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I Page 8 — Smoke Signals, Mondoy, September 22, 1978 Dr. Parker stressess a point during class lecture LINDA SUE NELMS KENNETH GATEWOOD Two Admissions Aides Join Administration Two new Assistant Directors of Ad missions were employed at Chowan during the summer months. Their responsibilities vary from recruiting to interviewing prospective students and their parents. These new Assistant Directors are Miss Linda Sue Nelms and Kenneth Douglas Gatewood. Miss Nelms, of Suffolk, Va., will be primarily concerned with acquainting college-bound Virginians with the benefits available to students who study at Chowan College. She will represent Chowan at most of the college and career day programs sponsored by secondary schools in Virginia. Miss Nelms is a graduate of Elon Col lege. Her hobbies include swimming, arts and crafts, biking, tennis, racket- ball, cooking, and music. During the past summer she served as coordinator of the swimming program sponsored by the Red Cross in Suffolk. “She has a pleasant personality,” said Dean Clayton Lewis. “I am im pressed by her enthusiasm.” Doug, a Chowan College graduate of 1976 with an associate degree in business administration, will represent Chowan at college and career day pro grams in the secondary schools in North Carolina. After graduating from Chowan, Doug transferred to Atlantic Christian Col lege and received the B.S. degree in business administration this past May. During his days at Chowan, Doug was active in intramural sports. He was employed as a group leader for the Youth Conservation Corp before joining the admissions staff. Dean Lewis stated, “Doug is committed to the pur pose of Chowan College.” Parker Elected To Chair Dr. Earl H. Parker, professor of religion and philosophy, has been elected to the E. Lee Oliver Fagan Chair of Bible and Religion. The chair, the first established at Chowan, was funded with an initial gift of $130,000 by the late Lee 0. Fagan of Standardsville, Va., in memory of his mother who graduated from Chowan in 1893. Fagan served as a member of the college’s Board of Advisors until his death on March 22,1977. Dr. Parker was appointed to the posi tion by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees upon the recommen dation of President Bruce E. Whitaker and Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Jr., desui of the college. He began his service here in 1969 after serving as counselor with the Vocational Rehabilitation Facility at Butner. Prior to that, he served over 11 years as pastor of Beth Car Baptist Church in Halifax, Va., and two years as pastor of Fremont Baptist Church. He served two years as an Air Force chaplain with the rank of captain, and two years chaplain and professor of religion and philosophy at Converse College, Spartanburg, S.C. The Rocky Mount native received his BA at Wake Forest University, BD at Yale University, and PhD at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is married to the former Elizabeth Lewis of Fremont. They have two daughters, Jenny, a graduate of Chowan and Wake Forest, and Mary a junior at Murfreesboro High School. Dr. Parker has received a number of honors since coming to Chowan. He was selected an Outstanding Educator of America for 1975. In 1976, The Chowanoka, was dedicated to him and Gilbert Tripp, professor in the Depart ment of Science. He took a class on a Biblelands tour to Israel and Greece in January, 1975. Dean Lowe emphasized Parker’s qualifications for the position. “He has an excellent educational background by virture of having studied at Wake Forest, Yale and Edinburgh. His broad experience as pastor, chaplain, counselor and professor has prepared him superbly for his work here at Chowan. He has proven to be one of the most popular professors on campus. In many ways, he has proven his loyalty to the college and love for the teaching process and interaction with the students. “The Department of Religion and Philosophy is an important part of the academic program at Chowan, a Bap tist college. The election of Dr. Parker to the E. Lee Oliver Fagan Chair of Bi ble and Religion brings added prestige to the chair, department, and college.” Dr. Parker said he is “deeply honored” and regards “the offer of this chair as a significant recognition and as a placement of great confidence in me.” He said he accepted the appointment “with deep satisfaction and with deepening commitment to Christ and to Chowan College.” Drama Mama's Here and Working Hard Press Service Added By Smoke Signals This year Smoke Signals has subscribed to the College Press Service which provides timely news stories about college and matters of interest to college students. CPS also offers features on entertainment and sports and a variety of cartoons. First Stage Production Planned For Campus Showing in October Resident Assistants Gena Gantt, of Belk Hall (left), and William Ross, of Mixon Hall, work on welcoming signs to greet new students. Photos by Cindy Lee. By JANE BRIDGFORTH The desk sign reads “Sandy Boyce, Drama Mama.” It identifies Chowan’s new English and drama instuctor. Ms. Boyce says she became seriously involved in drama when she started working with Edenton Little Theater in high school. She decided then that if she was going to spend her life working, it was going to be fun. She attended UNC-Greenstx>ro and then transfered to UNC-Chapel HiU. She has a major in speech communica tion and a minor in drama. Ms. Boyce says, “Teaching and directing are my first loves and since I am teaching, I am having a really good time here at Chowan.” She hopes to have a major and minor production this year and that she can leam to identify students in the campus workshop. She also hopes to have a spring workshop and to have more courses next year and, eventually, a full cur riculum. The first short play will be “Love Is Better Than The Next Best Thing.” This involves skits, scenes, poetry and songs that surround romance. This short play is tentatively schedul ed for the second week in October. Ms. Boyce says that it highly entertaining for college level students. Auditions for the major fall produc tion will be open to the student body and the faculty. Anyone and everyone interested in backstage or onstage work can contact Ms. Boyce in Daniel Hall room 115. Ms. Boyce has been very encouraged by the administration, faculty and students. Says Ms. Boyce, “Everyone has shown