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MUSIC REVIEiV: Whare It All Began
by Lenny Silberatein
When I was but a youiijj and tender
lad (15 or so) at boarding school (a
bizarre experience In and of itself)
one of my teachers asked aie olrer to
his room after classes and offered
me a q.uarter if I‘d.*.
Sorry. Wrong story. Anyhow^ at
the time I was deeply into my “folk
phase"; one could not enter my room
without being aux-ally assailed by
twanging banjos, ssreeching fiddles,
and high-pitched-nasally-dlstortsdmouatalnfolk-poor harmonies emanat
ing from my cheap Ja,paziess cassette
recorder. One of my teachers (a dif
ferent one, mind you>) offered to
play ma an album he’d picked up by
some fellow of whom I’d never heardv
He supposedly played a fixe guitar,
but his name was a funny ooinbir.ation
of palatal end dental stops. I fol
lowed my teacher with an air of in
difference, ready to give the usual
speech of "Hunhl You call that ’pic
kin’? Why, old Blind Deaf Dumb
Quadrapleglc Black Louie Schwartsraeysr played better’n that in nineteen-ought-and-twenty-seveziJ’’ I sat
down and waited, keeping one eye to
wards the door in case he made
mention of money. Onos burnedo..
To aiake a long story short (would
that, I had done so eax'lier?) he
played Leo Kottke’s "Six and Twelve
String Guitar" albums otherwise
known as "The Armadillo Album". I
was flabbergasted. Although his
first, this is Kottke's finest alJsjum,
a truly masterful set of tunes. Ke
playa a guitar called a Bozo, a
large, unwieldy device that produces
a deep, ringing, stamping tone. His
£ingerpicking is Incredibly complex;
he uses all five on his right hand
with suoh effectiveness that you’d
swear two ezpei’ts were duett lag.
The songs range from delicate almostclassical pieces such as "The Pish(continued, next column)
Issue #5,
!
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,
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Editor: Mai’k Middlebrook
Assoo. Editor: Lavis Walker
Assoc. .Editor (Music): Lenny Silberstelr.
Roving Reporter: Lisa Perrlngton
Printer? Jonathon Gold
Calligraphy: Tim Costello
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mortal immortal immortal mortal
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Not much. ©Ise to' say. Enjoy thc-day
off.
Mark
Xte Reel’s
, Movie Schedule;
Saturday 8:15 P.m. Oat Ballou
i
Simday
2:15 p.m. Lolita
Monday 1:15 p.m. Lolita .
Wednesday 8;15 p.m. Promo Piims
And don't forget the Waltz Party on
Sunday evsning (3:15) in the boathouse
erman" and "Jesu, Joy of Man's De
siring" (a Bach piece) to heavy,
grinding, violent ones; "Busted Bic
yclo", for example^ or ’'Vaseline
Machine Gun" which features his
smooth and clean bottleneck style.
What- more een I say? It's not
'dancin’ music’', but I've nevei* met
.^yoae who didnU like the album or
wasn’t impressed by the technique.
This is the album which no oollectlcn
should ba without; if ye have doubts
ask me for a cut or two .at the next
party. You'll be amazed.
�The Calypsan, page 2
CROQUhT COS^iER by Evan demon
Prior to this week's dose of Gai
ly pso Id Croquet Caia*Tilty, I received
a stra^nge omen. I was eating dinner
with Messrs, MacPhee and Walker at
Chou Kao-Pungs Neo-Chlness Ee3,icatessan (Chou is the son Chick ’a'
Ruth seldom talk about), and after
wards we received the traditional
fortune cookies.
Theirs said "The greatest of ail
faults is to ba conscious of norie”j
and "You can never have too much cf
a good thing". Pine thoughts, indeed.
My cookie said, "You will win at oroquet tonight, and afterwards write
an article about it; one that al;>o
gives this place a good review".
S6 I was feeling understandably
confident as the game commenced«
Messrs. MacPhee, Malker, Skinner, and
Higgins had God on their side, but
I had Confucius on mine; that, plus
a double dose of Chou’s "secret Ori
ental duck-gravy" (the moss grows
thick in Ocllege Creak this time of
yeai') had ae racing around the course
with inscrutable frenzy,
I won the game, but only after a
last-gasp barrage from all quarters
around the final post. Ahhh, it's
lonely at the top.
In total fulfillment of ths cook
ie’s prophecy, I should say that the
food where we ate was excellent, al
though the prices were rather of a
Himalayan quality (as jji "steep”).
So the race for Imperial Wicket
continues, and who knows? As the
Yogi says, "Race not over until it
over.” (which Yogi is that?)
TEA TABLE CHATTER
"Bow to your lady, bow to,your beau,
grab you partner and do-si-do
Circle to your right ax?.d now circle
back,
turn to your partner and give ’em a
whack..."
»
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Two poems in honor of
I
"The little frog was colored pink
What does the pinkie froggie think? ,
I’ll tell you what the froggie thunk •
He thunk ”Ka-Ohunk! Ka~Chunkl Ka;
Chunk!”
II (my personal favorite)
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Some poems rhyme
But this on® doesn’t
By Davis Walker
i
What was that ? Could it be...
Is it..,? Yssp Yes, it is! Huecal Armageddon!{ SQUARE DAKCING AT
ST. JOHirSJI!
Friday evening kicked off the fir^v
Real Hce-Dowii here at the Ivory Tow
er, and a high ol’ time it was, too.
You dlsoo-dancers and other unsoc
iables I'e&lly missed it- Mama Kates
and Daddy Whalen sxvlnging their part
ners ’round and ’round, Ifea Higgins
kick3,ng up his heels, our feerloss
leader, E.Z,, do-si-doin^ up a stoxmi.
A heart-warming spectacle.
Sisewners, the search for tnith
went dn. A number of people gatdier- .
ed on the boat-house porch to while '
away the hours in Platonic dialogue,
as cool breezes gently wafted by.
Truly enjoyable.
We here at The Calypsan were ha.ppy to gee ^Qw”Vf our tutors put in
an appearance. The above mentioned
lir. Zucksraan, Mr. Conroy (the Bill
Muri'ay of Preshman Greek), and. of
i
course, Mr. Winters. However,*wq
were unhappy to see that the ladies
are again slipping in their atten
dance. Gome on., girls, we need your
support. And what happened to the
G.I.’s? Don't be bashful, folks^ we
won't bite. Honest.
This Friday evening there will be
no party, as isuch, due to the holi
day (most people seem to have other
plans). If enough people are ir.ter- '
sated, thcugh, we will bring the
stereo down to Chase-Stone basem^int
and play a few tunes (patriotic ones,
naturally). Let us know.,..
�Tne Galypsan g page 3
Ttxe Editor’s Party Psrspective:
SQUAR2 DARCIKQ MADE EASY
To my complete and uttar 3maze~
:aent, we wei's actually able to per
form a simple square dance Friday
night. Some of "chose who shined es
pecially?- brightly were Mi', Sucker
man (the cowboy in seer sucker), Dan. '
Higgins (he claims it was his first ;
time, but I don’t believe him);, and '
our own Dad (Jamis Whalen). Several !
people expressed interest in trying
j
a more complicated danse, so a short
section of future parties will be de
voted to learning some new ones*
The basic moves are quite simple,
and once you have them learned it's
only a matter of learning the parti
cular nuance to any given dance.
The square looks like thiss
*3
Gents, reaemoer that your lady is on
yight. Couples number 1 and 3
are referred to as the ’’head, oouplas’*
and numbers 2 and 4 are the ’’side
j
couples”. Here are the basic steps:
Partner: 2he person with whom you be- j
gin -the dance
1
Coxhier: The person standing next to
you who is not your partner (Gent’s
corner is the lady to hie left, lad- .
y’s comer is the gent to her right) i
Bow to your partaar or ccL,raer: Gents j
bo-w, ladies curtsy.
Circle (loft or right): all .join
han5’^S'”’move in a circle in the ind
icated direction.
Swing; two popular styles ares a)link .
right arms and skip around in a circlej
b)walk around in a tight circle in the’
"ballroom position" (3ust like waltz
ing)
Divide the ring: Dancers walk between j
the facing couple
coupl”e”Fl
j
walks between the lady and gent of
couple ^3)
SeperatQ: th® partners split and move
in opposite directions (often done
after "dividing the ring")
(continued, page 4)
KSW3 by M.M., from info, by Kiss
Lisa Ferrington
Yesterday, whilst madly typing The
Qalypsaa, T spied a lovely young lass
arSSnSor. She purported to have a
"hot news flash" for us, so, foroiag
aside numerous unmentionable schemes,
I bade her "enter*® my humble office,
and I listened to her news. Her re
port was a surprise to me (my stay at
St. John’s has hopelessly and hap
pily removed me from newspapers and
other such news media; except, of
course, for an occasional viewing of
"alcoholic news" after "Benny Hill"),
so I deemed her repo rt "Calypsanworthy":
News of the Week:
"From ths halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tx'ipoly
We will fight our country’s battles
On. land, in air and sea..."
Well, men, it’s time to start worry
ing again., lrss» Garter has announced
that 19 and 20 year old males will be
required to register for th© draft
beginning in late July. He stresses
that this is only a registration, for
the purpo.s@ of speedTng up a“5raft in
the event iof an emergenoy. Sorry,
guys, the ladies got of.f this timeo
POD- mmjain
KOTi i ■nu
BAD
’.r«T^» YOU
n—fn COMJSCTUO
ihiub.i .h
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Prom PHYSICS, beg.Inning line 193al7
If and also o.f these each in refer
ence to the other what itself this co
have been so (for instance the one
bronze and gold to water, the others
bones and timbers to earth, similarly
and also at tha others whatsoever),
that the nature to be and the being of
them* On which acoount firs, but
earth, but ai.r, he said, but water,
but some of these, but all of these the
■nature to be it of beings. Which for
who of the same he took so many, eit
her one or more, this and so man;,’ he
said to be the all being, but the ot
hers all a passive stats of these both
and in arrangements, and of these what
ever eternal (fcr not to be changed in
to themselves out of themselves), the
and others to become and to be destroy
ed numberless times.
�'..uen is a beach not a beach?"
here cycliiig advexitures iti A.A.
Comity
by ?■!. "iddlebrook
I should've expected problens. We
-iidn't leave until 1:00 Saturday af‘.sreoon, and a late start always
cee.-cs to be a harbinger of clamities
come, Melissa (my sister), Dena
^nei' friend), and I had decide tc
ea i towards southern Aiine Ariind-,1
Jounty; to a spot marked "beache;" on
the map. Great idea, I thought; I’ll
ride all afternoon without a shirt
•ind singe tay back, then toast my
front on the beach. But alsj, we were
caded for other sorts of fin,
We struck out on Forest Lrive, bat
tling with poorly tuned and poorly
J riven Cadillacs for a few inches of
road space, but fortunately ve soon
-urz.ed left onto Riva Road a.'.d headtd
over the South River, Prom kiva Roud
ve took several smaller road;, to Muday Greek Road (rt, 468). These I'oada
.hind la arid out of small fams and
xooded areas; they were the nicest
action of the trip,
vVftei* lunch outside a smell groc
ery store, we pedalled to tbu end of
teals Beach Road to the... t^ach??
.’here before us lay scenic Chesapeake
;ay, with nothing but rocks for a
uhoreliae. Extensive search';s for
the other "beaches" on the nu.p yield
ed more of tha same, sc we pioaptly
suowered curses upon the mapmakers and
their families, and began to look for
a camping spot.
After only eight passes up .ind
down Deale Beach Road, we finally a•■rced upon a secluded spot twer.ty
yards off the street. It didn't look
Like rain, but the tarp went up myway; I certainly didn’t expect our
uck to hold. It was while we were
unracking that we discovered the ticks'em. So there ve were; hot
.-»I*eaty, tired in a tick-infested,
poison ivy laden clearing. Gee, ain’t
0amping grand,
Tired of slapping at t|ie bugs, I
oicycled back to the main road to buy
our dinner: oatmeal cookies and a six
of Molson'e Golden. At least the trip
•..'asn’t a total loss. Trying to sleep
was a losing proposition- it was Just
vO damned hot and humid, and the bugs
everywhere. By midnight I re-"
•■lized that I would be in no shape to
cldc if I lay awake all night, so I
(continued, pa»o 5)
The Qalypsan, pave A
'continir:! from pa-ge 3)
Aicuri ('jRor3) : Used after "soperndnota hoxi maxcy people the danc
ers lasj by.
‘ '-rough: Pacing couples (e.g., 1
and'yy wall, forward towards each other
and j-Zss light shoulders. When the
pass .s c."2:pleted, the couples will
be
their original position,
facing .’Ut, awaiting the next call.
Do-3i- ??.: Pacing one anotner, the dan
cers /a'Tk to'wards each other, pas^sing
ri/l<' shoulders, and then back around,
pa-?Ing left shoulders, to the orlgian. positiorx.
Frenicaade; a) dancers cross wrists ano
held’ Eands, or b)the gent holds the
Indy's left hand with his left and
/l-Aces his right arm around her shouluey, grasping her right hand. Having
)comp.-eted fa) or ( b), the couples
‘"promenade'’ around the ring,
Ere/lc: the Inti'oductlon to a dance,
Thf/re is also a break at the end, and
sojetimes in tie middle.
"bedy" ci the dance.
The Friday after next (July 11th)
ve’ll try a dance called "Porvmx-d
Bight and BacK", an interesting figure
in which everyono changes partners
(swinging at St. John's), Check next
week's issue for special instructions.
Future Bike Trips;
There will be an "early bird" ride
on Sunday momlag, July 6th. We will
leave fx-om the front of Chase Stone
at 700 a.R., unless it's raining.
The ride will be about 25 miles at
a comfortable (i.e., moderately
slow) paca. Bring coms water, and
perhaps a candy bar or other saack.
