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Oxford Music Prof. To Speak

Mr. Joseph Kerman, music
professor and former Music
Department Chairman at the
University of California at
Berkeley, will speak on
"Beethoven Research Today"
this Thursday night, at 8:15 in
room 107, Old Cabell Hall.

Mr. Kerman is currently the
Heather Professor of Music at
Oxford University. He has held
Guggenheim and Fulbright
Fellowships, and has been a
Grantee of the National
Institute of Arts and Letters.

The lecture, which is open
to the public without charge, is
presented under the auspices of
the Visiting Scholars Program,
University Center in Virginia
and the McIntire Department
of Music.

Movie Passes

Ticket passes for the
Paramount Theatre are
available at a reduced rate of
$1.25 from the Association of
Residential Councils.

Usually costing $2, tickets
can be acquired from any ARC
representative or at the offices
on fourth floor, Newcomb
Hall. They are valid for all
movies in ABC theaters in
Virginia and the Carolinas,
except for road shows.

C & C Photos

Pictures for Corks and Curls
will again be taken during the
week of Dec. 11 through 15 in
the Game Room in Newcomb
Hall basement. No
appointment is necessary.

ACTION Speech

Neal R. Berle, Dean of the
New College of the University
of Alabama and author of,
most recently, "Innovations in
Undergraduate Education:
Selected Institutional Profiles
and Some Thoughts About
Experimentalism," will speak
tonight at 8 in the Newcomb
Hall Ballroom on the
University Year for ACTION
(UYA) Program.

He is conducting an
evaluation of the 25 UYA
programs now operating at
colleges and universities. The
University recently received a
UYA grant to plan a program
to place 25 volunteers in
academically useful
community projects within a
50 mile radius of the
University, beginning the
second semester.

The projects will be
oriented toward health and
education problems in the
communities. Applications for
the UYA program, which will
involve undergraduate and
graduate level students in the
pre-professional schools, will
be available at the meeting, or
at the UYA Office, 6th Floor
of The Towers, Thursday and
Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

China Film

The Virginia Field Staff of
the National Committee on
US-China Relations will
sponsor one showing of the
film "Misunderstanding
China," an NBC production,
on Tuesday Dec. 12 at 3:30
p.m. in Wilson Hall Room 301.
The film seeks to demonstrate
and correct American
misconceptions about China
derived from stereotypes
promulgated by the mass
media. Admission is free.