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Paul D. Hagstrum, Publisher
Charles E. Cuneo,Managing Editor
John L. Geesman, Managing Editor
Matthew A. Coles, Editorial Editor
Frederick Y. Crall, Executive Editor
Donald R. Letourneau, Executive Editor
Michael C. Spencer, Executive Editor
I. Randall Yates, Sports Editor
Albert F. Shomash, Production Manager
Robert S. Steinbaum, Associate Business Manager
Edward N. Maurer, Circulation-Subscription Manager
Dixie J. Terrell, Photography Editor
Craig Johnson, Associate Editorial Editor; David Moore, Chief
Photographer; Molly Cox, Chief Staff Writer; Walter Frisch, Fine
Arts Editor; Bill Brennon, Drama Editor; Robert Katxenstein,
Assistant Business Manager; James Grumboch Finance Manager;
Kerry Bloomingdale, Charles Coles, Charles Halasx, Use Goldberg,
News Editors; David Kusnet, City Editor.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 1972
News:
Kerry Bloomingdale
Sports:
Randy Yates
Photography:
MarkMandell
CopyEditors: The CrackMonday Night CopyEdit Team
Night Editors: Jim Liebman. John Peirce, John Yandell
Contributors:... SteveCharnovitz, Michael Denner. Edwin Games.
Chris Smith, EH Spielman, Hayden Trubitt
How to get sick without trying
By JEFF GOLDFARB
February was a good month to
get sick in. I recommend it for
March. When campus activities
lag and last Sunday's "Nancy"
strip seems to have more intellectual
content than your
textbooks, getting flat-on-yourback
ill is a handy way to relax
and brick it all without the
normal guilt stigmas. The initial
expense is small-aspirin, the
miracle drug of New Haven, is
fai.ly cheap, and cough drops
cost even less.
The first step, of course, is to
pick a disease and then catch it.
If you're really fed up with the
semester, there is always
mononucleosis, but for a brief
respite, a stomach virus, head
cold, or throat infection will
provide all the ugly germs you'll
need. These can be picked up
anywhere-in the dining halls,
classrooms, mixers, and intimate
theatres on campus.
If your roommate is already
afflicted, ask him or her to
breathe on youawhile. If all else
fails, go to thenew Deapartment
of University Health building. It's
an all-day adventure, and if
you're not sick when you go in,
you will be when you leave.
Off The Record
While waiting to see a doctor,
you can catch up on the year's
mail,orread a Victorian novel or
two. There are valuable old
copies of "The New Yorker"
available, with remnants of
previous readers all over the
Bergdorf Goodman ads. Bring
sandwiches and cookies and fruit.
Wear comfortable clothing.
When you are finally ushered
into an examination cubicle,
there will be another wait, but
that gives you thechance toplay
with all the futuristic gadgets
imbedded in the walls. The new
DUH was designed by Stanley
Kubrick, and many scenes from
"Clockwork Orange" were
filmed right in the building. The
same genial warmth pervades
theplace that can be found in any
stall of the Cross Campus
Library.
You can judge how much time
youcan spendbedridden by what
the doctor prescribes. Two
aspirin entitles you to cut one
class. Up to eight aspirin and
liquids allows you a whole day
off.
More than eight aspirin,
liquids, and a penecillin
prescription can justify sloth for
a week. If you merit all of the
On His Majesty's Secret Service
The grading non-mystery
By MATT COLES
"Great Changes." we are told,
were proposed for the Vale
College grading system behind
closed doors Thursday night.
A proverbial "veil of secrecy"
surrounds the night's
proceedings. Members of the
Committee have taken to
ignoring their doorbells and
living in fear of the telephone.
Something, big it is easy to
surmise, must be up. Or is it?
