Fund Drive Goal *3 Million
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A young Jteiley Street resident
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Bailey Street To Be Razed?
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By JOHN HUBBARD
Kssav Slaff IU*|)«rt»*r
Almost a year ago, City Hall
announced to the School of the Arts that
as part of the bicentennial, funds could be
used to raze the approximately 15-acre
triangle north of the school and make the
area into a public park. Since then, the
idea has evolved into a proposal by the
school to the city Board of Aldermen to
use part of a Housing and Urban
Development grant for the project. It has
become almost totally independent from
the bicentennial plans.
The proposal, if adopted, would force
some people who have lived in the area
all their lives to move, but the School has
said in its request that “Any
redevelopment plan must include proper
consideration for these people, and for
the congregation of the small church
located on Bailey Street.”
Residents of the area said in interviews
last week that they had not been
informed of the proposal and that they
are against any such move.
Whether the proposal will be adopted is
in doubt, according to interviews with
two members of the city Board of
Aldermen and others familiar with the
proposal. The planning is still in the first
stages.
The Bailey Street area is bordered by
Waughtown Street on the east and by
Main Street on tlie west. Spoon’s
restaurant, a bicycle shop and, two gas
stations are among the businesses in the
area.
The general impression of the
neighborhood is that of a run down area.
There is a substantial collection of junk
behind a warehouse. The buildings near
the tip of the triangle have been poorly
maintained for some time, and the
streets are unpaved, rough and full of
ruts. Some of the buildings have been
condemned.
But a close inspection by Essay
reporters showed that occupants of most
of the houses keep their homes neat and
iidy. The houses, mostly on Bailey Street,
which runs the length of the area, are
either brick or woodframe buildings.
The main points of the School’s
proposal are that the entrance driveway
to the School is obscure, the parking
facilities do not .serve the public well and
that the school community would benefit
from a cultural park.
The propo.sal, three pages including a
map, was pre.sented to the Board of
Aldermen at a meeting at City Hall in
See PARK Page 3, Col. 3
Success Will
Affect Next
Five Years
By BRYANT ARRINGTON
Kss;t\ SCaff
The North Carolina School of the Arts
Foundation is beginning a campaign for
$3 million. Samuel M. Stone, director of
development, .said “The foundation’s
campaign on behalf of the School is
pitched toward maintaining the
achievements to date and toward
sustaining the current private effort
over the next five years and beyond.”
“Of the $3 million $300,000 will be used
to remove the present indebtedness,”
said Stone. “The foundation’s current
debt is the result of excessive demands
on private funds for capital
improvements and student aid.”
Stone said, “The largest portion will be
used as general support over the next
five years. The total figure represents
$350,000 per year to 1980, about half of the
foundation’s annual budget. Top priorites
goes to .student aid and a cluster of ten
projects that extend the school into the
larger community.”
“In a very young institution, annual
support is crucial but it is time for the
foundation to begin the establishment of
Income earnings reserves and
endowment for the long term security of
. the school said Stone. “In effect, 23 per
^ent or $700,000 will be saved and
invested for the future,” he said.
What will happen if we do not raise $3
million? Stone says, “The money is very
important to the school-critical. It would
mean a reduction in Dance Theatre,
public relations foundation funding and
many more areas.”
He continued, “This community is the
mo.st philanthropically oriented in the
Southeast. It is an extraordinary city.
See FUND DRIVE, Page 8, Col. 1
Qiorus Drafting Raises Conflict
By MONICA MILLS
Kssay Staff Hr|M>rter
There is a problem in the music
department. It became apparent on Oct.
25, the night of the choral concert,
referred to by students as “The Great
Stravinsky Massacre.” Students in the
audience were laughing after the
concert, many students expressing
disbelief that so many wrong notes could
be heard in one night.
“That was the worst mess I ever
heard,” said one chorus member. One
person from the community wrote the
choral director, Robert Rockabrand,
about the poor quality of the
performance.
Many students in the chorus blame the
poor quality on the fact that some of the
members don’t want to participate.
A minority of the 70-member chorus
have complained to Scott Schillin about
the being required to participate in
chorus.
“Some people don’t want to be in
chorus and, therefore, have a resentful
atti^de towards the chorus,” one student
interviewed said. “They just don’t want
to do a good job.”
See CHORUS Page 2, Col. 3
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Dr. Robert Rickabrand