Page Four THE SKIDMORE NEWS January 13, 1966 E. Levine Takes Academic Leave To Study U.S. Senator’s Papers Erwin L. Levine, Associate Professor of Government, has been granted an academic leave of absence for the second semester of this academic year. He will spend the semester in Washington, D. C., researching public and private papers collected by Senator Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island during his four terms of office, from 1937 to 1960. Dr. Levine has been commissioned by the Brown University Press to write a book covering Senator Green’s years in Washington. This will be a sequel to his first work, Theodore F. Green, the Rhode Island Years 1906-1936, published in 1963. Exclusive access to Senator Green’s collection of over 350,-000 documents, the second largest collection of senatorial papers in the Library of Congress, has been granted to Dr. Levine until 1970. As part of the projected study, he will also examine the private collection of papers belonging to Edward Higgins, administrative assistant and executive secretary to Senator Green for over 30 years. During his leave, Dr. Levine hopes “to do a sizeable portion of research in the Library of Congress in order to complete the book within a couple of years.” Senator Green was the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was the only senator to have resigned his chairmanship in anticipation of his resignation from the Senate because of age. He retired in 1960 at the age of 93. "A study of the senatorial career of Senator Green should be of particular interest in the changing context of the United States Senate, in that Senator Green served continuously during the recent significant political periods: the New Deal, World War II, post-World War II revision, the Korean conflict and the Cold War.” Dr. Levine’s present government classes will be taught by other members of the department next semester. Dr. Levine will resume teaching at Skidmore in the fall of 1966. Ich kann mit meinem Menschenbruder sprechen will be the topic discussed by Ernst Waldinger on February 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Language Center. Dr. Waldinger, who was chairman of the Department of German at Skidmore from 1947 to 1965, will give a lecture on his latest volume of verse which when translated means “I can speak to my fellow man.” Dr. S. Seifter Gives Lecture “What are Little Boys Made Of (and Girls, Too): ‘Collagen.’” This is the title Dr. Sam Seifter, Professor of Biochemistry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, chose for his lecture to be given on Monday, January 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rec Center. This talk, sponsored by the Science Club, will offer students an opportunity to learn about one of the most important proteins. In spite of its importance as the main supportive protein of skin, tendon, bone, cartilage and connective tissue, few students have any knowledge about collagen. Dr. Seifter has been teaching at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine since 1956 and is presently the acting-chairman of the department of biochemistry in the absence of Dr. White. He has previously taught at the medical school at Western Reserve, the Long Island College of Medicine, and at the college of medicine of the State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center. The entire college community is welcome to attend the lecture and to participate in the discussion which will follow. Coffee will be served. Shaber Leads Drama Group David Shaber, producer, author and lecturer, who offers to campuses all over the country a period of intensive study in practical applications of the Stanislavsky method, will direct a drama workshop on February 4, 5, and 6. Mr. Shaber received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Western Reserve University, and his Master of Fine Arts degree at Yale University Drama School. He has taught at Allegheny College, Smith College and New York University, and has been associated with the Actor’s Studio and the Columbia Broadcasting System Television Production Staff. As a producer, Mr. Shaber has been ANTA Production Coordinator and has produced Garson Kanin’s “A Gift of Time” and Noel Coward’s “Conversation Piece.” This spring he will be producing a new comedy on Broadway. Among his accomplishments are short stories in O. Henry Prize Short Story Collections, fiction in Transatlantic Review and Venture, essays in Folio and the Grecourt Review, and a play, The Youngest Shall Ask. Having lectured at Skidmore four years ago, Mr. Shaber has since expanded his lecture series into a drama workshop. Beginning on Friday evening, the workshop activities last for three days. The sessions are open to everyone throughout the weekend; however, those interested in active participation must attend the first meeting on Friday. The first meeting includes general method exercises and casting of specific assigned scenes taken from