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Carolina In Choosi (Editor's note: Ray Williams, senior English major, compiled the folldwing statistics on music. The statistics were gathered front Carolina students in a mus%ic survey.) Is there an appreciable dif ference between the music pref erences of freshmen and those of seniors? Does the student change his musical interests as he pro gresses in college? What type of music does the general student hody prefer?' How well-rounded musically is the college student? Is he fa miliar with artists and composers in many fields, or is his musical knowledge confined to his pri p ary interest? For that matter, in the average student interested in a specific type of music? Popular Preferred The investigator thought that students preferred popular music, and that jazz and rock and roll would he selected over classical music. The results of the survey show that popular music is preferred by all the 115 college students tested. They chose it over classi cal, jazz, and rock and roll, in descending order. As second choice, sophomores and seniors prefer jazz, while freshmen and juniors prefer classical. Previous music instruc tion does not seem to influence musical taste. Tests Given Students chosen for the survey were of the freshman through senior levels. Tests were given in class, most of them being psychology and English classes. The test was confined to the fields of classical, jazz, rock and roll, and popular music. Thirteen questions were prepared, each of which offered a choice between one of those four fields. Other questions offered choices Do ouZ (BUZZ THIS C "A little learning ia a di (A) It's better to leave people who act on half mistakes; (C) beware of "Never N t hemou)1 becauIse e'venf if t old1, wvha it? ((C)i there ar A K] E Ass9umil , i aryisth rat her h V. os,. an assul but witi MTAOR crease il - WW you'll a cordlinug (C) ajy to adv': firedl? "Th e st randIs (A) don in a wi Vicero3 filter at (C) the the fim All WVhen you depnlW on chanc'e, in your choict you're apt to be at Vicer The Man Wh ONLY VICEROY HAS A Students ng Their between famous artists in their p fields of music and specific musi- ji cal sel'eetions characteristic of r one of the categories. n Museal Training To further determine the in terest of the student in music, p he was asked questions concern- fi ing his nVisical experience. That C is, had he had private music a instruction and had he attended I music classes in grade school? t) Of the 115 students questioned 9 29 were freshmen, 32 were sopho mores, 27 were juniors, and 27 were seniors. Classical music was pireferred by 19.11%" of all the students, b 15.7% chose jazz, 7.8V preferred rock and roll, and 57.7% chose popular music. I Classics Second ol The 29 freshmen students a tested preferred popular music el by a margin of 55.21/. Next ti preferred was classical music with a 17.2% margin. ..Jazz re eeived 13.8% as did rock and roll. t Sophomores also chose popular d music, as the 62.5'% margin C shows. The others received the a following percentage: 9.4 , classical; 15.6%/, jazz; and e 12.5% :ock and roll. h Twenty-seven juniors chose " popular music as their preference a as the 51.9% shows. Other types and their percentages were: C classical, 29.6%; j a z z , 14.8% 4 and rock and roll, 3.7% . Seniors' Choices Twenty-seven seniors chose their favorite types of music in the following o r d e r : popular, 59.4% ; classical, 18.5% ; jazz, 18.5%. Rock and roll received no rating at all. 4 Those having played some type of musical instrument consti tuted 54', ; 46% had no previous musical instruction. Of the 62 subjects with pre vious musical instruction 22.6'; s 6ik for JbU 4UIZ AND SEE WHERE YO Agerous thing" means your mind alone; (B) knowledge often make sophomores. 