Please get in touch with me Friday
or Saturday if you plan on Joining
us, so I will know for whom to wait.
(14ark Middlebrook, ext. 49, ^'302
Chase Stone, box 474)
I also have a longer trip in mind
for some later -weekend in July.
; I'd like to get over the Bay Bridge
arxd explore the eastern shore of the
Ghe.‘?apeake Bay, which I've heard is
both scenic and relatively sparsely
traveled. Lot me know If you're 1';terested.
�The Calypsan, page 5
SEMINAR SCRIBBLES
And Yet Mora Aristotle:
Modern science, for some reason, is
more palatable than Aristotle.
Void' is an oft-attaoked terms but
who has trouble with ‘’configurational
space i
One can e.rode a stone with only wind
and water, but to erode a mind, one
needs... absurd arguments?
'*I’m not sure what you're trying to
get me to admit to, but I said this,
«.
k sel^omiy used statement; peopie are so unsure of the way they
state thin-gs they'll a.dmit that a
subtle re-arrangement of their words
is what they ''mean'*, especially If
the restatement is in better English
(or more Latin.-based words). This
allows for easier destruotion of
arguments for or against anything.
Time: a label apllied to the (pur?pointed?) sequentiality of events;
"You cannot speak of Time without
speaking of its measure" -L.W.
One profound consequence of altering
the space-time continuum to, say,
hal.f rate, would be a bankrupting of
Evelyn Woods* schools,
"Can we disregard Time for just a mo
ment?’ A "moment"? Even in speech
we find it difficult to disregard
Time I
Still Yet Mpj;3 Aristdtle:
There was he who described "pure"
language in the example of two
otone-masons working; one holds out
his hand and says * BrickI"p the othe^ gives him one. Sometimes I wish
this were the case at all times, for
at i.east certain impoertant objects:
Substitute "Beerj" ^:GT "Bricks’* in
the example,
'‘Definltion**fe definition might be
the equivalating of one word-sound
with others". Of course there are
other ways; nouns, verbs, and entire
expressions o»y be "defined" in the
"show me the Impresgion" fashion.
(continued, next column)
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^sked the ladies if they wanted to
leave. They were still (understanda-bly) tired and thought they might
be able to sleep, so 1 set out on my
own {they've had as many, if not raorc>
miles of bicycling experience than I,
including two long trips in Canada,
so I had no fear that they couldn't
make it back on their own.)
Ky ride back was both frightening
and exciting. I had only a small
flashlight, but my helmet and reflect-,
ors are visible from several hundred
yards. The moon Illuminated the road
enough to see any obetacles, so I ped
alled hard and completed the 23 mile
trip in an hour and a half.
Words cannot describe the total
joy that engulfed me upon my entrance
into the air-conditioned room: truly
a religious experience. After a muchneeded shower, I was out like a light
until 7:)5 a.ra., when Melissa and
Dsna arrived back.(that was the shout
ing and giggling you heard in C,S.
early Sunday morning).
Reflecting on the trip, It reminds
lae very much of my first boy scout
backpacking adventures. Blisters from
J.G. Penny boots, burned food cooked
over a smoky fix's?, and soaking wet
gear from sleeping under a ripped up
plastic tarp. Yet somehow I remember
ail those trips quite fondly- proof
positive is the many hours spent by
old boy scouts swapping tales of dis
astrous camping ti'ips. This bike
trip holds much the same charm for me.
Yes, I have perfected the fine art of
being miserable and enjoying It.
(Giraffe, Smoking. Hit la the face
with a shaving-cream/custard pie.)
On the other hand, some things c^n^ be reduced to suoh a physical
demonstration. (Wara. Love, Knowledgo, or "ksawing" something.)
,
However-, show me the impress ion** Is
th® method that toust be used for the
oompiex socio-cultural phenomenon of
Puerto Rican Television,
"Cau someone help me out with this?"
Sure,..If "out" Is a sort of shorthand fox’ "cut the door or window".
�Calypsan, page 6
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IriluGS TO DO WHEN YOU’RE BORED IN
SE24WAR5
Maks a list of nicknames for every
one around the table.
Try to guess what will ba served .at
the post-seminar gathering.
Count the number of forms of
you. know.
Issue -^6, 10 -Jul./ '80
Editor; U'ark ?.ldulebrooK
Assoc, Sd,; Davis Walker
Assoc. Sd. (.•’usic): Lenny Silbei’steic
Roving Reporter: Lisa Farrington
Printer: Jonati.cn Gold
Calligraphy; Tire Costello
From the Editojr:
i’sa happy to report tpat the re
sponse to last, wssk's "from the edit
or" Vi'as overwhelEiing; and all good!
Yes, it seems I know what ths public
wants to hear. Kot this week, though.
alphebetize the Great Books.
Too much, of a good thing.,.
This week marks the coming-out of
Cotunt the number of people with
our
“Astro-staff”, which will hope
round glasses*
fully be bringing you more "creative
astronomy’'. j-q
along with the
Write a don-rag for each of the
star chart, we've man..aged to hire one
tutors*
of Annapolis’ leading astrologists to
Try to draw a dodacahedj'on (or alt bring you the most complete ana accu-’
ernately, Inscribe
al3. five reg- rata ho.ro3cope available. Chaok fu
ture issues for valuable info such as
ulax', solids in one sphere).
navigation and uaathor .fo:^asting by
the stars.
Using ths tip of you^ongue, see
^Also, I’ve written an article
how long it takas to make your gums
of
the
"What
I Md for My Summer Vaca
bleed*
tion” variety, but sadly (as you will
Get th® prospsetive’s attention, and discover) my writing style has not
improved signifisantly since I last
then, south ths words, ’’Lies, Hags,
wrote
one of these (in 5th grade).
it's all lies!''
By chance I found out today that
Translate Heraclitus (for use.in ez- Mr, Conroy is the tut@r»in.“G.harge of
the MountaineeriJBg GJ.ub (1 know you’re
trema cases only)
going to fell me that there are no
mountains in Annapolis, but it just
!5ak® a list of things to do when
ao happens that I know where on© can
you.*re bored in seminar.
climb not too fai’ from here). ' V/e
will be 'mking a tripCs) to Carder©ck
TSa TABL^ CHATTER:
by DoW»>
5 Cc.ns .hour from here,, ©n the Potomac
River) sometime this auKaar, so get
"•••the rustle of silk and taffsta, ,in touch with me or Mr. Conr^jy if
the glint ©f eandlalight on medals and you'd like to coa5,(e along. Ko exper
monaoles**.”
touch of Old Wien came
ience necessary®
to the Ivory Tower last Simday in the
Why are reading this when you
form of the First St. John's Sumaier
should be working on your essay?'?'
^alts Party. TJjis elegant affair
Twnrasue37npSg«'^^
s
Mark.
to think of all ths starving
children in IndlaTgood for getting
out mother-aggrevatlons)»
�(contlaued from page 1)
took place Ixi the boathouse and was
sponsored by Kathy Abrans and genial
Joe Bcaeha
She setting sun found thia reporter
on the porch, listening to Mozart and
watching the eels writhe in College
Creek* Soon strains of Strauss came
dancing on the breeze and The Waltz
bagaiiJ Despite a meagre turnout (due
to the holiday, we assume), couples
wei’e quickly whirling about the floor
lad by Daddy Whalen and lashing Jody
Sxlnnera of the Savannah, Georgia
Skinners•
We at The Calyp.san were pleased to
gee a few”of the G.Io's put in an apcsarunce* It didn’t hurt at all, did
it,, folks? We also wish to compiiment
<he powers that be on the unusually
fine refreshments at the recent postseminar gatherings* Carry on®..
K WSHEWSMBj SN EWSN EWSNEWSKEWSN EWSN SW3
’‘Dejaplte ths Southwest’s searing
heat of the past several daysj 60,000
country music (cowboy musicdamaitl “Sd®) fans ware expected for
ths Willie Kelson Pourth of July
Bisaio at the singer's country club
27 miles from Austin, Texas, Secur
ity for the usual frenzy that attends
thas picnic began two weeks ago.
Stat© troopers set up a command post
and radios were equipped with snake
bite kits, disposable scalpels and
oxygen”
-friiisa The Svealng Capitol, July 4th
T>Y, ^PDATEj &, Baltlaiora news statioa To©F”?.V. cameras down to Wil
lie’s place on Friday to show everyone drinking beer end fainting in the
105 degree heat. They filmed several
people being caiTied off on stretchers
to the first aid tent, where they
vors administered to by medics in
cutoffs, t-ahirts, sunglasses, and
cowboy hats* The
could not be
reached for comment*
The Calypsan, page 2
The Editor's Party Perspective:
As promised, her© are the detail:for the SQ.iar© dance we’ll try at
this Friday’s party (assuming enougi
Interested individuals)* It will u-held la the basement of Chase Stone
after lecture* We'd love to see
more tutors attend, and any G.I.’s
who ai*e arcund*
Ths caller’s words are In CAPI
TOLS, the directions in small letter.
COUPLES #1 ;.KD #3 GO FORWARD TO THE
KIDDLE AND lACK WITH YOU; Head coup
les walk into the middle and back to
place. FORWARD AGAIN, PASS THROUGH.
DIVIDE THE RING, WALK OOUKD JUST
TWO; Head couples pass through the
opposite side of the set and then
walk away from their partners, aro...
ths side bouples, and stop standing
next to their corner to moke a line
of four with the side couples, Coup
les #1 and ^3 should ba .facing their
partners across the set and near
their home position. IT’S FORiURD
AND BACK, EIGHT TO THE MIDDLE OD
BACK WITH YOU, FORWARD AGAIN, PASS
THROUGH, RACE YOUR PARTNER, SAY HI,
DO-SI-DO YOUR PARTNERS ALL, SWIi^G
YOUR CORNER LADY: Corner lady now
becoiqea your new partner* PROKSNALi
YOUR CORNER GIRL: Promanad© the per
son you have Just swung* (Figure re
peats for couples
and j^3» Remambar that there are new partners
each time through the figure* Al
ter a break, the figure repeats for
couples #2 and
»
Easy, huh? If we get this one
dcijn, then we'll have a bettor re
cord that’s not quite so achmaltsy
for next week* See y’all there**.
P.S.- W© may b® able to locate a real
live square (Sanoe callex” who not on3.y ,caXi.gs, but also teaches the dan
ces (Excluding th© Yirsinia Reel, a
true classic). If any on;, is inter
ested Sji an entire avenlag of sqaa: .
danoing, let me know.
�I
AIKOST HEiVB’
by M.M.
It all began when I 4iecoversd
that Mark Jaetolg is frosa WaBhlngtoa
Sinee my only trip "oat West”
wea to WashingtonJ I ®xoit®dly told
him of my advantoree on Mt* Rainier,
south of Seattle (a fine story in it
self, but another time). Itoi'k had
lone a good deal of h3js;ing» too, so
we began to toy with the idea of a
backpacking trip between semesters.
This being Mark’s first hike "out
East", X wanted to .mke a fe'vorable
impression, so I chose the Dolly .
Sods V/D-deraess Area, a place I’d
been to once before; with a 65 year
□id man who also took me up Kt. Washington in the winter (another story
for another tiuis).- Dolly Sods is
located tn northeastern West Virgin
ia, in a huge collection of forests
called Monongahela National Fox'est.
"Dolly" is a corruption of^ame of
the family who once lived there- the
Dahles, and "Sod" is a Scottish word
for pastureland, but the name simply
oaniist cox\V’ey the beauty of the area.
Strj«ig@ weather as.d geographic con
figurations have shaped it into sn
almost ©ub-tuadra olimate. At high
er elevations one finds large, open
fields covered with moss, lichens,
and low shrubs. It’s lik© going to
Canada, only cheaperI
Xho six of us (four Johnnies and
two of my friends) left Washington
at 5150 Pridisy mornir^g, and
hours
lat©r we were staring up at Seneca
Rocks, a huge (by Eastern standards)
knife-edge ridge that is one of the
lar/xaat rock-olimbi-^g areas In th®
Seat. (Trivia points a ridge of this
•ort is oolled on Arste. It has not
hing to do with Meno, though. This
artte lo of l^ranch-latln origin,
wianlixg either "awn of wheat” or
"fishbone". Taka your pick). Seneca
Hock;} has always been a traditional
atop on any of my W.V&. trips; It is
a beautifully braathtaklng sight
toat- was dofinitely wo^h the extra
5C miles wo had to travel (If you
over go by there, stop in the visi
tor’s center and see the 30-mlnute
film "Solo").
Wa parked next to the ranger sta
tion and under a cool, mostly siBcny.
sky shouldered our packs and headed
up t-aa trail towards Red Greek.
Tcoatinufjd,
I
ne Cglypaaa,
3
MUSIC REVIEW: Just Plain Good-TimeMusic
by L.S.
There are albums that shock and
awe you with the performer’s skill,
there are albums that do the same
with the lack thereof. This album
is neither; it is one by a group
of clean musicians attempting to be
Boruffy and having a hell of a good
time In the process.
Early Jug band music la not the
easiest listening in the world, As
it was recorded on the old "78" lac
quer or acetate disks the sound re
production is poor, and the music
is often filled with obscure refer
ences (who out there knows what a
thirty-two-twenty on a forty-five
frame is, and why is it so special?).
The album I have in mind, however,
overcomes most of these difficult
ies i It is a "modern" recording (in
stereo, yet) that Just sparkles with
clsan~production work so that each
instumental. break shines through. I
believe there is no "new" material
on the disc; it is a very well cho
sen "gx’eateat hits" modal.
