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This year, though, Summerthing has come in for some criticism. Nathan Cobb of the Globe wrote a six-piece article on Summerthing that hinted darkly at an over-extension of government control of the arts. Cobb's series made one or two salient points, most notably that the Sunset Series has effectively stifled private competition. Since all privately promoted concerts must be licensed through city hall, the city retains some control over who plays, where they play, and when...
...Despite Cobb's hints to the contrary in the Globe. Summerthing intends to pour the proceeds from the Sunset Series into the neighborhood programs. These neighborhood programs make up the bulk of Summerthing, and are its chief value. The emphasis is on participatory activities. There is some music, but it is primarily local. If you find yourself wanting to wander, Boston's ethnic neighborhoods are among the most solid in the country. Again, check the Phoenix or Boston After Dark for details. Perhaps the emphasis is on ethnic music in each neighborhood. That certainly is the case in Roxbury...
...Earl Cobb, for one, says the course made him a more understanding listener. It also gave him an idea for a technique that is probably unique in the annals of therapy: to encourage taciturn but obviously troubled customers to open up, Cobb brings his pet fox up from the basement. "A fox is not a very common thing," he explains. "People want to find out about it, so you start telling them about the fox and then they just start talking about their problems...
...Cobb has become such a helpful listener that customers even telephone him at home for advice. Now that he knows how to recognize mental illness and has met a psychiatrist interested in ghetto residents, he sometimes tells a caller, "Hey, I know a fellow and I'll call him and you can just talk for a while. He's not going to lock you up, man, don't worry...
...Cobb '72, a member of the UHS student committee, said the forthcoming questionnaire differs from King's study because "with Dr. King's questionnaire, everything was in retrospect. This (new study) hits you in the Health Services, when you can remember everything...