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t I ! , 4 t Wednesday. January 14 1970 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Pc"3 Thrr 2 6JBiaek Literature Course NC I 1! ovens t In forms Blaci Bv GINGER FUR NESS "Who's novelist?" t good Negro "Baldwin." "What did he write?" White students are curious about black literature . . . and amusingly ignorant. But so are black students. "Most undergraduates are naive about Negro literature," Dr. Blyden Jackson, one of the nation's foremost scholars of black literature said in a recent interview. "And the reason is evident. There haven't been a lot of well-defined courses in Negro literature, and it is impossible for them to have a well-informed opinion." Dr. Jackson, who joined the University of North Carolina faculty this fall, is the first black faculty member in the history of the University to receive the rank of full professor. -' Since September, he has !k Uf:H if; f !K h i i,B 1 . 1 A: fi ' ; ' I V; ? u: . - P - ) 1 H i t vt' v.l ; ' - .. - 4. , -I . . u I 1 i l ' , i s f W J - t . I ! 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BLYDEN JACKSON BLACK LITERATURE PROFESSOR CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 2-Goddess of . healing 3Fuss 4- Feels sorry for 5- Pertaining to a court 6- Prefix: not 7- Fall behind 8- Winter vehicle 9Prohibited 10-Encourage 11 -Obtains 16-Wipes out 20 Sure 22- Printer's measure 23- Matter for fire 24- Old preposition 25- A state (abbr.) 26- Bishopric 30-Neckpieces 32- Periods of time 33- Direction 36- Footlike part 37- Skidding "1 -Shakespearian king Is ill 9-Container 12-Military assistant 13Mountains of Europe . 14-Man's nickname 15 Urge forward 17-Earth goddess 18 ODenwork fabric 19 Man's name 21 -Depressions 23-Heating devices 27- Compass point 28- Single items , 29-Things, in law 31 -Condensed moisture 34-Latin conjunction - 35 Group of seven - (PL) 33 Note of scale 39-Tennis stroke 41 Ocean '42-Spanish pots 44 Preposition 45-Zaniest 4S-Director's stick 51 - Want 52- ln music, high 53- Printer's measure 55-Natives of largest continent 59 Sick '60-Sinks in middle S62-Baseball team . 63-Caustic substance 64-Allowance for waste 65-Developed DOWN 1-Once around track 40Glass container 43-French article 45-Negative 47- Fewest 48- Security 49- Partner 1 T2 4"3 6 7 3 9 10 11 15 '6 19 20 TT 22 ' 2324 25 : 26 g27 28 30 3 34 35 36 37 g38 48 49 50 S? 52 5354 56 57 58 59 60 61 fmATb HOO'KE ANOVS BEEN ItU IN 1 BED THE LAST COUPLE OF DAY3, RUSV-I'LL JUST POP OVER, AN SEE 'OW fE IS 2 31 am 1 fc-fS"v( become somewhat of a celebrity. He is asked to speak here, deliver a paper there, and field questions from the sincerely curious who glory in their opportunity to tap his well of knowledge on black literature. "I like being here," he said, leaning back in his chair in his easy, casual manner. "I like my professional colleagues a lot, and they improve on closer acquaintance." And his students? "Unusually nice," he nods. "When I meet students on campus, their invariable reaction is to speak and smile." Dr. Jackson shares an office with Professor Hugh Holman. His end of the office near the door is furnished sparsely with a desk and chair and fioor-to-ceilmg books. A warm, spontaneous man, he readily laughs at himself. With his colleagues and students, he is open and friendly. , , Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle 50-Bird's home 54 Defate 56- Ventilate 57- Compass point 58-Stitch 61-Earth goddess MiAiar ''Aide rf ;nieia5j ZuSMoHl NtUt aTsTt WE T A k-L1 I O M fA fT d.Tpar1t u rTemi R A R Afar iS rTTnI lELA Mil iNlDl JRfeiPlSi SIL1K 1 Distr. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. rri5'5Aip THATABRAHAA LINCOLN CHCE UfWED TURCU6K A 3UZZARPT0 RETURN A B0RR0WEP BOCK w f1OQ s In looking back on his first days at Carolina, he admits one embarrassing mistake. "I thought I would be known by reputation. Instead, faculty 2nd student asked, 'Who are you?' " Having had his ego dampened a bit, he introduced himself around. It is not surprising that the noted scholar expected to be known here. He has scores of publications to his credit, and has taught in Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana. While serving as Dean of the Graduate School at Southern University, he received a query from USC inviting him to join the Chapel Hill faculty. He accepted. Dr. Jackson came to USC at a propitious time. This is not only the heyday for black scholars, but also the introduction of a new American literary expression the preachings of the black militant. Concert Tonight A large number of requests have prompted the University of North Carolina Jazz Lab Band to repeat their recent concert. The band under the direction of John Harding will perform tonight in the Hill Hall Rehearsal Room. