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MORAVIAN COLLEGE
Volume LXVII
STUDENT WEEKLY
Bethlehem, Pa., Friday, April 10, 1964
Number 8
Existentialist
Reviewed
New
Posture
Steps
ConvocationfZr3tln^L
At
Dr. Roger L. Shinn, minister, professor, scholar, administrator,
and author of the book The Existentialist Posture spoke at Thurs¬
day's convocation.
In his address
the student
to
body, Dr. Shinn presented several
approaches to existentialism. Using Jean Paul Sartre's short story,
"The
the
Wall"
mood
as
of
illustration of
an
existentialism,
the
three
guest speaker pointed out
significant themes found in
existentialist
literature.
characteristics
Shinn
These
cited
were
all
by Dr.
being absurdity, the
as
psy¬
chology of death and the interre¬
lationship of virtue, courage, deci¬
Dr. Welling
To Speak On
Team Teaching
Kappa
sional
Delta
education
Epsilon, profes¬
sorority, invites
sion and freedom. The existential¬
all students to attend
ist,
A. Welling Jr. The lecture will be
pointed out by the author,
emphasizes the task of making
as
one's
decisions.
own
As
second
a
approach to exis¬
Shinn defined the
tentialism, Dr.
term through the analysis of the
word itself. By extracting the
word "existence," it is the essence
given in the
Room at
Dr.
in
has
worked
the
closing to the talk
a
and
ism, the author cited three
noted
the
being
as
men
existentialists
of
nineteenth
century; Kierke¬
theist, Dostoyevsky, and Nietzsche an atheist. All
gaard who
three
was a
had
man
tainty
objective
no
about life.
Dr. Shinn
The
from
with
in Mountain
Harvard's
and
ex¬
Lakes, New Jersey.
a
recent in¬
novation in education and is still
in the
experimental stage. A brief
history of the movement, its phil¬
osophy and examples of actual
plication
in
the
ap¬
elementary and
secondary grades will be given.
being
are
which the
re¬
building
built. The
was
present marble steps were added
in
1920. The
grill
to
make
did
the
in
every
new
replace
porch and iron
these
building
1854.
steps will
appear
After
architectural
the
as
it
change,
feature
will
be authentic.
When
vated
moved
and
ed
the
in
building was reno¬
all paint was re¬
1958
from
the
brick
exterior
eyebrows which had been add¬
above the windows were re¬
moved.
The
was
of
only feature not restored
the marble steps on the front
the
building, since there
considerable indecision
Harvard
Teaching is
Campus
stored to fit in with the period in
Salem
schools. Presently he
Superintendent of Schools
Team
another approach to existental-
-
April 15,
Welling received his PhD.
education
perimental
As
on
hour will follow.
is
as
P.M.
on
1964. An informal coffee and donut
with existence
der.
lecture
Bethlehem
7:30
from
or the getting away
particulars, knowing how to
differentiate and adding to an or¬
a
South
on
the
level
be.
Originally
at
a
of
the sidewalk
the
was
to what
should
sidewalk
was
lower level than at present.
The porch with iron
added
onto
as
grill to be
this year will extend
the sidewalk.
5 ft.
There will
be
two steps off the porch to the
east,
up Church Street. The steps will
merely go down to the sidewalk
at its present level. However,
footings will allow for lowering
of the sidewalk, if so desired in
the future.
cer¬
certainty,
stated, lied in the
com¬
mittment and the involvement of
all three men.
Later there followed
Dr. John Wild addresses
current
assembly in Prosser Auditorium in
Comenius Lecture Series.
al
discussion
Dr.
Dr.
pher's point of view
eral
series
Citizenship
topic,
in
a
on
the gen¬
"Responsible
Democratic
So¬
ciety" to about 250 persons. The
lectures, open to the general pub¬
lic, were possible through a grant
to Moravian College from the
Sperry & Hutchinson Co.
from
"We
find
au¬
lecture
began at 8 p.m.
Monday, and was followed by a
question and answer period. Dr.
Hwa
Yol
Political
Jung,
troduced
also
chairman of the
Department, in¬
speaker. Dr. Wild
Science
the
spoke at
an
informal
coffee
hour at 4 p.m. in the Browsing Li¬
brary of the College Union Build¬
ing.
Dr. Wild opened his address on
the
"New
Senses
of
Freedom
of
Responsibility" by first examining
the
basis
freedom
of
traditional
ideas
of
and
responsibility. Hav¬
ing their basis in Greek philoso¬
phy, these ideas have become ob¬
solete
and
outmoded.
By
these
principles,
"the human intellect
is not free' without the mention
of desire or will. The individual is
only the state written small. This,
according to Dr. Wild, is not free-
be
responsibility.
free
are
divorced
Wild
insofar
as
said,
we
can
meanings in the world and
them. To become really
act
upon
free one must become responsible
in the light of a chosen meaning."
We
cannot
do
only that which
want to do. We have
we
The
cannot
a
serious
problem in the leisure time now
given to our society. We have had
enough of freedom, but we will
not give it up.
Dr.
Wild
concluded
by stating
country and in
our
time no other topic I can
think of which is more worthy of
"There is in
our
serious concern."
As
been
cent
author,
an
book, "Existence and the
World
of
Freedom."
other works
and
1
e n
Dr. Wild has
for his most re¬
recognized
Social
g e
of
are
Among his
"Human Freedom
Order,"
"The
Existentialism,"
Chal-
and
"Plato's Modern Enemies and the
Theory of Natural Law."
