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WQFS Kills Easy Listening
WQFS Revives Ether lonizer
By Dave Rhees
WQFS-F.M., Guilfoid Col
lege's very own student-run
radio station, again returns to
the Greensboro airwaves after a
busy summer that featured a
special summer broadcast for the
visiting freshmen, and the
implementation of a new cata
loging system for their record
collection.
Students who remember the
WQFS of last year will find that
some radical changes have been
made in its programming
Along with Mutual News on
the hour and tapes from the
National Association of hduca
tional Broadcasters, WQFS will
soon boast the addition of such
classic radio series as THH
SHADOW, or TIIF GREEN
HORNET. It is even planned to
produce original plays with local
talent (see Pam Henry or Kelly
Dempster if you are interested).
Since WQI-S is a student
organization, the management
has decided to cater to the tastes
of the Guilford students. This
has resulted in the elimination of
"easy listening" type music with
a concentration 011 progressive
folk-rock (and possibly jazz.) as
well as classical music.
With a large budget allotted
to the purchase of albums, an
excellent record collection is
quickly being obtained. Tapes
from the Eastern Music Festival
concerts held at Guilford every
summer will supplement regular
cta.v-.ical programming.
Interview shows and editor
ials are in the planning stages,
but new personnel will be
needed to put them in action, so
if you are interested, contact
any of the station's officers.
Officers for this year are Dave
Rhees, manager, Danny Beard,
operations manager, Kris Rice,
program director, Harlan Stra
der, business manager, and John
Willis, engineer.
An announcement will be
made soon regarding the dale
and time of the first broadcast.
Going Through Them Changes
By Ron (litter
Hello. How do you do? Who
am I? - no, it's who are we ... .
and who are you? You are the
audience, our listeners, and we
are the media. In this encounter
we take the form of radio
station WQFS.
Some of you might remember
our past image. Forget it. The
only similarity between our past
image and our new form is our
Art Series Films
My Little Chickadee Sept. 15
All Quiet on the Western Front Sept. 24
Citizen Kane Sept. 29
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Oct. 1
Rebecca Oct. 8
Boys in the Band Oct. 12
Shadow of a Doubt Oct. 16
All the King's Men Oct. 22
Spellbound Oct. 26
Psycho Oct. 30
Seventh Seal Nov. 16
Notorious Dec. 4
Goldiggers of 1935 Dec. 7
The Last Hurrah Jan. 8
Rashmon Jan.ll
Dr. Strangelove Jan. 14
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photo by Clawges
Radio Station personnel Dave Rhees, Harlan Strader, Kris Rice,
Danny Beard and Mark Intermaggio discuss station policies.
name. You see, listeners, we
have changed.
Since we have eliminated the
middle of the road part of our
programming, we will be able to
expand our classical and progres
sive music format. We want
people who think. For those of
you who are die-hard rock
listeners, there is still hope.
Classical music is beautiful
because for the most part it
is. is. . . .perfect. It is music in its
pure form. Once you let classical
music take you on an emotion
trip, there is 110 coming back.
We intend to present very
Arts and Crafts
Now in Hobbs Dorm
Would you like to be
creative? Are you already
creative? Or do you feel certain
thai you have all sorts of
creativity hiding somewhere in
your very being and need only
to have someone wiser and more
skillet! lo direct your hidden
talents? If you answered yes to
one of the above then the Mary
llobhs C'ralt Center is of interest
lo you.
I he cralt center is located in
the basement of Mary Hobbs
and will open within two weeks.
It is a campus-wide organization
open to anyone with interests
The center has looms avail
able for Inkle weaving, ru;
weaving, and blanket weaving
There is a potter's wheel for
those wishing to pot. Materials
are available for macrame.
beadwork, woodcraft, cro-
THE GUILFORDIAN
together, well announced pro
gressive music. You can expect
some-well, some very strange
things from time to time. Getes
Romo, a famous hipster in the
1950's once said, "Strangeness is
inherent in a good thing." We'll
leave it at that.
