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| Title | Black Mountain College Community Bulletin: November 1946 |
| Other Title | The Bulletin |
| Creator | Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) |
| Date | 1946-11 |
| Subjects |
College publications--North Carolina African Americans--Education (Higher) College students--North Carolina--Black Mountain College teachers--North Carolina--Black Mountain College buildings American Veterans Committee Lane, Mervin Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Black Mountain |
| Place |
Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States |
| Time Period | (1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period |
| Abstract | College newsletter that covers recent events on campus, visitors, alumni news, attempts to establish a chapter of the American Veterans Committee, the disrepair of the Studies Building, integration of the student body, a profile of Mervin Lane and an article on the school's cooking staff. |
| Description | Original bulletin dated November, 1946 that includes news such as the addition of "no hunting or fishing signs" on college land, plans for BMC to become a year-round school, outside interest in the school's constitution, college decisions about integration of the student body, students moving to the Senior Division, student housing, and events on campus. Also includes: a brief essay on jazz; a profile of Mervin Lane; an appeal to the college community to repair the Studies building including a long description of its current state; attempts to establish a chapter of the American Veterans Committee; recent musical performances; an article on the BMC cooking staff; an editorial on Democracy; a paragraph on recent visitors; an article on Thanksgiving celebrations at BMC; alumni news; and student literary works. Released by Stuart Atkinson. |
| Physical Characteristics | 12 pages |
| Format |
Periodicals Newsletters |
| Rights | Courtesy of Western Regional Archives. Prior permission from the State Archives of NC is required for any commercial use.; |
| Requirements for Use | Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files. |
| Language |
English |
| Collection | Black Mountain College Research Project. North Carolina Museum of Art. Western Regional Archives |
| Local call no. | BMCRP, Series VI, Box 75, Folder 37 |
| MARS ID | 61.12.6 (Sub Series) |
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| Full Text | , THE BULLETIN ..~ . blaek mountain eollege november ~ 48 .' -- 2-- Pl~ LIC REU~ TIONS ANBN "' Nhnt could be done to' Gsto. blish better social relo. tions bebveen the Collese anc~ the noarby cOlj1mun:\. ties? ii was the topic of' a s(- r1<:; s of discussJ. ons in the Payo. I:! ology of Social Issues clnss. these discussions culminated in action by several rr£ mbers of the class.' Jimmie ' rite, H8p. ry AdaTils, and l" anve 1 Schauffler, e2.. ch of whom has writton one of the weekly ~ olumns in the ~ lack Uountain newspaper entitled " Over the I\; ounto, in if invite the interest and part 1c ipa t, ion , of 8. J, 1 Co llcge CornEunity members. Ann8 ~' ayer has been he Iping 1'. rs. Bes s ie Carr, OXGcut i ve secrct~ rv of the Swannanoa- Black Vountain chapter of the Red Gross, eVf;, ry : F'rida')' afternoon. Flossie Fogelson and Funny Eob2rt aI'S preparing for a concert to be given Rt the Black Bountain High School, where thGY appear on ~ pro~ ram together with Earline Wight, JuliUS Scheir, 2nd Dorothy Trayer. . , Alice Jackson and Sidney ' Irwin have been' ass, isting v\ lith the local Girl Scout tro. op. . . . . . . . . Bill Levi ; Jjns one . of the - three participants in a sy. mposium presented by the Charlotte: Street Conrrru111ty Center in i .. sbvi, U. e, jjovember 21. llIn What lJiroctlon is il. I',; erica Going" was t;: le theme of the prograEl, which inclv, ded brief ap~ 8chGS by the panel, ! ollowod ~ ith questions from tho audience. -- Jirnmio ' l'ite JAZZ II<-:- ust what is jazz?" , ii! the oucstion that John ' Nallen, Eank . Jaeger, and <. iimmie. Titeattempted to answel~ in an informal panel. discLssion at t meeting of the Black Mountain Linn's Club last. week. . John opened the discuGsion wIth a: bnlaf outline of the histor~ cal development of this " typj, cally , American fOl~ m of mus ic ii, viith example" from phonogl" aph records and a personal domonstraiion of how in jazz the instruments attompt, to imitato the hum8, n voice, [. nd vice- versa ( in the case of blues singing), John clearly pointeq out somo of the miscon8eption~ held-' y many people who have a tendency to regard all so- callod popu~ ar music heard on the radio today as jazz. " Roal