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Show Close your books, coaxes the Chrony. Have coffee at two, not now. . . . Now is a noon lecture on nuclear disarmament, or now is a folksinger from Scandinavia, or now is the. Utah Spring Quartet playing Mozart and Brahms in the OSH Auditorium.It takes time to change an emphasis. It takes time to see students floating away from the cafeteria and the cushioned hall benches in Orson Spencer to the Kingsbury Theatre or special lecture halls or discussion groups in the Union. It takes time in preparation and talent in presentation to make possible these cultural opportunities.The emphasis has changed - and so noticeably that visiting professor Herbert Heaton, addressing the history fraternity and emphasizing the pervasive isolationism felt by U. S. citizens, admitted that Salt Lake City was a remarkable exception. Dr. Heaton was referring to the Spotlight program and the Mid-East studies, but he could have pointed to the art exhibits, theGreat Issues forums, the international dinners, the Contemporary Music Festival. Students lined the balcony benches when Zino Fransciotti played Beethoven's Violin Concerto, when University Ballet presented The Nutcracker,, when the University Chorus joined the imported soloists to sing King David.University talents were employed. Campus professors spoke on practical politics, space laws, federal aid to education, their own poetry, novels, plays. Students were spectators - were participants. One sorority instigated noon lectures. An honor society led a student campaign for a new library. University and A.F.S. foreign students were invited to speak to, eat with, join in student groups. Drama casts, Orchesis, Pen, the Art Club on the eastern frontier experimented with interpretive expression. The Chronicle announced, stressed, and recorded these interests and opportunities. The Chronicle and Community share the responsibility for the new emphasis.Karen Rosenbaum140 |