OCTOBER 11, 1965
THE RIDGERUNNER
PAGE THREE
HUSBAND - WIFE
TEAM JOINS A-B
FACULTY
By Trudy Schandler
We have Dr. Riggs to thank for
giving the "sales talk” that brought
two charming additions to our fac
ulty — the Doctors Gullickson.
The professors came to us from
Nebraska, where Dr. Gullickson had
been studying at the University of
Nebraska and Mrs. Gullickson had
been teaching at Nebraska Wes
leyan.
Mrs. Gullickson originally came
from Bern, Switzerland and re
ceived her degrees from the Uni
versity of Bern. She had four
majors; German and French, Philos
ophy, the history of art, and musi
cology. As you can see from her list
of majors, Mrs. GuUickson’s main
interests are culture, literature, and
art.
Dr. Gullickson is originally from
the Dakotas, but he did his studies
in English literature at Stanford
University and the University of
Nebraska. The Gullicksons met ten
years ago at Luther College in Iowa.
In 1959 they visited Switzerland,
Mrs. Gullickson’s native home.
Both Dr. and Mrs. Gullickson are
hoping to return there in the fu
ture for another visit.
When asked what the Doctors
think of our city and campus, they
remarked that they thought Ashe
ville to be the most beautiful city in
the United States. They thought the
administration to be "superior” and
the quality of the student to be
"better than good”. They remarked
that the students had nicer manners
than the students at other colleges
and that class for class our students
were "considerably better.”
In Mrs. Gullickson’s final state
ments, she spoke of her new coun
try — the United States and re
marked that it appeared to be a
"country of the women.” She also
said that she liked the way it was
so much bigger and offered so much
more freedom. If you have yet to
meet the Gullicksons, I suggest that
you make it a point to do so, they’re
a couple worth meeting and talking
to. Thank you again — Dr. Riggs!
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Shape-note singing, anyone? The
venerable American folk art of sing
ing from music written in shaped
notes is being revived by a group
of A-B students under the direction
of Mr. Gore, of the library staff. In
the song books that the group is
learning to sing from, each note on
the scale bears a distinctive shape:
thus do is a triangle, re is a half
moon, mi is a diamond, and so on.
The effect of this system is to make
sight-reading such a simple process
that anyone can master it in a mat
ter of days. The songs themselves
are either English ballad tunes or
native American compositions
strongly influenced by the English
ballad tradition. They are set in
four-part harmony, with the clear
intention on the part of the har-
monizers to give each part (so
prano, alto, "lead,” and bass) a line
with its own melodic interest, in
contrast to the "art” music practice
of having only one line of melody
with the other parts merely sup
porting it. The music that results
is astonishingly powerful.
Although these songs have been
sung by millions of Americans in
the southern uplands since the be
ginning of the nineteenth century,
they have remained virtually un
known to citified Americans, ex
cepting only a handful of musicolo
gists, who have recently discovered
the music themselves, and have been
NOTICES
ALL regularly scheduled campus ac
tivities which must be scheduled
on the weekly event calendar
must be requested for time and
space for each Term in Dr. Mc
Daniel’s office.
THE EDUCATION CLUB of
Asheville-Biltmore College an
nounces that The Asheville-Bilt-
more College Student Directory
will be sold by club members in
the snack shop within the next
two weeks. The Directory will
include the name, address, and
phone number of students, fac
ulty, and members of the admin
istrative staff.
The date of the next meeting of the
STUDENT EDUCATION AS
SOCIATION is October 13,
1965, in Room A113, at 12:15
P.M. Mr. Griffin, Superintendent
of City Schools, will give a mock
interview for teacher applicants.
All interested persons are invited
to attend.
Newly elected officers for the
Association include: Peggy Hal
ler, president; Mike Flanagan,
vice-president; Geri Wells, sec-
retary-treasurer; Charlene Mor
gan, reporter-historian. The fac
ulty advisor for the club is Miss
Martha Charnock. Mr. Ted Shoaf
and Dr. Jesse McDaniel will
serve as honorary advisors.
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deeply impressed by its originality
and its exceptional power and
beauty. Americans have long be
lieved that their only native musical
forms were jazz and blues, but the
shape-note singers have been a
worthy rival of the jazz-tradition all
along, both in its creativity and its
vitality.
The songs are sung in the folk
manner, without vibrate or other
operatic embellishments of the
voice, and without the elaborate
shadings of volume and tempo us
ually associated with choral prac
tice. The music has such a sturdy
beauty of its own that straining af
ter special effects is neither neces
sary or desirable. The rule is to
sing with the unpolished voice God
gave you, giving attention only to
correctness of pitch and rhythm.
Anyone interested in joining the
group while there are still some
extra songbooks available should
call on Mr. Gore right away. Prev
ious choral experience is absolutely
unnecessary. All that is required is
a willingness to learn the simple
rudiments of sight-reading, and a
natural liking for folk music.
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ature as well. The electronic equip
ment will be operated by remote
control. Thus the students will not
be distracted from the learning
process by being called upon to op
erate numerous gadgets at the stu
dent positions. The laboratory will
also include a recording studio.
But even as the college looks for
ward to this milestone, it looks
even further ahead as die dormi
tories begin to take shape on the
planning board.
NOTICE
ALL STUDENTS are reminded to
keep a close check on student
mail boxes. Remember that ail
unclaimed mail coming through
the Federal Postal System is re
turned to the Post Office after a
certain length of time.
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