Pagr Four SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. rNot/er‘nber 2, I 962 Tension seen as essence of‘ ‘Heclcla'i S’rrengl‘h found in framework of emol‘ional polar opposi’res By Jonathan Knplaii 5&1: Sinff Writer The Grinnell Players will present Ibscn' tragic draina, "Hedda Gablei ‘ tonight. Satur- day and Sunday \i 3 iii llobci-ts Theater. The d nintic strength of the play can be attributed alone neither to richness ot’ tha— logue nor to mechanical dyiiaine ics of motion and staging. The play is stretched upon a tramework of emotional, ideal. ogical and aesthetic polar op- posites, which must be viewed beyond the diaphonous, mun. danc mood that iorms the sub- stance of the play in order to understand the tension that is its essence. “Hedda Gabler" of one woman, the rich and beautitul daughter of the late General Gabler. She is mascu- line in her drives to be free. dominate, control and mold oth- er people, but she is the “tem- rne tatrle“ in her modes of ap- proach. As there is no challenge ior her in her husband, this drive iinds its object in Ellcrt Low horg and destroys him. The will to dominate in nedda is iriistratcd by both social and psychological strictures: as a descent in economic means, and hatred oi assuming the responsibility implicit in con- trol. Responsibility w o u l d squash the kindyoi pagan iree- dom she desires. When she attempts to exer- is the story cisc this ireedom, Hedda is plagued with the tear of social condemnation Ncithci- oi her affairs attain sexual tulrillinent As long as she can insinuate liorsell into the secrets ol hei- victims and mold their ideas and destinies, Hcdda is sale. lsUT SEXUAL union with air lhcr or them would admit subr ordination. In her marriagc to the ineffectual George Tcsinan, Hedda has already compromis- ed herseli too much. The inn pression oi her masculinity as seen in her drives for ircedom and power is iurther roiniorc. ed by her perverse hatred and jealousy ot things icmininc, Although repressing the cre— ative impulse, Hedda dcnies the opposite, dcath, also, She reius. cs to accompany Tasman to the bedside ot' his dying aunt: “I will not look upon sickness and death. 1 loathe all sorts oi ugli— X1055." This suggests another aspect oi licdda Gablerean aesfllee tic. rcoiiii-cnicnt. Even domin- ance and freedom, her ideals. were unacceptable unless they ooniorincd to her somewhat obscure aesthetic concept oi beauty. Lovborg's death violates this aesthetic principle Because oi this and partly because of her subjection to Judge Bi-ack and her comprehension ol the na- ture oi the new union oi Tes- man and Thea, Hedda her last tragic move. 11‘ was To prove deed oi deliberate courage still possible in this world a deed oi spontaneous beaut . she falls in this. Her end i noted with academic shock by “ratify that," and with Back People don't do such ”ling, The magnitude of the deed is thus minimircd by the use oi coiniiiou expression. ~ Even il Bl'tlclt and Tcsinan do understand, they can only express their ieelings in the inane utterances oi a restrictive society. is Women's hours, printed letters raise concern on other campuses By Kendall Sandoisoin Exchange Editor The University oi Michigan is experimenting with changes in rules regarding women's hours. This year. any senior woman may check a dorm key out. She may check the key out ev- ery night, but it must he re turned by l p.mi the iollowing day. president Lewis, in an- nounclng this new policy said, “We recognize the maturity oi senior women in implementing these changes" The editor oi the student ' WELCOME PARENTS ENJOY A REALLY SUPERIOR MEAL IN THE SAME LEISURE ; You WOULD AT HOME $4.00 EAT AT THE LONGHORN Grinnell's Newest and Finest newspaper at the University oi Colorado has been fired aiter printing two open letters by a senior philosophy major on the campus. The iii-st letter de- nounced Senator Barry Goldwa- ter as “a fool and no better than a common criminal.” In answer to a demand by Goldwater (which he denied at a press conference held on this Campus last Week) that (he edi- tor be iii-cd, President Quig Newton said “The fight to achieve it (genuine democracy of ideas) has been fought against those \Vl\O—-“l(e yourself —believe the function of a uni- versity is to indoctrinatc rather than educate. “THE CRY YOU raise has a 'vcry iamiliar ring to it! You must silence those who do not agree with me: Senator, i shall not silence them." However, att— .cr the publication oi a second ilettcr by the same student in jivhich torincr Pl‘estdent Eisen- ;howei~ was reierred to as a pnice old lap clog,” Newton elid announce the dismissal or the editor. The National Student Assoclar tion coordinator at Cornell ,Collegc has set up a committee ‘to direct the NSA program on lthe campus. An emphasis will lbe placed on what NSA can dcrbuilt University was being heard at the NSA conference _ can they endorse slHnsl— they