The N.C. Essay
Vol. 2. No. 2
North Carolina School of the Arts
WARD
SPEAKS A1
CONVOCATION
Robert Ward, President of the School of
the Arts, addressed the students and faculty
of the school in a convocation last Friday,
January 5.
Mr. Ward began his address with a ser
ies of anecdototes from his "lurid past" as an
introduction of himself. He went on to say
that his first impressions of the school
were favorable-- that he was immensely proud
of the public performances the students were
able to present after so short a period of
time. These performances he thought to be
the "most convincing proof of the rightness
of the vision which established the school."
As examples of the problems confronting
the school on his arrival, Mr. Ward mention
ed three situations. The first was that there
had not been estaglished any formal channels
of communication between various groups in
the school. The second was that there had
been little opportunity to define clearly
the responsibilities of many people working
within the school. The last was that the
rapid development of the amount and quality
of public performance was giving rise to the
problems of coordination.
Mr. Ward then began describing groups
which had been established to deal with some
of the problems. He mentioned the faculty
committe and the student government as ex
amples and expressed his approval of their
accomplishments.
The next portion of the address was de
voted to the use of marijuana and other drugs
on college campuses. Mr. Ward said, "There
is no question of the tragic consequences
from seemingly innocent beginnings." He
stated the school policy on the matter as
follows: In view of the fact that the pos
session of distribution of LSD, marijuana,
and other narcotics is strictly against the
law and that taking drugs involves users with
the criminal underworld, the school "cannot
but seriously question the judgement and ulti
mate potential of any individual who becomes
involved with the use of distribution of ille
gal or dangerous drugs." He said that the
school mugt take whatever action necessary to
create a healthy and constructive campus at^
mosphere, adding, "We have no choice but to
work within the law."
Mr. Ward mentioned other groups which
have contrubuted to the development of the
school. Avong these were the Board of Trus
tees j the finance committee; committees on
the educational policy of the school, on
public performance, on campus activities and
student regulations, on building plans, and
on faculty relations. He said that he hoped
that there will be students on these commit
tees in the future, explaining, "We might
com up with some great ideas; but, if they
don't work for you, they're no good."
The address was concluded with a motto
Mr. Ward offered toward the end of high ar
tistic ideals: "We must be humble before all
that we do not know and not arrogant because
of the little that we do know."
SCHOOL RECEIVES
GRAN IS
A grant of $40,000.00 from Mary Rey
nolds Babcock Foundation was recently given
to the North Carolina School of the Arts.
John J. Ryan, general chairman of the
Challenge Program, said that the one-year
grant, under the terms of the Babcock Foun
dation Trustees, will be used in the search
for potential students at the School of the
Arts.
Mr. Robert Ward, president, announced
that part of the grant will be used for per
formance by School of the Arts students at
high schools, colleges, and community centers
throughout North Carolina.
Another portion, Mr. Ward said, will
provide performances by the Schoolfs music
faculty. These appearances will be concen
trated in North Carolina, but will also in
clude other areas of the country. These will
be in conjunction with workshops for music
students from schools in each workshop area.
Ryan added that the Babcock Foundation
grant will help to match the challenge grant
of $1, 500,000 from the Ford Foundation. This
is a part of the five-year Challenge Program
for the Arts, begun in 1966 to raise $7 mil
lion from private sources to supplement app-
ropiations from the state of North Carolina.
GRANT FOR ORGAN DEPARTMENT
A grant of $15,000 has been made to the
School by the Flagler System Charitable Trust
of Palm Beach, Florida for a practice organ.
Trustees of the Trust asked that the
organ be a memorial to the late William Rand
Kenan Jr., whose will created the Trasfc in
1964. They noted that the purchase of a prac
tice organ is "one of the pressing need of
the Music Department" at the school.
The grant is the second from foyndations
connected with the Kenan family. In 1966,
the Sarah Kenan Foundation of Durham gave
the School of the Arts $10,000 to purchase
a small practice pipe organ.