jazz, 1! he said, flis 0. creative, sincere, and dynamic phenomenon, ' and is not the , mechanical reproduction ef a written piece of music. Jazz is freu, inspired, and spontaneous, and ' by its very spontanaity i. t ac. hieves its p~ rpose: . the honGst expression of the individual's personality. II Jircilllie t8.1kQd about the ho[. rt of jazz: the thythm ~ ection, domonstrating the problGl' 1 of'i1c;. uadridcztorlt y li as f8: ccd by th$ c~ rummcr, the use of the bass and guitc. r in dac. ce orchestras, and was thGl1 joined by jaZz ditumr., er, H. ank Jaeger, who accompanied him whilo ho illustrated some of . tl). G various techn: i, quoe and formS on the- piano. The ent: Lre program was greeted by the club mC! n. bers with considerable enthusio. sm and lionization. .. .... -- Jimmie Titc -- 3-- PROFILE In a modest but cldan furniture store durin~ the 1933 rainy soason in New York City, two policemo; ond the propriotor, an Armenian named Gottsc~ alk, assisted ~ t t~. J. G birth of the child, r.: orvin LanE;. ~ rr. Gottschalk estimated the: bc.. by's weight & t 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Actually 1" i' 6rvin wei~ hed eight pounc: s. Toe. ay, : 1ervin weighs 187 and has a chest oxpansion of 4.5 inches which is pretty good and is here nl' 10n~ s 11S. Through a , gradual proc~ ss of ovcrdevclopocnt, crvin early acquired a number of I1'. ore or less dosir2- bls skills. At four years ho he. d 8. plcaso. nt cymbal technique. At four Qnd a half he was cccoptec i~ to tho cub scouts. A cub scout docs not wear knickorbockors and salutes with two n. ngers extended vd, th thG thmilb h81Q over tho third finger lost it pop inadv8rtently to the position of a full three- fingered scout salute. }' cFvin attc. ined the rank of den chicf o. n6 two citations for potato race. At five, ~ er~ in wes onterod in fublic School No. 6, whero an nwaren0SS of tho little ~ adics in thG group neccssititated. a transfer to tho Dalton School in the same city. A glandular injection IntoI' pormitted the return to P. S. No. 6. His progress was effortless. His ca~ acities Qnd proclivities limitless. He painted at six, wrote at six nnd [, ha If, and was put on pr opat ion for fov. r months at seven for atc21ing a gAllon cont~ incr of ~ altod milk extract which is contrarY to New York statuto. his crib scout awards were stripped from ~ im at public ceromony. Once ngc. in b8g8. n tho lone ht_ rd c liriib up J. HE ent erod tho High '-' choo 1 of r. lus ic o. nd l · r t in Nmv Yorl{ D. t 10 where he perfected hi. s cymb<... l tec{ uiquo E:. nd contributed to art in general. He possesses sove~ national aw~ rds for seven distinct effects, ona of which makos interest ins use of nasnl vibrations. lilervin arrived at Black r':~ ount8. il1 Co110['; 0 this serOO8ter on 0. r6coiJ · lY~ · · endo. tion by Dr. bonjnE1in Steig, former .. EiGh School of Music o. nd Art principal now nlo. nu1' acturing blo. cking in ploaso. ntvillo, N. Y. Thank you, Dr. Steig~ for this great affliction. . . ... . . . . -- Dick Spahn FOOTNOTE ON HOUSING An abandoned sho. ck at t~ edge of the pnsture-- whose o. ppoarance suggests tho. t dates back to p& onoer days-- is being repaired by a group of B~ C students. The 2. rtisans: ~. C'U' 1Ve SchaufIler" Dick Roborts, Charlie Boyce, Neil ~ lbriGht, Hank Jaeger, Dave Schaufflcr, anQ ~ hoever else h8. ppens to be in the mood for some valuable vxporence in building ( advt.). The present condition of the cabin has been described as " needing repairs B • There o. re no floors and nc roof. Observers hevG estimated the nUElbcr of wo. lls s-::; c, nding at " 2~ tQ 3". In spite of the difficulties, sporadic effDts to rehabilitate the structure arc continuing. A firepl£'. ceis slowly taking shape. The purpose for rebuilding tho cabin, according to grapevine reports, is" to 6.8oapeff • .. . , . . . . . -- Henry Adams -- 4-- ~ DRKEZ vas BATAILLONS ... Look at those sh~ Ggy w~ llsl £ nd listen to thoSD st~ irs vibrate madly when anyone ~& l~ s on the~ j · And listen, too, to the chattering teeth of those unfortunates whose windows won't close, against tho background of the gasps for air of those. people whose windows won't open. . Things are in a pretty sad state of affairs around the . studies building these days. Tho trouble is that this state of affairs seems ~ o be static, or has bean so since I have been here. Are De beconing that indifferent to our surroundings? Let's clean the place up. If we can' t gGt the lumber neccssc,. l" Y for finishing t: le' insi~ e walls, at least lot's put up some sort of te~ porary cover, so that whcn you brush ~ gainst the walls you don't got Q tricl~ lo of insulating m~ tGrial JDsinu3ting itsolf . gontl:! dowF the beck of ~ Tour neck. ;~ ost of the insulati'ng Iw. torinl is- badly torn new, o. nd will becor1o cOGplotely unuso. ble if it isn't at le~ s~ tacked to the wall. It might hEt Ip if there '! Jere adequc. t 0 light ing in the ha Ils at ;: light. I see that provLsicm he, s beon fficde for light bulbs, but as yet tho light bl~ lbs haven't E2c. nc. god to find their ' fia7 to the outlets. But thon, tho loss light, tho loss unfinished tho plp. ce looks. About the stairs. Thore is 8. 