The name is "Jug Band Music" by
Jim Kweskln and the Jiig Band, and
it is fxin. They pick, they sing,
they shout, bellow and stomp, and
all of this to the lowlng-ox oountorpolnt of a wall-blown Jug. The
songs PCSSS33 a gi’sat chronological
range, reaching from th® 1927 WellsDunn "Sadie Green, the Vamp of New
Orleans" to Chu Berry’s immortal and
enigmatio "Memphis". Ono of the
band's raembara, Maria D'Amato, sings
a catchy littXa tune colled "I'm a
Wosaan", which was picked up by the
Women'3 Movement as & sort of an
them,, Another band member was Geoffry Muldaufo Sound famiXiar?
What mors can I say? It is
bouncy, light, cleanly played music
that's Just Plain fun. Through lx
one might gain a touch of curiosity
about the original perfo;raers of tulc
ausiOp the poor, ho&ryj unlntelligable street musicians of ths Twentle'
and Thirties, thereby being oossess',
to dig up scurvier and aox'e "authenxic" versions of these classics. If
so, good luck. As far as J am coaoernined, she Just moke-a m^' smile.
Kweskln &
i&d, Vangu&xd V3D=*79W3
�(goQXinuad from page J)
TMit day's was a leisurely 7 alls
bike with frequent stops to soak oux
feat In the iee-oold vater (later at
oaap Oeorgs and 1 vent svlnaing and^
found out how cold It really was I}»i
We found a nice camping spot 20 yards
from the oreek and cooked our pseudo*"
oriental dinner (noodles ramen and
fresh vegetablest a fins suggestion
on Mark's part), after vblon we
started a fire (It's oold In them thar
klllsl). dad of oourse it wasn't
long before I had the whole crowd ahoopln' an' aohollerln*; slnglhg olasSles that have been passed down from
Sooutmaster to Tenderfoot for years:
**Mr. Dunderbaoh" • "Zxilu Warrior”« and
yes* "Xuabaya'** We even managed to
slip In a few Oalypeo tunes* Includ
ing "The Banana Boat Song”. Aftex"
spending a while looking at all tlte
stars (you won't believe how many
stars you can see out there 1)* we
bedded down and were lulled' to . sin ep
by the gurgling of Bed Creek.
Our seoond day was intermittartly
rainy and much cooler* but the hiking
was Just as enjoyable. We bushwacked
along another creek for a mile o.* so
and saw lots of animal tracks* ai
well as several beaver dams* La:er,
when we had hiked up onto the rlxge,
we saw the afoementioned sub-tunrira
fields* and also some small eveigreen.
forests. Ve decided to camp in one
of. these forests, s'nlelded from the
dj^zle and padded from the grourd by
ths pine needles. Our campsite also
xumed out to be right next to £ deer
run, so we spent much of the evuxing
watching white-tails wander by.
The weather was gorgeous for our
last day. Ve spent close to tw( hours
sitting on the rooks In Bed Onek,
procrastinating the painful re-nitry
Into civilization. The thought of
•forking for two weeks didn’t he^p
any. I would've been quite con^enl
to spend the rest of my life so/klng
ay feet In the creek and looklxg up
at the mountains..“Yes, this ir llvLUj;’’, I thought.
The Qalypgan. page 4
MBS. MABOBS
2}ear Mrs. Maaersi
I spent this last fourth of July
holiday in New T ork City and the
whole time I was there, I was pest
ered by crazy people. I'd be mind
ing my own business, waiting for a
bus or something, when a bag woman
or a drunk would stagger up, mut
tering and drooling, and start shou
, ing at me about how the U.K. was
poisoning Amerioan water with flourlde<"(8ounds like Dr. Broxmer. -Ed.)
Ths problem is that in New York*
just about everybody acta this way.
So how can I tell the crazies from
the non-orazlQs2
Nervous
Dear Nervous:
The nutty, their minds chookablock with conclusions* can be rec
ognised by the immediate Interest
they are willing to take in you.
Otherwise their dishevelment can
sometimes be ths key note* but be
ware there are some exceptions, and
some dress to kill. With spats adorning gentlemen especially, Chapo
In abbreviated trousers declaring
that they have recent naval infor
mation should be immediately suspect
ed.
Although one is cautioned always
to be careful, most nuts are benigi.
and usually only given to strong
racial prejudices. The major thlxig
in confronting insanity is don't be
afraid. Star® directly into their
eyes and intimidate them by a suprec.
demonstration of confidence. In fa
cing a weapon, pretend to be mad
yourself, as the lunatic Is usually
aftervthe sane. Talk rapidly. Do
not give the crazy person the time
to fit bullets in between your wore..
Say you hope they are able tQ take
advantage of a weekend you were pl^...
ning with Dad since he Invited you
both over, But do not stake your
life on this latter Inducement whlcn,
if you yet have a chance after It
doesn't work, the mention of Hom acx
Ing you over may have a more calmin
effect.
Puge
i
�The Calypsan, page 5
(continued from page 4)
(Ed. note: I have found one tarase
particularly effective with p.whandlers in Washington; ’’What i;. I
look like, a’(expletive deleted,
hank???)
Peoling bootless and unhorsed?
yc^ir etiquette problems to xMre
ors, box 112.
sand
!4aE-
SKAINAR SCRIBBLES:
Another bunch df Aristotle: Kaopy
*th.l empty fifth I
Bacchae:
I'm sorry folks, but I was tou busy
participating in the seminar to e<rlbhl<5. However, now that I have yo .r
attention I’ll climb upon my Ivory
soapbox and decry the monstrous inJustice of the post-seminar shebani-.
rnere I was, after two hours of s?iatUAating mental exercise... hot,
tireu, and smelly and In dire need nf
the rejuvlnating effect o' the grap^*
I crot down as fast as my scrawny
shanks can carry rae. What do I fine?
Apple Juice! Cranberry Ju:lcei And
2, coun"^ them, two bottles of Chateau
de Urine. Now I've got nothing agalnst fruit Juice, I mean, like,
aosae of my best friends drink it.
But to supply such a slight quantity
of the evar-popular Plor de Napa Val
ley f’‘tastes good, fine insecticide,
too S’’) for close to one hundred people
la Just plane bad form. As far as I
ioiow wo ore not alcoholics, nor do we
tandency theretowards, either;
why, then, must we be limited to (ave
raged out) an eyecup's worth of wine?
Is not our goal here the Search for
1‘ruth? Who among us does not know
that In vino Veritas!?S
I hope travesties of this sort
will be avoided in the future. I may •
not know what Justice is... but X
know Injustice when I see it.
Talented guitarist does Elvis im
personation for Bar Mitzvahs, Wee
dings. Will travel. Writ© box 4tP«j?&£4U3, Nov Jersey.
�The Calypsan, page 6
CitEATI¥E ASTRONOMY
by
It seems like only yesterday that we wei’e dlsousslng “that
which has no part", and other similarly absurd notions, and yet
here we are with all of The Elements under our belts (not to be
confused with having all the’^elements below one’s belt), and mov
ing onward and upward to Ptolemy. Now doubt you will now wish
to spend countless hours gazing into the heavens, and one of the
first things you will run up against are the constellations- you
remember- those configurations of stars which bear absolutely no
reseablancs co that after which they were named. Therefore, as
a public service. The Qalypsan*s Astro-staff has prepared thia
star chart showing some more faalistic ccnstellations. Simply
take the chart out with you on a clear evening (preferably hun
dreds of miles from polluted, over-lit cities such as Nap-town,
but anywhere will do) au^d hold It over your head with the arrow
pointing North, and soon you will see the constellations take
shape before your very eyes.(a bottle cf J.D. helps speed the pro
cess).
Ak
The sky as seen at about 10:00 p.m., this time of year
�Astrology
*oy ^8»Fiori Stan Mariani Tarots the Chiromancer» Soul-Healer,
and Desp-Dowri Diviner of Fates and Furies
Oanglion "The Ganglia"-March 8-^arch 27, Birthstone-soapstons,Lucky
numbers-ils2 You are a person having many ideas thoughts and designs.
You are active and determined,not to mention proficient in your pro
fession.This Week's forecast~This week will be filled with delays,
discord, stagnation,and doEiestic quarrels. Beware af jealosy.
Prester Gravida"Th6 Pregnant Snake"-March 28-April 26,Birthstone
granite .Lucky nuinbers-8,10 You are a crafty person without virtue.
You are shifty in dealings and the cause of many a scandal.This week’s
forecast-* You will enjoy newly aquired prosperity .Romance will blossom
while you are appreciating the fruits of your labor.
Fulgor I,Mx"Ti?.e Flashlight"-ApriI2?-May-27,Birthstone-Marble .Lucky
numbers-5»?
a person of great ingenuity .You are sucessful in
business dealings which have brought you wealth.This Week’s foreaastYou will have trouble launching new projects. Your work will be
riddled with mediocrity and embarrassment.
Appclonius"The Appol©niy.s“-May 28-Jun© 2?.Sirthstom-sand,Lucky numbersi-9.3 You are a vex'satil® and adept person, capable of adjusting
to fthaiiging conditions .This Week's forecast- You will be revealed as
an imposter. Illness is also possible.Lack of preparation will be
your downfall.
Steill@*Th® Trowel"-June28-July29.Birthstons-shale.Lucky numbers-X7,1
You ar® a' precautioiin and circumspect person with somewhat excessive
and exaggerated ideas. This Week’s forecast-You will be inattentive to
important details and careless in your promisses. New opportunities
beckon« frenxy, levity,passion,delirium,extravagas’ie®,exhibitionism.
S"Th« S"-J«ly 30">August29,Birthstone“pum.ioeLucky numbsr3»23f^{-2You
ar® & warm-hearted and fair person, possesing loving intelligence.
You are practical,honest,, and a good friend.This Week’s forecastYeu will enter into asi insincere relationship with unknown enssmies.
Your failure to face facts will result dishonesty.disgrace, and error.
CrotftXl Oeuii”Th® Snake Eyes"-Aug.30-Sept.29,Birthstone-coai,Lucky
nwsifeers-0,37 Ycu are a capable person who is knowledgeable and
eoiepetant.Your intelligence and z*eaa©n are dominated by j'our emotion
vW.d passion.This Week’s forecast- Your failure to control petty
emotions will result in indecision and feebleness. Your acceptance of
^superficial knowledge will delay your progress .Unexpected event®
?aay occur.
�As'irology
continusd
Vespertilion”The Bat'’*-S€pteniber30-0cl;ober29jBirthstone-limestone ,
lucky nurebers-19You. are a sly and cunning person skilled in
flattery and artifice.This Week's forecast. Continue your efforts
until sucess Is attained. An old friend will return and will inspire
® new approach to an old problem. Beware of offers of advancement.
Erro*’The Hitch-Hiker ”“0ctober30-Noveinber28. Births tone-chalk, Lucky
numbers-l6sl3 You are a studious and intent person willing to
offer services and efforts towards a specific goal.This Week’s
forecast- Ridiculous expenditures will result in new opportunitfees.
Beware of hesitating instaed of diligently proceeding ahead. Don't
listen to advice, especially concerning relatives.
Lacerna Pergionis'Ths 8oat Hang©r"“November29-December26,Birthstone
concrete , Lucky numbers 87,52
You are a loner and incapable of par
ticipating with another person. Your tendency to withhold emotion
often results in the appearance of being insincere.This Week’s
forecast- Your expedient, manner will result in a voyage. Slanderous
gossip will put you in temporary favor .Adversaries may arise, arid
the violent strife will cause infinite delay.
Bulbue Lucie ‘’Th® Lightbulb“-Decesnber29-January26 .Birthstone-flint,
Lucky tiUBibers-Ui ,63
You are a daydreamer given ever to f oolish
ahimo. Your unrealistic attitudes often only bring partial fulfil
ment .This week’s forecast- You are entering a stationary period
and will experience troubled relationships with friends and relatives.
Don’t give up hope,though, there are opportunities ahead.You will
ftake an intelligent decision and your strong willpower will see it
to’ its ultimately satisfactory end.
Barbetus"Ths Poodle’’-January 27-March 7»Birthstcne“Slate .Lucky
mmbers-12,3 You are a person who responds favorably to the good
nature of others. You take pleasure in the daily existance.Your
practical knowledge gives you courage in undertakings.This Week’s
forecast- Hidden enimle.g result in loss of full trarejullity. An
unfulfilled romance will give you prosperity without happiness, Unwise
investments are the source of new troubles arising.
limeFloi'lstan Marian.! Tarot will answer your questions and counsel
your personal problems. All correspondence is confidential?and she
will send personal replies to ail inquiries.Write-Mme.Tarot c/o
The Calypsan box 474 St.John's College,Annapolis. Please allow
at least two days for reply.
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Issue^'7, 24 J
AiiOOKCiL'iEflTS;
Mark Jadtualg has onno inced a "name
the canoe" center.t. '.’’ires canoes
■
vzlll be painted, and /ou could have
the aatiefactlon of reeliig a name
of your Invention eoiMazoned upon '
the Cow of one of thfse teauties.
j
Send suggestions to ?he Calypsan,
‘
box 474, ano I will Torwara "t'Hem
to the boathcuse.
i
A. pa.ir of black lace panties was
found hanging upon ny doorknob Mon
day moroing. If you lost them, or
would like to try trem on, ttnjy may
be found-pinned to i.he 2nci floor
!
Campbell cork board.. I appreciate
■
gifts, but really..,
(Ed.)
!
Food
Thcught i
"Antnropelogy has taught us that
th© world is diffarsntly defined Jn
different places. It is not only
that people nave di.fferent custonis;
it Is not only that people believe
in different gods and expect differ
ent post-mortem fates. It is« rather,
that the worlds of dif f-erent * peo*
pies have different shapes. The very
metapuysioal presuppositions differ;
space :ces not conferoi tc kucliiean geometry, tic-e dees not form a
contiiuous unidirectional flow,
‘
causaiion docs not confoz'm fo Arist— j
oteliajti logic, man is not aiffer
ent lat ad from non-man or life from
deothj^As in cur world, l/e Icnow
something of the shape .^f these oti
hex' worlds from the logic of native
j
languages and from mythe and carep
monies, as recorded 't,y a.ntarcpolDon J nst-c. r.a.s shown us
glimpses vf the world cf a i'aqui
sorcerex, and because we see it un(continued^ page 5)
• go
Editor: Mark Middlebrook
Assoc Ed.i Davis Walker
ASSOC Ed. (Music); Lenny Silberstel-;
iitovlng Reporter; Lisa Porrington
Printer: Jonathon Gold
Calligraphy: Tira Costello
Prom the jadltcr*,.
