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4 L \t i* ]/■ MERCER CLUSTER JAR. *1, Ifgt "Wounded" Student Questions Tactics Renowned Pianist— (Continued from Page i) of the century, Sergei Rachmanin off and Alfred Cortot. She made her debut in Athena in 1936 under her countryman Dimitri Mitro- poulos, and her Paris debut a year later under Pierre Monteux. Everything seemed to point to an eminent career. But, as in the case of so many others, World War II wrecked Mme. Bachauer’s plans. The out break of hostilities found her stranded in Cairo. She remained in the Middle East for nearly six years, cut off from the major musical centers of the world, play ing concerts for Allied armed forces in the area. Most of her im mediately family was killed during the German occupation of Greece, and their property and possessions lost. The young pianist married, but her husband died a few years later. It was an unhappy, disastrous time. In 1946, Mme. Bachauer, a \vi4pw at thirty-three, attempted to begin her career anew in Lon don. Completely unknown, she found it difficult to secure a hear ing from agents or managers. Finally, she was recommended to the well-known conductor Alec Sherman, who engaged her for a concert at Albert Hall. It was only at the rehearsal, when Mme. Bach auer played the Greig Concerto, that Mr. Sherman and the orches tra fully realized her qualities as a pianist. The effect on the audience was exactly the same: it gave her a standing ovation. A few years later, incidentally, Mme. Bach auer became Mrs. Alec Sherman. Despite her European success, Mme. Bachauer was unknown to the American public when she ar rived In New York for a Town Hall concert on October 29, 1950. She had written ahead to her country man, Dimitri Mitropouloe to Invite him to attend; in accepting, he told her that everything depended on her critical receptions "If you get great notices you won't need me; if you don’t, I can't help you.” There were only about thirty people in the hall when Mme. Bachauer launched into the Bach- Busoni Toccata, Aria and Fugue in C, her opening number. But the New York critics were among them, and the next morning they wrote of her "amazing technique," "miracles of virtuosity" and "liquid, authoritative playing,” and in general made it clear that there was a major new star in the pianistic world. Since then, Gina Bachauer has been not only one of the world’s most brilliant pianists, but one of the busiest. With her husband, who gave up his own musical career to Of Groundi and Sorgoant Blood ROTC Cadet of the week for January 27, 1M2 was Cadet Private Cecil Aubrey Jonaa, Jr. Jones Is a freshman student at Mercer from Macon, Georgia. He it a member of A Company. I put on my Levi’s, R.O.T.C. shirt and tie, orange baskethell socks, and tennis shoes. I then got my Edsel and picked up my date, Jethrina Beerstein, at the Frarii- men Women’s Dorm for Home coming Sestivlties. As we left, I had my first encounter with Mias Ground), the undisputed monarch of the Obis' Dorm. She stood on the porch in her Army Boots with a billy-chib In one hand and the leash of her Ger man Shepard In the other. As we left, she stopped us and repeated the 2497 RW.OA. ruler by heart. Then she added "Jethrina, you have late permission *1111 9 o'clock tonight. But remember, you’re wrestling against the Masked Mar vel tomorrow in Atlanta.” We left and fifty minutes later u*e got to the Coliseum only through the aid of Jethrina, who pushed my car from Tmtnall Square to die Coliseum parking lot We crammed Into the lobby with 40,000 other people for the “Tommy Tem po and the Off-Beats” Concert Jethrina had forgotten to use her Ban, and we were soon at the front of the crowd, through the gate, and in our asata. For seme strange reason, though, no one sat Tba while singing the first masher, ha fell off the stags and hung him self. As wa came up the walk after the concert at one second past ulna o’clock, Mku Ground), still shad ing on the parch, aimed bat shot gun st me as she said to bar dog, Tiger, who was atnbMouriy at tempting to eat a piaoa of cafeteria roMt beef, "Kill, Tiger!” Immediately TlgW charged Jethrina, but getting to a position where he could see hsr, ha tucked tail and ran. A dosen Campus Cope stormed out of the bushes, much to the dismay of several IndlRiant couples, and began hasting me with rocks, spiked night sticks, braes kunckles, and cafeteria rolls as Sergeant Blood, the man In charge, explained, wifi) his tooth Isas grin stretching from ear to ear, that I was being subdued with a mini mum of force. Mias Grouch thought that the Cops were having so much fun that she Joined in the fun by beating me with her woodm leg. As my punishment for notating arrest, I Wlf t& tbl Co-Op tot 4m rest of the wsufc and; a place Jethrina can’t even stand. share hers, she has traveled around the world several times, playing with virtually every major symp hony orchestra in existence. Her principal home is in London, but she maintains her ties to her home land through a summer villa In the town of Halandri near Athens, and through her warm friendship with the Greek royal family. A friendly and outgoing woman, a