Page Six SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. March 3, I96 The Hidden Faces of Laiin America Cont. trom p 2 tury Nicaraguan born Ruben nan‘o, considered by many the most outstanding poet at his time, not just in Lat Amcre ica biit anywhere. it is charac- tcrizcd by a richness ol ex l pression which combines .me- . dievai, renaissance, baroque, neoclassic, romantic, ist, and Parnassian elements, artiully and essentially inles grated in simple and commun- icative verse, The meaning of his poetry is conveyed instantaneously and ettcrtlcssly Incredibly, selective and complex as Ruben Dario he does not withdraw to his ivory tower but succeeds in shai rig his inner uorld with the public Thus, the reader catchesl a glimpse of hitherto unsuspect l ed htiman horizons. . Ruben Dal-io‘s poetry is un-‘ translatable because of its style. The subtle manipulation of lane- uage applied to the basic tiicrnes or lyric poetry 7 beaue ty, love. the fleeting of lime,; death 7 or to contemporaryi American themes 7 politics, i-ee ligrou. national concerns, ther Colossus ot the North (USA) — shows the versatility of the Latin American and his admire able power of absorption and assimilation, While Antonio Machado. Spain’s most outstand— ing poet of the pro nt century, wonders ”Am I classical or am 1 modern!" the American Rubcnl Dario asserts “I am very much eighteenth centtlly, zmcl veiyr classical. and very modern, and bold, and cosmopolitan ,. A twentieth century Argen- tine poet, Jorge Luis Borges, creates a surprisingly eliective and suggestive neulogioal language which he combines with a local Buenos Aires language pregnant with mean- ing. His ncoiogisi-ns are derived by means of an etymological process similar to that of the natural evolution of the Spanish language So masterfully does he create new words and squeeze universal of Argentine words that he suc- ceeds in communicating to a, nonrAl’grentlne and a non-Span- ish-speaking person the inner struggle of the modern ed- ucated Argentine citizen torn between his present-Argen- tian and his past—Spain, Europe Underneath it all may be ensed the desperate search for mans true self the American's true self. In so doing his personality appears distinct. and Alilcllczm The origin of Latin Almcrr ica‘s revolutions, dictatorships and upheavals since the nines teenth century, has been a concern'ol our present generr ations oi American students. It is becoming an even more poigant one as our restless neighbors to the South he- come more internationally in- volved. This concern has also been the concern of Latin Americans themselves. But whereas we approach the Latin American problem from a political and cconomic VleWV point, they themselves approach it from a psychological and phils osophical viewpoint. A good deal of Latin America's mosti outstanding literature and aiti is an attempt to reach below the surtacc of lite and grasp the /undellylng meaning ol the Latin civ lzation. 1t responds to the question: What is man? i What am I? What are the mell' inhabit and Women like who this country wrth met In order to understand him- sell and to answer these one tions, Domingo Faustino Sar— niiento. wliilc in exile in Chile dunng wrote newspaper his Argentine countrymen, His main purpose was to explain how his irccdom-loving Argen- tina could have produced a di lalol' like Rosas TD th5 0nd, llt‘ analysed the venous types who inhabit the pamp including Roses trrlro \\ s gauchoi m sketches or "ILEIL insight and vivid style. The collutlccl artie articles about Cles under thc title of “Fucundo, ' ,ot 'soberly the Rosas dictatorship.