PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1965 PAGE TWO TIlE MIChIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, NOVE~ER 3, 1965 HILL AUDITORIUM: Poznan Choir Gives Concert Of Classical, Religious Songs FINAL COOK LECTURE: Dunbar Labels Racial Issue 'America's Primary Problem' LYOBOV L'AMIOUR AI PYAII mLOVE LIEBE By FRITZ MILLER The sound of music heard at Hill Aud. last night echoed both the 500 years of the existence of the Poznan Choir and the fact that they truly are one of the finest male choruses in Europe. The choir consists of approxi- mately one third adults and two thirds children from the ages of seven to 15. "The Angels Sang Sweetly" is both the name of one of their songs and an apt descrip- tion of the concert. The beautiful soprano voices of the children were the feature point of the choir, and rightly so. The Poznan Choir, similar to the Czechoslovakian Orchestra which appeared last Friday, does not have a plush, overpowering sound, and for this reason the first half of the concert, which was' devoted more to religious and clas- sical songs, went unappreciated by many (including me) in the aud- ience. Their unpretentiousness, however, is not a detriment if all other factors are considered. One factor of importance is the technical perfection of this chorus. Clearly each member is a highly trained, controlled vocalist, and one tended to forget that perhaps half of the choir was under 13 years old. Each attack, each clos- ing, whether stacatto or gliding, was exact. The choir sang over a wide dynamic spectrum, from the light, airy, church-like songs that predominated the first half of the concert to the intensity of the "Hallelujah" chorus which ended the first half. "Desire" were especially beauti- ful. By MARSHALL LASSER It was a difficult concert to The race problem and Ameri- appreciate and yet many did. One can liberalism were the subjects of the encores was Randall yesterday of Leslie W. Dunbar's Thompson's "Alleluia," which was fifth and final lecture of the 1965 excellent, and I only wish they William W. Cook lecture series. had sung more of the same caliber Dr. Dunbar, executive director music. of the Field Foundation, beganj NEW JERSEY, DETROIT: "70 'A. -W&~Ln.n A,% f presents IN h and "KRAPP' Read a Michigan Dai From the predominately black 1 ugne u a and white program material the' choir in the second half gave ai more colorful presentation (both Election visually and vocally). Dressed in - red vests, they sang contemporary music, some of which were Polish (Continued from Page 1) folk songs, and even a Polish wed- Wayne Dumont for not advocat-' ding song ("Sieradoz Wedding") was included. ing the dismissal of a Rutgers University professor who said pub- The merry and festive sounds licly that "I welcome a Viet Cong of such songs as the "Knight's victory." Song" and "Play on Musician" Both Hughes and the Rutgers added the missing element-vari- Board of Governors had said that ety-to complete the concert. Two although they deplored the view soprano solos in "Aria and Choir" expressed by the professor-Eu- from "Kronungamesse" and in gene Genovese, an avowed Marx- _ -ist and socialist--they defended his right to say it is part of aca- demic freedom. Academic License Dumont, however, claimed that Genovese's statements which were made before a Rutgers teach-in last spring, were academic li- cense and not academic freedom. ke Hughes said during the elec- tion that he had "gambled every- thing" in the belief that the vot- S LAST TAPE" ers would "trust their country, its laws and its Constitution and not be swayed by gross and crass ap- peals to emotionalism, fear and hysteria brought to the surface by the extreme elements of the nd UIse radical right." nd U seHughes,56,scored an upset vic- tory in 1961 over the late James J y Class if ileds P. Mitchell, former President Ei- senhower's labor secretary, to win his first four year term. He was vanagh Gain ay Victories the first Roman Catholic ever to be elected governor. Dumont, 51, a lawyer from a rural county, has served in the New Jersey legislature for the past 14 years. Meanwhile, Detroit voters over- whelmingly returned incumbent Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh to a second four-year term yesterday. With 41 per cent of the vote counted, Cavanagh led his oppon- ent, Detroit businessman Walter C. Shamie, by a better than 2 to 1 margin. Over 400,000 voters turn- ed out to elect a mayor, an entire nine-man city council, and several other city offices. In the hotly contested council race, all but two of the nine in- cumbents were re-elected. In- cumbents Anthony J. Wierbizki and Thomas L. Poindexter were defeated. Taking their place on the council are the Rev. Nicholas Hood and former mayor and coun- cilman Louis C. Miriani. Ed Carey led the council field for re-elec- tion a& council president. Under the Detroit city charter, the can- didate placing first for council becomes council president and is first in succession to the mayor. In a very close contest, Detroit- ers, have apparently approved fluoridation of their water sup- ply. The proposal on the ballot was worded so that in order to vote for fluoridation, the voter had to vote no on the referendum. In other contests, Mills E. God- win Jr. won election as the 21st consecutive Democratic governor of Virginia over the dual challenge of Republicans and third-party conservatives. with a review of the topics of thei series. One of the major subjects was the civil rights issue, whichE Dunbar called "America's primary1 problem," as it affected American1 public life: it has no solution, he4 said, "except to work at it." The impact of the issue on poll- tical liberalism was also a princi- pal subject. Outlining the effects, Dunbar claimed that the civil rights strug- gle led to the attack on poverty, a greater concern for the quality and extent of education and the9 reapportionment battles. The1 third major topic was liberalism itself, which Dunbar described as "government by discussion." Dunbar then considered the main topic of the lecture, the sit- uation of the Negro. He noted as a landmark both in government pol- icy and presidential speeches the June, 1965, Howard University address of President Johnson. Ominous Note Dunbar cited Johnson's omin- ous note that "the isolation of the Negro from the white community is increasing rather than decreas- ing." He stressed the President's statement that "opportunity is not enough," that equality means "a distribution of success and fail- ure within ones group is compar- able to the successes and failures within other groups." Again addressing himself to the Johnson address, he pointed out the dangerous breakdown in Ne- gro family structure, saying- that here was found the most urgent Negro need - "family-sustaining jobs for men." Dunbar claimed that while many minorities in American history have been able to obtain their rights through their own efforts, the Negroes cannot do it alone. He suggested six policies and goals as necessary to help the Negroes. Personal Security First, "security of the person must be guaranteed." Dunbar not- ed that there have been 87 racial killings in the South since 1955, most of them in the last few years. On the other hand, he said, the recent civil rights struggle is rel- atively bloodless compared to race riots of past years; there have been no blood-thirsty white mobs in recent times. Erasing remaining racial bar- riers is the second task. Here, Dunbar listed laws against misce- genation, and employer and union discrimination; he mentioned, 'though, the "amazing outcrop- ping" of citizen-led discrimina- tion-easing bodies as a favorable development. The third goal is that "Negroes LAST 2 DAYS "The lpcress File" - FRIDAY 'a must enter into free and full par- ticipation in politics at all lev- els." But, he pointed out, this must- mainly be due to the efforts of Negroes themselves. A big question appears in this area: can Ne- groes develop the same high qual- ities of leadership as they pro- duced for the civil rights move- ment? he asked. The fourth goal must be the "injection of Negroes into all the channels of professional and eco- nomic advance." This is necessary if the Negroes' feelings of frus- tration and hopelessness are to be eliminated. The fifth category of develop- ment is the strengthening of in- dividuals, which can be aided through education and elimination of slum housing. The sixth but not the least im- portant policy, Dunbar said, should be "the strengthening of Negro community life." This can be accomplished through the building of cultural facilities, com- munity centers, welfare institu- tions, all of which Negroes lack today, mainly because of money shortage. Concluding, Dunbar provided sample questions on the utility of current practices aimed at al- leviating Negro problems. 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