Well here we are again after a
week of •^vacation”. But nov that
we re over tno hurap, let's start
having some f^i with the plethora
of parties planned for the remain
lag two and a half weeks. It shouldn t be difficult. Let mo know of
any 'special events" being plan
ned, and I’ll print them next week.
Speaking of which, next week will
bo our last issue. Yes, folke,
that’s rT^t, the last one. It. Ik
with tears In our eyes that we see
the approaching end ot the summer
of 80 (truly, a ve^ good yea.rl).
If you have anythl^/to ba publishyedxiesTtils week features four, yss
four, Aristotle Seminar Scr.*.t>.’G5
ta cloth bound, gilt-edged u-nt
of all the Seminar Scribbles eaxi’^'^^
be purchase.- *-rotn The Oalypsan Prch^i
1'-'5sopher-king
shouid 30 Kith out OUc. . I 1 C f
great come-back:: for your don-rag.
Also jaakes a great gift for the kid,: 5
and lots and lots of As'&ncmy and
Astrology- In an effort to air cppcsing viewpoints, we've published
an alternative* horoscope this week,
though I wlou to cake it pfcrfoctly
clear th£i.t Km;. Floristan Mariani"
*?arot It, axic. will reoaln;, our ofi.:oial stefl uttro^-oicci’,
3jfe
foj- MOW,, .
>iark
�The Gul.ypsay.«
?
This Week’s Horoscope
By Krae.Floristan (V;ftri an.i Tarct, the Chiromancer, Soul-Healer,
and Deep-Down Diviner of Faxes and Furjes
Ganglion "The Ganglia'’--'<arch 8-March 27, Beware of false prosperity.
Do not neglect responsitllities since ej vicious person may apper.
Prester Gravida’’?he Fregnant Sjnake" ,March28-Anri 126, You will have
difficulty in launching nev/ projects this *«’ek due to hastily made
decieions.
Fulgor Lux"?hG Flashlight’’, Aprii2?-May27,
You will experience a
loss of full tranquility involving unsatisfied desires, a/vd hasitancy causing losses.
Anpolonius’’The Appolonius" ,May28-June27, There is no immediate
solution to your present difficulties.
Trulla‘’the Trowel" ,June28-July29»Do tiot give in to the temptation
to ■become involved in a separation despite frustration in love
and marriage.
S*'The S’*, July30-AugU8t.29, f<ifc^fortune may befall a friend. Your
violent temper will result in great emtannssment and an uncertain
out look.
Crotali ucoii , "The Snake Eyes’7iUguat30-Septeabex'29. You will fool
ishly exercise generosity and untrustworthy a^uaintancea will take
advantage of you.
Vc3pertiIlPn’’The Sat" ,Scptember30-0c iobtr29, Be cautious, you will
be invoived in an insincere relationahip based on false pretenses.
Lacerna Pergionis"The Coat Hanger" ,Noveiaber29~Deceiaber28, Your
headstrong attempt to overcome difficulties will be uneuc^j^ssful.
Bulb IS Luc?,u’"T'he Light 3ulb‘‘December29“January26, h joiu’ney will
bring you desolation and iissapoinxment .
Barbe tvs "The f oedie ".Ian2'’-Marcb6 , Anticipate hidden enemies J.n
your search to recover losses.Goncluuion of an unsatisfactory
business experience or social friendship.
General Tendtgncies-Tliis week will 'ee filled v;.th nrozniting cppcnrT
cxpccr satisfaction ano ''cnicPtmc-nt as the result
of difficulties surmounted.
�The Or. 12. paan,
page 3
In noiior of regi£i|i+ion; a po&iii
■Pulog
Lecoruia
(author lu^known)
doiihle .like old beggars under sacks,
coughing like hags, we cu-x’sed throu^ the sludge,
xliJ on the hauntinr flares we turned our backs,
And toward.s ox;.r distant rest began to trudge.
Hen la^^ched asleep. Mary had xust their boots,
But lioiped on, talood-shod, All went xeiue, all blind;
I>runk with fatigue; deaf even to hoots
of gas-aholls di’opiting suftl./ be’alnd.
Gasl
Gas]
Quick, boyo? - An acs’casy of fxuabllng,
Pitting the clumsy oelmetc just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling.
And floundering like a san In fire or lime, Dim through misty panes and thick green light,
As uni61 a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In till ay dreams before my helpless algrit
He plunges at ;ae, guttering, choking, drowning.
If 3_c setae smothering ire ate-a, you tco could pace
Behind the wagon that we flxuig him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
Kls hanging face, like a devil’s f^iok of him;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling f on th© froth-corrupted lungs.
Bitter as the cud
Of, Incurable sores on Innocent tongues, My friend, you would not tell with suoh high zest
To children ardent for some despexJato glory.
The old Lie: JXilce et decorum ast
Pro patrie moriv
’
{continued frox tap/-? 11
der the influence of hallucinogenic substanoea, we apprehend it with a
reality that is utterly different from these eth^’r sources, fhla is the
special virtue cf this work.
•’C^staiieda rightlj’- asserts that tnla wo.rld, for all its differenoes cf
perception, has its own inner logic. He has tried to explain it from in
side, as it weze- from within his own rich arid Intensely personal exper
iences under den Juan’s tutelage- rather than to examine it in terms of ouj'
logic. That ho cannot entirely succeed in this is a limitation that o'ur
culture and our own language place on perception, rather than his personal
limitation; yet in his efforts he bridges for ue the world of a Yaqui sor
cerer with our own, the world of non-o.rdlnary reality with the world of
ordinary reality, (l.e., '’ordinary reality” as we define it. -Ed.)
”The central importance ot entering Into worlds othex- thaj. our own- and
nence of anthropoigy itself- lies in the fact that the experience leads
us to uaderstajid that oui' own world is also a cultural construct.”
by Walter Goldschmidt in his introduction to Carle:. Castaneda's Ihc
Teaching# of ;k)n Juafi* it Yaqul
of Knowledge
�<■ wH I. fi.£L£G ■
/ristc tic 1
it sjtu-i"b.‘n. the reading clearly
t.tai.er (l.e*, it vai, writt-n
the author) ”A+B=C’\ Thu iiea'inar
question, tuei'efore, rmB_t he ’’In
'A’hat liay lues the autuor "suggest
that A*-2^C?”
Thci“e'9 only one tiny problem with
teaching a child to swljr. by the tra
ditional ’’Duffip ’la iju;'‘ met no de some
times th«u kid drowns.
Would you want a computer to raake
defItsitions for you? Something that
io anything
htuneai? Or would you
rather another human do it*,, urfortunately, t'.t necessarily, all
tujo huxsan?
’*If you do it often enough you’ll
get it right,” Pools! You’ve never
tested my cooking.
Some folks count to ten before they
actively express anger. Some folks
go to threft, some to twenty. I
count to the highest number 1 can...
and add one... and add one... etc.,
ad nauseum. This keeps me terribly
busy for about twenty-five minutes,
I get;; lc3t aMout... two hundred
t.s<enty three, I think.
It’s been so
fiard to remember things ever since
tho universe went, into^tflux.
you from ever becoming
St c^CiitUi'0
yuurseif! PTla a fre■^ent •^•bsrense) .•
^ead se. good life so you’ll come to
k good jnd.” Ch really. There are
jarder^ that paas on quietly in their
sleep, and kindly old ladies that ar©
struck by busses, and paralyzed.
hC tAristotlohlo t Ar.i^to 12 eSo t|j^r-oto tla
’’ifhat'o noble is nohle, and tnere's
no two ways about itl” Congratula
tion! You've just compared the word
with itself and told us nothing;
compare ’’a watch is a watch.. J’
fccntlr'Uedj next column)
A l-'lESa
If one IS av.-nsn in a noa of Ax’i-;
stoteltan I'-rltied concepts ' tihelpful to find a Wi^tgonutuinlar
life-raft. What is; one t.) make of
barrages of good, virtue, temperate,
gr>^at-'*souied" ,.. quaclcuack iuaCiC.
Clve a man wtiat ne 'deserves" and
call it ’’justice”. Kot bad, but/vto
decides? VIhy? Along these linss:
wickedness for the sake of wicked
ness is ’’ovil”. i»ho asiong us nus r.j
been spiteful just for spite's sake
and walked away thinking ”Boy, that;
(Don Hickles and Normah^’
Laar comedies are vicariciuo exam
ples') .
Anyone who talks after lOtp.m, (ex
cept posaibly monosyllabic gr-nts)
should be shot, ilowever, who an ong u
is hot guilty?
fe bunch 0 ’ Aristotle,.. .»—.»
.Wl It..—
Alright, I’ve resigned myself to Lhu
fact that I can never attain True
Goodness, Prudence, Moral Virtue,
Greafc-Soulodnsss, or what have you.
Does that mean X 'nave to jieave the
school?
The french word for*‘exDerlef;ce“and
"scientific experiment” saay be the
same, but what of it? The same may
be said of the German word for "can
dle" and "spark plug"; orx© would not
go looking for Profound Truths in
example, however.
If the proper end of the
life*
is to learn about people’s rsspenaes in order ta better or h«lp tnea
then the*.;iost proper and beat aun"
might be the psychiatrist or cocial
worker. These professions (and re
flated ones), However, can also^-ermed
the ultimate reinforcers of the stat
us quo", 'where do we go from there-1
(all you see around you are sympat
het io eyes,..)
Interesting question: when does a
ch lie become a hunsux being?. Dx-rt Lnont point:
com
plexity increases, the perloc cf clcier^ceneg Irareases. (Compare a >57 continue {17 PaKe~’57
/
�(contInueA froia page -4}
year-old Masai lad who >ias killed
nis first lion and io nav; an aduat
with an upper-midaie-class '52-yoarvld "profesaiona i. atudent.” going fc-r
his doctorate, Thio Is
nls
second Masters ana on. b‘.s parent’s '
fonde, of course,)
Ah, to bask in wox'ia-hood! { Thanks,
Id. I)
The ory of the Humanist: ''Avery lif(lias at least value x*’. The aealist’s
fepiay i ^’iZbat if X is equal^or less
nhan sex-o?”
"A society which values poor phil
osophers over good plumbers will
have neither philcaophy noi’ plum
bing that holds we ter
-Unknown (quoted from TSgt. X-eCaro}
’Objection, non-soqultur, cheerful
distrust, joyous r:OGkery— the'Sa
are the signs of a wealthy aertaXIty. Everything absolute belongs in
the realm of Pathology.' P.N,?B.G.E.)
four Prlend ly Nsiyhborhood. Ari*VZ'
^
-t o tx 6
**'^***"****^*< —■dMOa'—M,- H«1 Iiiirimi I
T—Ml MH W Mt
'A friend la one In front of nhom
you can think aloud,'' -Unknow
(quoted from th- Evil Liaard)
'
do you like him so much?" "1
loaraeld to see throixgh him,,, aud
enjoy ths view.”
if moro people tea true low-life.9
as close friends they would expect
ess flna the world in general.
<ien EvsiQcre says
ue "I like you
or '^0^9 faul.ts and leTect...!'. I i-e■•'•-y
that's your criterion
taere must be vex’y little llkoble
B«x>ut me."
irtiat does erotic love have to do
with frlandshlp? I've sJ.ept with
people whom I nevsr want to see agatn (alei;, tha reverse is auoa more
coament', and therv are people* with
Whom I haven't slept for whom I.
would .kill OX' dlo, Where ioo.7 th.is
ieavo ue? (Obviously,sleeping
alone aond dying for people)
The Calypsan, page 5
j i^AVlGAlIM 31 laE 3TAhS:
I Now that you've bad nome tin-.e to .la.!liiai’izo yourself with the star
chart (issue
g you can learn all
so rts vf clfty tricks uaUig the
Stary and cou.stcllatioiie,
{
t
I
I
i
First, let'h say you've gotten
turned around, but you aomshow kcaw
that your destination lies due eaut,
'dimply draw an Imaginary line from
the "man kicking a dog’::" right .foot
to the jcihdlc of "tyic S" f erd fol
low .it unxil 'jQ\) Tea.cii your desti
nation or you end up speaking Chi
nese (In the .latttu' case /'/v' ve ^orc
toe far, and you should..,
Go West!: 15ven easier. "The rut’s"
tall pointe directly west.,
(there is only one difficulty with
these oast and west direction flad
ing methods? they only work at 10:00
p.m. July ,0th, or cne equivalent,
But what's your hurry, anyway?
riYiding North (works all the timet);
Just fellow th© hump on the "Sea
horse 's'* biick.
"Go baok to start' nethod; If you
nave absolutely no idea where you are
or which direction to go, there is a
simple way of re-orientlug yourself:
Poilow the aforementlonod Sorth Star
until it is direotl.v overhead (Thia
may take roro than one night), at
I which point you will know exactly
iwhere you are. (Noca: If you happen
I tc live tn Tierra dal ?uego or its
surrounding suburbs, it might be best
I to head directly away from the North
J StSi'),
*"
Sonti folks. C3e. the aide that moss
grows cu a|tree as an Indicator of
li-ceotion, but I don’t, for two rea
sons: I) 1 c£ui never remember v/nich
side 3.c grows Oh, 2) I don’t trust
□araoites. .anyway.
�“ •
.
, •
•
• .
