in mans development upon a purely psychical basis Compares Religion For Christianity Judaism andMohammedanism explained Dean Sperry the dramatic view of history of time as the stage and man the players is one that enriches mans life and deepens his convictions that the individual is of a personal worth to God The most common figure of these religions is the social reformer these historical religions may be called prophetism while the other religions whose aim is an escape from time may be called mysticism Dean Sperry continued discussing the elements of time and history as evidence in the Old Testamentnarratives the fourth Gospel thecontroversy and actual remaking ofChristian thinking during the critical years of the first and second centuries Cites Views of Evil Ultimately it is the difference in the way of dealing with evil that marks the discrepancy between prophetism and mysticismconcluded Dean Sperry The prophetic I theory is that time is real and that evil can be remedied while the mys tic theory claims that since time is unreal evil needs no attention from J it and cannot ultimately be remedied New Pamphlet Deals With Technicalities Of Preparing Theses Oberlin graduate students need no longer rack their brains on thetechnicalities of preparing theses for a comprehensive pamphlet on the sub ject prepared by Howard PVanderlip former Oberlin student delvesInto mechanclcal requirements typing instructions and manuscriptpreparation Sample pages from masters theses of former students are among many features of the booklet Othersections deal with the arrangement of parts spacing margins paragraphs headings quotations footnotesbibliography and abbreviations The pamphlet which meets theapproval of the Oberlin graduatecommittee has been further recommended by Western Reserve University and Miami University It may be secured at A G Comings book store MUSICAL UNION REHEARSES The first rehearsal of the Oberlin Musical Union on Haydns Creation was held last Monday evening The Creation will be given atcommencement time in collaboration withOberlin alumni who have formerly been members of the union All who are Interested are urged to join the union and come to rehearsals each Monday night at 700 Joseph Szigeti To Offer Recital Tuesday Jan 17 Will IncludeRimskyKorsakoff Beethoven in Program Joseph Szigeti wellknown violinist will play the following program in Finney chapel next Tuesday evening Devils Trill BonataTartini Sonata in A major Kreutzer Sonata Beetho j veil Nigun from Baal Shem Er nest Bloch Stempenyu Suite Joseph Achron an Air by Goldmamark La Fontaine dArithuse by Szymanowski RimskyKorsakoffs Flight of theBumblcBce arranged by Hartmann and Seh nzoValse ChabricrLoeffier The patrician artisfof Hungary brings to the execution of thesevaricolored compositions a skill andemotion that can be mentioned in the same breath with the playing ofHeihtz Saw Possibilities Despite the fact that Tartini wrote early in the literature for the i violin while the instrument was de veloping from a semicompleted stage j to Stradivarian perfection ho seems I to have forecast its possibilities in his compositions for masters today call his sonata by a diabolic name I The A major Sonata of Beethoven I was written for the mulatto violinist i Bridgetowcr who had to play the sec ond movement with its variations at sight for the first performance as the I master had finished it in a last minute burst After a quarrel withBridgej tower Beethoven decided to dedicate it to Kreutzer another great violinist of the day It is commonlyconsidered the best of Beethovens duo son atas and is a favorite withperformers because honors are equally divided between the two instruments Slow Introduction There is a slow introduction the violin announcing a solemn adagio theme which is repeated under a bold harmonic change by the piano A vigorous and passionate prestoproceeds after a plaintive adagio change to a stormy close In this movement the poetic element is predominant but the two following movements are entirely given up to virtuosity In the variations movement a simple melody is decorated with every device of virtuosity while the finaleresembling a tarantella and originally for another composition is one ofBeethovens most outwardly brilliant pieces The Stempenyu Suite was dedicated by Achron to the artist of the day Joseph Szigeti The lovable tour de force Flight of the BumbleBee will undoutedly have a new and interesting color for those who know it already in orchestral form It will be a disapointment to some that Mr Szigeti is not playing a Bach number this year as this is one of his most characteristic moods Adams to Succeed Williams on Review William G Adams was selected last Tuesday for the position of SportsEdtor of the Review to succeed Richard Williams who has found it necessary to drop all extracurricular activities Adams has had experience in writing sports articles for the Review for the past two years Williams joined the Review staff during his freshman year since which time he has been constantly active in work on the sports staff He was I chosen sports editor at the beginning of the 193233 school year TO CHOOSE REPRESENTATIVES Work is now under way inchoosing the Shansi representatives for next year announced Jean Hibbard chairman of the Shansi committee yesterday Over twenty applications have already been filed and those who wish to apply for the positions must hand their applications to Jean Hibbard or some other member of the committee before TuesdayJanuary 17 LORD IN NEW YORK Professor lxrd has gone to New York for a few days to attend ameeting of the trustees of the Archaeologi j cal Institute of America Mr Lord was recently reelected president of i this organization s it