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N.C. ESSAY
Tuesday, October 15, 1974
Evening with the Arts Council
By JOHN HUBBARD
Staff !U‘porti‘r
Representatives from the Arts
Councils in all fifty states and Ontaric
Canada, were very impressed by the
performances and demonstrations the)
attended while visiting the School of the
Arts Monday night, Sept. 23.
Ed Taylor of a Harlem arts group said,
“It’s a really fine school. I waf
impressed with the dedication of the
faculty and the students.”
The visit was part of the annual
meeting of the Associated Arts Councils,
and the celebration of the 25th
anniversary of the Winston-Salem Arts
Council which was the first established in
the United States.
In addition to the Arts Council
members, there were many
representatives of private organizations,
such as: Kenneth Olsen from the
Columbia Artists Management, Michael
Panteleone of the Volunteer Lawyers for
the Arts, John Gingrich from Hurok
Concerts and Ralph Black of the
American Symphony Orchestra League.
Mr. Gingrich said he was “depressed
'that so few people from professional
management were in attendance.”
Tours of The School
The representatives, numbering close
to 350, were taken on tours of the school
as soon as they arrived. They saw dance
and drama rehearsals, music lessons and
rehearsals, an opera workshop
rehearsal, crews working in the costume
and scene shops, and a visual arts class
doing clay sculpture.
Ater the tours, the Piedmont Chamber
Orchestra gave a short concert in
Crawford Hall. Then the group was asked
to move on to the new de Mille Theatre
where “Grey Goose of Silence” was
Essay Photo by Marshall Thomas
Ed Taylor, a Harlem arts group representative, talks to Vice
Chancellor Martin Sokoloff.
performed by the North Carolina Dance
Theatre.
Finally, wine and cheese were served
in the cafeteria. Throughout the busy
evening, the delegates seemed to
maintain an intense excited interest.
Sometimes three or four questioned the
tour guides all at once.
One representative, when asked by a
reporter what he thought of the school,
said he was “very impressed with the
orchestra, especially the bass player.”
He then added that “the professional
companies in residence are a definite
plus to give kids exposure. Students are
getting more than their money’s worth.”
Richard Courtney, president of the?
Canadian Conference of the Arts, actor,
Theodore Bikel and conductor Michael
Tilson-Thomas were also here. Mr. Bikel
said, “I expected smaller and less. There
is very good spirit here, an air of
professionalism. The students are not
fooling around.”
Another representative said, “If your
facilities matched the performances,
then you’d have the greatest school in the
world. ‘Grey Goose’ was stunning. I was
surprised to see old buildings; I was
under the impression that the whole
school was built from scratch with all
new buildings.” Hearing the comment, a
person nearby said, “I’m a professional
ballet dancer, and the best partner I’ve
ever had was a graduate of this school,
and her name was Janet Snyder. You
really turn out some great people.”
Inflation
Hits
School
INFLATION, From Page 1
The auxiliary budget of $718,000 which
covers maintainance of the dorms,
cafeteria, bookstore and Health Services,
is self-sustaining - the money coming
from students’ rt)om and board fees. The
operating budget for this year is
$2,462,739. Of this, $1,846,571 comes from
state appropriations; the other $616,168
comes from tuition and other sources.
Board Rate Stable
“The elimination of soft drinks and
seconds on meat should cover the
inflated costs of everything else in the
cafeteria. All the economies in the
cafeteria are aimed at keeping the board
rate stable as compared to last year,”
said Lewis Hawley, school bursar.
An increase of 51 per cent in fuel prices
swallowed up the $35,000 saved by re
negotiating bonds on the dorms.
According to figures given the Essay
by Hawley, electricity costs went up at
least 15 per cent last year over the year
before, although use, was cut by 4.6 per
cent. In one month, August-September
1974, the electric bill was $5,390. This is a
$1,126 rise over the comparable period
last year.