iclt that NSA voices opln~ ions on topics which are not student aiiairs. The results ircm a poll taken at Carleton College were des< cribcd as “depressing" by the student body president. The poll asking ior student support oi the Tuterhaitli Council's pos on that “At- tendance at religious activi— ties should he voluntary," and religious activities . should have more student participa— tion, was signed by only 609 of the students. Alternatives to the compul- sory participation which are be ing considcrcd are a course sub.. stitute or a Conscientious Ob-l jector clause. A resolution lormally dcmning discrimination by any college organization is being considered by the Simpson Stu- dent Senate. If the resolution is passed. any group found guilty oi discriminatory practices or any group having discriminatory clauses in its constitution would lose its seat in the Student Scn- ate and its right to organize on the campus » ldo on the local, rather than . ~the regional level. However. :lhey will also consider ways in ‘which the Nebraska-Iowa block can work together [0 make its vote more ciiective. l The Student Senate at Van. Movie Tonighl “The Lady Killers" will be shown free tonight and to- morrow at 9:30 p.m. in ARH auditorium. Stop in of The — — — Election Night Party TUESDAY, NOV. 6th 9:00-12:00 P.M NBC and CBS election statistics by TV. current Tabulations of key races. coffee. and soft drinks. Caucus Room. Carnegie qul Everything free — including election predictions! Co-sponsored by Young Republicans. Young Democrats. and PPPE sandwiches. cookies. "that a, con- . FOFEyM DESCENT By Tom Phillips makes I hardly know anything about dances, but i saw 'btllll periorm— nccs given by the Canadian ‘National Ballet Tuesday, and i would like to say some things about what they did OUT or ElCliT ballets they periormcd, two were clioreo graphed by George Balanchine and three by Antony Tudor, both oi whom i understand to be im— portant riguies in the contem— porary dance world. Their dances .were distinctly dinci-ent, and l happened to like the ones by Balanchine much better than the ,ones by Tudor. ,i The three Tudor dances 7 “‘Judgment of Paris," "Lilac Gare ,den" and “Offenbach in the Un- derworld”~all involved dancers laying the parts of people. re- ‘ectcd lovers, iamous operetta ;ial's, drunken playboys and :such. Now i can’t say that it's bad for a ballet to have a story, ‘because “Swan Lake” has a ‘story and it‘s a good ballet, but the trouble with these was that they were lousy stories. In “Lilac Garden." Tudor takes the worn—out theme of the dnublc triangle and adds absolutely nothing to it. The wrong lovers get paired off, they dance around tor a while throwing flowers at each other while their hearts break, and then everybody walks off ex- cept one or the starrcrossed young men, who hangs his head down and iaccs rear as the curtain falls. ln “Judgment oi Paris," the myth is set in a barroom with June, Minerva and Venus as three slutty ladies. Paris chooses lVenus because he is drunk Now I'm sure this is a parody oi some kind, but rm airaid i just don’t get it, because it seems to me that all Mr. Tudor has done is to take all the significance out oi the myth and replace it with a tow slightly cheap laughs. l BUT THE Balanchine dances ywel'cn't like that at all. There twel‘e no stories and no real lcharacters, so that the ballets lalways looked like ballets, and lnever like skits. in “Concerto lilaroeco," the opcning work oi lthc matinee, the two lead bal— llerlnas weren’t princesses or oi- ‘phzm girls or anything, and all {they did was dance a wonder- iull-y vigorous counterpoint to the violin parts. _ And “Serenade" was the best t dance in the evening pcriorm— : ance because it was the only ; one in which people could dance together just because it was right that way, and not 1 because they were supposed to be Boyiricnd and Girlfriend. l Well, I may be coniusing you. ‘All I really want to say is that lthe meanings of Tudor's ballets ,might just as well have been iexpi-cssed in words, but Balan— chlnc's meanings were much too jclear to be expressed in words. And while we’re on the subicct, :I’d like to say that i thought ,Gulina Saintsova was a wonder- ‘lul ballerina because she flew ;like a bird and spun around so jiast you couldn't see her,. and ‘ncver once did she wobble or ‘lcan ovcr too tar. T‘Choir will present tantala for vespers l The Gl'lnnell Choir, under the .direction ot Don Jones, tinusici, twill sing a cantata, "Jestl. meine gri-cude" by Dietrich Buxlclludc, tat an d p Choir Vesper Fri- day in l-ierric chapel. Featured as soloists with the . Gflsvoice eiisciuble will be .lulia Johnson, soprano senior irom Manning, and Craig Wcle tcrlcu. bass, Manchester supllr . omnrc. l Jones said the choir will be ‘accompanled by an instrumental ‘cnsenible. Joan Pederson, Oma- ha iunior. will be at the organ for the Chorale Prelude.-