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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington University Publications at Digital Commons@Becker. It has been accepted for inclusion in Washington University Record by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Becker. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Published For The Washington University Community April 28,1977 Roughage To Lighten Black Honors Students Campus Literary Diet To Be Recognized With Humor, Satire At Awards Program A new humor and literary magazine Six WU students will receive special will be sold on campus, starting Mon- honors at the Sixth Annual Black day. It's called Roughage, a name Honors and Awards Program to be coined by Philip Birsh, a business held Sunday, May 1, at 5 p.m. in the school freshman who's the publisher Cheshire Inn, 6306 Clayton Road. and editor-in-chief. Jack Kirkland, Missouri Director of "We were sitting around trying to Transportation and WU associate come up with a name and I finally said professor of Black Studies and social roughage. Our cover shows a girl work, will be the speaker. The honors holding two cabbages," he said. program is sponsored by the black The idea for the magazine was faculty and staff of WU, the Black Birsh's. "There was no humor Studies Program and Special Educa- magazine on campus," he said. "That tional Services. got me thinking that we should have Special award winners are: Gregory one. I put up some posters asking if Bruce Freeman, junior, the William E. anyone was interested, and the B. Dubois Award, for the ability to response was overwhelming." motivate students while maintaining a Birsh, who already has quite a Jim Kettlekamp high level of scholarship; Laverne background in publishing, said the WU senior Barbara Dean created this satiny Elaine Proctor, senior, the Francois first issue will be 20 pages and its size lounging outfit. Toussaint L'Overture Award, for con- will be 8'/2 by 11 inches. The publica- tinuous voluntary assistance to the tion will sell for 25 cents. It was Original Designs On Parade black community; Claretta McDaniel, financed by Student Union and At Fine Arts Fashion Show senior, the Frederick Douglass Congress of the South Forty. Poplin rainwear splashed with vivid Award, for promoting cultural under- "I've been publishing things ever hues, sundresses dashed with flowers, standing between black students and (continued on page 3) and sleek swimwear are among the other segments of the University com- original designs by students in WU's munity. Ronnie Edward Dixon, School of Fine Arts Fashion Design senior, the Carter G. Woodson Award Department that will be modeled for original research into black Wed., May 4, at 8 p.m. in Edison culture; Geraldine Cole, senior, the Theatre. The fashion show will be Paul Robeson Award, for diverse and coordinated by Stix, Baer and Fuller, consistent performance in the arts and with Stix assistant fashion director humanities contributing to the ap- Hank Waeckerle directing the produc- preciation of black cultural heritage; tion. and Steven C. Roberts, a third-year Invitations to the fashion show and law student, the Mary McLeod a champagne gala following the event, Bethune Award for leadership and have been issued by Chancellor and scholastic achievement. Mrs. William H. Danforth, the Eleven students will receive the Women's Society of Washington Patrice Lumumba Award for University (WSWU) and Mr. and academic excellence in their major Mrs. J. Arthur Baer II. Tickets for the fields, and 35 students will receive the show and the wine and cheese recep- Black Scholar Award for general tion, both open to the public, are $7 academic achievement. each. Tickets for the show only are $3 The Society of Black Engineers will each. also present awards to the following Checks, payable to WU, may be students: Nolan J. Millet, Jr., out- mailed to the Women's Society of standing freshman scholar; Marzell Washington University, Box 1209, St. Ernest Dixon, outstanding senior Richard /V. Levine Joseph Rosenblum (left), production editor of Louis, Mo. 63130. Reserved tickets scholar; Kim M. Jefferson, junior, Roughage, and Philip Birsh, publisher and editor- will be held at the door the night of the most outstanding contribution to the in-chief, go over proofs and pictures for their new show. Tickets may also be purchased Society; and Deborah