Schedule for Spring Semester Examinations Is Published
High School
Students Tour
Graphic Arts
Members of the printing classes
of Durham High Schools toured
Chowan’s School of Graphic Arts
during th recent “Look Us Over
Days.” Professor William Sowell
is pictued demonstrating the
new Heidelberg offset press to
the group. Charles Medlin, one
of the instructors of printing at
Durham, is a graduate of Cho
wan with a degree in Printing
Technology.
Jeff Moser Accepted at Famous
New York Dramatics Arts School
Jeff Moser, Chowan College
drama major who appeared in
his first play two years ago as a
freshman, has been accepted as a
student in the fall at prestigious
American Academy Dramatic
Arts in New York City.
Moser was accepted following
an audition and interview. He will
begin what he hopes is the first of
two years of studies in October,
1974. Toward the end of the first
year, as is customary, he will
learn if he is being invited back
for the second year. The
academy has a combined total of
350 students.
Area drama fans will have the
opportunity of seeing Jeff as
Jabez Stone in SCRATCH, to be
presented April 10-12 on the stage
of McCowell Columns at 8 p.m.
Moser plays the part of a debt-
ridden farmer seeking to regain
the soul he bartered away for
seven years of prosperity.
Coming to his rescue is Daniel
Webster who must win a court
battle with “Scratch," who is the
devil.
Moser, who is probably best
remembered locally for playing
the title role of YOU’RE A GOOD
MAN, CHARLIE BROWN this
past fall, will be joining an
academy which has many
illustrious graduates. These
include Roljert Redford, Spencer
Tracey, Edgar G. Robinson,
Agnes Morehead, Don Rickies,
Elizabeth Montgomery, Lauren
Bacall, Jason Robards, Cecile B.
Demille, and ther, Melanie.
Graduates of that caliber was
recommendation enough for
Moser, who didn’t decide on a
drama career until after
beginning his studies at Chowan.
A graduate of W.T. Woodson High
School of Annandale, Va. and the
son of Col. and Mrs. Dewey F.
Moser, Jeff decided to take
drama appreciation under Steve
Brannon, who was then Chowan’s
drama director.
Brannon recognized Moser’s
acting talent and suggested that
he give acting a try. Moser
received his first acting ex
perience in J.B. and also ap
peared in LOVELIEST AF
TERNOON OF THE YEAR and
INTERVIEW.
Having established himself as
a young talent to watch, Moser
was awarded the part of Babtisa
in KISS ME KATE, presented
last spring. This academic year
he appeared as Sid in WAITING
FOR LEFTY and Charlie Brown.
Both were directed by Nan
Robinson, in her first year as
director of Chowan’s drama
program.
Moser feels that playing
Charlie Brown has been the
highlight, to the present, of his
drama activities at Chowan. He
received an enthusiastic
response from theater-goers and
added confidence which he would
Council
Candidates
Sought
Male citizens of the Chowan
College community are urged to
seek a seat on the Men’s Council
during the SGA election
scheduled for April 19 1974.
Twelve men will be elected.
Candidates are self-nominated.
Men students desiring to be
candidates for seats on the
Council must file with the Dean of
Students between April 3 and 5:00
p.m. April 12 1974.
Candidates must have been
enrolled at Chowan College for
one full semester have a “C”
average for the previous
semester or previous mid-term
grading, have a clean student
record and tie approved by the
Election Board, Dean of Men and
Dean of Students.
Members of the Men’s Council
must maintain a “C” average on
all work attempted and be in good
academic standing. He cannot be
a member of a dormitory council.
“Interested students should
complete the proper forms in the
Office of the Dean of Students,”
concluded Dean Earl Dilday,
Associate Dean of Students, who
works closely with members of
the Men’s Council in matters
related to their area of original
jurisdiction.
rely upon during his audition at
the academy.
Moser first became interested
in attending the New York
academy as a freshman. But he
waited to gain experience as an
actor before seeking an audition.
One requirement was to perform
two pieces, one a comedy, and
one dramatic. The twa were to
tatal only five minutes. Jeff
selected part of his role as Sid
from WAITING FOR LEFTY for
his dramatic presentation and
lines from COME BLOW YOUR
HORN.
“I definitely want to be an
actor and feel that the American
Academy is one of the finest
schools in the country for
dramatic training,” jeff ex
plained. He will be the second
former Chowan drama student to
study at the academy. Marty
Lynch of Virginia Beach is
News Briefs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four
influential voices in veterans
affairs say that veterans are
getting inadequate benefits be
cause of Donald E. Johnson,
head of the Veterans Adminis
tration. They demanded his res
ignation.
The attacks on Johnson came
in separate statements by Rep.
Olin E. Teague, D-Tex., Sen.
Alan Cranston, D-Calif., the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the Paralyzed Veterans of
America.
