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PAGE 6 Blackfriars Deserve Support The Journal staff congratulates the cast and crew of “The Firebugs" on a most entertaining production of the Max Frisch play. The ingenuity and hard work that went into the presentation of the play were evident, especially in the face of a limited budget and few techni cal facilities. The cast demonstrated that we have the talent here and the crew showed us the know-how that would warrant more financial sup port for drama on campus. The student interest oncam.pus in drama pro ductions is notable. The cast played to a full house for every performance, the audience con sisting primarily of students. In fact, spectators were turned away Friday due to limited seating facilities. One advantage of an almost “tradi tionally" apathetic student body is that when the students do turn out in significant numbers you can bet they have a real interest in the event. So it seems logical to provide the Blackfriars with the means to give the students more of what they want. The admission to dramatic productions is in cluded in the student activities fee paid as a part of the general fee by all students. Perhaps a raise in this fee, with the new income going solely to the drama group, is in order. Dr. Catherine Nicholson and the playmakers have shown their willingness to provide us with the best entertainment feasible with available facilities. Let's counter with added support in the form of more funds. We look forward with pleasure to the Spring production of the Blackfriars. Dollar Mark—Sign Of Xmas Cheer BY RODNEY SMITH On the ninth of November, as I was returning from Atlanta, I saw it. At first, I didn’t believe it, but I soon realized that it was too"’ keen a perception to attempt to deny. Yes, there it was in red and green lights--the outline of a Christmas tree on the side of a manufacturing company. This early in November, yet. Then, last Tuesday night, they struck in my neighborhood. On the way home from my night class, I saw three houses already lit up and ready to celebrate the sea son of Yuletide. Can it be that this “religious” holiday has influenced the lives of North Carolinians in such a way as to cause men to rise up and express, symbolically, their deep feeling fifty days be- Whitt, Knights Of Music Tops In Big Band Sound Many students long for some excitement to break the hum drum pattern of driving to school, going to class, and driving home again each day. Perhaps a trip— to St. Louis? L. A.?New Orleans? Atlanta—would do the trick. There is on campus a boy who has just such a break virtually every weekend. He’s Terry Whitt, trombone player and band leader of Terry Whitt and the Knights of Music. This unique band, which plays conventions, parties, and dances in all of the above-mentioned cities plus many more, will en tertain students here at the Holi day Dance, Saturday, Decem ber 9, 9 p.m.-l a.m. in the Par quet Room of the Union. “The band was organized five Expense Paid Tour Of S. E. Thrown Out?-Oh, Come Now Asia Offered Even on a commuter campus there are some things that need to be done on the weekends that require the use of University buildings. Last weekend, on Sunday night, the Journal staff was working on gettir^ this issue to bed in the basement office in the Union. Upstairs four students were decorating the attractive Christ mas tree which is in the Union lounge. Some staff members, who had gone up to see the tree, and the decorating crew gathered around the piano in the back of the Union lounge to lis ten to one of their number play the instrument. Inafew short minutes, the night watchman ap peared to say, “Get back to work or get out." The Journal staff members had been workir^ since early afternoon. The musical break was something of a relaxir^ device. And the decora ting detail was ready for a rest, too. It's a sad campus that allows its students to be bulliedfor recreating in the recreational area provided and with the recreational facilities available. Students won't tolerate such pettiness forever. THE CAROLINA JOURNAL ^^'’*®** VYLE WATTS Editor’s Special Consultant Ellison Clary. Jr. Feature Editor Rodney Smith Laffertj' Photo Editor ■. Jordan Cartoonist. Geraldine Ledford News Editor Ron Foster STAFF: Patrick McNecly, Kay Watson, Rodney Smith, Carol Haywood. I arry Bliss, Monte Zepeda, Joe Davidson, Steve Jones, Arthur Gentile, Linda Craven, Tommy Harmon, Sandy Griffin Wendy Kleinfield, Frank Sasser, Sonia Mizell, John Byrd Published weekly on Wednesdays by the students of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING DV National Educational Advertising Services I A DIVISION OF X ^ READER'S DIGEST SALES A SERVICES. INC. M 360 Lexington Ave., New York. N.Y. 10017 \ | BY ROD SMITH This semester, an all-expense paid tour of Southeast Asia is being offered by an anonymous organization as the grand prize in a contest to determine which male student on campus can ac cumulate the lowest quality point average this semester. All stu dents interested should continue to pursue their present course by sleeping late, getting into complex conversationsintheStu- dent Union (preferably running from 8:30 a.m. “til 11:30 a.m.), buying one more round the night before at test, copying term papers from The World Book and Sports Illustrated, blaming it all on the professors, “eating” lunch at Hurlockers, and just not giving a royal split. Students with copper kidneys, lonely lungs, helium hearts, jello knees, and mental incompetence will not be accepted as contes tants. Students with hig estrogen counts will be given special con siderations (don’t despair fel lows, there is a place tor you). This offer void where prohibited by law (Cuba, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, etc.). All winners will be notified through the U. S. Mails (plain wrapper). Other fringe benefits afforded the winners are the fol lowing: an opportunity to ‘go back to nature’, the 1968 model of the M-16 ‘instrument’, and entire new wardrobe complete from shoes to raincoat, a new set of cooking utensils, a keen flash light, secret handshake