M. Archer, humor and literary magazine. (continued on page 3) (continued on page 3) Interns In Management Course Receive Blumenfeld To Receive Prize For Contribution To Music Valuable On-the-Job Business Experience Harold Blumenfeld, composer and WU professor of music, will be honored with a $3000 award in recognition of his creative work in music by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, it was announced today. The award also entitles him to record one of his works with Composers' Recording, Inc. Blumenfeld and fellow composers George Perle, Paul Cooper and Paul Lansky will be presented with the awards at the Academy-Institute's annual ceremonies on May 18 in New York. Blumenfeld will join 126 composers who have received the award since its inception in 1941. Many past award winners have been elected later to the prestigious 40-member Department of Music of the Academy-Institute, wide- ly considered the highest formal recognition of artistic merit in the

Richard N. Levine country. Jim Weinberg, WU senior, tells management class about his job as administrative assistant in a training Blumenfeld, who attended Eastman program with E. F. Hutton and Co. Professor J. George Robinson takes notes at left. School of Music, Yale University and Zurich University and Conservatory, G. Faye Tucker, student personnel "Personally," Ray said, "I use the has been a member of the Department manager of the Bear's Den, told the class as an opportunity to assess my of Music faculty since 1950. A founder class of Management 499 what her need for graduate studies. I do my of the nationally acclaimed WU Opera duties were. "I do the paper work that papers very carefully. And, when I Studio, Blumenfeld also served for the supervisor doesn't want to do. made my oral presentation, I dressed several years as musical director of the Also, I train cashiers. I don't do the up with a tie and sportcoat." St. Louis Opera Theatre. His composi- hiring or the firing, but I do have to He also said that the class gives him tions have been performed by the St. line up somebody when an employe a greater understanding of manage- Louis Symphony Orchestra, the calls in sick." ment. "I hear from other students Clarion Quintet, guitarist Michael Management 499 is a three-hour about their management experiences, Smith and the WU Madrigal Singers. course, given by the School of and I relate them to my management His "Eroscapes," a work for soprano Business, in which students intern at experience." and eight instruments, will be jobs. They give an oral presentation as Jim Weinberg volunteered to work premiered by Arthur Weisburg and Faye was doing and they prepare a for E. F. Hutton and Company. He the Contemporary Chamber Ensem- diary of what happens on the job. told his boss Gary Shaw, vice presi- ble on May 2 in New York. After their presentation, the stu- dent and general manager, that he The National Institute of Arts and dents are questioned by their peers wanted to learn about the stock Letters and its young affiliate, the and the class instructor, J. George broker business. "If I had asked for a American Academy, merged last Robinson, professor of marketing. paying job, I wouldn't have got it, and December. The combined Academy- Faye likes the internship program. I wouldn't have had the experience Institute, which retains its Congres- "It lets me try out the theories I learn I've had with this firm," Jim said. sional charter, will present awards in class in a real business situation," One of the things he did was to line totalling $130,000 this year to out- she pointed out. "I also learn from the up people in the next building to standing artists in music composition, other students what their jobs are all attend luncheon meetings where the literature and the fine arts. The May about. I pick up a lot from the oral brokers could give their stock-selling 18 ceremonial will include induction presentations." pitches. "I did everything myself," he of new members to the Academy and Another student, Ray Granberry, said. "It was quite an experience." to the Institute as well as the presenta- who is a rent collector among other Evaluating Weinberg's job per- tion of special honors, including the occupations at Jeff-Vander Lou Hous- formance, Shaw said, "I'm impressed National Book Awards. ing Corp., said, "I feel that as a stu- at what Jim has done for us. In addi- dent