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Letters Art Door Mr. Stepp: For some time it has been ob vious that The Gamecock has not given a quantity of coverage to the arts. It has now come to our at tention the the quality of coverage is also inferior. In reference to your "review" of Mr. Johannesen's appearance, Mr. Hope should have checked on his music history before he included such great composers as Beethoven, Faure, Debussy, Schumann, and Prokofiev under one musical period -- that of Romanticism. When one of our greater A erican artists appears in ert at Carolina to a full house. otvshould be led to the conclusion that there is a demand for more than the Baroque or hard rock which Mr. Hope appreciates. A standing ovation would appear to be ample proof that the concert was not as bad as your reporter implied. To be fair, we would like to en courage Mr. Hope in his endeavor as a music critic. After all. everyone is entitled to a few failures in life. We would like to suggest that Mr. Hope learn from this experience and at least begin to consult with someone who ap preciates serious music before he writes his next review. James R. Mackey. President Music Student Counci (This letter was unanimously approved by the music majors at a Music Department Seminar on 11 19-69) Review is shocker Dear Mr. Stepp: I find it very sad when The Gamecock feels it their duty to publish such a shocking and uninformed "review" as that by ".critic" Harry Hope concerning the Grant Johannesen concert November 12 in Drayton Hall. On other campust Prof 'cuts may be s A University of North Carol Chapel Hill last Wednesday sion. or dismissal. David Blevins, a fulltime s< part-time instructor in grou: branch of UNC. He failed to hold his sched participate in the Vietnam University announced sched As the hearing by a Un began, a cafeteria strike was * * * Students at the Universi performance of "Hair" desi The cast performed for h4 4,000 in Ritchie Coliseum which had been previously t performed at the Student featured a band. Four students were arrest the concert In an attempt to bus loads of students from tl stay In. The university opend until they continued their tr Two editors of the Oregi newspaper resigned this mon their right to have a free pr Kit Anderson, the 19-yeal Student Senate passed a resi vestigation of the paper. ( The adviser of the studer said that both the editor, threatened to resign. Accordi guaranteed in the student B sorship either by the studen Anderson said, ''I said in work under sort of threat.'' The University of Maryla housing for commuting st layover at the university. Ac the University Commuters At dorm rooms for male studer two week nights or a weeken going home. Students using I the linen. Virginia Polytechnic In! problem with the minions of Few people participate in thi Virginia Tech, student pal nobody even bothered to car one dorm. Utah State University ha problem, reports the new struction of a physical ed parking for fraternities and since the complex is to beI lined concrete of their park In compensation for the p restricted parking on sevei sorority members with specd Student Union building with those who want to make sh~ coverag Not only is the tone of the article (I must abstain from the word review, even though Mr. Hope does acknowledge himself a critic) in the worst possible taste, it is full of musical inaccuracies, many of them .Just as blatant as the ones on the program handed out at the concert. Since I spend many hours each week personally involved in helping many young people on this campus have a greater un derstanding of the finest in serious music. I feel The Gamecock is not the place to launch into a detailed discussion of all the glib and false musical errors of the article. What I do refuse to overlook is the affront it gives to the whole of the Carolina musical community and the even greater disservice it does to the reputation of such a fine pianist as Grant Johannesen, and to the music he so beautifully brought to life. Again. I feel it a waste of time to defend Mr. Johannesen's great artistic merit in this letter. because he has long since proved that in the highest music circles. Mr. Hope. how can you come up with such a statement as "Johannesen received a standing ovation and played two encores just to show the audience he wasn't playing down to them (which he was)." A program which includes Prokofiev's "Sonata No. 7. Opus 83" and Faure's "Theme and Variations," (two of the greatest works in the piano repertoire) is certainly not one that plays down to the audience. Perhaps you and your "coed" were so sleepy by then you simply lost your cool not being able to escape when the audience demanded to hear two encores. Alas, the comment that most provoked this letter was the final one. "The recital. in all fairness to m ' Oct. 15, uspended Ina instructor went on trial in and faces a possible suspen cial worker in Charlotte, is a > social work at the