15-page booklet, stapled. Matte paper, off-white. Includes general information, course offerings, faculty profiles, calendar dates, students 1943-44 and advisory board names.
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BULLETIN
BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Annual Announcements 1944-45
CALENDAR
Fall Quarter Sept.30-Dec.15
Winter Quarter Jan.12-Mar.29
Spring Quarter Apr.3-June 18
Summer Quarter July 2-Sept.15
Each Quarter is 11 weeks
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BULLETIN August 1944
Volume II Number 8
Issued seven times a year, in August, September, November, December, January, February, and April. Entered as second-class matter November 4, 1432 at the Postoffice at Black Mountain, North Carolina, under the Act of August 24, 1912.
EDUCATION IN WARTIME
Black Mountain College has extended its curriculum and revised its calendar to meet the demands of the war. While the immediate and future need of the educated citizens is more important than ever, the present demand for practical effectiveness and speed is also obvious. The accelerated program described below makes graduation possible in three years or less; students are to be encouraged to enter at as young an age as is feasible; new course both academic and practical provide training for immediate needs; and continued emphasis on a democratic way of life and on physical development builds the moral and physical stamina so essential to these times and to all times.
While adapting itself to the war effort the College retains the basic function of higher education as its major objective; training in thoughtful action, transmission and enhancement of our cultural heritage, and development of a consciousness of those principles for which we are now struggling. The enormous social, economic, political, and ethical problems that the war brings with it- and which the peace will render even more difficult- can be solved only through the application of deep understanding, imaginative intelligence, and true conviction. Education must prepare youth, young women as well as young men, to deal with these problems, to solve them. Wisdom cannot be improvised; good judgement requires a seasoned mind and disciplined feelings.
ACCELERATED PROGRAM
Under its war-time accelerated program the College operates on a system of four quarters per year of eleven weeks each. Under this plan students may come for either three or four quarters each year, but because of the war emergency they are encouraged to attend four quarters and hasten their graduation. Students, as heretofore, will continue to graduate when they are prepared to do so, the average time being at the end of twelve quarters.
VETERANS’ EDUCATION
The College expects to participate in the program of education for members of the armed services returning to civilian life, as provided for in the Veterans’ Rehabilitation bill (Public Law 346) passed by Congress in June, 1944.
WORK-EXPERIENCE PROGRAM
‘In response to the present national demand for food production there is considerable emphasis upon farm work this year in the work program. This includes such work as the planting, tending, and harvesting of crops, and the clearing of forest land for pasture. In line the with immediate war need the College is also mining and processing mica for essential war production. In addition, experience leading to the acquirement of skills in building and construction and related to studies in architecture is obtainable through activities in connection with necessary maintenance and repair. Once a student’s personal responsibility is established, leadership is developed through opportunities to direct individual projects which range from road building to operating the College Bookstore. These projects are open to men and women equally. An important element in such work is the development of physical fitness. Members of the community now devote an average of three or four afternoons per week to this program.
ADMISSION TO THE STUDENT BODY
The College has never had fixed regulations concerning the age or scholastic background of applicants for admission, since it has preferred to consider each individual case upon its merits. Although most applicants are of usual college age and have completed a four year course in accredited secondary schools, younger students, or students who have not finished secondary school, have been admitted when their records indicated that they could carry college work. Almost without exception such students have proved to be ready for college. In the present emergency the College will encourage students of this kind to apply, provided their secondary school principals or headmasters recommend them for college entrance before graduation. Although the College knows that genuine education cannot be accelerated beyond a certain point, it does believe that those who can proceed rapidly should be given the opportunity to do so.
