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Une Colonnade LONGWOOD COLLEGE Farmville, Virginia

March, 1956

VoL XIX

FROM THE EDITORS Our

in+er-racial

The problems that

and

sympathies of the art

.

presented

in

the

following

articles

do not

in

stories,

necessarily

in

and Jeanne Saunders and gives

snapshot tour of Europe and Africa.

a

the stories.

The cover, designed by Nancy Lenz, represents the three races

Nancy

style.

The center spread

illustrated

in

is

the

Lenz,

Lynne Higgin-

work of Nancy Lenz

the

their struggle to gain equality.

STAFF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Molly

Ann

Margaret

BUSINESS Phyllis

MANAGER Nurney

tHarvey Miller

MANAGING

EDITOR

Jeanne Saunders

SHORT STORY EDITOR ASSISTANT ESSAY EDITOR ASSISTANT POETRY EDITOR ASSISTANT _

EDITOR..

_._

._

-

Billett

Waugaman

Georgia Jackson Pat Walton

Lois

Ann

.Vivian

Childers V^illeU

Nancy Lenz Jackie Marshall

_

...Virginia

Cowles

...Jane

Adams

Jane Railey

TYPIST

Ann

ASSISTANT

RCU LATION MANAGER.

ASSISTANT ASSISTANT BUSINESS

Judy Carolyn

ASSISTANT REVIEW EDITOR ASSISTANT

CI

poems,

express

staff.

work comes from several sources to provide variety

HEAD

2

compiled of prize-winning material from the annual Colonnade contest.

is

botham, and Virginia Obenchain

ART

io,

.

from the world-wide associations of the races are pictured here

the ideas that are

essays. All

The

issue

arise

.

f

MANAGER

Brierley

Joan Harvey Bobbie Carter Margaret Beavers

IN THIS ISSUE "That's the

Way

It

.

.

.

is"

Martha Foster

3

—

Place, Short Story

First

"Retreat to Darkness"

4

Vivian Willett— First Place,

Poetry

"The Slave"

4 Willett—Third

Vivian

"Mental

Inferiority of the

Place,

Negro:

Harold Magnusson

—

First

Poetry

Fact or Fancy" Place,

"Uncle Peter"

7

Helen Warriner

—Second

Place, Short Story

"The Happy Time"

Meade Mann

8

—Second

Place,

Poetry

"The Conscience of the South" Molly

"Junior Year

5

Essay

Workman

—

9

Second

Place,

Essay

Abroad"

10

Jeanne Saunders, Nancy Lenz

"The Souvenirs" Barbara Heck

"The

Critics'

Corner"

12

—Third

Place, Short Story

14

WAY IT IS

THAT'S THE

MARTHA FOSTER

by

(gr^^ARTHA

had

finished

just

peeling the last

poured fresh water over the potatoes and covered the pot with

"Mom,"

she

called,

Jim beat

going outside for a

be

Don't

dear.

right,

The screen door slammed behind Martha as she ran down the back steps. She was a slender rather tall for her age, and with girl of eleven, sandy hair hanging straight down to her shoulders.

Jim was seated on the curb, whittling on a with an old pocket-knife. Although

wood

piece of

Martha, he was about

he was a year older than three inches shorter,

skin

hlis

was as black as coal

teeth gleamed very white

his

his

in

dark face

Martha

" "

eat.

was

He got up

said.

spite of his

In

his

hand

a funny

in

salute.

little

"

'Bye,

Jim.

"

She

went

the

into

house.

Her

was already home and they sat down to

Her

parents' conversation while at the table

about the "trouble between niggers and

all "

Martha paid

were saying. school

little

attention to what they

She thought of many things

where the

uptown,

dresses and the big

that

said.

"Hi, Miss Martha," Jim answered.

the sidewalk.

Go!" Martha

he could run fast.

lifted

Miss Martha.

whites.

big

line in

set!

always did.

'Bye,

father

kids

he grinned at her.

"Hi,"

He

supper."

for

late

He

her.

back to the

you

race

Til

They toed a

house," she said.

small size,

"All

as

Martha stopped.

"On your mark! Get

"I'm

meet them.

the yards left their toys and ran to

top.

a

while."

and

in

potato when she heard Jim's whistle. She

j|J^(|.

girls

boys drove

—

of the

wore pretty

The other

cars.

on Beech Street didn't seem to mind the fact their

clothes

Martha minded.

were

cheap

She didn't

and

faded.

But

that school, but she

like

from the curb and they walked slowly along, side

and the other children from

by

Anything was better than the school on the West

side.

Beach Street was on the north side of town, mills.

The smell from the mills was

near the paper

always the

the

in

mind the

Beech

on

in

didn't

Street

assured them that they

The

mills

The

mills

paid for their cheap clothes

and the rent on the

home

people who lived

smell.

would eat.

worked

the

houses

dingy

little,

But

air.

in

the

little

Martha's father

houses.

and Beech Street was the only

mills,

she could remember.

Martha and Jim walked far down the street. houses were alike, their paint darkened by

All the

the smoke from the

broken

with

playing clothes

and

mills

and

and

trash.

their yards littered

Even

the yards were alike.

in in

tops

the

children

hot weather, and they were dirty

Martha hated

noisy.

the

They wore few

it.

between them.

Finally,

Martha broke the

"What

are you making, Jim?" she asked, point-

ing to the piece of "I

guess

It's

They walked

coming

home.

lunch-boxes

in

wood

in

silence

his

hand.

gonna' be a boat," Jim answered. on.

The men from the

They walked their

hands.

slowly,

mills

their

were

empty

The children playing

Side near the slum

even worse than

district.

that,

Beech Street went.

Jim's school must be

thought Martha.

on Market Street, and he said

it

was

Jim dirtier

lived

and

drabber than Beech.

His father dug

the city's sewer

His mother drank beer, and

lines.

Please turn

to

page 16

ditches for

——

Uark mess

to

Jrvefreaif;

by VIVIAN WILLETT 1

awake

In

And

my

the night from

watch myself as

I

fear:

rise

I

climb above the desolate

All that

I

cliff-face.

have seen passes before me.

my own foot-prints And the ones behind them.