We want to do things your
ears will enjoy. If you don't like
it, let us know. Better yet, you
can become one of us. In the
final analysis, we are ultimately
you. For your own edification,
turn to 90.7 on your FM dial
and hang out with us for an
evening.
You'll dig it.
dieting, tie dying, and batiking.
Burr Yarrow's leather shop
will be located in the center as
will a jeans patching service.
Custom-made clothes will be
purchaseable. Bread-baking and
other cooking interests will be
taught. Special orders for gifts
can also be filled.
The craft center is planning
three bazaars during the year,
the first of which is tentatively
scheduled for the end of
s October. All profits from the
bazaars will be used to keep the
center going by replenishing
materials and equipment.
For more information con
tact Betsy Agniel (292—2328) or
Dianne D o e r p i n g h a us
(299-9925). They are interested
: in what skills you have, what
skills you would be willing to
teach and what skills you would
Ilike to learn.
Watch for posters around the
campus for further notice.
DON JOHNSON S
College
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Pocket Full of Music
by Peter Tonge (CSM)
A trailer truck had jackknifed
outbound on Boston's Southeast
Expressway. For John Ward it
meant he'd be late home again
and he couldn't repress a groan
of disgust as he pulled up behind
i mile-long line of stationary
cars.
Then he remembered the gift
he'd bought that day for his
daughter. Reaching into his
pocket, he drew it out. It was a
mouth organ, or harmonica to
give it its correct name.
It had been 20 years since
he'd last played one—never very
well as he recalled. So because
he was afraid he'd make more
noise than music he rolled up
the car window before llowing a
few tentative notes.
As a boy he'd found "God
Save the Queen" simple to play,
and he didn't mind trying it out
on a Boston highway because it
was also the tune to "My
Country 'Tis of Thee." Soon he
could stumble, with many a flat
note, through several such tunes.
A tune within a day
And that, say the experts, is a
major reason the instrument is
so popular. Anyone can play a
tune within a day. What
instrument can match that, ask
harmonica-industry spokesmen
currently making much ado
about the 150 th birthday of the
mouth organ.
When Christian Buschmann
bound a series of reeds together
and presented the world with his
"Mundharmonika" or "Munda
oline," it was readily accepted
by the music-loving Germans.
But he, and even Mathias
Hohner, the first to begin
making the the Buschmann
invention on a production basis,
could hardly have visualized the
popularity of the little instru
ment in its 151 st year.
Hohner's plant in Trossingen,
Germany, today produces more
harmonicas in one hour than it
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photo by Clawgeg
Photographic art by Guilfordian photographer Jerry Clawges is on
exhibit this month in the library.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1971
did in a year when Hohner first
set up the production line.
Germans lead the way in
harmonica manufacturing, but
'he Japanese are increasingly
important producers, too.
Horn in a different key
Half a dozen presidents, from
Lincoln to Eisenhower, have
added stature to the humble
instrument. Britain's Queen Eliz
abeth II is said to be proficient
on it. So is heir apparent Prince
Charles. And fittingly, in tliis
space age, Astronauts Walter
Shirra and Scott Carpenter blow
a cool tune.
Most of these people taught
themselves to play by ear as
did the great Larry Adler. But
there are 3,000 registered
professional harmonica teachers
in the world and the number is
growing by roughly 150 a year.
They're all graduates of the
Trosingen School of Music,
established by Hohner in the
1950'5.
The "harp," as it's also
frequently called, is easy to buy
and easy to learn; it requires no
complex fingering patterns and
no tedious practicing and can be
tucked in a pocket.
These are unique advantages,
in fact, and John Ward was
beginning to appreciate them
when the prolonged, strident
blaring of a horn interrupted
him in the middle of "Three
Blind Mice."
Traffic on the expressway
was beginning to move. And it
was obvious: A motorist minus a
mouth organ is a very impatient
creature.
Draft Info
Draft Counseling is offered
by the following Guilford
College Community
members:
Ed Burrows 292—6718
Bill Beidler 294-0746
Earl Redding . . 1-889-3167
Carroll Feagins .. 292—5103