Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Music meanf fheory as well as pracfice. Music meanf folk singing, listening, enjoying. 41' ann Qs g V,.g K I xl , Music meant extra hours in the music library. .WI I5

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And Everywhere, The Sound ot Music Modern iazz, popular music, the classics, original compositions, Formal classes, informal gatherings, concerts, Elements of Music, Har- mony. Listening, studying, creating, playing, rehearsing, performing-this was music at Rut- gers-Newark. Intense concentration wrinkled toreheads of young musicians in the music department as theypconverted printed notes into harmony. Practice to learn. Learn to achieve. Achieve to enioy. This was the year all students enjoyed music of every kincl. This was a sound ot Rutgers-Newark. it Music meant a Christmas Concert at the Newark Museum. Music meant Friday night in the Lounge. Music meant hours of practice in a solitary room.

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Through Art to Channels of Beauty Y Art major finishes up his painting under the watchful eye of Mr. Russell. Squeaking chisels, chalk-smudged hands, sketches, paintings, moulds, designs. The art department, of- fering courses in the most elemental and advanced areas, guided its students toward concepts of beauty. Whether they sketched the wrinkles of their own faces from memory, or they took meticulous care to set down an exact image-or an idea-in oils, or they moulded the figure of a man bent with age, students connected with the art department spent many extra hours in the studio. And even at home a friend sat stiff in a chair to be captured in brush strokes for a semester proiect. This was creativity. This was art. 'fm Criticism and examination of a stuclent's own work.