In response, Johnson issued a
statement saying: “I sincerely
believe that more has been
done for America’s veterans in
(the five years he has headed
VA) than ever before in the his
tory of the Veterans Adminis
tration.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ed
win Hardy, gas supply man
ager of the American Gas Asso
ciation, says that doubling the
price of new natural gas could
double the rate of developing
new gas supplies.
He said the association’s eco
nomic analysis indicates that
known gas reserves could be
growing at a rate of 22 to 25
trillion cubic feet per year by
1985, compared to 10 trillion a
year now.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bo
nuses up to $15,000 a year if
needed to attract doctors, den
tists, veterinarians and optome
trists into the all-volunteer mili
tary have been voted by the
House. The measure was sent
to a compromise conference
with a Senate bill authorizing
bonuses up to $12,000 for doc
tors only.
Sociology Club Active
With Many Projects
Using New Facility
Professor Carl Simmons conducts a mathematics class in the
new Science-Engineering facility, which will be dedicated during
Commencement weekend, May 19. Students and professors alike
are enjoying the new structure with its modem, up-to-date equip
ment.
Sociology Club, active since
September, would like to invite
you to participate and inform you
of their activities. Regular
meetings are held on alternating
Monday evenings at 7:00 in
second floor Belk. The most
recent project, headed by
CJiarles Reese, has been the
Recreation Center behind the
track. It is privately owned
property and all students are
welcome on Thursdays, Fridays,
and Saturdays.
A group project headed by Sue
Guy is working with C.A.D.A. by
Wednesday, April 17, 1974
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Volumne 5 — Number 9
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
currently in her first year at the
academy.
Moser hopes to find an apart
ment in Manhattan, where the
academy is located. As part of his
studies, he will perform in plays
produced by the American
Academy. It’s not Broadway
(actually the academy is located
on Madison Ave.), but with
alumni like Redford, Robinson,
Rickies, et. al., it’s definitely a
start in the right direction.
According to Nan Robinson,
who is directing Jeff in
SCRATCH, Moser has the talent
and attitude to reach his goal. She
said his acceptance by the
American Academy is “an honor
for Jeff and evidence of his
potential in dramatics."
Hometown
Grounds
Superman
METROPOLIS, 111. (AP) —
Great Caeser’s ghost! Super
man has been grounded in his
self-proclaimed hometown.
The “Amazing World of Su
perman,” a project that was
supposed to rival Disneyland
and bring Metropolis a super
share of the tourist business, is
going into mothballs.
About three years ago, some
one got the idea Superman
would make a dandy favorite
son. After all, didn’t the comic
book Man of Steel live in a
place called Metropolis and
work there on the Daily Planet
newspaper?
Enthusiasm ran so high that
a full-length portrait of Super
man was painted on the town
water tower, and the local
weekly newspaper changed its
name to the Planet.
Last spring, to the accom
paniment of a Marine Corps
band and a chorus of gospel
singers, a Superman exhibition
hall — Amazing World’s first
phase — opened in a refur
bished roller rink.
Politicians gave their bless
ings, Superman’s creator gave
the hall an X-ray vision once
over and hopes bounded high.
Then it got very quiet. No
body came.
James W. Crain, 40, chair
man of the board of Metropolis
Recreation, Inc., owners of the
project, said Wednesday nearly
everything has gone wrong —
delay in construction of a near
by superhighway, too much
rain, the gasoline shortage and
rising prime interest rates.
Drama Department Has
Triumph With “Scratch
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Scene from hit production "Scratch"
Mercury May Have Own Moon
putting plastic on windows of
homes in Murfreesboro, and
working with retarded children
at the day care center in Ahoskie,
headed by Kathy Russell. In
dividual projects by Dianne
Watts, Francis Fidler, and a trio
including, Marie Walker, Sue
Guy, and Tricia Lakin are;
sending tiooks to Odiun Prison,
tutoring a retarded child, and
working on Saturdays with an
elderly couple, respectively. In
the planning stage is a trip to
Washington to speak with a
senator and tour specific bran
ches of the government.
By RICHARD SALTUS
AP Science Writer
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A
tiny moving object which scien
tists say may be a moon circl
ing Mercury has thus far
eluded Mariner lO’s powerful
cameras, despite an intensive
space search.
The cameras scanned the
neighborhood of Mercury on
Sunday, seeking the mysterious
object which was detected by
the probe’s ultraviolet in
struments.
“It is clear that there is a
strong source of radiation de
tached from Mercury and in
apparent motion relative to the
planet,” said Dr. M.E. McElroy
of Harvard University.
Mariner, speeding away from
Mercury and already more
than a million miles from the
planet, conducted the moon
hunt despite an electrical prot)-
lem that threatened to silence
the 1,100-pound probe.
“We’ve got a sick bird, and
we’re just taking one step at a
time,” said a spokesman for
Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The camera hunt was in
tended to produce the first vis
ible evidence of the unidentified
object. The ultraviolet radiation
from it, which was first seen
last Wednesday, is not visible
to the human eye or to cam
eras.