Even

The breakers spring against the sand And wash the fleeing steps into the The night hides me.

sea.

The darkness

Hides my darkness.

I

should not be cold

And

look

down

Into the very

So

am it

dark

depths of

into the

Through scum and

I

the night from fear:

in

tower above the world

I

filth

it

and death

bottom of the grave. like

hides me.

the darkness,

Thus

I

go on

living

But practice death.

te olave

1

by VIVIAN WILLETT

With gnarled hands and ancient limbs hie

painfully

And

his

tills

soil;

even while the daylight dims,

A

silhouette bent

Is

seen against the sky.

toil

in

Thus has he been for many years.

Racing with the time; For even while

Across the Is

heard

Still

—

a

And with He prays Should

down

hoe;

his

form bent

his

still

more

low.

fervently that the sun

Although the

way

is

a

light of

not

For as he dies,

in

his

Will be that old

Now

warning.

not yet done.

is

light his

His work

chime

a

final

he lays not

His work

twilight nears.

his

field

moment day

is

longer.

spent,

vain;

monument

and heavy chain

loosened from

his

race.

Mental Inferiority of the Negro: Fact or Fancy?

^N

been

interesting experiment has

^^\^

months

for the past eighteen

Washington, D. C.

city of

progress

in

our capital

in

ever integra-

If

Negro and white races has a chance of success, surely this would seem to be the proper place. The results as reported in the Richmond Times-Dispatch of Wednesday, February I, 1956, would seem to indicate a wide intellectual and of the

tion

between white and colored

cultural difference exists

students enrolled

achievement

Identical city-wide

were given

tests

about a year ago, under the same administration, to

students

all

in

the city's

These

schools.

tests

indicated about twenty-five percent of the ninth-

graders were reading on or below the level;

grade

sixth

almost forty-five percent of the ninth-graders

were doing arithmetic on or below the the

made that

One

sixth-graders.

principal

level

estimated

of

that

seniors of the city schools of Virginia

two

were made up of students of

classes

comparative

This would indicate

more.

a score of 71.3 or if

percent of

while the top twenty

less,

Negro

the

ability,

top class would contain

Negro

three-fourths white students and one-fourth

students; the students of lower ability would form a class that

contained one-fourth white students and

Negro

three-fourths

While these difference

D. C.

ington,

or

71.2

the

Wash-

schools of

public

the

in

of

HAROLD MAGNUSSON

by

students.

seem to indicate an apparent

tests

mental

in

ability,

be

should

suspicion

attached to any such conclusion or to any such indication.

According to many of our leading an-

thropologists, psychologists,

and

biologists,

no test

has yet been devised that can definitely determine nnental ability in the individual,

among

mental ability

tiate

much

groups.

less differen-

Many

factors

enter into the determination of mental ability, and

no scientific device has as yet been invented that

determine to what extent those factors are

from ninety to ninety-nine percent of the retarded

can

children as indicated by these tests were Negroes.

in the human intellect. we proceed on the assumption that mental differences do exist, and we must emphasize that

What

how many retarded

the tests consisted of,

children actually were Negroes, whether difference in

background was considered

cultural

at the

in

arriving

above conclusion, and other pertinent queswere not answered in the newspaper article.

present or absent If

conclusion

such a

some

be

plausible

is

an assumption, there should

explanation

for

the

apparent

influx

of Negroes from the

"unfair

we examine the hereditary background of the Negro, some understanding of the Negro's failure to achieve might come to light.

How long the Negro has existed in tropical

test,"

"segregated schools," "economic inequality

Africa no one can say with certainty. All the evi-

tions,

"Why do Negroes

The question was asked, so

test

were varied: "High

low?" The answers given

deep South,"

between Negro and white," "over-crowded

class-

rooms

these

in

reasons

previously all-Negro schools."

have some validity

parent difference

obscure

reason

mental

in

is,

in

all

in

All

explaining

the ap-

but a

ability,

probability,

of

more

greater

series of tests given in the public schools of

Virginia to give

during the school year of

some confirmation

to the

1951-52 seem

Washington

as to an apparent mental difference. as

reported

the

tests tests,

Richmond Times-Dispatch

of

lived it

may

there well

be that many more thousands of years could be

added

to that amount.

We a

can only guess as to the stupefying effect exposure to a tropical

long

might have on the race.

Certainly

forest climate ing to which

A.

S.

is

we do know

any human

that the tropical rain

the most enervating and debilitat-

man can be exposed on

Pearse,

environment

intellectual ability of

In

his

Man and

this earth.

Environment

is

of

showed the following

the opinion that climate probably has more affect

The lower twenty-five percent of the white

on man, both physically and mentally, than does

Wednesday, results:

in

These

If

dence at hand indicates that he has not less than six thousand years and

such

importance.

A

difference.

April 20,

1955,

seniors of the city schools of Virginia

made

a score

Please turn to page 17

UNCLE PETER HELEN WARRINER

by

NCLE PETER

"f

III

works for

—somewhere

He's getting old

us.

is

summer

afternoons.

would have retired when they were twenty

a while,

but he won't

Most

years younger.

his

in

Most

eighties.

"Naw,

around to

aren't even

folks

the tale by the time they are eighty years old.

tell

But Uncle Peter

man, and he

a

is

be

will

man

a

he dies.

until

He

one of those old fellows who has stuck

is

His father belonged

slave master's family.

to

his

to

my

Uncle Peter was

great-grandfather.

War came

just

a

Before he was very old, the Civil

pickaninny then.

and

think

I

down

the corn rows

of a

tractor

went to work for Mars'

he

Mars'

Egbert.

Egbert died, and now he works for Boss Marvin.

Uncle

Peter

temperamental old darkey;

a

is

you have to be careful of what you say to him.

Every once

hear

work for Mars' Smith or Mars' Flippen, our neigh-

Some Sunday

we He and Daddy

up the cowpath. of machinery and

Daddy

weather.

working for "Well,

bacca

us

grow

I

too.

it

my

in

An'

guess

"I

I

it's

got de

it

his

crops,

as

crop

o'

ain't

I

in

fines'

I

a

bigger than

put plenny

good

my

it's

never see 'bacca o'

in

specs

it

little

in

his

eyes,

The following Monday morning by o'clock Uncle Peter

is

at the barn.

