, L ober 11. 1963
The N, C, Essay
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By Terrence S. > ,
Europe had its witch hunts,
Russia its Purges and America has
had since 1938 the House Conunittee
on Un="AiDerican Activities = These
may seem strained comparisons but
not too many years ago the similitu*
des were more than valid. For thirty
years this committee has brought
fear and degradation to liberals
throughout this country by its con
tinuous harassment of progressive
organizations. HUAG's latest attack
cams last week when it conducted
hearings to investigate the "Commu
nist and pro-Communist subversive
elements" at work during the August
Battle of Chicago (also known as the
Democratic National Convention), The
witnesses this time were Jerry Rubin,
Abbie Hoffman, and other Yippies.
Both sides were mere ghosts of
their former selves. Gone were the
glorious days of the 1930's and
1950's when just the slightest unpro
ved comment by HUAC could cause a
professor or scientist to lose his
job; a lawer to be debarred, or an
actor to be blacklisted. Under
pressure from politicans not to
cause a stir this close to the elec
tion, HUAC, under subcommittee chair
man Ichord (Do, Mo.), made only the
minimum number of arrests and relea
sed only the minimum number of
illogical and asinine statements
to make it a real HUAC hearing.
In addition the opposition had
lost something of its former self.
Accompanied by the same sterotyped
young liberal lawyers that had defen
ded the "subversive elements" of the
1950's these new witnesses were too
outside of the old reform liherr. 1
to be effective with their courtroom
antics.. The old liberals were men
sacrificing careers, jobSp and pres
tige to defy the reactionary commit
tee, The Yippies, by having already
thrown themselves outside of the
established coraaunity fnot to be
confused with "establishment")» were
sacrificing less by their courtroom
appearances then did the rebels of
the past. This is not to downgrade
the Yippie performance. Hoffman's
continual request to go to the bath
room and Rubin's demand for "pqual
harassment;" gave the committee the
type of response it deserves.
It seems strange now to recaJ i
that HUAC was the brain child of
liberal Sam Dickstein who hoped
it would be used against American
Nazis. Instead HUAC feel into
the hands of McCarthy and the right
wing of the House which has used
(con't pg. 5, col. 3)
MUSC THE?
FOR THE
GERiATRr mm
By Harvey Jacobson
"All forms of psychotherapy at
tempt to promote beneficial changes
in a patient's attitudes and symp
toms through the influence of the
therapist with whom he has a close
relationship,"
Some of the many forms of psy=
chotherapies in existence today in
mental hospitals are:
1. Music Therapy
2. Art Therapy
3. Occupational Therapy
4o Recreational Therapy
5. Arts and Crafts
6. Bibliotherapy and
7. Drug Therapy
to mention only a few. This paper
is concerned with the use of music
as a Therapy for the senile psycho»
tic patient who may be defined ass
"one who is suffering from a severe
mental disorder of the aged, mani
fested by loss of memory, judgement,
moral and esthetic values, and is
disturbed emotionally."
WHY, MUSIC?
The use of music is today con
sidered one of the more pleasant and
applicable pursuits for the senile
patient. As part of recreational
and music therapy activities, it can
bring much comfort from I) physical
pain, 2) it can help to erase feel
ings of fear from being alone, 3) it
can help to release old memories and
deeply rooted feelings, both pleas
ant and unpleasant, 4) it can "Hu
manize" by moving the emotions and
by even helping to change old pat
terns of behavior.
With the geriatric patient,
music can become both an active and
passive agent in therapy activities.
It can be an integral element in a
well-planned and "thought-out" lis
tening program or it can be used as
an intrusive agent, invading the
bizzare, disordered, disoriented,
thoughts of the senile patient.
This intrusive quality of mu
sic, can best be found in 1) exotic
rhythms, 2) music of a percussive
nature, 3) march music, 4) and music
which stresses instruments of the
brass family. This kind of music
can more easily be heard and felt by
the senile patient suffering from a
reduction in his ability to hear.
Singing old and familiar songs
will often promote active and posi
tive responses from geriatric pa
tients. Among some of the favorite
songs of the aged patient are:
1, Well-known hymns,
2, Folk tunes,
3, and songs of a patriotic
nature.
RIAL
The geriatric patient is often
bed-ridden or partially immobilized
and therefore not able to actively
participate in such activities as
dancing, and active games= In such
cases, if the patient is able to use
their hands, wrists, or arms, we may
take chis as a clue as a means of
helping the patient achieve some
kind of satisfaction, Rhydriic, in
struments can help to keep these
limbs "alive" through exercises or
"keeping time to music." With the
use of rhythm instruments, it is
preferable to use that music which
has strongly marked beats, "live"
music being prefered.
Patients confined to wheel=
chairs can often become actively in
volved in activities, when such ac
tivities are geared to their physi
cal limitationso Square dancing has
often been known to be adaptable for
this type of patient,
CONCLUDING REMARKS
More important in any of the
activities mentioned, are the emo
tional and physiological responses
of the patients to the activity be
ing presented. In conclusion then,
we may say that therapy and recre
ational activities involving the use
of music, can play an integral part
in the rehabilitation program for
the geriatric patient, if the acti
vities are geared and modified to
the physical and psychological llmi-
tatfons of the aging patient.
fNC ESSAY STAFF
Editor Tony Senter
Co-editor & Review , Lynn Bernhardt
Feature Writers , « . . .David Wood
Mark Walsh
Dance Editor , , . o Sandra Williams
Music Editor » , . . , Celia Sparger
Political & Editorial, D. Williamson
Typist Harold Ingram
Photography Cathy Casper
Adlvsor,. . . Anthony Fragola
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STljDEI-rrS RIOTS TAKE TOLL (from p,l)
Identified as Socrates Amado
Campos Lenius, 24, he is a fifth year
economies student at thf I'Jarional
Polytechnic Institute and a recent
visitor to Cuba,
Campos Lemus allegedly reeled
off a list of names of orominent
persons who he said had attempted to
take advantage of the student unrest
for political gain.
The government newspaper, El
Naciona1, said Sunday that Campos
Lemus revealed the students goal was
"the abolition of existing institu
tions in order to pave the way for
arriving at a workers' and peasants'
Communist state."