April 14. 1970
The N.C. Essay
Page 3
(This editorial is written in coll
aboration with an address by Dr.
Cameron West, Director of the State
Board of Higher Education. All
material from his address is quoted.)
An issue which is presently a
concern of a large number of people
on our campus is the sudden announce
ment of the "leave of absence" of
Academic Dean, Lawrence 0. Carlson.
The recent article printed in the
Winston-Salem Journal was destructive
not only to the school but also to
Mr. Carlson. Equally unhealthy was
the manner in which this news was
communicated to the school commun
ity—not directly and opervly, but
through a local newspaper. This
leads to some relevent student de
mands at NCSA. Improved communi
cations has been a constant cry at
NCSA for the past three or four
years, and many steps have been
SILVA TO PERFORH
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In addition to faculty recitals,
Silva has filled many engagements
throughout the state and the South
eastern area since he has been in
residence here. Many of his advanced
students are gaining reputations as
performing artists.
Silva taught guitar last summer
at the North Carolina School of the
Arts session in Siena, Italy, where
he first studied with Segovia. He
and his students payed a visit to
Segovia at his home in Spain, and
the students had the opportunity to
play for "the master".
Segovia gave two weeks of master
classes at the School of the Arts in
1966, and has kept a keen interest
in the school, and in Silva and his
students.
Silva, who graduated from the
National Conservatory of Music in
Mexico City, was director of the
National Institute of Fine Arts in
Mexico City and was professor at
Mexico's National Conservatory of
Music arid at the University of
Mexico.
He made his debut in New York
in 1957, where he was sponsored by
the Classic Guitar Society of
which he is a fellow. Before coming
to Winston-Salem, he was head of the
Guitar Department at the Brooklyn
Music School in New York.
Silva has made several Lp record
ings.
His program Friday night will
include: Laohrimae Antiquae Pavan
and Song by John Dowland; Six Ital
ian Pieaes for Lute transcribed by
Oscar Chilesotti; Canaion del Emperador
by Luys de Narvaez; Fantasia by Luys
Milan; Etude and Allegro by Fernando
Sor; Six Short Preludes by Manuel
Ponce; Two Etudes by Heitor Villa-
Lobos; Homage to Debussy by Manuel
de Falla and Mazurka and Etude by
Francisco Tarrega.
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taken in order to improve communi
cations. Often the, students are
at fault for not attending certain
committees and organizations set up
primarily to hear and discuss stu
dent problems. Students now
complain "If regular channels of
communication for the expression of
grievances are employed, they seem
insufficient or unsatisfactory for
the activist student who is a member
of the NOW generation."
Students and faculty should be
more aware of the issues and take an
active part in major discussions.
Students should have representation
in more administrative decisions
including those of the Board of
Trustees. Many colleges now allow
students to vote on Trustee decisions
whete as at NCSA, students are not
even allowed to see the minutes of
these meetings. Is there any reason
for the primary negotiations and
decisions to be made in a secretive
manner? "The campus to which these
concerned students come no longer
enjoys isolation nor insulation from
the impact of the weighty problems
of the world. Members of today's
academic community on the whole are
in touch with, if riot absorbed in
the affairs of a local or internation
al nature are discussed, debated, or
acted upon in the classrooms and
council halls."
"Perhaps what is needed, after
all, is easy to say but more diffi
cult to do. All who are concerned
with improving communication —
students teachers, administrators,
trustees, alumni, and Christian lay
men and laywomen — might do well to
begin with self-examination. Charity
begins at home. The educational
institution as well as the church,
if it is to exert a positive in
fluence in this age of crisis,
must be more than critic, idealist,
researcher. It must be both critic
and believer, idealist and realist,
creator and responder. The weakness
which comes from expressing principles
which have little basis in everyday
relationships fosters a lack of
faith which is worse than inaction
and has no place in a democratic
society, particularly not in the
academic community."
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MUSIC REVIEW
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Contract floT Renewed
He said many major edcisions
were made at the school "in which
none of the faculty and any say-so".
He said he thinks the major
problems of the school are a lack
of organization and communication,
a failure to delegate responsibility,
and a failure to recognize the
proper priorities of the school.
"I feel that there was a lack of
proper recognition of the role of
academics in the school - a
lack of balance," he added.
Carlson's departure came only
a few weeks before a visit to the
school by an accreditation team
from the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secoridary Schools. The
accreditation visit is scheduled
for April 19-21.
Several teachers said they have
been called into the office of Robert
Ward, president of the school, and ^
told not to say anything to the
students about the reasons for
Carlson's departure.
Ward refused to comment.
Before coming to the School of
the Arts, Carlson was chief of
the State Department's Voluntary
Visitors division, which arranges pro
fessional and academic programs for
foreign visitors to the United States.
He also had been the cultural
attache of the U.S. Embassies in
Sweden and Iceland. He has taught at
the University of Wisconsin, the
University of Minnesota and
Ball State University in Indiana.
NEW YORK TENDABERRY
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The most unique quality which
Miss Nyro has is not obvious. Most
listeners would guess diversity,
which helps, but it goes deeper than
that. When she sings, she is within
her own emotions. It is as if nothing
and no one existed, but her dreams,
hopes, and memories. The listener
feels like an intruder into the depths
of a young woman's mind. This
quality is seldom found and uniquely
hand-led.
Miss Nyro has been called
soulful, a funky Madonna. Her music
may be soulful by some definitions,
but it suggests a style and flavor
she does not have. Her style is
totally individual. Any name her
music is given, whether it be soulful
or folk, places restrictions and
puts a label on it. Immediately her
music loses its identity if it is
done. Her style and music can only
be described as Laura Nyro.
The last verse of the
song New York Tendaberry explains
her and New York City completely:
I lost my eyes
in east wind skies
here where I've cried
where I've tried
where God and the tendaberry rise
where Quakers and revolutionaries
join for life
for precious years
join for life
through silver tears
new york tendaberry