Dr. Wild
to Yale in 1963
came
after serving as
chairman of the
philosophy department at North(Cont.
on p.
4, col. 5)
students
Shinn
ated
thor, addressed the third in the Comenius lectures series Monday
night in Prosser Auditorium of the Moravian College Union Build¬
ingd^
Freedom
an
inform¬
in
p.m.
the
and
faculty
members.
John D. Wild, noted Yale University philosopher and
Dr. Wild presented the philoso¬
2
Browsing Library of the College
Union Building for the benefit of
interested
Wild Lectures On Freedom
at
with
within
the
Christ.
He
is
currently associ¬
organizations
leading
United
Church
of
is
president of the
Board of Homeland Ministries and
a
director
in
the
Office
of
Com¬
munications. He also has been af¬
filiated with the UCC Committee
for Racial Justice Now, the Stew¬
ardship Council and the Interna¬
tional Relations Committee, Coun¬
cil for Christian Social Action.
His book,
Posture," is
have
"The
Existentialist
of several which
one
gained recognition. He also
"The Educational Mis¬
authored
sion
of
recent
Our
Church,"
work,
well
as
his
as
most
"Life,
Death and
Destiny," "Tht Sermon
Mount," "Christianity and
the
on
the Problem of
History," and "Be¬
yond This Darkness."
has served as chairman of
department of philosophy at
Heidelberg College, Ohio, and was
previously professor of theology
He
the
at the Vanderbilt
University Div¬
inity School. He became professor
of Christian Ethics at Union Sem¬
inary
was
in
1959
and
a
year
later
named to his present post.
From 1957 to 1962 he was con¬
sultant
to
the
Conference
on
served
on
and
North
Faith
American
and
Order
the Religious Ad¬
visory Council to the President's
Committee
tracts.
on
Government
Con¬
Book of the Semester,
discuss Existentialism.
brought Dr. Roger Shinn to
campus
to
Black Friars Play
One Week Off
Marriage of Opposites
There
to approach the movie "Doctor Strangelove."
interesting aspect of the motion picture that we hear
one
relatively little about. While the idiots were laughing and the intellect¬
uals were crying, one perceptive group of critics (who shall remain
anonymous) saw an aspect of the movie that most people missed.
interesting to note the fact that there seems to be very
philosophy of the United States and that
of Soviet Russia? At first glance this statement might seem ludicrous,
but a careful examination shows that it is basically true. Let us examine
"Wasn't it
little difference between the
it
the cruel fact that both the U.S. and Russia
The movie brought out
promiscuous love for many interesting objects. A list follows:
a
technology
science and
hydrogen bombs
prestige
the
military
In the United
States,
we
fallaciously believe that our expressed reli¬
gious convictions place us in a diametrical position to the Soviets. But
only an illusion, or at best it is a dreamer's attempt to ration¬
alize reality. The fact of the matter is that the Soviets overtly express
atheism while most Americans disguise their atheism in an aura of
this also is
universal brotherhood.
theory, therefore, there may be a huge difference between the
systems, but in pragmatic reality this ideological difference is slow¬
ly merging into one hard-core attitude in which personality becomes
nothing more than a pawn for the Skinners and the mechanists.
wish
had a Doomsday machine?
we
have
Dream."
a cast of twenty-one,
will be Mary Everett,
Including
the players
Bruce Weaver,
Parcells,
Roger
us;
Demetri¬
Lysander;
Robin Veluce, Hermia; Craig "Van
zel, Bottom; Steve Levine, Quince;
Hertzog, Robin Starveling;
Lindroth, Flute; Marshall
Decker, Snug; and Irving Roth-
Jim
Matt
bardt
as
Tom Snout.
Under the direction of Eugene
the play will run for
Jacobson,
April 17, 18, 19th.
Tickets may be obtained at the
desk of the College Union Build¬
ing. All seats are reserved.
three
days,
By action of the faculty, the Five-Course Curriculum described
below will be put into effect for all new students in September of
1 964, and on a modified basis for upper-classmen as well. The
faculty recognizes that quite a number of exceptions may have to
made, especially for seniors and
also for other students for whom
this
five
create special
By
limitation
course
-
may
problems.
September
1965,
of
the
Five-Course Curriculum will be in
effect
for
students
all
with
the
possible exception of a few now
college who may still be at
in
disadvantage
some
as
the transition to the
In
a
new
are
in
previous
years,
now
enrolled
for
Any exceptions to the above
limitations, apart from those
are
of
in
who
1964
65
-
academic
deficient in credits
as a
no
credit, must be submitted
writing by the student to the
Executive
of the
fac¬
Office of
written
rec¬
Committee
ulty (care of the
Dean), along with
a
from
ommendation
exemptions from the Five-Course
limitation for as long as the tran¬
faculty advisor that he be given
consideration for an exception.
student's
sition to the Five-Course curricu¬
lum
may
in
put them at disadvant¬
their
ward
the
the
normal
to¬
should
caution, however, that taking six
courses
in a semester may not
really be in the best interest of
age
student
progress
degrees.
and
he
We
should
con¬
carefully the other ways
open to him for making up his
deficiencies, e.g. minor courses
which may be taken over and
above the Five Course limitation,
summer session, or, if he is defi¬
cient on other counts as well, an
sider
contest is
Five
Course
-
now
Annual
on
APO
5
Art
P.M., there will be a reception
to the public with refresh¬
The
announcement
ments in the CUB.
a
president
of
ceeds
Frank
Dr.
served
as
the
into
three
cumulative grade point average
Three
a
at the time of
3.00 may not
registration below
take more than five
or a total of 18
major courses
credit hours in any one semester.