If the object is a moon, it
would be the first satellite dis
covered at Mercury and the the
33rd known moon in the solar
system of nine planets.
A sudden power drain and
rising temperatures forced mis
sion controllers to turn off
Mariner experiments Saturday
night. But the decision was
made Sunday to turn all the in
struments on, including the
twin television cameras, and
hope for the best.
Scientists reported Sunday on
their first impression of Mercu
ry gleaned from information
sent back Friday, when Mari
ner sped past the planet about
450 miles above the surface —
a distance comparable to that
between Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
Dr. Bruce Murray, head of
the Mariner television team,
said the cratered surface of
Mercury is strikingly like the
moon but the interior seems to
be more like that of the earth.
Copy Machine Has
Medical Mystery
By ALTON BLAKESLEE
AP Science Editor
NEW YORK (AP) — A medi
cal mystery blossomed about a
year ago at the University of
Rochester Medical Center.
Staff members who were us
ing one particular photo-cop-
ying machine at the center
were coming down sick with fe
vers and headaches. There
were also changes in their
blood cell counts.
Sunshine and other light hurt
their eyes. The victims said
they “had never before been so
sick” for one to three weeks.
A virus was suspected as the
cause. Obviously it couldn’t be
from the copying machine or
document being copied. But
from what?
Medical detective work de
scribed today to the American
College of Physicians solved
the mystery.
Due to lack of space, a cop
ying machine for the radiation
treatment department had been
placed in the back of a room
used to house animals, in this
case Syrian hamsters, being
used in research.
And it turned out that the
hamsters were giving off a
virus, carried in the air, that
infected humans walking
frequently between the cages to
use the copying machine, the
researchers said. They are Dr.
David W. Fraser and eight as
sociates from the Center for
Disease Control at the Univer
sity of Rochester School of Den
tistry and Medicine and the Bu
reau of Epidemiology of the
Center for Disease Control at
Atlanta, Ga.
The hamsters were being
used to study cancer tumors
passed from one ahimal to an
other. The viruses that infected
the human visitors were not the
kind that might cause cancer,
but instead were peculiar vi
ruses produced by the cancers
themselves that could make hu
mans temporarily ill, Dr. Fra
ser said.
By JAMES MOORE
It was another triumph for
Chowan’s drama department
when they staged “Scratch” in
McDowell-Columns auditorium
on April 10, 11 and 12 under the
direction of Nan Robinson.
Written by Archibald MacLeish,
the play is based on Stephen
Vincent Benet’s short story “The
Devil and Daniel Webster.”
“Scratch” is a hve, vivid drama
and easy to follow. It is readily
apparent that the struggle bet
ween Daniel Webster and Scratch
(the Devil) for the soul of Jabez
Stone runs much deeper than
that. In actuality, it is the eternal
battle between idealism and real
power. In the end, the victory for
Jabez Stone is a re-affirmation of
the belief that the good in man
will triumph over the evil.
However, the play did tend to get
somewhat verbose as there was
not enough action in relation to
the amount of conversation.
However, this was the fault of the
playwright and not the cast.
Leading with the star role of
Old Scratch was Chris Kara-
Eneff, who gave the audience a
superb performance as he
whined, wheedled, cajoled, en
ticed and bullied his way through
the play. As he cavorted about
the stage he seemed to ooze with
a certain menacing charm. Of
course, those who know Chris
personally will agree that this
role suited him perfectly.
However, it was the addition of
rare acting ability which made
his one of the most memorable of
the performance.
In addition, Lynnie Sullivan
showed great talent in an ex
cellent interpretation of the role
of Daniel Webster. Here was a
great man torn with inner con
flict and admitting that he had
failed after a life of public service.
However, the moment he was
needed, he came, and in his
brilliant defense of both Jabez
Stone and the United States
achieved greatness once again.
Also, Jeff Moser came across
well as the terrified New Hamp
shire farmer Jabez Stone, who
sold his soul to Scratch for seven
years of prosperity and was then
faced with payment. He con
veyed to the audience the sense of
hopelessness and terror which
gripped the farmer.
Finally, the jury which was
composed of such infamous
characters as Justice
Hawthorne, Charles Lynch and
Captain Kidd was protrayed by
David Rhodes, Bill Dunkum, Ron
Hall, Draco Lockemy, Ashley
Weeks, Will Chandler, Robert D.
Servaiva, Dawn Bell, Sandra
D’Amico, Beth Freeman, Ed
ward Saeder, Vickie Stewart and
Dave Thompkins. Both makeup
and costuming deserved a hand
here. The jury was so macabre in
its appearance as to evoke a gasp
from the audience when they
suddenly appeared on stage. In
fact, the technical aspects of
“Scratch” were excellent,
especially the lighting and the
sets. Stone’s barn at daybreak in
the last scene was especially
beautiful.
Altogether, this production of
“Scratch” was well-done. It was
another in a continuing stream of
fine dramas presented by the
department under professor Nan
Robinson.