The Carolinian [September 24, 1973]

              Volume IHI University of North Carolina Greensboro, N.C. Septemw-r 24. 1973 Number 7
Elton John pulls record crowd
There wasn't a dry eye in
the house as the largest
audience ever to attend a
single event at the
Greensboro Colisium Tiled
out from the Elton John
concert Friday night.
The tears were not caused
by a particularly moving
performance, but by tear gas
that diffused thoughout the
concert hall during John's
second encore.
This was the only mishap
marring an otherwise
spectacular two-hour concert
by the popular rock singer.
From the soft melody of
"Your Song" to the racous
sound of "Saturday Night,"
the star lead his receptive
audience into a frenzy of
shouting, singing, clapping,
and stomping, which
continued even to the end of
the concert and brought John
back for two more encores.
The mood of his
performance was heightened
by a half an hour late entry,
inexcusable in any lesser
personage, but only added to
the excitement and
Elton John
Poets to read works
under Mclver's gaze
Three UNCG poets will
read from their work at an
informal gathering on the
lawn in front of the library,
October 4 at 2:30 pm. This
presentation wil be the first
of a series of poetry and
prose reading to be
presented by students in the
Matter of Fine Arts program
here. Everyone is welcome.
Reading will be Harley
Beal. poetry editor of the
Greensboro Review; Carmen
Elliot, a student in the MFA
program in sculpture; and
Tom Hawkins, MFA student
in writing.
The presentation will be a
continuation of the series of
prose and poetry readings
given last year at St. Mary's
Student Center. This will be
the first outdoor, afternoon
reading.
The three poets who will
read suggest some of the
literary and regional diversity
in the writing program here.
Harley Beal is a native of
Kentucky and lived for a time
in Wisconsin. His poetry
combines rich word music
with .precisely conceived
images. His work has
appeared in the Greensboro
Review and Intro
Carmen Elliott, of Raleigh,
divides her time between
writing and preparing her
thesis exhibition for the
Weatherspoon Gallery in
completion of her degree in
sculpture this semester. Her
poems Often evoke dreams or
fantasies. Some of her
favorite subjects are ancient
and mythical figures from
archeology and Egyptology.
Tom Hawkins grew up
tiear Chicago. He has worked
as a smalltown journalist, a
Navy radioman, newspaper
editor on Midway Island, and
public affairs assistant in
Milwaukee.
anticipation ■ of the crowd.
Roars of approval filled the
hall as John strutted on the
stage resplendently garbed in
a super-Elton cape sporing a
large "E" on the back. This
was out classed only by the
satin outfit hidden beneath it.
One could not help
noticing his red velvet piano
shroud, and the piano itself
traced in lights that flashed in
time with the music.
Performing the task of a
consumate showman, John
melted out his keyboard
gymnastics, pausing
occasionally to strut the
stage, encouraging the
enthusiastic listeners to join
with the clapping and singing.
The crowd responded,
knowing that the singer was
giving all to the performance.
The star only indulged in
short rests in order to take a
draught from the bottle set
on his piano.
John delighted the
audience with his old songs.
Among these he dedicated
"Daniel" to popular
rock-singer Jim Croce, who
admitted never having met,
but enjoyed his music, Croce
had died that day in a plane
crash.
"Madman Across the
Water" was used to allow
John to give a protracted solo
for improvision on the work
The other musicians also
displayed their talents in
short solos.
However, not content to
provide the fans with only
familar songs, he took the
cuts frfffli .hit if double
album "Goodbye, Yellow
Brick Road," yet td be
released. "Saturday Night," a
kit on the charts is included
in this new album.
"Crocadile Rock," which
was supposed to be the last
song, brought everyone to
their feet (at least everyone
that this reviewer could see in
the packed concert hall). The
noise from the fans
practically overpowered the
blarring music of the
performance. Two hours had
passed, but the seemingly
tireless singer continued and
praised the audience for being
one of the best he had
encountered. This was all the
crowd needed to cheer him
on to two encores.