8arble- susponded- in- cemont floorlng tho. t W8. S origlnelly supposoG. to covor the J, 18tQl, bot~ to eut the nois0 end to preserve tho stQirs. Have y~ u noticod the dcntg lately? I wonder if it is possible eveu ' to lcy the flooring now. As for quiet condUC1VC to study boi~ g BGintained----- thc stairs provide no incentivo. r.: ocd I sny ::-: ore? The windows. Outside 01\ tno enes thst donlt o~ en Gnd tho ones that don t t clo'so, it niCht be c. good idca-. to try to patch up the big glass pane by the stGirs, so tlillt he~ t won't Gscape. Also the porthole window in the door ~ ll tho ~ etGl supports noad a coat of pc. int ..• inside and out. I personally would like to see a different color for the window trim cnd the front door. This wty you can't toll if it is rust or paint. The cGmont wclk leadinc to the door is as [ 000. as e jig-saw puzzlo. I aD clways trip~ ing over stray pieces of ceillont and trying to put thc~ back where thoy belong. Either renuir or rCDovoJ j, s 0. r: lctter of feet, the ' phole plo. ce 1001-:: s just plcin ' neg160ted. I thinl~ it's about time :. tIO mc. de [' concertoc' effort to. clean it up ~ nd to finish it. ,-- Carol Serling MOT. ir.: TA: rr:: ' I'OPICS I Wandering into Ruth Asa'Nc. t s study, wo ' Ivers imrJediately intrigu0d: we found le~ ves, 9c. lo and transp~ rent, scattcred/ c. bout tho 1: 100r, stalks ef t in'!. othy and pampas r; r<.... s s or1orging fro~ the shelf, an6 strung ~ ro~ the radiator nccklc. ce3 of apple sliced cnd dried.~. . llya 2010toDsky discovered the danco brouP cavorting over tho lewn Sundaj morning end lured c. way the lcc, ping meidons with [.~ trip to the goyser in his sne, ll 6rec~ 131' gresshoppcr. The gals danced and prancod, the[; Gyser spoutod, C', nd llya' s- C[:~. lCra shuttc.: cod. . uriving · bc. ck, they stopped at Lookout Peint, a clearing 3000 fest up, where you could at one ti~ 0 seo the mountains unfolding for endless milas. # QW you sec tho souvenir store::. -- So . G. .' -- 5-- LS El~ SY b. S 1.... VC The thirty- nino veteran stuGonts and feur vctcrcn faculty ncr~ bers of EITC c.. ro v/ orking to cstc~ blish c. Bunconbe County ch8. pter of tho i. 1i1ericc. n Vctors. ns COlYu:- dtteo. When the chs. pter is well established, this nucleus group plops to elect perm8- DGnt officers '. 7he ere n::, tivcs of this ro::; io':" 1o Lt the first. 1Tcutins, : doven. 1. ber 9, c steering cOlnrl1itt is; consisting of John W8- 11cil, Henry Jaeser, Konneth Noland, Squeaky Ltkinson, ; Jlcrl, vcl Sctw. uf'i'lor, D. nd l'fcnr, r l'i. dc. l:-' S W8.. S e. PDo5. nted to to..] w prelimL18ry stops: sending for Ll. toro.. t ....~ ro- fron the National LVC offica, tc. king npplicc. tions within the Collego for memborship, and visiting pror: 1inent poop Ie inE10. c1.:: llountain end bshovillc to enlist their support. f... subsequont mE;..:; t~. ns " Nas cc, 11cd and temporc. ry officors wero . c. ppointca. to head the, chc. ptcr ~ Henry Jaeger, cho. irD~ al1; Eliz~ both N1~ byl, S6crotary; ~ nd stuart ~ tkinson, treasurer. Thcso to:-:, pol'E, r:; r officers appl:: Lod to the n[~ t ional off: LCC for ~ charter. . . L. rwng the persenal contacts 1j:.:.. do by the steering COIJ. lTI. itteG were Rover0nd Grady Hardin, t~ e Methodist minister in Bladk ~ ountain, Reverend Irvlng D~ ihl, chaplain of Warren Wilson Co llege, 2" ld Er. Evgono SEll tll, · cd::. t or of Southern News, the ljogro nows p~ l) cr in ':. shcvi 110.. Thos Eo rr:. Ol1 \': 01' 0 invi tod to speal{ e.. t a pre 11r: lin2.. ry open '.:' cc t lnE; at the Collego, NOVGlnbcr L4, to c.. G. visG the I. VC mor:: bcrs on tho ' ost~ blisl1l? lcnt of the · Buncor; lbc County, che. pter. ' J. 1 h: Ls l:~. ccting closed VTltb. tllC DO:: 1i11c, tion of f'our committees ~ ' I'c; J'r;- ino. l Lee.. v8, Invostigo. ting ~ nd Personal Contccts, Publicity, ~ nd Veterans' ~ onefits. These will- work in their r~ spGctiva fiGldsi~ ~~ cparction for the next coating,. which will occur in bsh6villesooti. ' tho 1. shoville IJ. ccting , hill disct'ss problO1i1S of FlcrEbe:: eshlp n" Q" .... Ctl" O · ) ' ijJ · : unC · ~ · - l'- le · Co'" · ". l-_ · r"' o · · · · · · .... , · · o plr- Y'>~ '''' 01'' ( 1 g- 11crnl~ <... A..:.... l. I L- l .. !. .._ .... L... . l.......'