‘ civilization vs hal‘hallsm," wer translated into many languages and became a classic iedd by \lndelstand Argentina and her problems. We [ind equally life so characteristic of the pro» areas as a result at the fusion the , submissive, raid finds no s as the powertul Mexican novel of the 1510 revolution ‘The Underdogs," by Mariano Azuela, the quietly moving irriodeinista poem. of mu Indigenous Santos Cliocano, or stirring Peruvian novel, and Alien is the World” Ciro Alegria. Through these works we dis- cover how absurd it is to be. lieve, as is currently believed, tiiat LatinAmcrican problems stein primarily irom racial problems in the social sense. The struggle between crvilrza Soul," by the deeply by tion and barbairsm, in areas lni which inhospitable geography and climate r-ulc man's lite and hinder his progress are mirror— ed in the power-lid novels of the rungle- “The Voi i' by the Columbian Jose Eustasio Rivera; ‘Canalma by the Venezuelan Romulu Gallegos; or the equally breathtaking novel of the Vene- zuelan plains, "Dona Barbara," “Three Notes ‘ “Wide, imprc sionrsm and cxpl‘es 'orrisi under a dominantly Azce ‘Mdyan color scheme, to arriv iall those who lcally “lshcd to at a sLylc without pl'eccdnnt. l Another Me. an Jose Clsnlente Ol’ozco, painte ironic. comments 0 linnn ‘Hls “Poltl'ait of Man" slitin religious, ‘down with his enormous greedy- ‘fatallstic Indian and the philo- phical, deiiairt, rataiistic Spanri viewer, his small body proudly expression in suchiholdrng up a disproportionately h'lnds otlLStlLlched \0\\:lld lh blind an large stone i ,mindloss head 7 piece prcssronistie and iiiques are utilized the Latin ' A clo ng comment on iolk ,mrisicr Cielos, payarlris, triun— ios in Argentina, Paraguay, : and U uguay; cuecas, vidalitas in Chile; curritlos in Mex- ico are all born iron. the marriage or traditional Span- ish iolksongs and idigeirous melodies. The quena, a mourn- iul irrtlian ilutc and an in- str-uineiit ii-coircntly iouncl in iolklorc. speaks oi the solis tudc and mystery ui‘ the [Us an soul, but oiten appears in compositions calling tor swiit rhythms and Spanish ills strumcnts such as guitars and castaiiets. Hence, the strange melancholy notes in lively times which help us grasp the Latin mood. The three basic concerns oi this music are the is ‘ to l‘ende by the same author. Through works such as these we understand how unjust it is to believe, as many Latin America’s slow progress, despite vast natural resources, is simply due to its feudal herit 8&6 iogelhel “ilh an Inherent sutiicc to read background ma-iond hair was a new ieatirre lectures lMaaske singled out Dal Zierk Latin indolence. The conilict between progress in the modern cities and con» servatrsm in the provincial pamr pas finds a dramatic expression in the Argentine play, ‘Barranca abalo," by Florencia Sanchez or in the novel, “Los caranchos ole meaning out la Florida," by Benito Lynch. can best [On the other hand, the exalted reconstruction Df pampa lllc with its virtues and n: oism in a late nineteenth century and in twentieth century Argentina in which progress has won the battle, finds expression in the stir-ring epic poem ,“Martin Flerl‘o" by Jose Her-- nandez or the symbolic novel “Don Segundo Sornbia" by Rie cardo Gurialdcs Through uorks such as the above we understand better the true nature af‘ .ome oi the problems confronting to- r day this area oi Latin Amere ica. Let us turn briclly to Latin America's art, Some Latin American painters are well known lor their search for new techniques that will iaitlitully render the American inner and loulel' realities. The Mexican :Diego Rivera composes monu- mental murals designed to cap ture the Me can substratum land to deliver a social and pot al me age to his couri- tr men, particularly the rllrt ‘ate l-iis murals are cliaiact. ized by a simple, basic, primi- tivc line and the slow rhythm of the Mexican. in them, he combines elements or Western ‘ CHOCOLATE ; ECLAIRS ON FRi. & SAT. l * DECORATED CAKES * CREAM PUFFS l * BROWNIES l ‘k COOKIES ‘ FOR THAT REM: ‘ HOME BAKED FLAVOR IT’S , BE 0 me i Across irorn City Library . l ROWN'S ; BAKERY i r iterials hum'ln, the philosophical and the political One can see, then, that Latin MaggieD 010. “mi America is a mature continent game that the freshmen, now 7 and and l for the year, had shown uith many complexities problems To gain an insigh into some of them it does no nor listen to Travelling to Latin countries to this purpose is not only useles but on occasions even detrimeir tal. It is necessary to pcnetrat the Latin Word through th lront door with Latin be and {hi through realities, done thorough understanding of uhatl the Latin American tells us o himself in hi paintings, and in his ,Trip Is Med lBy Art League ; Tile Glinnell Art League ponsorriig