PAYMENT OF FEES
The yearly fee is payable as follows:
Six weeks before beginning of term Full Fee $200.00 Reduced Fee $200.00
On entrance Full Fee $400.00 Reduced-Fee Two-fifths of balance
Opening date of next quarter Full Fee $400.00 Reduced Fee Two-fifths of balance
Opening date of third quarter Full Fee $200.00 Reduced Fee The balance
The College cannot guarantee that a place will be reserved for any students after six weeks before the beginning of the term unless $200 has been deposited with the College by this time. This deposit is not refundable except at Faculty discretion if the student withdraws after this date, since a withdrawal from a reserved place at the last moment may create a vacancy which otherwise would have been filled. When students are admitted after this date the deposit must be made within ten days of notification of acceptance and before arrival.
If a student attends all four quarters in a given year, the extra fee for the fourth quarter is due as follows: one half of fee for this quarter thirty days prior to opening date of quarter; balance on opening date of quarter.
The only other fees are:
Application fee $5.00
Contingency deposit $25.00
Examination for graduation $25.00
Fee for late payment of any bill $10.00
The application fee must accompany application for admission to the College and is not refundable. Applicants who are accepted by the College should make the contingency deposit of $25 within ten days of notification of acceptance, since admission does not become effective until this deposit is received. It is not refundable if the new students fails to enter. While a student is in attendance it must be maintained; but any unused portion of it Is refunded upon graduation or withdrawal. Bills are payable on the date of the bill and if not paid within ten days are subject to the fee for late payment.
In cases where students are called into military service charges are made on an exact pro rata basis up to a week proceeding the date of induction into the armed forces. Any amount in excess of this that has been paid is refunded. All future tuition payments although contracted for are of course canceled.
COURSES
The following courses were offered during 1943-1944 and represent the area covered in a given year. The curriculum for 1944-1945 may be somewhat more limited than this, especially in the fall term, since several unexpected faculty replacements are having to be made. For other courses that may be available consult the College catalogue. Courses are given when there is sufficient demand. Tutorials for advanced students are given when there is sufficient demand. Tutorials for advanced students are given when need arises, and are not listed below.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Twentieth Century Politics Fall
The Roots of Modern Poetry Fall
Europe 1453-1789 Winter
The Evolution of Modern Ideas Winter
Europe 1789-1914 Spring
Drama Since Ibsen Spring
American History Fall, winter, spring
American Government Winter, spring
Social Problems Fall, winter, spring
Population Fall
American Minorities Winter
Religious Trends Spring
South American Cultures Winter, spring
General Anthropology Winter, spring
Social Psychology Fall
Development of Personality: Psychoanalysis Winter, spring
Philosophy: Faust, Poetics Winter, spring
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Beginning French Fall, winter, spring
French Literature of the Nineteenth Century Fall, winter, spring
Beginning German Fall, winter, spring
Advanced German Fall, winter, spring
Beginning Russian Fall, winter, spring
Reading of Russian Classics Fall, winter, spring
Beginning Spanish Winter, spring
Advanced Spanish Winter, spring
The English Literary Tradition Fall, winter, spring
The Art of Poetry Fall
The Nineteenth Century English Essay and Poetry Winter
Contemporary American Literature Spring
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
Mechanical Drawing Spring
Calculus and Analytic Geometry Fall, winter, spring
Differential Equations Spring
Advanced Calculus Winter, spring
Philosophy of Science Winter, spring
Matter and Energy Fall, winter, spring
Laboratory in Introductory Physics Fall, winter, spring
Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Fall, winter, spring
Laboratory in Organic Chemistry Fall, winter, spring
ARTS
Introductory Drawing Fall, winter, spring
Painting Fall, winter, spring
General Design Fall, winter, spring
Introductory Weaving Fall, winter, spring
Advanced Weaving Fall, winter, spring
Introduction to Music Fall
Harmony I Winter
Harmony II Spring
Harmony III Fall
Elementary Counterpoint Winter, spring
Chamber Music Fall, winter, spring
Piano Seminar Fall, winter, spring
Music History Fall, winter, spring
Classic and Romantic Symphony Fall, winter, spring
Music Since Wagner Winter, spring
Ensemble Fall, winter, spring
Chorus Fall, winter, spring
A Capella Fall, winter, spring
Introductory Writing Fall, winter, spring
Playwriting Winter
Dramatic Production Fall, winter, spring
Journalism Fall
Small House Design Fall, winter
Light Construction Fall, winter, spring
Woodworking Fall, winter, spring
General Eukinetics Fall, winter, spring
Advanced Eukinetics Fall, winter, spring
SUMMER SESSIONS
Under the war-time accelerated program the summer quarter is regarded as a regular part of the academic year. However, in addition to the usual college work offered during this fourth quarter special studies have been offered in a summer Art Institute and a Music Institute. The courses listed below, with the instructors were given in the summer of 1944. Similar Institutes are planned for the summer of 1945; the complete summer curriculum will be announced in a separate bulletin.
