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Si All good things must come to an end, but all things that
si come to an end are not necessarily good. And into this
M category falls Wayne Newton’s CHRISTMAS ISN’T
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU. None of us would have any
'i trouble making it through Christmas this year without this
I record. Newton sings in the exact style he might be expected
fio sing in -his own style. That’s not too good, you know.
Wlien a supersweet voice sings supersweet religious music, the
^sult can be none other than disgustingly supersweet
sentimentality. It’s just too much like any other late fifties
yuledisc that you might pick up. The kids may get a charge
out of the ibum, because Newton sings with a certain
; energetic naivete. And the older generation may be content to
! listen CO this study in traditionalism. Despite its overly “nice”
! intentions, “Christmas Prayer” comes off quite well in a time
i when everyone who prays prays for peace. Tlie Wayne is not
■ afraid to exercise his vocal range in “Jingle Bells,” so it is not a
: bad cut. Then back to the traditional mediocrity that pervades
the entire album. Even his “Blue Christmas” shouts, “reject!”
i Try something different next year, Wayne.
Chets’ Christmas
For the guitar addict, “Christmas With Chet Atkins” (RCA
LSP-2423) is my choice of the best. Side 1 is the light side, the
Christmas songs; side 2 is the carol side. As well as “White
Christmas,” “Blue Christmas,” “Jingle Bells,” and “Silver
Bells,” Chet has included “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Winter
Wonderland,” and “Jolly Old St. Nicholas.” The album has
“Little Drummer Boy” and a medley of Carols: “God Rest ye
Merry Gentlemen,” “The First Noel,” “Hark! The Herald
Angels Sing,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” “Deck the Halls,”
and, finally, “Silent Night.”
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“The Sound of Christmas” by Al Hirt captures tbe holiday
spirit in high style. Al has recorded many of the usual
traditional carols, but has included such numbers as “Nutty
Jingle Bells,” “Santa Claus Is Cornin’ to Town,” and “We Wish
you a Merry Christmas.” Side 2 of the album contains those
essential carols found in most Christmas albums. But when Al
plays that Golden Horn and his music is Schuberfs “Ave
Maria,” Buddy, there ain’t nobody that can blow a horn any
bcttcr’n that. Magnificent-Bcautiful-that’s all 1 can say.
Como —“Christ Is Born
With the Ray Charles Singers, Mr. C. has recorded-what
elsc-“Thc Perry Como Christmas Album.” (RCA LSP.4016).
When one mentions the name Como, no one can say “Who?”
for Mr. C., as they say, needs no introduction. So, instead,
here arc the songs on Mr. C’s Christmas album, as only he can
do them; “Christmas Eve,” “Do You Hear What I Hear?
“Christ is Born,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” “There Is No
Christmas Like a Home Christmas,” “O Holy Night,” and a
Caroling Medley of “Caroling, Caroling,” “The First Noel,”
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” “Silent Night,” “Silver
Bells,” “Toyland,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,”
and “Ave Maria.”
All, the Incomparable Mr. C!
Christmas with Ed
“Christmas with Ed Ames,” (RCA LPS-3838) also includes
many traditional carols. But. aside from those, Ed slings some
songs not heard on many other Christmas albums-U “Let It
Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!,” “Do You Hear Wliat I
Hear?” “Tlie Ballad of The Christmas Donkey,” and “I
Wonder as I Wander.” Ed’s baritone voice has made him what
he is: it also makes his Christmas album what it is: a fine
collection of songs that will make your Christmas a wonderful
experience.
And so those are my initial suggestions in the way of music
that will hopefully make this a wonderful time of year for you
and yours. Although some of the songs on these albums are
the same, remember that quality comes in many forms,
througli the unique styles of performance of the individual
artists that I have mentioned. Variety of quality is what I’ve
suggested.
NEXT WEEK: the Robert Shaw Chorale, Henry Mancini’s
first Christmas album, an album from Julie Andrews and
Andrew Previn, and Johnny Mathis.
Our wrestling team fell to Pfieffer Saturday 20-17
Rowan to Speak Here
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communications, and Mr. Rowan
will deal with the responsibilities
of the mass media of
communications to the public.
The person being sought in
television and radio will be asked
to discuss the significance of
communications in an advanced
technological society .
Mr. Rowan is lormer director
of the U.S. Information Agency.
Currently his wide-ranging
columns are carried by more than
100 newspapers. In addition, his
radio and television commentaries
are carried by the Westinghouse
Broadcasting Company.
At the age of 35 Mr. Rowan
was named Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State; at 37, he was
named Ambassador to Finland;
and at 38 he was named by
President Johnson to head the
USIA.