_ u~_~ · · ' U,. l:. U ~/, t.--. l.- L ...._~ c...:. .. I."\..' •• L. • . il....., J. C .. -!. U ''; l,.. L public muss moctlngto be held in Janu''' cry or ~ obruary•. ~- F'enry 1:.. o. 8.[ 1' S ~' lUS 1; Ch. L 1" ( IT ES It is inte~ estlng to note the ccntrcst between our last twa concorts ~ tho' progrc~~ · :. pros~ nted ;'; ovGrilbor 2 cOi: 1prised r: iusic by Vivf:, ldl, Scs. Y'lc. tti, Gio. rdc. ni; Purcell, Sch1.. 1. bGr't, c'. no Et. ch; in othor words nothing lc. tc~ than the 00rly rocc. ntic- pcriod LS Y'cpr6Sclltco bi Schub8I't. The concert. a v"/ oek ago ' H2.. D devoted e11tlre: ly to : E1usic of tilo t\~ cnticth cent'ury, ' ranging fran Debussy's " Jc.. rd. ins sous le. Pluie! 1 ( 1903)' to HUGO Ks. udor IS Son8- tD. for Viole. end Piano ( 1946), Other cor. 1pos ors r£ prcsantcd were Schoenborg, 2ino. omith, Shestakovitch, ~ nd Martinu, all by Pieno works. In ad( ition too. oviating in his program from tho usual fare, Ed~ ie Lowinsky spokobriofly of tach qompositio'n in rClo. tlon to the tll: 18 in which it was v/ ri tt on, 8. no. ga va ' thumbna i 1 c~~'. 8.1Y3 es of c arts in t ochniques : ctonc. lity, polytoDBlity, the use of c. rchaic ~ odGS e. nd scc. les, et c. Quos t :;" ons frc:-,~ the QUo. icnce oncouro. gcd an informa 1 [, tli'losphcre. I think there : 1. s c.. genc.. re. l desire among BNC folk for l~ orc f8milic. rizc.. tL~ l'l with cont'Ol'O. pOrDry music. -- Joe Fiore. .' - .- -" u,' . ."' \ rJt .• " -- 6-- VICT1: r':~ L VIGNET'I'E ( or l" FTE~( St'CB PORE il) GE, ' N~ L · . T FORGIVm1ESS?) 1. pprcc io.. t ing tho e. mount of · ,) 18. nnin6 c\ nd lsbor thc-. t goes int 0 such a banquet Be our Thanksgiv~ ng dinner, we decided to drop in on the kitchen in order to find out more about tho peoplo who make c.. 11 our fine me~ ls possiblo. Kalroj Fow, Cornelia and GeorGe Willi~ ms, 2nd Nc.. t Lytle, ch~ fs pe. r CXCG llonco} compris (; the; cookinf; s to. ff of m. w. ~ alrGY has lived most of her life in these parts, having been born and raised in Swnn~ cnoa. Her first reel job came at tho abc of twelve v, lhan she spent c, SUlnrn. cr work~. ng as c. nurse in c. privr. te homo. i: ost of" her teon age yoo.. rs werl.- SpG~ 1t helping c. round her home, unci. oihl. j o~ r: i. ng the.. corlp8. ny of G : 10 ighbor boy, j · . 1vL1 Few, ~'" hOr: l she mc. rried \; vhon he cc.;:' o be. ck fro!:: the crmy in 1922. Llwc.. ys having been interestod in ho~ e econorrics, Kalrcy , oecar.: o c~ ssoc 1.. 0. teoo W. 1 t'; 1 t. ' J1e I,. lOl;: e DeI: 1onstrc. t'.; ng J.. gonts', '? th. 1Ch sho se, ys wes sOl" iletrlirlg like tho 4- h Club, in thc. t much of the work CO: 1S is t ed in he l~) ing hons ewi vss solv6 the ir cooldng o. nd dor. lestic problems by dcr'onstr[~ ting more efficient methods of housckecl) ir:. 6' She lcc. rncd c. grcc, t denl l. u these four sumr:: ers vlith the } iDA, nnd hcr iLtercst wc. s so stl..;,-, mlo. tod tho. t she decided to make cooking 2 career. Shortly after the College mQved over from Flue Ridge to lake £ don, sho joined the Elm COLrmnit y c.. s pc, rt of the ld t chen steff, doing work in the di1:. in[.; he, ll. Mo. ll' 0Y did SOEle cooki.:: · , g in the noxt Jeer, U~ 1C. beca: · . le 0. fV. ll- tL.: e cook ). 11 1944. ill' d rcthor do cooking thnD anytlE:: 1F~, 01se, if she sc.. id. When she isn't in the kt t chen, l, is. lrey CQn be found at hO! 1; c studying cook books or listening for new recipes on the r~ dio. LE~ st S1.~ Flli · (; r she enjoyed h(; r first vece. tieD :: 3JO. Y fror:~ ho1'. l0 BDen she spent two weeks in ~ cw York City ~ ith her ~ usbe. nd, hoI' dC. ughtcr, f. nd c;; r'[ lndscn, little ;" l' 1in ::; barlcs. ~" ihon nskcd how she enjoyed her present position, she replied: " I really cnjo'y worl:: ing here c. t ttw Collcgc-- if I didn't, I ';, rouldn ' t hD- ve stc. yed. if In 1927, our cc. p8. blo Cornelia travoled fx'oEl b. er home in ~ ndorson, South Caroline, to pcy 2 visit to hcr sister in Lshevillc. She liked the cliIate D- round here und decided to st 8. y, c. nd soon c'. fter'," JBrds began vJorlc r, t Highlo. nd Hos pitel as as sis tC. nt ( iet it ien. It \ 1[,. S horo thc, t she me t goniE:. l Goorge WilliQffiS, whom she Qarriod nfter ~ five yoar's courtship in th" kitchen. Outsido of hoI' ' Nork, Cornelie. is interest lies in ~';' lusic, uno she spends most of her spere time prnctising the piano, nnd singing popu lc, r s cnc; hi ts . ~~ cr vurront fe. vori to is ii Rumors 8.1' 0 Flying. It GGorge, iiJho CL lIs ;" ikel1s, South Cc. roline, his home tovm, hes hole: interostir: g jobs. Follmving h5. s school years in 1. s11.8vi 110, he workGd for tho Sc) V Cc~ fc t oria awhi le, the:" 1 drove c. taxicab in the city for scve~ years. TirinG of this so~ ewhQt sedent8. ry Occupc. tion, George becQn~ a chef at HighlLDd Hospit21. Both George aDO Cor~ Glic joined tho Coll00 c staff in 1944. 