ART INSTITUTE
Drawing; Painting Jean Charlot
Composition Jean Charlot
General Design Josef Albers
Color Josef Albers
Textile Design Anni Albers
Sculpture Jose De Creeft
Wood Plastic James Prestini
Photography Joseph Breitenback and Barbara Morgan
Clothing Bernard Rudolfsky
Architecture; Planning Walter Gropius and Jose Luis Sert
Art Therapy Amedee Ozenfant
Art Appreciation J.B. Neumann and Jean Charlot
Art Education Belle Boss, Victor D’Amico, Howard Thomas
MUSIC INSTITUTE
Musicianship for Singers Lotte Leonard
Operatic Workshop Heinrich Jalowetz, Lotte Leonard, Elsa Kahl, Frederic Cohen
A Capella Chorus Edward Lowinsky
Community Chorus Heinrich Jalowetz
Means of Expression in Harpsichord Yella Pessl
Figured Basses and Niceties of Accompaniment on the Harpsichord Yella Pessl
Psychology of the Pianist Edward Steurmann
The Piano Duo Edward Steurmann
Democratic Principles in Ensemble Playing Rudolph Kolisch
Chamber Orchestra Heinrich Jalowetz
The Composer and the Interpreter Ernst Krenek
What is Style in Music? Edward Lowinsky
New Roads in Music Education Edward Lowinsky
The String Quartet Marcel Dick
Open Rehearsals of Schoenberg’s First String Quartet Rudolf Kolisch, Lorna Freedman, Marcel Dick, Nikolai Graudean
FACULTY
Anni Albers Textile Design
Art School, Berlin; Kunstgewerbe School, Hamburg; Bauhaus, Weimar; Bauhaus Diploma.
With Weaving Department of Bauhaus, 1925-1929. Work in weaving exhibited in Europe and the United States. Weavings in permanent collections of National Museum of Munich, and Textil Museum, Zwickau.
Black Mountain College since 1933.
Josef Albers Art
Royal Art School, Berlin; Kunstgewarbe School, Essen; Art Academy, Munich; Bauhaus Weimar.
Positions in German public schools; at the Bauhaus, Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin, 1923-1933. Appointment to a professorship, 1930. Works exhibited widely in Europe and the Americas. Guest Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1936-1941. Visiting Instructor, summer school, Harvard University, 1941. Summer courses at Lowthorpe School and Museum of Modern Art, 1943.
Black Mountain College since 1933.
Theodore Dreier Mathematics
Harvard College, A.B.; Harvard Engineering School, S.B. in E.E.
Positions with General Electric Company, 1925-1930; Rollins College, 1930-1933.
Black Mountain College since 1933.
Mary Gregory Woodworking
Bennington College, A.B.
Position in Art Department, Cambridge School, 1937-1941.
Black Mountain College since 1941.
*John Evarts Music
Yale University, A.B.; Yale Music School; private instruction, Munich, Hochschule fuer Musik, Berlin; composition with Hans Weisse, New York; Concord Summer School of Music.
Position at Milbrook School for Boys, 1931-1932; Assistant Music Critic, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1932-1933.
