3 p, one sided pages, mimeograph on matte off white paper. Josef Albers will leave in the interest of the Art Institute to be held in the summer at Lake Eden mentions that Paul Radin will talk about Race and Race Theory mentions that Perry Saito, a Japanese American give an informal talk on Japanese Relocation problems in March. Visitors- Bolivian novelist and essayist Diomedes de Pereyra Muriel y Arco arrived for visit of few days. He planned to settle in Asheville and give lectures at the college on Latin America, its culture and language.
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE COMMUNTY BULLETIN
College Year 11 Bulletin 20
Monday, February 21, 1944
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK:
The International Relations Club will meet this evening at 6:45 o’clock in the Lobby of the North Lodge. There will be a discussion on the matter of the coming conference of the International Relations Club in Greensboro, particularly the part Black Mountain College delegates will play in the discussion on “Leadership Responsibility of Britain, China, United States, and U.S.S.R.”.
The Board of Fellows and the Work Coordinators will meet this evening at 7:00 o’clock in Study 10 to talk over with Ross Penley problems of and plans for the College Farm. The Board will also talk over with Diomedes de Pereyra his proposed plan for a series of lectures at Black Mountain College on “The Culture of South America.” The Board will meet again on Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock in Study 10.
There will be no Faculty Meeting on Tuesday afternoon.
The students will hold their regular weekly meeting in the Lobby of North Lodge on Thursday evening at 7:00 o’clock. There will be a report on the new plans for the Community Work Program.
Paul Radin will talk to the College Community on “Race and Race Theories” in the Dining Hall on Thursday evening 8:00 o’clock.
On Saturday evening, from 8:00 until 10:30 o’clock, a group of students will present to the College Community a reading of “The Private Life of the Master Race” by Bertolt Brocht in an English version by Eric Bentley. This version will be published by New Directions later this year.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Josef Albers will leave on Friday afternoon in the interest of the Art Institute to be held at Lake Eden this Summer as part of the four-fold process.
Herbert Miller will talk to the soldier convalescents at the Moore General Hospital on “George Washington and His Meaning for Us” tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 o’clock.
Herbert Miller will address the Asheville Cititans at their Luncheon meeting on Wednesday on “Home Front Minority Problems.”
Bob Wunsch and the Student Officers will visit Stephens-Lee, the Negro High School, on Tuesday, February 29. After the school session they will participate in the “faculty professional study” by describing “the features in the student governing” at Black Mountain College.
WITH FORMER STUDENTS:
New Addresses:
Ronate Benfey
24 Nellan Street
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts
Cynthia Carr, Ph. M. 3/C
U.S. Naval Dispensary
Advance Base Depot and Armed Guard School
Gulfport, Mississippi
Pfc. Bruno Piscitello
302 Training Group
Barracks 225
Sheppard Field, Texas
R.L. Bliss
Route 7, Box 367
Seattle, Washington
Private Robert H. Marden, 14101733
627 T.S.S. Barracks 1637
Truax Field
Madison 7, Wisconsin
Private Isaac S. Nakata, 34085802
Infantry Company M
A.P.O. Number 15-155
Caro Postmaster
New York, New York
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IN THE MAIL:
Cynthia Carr writes from Gulfport, Mississippi: “I’ve joined the Hospital Corps., or rather, that’s what I finally got put into…and yet I only did four weeks of actual nursing work while I was in Corps School in Bothosda, Maryland. In Memphis, an here they know I could type (though I didn’t know a single other thing about office work) so I got office jobs. You see, the hospital corps doesn’t have yoomen or storekeepers or mailclerks. They just have corpsmen doing everything. So in reality a corpsman, with any kind of rating, is supposed to know everything from surgery to filing, and that’s not a joke. I have just set up a file in the commander’s office and yet I have to taken an examination for a secondmate’s rating sometime soon and know all about anatomy, physiology, first aid, public health nursing, and other things. It’s quite a system.”
Private Bob Marden writes from Truax Field in Wisconsin: “I’ve been here about a week and supposedly will begin classes designed to graduate me as a high-speed radio operator in the middle of the summer. A goodly number of us were yanked from the Scott Field school after getting a smathering of radio theory and a code speed of 12 w.p.m. Here we’ll take code on typewriters, which means learning the touch system, and the minimum speed is 25 words per minute, which seems faintly incredible now. I’ll work up on it gradually….Truax Field is all radio, with schools in many fields- radio, operator, mechanic, radar, fire control, and Army Airway Communications system- the last is my job, probably. Don’t know the details yet….”