1' Jc, t Lytle is a nc. tivc of.: t:, lc. cl{.;./[ ountsin, und spent his early school yoars both in l_ shevi 11o- tmd B1LC];: l\: ountn in. In 1933 and tho follo\ 7ing year ho s) ont tV, lO SUL. mcrs doing odd jobs and SO~ G cooking for the Collego at Bluo Ridge. He joined the CCC Camp in 1935, spending 0. yoo. r, c.. fter which ho rejoined tho ~ ollogc for 8. nother two years. Having always beon intores t od in sports 1 i\ Ta t dec ided to try his hand in tho boxing ring. He sgent the SU:": J!' iler of 1939 i. n l~ cw York, and not cering much for life in the city h" returned to the college in the fall • ..... ~ , -- 7-- Idter enlisting in the c. nny in the spring of 1941 Nat's traveling rec. lly begc. n. Six months of ~ Gneuvers brought him bc. ck to Fort Brc, gg c. t the thlO of Pec, r1 flc. rbor. Then cc. me Hc. rtford, Fort Di~, Fc. nc. oc., the islc. nd of Tongc.- Tc. u, where ho Wo. 3 proRoted to the rcnk of Corporel i~ the c. ntiE', · ircrc, ft unit; six months in the " C1:~ T . Hcbric' cs Is lc. nds group; ten deys on GucdelC? 2. nal, and then; unde. in the Solonons; where Not Sc. w his first teal c. ction. He ~ cmained with his unit in Munde for eighteon l'llOnths; then wc. s sent to New Guinoc. for another two rnonths. i... bdlJ. t this time tho o.. rmy decidedthdtNc. t hc. d hod enough oilito. ry life obroe. d so he was shipped to Son Francisco, landing there on ~ pril 21. Nc. t says thiswc, s really 0. dc-. y to rc: oombcr: his first glinpso of L~ ericcn soil for clmost threG years. Following his dischc. rge, Net rctunrcd to Block Gountoin o.. nd his old job with the College. Nat helps Melroy with the cooking on Tuesdc. ys when it is George's ond Cornelia's dey off. He would liko to to.. ke odvc. ntc. ge of the educational benefits af tho G. I. Bill ['. nd learn e new trcdo, but c. S yet ho hcSl'. ' t mado up his mind e. s to just what thc. t trc. de would be. . . . . . . . . -- Jimmie Tito EDITORIi. L••• It will elwe. ys be in the core of man to csk questions. He wo. nts to know; to kno~ nhere his ploco is in seciety, how ho cen help to chenge it for the better. He wonts to hopo, for without hopo his is dec. d Yet the morc his questions aro o. n. sVifered tho more hurt 2. nd bowi Ide red c. nd disgusted he rl1c. y become For the f.'. ns\ · ; ers he receivcno wlll only show hoVJ r, 11.. 1ch is not known; will only tell hiLl whect he is eXDected to bcli~ ve in; will, in some cases, o. sk hin to adopt a- creed end live according to it. On many sides he will be hCI~ Jerod ot by the diversc ideologies thc. t r-::. cn believe in. ,. nd if he accepts ono as the ncarest to the truth, he 1'". 8. Y think, " This is it; ell [, 1y quo-s t ions cr. n nOVJ be c, nswered; c, t les t I he. ve r. W plcco. II rut soon certain discrepancies o. re cut in the fabric, certain doubts are in hir.:, ['. nd c. enco grec. t drecD is sJ: lo. ttered. For it nay be he will have to ex~ rine hi~ self, turn inside out end esk himself whet is the truth for him. He finds thet he cannot project hinself inte a syston ond accopt blandly and blankly anynorc. He finds out whc. t henest~; is for hbself, who. t is true for hi~, not just for en ideology. He hcs renched the ste. go 1, i'lhere he cc. n vn::'< l{ Q up o. nd find. the. t he can believb in a syston, c. syste~ of truths inside hi~ solf on which he can build his onn liberalism ~ nd still be a part of society. Ho wants a 1.. 1topin as he v1i11 always went one. He wants to k~ ep th~ t vibion that ho hcs leborcd so hard to formulate. Lnd ha works for it wh~ lc he kecps that dream in his wind. If it could evor be ntte. ined in tho concrete, if it could become G worko. blo system in all its pheses, he would reject it. For ho must s. reo. r. l to be o. live. If once his dre8. r~ becc- rile e. scientific result it ryould be shattored as tmch as tho ideology he had discarded beforo. His dreaDS are his hopos ond aspirctions and lifo. His dream is onu of e deDocracy. Not c democracy to sustain the status quo, for his belief} his will to see it exist would be a sham; nor e. ducocrGcy where the worker hcs priority, for this very priority would create a now class thc. t in itself 1; wuld bo pc. r8. sitic; \' Jould croato o. s r. 1uch Lml- o. djustment in society o. S l,,' e hf'. ve todc.. y. His drceLl entc. iled c, new sto. rt for e nuclous of idealists who ~ ould o. ccept the chalenge to T: 1o. 1- w it work for the :. 