A student with a cumulative
grade
point of 3.00 or above may not
register for more than six major
courses
or a total of
20 credit
hours in any one
courses
and
semester. Minor
which may be taken over
above
three-day conference
for
the Advancement of Slavic Studies
so
long
as
the
point are as follows: Applied Mu¬
sic, Studio Art, and any other
course carrying no more than 1
must be observed
rules, such as those con¬
cerning dress, are established to
present a favorable image to the
constantly visiting public as well
force the students to dress
that does justice to the
beauty of the College Union
Building. One rule forbids the
wearing of blue jeans in the build¬
ing. Why the administration chose
way
planned for the spring by
Dr. Richmond E. Myers, chairman
of the Moravian College Earth
Science Department.
Trips will be made to Perkiomenville, April 21; Cornwall, May
5, and Brandywine, May 8. Stu¬
dents in mineralogy, geology and
geography will make the trips.
THE GROTTO
4th
BEST
and Adams Streets
PIZZA IN TOWN!
blue
ban
to
not
and
white, tan, brown or olive-green
beyond me, but this this not
the subject of my criticism. My
criticism is, in short, that the rule
banning the wearing of blue jeans
is enforced only as far as the stu¬
dents are concerned, and not the
public.
the
first national conference of schol¬
playing ping-pong, and watching
ars
three-day parley
was
in the Slavic and East Euro-
our
Field,
p e a n
sponsored
by
the
Slavic Studies Association.
Mrs.
Carol
Barry,
a
students
ped with
always equip¬
pair of blue jeans and
a
blue jean jacket. In addition he
also sports a dirty, but nonethe1
e s s
wearable
the
wise.
The Comenian
News
Roger
News
Hudak,
Editor
I
Jane
other¬
visitors
Bill
to
meet
requirements
dents
are
ulous
as
the
same
the
as
stu¬
forced to meet. As ridic¬
these rules may seem to
nonetheless they
If they are to be forced
they should be enforced
some,
law.
are
on
on
some
.Hilda
Eric Rhodin
Faculty Advisor
Published
Globe-Times
at
the
Prlntery
which
provide
public
typewriters and maintain them at
reasonable
a
equipment
I am
cost.
be
would
the
sure
appreciated
by the students and would not be
mistreated.
2.
At
a
co
should be
dance.
ed
-
college, there
place for students to
a
Dancing has been
be
to
excellent
an
proved
release
from
tension. The
can
only place a student
dancing in the area is with
go
the local twelve and thirteen yearolds
the
at
or
bar
nearest
grill. The students
are
and
forced to
to off-campus activities, some
go
of which have
ful.
If
vided
proved quite harm¬
jukebox would be
a
for
after
pro¬
the
meal
evening
in the college dining room,
I
sure
am
the
use
the students would
Room
for
in
or
use
co¬
moving and replacing
furniture.
placed
It
might also be
Bethlehem-Salem
the
in the table-tennis
only
room
Friday and Satur¬
on
day evenings. There is located on
the lower level
large room which
a
to have contained
was
bowling al¬
leys. Bowling equipment is ex¬
pensive and is for the use of a
limited number of students. I have
not heard any
complaints that
we
do not have these facilities. How¬
I think this room might be
ever,
the ideal spot for
dancing. A juke¬
few chairs, and a minimum
of
lighting and ornamentation
would be the only need and should
not be expensive.
There are probably more and
better suggestions floating in the
box,
a
minds
of
provided
the
C.U.B.
come
students.
other
has
a
U.S.G.
suggestion box at
and
desk
all sensible
would wel¬
suggestions and
agreements with my points.
James
Hertzog,
Junior
Class
Choir To Present
Concert Series
On Staten Island
Peter A.
Dodge
Dear Editor:
I
a
was
The
center
impression that
was
meant
for
building
is so properly named the College
Union Building. I invite the fac¬
ulty, administration, parents of
students, and other college per¬
students.
sonnel to
Of course, our
use
College Choir
Moravian
present
three
concerts
this
weekend. The choir will leave the
College Union Building at 3 P.M.
today. The destination: the Mora¬
vian Church at Staten Island, New
York. Concert time this evening
is 8:15. The choir members will
stay
overnight
on
Staten Island
in the homes of church members.
A free
day
scheduled
on
Manhatten Island
Saturday. The
for
choir members will meet at
5:00
P.M. and go to
Floral Park, Long
Island. They will present a con¬
cert in the Floral Park Methodist
under the
student
will
is
Sincerely,
Julius
Wolff, Jane
Julius, Rita Jean Gruss, Toni Ippolito, Phil Katowitz, Pat Ers¬
kine, Nancy Olenwine, Reed Treible, Jeanne Thibou, Catherine Curcio,
Rosemarie
Donchez,
Gail
Smith, Vincenza Frey, Arlene Ebner,
Cecelia
Anne
Matus,
Ken
Hubbard, Jim Hertzog:
..
own
businesses
all.
Nancy Terreson
Manager
Writers.
to wish
think,
Tom Haupert
Photo Editor
Circ.
Horwath
Robin Veluce,
Kai
Malloy,
Gilbert
do
me
however, that
the administration should require
Friday, April 10, 1964
Assoc. Editors
place provided to use
typewriters. There are
at least a
or
your
College Union Building,
far be it from
Bill
There should be typewriters
college wishes to allow outsiders
into
Editor
baseball
maroon
If the administration of the
cap.
