April 14, 1969
N.C. Essay
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LETTERS TO TH€ €DITOfi
Mr. Robert Ward
President
NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Box 4657
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107
Dear Mr. Ward:
Congratulations on the excellent showing your Drama Department made
in being selected one of the ten finalists in the first nationwide Amer
ican College Theatre Festival competition.
Chrysler Corporation, America's fifth largest industrial corpora
tion, is pleased to be associated with this important initial step in
educational theatre as an active patron. We believe that it is incum
bent on industry to provide wholehearted support of all phases of higher
education.
As a major automotive manufacturer, we are interested, naturally,
in fostering those areas of science, engineering, mathematics and busi
ness education which might lead a talented graduate to a challenging
career with Chrysler Corporations. But, as responsible members of the
world community, we are acutely aware of the importance of developing
cultural movements.
We trust that the success of the First American College Theatre
Festival will stimulate others to participate and provide the opportuni
ty for additional sources of experience in living theatre for thousands
more talented young people in the future.
Please convey our congratulations to the students and faculty whose
dedicated efforts have won this new honor for your School.
Cordially,
Virgil E. Boyd
President
TO THE EDITOR
In the March 24 issue of the
ESSAY was a short article informing
the school that anyone under the age
of 16 would be asked to leave the
Drama Studio Productions before the
performance of the third play. The
Dutchman. In his article, Mr. Cava-
no used the term "censorship" rather
loosely. Although the word has many
meanings, one of them is not defin
ing the age of the viewers of a play
I should hope that the writers for
the ESSAY would refrain from inflam
matory expression of their biases at
the expense of the English language.
Mary Wilson
REPLY
Dear Mrs. Wilson,
In response to your letter to
the editor of March 27. According
to the World Book Encyclopedia Dic
tionary, 1964 ed., a censor is one
"who exercises supervision over the
morals or behaviors of others...who
examines books, plays, motion pic
tures, news reports, etc..." I be
lieve the term could be applied to
the examination of a recent drama
production by our president and su
pervision of the behavior and morals
of students by fixing an age re
quirement for attendance.
May I also add that the article
was written by only one member of
TO THE EDITORS OF THE ESSAY
Congratulations to you for the
editorial stand so well expressed in
Lynn Bernhardt's excellent editorial
in the last issue. I have heard
many people say that the Essay this
year has shown a decided improvement
in content, and I agree. I do not
always agree with some of the ideas
expressed by the writers, but that
is as it should be in an open forum
o f opinions. I was particularly
pleased to note that no more unsign
ed letters will be accepted for pub
lications, because it would be dis
tressing to see the paper used as a
vehicle for anonymous name-calling.
The whole staff of the Essay, and
its able advisor, Mr. Fragola,should
share the credit for the improved
quality of this year's paper.
William D. VanHoven
our staff and the "writers of the
Essay" do not attempt to express
their biases at the expense of the
English language.
THE EDITOR
CALENDAR
April 14 - 7:00 P.M.— Student Re-
(Monday) cital.
April 15 - 7:30 P.M.—Ralph Neiweem
(Tuesday) Piano Recital.
April 16 - 11:00 A.M.—Student Gov-
(Wednesday)ernment Meeting (Officers
and alternates) in Room
321, Main Building.
I
11:00 A.M. —Lecture at
the Salem Fine Arts Cen
ter by Charles Rice enti
tled, "Experiences in
, teaching in Africa."
I 11:30 A.M.— Student Re-
i cital.
2:00 P.M.—Convocation—
Drama Department presents
"Spoon River Anthology."
!
I April 17 - 7:30 P.M.—Lea Bradley
i (Thursday) Recital,
i
! April 18 - 7:30 P.M. — Bernard
(Friday) Thacker, voice student—
Senior Recital.
i
' 8:00 P.M. — The Dance
Department of NCSA will
be performing for the
1969 Fine Arts Festival
at Memorial Hall in Cha
pel Hill.
April 19 - 1:00 P. M. — Horseback
(Saturday) Riding.
April 20 - 1:00 P.M.—Bowling.
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Fred Dawson, Director of Public
Relations for the School of the Arts
is presenting a one-man exhibit at
Winston-Salem State College from
April 14 to May 2,
An exhibiting member of the As
sociated Artists of North Carolina,
Mr. Dawson has exhibited his wood
cuts throughout the Southeast and he
is winner of the Best In Show Award
in an Associated Artists of North
Carolina competition in Raleigh.
Mr. Dawson has studied with
Professor J.T. Diggs in Winston-Sal-
em and states that he has been in
fluenced by the Diggs theory, i.e.
concentration on the figure and
freetype portraits. Working in
oils, polymers, and etchings as well
as his woodcuts, his wotk is of an
experimental nature because he be
lieves "...this is what every artist
should do. You can't really stand
still with one form or one medium."