H 0 K Q s r: 0 F F. i>
Iy
.»ii■. paste G
------ » l
t
■ A2’d<kD.Ll-? GI-^R•- -Q-Z —Tslk-^Yoe have an inventlvo mind and arc inclined to be
'.'o'j i.i.r:. a rrcat f^cal, Cr» L'n:
brjin iiicliricc? ?;o be terclcs" and
iirpr«ii;tic;i
caesxn;;
■.'- ruikcj the sa;na mista’Ces over and o'.^cr a^'ale, ?i.t..:'ii,:
. think you Cio. rtuplad
.
*»*•••
*■
.
*”
have a vivid inaslvistion and often think you
f'.rc bcin.f. foitowcH by the CIA or FBI,, You have minor influence over your a,:.tociat- and people resent you for yer f Jaurujs of your power. You lack confidence and ar* '
generally a coward. FXsces people do terrible things to smali cnicvils,
—?.i-i.'.../.^P.^—121 ““ i<’’J^ro.the picaeer type -avd hold ji;ost people in
contempt. \O':i arc quick rcrapered, iivpatient and scornful of advice. Yo;i arc not
a very nice pex'son.
,
■ j
"“ '^ou are piccCijal .nd persistent. You have
, dcucrciination and work like hell. Fest paopie think you are stubborn and burl
headed. Taurus peepie havo B.O. an J fart, a 'otJune
” You are a tuick and icelHgent thinker. People like
•-you because you are bisexual, ilovzc/cr. you ..rc inclined to expect Loo much for
too little. T'ois tneiins
are ch. ap- Gea.hu'VI arc kr-awn ior conaiCting incest.
CAhCKR fjunc 21 ■* July S.l"; ••• You are syti-tpathetre and understotnding to ocher
people s probiesis. They thtt k yov are a sucker. Your are alv;ay.s putting rhings
off, Thue's Whv >oj'll neve; make anjc»v
'.ng oi yourrelf. .Most v’e’-.^ern rcci.p?.f;,i5cs
are Cancer people.
XSgLljlliy- ?b - Aur. 22} -- Yo- consider yo srsftlf a. born leader. Othare think you
are pushy, .'•'c-st
peopla axe bullies. You are vain and dislike honest
o..itici.sa. Ycor arrogance is disgustit?^,, ,teo people arc !.hievfe.s.
23 - 3gPi--. 22^) -*• You .-ire thIt logical type and hate disorder. This
nitpickin?, r.s sickaning to your friends.
You are cold and uneroocional and sonetinie^ fall asleep whil-; Tcakinp Ic've^ Vix■go’s uike y.ood bur; drivers.
Ocu._^ » You are the artistic type and have a difficult tine
7‘
Ix you are a man you are .^orc likely queer. Chances for ec^plo>nent
and t:u>aciLs.ty gains arc excellent. Most Libra women
arc gtXJd prostitutes. All
Libra s iuive '•. cnoral d.isec.'-c.
gCORPTO Get.
'dov. 21) -•• You aic
You T.’ill fsch:. eve Che pinnacle of succes shrc.zd on business and cannot be Crusted
t’.'.;ausc fM. ys?!,.!v c-ctal l.’Scx. ot cthlcr*.
.Sb Scoi pV.t> pcop'lc arc {.“'crdere-’
<^ov. 22--- JcY£i_2ji
You arc optimistic and enthusiastic. Ycu have
OH xucK since, y u lack talent., Tha taajority of
iopc fier;*c. ?3op>e iaugh at yon a g.xf'at dos
a i’ccklcss t endenc^' to~
Saggitnriani cre drunk;;
2c You arc conservative
tai^icc ’*
You d^-.n'r do~r^<! 'ci
JtuyYur^ and ^re ‘nzy. -ybe.c t.-. .ever been a Capricor
any k..;>ov;Z;;Ct,
should avoid j^taeding
long as a doe
thli.k you me a tree uiervcorns
-ind pros on you.
,
'
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Is sue iy3, 31 July '80
Saturday films SMILES 0? A SUIQSi?
NIGHT
5X
Stinimer Night is a cojb’Ly Ingmar LergmanTT'c Is one of
the most delightful films ever madSt,
That’s why I got It.
Watching this film has been known
to .increase a person’s sexual prow
ess.
3 out of A people who have not tak
en the opportuxiity to see Smiles of
a Summer light
-..jmIbmmmwi. lead miserable lives®
Some women who refused to watch this
film last time it appeared on this
campus ended up marrying middies.
Likewise, many of the men who re
fused tought life-sise dolls through
’’Hustler” magaslae.
Lon’t let your smamer end xn tragedy!
Sea this filmi
Sorrentino
■..1
mnr^wurW.MMiwwrjM*
«niu
(If Jia hasn’t convinced you, let a®
add that this is not a .French fllal
It^3 Swedish. OulTTa lai -Ed.)
Ckice estu*u
ke tJb’S H'*’’
_______
Editor: Mark Middlebrook
Asst, Ed,: Davis Walker
Asst. Ed. (Music): Lenny Silbersteln
Roving Reporteri Trisa Perrington
Print ex’: Jonathon Gold
Calligraphy: Tla Costello
Spelling Adviser; Steve Reynolds
Prom the Editor;
’’Drink it up, this one’s for you
It’s been a lovely cruise.
I’m' sorry it’s ending, yeah it’s
sad but it * 3 tx'ue
It’s been a lovely crulF©,
There * s wind in our hair
ax.d there’s wter in ay shoes
ajt it’s been a lovely cruise.”
-fro® a- song by Joa&thon Bairxam'
The usual quack-^uack about bow
grateful 1 am to all who belpsd
with the paper, particularly my
f&itkfui ass. eds. (Lenny and. Lavish ,
and how surprised 1 am that anyone
read fchls drivel (spelled it right
this time, perhaps there’-s hope) for
W weeks.
La view of the overwhelming sup
port for The Calypsan by some of
you, and in'^view of our dven<relmlng
audacity, ks have decided to attempt
to put out a few Issues during the
sophomore year, four feedback cn
this is welcomeds but please confine
it to hate-mail and other harmless
fo.rms of self expression® Another
fire right above my room might look
just a bit suspicious.
It’s been & pleasure...
Mark.
�To the Editor;
Congrats on your audacity. I re*«
fer to the clip from Castaneda’s
first hookp a strange and disturbJjig volume, to say the least, here
at St. John’s I find the incredible
hypocrisy of "Question all you wajat,
but only along our (party?) line
rearing its ugly head at the worst
of times. God bless one’s soul if
one wishes to question the validity
of dialectical logic or even (hor
rors!) Euclid, there is a purlie
egocentrism that is attached to the
Western philosophic view that we
stuuy; it shrugs off the rest of the
worlds’ philosophies with a simple
"Oh. They’re wrong". I hope that
you’ve provided a swift kick tn the
gluteals to the smug pontifioators
of their own correctness, and maybe
opened their eyes a bit to the wide
and varied interpretations of that
which is/may be around us. Keep up
the good work!
-Leonard J. Sllberstein
The Editor’s Party gerspectlve
ThTF^Is Tt folks, the last par
ty for the febbies of *80. It is
being hosted by Miss Alice Wells
on Saturday, august 2nd bsgiiuiing
at 10:50 p.m. (after the movie).
Tentatively, it will be held in
Great Hall, but we should be sure of
the location by Prlday. We are ask
ing tnat all students contribute
two dollars to the caj^e (please
give to I<iss Wells or myself), in
order tnat we may purchase large
quantities of liquid refreshments
(alcohol, beer, juices). We are also
asking that everyone come in some
manner of costume; whatever you have
aroun4 or can scrounge up, but be
Imagitiatlve I
In order to keep the costs as
low as possible, the entsrtainment
will be up to you. Besides the usual
complement of bizarre and not-aobizarre music, wt? hope to have some
live entertainment from sone of you
ToikB. (Don't worry about lack of
talent; no one will remember by
morning, anyway). If you have an
“^continued, next coiusffl)
The Calyp^a;., page 2
The following is a uong submitted
anonymously (a:.d with good reason,
I might add!). It is entitled Dia
lectic in 02, and it goes to the
iLSXe
King of the
rarest from "The Wizard of Oz
DIALECTIC IK OZ
HI ■■ ri^.
Oh Ptilosophei-, if you were king,
you wouldn’t be afraid of anything?
NOT UOSODY, NOT iiOiiOWl I
Not even a rhlnocercw??
IMPOSSIROSI
What about a hippopotanjus^
WHY I'D THRASH HIM FROM TOP TO BCTT0:iU;5M.
Supposing you met an elephant?
I’D WRAP HI.4 JF III GELLEPHANTll
What if it were an ogress?
I'D SHOW HER WHO WAS KING OF THE POLI.
How?^,
ARETE H WHAT HAKES A KLXG OUT OP A
SLAVE? ARET^H
WHAT MAKES TEE FLAG ON THE MAST TO
WAVE? ARETE!!
WHAT MAKES THE SLSPHAKT CHARGE HIS
TUSK?
IH THE MISTY MIST OR THE DUSKY DUSK?
WHAT I-UKES T1;E MUSKRAT GUARD HIS
MUSK? ARETE!!
WHAT MAKES THE SPHINX THS SEVENTH
WONDER? ARETEl!
'tfHAT 1-^>KE3 THE DAWN COME UP LIKE
THUNDER?! ARETEH
WHAT i-IAKSS THE HOTTENTOT SO HOT?
WHAT PUTS THE APE IN APRICOT?
’,«AT HAVE THEY GOT THAT I AIN'T GOT? I
Aret^?
YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN...
(continued from laat colunux)
idea for a short skit, play, musi
cal perfoivaanoe, or whatever, pleasu
contact Mias Wells A.S.A.Pi
With any luck, we will also be
treated to a few waltzes at the aclfingers of Mr^ Zuckerman, so bring
your dancin’ shoes.
All students (incl., non-fsbbies).
tutors, G.I.'s , and friends are ir.-vlted, but if you do plan to bring
a guest, please ship in eztx*a go's
that there’ll be enough for every
one, We’d love to see all the tut
ors - this one’s a freebie for you.
�to you that I have atr.ick
l-'.ar; I have the very mai'KC “'o^’the tlowa
upon ay person I
The recent luote from Walter
bj£an;
It Isn't possible.
•-ro i 'jscLn.-idt ’ s introduction to CastanC'Cia's The Teachint^.s
Eon Juan
It seems to me that Goldschmidt is
broUiZht to mind a scene from .Zolmaintaining the old doctrine of sceptitei'e’s comedy "Le Mariage Force'*.
oisffi os^slativism- that our world is
An elderly gentleman who contem
Just a ''cultural construct", that there
plates marriage with an inconsis
is no reality, there are no absolutes«
tent young thing and who suspects
The trouble with this philosophy is that
that he is in for trouble consults
no one can applv it consistently, yy
a philosopher of th© skeptical
quote from’ loliere illustrates the ulti
school on the matter® The dialogue
mate results of this doctrine. The in
runs as follows (I have taken the
ability of the skeptical philosopher,
.iberty of abbreviating the scene
Marphurius, to speak to the issue at
somewhat):
hand , and the reduction of the ’whole
business to personal preference (a thoritarianism) finally and inevitably booc'Sganarelle: Professor, I need your
erangs; skeptical
incapacity to rec
aj'vioe in a matter ap.d I have come
ognize the objectivity of other people
ner.' for that reason.
situations prevents yo’u from defending
yarphurlus ? iiy dear sir, I beg you.
co change your mannei’ of speaking,
yourself against identical treatments
Our philosophy prohibits entirely
Selective skepticism proves impossible,
the enunciation of unqualified pro and total skepticisia cannot be carried
positions; one must speak of every«- out in. practice. Even the most relativ
thlng with uncertainty; Judgement is istic person objects when you mistreat
always to be suspended. Therefore,
him and claim he can’t prove it; and the
you must not say, "l have come",
solipsist, Just like anyone else, looks
but "It seems to me that I have
both ways before crossing the street.
ooms."
As, a Christian enrolled at St, John's,
3gan; It seems to me.
I am constantly running into this doc
Exactly.
trine of "Better Risk Loss of Truth Tha:.
Great scottt It ought, very
Chance of Error." Many tell me that
well to seem that way, since it is
skepticism is a duty until "sufficient
the case.
evidence" for religion is found. This
Ta^; That does not follow. One mus’C is tantamount to saying, when in present
doubt everything.
of the religious hypothesis, that to
Sg^: I*m here to tell you that I
yield to our fear of its being in error
wish to be married, and that the
is wiser and better than to yield to
girl is very young and very beaut
our hope that it may be true. The replyiful.
"Eanmant quod non intelllgunt. Magna est
It isn't possible.
vex*itas st prasvaleblt^They cendemr.
Will I be making a wise or xm what they do not understand. Truth is
wise decision to marry her?
mighty and will prevail."
Marj Either the one or the other.
-Davis W. Walker
l^aJi; Well, what do you think? What
would you do in my place?
"Thus the skeptic still continues to
I have no idea. Do what you
reason and believe, though he aaaerts
pTeaaa.
that he nannot defend hisreacen by
^an: I a» losing my patieac®. (To
rsass’n,
th®
rule, hm' awist
KlffiSfilf): 2'11 make hJ.m change hl>
aasent to the priaelpX® coneeralng th©
tune, th® philosophical oafI (Ha
'ezistenc© of the body, though ha can
trouncea Xarphurius with his oeae.) not pretend by any argument of phllosoph;
^r; What insolence! To have the
to mlntain its veracity." -D. Hume
auH^acity to beat a philosopher of
(submitted fey D.¥.)
my atationt
70"fc® ohaage your !!»»“•
ner of speaking. One must doubt ev
erything, 30 you should not say that
I have struck you, but that it se©His
Bdltor;
�Calypsan, page 4
TEi TABLE CHATTER: by D.H.
