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THE WESLEYAN DECREE
Wednesday, April 24, 1963
Brubeck Talks More About
Integration And Jazz . . .
(Continued from page 3)
keep having more and more
leisure time.
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DUGHI: Have you ever been
botliered by segregation laws
because your base player is a
Negro?
BRUBECK: Yes, I iiave—
quite a bit. It’s an area 1 don’t
like to talk about, but since
you asked me—and remember
you asked me—I have been bo
thered by it. 1 think it’s the
biggest problem we have in the
United States today. I would
say that when the State Depart
ment has us touring in India
and we’re making front page
headlines on the India Times—
which you might not think is a
good paper but we should have
more of them like that in our
country—and while we are mak
ing front page news over there,
Little Rock is on the front page
over here. How do you think
this reads in India? That the
militia Ls down there controll
ing U. S. citizens who are ac
tually ready to kill each other
over the issue of whether a
Negro gets an education or not.
This is such an emotional pro
blem that I don’t like to talk
about it too much in the South,
but 1 want to isay that I feel it
is our biggest problem. But re
member it isn’t limited only
to the South. I’ve had some
things happen in the North that
were as equally bad and more
hypocritical because it was tlie
North.
I get very irritated when
people Bay give us time and
let us work out the segrega
tion problem. This is the great
est mistake we can make. We
don’t have time. If we are sup
posed to bo a truly Christian
and truly democratic country
we shouldn’t be begging for
time.
Christ laid it on the line when
He gave us what could be con
sidered the nth commandment.
Christ isaid, “He that loveth
God, loveth his brother also.”
A baby can understand tliat.
The constitution lays it on
the line, too. It says tliat we’re
all created equal. Eventually
we are going to get to the point
in our country where all men
are free and equal because we
are basically a Christian and
democratic country. But beg
ging for time we haven’t got
is not the answer. If we’re
going to lead this world, and
I think we’re the only country
capable of leading this world,
then we’ve got to start doing
things now. We’ve got to really
solve this problem. I think we
as a nation want to solve it
but there isn’t this time that
some people are asking for.
I don’t see how the atomic
bomb or the hydrogen bomb
is going to save the world.
Only love for your fellow man
can save the world. Hatred will
destroy the world. If we can’t
have love for our fellow citi
zens here at home how can we
expect the rest of the world to
believe and follow our demo
cratic principles? If we can’t
solve this problem then we
don’t deserve to ishape the
world. And the world needs a
nation to help shape it in the
greatest ideals of man. The
greatest minds that were ever
on this earth have shown us
tlie way to peace and freedom.
We know that 11 o’clock on
Sunday morning is the most
segregated hour in the United
States. We know all thetse
things and yet we do so little.
I feel in a way I’m doing what
I can. I’m not in the business
for money alone. I don’t want
to be the wealtliiest musician
in the world, which I might
well be if I let a few things
go here and there. I want to
devote my time to trying to
solve some of these problems
that we are faced with. I think
our group has integrated more
schools without them even know
ing it than any other group.
We’ve certainly sacrificed fi
nancially at times because of
our beliefs. When a college or
university tells us that we can
not bring a Negro on stage
then they can’t have our group.
Out of 25 southern colleges
we turned down 23 because tliey
v/anted us to dome without Gene.
The way that they did it was
ratlier underhanded. They wait
ed unlU the last minute to let
me know I couldn’t bring a
Negro. They figured that we
couldn’t get another booking in
Richard LaMar Performs
At College On April 23
Richard LaMar, pianist and
member of the muisic faculty
at W.C.U.N.C. in Greensboro,
appeared in recital at the col
lege on Tuesday, April 23, at
8:15 p. m. Dr. LaMar’s pro
gram included compositions by
Mozart, Bach, Beethoven Chop
in, Debussy, and Prokofieff.
Dr. LaMar is a native of
Miami, Fla. He was a student
of Harold Bauer for three years
in New York, and has also stu
died wiUi Hans Barth, Ernst
von Dohnanyi, James Friskin,
and Edward Kilenyi. His stu
dies witli Friskin were a part
of a special graduate scholar
ship which he received from
the Juilliard School of Music.
His undergraduate and grad
uate degrees were received
from Florida State University.
LaMar has taught for four
years at Texas Technological
College and for two years at
Floi'ida State University. He
has been an Instructor of Piano
and Pedagogy at the Woman’s
College since 1961.
His concert experience in
cludes performances as soloist
with the Miami Symphony Or
chestra and the Tallahassee
Symphony Orchestra. He has
played solo recitals in many
cities in the South, including
Miami, Jacksonville, Tallahas
see, Washington, D. C., Lub
bock, Texas, Chattanooga, and
Greensboro.
Students To
Give Recital
Students of the Wesleyan Music
Department will present a re
cital Thursday, April 25, at 3
p. m. in Garber Chapel.
Featured artists will be Mar-
tlaa Brickett, piano; Bonner
Spence, soprano; Lillie Mae
Delamar, clarinet; Joan Lam-
berth, piano; Etta Spivey,
piano; Cherry Gorham, flute; I
Baxter Myers, clarinet; Royall'
Brown, tenor; Edna Langston, I
piano; Helen Chestnut, soprano.:
Of special interest will be ^
the performance of a composi
tion entitled “Set for Wood
wind Trio,” by Dr. Peter Ger-
schefske of the Wesleyan Music
Department.
that short time and that I would
give in and come without Gene.
Well we didn’t go. This cost
me over $40,000.
I was dealt with just as badly
in New York. A national pro
duct asked me to keep Gene
Wright off camera during tlie
show. This one show would
have paid $8,500 for just that
one night. But I refused and
we didn’t do the show. It’s not
always the South. So you sec
I’m not in this business for
money alone.
Now let’s get down to who’s
doing those things. It’s not tlic
kids in the schools, it isn’t the
presidents of the colleges, it
isn’t the faculty, it’s usually
the state. When the state legis
latures control the money they
expect the school to do what
they want it to or they don’t
get any money next year.
This is the reason the country
is in trouble. These people are
the leaders and we’re losing
ground from poor leadership.
If the kids don’t mind if we
have a Negro in the group,
why should these people keep
us from playing at that school?
I’m sure in almost every south
ern school that we’ve played,
it was because of the kids that
we were there. They demand
ed us and they got us. So again
it comes down to politics and
out-moded laws that are grad
ually going to be changed. But
the trouble is that it is going
to be just a little too gradual
to get where we know we have
to go.
DUGHI: Thank you, Dave.
If there’s anytliing on this tape
you don't want me to use just
say so and I’ll leave it out.
BRUBECK: It’s your tape.
You do what you want with it.
I’ve always felt that if you’re
basically telling the truth you’ve
got nothing to fear.
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MIKE EVANS, No. 1 man on the teniiis team, returns a weU-
placed ball to his opponent in a recent match.
Monogram Club For
Athletics Organized
The Monogram Club of Wes
leyan College wiU receive its
official charter this week, bring
ing recognition to the varsity
athletes of the College.
Founded to help promote in
terest in athletics, membership
Ls open to students who have
participated in one season of
ijitercollegiate sports. For all
succeeding years, one season
of a varsity sport as determin
ed by the Dixie Inter-Collegiate
Athletic Association wiU be re
quired for membership.
Meetings are to be held
monthly during the regular aca
demic year, and officers will be
a president, vice-president, and
secretary-treasurer. All officers
v/ill serve for one college year.
Each person who attains
membership in the club shall
receive an official monogram,
and other special awards for
athletic participation will be
given.
The first official meeting of
the club will be held in a few
days.
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