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You DThinks for Himsi THINKING MAN'S FILTER...A SM 5how Goo Favorite J1 referred classical, 17.5', chose a izz, 4.9, preferred rock and o >l1, and 55'4 chose popular v usic. ) , 'Po ' Music V; Tthe 53 subjects who had no revious music instruction pre- n rred popular music by 64.1'/,. lassical was chosen by 13.2% , id jazz was preferred by C 1.2', . Rock and roll received te lowest percentage which was " 5%.1 Results of the test are a little isleading. Few of the subjects ere consistant in their choices. any were split almost evenly tween two categories. Most of them chose predomi ately one type of music, but [d a wide selection from the .her classifications. For ex mnple, one subject chose nine assical selections, two jazz, and Vo popular ones. . Rock 'i' Roll e It is interesting to lnote that iose choosing classical music id so with only one or two other ioices. The classical fans were >lit between jazz and popular Usic. with jazz having a slight lge over popular. In the main, [wever, the classical fans did at bother with rock and roll at L. Jazz subjects chose the classi il and popular selections as c iinor preferences. They were ot rock and roll enthusiasts very tuch either. Those preferring izz did so with mainly popular iusic as second choice and classi al music very close behind. Rock and roll fans corres- s onded with the classical fans in t iat they chose few classical se- i 'etions. They too were almost s venly divided on jazz and pop- I lar music as second choices. I MoMI C01n1i0tant Those preferring popular mu X were the most consistant of rseIf? J LANDI*) ]CE] at that Viceroy gives 3g of any cigarette, for ally enjoy. A thinking moking man's taste. on f/hree out of four of 're .fairly astute. But if ~out think for yourself! Pamiliar pack Or proof box. ,If Knows OKING MAN'S TASTE!| d Taste Vlusic 11, with the possible exception I the classical subjects. They icatly preferred popular music, Lit picked a few selections from Ach of the other categories. fly far popular mIusiC was the lost highly chosen. Over half 57.4'f ) of t he subjects pre rred popilar. Classical music meK, Second with 19.1 '- , jazz ith 15.7', and rock and roll itlh 7.8'. F'reshinen chose e q u a I I y 13.8', ) between jazz and rock nd roll, but popular was the Avorite, with 55.2', . Classical 'as second with 17.2'/ . More reshmen picked rock and roll ian did sophomores, juniors, or mors. Sophomore Taisle Sophomores dropped in their lassical tastes, with only 9.4%,1 f them choosing classical, the )west of any of the other three lasses. Popular ranked first ;2.5'4 ), jazz second (15.6'/, ), ock and roll third (12.5%'4 ), and lassical fourth. The juniors brought back the lassical standing, with 29.6 ' f them choosing that category. 'opular was first, with 51.9'A, lassical second, jazz third, with 4.8', , and rock and roll fourth, ith a fading 3.7%. They were higher in their hoice of classical music than iere the other three classes, and ext to the bottom in their rock nd roll preferences. Seniors Like 'Pop' Seniors preferred popular mu ic, with 59.4' . Classical was econd with 22.1 r , and jazz hird, with 18.5' . It is certainly nteresting to note that not one enior out of 27 chose rock and 'oil as his music preference. 4ore seniors chose jazz than did he other classes. No correlation in music taste vas.found between those having ad music instruction and those vho had none. Similarly, there kas none found between those ubjects having attended music lasses and those not having lone so. Ray's survey seems to indicate hat the Carolina students have >etter taste in music than is gen rally realized. Our education nust he giving us sonic couth! l'hese are the silver wings of a J. S. Air Force Navigator. 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We have been asked to select the "best dressed" girl on our campus, taking t h e following criteria into consideration: good figure, beautiful posture; clean, shining, well-kept hair; imagina tion in managing a c I o t h e s budget; good grooming-not just neat, but impeccable. Also appropriate campus look (she's in line with local customs); a c I e a r understanding of her fashion type; individuality in her use of color and accessories; a workable wardrobe plan; a neat way wvith make-up (enough to look pretty, not overdone) ; and approp)riate--not rah rah--look for off-campus occasions. The young woman on our cam pus who best meets these require ments wvill be entered in ''Glam our's" 1960 "10 Best [Dressed College Girls in America" con test. Three p)ictuires of her--in an on-camp)us outfit, a daytime off c'ampus1 outfit and a p)arty (dress (full or cocktail length) will be submitted with the official entry form to the magazine in compe tition wvith hundreds of "best dressed" candidates. Purpose Insa True Genius The "bull's-eye" may