I've been given a lot of respon- tion to the luncheon meetings, he put management course has been helpful sibility. I'm surprised that I've done so together an advertising package for a to the students, but, he points out, well, but I've worked hard at it and series of public forums we intend to "it's also helpful to the employer. believe I've made a good contribution sponsor. He figured our cost in this What happens is the employers get the to the company." program down to the last penny. I'm youthful enthusiasm of our students He said that Professor Robinson afraid too many people don't know and our students get needed job makes the class interesting. "He what a brokerage office is like. Jim has experience. As a result, when the stu- involves us in everything," he said. acquired some good experience, and if dents graduate, they've had some "He also urges us to find jobs that will he continues in this business, he'll actual experience and aren't so green challenge us and not just take know what to expect." when they take their first job." anything that comes along." Professor Robinson is glad the (King McElroy) ANNOUNCEMENTS RECOGNITIONS Roughage (continued from page I) THE 1978-79 COMPETITION for STEPHEN H. LOCKHART, WU's since I was a child," Birsh said. "My grants for graduate study or research Rhodes Scholar, will be featured in a father is the publisher of Playbill abroad in academic fields and for local television program called "Eye Magazine, a theatrical publication in professional training in the creative on St. Louis" on Sun., May 1, on New York City." and performing arts will open May 1. KMOX-TV. The program is on at 11 Birsh has published a cookbook, Approximately 550 awards to 50 a.m. After just three years of study, science booklets, theatre programs for countries will be available. These Lockhart will graduate from WU this summer stock companies and theatre grants are provided under the terms of spring with a bachelor's degree in programs for the Performing Arts the Mutual Educational and Cultural mathematics at the age of 18. Area. Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright- Some of the features to look for in Hays Act) and by foreign govern- CAROL F. W. SMITH, first-year the opening issue of Roughage are a ments, universities and private donors. graduate student in sociology, was profile of Aaron Shatzman, an assis- Applicants must be United States awarded first prize in the Ernest W. tant dean in the College of Arts and citizens at the time of application. Burgess Graduate Student Paper Sciences, a humorous review by a They must, in most cases, hold a Competition at the Midwest faculty member of one of Robert bachelor's degree and be proficient in Sociological Society Meeting, which Frost's poems and a history of psy- the language of the host country. was held in Minneapolis in mid-April. chological experiments. Creative and performing artists are Smith won for her paper, "Competing Birsh said about 100 students and not required to have a degree, but they Goals and Penal Conflict in the Legal faculty members helped him put out must have four years of professional Arena." the first issue. "I didn't want to be the or equivalent experience. The deadline editor-in-chief, but they forced me to for applications is Oct. 14, 1977. do it," he added. Further information and application Designs Birsh said that layout was not one materials may be obtained from Ken- (continued from page I) of his strengths. It was done by Joseph neth Rogers, director of the Inter- at the Edison Theatre Box Office, 863- Rosenblum, a WU junior. "Jo- national Office, Stix International seph was editor-in-chief of a high 3160. House, Monday through Friday, 9 school paper that was judged to be in Officially entitled "The Friends of a.m. to 5 p.m. the top ten in the nation," Birsh said. Fashion Showing, 1977," this year's Birsh pointed out that there is a lot show marks the 43rd year that original THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION of of hidden talent on the WU campus. junior and senior designs have been WU's George Warren Brown School "I had to wrestle with some writers to previewed for the St. Louis public. of Social Work will hold a Continuing get their articles into print, especially Highlighting the event will be the Education Institute at its annual re- the humorous and satiric pieces. The presentation of WU and