bom raconteur fluent in English, Mme. Bachauer makes friends wherever she goes, and is a parti cular favorite of news reporters and broadcasters, who know her as "a good interview.” Last season, which included more than fifty appearances all over the world, she gave a special aeries of thirteen recitals In Israel in nine teen days, donating the proceeds to the Israel Emergency Fund. In describing her virtuosity, major critics have notably employ ed a royal vocabulary, with one particular adjective shared in com mon; "Olympian." Poor Hknry'g Almanac Why Walk Break Your On Sidewalk? y Neck Instead College Work-Study Program To Be Financed With $66.5 Million Nearly 257,000 students who need financial help to attend col lege will be assisted by the Feder ally College Work-Study Program during the first six months of 1969. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen announced today that approxima tely $66 5 million will be made available by the VS Office of Ed ucation to 1,635 colleges and uni versities in all 50 States, the Dis trict of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to meet 80 percent of student payrolls. A student’s college or university, or an approved off-campus agency, will provide 20 percent Students may work up to IS hours a week while in school and up to 40 hours a week during summer or other vacation periods. Employment may be in such on- campus Jobs as teacher assistant, library aide, laboratory assistant, maintenance > ru Ira, or adminis- aid. Off-campus employment for public or private non An y students unable to enter or to continue in college for lack of funds may apply for a Job under the College Work-Study Program to the financial aid officer of a part icipating college. “The College Work-Study Pro gram la one of four major Fede rally supported programs to help American youth attend college,” Secretary Cohen said. "Singly or in combination these four programs are moving us closer to our rat ional goal that every capable stu dent shall have the opportunity for a college education ragardleas of his finances.” The other programs are the National Defense Student Loan Program, authorised by the Nat ional Defense Mutation Act of 19M, and the By Henry Wadsworth Shorikid We approach Paul Kodac (Mer cer’s Big Mouth On Campus) as he snores busily in his room. Ordinar ily he goes to bed by 3:00 A.M. but now he sits half-aware, at his desk, obviously deep in thought. Shortkid: Cheerful greetings to you! Kodac: Ugh Shortkid: I must say you cer tainly are up early this morning. Kodac: Aw. Go pick on some body else. Me no wanna talk. Shortkid: I suppose I have Just about exhausted your supply of information. Kodac: What? C’mon, out. Out. Leave already. Shortkid: Just one question first. Surely you’ll grant that. Kodac: Here I go again! Shortkid: Good. Now then, what pray tell is that large bandage on your right knee? Kodac: Really want to know? . Shortkid: llnlaaa ifs too personal, of course. Kodac: Right Well, I was runn ing full speed to the Cafeteria to beat the humongroua lines and I forgot that I was bstweau the Girl’s gym and the post office. Shortkid: What is the algnifl cane* of that particular position? Kodac: You don’t know? my right knee yesterday on that wire Who strings tbeae Shortkid: wires? Kodac: The same goof who strings those chains that read) up and grap people, toss them down and badly injure them. Shortkid: Conceivably, though, if you fell on the ground. . . Kodac: What ground? This goof positions his traps where you can’t fall anywhere but on bard side walks and like cemented surfaces. Shortkid: Sound rather sinister to me . . Kodac: tool Yeah. Wicked and evil. Shortkid: But why does this “good” (as you call him) position these chains and invisible wires so as to deliberately inflict injury upon our poor frail students? Kodac: Well he knows that stu dents don’t walk on sidewalks; they all use the paths and lawns . . k Shortkid: Why do they use the paths and lawns? ’ Kodac; Same reeaon everybody runs up that hill Instead of walking fifty feet out of their way to uae the stepe. And you’ll notice that there la deliberately no direct roots to the Freshman Woman's from the Freshman Man's «to—». Shortkid: But why? soul is late for hia date'and runs down the path . . . Shortkid: He gets de-pataOad by the invisible wtra. Kodec: Not always- Some only lose an apendage. The short guys stand to lose their heads. Shortkid: I aea. But why don’t you use the sidewalks and pre scribed walkways? Kodac: We do sometimes. Shortkid: When particularly? Kodac: On rainy days. Shortkid: Ah Yea. But still I can’t understand the sedefection that the “goof” gets from all this. Kodac: Well what satisfaction do all the profs get from piling double and triple assignments an Tuesdays? Shortkid: You maan harauas of Wonderful Wednesday? Kodac: Right Shortkid: Well, I suppose it is an unconscious reaction to the time spent out of class. Konac: You mean they envy our extra rack time? Shostkid: Not exactly. Rather they want their “influence”, eo to speak, to stay over their studrat during hia day of tree activity and constructive. . . Kodac: Yeah. yeah. Shortld investment of atx ]