College, also attended.
useful to the students.
more
1.
is
a
part-time
it
movies. One of these non-Mo¬
ravian
trips have
been
by the students.
These
color
College
Union Building
has, I feel, various needs to make
operate in
Recently, I have noticed a few
disheveled, non-Moravian-students
lurking in the Union corridors,
Trips Planned
field
Peace,
rules and regulations which
dress
more
in
is
College History Department
Association
comrade
Editor,
a
the American
num¬
The College Union Building has
the
the five or six major
student
stays within the semester hour
limit of his cumulative grade
courses
Dear
in
Prof. W. A. Kohls of the Mora¬
of
have the right
Ivan Vadalundski
many
for
Three-day Parley
attended the
our
AT-4-3478, and if no one
Yours
to
simply stated is as follows: begin¬
Field
is
the
vian
add that since
interest in
Don't Pray! Call us! Our num¬
as
handiwork
ning with registration for the fall
semester of 1964 a student with
In closing may I
the recent rise in
has
historian
own
to
Kern, who
catagories:
oil, waters, pastels
2. ink, pencils
3.
Supreme Court saw
recognize our great move¬
ment, (indirectly) by its Great
and Magnanimous ruling on out¬
lawing school prayers, and we
thank God for their great insight
into today's problems.
fit
suc¬
Kohls Attends
di¬
1.
curriculum
Your
of the facilities.
use
The
pretty weird ideas
some
during his "checkered" career.
Ah, but you get the idea, some
have come back unpolluted.
academy,
years..
ravian
vided
made
was
meeting of the academy at
the
Pennsylvania State Univer¬
sity. Dr. Myers, who is a past
at
political science instructor at Mo¬
was
he's had
many
The
display in the
Contest
In reply
this, I point to your great Am¬
erican political hero, Richard
(Tricky Dick) Nixon. On the
other hand I'd better not, because
Pennsylvania Academy
open
The APO Art
the
and
new
some
ber!
day in New York City.
CUB. On Sunday from 2 P.M. to
additional semester of school.
The
Third
to
holds
answers, you
held last Thursday through Satur¬
APO Contest
On Display
The
strange ideas." i.e. AA.
all, the building is not the
Community Union Building and
the students pay $30 a year for
of Science.
the
language courses may be granted
the
ter
least
at
ber
result
having taken and passed ele¬
program.
or
the
mentary foreign language courses
for
non-credit
in
for seniors and students who
year
result of
particular, students who have
taken
credit hour.
made
back converted to communism or
Richmond E. Myers,
ian of the
have
object to the use of the building
by other adult groups such as
bridge clubs, political organiza¬
tions, and old-fogies, meetings. Af¬
on.
named historian and librar¬
been
we
Also, I've heard it said,
"Anybody who goes to Russia on
his own volition usually comes
chair¬
man
of
the
Moravian
College
Earth
Science
Department, has
Five-Course Curriculum
equated with communism just because
large chapter located there.
No! Our belief transends political
a
organization, we have set up a
telephone for those in need, when¬
ever
they feel a prayer coming
Myers Named To
Pa. Academy Of
Dr.
be
The A.A. must not be
ideas.
Science Post
Effective Fall 1964
writing this letter in reply to the many and derogatory remarks
be sneaky) on Campus.
present as their major spring
production, "Mid-Summer Night's
will
two
Don't you
Comrades,
am
I've overheard (we have to
John Buchar, Oberon; Larry Wet¬
categories speak for themselves. One can readily see that the
thing to fear is not the differences between the two countries, but their
similarities. We seem to be arguing not about end results, but of the
means of attaining those end results.
These
I
Shakespeare's 400th Birthday, the
Blackfriars of Moravian College
Kowenberg, Duke; Marie Moser,
Hippolyta; John Wilbur, Egeus;
Tony Allura, Puck; Pat Erskine,
Titania; Nancy Tolliver, Sandy
Crietz and Hilda Wolff, fairies;
materialism
In
Dear
commemoration of William
In
Helena;
carefully.
have
Letters To The Editor
many ways
were
But there is
April 10, 1964
COMENIAN
THE
Page 2
Church at 8:30 P.M.
The choir will also
sing at the
11:30 A.M. service of the Tremont
Terrace Moravian Church
on
Sun¬
all the facilities of
day. They will leave Sunday after¬
noon for Reading where they will
present a concert at 7:30 P.M.
Immediately after the concert,
I strongly
the bus will return to Bethlehem.
the building. However,
April 10, 1964
THE
Theological Seminary
Presents Noted Speaker
For Alumni Activities
On
Thursday, April 16, Dr. John Reumann, Professor of New
Testament and Greek at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Phila¬
delphia, presented the Weber Memorial Lectures, as a part of the
Alumni Day activities of Moravian Theological Seminary.
A member of the Philadelphia
Seminary faculty since 1950, Dr.
Reumann
church
is well
circles
known
as
in
local
speaker and
a
lecturer.
Dr.
a.m.
Reumann
on
spoke
10:30
at
"The Justification of the
Unjust—Righteousness and Eschatology" and at 2 p.m. on "The
Justification of God—Righteous¬
ness
and
the
tures
were
Cross."
Both
lec¬
held in the Bethlehem-
Salem Room of the College Union
and
native
Reumann
lenberg
the public.
open to
were
A
of
is
a
Easton,
Pa., Dr.
graduate of Muh¬
College,
he
where
is
a
member of the Board of Trustees.
