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THE TWIG
January 18, 1952
Students of Shakespear gather In a classmate’s room to study a chart
of the English Kings. While Phyllis Nottingham points out the various
rulers, Mary Ella Hall, Gwen Horne, Julia Hough, Marian King and
“Mickey” Rouse look on.
LITERATURE STUDENTS DISCOVER
REALISM IN SHAKESPEARE’S LOVERS
“Who chooseth me . . .”
Choose may be a dangerous
word if not used correctly. This
has had special significance to
the class studying Shakespeare’s
plays. Currently this word ap
plies to plays classified as come
dies, which follow the trend of
young lovers. It is very notice
able that although there is an
element of chance in Shake
speare’s love affairs, the young
people concerned usually find
the right person in the end.
This stirs up quite a bit of
interest as to how it happens so
unerringly, but who likes to read
a play with a bad ending! On the
pages and between the lines
there is advice that sounds logi
cal and is just as applicable to
day as in the sixteenth century.
Useful Advice
Shakespeare’s lovers played
fair when they reached their
goals, but the false dealers al
ways lost. “The Merchant of
Venice” usually calls to mind a
pound of flesh extorted from the
living body of a man, but the
love of Portia lives much more
vividly. Her father compelled
her lovers to choose between
three chests for her hand in mar
riage. These chests bore the
labels, “Who chooseth me shall
gain what many men desire,”
“Who chooseth me shall get as
much as he deserves,” and “Who
chooseth me must give and haz-
zard all he hath.” They all
promised much except the latter,
which chosen by the true lover
yielded the coveted prize, the
lady.
“Midsummer Night’s Dream”
was a knotty tangle until the
fairies took matters into their
own hands and used their magi
cal herbs to bring the wayward
lovers to their right loves. “The
Two Gentlemen of Verona”
found their life-long friendship
strained until they learned to
recognize their own loves in
stead of pursuing the same prize.
In another familiar play a
reading discovers that love’s
labours are all lost until lovers
stop playing roles. Here young
men at court learned they
couldn’t send love tokens to their
lady loves and play at entertain
ing them without entrapping
themselves. How the ladies
switched love tokens and led the
men a merry chase might be a
lesson well-learned today.
“The Taming of the Shrew”
isn’t just another play written
in 1594 when real names are
substituted in it. Shakespeare’s
characters begin to live for the
student when she sees them as
living people. A little imagina
tion supplies the canals of
Venice, the blue skies of Italy,
the castles of the Renaissance,
and all the pageantry of Medie
val Europe to complete the pic
ture.
When studying Shakespeare it
is interesting to notice that so
many people read, have ideas,
and write criticisms about him.
A colorful example of this ten
dency is Falstaff, the subject of
many a student’s theme. Choose
whatever opinion you wish of
him and the criticisms in the
stacks give you new ideas. Sim
ilarly classes become lively when
the questions of lovers’ motives
are under consideration.
Why did the ladies exchange
love tokens? How did Portia
learn to be a lawyer? Why did
the same Portia take the ring
slyly from her husband and then
give it back to him? Answers
vary surprisingly on these prob
lems—even in a class of ten stu
dents.
Choosing between Shake
speare’s men and women accord
ing to their concepts of love is
like real life, because the scope
of the plays is so broad. The
ideas of love are fascinating anc
debatable, but it is just one of
the many problems of the Shake
speare student. In this particular
incident one may extract a pas
sage from the great tragedy of
“Hamlet” and apply it to
Shakespeare’s lovers in the
comedies—“To be or not to be
That is the question.”
Harvard Law Review for two
years, served in the army as an
INSTITUTE OF RELIGION
CONVENES
(Continued from page one)
peditionary Force. Later he
served on the faculties of Yale
and Columbia Universities. Dur
ing the war he lectured anc
wrote in connection with the
meaning of war, the require
ments for peace, and interna
tional co-operation in general
He is now Director of Specia
Services Division of United Na
tions and also Chief of the Sec
tion for Lecture and Educationa
Services at the Public Informa
tion Department.
Dr. Henry Field is known as
one of the most widely travelec
American scientists. His anthro
pological and archeological re
search is internationally known
He has studied at Eton; New
College, Oxford; Heidelberg Uni
versify in Germany and at Har
vard. Formerly he held the po
sition of curator of the Fielc
Museum of Natural History.
Oscar Ross Ewing was edu
cated at Indiana University anc
Harvard. He was editor of the
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Air Service Captain during the
war and has served as special as
sistant to the United States At
torney-General on several cases,
m 1942 Mr. Ewing was assistant
chief of the Democratic National
Committee. In 1947 he was ap-
3ointed to his present position
as Federal Security Adminis
trator.
Colonel Ben C. Link is an
American-educated Asian diplo
mat now serving as Foreign Min
ister to the Republic of Korea.
He was graduated from Mt. Her-
mon Preparatory School and at
tended Ohio State University.
For thirty years he served as
private secretary to Korea’s
President, Dr. Rhee, after which
he was appointed Foreign Minis
ter of Korea and has since been
speaking in an eloquent voice
against the forces of totalitarian
ism in the world.
John Coleman Bennett, a
Canadian by birth, was gradu
ated cum laude from Williams
College in Massachusetts, at
tended Mansfield College of Ox
ford University, and was gradu
ated magna cum laude from
Union Theological Seminary in
New York where he now serves
as Professor of Christian Theol
ogy and Ethics. He has written
several books, three of which
have been translated into Jap
anese.
Elizabeth Gray Vining was ap
pointed by the Japanese Im
perial Household in 1946 as tutor
to the son of the Emperor of
Japan. The next several years
were very important in Mrs.
Vining’s life but they were not
her only claim to fame. She is
also known for her children’s
literature among which are two
prize winning books, Sandy and
Adam of the Road. Mrs. Vining
is a graduate of Bryn Mawr Col
lege and has held positions as
Professor of English and library
science which she studied at
Drexel Institute.
ing clubs and activities, and talk
ing with people who are engaged
in various professions. What a
person does with his life is a big
step and certainly should not be
taken lightly.
I would make friends outside
my own little circle. One of the
finest people I know is a girl I
only really came to know in my
senior year. Think of the joys
I missed by not knowing her be
fore! Not only does meeting alL
types of people widen a person’s!
circle of acquaintances, it also\
gives him a broader viewpoint
and a better understanding of
people.
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VIEWS FROM OTHER NEWS
(Continued from page two)
I knew it I was ready to graduate
without any plans' whatsoever.
Young people today seem to be
thinking too much about a good
time and seem to forget that God
has a definite plan for each life
if they will only take time to
find out what it is. One way to
help decide upon a vocation is by
reading books on vocations, join-
SAI SPONSORS
(Continued from page one)
admitted on the basis of interest,
excellence in scholarship and
musical ability, and faculty
recommendation.
Following the recital, a recep
tion will be held in the SAI chap
ter room to which everyone is in
vited.
The program will include:
Dialogue, Romance, and Inter
mezzo from “The Symphonic
Piece” by Clokey, with Miss
Forrestine Whitaker, pianist and
Miss Ruth Woodman, organist;
“Sonata for Violin and Piano”
by Copland, Miss Phyllis Weyer,
violin soloist, accompanied by
Miss Janet Anderson; and “The
Bells of St. Anne de Beaupre” by
Russell, performed by Dr. Harry
Cooper, organist.
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AMBASSADOR
Wagner — Tristan and Isolde
Toscanini and Symphony Orchestra
Chopin Prelude, Opus 28
Arthur Rubenstein, Pianist
Operatic Arias
Ferrucio Tagliavini, Soloist
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