000. of ell. ' I'he v! orker, tho Diddle class, the co. pitalist, the exploited ond the exploiter v\ IOuld hc. vc their ult1. L1ate full pc. rt, 0.11 with cquGl -- 8.. - stctus, all with a CO~ ion b~ lief in the goodne~ s and equality of man. h drefim based on truth find liberalism, with an outlo'ok thc. t 1:,:[': n does not hCVG to be c. segment, £'. half- living being, a by- product of denecrc. cy, but a full member, in government, in education, in life- while crec. ting the dream. He would. work with a greet faith based on hope end on the disfigured word " love rl , not hate for one class, for hate br~ tds evil of its own kind. L f~ natical liberalism and n fantastic dream. But to him; life. . . . . . . . . -- Do. ve Resnik VISITORS ••• This month there c[~~, lC, as _ they r. mst to all students, both re1c. tives end friGn~ s~ Thus we got to know Mr. Ld~ ms, Henry's fr. ther, Shirley riIcyerj Plt:., in Lnn" 8 pretty sister, · end Co whole QsSortr. lcnt of Bc. nkses. The Niebyl's ho, d i es c. guest, one Hrs, : 0 rice, 1, aho '.' vorks · for the Southern Conforence for HUL1an ~ clfc. rc One morning sLe gave, fit brcakfast, c. short tCtlk on tho inponding orgaTlizc, tion of a N'orth Co. rolina branch, to c. group of stucents who happened to be there. Eight nen DO'~. 1bcrs iElrlGdic. toly joined. Pcong. BD. ng. Bcmg. hillong recent visitors WGre Grady Rardin, Eugene Snith, Joe Foldr; 1an., Teresa. F'", rgnsol1, o. nd fror. 1 Wc. rren 1. Hlson College, Mr. Deihl, ~ r. ConaQt, Ted Early c. nd Milton West, Mr. Feld-man and Rev. Hardin arc old friends of tha college, Mr Feldmc. n bein'g older th on Rev. Hc. rdin. .. · .. 11 of these gentlemen, indluding fur. Snith, who is publi: her- editor ' of the Southern News, ','.- re interested in the LVC povement thf'. t he. s sprung up on c~ mpus. t: iss Forg~ s0n, ~ ctive in Negro o. ff~ irs, . runs c. bec. uty shop next to the So~ thcr~ News office. There were s eve rc~ 1 other vis it ors v~ h 0 r0. fus cd to lccwe their nc. n6S. . . . . -- Jene Hc. rkoff THL. NKSGIVING Di. Y••• In order to keep the new student3 fre~ bec~ uing homesick, severc. l divorsio~" ls ' Nero plannec. c.. nCl c: lY'ried 01X(; le. st Thursdc, y. St~ rting with Clc.. S8~ S In the mcrninB: the d~ y wes jnnpecked with hilc. rity unO. fun. Lunch befurG tho footbell g~ ne was n te~ se c. ffeir; ccch tenrn nccused the other of foul pl~ y, c. nd the question is still not settled as to Dho wns responsible for getting Peggy Brown to serve bonns. Pcp t~ lks, e bend drill, c. nd tho blowing up of the bc. lloon8 filled the time from lunch to kick- off. By 2: 30 excite~ ont ho.. d renched ~ frenzy nmong the spoctntors lining the d~ ffodil fiold where the . go.~ e wo.. s to be pIc- yeO.. This wc. s dispelled by tho appearnnce of tho be- nd, which WGS c. Ii tt Ie · r~ 1gged. The Cro- I'.' ngnons were tho first teem on the ficlj , follow ct c. · ten minuto interva. l by tho Sticky- l. ttituo. os, '." Iho ha. d not yet finil3hed dressing. Noil Llbright kicked off c. nd succoed. d in fooling the other toc.. m Gnd severc. l of his tec. r. 1l: 1~ · . tes by c. long low kick. Tho big touchdown of the c. ft'ernoon vms scored by Herb Cable. He snc. ked his way down the field for c.. 75 yerd run, followed by ~ c.. nvel Schcuffler. find sevcrc. l spectntors who were ccrried cway by the excitGccnt. C~ ble recoived two trnnsfcr credits - for the r~ n. This tied tho score, 2S somehow 6 points h:. d boon secured by tho S. i•. ' s whcn Dick Roberts hed cc. ught lIo.. nvel's pcss. The score got to be 8- 6 by the C. H. ' s cc. tching the Sticky- bttitudos's in thoir own end zone. Tht s gcne wcs plc'cyed for keeps. i... t the hf~ If the bend me. de o. nother c~ Pgec. rc. nce, led by JUl" le. M: nrkoff 0: 1i8s Loe- thorneck, 1947). The ti~ n- hairod cood ( Tisch · to her friends) conducted a tricky formc. tion ~ ith c.. dexterous baton. Cheering wns led on the spectc. tors' side by Pepo, Sldney and Flossie, on the othGr side by Dc.. ve Corkrc. n. Rofereeing wc. s confused n bit o. s Rondy used the Culbertson ~, 10thod c. nd Karl hed forgotten his glasses. Ten wns served nt South Lodge. h lnvish turkey dinner Viff. S followod by SOEle de- ndy Hc. rpsicord mus1c. The po. rty later wcsM. Ceed by Dick Spc~ n, lete of Brighton C~ feteriD.. Sonewhorc in tho Bro~ x. It wc. s he who, ec. rlier -- 9-- in tho cfternoon, hed broadcast c pl~ y- by- pley description so th:.:, t lrv Krcmon,. who had unf ortunc, te ly b0en C[, lIed n: e. y, might heel" the gaMe. The L~ ral wells tr~ nsfcrning the dining h211 were designed by Dorothy Colo, end, ~ s overyone s~ id, " HovI v: ell she he. Delce; the s;:,:::.. cc probler:,." Entertf'. inr! lent wes a rending