March 17, 1969
The N. C. Essay
Page
EDITORIAL POLICY
Certain articles
the past two issues of the Essay
have elicited a great amount of com
ments from readers, both students
and faculty. The articles, in par
ticular, Tom Cavano’s "Anatomy of a
Battle", vol. 3, no. 22, Jason Buz-
Mother Courage commentary, and
say,
with
as
the anonymous answer to Peter Stam-
bler's "attack" in no. 23, have
drawn much criticism, both justified
and not so justified. It is the
purpose of this editorial to deal
with these comments and to clarify
editorial policy regarding the pub
lication of material in the Essay.
The great complaint with regard
to Mr. Cavano's report came from
members of the faculty. Their chief
concern lay in the fact that the
article, written by a student, dealt
with matters of private nature among
professional members of the faculty.
Be that as it may, the fact remains
that the matter under discussion was
brought to the attention of students
by the faculty members involved, re
sulting in an inevitable controver
sy. Mr. Cavano wrote from a stu
dent’s viewpoint, and, whether well
informed or not, represented the re
action and opinion of the students
on a problem of concern to all of
us. The problem was an uncomforta
ble one. It was impossible that he
could write about it as a student
from a totally disassociated or ob
jective viewpoint, and as result
may perhaps have aroused the ire of
members of the faculty. Reaction by
these faculty members took various
forms, but notably absent among
these forms was the seemingly prop
er, and in the opinion of the paper,
most obviously warranted means of
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Mr. Harvey Jacobson, instructor
in secondary piano at the N.C.S.A.,
represented the N.C.S.A. at a meet
ing, Friday, March 7th, of the Win
ston-Salem Professional Piano Teach
er’s Association held at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem.
Mr. Jacobson served on a panel,
together with Miss Harris, instruct
or in piano at Wake Forest Universi
ty to discuss the preparation of
students for the study of piano in
college both as majors and non-ma
jors in music. The discussion con
sisted of mainly of weaknesses at
the freshman level and how teachers
at the high school level can better
prepare students for college.
The discussion was led by Wil
liam E. McDonald of the Piedmont
Bible College and president of the
Association.
hy Lynn Bernhardt^ Jr.
contained in establishing complaint or criticism;
the Essay itself. As has been stat
ed on several occasions in the Es-
the paper is a school paper,
the purpose of providing an o-
pen channel of communication and
discussion between the departments
and between the faculty and stu
dents. Since the beginning of the
year, faculty members as well as
students have been asked, and in some
cases, begged, to submit material
for the Essay. Student reaction has
been Increasingly one of interest
and involvement, whereas the faculty
response has been relegated to a no
ble few who have found time to in
terest themselves in the paper—with
the result that even then they were
accused of attempting a take-over.
In an effort to clarify the position
of the newspaper on this, allow me
to make the following statement:
Barring excessive profanity, obscen
ity, malicious slander or libel,
this newspaper will print any mater
ial submitted by faculty or students
or anyone else with enough interest
to become involved. As has been
PLAYS IN REHEARSAL
by Tom Caoano
Besides the well publicized Ma
jor Production the Drama Department
has several shows in rehearsal.
Some of these will be performed for
the School as Studio-Workshop Pro
ductions on the 25th and 26th of
March. Jim Greenwood is directing
two of the three shows to be pre
sented, The Marriage Proposal by
Chekov and The Strangest Kind of
Romance by Tennessee Williams.
Dolores Ferraro, associate dean
of the Drama Department and director
of She Stoops to Conquer, is direct
ing The Dutchman by Leroi Jones to
complete the program.
Other directors in the Drama
Department have taken the initiative
and organized productions of their
own. Leslie Hunt, speech teacher
and actress in residence rehearsed
a speech class for Dylan Thomas'
Under Milkwood, presented Wednesday,
March 12 in the theater. She is al
so directing scenes from The Knack,
but without a production date in
mind.
Bob Murray, director of fun-
filled The Ugly Duckling presented
in the last workshop, is now direct
ing Lion in Winter by Goldman. He
doubts if it will be produced this
year.
His auditions for Spoon River
Anthology, the touring show, were
held Tuesday, March 11.
Gene Johnson, a freshman di
recting major, has two plays by John
Louis Carlino in rehearsal. They
are Epiphany and Snowangel, both are
one-acts.
EDITORIAL
said before, this paper does not
make an effort to be objective. Our
efforts lie only in the attempt to
bring student accomplishment, opin
ion, and creative work to the atten
tion of our readers. In the case of
articles of opinion by faculty or
students, we assume no responsibili
ty for the content of the material.
It is our purpose only to give space
to those interested'enough to expend
the effort, whether we agree or dis
agree with the stated opinions. We
have solicited, and continur to sol
icit, material of any nature from
anyone.
This brings me to the second
part of the discussion. One of the
major complaints received by the
Essay staff concerned the rampant
anonymity in issue no. 23. These
complaints are entirely justifiable,
and are accepted as such. Explana
tion, however, seems called for. In
the case of the commentary on the
Drama Department production of
Mother Courage and also the front
page article on a meeting between
students and Mr. Ward, the omission
of a by-line was purely unintention
al and not the result of any desire
for anonymity on the part of the au
thors. The Mother Courage commenta
ry was written by Jason Buzas and
the front page article by Robert
Linglebach. The fact that their
names were not included was a typo
graphical oversight and one which we
are endeavoring to eliminate.
ORGAN RECITAL
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1689-93. This position is the same
for which Bach applied in vain in
1720. At St. Jacobi's Wunderlich
also directs a large choir which
specializes in presenting the works
of Bach. In addition he is profes
sor of organ at the Staatliche Hoch-
schule for Musik in Hamburg.
Mr. Wunderlich has performed on
radio broadcasts and has become not
ed for his recordings of Bach (Can-
tate Records). He has made several
tours of the United States giving
recitals and master classes.
WAKE FOREST
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Role of the University in solving
their community problems."
From 12:30-3:30 there will be
a workshop with three directors of
University Urban Institutes and five
directors of local organizations
speaking on "Urban Coalition, model
cities, and university involvement
in city problems."
At 8:00 p.m. Barry Gottehrer
will deliver the concluding lecture.
Gottehrer is the Deputy assistant to
Mayor John Lindsey.