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November 3, 1969 The N. C. Essay Page 5 TAX BILL TO KILL ORCHES (Cant, jrm page I) House could read it, much less un derstand it. (Edwin S. Cohen, Assistant Secretary of the Treas urer for Tax Policy, has publicly said much the same thing. Instead of simplifying the tax code, Cohen snorted, it has made it more incom prehensible than ever. It should be named "The Lawyers and Accountants Relief Act of 1969.") The bill was rushed through the House, sponsored mostly by representatives from the South and Midwest- "in those sec tions of the country", said the trustee, "there is little in the way of private gifts. They go ip for things like state-sponsored uni versities. The whole concept of private enterprise to support pri vate charity is an East Coast phe nomenon. So these legislators played up the charity reform pro visions of the bill as being directly against the Eastern millionaires and fat cats. They made a big thing about those mill ionaires who pay no taxes because they give to charities. So what will happen if this bill goes through? The billions of dollars in chari table contributions will be choked off and channeled through the Gov ernment as tax revenuse subject to the established procedures of patron age and the pork barrel". He believes that if the bill goes through, the symphony orches tras of America will receive "immed iate and serious damage." The rea son why everybody is so up in arms about the bill at so late a date is that "nobody thought the provisions about charity would go through. It's so fantastically cockeyed. Hitting at private charities is not reform". Thus spoke the trustee, a lawyer and member of an old, con servative law firm. The American Symphony Orchestra League has been carrying the fight to the Senate floor. Its president, G.{?. £Xm (Cant, from page I) The Graduate Record Examina tions include an Aptitude Test of general scholastic ability and Ad vanced Tests measuring achievement in 21 major fields of study. Full details and registration forms for the GRE are contained in the 1969- 70 Bulletin of Information for Can didates. The Bulletin also contains forms and instructions for requesting transcript service on GRE scores already on file with ETS. This booklet may be ordered from: Edu cational Testing Service, Box 955, Princeton. New Jersey 08540. EDITORIAL: ^Cont. from page Z) the only ones who really under stand what living 24 hours a day on this campus is like. We can't get into an automobile and leave. It would be hard, and probably impossi ble for a faculty to totally assim ilate the problems involved living on this isolated campus. Many schools have staffs that have dedi cated their lives to the functioning of the institution and working out of the problems. Most of our teachers are involved with their own artistic pursuits in addition to teaching at the school. Indeed, we are lucky to have such invaluable members of the community. The school is only in its fifth year, and one of the important as pects is a flexible structure which has not become so steeped in tradition. Students should be aware of the fact that they can have much to say about this structure. Lack of involvement or acceptance without question should not be the norm. Just as NCSA cannot depend upon the state or the city of Winston-Salem to solve our problems or dictate our policy structure, the students should not depend on the faculty or adminis tration to take care of our problems. It is not that they are unsympathetic, they simply may not be in the know. The student at NCSA is a person. He is also striving to be COMPLAINTS an artist. But as a person, he may not be so concerned with some of the problems which a growing institution must have. It is hard to expect a student to accept certain hardships for a time just because the institu tion is "growing". The student him self is in the process of growth and change. This is a time where we are establishing an identity for our selves. We may be reexamining pre vious attitudes and beliefs and ex perimenting with new ones. This process of identity with an institution and how one fits into it is difficult, especially if the stu dent feels that the institution is not dealing with some of his needs. How much should the institution ask of its students outside of their academic or artistic curriculum? How can the students be an integrated group conscious of their needs and desires and effectively communicate them to the "authority structure"? How can we overcome the sense of separation between this structure and reality, between the classroom and actual life? These are a few questions we should be concerned ab out. There are no easy set answers. But the NCSA student must first be come the responsible asker of the questions. WE cannot expect anyone but ourselves to ask them, or answer them. Richard Wangerin, has testified that should private support of United States orchestras be reduced, the orchestras will have only two options open: to seek massive aid directly from the Government (which nobody wants) or to suspend opera tions. For if H.R. 13270 goes through, it will really be "a tax on the bene ficiaries of foundations' largesse rather than on the foundation itself." It will mean a cut of $100-million In the charitable area that if not (Cont. on page 6) lriT€RUi€UU: m.^^OD€nT ^ Bavid. UJoot After several weeks of trying for an interview with no success, I finally enticed the famous NCSA celebrity into my new room for an oatmeal cookie. It was here that he granted me an exclusive inter view, Q; How does it feel to be a celebrity? A: Ah, well let me just say that I love theatre people! Q: Have you met many students here? A: Quite a few, yes. I must say I seem to come on strong with the girls. They're all the time screaming about me. Q: Were you aware that a petition has gone into the President's office to have you kicked off campus? A: Well what do you expect, really? I mean it's part of being an artist, right, darling? You do your thing and you make a few enemies. So what? Q: Then you do intend to stay with us? A: I should say not! The new living quarters are unbear able! They haven't turned on the heat yet! I nearly froze to death last night. And the hot water! I mean, really! It comes and goes at will. The students may enjoy roughing it - after Camp Hanes, a snow storm would be a picnic - but I can't take it. 0: Will you be back soon? A: Well there are new build ings going up all the time, aren't there? They practi cally invite me in as it is. It's just that, right now, living conditions aren't quite up to my standards. So Michael Rodent has moved to warmer quarters during the cold months. Perhaps the main building, if we're lucky. So if you are in an office or classroom and suddenly spy a handsomely striking rat, call out" "Hello Michael", and he might stop to chat with you, too. (REVIEW OF EVENING OF DANCE 01^ PAGE 4)
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