of Sweenoy ~ gonistes by T. S. Eli6t and n Barbershop Nont at, tho only nont et th.:::, t 19c. ns to the Ie ft. 1.11 in r. ll, it WGS [. lovely dey It nust hcvc been- there were just c~ 10ugh people iii Lit. Crit. Fridr.;{ to plGy honeyIiloon briC. go. . . . . . . . . Curtiss Cowan, B~ C 1944- 1945, is ~ ntcring UniVersity of Cc. lifornio. o. t B0rkeley. He " Jrites:" I Qftcr~ think of r,: y six · nonths et El~ ck M~ unt~ in Collog0 with c grent deGl of nostalgic ~ pprcci~ tion. I on repentedly sorry that t~£ world vihora I VIi 11 hr. vc to n.:::. kc ny bre;:.' d- C'. nc~- buttel" pu · ~ 8 S J much s tros s on [ l. n I. B degroe, for I ho. va novor been s ( 1 SC. t is ficO. ' elsewhere 8. S I W& S in r: J. Y oduco. tiono. l' expcri\.. nce ret E): IC. II Lti Gropius he. s o. n e. rt job with 1\, bCr.. ll 1 s deing typogl~[~ phy. The new o. rt director of tho mc. go. zine - wcs just [~ beut to write to Llbers c. sking hin to roconnond t.'. PMC student when .;. ti C& Qe clang. Sho is o. lso doing free l~ nce work for CH~ RM [. nd VOGUE. Her Now York address is c/ O · lIrs. J. }' ord, ~ ro.~ ercy Perk 24. Ruth Vc. n Frc, nk is stc. t~ O me, nnger for the show " Fun With Music", which opons ~ n NeB fork soon. Thome. s Cutshaw writes from Hollywood: " Novor: 1ber 18, 1946 "••.. I thought thr. t I hed. becoLo Q. fc. nto. sy ct BiT, but Duch to my sur~ risc, I ho. vo not. " First of ull, the letter ( fror.~ 1. nn Me. ycr) mr. do r, lC terrifically nostclgic-- isn't it funny that one cun becoeo nostclglc jus t i'rc! TI D. lett cr c: nd tho rOLlin is cances thercfror.:." ( Here Cutshn~ describes rt grent length ~ Hollywood Hc. llowoen pc. rty he attended, cf; lebritios C: nc~ alL od.-) " 1.. s for 0. little of wh~ t I C'~: · l C01_ Ug. I fl. nc. lly got ny te~. chGr hare ( Dr" Gerhcrd ;. lbc rsho in, c. friE. il1d of tho Hr. ns gi~ gs ) c. pprovcd under the Gl Bill, which wes the Dost exc. sperc. ting chore of ny lifo, o. nc' era studying with hiD under the aforop: cntioned plan. - I £ I. E: c. lso going to open ['. s a pic. nist in the " Boccge if , which lS GleEn Eillingsloy's ( brother of thoStork Club r~ cn). I should open thure o. rouDCl Dec. 15. Th6Y [~ rc o. lso going to havo Peggy Lee, whora I [: o. y o. ccompany. II ( Once cgo. in Cutsho. w describes c. t groo. t lcugth c. nothcr Hollywood perty, ''- ifhero, he s;-'. ys, lithe line - up VJCS nbs 0 lut e ly s onsc. tJ_,.: mc. l. II This he, s bo~ n d. cIe, ted for purposes of spo. ce. ed.) flj. nd so I go on--- studying, fc .... ling l1c- ste, lsic for EN'. r. nd the people wh08 r know thoro-- c. nd living the lifo of work c. nd study with c littleplc. y thrown here & nd there to Do. ko things moro int oros t ing. ;. s Peto 1" Eullock se, id, " Ho11: Twood is so excruciatingly dull, I sirrply must go to New York for the soc- son il , which I tnink is hilc, riously funn~ T. " However, I, hepe to corie bo. ck i'- or a visit this Spriu5, end them pcr .. <....... ps conG b8. ck for cnpthor semester or tv. JO next year. Thoso creny pl~ ns as of now, sUQject to change of courso, but I dontt think it will cho. nge as I havo worked out c schodule, and hope to follow it- which to.~ os int~ c O~ lS idor8. t ion tho me. y things thet c. re brovling in the fi In world for DO. I loved hearing fro~ all nf vnu- thc only •• ! -- 10--' rogret is thc. t 1 ce, n it c.. nSVJor your lett ers in ' pGI'S on, but I'll cell so~ o night when I t ~ ink a fow of you are at the Hc. nsgirgs." ( Cutshc, w'c, dds numerous l: 1c, rginnl notes in 1'] h5. ch he r.' D. kes ~. pology for " this silly stuff '! vfhich, he sc. ys, " could hc. vo boen mere philosophic. cd.) . . -- Henry i~ c1[. r2s PLOT IS .•• -- by :.. lico Js. ckson Plot is D. S, fictitious c, s the ex. istence of strc. ig:' l. t linos, beceuse tho gc. rbago cen, tho squeros on the p2ver~ nt, the broken gate ere the story, 20t the net which incerpor2tes thG~ c. nd wecvcs the@ in cs supporting 10cal color. Oh no! It ' Nc. s tho solid, [ 1ctcriccl garbe. ge cnn thc, t pc. re: ltod OUI' o. es that ic ': mndorings into tho h: LC. te ric. L It WQS noislly loening on cnc 01bc~ in c. sli~~, stinking corner, quito eisinterested in the passing foet and here incifforcnt to the enes v'hich stepped. DustJ er~ pge juice dribblod down eno corner, reg~ rdless of the fect thet it VJC. S circulc, r, c. nd it w~ s nC't ir:: prcbo. blE; thet c. hOC- I'd of tho wh; itb Bugs nere. c. lrec. dy ]) 1) sily enger', Gd in gEcewing ct its guts. Evcntucll/, sor. 1e of the foot would stop, lift it high in the c. ir, eirop its insie~. es, c. nd s0t it co'un c. go. in with the custo! io. ry. ruthlossness. This ~ cs o. n entirely proper procedure, £ ho gbjoct boing c gQrb~ go cen end destined to be troo. tod o. s such. SODO of the po. ssing fect, those with 2n nn21ytical Dind o. tto. chod, eight' paus e to survey tho ob j e c t Ii'lith 0.. 