He

five

or

six

helps milk,

and then he eats breakfast before he goes to the field.

Daddy gives him his orders for the day, and he will keep at his job, in sight or out of sight, until

the

Mama

rings

the

house then and

eating.

When

he has

dinner waits his

bell.

until

dinner,

He comes

to

we get through and

as soon as he

in

in

his

keep

feet

old

an

It's

twitch

little

old.

tired

his

knees

constitu-

plodding

along.

get a

I

lot

I

amusement out of

of pleasure and

talking to Uncle Peter.

the summer, after dinner

In

go out to the woodpile and turn up a block of

wood

to

sit

on while he

me

tells

about the old

all

times.

"Mars'

Booker he

cabin

little

me

use

Miss Blanche would

to take him home.

over dah

live

t'

He'd

de woods.

in

de creek.

after

I

He

he'd git mean.

drunk.

but I'd

him

I

tell

in

use

t'

him

t'

de haid.

home

an'

put him

Miss Blanche she'd

in

fin'

him an' come

fall

was de only one dat like

dat 'cause

dah know he was

cuss an' rip up things

shut

I

up fo

You had like

de bed.

come

a

drunk an'

min' dat.

didn'

in

git

could han'le him when he got drunk

jus'

Boss."

is.

clod-worn

his

an' knock

Negro chuckle

throat and a devilish twinkle

his

and

like

can

I

behind the barn as

hill

the evening.

who's de boss when he git

"Well," he says, with that

"I

down the

in

that brings out the get-up-and-go tion,

isn't

it.

I

about him,

think

I

walk, but he has a certain

for a while,

place."

tobacco,

Every time

home

futilizer

Uncle Peter?" Daddy asks.

down

he goes

in

'bout dis high an'

It's

'Cose

got

about

all

I

it.

life.

piece

sideline for him.

think

ever had.

I'se

so

him

just a

is

on a

sit

crops.

I

about the crops and the

talk

asks

boss,

see him coming

mornings,

got a fine color on

on

but he always comes

over the back fence,

bors back.

the

What's de matter wid you, suh?" have never seen anyone who walks quite

he leaves us and goes to

while

a

in

it."

Billy.

see him shuffling

and

on

can

this

died.

'long

Peter best as he

when we used horses instead

cultivate

size,

great-grandfather

knock

jus'

I'll

him now hollering at the horses, "Git up dah,

to

By

my

Then

more.

slaves

listen.

used to walk behind the harrow or plow up and

time Uncle Peter had outgrown the waterboy

weren't

tries to

remember Uncle

I'll

Uncle Peter.

slaves

Daddy

Boss.

suh.

any

along

On some hot make him rest

through, he goes back to the field.

folks

now

iSjiJ^

after

t'

dat.

I

tuk a stick

let

him know

I'd

take him

'Bout de nex' week,

me

agin.

You

can't

do nuthin' with dem drinkin' folks, you know, 'cause dey jus' don' pay no 'tention t' you a tall. use t' wuk for Mars' Willie Tom Vaughn.

His house was right over dah on dat hill cross de creek from my house. All dem woods dah was in "I

—

den was big fields all cross dah. Mars' Vaughn he raised 'bout twenny acres o' 'bacca. An' we didn have no m'chines t' wuk it with neither.

cultivation

Please turn to page 17

W Oappy

1

by

Young

Or

little

with

yellow

skin,

Negro boy,

take the white child's toy,

While you believe you're

You are too young

ime

MEADE MANN

child

Come

1

to see

kin.

They'll

say you don't belong

The difference of your race.

To

The color of your face

You'll say that

Holds meaning

just

And

me.

for

But as the years pass by.

You'll

strive to

make your

Meet problems face And,

oh,

I

how hard

place,

to face

you'll

try.

classes of their kind.

you don't mind

cover tears with song.

wish you luck and joy.

May

your success be sung.

But for the time stay young;

Be happy,

little

boy.

—

—

The Conscience of the South by

MOLLY WORKMAN undoubtedly

true, for the natives

"^"^~S^E of the South today face the serious prob-

Asia. This fact

,^J^

of Africa were essentially a primitive people. The

known

lem

South the

and Negro

concerned,

is

and

material

integration.

as

Insofar

involves

problenn

this

the

as

equalization of the white

social

The Suprenne Court of the United

races.

States has ruled that segregation as practiced

in

the South violates the constitutional rights of the

American Negro.

In

all

American

sider ourselves loyal

must admit

citizens

Supreme Court decision

that the

we who con-

conscience,

the only just

Is

and honest one, both from moral and points.

Furthermore,

violent

reactions

bow

the

to

and

political, social,

at

looking

the of

decision

cultural leaders,

we

wrong

our heads

are forced

of

Negroes

is

"separate

but

policy

equal"

for

facilities

of racial discrimination;

they have warned that the "catastrophe" of integration would result

In

the "mongrelization" of the

But the tragic motive behind these and other

race.

defenses server

general sheer,

is

only too apparent to any unbiased ob-

way

Southern

of the

Southern unalloyed

shakeable belief

of

prejudice.

It

Is

behind

life;

toward

attitude

an

Intrinsic,

inescapable.

trine of segregation

the

—

let us

of

the

and

race

connotes

make no mistake about

culturally superior to the

its It

socially,

average

The pro-segregationalists point out the fact that

Negro

attained

which existed

the in

slaves

brought from Africa had or

cultural

organization

seventeenth-century

Europe and

social

so.