'No-Knock' dangerous
says visiting Morgan
Nuicyr Hudson
Staff Writer
"Is there a doctor in the
house?" might soon become a
ridiculous question unless
more doctors and medical
facilities are brought into
North Carolina. This is one of
the many problems that
concerns North Carolina's
Attorney General Robert
Morgan.
Mr. Morgan, who visited
our campus last Thursday,
State office chases
errant owing grads
Donna Poole
Staff Writer
Suppose you're a student
who paid for college with a
government loan and, now
that you've graduated, you'd
rather buy a car or go to
Europe instead of paying
back that loan.
Although nearly 60JXK)
students have defaulted on
SSS million in loans
nationally, you better think
twice about it in North
Carolina. The Attorney
Genial's office opened its
own collection agency several
years ago to track down
errant students. The agency's
batting average is around
60%.
The Department of
Health, Education, and
Welfare (HEW) makes the
Tows under thi
Student Loan Program, an
outgrowth of the old
^National Defense Stuent
Loan System.
answered questions and spoke
informally to about
thirty-five persons during his
appearance here. Mr. Morgan
commented that "when we
stay in Raleigh for a long
time we never really know
what's going on in the
state." By visiting throughout
the state, he is given the
"opportunity to find out
what the people are
thinking . . .and* to serve
them better."
Morgan's most fiery
comments were on the
'tremendous shortage of
doctors" in this state. He
wants the medical school at
Eastern Carolina Univesity to
be continued. The Attorney
General ^owed no partiality
to ECU when he said, "I
don't care where they put the
medical school," but since it
was started there he feels it
would not be stopped. Oddly
enough, his main opposition
in getting more doctors, are
the doctors themselves. This
year's president of the North
Carolina Medical Committee
testified that there is not a
shortage of doctors in North
Carolina. Mr. Morgan find
has recovered this hard to believe, since the
$32 million, death rate of infant children
Robert Morgan
Morgan.
"It's a dangerous sort of
thing," was Morgan's answer
to his feelings about the
No-Knock Law. He stated. "I
am opposed to No-Knock"
because he feels that the
people are better off without
it.
Morgan has researched this
issue and realized that it is
not helpful for police in
certain situations. However, it
is allowed he believes too
many people will use and
consequently abuse it. As for
No-Knock on a national level,
Mr. Morgan said, "I recognize
the arguments for those who
say we need it, but I still
believe we can catch people
without it."
Charles finds data on life of Herbert,
English search discovers lost letter
Cynthia Bland
Staff Writer
The Department of
English may one day be
famed for an original thinker
in its midst. Dr. Amy Charles,
on leave second semester of
last year, is preparing a
meeting on 24tl^»^™J^
George Herbert (1593 -
NCSL to hold /
North Carolina Student
Legislature will hold an
organizational meeting at 9
pm Monday, -Sept. 24 in
Mclver Lounge. This is
designed to provide a
delegation to attend a Mock
North Carolina Legislature
and past measures of
statewide concern. NCSL has
a lobbying arm designed to
effect constructive change in
North Carolina government
If you
are interested in k-tfUssj
more please attend or contact
Doug Harris at 379-.S491 or
Phyllis Carlton at 379-5133
(Jamison).
1633 ,") the only "new" one
since Izaak Walton in 1670.
(All others are merely
repititions >f his work with no
critical examination.)
Dr. Charles has been
researching her work since
1967. "I embarked on the
biography because I was
trying to verify facts from
Walton in connection with
the Williams Manuscript."
(The Williams manuscript, in
the library of one Dr.
Williams of London, contains
some of Herbert's poems in
his own hand.) In fact. Dr.
Charles has written an
introduction for the English
Renaissance Society's
Facsimile Edition of the
Williams Manuscript, soon to
be published by the
University of South Carolina .
Library.
