Friday, Ociober I3, I96l

SCARLET AND BLACK

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Indrani To Present
lndian Dance Forms

by Craig Henderson

Indrani, who faced the moral
censorship of her nation and the
rigors and detail of Indian clas—
sic dance to develop her great
talent Will present several or the
most obscure styles of this fas-
cinating art form in Robertsi
theater Thursda, Oct. 19. Tltis‘
will be part of the regional Cons
iercnce‘on Asian Attairs. Two
performances will be given, at
7:30 and 0 pm. _ ‘

The Indian classic dance in.
volves several of the arts, for
it is music plus dance plus dra—
ma, and the total effect has
been described as ”sculpture in
motion” To the West the dance
is similar to the ancient mime -
a highly stylized llleaterrai'l: in
which every attitude and move-
ment conveys a poetic symbol
which the onlooker can translate
for himself aiid for his own ins‘
spii-ation. ,

The complex rules of the art
date back to the dawn oi civ ,
zation, and today they includc‘
24 movements or single hands,‘

 

13 for combined hands, In arm:

movements, five chest move l
merits, five each of waist, thighi
and hip movements and 36 kinds
of glances for expressing various
sentiments. I

The dance is at a religious
origin and is performed today ,
as a religious expression, The l
movements of the dancer tell
a poem or epic lay of the gods
and goddesses. All oi these de—
tailed movements are beyond
most Westerners, however.
instead they see a “flashing,
beautiful, vital, switt-moving
kind of Sculpture-in-nlotion. bril-;
liantly costumed, with incredible
musical subtleties of melody and
rhythm 7 and an unexplainable
emotional impact. BV empathy ._;
or by contagion _ he will catch,
the ecstasy of the dancer,"
Indraiii and her troop are a,
inoiig the finest artists of this

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Coil-IFS" $700 Aids’Ford Effort

Ray Horton, presiden

it

t of the CofHP, presents President Howard R. Bowen with a cheok for

Ogden, From SMll;
i'io idlli in Chapel .

The second speaker in this
year's chapel se 'es on “Religi
‘in Contemporary Life,” D
, Schubert M. Ogden, professor at
:Pel‘kms School of Theology.
Southern Methodist University,
will be on campus Tuesday and
Wednesday.

Dr. Ogden will give two lec-
tures on the theme “Faith and
Learning. the implications of res
ligious belief for an academic
life." The first lecture will be
Tuesday evening at x, and the
second will be Wednesday moni-
ing at II in Herrick chapel.

A copy of Dr. Ogden's recently
published hook “Christ Without
Myth" is on rescrve at the lie
brary.

Professors Publish
‘Wrilings Recently

Two Grinnell taculty members
havc had works appear in re—
cent publications. .

M, M. Liberman (English) is
the author of a short story,
“Robin Redbreast and the Wren."
This story was on the list of
Distinctive Short Stories in
American Magazines 1960, and

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$100, the first student gift. given the college since the Ford Foundation's $2 million conditional liThe Best American Short StO“

lia
Lewis linger.

were banned on petition from an
indignant populace. In fact the

,ban on the Mohini Attem was

litted only as recently as 1950.

Indrani has attempted to
search out many of the dances
unknown to Western audiences.
One or these is the Bliarnta
Nntyam, “Dance of the D'viuc
Enchantrcss” which poi-trays
the transformation or the God
Vishnu iilto an ideal of beauty
in order to destroy a wicked
demon.

,grant was announced, From the left, Presidcnfl Bowen, Robert MHSSeI', John Hentzel, Horton,
McKnight, John Hartling’, Steven Hoth, Michael Bachmann, John Ruvalds, John Corns an

lioreign Panel .
iTo Talk Sunday ,

l The Cosmopolitan club will
ihold its first meeting of the.
,year Sunday afternoon at 2:15
in,Loose lounge. All studentsg
larc welcome at this introductory}
3 discussion.