But,

forced to admit

the social and economic domination of

is

race

In

the

which

South

condition by denying the

this

brought

has

Negro

suffi-

cient opportunity to better himself.

of

First

educational

"separate

the

of

we

all,

facilities,

educational

deny

but

facilities

Negro adequate

the

hiding behind the false front doctrine.

equal"

Southern

are certainly separate as far

as the races are concerned, but they are far

from

Great improvements have been made in the past few years to rectify this situation, particuequal.

larly

but a great deal

the metropolitan areas,

In

more remains to be done. If the practice of segregation were to endure in the South, it would be

many

year and cost

a

many

a

dollar before edu-

cational leaders could honestly say that the facili-

were "separate but equal."

ties

Secondly, when the young

graduated from a more or with

Negro

has

left

or

ill-equipped school

education,

second-class

a

less

opportunities

what

vocational

a

profession

are

at

one of the

small,

obscure Negro

he has even more guts and can stomach the discrimination, he might enter one of the white universities or colleges which colleges

the South.

In

If

admit Negroes through reluctant legal necessity.

Or and this is more probably the case he will simply forego any further education and try to get

—

—

Let us examine the reasons behind this belief.

not

is

do

sary to buck the financial problem, he might study

Inferior;"

Negro.

the original

observer

condition

their

to

ability

case

this

In

average Southerner believes himself

intellectually,

bettered

Southern doc-

means "separate and

"mongrelization"

destruction, for

the

plain fact, the

In

the

humble con-

open to him? If he has the large amount of ambition and determination neces-

not always

Is

an easy or pleasant thing to face, but is

un-

it

about

is

the natural superiority of the

in

white race. The truth about ourselves

it

the

Integration

not

impartial

the

white

In

not a

have

because they haven't the

the

as segregation

doctrine

Negroes

again,

retain a

still

most Southern Negroes, maintaining that

dition of

the

maintain

to

Furthermore,

capacity.

Intellectual

like

as a race,

segregationalists point to the present

that

South's

American Negroes,

primitive

subsequent

shame that such an out-and-out Is not only countenanced but strongly supported by those same leaders.

The opponents of Integration have staunchly defended their actions with a series of justifications.

They have maintained that the Southern political

to

advocates of segregation would that the

legal view-

the

is

a job. There probably

open to him nearly

all

—

will

be several opportunities example

janitor or truck driver, for

of which involve menial labor, small re-

P lease

turn to page IS

(W^^ lUo^

od"'

•QV

-^

The Souvenirs HE moon was

the area from the artillery discharge would

began to

moon and cause weird shadows

One had

soldiers.

The

other

hands to

his

face covered with

his

collar

up around

palms

of

He

them.

into

his

several

reached deep Into

his

As he snapped

pen.

"Why you can

his

it

He

un-

and

his

He

under the

clip

her

My

"Grudge?

He gave McGregor

"Maybe you this

like

up for

clear off the it.

Maybe

this,

map

here.

be

I'll

—and

all

Maybe you

playground the Germans have set

little

us." like

fool,

a

killed in

No,

Pat.

didn't

I

the war, and sure

home, but you're not getting

won't

way

tell

where

us

want

I

war over

this

Every

Jerry as

be

some

"Well, they are,"

weight on

kind

of machine that can't

his

said

He

Patterson.

forearm and leaned toward

put

his

com-

his

You can hardthem human. You've seen what happens when their CO. gets killed. The whole outfit goes panion. "They're Hitler's machines. ly

we're

things are going may-

Tommy

he's

if

killed."

her people with

be home with you and

call

to pieces

the key that runs the machine

if

is

lost."

Patterson kicked a clod of dirt free from the

soon.

Has my son learned to handle that new baseball bat you gave him for his birthday? hope that can soon show him myself.

I

a cutting glance.

By the

Germany may be blown

But enough of my side of the world.

We're moving out of here tomorrow. lieutenant

killed

time we go out on an assignment, you go at each

the whole world could profit by

heading, but the

you

brother

We've

that.

The

Wouldn't kid

don't want to go home.

have any brother

1945

you had a

if

any sooner with your ideas and methods. peaceful

pushed the Germans back again. time you read

maybe

The platoon's moving

McGregor.

Sure,

grudge

little

at Anzio?"

woman

dearest Marge, is

it

Could mean we'll be going home Maybe, after you've been home for you can scrape off some of that grudge

carry a

to get

Everything

at

pocket.

his

into his jacket pocket, he

person?

in

"You're talking 8,

looked in

you carry for the Jerries."

small blonde-haired

March

back

don't you wait about a week, and

tell

awhile,

boy which he knew so well.

Balancing the pad on his knees, he began to write.

and

pulled the pic-

clip,

time.

this

jacket together, he

stared at the smiling faces of the young

it

He

out tomorrow.

back

pocket.

inside

pulled out a picture and slipped his

jacket,

his

from under the

was watching him.

and rested

head against the bank.

his

snapped the middle catch on

of

his

blackened sheet.

a

glanced up to see that the once-sleeping soldier

He

times.

into his pocket.

it

carefully

As he dropped the pen

jacket

rubbed the

The soldier pushed

closely against the side of the foxhole

fingers

his

became

once again and then placed

pocket and pulled out a pen and

a small writing tablet.

back of

ture

frequently

pulled

neck and then

his

hands together

his

reached into

the

and shoved

mouth, take a deep breath,

his

and blow slowly

would

soldier

and he once again

before he finished the sen-

But

write.

The soldier slapped the cover over the writing pad

two

helmet,

his

clear to him,

tence, the paper again

to be

sat

muffled snore could be heard coming

slow,

within.

cup

one foxhole

In

BARBARA HECK

few seconds the paper and

a

In

became

writing

blot out the

from

on the paper.

in

awhile the haze and smoke that hung over

cast across the foxholes.

and a

Once

brightly.

shining

by

bankment. too

I

Pellets

em-

of clay rolled into the foxhole.

"Yeah? And maybe they want to get home or at least to what's left of home," retorted

—

McGregor.

His pen

up at the

stopped abruptly. The soldier looked

sky.

Thick clouds were floating slowly

front of the moon.

He

waited with

his

"That's a

don't give a

in

pen perched

wouldn't 12

joke."

Patterson sat upright.

damn about home.

have

goose-stepped

If

out

"They

they did, they of

Germany.