In England, Dr. Charles
roved around visiting various
places connected with
Herbert, making Bemerton
Rectory (where Herbert was
rector) in Salisbury, Wiltshire,
her home base. She
celebrated Herbert's 380th
birthday at Montgomery,
Wales, where he was born.
In connection with her
research on Herbert, Dr.
Charles is also studying his
mother, who was a partroness
of that great English
metaphysical poet, John
Donne. The UNC-G professor
found Mrs. Herbert's
household account book for
1601 at Powis Castle in Wales
who are acquainted with Mrs.
Herbert's portrait, painted in
1500's which Dr. Charles also
found in Powis Castle, and of
which she has a copy. The
portrait is unique in its period
because "there is an unusual
amount of modeling in the
face." The gown Mrs. Herbert
wears in the picture, a French
style of the period of Henri
III, makes the unwary think
she is Queen Elizabeth I, but
indeed she is much more
attractive than Good Queen
Bess and it is easy to
understand why John
Donne's poem, "Autumnal"
is addressed to her. In order
to use the resources Powis
Castle, Dr. Charles made
friends with and obtamed
permission from the Earl of
Powis, "a lovely old man in
his 80's." Dr. Charles' report
of the account books to be
of the greatest place to
work." In the Guildford
Muniments Room (the
archives office for part of
Turrey), Dr. Charles made
another discovery: she
unearthed a heretofore
unknown letter from Mrs.
Herbert to John Donne's
father-in-law, circa 1607.
George Herbert came to
life for Dr. Charles during her
stay in England. Great
metaphysical poet, clergyman
and University Orator at
Cambridge, he was also a
human being who wore out
See HERBERT, pafe 4
Every state supported
college and technical institute
across the country receives a
lump sum which it distributes
to students according to their
needs. The student must
repay the loan after he leaves
school so that the money can,
in turn, be used by other
students.
But in the last five years,
something within the cycle
has gone awry. More than
$55 million in loans have
been defaulted on and the
government
only about
according to the Office of in eastern North Carolina is
Education. North Carolina, one of the highest in the
however, may have the nation. One of the reasons for
answer, this, he discovered, is that
In 1970 delinquent loans there are not enough medical
became too much for lawyers doctors to save many
to take on in their spare time premature babies and the ride
so Mrs. Frances Gill was put to a larger hospital would kill
at thffri mllflfitinn them. The .wljole.^situation
under the direction of the has developed into "the most
Assistant Attorney Genral viscious fight I've seen," says
Jim Bullock. -m j -m m n • j
-The instituuon has to Wader 8 Haiders
exhaust all reasonable ettorts
to collect the loan," Mr.
Bullock explained. "They try-to
work with the students so
that when the office gets the
accounts the schools have
determined they're unable to
collect."
The office then writes the
student a letter, allowing 30
days for a response. The
biggest problem is finding a
current address. The students
are required to keep the
university advised of their
address but if they're trying
to avoid repaying the loan
they usually won't. The
office checks license and
other records. ^
If there is no
response to the first letter,
Mrs. Gill files suit against that
particular student in the
county of the institution.
Morgan was also
questioned on his feelings
toward the recent
environmental bill that
SeTOtorJesse HSrhs
See DEMOCRATS', page 2
of UNC-G lacks staff
The Consumer Rights
Organization will hold its first
meeting of the semester at
9:20 p.m. on Wednesday
Sept. 26 in Mclver Lounge of
Elliott Hall. Modeled as a
campus version of Nader's
Raiders, CRO has investigated
many different areas to
ensure that the students of
UNC-G get thier money's
worth.
Operating under the
name of Student Consumer
Rights Action Movement last
year, the organization was
able to force the opening of
the Greensboro Public
Library for all students (it
was formerly only open to
permanent Greensboro
residents) and provide much
information on products and
apartments to individual
students. One of the major
hindrences this year has been
the lack of staffers who have
the time for the effort which
must be expended.