IN DEFENSE ...
Because my printing of GoldWell, boys and girls, all good
slsaidt
’s introduction to Castaneda’s
things muex come to an end» The 8Uia’«book
last
week caused a slight stir,
mc.r i'j almost over and naught reI
feel
obliged
to coamcat on it.
malna but fond meaicrlesJ croquet
First,
for
those
of you who haven’t
or. the ieim, foll<3wed by tea and
read
it.
The
Teachings
of.Don Juan,
scones - Liz’s gold earring - those
A
faqui
wiy
of
"
iS~an aT^
strange, furry bugs in the Chase,
le^dl'y
Tantual
“
^ook~w^tt©n
by Car
Stone '^hovers
The flaae of the Mis
los
Castaneda
about.his
tutelage
un
sing Icon and Th© Night They Raided
der
don
Juan,
i,
laqui
Indian
(Jorthf'ra$e *•© - trekking down tc Chick
erh ‘Mexico) .S4^rce.Tar who uses, aaree c for a bagel - Peter’s dis
moag
other things, fealluGlK.ogenic
gusting snuff - the clash of foils
drugs
(Peyote, Psllocybic mushrooms, .
during fencing practice on Sndand
JiBson
weed) to ’’produce stages
"^loor'Carapbell - Creative Graar«i@.r in
of
peculiar
perception”. But it is
Greek - Ihlp’s slot machine » star
not
merely
a
back abeut drugs; what
easing on the back campus - stx^ang®
is
most
remarkable,
for me, is that
epna rltlons on 3rd floox- Chaseit is tha only book exsuaining nonStor'e - trekking down to Chicka£*9os
Westem thought I Saave encountered
for &
- Jody, The Muzak Klagp
that .has been widely raad in the U.S.
cingLng Barbara 3trQlsan.d songs in
(There must b® othssrs, but I haven’t
the shower - existential french mov
bean exposed to them yetj. I printed
ies with stupid whlte-on-whit« subths introduction because I hoped it
titles - Friday night revelry (P@ar
'
^ght,
as Jir. Silbersteln says,
and Loathing in C«S. Basemsnt)
’
’
open
(our)
eyes a bit to the wide
Mr. Smith’s snappy torquoisa ouffand varied interpretations of that
iink® - Mom and Dad '■ the lectur®
which
Is/may be around us”.
at which three out of the four tu»
I realise that at St. John's we
tors fell asleep (the fourth was dal
study
only Western philbsopto'. fet
llvering the lecture) - trekking
that
need
not close our eyel^vn^’’
down to Chickaroos for cheesecake •
there
are
other, .rsidlcallj” different
the G.I»’s
dO“Sl'-doing in the'bo^t*
■©ays
of
viewing
bur world. I fear tha.
bouse - Jim's now-you’-see-lt-nowat
St.
John
’
s
we
run the risk of not
you-don‘t beard (How come he didn’t
only
not
considering
’’non-Arlstoteliar.
dij^jappser this semester?) - the'
noa-Sucliaa^
’’
thought,
but not even
"fosor loquendi" in seminar (dlosed
acknowledging
its
existeac®.
Yes, one
•Ind.a and open mouths )«»lsniiy’s Gryp“
view
the
world
from
the
stand
tJf.j; oae-liner newscasts (”Sti John's’
point
of
Aristotelian
logic,
but
one
Mletrite’*-L,S.) - trekJf;ing down to ,
can also view the world from entire
nlGkaroos t(tT
:^'^mi sandwhlch ly
different logical bases. The gen
••k»drobe Bupplementatlon at Goodwill
eral
maxim I apply here is ’’simply
•nd Clothea liox « The Great Fire of
because
we see something a certain
*8C (^llko rats from a striking ship”)
way
doea
not mean that it must be
» •’Spselals” in the coffee shop that
way
”
. (I mean "see” in the sense
this rag and being pestered by ths
of
understand")
Editor about deadlines - Annapolis
Whan I bring up th® poselbility
la E^oadsnt and Depraved - Der
of
an "alternative logic", I am us
Valts - trekking down, to Chlokaroos
ually
told that it Just doesn’t make
toT & doughnut - The Saint John‘3
any
sens®.
Of course not; how can
Reality Marching Calypso Orchestra on®
expect
to see another logic on
odd smells in the hall, and so on..®
the
basis
of
one's ovm logic? We
*Ttl next aeaester, ave atqao valel
would certainly laugh at a person
from a radically different oulture
Ooodiiight, Billy C&r.ro»ll, wherever
you are.
(oontiaued, page 5)
�The Calypser.. page 5
cS’-maa scribbles
Aristotle» .A^xolotl,, Bat’s why dey*8
so Mean!
general Seminar Etiquettes never, reneyey Plonk yourself Into a
seat, turn to the one next to you
and delicately bellow ’’So. did ’ Ja
do the Reading this tine?”
'.•naat ’ B all this brou-ha~ha about the
oontempl^ative life? I quote Zorba;
'‘It’s eai^y to say 'now, now, you
musn’t bite' when you're a tooth»
less old grandfather, but when you’re
young and have a full set--— you.
bitel" There is a joy to working
Kith o.ne's hands or body, and a vis
ion of dry old geezers preaching
their ineffectuality as the ultitiate "pleasure'' scares me. .Boesn't
“jaoaeratlon in everything” apply
to co.nteaiplatton?
What makes humans uniquely nunan?
If I've said it once, I've aald it
a hundred times: Chromosome count 1
Kot contemplations, but karyotyping*
Row often must this be repeated be«
for® it is accepted as Truth?
Sorry, Prudence is not presesit. She*a
gone out to play*
But isn't the perfect example of the
contemplative man something "alien
and repugnant" (M. Adler) to ths St«
John's Ideology? I refer, of course,
to a Tibetan monk (with or without
a eave) (Bho-di-sat-tua here I ooms,
right baok where I started ^roia»<®.)«
Aristotle Pollticotl
"But this type of stats would exist •
only as lo^g as the conditions it
needed existed." So what? This is
true for everything; the conditions
for the exlsteaceof a vase include
tho one of a sledgehammer not at
tempting to occupy the same space
at the same time. If this conditio®
is violated, the vase no longer ®»»
lets.
Ccontinued, next oolusm)
(continued from page 4 )
who dismissed our logic because It
did not fit the logical pattern of
his culture.
After all, is not part of the
goal at St. John's to "free (our)selves from the wantonnesss of
prejudice and the narrowness of
beaten paths" (St* John's College
catalog)?
-- - ----- ■
(continued from last colunm)
All politicians should be allowed
to serve one term, ar.d one term only.
After that they should be publicly
executed---along with their campaig-managers. This would cut down on de
bauched political conventions (every
one .would be too busy thinking 'Bea:
Lord, don't let them pick mel" to
chant the praise of Idaho or l.ew
Tcrk), and offensive advertising dur
ing election years. (Perhaps pro
spective office-holders would spend
millions of dollars trying to mke
the other candidate look good.)
The curious end of genetic engineer
ing might result in the transaction
started by "I'd like a Mark IV type
15 genetic defective..* good for
washing dishes. Maybe floors,too.
I'm having a party Wednesday,'
Tes, we must educate everyone to
show them how miserable they really,
ar®* (Can edueatisn ever show any
thing*’ real*’?)
. .
"Of course I should honor sty par
ents I They made me, didn't they?
Oh*,, and what's co special about
The Greeks were notoriously mtiPrlmitive; th© arrogance of 'bar
barian" a^es me bristle.
Kether Poem
To hell with Capital Letters, to hell
with periods to hell with spaces
between the sentencestohellwithspaoec
bi^t>w««athawardfftofeai3 wit tohnyaanae rof
eeait«ntwh£t®o«v®r
w© mu<t have Meding here:
�LOOKING kt SEMIN/A ThROUUH MET2SCHEAK EYES
Babble,babble, biathery drivel
Chase the discourse 'round the siiddle
Of the four adjacent tables
Such a glory for Greek fables!
Here I sit awongst castrati
Squeaky » voiced literati
Soll^slstls- verbal vlxerds
Who shew marks of Nature's scissors'*
And »«» they cry "Achilles* noble!
To hla the'.erown end puryle rob8»lel" .
His bones^ long since, though, turned to dust
1» ■masfwiaiiae
this ■the Kan vhena vo showld tru:^t7
No« c<me the query, eh most queer*^
JLLLlgeek be
our Hero? . ;
Whsrein's this Virtue that he's got?
Perhaps In his gold » perhaps 'r.ls snot.
.
*
Then apeaks a cl«ar<>eorapl9Ct«d girl:
"Th»sc things do cause ny head to whirl!
The. classh of nen, the falle of cities.
All I can say: I's glad. X'a pretty!"
A Wrltone: "£ think 'tl$
..a"
Mie words t» bard shillelaghs grow
*ro«nd •««*• e«r« thay start to laying
^15.e he's forgotten what he'e saying. *
There la the window site a bustg
Uell«*kapt, with net a trace of dust
About the eyabre^, nose or ear.
Bow blessed btU
e^usnot hear.
They term this volusae "Ho^r'e €i£t".
1 think the etudenj^s get sbort**«hrl^t
temeg are finer species;
Why, then, oust we read this feces?
This session ncaf draws to It's clos«!,
I'll open ayes, uoatop ay noso
And. tees off Hoaerl Time Is now @lne.«e
X think I'll go read Wittgenstein.
Gerhard Flooetarhaay
/a'
�on the sidcw/Aik., -ear2?:-^ ‘ aTieaHs, blue jeansj and a white
—'
acp x-aairt wjtla ny black Icathin plain, view;
£ bail, like a cross letv'cc ?: Charles
treason and. Clint Eastii.ood as 1
stepped off the curb towards the
lo.np line of c.ars stopped at the
light. Only the nidule-aged lady in
ths green Chev:/ Impala, with her
nine-year-old son, had spotted me as
a thjrs&t,
4jook .710 IS my 5, that .nan has a gun#
.ii.,co they making a movie?”
T.hs lady watched with uncertainty
as I took out my black beauty and
held it in my hand, pointing it up,
as I contemplated the cosmos i.n all
its splendor; Icnovzing that X was
doing the people of this world a
justice. Their lives were held by
mere threads, and I was rosposible
for reminding them of that fact.
Who would fate snuff out today?
I was not prejudiced. My victims
were anybody, anybody whose number
was called by fate. It was ji-xst my
job to be an Impartial imp.lenient of
fate., Chan.ee would deliver those
peitsons whom I would eliminate.^
Sure I liked the feeling of power,
.fear., and awe that want with the job.
It made me feel i.lke God, krowing
that I could spare some people just
as easily as point the most poweftj.
handgun in the world at them aiid
pull the trigger.
Ths lady’s face changed from that
o.f 'uncertainty to shear terror an I
colajiy leveled the huge black cannon
at her. I had a sparkle in my eye-’
and a smile on my lips as I pull.ed
ths trigger and that first >^5; hwak
(continued, page 2)
I’d like to dedicate this story t'the late, great Edgar Allen Pcs,
A,s I'i.'i.!k iWaxn and J »?..R, . cl.^vicii
have said, so will J; ’’bcc't lool;
for any hidden u.cdcrlying moral
statement, just enjoy It.” Gera far.
The author wishes uo remain anenymous in order to escape reprisals.
x^3Ad
M'B LCATuIKG IN NAPTOifJ
15 *
«i
i'.assacrc on Main Street
It was a hot, humid-, busy, bus
sling Sunday, around noontime. Tour
ists all. over the T>lace. I was at
Chui-ch Circle looking down Main
Street towards the water.
Six, sleek, smooth, cold, trass,
and lead hollow-point
magnoaium
cartridges sliding into the deep,
dark, e.mpty chambers of my haixtrigger, black .^4 magnum.
Click. The spindle back into
place. The gun felt s.-nooth in my
hand. It was a fantastic, overwhelm
ing feeling that now overtook my
whole body, A cal.m, cool feeling;
knowing that I could play God again.
Yes again.
On an identical Sunday, two weeks
ago, I snuffed out the lives of 19
tourists and three coppers, I then
walked off into the maos panic; no
body could identify me, cause I
wasted anyone who got a good look a-t
me.
The cops questioned me:
“No, officer I did not get a. good
look, ttt him, X saw his figure sil
houetted against the church, and
“chat was all- Then he started, --hoot
ing, and I ran. - Oh my God, 'where's
ray daughter? Where is she, daaniit?
I then .'£'an off.
�PAROT fi cPLIJiS
t-t-ar ?lUiO, Tarots
1 have two questIonst
1) Wh7 is your name so long? How do
you fit it on governnent forms and
the like? What does it mean?
Aside from being an obscure liter
ary reference J, the length of my name
suits me, I don*t use government
forms. What does saything mean?
2) What ever happened to the ’’Age
of Aquarius”? Back in the sixties
I heard ell this hub-bub about the
dawning of the age of Aquarius”,
but I don’t see any signs an3rwhere.
Am I not looking hard enough? Is it
over yet, or is there more? Where
do I have to go to find it?
Tour problem lies in believing
those astrologers who tell the pub«
lie that they were bom imder such
signs as Leo, Pisces, Virgo, Gemini,
etc. These astrologers are members
of a world-wide communist community
'.’hose goal is to ultimately gain, con
trol o£ the United States, The muors of the idyllic Ags«rf Aquarius
were designed to lull the public in
to complacency while the astrologers
finished preparing nationwide re
cession, oil embargoG, heat waves,
unemployment, and the hostage situ
ation. However, follovzcrs of The
Culypsan*s guide to.astrology were
.rot deceived, I am afraid that a
:’eaceru.l paradise such as the Age
of Aquarius will remain undiscovered
for many years. For the present, pre
pare yourself for hard times,
^***'‘**—***Bg*^*A*eMomww" ir
Mark
(cont * d)
of lead, flew out of the barrel of my
minl-monsteri. There was a sudden void
of time and space as the gun barked,
spitting its load at that ignorant,
middle-aged lady di'ivlng the green Impala, with her nine-year-old son, and
that shear look of terror on her face.
