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DIED. James Van Der Zee, 96, celebrated black photographer who recorded the faces and events of New York City's Harlem for more than five decades, but achieved wider recognition only in 1969, after a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, "Harlem on My Mind"; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. Van Der Zee became a photographer in Harlem during World War I, shooting weddings, funerals and back-to-Africa parades as well as thousands of carefully composed portraits. Sadly, his "discovery" by the public and critics coincided with severe financial distress: evicted from his studio only weeks later...
...admissions office should certainly launch an inquiry similar to but more intense than last year's endeavoring to speak to Black acceptees personally and find out specific reasons they turned Harvard down. But more important, the College must take a wider view of what has seemed so far to be merely an admissions, problem. The controversy over FDO minority events drew the accusation from some students that Harvard is supportive of minorities only as long as the results "show," as in admissions, but that once minorities are safely enrolled, questions of support and sensitivity take a back seat...
...Passover, the precautionary striking of the side posts and lintels of Jewish dwellings, and makes a leap: "The spattering drops of blood fan slowly, slowly out out, out, the drops of blood become the stars. Far and frozen the luminous drops of burning blood, far and frozen, drifting ever wider wider, wider...
...discrepancy between the admissions office and freshman dean's policies. Another student, speaking at a race relations conference last weekend, was even harsher: "The College is using minority students like a circus--to perform for other people." The students see the calendar issue as part of a wider University disregard for the concerns of Third World and women students...
Alternative discussion centered on paths toward cultivating an audience. Playing in clubs develops a local following, but a tape at a small, receptive radio station insures wider exposure. A privately pressed record promises more airplay, and perhaps a few sales, but a price of $880 for a low budget single, and $9630 for a no budget 10song album is an expensive proposition. Several major label representatives said the sales of an independent release, or a popular local reputation demonstrated by prestigious bookings or significant radio airplay tend to catch their eyes. Several managers at the conference were trying to load...