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· TODA,Y, EDITORIALLY TODAY. INSIDE • bperimental College e Studer.t Legislature e Theater Review e CU Film Series • Beards ntt e Viewing The Deaca * An All A_merican Newspaper ·-------------- -----·--··-------·--····.. ·------\----·----* ---- --- --· -·-·----- ... ---·---------------·----·---------- VOLUME LDI -----------------·-*__ c ___________ Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North carollua, Monday, Dec. 4, 1967 * * * NUMBER 1Z C9ntemporary-Minded College Planned Here An Expe1·imental College with 30 cours has clas~s meeting for two hours a es and an enrollment of approximately Her plan was endorsed by the Legisla week, either from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. ture Nov. 15. Vice-president Jerry Baker 400 stooents is expected to begin here 'l'uesday, Wednesday, Thursday, (}r Sun next semester. _ and curriculwn committee chairman ~ay, and from 2 ·p. m. to 4 p. m. Satur Chuck Alexander have helped Miss The college will feature a curriculum oay or Sunday. 1\iurdoch in contacting prospective pro of CO'Illtemporary and controversial sfll· fessors. dies, such racial prejudice and medi Classroom use will be limited, Miss as Murdoch said. Most of the sessions will cal ethics, and instructional courses, Definite course descriptions with in· such as ty·ping, judo, and art. ~e in ~omen's dorn1itory parlors, and structors will be released soon, Miss tratermty and residence house lounges. l\f:urdoch said. Registration will be dur· Benefits of the new college will be "an ing regular University registration in escape from the qpr race," more semi· Class enrollment will be limited to six to fifteen students, except in several in· February. CARLOS MONTOYA nar courses, and an expanded curriculum structional courses, such as typing. Already several professors have agreed World Famous Guitarist with emphasis on contemporary affairs, its director said this weekend. Miss Murdach, who has been consider to teach. Among ·these are Dr. Perceival ing the Experimental College for over Perry and Dr. Richard Sears, team Carlos Montoya New Idea a year, has the backing of the Legisla teaching in a cour~ on International The Experimental College idea is a ture, the Men's Residence Council, and Political Power Today: How to Prevent re~atively new one, with only a few tl:e Women's Government Association. (COntinued on Page 5) 1"'o Give Concert universi-ties in the country having such programs. Among them are the Uni versity of Southern California at Berke 'fhursday Night ley, San F-rancisco State, Brown, Prince Anonymous Friend Gives ton, and Dartmouth. Oarlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist, .The only Experimental College in the will appear in a College Union concert South at present is at the University of $100,000 For Stadium in Wai:t Chapel11hursday at 8:15 p. m. North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Montoya has 'won fame through per The program here will be open also Former Gov. Ter-ry Sanfard, chairman for ·construction and attempting to raise fomJances in Europe, the Orient, the to students at Salem, Winston-Salem of a campaign to raise $72 rni:l1ion for the vemainder. Officials s·aid: Saturday United States and Canada. State, and the School of the Arts. the University, announced Saturday that that Vhey still need to raise at least He is also known for his numerous re Students will -receive no credit for the a $100,000 gift had been made fbr the $350,000 to fully fina-nce the 31,000-seat cor·dings. Montoya is the most re-corded eight-week caurses, although director university's new football stadium. facility. fl-amenco artist in history. Norma Murdoch plans to ask the Uni Sanford said llhe donor asked to re '"The gift comes at a good time," He has been praised particularly far versity to incorporate the Experimental main anonymous. Sanford did, however, Sanford said, "and I t-hink it will make his adv;mced technique, his flair for College into the regular cu,rriculum next credit Bert Bennett of Winston-Salem -PHOTO BY McNEil.&. year on a pass-fail basis. it e-asier to raise other funds we need. A PASSIONATE EMBRACE ... is portrayed vividly by Ted Boushy and Linda creative innova,tion and his varied re wi·~lh doing muoh of t.he work involved in Certainly ail of us connected with the ' pertoire. obtaining -the gitft. Bennett is chairman Jones in the University Theater's current production of John Osborne's "Look Tuition Free stadium drive and with the overall Back in Anger." The play opened last week and will run Thursday through Satw Montoya creates as he plays. All his of a drive to raise funds for the sta campaign for Wake Forest are grate numbers are his! own compositions, bas Miss Murdoch, a junior legislature of dium. Its coot has been