It seemed that everything had paused
for the Koment as the bullet shattered
the windshield and struck her in the
right breast tearing off'her ana; in
stantly snuffing out her life, as .
darkness shrouded her eyes.
Time seemed to rush out, all at
once, to make up for its pause at that
fateful moment, Sexeams were heard,
people looked in my direction with
panic and disbeliex’ on their faces.
They Just stood there, frozen, watch
ing as 1 quickly pumped another roxmd
into the screaming little boy. It
passed through his Jaw, wrenching the
entii'e head from his body, and tos- .
sing it into the dashboard.
The thunder rollicks in the heady air
And rain begins to saturate your hair;
You run for cover underneath a tree
And wipe your sweating face - When
suddenly,
A streak of light, a corruscatlng
.flash You smell a body burning into ash You lookj and see your cinders blow
away
Like chaffy refuse, wcrthlees dross
of hay.
Then you remember, feeling like an
ass.
The 'rules and lessons taught in safe
ty-class
Concerning rain and lightning, where
to go
And what you mustn’t touch when
such things show.
But now you*re dead, so what is
there to do?
You linger round until the sky
turns blue.
Peter Gilbert
�1
/orr..cd Inta a ’’divine madness”
(j peach
What Ic the Blgnlfico Ci this transtoriCa.tion? I sec
It
3.
tc justify our foclln;;s
c;' tp**5 • If our
is iaefely an
’’irrational desire”, then according
to uoc-rates it is a personal short
coming which draws us a^-zay fro;n the
[ :vi.tiorial) contemplative life, on
the oth.er^hand, if wo coxivenieutly
speak of Cf«s* as "divine madness",
then the problem disappears. But why
must we devise a divine explanation
for something vzhlch is a natural
part of us? ether animals ere pro
vided with the biological instinct
to mate - survival of the species
is totally dependent on it^ I7hy then
must we try to convince ourselves
that we are so different? He, too
have Instincts. Granting that man is
the reasoning animal, then love can
be viewed as another instinct pro
vided by nature to ensure that we
will ’’couple” (In both senses of
the word), since we seem Intent upon
scorning physical functions as "be
neath" us. Maks it part of the soul,
and everythixxg is fine. This Infin
itely simpler explanation byjsasses
the troublesome notions of
>
seeing "the beautiful itself", and
the horses with alt^ately growing
and shrinking wings; which all seem
’-0 me, at best, strained,
I’m not so sure that love can.
only live in books, but I certainly
couldn’t see Socrates* Love outside
Plato’s book.
Postscript: Pex’haps it is Napoleon
SonapartP who best hedges his state
ment on Love:
"I have never loved anyone for
love’s sake, except, perhaps, Jose
phine - a little!’
It was late; I couldn’t help It!
There I was, sitting on my bei real^haedrus after having diocucced
with Jody Skir'.ncr the subject of
Love for at least two hours. At 4:Cv
a,m» I was struck, by a sudden urge
to write (perhap^lt was divine mad
ness, I knovr not/, so I wrote. The
following are notes about a differ
ent interpretation of Love that oc
curred to me while talking and read
ing, Though I enjoy reading So crater,
account of Love, and partlcula’^ly
his use of metaphor, his interpre
tation does not seem plausible to
me. Thus I offer:
I'AN AND BEAST: What do they got that
we ain’t got?
-Mark Middlebrook
Perhaps they were right in putting
love into books,..Perhaps it could
not live anyv/here else,"
-William Faulkner,* ■!Light
i ti^ I i in awAugu
—Ist
!»!■
nw
w
——
I’ve been puzzling over this
statement for a number of hours now,
and it seems particularly timely
since, if it is true, it leaves both
Lysias and Socrates with feet planted
firmly in mid-air. I have, at times,
felt something which I call "love",'
but how can I correlate: vzhat I’ve
felt with what someone else has felt;
or how can I even correlate my in
dividual "love experiences”? On the
other hand, could Ztove be another of
those nasty "cultural constructs”
which, if accepted as such, threatens
to tear apart the very fabric of scclety, not to mention our seciriars?
How can one speak of something If it
varies from person to person? Easily,
as long as one defines ths term at
the cutset (even Socrates, despite
his gUh. , defines love at the be
ginning of his first speech, and then
gradually alters It in his second).
To coin an all too familiar phrase,
"The meaning of a word is in lt.s use"
(Sorry, Mort).
As I understand him, Socrates de
fines Love as an "irrational desire”
(speech
) which somehow is trans-
�Snuggled softly between
Baltimore and Washington
You can find the child
Of Gamelot and Brigadeon.
An ancient village
Filled with gabled domes
Stained glass
And cobblestone.s.
City of presidents and peasants*
Refuge for sailors and sinners,
Home of St. John's and Anne’s,
Stately houses and pleasant people*
Where pairks are dedicated to Wiaeaan.
tj.
i
PAST ifESMS CREEK
i'roa Rowe boulvard to
The Harbor House,
Annapolis is a
Cazihbah by the Severn
Where eves? the clocks refuse the time.
SLOG/JSS
If life was a slogan,
We wuld take stock in
ca ,
Put youET Boney where it counts,
And bay a car you can believe in,
One that is ovan-teapered for flexible strength,
Aad is sligiitly ahead of cur time.
But not too far fxoa innocence,
Cne that says with floweas?
You’ve coBse a long
baby,
Now your la good handSs
Your raoving
bat
.
Syeing for a change,
Nothing is better for ■’:he€ than m
&i.ya Ifocl© Saa, who wants j’on to
out and touch someone
Who has a better idea,
It’s can dog food without the can.
Slogans,
Slogans, 5diy is it everytiilng I buy le broken?
Oh well, when it rains it pours.
Richard 0. Kills
Greduate Institute
Suamex I98O
;
�Dow RftGtbJer/K . bJW
£«£?,
�
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The Calypsan issue #8 (July 31, 1980)
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The Calypsan issue #8. Published July 31, 1980.
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Middlebrook, Mark (Editor)
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St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.)
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Annapolis, Md.
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1980-07-31
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Issue ^12,
18 November 1980
Editor: Mark MiddlebiM»ok
Assoo. ed: Lenny Silberstein
MovieMan: Jim Sorrentino
1 Astrologer: Mme. Tarot'
"Lies, lies, it’s all LIES!"
Owner: Lisa Eerrington
Calligrapher: Tim Costello
Contributing: P.R. Sackc
James Pe4*:artinl
"What if Truth _is a woman? What then?
Why, then all the”philosophers would have to change
their systems, wouldn't they?"
-Arthur Kungle
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In the Bsg,iim,lng there was the Oellege. And. it was military and La
crosse. And Stringfellow Barr said, ’’let there be the Great Books List,
And Lo, there was the Great Books List, And Stringfellow Barr created
Seminar and Tutorials and saw that it was good. And there was Convoca
tion, one class.
And the Board of Visitor^ and Governors said, ’’Let us provide a com
prehensive Liberal Arts Program based upon the principals of the most
influential books of The Western Tradition.” And it was S3. And there
was Convocation and Graduation, Two Slasses,
And the Board said, ’’Let there be students to populate-the College
.and attend classes, and have Reality celebrations, and let there be
Tutors to watch over and protect them.” And it was so. And the Board
looked over all that was there and
.^.pd_t__an^ the College
will not default on any of its loans." And there was Convocation and
Graduation. Three Classes.
And in the Garden of the College there were two trees. The first was
the Tree of liestern Philosophy, and was known as the Liberty Tree. The
second was the Tree of Eastern Philosophy, And the Board said, Of all
my campus you may partake, but of the Tree of Eastern Philosphy you may
not partake, for I the Lord am a jealous and ./estern God,
One day, a Student was cramming for Seminar when a Creature who was
studying to be from the seas, and lived in the garden over the wall on
the other side of King George Street, came and asked. What are the laws
of this place?" And the Student replied, ’’That no ionee.?iay. partake •of
the fruit of the Tree of Eastern Philosophy,” And the Creature who
would be from the seas said. "Will'you teach'me of the fruit of the^
Tree of Eastern Philosophy? ’ And the Student said to the Creature, I
cannot, for the Lord my God is a jealous and a Western God. And the
Creature said, "Aw com ’on. You Johnnies are all alike. I bet you don t .
;now anything about Western or Eastern Philosophy, And the Student said,
"Let us go and study the fruit of the Tree of Eastern Philosophy, And
together the Student’and the Creature who would be from the, seas ate
of the Tree of Eastern Philosophy. And the Lord saw this and was vexed
heavily.
And a letter came down from the Office of the Lord thy Pean and struck
the Student, And the Letter said, "Thou hast eaten of the fruit of the
Tree of Eastern Philosophy, and have vexed me heavily. Could you see
me at your earliest possible convenience.” And the Student went up to
the Office of the Pean. And there were many Pons who flew around the
head of the Pean. And the Pean semd, "I and this Special Rag of Dons
do not approve of your eating of the fruit
the Tree of Eastern Phil
osophy. Therefore go out from the Campus of the Lord and dwell in the
Land nf the Real World, and you shall never eat of the Tree again.
And the Pean spoke,.and said, ”We must remove the Temptation of the
Tree of Eastern Philosophy from the Campus. And he did so. And he
left only the Treeof Western Philosophy, also^known as the Lioerty
Tree. And the Pean looked down from his seat in the Bell Tower and
said, "Now it might be good," And it was so. And there were many con
vocations' and Graduations. And the Board vzas happy.
End Book I Catalogue of St, John’s College
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’'Feminist Ideology Teat, question 14; In a feminist exploitation film,
women5a)ram car antennae through rap'istS! throats b) ax rapists’ geni-.
tals c)choke rapists to death with feminine napkins d)pour Dranc>^ in
rapists’ mouths e)all of the above," -Mother's
is the latest piece of trash-horror to hit the exploita11 o'n''o”ircuit", and it's dismal, even on its own terms! The plot is that
tired old cliche, "crazy backwoods family brutalizes small gfoup of co
eds on camping trip; co-eds take bloody revenge." Mother' '_s lay has noth
ing new to offer. It's all been done, and done better ht that 5 The act
ing, editing, photography, script, and special effects are lousy, even
for exploitation, No cult appeal, either. Oh well, I’m still waiting for
Night of the Livin_g Dead to become a T.V. sitcom,' (Picture it: ' This week
Archie must flee 'next d'oor to black neighbor after Mike and Gloria become
zombies and eat Edith,")
By the way, my own litmus-test for a good horror-exploitation film is
this: on opening day, see the last show. As the credits are rolling, lo
cate a spot where you can get behind an usher without being noticed. As
the lights come up, make an appropriate noise,* See .how high, he jumps,
2 feet is excellent,
is good* 1 is O.K. Anything under a foot belongs
there,
** In Humanoids from the Deep, I made a loud slurping n»ise. The poor kid
wet his pants.-,
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(Or, Bonzo Goes to Iran)
So now wai have a president who believes that_ the 'Vietnam itfar was "an
honorable cause." why not g§t away from it all and take in a movie?
The War At Home is the shov; to, see. It is a well-made, thoughtful
documentary on tho war-resistance efforts of the dO's. Unlike other at
tempts to tell this Stary, _Th_e Wav At Hojre does not take a sweeping view
of what was happening across "thT U.S.A., nor does it bother with the socalled leaders .of the left and right. The 'War At Hoihe stays in Madison,
!i<lsconsin, once referred -to as "a hotbed of lethargy,' The people on
film are the ones who did the dirty work, from the student who later was
elected mayor of Madison, to the oheif of security of the U. of W. cam•pus.
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It is an Interes.tiig film to watch, mostly because it is nnt a stri
dent, sloganeerlng).^iri''nemagoguery, While it is clear that the film mak
ers’ sympathies are with the anti-war students, this feeling comes out
most strongly.and effectively not (as you might expect) when you see
kids getting bludgeoned, but in scenes like the one where Nixon promises
a questioner at a rally that he would "never invade any of the countries
surrounding South Vietnam" if elected president.
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I found The War At Home a gratifying experience, for it is a film that
reminded me that there will always be a spix'i't of resistance in this
country, Reagan, watch out.i These people didn t just fade away, and the
lessons they learned cannot be, erased.
Sorrentino
Late Film Flash:- Fantasia is now playing at the Uptown ,,
■ theatre in
D.O. There are tvjo" reasons you should see it : 1) it is thji greatest
animation film ever" (-Sorrentino), and 2) the Uptown ’■
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new print of the film- with a re-recorded sound track- in
La_^, Late Film Flash: Ka^emusha: The Shadow Warrior, Akira Kurosawa’s
new film, opens Ftidayj". .November 25 at the Avalon Theatre in Washington,
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or bottle in the recycling box,
to all males desiring that female legs be shaved:
please shave your forearms,
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Dear freshman maXe: Why don't you shave your legs?
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CONCERT REVIE'J : Ttie Pol&er Consort
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by James OeHartini
Plnsic lovers who filed into PSK on Friday evening, November l4th,
were treated to a most unusual and interesting experience, when the Folger Consor’t gave a recital of music from-the l4th, 15th, and 16th" centurlt
The first thing to strike •ne as well-planned was the program itself,
which provided an excellent sampling of the various Mediaeval and Rennaissanee national styles, drawing upon composers both important and little
known. Major figures like Borlet, Dunstable, Caron, Obrecht, des Prez,
Senfl, and Weelkes were well-represented, but then so were Frye, Hothby,
Queldryck, and a number of other fascinating minor talents, all of whom
were heard to good advantage in the concert, A further indication of the
uncommon care taken in the Consort’s presentation lay in the truly ex
cellent, lucid sleeve notes, a real rarity at any time, and the perfect
complement to a program designed both to instruct and entertain.