Elsa Lindgren, Sweden; Frank;
;Chilingulo, Nyasaland; Joe Oku-l
Masakatsu

dance in the world. In addition Another dance known only in-mu, Kenya; Katoi
to her solo dances there will the ancient temples of this rc-1dapan; Michael Tetley _ Jones.
be dances in which she will be gion is the Orissa. This dance isjEugland; Stella Bari-la of Pan.
joined by three men — Deva usually associated with the ama; Vincent Anku, Ghana; and
Prasad Das, Baliram, and Nar— "architectural grandeur” and,i-lussain Quieshi, Pakistan, willg
asiinha Rao who was declared “sculptural beauty" oi the Oris—idiscuss the family and social‘
the best male dancer from any sa temples, gstructure of their countries.
“3qu at the 1950 Theme tie, Tickets for the dance will be Following these presentational
Nam“ “Fm“ 59350“ .m Pam- available in the Union on TueS-‘iGrinnell students are invited to.
The musical 3C°?"‘pa"““e“‘.i°"' day and Wednesday, 10 - 11 am. meet informally with them andl
”‘3 dance ‘5 1““de by a smg‘ and 2:30 - 4:30 pm. and Thurs ask questions on any topic.

er, Lokia, a percussionist, Seshae
(iii, and :i flutlst

back to the early vedic chants.
which would possibly be as ear»
ly as 1500 B.C. Over a period of
time the Indians have developed
some of the most complex and
elaborate rhythms found any.
where on earth, and Sashadri
will present these on several‘
unusual drums from India.

The dances of ancient India'
almost disappeared in the moral
censorship of the 19th and 20th
century, but appeared again in}
a recent artistic renaissance. The‘
torm was kept alive for many‘
years by the temple dancers,
but their seductive dancerwllesi

Seven Co-ecls Join
Women's Honor 6‘

Seven new members were for-
mally initiated into womon’
Honor G on Wednesday. Infor
mal initiation took placc Tues-I
day. These girls were chosen on-
the basis or sportsmanship, lcd:l—’
ership and citizenship. ,

The new members are chgyi
Everett, Heidi Fitton, Mary
Anne l—Iill, Janet Lind, Laura
McColluin, Jean Thompson andi
Sue Toengcs,- »

KG Back On Air

Radio station KGRW, “the
voice and choice or Grinnell
College,“ is once again on the
ail: The frequencies are (550 kiln—l

cycles for north campus and 660. from Buenos Alres, Argentina;

 

kilccycles for south campus.

According to Bruce Pol‘tel‘,l
station manager pro tom, the‘
station
pm. until midnight. The iii-st
three hours are sttldyrtypc music,
while the last two hours are a'
potpourri of other kinds. deJ
signed to fit into the lattcr hours.‘

i Alre

day. 10 - 11 3.111.. Excess reser~

Srinivasa vation tickets ma b ' . ' ' —
_ y e available for forci n and American stu i , _ _ , ,.
Murthy. The vocal musxc goes Thursday afternoon or before. dents to “and n Comm“ ground ;l'loul' United Nations ioruiii. This as well aswmkfmm such/mar

the concert. in the theater lobby.

Pick Three More
For Faculty, Staff

Three faculty-staff additions
have been announced at Grin»
ncll.

Camilla Heller Doppmann of

Iowa City has been appointed,

an assistant to the music iaculty,
teaching ccllo on a partrtime
basis, for the current academic
yea . Mrs. Doppmann is a 1955
graduate of the University of
Michigan, where she received a
bachelor of music degree, she

is a incinbcr of Phi Beta Kappa,‘

national honorary scholastic so-
ciety, and of Pi Kappa Lambda,
national honorary music society.
She has been a private teacher
of cello.

G. Randolph Reed, who rc~
ceived his BA. from Gi-iiinell
in 1951) and his LLB. irom
the University of Nebraska
law school this year, has been
named as assistant in history
tor the iii-st semester.

Reed studied at Nebraska in
1955959, then spent a year at
Washington and Lee University
before returning to Nebraska to

(complete work [or his degree.

He is a member ol the Nebraska
State and American Bar Asso—
cizitions.

Maria Teresa Col‘tina has Come

to serve this ycal‘ as head rCsl-
(lent in the Spanish House. Slle
obtained her teacher's certificate

iS broadcasting from 7 in her native country in 1955 and‘

since worked in Biieiios
At Grinnell, in addition
to her Spanish House duties, she
is taking several courses as a
special student.

has

W politan club provides many op-

l
l Realizing it is often difficult ,

l for understanding, the Cosmo-
, portuuities ror inlormal con-
i tact between club members

‘ and foreign students.
Through its activities the club‘
lacouaints Grinnell students with
,the cultural and culinary arts of,
many lands and attempts to iii-
ici'ease mutual understanding and
, appreciation. ',
Besides the first open meeting,
many other activities are plal‘r
,ned for club members only. On‘
:Oct. 19.2l. Asian Conference
meetings will be held with visit-l
ing foreign students. The Vice
(Rector of the University of Lis~l
boil will be on campus to meet‘
club members

 

,informally with
Oct. 22.26. ,

Arrican students on campus
‘and other visiting students Willi
discuss “The Changing Culturall
Scene in Africa" on Nov. 1'7. Thcj
‘Chi‘islmas dinner on Dec. 1,‘
specializing in delicacies from
,imany lands, will culminate the.
ifirst semester’s activities.

