VOL. IV, NO. 11
Jamie Brockett
In Concert Tuesday
Jaime Brockett, a talent
ed folk singer from Boston,
is making his first appear
ance at Capitol Campus on
Tuesday, Jan. 21st at 8 PM
in the Student Center.
Mr. Brockett is an adept
musician, playing 6 and 12
string guitar, dulcimer,
banjo and autoharp. He
sings material ranging from
quiet, melodic love songs
to political satire.
On the quiet songs, such
as "Remember the Wind
and the Rain", his voice is
low and breathy. On the
uptempo songs,his singing
is nasal and sardonic.
When he sings political
satire, as "Talking Green
Beret New Super Yellow
Hydraulic Banana Teeny
Bopper Blues", he man
ages the unusual feat for
protest song of avoiding
the overly obvious.
Based On 'Ascent Of Man' Series
CC Offers TV Course
A college course based
on a television series is
being offered at Penn State
Capitol Campus starting in
January. "The Ascent of
Man." a 13 part television
series created by Dr. Jacob
Bronowski, is a survey of
intellectural achievements
which highlight mankind's
attempts to understand na
ture.
The television programs
were filmed in 27 countries.
The purpose of the film was
to present the history of
man as seen through sci
ence.
In addition to the tele
vision programs, the
course includes study
Black rouge
To Perform Here
used !man and the Wears! Kuumba Troupe will appear tonight at the Student Center
at 8 PM presenting a program on Black Culture and the arts.
Yusef Iman and the
Weusi Kuumba Troupe,
Black performers from New
York City, will appear at
Penn State-Capitol
Campus in Middletown on
Friday, Jan.l7. The free
performance which begins
at 8 p.m. in the Student
Center is open to the
public.
The Troupe has develop
ed a program which em
phasized Black Creativity.
Keeping with this tradition,
guides, texts, a special
series of instructional sup
plements on audio-tape,
and three workshops.
The thirteen-part series
is aired on WITF-TV Chan
nel 33 beginning Tuesday,
January 7,1975 at 8:30 PM.
Repeat broadcasts will be
held each week on Satur
days at 8:00 PM.
Workshops will be held
on Saturdays, February 8,
March 8, and April 12. Dr.
Michael Barton, Assistant
Prbfessor of Social Science
and Antropology and Dr.
Thomas Knight, Associate
Professor of Social Science
and History are the direc
tors of the workshops.
the program will highlight
dances of West and South
Africa. Poetry and music
will be performed by a
chorus of the artists.
Yusef Iman, director of
the Troupe, is a singer,
actor, poet and writer. He
recently directed "7 Prin
ciples Plus" at the East
Theatre in Brooklyn. Much
of the material performed
by the Weusi Kuumba
Troupe is the creation of
Yusef Iman himself.
C.C. READER
94 Graduate
In Winter
Dr. Robert McDermott, Provost of the University [ll presents Lynn Musser a
certificate on achieving a perfect 4.0 average while at Capitol Campus during recent
Fall Term commencement exercises held at the Middletown Area High School.
Pennsylvania State
University-Capitol Campus
conferred degrees to 94
students, Saturday, De
cember 21. The fall term
commencement ceremon
ies were held at the Middle
town Area H igh School.
Bachelor degrees were
awarded to 69 students and
master degrees were be
stowed on 25 students. The
Master degrees were
earned in Administration,
American Studies, Elemen
tary Education, Engineer
ing, Humanities, Public
Administration, and Re
gional Planning. The Bach
elor degrees were earned in
Business Administration,
Elementary Education,
Humanities, Mathematical
Science, Social Science,
CIVIL Engineering, Electri
cal Design, and Mvhanical
Design Engineering Tech
nology.
Dr. George D. Wolf, dean
of the faculty, spoke to the
graduates. The theme of
his remarks came from
Robert Frost's poem "The
Mr. Brockett integrates
his singing with instrumen
tals such as bluegrass ban
jo songs and an often fas
cinating stream of talk on
most any subject that
comes to mind. This is no
small feat, either.
The mixture of drugs and
music has produced more
than San Francisco rock. It
has also made for some of
the least relevant, longest
and most boring between
song monologues ever
heard on stage. A perform
er like Jamie Brockett who
can rap and still be inter
esting and amusing is
always needed.
"Jamie Brockett in Con
cert" is sponsored by the
Social Committee and
Friends. Admission - stu
dents $2.00. HOPE TO SEE
YOU THERE FOR AN
EVENING OF MUSIC AND
SONG.
photo by Prompt
Road Not Taken." Dr. Wolf
pointed out that even in an
urbanized, technological
society, a person can make
a choice for "the less trav
eled road. The choices are
not only vocational ones,"
Dr. Wolf stated, "but about
the kind of person you will
be."
Two graduating seniors
were honored for attaining
a 4.0 average. Lynn A.
Musser and Sarko 0.
Keosheyan, bot graduate in
Mathematical Science and
both from Harrisburg, were
the honored scholars.
Dr. Robert E. McDermott
provost of Penn State-Capi
tol Campus. presided at the
graduation. He was assist
ed in conferring the de
grees by Harry R. Ulrich, a
member of the Board of
Trustees. Dr. James B.
Bartoo, dean of the Grad
uate School, Dr. George D.
Wolf, and Dr. Roger B.
Saylor, commencement
marshal also participated
in the ceremonies.
JANUARY 17, 1975
New Staff
Added At
Student
Affairs
On January 20, Roberta
McLeod will join the Stu
dent Affairs Staff as Coor
dinator of Student Activi
ties.
Since 1972, Roberta has
served as Program Coor
dinator and Director of the
Queens College Union in
New York City. Prior to that
she worked for Merck and
Company in Rahway, New
Jersey after which she was
a teacher for the Newark
Boys Chorus.
Ms. McLeod has had ex
perience in the full range of
Student Activities and es
pecially budget preparation
and administration.
Ms. McLeod holds mem
bership in numerous or
ganizations including: The
Association of College
Unions-International, Inter
national, International
Platform Association and
the Committee on Minority
Programs of the ACU-I
A graduate of Hampton
Institute she has also done
graduate study at Rutgers
University. Ms. McLeod
will reside in Middletown.
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Kessler On
Exhibition
A special art exhibit
ushered in the new year at
Penn State-Capitol
Campus. "Paintings" by
Dale Kessler are being ex
hibited in the Gallery
Lounge in the main build
ing from January 1, 1975 to
January 24,1975.
Mr. Kessler describes his
art as color field painting.
He considers scale impor
tant and his current paint
ings are more non-geomet
ric compared with his ear
lier geometric style.
Mr. Kessler, who resides
in Herndon, has had many
one man exhibits through
out New York and Penn
sylvania. He has shown his
art at the Waldorf Astoria
and the Union Carbide
Building in New York, the
William Penn Museum and
the Gallery Doshi in Harris
burg, and the Philadelphia
Civic Center.
Mr. Kessler is presently
teaching art for the Line
M•un .'1 la
OUR COVER:
`ANTIQUE RELIEF"
by CATHY WERT
OUR COVER STORY
Recession Hits Portable
Outhouse Association:
[Earth News] --A measure
of the nation's woes is the
sluggish condition of the
National Portable Sanita
tion Association, which
represents some 173 man
ufacturers of portable
toilets--the kind you see
around construction sites.
According to Larry Miller,
the association's director
in Washington, the nation
wide market for portable
outhouses was down 30 to
40 percent last year, due
largely to constipation in
the building industry, and
to the shitty state of the
nation's economy.