Cbe Gomentan MORAVIAN COLLEGE STUDENT WEEKLY Volume LXVII Bethlehem, Pa., Friday, February 28, 1964 Number 5 "If you wish to appear The Age of Overkill agreeable in society you College Concert Series must consent to be taught many things which you Features Shirley Trio know already."—Lavater. Lerner Airs Problems The Don Shirley Trio will be the final attraction of the current "The things taught in Bethlehem Community Concert Association—Moravian College schools and colleges are not of Modern an means Democracy Concert Series. education, but the of education."—Emerson by Tom Vadasz The Trio will appear on Saturday, March 7 at 8:30 p.m. in Johnston Hall. It consists of Don Max Lerner, distinguished journalist and historian, lectured in Pros¬ Shirley at the piano, Donald An¬ ser Auditorium on Thursday, February 20. His topic was "Responsible derson, cello and Kenneth Frick- Citizenship in a Democratic Society." er, bass. Lerner said responsible citizenship depends on an integration of The music of Don Shirley and thoughts and action. the trio cannot be categorized as We live in a period of acceleration. The total amount of knowledge being representative of any par¬ tends to double every ten years. We must keep pace with this acceler¬ ticular style or idiom. Their reper¬ ation. Thinking, that is, our social and educational systems, must par¬ toire consists of classical, popu¬ allel new developments. Responsible citizenship, Lerner said, must not lar, folk, jazz and modern works. permit stagnation. It includes seventeen best selling New records, three of which have sold weapons have made many concepts obsolete. A nation can no use the force at its command to achieve its ends. We now over a million and a half copies longer all each. have more power than we dare use. The only way a nation can pre¬ Born in Kingston, Jamaica, serve its sovereignty is to pool it with others. The nation which acts where he received his early train¬ without regard to others will be alienated and thus powerless. ing from his mother, Shirley stud¬ A basis of responsible citizenship is not to exclude facts, but to ac¬ ied theory at the Leningrad Con¬ cept them. We cannot delude ourselves as to their reality. servatory of Music at age nine. Force, however, cannot be entirely disregarded. Sometimes force is Later studies included working necessary, but at other times, it is useless. At such times, only ideas with organist, Conrad Bernier will suffice. Mr. Lerner feels that a proper combination of force and and Dr. Thaddeus Jones, of Cath¬ ideas is a necessity. olic University, Washington, D.C., Another aspect of responsible citizenship is the concept of possibil¬ on advanced composition. ity. We must realize the possibility of terror. What is unthinkable is Don Shirley made his American not impossible. Because nuclear war is unthinkable, it is not necessarily Debut with the Boston Pops Or¬ impossible. The possibility of terror is not excluded from the future. chestra in 1945 and the follow¬ The possible, however, is not the inevitable. Politics is possibility. ing year had his first major com¬ It is a dialogue between the people and their leaders. position performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. While we have the means to produce terror, we also have the means to solve what Lerner calls the "idiot" A musician and composer, Don problems of poverty, disease, and ignorance. Shirley also holds a PhD. in psy¬ chology which he earned with Phi The future will not be determined by the weapons. We are engaged Beta Kappa honors. Other schol¬ in an intelligence race, not a weapons race. Our capacity to develop arly pursuits include a knowledge in our own society is most important. of most of the Middle Eastern For Americans, there are three aspects of responsible citizenship. languages, the ability to read the The first is what Lerner calls clan. America must be willing to con¬ Koran in its original Arabic and tinue its struggle to better mankind. The second aspect is the problem a study of Liturgical Arts. His of access. Everyone must be permitted to develop as far and as fast work on Ambrosian and Gregor¬ as possible. ian chants qualifies him as one of the few experts in the field. Thirdly, is the problem of ethos. Lerner questions whether America It was while teaching at the has the right values. He feels that we must ask ourselves how we can University of Chicago, that Dr. develop our capabilities, not what's in it for us. returned to the field of Shirley Without the elements of clan, access, and ethos there can be no music which he had abandoned democracy. Referring to a statement made by Adlai Stevenson, Lerner for his studies. Following a series