estimated at ful for the gift." day nights. See review page 5. ed on tthe Spani~h gypsy tradiltion. Macon, Ga., said the new college would $3.6 minion but it is expected to be University President James Ralph Although he never plays one of his be tuition-free, except for specialized in nea·rer $4 million. structional courses, such as sewing and Scales said· the gift "is gratifying evi arrangements wi.thou,t some innovation, The University is borr-owing $2 millian dence of the resurgence of the foo-tball Montoya has had several of his pieces art, where nominal fees will be charged. Tentative plans call for a low tuition program and the faith of Wake Forest Cooper Says Details published in an effMt to preserve rome f-riends in the ~~tadium project." of his unique fl-amenco music. of approximately $5 a course to be In January, 1966 his "Suite Fla charged to non-University students. Yearns To Go Canstruotion on ·the stadium, which i;, menca," a compo:;d·tion :lior guitar and Miss Murdoch met with University located near the campus, began in June, Bog Down Legislature archestra, had its world premiere with Provost Ed'W'in G. Wilson Saturday to 196G, and will be com.ple,ted late in the the S.t. Louis Symphony. It has rereiv('d discuss tl!e Experimental College. Al To Calcutta On fummer of 1968. tt.ough she hopes to get support from By J. D. WILSON Conference to depressions in sidewalks. highly complimentary reviews. The s,tadium drive, which has been ASSOCIATE EDITOR Two of the major bills have dealt with The first flamenco guitarist -to perform Univer~ity officials, the new -college does plagued by lagging donations, was step not . h,3ve _to be approved by the Uni-. constitutional reform, one of which in· a· solo concert, Montoya has been ac .ped. tt;J tJhi;<; fall by a thr~point prog:ra1b The current session of the Legislatur~ Vt;!i'siif.' ~f-~right Grant called for a camplete revision. The other cbimed by many critics. The New York directed by Henry Ga-rrity, director ()f is more than hdlf over, but President Cooper hopes half its work isn't. bill proposed a -student referendum to Herald Tribune once called him " a mas She said the new concept of education Dr. Wilfred Buck Yearns Jr., profes alumni and1 development. make judicial elections non-partisan. ter performer; a unique, exciting sta-r." here wauld attempt to "supplement the Although appraximately 20 bills have sor of history at the University, has been The stepped-up drive included asking Born in Madrid, Montoy-a is a Spanish University curriculum, not competing or awamed a Fulbright Lectures·hip at been acted on by the lawmakers, Cooper · No Vote Yet gypsy. He became known -tJhrough out overlapping." those who ·had made pledges for three isn't satisfied. In an interview last week Jadavpur University in Ca-l,cutta, India. The judicial reform hlll, which was Spain at ifhe age of 14 for his perfor Most of the professors for the courses years to increase th-em to fou,r yea-rs. Cooper !:aid the Legislature is bogged cD.nvassing introduced to -the Legislature May 10, mances ·with the "Ouardos Flamencos" will come from the undergraduate facul During the nine-month term he will the 76 per cent of the alum, down with petty matters. lecture in Arn~rican history and will ni who had· mad·e no contribudons, and Other ailments of the floundering Leg has not been voted on by the student when flamenco music was at the height ty, although a few at Bowman Gray body yet, although a chapel vote was of its popularity. School of Medicine will participate. Sev help ·the university to start a Ph.D.. pro asking th-ose who had made a r-ift to the i! lature are financial lirnitatians, lack drive to make additional donations. expected in October. He accompanied dancers induding La eral of the instructors will be towns !fl'a:rn in American history. of power, time and manpower, accord Argentina, Vicente Escudero and Argen people, Miss Murdoch said. The basic purpos-e of the Fulbright One major problem of the whole sta ing to the President. Bill Overman, chairman of the Judicial tinita for several years before his debut program is to increase mutual under dium drive was the lack of large gi:fts. Board, spoke to the Legislature Sept. 27, Classes will meet once a week for The Legislature, which has met seven asking immediate action on the proposal. as a concert artist. standing between people of the United Prior to the $100,000 gift announced times, has considered matters ranging eight weeks. A tentative class schedule Overman agreed to talk with the Presi· States and the people of foreign coun Saturd·ay, the largest had' been $20,000. from the Sauratown Mountain Summit dent of the College Union to see if judi tries -throogh an ex:change of students, cial elections could be held with spring teachers, lecturers and res-earch schol aT'S.