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and will be video taped for presentation on University Television. The music performed by the group ranges from standard big band dance tunes to contemporary music written especially for this type of ensemble. Music by the bands of Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, and Olive Nelson will be performed. The group includes 18 instrumentalists; five saxes, five trumpets, four trombones, and a rhythm section (including piano). The musicians in the jazz lab are all students, the majority non-music majors. The concert will be telecast on WUNC-TV on Jan. 30 as part of the series "North Carolina: The Arts." Janus Runs Fields' Flicks "The great man at his greatest" will be the catchphrase for laughter at Greensboro's Janus 2 Theatre this week, during a special engagement of W.C. Fields comedies, starting today. Under the collective title "A W.C. Fields Festival," the attraction includes four of the comedian's finest performances. Today through Friday, "Never Give A Sucker an Even Readers Perform 'Winesburg5 An adaptation of Sherwood Anderson's WINESBURG, OHIO will be today's presentation by the Reader's Theatre group. The reading, adapted and directed by Kandy Perrin, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in room 207-209 of the Union. Readers for the adaptation include Ted Culler, Clinton Parker, Steve Whitfield, Welde Hoerz and Sandra Boyce. WONT EVEN J nmt ACR055 77 n 9 77 hf9 This outpouring of the black militant is good for two reason?. Dr. Jackson said. "It h2s stimulated Negro authors to try their hands at poetry and drama, especially drama." Now, he said, the Negro author can take his case "directly to the audience and look him in the face." "There is a tradition of protest in black literature, vitually as old as Negro slavery. Inflammatory statements go back afi far as 1829 when David Walker wrote his anti-slavery articles," he said. Militant writings are merely the "latest articulation of this tradition of protest." He further cautions that "all people who judge the militant too harshly ignore the major premise, that before he began to push hard, he wasn't getting the rights he'd been promised, despite legislation." A native of Paducah, Ky., Dr. Jackson entered Ohio's Wilberforce University at the age of 14. His grandfathers were Methodist ministers and his father a teacher. His father and maternal grandfather were graduates of Wilberforce. Through a combination of grants and summer studies, he was awarded his masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan. "There wasn't a single selection of Negro literature in my freshman college English course," he recalls, and things haven't improved much. "Freshmen today are required to read 'a' Negro author," and this, he said, is mere "tokenism." But the recent emphasis on black studies in predominately white universities may soon remedy this situation. Of his 70 students, black. only eight are Dr. Jackson praises Negro authors Peter Abraham (TELL FREEDOM), Camara Laye (THE DARK CHILD), J. Saunders Redding (AN AMERICAN IN INDIA), and Richard Wright (NATIVE SON). One book that "stands out against the sky," in his estimation, is James Baldwin's collection of essays, NOTES OF A NATIVE SON. Break" will be shown in combination with "My Little Chickadee," which also stars the legendary Mae West. From Saturday through Tuesday, the program will consist of "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man," featuring Fields' hilarious encounters with Edrjar Bergen's companion, Charlie McCarthy, along with "The Bank Dick," one of the most popular W.C. Fields films of all time. W. C. FIELDS I SHOULD HAVE LCANEP AW BOOK TO A5&AHAU S J. P-BUT FLO LOOKINV 6O0bj fa NOTED POET, NOVELIST CAROLYN KIZER U'lnnorc in i ho VC9T 5rt C ampus Calendar THE RIGHT REV. GRAHAM LEONARD, bishop of Willesden, England, will celebrate mass at 10 a.m. today at the Chapel of the Cross. Everyone is invited. TENTH ANNUAL Award Winning Television Commercials will be shown in classroom 1A Swain Hall today at 4 p.m. The 40 minute film consists of the best of the 1969 award winners, with an opening and closing statement by Harry Reasoner of CBS. Anyone may attend. COLLEGE LIFE will meet tonight at 9 o'clock in the Dey Hall Faculty