He received his M.A. and his Ph.D.
the
from
University of Pennsyl¬
his S.T.M. (Master of
Sacred Theology) from Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Philadel¬
phia.
vania
and
He has served
tor and
as
a
supply
pas¬
supervisor of development
churches in the Delaware Val¬
to
ley
area.
mann
1959-60,
In
Dr. Reu¬
recipient of the
the
was
American Association of
ical
the three
tian
Reumann
book
is
the
author
Centuries
"Four
of
of
the
English Bible" and numerous ar¬
ticles and reviews for theological
publications. He serves as gener¬
al editor of Facet Books, Biblical
Series and is New Testament Book
Review Editor of the "Journal of
Biblical
Literature."
Memorial
Lectures
bring to the campus speakers who
have clearly demonstrated in their
ministry that they have some¬
thing significant to share with
the student. Established in 1950,
and
with
usually given in conjunction
the
observance
of
Alumni
Day, the Lectureship was endow¬
ed in memory of their parents, by
ravian
Church
Sports
girls'
basketball team ended up with a
record of 3-6, posting victories
over
Wilkes,
Muhlenberg,
and
This
year
the
Moravian
Lebanon "Valley.
Although they did not have a
winning season, the girls put forth
a great deal of effort and deserve
our appreciation and
future sup¬
were
under the
competent guidance of Miss Chris¬
tine Whytock, director of wom¬
en's
a
athletics, who also deserves
great deal of thanks.
As they are losing only three
girls
team is
through graduation, the
looking forward to a more
successful
season
the
pastoral
The Alumni Luncheon
held
was
in the
College Union at 12:30 p.m.
Presiding was the Rev. Robert
P. Brennamen '63 of
The
Invocation
Rev.
Marvin
R.
Quakertown.
given by the
was
Henklemann '53,
pastor of College Hill
Church, Bethlehem.
The
Moravian
Pre-Med Banquet
Planned April 25
Saturday, April 25, 1964,
College will hold its an¬
nual
Pre-Medical
Banquet. The
dinner to be held in the College
Union Building will begin at 6:30
On
Moravian
P.M.
Joseph R. DiPalma, M.D., Pro¬
and Head of the Depart¬
ment of Pharmacology at Hahn¬
emann Medical College will be the
guest speaker for the evening. Dr.
DiPalma's
presentation will be
"Medicine-Applied Biology." With
a current emphasis on molecular
fessor
biology and its applied biochemis¬
try and newly developing fields in
biophysics, this discussion should
enlightening to the future
professional student and the many
prove
questions
one might have concern¬
ing any particular or specialized
fields of
endeavor, as well as those
holding professional de¬
already
grees.
After
featured
program
ad¬
an
dress
by Dr. John R. Weinlock
'3 4 entitled "A Look at European
Churches."
In addition,
Dr. Raymond S.
Haupert '24 brought the Alumni
up to date on recent progress and
receiving his
B.S.
from
Columbia University in 1936, Dr.
DiPalma
attended
Long Island
Medical
College
where
he
awarded his M.D. In 1946
was
as a re¬
search fellow at Harvard Medical
College his work dealt with reac¬
tive hyperemia and recently his
plans for the future of the Theo¬
research has been concerned with
logical Seminary.
antifibrillatory drugs and periphe¬
Arrangements for the Alumni
Day activities were under the
ral circulation.
chairmanship of Dr. Vernon W.
Couillard, dean of Moravian Theo¬
logical Seminary.
and it is
Marks Heads
Tickets
are on sale for
$3.00
hoped that all interested
students &
faculty will be in at¬
tendance.
GUEST SPEAKER—Joseph R.
DiPalma, M.D., will give a
Medicine-Applied Biology at the Annual Pre-Med Ban¬
quet April 25, in the College Union Building.
next year.
The members of the team are:
Seniors, Sharon Yaeck, Karen
Pennypacker, and Sue Sussman;
juniors, Gail Skeen, Sue Watt,
Marcia Mueller, Lea Sutera, and
Sandy Smoyer; sophomores, Myra
Heimbrook, Judy Marino, Fay
Stover, and Vickie Kurteson;
freshmen, Elaine DeReamer, Lynn
Tallmadge, Lois Kreitzer, Tina
Grigg, Carol Wertz, Rita Jean
Gruss, Chris Sauter, and Millie
Hugonet.
talk
Kennedy Drive
on
Requests by college students
in the organization
of
on many campuses have resulted
National Student Committee for the pro¬
a
posed $10 million John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library in Boston, it
announced yesterday by the Kennedy Library Corporation.
was
The national committee will
ordinate
April
student
the
out
drives
nation
their
as
the public campaign to
the
funds.
On
Library will
be
to
co-
late
operated
over
Government
of
part
as
Displays: There is
exhibition
an
has
been
ap¬
pointed chairman of the Kennedy
Library Committee to direct the
drive at Moravian College.
The APO Art Contest is being
sketch¬
student and
faculty artists are on display in
the halls of the CUB. Sculptures
are being featured in the Germanes
and other works by
town Room.
According
to
the
the
Corporation
Institute
of
the
Library will further one of
Kennedy's deepest con¬
cerns—his continuing attempt to
bring together the world of ideas
and the world of affairs; the world
of scholarship and the world of
President
decision.