*On leave of absence for the duration of the war.
Fritz Hansgirg Chemistry and Physics
University of Graz, Ph.D.
Research Chemist with Fanto Oil Company, Austria; founder of Electrothermic Company, Switzerland; honorary lecturer of Applied Chemistry and Electrothermic Processes at University of Mining and Metallurgy, Austria; consulting engineer and Vice President, American Magnesium Metals Corporation; Vice-President, Japanese Magnesium Company; Consulting Engineer for Permanente Corporation; designer of Henry J. Kaiser magnesium defense plant at Permanente, California.
Inventor of many industrial processes, including carbothermic magnesium reduction process.
Black Mountain College since 1942.
Heinrich Jalowetz Music
University of Vienna, Dr.Phil.; composition with Arnold Schoenberg.
First conductor at the Deutsches Theater in Prague, 1916-1923; first conductor at the Opernhaus in Cologne, 1925-1933; conductor of orchestra concerts in Vienna, Prague, Cologne, Berlin; summer school, Conservatory of Toronto, 1939.
Black Mountain College since 1939.
Alfred Kazin Visiting Lecturer in English and American Literature
College of the City of New York, B.A.; Columbia University, M.A.
Positions at the College of the City of New York, Queens College, the New School for Social Research. Literary Editor of The New Republic, 1942-1943, and now Contributing Editor; Associate Editor of Fortune, 1943-1944.
Author of On Native Ground and of numerous essays and reviews which have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The New York Herald-Tribune Book Review, The Saturday Review of Literature, The Antioch Review, The Sewanee Review, Scibner’s, The New Republic, Fortune, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Partisan Review. Consultant on staff of the Oxford Companion To American Literature.
Guggenheim Fellow, 1940-1941; Carnegie Grant, 1941.
*Alfred Lawrence Kocher Architecture
Standford University, A.B.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pennsylvania State College, M.A.; New York University.
Positions as Head of the Department of Architecture, Pennsylvania State College, 1916-1925; Head of the Department of Architecture, University of Virginia, 1926-1928; Editor of The Architectural Record, 1928-1938; Visiting Professor of Architecture. Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1938-1940; Practicing Architect, 1916-.
Author of Early Architecture of Pennsylvania, Color in Early American Architecture, New Materials and New Construction Methods.
Black Mountain College since 1940.
*On leave of absence for the duration of the war.
*Kenneth Kurtz English and American Literature
Jamestown College, A.B.; Yale University; Oxford University, B.A., M.A.
Positions at Western State College, Colorado, 1933-1936; California Institute of Technology, 1937; Deep Springs College, 1937-1938; Colorado State College of Education, summer sessions, 1937, 1938. Rhodes Scholar for North Dakota, 1930-1933.
Black Mountain College since 1938.
*on leave of absence 1944-1945.
Edward E. Lowinsky Music
Hochschule for Musik; University of Heidelberg, Ph.D.
Teacher of piano and therapy at Konservatorium, Stuttgart; private teacher in Holland; teacher of theory at YMHA music school, New York. Medieval Academy of America and Musicological Society of America.
Author of Book of Children’s Music, Monograph on Orlando di Lasso, and series of articles on music history and pedagogies.
Black Mountain College since 1942.
*Frederick Rogers Mangold Spanish and Linguistics
Princeton University, A.B.; University of Wisconsin, 1931-1934.
Black Mountain College since 1934.
*On leave of absence for the duration of the war.
Herbert A. Miller Social Science
Dartmouth, A.B., A.M.; Harvard, Ph.D.
Positions as Professor of Sociology, Oberlin College; University of California; Ohio State University; gave courses at Yenching University, Peiping, China; lectured at universities of China, India, Syria; Professor of Social Economy, Bryn Mawr; survey of immigrant conditions and school facilities for immigrants, Cleveland, Ohio, for Russell Sage Foundation; division chief, study of immigrant heritages, Carnegie Corporation; Visiting Professor, Temple University; Beloit College; Penn State College; Director of American Seminar for Refugee Scholars, summer 1940-1943.