It isn't really very difficult to
guess what the Course of Study
Committeehas been up to. After
all, they are a committee of Ihe
Vale faculty, and as such, are
more than likely lo address
themselves to that aspect of
grading which has the faculty
most upset. Something less than
spiritual divination is needed to
sec thai the increasingly high
percentage of high passes, more
than anything else, is disturbing
the scholars ḢighFail
The tragic fate of the high pass
has come to be described in
terms usually reserved for that
other favored quantity, the
dollar. It has been "devalued"
throughoveruse. It doesn't really
mean high pass atall anymore, it
means just pass, while the pass
above, plus orders to stay in bed,
you should have no qualms about
sleeping until Sprink Break.
Things to do while in bed
(provided you are alone and
feeling vaguely ill):
Sleeping: A good dose of flu
virus can set you humming like a
top for days on end. (The aspirin
will help this along.) Naps included,
youcanbring the total up
to 23 hours a day, with an hour
leftover for eating, preening, and
massaginglife back into the arm
you slept on.
Being delerious: This natural
"high" would be even more
pleasurable but for the bringdown
of blowing your nose every
so often. During clog-free
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gradehas come tosignify that the
student look Ihe exam li is a high
fail if you will.
There are only a couple of
things the Course of Study
Committee could possibly do to
remedy the situation. They could
goto an all-numbers system and
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eliminate the problem completely.
They won't though
because the faculty isn'l all that
energetic and the students would
raise hell about "returning lo the
stone age."
They could institute a pass-fail
system, but. they won't do thai
either because the pre-med, prelaw
and pre-graduate students
(and that's most of the student
body) would have an awful time
come junioryear,and the faculty
would raise hell about abolishing
standards completely.
One More Time
The easiest course to follow
would be Ihe traditional Vale
"variation on a theme" or more
of the same in a different
wrapper. In order tobreak up the
log jam at high pass, the committee
will probably insert one
more new grade into the old
system. It could be callled Low
Pass, or Low Honors, or Super
High Pass, or something entirely
new, it doesn'treally matter. Any
periods, though, you can babble
incoherently, fantasize to your
heart's content (make sure the
door is closed!), and even write
articles like this one.
Listening to the telephone: The
gentle lilt of the ringing in the
next room is an added pleasure
on topof theprimary satisfaction
of driving your friends crazy by
seemingly never being home.
Most people ring about six timesdiscover
the anal-retentives in
your peer group by finding out
later who rang 20 times, etc.
Eliciting Sympathy: Stumble
into the living room once in a
while and smile weakly at your
roommates. In a small, wheezing
voice,say thingslike: "What day
is it?" "What does food taste
like?" and "When is Chairman
Nixon coming back?"
Not doing anything at all: Lie
there,unableto sleep, too dizzy to
concentrate on anything, and
watch the books on your desk
loom large and multiply like
rabbits. Stareat thewall until the
poster hung two degrees out of
perpendicular drives you berserk.
And finally, wallow in your
ownphlegm and wonder if it was
really worth it tohave kissed that
girl on Saturday night.
of these would achieve the
desired result; a more even
distribution of grades, with a
small number of students
receiving the highest mark, the
majority split in the middle
designations and a respectable
number just above failing.
In effect, you may say, A.B.C-
D,F. In effect, yes, but not in
name. If the committee were to
change outright to the letter
system, they could be charged
with regression and the students
would have another excuse to
raise hell. The psychology is
much the same as that used by
Mr. Nixon when he called his
invasion of Cambodia an "incursion".
And, by grafting on to
Ihe old system, the committee
can continuetoinsist that there is
a substantive difference between
their proposal and the letter
system.
No Credit
Of course, public relations are
an unpredictable commodity and
just to make sure that the
students don't see through this,
clever contrivance, the committee
might give in to the long
standing clamour todrop the fail
grade and replace it with a "no
credit" designation.