Stix, Baer union on May 13. For the first time, writers didn't think their creations the day-long reunion will emphasize and Fuller's Golden Award for were good enough." continuing education in the social Fashion Excellence to an outstanding "Our big job is to establish American fashion designer. The name work profession. All workshop leaders credibility," he said. "Then, we can of the annual recipient will be dis- are either alumni of the School or publish two or more issues next year." closed the evening of the fashion faculty members. Registration is at He hopes that more faculty show. 8:30 a.m. on May 13 in Brown Hall. members will contribute to the Fashion design students worked The fee for Alumni Association magazine, and that it will be a "unify- with noted local and national members is $20 and $25 for non- ing force between faculty and students manufacturers and designers to turn members. The fee for social work stu- on the campus." dents is $15. Members of the School's out the one-of-a-kind, all-occasion (King McElroy) Century Club may attend without creations. Various companies donated charge. All fees include lunch. For fabrics to the department, while further information, call 863-0100, established designers guided students Honors (continued from page I) ext. 4265. by critiquing sketches. freshman, in appreciation for her A TOUR, sponsored by WU's committment to the Society. All win- School of Continuing Education on ners are students in the School of Tues., May 24, will give area residents Engineering. an opportunity to view the only Admission to the banquet and American showing of a special exhibit awards ceremony is $2 for WU stu- of North American art at the Nelson dents and $5.75 for others. For reser- Gallery-Atkins Museum in Kansas vations, call Black Studies, ext. 4913, City. The 850 works in the exhibit or Special Educational Services, ext. trace native American art history 3166 before Friday, April 29. through countless centuries. The tour will leave WU at 8 a.m. and return at RICHARD YANG, associate 9:30 p.m. For information, call ext. professor of Chinese language and 4261. literature, will participate in a national conference sponsored by the Asian The WU Record is published weekly American Assembly for Policy at City during the academic year by the Infor- University of New York on Sat., April mation Office. Editor, Janet Kelley; Jim Keltlekamp 30. Professor Yang will discuss the calendar editor, Charlotte Boman. Junior Molly Fink's spring chapeau is modeled by United States' relations with the Address communications to Box 1142. senior Barbara Dean. Republic of China. $3.50; $2 for WU students. Tickets available at Edison Theatre Box FILMS Calendar Office. (Also Sat., April 30, 8 p.m., FRIDAY, APRIL 29 April 29-May 5 Edison.) 8 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Dr. 8 p.m. Performing Arts Area Student Zhivago," with Omar Sharif. Brown FRIDAY, APRIL29 Dance Concert. Mallinckrodt Center Hall Theatre. Admission $1.25. (Also 12 noon. WU Woman's Club Annual Dance Studio. (Also Sat., April 30, 8 Sat., April 30, 8 p.m. Brown; and Spring Luncheon. Business meeting, p.m. Mallinckrodt; and Sun., May 1, 8 Sun., May 1, 8 p.m., Wohl Center line election of officers. Breckenridge Inn, p.m., Mallinckrodt.) D.) Spanish Pavilion. Call 863-7482 for WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 further information. 12 midnight. WU Filmboard Series, 8 p.m. School of Fine Arts 43rd Annual "The Fortune Cookie," with Jack 1:30 p.m. Departments of Surgery, Fashion Show, featuring over 75 Lemmon. Brown Hall Theatre. Mechanical Engineering and Bio- designs by 16 upperclass students in Admission $1. (Also Sat., April 30, medical Engineering Program Semi- fashion design. A champagne and midnight, Brown.) nar, "Prosthetic Heart Valve Design cheese gala will follow the show. and Performance," J. T. M. Wright, Edison Theatre. Admission $3 for the TUESDAY, MAY 3 prof, of bio-engineering, U. of Liver- show only, $7 for the show and recep- 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard pool, England. 100 Cupples II. tion. Tickets available at Edison Series, "Take the Money and Run." 4 p.m. Faculty of Arts and Sciences Theatre Box Office, or by mailing Brown Hall Theatre. Admission $1. Meeting. 