Author of The School and the Immigrant; Old World Traits Translated; Races, Nations and Classes; The Beginnings of Tomorrow.
Black Mountain College, 1943.
*Erwin Walter Straus Psychology and Philosophy
Universities of Berlin, Zurich, Munich, Goettingen, Dr.Med.
Positions with Charlie and Poliklinik Hospitals, Berlin, 1919-1933; University of Berlin, 1927-1936. Guest Lecturer at Universities of Amsterdam, Groningen, Leyden, Utrecht, 1933, Sorbonne, 1935. Practicing physician, 1923-1936. Editor of Nervenarzt, 1928-1935.
Author of Wesen and Vorgang der Suggestion, Atlas der Elektrodiagnostik, Gerschehnis und Erlebnis, Vom Sinn der Sinne.
Black Mountain College since 1938.
Gertrude Elsie Straus Violin
State Academy of Music, Munich, diploma; Teachers’ Seminar of the State Academy of Music, Munich.
Member of the Student String Quartet; concert violinist.
Black Mountain College since 1938.
H. Macguire Wood Building Construction
Antioch College, A.B.
Builder, Rochester, New York, and Delray Beach, Florida, 1927-1941.
Black Mountain College since 1942.
William Robert Wunsch Dramatics
University of North Carolina, A.B.; Teachers College of Columbia University; Rollins College, M.A.
Positions at Monroe High School, Louisiana, 1920-1922; Greensboro High School, North Carolina, 1926-1931; Rollins College, 1931-1933; Louisville School of Progressive Education Association at Alabama Woman’s College, 1935, 1936, 1937; Progressive Education Workshop at Sarah Lawrence College, summer 1938; Colorado State College of Education, summer 1939, President of North Carolina Dramatic Association, 1926-1928, 1929-1930, 1931-1933, 1938. Demonstration teacher of Creative Writing and Dramatics and staff member of the General Education Workshop and the Teacher Education Workshop at the University of Chicago, summer 1940.
Black Mountain College since 1935.
George Zabriskie Writing
Duke University, A.B.
Author of The Mind’s Geography. Guggenheim Fellow, 1942-1943.
Black Mountain College, 1944.
BOARD OF FELLOWS
Josef Albers, Theodore Dreier, Charles Forberg, Fritz Hansgig, Heinrich Jalowetz, Kenneth Kurtz, Erwin W. Straus, W. Robert Wunsch
STUDENT OFFICERS
Marilyn J. Bauer, Charles Forberg, Lorrie Goulet, E. Jane Slater
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
W. Robert Wunsch Rector, Theodore Dreier Treasurer, Kenneth Kurtz Secretary, Herbert A. Miller Registrar, Nell A. Rice Librarian, H. Mcguire Wood Plant and Construction
STUDENTS 1943-1944
Albee, Nancy Accord N.Y.
Anderson, Barbara A. El Cajon Calif.
Bauer, Marilyn J. Cleveland Ohio
Bentley, Maja Black Mountain N.C.
Bollen, Dorris M. New York N.Y.
Boring, Mollie D. Cambridge Mass.
Bray, Addison D. Gloucester Mass.
Brett, Mary V. Highland Park, Mich.
Brown, Samuel E., Jr. Wilton Conn.
Bush-Brown, Dick L. Atlanta Ga.
Campbell, John HF Fairhope Ala.
Carlisle, Kathryn L. Denver Colo.
Chandler, Margaret Oklahoma City Okla.
Coppock, Esther L. Moylan Penn.
Currier, Gwendolyn Westfield N.J.
Dinkowitz, Roxane Norwalk Conn.
Dixon, Daniel Berkeley Calif.
Duxbury, Hampton O. New Bedford Mass.
Flax, Jerome S. San Francisco, Calif.