THE COLONNADE Serves them right

Germany

f

if

blown sky

is

high."

into the other pocket and pulled out a picture. was a picture of a woman sitting on a lawn bench with her arms around the shoulders of twin

hand It

"Okay,

okay.

sorry

I'm

some sleep

better get

out of here

pushed

against the bank and

"We

face.

to pull

McGregor leaned

morning."

the

in

We

anything.

said

I

we can be ready

so

his

helmet over

his

really got the Jerries sweatin' up there

at the Rhine, don't

blew

The next day was hot and dry. around the heavy boots of the platoon as they up

Patterson

road.

the

McGregor

and

Patterson was

brought up the rear of the group.

McGregor about Tommy's great

telling

when

a baseball player

as

ability

eye caught the reflection

his

of something shiny on the

and

edge

Mac."

"Hey, with

rifle.

his

that

"Isn't

by

friend

his

He pointed German helmet?"

those weeds."

in

a

Patterson jumped over the ditch and landed firmly

the

in

field.

almost forgot that

"I

remember

Tommy

told

I

the

the

The German was helmetless,

many times

that

playground with

Patterson

Tommy came hair

his

almost

brown from the dust and dirt. He thought that behind the closed lids were eyes of blue like Tommy's. Patterson could not see any sign of the

—

the dead soldier's clothes: nor remember ever looking so intently at a German soldier before. He opened his fist and

German emblem on could he

looked at the cross.

of the road.

caught

Patterson

"Look over

soldier.

blonde hair was thick with dust.

his

could

his

the arm.

looked from the picture to the face of

German

home from

we?"

Dust

ambled

He

girls.

the

other

hand.

happen now?

He

Why,

This

looked at the picture

he thought,

soldier

why did

would soon be going

home.

He

picked up the jacket from the ground and

once very quickly. The dust blew in and he blinked several times. He then the jacket over the soldier's face and chest. shook

it

eyes,

bring him back a souvenir."

I'd

"Get back

here,

Pat.

This

is

no time to go

souvenir hunting."

Pat,"

called

now.

Wait

one of till

you're

town with

in

women and

'ze

"

ze

wine.'

Patterson paid no attention to their jokes and

Wiith the barrel of

laughter.

his

rifle

he pushed

He stopped suddenly. His rifle had He jumped back and stared

back weeds.

stuck something solid. into the weeds.

A

on the ground.

Next to

startled him

—the

Hitler's

little

like

much

of a

dust covered packet was spread

body

he could see what had

it

of a

German

hurry to even

pick

Just

soldier.

In

too

up the dead.

He

men, Patterson thought.

smiled to himself.

No

What's the use?

sense

in

burying a machine.

He ing

stooped next to the body and began pokfingers

his

soldier's

pockets

the

inside

His fingers touched

shirt.

of a

the

dead

cold

metal

object.

"Hey, Pat," yelled McGregor, "get "Yeah,

coming,"

I'm

shouted

pulled the object from the pocket. cross.

He

at

It

his

it.

laid

it in

the palm of

glittered brilliantly

fingers over

looked again at the objects the

men turned around. "Hey, the men, "don't go AWOL

Several of the other

it

in

a

fist.

in

his

a

move

on."

He

Patterson.

It

was

a

gold

hand and stared

the sun.

He

closed

Patterson slipped

his

in

this

cross

in his

and picture over the

— not

stood up very straight

hands. jacket.

taking

his

He

his

laid

He

placed

Patterson

eyes from

body. He glanced up at the platoon. They were rounding the second bend in the road. He jumped to his feet and began to run toward them.

the

Soon he would be going home, away from cruel

war

—

cruel for both sides.

this

C oorner

t^he C ritics CSji

N Tuesday

evening, October 25, Dr. Walter

Hartley presented a piano recital

!

Hall.

For this

in

came from

S.

Jarman

faculty recital of the year

first

in

free contrapuntal style J. S. Bach's "Praeludium

in

Dr.

The listener found it most compare this with the two classical

melodies.

which followed: "Sonata

Bach and "Sonata

in

G

in

K.

next;

and

followed by an "Impromptu

beauty and

Dr. Hartley has a rare gift in

as

was shown

in

his

in

its

whole

que of camp

His

aware of

his

sonata,

is

typical

so

ludes"

familiar with the

by Chopin, which

close his program.

its

was noted by

his

its

comic

all

long

went

well,

all

too

Fortunately, the

glazed-over western.

a

its

As

battles.

was number three on

Films Series,

this

and we admit that we

charm,

more to equal subtle and was indeed highly received by

"Pre-

those

humor,

broad

its

satire.

It

who appreciate

and

its

the tongue-in-cheek.

James Parker

0N

beauty of expression

February

the Long wood College Music

14,

Department presented James Carson, organ-

all.

Dr. Hartley chose as an tiful

six

His accuracy of note and nim-

bleness of finger, as well as

burles-

swashbuckling swordplay,

its

Hartley selected to

Dr.

of the

its

chased the horses we were

it

Better

brittle is

life,

drills,

wish there were going to be three

of

Bartok.

Every music lover

Neverthe-

the military,

satirizing

antic military

its

"Fanfan the Tulip" year's

These short selections as

a

as

retrieve the humor.

by Bela Bartok, a Hungarian composer century. These included "With Drums and Pipes," "Barcarolla," "Musettes," "Night

selections

were amazingly descriptive,

posing

bravado of the actors and the action contrasted

of the twentieth

Sounds," and "The Chase."

who,

marriage to the king's

with the improbability of the plot was sufficient to

played five

Hartley

Dr.

XIV's

recruiting sergeant's

camera followed the buffoons,

as the

but when

Following

shotgun

Louis

kings; the strength

raucous innuendoes, and

in

style,

listener.

his

were those

bits

film lay in

the sonata has no particular program, leaving the

meaning to the discernment of the art of self-expression was impressive.

a

Lollobrigida,

predicts

and the pomp of

war,

style,

"Sonata

latest composition,

So completely twentieth century

A."

and acted

was

set

A," also by Schubert.

in

a

much

the most delightful and most aptly constructed

less,

gay dance

light,

this

Majesty,

Royal

of the farce involves his rising fortunes.

Eight Viennese Waltzes by Franz Schubert were

played

gave

Fanfan naively believes her and the rest

daughter.

