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NUMBER ELEVEN
Carolina Repertory
Co. To Perform
Carolina Repertory Co., North
Carolina’s touring professional
theater, will bring its thirtieth-
anniversary revival of Thornton
Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
"The Skin of Our Teeth” to
Wilson on Tuesday, Dec. 12.
The play will be shown in the
Fike High School auditorium
and will be sponsored by the
Wilson Arts Council. Tickets for
adults and students are
available in advance at the Art
Center and at Dick’s Hot Dog
Stand. The curtain is set for 8
p.m.
“The Skin of Our Teeth” was
written in 1942, six years after
Wilder had surprised New York
theater audiences with the bare
Walkathon
Nets $650
In MS Drive
The Atlantic Christian College
Circle K. Walkathon for multiple
sclerosis, held Saturday, Nov.
18, collected over $650 which is
being sent to state MS
headquadquarters at Charlotte.
Ninety-seven walkers began
the 10-mile trek and all 97 of
them completed the distance
from the ACC campus to
Stantonsburg. One student,
accompanied by his dog Susie,
reportedly ran the entire
distance.
The event was supervised by
the Wilson city police, the State
Highway Patrol and Wilson
County Rescue Squad.
Fike Keyettes won first place
honors for having the largest
number of walkers. The Campus
Christian Association won
second place, with the staff of
The Collegiate — the campus
newspaper — taking the plaque
for third place. A number of
other campus and Fike groups
participated in the walk for
charity.
Christmas
Service
The annual Christmas worship
service will be held in Howard
thapel, Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 11
a.m. The length of this service of
carols, scripture, meditation,
and special music by the
Atlantic Christian College
Chorus and Band will make it
possible for one to have a quick
lunch before a 12 o’clock class.
stage of “Our Town.” It is the
wild and wacky stage fable of
the Antrobus family, a modern-
day Adam and Eve, and their
struggle against fire, flood,
pestilence, war and depression.
The Antrobuses reach ultimate
survival only by ‘’the skin of
their teeth.” The play employs
slides, multi-colored lights,
moving sets, a pet dinosaur and
numerous character-audience
dialogues to create an at
mosphere which shifts rapidly
from the comic to the serious.
The Wilson performance
comes early in the eighth week
of the 10-week fall tour of “The
Skin of Our Teeth” and William
Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.”
The company’s repertory also
includes “The Wonderful 0”, an
original musical adaptation of
James Thurber’s book.
Last spring’s first 10-week
tour of “The Wonderful 0”
covered 7,100 miles of North
Carolina highways and produced
74 performances, including 29 in
public schools and three in state
correctional institutions. The
Carolina Repertory Co. brought
family entertainment to more
than 35,000 North Carolinians,
many of whom had never before
seen professional theater.
The company has enlarged its
staff, tripled its repertory and
added a guest director for the
1972-73 season. Artistic Director
John Haber directs “The Skin of
Our Teeth.” Approximately half
of the company’s cast are North
Carolina natives or received
theatrical training in the state.
Ensemble
Concert
The Music Department of A.
C. C. will present the Vocal
Ensemble and Early Music
Ensemble in concert, Monday,
Dec. 11, at 8 p.m., in Howard
Chapel. These groups, directed
by Robert Daniel and William
Duckworth of the music faculty,
will present a program entitled
“An Evening of Renaissance
Songs and Dances”.
The program will consist of
16th century madrigals sung in
French, Italian, and English,
and will include works by
Clement Jannequin, Orlando di
Lasso, Claudio Monteverdi,
William Byrd, and Thomas
Morley. The Early Music En
semble will perform in
strumental dances from the
Renaissance on such in-
See CONCERT Page 4
Faculty Forum Held
Hy WAl.TKH TVl.KK
While most of ACC's 1,700 or so
students were following their
true apathetic form, a Faculty
Forum was being held in Hines
Hall on Nov. 28. The purpose of
the Faculty Forum is for the
students to have an informal
discussion with the faculty on
matters concerning the student.
At the Faculty Forum on Nov.
28, the faculty embarassingly
outnumbered the students at
least two to one, so the students
supply of information was
plentiful.
The forum was opened by a
student addressing the faculty
with the question of why is it so
hard for the professors to agree
to a standardized grading scale.
Several professors stated why
this would be impossible, and it
was generally agreed that there
would be as many different
standards of grading as there
are professors.
One student then brought out
the fact that he felt that the
faculty gave him the appearance
of teaching as a time clock job
and that the faculty did not
Enthusiastic
Performance
By PAI LH.CKOL'CH
Christmas was unofficially
welcomed to the A.C. campus
Monday night when The Early
Music Ensemble, under the
direction of William Duckworth,
presented a program of carols
and dances of the Medieval
period in Howard Chapel.
There was something
strangely haunting and
exhilarating in hearing these
melodies, some of them vaguely
familiar, all of them joyful,
played on the exotic instruments
for which they were written. The
krummhorn, rebec, sackbut and
others may sound a little
unusual to the modern ear but,
somehow, they fit, ultimately
better than the bigger, brassier
sounds we are more accustomed
to. For there is within these
instruments the quality of a
rough-hewn simplicity, yet
delicacy of sound that seems to
express the joy of the common
man at the Christ Child's birth.