Lounge with Tom Walsh speaking on "Are You Really Free?" Refreshments provided. TICKETS for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the last original jazz band which will be appearing on campus Saturday, are now available at the Union Information Desk. Student tickets for orchestra and lower balcony seats (at Memorial Hall) are $2 and $1 respectively. General admission is $3 for orchestra seats and $1.50 for lower balcony seats. CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS will interview here Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-noon for anticipated positions in the Cleveland, Ohio schools for second semester and for the 1970-71 school year sign up in the Teacher Placement Office, 103 Peabody. The representative will also interview liberal arts majors for the summer training program in teaching. AMDS (Advancement of Minority and Disadvantaged Students) Commission will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Union. Check the daily schedule for the room number. CROSSROADS CAFE will be held this Saturday at 8 p.m. featuring Jock and Maggie. Take a study break to enjoy their singing and refreshments. PROJECT HINTON is chartering a bus to New York for semester break. Approximately 20 places are still open. Cost is $20 round trip. Call 933-4818 for information and reservations. Everyone invited. MID-SOUTH MODEL U.N. delegation applications are available in limited number in care of CIRUNA, 102 Y Building. WALK AGAINST HUNGER funds and sponsor cards are due immediately in 102 Y Building. (70 people still have not turned in their money.) U.N.-NEW YORK Seminar (to be held during semester break) applications are still available in 102 Y Building. ANYONE interested in a charter flight to Latin America this summer (probably to Lima) should leave his name and telephone number at the ISC programs Office. 1 JVIP Ik ::icompetition, "Let the jgSubject Be War," jij-sponsored by the Gallery -Committee of Carolina &:Union, are Stephen Hoke for "Cold Man on a Hot ijijDay in the Jungle" and i-iDouglas Matson for "Thou gShalt Not Kill." :$ Each of the winners received a S2Q prize. If you're tired of using two or more separate so lutions to take care of your contact lenses, we have the solution. It's Lensine the all-purpose lens solution for com plete contact lens care preparing, cleaning, and soaking, a Just a drop or two of Lensine before you insert your contacts coats and lubricates the lens surface making it smooth er and non-irritating. Cleaning your contacts with Lensine retards the buildup of foreign de posits on the lenses, n Lensine is sterile, self- sanitizing, and antisep- tic making it ideal for storage of your lenses between wearing periods, And you get a removable storage case on the bot- tom of every bottle, a j! '(pJJl ly? AUiIJJJJi iiiJiPiily; nglUiiM HrJisiUJ nn io join Carolyn KiZt-r, poet ar.d novelist, joins the faculty of th? English Department in the University here Feb. 1. as a vis;.;-. lecturer. Miss Kizer. former head of the literary program for th National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, will develop a poetry curriculum. Max Steele, direcor of the creative wriun: program, said Miss Kizer -will be head of the poetry part of the creative writing division. She will also teach a course the spring semester in advanced poetry writing English 35. Miss Kizer also will conduct, with Prof. Louis Rubin, a seminar o honors in writing. The noted poet is well-known in Chapel Hill "and; North Carolina. She was a writer-in-residence here in 1067-68. She is the founder of the NORTHWEST REVIEW, a well known -little magazine." In a 1967 interview she said "many of the besJ bits of writing today comes from New York, California and North Carolina." She is author of a book of poems, "Knock Upon Silence" and other volumes. Her writing career began when, at the age of 17, she had a poem published in the NEW YORKER. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, is a native of Spokane, Washington, and has lived in recent years at Georgetown in Washington, D.C. She has toured North Carolina on the N.C. Poetry Circuit, a program of poetry reading by' outstanding literary figures in colleges and universities of the State the circuit associated with the University of North Carolina Press and its poetry series. As chief of literary awards for the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, she designated funds for encouragement of literary effort and attainment. 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