BUCHWALD HERE
TONIGHT
by Angela Lantz
The Guilford College Arts
Series is >proud • to present in
Dana v Auditorium on Friday,
Oct. 4 at 8:15 p.m., an
amalgamation of whofh Time
Magazine considers " the
most successful humorist
columnist in the United
States" and whom Cosmopoli
tan Magazine considers:
"Washington's greatest sex
symbol", Art Buchwald, one
of America's most renowned
satirists, will certainly make
the Art Series' second
presentation one of its most
enjoyable and memorable.
Mr. Buchwald's extraordi
nary wit has not only given
him "headline popularity" as
a syndicate columnist for over
500 papers, but has attained
him literary fame with such
pointed books as "I Never
Danced at the Whitehouse"
(Fall, 1973), "Getting High in
Government Circles", and
"The Establishment is Alive
and Well in Washington."
Along with numerous other
authorships, Art Buchwald
wrote in 1969 a play entitled
"Sheep on the Runway"
which was produced on
Broadway, received fine
reviews from leading critics,
and was subsequently per
formed in Washington. This
popular lampoonist has been
heard also on records,
television course,
before audiences all across the
nation.
It would seem that Art
Bachwald's life would be one
of constant change and rapidiy
paced excitement. However,
paradoxically enough, the
introduction to one of his
books describes him as a
"shy, introspective and terri
ble aloof' inhabitant of "a
small airless room on the top
of Washington Monument"
who avoids physical starvation
with only orange juice and
coffee and escapes physical
paralysis only with infrequent
exits from his office to buy
Time magazine in hopes that
it's cover will feature his
picture. His life consists of
The Guilfordian
viewing, from his monumental
perch, all that is going on in
the nation's capital as his
"sharp eyes pierce the
curtains of the Executive
Mansion, the Pentagon, the
F. 8.1., and, of course, the
CIA", relating the view "in
longhand on the back of old
White House press releases",
and attaching them to "the
legs of speedy pigeons" for
speedy delivery" to the 500
newspapers that carry his
column to every part of the
civilized and uncivilized
world."
Despite the veil of secrecy
around Buchwald that this
excerpt appears to connote - or
perhaps promote, there are
some facts available concern
ing his life.
He was born in Westches
ter, raised on Long Island, and
then joined the Marines in
1942 Buchwald
received his first journalistic
experience in the Pacific
Theatre editing his company
newspaper on Eniwetal,
where he was stationed for
three and half years.
Four years later, after
gaining journalistic
success at Southern
University of California and
later as a staff member
of Variety, he was hired in
Paris by the European edition
of the New York Herald
Tribune with his column of
off-beat anecdotes on Parisian
night life entitled, "Paris
After Dark". By 1952, the
column, now entitled "Eu
rope's Lighter Side", was
syndicated in the American
Press.
Ten years later stationed in
Washington, he was ripping
the sides of the country (or at
least the cheeks), with
"coffee, orange juice, long
hand, and pigeons."
One fact remains indisput
able. In the words of Walter
Lippman, Art Buchwald is
"one of the best satirists of
our time."
For those interested in
attending this not to be missed
performance, Guilford stu
dents with I.D. cards are
admitted free
The public may purchase
tickets. 3 adults and $2
students in the Guilford
College Union.
The union may be reached by
phone at: 292-5511 ext. 55.
Directly following the perfor
mance, Guilford students and
faculty are invited for an
"informal conversation" with,
Mr. Buchwald in the Urban
Center Lounge.
As a point of interest, Bob
Register, Editorial writer for
the Greensboro Record, Guil
ford Graduate, and former
"Guilfordian" editor will
introduce Mr. Buchwald on
Friday night.
Special
Education
Teaching
In addition to the current
Special Education teacher
training programs for the
mentally retarded child and
for the emotionally disturbed
child, a new major leading to
certification in learning disabi
lities is available through the
Consortium. Guilford College
students entering this pro
gram would take their core
courses and a number of the
required psychology and
education courses on our
campus. Specialized courses
in diagnostics, prescriptive
teaching, methods and mate
rials for the learning disabled
child, and student teaching
are taught by members of the
psychology and special educa
tion faculty at Greensboro
College. Further information
is available to interested
students by contacting
Frances Norton or Newsom
Williams, both of the
Psychology Department.
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Board of Visitors to Meet
The Guilford College Board
of Visitors will hold its seventh
annual meeting on Friday,
Oct. 4, with Cameron P. West
of Raleigh as after dinner
speaker.
West, newly appointed
president of the N.C.
Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities, will
discuss "North Carolina's
Investment in Private Colleges
and Universities."
West served as director of
the North Carolina Board of
Higher Education in 1968-72,
vice president of planning for
the University of North
Carolina in 1972-73, and
director of the Illinois Board of
Higher Education in 1973.
The annual meeting will
begin at 4 p.m. in the Leak
Room of Duke Memorial Hall,
according to board chairman
Hal. G. Worley, manager of
the Greensboro Shops of the
Western Electric Co., and the
vice chairman, Mrs. Charles
E. Hayworth of High Point.
President Grimsley Hobbs
Our motto:
All the news that fits.
will give a "status of the
college" report, and five
students who participated in
as many Guilford College
summer schools abroad this
year will relate some of their
experiences and their reac
tions to the overseas pro
grams.
Students to talk about their
overseas summer school will
be Marty Davis of Chapel Hill,
Athens; John Ladd of
Greensboro, London; Beth
Lawrence of Roanoke, Va., 10
countries; Penny Minick of
Stuart, Fla., Paris; and Steve
Taylor of Pilot Mountain,
Germany.
Following a 5:30 p.m.
business session, board mem
bers will attend a dinner in
Founders Hall and hear
Cameron West's talk.
Then members will be
guests of the college to hear
humorous columnist Art
Buchwald, an attraction of the
Guilford College Arts Series
which will begin at 8:15 p.m.
in Dana Auditorium.