Chekov, O’Neil, Williams, and Shakespeare. On Saturday there are rehearsals of each scene with observations and questions concerning them. The active participants work all day Saturday on their scenes before the final run-through on Sunday morning. The workshop presents the prepared scenes Sunday afternoon for the general public. The performance is followed by a discussion period. The drama workshop is open to the entire college community and any interested guests. Balmuth, Moshier, Saxton Plan Sabbatical Leaves For Semester Three of Skidmore’s faculty members have been granted sabbatical leaves for the second semester of this academic year. They are Daniel Balmuth, Associate Professor of History; Elizabeth A. Moshier, Professor of Art and Chairman of the Department; and Stanley E. Saxton, Organist and Professor of Music. Dr. Balmuth, specializing in-nineteenth century Russia, will continue work in Leningrad on the history of tsarist censorship. He explained that starting with Catherine the Great in 1796 and lasting until 1905, censorship was a fine example of the workings of tsarist bureaucracy. Publications which were considered slightly threatening or dangerous to the regime were censored. Decisions preventing the publication of an article were left to the discretion of the individual censor. During the second semester and extending into the summer, Mr. Saxton will be working on two projects. The first project will be concerned with atonal music. Mr. Saxton believes that composers often write linear (atonal) music very mechanically, following the compositional rules that govern this type of music and forgetting that someone will be listening to the finished composition. Although the piece looks good on a page and follows all the rules of music composition, it ignores any consideration of the listener. Mr. Saxton’s hope is to write atonal music which is not only mathematically correct but is also interesting to the listener. Mr. Saxton’s second project will be done under the sponsorship of the Organ Historical Society. The O.H.S. is an organization composed of organists whose objective is to find and preserve pipe organs of the nineteenth century which are musically valuable. Mr. Saxton plans to make a survey of parts of New York State and the Mohawk Valley area to see if there are any organs in or out of use that are valuable enough to be regenerated, and to see if any churches with an old organ would preserve it as an historical object. After his survey is completed he will write a tabulation of his findings which will be printed by the O.H.S. Mr. Saxton emphasized that the nineteenth century was the high point in the history of organ building. The instruments that were constructed at that time are representative of very famous organ builders. Organs now being built are reminiscent of eighteenth century organs, when the sound of the brass chorus (diapason chorus) was the predominating tone of the organ. Thus the variety of sound indigenous to the organ was relegated to a single tone and everything played on the eighteenth century organ sounded the same. The O.H.S. is striving to preserve the nineteenth century instruments, and Mr. Saxton intends to aid them in their objective. Miss Moshier will use her sabbatical leave to visit art and education centers and to study the origins and development of printed fabrics. On Tuesday, February 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Vocational Bureau will sponsor a joint meeting of the Armed Services to inform students of the opportunities available in the four forces. A representative from each force will be at the Rec Center all day for interviews with interested students. Major Martha A. Cox will represent the Marines; Lieutenant Nonna Cheatham, the Navy; First-Lieutenant Sharon Milly, the Air Force; and First-Lieutenant Vicki Michels, the Army. From 11 a.m. to noon the four representatives will be giving out general information. For the remainder of their visit they will be at the center for any questions or interviews with interested students. Juniors are especially urged to attend the meeting because both the Army and Navy offer summer Officers’ Training Programs for girls completing their junior year in college. Miracle... (Continued from page one) plays just loved) and also gave him an incontrovertibly pompous personality, as only alliteration can do. Personality in general was nicely developed in this production. Joseph and Mary were, of course, somewhat stiff, and yet tender also, but the limitation of having the most unrealistic and sacred roles in the tradition didn’t dim their effect, for all the characters interacted with each other, and and acted as foils to one an- (Continued on page five) Looking For Fine Food and Friendly Service? You'll Like MA'S Erlanger's FASHION STORE Is Having a Store-Wide Clearance Sale Featuring Name Brands In Sweaters, Skirts and Blouses, and Lots More! 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