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By HARRY HOPE
Staff Writer
Peter Nero, jazz virtuoso,
presented a lecture-demonstration
Monday night, in which he looked
at "Today's music: how we got
there, and where we're going."
The lecture, "the first I've ever
done," said Nero, was sponsored
by the University Union Lectures
Committee. With Nero were two
musicians which complete his trio.
Nero commented, in answer to
the question "What is jazz,?" that
Checks
coming
for vets
By PAUL HARNICK
Staff Writer
Many of the nearly 1,500 USC
student veterans have not received
their October Veteran's Ad
ministration checks. Ap
proximately $150,000 has not been
mailed to student veterans.
"We are going to do all in our
power to see that this does not
happen next year," commented
William H. Patterson, provost of
USC. Patterson also stated that he
was not aware of the situation until
a short time ago.
Charles Aull, assistant regional
director of the Veteran's Ad
ministration, suggested having a
VA representative on campus
during registration in hopes of
creating a better liaison with
Carolina. He added that the delay
was partly due to the fact that
nearly 70,000 veteran students in
South Carolina applied for benefits
this school year.
"Had these certificates
(awards) come in from USC
earlier, then possibly we could
have had checks out for the month
of September," Aull added. All
certificates arrived at the
Veteran's Administration office on
October 12, from the USC ad
ministration according to Aull.
He further stated that all checks
for September and October should
be here "no later than November
10, and anyone not receiving his
check should call the Veteran's
Administration as soon as possible
after this date."
Robert B. Jeter, director of
student aid, said the number of
veteran students applying for
emergency loans had increased
during the last part of October.
Some veteran students In
vestigated the possibility of
receiving food stamps, but most
found that veterans were
technically "too wealthy" to be
eligible for the stamp program.
Wayne Grooms, a Vietnam
veteran, said that he feels many of
the veteran students are becoming
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"if you have to ask, then don't
mess with it.
"Jazz is how you feel. But there
is a certain amount of skill and
professionalism involved," he
said. "And jazz is completely
honest when the player is un
schooled."
STORED JAZZ
The pianist admitted that
"education is an aid to the product.
I studied classical piano for fifteen
years, but I went to jazz.
Sometimes jazz isn't really how
you feel, if you have enough
education. I think I have enough
stored up to play when I don't feel
like playing.
"That's where education comes
in. But the music depends on how
the audience feels. I can play
something happy or unhappy or
any gradation in between, but it
depends on how the audience feels.
What we are playing lets the
audience on to how we feel," he
said.
To demonstrate his point, Nero's
trio played an improvised jazz
piece, "based on a set of chords,
with no particular melody."
Nero noted after the piece was
played that the trio had switched
from 4-4 to 3-4 just when they were
about to end, but that they played
on past the intended ending
'because it felt comfortable."
DANGEROUS
"Recording Improvised music is
dangerous," Nero said, "because
the music loses Its spontaneity
after repetition. You listen to It the
first time, It sounds great. But the
more you listen to it, the more you
become critical of It."
He also stated that rock music
should be called contemporary
music, because "rock Is a com
bination of jazz, folk, rhythm and
blues, Virginia Reel, Highland
Fling, but It's disorganized.
"About fifteen years ago, jazz
began to get too complex for
audiences. Performers turned
their backs on the audience. Bill
Haley and the Comets brought
about a rhythmic reversion-to a
strong back beat, with accents on
the second and fourth beats. It was
easy to understand and feel."
WHAT IT DOES
He defined music as "organized
sound," saying that "under that
definition, almost anything can
pass for music. The most im
portant thing is that it does
something for people.
"You can't equate music with
money. The purpose is to com
municate with people. I accept the
fact that I can't communicate with
everybody in the country."
At this point, he took the George
Gershwin tune, "I Got Rhythm,"
and played it with variations on the
styles of Beethoven, LUszt, Mozart,
Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.
