SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1961
Interpreting
Roberts Questions
Who Defines 'Art 7
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Some thoughts after scanning a week's news:
The head of the American Federation of Musicians is
urging government subsidies for the performing arts.
Who’s going to determine what is an art?
1 like some symphony music
but not all of it. I'd sit through
two performances of "Aida" a
Sight, but would skip most
opera in favor of "Blossom
Time." I can't stand the kind
of stuff you heard over the
"give 'em what they want"
radio stations especially the
firl singer who was wailing—
don't know the hep name for
this latest art form "God
Bless America."
I haven’t seen any dancing I
really liked since Bojangles
Robinson. The only serious
drama I enjoy is when the
actors make me watch them
and forget most of the modern
themes.
I can beat people 30 years my
Junior petting away from a tele
vision set at the end oi a news
broadcast or a presidential
press conference.
How in the world could a
Congressman hope to allot arts
tax money without getting
murdered?
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Chancellor Konrad Adenauer,
saying the Communists must
tear down their wall in Berlin
before negotiations can start
over the future of the city,
sounds just as “never, never”
as Charles de Gaulle.
True or not, there’s some
thing in character about the
story that Beria pulled a gun
on Premier Khrushchev at a
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Kremlin meeting only to' be
overpowered by K’s own gun
bearer. Those boys always go
prepared.
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There is, in the offer of the
Uniied Slates and Britain to
resume nuclear negotiations
before making more tests them
selves, at least a suggestion that
evaluation of the recent Soviet
blasts has produced no evidence
that emergency action on this
side is necessary to get even.
The West is watching the con
tinued downgrading of Stalin
with both satisfaction and
amusement. But don’t forget
that the ones who are now do
ing the downgrading were glad
to ride on the Stalin bandwagon
as long as the band was play
ing.
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A Plea for Understanding
TO THE EDITOR: We who are
about to inherit the earth must
first understand it and those
institutions which comprise it.
Once we do this, then our
Eerspective for the future will
e one of success.
As Americans and as mem
bers of the world community
we must take it upon ourselves
to criticize when our inherit
ance is being threatened. We
are being threatened as I see
It by an advertisement that
reflects an opinion of hostility,
appearing in the Nov. 13 issue
of The Daily Collegian. To
quote the advertisement is im
portant. It read as follows:
Khrushchev says: "I'll bury
you/'
Frank says: "You'll change
your mind baldy bean, once
you try my delicious steak
sandwiches.
This raises a two-fold prob
lem which I feel reflects a
trend in America towards mis-
The 'lndignant 1 Men of Watts
TO THE EDITOR: The men in
Watts Hall are highly incensed
regarding the letter in The
Daily Collegian, Nov. 4. We
consider ourselves gentlemen
and conduct ourselves in a
manner befitting our status.
We enjoyed the serenade, and
those of us that were awake
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understanding our foreign
neighbors.
This concerns the institution
of advertising as the conveyor
of this misinformed attitude,
and The Daily Collegian as a
stalwart of college newsprint.
It may well behoove all of
us to become more aware of
such maladies, as it only hin
ders the universal goal of
peace for which all sides are
striving.
As long as the likes of such
advertisements appear in . ma
ture college news media and
other such vehicles of expres
sions, then we as the inheritors
of the world have been dealt a
harsh blow.
We must correct this situa
tion by openly searching for
better human understanding.
The task is a large one. for if
we want a world of peace then
we must begin by developing
a sincere set of values opposite
from those prevalent in the
world today.
—Philip Bloom
would have enjoyed it' more
had it not been for the men in
the adjoining dormitory (i.e.
Hamilton Hall). Perhaps, had
it been Saturday night (as was
stated) rather than 2 to 2:30
a.m. Sunday morning, the men
in Hamilton would have en
joyed it as much as we did.
Richard H. Parks '63
OPPOSITE EAST CAMPUS GATS
Benner 'Facts'
TO THE EDITOR: For the en
lightenment of Mr. Neil Ben
ner and likcminded cohorts let
me state that my true sympa
thies (in contradistinction to, I
suppose, my false ones) lie with
COMMON SENSE, not with
ringing platitudes.
For the remainder of the let
ter: allow me to congratulate
Mr, Benner on its coherence.
Nowhere in it docs he violate”
his opening statement. I quote:
“I make no pretense of having
all the facts, or any of them.
—Oswald LoWinier
Instructor in English
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