1ft: e ling, of disgust; detor~ ininG as they soved on that it Dust go out of vogue, and with it tho unploasa~ t stinle, Othor pairs'regarded ' i t c.. s n " part of life" , quit e nc. turo. l, and not orious ly lacking food for thought. However" the third, norr: c.. l, and ~ o. jority foet, wandering vaguely tc or fro so~ cplace quite i~ portnnt, only so.~ the co..~ briefly, unconsciously as pc.. rt of the chc. in . . .. ridiculously full buckots of tears drop froD the sky, ric~ iculously full, but wtJ. y does that st ick in my r: ind, where docs it belong, how dOGS it fit in, fit in, yos-- thnt's it, everything DUSt fit in sODehow together, make a pattern. Even if it doesn't fit in, it rmkes a pattern. Patterns are just groups of o. nything •.. but Bhc. t about isolatod objects? Probably they don't exist, yet there is no rore a logical reason for articles necessarily being pc. rt of sODething than there / is for thor1 to be no part of sonothing. " Life. is Q. journey and not q. goa I"? To bo Iivoe;. fer its intrins ic wo, rth uDe~ not its · ulti~~ tG purpose, which caD be nothing but ~ h2t it is uS it is lived? Is it then individual isolation in n po. ttern, G net apert from the net? Goed Christ! This constcnt circling abeut, everything is a cycle, a sphere, an olipse, 6 circle, the colu::' n of the post- office, the curve cf tho sky, the squares on the pevonent, the top ef tho gcrbc.. gc can, tho filthy, stink,. ng go. rbc.. ge ce. n, alrrcost like bCLyb, er: r:' ies o. t night- not o. luust, · but quite-- i1q" Uiteii-- strc. nge vilord, signifies degreo. Degree is relctivc, too-- to mere degroe, cnothcr circle? l~ nd thO bcyberries, riding o. t night on tho up o.. nc. down, on the hocvy black watGr, cutting their throats, the throats of the wC. vos that lo. p-- o. nd cli~~-- o. nd peer oarnestly into the Qc. rlmess. L8St seuls too, lost by tho pon, the typewriter, standardized cnd turnod by one for the others, stooping tho foot of environcont up end down, u hundred times, brc. nding it in o.. r- d pushing it down herd so they ccnnot sec without squinting through tho bro.. nd. l. nd tho ash cen, the garbage can, the skeleton cnn see, cannot be changed, cc. nnot respond, cannot be dead ner alive. Scfoty ane~ security, they have it too ..• alono. . Why is the heart s e hC', rc~ t 0 finc~? Why is the nind so deep to f2thon? VVhy do they Play in the stroets toeay? Why do they cry on their bods in the night? Why is life life Gnd nevor dec.. th? ;. nd it's curved like L barrel for the fc. lls, Yll~ y wnsn't tho. t thought of beforo? b. re the squnres of cel~ lCnt rec. lly liko prison w~ · . l. ls, c, nG is it c, efinitely i:~- lpossiblc to bo insic6 the trunk of ~, p~. lr1 trQ<,; J, to grow uDVilQrd vl; i. tl" it, to pre-tend thQ lec- ves are on. L;£ . Lccee. l'lng; ers,. to burst out .. ,: fcst to the sky, c ou idn ' t QUO be c. g,-, rbo. ge cen Ior . lUStone c1c.. y? [',' iUS t ; NO 1).¥ e ['. 11 to ki10YI a, J. i? By any chanco, are you going ~~ the , biocle M. e. Richards Sylvia Girsh We know how hollowly is worked, below, What once was fat. We know where we ride. later at night than the clock CaD strike darker at night than the eye can see deeper in the night than th~ foot can penetrate ~ he sun of my desires battles the owl a rubber eraser is efficient for minor mistakes but only the pointed talon can scratch out the guilty eyes of knowledge four poems poe- try We're on the high seas now: No candy calm, no tall taM Tricks a snugly- pleated scene; all sets us. ~ But soundly rounding is the sea: she's under u~-. As mother palm her infaut's boat, Teetering in a bath tide. Out of touch, Passed's underpull our peril sinks. Not amulet nor urn, no image at eye- level; .. History draws at oblivion , perpetually; drinks. She would have been five in the early spring, The frost churns yet in the ground, And started in at the community school. Her hair was oats glistening iu the field, Like Benny Ray's; he's two. Every day I cross the shallow stream, The water puckers over the slippery rocks. Pausing here, I ache at this road. Richard Sherman you can look through the. Itey- hole if no one's in sight - and see what you can with your limited vision of the forbidden land But only the master has a key I wore the glasses of a blind man ~ till the eyes of my fingers groped for and touched the face of a word which arrived on the tongue of an evening smell . r ! I |
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