such an interest. ” "Animal House” Boss Takes Aim at Critics By PETER KLEM (CPS)—John Landis, the 27-year- old director of National LaHonse, has a face almost engulfed by shaggy dark brown hair, a beard, and dark hornrim med glasses. But somewhere under there lies a brash exuberance that mat ches his frequently—wild film. And, like his film, John Landis doesn’t shy away from raising his voice. During a recent lunchtime interview he was angry about attacks from cr- ritics whom he felt were ill-informed, if not patently corrupt. One critic — for the San Francisco Chronicle — even wrote an interview with Landis that Landis swears he never gave. “You have to realize that I have just spent two weeks going all over the coun try. I have met, I guess, by now — seriously — 250 local critics, jour nalists, television personalities. “At the end of two weeks — this hap pened in Baltimore, Maryland — a reporter asked me a stupid question, and I realized, ‘I’m no longer going to be charming.’ And I told him: ‘That’s an asinine question. Go back and do your homework. Don’t waste my time.’ He was so so upset! I’ve now decided the policy is to be polite, but totally straight.” Well, he almost made it. When asked, for the umpteenth time, what Animal House star John Belushi is really like, Landis now tells reporters: “Well, John’s a junkie, and if you can’t get herion, you know, you become violent...” The inhnmmi ^Inshl But Landis is unbashed in his admira tion for Belushi’s talents. He’s awestruck by Belushi’s ability to quote great chunks of dialogue from classic films. Belushi can rattle off entire scenes from Death of a Salesman, and play both roles of the “back seat of the car” scene (“I coulda been a conten- dah...”) form On The Waterfront EJven as the director praises the whole of the Animal House cast, he’s most effusive about Belushi. Critics, Landis says, “dismiss the performance by saying he’s gross and outrageous, where I conceive of that character as kind of a cross between Groucho Marx and the Cookie Monster. Belushi is the only character in the whole piece who does things that are literally inhuman.” To assuage that kind of critical opi nion, Landis has taken to attending Animal Hoose showing to soak up au dience reaction. “It was wonderful to see how different audiences understand different things. I’ve seen audiences respond purely on a scholastic level, on ly to the jokes concerning school, of which there are many.” He likes to also point out that Animal House a picture about affluent white college kids, is attracting large numbers of black viewers. All this sometimes leads Landis to pontificate about his movie: At first, I was con cerned about how truly subversive the movie is, but I feel much better about it now. “The movie takes place in 1962,” he explains. “1962 was a seminal year for the United States. It was the last year of the fifties. In the movie are hints of what is to come: the sixties, which are probably one of the healthiest times in our country’s history.” A curse on film schools That such a film should be popular now puzzles Landis. He’s not a big fan of the seventies, when we’re “sinking n New drama teacher, Ms. Sandra Boyce, portrays enthusiasm os she leads o class discussion. Photo by Guy Conaway JOHN LANDIS slowly into the pit. We’ve got people like Anita Bryant being lionized.” Nor does Landis, bom in Chicago, like the way filmmakers are being made in the seventies. Landis himself worked his way up to being a director (“I’ve done everything you can do on a movie except make-up and hair”). At age 21, he directed his first freature, a monster movie satire called Schlock. From there he went on to Kentucky Fried Movie and Animal House. He never did attend film school, as many of today’s young directors have. “Most of the film schools I’ve visited are really stupid. The horrible old max im, ‘Those who can’t, teach,’ is almost always true. Arthur Knight is a buffoon. His book, TheLlvellest Art, is the most inaccurate book I’ve ever read about the film business. ” But of course Landis wants to extend his point even further: “It’s true. I think film schools really hurt people. It’s destroyed Coppola’s career. Lucas can’t get a job.” Landis, meanwhile, is on to other things. next project is The Incredi ble Shrinking Woman. I will star Lilly Tomlin and an adolescent male gorilla who speaks in sign language. Morality Seminar Tuesday Chowan College has received a grant of $1,800 from the North Carolina Humanities Conunittee to sponsor a series of community discussions this faU. The subject of the five-seminar series is “Morality in American Society.” Guest scholars discuss current pro blems in our society and suggest possi ble solutions to these problems. Selected panelists from Hertford Coun ty respond to the lectures and a ques tion and answer session by the audience follows each lecture. The third in the series will be held on Tuesday, September 26, by Dr. Henry Landesberger, Professor of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Landesberger will speak on the “Culture of Poverty.” On October 3, Dr. Milton McLaurin, Professor of History at UNC- Wilmington, will speak on “The Morali ty of Labor Unions.” And, Dr. John Maiolo, Chairman of the Department of Sociology at East Carolina University will speak on October 10, on the subject of “Job Satisfaction Among Poor Minorities.” The previous lectures were held on September 12, when Dr. Elisha P. Douglas, Professor of History at UNC- Chapel Hill spoke on “Puritanism and Individual Responsibility.” And on September 19, when Dr. Waldo Beach, Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University spoke on “The Influence of Affluence.” The programs are sponsored by the Chowan College Humanities Commit tee and are held in Robert Marks Hall Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend and participate in the discussions. Refreshments will be serv ed following the program. yoi; stUl inie. In Grandma's day, nothing was wasted. She knew the value of conservation and recycling. We need these practices now more than ever. Our booklet is packed with ideas about how to reduce waste. For a free copy, just clip out the coupon. Ym. I am interested in learning how I can reduce waste. Please send your free booklet. "The Case for Materials Conservation." to; NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE. ZIP . 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