THE VOICE OF GASTON COLLEGE
Vol. VII No. 8 GASTON COLLEGE, DALLAS, N.C. August 25, 1972
Drama Group Produces Excellent ''Godot" And "Sandbox"
Trammell Outlines Registration Steps
hy Vicki Routh
POZZO’S PREDICAMENT — Mark Hyde, left, and Andy Morris give assistance to Paul Holman in the
August 16 presentation of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.” The show was easily the most ambitious
undertaking of the young Drama Workshop and was among the best ever presented at Gaston College.
Bruce Trammell, Gaston
College registrar, has released a
step-by-step procedure for
students registering at Gaston
College for the Fall Quarter.
Registration dates are Tuesday,
September 5, and Wednesday,
September 6. Hours of
registration are from 8:30 a.m.
until 7:30 p.m.
“If you have pre-registered,”
Trammell informs the students,
“please delay the completion of
registration until the afternoon
hours.”
New students who have not
pre-registered should report first
to the Admissions Office in Room
112 or the C. Grier Beam
Administration Building, where
ExamSchedules
Are Announced
Dr. Joseph Mills, Dean of the
Academic Division, has
announced that Summer Quarter
examinations for the full summer
quarter will be given on August
23, 24, or 25. Instructors are
given the option of giving one,
two, or three-hour exams or of
giving no formal examination at
the end of the term. If no exams
are to be given, classes will meet
as usual on the days alloted for
testing.
Exams for the second session
of the summer will be
administered on Friday, August
25. Again, instructors have the
option of giving a one-hour or
two-hour exam or of
administering no exam and
holding classes as usual on the
final days.
Four new staff members have
been added by Gaston College,
Dr. Woody Sugg, Gaston
President, has announced. Three
of these new members will join
the college at the beginning of the
Fall Quarter; the fourth addition
has been serving since the beginning
of the Summer Quarter.
Miss Barbara Baker of Lenior,
who has been at work all summer,
will continue her duties in the
Gaston Learning Resources
Center. A graduate of Lenior,
High School, Miss Baker received
her Associate of Arts degree from
Western Piedmont Community
College, her Bachelor of Arts
degree in social sciences from the
Dr. Nellie McCrory
students will be assigned to an
advisor.
Step number two is reporting
to the advisor, at which time the
registration packet received wiU
be completed and a course
schedule will be worked out.
Step number three is to report
to Room 103 in the Technical
Building to have class cards
pulled. “Someone will direct you
from there,” Trammell promises.
If you are a pre-registered
student who has not made early
payment, you should report first'
to Room 112 of the C. Grier
Beam Administration Building,
pick up registration packet, and
then proceed to Room 103 of the
Technical Building for further
instructions.
Returning students who have
not pre-registered should follow
the four steps below: First, report
to Room 108 of the Beam
Administration Building; Second,
pick up registration packet; Three,
see your advisor for completion of
packet and to work out a course
schedule; and. Four, report to the
Technical Building, Room 103,
for further instruction.
“Follow the instructions and
you will have little or no
diffilculty in registering,”
Trammell says. “If you have
troubles finding your way or in
completing any of the steps, ask a
faculty member or counselor.
Don’t hesitate to request
assistance,” he adds.”
Trammell noted that class
scheduling is expected to be one
of the major problems, since so
many classes have already closed,
particularly those scheduled at
prime hours in the mornings.
University of North Carolina at
Asheville, and her degree in
library science from UNC at
Chapel Hill. At Western Piedmont
she was a member of Delta Sigma,
the honorary Math-Science
fraternity there.
Miss Mary Suddreth, also a
native of Lenoir, has been added
to the Science Department. Miss
Suddreth is a graduate of
Appalachian High School and of
Appalachian State University. She
holds the Bachelor of Science
degree, the Master of Arts degree,
and the Specialist of Science
degree, all from Appalachian. She
has taught previously as a life
science teacher in Anderson,
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Miss Barbara Baker
On Wednesday, August 16, the
Gaston College Drama Workshop
undertook the most challenging
and demanding productions of its
brief history, and, for the most
part, Stuart Dunsmofe’s group
came out on the winning side of
the ledger.
Edward Albee’s “The
Sandbox” went off without flaw.
Strong, even performances by
Elaine Bowen, Jodean Carroll, and
Don McIntosh started the
afternoon and evening
performances off in excellent
style, and the too-brief drama was
over before the audience had a
chance to settle down for a
comfortable stay.
The highlight of “The
Sandbox” was, strangely, the
performance of a member of the
cast who has no clearly defined
part. Joe Cline as the musician
gave an exclient performance on
the guitar and added a bonus of
an exceptional rendition of one
vocal number.
Don McIntosh, who has been
seen several times on the Gaston
Little Theatre stage and was also
seen in the coUege production of
Thornton Wilder’s “The Happy
Journey,” turned in his strongest
acting job to date. A superb
dancer, McIntosh in “The
Sandbox” was given a chance to
act rather than hoof and he gave
the role of Daddy a smooth,
low-key interpretation.
Miss Elaine Bowen, a strong
performer in Tennessee Williams’
“27 Wagons Full of Cotton,” gave
a repeat performance. The only
trouble was that she had difficulty
in separating the two roles, or at
least she had trouble in divorcing
her own personality from the
drama roles and gave a
more-or-less similar version of two
widely divergent characters.
Miss Jodean Carroll was quietly
effective as Mommy, and it is
evident that she is capable of
deeper interpretations than those
allowed by the Albee script. Gary
Lutz as the Young Man did what
was necessary and possible with
ills microscopic role. He was
physically suited for the part,
which is all that was essential.
The second and major part of
the eveningwas devoted to one of
the most baffling and confusing of
all modern dramas: Beckett’s
“Waiting for Godot.” The drama
itself is a deep, probing excursion
into the motivational processes of
the human intellect and spirit,
with particular emphasis being
placed on man’s relationship to
his God-oriented society.
Unfortunately, the drama is
highly redundant, disconnected,
and afflicted with planned chaos.
The pace is too slow for
college-level productions except
under the most ideal situations,
and the Gaston College drama
facilities are far from ideal.
Yet, despite the handicaps
which at times seemed almost
insuperable, the production was a
huge success, largely due to the
efforts of Paul Holrnan and Mark
Hyde, although it is unfair to
single out a specific role or actor
since everyone performed
beautifully. It seems to be no
exaggeration to state that Holman
and Hyde, on any given day, can
and will turn in performances
rivalling and/or surpassing those
of a large percentage of trained
professionals. In “Waiting for
Godot” Hyde was at his best, and
he has given excellent
performances in the past months
in “The Happy Journey” and
“Mame.” He was good in the
earlier roles, but for the first time
in “Godot” he was gjven a real
opportunity to develop and
deepen a complex character, and
he was universally excellent.
On a level with Hyde was Paul
Holman, who bellowed, groveled,
whined, and tyrannized all over
the stage and was never once
quilty of over-acting. Holman has
a natural flair for the stage, and
while he was a perfect carbon
copy attimes of Jackie Gleason’s
Reginald Van Gleason (The
Third?), he was able to shift gears
within a split second and catch
the audience totally unprepared
for the next delineation of his
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Don McIntosh as Daddy in Albee’s “The Sandbox” is shown as he
struggles with his conscience briefly as he and the Young Man (the
Angel of Death) prepare to dispatch Grandmother (Elaine Bowen) who is
stretched in the Sandbox (coffin).
G)llege Adds Staff Members