not be hit by the rifleman whose hand is uncertain, and his footing in firm. The goal will never be reached by the r un n er who swerves from a straight course, and wanders i n t o a pathless wilderness. The student will ac complish nothing who flies from study to study with the restless ness of disease; and no man, wvhatever his condition or mental GOOD LUCK ON We Want I Next S Ordinates Highlight ~A robe . . . attractive amid comfortable f good tasle raises its head often oil coorld iliat tef, which are- mixe-d anid "ed USC Coe In March, a panel of "Glam our" editors will name the ten most outstanding young women the "10 Best Dressed College Cirls in America." The "top ten" will be photo graphed for the August College issue and will be flown to New York in Julne via American Air lines rwo fabulous weeks in New York in June will be the prize awarded to the ten outstanding young women selected as the "10 Hest )ressed College Girls in America." The winners will be flown to New York on May 30th via American Airlines and will stay at the Biltmore Hotel until June 10th as "Glamour's" g u e s t s. What the two weeks will hold is still a surprise, but judging from the past activities of the "10 Best" it will he a glamorous and exciting time. Tlhe highlight of the first week is the anonual College Fashion Show at Trhe Biltmore. The '59 show opened wvith a larger-than life photograph of the "10 Best Driessed." The picture opened up and1 out stepped the real-life girls. They also modeled evening clothes, and with their escorts - ten young New~ York hachelors -- w e r e dlanc'ed off the runwvay for a gay evening on the town. res Achieveme. Lies In Labor powers, will win or deserve suc ('('5, unless he fixes upon some special object to be carried out, and through cloud and sunshine steadlily perseveres in his settled Pur'pose, indeed, is the very essence-the main element-of an heroic character. It was pur pose which animated Ignatius Loyola in his ascetic labors; in persecution, andl captivity, a n d I YOUR EXAMS! oul With Us emn.etar Fashion walking shorls for the sport. in the fashion of the college mICeI-d, contra.ted1 amid har d Contest' By the second week in New V o r k , modeling was fsecond iature" to them-even for a tele .ision commercial. Among t h e many glamorous dinners given in their honor was one hosted by Marco Buitoni, whose business is making Italian pastas. The wining and dining took place at the Chateau Richlieu where they were treated not to spaghetti but to pheasant under glass! Gala conclusion to the two hec tic weeks of photographic assign ments magazine and newspaper interviews, theatre-going a n d partying was a Champagne Cotil lion at the Waldorf Astoria. The young women were pre sen ted to the Cot ill ion- it es in b all gowns designed especially for the evening by leading New York de signers. The Cotillion was pre cedIed by a dinner party given by the staff of the Princeton "Tiger" Sp'c ialI guest-(Commmandiier Ed - wvard Whitehead of Schiweppes fame. Tlhe election for choosing Caro lina's representative will he held early in February. The candi dlates wvill be sp)onsored by any campus organization. From the results of this elec tion, a comnmitttee will choose the winner.~ Further details will be given later. nt Of Goal; -Capacity physical suffering, still toiling at the fulfillment of his cherished design, the establishment of that "Society of Jesus," whose influ ence on the world's history has been so signal and remarkable. Martin L, u t h e r' ' s "purpose" achieved the Reformation. Oliver Cromwell's "purpose" turned the tide of battle at Naseby, and placed him in the seat of the English kings. Mahomet's "pur pose" built up a mighty empire, and fixed the firm foundations of a new creed. The man who concentrates his energies upon the fulfillment of an unalterable design will as suredly wring success from the hands of a reluctant fortune. Such a man will take no heedl of "impossibilities." "Iinpossible?" exclaimed Na poleon, "there is nothing imipos sible; It is a wvord only found in the dictionary of fools." The dif ference between genius and medi ocrity lies chiefly in this matter of "purpose"; for t r u e genius has, w h a t mediocrity usually wants, t h e capacity of labor. "Work and purpose" is the moral of every heroic life. ---Public.Spaers iaryne