"Now, I don't know about you,
but I had fun playing that," he told
the audience after the work was
finished.
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Then he played "Mary Had A
Little Lamb" and used the
variations upon this melody to
show the audience the develop
ment of contemporary music.
"It started out in a two-beat
pattern, then became more
complex, then more fragmentary,
then, after complicated har
monics, a reversion to the past."
BIGGER SOUND
"I think we are going to get a
bigger sound through electronics.
This is not necessarily going back
to the Big Band Sound. Blood,
Sweat and Tears and Chicago
translate other musicians' ideas
into progress. They are the
trailblazers. Electronic in
struments are good for people who
want to play fRqt.
"Some of these groups cannot
follow-up their first big hit. They
lack depth and wind up doing the
same thing all over again," he
said. Earlier he had commented on
rock groups "doing a medley of
their hits."
Commenting on the Moog
Synthesizer, Nero called the in
strument "fantastic."
"The possibilities are unlimited.
It can substitute for certain in
struments that have always been a
problem. And of course It has its
own sound, which is an entirely
new instrument."
In explaining his own music,
Nero stated, "I try to maintain my
own musical personality. I try to
keep in touch with what is going on
musically and take what I like and
use it.
"I like the formality of classical
music, but I also like the freedom
in jazz. I will take pop tunes and
make them sound classical. There
is nothing sacred about the
classics. It's there, so why net use
He commented that old jazz
musicians who were previously
opposed to rock music were now
taking rock music and developing
it, "and these guys will lead the
way."
He ended the presentation with a
medley, in his own style, of several
songs from the Broadway play
"Hair."
Correction
Michael J. Mungo, a member
of the Board of Trustees who
spoke in the Commons Room
F'riday, said he was misquoted
In a story headed "Mungo
speaks in Commons Room" in
the Monday Gamecock.
The statement attributed to
Mungo was, "I guess there are
no blacks In the fraternities for
the same reason there are no
'D' students In Phi Beta Kap
pa." Mungo said hediduse a
comparative analysis to "D"
students in Phi Beta Kappa at
one poInt in the afternoon's
discussions, but that it was in no
wa relaterto back stuents.
Stadiu
from <
The controversy over enlargin
Carolina Stadium and building
new library was discusse
yesterday by an administrativ
assistant to President Thomas I
Jones.
Jerry Beasley, as governmer
liaison officer for Jones, said h
"spent a great deal of tim
working with the Genere
Assembly during the past sessior
"I want to clarify the procedur
that was follwed in passin
legislation to authorize cor
struction of both of these facilitie
Register
cycles
All motorcycles parked withir
the jurisdiction of the University
unless in a metered parking place
must be registered and displayinj
their registration decal in i
prominent place by November 16
1970 according to a ruling madq
last Friday by traffic court o
appeals.
The Ruling stated in part "thi
status of motorcycles has beei
uncertain, and for this reason
issuance of citations to motor
cycles has been inconsistent. Th<
court finds that this inconsistenc:
and uncertainty is an extenuatinj
and mitigating circumstance fa
the failure of the petitioners t
registcr their vehicle. For a perio
--o ten days following the date o
this order, (Nov. 6, 1970) the cour
will continue to hold this view
Thereafter, ... a registratioi
sticker must be displayed in i
prominent place (rear fender o1
front park leg is most convenient
on the machine."
In citing their reasons foi
coming to this decision, the traffic
court of appeals said that the
present motorcycle parking
situation is in a state of anarchv:
and that while the administration
is on record as supporting the
proliferation of motorcycles as a
means of easing the tight parking
situation, that some degree of
order should be introduced.
CommitteE
gains own
night club
"We don't have many people orl
the Night Club Committee. Maybe
*it's because there isn't much in,
terest in the night club. Maybe iti
' because nobody knows where the
night club is!" Butch Nordstrom
chairman of the Night Clut
Committee, said.