Before entering government
service, Mr. Rowan worked for 13
years for the Minneapolis Tribune,
where he won the Sigma Delta Chi
journalism medallion three times
in succession.
It has been said of Dr. Pei that,
with the possible exception of one
member of the United Nations
Secretariat, he reads, speaks or
understands more languages than
any man living today. He is
professor of Romance Philology
at Columbia University.
During World War II. Dr. Pei
conducted special language
Kissinger
projects for government agencies.
Dr. Pei is author of a number of
books on language, including one
just revised, “The Story of
Language.” He also writes for a
■number of national magazines.
Dr. McKay, before becoming an
AT&T vice president, was for 20
years associated with Bell
Telephone Laboratories where he
was associated with many
electronic developments,
including transistors.
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react within the framework of
tradition.
A unified program based
upon the best of both
philosophies provides a more
plausable program, according to
Kissinger. While reacting
traditionally in a very “real
politic” manner, the diplomat
must rely upon the intellectual to
uncover new methods of
diplomacy.
Kissinger is very cautious in
formulating his policy. He
recognizes the backdrop of
nuclear annihilation which
influences even the most
conventional crises. In this same
vein, he states that he is not
worried about either of the major
powers instigating a planned
nuclear attack. His concern is
super power involvement in the
vents of small nations which can
draw the larger powers into a
major confrontation.
He recognizes the value of the
University or a forum for debate
on current issues, but criticizes
those professors who dissent just
for the sake of dissent. Kissinger
feels that persons must be
intellectually honest, viewing all
events with a critical eye. The
professors’ job is to inculcate this
reaction in his own students, not
to propagandize his own views.
Kissinger promises to become a
major force in shaping our
national policy under Nixon.
Upon the basis of his
pronouncements during the
University Forum, it will probably
be conducted thoughtfully and
cautiously. THE UNIVERSITY
AND INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS could easily become
a major source for the study of
Nixonian foreign policy, as a
result.
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Staircase of Life
But 1 still ask myself “why?” Why go through the long
hours of physical activity just to turn black-and-white pages?
Why value some books above activity incur environment that
is mine to understand? My philosophy of books and their
relationship to men is quite simple: Life is a staircase that
must be climbed. The staircase is darkened by opinion,
propaganda, miscalculation, guesswork, and false knowledge.
Books, especially good books, are the torches that light the
way up the labyrinthine ladder. Books are the means by which
1 may detach myself from particular life situations and view
life from an omnipotent and uninvolved objective observation
point.
Santayana said that those who heed not the lessons of
history are doomed to repeat the mistakes; The lessons are to
be found in books. One can, of course, become involved with
the characters in a book until he loses his objectivity, but
books can always be read again and again. Their messages can
be resurveyed at any time. How else can one visit with
Voltaire, Plato, Swift, or Joyce any time of the day - without
appointment?
Books Can Live
“The world of books” is a phrase which perplexes me to no
end. 1 don’t see the great works of the ages as part of another
world. I see them as another approach to the world of
phenomenal reality in which men and women buy, sell, work,
love, think, and feel. What lies between the covers of
thousands of volumes “of forgotten lore” is the knowledge of
the ages; that recorded wisdom inscribed on endless pages of
countless books was placed there that we might not have to
experience the less desirable aspects of life. The art found in
books is not a mirror through which we can view existence,
but an integral part of existence. But don’t take my word for
it. Take John Milton’s - “Books are not absolutely dead
things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active
as that soul was whose progeny they are; may they do preserve
as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living
intellect that bred them”
So why not just pick up a book and learn the secrets of the
intellectual history of mankind? It’s not quite that simple. One
must delve into the secrets with a dedicated will, or he shall
not reap the benefits of a great book. As Sartre put it in
WHAT IS LITERATURE?, “Books are inert. They act upon
those who open them, they cannot open by themselves...”
Books will always be my way of discovering the world, even
after I’ve tried travel and discussion. As Sartre, again, so
accurately states it, “To be sure, the book is the noblest, the
most ancient of forms; to be sure, we will always have to
return to it.”
So if you see me curled up on a comfortable couch or erect
in a straight-backed wooden chair, contentedly staring at a
page of curious script, and you speak, 1 probably won’t
answer. But don’t blame me, for I’m far away. Whether in the
Misty Mountains with Gandalf or on a grassy hillside with
Lao-Tze, I’m merely a captive of the magic and magnetism
that is literature. And 1 can think of no more fitting post script
for me when 1 travel on to the next world than a quote from
Belloc:
When I am dead, I hope it may be said;
His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.