The

two Bachs are sons of the former.

latter

Gina

daughter,

E.

P.

to escape a

Phillipe,

His

enters

fortune-teller,

selections

C. Bach.

J.

song and the co-

a great deal out of

He happens upon

service.

interesting

Minor" by by

B flat"

Gerard

Fanfan,

wedding,

G," bringing out the beauty of the contrasting tc

s

Christian-Jaque,

nonsense.

Hartley played

with the Bach,

example of making

fine

Hartley chose selections from Bach to Bartok.

Opening

French children

a

adoptors and directors,

encore

"Ecossaises" by Schubert.

ist,

of the beau-

six

his program with Buxtehude's and Chaconne." This was followed chorale, "Savior of the Heathen, Come" by

by

a

Bach, and

De

a faculty recital.

Prelude, Fugue,

program reflected good taste and diligence on the part of Dr. Hartley, and was well received by the audience.

in

Mr. Carson began

This well-balanced

Dav

by Hanff.

'A Safe Stronghold

The

latter

"•=^ANFAN THE

TULIP"

saw on January

18,

movie swashbuckler that we 1956.

The

title

contrast

to

the

Mendelssohn's organ

French costume western and farcial lampoon of the typical

Our God." These two

sharp

was that enjoyable

"Sonata No.

2,

C

14

chorales

opening

literature,

Minor."

the organ threatened

of the film

"

Is

Still

"A Mighty Fortress

the familiar Lutheran chorale, is

Our God

based on the same tune as

is

served

selection.

as

a

From

Mr. Carson chose

Faulty

during the

mechanism

first

in

movement.

"

THE COLONNADE but the organist overcame not lose E

I,

his

it

audience for an

so quickly that he did instant.

"Chorale No.

Major" by Franck connpleted the

first

only Mr. Mdccherini gave o consistent portrayal of the character portrayed.

On

half of

the program.

whole

recital

It

was a

Trovatore

II

regrettable that

is

second-rate

was necessary

it

poor substitute for the better

present such a

to

The remainder of the

consisted mainly

opera, Aida.

more modern compositions: "Chorale

of

the

presentation.

Prelude

Joann

on Rhosymedre" by Vaughan-Williams, "Requiescat

Fivei

L.

Pace" by Sowerby, and "Poeme Mystique" on

in

hymn tune "Manna" by

the

These three

Purvis.

were especially enjoyable. Although modern, they

0N

March

Symphony Orchestra,

the National

6,

very definitely leaned toward romanticism and Mr.

under the direction of Howard Mitchell, was

Carson could not have chosen any registration that

presented in Jarman Hall. The opening number was the prize-winning "Concert Overture" by our own Dr. Walter S. Hartley. This compo-

would have been more suitable, throughout the entire

should

recital

registration

hlis

be

certainly

commended, but in these three it was outstanding.

"March" on a theme of Handel by the Frenchman,

written

adagio and Sonata allegro form.

should have

As encores Mr. Carson played "On Liebster Jesu" by Richard Purvis and "March Triomphale

in

Overture

the

nately,

Guilmant, concluded the program.

the

Better

sented the third film of

The movie

Films

Series

this session

pre-

Trova-

II

based on the opera of

is

Giuseppe Verdi and his librettist, Salvatore Cammarano. The story of Trovatore concerns the two sons of the Spanish Count of Luna and their II

rivalry for the

plot which

is

ridiculous than

affection of the beautiful

lacking

even more complicated and more

be the music. in

good

Pederzini, as

Leonora,

the average opera.

The strong point of any should

film

based on an opera

was sadly

production

This

performances.

musical

Azucena looked

far too

Gianna

young for the

FHer tone

and

Manrico, Gino Simm-

harsh.

In

the

role

of

was choppy

berghi

looked the part of a young lover, and

acting

was

fairly

good.

larly

evident

in

His singing

could

his

have

phrases.

A

Whereas the theme

pearances, final

its

within them.

In several places the tone production was most beautiful. The crowning touch

performance was

his

acting.

its

broken

Of

the four.

subsequent apand pathetic strain in the first

measures was tossed away.

Unconsciously

audience

the

More than once

chords lacked interest.

final

responded

to

this

weakness by showing signs of weariness where

would have been overwhelmed

if

it

the performance

had been nearer perfection.

On

the whole the

first half of the program fared The Three Dances from "Bartered Bride"

by Smetna were performed with verve and wit.

better.

In

Moussorgsky's

years ago.

stayed

was particu-

funeral march.

and

overplayed on

He seemed

of his voice and

This

movement

was

ably since their

limits

inter-

dramatic sense for the movement as a

Mr. Mascherini was the best of the four singers.

know the

the

the concert overture,

like

whole was obviously lacking.

orchestra was at

to

it

Unlike a persistent, strictly measured march, the rhythm wavered with unwarranted retards between

been quite beautiful had he not forced the upper range of his voice. The other two singers, Enzo Mascherini and Vittorina Pederzini, fared better.

his

followed

Flat,"

the second

during the program the

part and sang very poorly.

of

E

3,

symphony,

This

suffered from a too-slow tempo.

tore.

than

The heaviest composition, Beethoven's

tional order.

mission.

15

slower

been, thereby distorting the original

"Symphony No.

February

Unfortu-

The program was planned out of the convenJoyce Clingenpeel

a

was played

the

follows

conception somewhat.

by Sigfrid Karg-Elert.

0N

modern idiom

the

sition,

classic

Prelude its

to

"Khovantchina"

the

The orchestral coloring

best.

painted vivid tonal images suggestive of daybreak.

The National Symphony has improved consider-

We

last

appearance

shall look

in

Jarman

Hall

return with hopes that they might

be better Virginia

Please turn

two

forward to their promised

to

page 16

yet.