The Night Club Committee has
been in operation for three years
and has progressed to the poi
where it now has its own night
club. The Golden Spur. The Golden
Spur is located on the second floor
of the Russell House across fromi
the Information Desk. "We try tc
provide variety entertainment,'
Nordstrom said. "The Golden Spur
is somewhat of a gathering place
for students.
"At the moment we're trying to
get larger facilities so there will be
more room and we can get bigger
groups."
The nex t event planned by the
Night Club Committee will be
'Coffeehouse." on Thursday
November 12. from 8-12 p.m.
'Any student can come and sing.
play guitar, read poetry, perform
anything he likes. Maybe we can
get a piano." Nordstrom said.
Refreshments will be free and as
a special added attraction, short
films will be featured. Movies of
Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields and
some underground films will be
included.
On November 24, the Night Club
Committee will present "Your
Father's Mustache" in South
Cafeteria. "Your Father's
Mustache" Is rated as one of the
top, if not the top, banjo band in the
country. Admission will be $1 per
nersn.n
m fundi:
0apital ii
g as well as other badly needed
a physical structures on the
d University campus," he said.
e Beasley said this clarification
'. was necessary because of rumors
which "evidently are being cir
it culated on our campus by sup.
e posedly knowledgeable people."
e The bills which the General
il Assembly passed last year ap
1. propriated state funds for capital 1
e improvements at the University.
g This is completely separate from
- the bill which authorizes the Board
1, of Trustees to sell bonds for the
purpose of enlarging the football
stadium.
The stadium enlargement act,
House Bill 2547, does not authorize
expenditure of any state funds,
Beasley said. The introduction to
the bill reads, "An act to empower
the Trustees of the University of
South Carolina to issue special
obligation bonds to pay for the cost
of enlarging and improving
Carolina stadium; to prescribe the
conditions under which such bonds
No action
on traffic
The Traffic Committee of the
Columbia City Council has so far
taken no action on a proposal
r presented Friday by Student Body
President Mike Spears and First
Secretary Dave Powers that
f several blocks of Green and
t Pickens streets be closed.
Spears and Powers met with the
committee for an hour and a half
Friday. Pictures of pedestrians
and traffic on Green St. in front of
the Russell House and on Pickens
St. beside the Humanities Center
were used in the presentation
along with a ten foui map of the
University.
According to Powers, studies
conducted nine years ago had
recommended that the streets be
closed. Powers said that a study
done by Wilbur Smith and
Associates in 1961 had recom
mended that the two streets be
closed.
He said that a study made by the
b USC Department of Engineering
also made that recommendation. t
(
The Doxiadis Report, a planning
study for the city of Columbia
made in 1969, recommended that
Green St. in front of the Russell
House be lowered and a pedestrian
mall be built over it.
Spears said that the ideal
solution to the problem is to
depress the two thoroughfares
since closing Green and Pickens
streets was not feasible. "Green
and Blossom are the only two East
West streets leading into Five
Points. Pickens, Assembly and
Harden Streets are the only
continuous North-South thorough
F acuity
Senate4
"1 think even some of us
misunderstood; we will not havei
one iota more power," said Jh
Welsh. secretary of the faculty and
faculty senate.
Welsh said all decisions of the
newly formed Faculty Senate are
subject to review by the USC
president and the Board of
Trustees.
The group will hold its first f
monthly meeting today at 5 p.m. in st
Currell College Room 107. Ap- jC
proximately 100 faculty senators
are members. 'p
Instructors associated with USC g
before fall 1966 and assistant, St
associate and full professors El
comprise the voting faculty. Hi
The first meeting will be hi
primarily for organizational w<
purposes and to elect a chairman.
Other business will be a report wi
from the Curriculum and New th
Courses Committee and grade
changes.
The group will also vote on H
whether to allow student press into bt
their meetings.
ng sep
nprov
may be issued and to mak
provision for the paymen
thereof."