If this is in fact all the Committee
has planned (emphasize
the subjunctive), then why, one
might justifiably ask, all the
secrecy? If one were cynical,
one might put it down to a latent
manifestation of professorial
James Bondism, but that would
be unfair. The Committee wants
tomake sure that the facultyhas
a chance to see the proposal in
print first hand before word
leaks out, so that thescholars can
be sure that it meets their objectionsto
the high pass problem.
Thentheywill have a chance to
muster that sense of Community
which they evoke, in Ken Mills'
words (remember Ken Mills?)
only when they fear student
opposition. Student opposition
probably won't be very strong, if
indeed there is any at all.
Of course, it is possible that the
Course of Study Committee has
something else entirely in mind,
and that its report will contain
revolutionary proposals and
radical new ideas. But don't
count on it.
Times change dept.
The current Great
Proletarian Cultural Revolution
is absolutely necessary and
most timely for consolidating
(he dictatorship of the
proletariat, preventing
capitalist restoration and
building socialism.
-ChairmanMao
Dave Mason: very enjoyable Headkeeper
Andrew Elkind
The Overlooked
jProfession.
It needs more skills,
offers more different
careeropportunities,
andprobably takes
more college grads
than anyomen
We have a man coming to your campus which describes exactly how modern
who can tell you a.great deal about insurance works. Why we need more
an opportunity-filled industry you BAs, BSs, BBAs and MBAs in
probably haven't considered yet. And administrative, analytical and sales
how your education fits in.
management positions to keep up with
Meaningfully. Whatever your major. the changes.
We're talking about insurance. A After you've read it, we think you
modern, sophisticated, fast-changing may want to see that /Etna man when
world that's a mainspring of the he's on campus. He'll be as truthful
economy. Today, it's one of the most with you as the book is.
stimulating areas of business there is. He's scheduled to be at your
Your placement office has an /Etna placement office
brochure titled "The Whole Truth"
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
and a JOBS-participatmg company.
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1972
LIFE & CASUALTY
On Thursday, March 2nd, an Officer
of Millen Industries will be at the
office of Dean Moritz, 105 Sterling
Sheffield, Strathcona Hall, to interview
serious candidates for
positions of permanent employment.
The opportunities available are in
factory management with fast
advancement into top management.
The candidate should have an outstanding
record of achievement.
Work experience is strongly desired.
Millen Industries is a multiplant
producer of paper and paperboard
products for both home and industrial
applications.
j our concern is people
PEANUTS
Headkeeper
Dave Mason
Blue ThumbBTS 34
Well, people, what we have
here is a new album by Dave
Mason, now on his own (again)
since splitting from Traffic
(again) after Welcome to the
Canteen. And despite apparent
contractual difficulties with Blue
Thumb records, Dave has once
again turned outa very enjoyable
album.
Both Mason's voice and his
music are filled with happiness
and easygoing fluidity. He
remains a very capable
songwriter. These qualities,
coupled with a band of highly
competent musicians and the
tasteful production of Mason and
Tommy LiPuma combine to
make Headkeeper a very
playable effort. It isnot an album
of overwhelming brilliance or
excitement, but it does come off
as a warm and satisfying
recording.
Side one highlights five new
songs by Dave Mason. All of the
songs are at least pretty goodtwo
of them are excellent.
Vintage Mason
The album opens with "To Be
Free," a gospel-like invocation to
joy in freedom:
"Searching for a feeling
Like the movement of the sea
Like a wheel within a wheel
Only man and woman see...
Take the time to be free."
On this cut and throughout the
album, Mark Jordan excels on
piano and organ. After two
verses, the keyboards and vocal
are joinedby drums, guitar and a
triumphant chorus. A wild
tambourine adds the perfect
touch, and the song rocks out
beautifully.
"In My Mind" is a very pretty
song, a gentle depiction of happiness
tinged with melancholy:
"And I'd like to lift you into
All the joy that's there to find
And I'd like to light the shadows
So you are no longer blind."