The performance itself, generally speaking, confirmed our"first im
pressions, The Washington-based Consort consists of Robert Eisenstein,'
ChrlstopherKendall, ans Scott Reiss, all of whom are proficient on a var
iety of instruments, ’For Friday's concert, three other musicians, David
Carp, Dennis Godburn, and David Hart, and a tenor, David Gordon, augmentec
the group.
Together these talented men managed a beautifully balanced and distinc
tive performance character. They cultivated a ".pure” and yet unaffectea
playing style and were well able to invest each piece withits own dis
tinct personality, performing -by turns with tenderness,.humor, solemness,
and verve. What impressed the reviewer throughout was the very sound of
the instruments; the timbres were unusual but not at all distracting.
Furthermore, Intonation was excellent and one had no troublehee,ring at
any time. "Authenticity" for these performers means acquiring a feel for
the true style of the period; style,as opposed to the mannerisms, so
often encountered,‘which encourage a dead textbook sterility, \A11 the
instrumentalists were of the first variety, but-special praises were due
to the harpist, Christopher Kendall (Dunstable, ^uam pulehra es), and
Scott Reiss, whose brilliant recorder playing illuminated the concluding
work, the S^aite’by Jlnthony Holborne.
Th-er« w^re only a few re-servations-,-T-he-^teno-r,—David Gordorr, .had an.
excellent voice,to be sure, but did experience some problems with muddy
diction' in works like Ma tredol rossignol (Borlet) and L_3^e
X^e lute
(Daniel), On the whole, ’however,’ this did not manifest itself to the ex
tent of lessening the total effect, eitaer of the music or of the Consort.
Also, the musicians, talented as they are, did net always play togethei
This was most noticeable’towards the end of the first half and the start
of the second; it was almost as if the right hand did not know what the
left was doing. The reason,’in all fairness, was that the Folger Consort
is a new group: it requires some time for any ensemble players to become
used to each other. And, too, a number of musicians who do not normally
play With the group were added for the’ concert. Under these circumstances
they managed extremely well, we think,
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To conclude. The evening was a marvelous experience, yzell-planned in
all Important respects. Music and program notes were both carefully pre
pared to complement each’ other*, and the pure, straightforv/ard instrument
al technique gave life to the pieces heard. The reservations we had at
times were, slight ones, for both the muddy si..xglng and the occasionally.
disjointed playing can be corrected with time. For the Folger Consort
to have attained such proficiency in such a short span is really very
impressive,'and' it should only be a few years before they emerge into
worldwide
notice,
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Flato is my shepherd; I shall not understand.
He maketh me to totally misunderstand the world about me;
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He leadeth to the wells of the Dialectic method.
He confuseth my soul.
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He guldeth me in circles for his name’s sake.’
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Yea, though I may become aware of other methods of discussion,
I shall fear no seminar,
For thou art with me.
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Thy word and Flato's Dialogues, they comfort me-.
Thou preparest a Republic for me in the presence of the outside world.
Thou hast annointsd me in the sacred rites of ..seminar,
My lab experiment runneth over.
Surely logic and discussion shall follow me all the days of my
collegiate life.
And I shall dwell in the house of Socrates forever.
Simon Jester ’85
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AND each Rolaid;j.’’consumes ^7 times its vzleght in exeess
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AND the average man wieghs 150 lbs, (68.lS kg.)
THEN if a man eats 290,15 Rolaids^he’11 turn into one,
(This is, of course, assuming that said man is 100^ bile,,,
and we all know someone, somewhere that is,)
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Hi, gang. This event was difficult to review, not duo to the quality
of the music and performers, but to the fact that I realized a poorly
chosen word or phrase could precipitate a bucket of gasoline being dumped
under my door. However, I also believe that one has not taken a definite
stand until one has offended someone,, so here goes.
The review consists of more-or-less stream of consciousness comments,
generated by the performance. No names will be used (to protect the■
guilty); acts are listed, in chronological order by instrument and/or
most outstanding feature, impression.
HORN & TR0L30NE: Lovely Lasso "Heatus", a hypnotic, meditative overture
for the evening. Bach inventions were -■ outrageous and inventive trans
criptions; a few klunkers but they got away with it.
RECORDERS & VOCAL: Somehow Elizabethan music goes well with a chill au
tumn eve, b’ell presented, voice was a bit thin in upper "reachings",
PIANO: Jarring contrast. An expressively played, fascinating-piece; I’m
not familiar with it, so I cannot comment on the interpretation-, but it
sounded interesting enough to spark further research.
SPIRITUAL & ENCHANTMENT: The arrangement had nice melody-harmony changeoffs between voices. Impersonally don't like tenors, though, and my en
chantment with "Enchanted" has been ended by Muzak,
GUITARIST: I've always had a soft spot for Pignose amps. The performer
was no Joe but will easily Pass; the Dobro piece (entitled 'Available
Space" and so’unding like a combination of "Pishing" and "Police Dog
Blues") had a damned genuine style to it,., not ".^o clean', but dirty
enough to make ya' itch,"
PIANO-VOCAL; Reminds me of .Public Radio programs that I enjoy very much,.,
when I don't give in to the primary impulse to turn them off.
BREAK (couldn't.even finish my smokei)
PIANO IMPROV: Fluid playing with obvious medieval/Church influence. Nice
bass line, chords and "fugual" interchanges, "Lord Gregory' : a sweet, but
interminable, English 3/4 ballad,
TUBA-PIANO: Mozart never intended it to be this way; whether,or not he
would have objected is a.purely conjectural point. I'dldn't, but,,. I
ain't no Mozart, (All those lovely horn fifths kinda get lost in all that
tubing, though.)
GILBERT, SULLIVAN & ROSSINI (sounds like a law firm): G&S survived quite
well; pronunciation in Rossini was a tou»h off. Too cute for words.
/ioTPOLOGV
Tarct
GANGLION (Mar 3-Mar 2?): Plan how to acquire a greater income in the
near future. Take no chances with your health.
PRESTER GRAVIDA (Mar 28-Apr 26): Be more understanding of a loved one.
Be calm.
PULGOR LUX (Apr 27-May 27): Take time for•meditation. Be clever with
others.
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APPOLONIUS. (May 28-Jun6 27)*J Take no risks with your reputation; be
TRULLA (June 28-July 29)' Do whatever will add prestige to your present
standing in the community,
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"S" (July ,30-Aug 29): During ths next few weeks you will be imbued with
all sorts of unusual charm.
CROTALI OCULI (Aug 30-Sept 29):Plan to make your surroundings more
pleasant and attractive.
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VESPERTILION (Sept-30-0ct 29): Know what your true aims are, anq tnen
go for them in a positive manner.
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ERRO (Oct 30-Nov 28); Don't retire too late in the evenings,
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LACERNA PERGIONIS (Nov 29-Dec 28) : You .xiust be more practical now to
gain your most cherished aims.
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(ASTROLOGY, continued from 4)
BULBUS LUOIS (Dec 29-Jan 26): Be -more sociable
BAR3ETUS (Jan 27-Mar 7)! Take time to better understand friends.
Strive for happiness.
MivIE. TAROT RESPONDS;
Q: I was born on 27 August 1957 at 1:15 p.m. in Hartford, Connecticut
and I semm to be attractive only to cross-eyed, flat-chested girls. How
can I be attractive to a straight-toothed, big-bosomed brune, redhead,
or blond (no greyj)?
signed, Desolate.
Dear Desolate:
A quick glance at your chart reveals how dismal your situation really
is. Miserable past events piling on one anotlier have-created a vicious
cycle of dlssappointcent, The future doesn't look much better, A sol
ution is evidenced through closer examination and consultation of the
cards. You must make radical changes in your lifestyle to break out of
this cycle. An untidy, unkempt, Informal appearance is out. Invest in a
solid wardrobe of worsteds, broadcloths and silks: all rich and under-',
played like a viola ensemble. Yet clothes Indeed do not make the man. Be
more discreet. Develop an air of mystery. Don't talk so much. Become an
enigma and let the women secretly fall in love with you before making
your move. Create reverse chase situations. Retreat from women slowly
and coyly. When you do make your move, carry it off with grace and ease.
Wear a tie and carry a bouquet of flowers, forget trying to imitate
Brando, James Dean, and Rock Hudson; Cary Grant is the image you want
to progsot. Romance and gentility will win over thee,women you want. As
for the women you don't want, Ignore them,
Mme, Tarot will answer your personal questions and assist with problems.
Write to her c/o The Calypsan, box 330.
For a complete star-chart, personal life-analysis, and long-range con
sultation send your name, date, time and place of birth, and $1.00 (a
tax-dedui table Calypsan donation) to Mme. Tarot,
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Don Quljote in a bllingugl town,
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The tutors are just as good.
The students are not over-ripe space cadets;
And the Program is the PrOt^ram is the Program,
Can you stand to be 2000 miles away from D.C., New York, your lamily,
your lover?
Do you see any dfjferenoe between Brithish Colonial Kitsch ani
Spanish Colonial Kitsch?
Would you rather look at jackrabbits and ravens than squirrels and
midshipmen?
-Bo you hate humidity and love sunsets?
.Would you prefer a hike in the mountains to a Stroll on the-dock?
, Don't your eyes deserve a sky full of stars and 60-100 miles of
uninterrupted vision?
Aren't you at least curious enough to visit?
-Sorrentino
"Reports of my demise were premature, I am alive and well, living under
the guise of an honestly employed citizen. Truly this is the land where
the Calypso spirit lives, where tequila flows, everything is put off un
til manana, and truth is sought for its own sake. All Annapaloids (so
they call us - or you, I should say now) with any sense should transfer.
Hl & Best wishes to all surviving febbles."
-J. Philip Cass, reporting,
"Name, Please"
by Robert Benchley, Harvard class of 1912
In reading books about Russians or the Aneient Romans, there is an extra
hazard which makes the going very difficult for us old plodders. The
names of the characters don't mean a thing.
For example, a Roman Emperor's name may have been Tiberius Claudius
Drusus Nero Germanicus (it was, as a matter of fact), which gave quite
a lot of leeway for anyone who wanted to call him quickly. The only
trouble was that his uncle's name was Germani«us, and his successor's
name was Nero, all probably ending in the other four names.
A Russian character's name could very well be Stepan Nlkolaeviteh
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Gubaryov, and be be called Grisba, which is the nickname lor Gregory. Or
sometimes be is called Stepan, sometimes Kikolaovitcb, sometimes Gubar
yov, or sometimes just Pisbtcbalkin, meaning "Boy with the Long^ Ear Lobes.
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themselves in a novel about ancient Rome. Confusion wouL-i be, for the mo
ment, rife.
Vasily Ivanovitch Popof Tchitcborna Grushenkov comes to see Calus
Gallus Drusus Rostumus Galba on business,
"Hay I speak to Gallus?" be asks the secretary,
"Wbat name shall I say?" asks the secretary ,
.. ."Popof," he replies*
In a few minutes the secretary announces:
"Drusus will see you-nowi"
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"l said I wanted to see Gallus."
"That’s Drusus."
"Gallus is Drusus, eh. That’s fine J Oh, and by the way, if a call
comes for Grushenkov, please tell them that I am here and will bw leav
ing in about half an hour."
"I beg your pardon, but I thought you said your name was Popof?'
"l did. .Popof is Grushenkov—same thing."
"l see, And, if I might suggest,- it-would be better if you left word
that you would be through in fifteen minutes. Iknow that Postumus has
an appointment in that time."
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"l am .caring wbat Postumus has? I’m calling on Gallus.'
"Sorry sir, but Postumus is Gallus, you know."
"O.K.i Gallus, Drusus—so long as I get in."
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He enters the inner sanctum and the following greeting takes place:
. "Hi, Galba!" ’
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"Well I’ll be darned— Vasily!"
The natural outcome would be that the Russian’s daughter marries the
Roman's son, and they have a little boy named Vasily Gaius Ivanovitch
Gallus, Popof Drusus Tchitcborna Postumus Grushenkov, Galba, or tTimmy
for short.
The Pleas of a Desperate ILan-.,.
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Ky self -appointed duties as editor are simple- whenever I get the
urge I go'.through my file shelves, seperate what I think is the wheat
from the.chaff (then throw away the wheat and print the chaff, obviously),
scribble-down a few of my own' blurbs, and somehow put together a news
paper".
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There is one prQble,m. Unfortunately things cost money,, and being a
poor college kid doesn''t pay very well. Each issue only costs about ^15,
but you can see the cumulative problem after 6 cr 7 issues. Thus far
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,w«’ve subsisted on a champagne sale held at the beginning of tne semester,
but that money is used up now, i/e hope to throw together some sort of
"fundraiser" for the second semester, but until th«n , here s anotner
idea:
If you like what we do, and you have a spare dollar or two laying
around, why not stuff it in an envelope and mail ii to The Calypsan,
box 330. And if you don't like what we do, then send more, so we can
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print lots of issues and get it all out of our systems more quickly.
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This may seem a rather strange way to raise 'money for a paper, but
think about it: most folks will drop a buck in the hat for a partywhy not do the same for a paper that will
last longer than
any keg ever did at St* John’si
Thanks, Hark
the Staff
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Annapolis, Md.
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Calypsan
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St. John's College
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<em>The Calypsan</em> was a satirical student newspaper that began publication on St. John's College's Annapolis campus in 1980.
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6 pages
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Calypsan issue #12 (November 18, 1980)
Description
An account of the resource
The Calypsan issue #12. Published November 18, 1980.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Middlebrook, Mark (Editor)
Publisher
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St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Annapolis, Md.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1980-11-18
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In copyright.</a>
Type
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text
Format
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pdf
Subject
The topic of the resource
College students
St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.)--Periodicals
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Calypsan_issue12_1980-11-18
Student publication