"The bill states clearly how
revenues can be raised, an
clearly pronounces that the faiti
and credit of the state of Soutl
Carolina will in no way be pledgeo
to guarantee payment," Beasle,
said. "At the same time that thi
General Assembly approved thil
bill, they aproved an identical bil
giving the same power to th
Board of Tr.,stees at Clemsom
University."
The improvements for th
stadium are estimated at fiv4
million dollars in the bill, whicf
authorizes the USC Trustees to pa3
the principal and interest of the
bonds from admission fees and a
special student fee.
House Bill 2545 provides for
!apital improvements fold-the
Jniversity, other state colleges
md other state agencies. "Since
taken
proposal
fares in the city. The closing of an
of these streets would cause bol
tlenecks in the city traffic pal
tern."
Powers said that Studen
Government had received no wor
from the traffic committee a
proposed action. He said that thi
committpe smed com mitted t
the idea that the streets were vita
and could not be closed.
The committee's function is tc
make recommendations to the Cit)
Council on matters dealing with
raffic and transportation
)roblems in Columbia.
Powers said that if there is no
)ositive action from the com
nittee, the student government
t,oudd take steps to minimize the
raffic problem on the streets and
vould find alternative ways to
Iring about a permanent solution.
Spears said that temporary
neasures will be taken to increase
tudent safety. "I have requested
hat speed humps be placed on
;reen and Pickens streets to slow
Ie of traffic."
Governor and fu
spann re
JSC deik
A USC coed has been nominated
r governor of the statewide mock
udent legislature meeting in
>lumbia this week.
"Our delegation is supporting
ally Spann unanimously for
vernor of the South Carolina
ate Student Legislature," said
iniy Wheeler, a USC delegate.
swever, several other delegates
ye expressed doubt that a
man could be elected.
The officers for the coming year
Ii be determined by the SCSSL at
eir last meeting on itiday.
The first legislative session will
mrt today at 1 p.m. in the State
use. Yesterday, during the frttu
sainess day of the se,ten,
inmittee meetings and caucuses
arate
.ments
this bill included $95,810,000 for
t construction of other capital im
provements on our state college
campuses aad for other state
agencies, it IsAolish for anyone to
assume tha. its passage was
contingent omi hat of approving .a
football stad4qA for the Univer
sity," Beaslelapld.
Provided fori the bill is $9.2
million for buildig and equipping
a new library building, to be
constructed beginning in July,
1972.
Also approved were $800,000
or a School of Nursing building;
$5,900,000 for a Law School
building; $4,350,000 for a Business
Administration building; and
$1,800,000 for purchase of the
Federal Building across from the
Horseshoe on Sumter Street.
The bill specifies that the State
Budget and Control Board is
"empowered to impose regulations
upon the expenditure of the funds
authorized above and none of the
undertakings authorized herein
shall be commenced without its
approval. Nor shall any contract
incident to such projects be
awarded without the approval of
the State Board."
Beasley said the athletic
program has had a "fantastic"
y impact on the growth of Carolina.
"It has created a positive attitude
among many members of the State
Legislature towards the promotion
t and growth of the total university
and its many prograMs.
"Any person on this campus who
would underestimate the Impact of
the athletic program on the State
Legislature (and I understand that
there are a few) have very little co
comprehension of the favorable
acceptance by the legislature of
the athletic program," he con
tinued.
Beasley said Jones has given
"great leadership to Carolina. He
has done this with the help of a
very competent Board of Trustees,
an outstanding student body, and a
cooperative legislature and
faculty.
"It would be foolish at this time
to permit a few people in the
Carolina Community to continue to
wrongfully influence the thinking
of our fine student body by giving
out erroneous information,"
Beasley added.
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were held.
Bills concerning abortion, police
training, and dfrug penalities will
be coming before the SCSSL
assembly. Although bills passed by
this group have no legal force, they
are sent to state legislators as
guidelines of statewide student
opinion.
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