The instrumental backing,
reminiscent of that on Rod
Stewart's last album, combines
piano, mandolin and slide guitar
to produce a very mellifluous
sound.
The rest of the songs on side
one are all vintage Dave Mason,
and they're good, though not
exceptional. "Here We Go
Again" is a light number
featuring mandolin and percussion.
It reminds me of the
Hollies--I think Graham Nash
provides one of the accompanying
vocals."A Heartache,
A Shadow, A Lifetime" (a
Dave Mason title if ever there
was one) is also a pleasant song.
The title tune, "Headkeeper," is
possibly the weakest cut on the
album. It never quite settles into
a rock groove which would enable
it to exploit some of its exciting
hymniike possibilities. Mason
adds some nice licks on guitar,
but during the solo he seems
more interested in demonstrating
his speed than adding some
power to the song.
Troubadour
Side two was recorded live at
the Troubadour. At least that is
what the linernotes tell us. But if
it were not for the applause we
would never know. The band is
very tight, the recording and
mixing are excellent. This is one
of the best live recordings I've
ever heard.
I believe that "Pearly Queen"
is an old Jim Capaldi-Steve
Winwood composition, though
Mason receives credit for it on
this album. No matter. Mason's
vocal is good,though less stylized
than Winwood's on the original.
The instrumentation is outstanding.
Jordan provides some
very exciting organ playing and
Rick Jaeger's drumming is
equally superb, particularly
whenhe rides the cymbals during
the breaks. Mason adds an excellent
guitarsolo, thoughit lacks
the stereo effects of Traffic's
version. All in all, I think the song
holds together as a unified
composition much more than it
did for Traffic.
"Just a Song," "World in
Changes," and "Can't Stop
Worrying. Can't Stop Loving"
are all songs which appeared on
Mason's first album. Alone
Together. The instrumentation
has changed a bit and the sound
is, of necessity, a bit sparer, but
in each case the live version
equals or surpasses the studio
recording. I was particularly
impressedby theband's handling
of the rhythmic changes on
ROTC papers
To the Editors of the News:
Before this bewildering
campaign for restoring ROTC to
our midst goes much further, it
might be well to think about
creating a forum for the orderly
exchange of information and
considered opinion on the subject.This
did not seempossible to
do the last time around. Acase in
point: (he ROTC commanders
invited the Course of S.ludy
Committee to examine the official
teaching materials.I did so
and found some items richly
"World in Changes." On all three
cuts Mason's voice is nearly
identical to his own original.
"Feelin' Allright" is a tune
which Mason first recorded with
Traffic. Ironically, on this album
he leans toward Joe Cocker's
version, relyingheavily on piano
and percussion. Even so, he
domonstrates that although
Letters to the Editors
deserving of public
dissemination. But there turned
outto be no way to communicate
these excerpts from our local
Pentagon Papers to a wider
audience. They could not be
discussed in the Course of Study
Committee because that body
docs not examine and judge the
details of course content. When I
al lcm.pted lo bring them before
ihe Vale College faculty, I was
shouted down by a colleague, the
only timeI have ever seen such a
thing happen in any kind of
faculty deliberation. My effort to
bring them before Ihe general
meeting at the Ingalls Rink was
"Feelin' Allright" has been
frequently recorded, it still
remains his song. Mason's vocal
is excellent-looser and less
restrained than on the Traffic
version, but without theapparent
strain and effort of Cocker. The
result is aperfect ending to a fine
album.
Enjoy!
frustrated by the radicals' insistence
on "participatory
democracy," i.e., disciplined
small-group control of large
crowds. I thenwrote up the whole
business for the New Journal,but
ils editors judged, prematurely,
as it now appears, that the issue
was passe. The ROTC problem is
troublesome and involves a
deal more than the matter ol the
draft. If the threat of restoration
is a seriousone. I wouldhope that
an educational community could
find a less haphazard way of
probing and debating il.
Jeftrey1. Summons
Professor of German
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