Unilarians To Hold l
Discussion On Godi

George Allen (philosophy and‘
religion) will discuss “The Claw
l of the Sea Puss" at a coffee lloul‘i
in Younkcr lounge Sunday eve-l
inng at 7:30 The Unitarizln‘
, group is sponsoring this discus-
lsiOn of thc absolutist concept

 

‘ 6:30 Thursday
. the
p ’61."

w‘: ics 1961,” published by I-loug

ton Miiflin. Liberm’dn's story 31)-
d;_#g_i7 i,peared in the winter issue of

o lPerspective last year.
Fwe Affend ! Helena Percas-Ponseti(modern

‘fol‘eign languages) had an article

on her special field of research,

Speech Mee'i' :Argentine women poets, in a re-
:ccnt issue of Revista de Educ.—

Fivc Grmnell representatives cion, published in La Plata,
attended the fall meeting of the Argentina. -

Iowa Spcech and Heal-in Asso- , .
g lAlumnl Collections

Ciation held at the University
hospital for Severely Handicapr‘

pad Children ill Iowa City overt ' '
Will Be Displayed

the weekend.

The group included Velma l3..

Hlscr (speech) and four speechl On display in the Fine Arts
i

-cori‘ection Students—Julia Chat- center beginning on Oct. 28 and

tel‘ton, Larry Falxa, Carolyn running through Nov, 24 will be
Halfter and Carolyn Vest. “‘Grinnell Alumni Collect," an

art exhibit composed of orig.
College Sfudenfs linals in oils, prints, water .col—
,ors, sculptures and drawin
Seen On TV Show ifi‘onl the personal collections of
Gi-innell alumni.

Four Grinnell students havel The exhibit will contain ex—
bcen interviewed for a sound amples of the work of such Eua
rum to be shown on WHO-TV, ropean masters as Picasso, Rou—
Des Moiues, as part of a hall— ault. Chirieo, Renoir and Marine,

L can artists as Feinlngei‘, Lasalie
sky, Tam, Matter. Albl'izlo and
under Gonzales from this side of the
“perspective Atlantic.
' Over two hundred items we
The four students are Dan offered for the exhibition. y

Flggins, William Johnson, Ruth ”[9 aflmximalely 1:5 Wm“
Gruenewald and Curtis Lamb. “"‘° ”59‘7““ m e ”We”

. _ of the Art Dcpartment for
They WC”? “Hamel" by WHO items from their personal col—
iicwscaster John Picrron.

presented a
evening
title

program was

special

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New Laundry and Cleaning
Village Opening in Grinnell

The spectacular new development in cleaning clothes —a
sellrscrvice liryclcauiug — will be introduced in Griiinell the
week of October lo and 20 m A SPECTACULAR GRAND
(iPENiNG CELEBRATION AT THE NORGE LAUNDRY
AND CLEANING VILLAGE AT 3RD AND STATE STREET
WITH FREE DRY CLEANING To THE PUBLIC FROM
COUPONS mom THE HERALDVREGISTER AND GRIN.
NELL SCARLET AND BLACK. The new drycleaniiig ser—
vice is amazing. Just toss in an arm load of clothes, insert
six quarters, and the machine (you use your own machine)
whirls gently and quietly through a 45-minute clean and
dry cycle. You can actually watch your clothes being claim-
ed through a window in the door. The new “Village” is pro-
viding complete laundry and cleaning service to the public.
The coinvopcl'ntcd dryulellning iliiit will clean anything trom
a man's suit to a formal evening dress, Eight separate ma—
chines are available for customer convenience.

Housewives will be able to do both laundry and or cleaning
at the new Laundry and Cleaning Village in a single visit. _

The (li'ycleflning machines clean eight pounds of garments
(8 to 10 dresses) in approximately 45 minutes i . . for only
$1.50. The dl'yclcancr provides it means for the Consumer to
:dryclcan L'lothus personally. at a quarter of the cost and a
fraction of time normally required.

The cleaner utilizes a specially rormuliited clefuling sol-
vent iroin ii single nitration . stem. The solvent (known as
Norg-Clor) is constantly riitcrod and distilled through
unique purification system.

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One or the on tanning abilities of the machine is that
it has "builtrin wi-i lilo—tree cleaning” with only a touching
with a steam ii-on needed at most. Housewives should really
like the new and economical onestop laundry and clean:
ing service.

 

 

 

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