This
purpose
consistent¬
ly animated his life, and
could
The
better
serve
Institute
no cause
will
strive
ways
—
Shook the World" is
and public af¬
together in a diversity
through lectures and
by professors, politicians
public servants of all parties
and from foreign countries;
through professional chairs;
through meeting rooms for under¬
graduates interested in politics
and public affairs; through fellow¬
ships for scholars, American and
foreign; through visitors-in-residence; through organization of
study groups and conferences
bringing together scholars and
practitioners to consider vital is¬
sues; through a publication pro¬
gram; through literary and public
service awards;
and through a
variety of other means. The Insti¬
tute will be committed to no pro¬
gram or
policy but only to Presi¬
of free
silent film
be
Sergei Eisenstein's
historical recreation of a turning
summarized
as
point in modern history: the Rus-
short
Revolution
of
1917.
The
Depths, Excerpts" is a
of excerpts of Maxim
film
Gorky's play depicting the life of
group of social outcasts living
together.
a
seminars
and
a
with English sub-titles. It may
"Lower
to
bring intellectual
of
Friday, April 10: Russian Mov¬
"The Ten Days That Shook
the World" and "Lower Depths,
Excerpts." "The Ten Days that
ies:
sian
his memory.
3:30 & 6:30:
"The
Ten
Days
that Shook the World" in Prosser.
5:00 & 6:00:
"The
Lower
Depths, Excerpts" in Prosser.
9:00:
talent
Co
show
Ed Capers,
-
in
Prosser
student
Auditor¬
featuring pictures
production notes
c
Sunday, April 12. 2:00-5:00 Ree p t i o n
and presentation of
awards
for the APO Art Contest
in the CUB.
Thursday, April 16. 5:00-7:00
Buffet
in
CUB
of Moravian
6:30
Phi Delta Epsilon
Elects Officers
The
Moravian
College chapter
Epsilon, National Hon¬
orary Journalism Fraternity, has
of Pi Delta
selected its officer for the 1964-65
academic year.
William Kerman,
203
Lehigh
Ave.,
-
with
the trustees
by
members of the International Club
featuring
calypso
dance
and
a
Korean dance. To be held in Pros¬
ser
Auditorium. Open to the pub¬
rational inquiry.
lic,
no
admission charged.
leaders of this move¬
The two
Wittgenstein and Ryle.
According to Ordinary Language
Philosophy, the function of the
philosopher was to indicate the
significance of the terms by show¬
ing how in fact they are used.
Philosophical problems may be
dissolved when the semantic prob¬
ment
are
and Carol Coles.
his
Also, Arthur Phelps, 427 East
St., Bethlehem; James
McMahan, R.D. No. 1, and Wil¬
liam F. Horwath, 31 S. 9th St.,
both of Allentown; Reed Treible,
176 South 8th St., Bangor and
Janice Whitfield, 154 Union Ave.,
Rutherford, N. J.
cisms when confronted with them
lem
is
overcome.
said that
Wittgenstein
should not ask for
one
words involved
but rather ask
the meaning of the
the
in
problem,
for the
use
of the words in that
particular problem
The
use
of
a
Mr. Melchert's
a
rather
or
term is its
presentation
shallow
one
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CARDS
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866-6954
Bethlehem
was
in that
he
got wrapped up in the very prob¬
lem he was trying to overcome—
semantics.
own
He
did
previously
not
recognize
stated criti¬
in the
question and answer period
begged the question when
asked "the use (meaning) of the
word use." He could not give any
and
criterion for what constituted
an
acceptable use as opposed to mis¬
use, his solution was that a use is
that which is generally
Performance
Lehigh
statement.
meaning.
Thus to understand the meaning
of a word, the context must be
supplied with the implications of
the syntax and the semantics.
College.
7:00
P. Melshert of
Norman
University spoke to Phi Sigma
Tau, the Philosophy Fraternity
April 3 on the Ordinary Language
Philosophy.
Palmerton,
was
elected
president; Tom Haupert, Mt. Rt.
23, Bethlehem, was selected as
vice president; and Carol Coles,
R.D., Columbus, N. J., was named
secretary-treasurer.
Senior Craig Borst, 1413 Helen
Court, Bethlehem, who is the re¬
tiring president, presided at the
dinner meeting held in the Germantown
Room of the College
Union, to honor new initiates.
Among those recently elected to
membership in Pi Delta Epsilon
are Eric Rhodin, Assistant Profes¬
sor of English, William Kerman
Fairview
ium.
dent Kennedy's own spirit
and
the life and work of the French
about his plays.
held this week. Paintings,
Marks
on
writer Albert Camus in the Bethlehem-Salem Room,
of his life, excerpts from revised manuscripts, and
the
National Archives.
Jonathan
by John Wilbur and Pat Erskine
raise the
completion,
Melchert Speaks
On Wittenstein
C.U.B. News
in
part
be turned
the United States
to
in
2,100 campuses through¬
on
fairs closer
port.
The Houndettes
in
lina.
announcement,
Girls
Chris¬
wife,
ministry in Indianapolis, Indiana
and Winston-Salem, North Caro¬
necessary
Weber
The
his
Dorothy
Pfohl Weber, who served the Mo¬
land.
Dr.
and
Page 3
Theolog¬
Seminaries
"Faculty Fellow¬
ship" grant for post-doctoral study
at
Cambridge University,
Eng¬
a
of the Rev.
sons
Otto
COMENIAN
used.
In conclusion it
might be noted
that while the Ordinary Language
Philosophy is a difficult method
to defend, it is more defensible
than
was
Melchert's
made
apparent to
Mr.
disappointed audience.