Mr. Ward said that this grant will also
be a part of funds being raised to match the
grant of $1.5 million from the Ford Founda
tion.
COLLEGE EXAMS
MONDAY, JAN.
22
TUESDAY,JAN. 23
8:15
Rm 319
English lA
319
English B
313
French I
313
French II
209
Sci. 6t Artist
1:00
Rm.322
Italian I
322
Art App.
(Baskin)
313
Italian I
322
Italian II
(Artom)
322
Italian I
309
French III
(Sienna)
319
English IE
316
German I
318
German II
319
English C
WEDNESDAY, JAN.24
THURSDAY, JAN.25
8:15
Rm. 307
Pol. Sci. I
307
Eliz. Drama
311
Sociology
1:00
Rm. 307
English D
316 Writing
311
Social Ethics
1:00
318
Philosophy
307
20th C. Dra.
January 16, 1968
MUSIC STUDENTS
TO PERFORM
This week the Music Department will
have three performances. The orchestra will
play its third concert this year tonight,
January 16 at 8:15. The program opens with
Beethoven's Egmont Overture and the Borodin
Polovetsian Dances. After intermission, the
orchestra will play the Dvorak Fourth Sym
phony. Robert Guthrie will be the featured
solist with the Vivaldi concerto for Guitar
and strings. Mr. John leule conducts the
NCSA orchestra. At this concert Lucy Chap
man will be concertmistress.
Jeff Meyerriecks, guitarist, and Jim
Bouldin, french horn, will perform in a stu
dent recital Wednesday, January 17 at 7:00
P.M. On Thursday, January 18 at 7:00 P.M.
there will be another student performance
featuring "Fantasia for Brass Choir and Tym-
pani" by Robert Ward. The work was commiss
ioned by the Juilliard School of MUsic for
the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary.
The students work hard for performances, and
the music department urges the support of
the student body and faculty attendence at
these.concerts,
DRAMA DEPARTMLNI
TO PRESENT^THE VISI
"I am prepared to handr over as a gift
to the .town of Gullen the sum of one billion
marks. On one condition. In exchange, I
want to buy justice!"
And with that final, dynamic remark
left hovering in the stagnant air, Evadne
Giannini, in the role of Madame Clair Zacha-ยป
nassian, smiled smugle.
But one can't buy justice. The world
can't suddenly turn off its humane standards
and become a totally materialistic state. Or
can it? One billion marks is a lot of money.
The NCSA Drama Department's next major
production, "the Visit" by Frederick Duerren-
matt, explodes with conflicts of human na
ture. The drama will open on February 23,
with previews on February 20-22, and perform
mances running February 24,25,26, through
March 3. Curtain is 8:15 at the theatre.
Reservations? Just call 723-2717. And it
isn't too early to start making reservations
now. The admission is $1.00 for adults, $.75
for students, and free for students and
faculty of NCSA.
Okay. You want to know who's in the
cast this time? Well, besides Evadne from
New Fersey, we will present: John Dornberg-
er of Florida as Bobby, Vocal MacBaugham of
Rich Square as Pedro, Ron Dortch of Goldsboro
and Stan Bernstein of New York as the
Blindmen, Enrico Wood of Raleigh as Anton
Schill, Duchess Tina Menzies of Dayton as
Frau Schill, brother Dan'l Snyder of West
Virginia as the son, Pump Belcher of New
Jersey as the daughter, Dougl McCorkindale
of Winston-Salem as Burgomaster, David Sutor
of Lynchburg as Pastor, gallantly mustached
Randy Rickman of Raleigh as the Policeman,
gallantly un-mustached Jack Sims of Winston
as the doctor, suprising Jim Stubbs of Rock
ingham as the teacher, Hoolie Beastie Hicks
and Alice Bauman, both of Maryland, as the
grandchildren.
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