201 Crow. checks, payable to Washington WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 University, to the Women's Society of SATURDAY, APRIL 30 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard WU, Box 1209, St. Louis, Mo. 63130. 11 a.m. Campus Y Cabinet "New Series, "Face to Face," directed by Coordinated by Stix, Baer and Fuller. Games Day," featuring games from Ingmar Bergman. Brown Hall Stewart Brand's book, The New The reception is sponsored by the Theatre. Admission $1.25. (Also Women's Society of Washington Games Book. South-40 Swamp. Par- Thurs., May 5, same times, Brown.) ticipants should come attired in old University. clothing. MUSIC EXHIBITIONS MONDAY, MAY 2 11 a.m. Department of Civil Engineer- FRIDAY, APRIL 29 "School of Fine Arts Master of Fine ing Seminar, "A Civil Engineer Visits 8 p.m. WU Civic Chorus and University Arts Thesis Exhibit," including sculp- Japan, November-December, 1976," Choir Concert, Orland Johnson, direc- ture, printmaking, painting and mul- T.V. Galambos, chairman, WU tor. Works by Britten, Palestrina, timedia. Steinberg Gallery. 9 a.m.-5 Department of Civil Engineering. 100 Brahms and Thompson. Graham p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.; 1- Cupples II. Chapel. 5 p.m. Sun. Through May 4. 2:30 p.m. Biomedical Engineering SATURDAY, APRIL 30 "School of Fine Arts First Year Program Seminar, "Study of Malig- 8 p.m. WU Madrigal Singers Concert, Graduate Student Exhibit: Painting." nant Cancer Cells Exposed to High Orland Johnson, director. Soloists Shoenberg Gallery, Mallinckrodt Intensity Laser Radiation," Hollace Dawn Burton, soprano, Susan Deich, Center. 9 a.m.-12 midnight, Mon.- Cox, WU prof, of radiology. 405 mezzo, and Janet Krupnik, soprano. Sat.; 12 noon-12 midnight, Sun. Bryan. Graham Chapel. Through May 20. SUNDAY, MAY 1 4 p.m. Cancer Center Forum, "Repair "First Books," a chronological selec- of DNA-Damage Induced by Ultra- 1 p.m. Quad Concert, with the "New Riders of the Purple Sage," the "Fly- tion of literary debuts by important violet Radiation and Chemical Car- figures in British and American cinogens in Cultured Mammalian ing Burrito Brothers" and folk singer Steve Goodman. WU Quadrangle. literature, 1782-1960. From the Rare Cells," Michael Lieberman, WU Book Department Collection. Olin assoc. prof, of pathology. Erlanger Advance admission $6.50; $4.50 for WU students with a SU card. $7.50 at Library, level 5. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Auditorium, McDonnell Sciences Mon.-Fri. Through June 30. Bldg., 4565 McKinley. Refreshments gate. Advance tickets available at at 3:30 p.m. Edison Theatre Box Office. "Fashion Design of the 19th Century," 4:30 p.m. Annual Army ROTC Spring 8 p.m. Department of Music Faculty an exhibit of hand-colored fashion Awards Ceremony. Francis Field. Voice Recital, Edmund LeRoy, plates taken from 19th century books and periodicals showing European THURSDAY, MAY 5 baritone. Works by Dowland, Faure, Poulenc, Foster and Sousa. Kirt fashion design of that century. Also on 12 noon. Very Interesting Women Pavitt, instructor of music, will be the display will be costume books Series, with past speakers and piano accompaniest. Steinberg illustrating 19th century folk and representatives from the WU Place- Auditorium. nationalistic dress from around the ment Office. Women's Bldg. Lounge. MONDAY, MAY 2 world. From the Fashion Design Col- 4 p.m. Department of Chemistry Joseph lection, Art and Architecture Library. W. Kennedy Memorial Lecture, "Some 4 p.m. Department of Music Student Recital. Graham Chapel. Olin Library, level 3. 8 a.m.-12 mid- Aspects of Chain Molecule Dynam- night daily. Through April 30. ics," Walter H. Stockmayer, prof, of TUESDAY, MAY 3 chemistry, Dartmouth Col., N.H. 458 8 p.m. Department of Music Graduate GREGG MAYER, WU assistant Louderman. Conducting Recital, Patrick Railsback. professor of dance, and David Hadas, PERFORMING ARTS Works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn WU associate professor of English, and Stravinsky. Graham Chapel. performed at the Peace in the Arts FRIDAY, APRIL 29 benefit held in Clayton by the Peace 8 p.m. Academic Committee Presenta- THURSDAY, MAY 5 Research Lab Friday, April 15. Mayer tion, "The Proposition," an 8 p.m. Department of Music performed her own choreography to improvisational theatrical and musical Undergraduate Viola Recital, Kristin Biblical selections read in English and revue. Edison Theatre. Admission Robertson, soloist. Graham Chapel. Hebrew by Hadas.