instruc tions, three Mighty Mouse comic books, and anopportunitytocom pete tor further prizes. years ago with the intention of bringing back the big band sound,” Terry says. Terry, a junior Chemistry major, joined the band as a trombone player a little over a three years ago. At first, he would count off the beats for the musicians, and this func tion eventually developed into a full time job as band director. He is fifteen years younger than the youngest member of the band. Dick Buse, the founder and former director of the band, then became full-time business mana ger. At its conception, the members of the band, who all used to play full time in the great, big bands of the ‘40’s thought of the Knights of Music as sort of a weekend past time. But boy, how they caught on! The band is now booked two years in advance. Terry, whom BWOC-goers will recognize as the leader of the back-up band for Amthony and the Imperials, has been playing trombone since the age of six when he began taking lessons in his hometown of Houston. “I’ll blame my interest in music on the excellent teacher I had,” says Terry with a smile. During junior high and high school, Terry played in several bands and combos. In the sum mers of his high school years, he studied music at St. Andrews Conservatory, Brevard College, and Oberlin College. The Knights play very little in the summertime. The band mem bers get a rest and director Terry travels to play for bands or works in the chemical field. Last June he had one of those happy strokes of luck that come infrequently. Sammy Kaye, who was playing in Galveston, Texas, lost one of his bass trombone players to illness. He placed an ad in the Houston daily, Terry saw it, auditioned, and got the job. “I don’t usually get nervous,” Terry admits, and with a laugh, “but that time I did. . .” Terry’s plans for this summer are to either go to New Orleans or back to Houston to play. In answer to a question con cerning his plans for profes sion, Terry quickly assuredthat, “I don’t long to spend the rest of my life doing one night stands; I plan to go into chemistry. But right now travelling to play is still very much in my blood. It’s great!” According to Terry, the music of the sixteen piece band has found no home in Charlotte, al though the group has never played at a place out of town where it wasn’t called back. “Charlotte is a fine town,” Terry explains, “but it’s too closed to my music.” Sorry About That. . . The Journal staff ■would like to correct an error in last week's edition on page 4. The fine basketball pictures appearing on that page were attributed to one Joe Campbell. In actuality the photographer was Joe Caldwell, head photographer for the Rogues 'n Rascals. We appreciate the use of his talents in the Journal and sincerely regret the error. fore the actual date of Christmas? To this, lanswer, and vociferoush No! What can it be then, that sets men to whistling, “White Christ- mas”, and buying spruce trees and extracting last year’s wrap, ping paper from the hall closet? Herein, I think lies the answer to the entire dilemma. The com. mercial holiday, called by those- in-the-know simply, Xmas, is the answer. The “Saviour” of this holiday is not a man, but a god-money, “Deck the halls with boughs of holly. Fa la la la la three fora quarter.” “Make the man of your house happy; give him a Boulova this year.” “The most heavenly gifts an from Belk’s”. ; “Give your entire family the' lasting gift 'of beautiful musicli BUY NOW!. ..andenjoyitthrough-l out the holidays! Solid State Stereo.” “Piano for Christmas? Don’t pass this up”. Enough? I didn’t have to do mucli research forthese quotes, Imerelj read one newspaper and watchal thirty minutes of television. This was on November 27. “Not so early,” you say? Lost cause. The department store managen dress their salespeople up in bright colors, give them cheery “Merp Christmas” name tags and say, “We’ve got tnem now. They’ir coming up here to buy a fe« gifts. Sell them!” You have suc ceeded as a salesman if the cus tomer leaves with a gift for Undo Charlie whom he hasn’t spoken to in two years! Everybody has to have a hand- carved nativity scene for the top of the television set. In just a fe»i more years from now, halfwajj through the “Super President Show,” a shepherd will appear oiil the screen and say, “If Christ were alive for this Christmas, he would want you to give hint a Zonk shower for his birthday, Get one for your husband. Don’t delay, only eight-four shopping days let ‘tU Xmas!” But it goes much further than just being a non-religious unholi day. The whole affair centered around December 25 has become ridiculously superficial as a com mercial celebration. Have you ever seen an aluminum Christmas “tree”? Since when is aluminum a plant? Will the miracles ofSanta Claus never cease? How long can mass media continue to support belief in this outdated folk hero now that the true Spirit of Giving has turned her back and ridden away onherHarley-Davidson?Just as long as the toy companies con tinue to pay them for it. Maybe I’m out of tune and these incidents that I’ve cited are only isolated incidents noted by me through selective perception.! Maybe. How anyone can hear the lines of Paul Simon’s “7 O’ClocU News/Silent Night” and still be so concerned with getting the pre-‘ sents arranged beneath the “tree” in the most aesthetically appro priate manner is beyond me. To me, the whole matter is summed up by the little girl who queried, “Mommy, why does Santa Claus give us presents on his birthday?’ Aimouncements The Ways and Means Com mittee of the Student Legisla ture has placed a suggestion box at the Union Information Desk. All interested students are urged to place their suggestions here. Would all students who have registered for the Graduate Re cord Examinations, please pick up the Prospectus for Students and the descriptive booklets for the Area, Advance, and Aptitude tests at the Student Union desk. | If anyone has materials on George Washington borrowed ! from Newell School last spring | please return them. i
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