Private Isaac Nakata wrote from Fort Geroge G. Meade in Maryland- before leaving for a port of embarkation: “I have just come from a party in our mess hall. The party was a rip-roaring affair. We had plenty of sea food and beer, but we missed the Hawaiian style ‘kalua’ pig which we could not get as pork is rationed. Many officers were present as guests as well as were our cadre non-coms. We sang a lot, and I think many of the non-Japanese now know a great deal more about us than before. The food was excellently prepared by our boys, who get the material with the three dollars from each of us. Anyway, when I left at 9:00 o’clock my rifle was cleaned by one of the cadros. We all enjoyed it. We couldn’t get any of the hula dancers, so one of the boys, a former champion swimmer in Hawaii, did the hula. Another boy, the former welterweight and middleweight boxing champion, sang in his own inimitable way of singing songs. It was all as good as the last Thanksgiving party I experienced at Lake Eden. The cadres enjoyed it tremendously, too, this being a kind of novelty to them….We’re still training and getting ready eight hours a day. We trained the whole day today in sleet and snow. The cold, however, is no worse than Mississippi’s penetrating cold. We had half an hour today on a discussion on “Why We Fight.” Most of us were agreed that we had led pretty good civilian lives, so we wanted to get back to them. I want to get back to a better life for all. But it would be good to be in a peaceful country once again when the war is over.”
Bruno Piscitello writes from Texas: “I still get the Bulletin regularly, and to be frank, it is a bit dull except for the letter from former students. I really enjoy reading them even if I don’t know the writers, as in most cases…..At present I am waiting to be shipped out of here. The new Air Corps system of shipping Pre-Aviation cadets to fields where they work as mechanics extends my training to almost two years.”
COMMUNITY WORK SUMMARY:
(Week of February 14 through February 19)
Because of the rainy weather and excessive mud it was impossible to continue many outdoor jobs several days this week.
Despite the rain, however, the two carloads of coal that arrived on Tuesday were hauled to the College grounds in record time. Both cars were already empty early Saturday by crews that worked hard and long.
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At a spot where the Shop Road branches off from the main road a hole was dug for the gas tank. This new location will make gas more accessible to the trucks.
Some wood-cutting was accomplished during the week when the weather was not too bad. Ross Penley began to buzz some of the cords of wood already cut.
The mica mine has been temporarily closed up, so the trimmers are finishing up with the mined mica on hand. It is hoped that the mine can be reopened in the Spring. Jobs on the Farm at the season of the year are more or less incidental. Lead and saw dust bedding must be brought for the cows, there must be occasional general clean up, there must be feeding, there must be many small preparations for planting.
Reported by Nell Goldsmith
From the Farm during the week came seven bushels of Irish potatoes, 285 pounds of pork, and 377 quarts of milk.
Reported by Janey Heling
VISITORS:
Diomedes de Pereyra Muriel y Aree, Bolivian novelist and essayist arrived at Lake Eden on Saturday for a visit of a few days. It is Mr. Pereyra’s desire to buy property near Asheville and devote at least part of his time lecturing on Latin America and promoting the knowledge of the best of its literature and language.
At the age of twenty Mr. Pereyra wrote Hojas al Ciento dealing with experiences as a student in the United States. Later her served as press agent and propagandist for the United States government during the Seville Fair in 1929. He was an observer of Spanish political developments and secretary in charge of drafting weekly reports in Madrid, under Ambassador Claude Bowres, for Washington.
He entered the diplomatic service of Bolivia in 1933, in charge of affairs in Madrid during the protracted illness of the appointed minister, then transferred with a confidential mission to Chile in 1936. He then became Consul in Santiago and served in that capacity from 1936 to 1940.
Mr. Pereya is now engaged in writing a book covering the last eight years in South America under the last four presidents of Bolivia. He was the founder of the Society of Writers and Artists of Bolivia. He is a member of Authors Society of Chile and the Latin Press of France. He is the author of The Land of Mystery, Sun Gold, The Web of Gold, La Vallee du Soleil, Caucho, and other books all translated into several languages.
EVENTS OF LAST WEEK:
The informal musical program at the Edward Lowinskys’ last evening included: Haydon’s Piano Sonata in C Minor, played by Edward Lowinsky; Piano Sonata in D Major by Mozart, played by Frederic Cohen; Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major by Haydn, played by Trudi Straus and Edward Lowinsky; and Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Flat Major by Mozart, played by Gretel and Edward Lowinsky.
LAST MINUTE BULLETINS:
Mrs. Paul Radin will arrive in Black Mountain tomorrow on board the Tennessean.
Perry Saite, an American of Japanese descent, will give an informal talk on Japanese Relocation Problems in the Lobby of North Lodge on Saturday, March 4, at 7:00 o’clock.