Club Car
by Toni Ippolito
Society—The next meeting will be on Wednesday, April
22 at 7 p.m., and will include nominations of officers and final accept¬
ance of constitution. Also a movie, "The Sea Around Us," will be shown
and followed by refreshments. Everyone is welcome.
Follestad Speaks
On Cuba and U.S.
(APO) Art Contest—The third
to students
and faculty. The judging, by local
art teachers, will be held on
Thursday night, April 9th. Prizes
awarded
be
will
at
reception
a
Sunday, April 12 in the Union
on
The
Building.
will
judging
held for three divisions
—
be
color,
assistant
gan,
director
news
for
NBC, the group will visit the Her¬
ald Tribune. Members include stu¬
the Comenian, WRMC, the Beiiigna, and
the Manuscript.
French Club—On April 15 at
8:30
p.m.
in Liberty High he
participating
dents
de
Treteau
in
Theatre
Paris
Com¬
white, and three-dimen¬
sion (these are on display in the
Germantown Room). First, sec¬
will present Jean Anoulilh's
L'Alouette. The troupe has re¬
ond, and third prizes, as well as
honorable mentions will be award¬
Francisco and New Orleans; Beth¬
black and
is
division.
each
in
ed
exhibit
The
display in the Union Build¬
on
ing until May 17th.
Comenius lecture series
The
—•
third lecture of the series on "Re¬
sponsible Citizenship in a Demo¬
Society"
cratic
was
held on Mon¬
6, and featured John
Wild, a professor of philosophy
at Yale University. At 4 p.m. an
day, April
discussion
informal
held
was
the Bethlehem-Salem Room;
in
pany
ceived
in
reviews
excellent
San
city
Re¬
served seats are $3.00;
general
admission — $1.50, a small price
for an unusual opportunity. AATF
lehem
is
the
that
the
large
smallest
has played.
troupe
take
to
guided tour of historic Bethlehem
and the Bethlehem Steel Research
Center.
at 8
—
Sperry-Hutchinson Company,
who is sponsoring the lectures,
will present Senator Clifford P.
Chase, who will speak on May 4th.
meeting followed by folk-singing.
ium.
the
WRMC
A
—
Moravian"
"Comment
program,
new
being
is
presented every Tuesday night
Listeners from
the area and on campus can call
in and comment, editorialize, or
9 to
from
11 p.m.
questions to the college ad¬
direct
ministration. Call 868-6229.
elected
to the post of WRMC station man¬
ager for the next year, replacing
Craig Borst. Phelps resides in
Bethlehem, is a day student (wel¬
come
to the club, Art), and is
majoring in chemistry.
Arthur Phelps has been
Epsilon, the National
Journalism Fraternity,
will tour the NBC News Studios
in New York on April 23rd. After
this tour, directed by Robert WoPi
Delta
Honorary
President Havpert
Receives Letter
From Schweitzer
Twenty members of the Interna¬
tional Club who performed in the
International
asked
thank the Moravian
Church for its goodness towards
hospital. I know all that you
doing for it
Sincerely, Al¬
my
are
.
.
.
Schweitzer."
bert
This
the
was
in
German
at the close of a letter
received recently by Dr. Raymond
S. Haupert, president of Mora¬
vian College.
itself
letter
came
from a
personal friend of Dr. Haupert's,
executive
head of the Moravian Church in
the Rev. Radim Kalfus,
Czechoslovakia.
Kalfus, writing from Dr.
Schweitzer's hospital at LambarRev.
ene
in Gabon,
Africa, said in his
Haupert:
letter to Dr.
week with
Albert Schweitzer, who invited
to come
and so I have
the second time a wonderful
"I have spent a
.
.
.
Dr.
postscript then
own
MORAVIAN
BOOK SHOP
Opposite
Hotel
PAPER
in
Bethlehem
BACKS
866-5481
His
talk
Roll Call—Secretary's re¬
i.
the
Executive statement
hi.
Treasurer's
iv.
Committee Reports
los, Brazil.
CUB Director
Attends 50th
ACU Anniversary
Eiffe, director
Union
Building, will attend the 50th an¬
niversary celebration of the As¬
sociation of College Unions to be
held April 19-22 at Indiana Uni¬
Miss Helen Paty
College
international
organization of more than 550
campus
centers in the United
States as well as other countries.
lvsga
a.
a
systematically examining, analyz¬
ing and appraising the over-all
performance of their management.
concern¬
LVSGA
ing
Vice-
Various
approval of
appointments
co mmittees;
U.S.G.
a.
terest
committees
ment
Policy
Blackfriars request
D.
Kennedy Fund
Tutorial Program
organized by a joint com¬
mittee from the United Student
Government
and
the
Triangle
Honor Society. The purposes of
the Program as stated by the Com¬
mittee are:
"1. To provide in¬
Student
those Moravian stu¬
their
scholastic standing. 2. To contrib¬
ute to the scholarship and intel¬
lectual atmosphere of our col¬
lege."
have
will be
students that
by the
department chairmen. A
and
been
senior
recommended
standard rate
of
two
dollars per
hour will be charged for the tu¬
was
the
combo
Mr.
Rudy Ackerman,
Miller,
entertain¬
Miss
Jane
serious study on
to
the part of the student who
to make the
has
payments.
The program is scheduled to go
into
full
operation following the
To date, approxi¬
mately 35 students are available
Easter
as
recess.
tutors.