Cowles

THE COLONNADE

ON

March 8, 9, and 10, fhe Longwood Players performed "Blood Wedding" by the great

but

they

modern Spanish poet and playwright, Federico Garcia-Lorca. This

play, written in

and

its

modern Spain. The Longwood Players' version was very well interpreted. With a background of music by Dr. Walter S. Hartley and a symbolic

stage

the

setting,

mood was

I

like

The man spoke I

know what's

niggers

to their fate.

that's

stirred

up,

Why

Jim.

can't

I

play with

ma and

and we say you gotta' keep place. That boy'll be gittin' too

their

in

"Martha, your

quickly,

best,

high and mighty afore long."

Martha

sat quiet, but her parents

saw the look

on her face. They looked at each other, and the

woman nodded "Baby,

her head sadly.

We

to me.

listen

with him again, ever.

well integrated with the action,

don't want you playing

Do you hear me?"

Martha looked at her father.

brought out the subtle rhythms of poetic set,

Dad,

"But,

,

The

trouble

the

all

him?"

first

As the three girls, Pat Leake, Cat Osmond and Lynne Higginbotham were promising newcomers to the Longwood stage. Donna Boone, playing the servant woman added comic relief. it

mother said quick-

think," her

folks'll

with

you can't be too careful with niggers anyhow."

Both were well cast and played with deep feeling.

and

at

think you oughta' stop playing with

what

"It's

Patsy Abernathy Rice and Fred Staples played the

sections.

first

nigger."

little

"What

ly.

speaking role as Leonardo's wife very sensitively.

The music was

we

"Baby,

As the mother, Anne Brooking gave one of her widow whose only hope lay in her one remaining son, who is soon to be married, James Parker, the bridegroom, also acted

who were bound

and looked

a chair

in

father spoke.

best interpretations, as a

bride and Leonardo,

to you.

talk

Martha sat down

sustained

Clee Koons played her

"

want to

I

that

understanding.

Street.

her mother, then at her father. After a while, her

throughout.

with

down Beech

blocks

said,

in

is

for

Then one night after supper, Martha's mother "Martha, before you go upstairs, your dad

1934, was

the second of Lorca's last three tragedies, and setting

walked

Jim's boat was almost finished.

"Why, Dad?" she asked again.

which consisted of three movable

units of geometric shapes and a warm orange color, gave an effect of hard masses and heat. The lighting, which was also effective, focused gradually on

"He's a nigger, that's why!" The man stood up and walked out the back door. The discussion was over.

the scenes. All the leading characters wore black,

Martha walked slowly upstairs. The little, low room was hot. She pushed the window up as high as It would go and stood looking down on Beech

and other costumes were raphy by

Patti Parker

in

soft colors.

Choreog-

deserves special mention.

Judy

She

turned

down the street away from the

Then she heard Jim's

whistle.

She stood quite

She could see the

Street.

Billett

playing

THAT'S THE

WAY

cursed

at

his

father.

But that

"Martha, did you have a nice day at school?

Mom.

"I'm

her

mother.

sorry,

way

did

it

not whistle

any more, and

Jim,"

a

The big tears

chair.

whispered,

she

"but that's

is."

She picked up

'

her thoughts.

"

After they finished dishes for

He

Jim whistled again.

Martha knew he had gone. the

Her mother's voice interrupted

the middle of the room.

She waited.

was nothing.

men.

"Yes,

in

still

Many women and men on Beech Street drank too much, and the women cursed and threw things at their

kids

window.

IT IS

Continued from page 3 she

hop-scotch.

book and

down

rolled

down

in

the

her cheeks,

un-

sat

heeded. eating,

Jim walked down Beech

Martha dried the

and

Then she took her books

room and did her lessons.

The days went by, and it was almost time for school to close for summer vacation. Martha saw Jim almost every day. They never talked much,

turned

down

Elm.

Street, across a block,

The

paper

boy on

the

corner was shouting, "Extra! Extra! Governor says

upstairs to her

there'll

be no integration

in

South Carolina!

Get

your evening paper here!"

Jim 16

stopped

and

stood

still

on

the

street.

THE COLONNADE Then, with a quick jerk of

completed wooden boat hands deep into

his

down the

He was coming down

Martha

school,

the street toward

The above explanation as

and black seems to be the most plausible. The test scores from the schools of Washington, D. C, and from the schools of the state of Virginia would tend to bear out the conclusion reached by Mr.

he

Hrdlicka as to intellectual differences.

ference does actually

one of degree only;

MENTAL INFERIORITY

.

.FACT

.

OR FANCY?

Continued from page 5 hi. G. Duncan, his environment, Race and Population Problems, goes a step

any other phase of his

farther, as he believes that race itself a

appears to be

differences

are

Duncan,

difference.

a

direct

however,

result

does not associate

mental differences with physical differences.

mains for Ales Hrdlicka, writing on in

Human

all

climatic

of

Human Races

Biology and Racial Welfare, to present

Mr. Hrdlicka has

that point of view.

this to

say:

"Races that have been subjected for a long time in

past to malarial

their

or other infections and

must have acquired more or

survive,

against these infections which races

—and

such

less

lacking

is

has found

Medicine

advantage, but

vital

this

other

in

be the

to

Such races have therefore gained

case.

immunity

certain

a

It

all

blood infections.

chronic

a

in

malarial

mental

invigorating

region,

But

it

his

Negro seem

actual

habit of cannibalism.

change the mental

ually

either

lectually.

He

process,

ability of the

Negro can-

even though the

Supreme Court of the

States

United

might

made exist

It

UNCLE PETER Continued from, page 7

We

not be

manager.

ability in the

*in

a

his

Negro super-

bodily enslavement,

Mr. Hrdlicka all

inevitable

is

and

of the

that

no equality

between the black and the

physically,

so

decree.

did

It

all

team

with de

"Mars' Vaughn use'

t'

an'

de hoe.

I

was de

say ev'ry mawnin', 'Well,

Peter,

you take those boys out there and chop the

grass

from

under that tobacco.

I'm

going

Into

town today.' trus' me 'cause he know do what say. He could depen' on me 'cause goin' wuk 'long steady on de job, and when

goln' I

physiologically,

cites the cultural

or

Intel-

evidence to sustain

such an assumption, while admitting that no direct

I

I

I

come out de

field,

won't goin' be no grass under

dat 'bacca."

