The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1966 Page: 3 of 12
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Threshing-it-out
Fox claims Hardliner's review as bad as symphony
The Rice Thresher
To the editor:
In response to Mike Karch-
mer's article about the Houston
Symphony concert:
In the first place a Thresher
music reviewer should stick to
reviewing concerts, etc., and
presenting small bits of inter-
esting information. Mr. Karch-
mer seems to have the idea that
he should summarize news
which came out days earlier on
prominent pages of the Houston
papers.
Although this news was news
when he was actually writing
the article, it was did stuff by
press time. By Thursday ev-
ening all interested and most
disinterested parties already had
heard about the change. More-
over, this late news was less
justified because it was not
directly related to the students
in any way.
Now you may ask, "why,
then, do we have a music re-
Young earns commendation
To the editor:
I want to take this opportuni-
ty to send my belated congrat-
ulations to you on the amazing-
ly astute analysis of our foot-
ball season written by your
former sports editor in his
column on September 15. Some
of us are just slow to learn.
JEFF NORRIS
Baker '67
(For the benefit of those who
were not on campus during
Freshman week when that col-
umn was printed, - the column
stated "we'll be lucky to win a
single game." It is by no means
certain that the win over LSU
was the result of luck; nor is
it an uncommon opinion that
the succeeding losses were
marked by a singular lack of
it.—ed.)
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viewer on the Thresher staff?"
The answer is simple. The pur-
pose of a music reviewer is to
make supposedly learned or
cultured comments about per-
formances, records, etc.
He should also occasionally
bring up little known facts
about the music, composer, per-
formers, etc., when appropriate.
Thus the reader learns some-
thing new and, hopefully,
authoritative.
In the second place, a music
reviewer should at least men-
tion all the pieces performed.
Mr. Karchmer did not, and it
would seem as if he did not ar-
rive until intermission or later,
as he mentioned only the latter,
and poorer, half of the concert.
Thirdly, a reviewer should
show some good taste and at
least a scattered, though prefer-
ably thorough, knowledge of
music in general, if not of the
pieces performed in particular.
Mr. Karchmer displayed neither
of these qualities in his review.
What, then, should Mr. Karch-
mer have said in his review?
He sould have said how well
the orchestra performed Debus-
sy's "La Mer," a performance
totally entrancing, comparable
to any recorded performance
available. He should have noted
that the performance of "Le
Corsaire," the first number on
the program, was not really up
to par.
Mr. Karchmer discussed Mr.
Barenboim's performance of the
Brahms, but he did so poorly.
Barenboim seemed, from first
observance only, not to have the
full technical mastery Karch-
mer would have us believe.
In the last movement and on
rapidly - moving passages
throughout, he made frequent,
though minor, mistakes. How-
ever, it must be considered that
Barenboim had been mistaken-
ly practicing the second Brahms
concerto instead of the first.
With this in mind, one might
say, stating the qualification,
that Barenboim showed signs of
becoming one of the nation's,
or possibly the world's, greatest
concert pianists.
Moreover, the orchestra, pos-
sibly as a result of Sir John's
conducting, did not provide a
good accompaniment for the
concerto. The first movement
was definitely the worst, but
the others were nonetheless bad.
The performance this week
of Egmont was truly remark-
able. It was tremendously bet-
ter than any available on rec-
ords (and there are several).
However, Sir John tended to
overdramatize the descending
arpegio cello solos near the
begining, but this was very
minor.
By the way, be sure to re-
mind all the readers to go next
week. The Debussy piece and
the timpani concerto should be
interesting.
STEPHEN C. FOX
Baker '70
Cohen criticizes fraud implication
To the editor:
In the last edition of the Rice
Thresher, there appeared men-
tion of a Senate investigation
of the "possibility of a fraud
in the sale of 'Rice beat Texas'
stickers." The Senate made no
such implication and authorized
no such investigation. The Sen-
ate has sought information con-
cerning the disposition of pro-
fits from these sales.
The Senate has discovered to
its satisfaction that profits are
being fairly divided between the
backers of the sale and the
Owl Cage Fund. It is indeed
unfortunate that the Thresher
has so misinterpreted Senate
actions. The boys who have
promoted this sale deserve to be
commended for their school
spirit and in no way deserve
censure from the Thresher or
any other organization.
DAVID COHEN
Senator, Hanszen College
(Information gathered by the
Senate shows that the alloca-
tion of some of the profits to
the backers of the sale is not
the result of fraud, but of a
misunderstanding on the part
of those students who previous-
ly had thought that all profits
would be donated to the Cage
fund.
Although the Thresher was
technically correct in its word-
ing (the possibility of a fraud
did exist), no censure of the
persons responsible for the
project, who were not mentioned
in the article was intended.
■—ed.)
Ex-Battalion editor commerids SA
(Tommy DeFrank, the former
editor of the Texas A&M Bat-
talion recently removed from
his position by administrative
officials of Texas A&M, has
written the following letter to
the Rice Student Senate in re-
sponse to their resolution ex-
pressing displeasure at the
move. —ed.)
Gentlemen:
I am gratified by your resolu-
tion expressing concern over the
sad state of affairs regarding
student publications at Texas
A&M. It pleases me greatly that
a student government unit at
another* Southwest Conference
school has shown such initiative
in a situation which I cannot
help but feel will make other
institutions laugh at A&M.
It saddens me that the A&M
Student Senate, although thor-
oughly grilling the president at
a closed meeting and then ex-
pressing their displeasure, failed
to take any action on the mat-
ter.
I would hope that other
schools will realize that What
has happened here can hap-
pened anywhere and thus join
you in expressing displeasure
of such blatant suppression.
If I can ever be of assistance,
please let me know.
Thank you again for your
interest and concern.
TOMMY DeFRANK
Texas A&M
SANDY COYNJSR BOB EASTON
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