a age to attend u inesday, March 15, given by M ,iItober-t Kochcr 'tcssor of Art entitled “Action Painting," Departure time will be ilbm 5:00 p.ln. rmd return will about lo 30 pm. vited in his books. ill his lllusi tact Judy narih, EX. ,Beirriett Bean, day. March l3. about 51 Cost will To Be A'i' Your 8651' For Women's Week VISI‘l‘ iAVES FWTH AVENUE BARBER SHOP i perhaps revealing rLlle greatest at them all, has lett “olks in various points of Lat-.us on murals and on canvas hrs ,yjmbor. in America The attitude toward burning, on the co uptron of 1115- ‘rlomlnanlly mestrzo and Indianitice, on the plight of the poor a master in which the best of ex realistic Lsch- oirrc concept of man. —— the confrontation' around well and look good shots architecture, trip to Coc Cole' lccttll'E Wede Associate Fro- ‘eli. Coe College, be Everyone is in. iaculty and student. All those interested should con— 432 Oi ext 430, by Mons be lFrosh ‘Roundballers Lose To Cornell The season hnale ior Coarhi Ray Rogcis’ ircshman basketball x.Vltcarn was marred by the hot- \shooling ti-cshman ouintet lrom iCoi-nell College last Saturday ai7 tcrnoon. The Rams, beating Grin- ncll. hit ior it of 30 shots in the first hall {or 46.7 per mint and nearly matched it in the second half when they hit [or 16 at 41 arid 39 per cent, giving them a game average of 42.2 pcr cent. Coach Rogers stated aitcr the game that he ielt a combination of poor rebounding by the Pie» ricer-s and a pressing defense by Cornell in the second halt spell- ed the dilicrence. rig The Pioneers left the rloorat l halftime trailing by a small margin, 39733, only to see the Rams outscore them 19-9 in the lirst nine minutes and 55 seconds or the finlll period. Slx-fool-twosincli Harlan Rice led all score with seven treld goals and _liil'ee out of four lr-ee throws. Rice was followed by ‘Dick Calhow with 15 points and Robert Moore and Dal Zierlr with 13, all for Cornell On the Grinncll side oi the ledger, Jim Proctor hit for 16 points and Jim Miiilin [or 15 to ilead tlrc way, ' Mriliin hit a jump shot after 1:35 or play in the first half to lkuot the score at it all. Mike Fox sank a lay- up with 8:05 remaining to tie the scorc at 23 betorc Moore hit a tree throw with 7:09 lelt, Alter that Cor- :nell was never behind Corsiicll‘ varsity coach. Paul commented alter the ii a . n E e d 1 great shooting ability all season L but the tight defense in the 590 l {01 his outstanding shooting and1 5 floor leadelship. l The Grinnell fl'osh ioaked‘ e viery sharp at times in the {llstl 6 half as they worked the ball‘ Grinnell Girls lDeieal‘ Vicior by Donna The Grinllcll women's bdslm hull team, after a slow start, In had in the last three quarter and (lcfczllztl vlslllllg Victor ngl 50-36 last Saturday afternoo This was ill: second will in WV weeks (or [he gil the first b ing a 50-47 victor over the Uri versriy of lows the previo week. At the and of the first qual‘lc llle iVlCLar Lenin led 18—9. Tl’} Grinnell girls then loosened ti and began to hit and were abl to tie the half time score at 2 points each. The sharp shooting oi Bar- bara Bendix, Mary Jo Binge and Janet Lind, with the EKV gressive rebmmding of Micke Clark, kept the lead saiely iii Grinnelil hands (luring (he sees and halfi Guards Heidi Fltlon, Sham Miller, Ann Scully and Donna J Bl‘ilcy, after the slow first (war Ler. managed to make a lot Ll‘oubl: for the Victor forward as they held them to 16 pullll during the second half. Tomorrow the WRA hono team consisting of co.captarn Sharon Miller and Barbara Bar rett, Donna Jo Briley, Mary J Burger. harbor-a Bandit, Lind Flnlan. Janet Lind, Joan Wicdci Aim Scully, Marie Martin. Su Drcihaus and Laura McCollur w I met Central College. Thcs girls were chosen by the 1M re terees on the basis of their ski! and participation in baskctbal IM's, Jo Briley ivrllnlrll 7 all n l‘T lsl Vick-r — 716 ilnr newt. "i » cl Lind . rum \iriler- sliillv ritrou ti o o I ten lid 0 Scllwiehel‘b o Munlh! ‘P ‘ s IHoxlcvel', three early fouls on, a John Suhdell limited (he 6' 7"l f mos“ BASKETBALL 5 Cent. p. 8, col. 2 ‘ Tcilzllq larilci- ’ ‘ ‘ 7 7 7Mlller ‘ r r. Totals 15 is I“ it e GRIN COLLEGE Now 0 stile/Item SALUTES NELL THE MARCH ISSUE N SALE!