By cutting down on Xerox use and
switching to mimeograph,
approximately $3,500 will be saved. This
savings may help to offset higher paper
prices which have gone up nearly 60 per
cent.
According to Bill Parrish, purchasing
agent, $1,100 should be saved by the
removal and transfer of some telephone
lines.
D&P Shop Violates
Safety Standards
By S.W.WOOMER
Kssay Staff Heporler
The Design and Production
department scene shop is and has been in
violation of the U.S. Bureau of
Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA)
standards since 1972, school officials
have acknowledged.
Samuel Stone, director of
development, said that wiring is the most
serious violation, followed by ventilation
and lighting.
The NCSA Foundation faces a $10,000-
a-day fine if the shop is not brought up to
standard by a deadline fixed by OSHA.
School officials disagree over whether a
deadline has been set.
Stone said that the foundation received
a letter from the city fire marshall last
spring informing it that the shop violates
fire safety standards. A violation of fire
standard is also a violation of OSHA
standards.
Sawdust in the Air
According to Stone, sawdust in the air
is creating the hazard of spontaneous
combustion.
He said that having electrical wires out
of conduit and the fact that power comes
from three main boxes also are
violations. He said the greatest danger is
the risk of overloading the electrical
circuits.
Stone said that the foundation has
requested that the state buy the scene
shop and Sam’s Place, another building
used by the Design and Production
department, and that chances are good
the state will do so.
If the state buys the buildings, it will
have to pay the cost of rewiring, which is
expected to be more than $25,000.
Possibility
' If the state does not buy the building.
Stone said, the possibility exists that
OSHA or another state agency will close
the buildings. If this occurs, the state will
have to provide new shop space for the
school.
OSHA was set up in 1970 by an act of
Congress. Safety guidelines are set by
the Secretary of Labor. They cover
everything from dust to steel-toed shoes
and hard hats.
Albert Weaver, a consultant with
OSHA, explained that State agencies
must bring themselves in compliance
and are responsible for keeping
themselves in compliance. They have a
year to do this. No inspection is made
unless an employee complains to the
agencies or unless there is a fatality or
catastrophe which involves the
hospitalization of 5 or more people for 48
hours or more. However, inspections are
made, periodically, by city officials.
Weaver said that buildings being built
had to comply with the Electrical
Construction Code that went into effect
March 15, 1972. Buildings built before
then only need comply with parts of the
code.
Max De Voider, staff technical
director, said that some of the problems
and violations with the scene shop have
been alleviated by the new Design and
Production building, Sam’s Place. The
new prop shop, for example, now has
props which were stored in a loft in the
scene shop. Another way Sams Place has
help^ is with the welding shop. The
welding shop has asbestos walls, flash
curtains, and heat vents with fans that
OSHA approved.
1975 Deadline
De Voider said that the school has until
Aug. 1, 1975 to come completely in
compliance with the guidelines. Stone
said there has been no deadline set. De
Voider said one of the problems with the
scene shop is that everybody who owned
the building before added to the wiring
that was already in place, creating
confused, patched wiring.
De Voider said that it would take at
least a month to redo the wiring.
Stone said the foundation knew that the
shop was in violation when it bought it in
1972. He said that the reason the
renovation has not been done is the “lack
of money”.
The renovations that are currently in
progress are mainly to install lighting
and wiring but will not bring the shop up
to standards.
The scene shop in violation of safety laws.
Join the people
who’ve joined
the Army.
A lot of young men and women have dis
covered a good place to invest their time.
The Army. What they’ve found here, they may
not have been able to get anywhere else.
Some came to learn a skill. With training in
over 300 kinds of jobs to choose from. Some
came for the chance to work in Europe, Korea,
Alaska, Hawaii or almost anywhere in the U.S.A.
Some came to meet a unique personal
challenge. Like the responsibility of doing a
good job at an early age. Some came to get a
start on their college education. With the Army
paving 75% of their tuition.
And some came to do something positive
for their Country. Which is a pretty good
reason in itself.
All Oppertvnily Im^toyer