Last night’s surprisingly large
audience was very enthusiastic.
Each of the performers, all
Music Department faculty
members, did a workmanlike
job but the spirit of the evening
seemed best displayed in the
singing of tenor Robert Daniel,
whose voice is perfectly suited to
the style of music. Light,
delicate, yet virile and well-
projected, Daniel’s voice is
capable of both the flexibility
and the long, sustained vocal
line that these pieces call for. He
had done his homework and it
was apparent in his ease of
delivery and his own obvious
pleasure in performing.
Unfortunately this was not
apparent on the part of the entire
group. More rehearsal and time
to mellow together as an en
semble will give the performers
more of an opportunity to give us
the spirit of the music as well as
the notes.
The carols were interspersed
by the reading, in Middle
English, of the Christmas story
from the Wyclif translation of
the Bible. David Marshall of the
English Department performed
the academic exercise which
See PERFORMANCE Page i
mingle with the students enough.
Several professors testified on
how dedicated the faculty was,
and it was agreed that it is
always goixi to have more
student-faculty contact when
possible.
The students also said that
they felt like they were the
forgotten consumers at ACC in
regards to parking, library and
science building hours. Dr.
Tyndall and Mr. Coefield fielded
the questions concerning the
hours much to the students
satisfaction. Mr. Adams did
state that the students pay about
85 per cent of the colleges' bill so
the student was very much a
consumer.
One student felt as though four
semesters of English was too
much to take consecutively.
Several professors commented
on this and Dr. Hemby ex
plained the English depart
ment's view. There was also
some mention of how the school
is examining the aims and ob
jectives of the school and that
this may affect the curriculum
eventually. The Curriculum
Committee said they would
welcome any student interest.
The subject of unlimited cuts
was then brought up for
discussion. Dr. Sharp explained
what had happened on this
concerning the faculty. Mr.
Marshall stated that the mat
ter had been voted down as
unlimited cuts for all students,
but that unlimited cuts for
juniors and seniors may have
some merit Some students
retorted that the faculty was
afraid of the challenge of ad
mitting to themselves that their
courses are not interesting
enough and that the only way
they coukd keep students was by
forcing them to go to class. The
faculty then made some rebuttal
to this.
\ student staled tiuit .\CC l»;ul
a system of getting rid of their
bad students but what about
getting rid of the bad teachers
Dr. Wenger fielded this question
and covered it in detail. Dr
Wenger said that he and the
department chairman go over
each teacher individually once a
year and consider his assets and
liabilities. Dr Wenger stated
that professors are some what
like students, they need time to
prove themselves. Dr. Wenger
did mention that the was very
much interested in the students’
evaluation of the teacher and
that he hopt*d in the future that
this could be used as one factor
in evaluating the faculty.
The forum was ended by a
student representative
apologizing to the faculty for the
number of students present. Dr.
sShar, who had done an ex
cellent job as presiding over the
meeting, adjourned the meeting.
It was agreed that another
Faculty Forum would be held,
and if you are a student who
would like to get on an informal
level with your professors, as
well as Dr. Wenger, plan !i)
attend.
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Hartsock Honored
Members of the Atlantic
Christian College Alumni
Association recently bestowed
their highest honors upon two
persons who have distinguished
themselves and rendered out
standing service to the college
over the years.
Dr. Mildred E. Hartsock,
chairman of the ACC Depart
ment of English, was namcxi
recipient of the first annual
Faculty Alumni Award. She was
chosen for the honor by alumni,
students and faculty
representatives.
According to the citation
which accompanied the award,
Dr. Hartsock was selected
because of her known excellence
in the classroom, student in
volvement and as a person who
exemplified the philosophy of
the college.
She has been a teacher of
English for 36 years. F'or 31 of
the years she has been professor
of English and chairman of the
ACC Department of English.
Born in Waynesville, Ohio, she
was educat^ at the University
of Cincinnati where she earned
the B.A.. M.A., and Ph.D.
degrees.
Dr. William E. Tucker, now
dean of Brite Divinity School,
Texas Christian University, was
namtnd recipient of the 1972
Alumnus of the Year Award.
A 19.')3 graduate of Atlantic
Christian College, he received
the B.D. degree from Texas
Christian University and the
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from
Yale University. I^rior to joining
the Texas Christian University
faculty in 1966, he served as
chairman of the ACC Depart
ment of Religion and Philosophy
for seven years.
According to his citation,
“This 40-year-old North Carolina
native has a special concern for
religion in America,” He is
author of “J.H. Garrison and
Disciples of Christ," and has
contributed articles in numerous
books and journals. His
colleagues have said, “Dr.
Tucker is a professional in the
finest sease of the word. He is a
first rate scholar and ad
ministrator, an excellent
churchman, a stimulating
preacher, and a good family