said that if we do not maintain democracy other and bloodier hands of widely publicized killings, Dr. than ours will grasp the future. Shirley was awarded a grant from a national psychological associa¬ tion to study the alledged music- crime relationship, because of "an Alumni Serve uninformed attempt to link much Max Lerner appears in Prosser Auditorium as First of the rampant delinquency with Speaker of the current series on Modern Democracy. the stimulus of certain types of As music." Representatives Using an unusual approach in New Officers Chosen Three hundred Alumni of Moravian his research, Don Shirley devised College have volunteered a number of musical arrangements to serve as Class Representatives in the forthcoming Alumni An¬ offering various combinations of nual Giving Fund campaign which will have its "kick-off" at a keys, chord progressions and of WRMC at Opens New luncheon 12:30 p.m. tomorrow in the College Union Building. varying dynamics. He performed Bethlehem Attorney, Alfred T. these arrangements in a small William, Jr. '52 has been named nell, a former resident of Bethle¬ Chicago club, and, with the as¬ Chairman of the C3 - 64 Annual Broadcasting Season hem, is presently practicing in sistance of some of his students, Campus radio station WRMC began its regularly scheduled Fund. New York. studied scientifically the reactions On the committee assisting him programming for the on and responses of the audiences. Spring Semester 1 964 Monday, Feb. 24. Matching Grants, gifts which is Roy D. Hassler '15, dean emer¬ A new format and a longer broadcast day are featured by the are equalled by the The popular response to the itus of the college, who is Chair¬ Company em¬ experiment new WRMC. ploying the donor, will be in the finally brought about man of the newly organized his At 3 charge of Richard L. Frey '61 of appearance in New York and P.M., Monday through Fri¬ be broadcast twice weekly from "Founders Society." Membership Don day, "Big-Mouth Bill Adams" is Bethlehem. Shirley returned to the world 10-12 o'clock midnight on Tues¬ in the "Founders Society" will be of music. on the air with the top sounds days and Thursdays. Van Lee, given in recognition of the receipt As in the past, the first funds in the nation. From 4-12 A serious composer, Shirley has P.M., who will host the Tuesday edition of a gift of $100 or more. raised by the Alumni will be used middle of the road music is fea¬ written symphonies performed by of the show, will accept telephone Also on the Fund Committee to match the amount provided by tured. This includes the Philadelphia Orchestra and light jazz, calls from any student who has is Attorney Hugh P. Connell '53, student fees for use against the folk, the New York Philharmonic, and big band, and mood music. a topic of general interest to who is serving as Chairman of indebtedness of the College Un¬ Some show tunes and has to his credit four "organ sym¬ movie discuss. the "Comenius Club," another ion. The balance will be devoted themes are also aired. phonies," numerous pieces for Our phone lines will be con¬ new group which has been form¬ to capital improvement and ex¬ the piano, two string quartets and Beginning this semester, a new nected to our transmitter at these ed to give recognition to those pansion of the facilities of the a piano concerto. program Comment Moravian, will (Cont. on p. 2, col. 3) who donate $50 or more. Con¬ college. February 28, 1964 Page 2 THE COMENIAN WRMC . Chuck (Cont. from p. 1, col. 2) Short Berry Makin' Merry times so the students may be by Ron dePaolo heard on the air. Listen to WRMC Most of us are familiar with Shelley Berman's fun game called nos- Kids' values have changed alarmingly in the past few years, and I, at these times and make your talgics—you know—that's when he says something like "skate-key" for one, don't like the new substitutes. comment or "I'll trade by calling WRMC at you a Batman for a Captain Marvel" and you're supposed When I was 7 or 8 in New York City, my actions were shaped by 868-6229. to break up with sentimental tears of your childhood while you're count¬ certain institutions and events that demanded complete loyalty and WRMC also presents NBC News ing your grey hairs. dedication—both perverted at times by over-enthusiasm. For instance on the hour immediately follow¬ While watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan "Shoe" the other we used to swipe spikes from the Long Island Railroad to sell in the ed by the local weather report night, a similar occurence happened to me. The whole thing goes some¬ Cub Scout scrap drive. That a few of these precious ingots were pried from the Allentown - Bethlehem - thing like this.