Forberg, Charles Minneapolis Minn.
*Fox, Lawrence New York N.Y.
French, Miriam D. Lincoln Mass.
Gifford, John J. Washington D.C.
*Goldsmith, Cornelia Milwaukee Wis.
Goldsmith, Frederic W. Milwaukee Wis.
Goulet, Lorrie Los Angeles Calif.
Griscom, Lydia S. New York N.Y.
Gropius, Beate E. South Lincoln Mass.
Hartwig, Faith O. Royal Mich.
Hartzler, Robert D. Smithville Ohio
Heling, Janet C. Lindenhurst N.Y.
Kelley, Elizabeth Fulton Ky.
Klepper, K. Renate Plainfield N.J.
Knox, Alice New Albany Miss.
Kriger, Mary Washington D.C.
Kulka, Elizabeth A. New York N.Y.
Lott, Irene East Orange, N.J.
Lyford, Harriette Westport Conn.
Lynch, Patsy G. Clayton Mo.
Mandelbaum, Judith Newark N.J.
Marden, Helen G. Watertown, Mass.
McKenna, Arlyn C. Arlington N.J.
McLaughlin, William R. Easton Penn.
McNeil, Alice Dover Del.
McWilliams, Archie M. Newport News Va.
Miller, Ruth C. Durham N.C.
Minster, Louise Cincinnati Ohio
Murray, Faith C. Charleston S.C.
Osborne, Susan Culver City Calif.
Osbourne, Virginia New York N.Y.
Ostrow, Carol Susanville Calif.
Pevsner, Marita Washington, D.C.
Pevsner, Viera Washington, D.C.
Pollet, Barbara E. Great Neck, L.I. N.Y.
Rees, Janet Arden, N.C.
Ricks, Flora Washington, D.C.
Rudikoff, VitaSari New York N.Y.
Schwartz, L. Olga Brooklyn N.Y.
Slater, E. Jane Ogden Utah
Sprager, I. Tanya West Los Angeles Calif.
Stone, Jane R. Black Mountain N.C.
Stranch, James G. Greenwood S.C.
Swackhammer, Egbert Middletown N.J.
Tentchodd, Dorice New York N.Y.
Wacker, Jeanna Ogden Utah
Wright, Helen G. Watertown Mass
Yarash, Lana Detroit Mich.
*On leave of absence with the armed forces.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Arthur S. Adams Ithaca New York
Assistant Dean, College of Engineering, Cornell University
Francis F. Bradshaw Chapel Hill North Carolina
Dean of Students, University of North Carolina
John E. Burchard Cambridge Massachusetts
Director, Albert Farwell Bemis Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuel S. Cooley Black Mountain North Carolina
Fernando de los Rios New York New York
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spanish Republic
John Dewey New York New York
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Columbia University
Adrian J. Dornbush Washington, District of Columbia
Associate Director of WPA Art Program
Ethel E. Dreier Fort Salonga New York
Josephine W. Duveneck Los Altos California
Ethel C. Forbes Cambridge Massachusetts
Lucy Gage Nashville Tennessee
Professor of Elementary Education, Peabody College
Sarah Goodwin Concord Massachusetts
Walter Gropius Lincoln Massachusetts
Chairman, School of Architecture, Harvard University
Anna D. Jamieson Newton Centre Massachusetts
Joseph Katz Baltimore Maryland
President, Joseph Katz Advertising Company
Walter Locke Dayton Ohio
Editor, Dayton Daily News
Herminio Portell Vila Havana Cuba
Intitutio Cultural Cubano-NorteAmericano; Professor of History, University of Havana.
Malcolm Ross Washington DC
Director of Information, National Labor Relations Board
Herbert W. Sanders Black Mountain North Carolina
Executive Secretary, Blue Ridge Association
Karl Terzhagi Winchester Massachusetts
Professor of Soil Mechanics, Harvard University
Robert R. Williams Asheville North Carolina
Attorney