Charlotte Jled Oct. 15 class In order to War Moratorium after the uled classes would be held. iversity hearing committee under way on campus. ity of Maryland watched a site a University ultimatum. a If-an-hour before a crowd of saturday morning. The cast, anned from Cole Fieldhouse, Union Board Concert which ed when they remained after keep the coliseum open for 40 te University of Michigan to d the chapel for the students Ip to Washington. n State University student th to protest infringement on -ess. r-old news editor, said the >lution 20-2 calling for an in it publication, Irwin Harris, Bob Allen, and Anderson ng to the Senate the paper is ill of Rights to have no cen ts or the faculty. my resignation I could not nd has instituted temporary dents who wish to have a cording to the Diamondback, isociation has been given five its who wish to spend one or d at the university Instead of he rooms will be charged for *** * 1titute shares at least one lhe USC Student Government. eir elections. According to the ticipation was so-poor that npaign for a senate seat from ** * * s built itself into a parking spaper Student Life. Con ucation complex has made sororities a bit of a problem located where once stood the ing lot. mrking lot, the university has al streets to fraternity and al decals and has fortified the a hedge of parking meters for ort visits. r 0nfei e iii] the artist and the University Union. was not as bad as it could have been." Mr. Hope. there were over 700 people in Drayton Hall, including a great showing of more than 170 music majors studying serious music on this campus. For tunately. for the sake of music at Carolina. (which has been quietly but forcefully gathering tremendous impact these past few years) they made known their great pleasure with this splendid evening of music. It is regrettable in the greatest degree that "The Gamecock" could not offer its readers a true, accurate, literate, compassionate, sane, civilized, and just plain honest account of the concert. I can only hope that the distinguished violinist Sidney Harth. and the equally illustrious "New York Wind Quintet" will be spared such trivia when they appear on campus next spring. Professor John Kenneth Adams Dep:ertment of Music Poor job Dear Mr. Stepp: We realize that it is a difficult job to meet your deadlines, but is this any reason to do such a poor job on some of your articles? We are referring in particular to the review of Grant Johannesen's performance in the November 14 issue. Evidently the so called "critic" Harry Hope knows very little about music. Has anyone who groups Beethoven, Faure, Debussy, Schumann, and Prokofiev together as Romantic Composers even passed Music Appreciation? USC does have a Music Department, Mr. Hope. Is a well written article not worth the extra time required to consult with someone who has a better knowledge of the subject? However, it seems to be a usual policy of The Gamecodk to publish only one viewpoint. If the hard rock fan had bothered to ask opinions of the many fans of serious music on this campus rather than just stating his own narrowminded ideas and that of a coed who obviously knew as little about what was going on as did Mr. 0 9 ior Hope. it wouldn't have been necessary to run two large, similar. "space-filler" photos. Members of Delta Mu Chapter of Delta Omicrun professional Music sorority Counselors are people Dear Mr. Stepp: A situation recently occurred in the Men's Towers that warrants some thought on the possibilities of changing the rules governing the status of hall counselors. Each building complex has one residence counselor, all of whom are graduate students, and three hall counselors, who for the most part are upperclassmen. It has become painfully evident that these three hall counselors who have to act as advisers, guardians and "mother hens" to 80 assorted groups of individuals, are required to be on hand whenever trouble arises. Trouble in the dorm consists of many different facets. Included in the long list are the problems of keeping the dorm quiet and making sure that the students who wish to study are able to. Another task of the hall coun selor is to track down and prevent violence and damage to the halls he is responsible for. In order to fulfill his job, the counselor would have to be on the hall 24 hours of the day. I think the system should be revised so as to allow one counselor to a floor or have an assistant to the counselor. In this manner the counselor would be able to establish a better channel of communication bet ween the members of the hall. In addition it could be easily arranged to make sure that there is always someone present on the two floors. The present system does not allow the counselor to do such trivial things as go to the library. have a couple of beers, or date without the fear of not doing his job. After all the hall counselor is also a student and an individual. 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