Moravian students
desiring tu¬
toring will contact the tutors
sonally from
able
that
a
will
per¬
list of those avail¬
posted in Co¬
be
menius Hall.
Organization of the Student Tu¬
established rate makes it
torial Program was done by acom-
an
worthwhile for the tutors to give a
serious amount of time and effort
instruction
and
gives
of
a
responsibility and obliga¬
the tutor to¬
ward the student. It also provides
sense
tion
on
(Cont. from 1, col. 2)
western
fessor
University. He
was a pro¬
of
philosophy at Harvard
prior to that, serving as depart¬
ment chairman.
A
Guggenheim Fellow in 1930-
31 and 1957-58, he is a past pres¬
ident of the Metaphysical Society
of America and the American
Division.
Dr. Wild
is
a graduate of the
Chicago; later re¬
ceived his master's degree from
Harvard, and then returned to
the University of Chicago for his
University
of
doctorate.
-
incentive
an
tor's service. The committee feels
that
.
Appreciation is extended to the
Kappa Epsilon brothers for
the flowers they sent to the Col¬
lege Union in honor of the oc¬
casion. Thanks are also expressed
for the gift from the Omicron
Gamma
Omega fraternity of a
year's magazine subscription of
the
Student
Program
Board's
choosing.
dents who desire to improve
junior
.
Tau
has been
Tutors for the Program
.
Julius.
C.
to
awards
with
Gerald
Mr.
Purpose of Tutor
Program Outlined
struction
and
held
in the Snack Bar. Special in¬
gram
Statement
A
day
were
presented during the evening pro¬
presentation of new
Executive
roast beef
Lectures
Philosophical Association, Eastern
contests
throughout the
new
to
was a
buffet from 5-7 p.m.
New Business
vi.
There
ceremony.
Presidential report
toward
sent directors with
Flight represidential
remarks
method for
the
t
p o r
faculty
Eiffe,
March 12th, 1964
was the second anniversary of the
College Union. The highlights of
the anniversary included a special
photographic
exhibit
depicting
scenes in the College Union begin¬
ning with the ground - breaking
Old Business
v.
Anniversary
Thursday,
Evaluation
Committee
first full-time
will attend
an earlier management audit con¬
ference at Indiana University be¬
ginning April 14 and held in con¬
junction with the ACU observance.
The seminar is designed to pre¬
Miss
director at Moravian,
C.U.B.
Report
Course
A.
coming
Burgauer, Switzerland; James
Tucker, Jamaica; and Ildako Mik-
the
Roger Follestad, U.S. State Dept., discusses Cuban Affairs in
Browsing Library last Friday.
port
B.
is
Agenda
Ted Bowman, Pres.
April 30 at noon
in the Hotel Bethlehem, for mem¬
bers of the club will speak at a
Kiwanis Club meeting. The topic
—"Impressions." The speakers—•
Herman Hooker, Nicaragua; Ren6
ACU
College
April 13, 1964
On Thursday,
The
Moravian
at
U S G
ner.
Moravian
Lehigh
the
Friday afternoon dealt with the
topic, "U.S. - Cuban Relations."
The program was sponsored by the
college history department, Dr.
Daniel Gilbert, chairman.
16, is the Board of Trustees din¬
ner,
and will be at 6:30 p.m.;
the performance will be in Pros¬
ser Auditorium, following the din¬
the
in
was
Foreign Policy Association of the
Lehigh Valley to be held the fol¬
lowing day at Muhlenberg College.
been
the Alumni Round
Table, held at 6:30 p.m., April
13, will be in the dining room
of the CUB. The second on April
9
ex¬
perience to observe his work and
to his noble ideas." Dr.
Schweitzer's
Follestad
Valley area for the 4th Annual In¬
ternational Affairs Institute of the
the part of
mittee headed
and
David
members
by Janice Whitfield
Wilson
Joanne
and
aided
by
Bobek, Linda
Garo, Ken Holtje, and Bill Ker-
coeds
working in Europe
EUROPEAN
JOBS
The trend among students
is to work in Europe during
tho ^mmer. Thousands of
^.g. resort, lifeguarding and office work) and
travel grants are available
to every registered student.
Some wages are as high as
$400 a month. For a com¬
plete prospectus, job and
travel grant applications, a
$1 ASIS book coupon and
handling and airmail
charges send $1 to Dept. M,
.,-^3
American Student Informa¬
tion Service, 22 Ave. de la
Liberte, Luxembourg City,
Grand Duchy of Luxem¬
bourg.
man.
me
for
listen
followed.
Building.
selected acts at two
scheduled
dinners
have
versity.
note
penned
The
do
p.m.
Friday in the Browsing Library
of the Moravian College Union
week. The first,
of
"I sincerely
to
Festival
Department, spoke at
The next
meeting will be on Friday, April
10, 7 p.m., at Sam Zeller's house.
There will be a short business
the
State
informal discussion at 3
ii.
International Club
that evening. Wild lectured
public in Prosser Auditor¬
In an extension of the series,
p.m.
to
U.S.
an
informal
an
in
Officer
Charge of Cuban Affairs for the
(American Association of Teach¬
ers of French)
is arranging for
the members of the troupe, about
twenty-five,
Follestad,
Robert
Rau Science
annual contest is open
April 10, 1964
COMENIAN
THE
Page 4
gorf
All day long he
just stares at his
reflection in that
r
t
pool! I'm surprised Gort'
even speak to himT
Narcissus...are you still
greasy kid
stuff on your hair?T
using that