"Yas,

white,

would also

It

not be accomplished overnight,

"Yes,

possibly

desire to ad-

within a favorable environment, that might event-

under which the Negro has existed for untold cencould

else,

within; the

slow evolutionary

that this

logical

these conditions

have

all

higher intellectual plane.

a

rehabilita-

this

come from

above

himself must,

vance to

progress.

Intellectual

must be emphasized that

"You see, he could

opinion that the total results of

turies,

eventually

of mental vigor must

tion

applied

of Africa, has been further restricted by his

his

an

himself

will

main deterrent to

belated."

ideas,

might

so

ambition and an overcome the apparent mental torpidity that now seems to be his

could

and the other

The development of mental stitious

climate,

develop within

will

may be It

wholesome region, could progress equally and retain the same standards. The affected group would

become

social

more

expected therefore that two human groups, one living

and

political

only at the cost of pro-

breeds few talents; and the same to

Ameri-

that, as the

awareness be sharpened to such an extent that he

an old truism that a malarial region

is

dif-

into a

longed suffering which was adverse to intellectual advance.

may be

It

this

If

must be regarded as

it

bondage, as he slowly migrates northward

re-

It

exist,

can Negro slowly emerges from

Inner drive that

consequence of climatic inluences and that

racial

possible cause of

a

passed.

as

she didn't look back.

in

on which to base

available

is

She walked on uptown, and

up or speak

look

didn't

hie

evidence

opinion.

his

the apparent intellectual difference between white

The next day on her way to

Neither did Martha.

scientific

pockets, he walked

street with bent head.

saw Jim. her.

Pushing

the street.

into

pants'

his

he threw the

wrist,

his

I

my

raise

sir.

I

know

ma'am.

that's

Dat's

right."

right.

crops at home, too.

An'

and harra my cawn and 'bacca.

I

had "I

par o' steers remember one

a

I

all

I'd git

use' 'stead

day up

wuk with

I

time,

'fo

day

steers.

of a hoss."

pair of steers

Please turn to page IS

you had, Uncle

THE COLONNADE Peter.

was small then, and seemed to pull a plow

I

funny

It

"Ha,

ha.

big ones.

so,

time.

seen

'em 'em

bring

I'd

before

growed some

my patch

big as dat

but

steal 'em,

down dah

'em.

I'd

out 'bout dat, you know.

I'd fin'

dey come agin

till

back no mo' 'cause I

I'd

had done skere em

I

em

might shoot didn' put

"I

den

bang

I'd

suprise

so.

Negroes, as

Dey

South

I

do.

I

was raised up

t'

wuk, an'

ol'

fella

De Lawd

ain't

goin'

t'

wants you right den. Ain't no foolin' 'round it.

I

done

de Lawd Dat's

try

t'

ready for

gits

de way

Daddy

live right,

abroad

bout

substantial

"Dinner's ready.

to

"Yas, suh. Boss."

is

THE CONSCIENCE OF THE SOUTH

the

is

told that he

must

sit in

restrictions permit,

and that he may not patronize

live

blind

Best of Food

injustice

moral,

being and

United States' prestige

prejudice,

enemy

hearts and

Our

conscience,

all,

we must

realize

based on nothing more

and

hypocrisy,

Then and only then can we begin intolerance

of

on

its

home

minds of the people of

only protection

against ourselves

and the conscience of the South

and awakened by the

stirred

is

fault

is

its

able to arrive at a to the

an Injustice.

When

realization this

is

ac-

own, not that of the Supreme

just,

problem of integration.

Newberry Store" J.

KLEANWELL CLEANERS

J.

NEWBERRY

CO.

CEDARBROOK

Opposite Post Office

Try Jake's Steaks

Agent

18

will

be

moral, and logical solution

"Compliments of your

Best of Service

CHARLOTTE FUDGE,

is

Court of the United States, perhaps we

GOOD EATS

—

is

the

and the

only where the zoning

white restaurants, motion picture houses, and other

0'

the

complished, when the South admits that the wrong

the back

may

HOUSE

than

that segregation

employment problem, the

of the bus, that he

a

is

in

people

They must develop a

Most of

the

in

must be

Continued from page 9

muneration, and practically no chance to advance.

Southern Negro

realize that the

—

the South.

to

its

twentieth-century America.

fight

field

addition

in

our internal dissension.

Uncle Peter."

In

and

South

being harmed by the South's defiance of

is

personal bigotry.

from the house.

But the fact that

life.

injustice.

that racial discrimination

'tis."

calls

many

are naturally

of our

be ready for him.

I'll

who

Supreme Court decision and that the enemies way of life are eagerly taking advantage of

the

you know, so dat when

me

in

shame that such an

They must

Lawd wants you t' do. But goin' t' wuk much longer now. call soon an' when He calls He

legal

been tolerated

has

believe dat's what de

de

and

sense of

I

t'

whites,

undeniable. The

is

social,

I

de right thing

many

must face the fact that segregation

I

I

perhaps,

has,

Undeniably, there are

such flagrant racial discrimination does exist

I

can

or white,

brick wall forever.

a

to better their condition

much wuk you know an' jus' didn' have time to bother with 'em. De ol' boy gittin' ol' won't be round much now and it's hard on him. kin. longer, but likes t' do what Dese young don' believe dat's ones dey don' like t' wuk, but Dey's so

well as

good-for-

"shiftless,

black

and good-for-nothing and have no desire

shiftless

or sumpin'.

no wattermalon patch dis year.

in

a I,

The problem as presented here been over-simplified.

accom-

and thereby earns the

Nc

head against

his

average

or no effort to

little

being

of

nigger

sthln g

An' dey wouldn't come

what was good for 'em. think

an'

reputation

racial

'em to git out dah fo dey knowed

tell

any wonder that the

it

is

near-impossible

the

plish

de house by de wag'n slip in dah an'

t'

him,

Southern Negro makes

Sometimes de boys would

loads.

With

colored.

Is

almost insurmountable barrier of discrimination

this

raised a lot o'

I've

really

I've in

establishments simply because he

"

chile?

my

in

I've

tub dah.

set

dat

Is

wattermalons

remember how

I

with steers.

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