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NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C.
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PanMt No. 217
Rocky Mount, N. C
Non-Profit Organiiation
VOL. X NO. 9
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1968
Students Attend
Theatre Workshop
By BOB BRONAUGH
Saturday, October 26th,
The Carolina Dramatic
Association’s Theatre
Workshop and Directors
Conference was held on
the Chapel Hill campus of
the University of North
Carolinao Representing
Wesleyan at the confer
ence were: Mr, Dingman,
Mr. and Mrs. Grindstaff,
Bryan Stearns, Ann Doug
las, Sam Morris, Bob
Bronaugh, Rick Houck,
Barbara Brown, Shelia
Glover, John Wilson,Jim
Hogan, and Angie PowelL
The workshop was di
vided into morning and
afternoon sessions, which
consisted of demonstra
tions and discussions in
“Building The Charac
ter”, “Creative Dramat
ics”, “Projecting The
Voice”, - “Constructing
Unusual Stage Proper
ties”, “Silk Screening
Posters and Playbills”,
“Helping The New Play
wright”, “The Business
End of The Production”,
“Shifting Scenery For A
Big Musical”, and a pan
el discussion on “Chil
dren’s Theatre”.
Saturday evening, the
Wesleyan representa
tives attended The Univer
sity of North Carolina
production of “The Most
Happy Fella,” a musical
by Frank Loesser,which
is based on Sidney How
ard’s Play, “They Knew
What They Wanted” „
Everyone who attended
found that the workshop,
the conference, and the
production combined to
form a most enjoyable and
worthwhile learning ex
perience.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
“They that can give up es
sential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety de
serve neither liberty nor
safety.” Historical Review
of Pennsylvania
Board Meets WESLEYAN CONTRIBUTES
The Semi-annual meet
ing of the Board of-Trus
tees of Wesleyan held on
Founders’ Day, October
25, showed actions on
various matters of the
College. Actions taken in
cluded a statement re
garding student involve
ment in the boycott in
Rocky Mount, formal
naming of the gymnasium,
a raise in tuition and
fees, and summer sabbat
icals for two faculty
members,
A statement of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the
Board of Trustees con
cerning student involve
ment in the boycott was
adopted after discussion
of the problem. The state
ment disagrees with the
form taken of expressing
a desire for equal oppor
tunities (ie, the boycott)
and says that consultation
with the Rocky Mount
Chamber of Commerce,
City Council, Better Bus
iness Bureau, and other
such organizations would
be more beneficial. The
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Phillips Fibers, one of maliy industries coming to
Rocky Mount since the creation of Wesleyan,
Board commended the
students, faculty, and ad
ministration for such
programs as Upward
Bound, the college’s open
admissions policy, and
student cultivation for
means of equal opportun
ities, When asked for a
comment on the Trustees’
statement regarding stu
dent involvement in the
boycott. President Col
lins replied that he per
sonally felt that “the
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Wesleyan Players Present
'Little Mary Sunshine'
Yellow Feather (Dave
Siple) shows displeasure
with Little Mary Sunshine
(Eileen O’Grady),
The campus, the coun
ty, and the country are
bracing themselves for
the N,C. Wesleyan Col
lege Theatre’s production
of “Little Mary Sun
shine,” which will be pre
sented in the college gym
for only the three nights
of Nov, 7, 8, and 9 at
8:30 p,m.
The sound of hammers
and saws working franti
cally overtime is emanat
ing these days from the
college’s theatre shop.
Bryan Stearns and Sam
Morris, Assistant Scenic
Designer, are busy sup
ervising their set crew,
while within phoning and
running distance is Mi
chael Grindstaff, Scenic
and I'echnical Director of
the N, C, Wesleyan Thea
tre.
In the band room,Rich
ard Dill has been check
ing notes with the orches
tra. Dr, John Davis lis
tens to the voices as H.
I. Tharrington watches
the. footwork of the chor
us, comprised of The
Young Ladies of East-
chester Finishing School
and The Young Gentle
men of The United States
Forest Rangers, At East
Carolina University, the
orchestra’s string sec
tion tunes its violins, vio
las, and cellos in prepa
ration for the final dress
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By Gregory Hall
When North Carolina
Wesleyan College opened
this fall, approximately
700 students, faculty
members, administra
tion, and staff began work
in the Nash-Edgecombe
County area.
There is evidence of
the influence of this group
upon the area both in the
amount of its material
assets and in the qual
ity of its cultural assets.
The presence of Wes
leyan in the community
was an important con
sideration in the location
of Phillips Fibers and
Abbott Labs in this area.
The manager of Phil
lips Fibers stated that a
few Wesleyan graduates
worked for his company
full-time while a large
number had temporary
employment. He felt that
the greatest asset afford
ed to the community is the
location of a good school
nearby, so that local stu
dents wouldn’t necessar
ily have to leave home to
attend college. The man
ager of Abbott Labs stat
ed that while no Wesleyan
graduates have been
hired, he hoped that stu
dents would apply for
work in the future. The
opportunity presented to
the employees of Abbott
Labs to continue their
education above the high
school level was ranked
highest among Wesley
an’s contributions to the
community.
Although Burlington In
dustries was present in
the area before Wesley
an began operation, the
manager stressed how
beneficial the college had
been in the prestige gain
ed for the community.He
also emphasized the im
portance of the scholar
ly environment and at
mosphere as well as the
many opportunities the
college affords the area.
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AMANDA AMBROSE CHARMS CAMPUS AUDIENCE
BY SEAN MORAN
On October 29 in the
Gymnasium of North Car
olina Wesleyan College,
a lean figure sat at a
piano; the figure began
to sing and her entire
being could be felt sur
rounding the audience.
With soul in every move
ment, the slender hands
of an accomplished pia
nist accompanied a voice
of depth, perception, e-
motion, and power which
seemed to manufacture
®tage presence beyond
belief. As if in suspend
ed animation, the au
dience remained totally
silent as the words, “This
is my love, this is my
life,” resounded in the
gym, actually leaving the
audience breathless.
After hearing this, to re
main in one’s seat was
an impossibility; the
members of the audience,
totally unified, rose from
their chairs to award
Miss Ambrose a standing
ovation, and this was
merely for the first half
of her show.
Miss Ambrose and 1 had
a long, informal discus
sion in the lobby of North
Hall, She revealed her
self as ar intelligent, in
dependent, truly remark
able human being who is
interested in taking time
out to meet other human
beings. Amanda believes
that “each one of us needs
the other; one must grant
a being its beingness,”
and that one has only to
bring points of one’s life
to one’s awareness to find
peace. She has found that,
through meditation, she is
able to exteriorize, that
is, she is capable of go
ing outside of herself to
view herself in relation
to other people. This cap
ability has given her more
confidence resulting in
greater stage presence.
Concerning her spell
binding style of singing
she suggests that singing
requires both her abili
ties and her spirit. “I’ve
had the experience to have
frame of reference. I
must put myself in
spirit.” When asked how
she is so capable of uni
fying an audience she
proffers that unification
is the result of better
communication. Having
undertaken a study of Sci
entology - the study of
being all the things one
really is - she has re
solved that “Communica
tion is being understood
and doing all it takes to
be understood.”
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