If you are
concerned about landlord
tenant relationships,
discrim nat ion towards
students, ripoffs, and mispent
money (including Student
Government) you are prime
material for Consumer
Rights. If you cannot attend
but are interested, please
contact Doug Harris at
379-5491.
Dr. Scott describes feminism troubles
in 19th century, in Alumni House talk
an entry which accounts for published in the Winter
"Tuppence for mending edition of the English
Master George's shoes." And Literary Renaissance
"there aren't but about a periodical.
dozen people in America'
Women's Caucus organizes,
trys to forge political bloc
The Greensboro Women's
Political Caucas will hold an
organizational meeting
Wednesday night. September
26, at 8 pm, in Kirkland
Room of Elliott Hall.
There will be a panel
discussion on the topic: "A
Place for You in Politics?"
Members of the panel are:
Ms. Zoe Barbee, faculty
member at AAT State
University and local political
leader; Ms. Jane Patterson.
Sfate Womens Political
Caucas Leader and a
prominent campaign and
political organizer: Ms. Cathv
Sabo, Guilford College
professor of political science
and candidate for the city
council; Ms. Mary Seymoie.
Greensboro city
councilwoman; Judge tlreta
Alexander, advocate of
women's rights; and Ms.
Roxie Hobson. student at
UNC-G and organizer of the
caucas.
This meeting is designed to
be the impetus of a city wide
organization which will be a
combined bloc of college
students and community
women. Delegates from area
colleges will attent and return
to their campuses and form
organizations. An equal
number of women from the
community will be appointed
to a policy council which will
meet bi-annually to discuss
organizational problems and
objectives.
While she was in
Bemerton, Dr. Charles had
"another angle going" - she
was secretary-treasurer of the
Friends of Bemerton
Rectory. In connection with
that position. Dr. Charles
helped raise money1 for
limewash for the church's
cracking walls, and was
emissary from the
organization to the Earls of
Powis and Pembroke (both
connected to Herbert's
family) to persuade them to
become patrons of the group.
Dr. Charles did research at
"various libraries," among
them the Public Record
Office, the British Museum,
Dr. Williams' library, and the
Bodleian Library at Oxford.
Of the last, she commented.
"It's just great there. The
Bodleian Library is my idea
by Paula Walters
Staff Writer
Wednesday n ight,
September 19. in the Virginia
Dare Room of the Alumni
House, approximately a
hundred people gathered to
hear the thoughts of Anne
Firor Scott, a Professor of
History at Duke University.
Her subject: "Making the
Dr. Anne Scott (left) speaks with Dr. Roy Schanu at last
Wednesday's Women's Studies seminar.
Invisible Woman Visible."
Dr. Scott, who received
her PhD at Radcliffe, was the
first in a series of speakers
concerning UNC-G's new
"Women's Studies"
curriculum
Sara Boyte, a former
student of Dr Scott's set the
tone for the lecture when she
said: "As a woman. Dr. Scott
made me believe in myself."
For the next Dr. Scott made
me believe in myself." For
the next hour, Dr. Scott
recounted the roles of women
in history who also had the
ability to believe in
themselves as women and to
hell with male chauvinism.
One illustration concerned
a young Michigan woman of
the 19th century who
instituted a prep school for
young men preparing to enter
the University of Michigan.
Tiring of the business of
educating so many young
men, she decided to enter the
University herself. She was
promptly turned down. The
reason? She was of the wrong
sex.
This, one of the many
examples of early sex
discrimination, led to the
establishment of Troy Feamle
Seminary by fcmnu Willard A
19th century fenvnist you
will find, most likely has a
Troy Female Seminary
Education behind her.
Relative to today's times.
Dr. Scott commented "We
are not better off than our
19th century forebearers."
Things have definitely
changed, she said, but the
process has been slow, and
still continue -..
The next 'scture dealing
with the role of women in
society wiH be Wednesday,
Qctober 23. Dr. Janice
Madden will speak on "The
Economics of Educating
Women."